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Has he been a busy boy? Are the jails overcrowded again?
Since it's Friday and Happy Hour:
Beer, the Chicken Soup for the soul.
Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."--by Jack Handy
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.--Frank Sinatra
An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.--Ernest Hemingway
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.--Ernest Hemingway
Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time.--Catherine Zandonella
Reality is an illusion that occurs due to lack of alcohol.--Anonymous
Drinking provides a beautiful excuse to pursue the one activity that truly gives me pleasure, hooking up with fat, hairy girls.-- Ross Levy
A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.--W. C. Fields
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?--W.C. Fields
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.--Henny Youngman
Life is a waste of time. Time is a waste of life. So get wasted all of the time and have the time of your life.
-- Michelle Mastrolacasa
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.--Tom Waits
24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence?--Stephen Wright
When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. Sooooo, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!-- Brian O'Rourke
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.--Frank Zappa
Always remember that I have taken more out of Alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.--Winston Churchill
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.--Benjamin Franklin
If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose.--Deep Thought, Jack Handy
Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel doesn't go nearly as well with pizza.--Knick Turchi
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.--Humphrey Bogart
Why is American beer served cold? So you can distinguish it from urine.--David Moulton
Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.--Kaiser Wilhelm
Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.--Dave Barry
All right brain, I don't like you and you don't like me. So let's just do this and I'll get back to killing you with beer. --Homer Simpson
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.--Dean Martin
Remember "I" before "E," except in Budweiser.
To some its a six-pack, to me it's a support group.
Scotch - Because one doesn't solve the world's problems over white wine.
When I drink one beer it has only one effect on me, it tastes like another.
--Doug Brady
The weirdest person I know says. "I don't like beer, I like soup".
--Nancy Brady
It only takes one beer to get me drunk. I just can't remember if it's the fifteenth or sixteenth.
Trying to drink as many beers as Juan can drink shots of BV is like trying to find the square root of 2, you can't do it and your stupid for trying.
--Bob Woodall
an average of one deleted post per day? I put some humor up, I wasn't trashing anyone or anything. A reconsideration perhaps? I would have put those posts here, but alas, I could not. diem perdidi, dum spiro, spero
Philo
Well, I could do some searching........it's getting warmer out, so maybe popsicle sticks projects are in order.
and on that note, here are some very famous quotes.
YOU, TOO, CAN BE DUMB AS A BOX OF ROCKS & STILL BE FAMOUS.
Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?
Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever," --Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.
"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff," --Mariah Carey
"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life,"--Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign.
"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body," --Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country," --Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC.
"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president," --Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of subpoenaed documents.
"That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it," --A congressional candidate in Texas.
"I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land,and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves." --John Wayne
"Half this game is ninety percent mental." --Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it." --Al Gore, Vice President
"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix." --Dan Quayle
" It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another" --George Bush, US President
"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?" --Lee Iacocca
"I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version," --Colonel Oliver North, from his Iran-Contra testimony.
"The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein," --Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.
"We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people." --Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor.
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." --Bill Clinton, President
"We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur."--Al Gore, VP
"Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas." --Keppel Enderbery
"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."--Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina
"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record." --Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman
...Feeling smarter yet?
Matt, thanks for restoring my privileges. Now can I get my GF back as well? It's been three weeks, you said two, so I gave it another one for good measure.
Philo
two-buck chuck at TJ's That sounded way gay........and cheap
NOT THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT
Phreed Philo of the Nord
I don't know pre, but it's nice to see it rising. Maybe the basher's are putting on their other hats and are now buying. BWTFDIK
Phreed Philo of the Nord
CES2002..........if that were true, it should be over a buck!!!
I think it's time that the boys in Poway step up to the plate and start backing this thing. Some insider buying on the open market would speak volumes IMO. But whenever it is brought up to RP it gets blown off.
Phreed Philo of the Nord
Crazy Joe, if they are buying, they must be doing it one share at a time. One hour into trading and only 10500 shares traded.
Phreed Philo of the Nord
Ray, it would be nice to see APS there, but I have a gut feeling that their luggage may have gotten lost. If you know what I mean.
It would be nice to see something happen to this company instead of the same ole' same ole'.
Best of Luck to you.
Phreed Philo of the Nord.................
Cassy, no need to respond to me publicly or privately.
Reuters
Fight against song-swapping to go on despite defeat
Monday April 28, 11:13 am ET
By Bernhard Warner, European Internet Correspondent
LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - The music industry on Monday pledged to fight on with its global legal battle to stifle online copyright abuse despite last week's unexpected setback in a U.S. court.
U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Wilson on Friday dealt a major blow to the major music labels and Hollywood studios in their fight against online piracy, ruling Internet file-sharing services Grokster and Morpheus can remain open for business.
Judge Wilson ruled Grokster and Morpheus could not be shut down because they cannot control what is traded over their systems even if the material exchanged is copyright-protected.
In contrast, the original song-trading network Napster was shut down by a U.S. Federal court judge two years ago as its older technology hosted a central index of copyrighted files.
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and Recording Industry Association of America (News - Websites) (RIAA), had sought a court injunction to shut down Grokster, Morpheus and a third party, Kazaa, for operating services that allow Internet users to trade all types of copyright-protected materials. The trade groups represent the film- and music-making divisions of AOL Time Warner (NYSE:AOL - News), Vivendi Universal (Paris:EAUG.PA - News; NYSE:V - News), Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corp (Tokyo:6758.T - News), to name a few.
The companies accuse file-sharing sites of allowing fans to obtain films, music and video games in an unauthorised manner, an argument that not all courts agree with, and one that Judge Wilson did not find favour with in this instance.
"One thing is clear, it's not over," said Allen Dixon, general counsel at the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), a global trade body that represents 1500 music labels.
INDUSTRY WON'T LIE DOWN
IFPI works closely with the RIAA on a variety of technological, educational and legal initiatives to combat digital piracy, a phenomenon it says has contributed greatly to a three-year decline in CD sales.
"The IFPI and its member companies and national groups will continue to actively pursue infringers of all types as we see them... We are not going to take the whole business of mass copying and distribution of music lying down," said Dixon.
In the U.S., the MPAA and RIAA have vowed to appeal. Overseas, the media community is playing down the significance of Friday's decision, saying that local courts ultimately will determine the legality of file-sharing country-by-country.
So far, the music industry has been victorious in shutting down file-sharing networks in Japan and Korea.
In addition to the Napster case, U.S. courts have supported industry efforts to go after individual file-traders.
But a Dutch court last year ruled in favour of Kazaa, the underlying technology on which other file-sharing systems are based. Adding Friday's setback to the mix has lengthened the odds the media industry will have tackling the problem in court.
Still, the industry remains optimistic.
They point to Apple Computer's (NasdaqNM:AAPL - News) launch on Monday of a new subscription download music service and a separate initiative in Europe and Asia to beef up CD copy-protection technology, thus choking off a major source of recorded music winding up online.
On the legal front, Dixon said the MPAA and RIAA case in the U.S. is still alive against Kazaa. A victory against Kazaa could ultimately knock offline the file-sharing services that license its technology.
"The evidence is still being collected against Kazaa, which is the biggest player here," Dixon said. Kazaa officials are due to appear in court today in Los Angeles.
Sharman Networks Limited, the Australian firm that owns Kazaa, said on Friday the company's legal team was evaluating the ruling's significance.
Not surprisingly, it was feeling much better about its chances. "Sharman Networks Limited, owner of Kazaa Media Desktop, applauds Judge Wilson's decision in his ruling that file sharing software is legal," it said in a statement.
OT: Cassy, but I don't want to.
Chowder, I received your PM, unfortunately I cannot PM either you or anyone else for that matter until my GF status is restored. I understand it was perhaps "off topic", but it was also "on topic" as it related to the constant and repetitive posting of the SEC filings. I think most of the readers of the board got the message the first time around and if not, by the second posting.
I also cannot respond in the Jail without my GF status, so I was caught behind the 8 ball.
Don't you think that the posting of the same thing over and over is close to a violation of the TOS? It seems that there was more off topic yesterday than in the past few weeks, and I believe it was due to the fact that people were getting fed up with seeing the same post over and over again. Granted it wasn't verbatim, but it was the same message and then there was the "YOU LOOK IT UP, NO YOU LOOK IT UP, I DARE YOU TO LOOK IT UP" Geez, I thought I was listening to a group of 5 year olds.
We are all BIG people.......at least I think we are. We know that this investment is HIGH RISK and there is a possibility that the company will fail..........
HOWEVER, I made the decision to buy and I'll make the decision to sell.
I'm quite fond of horses, and I think we should contact PETA and let them know that someone won't stop beating a dead horse.
Phree Philo of the Nord
Cassy, I've been reading your posts, actually I should have read just one as the rest are all the same. It seems to me that you might have some type of compulsive disorder.
I don't mean that in a bad way, but I was reading posts over in the Jail and once you get on something, you can't stop. I believe over there it was about the list of inmates and here its about the SEC filings.
It appears that you have made your point, but why must you keep going on and on and on? What do you really think you'll gain by all of this? I mean really, its a 15 cent stock, what good does it do to keep beating a dead horse? For the life of me I can't understand your rationale and fixation that you have with e.Digital.
Well I hope this doesn't get me back in jail. I don't think I attacked anyone.
Phree Philo of the Nord
APRIL 28, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT -- WI-FI
Wi-Fi Means Business
The up-from-the-streets movement is catching on in the corporate world. Will the new wireless networks pay off?
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SPECIAL REPORT -- WI-FI
Wi-Fi Means Business
Engineers on runways in Seattle and Frankfurt are tinkering with antennas and satellite links. This isn't the usual avionics, though. Instead, Boeing Co. (BA ) is preparing a brand new business: flying cybercafés. By early next year, more than 100 Boeing jets are scheduled to be equipped with speedy wireless technology known as Wi-Fi. For $25 or so per flight, laptop-luggers will be able to log on to the Net while soaring above the clouds -- shopping on eBay Inc. (EBAY ), restocking their companies' inventories, perhaps even making voice calls over the Web. Boeing is so gung-ho on the new technology that over the next decade it hopes to outfit nearly 4,000 planes with Wi-Fi service. Says Scott E. Carson, president of the company's Connexion by Boeing unit: "Wi-Fi is on an explosive growth path."
After four years as a plaything for techno-geeks and home hobbyists, Wi-Fi is beginning to beam its way into Corporate America. Its superfast connections to the Web cost only a quarter as much as the gaggle of wires companies use today. And they're proving irresistible to businesses willing to venture onto the wireless edge. From General Motors (GM ) to United Parcel Service (UPS ) to CareGroup, companies are using Wi-Fi for mission-critical jobs in factories, trucks, stores, and even hospitals. "We firmly believe that this is the tipping point," says Intel Corp. CEO Craig R. Barrett.
What is Wi-Fi? It's a radio signal that beams Internet connections out 300 feet. Attach it to a broadband modem and any nearby computers equipped with Wi-Fi receptors can log on to the Net, whether they're in the cubicle across the hall, the apartment next door, or the hammock out back. To date, Wi-Fi has grown on the scruffy fringes of the networked world. It shares an unregulated radio spectrum with a motley crew of contraptions, including cordless phones and baby monitors.
Yet Wi-Fi networks, known as hot spots, have popped up faster than fleas on a circus dog. Thousands of do-it-yourselfers worldwide have rigged antennas to create their own hot spots. They've joined together to form networks so that the public can zap e-mails and surf blogs for free, no matter where they are. From street corners in Sydney to mountaintops outside Seattle, some 5,000 free hot spots have emerged. This is Wi-Fi Nation. More than 18 million people worldwide have logged on, and the numbers are growing daily.
The challenge facing the tech industry is to transform this unruly phenomenon into a global business. This means turning Wi-Fi Nation into Wi-Fi Inc. That involves transforming a riot of hit-or-miss hot spots into coherent, dependable networks. It means coming up with billing systems, roaming agreements, and technical standards -- jobs the phone companies are busy tackling. The goal, says Anand Chandrasekher, vice-president and general manager of the mobile-platforms group at Intel, is to "take Wi-Fi from a wireless rogue activity to an industrial-strength solution that corporations can bet on."
If successful, Wi-Fi has the power to fit the Internet with wings. A constellation of dependable Wi-Fi hot spots could extend dramatically the range and expanse of the Web, changing its very nature. The path ahead, analysts say, is sure to have its share of bumps. But it could lead to cascades of up-to-the-minute information zipping around offices, homes, even remote disaster sites. MeshNetworks Inc. in Maitland, Fla., is working on Wi-Fi systems that would allow emergency-response teams to create networks among themselves by simply turning on their laptops or handhelds -- even if cellular or wired networks have been knocked out.
Corporations aren't waiting for fine-tuned industrial versions of Wi-Fi to hit the market. The potential productivity gains are so compelling that many are investing in custom-built systems. United Parcel Service Inc. is equipping its worldwide distribution centers with wireless networks at a cost of $120 million. The company says that as loaders and packers scan packages, the information zips instantly to the the UPS network, leading to a 35% productivity gain. IBM is devising Wi-Fi-powered systems to monitor the minute-by-minute operations of distant machines, from potato fryers at restaurants to air conditioners in computer labs.
Other tech titans are rushing in, too. Intel (INTC ) is spending $300 million to market its Centrino computer chips, which come equipped for Wi-Fi. In March, Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO ) agreed to spend $500 million for Linksys, a Wi-Fi equipment maker. For the first time, that will put Cisco into head-to-head competition with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT ), which plowed into Wi-Fi network gear last year. And Cometa Networks, the new joint venture made up of Intel, IBM (IBM ), and AT&T (T ), is building a nationwide network of 20,000 hot spots over the next three years. Phone companies, including Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ ) and T-Mobile USA Inc., are following suit. "You'd have to have your head in the sand to not see the news about hot-spot deployments," says Edward M. Cholerton, SBC Communications Inc.'s (SBC ) vice-president for Internet product management.
The giants are joined by legions of small fry. Last year alone, in the depths of the tech downturn, U.S. venture-capital firms pumped $2.8 billion into 296 wireless startups, says researcher Thomson Venture Economics. And as more companies pile in, prices for Wi-Fi equipment are plummeting. Installing an industrial-strength hot spot costs only $2,000 now, one-fifth what it cost two years ago. Home-gear prices are also in free fall. More than 50 companies are in the chip market alone, estimates Gartner Inc. As the tech powerhouses storm into the market, a painful wave of consolidation is all but assured.
Even for the mighty, this gold rush crosses hazardous terrain. Off-the-shelf versions of Wi-Fi are often unreliable and rough to install. This undermines confidence in the technology. And key initiatives are untested. Will corporate and consumer users dish out $30 to $50 a month for access to a nationwide grid of Wi-Fi hot spots? Will the number of subscriptions justify big network investments? "Can anyone make money in the home-networking or wireless world?" asks David Schmertz, a vice-president at Efficient Networks Inc., a broadband subsidiary of Siemens (SI ). "We're looking at that question hourly."
The riches won't flow until Wi-Fi security reaches industrial grade. Corporations are hankering for the power and flexibility of Wi-Fi networks, but many are postponing rollouts in strategic areas until they're convinced that hackers, spies, and competitors can't intercept wireless data. General Motors Corp. has deployed Wi-Fi in 90 manufacturing plants but is holding off on Wi-Fi at headquarters until next year. Why? Execs worry that until new encryption is in place, guests at a Marriott Hotel (MAR ) across the street could log on to GM's network and make off with vital memos and budgets. Industry analysts say a slew of airtight Wi-Fi security systems will be out next year. But delays or news of security breaches could pummel confidence in the technology.
A wild card is the possible overlap between Wi-Fi and the multibillion-dollar project for a high-speed cellular system known as Third Generation. Like Wi-Fi, 3G promises a wireless Internet. It's coming onstream in Europe and Asia and will be spreading in North America in the next two years. As a phone system, 3G provides far broader coverage than Wi-Fi's constellation of hot spots. But Wi-Fi's hot spots are targeted precisely in the hotels, airports, and commercial centers where mobile Net surfers are most likely to be swarming. This upsets revenue projections for phone companies. Still, they're plowing ahead with Wi-Fi deployments on three continents, hoping they can bill customers for a menu of wireless services, including both Wi-Fi and 3G.
Wi-Fi represents a disruptive force. Yet if history is an indicator, it will ultimately pay rich dividends. The upstart technology appears to follow a pattern that has become common in the Internet age. New technologies surge from the grass roots, pushing companies to race madly, trying first to cope with the new sensations and later to transform them into businesses. This happened with the Net itself, and with Linux, the free software operating system. Now, the Internet has not only defined an age, it has spawned a host of successful companies. Some 40% of publicly traded Net companies are profitable today. Linux, developed within a populist movement similar in spirit to Wi-Fi, holds 13.7% of the $50.9 billion market for server software and is breathing down Microsoft's neck.
Wi-Fi promises similar fireworks. And the beleaguered tech industry is counting on it for a welcome shot of growth. In the short term, the direct payoff is likely to be moderate. Wi-Fi spending on hardware and subscriptions is expected to reach $3.4 billion this year and is growing at a 30% clip. Network buildouts over the next two years will chip in $8.2 billion more. That's welcome in a downturn but not enough to sway a $1 trillion global tech economy. And Wi-Fi subscriptions aren't likely to catch on until national networks are up and running, perhaps two years from now.
Instead, it's as an amplifier of other technologies that Wi-Fi packs its punch. It turns nearly every machine, from laptops to cash registers, into network devices. And it fuels demand for always-on broadband connections. This, in turn, paves the way for the next generation of Internet services. Analyst Christopher Fine of Goldman, Sachs & Co. compares the power of Wi-Fi to the networking of computers in the early 1990s or the telephone exchanges that spread in the 1920s.
Intel and computer makers are betting on it to spur laptop sales, which even without Wi-Fi carry profit margins 50% higher than those on desktops. Microsoft is pushing its Windows XP operating system, which is specially adapted to handle Wi-Fi. "You could say that Wi-Fi is the killer app that gets people to upgrade to Windows XP," says Pieter Knook, the company's vice-president for network service providers. On Apr. 15, Intel announced that strong laptop sales, powered by Wi-Fi-ready Centrino chips, helped boost first-quarter profits.
The consumer-electronics industry is counting on Wi-Fi, too, to link a host of appliances in the home. Already, gadget-meisters are sending MP3 songs and videos from their computers to TVs and stereos via Wi-Fi. This could become a breeze over the next two years as the new generation of Wi-Fi rolls out, lifting connection speeds to 54 megabits -- or nearly an hour of MP3 music -- per second. Motorola (MOT ), Nokia (NOK ), and Ericsson (ERICY ) are working on Wi-Fi phones that would let people move from Wi-Fi to cellular networks without even noticing. These should be ready in 18 months. In time, Wi-Fi could even feed data into smart networks in the home or factory to automatically monitor climate controls or industrial supply chains. "There's no upper limit to how you can use this technology," says Dean Douglas, vice-president for telecommunications at IBM Global Services. "In that, it's like the Web."
In its infancy, long before Wi-Fi took shape, the radio technology belonged to businesses. The year was 1985. The Federal Communications Commission had opened up slivers of the radio spectrum for experimentation. Researchers at a vanguard of companies, including NCR (NCR ), Symbol Technologies (SBL ), and Apple Computer (AAPL ), started building wireless networks. Their goal was to link everything from cash registers to auto assembly lines. But momentum slowed in the late '80s as the companies developed systems that didn't work together.
An NCR Corp. scientist named Vic Hayes stepped into the mess in 1990. Hayes led the movement toward a standard. It was a long and combative process, but in 1997, it led to the release of 802.11b, now known as Wi-Fi, or Wireless Fidelity. Two years later, Apple kick-started the market by adding Wi-Fi to its iBook portables for the then-stunningly low price of $99.
The race was on. In cities worldwide, tech geeks began setting up wireless networks. Led by pioneers such as Rob Flickenger in San Francisco and Anthony Townsend in New York, these techies jerry-built Linux-based hot spots and cheap alternatives to expensive gear. Famously, they improvised antennas using empty Pringles cans. And in the 21st century equivalent of barn-raisings, they united to link neighbors to the growing community networks. Says Townsend, who co-founded NYCwireless in 2000 with Terry Schmidt: "Our model of Wi-Fi is if you charge people to use it, it's not useful." Now the pair runs a business that builds community networks.
While Wi-Fi Nation was taking shape in the streets, a smattering of businesses were adapting the new networks to their own needs. At CareGroup Inc. hospitals in Massachusetts, engineers installed wireless systems to connect more than 2,000 doctors and nurses to the corporate system. This way, whether they were in emergency rooms or intensive-care units, they could access patient records, add observations to the database, and check on medicines. "It's cost-effective, and the doctors love it," says Chief Information Officer John D. Halamka, who estimates that the system helps reduce costly medical errors by 50%.
Early on, entrepreneurs saw opportunity in the burgeoning Wi-Fi community. Sky Dayton, founder of Internet service Earthlink Inc., believed that if anyone could unite the ragtag collection of hot spots and network communities into a secure nationwide network, there was a fortune to be made. In 2001, he founded Boingo Wireless Inc. The idea was to certify networks everywhere as Boingo providers. Then, when subscribers paying up to $50 a month turned on their laptops and saw a Boingo connection, they'd log in. Boingo, based in Santa Monica, Calif., and local providers would split the take.
It was a good idea. So good that lots of others came up with it, too. In the past two years, scores of networks have been launched, causing the number of commercial hot spots to mushroom to 16,000. Starbucks Corp. (SBUX ) piled in, teaming with T-Mobile to offer consumers Wi-Fi surfing at more than 2,100 coffee shops for $40 a month. Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp. (MCD ) has deployed Wi-Fi at 10 restaurants in New York and plans to add hundreds more hot spots by yearend. The idea there is less to make money on Wi-Fi services, which go for $3 per hour, than to attract new customers and boost sales. McDonald's is offering a free hour of Wi-Fi with each Extra Value Meal.
To date, though, few commercial hot spots have thrived -- and analysts have plenty of doubts about the new ventures at Boeing and McDonald's. Why? No carrier can offer seamless nationwide coverage, security is still touch-and-go, and many potential users feel it costs too much. "We don't subscribe to any of these services," says Tripp McCune, senior vice-president and director of information technology at ad agency Deutsch Inc. "The coverage isn't widespread enough for our people to use."
The job now is to build Wi-Fi into a solid pillar of the networked world. And Intel is out to lead the charge. Last year, CEO Barrett put $150 million into a Wi-Fi-oriented venture fund. He assigned 800 engineers to work on Wi-Fi, and in December he joined IBM and AT&T to launch Cometa. Unlike Boingo, Cometa will build its own hot spots. By next March, it plans to have 5,000 up and running.
The next job is to establish Wi-Fi as a global mainstay, and Intel is responding, naturally, with a chip. The Centrino family of chips, released in March with a $300 million media campaign, embeds a Wi-Fi receptor into the innards of a laptop computer. The effect should be dramatic. By this summer, every Dell Computer Corp. (DELL ) laptop and 70% of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (HPQ ) consumer offerings will be Wi-Fi-ready. For most users, this should ease the transition into the new technology. The current process is so complicated that it often irks novices. Intel and Microsoft are hoping that with the new systems, Wi-Fi installation will eventually become as easy as activating a modem: click "yes" six or seven times and then "finish."
Wi-Fi isn't likely to become a rock-solid standard until hot spots are dependable. That's pushing more than 100 Intel engineers on a worldwide mission. They're labeling hot spots the world over as "Centrino-certified." The idea is to unify the Wi-Fi world around Intel's brand, giving Centrino the Wi-Fi equivalent of the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.
Across the industry, engineers are coming up with security systems to satisfy the most demanding customers. Cranite Systems Inc. in San Jose, Calif., sold security for the $960,000 Wi-Fi installation at the U.S. Army's West Point Academy. Colonel Donald J. Welch, an associate dean for information and educational technology, says the military put the system through rigorous antihacking tests. "We don't want to be a launching pad [for hackers] to the Defense Dept.'s network," he says.
He has reason to be hypervigilant. Every step of the way, the technology manages to remind the Wi-Fi industry of the tough road ahead. At Intel's glitzy launch of its Centrino chips in March at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, CEO Barrett was on hand. The room shook to the sounds of Goin' Mobile by the Who. The crowd watched a live video hookup as an executive demonstrated how to use a Wi-Fi-equipped laptop to make a phone call. All he got, though, was dead air.
As technology companies scramble to transform Wi-Fi into a business, they'll come up against a lot more dead air. But it will all be worth it if Wi-Fi lives up to its promise to unleash the Internet.
By Heather Green, with Steve Rosenbush in New York, Roger O. Crockett in Chicago, and Stanley Holmes in Seattle
this isn't the same RP is it?
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000).
In a groundbreaking book based on vast new data, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and our democratic structures-- and how we may reconnect
here's the link: http://www.bowlingalone.com/
Phree Philo............still of the Nord
Dollar volume is about $64,000..........and as it keeps going down so will the dollar volume. That's not a good thing. Someone had better start pulling the 'rabbit out of the hat" trick pretty soon.
Marc4, I would have to say a bunch of people who are fed up with Management. Now I know why they haven't purchased any shares on the open market. Why pay high prices (15 frigging cents) when they can get it lower..........and lower......
Phree Philo of the Nord.........
Trend that's great #5 out of ten
So you call yourself an early adopter, eh? OK, technojunkie, this is the list for you. We rounded up the latest and greatest gear for work and play, then narrowed our picks to the top 10 gadgets you shouldn't go without. After all, it's all about who has bragging rights of owning the hottest toys.
1. Nokia 3650
We've been waiting for this hot little number from Nokia to hit U.S. shores, and it has finally arrived. The 3650 takes pictures, records video, handles e-mail, and works around the world. It features a large color display, voice-activated dialing, and Bluetooth. Even better, it costs less than $400.
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2. Panasonic DMR-HS2
Panasonic squeezed a hard drive and a DVD recorder into the same case, making it possible to record and edit your favorite TV shows and old videos, then dub them to DVD in a snap. The HS2's 40GB hard drive can store up to 52 hours of video, and a FireWire input is on tap for clean connections to digital camcorders. Its $800 price tag is on the steep side, and it can't control TV like a TiVo or ReplayTV can, but it sure makes your VCR look like a horse and buggy.
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3. Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP (Platinum)
Nintendo has sold millions of units of Game Boy Advance all over the world. The latest incarnation of this irresistible backseat companion has a more compact, mature, flip-screen design, and it finally features a front-lit screen.
More game consoles
4. Toshiba SD-P2000
There's no quicker way to silence the kids in the car than to plop them in front of their favorite DVD. The SD-P2000 has a big screen and a wide viewing angle so that more than one person can see the action, and its relatively long battery life is great for extended trips.
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5. eDigital Odyssey 1000
The iPod finally has a real competitor in eDigital's striking mirrored-silver 20GB player. In addition to a slew of cool playback features, the Odyssey packs one option that none of the other manufacturers have yet to attempt: voice-activated navigation. Play, we say.
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6. Sony CLIE PEG-TG50
Sony has plenty of experience at the high end, providing handhelds with cutting-edge technology--and exorbitant prices to match. But the company strikes the right chord with its latest CLIE, the TG50. It offers a built-in keyboard and Bluetooth; it's also easier on your wallet and lighter in your pocket.
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Phree Philo
Hollywood, you make a good point there. If you look at some of the biggest companies, their CEO's are taking very large paycuts. Probably will never happen here though. It would be nice to see some support from the Head office, when and if that happens is anyones guess.
Happy Easter to all and to all a good knight
Phreed Philo
this is a little off topic, but still related non-the-less
General Dynamics Licenses The PTSC IGNITE Microprocessor
Thursday April 17, 10:54 am ET
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2003--Patriot Scientific Corp. (PTSC) (OTCBB:PTSC - News), a developer of advanced embedded microprocessors, today announced that General Dynamics Decision Systems has licensed the IGNITE(TM) microprocessor core.
This agreement will enable General Dynamics to provide its customers with innovative and power-efficient solutions and products. The PTSC IGNITE microprocessor was selected over other embedded microprocessors as a result of its performance characteristics.
"We are delighted that IGNITE has been chosen by General Dynamics Decision Systems for this development effort," said Jeff Wallin, PTSC president and CEO.
"General Dynamics' decision to integrate the IGNITE architecture into its leading-edge products will enable them to provide low-power single chip solutions," said Dr. Patrick Nunally, PTSC vice president and CTO. "We look forward to working with General Dynamics."
About PTSC: Founded in 1987, PTSC is an Intellectual Property (IP), Integrated Circuit (IC) and systems level embedded engineering company. The company sells the IGNITE(TM) processor in silicon both in the United States and abroad. Customers also come to PTSC for product integration and development using the IGNITE technology. For further information on PTSC, visit http://www.ptsc.com.
Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this news release looking forward in time involve risks and uncertainties, including the risks associated with the effect of changing economic conditions, trends in the products markets, variations in the company's cash flow, market acceptance risks, technical development risks, seasonality and other risk factors detailed in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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Contact:
Patriot Scientific Corp.
Lowell Giffhorn, 858/674-5018
Phreed Philo
Chowder, you lost me. I have no idea what you are talking about. But then, I don't have a whole lot of ideas anyway.
Phreed Philo
edit:CHOWDER................I didn't know that, thanks........so did you win a new car? I would be happy if I got my GF status back!!!
HEY DO I WIN A PRIZE FOR HAVING THIS POST? #34500
Annie, you are right. I know this is off topic, but I cannot PM anyone until my parole agent gives me back my grandfather status. After the month long shock therapy I am a changed person. I don't know if it is for the better or worse, time will tell.
Anyways. You and I both have had conversations regarding Mgmt failure to "step up to the plate". I guess I'll leave it a that. I don't want to see this become another dead horse that gets beaten incessantly. But there are people out there that seem to want to swing that stick.
Phreed Philo
Cassy, FWIW, I sent this to RP on 4/2/03 and his response is at the bottom.
Robert;
As a long time shareholder of e.Digital, (since 1999, so I have seen the good and the bad), I am concerned of the downward spiral of the share price along with Management's decision not to purchase shares at these low levels.
It seems to me that moral is dropping quite rapidly for myself and other shareholders that I'm in contact with. I have asked previously why doesn't Management purchase shares on the open market and I received a vague response.
If the the press releases and webcasts are a true picture of the company, then why don't the officers step up to the plate and show us that they believe in the company?
It just baffles my mind that the only one who has purchased any shares in the past few years is Alex Diaz.
Thank you for your e-mail, XXXXX. Revenues for the quarter ended March 31 were improved over the December quarter numbers with the June quarter expected to be improved over March 31. More business news as well as further reviews and marketing of our Odyssey 1000 are expected. We continue to encourage officers and directors to invest in the company as their personal financial circumstances dictate. Please call me at your convenience if you would like to discuss this further.
Best regards,
Robert Putnam
Senior Vice President
e.Digital Corporation
13114 Evening Creek Dr. S.
San Diego, CA 92128
http://www.edig.com
Phone: (858) 679-3168
Fax: (858) 486-3922
robert@edig.com
Phreed Philo
Oshe.....i believe it was a collaboration.
ODYSSEY 300 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER NOW SHIPPING
Multifunctional Odyssey 300 Features Mac and PC Compatibility,
Direct MP3 Encoding, Voice Recording and MP3 Playback
(SAN DIEGO, CA - October 30, 2002 ) - e.Digital Corporation (OTC: EDIG) , announced today that its new Odyssey™ 300 Mac and PC-compatible digital audio player and voice recorder is now available on its online store at www.edigital-store.com. The Odyssey 300 also is currently shipping to DBL Distributing, Inc., a leading distributor of consumer electronics that annually sells to over 25,000 independent retailers throughout the United States.
The multi-functional Odyssey 300 MP3 player features a built-in FM radio, FM recording, digital voice recording, direct MP3 encoding from a CD player without the use of a computer, and up to 12hours of playback time from one AA Alkaline battery (Duracell® brand Alkaline battery included). The Odyssey 300’s standard 128 MB of built-in flash holds up to 8.5 hours of voice, music, and FM recordings. With the built-in SmartMedia™ card expansion slot, users can double that amount by adding their own SmartMedia card up to 128 MB.
The Odyssey 300 features effortless navigation using a movable joystick and has an easy-to-read graphic blue backlit LCD. It also includes a carrying case with belt clip, a cable for connecting a CD player to the Line In jack for recording, and a wired remote control for controlling volume, playback, FM tuning, and other functions.
According to Jim Collier, President and COO of e.Digital, "The Odyssey 300 incorporates a fantastic set of features in a very compact and attractive design. It’s an MP3 player, voice recorder, FM radio, and FM recorder all in one. The full set of accessories, the carrying case with belt clip, the remote control, and the fact that it is simple to use, make it a great idea for gift-giving."
The Odyssey 300, which is brought to the U.S. market through a collaboration between e.Digital and Digitalway, Co., Ltd. of Korea, comes with Odyssey Manager software and that is PC and Mac compatible. The Odyssey 300 retails for $199 MSRP.
But WTFDIK
Phreed Philo
Hey fung.....I would like to thank you for starting the PRHEE PHILO uprising. It appears to have worked. Now, I must be a good boy. It appears that the only time I can come back here is during Happy Hour, or until my GF status is returned. Have a great weekend everyone.....even you Cassy.
Philo.......of the Nord
That's fair enough. I really like posting in here as well. It has that "genius loci in puris naturalibus ore rotundo mea culpa lapsus linguae" o tempora! o mores!
Philo
Well that depends. Do I get my GF back as well?
Philo
Translation:
I dare to know secrets of the empire the question drops, beware of the dog. I think therefore I am of sound mind and judgement from day to day acting in good faith without premeditation, voluntarily for the sake of honour let him go out. I have spoken.
Matt, I've tried talking to you and for some reason you've ignored any post directed to you. http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=911094
Since Latin is the universal language here, I guess, I'll have to hone up on those skills..........so here goes
Aude sapere arcana imperii cadit quaestio cave canem. Cogito ergo sum compos mentis de die in diem bona fide extempore, ex proprio motu honoris causa exeat. Dixi. MMIII
Philo
Translation at a later date.
Yes, uprising sounds good.
Wall Streets new pitchman:
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Forget Saddam. Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf is the man who needs to be found safely -- and then transported to Wall Street.
The hilarious Iraqi flack, who contended with a straight face earlier this week that U.S. forces were committing suicide at the walls of Baghdad while coalition tanks roared past him, is just the ticket to restore confidence in scandal-plagued corporate America.
With his arrogant confidence and spectacular turn of phrase, Sahhaf would add style and flair to the otherwise dull world of corporate public relations, which has devolved over the last few years into nothing more than a series of "off the records" and "no comments."
Imagine Sahhaf representing Microsoft (MSFT: news, chart, profile) in its anti-trust battle with the U.S. government.
Q. Reporter: Mr. Sahhaf, does Microsoft intend to appeal the federal judge's decision that it was in fact, a monopoly.
Sahhaf: Decision, what decision? Don't make me laugh. There has been no decision. The government's lawyers are criminal dogs. They should be hit with shoes. At this moment God is grilling their stomachs in hell for challenging our monopol...er, company.
Or the Hewlett-Packard (HPQ: news, chart, profile) proxy battle?
Q. Reporter: Do you have the institutional votes to defeat Walter Hewlett's dissident campaign to stop the Compaq takeover?
A. Sahhaf: Of course we do, and if you doubt me you are sick in your mind. These dissident shareholders are nothing but the spittle of camels in the wind. I brush them from my sleeve like the caked mud on the frightened swine. Once we win the vote they will be butchered at the walls of the company and left to rot as a warning to other promoters of your foolish corporate governance.
Or the AOL Time Warner merger?
Q. Reporter: Do you think this merger will hurt AOL (AOL: news, chart, profile) shares?
A. Sahhaf: AOL shares are a gift from God to the people of this country. They will rise like the glorious eagle for all time, and those who question them or short them will hang from the Gates of Dulles like the hordes of mercenaries who came before them. Go down? How can they go down? They will only go up. I can tell you that because I am here at the Ministry of Information. You can't argue with that. Don't even try.
Q. And of course, the collapse of Enron (ENRNQ: news, chart, profile).
Q. Reporter: Did your senior executives cook the books and manipulate the California energy markets?
A. Sahhaf: I say to you now, Enron has never been in California. This is part of their sick minds out there. These are lies from the superpower of villains that run that state. Even now they are falling into the sea by the thousands while our stock rises and our executives sleep with virgins in the Lincoln Bedroom. We will remain an independent company and will defy the infidels from the SEC who dare to question our earnings. We will never settle, although we might entertain an all-cash offer at a 40 percent premium.
OK, so maybe he wouldn't restore confidence in corporate America. But think of the character he'd add to the existing flock of lies and spin that the media is fed each day. At least investors could have a laugh while they are being manipulated.
Unfortunately, old Sahhaf has suddenly disappeared, and is likely running around the backstreets of Baghdad right now with Saddam's nose in a box, hoping to rebuild his blown up leader like they tried to in Woody Allen's 1970s comedy, "Sleeper."
And if they do find him alive, a war crimes trial is almost surely in his future. I just hope he gets to represent himself.
David Callaway is editor-in-chief of CBS.MarketWatch.com.
Matt, I've attempted to get a straight answer from you regarding my length of stay, but to no avail. If there is not a set time limit, then I suggest you take out the last four words in #2.
I fully understand that this is your sandbox and you make the rules. However, a vast number of inmates past and present and booted were Grandfathered members and they helped you get this site up and running to where it's at today. I probably would not have ended up here if my GF status was not suspended as I could have PM'd that person instead of doing it openly and off topic. Of course this is just my opinion, but it looks like you're biting the hand that feeds you. Maybe that's fine with you, but I just don't think it's right.
You can be here in two different scenarios:
1) I could be using the Jail as a temporary holding tank while you cool off and we get a few things straight (this is often the case)
2) I've thrown you in here because you are spamming, being an dolt, using multiple aliases, etc and you'll have to cut a deal with me and/or serve time
Philo
Susie924, sorry but I have to disagree with you.......Queen or Princess, with a nice frilly little blouse, but by no means king. Not even close, nada, no, no, no sir, no mame.
And since this is my last post of the day, perhaps some humor:
Once upon a time, there lived a man who had a terrible passion for baked beans. He loved them, but they always had an embarrassing and somewhat lively reaction on him. One day he met a girl and fell in love. When it was apparent that they would
marry, he thought to himself "She'll never go for me carrying on like that," so he made the supreme sacrifice and gave up beans, and shortly after that they got married.
A few months later, on the way home from work, his car broke down and since they lived in the country, he called his wife and told her he would be late because he had to walk. On is way home, he passed a small cafe and the wonderful aroma of baked beans overwhelmed him.
Since he still had several miles to walk he figured he could walk off any ill affects before he got home. So he went in and ordered, and before leaving had three extra large helpings of baked beans. All the way home he 'putt-putted'. He 'putted' down
one hill and 'putt-putted' up the next. By the time he arrived home he felt reasonably safe.
His wife met him at the door and seemed somewhat excited. She exclaimed, "Darling, I have the most wonderful surprise for you for dinner tonight!" She put a blindfold on him, and led him to his chair at the head of the table and made him promise not to
peek. At this point he was beginning to feel another one coming on. Just as she was about to remove the blindfold, the telephone rang. She again made him promise not to peek until she returned, and she went to answer the phone.
While she was gone, he seized the opportunity. He shifted his weight to one leg and let go. It was not only loud, but *ripe* as a rotten egg. He had a hard time breathing, so he felt for his napkin and fanned the air about him.
He had just started to feel better, when another urge came on. He raised his leg and 'rrriiiipppp!' It sounded like a diesel engine revving, and smelled worse. To keep from gagging, he tried fanning his arms a while, hoping the smell would dissipate. Things had just about returned to normal when he felt another urge coming. He shifted his weight to his other leg and let go. This was a real blue ribbon winner; the windows rattled, the dishes on the table shook and a minute later the flowers on the table were dead. While keeping an ear tuned in on the conversation in the hallway, and keeping his promise of staying blindfolded, he carried on like this for the next ten minutes,
farting and fanning them each time with his napkin.
When he heard the 'phone farewells' (indicating the end of his loneliness, and freedom) he neatly laid his napkin on his lap and folded his hands on top of it. Smiling contentedly, he was the picture of innocence when his wife walked in.
Apologizing for taking so long, she asked if he had peeked at the dinner. After assuring her he had not, she removed the blindfold and yelled, "Surprise!!"
To his shock & horror, there were twelve dinner guests seated around the table for his surprise birthday party.
Al is 95 and lives in a senior citizen home. Every night after dinner, Al goes to a secluded garden behind the center, to sit & ponder his accomplishments & long life. One evening, Annabel, age 87, wanders into the garden. They began to chat, & before they know it, several hours have passed. After a short lull in their conversation, Al turns to Annabel & asks, "Do you know what I miss most of all?" Annabel asks "What?" Al replies "SEX!!!". Annabel exclaims,"Why you old fart, you couldn't get it up if I held a gun to your head!" "I know", Al says, "But it would be nice if a woman just held it for a while." "Well, I can oblige", says Annabel, who gently unzips his trousers & removes his MANHOOD & proceeds to hold it. Afterward, they agree to meet secretly each night in the garden where they would sit & talk & Annabel would hold Al's MANHOOD. Then one night Al didn't show up. Alarmed Annabel decided to find Al & make sure he was OK. She walked around the home where she found Al sitting by the pool with another female resident who was holding Al's MANHOOD! Furious, Annabel yelled,"You two-timing creep! What does she have that I don't have?!?" Big Al smiled & replied, "Parkinson's"
Here you go Putz, something to keep you busy. Look at all the things you can do and make, and you don't need a brain. It's a perfect match. I'll even give you the link, so you can look at all the pictures as well!!
http://www.wsu.edu/creamery/cougarcheese/canideas.htm
Everyone knows that eating the Cougar Cheese is the best part, but don’t be depressed after your tin of Cougar Cheese is eaten! Use one of these creative ideas to convert the cheese can into something useful and lovely.
Decorative Flower Pots
Let your artistic side go wild with this fun summer project! You will end up with a unique addition to any garden, yard or home.
Tin Toaster
Are you going camping anytime soon? If so, these Cougar Cheese Tin Toasters will be very handy on those hot summer mornings when all you are craving is some toast…and Cougar Gold of course!
Cougar Critter Feeder
Are you a bird AND Cougar Cheese lover? After you eat the cheese, pass the can on to the birds with this clever design that prevents squirrels from entering and eating the delicious birdseed inside.
Cougar Tin Trivet
If you enjoy wine with your cheese, save the corks and make this fun and unusual Cougar Tin Trivet. It will keep your hands busy as well as your mind.
Cougar Tin-Olin
Cheese tastes so much better if music is being played near by. Serenade your family or animals with your very own Cougar Cheese Can musical instrument. If you save enough cans you may be able to start a band!
Cougar Cheese Curls
Challenge your neighbors to a curling game. Make the winning team’s prize a can of Viking Cheese. A fun event for all ages that will be sure to make everyone grin.
WSU Empty Can Message
Forget sending messages in empty bottles. Make mail fun with Cougar Cheese Tins. Lets face it; getting mail is more fun when it comes in a can.
Cheese Tin Bottle Holder
Are you a fast cheese eater but a slow wine drinker? If so, make this Cheese Tin Bottle Holder to store unfinished bottles of wine in style.
For the Birds
Not only will the birds be chirping happily with cougar pride as they eat from their personalized Washington State University Cougar Cheese tin the garden, you will also get to watch them mock the squirrels that will try to steal their food but can’t!
Cheese Tin Bonsai
Feeling tropical? Make your home exotic with the Cheese Tin Bonsai. Guests will surely be impressed.
Cougar Candy Dish
What’s better than Cougar Cheese? Hmmm…that’s a tough one, but everyone knows its candy! Make your cheese tin into a handy candy dish that will impress everyone at basketball games, baby showers, and birthday parties and of course the Apple Cup!
Cougar Cement Mold
Add flair to your yard by using this unique Cougar Cement Mold. A handy summer project that will keep your hands busy but still allow your mind to dream about eating cheese.
Versatile CANtainer
Numerous ideas that will leave your imagination thinking of more creative ways to use these cheese tins. The possibilities are endless.
Cougar “Cheese Cake”
Do you have a special event coming up? Make a Cougar “Cheese Cake” that will surely impress all of your friends and family. It makes for a tasty treat as well!
Tiddley Winks
Watch as your children’s crafty side emerges as they learn how to make and play the classic game of Tiddley Winks. It will keep them happy and entertained for hours.
Cougar Dog Dish
Who ever said it is a dog’s world was right! Make your dog eat in style with a Cougar Cheese Dog Dish. It also works for cats, rabbits and of course, those cheese loving mice!
Tasty Morsel Tray
The famous Cougar Cheese Cans are recognized around the world by their carefree colorful stripes. Seagulls are even able to remember the decorative cans when you make them into their own private tasty morsel trays. What an idea!
Cheese Tin Planter
If gardening is your hobby, this idea will really float your boat. Start your seedlings off in style by growing them in a Cougar Cheese tin. All of the other plants will surely be jealous.
Bird House
A 12 year old cheese lover has the right idea about what to do with empty Cougar Cheese cans. Not only does she explain how to make a festive bird house, but it is also a design that keeps sneaky cats away.
Cougar Drum Kit
Have fun being musical when you and your kids make your own Cougar Drums! Have the kids make up cheese songs as they beat away on their own personalized instruments. It will let their imaginations grow, as they are entertained.
Cheese Tin Flower Vase
You will never have to buy a flower vase again if you use this fantastic idea. Put flowers in it that match the blue, yellow and red stripes and create a plant masterpiece!
Cans for Kids
A kid loves cheese; but is it possible that they might like the cans it comes in even more? Probably not, but it is a close contest. The things they can create with the tins are endless, but here are a few ideas to get them started.
Tambourine Tin
Make these Tambourine Tins and gather up your friends for a festive parade around the block. People will be sure to applaud.
Cougar Care Package
Everyone feels down once in awhile, but the best way to cheer up your friends is with a Cougar Care Package. Fill it up with cookies, candy or stickers and brighten even the saddest face into a smile.
Cougar Scarecrow
Scare off unwanted animals with this extraordinary scarecrow that will be fun to create as well as to look at. Unless you are a bird that is.
Cougar Candles
Make it a night to remember with these romantic Cougar Candles. Light them at the dinner table while you and your loved ones indulge in a dish made with Cougar Cheese. It will be an evening that will be remembered for years to come.
Your phriend Philo
NOT
Ditto for me too!!! smile happy face
Matt, I wholeheartedly apologize to you for causing you have to put me in jail, and wasting time that could be well spent improving this already great site for investors to congregate in. I got caught in one of my numerous emotional moments and could not resist putting Cassandra, et. al, (non shareholders in a company I have been following for over 4 years) in her place. As a plea bargain, I will not respond to most of her repetitive posts of information and will contribute mostly in a positive manner to the board. I hope you accept this apology with the honesty and truthfullness that I offer it to you.
Churass.........still had time to edit this. Great comeback, did you get a headache? PUTZ, the King of..........PUTZ. Nighty nite.......... UR.........GOOD ONE UR smart
Ah, but Missy Churass..............your post was addressed to me.
Speaking of "BUTINSKI BULLSHIT", you my little girl seem to have the upper hand on that moniker. As Matt would say, "you're a putz", plain and simple as that. You speak of maturity, hell, I'm coming down to your level.........don't you like it?
Maybe you and Cassy should go cry in the same corner............like anyone really cares.
Your phriend Philo.........oh no, this is my last post of the day...............................so I had better fill it with some good reading for you. Follow the link. It's right up your alley and it will keep you out of mischief.
http://www.seussville.com/seussville/games/
Here are lots of games for you to play
To keep you entertained all day!
The greatest games you've ever seen
To play on your computer screen.
Plus some games you print out and then
You play them with paper and pen.
Celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday
with new printable activities!
Playing these games requires Shockwave. If you do not currently have this software, you may download it now.
New! The Cat in the Hat's Great Big Flap Book Game
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! Game
Sylvester McBean's Sneetch Belly Game
Elephant Ball
The Lorax's Save the Trees Game
The Cat's Concentration Game
Green Eggs and Ham Picture Scramble
Horton's Who Hunt
You need to print out these games and activities in order to play them, using the print button on your browser. The new printable activities require a PDF reader, available for free.
New! Pin the Eggs on the Plate
New! Tic-Tac-Toe
New! Eggstravaganza!
The Seuss Word Search
The Cat in the Hat/The Grinch Doorknob Hanger
Ack! What's that? A Yill-iga-yakk!
Dr. Seuss's Who's Whoses
Connect the Dots
The Cat In the Hat
What did Marco See?
The Cat's Hat Maze
Help Marco daydream in living color
All these games can be played online without a plug-in, but each one is different. Follow the directions that come with each game.
Who Said That?
Oh Say Can You Say?
Churass............why are you still alive then? You must taste AND look like shit.
Your phriend Philo
No problem, want some more? I've got time on my hands.......and you have sploogy on yours.
You must also have that circular bruise on your forehead. You know, when your hand slips off and smacks you in the head.......
Your phriend Philo
MORE STUPID LAWS..........
California
State Laws
*Community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.
*Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.
*Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
*Removing your clothes in a bath house is against the law.
*It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
*Women may not drive in a house coat.
*No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
*It is illegal to own a gerbil, hamster or ferret.
City Laws
Arcdia
*Peacocks have the right of way to cross any street, including driveways.
Alhambra
*You cannot leave your car on the street overnight without the proper permit.
Baldwin Park
*Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
Belvedere
*City Council order reads: "No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash."
Blythe
*You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows.
Burlingame
*It is illegal to spit, except on baseball diamonds.
Carmel
*Ice cream may not be eaten while standing on the sidewalk. (Repealed when Clint Eastwood was mayor)
*Women may not wear high heels while in the city limits.
Chico
*Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine.
Downey
*It is illegal to wash your car in the street. (Passed 1995).
Hollywood
*It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.
Lafayette
*You are forbidden to spit on the ground within 5 feet of another person.
Lompoc
*It is illegal to posses, own or raise roosters. This is considered disturbing the peace.
Long Beach
*Cars are the only item allowed in a garage.
*It is illegal to curse on a mini-golf course.
Los Angeles
*It is illegal in for a man to beat his wife with a strap wider than 2 inches without her consent.
*You cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.
*You may not hunt moths under a street light.
*It is illegal to cry on the witness stand.
*Toads may not be licked. The toad secretes a poison that some people were licking to produce an effect like heroin and become "high".
*It is a crime for dogs to mate within 500 yards of a church. Breaking this law is punishable by a fine of $500 and/or six months in prison.
*Zoot suits are prohibited.
Ontario
*Roosters may not crow in the city limits.
Pacific Grove
*Molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine. Palm Springs
*It is illegal to walk a camel down Palm Canyon Drive between the hours of four and six PM.
Pasadena
*It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.
Prunedale
*Two bathtubs may not be installed in the same house.
Redlands
*Motor vehicles may not drive on city streets unless a man with a lantern is wallking ahead of it.
Riverside
*One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1 o'clock.
San Diego
*It is illegal to shoot jackrabbits from the back of a streetcar.
*The owners of houses with Christmas lights on them past February second may be fined up to $250.
San Francisco
*Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they are on a leash.
*It is illegal to wipe one's car with used underwear.
*Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street.
*It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner.
*Giving or receiving oral sex is prohibited.
San Jose
*It is illegal to have more than two cats or dogs. -Ord. 7.08.595
Santa Monica
*You may not play percussion instruments on the beach.
Temecula
*Ducks have the right of way to cross Rancho California St. no matter what.
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Colorado
State Laws
*Car dealers may not show cars on a Sunday.
*It is illegal for liquor stores to sell food or grocery stores to sell any alcohol except beer that is at most 3.2% alcohol.
*No liquor may be sold on Sundays or election days. (Repealed)
*It is illegal to ride a horse while under the influence.
*Tags may be ripped off of pillows and mattresses.
*You are breaking the law if you sell or place in the stream of commerce a crib that has: corner posts that extend more than 1/16-inch above end panels; slats more than 2 3/8 inches apart; a mattress support that releases easily from corner posts; cutout designs on the end panels; tears in mesh or fabric; missing or loose screws, bolts, or hardware; sharp edges, points, or rough surfaces on wood surfaces that are not smooth and free from splinters, splits or cracks. The new Infant Crib Safety Act in California (AB 3760, Speier), Colorado (SB 98-023,Pascoe and Morrison) and Washington State (SSB 6229, Kohl and Pennington) states that "no commercial user shall manufacture, retrofit, sell, contract to sell or resell, lease, sublet or otherwise place in the stream of commerce, a full-size or non-full-size crib that is unsafe for any infant using the crib.
City Laws
Denver
*The dog catcher must notify dogs of impounding by posting, for three consecutive days, a notice on a tree in the city park and along a public road running through said park.
*It is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor.
It is illegal to mistreat rats in Denver, Colorado.
*You may not drive a black car on Sundays.
Durango
*It is illegal to go in public dressed in clothes "unbecoming" on one's sex.
Logan County
*It is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep.
Pueblo
*It is illegal to let a dandelion grow within the city limits.
Sterling
*Cats may not run loose without having been fit with a taillight.
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Connecticut
State Laws
*You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.
*In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce.
*It is illegal to dispose of used razor blades.
*You cannot buy any alcohol after 8pm or on sundays.
City Laws
Devon
*It is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.
Guilford
*Only white Christmas lights are allowed for display.
Hartford
*You aren't allowed to cross a street while walking on your hands.
*You may not educate dogs.
*It is illegal for a man to kiss his wife on Sunday.
New Britain
*It is illegal for fire trucks to exceed 25mph, even when going to a fire.
Southington
*Silly string is banned.
Waterbury
*It is illegal for any beautician to hum, whistle, or sing while working on a customer.
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Delaware
State Laws
*It is illegal to fly over any body of water, unless one is carrying sufficient supplies of food and drink.
City Laws
Lewes
*It is illegal to wear pants that are "form fitting" around the waist.
*Getting married on a dare is grounds for an annulment.
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Florida
State Laws
*Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.
*A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.
*If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
*It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
*Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.
*Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal.
*It is illegal to skateboard without a license.
*When having sex, only the missionary position is legal.
*You may not fart in a public place after 6 P.M. on Thursdays.
*It is considered an offense to shower naked.
*You are not allowed to break more than three dishes per day, or chip the edges of more than four cups and/or saucers.
*Oral sex is illegal.
*You may not kiss your wife's breasts.
*Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.
City Laws
Big Pine Key
*It is illegal to molest a Key deer. If caught one will be fined or will have to go to jail.
Cape Coral
*It is against the city ordinance to hang your clothes outside on a clothesline.
*It it illegal to park a pick-up truck in your driveway or in front of your house on the street. This law is limited to only those who do not own the house.
Daytona Beach
*The molestation of trash cans is banned.
Hialeah
*Ambling and strolling is a misdemeanor.
Jupitor Colony Inlet
*Stubborn children are considered vagrants.
Miami
*It is illegal for men to be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.
Pinecrest
*There is a limit of four on the number of dogs any citizen may possess.
*You may be fined if your dog barks.
*In order to have a burglar alarm you must obtain a permit.
Pensacola
*Citizens may not be caught downtown without at least 10 dollars on their person.
Sarasota
*If you hit a pedestrian you are fined $69.50.
*You may not catch crabs.
Tampa Bay
*It is illegal to eat cottage cheese on Sunday after 6:00 P.M.
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Georgia
State Laws
*It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.
*You have the right to commit simple battery if provoked by "fighting" words.
*Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.
*Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
*Signs are required to be written in English.
*No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday.
City Laws
Acworth
*All citizens must own a rake.
Atlanta
*Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
*One man may not be on another man's back.
Columbus
*Can't cut off a chicken's head on Sunday.
*It is illegal to carry a chicken by it's feet down Broadway on Sunday.
Gainesville
*Chicken must be eaten with the hands.
Jonesboro
*It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy"
Kennesaw
*Every head of household must possess a firearm of some kind.
Marietta
*Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck.
St. Mary's
*No spitting on the sidewalk is permitted after dark.
Quitman
*It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
*Cars are not to drive on sidewalks.
Hawaii
State Laws
*All residents may be fined as a result of not owning a boat.
*Coins are not allowed to be placed in one's ears.
City Laws
Honolulu
*Within the limits of any public park, it is unlawful to, (among other things) annoy any bird. (SEC. 10-1.2)
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Idaho
State Laws
*Illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds.
*You may not fish on a camel's back.
*It is considered an offense to ride on a merry-go-round on Sundays.
City Laws
Boise
Residents may not fish from a giraffe's back.
Coeur d' Alene
*If a police officer approaches a vehicle and suspects that the occupants are engaging in sex, he must either honk, or flash his lights and wait for three minutes before approaching the car.
Pocatello
*A law passed in 1912 provided that "The carrying of concealed weapons is forbidden, unless some are exhibited to public view."
*A person may not be seen in public without a smile on their face.
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Illinois
State Laws
*You may be arrested for vagrancy if you do not have at least one dollar bill on your person. You may be convicted of a Class 4 felony offense, punishable by up to three years in state prison, for the crime of "eavesdropping" on your own conversation. -720 ILCS 5/14-2. You must contact the police before entering the city in an automobile.
The English language is not to be spoken.
City Laws
Chicago
*Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire.
*It is an offense to feed whiskey to a dog.
*You can't fly a kite in the city limits.
*Spitting is forbidden
*In the Pullman area, it is illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while sitting on the curb.
*It is forbidden to fish while sitting on a giraffe's neck.
*It is legal to protest naked in front of city hall as long as you are under seventeen years of age and have legal permits.
Champaign
*It is considered an offense to piss in your neighbor's mouth.
Cicero
*Prohibits humming on public streets on Sundays.
Crete
*It is considered an offense to attempt to have sex with one's dog.
*Cars may not be driven through the town.
Des Plains
*Wheelbarrows with For-Sale signs may not be chained to trees.
Eureka
*A man with a moustache may not kiss a woman.
Evanston
*Bowling is forbidden.
*It is unlawful to change clothes in an automobile with the curtains drawn, except in case of fire.
Freeport
*It is illegal to expectorate from any second-story window.
Galesburg
*There is a $1,000 dollar fine for beating rats with baseball bats.
Homer
*It is against the law to use a slingshot unless your are a law enforcement officer.
Joliet
*Town fathers, reflecting the pet peeve of hearing their town's name mispronounced 'Jolly-ETTE' when all local folk know it's pronounced 'Joe-lee-ETTE', made pronouncing it Jolly-ette a misdemeanor, punishable by a $5 fine.
Kenilworth
*A rooster must step back three hundred feet from any residence if he wishes to crow. Hens that wish to cackle must step two hundred feet back from any residence.
Kirkland
*Forbids bees to fly over the village or through any of its streets.
Moline
*Ice skating at the Riverside pond during the months of June and August is prohibited.
*There is a ban on unnecessary repetitive driving on 23rd Avenue.
Morton Grove
*You may not own a handgun
Normal
*It is against the law to make faces at dogs.
Orland Prak
*No pool tables are allowed in a public establishment, because it supports gambling.
Ottawa
*Spitting on the sidewalk is a criminal offense.
Park Ridge
*Trucks may only park inside closed garages.
Peoria
*Basketball hoops may not be instaled on a driveway.
Urbana
*A Monster may not enter the city limits
Zion
*It is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animals kept as pets.
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Indiana
State Laws
*Baths may not be taken Between the months of October and March.
*Oral sex is illegal.
*A man over the age of 18 may be arrested for statutory rape if the passenger in his car is not wearing her socks and shoes, and is under the age of 17.
*It is against the law to pass a horse on the street in Indiana.
*It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.
*Liquor stores may not sell milk.
*Grocery stores may not sell any type of liquor cold.
*You may not back into a parking spot. Police officers cannot see your license plate.
*Smoking in the state legislature building is banned, except when the legislature is in session.
*The value of Pi is 4, and not 3.1415. (Repealed)
City Laws
Auburn
*It is illegal to bike, roller-skate, skateboard, or inline skate in an area zone commercial. The penalty for any of these is a fine of no more than $5 or the impounding of ones bicycle for a period not to exceed 30 days but not a combination of both.
Beech Grove
*It is forbidden to eat watermelon in the park.
Evansville
*While driving on Main Street you may not have your lights on.
Fort Wayne
*You may not sell or play on a radio broadcast, the record "It`s In the Book".
Gary
*Persons are prohibited from attending a movie house or other theater and from riding a public streetcar within four hours of eating garlic.
South Bend
*It is illegal to make a monkey smoke a cigarette.
Terre Haute
*No one may spit on the sidewalk.
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Iowa
State Laws
*Kisses may last for as much as, but no more than, five minutes.
*One-armed piano players must perform for free.
*A man with a moustache may never kiss a woman in public.
*It is a violation of the law to sell or distribute drugs or narcotics without having first obtained the appropriate Iowa drug tax stamp.
City Laws
Dubuque
*Any hotel in the city limits must have a water bucket and a hitching post in front of the building.
Indianola
*The "Ice Cream Man" and his truck are banned.
Fort Madison
*The fire department is required to practice fire fighting for fifteen minutes before attending a fire.
Marshalltown
*Horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants
Ottumwa
*It is unlawful for any male person, within the corporate limits of the (city), to wink at any female person with whom he does not know.
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Kansas
State Laws
*Prohibits shooting rabbits from a motorboat.
*Pedestrians crossing the highways at night must wear tail lights.
*No one may catch fish with his bare hands.
*The state game rule prohibits the use of mules to hunt ducks.
*If two trains shall meet on the same track, neither shall proceed until the other has passed.
City Laws
Lawrence
*All cars entering the city limits must first sound their horn to warn the horses of their arrival.
*No one may wear a bee in their hat.
Russell
*Musical car horns are banned
Salina
*It is against the law to leave your car motor running unattended.
Topeka
*The installation of bathtubs is prohibited.
Wichita
*At the intersection of Douglas and Broadway, a person in an automobile is required to get out of their vehicle, fire 3 shotgun rounds into the air, and the get back into their vehicle and proceed through the intersection.
*Any person who uses or carries concealed or unconcealed bean snappers or like, shall upon conviction be fined. -City ordinance 349 of Wichita, Kansas
SOME FUN STUFF.......
General Idiots
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Travel Agent Stories
A woman called to make reservations "I want to go from Chicago to Hippopotamus, New York" The agent was at a loss for words. Finally, the agent: "Are you sure that's the name of the town?" "Yes, what flights do you have?" replied the customer. After some searching, the agent came back with, "I'm sorry, ma'am, I've looked up every airport code in the country and I can't find a Hippopotamus anywhere." The customer retorted, "Oh don't be silly. Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!" The agent scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, "You don't mean Buffalo, do you?" "That's it! I knew it was a big animal!"
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I got a call from a woman who wanted to go to Capetown. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information when she interrupted me with "I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Cape Town is in Massachusetts. "Without trying to make her look like the stupid one, I calmly explained, "Cape cod is in Massachusetts, Cape Town is in Africa." Her response ... click.
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Locked Out
I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car. "Do you need some help?" I asked. She replied, "I knew I should have replaced the battery to this remote door un-locker. Now I can't get into my car. Do you think they (pointing to a distant convenient store) would have a battery to fit this?" "Hmmm, I don't know. Do you have an alarm too?" I asked. "No, just this remote thingy," she answered, handing it and the car keys to me. As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I replied, "Why don't you drive over there and check about the batteries; it's a long walk.
Genious
Several years ago, an intern who was none too swift. One day he was typing and turned to a secretary and said, "I'm almost out of typing paper. What do I do?" "Just use copier machine paper," the secretary told him. With that, the intern took his last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the photocopier and proceeded to make five "blank" copies. Cassy is this how you got your current job?
Disbelief
(Sewell New Jersey)--Shame, Shame, Shame--A nationally-recognized company who helped promote a sweepstakes contest is having a problem with a recent winner...who apparently thinks the whole thing is a scam. Company representatives say they have tried everything: phone calls, packages, even registered letters...but the winner refuses to claim his 46-million dollar prize. They say he left a message on one of their phone lines saying "If this isn't a scam, then shame on me."
Credit Card Verification
I was signing the receipt for my credit card purchase when the clerk noticed that I had never signed my name on the back of the credit card. She informed me that she could not complete the transaction unless the card was signed. When I asked why, she explained that it was necessary to compare the signature on the credit card with the signature I just signed on the receipt. So I signed the credit card in front of her. She carefully compared that signature to the one I signed on the receipt. As luck would have it, they matched.
Will the real Dummy Please stand up!
AT&T FIRED President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked intellectual leadership. He received a $26 million severance package. Perhaps it's not Walter who's lacking intelligence.
City Ban
The Chico, California, City Council enacted a ban on nuclear weapons, setting a $500 fine for anyone detonating one within city limits.
Target Practice
A man in Johannesberg, South Africa, shot his 49-year-old friend in the face, seriously wounding him, while the two practiced shooting beer cans off each other's head.
Locked In
Waiters at a Cedar Rapids, Ia restaurant were summoned to the restroom after hearing loud banging noises from within. When they entered they saw a man banging on a closet door apparently thinking he was locked in.
Communication
A man spoke frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!" "Is this her first child?" the doctor asked. "No!", the man shouted, "This is her husband!".
The Great Chicken Rescue
Six people drowned Monday while trying to rescue a chicken that had fallen into a well in southern Egypt. An 18 year old farmer was the first to descend into the 60-foot well. He drowned, apparently after an undercurrent in the water pulled him down, police said his sister and two brothers, none of whom could swim well,went in one by one to help him, but also drowned. Two elderly farmers then came to help. But they apparently were pulled by the same undercurrent. The bodies of the six were later pulled out of the well in the village of Nazlat Imara, 240 miles south of Cairo. The chicken was also pulled out. It survived.
The Wrong Stuff
When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find an ill man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges, saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had. Cassy this you?
Not the sharpest tool in the shed
In Modesto, California, Steven Richard King was arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon. King used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun, but unfortunately, he failed to keep his hand in his pocket. .....hellllllooooooo!
Best Fish Story
Last summer, down on Lake Isabella, located in the high desert, an hour east of Bakersfield, California, some folks, new to boating, were having a problem. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't get their brand new 22 ft. Bayliner to perform. It wouldn't get on a plane at all, and it was very sluggish in almost every maneuver, no matter how much power was applied. After about an hour of trying to make it go, they putted to a nearby marina, thinking someone there could tell them what was wrong. A thorough topside check revealed everything in perfect working condition. The engine ran fine, the outdrive went up and down, the prop was the correct size and pitch. So, one of the marina guys jumped in the water to check underneath. He came up choking on water, he was laughing so hard. NOW REMEMBER THIS IS TRUE....Under the boat, still strapped securely in place, was the trailer.
Criminal Idiots
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Leaving Evidence
(Fitchburg Massachusetts)--Chump Change--Police say it was one of the easiest cases they have ever solved. A man went into a fish market, and asked to exchange several rolls of pennies for bills. When the register was opened, he pulled out a gun, robbed the cashier, and left. His mistake? Putting his real name and phone number on the penny rolls...making him a breeze to track down. As it turned out, he was on probation for an earlier home burglary...where he was identified after leaving his wallet at the scene.
Cover Up
(New Orleans Louisiana)--Unmistaken Identity--A 31-year-old man being sought on a misdemeanor warrant failed to evade police...by attempting to convince them he was dead. They say he murdered another guest at the hotel at which he was staying...one that slightly resembled himself. After pulling all the teeth from the corpse to prevent identification using dental records, he set the room on fire...and fled. Sprinklers quickly extinguished flames before they reached the body. He was caught a short time later.
The Real Deal
(Victorville California)--Fake Robbery--Thieves broke into a prominent jewelry store, promptly relieving its owners of nearly a hundred rings in a display case before making their getaway. Unfortunately for the crooks, they didn't notice a sign on the counter telling potential customers all the rings on display were cheap copies, and that the real goods could be seen with the help of the shop's staff. A spokesman says it will cost the store far more to replace the smashed front door and display case than to replace the paste jewelry.
A Little Help
Police in Oakland, California spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside his home. After firing tear gas canisters, officers discovered that the man was standing beside them in the police line, shouting "Please come out and give yourself up."
Lie Detector
Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a suspect by placing a metal colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a photocopy machine. The message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and police pressed the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling the truth. Believing the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed.
Curious
R.C. Gaitlin, 21, walked up to two patrol officers who were showing their squad car computer equipment to children in a Detroit neighborhood. When he asked how the system worked, the officers asked him for a piece of identification. Gaitlin gave them his driver's license, they entered it into the computer, and moments later they arrested Gaitlin because information on the screen showed that Gaitlin was wanted for a two-year-old armed robbery in St. Louis, Missouri.
Wrong Number
Police in Wichita, Kansas, arrested a 22-year-old man at an airport hotel after he tried to pass two (counterfeit) $16 bills.
Honest Citizens
A bus carrying five passengers was hit by a car in St. Louis, but by the time police arrived on the scene, fourteen pedestrians had boarded the bus and had begun to complain of whiplash injuries and back pain.
Call the Cops
When two service station attendants in Ionia, Michigan, refused to hand over the cash to an intoxicated robber, the man threatened to call the police. They still refused, so the robber called the police and was arrested.
Low Speed Chase
A Los Angeles man who later said he was "tired of walking," stole a steamroller and led police on a 5 mph chase until an officer stepped aboard and brought the vehicle to a stop.
Self Appointed Attorney
Oklahoma City - Dennis Newton was on trial for the armed robbery of a convenience store in a district court this week when he fired his lawyer. Assistant district attorney Larry Jones said Newton, 47, was doing a fair job of defending himself until the store manager testified that Newton was the robber. Newton jumped up, accused the woman of lying and then said, "I should of blown you [expletive] head off." The defendant paused, then quickly added, "-- if I'd been the one that was there." The jury took 20 minutes to convict Hewton and recommend a 30-year sentence.
Check the Pockets
Drug-possession defendant Christopher Johns, on trial in March in Pontiac, Michigan, said he had been searched without a warrant. The prosecutor said the officer didn't need a warrant because a "bulge" in Christopher's jacket could have been a gun. Nonsense, said Christopher, who happened to be wearing the same jacket that day in court. He handed it over so the judge could see it. The judge discovered a packet of cocaine in the pocket and laughed so hard he required a five-minute recess to compose himself.
The Finger
Chicago - A man robbing a dry cleaning store blew off part of one finger with a shotgun, police said. "This is no toy; the gun is loaded," the robber said to his victims Monday in the Pekin Cleaners on Chicago's south side. Police said the robber, wearing a red handkerchief over his face and carrying a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun, then opened the gun to show it was loaded. When he closed it, the weapon fired, taking off two-thirds of the little finger of his left hand. After the gun fired, he took $10 from the cash register and a portable television set from the counter and fled. Police said they recovered the tip of the finger and were able to get a fingerprint. A store employee, Hattie Butler, said she did not realize the robber had injured himself because he did not show any signs of pain.
Kidknapping 101
In Bent Forks, Ill., kidnapers of ice-cube magnate Worth Bohnke sent a photograph of their captive to Bohnke's family. Bohnke was seen holding up a newspaper. It was not that day's edition and, in fact, bore a prominent headline relating to Nixon's trip to China. This was pointed out to the kidnapers in a subsequent phone call. They responded by sending a new photograph showing an up-to-date newspaper. Bohnke, however, did not appear in the picture. When this, too, was refused, the kidnapers became peevish and insisted that a photograph be sent to them showing all the people over at Bohnke's house holding different issues of "Success magazine". They provided a mailing address and were immediately apprehended. They later admitted to FBI agents they did not understand the principle involved in the photograph/newspaper concept. "We thought it was just some kind of tradition," said one. Educators agree that such mix-ups point to poor reasoning and comprehension skills, ignorance of current events, and failure to complete work in the time allotted.
Confusion
An Illinois man, pretending to have a gun, kidnapped a motorist and forced him to drive to two different automated teller machines, wherein the kidnapper proceeded to withdraw money from his own bank accounts.
Slow Get-Away
A man walked into a Topeka, Kansas Kwik Stop,and asked for all the money in the cash drawer. Apparently, the take was too small, so he tied up the store clerk and worked the counter himself for three hours until police showed up and grabbed him.
Famous Idiots
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Wants to Meet Him
On a talk show many years ago but still long after Hank Williams had passed away, Country Music singer Olivia Newton-John was being interviewed on a late night talk show. She was asked if Old Hank Williams Sr. had been an influence in her style of singing to which she replied, "Yes he has and someday I would like to meet him."
Saving Money
During the heat of the space race in the 1960's, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration decided it needed a ballpoint pen to write in the zero gravity confines of its space capsules. After considerable research and development, the Astronaut Pen was developed at a cost of about $1 million U.S. The pen worked and also enjoyed some modest success as a novelty item back here on Earth. The Soviet Union, faced with the same problem, used a pencil.
Famous Quotes
Question: If you could live forever, would you and why? Answer: I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever. (Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss Universe contest)
Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. (Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC)
Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that but not with all those flies and death and stuff. (Mariah Carey Pop singer)
When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results. (Former U.S. President Calvin Coolidge)
China is a big country, inhabited by many CHINESE. - (Former French President Charles de Gaulle)
I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law. (David Dinkins, New York City Mayor, answering accusations that he failed to pay his taxes.)
The Internet is a great way to get on the Net. (Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole)
We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees. (Jason Kidd, upon his drafting to the Dallas Mavericks)
It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago. (Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle)
It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it. (Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle)
Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life. (Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for a federal anti-smoking campaign)
The president has kept all of the promises he intended to keep. (Clinton aide George Stephanopolous speaking on "Larry King Live")
That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it. (A congressional candidate in Texas)
I've asked the same question and posted his information for new inmates, but no answer.............So, your guess is as good as mine.
Philo
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What is intelligence?
Two men were digging a ditch on a very hot day. One said to the other, "Why are we down in this hole digging a ditch when our boss is standing up there in the shade of a tree?" "I don't know," responded the other. "I'll ask him."
So he climbed out of the hole and went to his boss. "Why are we digging in the hot sun and you're standing in the shade?" "Intelligence," the boss said. "What do you mean, ‘intelligence'?"
The boss said, "Well, I'll show you. I'll put my hand on this tree and I want you to hit it with your fist as hard as you can." The ditch digger took a mighty swing and tried to hit the boss' hand. The boss removed his hand and the ditch digger hit the tree. The boss said, "That's intelligence!"
The ditch digger went back to his hole. His friend asked, "What did he say?" "He said we are down here because of intelligence." "What's intelligence?" said the friend. The ditch digger put his hand on his face and said, "Take your shovel and hit my hand."