Since I last really posted.........1

Lots have happened since I last really posted. We've had our fair, Christmas, New Year's and a host of other holidays have past, and I went fishing again.

This year I took two weeks off to go fishing. I have not taken a two week vacation in a very long time. This year my friend Chuck and I took our wives along for the first week. It was a wonderful time and I would take Quilter along again in a heartbeat. In fact, she is making plans for next year. The weather was absolutely perfect. Sunny and warm. Chuck and I fished almost every day. We also spent time with the gals doing some shopping and such. More later.

Way too long again

It's been way too long since I've posted. I have a lot to say. This is going to be short though as I want to collect my thoughts first. So stay tuned...........there will be more.

I saw it on the net, got an email so it must be true

I saw an email for my wife from one of her friends. It was one of those Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: things everyone likes to pass along. This one was titled: Don't take Presidental Dollars for Your Change.
I was curious, wondering if it had anything to do with them not working in vending machines or what. I was surprised to see that one was to reject them because "In God We Trust" is not on the coin. I was even more surprised because I knew for certain it most certainly is on the new Presidental coins. I got one out and sure enough, there it was right along with E Pluribus Unun and the date minted. You see, it's a law that these phrases be put on our currency. Some people just don't understand that. Now here is the catch. These phrases are on the EDGE of the coin. One has to know where to look for them. The above mentioned email had a statement that the person refused the coin and asked for a dollar bill. The employee smiled and said "way to go" meaning that that person had read the email also. I guess it means that more people believe these stupid emails than not.

At work our safety director sent one around the company net that has real value. Never Never talk on your cell phone while it is plugged in to an outlet for charging. The pictures were very graphic.

I guess what I want to say is..........know your facts before you pass on bogus emails.

When they fix it...............it gets worse

I remember when every year there was this clamor about the National College Football Championship. It used to be done by a poll at the end of the year. Of course there was plenty of talk about why School A should be champion instead of School B, or even School D or F. Plenty of disagreement and good break room and water cooler discussion.
Then along came a group of gentlemen, I don't even know why we even listened to them who called themselves the Bowl Championship Committee and they decreed a Bowl Championship Selection. Now at this time there were some pretty big bowl games played on New Years Day that got kinda nervous. Sugar Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl, and the Sun Bowl are the ones that come to mind. There may be others, but believe me, not as many as we have now.
Not to worry came the word........the championship game will be rotated among them. Hold on here, don't some of these Bowl games have contracts between conferences? I mean for years the winner of the Big Ten played the winner of the Pac Ten in the Rose Bowl. I'm sure other Bowls had the same agreement. Okay, so now these great and very wise men but their system into working order. Oh guess what? It's still some kind of poll, aided by a computer point system I guess that selects the two teams who play for the championship. So you have teams that have one or two losses playing for the national title while some undefeated teams are not given the chance. "Schedule not tough enough" is the reason most given. When asked why not have a play off system like Basketball, the answer is "Season gets too long, and too many games for the kids." Well guess what...........this year the championship game was played a full week after the other Bowl games, so it could be the focus and viewers didn't have to make a choice. That made the game played almost SIX weeks after the regular season. Ohio State hadn't played a game since before Thanksgiving. If the idiots at BCS want to do it right..........look at the NCAA Division 2 and 3 system. There is an actual playoff. It can be done, they prove it. The playoffs don't have to start with 64 teams, although there are 64 teams playing Bowl games now. I suggest the BCS listen more to the fans than their wallets and do it right.