Rachel's Blog
Kara Walton, of Claymont, Delaware sued the owner of a night club in a nearby city because she fell from the bathroom window to the floor, knocking out her two front teeth. Even though Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the ladies room window to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge, the jury said the night club had to pay her $12,000 …oh, yeah, plus dental expenses. Go figure.
This is part of what’s wrong with our so called ‘Legal system’. It’s also why our insurance is so darn high too.
Idiots # 1: A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, ‘Nobody move!’ When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him.
Idiot # 2: Arkansas: Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he’d just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back knocking him unconscious. It seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass. The whole event was caught on videotape.
Last but not least: This person lives in a semi-rural area (Weyauwega, Wisconsin). They recently had a new neighbor call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road. The reason: ‘Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! – I don’t think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.’
I have no more but I’m sure there are more out there because they multiply!!
A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the Branch and wrote this, ‘Put all your muny in this bag.’ While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller’s window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to the Wells Fargo Bank.
After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he wasn’t the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America.
Looking somewhat defeated, the man said, ‘OK’ and left. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America.
Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home.
Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter coming toward them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locater beacon that activated when the raft was inflated.
They are no longer employed at Boeing. Does that surprise you? Well it doesn’t surprise me one bit. Sometimes I wonder about people, ya know? I wonder if the joy ride was worth losing their jobs for? I bet not.
That’s the good thing about the Internet, if you keep looking, you’re bound to find what you need. Well I happen to be looking for mailboxes right now and found more. I didn’t realize how many different sites there were or how many different types of mailboxes there were either. That makes it hard to choose just one.
I was also trying to find address plaques and they had some really nice ones too. Living in a townhouse, I don’t need any mailbox posts but my mother does since she’s also looking for a new mailbox. She found a couple of sites I hadn’t found yet too.
I really think I like the Whitehall mailboxes the best of all now that I have checked out so many. They are available in a lot of different styles and materials too. I just wish I could make up my mind. My mothers having the same problem I am too. I wonder if you can have more than one mailbox??? I don’t think my mailperson would appreciate that, do you?
The K9 above is Brutus, a military K9 at McChord. He’s huge – part Boxer and part British Bull Mastiff and tops the scales at 200 lbs. His handler took the picture. Brutus is running toward me because he knows I have some Milk Bone treats, so he’s slobbering away! I had to duck around a tree just before he got to me in case he couldn’t stop, but he did.
Brutus won the Congressional Medal of Honor last year from his tour in Iraq . His handler and four other soldiers were taken hostage by insurgents. Brutus and his handler communicate by sign language and he gave Brutus the signal that meant ‘go away but come back and find me’. The Iraqis paid no attention to Brutus. He came back later and quietly tore the throat out of one guard at one door and another guard at another door. He then jumped against one of the doors repeatedly (the guys were being held in an old warehouse) until it opened. He went in and untied his handler and they all escaped. He’s the first K9 to receive this honor.
If he knows you’re ok, he’s a big old lug and wants to sit in your lap. Enjoys the company of cats.
K-9 Congressional Medal of Honor Winner
Thought you’d find this interesting. Talk about animal intelligence and bonding with humans! Remember that they can’t do a lot of things for themselves and that they depend on you to make their life a quality life!
A PET’S TEN COMMANDMENTS………
1. My life is likely to last 10-15 years. Any separation from you is likely to be painful.
2. Give me time to understand what you want of me.
3. Place your trust in me. It is crucial for my well-being.
4. Don’t be angry with me for long and don’t lock me up as punishment. You have your work, your friends, your entertainment, but I have only you.
5. Talk to me. Even if I don’t understand your words, I do understand your voice when speaking to me.
6. Be aware that however you treat me, I will never forget it.
7. Before you hit me, before you strike me, remember that I could hurt you, and yet, I choose not to bite you.
8. Before you scold me for being lazy or uncooperative, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I’m not getting the right food, I have been in the sun too long, or my heart might be getting old or weak.
9. Please take care of me when I grow old. You too, will grow old.
10. On the ultimate difficult journey, go with me please. Never say you can’t bear to watch. Don’t make me face this alone. Everything is easier for me if you are there, because I love you so.
~Take a moment today to thank God for your pets. Enjoy and take good care of them.
Life would be a much duller, less joyful experience without God’s critters
It’s looks pretty bad when a 14 year old boy can walk into a police department in a uniform without a badge on, get assigned to a beat and then ride around with a ‘partner’ for four hours before they figure out he’s not a cop. Worse yet, he’s not even an adult.
A 14-year-old boy accused of impersonating a police officer and going on patrol has pleaded not guilty. The teenager appeared in a juvenile courtroom on Monday with his hands cuffed behind his back. A judge ordered that he be held at the juvenile center because he could pose a danger to himself.
On Saturday the teen, wearing an officer’s uniform, walked into a police station and was assigned to go on patrol. He partnered with another officer for about five hours before the ruse was discovered.
The boy did not have a gun, never issued any tickets and didn’t drive the squad car. Deputy Superintendent Daniel Dugan said the boy looks older than 14 and was motivated by a desire to be an officer, not malice or “ill intent.”
The worst part of this whole story is that this little incident could keep him from being able to become a police officer. Wouldn’t that be a shame? I think so. It sure doesn’t say much for the Chicago Police Department that it took them 5 hours to realize he wasn’t even a Police Officer, does it?
The boy once took part in a Chicago program for youth interested in policing, so he would have been familiar with some procedures, perhaps helping him blend in, police spokeswoman Monique Bond said.
The Rev. Roosevelt Watkins said the boy had lived with him for much of the past year and is fascinated by police work.
In Holland Township, New Jersey, three children were taken from their parents because the parents named the three little girls Nazi names of all things. There was a little girl taken from her parents in New Zealand and the courts changed the childs name. Her name was ‘Talula does the hula in Hawaii’. But this one beats her name.
Holland Township Police Sgt. John Harris said workers from the state Division of Youth and Family Services removed 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell and his younger sisters, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell, from their home Tuesday.
The children and their parents, Heath and Deborah Campbell, received attention last month when a supermarket bakery refused to put Adolf Hitler Campbell’s name on a birthday cake.
I do believe a parent has a right to name a child what ever they want to name that child but for crying out loud, Adolf Hitler Campbell? It’s sort of like Frank Zappa naming his kids Moon Unit, Dweezel and Motorhead. He has a right but at least the names weren’t names that are associated with so much hate like the Nazi names these people gave their children………..daughters to be exact.
Today will go down in history for sure. Not only do we have a new President, but he is a bi-racial of African decent. I think it’s wrong to simply call him an African-American President. He’s much more than that. His father was an immigrant from Kenya, Africa but his mother was white. But none of that really matters in all reality and when we can quit putting labels on everyone, then we will have a much better world.
We judge people too much by the labels we place up on them. Gay, Lesbian, Catholic, Baptist, Muslim, White, Black (or African-American) and the list goes on and on. We are all Americans. We should not be divided by Irish-Americans, African-American, German-American or anything like that which only serves to divide our country. We are Americans. The only true American is the many tribes of American Indians. We are all of some decent but who we are are Americans and I hope that with the new President, that sentiment will ring!!!!!
I can just about bet that most people know someone that will be there when our new President is sworn in. I know of several people that will be there. I don’t care that much for crowds so I’ll just watch it on TV or see it on the evening news. I can feel so much excitement in the air too. Everyone is looking so much to Barack Obama being President that it’s amazing.
It might be that everyone is so excited that George W. Bush won’t be in there anymore too. I’ve heard that a lot too. One things for sure, I wouldn’t want the job. Our new President has so much on his plate right from the word ‘go’ that the poor man probably won’t get much sleep the first several months in office. I sure wish him all the luck in the world.
I really think that if anyone can straighten out the many messes we are in, he’s the man that can do it. At least I hope and pray he is the man that can do it. A lot of people have placed their faith in him and expect a lot of him. I think he can handle most anything that comes at him.