Good Day!

It's not a good day, but the title of this post is a salute to Paul Harvey, who passed away earlier this evening.



I feel as though a good friend has died, and even though we had never met, I suppose Paul Harvey WAS a good friend.

I had listened to his radio programs for years and years. I used to date a lovely girl who lived a long, long way out on rough dirt roads and would listen to his radio program on the way out there. Even as anxious as I was to see my g/f, I would slow down to make sure I caught all of the show.

RIP

"And now you know...the rest of the story."

Cast Away Crowd Coming; Contest Commences

Just noticed where TNT.tv is airing "Cast Away" tonight at 7p.m. (CST). That will most likely mean a modest surge in this blog's traffic from Google, AOL or other search engines for "cast away farmhouse" or "cast away intersection location".

Who would have ever thought this blog would be at the top of ANY listing on the 'net?

To celebrate, ToTG is offering one free chance in our *"Free Gas for a Month" contest to the person who guesses closest to the total number of hits. (from "Cast Away" searches only)

*Details to be announced

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Original post was in November '08.

Welcome to the latest batch of Cast Away fans!

Flight 1549: Into the Hudson River

A great reenactment done with animation using the actual radio broadcast between the tower and Captain Sully

One Solution

Earlier this a.m. I "shared" a news article titled "Watch out for unsolicited phone calls" on the Connect Amarillo website.

I've been getting these same calls for weeks now and finally got fed up. The calls are from automated dialers and give you the option of pressing "1" to speak with someone or to press "2" if you are not interested. Up until a few weeks ago I kept up the futile effort of choosing the latter, but the next day would get the exact same sort of call.

The first time I spoke with a representative, I was polite and told them I wasn't interested. I barely finished the sentence when I found I was listening to a dial tone. The second time I got angry and told them to not call me again in the future. I was cursed at and told I shouldn't be pressing "1" if I wasn't interested. I wanted to reply but I didn't even get to even start the sentence before I was hung up on.

Furious, I vowed to get even. I remembered an item out in the garage I thought might get them to stop.

Sure enough, I was called again just yesterday and as before, I pressed "1" to speak with an operator. Before I could say a word, here came the spiel about upgrading my vehicle warranty.

In a whisper, I told the woman on the other line I could barely hear her; she then adjusted her volume level and asked me if I could hear her now. In a bit louder voice, I told her that was somewhat better, but could she please speak up. She turned up her volume and said "That better?" Talking a little louder than I had at first, I replied that it was a little bit better, but still could barely understand. Again she turned up the volume and I allowed that that was much better....and by-the-way, was she using one of those headsets with the microphone attached? She replied that she was and then I broke out my surprise:



I then heard the distinct sound of the headphones being ripped off and curse words that I haven't heard since I roughnecked with a former sailor.

I wonder if I could sell her a warranty on her new hearing aid?

Cats & Laps

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
- Alfred North Whitehead

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Make fun photos online at FunPhotoBox!

Easy to do; select effect, upload photo, then save to disk or publish to social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Digg, etc.

Use photos of yourself, a friend or family member for some good-natured fun

OR

You can show some contempt, as I have here:






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