Tuesday, May 31, 2005
My least favorite method of communication
The cell phone. I hate it , the technology
does not exsist yet, for clear calls without
interruption. Most shoppers do not let
that stop them. It is becoming rare
to see a shopper cruising the boulevards
without a cell phone held tightly to their head.
Just now I got a bill for $58 for 539 minutes.
I have been strictly 200 to 300 for monthes,
now the plan has to change. I will not make
calls on the mobile phone period.
If a train engine has to be lifted off my neck ,
someone else will call.
Look at this ,phone books on your dash,
cell phones integrated with the steering...
Cool Devices to Put in Your Car
From navigation systems to DVD players and gaming systems to black boxes and Bluetooth so you can easily play your iPod...
WHILE DRIVING!
posted by txpoollover, May 31, 2005 16:42 | link | comments
Monday, May 30, 2005
Happy Holidays Shoppers!
It is Memorial Day.
Todays Quote:
This day of drink, day to get drunk,
we remember the people who
so called "gave their lives" for
their country.
American soldiers had their lives
taken from them.
They died for a lie and you are not getting
the truth.
In Memoriam
VETERANS AGAINST THE IRAQ WAR
MILITARY FAMILIES SPEAK OUT
IRAQ VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR
VETERANS FOR PEACE
"They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
We will remember them."
--Laurence Binyon
posted by txpoollover, May 30, 2005 07:33 | link | comments
Thursday, May 26, 2005
The highways of Fort Worth,
are jammed most of the time.
This is the fastest growing city in
the USA. You have to have a
fast vehicle in top running shape.
You cannot talk on the cell phone,
while driving.
My friend Siesta, has called me ,
on her cell phone , While driving,
asking me to drive her over 50 miles
to and from work. Her belt has broke.
Why can't your boyfriend come
and take you to work? I ask. He is
at work. She got him a job where she
works at FED EX.
I said they are not going to tolerate
tardiness, missed days, sick days etc.
It is not my responsibility to get her to
work, I don't run a taxi service.
I said no. My truck radiater has a leak,
and I don't want it to overheat.
Siesta has never been on time for any
appointment or scheduled work with me.
I am not going to take it. I deserve the
respect of timely and effecient work.
If you live here you have to be an AAA
member and you have to have a car,
that can take alot of milage.
I have been talking to a soon- to- be
new secretary.
posted by txpoollover, May 26, 2005 14:40 | link | comments
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
The New Breakfast
In the old days of very poor health choices,
I used to have coffee and a cigarette for
breakfast, and one more cigarette for desert.
I know people, and family who are having this
same breakfast, or maybe some geasy crap
from the evil fast food joints. I'll be seeing them
in a wheelchair, or I'll fly home to thier funerals.
"Why do you smoke?" I asked a teenager,
"What else is there to live for?" was the answer.
For me,I plan on living a healthy happy life ,
and hacking and coughing never made me happy.
If someone passed me a joint, the hacking cough,
would negate any potential for euphoria.
So I take no drugs of any kind legally prescrbed or not.
I am trying to make healthier food choices.
For Breakfast Today I had . Light_Silk_Soy_Milk,
2 strips of, Turkey_Bacon, 2 poached eggs,
10 vitamins and minerals, and 3 cups of coffee.
Very full and sated, Now I am ready to greet the world.
| Wake-up Call | |
|
|
| More: Get more easy, healthful breakfast choices . . . Reference  Urge a breakfast skipper to grab an early meal. |
posted by txpoollover, May 25, 2005 04:51 | link | comments
Friday, May 20, 2005
Bike riding again, I love it..
Early morning rides are the best , I do
intend to start out at no later than 6 am.
The crowds of bicyclers and joggers increase,
as the day goes on. I don't mind a crowded
trail .it's the SUV's and trucks that zoom past,
scowling and probably cursing me as
I try to share the roads.
What I don't understand is, Why do the
mothers of this town, not allow the
younguns to ride the bus? I've asked
this and one answer is the buses aren't
safe. Why is a city bus safer? Why can't
school bus drivers be trusted to drive
safely? Don't get me started, I have to
keep riding and keep asking why?
Next, Why is water out of the tap, not
considered pure and safe to drink?
TODAYS QUOTE:
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
-- Albert Einstein
posted by txpoollover, May 20, 2005 07:49 | link | comments (1)
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Hours and hours spent
cleaning up after the crap that gets,
downloaded from scammers and spammers.
It's no wonder that almost everyone I know
"don't do the internet" The people I
know that are into email and online news,
are retired, or online while supposedly
working.
Which reminds me of the Queen of
goof-offs and loafers, My sometimes secretary,
Siesta called , she wants to make some
money, when she gets back from out
of town. My invoice program is a mess.
I have calls galore to make "collections",
This is what I hate about working for myself,
the most . Slow pay, No pay, people pay the
pool boy the last on the list.
posted by txpoollover, May 19, 2005 15:03 | link | comments
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Today I saw a SUV on top of a compact
car and it was crushed badly.
I later saw 2 SUV's a truck and a BMW.
All totalled and smashed up badly.
These are all on quiet residential streets.
What has become of the shoppers, of this
little Cowtown? Speed, In a hurry, sleep
until the alarm awakens you. This is
madness. I am ready to slow it all down.
Are you? ride a bike, share the roads.
SLOW DOWN!~ MK
Today's Road Rages:
Road rage incident sends man to hospital
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
A 55-year-old Fife man was seriously injured after he got caught in the middle of a road-rage incident last night in Federal Way. ...
MANY MORE CLICK BELOW
posted by txpoollover, May 18, 2005 15:59 | link | comments
Monday, May 16, 2005
Bike riding Sunday.
For the first time since last summer.
It feels good to ride, when the weather,
is mild. It is a miserable experience,
in the Texas heat.
I met a "ride buddy" through the FWBA ,
club that I joined.
My ride buddy Roberta, and I met at a point
on the Trinity Trail. She seemed new to riding.
She was very heavy for a bicyclist.
She was on an old rusty chain bike with bald
tires.
She set the pace at about 12 to 15 mph.
This is a good pace for me to get back into
riding. Total ride 15 mles for me.
I didn't find out much about her, other than,
she is a nurse at an elementary school.
I told her that I like to ride in the mornings
very early, mostly to avoid the Texas heat.
She said she like to ride in the evening.
We may ride again, if my injured knee is not
hurting.
posted by txpoollover, May 16, 2005 07:18 | link | comments
Friday, May 13, 2005
 |
Why you should wipe that smiling yellow face off your shopping list. By Jim Hightower  |
TomPaine.com - Wal-Mart's Free Market Fallacy
- Wal-Mart's Culture Of Crime And Greed
Always Low Wages. Always.
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Why America's workers need the safety net.
WAL-MART'S INEVITABLE UNION
Jim Stanford, Rabble
Sooner or later, Wal-Mart will have to unionize to survive.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/21993/
More Rights & Liberties: http://www.alternet.org/rights/
In America today, a business you might know pays such poor wages its workers have to turn to taxpayers to pay for their health care. The same firm has made China, a totalitarian dictatorship that holds wages down by outlawing unions, its supplier of choice -- the source of 70 percent of its inventory.
And the family that owns this company and has become wildly wealthy? They make sure to invest their money in the Republican Party -- where they know their investment will pay off with tax cuts for the richest few.
What company is this? Wal-Mart -- the largest, richest corporation in the world.
Major organizations we work with -- groups such as the Service Employees International Union, and the United Food and Commercial Workers -- believe America's largest corporation should do better. To make that happen, they've launched a massive campaign to show Americans the massive scale of Wal-Mart's irresponsibility.
But those groups need allies. Should we join the fight? The choice is yours:
http://www.democracyforamerica.com/walmartvote
posted by txpoollover, May 13, 2005 08:13 | link | comments
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Problem with Sattelite receiver. Dish sent
a new one.
I lost all the movies and documentaries,
that I have been recording on Dish DVR.
What a waist of time. "Time is on my side"
is my motto I suppose.
I try to make time and to never hurry.
Impossible mostly. I was at an intersection,
with a I'm guessing 16 to 23 year old driver.
She was on her cell phone and not watching
me or anyone else and gunned it through the
stop sign. A near miss for sure, with this young
miss. I took my time, and let her pass, after all
"time is on my side". The road rages on... MK
posted by txpoollover, May 11, 2005 17:30 | link | comments
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Are these strippers? or ....
Texas cheerleaders can't shake it - Yahoo! News
| What Do You Think? Texas-Cheerleader Crackdown |
posted by txpoollover, May 10, 2005 16:56 | link | comments
Monday, May 09, 2005
watch:
 |
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Directed by Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller |
who is Howard_Zinn ?
posted by txpoollover, May 09, 2005 17:29 | link | comments
Sunday, May 08, 2005
| Julia Ward Howe: The Woman Behind Mother's Day We take a look at the woman behind Mother's Day, Julia Ward Howe. The author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, she began advocating for a mother's day for peace in 1870. [includes rush transcript] |
posted by txpoollover, May 08, 2005 11:57 | link | comments
Friday, May 06, 2005
One To See
at: theModern
ENRON: THE SMARTEST PEOPLE IN THE ROOM
May 6–8 AND
May 13–15
tickets: Magnolia at the Modern
An official selection at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and the 2005 SXSW Film Festival, this provocative documentary explores the story behind the Enron scandal.
Unrated; 110 minutes
posted by txpoollover, May 06, 2005 15:29 | link | comments
Thursday, May 05, 2005
My Sister Robins' dog "Five"
a Japanese Spitz, she named , her favorite
number 5, when she was 5, in Japan.
It's 5 oclock on 5-5-5, That doesn't happen but once.
This holiday weekend is special it's
Cinco de Mayo , 5-5-5 , and it's Mothers
Day Sunday. Also today is
Give a high 5 at the 5 oclock
happy hour, on 05/05/2005.
posted by txpoollover, May 05, 2005 15:00 | link | comments (1)
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Cold and rainy is always unpleasant,
for me. I don't get to take off. If I did not
service a pool in the wind rain and cold
of Spring, I would get calls all night.
The weather promises to be perfect,
this weekend so the little kiddies out
for the holidays will be swimming.
What holiday you ask? Cinco de Mayo
This is not a widely recognized holiday
even in Mexico, but the schools are closed,
This is a time to drink mucho "cerveza"
History of Cinco de Mayo - MexOnline.com - Mexican Holidays.
posted by txpoollover, May 04, 2005 14:16 | link | comments
Monday, May 02, 2005
Driving the suburban freeways
No matter how high the gas prices climb,
the roads in the neighborhoods and
suburbs of old Cowtown are crowded,
with shoppers in a hurry.
A lady in a SUV with her headlights on
at 2 pm, was right on my bumper.
I drive the speed limit or slower. It
saves gas and it is safer. If you have to
stop suddenly for a small child retrieving
a ball. If a momma with a stroller mis-steps,
into your line of traffic. A pet dog or cat runs
across the road, you can easily avoid
killing animals, women and children,
and bicyclists.
I see these huge gas
hogs in a hurry and flooring it as they
angrily pass me, and sometimes flip the
finger. I am for taxing the automobile off
the roads. I want to see walking and bicycling.
Americans are fat, stupid, and in a hurry.
Share the roads.
Here's what some Europeans are doing:
The $6.66-a-Gallon Solution
By SIMON ROMERO
No other major oil exporter has reeled in its fuel consumption with as much zeal as Norway, where pump prices of $6.66 a gallon are taken in stride.
posted by txpoollover, May 02, 2005 15:34 | link | comments
