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The cab vines have really taken off this year.  These were scrawney little bare root plants in the spring of 2007.

Yeah I need to apply another coat of stain to the fence.  Reminds me of someone else who took a long time to get a fence stained....I forget who that was. 

Hey one more redneck marker for me.  I bought myself a genuine Stetson hat today. 

Nah just picked it up at D & B Supply.  www.dbsupply.com  Sort of a local cowboy/farmer supply store.

Large PDF  http://www.mydbsupply.com/userfiles/file/July%202009%20PDF%20ALL%20PAGES%20layout(8).pdf 
Edited by Dennis Nicholls - 7/10/2009 at 04:27 am GMT

Y'all need to get dressed up before you head over to Cowgirls Saloon to get some drinks and get into some fistfights.

http://www.cowgirlsaloon.com/  
Edited by Dennis Nicholls - 7/10/2009 at 04:48 am GMT

Well I actually slept 5 straight hours now.  For me that's doing really well.

My GP took one look at my CAT scan and sent me over to an EN&T guy.  My sinuses are kind of messed up but they are trying a 4 drug plan to see if they can fix me up without surgery. 

Barry channeling Bill Clinton? I can see Sarko channeling Louis Renault: "now you're learning to live like a Frenchman." 

I wonder what Cees thinks of my drug plan?

Prednisone  60 mg daily initially
Avelox 400 mg daily
Astepro (nasal spray)
Omnaris (nasal spray)

Mike,

Do you read "City Journal" often? 

I met the other Mike back working in defense in the 1980's.  He grew up in rural central California.  We've been commiserating about the changes in California since WWII.  His wife's dad was the rangemaster at the Lockheed shooting range - small world.  She's an accomplished horsewoman who knows the value of a good saddle gun. Mike's a member of the Grange (!) and teaches marksmanship to 4H club kids.

They came out for a family vacation back two years ago and explored southern Idaho with me.  The threat of relocating here was made but it's hard to follow up upon.  It's so easy to just let the years go by.

It's hard to uproot oneself, one's family, and one's career.  They even made a film about that once.  It's called "How the West was Won". 

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We had some excitement this afternoon in my neighborhood.  About a 100 yards away from my place, a couple of doofuses left home with the front door ajar.  Their two bone-crunching pit bulls ran out and attacked a bystander, causing a neighbor to pull his trusty revolver and shoot one of the dogs dead on the spot.  The other dog took one look at him and ran back inside the house.

Got kind of crowded with 3 cop cars, 2 cop cycles, and a TV newscast team.   Sheriff said the guy with the gun did the right thing and he won't be charged, leaving open speculation of charging the doofuses who let the two pit bulls be at large.   

Turns out it was his trusty shotgun.     http://www.2news.tv/news/local/50551007.html 

I haven't yet seen it, but this is supposed to be a wonderful documentary film.

http://www.zipporah.com/films/36

Maybe they should make your legislature watch it en masse.

2004
1. “The ability of lending institutions to manage the risks associated with mortgages that have high loan-to-value ratios seems to have improved markedly over the past decade.”
-Alan Greenspan [February 2004]

-2005
2. “Home sales are coming down from the mountain peak, but they will level out at a high plateau, a plateau that is higher than previous peaks in the housing cycle.”
-David Lereah, Chief Economist, National Association of Realtors [December 2005]

-2006
3. “I don’t know, but I think the worst of this may well be over.”
-Alan Greenspan, [October 2006]

-2007
4. “We have a very strong global economy… and I feel very comfortable with the global economy.
-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson [March, 2007]

5. “The impact on the broader economy and financial markets of the problems in the subprime markets seems likely to be contained.”
-Ben Bernanke [March 28, 2007]

6. “In today’s environment, it is virtually impossible to violate rules.”
-Bernie Madoff [November 2007]

-2008
7. “Over the next few months, existing-home sales are expected to hold fairly steady as indicated by pending sales activity, then rise later in the year and continue to improve in 2009.”
-National Association of Realtors [January 2008]

8. “Although recent data suggest that the probability of a recession in 2008 has increased, CBO does not expect the slowdown in economic growth to be large enough to register as a recession.”
-US Congressional Budget Office [January 2008]

9. “I don’t think we’re headed to a recession.”
-President George W. Bush [February 2008]

10. “I don’t anticipate any serious problems of that sort among the large internationally active banks that make up a very substantial part of our banking system.”
-Ben Bernanke [February 28, 2008]

11. “No! No! No! Bear Stearns is not in trouble.”
-Jim Cramer, CNBC commentator [March 2008]

12. “Later this year, I expect growth will pick up.”
-Henry Paulson, just after Treasury had mailed out 130 million economic stimulus cheques [May 2008]

13. “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are fundamentally sound. They’re not in danger of going under…. I think they are in good shape going forward.”
-Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee [July 2008]

14. “My own belief is if we were going to have some sort of big crash or recession, we probably would have had it by now.”
-Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper [September 2008]

15. “We’re probably somewhere pretty close to a bottom.”
-Fund manager Barton Biggs [September 2008]

16. “The fundamentals of our economy are strong.”
-US Senator John McCain [Sept 15, 2008]

17. “We remain committed to examining all strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value.”
-Lehman Bros. CEO Dick Fuld, shortly before Lehman went bankrupt [Sept 2008]

How expensive is RPI?  Can he move home from the dorms? 

EDIT:  EEK!!!   RPI is $38K for undergrads?   


UCSC was $700/year in fees back when I attended.
Edited by Dennis Nicholls - 7/13/2009 at 07:33 pm GMT

I haven't looked at prices lately....geez schools are now crazy expensive.

My old law school now wants $38K tuition too.   http://law.scu.edu/admissions/tuition-financial-aid.cfm 

When I was going there 1993-1996 the tuition was only about $18K. How the heck did it more than double in 15 years?

Sadly the policies of such places are making it obvious what a young person's career plan should be.  Join a labor union craft - or better, a GOVERNMENT labor union craft.  Be a city inspector or a cop.  Become a millionaire and retire at 45 on a full salary. 

Geez even UCSC wants $8K resident student fees (UC prides itself on not charging in-state "tuition", calling them "fees" instead).  Toss on $20K out-of-state tuition and even UCSC is now $28K tuition for undergrads.  http://admissions.ucsc.edu/financial_aid.cfm 

I bought a hat for $50 and thought I was a big spender.