I have finally gotten back on the computer after the hard drive meltdown. There are still so many Windows updates to get installed. At one point there were 82 that needed installing. Hard to believe that there had been that many since I bought the computer in September. That's over 25 released a month since then!Since the last big post we went to see the Richmond Pops Band's Christmas Concert, they had as special guests the Richmond Choral Society and Stephen Cramer & Leigh Ann Hinton soloist - U.S. Army Band, Washington, DC. The performance was fantastic.
The big snow storm hit here last night around 5 p.m. It looks like we got about 10 -12 inches of snow here at the house. This morning I heard a truck having trouble out front and peeped out to find not the snowplow that I thought it was, but a flatbed wrecker struggling to come up the hill toward the house. You'd have thought it would have made it up without difficulty, yet it was struggling.
The plows did come by this afternoon, but it ended up making almost a bigger mess than what we had already. They, of course, blocked the driveway with what they scrapped off the road. Since the snow is already so wet and heavy, it is going to be an absolute mess to shovel out tomorrow. I'll need to find me a much better winter coat and some gloves in order to get out and help Walter. Yuck!
He did manage to make it out to Hull Street this afternoon, but then again he has the advantage of 4-wheel drive. Otherwise he'd have been stuck in here as well. He told me that there were a number of cars stuck on the side of our road (1 mile - from the house to Hull Street). One was even going in the wrong direction.
There has been some more snow flying this afternoon, maybe we'll get a dusting more. Everyone will need to be extremely careful out driving this evening. The snowy slush will be freezing over tonight and be very slick.
December Snow Photos
The Richmond Pops Christmas Concert
Glad that I got that shot of the wreath this morning, by the time the late afternoon had rolled around, it had gotten so weighted down with snow and ice that it actually fell off the window. I guess I'll be letting the snow and ice melt off of it before I try rehanging it.
Email & Newsletter Gleanings:
Thought For the Day:
When the people fear their government there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. - Thomas Jefferson
Amendment 28: Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators or Representatives, and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States.
Let's get this passed around, folks - these people have brought this upon themselves!!!
This is too true to be funny.
The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of it's releases.
A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, At the rate our government is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain... let's take a look at New Orleans .. It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D) is presently asking Congress for 250 BILLION DOLLARS to rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number...
What does it mean?
A. Well ... If you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans every man, woman, and child) You each get $516,528.
B. Or... If you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home gets $1,329,787.
C. Or... If you are a family of four... Your family gets $2,066,012.
Washington, D. C
HELLO! Are all your calculators broken??
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax (Fed)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
(And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago... And our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt... We had the largest middle class in the world... And Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What happened?
Can you spell 'politicians!'
And I still have to Press '1' For English.
What the heck happened?????
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