New Jersey Is Cool

I like to listen to talk radio on my commutes to and from work and today I heard something that I would say is rather disturbing to me. It seems that with all the goings on in the State of New Jersey the rest of the country and even the world is considering New Jersey as Cool.

Lately in the News we have had some goings on that have attracted the attention of everyone.

Our exalted ruler Governor Corzine whom was a State Senator before he became Governor was recently in a car accident which nearly took his life. The State Trooper SUV he was in while driving to a Don Imus Appointment, driving in a convoy of about 5 other State trooper vehicles, at about 91 MPH got into an accident. The accident occurred about 7pm on a Friday night coming out of Atlantic City during an evening of rather heavy traffic. Governor Corzine in the front passenger seat wasn't wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident.

Ex Gay governor James E McGreevy who resigned because he was a Gay American is going through divorce proceedings. His wife of 10 years claims she never new he was gay until the day he resigned and gave his resignation speech. Now there is a major battle over the child that they had together. Now while this child was being born the X governor who was governor at the time ignored the fact that his wife was giving birth, an extreme difficult birth that, was at the time having a secret rendezvous with a gay lover. The gay lover was an Israeli Citizen that was given a job as the Zar of Homeland Security for the State Of New Jersey by the X Governor.

Who rights this stuff?

US Attorney Chris Christy is Investigating and catching Political figure after political figure in corruption. I don't mean 1 or 2, he has caught about 120 public officials in the last 1 1/2 years.

Governor Corzine, (back to him) is under investigation by the federal Prosecutor for giving about 4 million dollars to a president of a public Union who is a lady friend of his. As the president of her local she gets a salary of about 100g a year. He is paying the tuition for her children that she shipped off to a boarding school in another state. He is paying for a multi million dollar renovation for her home(no Union labor). He bought her a 1.5 million dollar condo near his own, lol. He gave a law school a million dollar donation and a short time later the law school gave this woman a scholarship to attend the school. When the state was working on a budget one of the big items they were working on was to negotiate certain benefits with the public unions. They worked on this for months. The last week of ironing out issues before going to the table The Governor told those working on the budget to back off of the union negotiations because he and he alone was going to the table to do the dealings.

The night the Public communications Union voted and approved the deal The Governor had proposed to them was the night he had his near fatal car accident. That is why he was in Atlantic City.

I don't have HBO and don't watch the Supranos but I'll tell you what, The story lines of that popular TV program can't be hard to come up with.

I have just mentioned a few items here regarding what goes on in NJ. I would not think the rest of the world would see NJ as cool. If the rest of the world sees NJ as cool then I am afraid the world is in sorrier shape than I thought. But again, I am not really sure what can be defined as cool anymore.

Free Hugs

Free Hugs.

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Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader

Quiz: Are you smarter than a 5th grader?

1. What is the fastest bird on foot?
A. Flamingo
B. Penguin
C. Emu
D. Ostrich
E. Turkey

2. What planet is closest to the sun?
A. Venus
B. Earth
C. Mercury
D. Mars
E. Jupiter

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the Great Lakes?
A. Alberta
B. Huron
C. Michigan
D. Ontario
E. Superior

4. A heptagon is a shape with how many sides?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. 9

5. How long is one regular term for a U.S. Representative?
A. 1 year
B. 2 years
C. 3 years
D. 4 years
E. 6 years

6. What is the compound word in this sentence? -- The bus driver took an alternate route to the airport.
A. Driver
B. Alternate
C. Route
D. Airport

7. Which of the following states is NOT on the Gulf of Mexico?
A. Georgia
B. Texas
C. Florida
D. Alabama
E. Louisiana

8. What is the lowest prime number?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 5

9. On what continent is the chimpanzee's natural habitat?
A. South America
B. Asia
C. Africa
D. Australia

10. How does the Earth's moon give off light?
A. It gives off its own light from within
B. It just appears to be lit because of surrounding stars
C. It is lit by light reflected from the Earth
D. It reflects light from the sun

11. What is the largest South American country by area?
A. Argentina
B. Brazil
C. Chile
D. Mexico
E. Peru

12. Which one of the following states is NOT part of the Four Corners?
A. New Mexico
B. Utah
C. Colorado
D. Nevada
E. Arizona

13. Who was the first person to step foot on the moon?
A. Neil Armstrong
B. Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin
C. John Glenn
D. Sally Ride
E. Alan Shepard

14. 'Carefully' is an example of what type of word?
A. Adjective
B. Noun
C. Verb
D. Adverb

15. What animal classification is a turtle?
A. Amphibian
B. Fish
C. Reptile
D. Mammal

16. In the northern hemisphere, in what month is the autumnal equinox?
A. August
B. September
C. October
D. November

17. Emma has 2 yard sticks. She also has a 12-inch ruler. She laid them end-to-end in a line. How many feet long is the line?
A. 3 Feet
B. 5 Feet
C. 7 Feet
D. 9 Feet
E. 11 Feet

18. Inca civilizations were concentrated on what continent?
A. South America
B. Africa
C. North America
D. Asia
E. Europe

19. What state is the Grand Canyon in?
A. California
B. Arizona
C. North Dakota
D. New Mexico
E. Utah

20. Who was the first president of the United States?
A. John Adams
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. George Washington

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One Down One To Go

I managed to get a new alternattor for my wifes car and installed it yesterday. One problem down. I was a happy man at the auto parts store when the old alternator was tested and the big red letters failed test appeared on the computer screen of the tester. I was actually happy to spend the 160.00 for the new alternator. QWhat's wrong with that oicture?

I went to work today. I called the shop that has my truck to make sure they would get it going for me.The truck will start with a shot of starting fluid and then die after the fumes of the fluid burn off. That tells me that gas isn't getting to the engine. The Chiltons repair manual states that if the engine turns over but doesn't start it's a fuel problem. Check to make sure the fuel pump is working. If not it may have a faulty fuel pump or modules. I checked the fuel pump and it works fine. The next thing to do going by the repair manual is to replace the fuel filter. Ok, The nuts holding the fuel filter on were so tight and needed a wrench that I did not have so I had the truck towed to a service station. Today I was told that they would mcheck for the problem and change the fuel pump. So, getting back to me calling the repair shop. I finally got hold of someone around 9:30 AM. The owner told me that they were getting ready to push it into the shop and if there would be any problems he would give me a call.

Quitting time rolled around so I headed over to the service station figuring all was repaired. Yeah, right. The mechanic couldn't get the fuel filter off. He said he tried vice grips and everything, lol. There isn't enough room around the fuel lines and the drive shaft to even turn vice grips. I know this because I tried it myself Saturday. He then told me that he had tested the fuel line and that the fuel system wasn't the problem. He then went into how the truck had never ever had a tune up. All the coil wires were shot. The rotor was shot, the spark plugs all needed changing because the gaps on them were all to big and also that he had tested for a spark and that the spark was real slow. Ok, stop the bus.......

I am not a mechanic by any means but I have always done what ever repairs I have had to do to keep our vehicles running. I don't know very much about fuel injection systems and wouldn't know where to start with working on one. Give me a V8 with a carburator on top with a distributor, coil wires and spark plugs and I can go to town. What I do know is that any electrical problem on my wifes car, check engine lights and service engine lights start blinking and flashing giving the driver plenty of warning way in advance of a break down. Seems that with every coil wire and spark plug and rotor needing replacing, atleast one warning light should have lit up. The truck was running and just died and couldn't be started again.

The next question would be why will the engine start up when a blast of starting fluid is shot into it? Seems that if everything electrical is needing replacing then why will it start period?

I think the guy knows that I need the truck pretty bad. He also knows that I had to pay to get it towed there. He told me that before he can even try to figure out why it can't start he wants to do a $500.00 tune up. the little Chevy Blazer only cost $300.00 when it was purchased from a friend.

If anyone out there has any expierience mechanically and can let me know weather I am right or wrong regarding my intuition on being set up for a rip off or that the mechanic is being straight with me, I would appreciate your input.

Bad Luck

Bad Luck, I have been on a streak now for so long, lol. It seems that we are having a run of bad luck and it won't go away.

The bad luck that is happening isn't anything to serious and so far most has been manageable. It's almost as if the bad things that have been happening are being controlled or God has been preventing the worse.

For the past few weeks we have been having internet server problems. Our internet goes down. Comcast is our provider. We call Comcast and they set up a service call. It's always a 7 day waiting period. A fewm days later the internet works again. The day before the service call we cancel the appointment and I would say that within the hour of that call the internet goes down again. I would swear someone at Comcast is playing games with the buttons they are pushing. My wife has called them and they have told her that there was a problem with the lines in the area. Now we have digital cable TV and Internet service. How can a line be the problem when the digital Cable is still working for the TV? I would think that if there was a line problem then the TV would be down too. One day after waiting all day for a so called line to be fixed and nothing ever happening with the internet service being repaired another call was made to Comcast and like magic, a certain individual in the Comcast office must have typed something into a computer for that person repaired our service. (that time anyway)

I already mentioned awhile back that our main TV in the house musta recieved some kind of power surge and fried. Also the power jack on my laptop went. My Laptop is always plugged into a power strip with a surge protector though.

While at work Friday it started to rain at the end of the day. While wrapping up, soaking wet, I started up my truck to get the heat going. After wrapping up I climbed into the truck and put it into drive and it died. Grrrrrrr. Cranked it, turned over great but wouldn't start. I shot some starting fluid into the air cleaner and it started until the fluid burned off. The truck wasn't getting fuel and it almost had a full tank. My wife had to come and pick me up. I work about 70 some miles from home. I froze my butt off waiting for her and trying to figure out what was wrong with the fuel system.I had been soaking wet for hours and the temps dropped to about 40 degrees. The truck wouldn't start so no heater.

I picked up a fuel filter yesterday and threw my tool box into the car and headed back up yeterdat to see if I could get the truck running. I took my wifes car. I Couldn't get the fuel lines off the fuel filter no matter how hard I tried. I didn't have a certain type of wrench one uses that goes around the fuel line and around the nuts. It's like a rounded box wrench with a knotch to go around the fuel line. Grrrrrrr. I had the truck towed to a service station and hopefully I won't have to pay an arm and a leg to get the truck fixed. Just incase anyone asks, the fuel pump was working.

We have not done a good grocery shopping now for several weeks and my wife had planned to go yesterday. So after I returned with her car she headed to the store. She went about a mile from the house when every warning light on her car went on and her car died. Is this unreal or not? I walked to her car and somehow got it started and was able to drive it back home. Time, about 7 pm. I noticed the drain on the battery gauge and once into our driveway the car again died. I checked the battery and with my father in laws help we jumped it and started it up. The Battery gauge showed the battery draining so I decided that the alternator was shot. I took the alternator out and will have it checked today. I am hoping that that is the problem as I am hoping the fuel filter is the problem on the truck.

Thankfully my Father in law took my wife grocery shopping. Food was scarce here. We had depleated just about every stapple. If I get my wifes car running we are going to have meat for dinner, lol.

I'm still here

But sorry I haven't been around much.

Setting Up

I am setting up on a new computer and it seems that I am starting from scratch. I have just downloaded Yahoo messenger and setting it up again. I hit invites to everyone on my messenger list. Please bear with me.

It seems that some sites I use even use an IP addy for my logging in and pass words alone aren't enough to log onto those sites, grrrrrrrrrrrrr. I guess a day off from work again is going to give me a chance to work through this.

I also want to add the note that I had thought that the problem with my Laptop was the DC power chord. My daughter borrows my chord all the time to charge hers since she lost hers. The end of it was almost completely gone. The small plastic ring. We went onto the HP site and ordered a new one and I ended up paying 92.00 for it. Shame that the chord wasn't the problem.