Author: Stoga
Think the Phoenix dust storm killed a lot of engines?
I’ve been seeing some pictures of the storm and the incredible amount of dust. A friend of mine back in high school was out west with his family and his dad drove the family station wagon through one of those. When they got back, they had to have a new engine put in. I’ve got the feeling that a new…
Hats off to Canada!
http://www.bankrate.com/financing/mortgages/o-canada-you-sensible-land/?ec_id=m1078089
“O Canada, you have no doubt watched our housing-driven Great Recession with the stern if sympathetic eye of a schoolmaster who well knows the fate of all undisciplined schoolboys. During our financial meltdown,…
Rupert Murdoch’s paper interferes in murder investigation.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jul/04/milly-dowler-voicemail-hacked-news-of-world
“But the journalists at the News of the World then encountered a problem. Milly’s voicemail box filled up and would accept no more messages. Apparently thirsty for more information from more voicemails, the News…
World’s Largest Jigsaw Puzzle
Only 300,000 pieces!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14005258
Surging China costs forces some U.S. manufacturing companies back home
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43569240/ns/business-us_business
“Why move production from the world’s low-cost workshop back to a unionized U.S. factory where wages are six times higher than in China? Efficiency: The machine in Milwaukee is about 30 times as fast as the Chinese factories the company…
Baptizing A Drunk
A man is stumbling through the woods totally drunk when he comes upon a preacher baptizing people in the river. The drunk walks into
the water and bumps into the preacher. The preacher turns around and is almost overcome by the smell of booze. Whereupon he asks
the drunk, ‘Are you ready to find…