In the early 90’s an Air Force Commander with lots of

Stars on his shoulder thought up a great idea.  An ‘Idea’

That all buildings on an Air Force installation or base

Be painted only with earth toned colors.  An earth toned

Building would be harder to see from the air and make

The building safer from attack.

 

And the idea became a regulation.

 

The Regulation was packaged up and sent down to the

Wings, filtered down to the Groups and Flights of each

Base…

 

By the time the Regulation traveled from idea to implementation,

It grew in size.  Soon, all buildings from big to small were to be

Painted earth tones…  By the time the paint was bought, not

Only were the outsides of the buildings to be painted earth

Tones, but the insides of the buildings were to be painted

In earth tones as well…

 

( I suspect the dreaded question/demon “What If?’ was involved.

What if there is a window? Would the bright colors of the interior

Paint give away the location of the building?  What if the enemy

Fired a smart missile?  If the missile saw only earth toned paint

Inside the building, would it move on thinking it was in a cave?)

 

Questions like this never help you sleep at night nor will asking them

Out loud improve your chances of getting promoted…

 

:D

Life is good…   I'm back to running 2 desktops again.
The newer laptop is working good and the older laptop
is working as best as one can expect a laptop that beat
up to run.  Not only that, but both desktops and the
laptop are on friendly  speaking terms with the latest
addition to my strange Geeky electronic family… 
 
The Xbox 360.  The 360 is on The network with the
Rio Karma mp3 player…
 
 ( though  Those two are not talking to each other…  would
be cool  But they are two electronic thing oceans of protocol apart.)
 
The wireless webcam is being an ass and not talking to anyone…
 
With the small desktop repaired and running Windows XP
"media ed."  and the other desktop and laptop running the
Patch/download the 360 needs to talk to them with I can
Pull up pix and music on my TV now, play games and watch
Movies.  Now that I gave the 3^rd TV to my parents  I'm thinking
Of moving the 2^nd TV to the bedroom and setting up the old
Xbox  with it. 
 
Ken
 
Oh yes…  why did I have 3 TV's?   The story starts in Germany.
I had an old TV with just a coaxial connector on it.  When I got
Tired of watching DVD's on my computer I went out and bought a
DVD player thinking that it would be like a VCR and have a coaxial
Connector… 
 
I was wrong….
 
So, I got this great idea to run the DVD through the VCR.  VCR had
A/V inputs and a coaxial output… 
 
Wrong again…  ( the wonderfully  cool device that has a a/v to coaxial connector
Was not out yet)
 
I already had the DVD player so I went out and got a bigger TV with lots of
a/v inputs just to be on the safe side…  it worked great and life was good…
I even had an American power plug to swap out on the TV ( what with it being
A multi-system set up…  basically a system that has a PAL coaxial input instead
Of a the American style coaxial input and can used 100Vac to 240Vac) 
 
Anyway….
 
I moved to New Mexico and life was good. 
 
 
Then I got orders to South Korea. 
 
Seems there is a rule that when shipping a TV over to the dorms in South
Korea, people were not allowed to ship over a TV bigger than 19".  So I had
To have both TV's packed up and placed in storage…   ( did I ever mention that
I'm a packrat?)   So, there I am in South Korea with an Xbox and no TV…
I found a lovely 32" TV on sale and picked it up…  so…  when I moved
Back to the USA I ended up with 3 TV's…  ( and being a packrat, I also
Live in an 2 bedroom appt with a least 4 bedrooms worth of junk in it…)

Life is interesting...  I went to the gun shop I normaly go to
here in Gainesville just to pick up some ammo to feed my
.50 beast...  ( more on that later)   I was going to get a
Walther P22 but got the P99.  (P22 being a .22 cal
and the P99 being a .40 cal)

I'm off to the range today to see how it shoots...  ( I've heard a
lot of good news about the P99 so I doupt that I'll be unhappy)

The Great news is that a box of 50 for the P99 costs about $15.00.
The cost for 12 rounds for the 500S&W is around $50.00 for the Magnum
and about $25.00 ( again for only 12 rounds) for the 500 S&W Special
rounds.

hmmm...  100 .40 cal rounds for $30 or 12 500 S&W  Mag for $ 50.00?

I'm single...  I'll take 2 boxes of the .40 cal,  2 boxes of the 500 S&W Mag,
2 boxes of the 500 S&W Special and one box of the  500 S&W Mag with the
400 grain bullets instead of the normal 275 grain...  heaver bullet, bigger kick... 

Joy

Ken

::Update::

I loved shooting the 400 grain .50 cal rounds...  except for a few problems.

The gunpowder was a bit on the filthy side.  After 4 rounds, removing the
spent round was really hard because of the excesive amout of carbon.
I understand why the those rounds were 1/2 the cost of the normal
rounds I buy... 

 

In the letter to the Stars and Stripes called 

In support of immigrants the writer made

a statement about Criminalizing illegal

immigrants.  If anyone enters the United

States illegally, they have already broken

US law and are already criminals.

 

There is nothing wrong with LEGAL

IMMIGRATION.  There are people who

have waited years to legally immigrate

to the US who have filled the proper

paperwork and have followed the law to

gain citizenship. What makes people

that enter the US illegally better than

the people that work with the system?

Ok,   There is not a lot of gas and there is a large

Supply of demand for gas.  Guess what happens?

Yup, the price for gas goes up. 

 

A little background on what there is not a lot of

Gas right now.

 

Oil Refineries:  In the USA, in the past 30 years

There have not been any new Oil Refineries built.

 

The few Oil Refineries that are still in operation,

And not damaged by hurricane Katrina or going

Though maintenance are pumping out gas and fuel

As fast as they can.  However, due to environmental

Regulations, depending on what state the gas is going

To, the gas has to be refined differently.  So gas going

To Colorado has to be refined differently than gas going

To New Mexico.  Also, this means that if Colorado is

Running short of gas, New Mexico can not ship any

Excess gas because of the different environmental laws.

 

It would also help out a lot if the environmental groups

Would stop blocking projects to drill for oil on US soil.

 

If we drill it here, we dont have to buy oil overseas and

Then we will have more control on the price of oil.

 

Also,  18.9 to 20 % of the cost of gas is tax

UPDATE:::
Google the phrase "Inorganic Oil", read, and decide
for yourself...  could be interesting if this theory is true...

Pond


Morning on a still pond,
Quite and still without a sound,
Water's surface smooth as glass,
Sun's first light teases the sky.

Life so still time seems to stop.
No sound from the branches and leaves,
Tall grass, heavy in morning dew lies still.
A moment in time, Peace unbroken.



Green

Green from the ground to the tree framed sky,
A mid-summer day remembered from my youth.
Home, where even the air picks up an emerald glow
Trees surround in a protective embrace.
Far from the main roads and loud traffic.




Divine Soul
All Glory from the Grace of G-d,
All shame from the fall of man.
To give in the lusts of the animal
To fall victim to the vices of man
Is to ignore and forgive the Virtues of G-d.

So as not to be outdone by all the redneck, hillbilly,
and Texan jokes, you know you're from California if:

1. Your coworker has 8 body  piercings and
none are visible.

2. You make over $300,000 a  year and still
can't afford a house.

3. You take a bus and are shocked at two people
carrying on a conversation in English.

4. Your child's 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair,
a nose ring, and his name is Flower.

5. You can't remember . . . is pot illegal?

6. You've been to a baby shower that has two
mothers and a sperm donor.

7. You have a very strong opinion about where
your coffee beans are grown, and you can taste
the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.

8. You can't remember . . . is pot illegal?

9. A really great parking space can totally move
you to tears.

10. Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than
anywhere else in the U.S.

11. Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at
Starbucks wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses
who looks like George Clooney really IS George Clooney.

12. Your car insurance costs as much as your
house payment.

13. You can't remember . . .is pot illegal?

14. It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a
report on every news station: "STORM WATCH."

15. You pass an elementary school playground
and the children are all busy with their cells or pagers.

16. It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave f
or work an hour early to avoid all the
weather-related accidents.

17. HEY!!!! Is pot illegal????

18. Both you AND your dog have therapists.

19. The Terminator is your governor.

20. If you drive illegally, they take your driver's
license. If you're here illegally,
they want to give you one. 

There are some things in life that are so true that
one just knows. Like Plasma Cutters... Knowing that
it is a bad idea to change out the air take with an
oxygen tank...

Caramel...   Caramel does not belong in a mortar shell...
Sure it is one of the best things on earth but ya just can't
blow up people and feed them candy at the same time.
It just sends a mixed message and you don't want to
confuse people...  it is just wrong...

 

I don't know who wrote it but I really like it...

Take a man and put him alone,
Put him twelve thousand miles from home.
Empty his heart of all but blood,
Make him live in sand, in mud.
This is the life I have to live,
This the soul to God I give.
You have your parties and drink your beer,
While young men and women are dying over here.
Plant your signs on the White House lawn;
"Lets get out of Iraq".
Use your signs and have your fun,
Then refuse to use a gun.
There's nothing else for you to do,
Then I'm supposed to die for you?
There is one thing that you should know;
And that's where I think you should go!
I'm already here and it's too late.
I've traded all my love for all this hate.
I'll hate you till the day I die.
You made me hear my buddy cry.
I saw his leg and his blood shed,
Then I heard them say, "This one's dead".
It was a large price for him to pay,
To let you live another day.
He had the guts to fight and die,
To keep the freedom you live by.
By his dying, your life he buys,
But who cares if a Soldier dies!