Abbott and Costello explain Obama's Accounting System.

COSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment rate in America .

ABBOTT: Good Subject. Terrible Times. It's 9%.

COSTELLO: That many people are out of work?

ABBOTT: No, that's 16%.

COSTELLO: You just said 9%.

ABBOTT: 9% Unemployed.

COSTELLO: Right 9% out of work.

ABBOTT: No, that's 16%.

COSTELLO: Okay, so it's 16% unemployed.

ABBOTT: No, that's 9%...

COSTELLO: WAIT A MINUTE. Is it 9% or 16%?

ABBOTT: 9% are unemployed. 16% are out of work.

COSTELLO: IF you are out of work you are unemployed.

ABBOTT: No, you can't count the "Out of Work" as the unemployed. You have to look for work to be unemployed.

COSTELLO: BUT THEY ARE OUT OF WORK!!!

ABBOTT: No, you miss my point.

COSTELLO: What point?

ABBOTT: Someone who doesn't look for work, can't be counted with those who look for work. It wouldn't be fair.

COSTELLO: To whom?

ABBOTT: The unemployed.

COSTELLO: But they are ALL out of work.

ABBOTT: No, the unemployed are actively looking for work. Those who are out of work stopped looking. They gave up. And, if you give up, you are no longer in the ranks of the unemployed.

COSTELLO: So if you're off the unemployment roles, that would count as less unemployment?

ABBOTT: Unemployment would go down. Absolutely!

COSTELLO: The unemployment just goes down because you don't look for work?

ABBOTT: Absolutely it goes down. That's how you get to 9%. Otherwise it would be 16%. You don't want to read about 16% unemployment, do ya?

COSTELLO: That would be frightening.

ABBOTT: Absolutely.

COSTELLO: Wait, I got a question for you. That means there are two ways to bring down the unemployment number?

ABBOTT: Two ways is correct.

COSTELLO: Unemployment can go down if someone gets a job?

ABBOTT: Correct.

COSTELLO: And unemployment can also go down if you stop looking for a job?

ABBOTT: Bingo.

COSTELLO: So there are two ways to bring unemployment down, and the easier of the two is to just stop looking for work.

ABBOTT: Now you're thinking like an economist.

COSTELLO: I don't even know what the &*$% I just said!

ABBOTT: Now you're thinking like a politician.

 

Ray Burnette

found on tumblr

I can already feel the warmth of the sun

 

 

 

the wind in my face ....

the deep throaty roar in my ears ....

the rumble ....

the freedom to the very core of my being .......

 

So if I came up to your place to give you a ride, go for a short road trip ... for the day ... or 2 ... 3?

which one do you see yourself riding on back ... ladies?

 

I've been wearing different fedoras for a while now.  So I've been spending some time surf'n the net as if that's unusual and have spotted quite a few nice new hats.  Even here at work, I get quite a few positive comments on my simple and inexpensive fedora.  Apart from looking at a few hats that I'm thinking are good candidates for slapping on a company and unit logo on them, I've seen a few that I wouldn't mind buying for myself. 

1) Jaxon Ridley C-Crown  http://www.villagehatshop.com/jaxon-ridley-c-crown-fedora-olivegreen.html

2) Henschel High Roller   http://www.villagehatshop.com/high_roller_milan.html

3) Jaxon Blues crushable http://www.villagehatshop.com/jaxon_blues_crushable.html

4) Stacy Adams Sewn Braid http://www.thefedorastore.com/Stacy-Adams-Sewn-Braid-Fedora-Hat-p/sa415-blk.htm

 

Yea or Nay?

Had a decent nights sleep.  Up at my usual 4:20am.  Dressed and go down to the first floor for a little breakfast (fruit, cereal, 2 strips of bacon!).  Back to the second floor and into the Control Room by 5am.  After a little chit chat with the night shift about their activities, I'll grab my chair and re-arrange my 12 computer screens, telephone in reach, radios channels tuned in (work Communications radios ... NO music)  and start to grind.  6 running conversations at once, 5 more running conversations over the radio,  4 more jobs being coordinated via radio,  2 helicopter crew changes, another half a dozen phone calls and non-stop alarms on the control system that doesn't care who i'm talking to ... all before my 15 minute lunch at 11am.  grind, grind and grind some more till my 5:30 crossover meeting.  Still managed to get control of the facility control system, made everyone feel as thought they were the center of my world and i was there to cater to just each individual person with a problem, got all my work done except for one piece of equipment that I knew wasn't going to work, but what did I know, I'm not an engineer ... All I've ever done is work in the oil field for the last 30 years ... just start the damn thing.  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH ... crash and burn, crash and burn, crash and burn.................................................

 

If the sound of my voice seems to be getting louder and louder ..................................................... No I don't feel like putting in 16 hours today.  

 

At least today was seafood day.  Plate full of fried shrimp, spicy potato and corn on the cob and a cool bottle of water.

 

time for a shower ... jump in my rack ... close my curtains, so I don't disturb the 3 others I share a room with and strap on my CPAP.

 

Hopefully I get to  sleep before 10 pm this time.  If it were up to me ... every freakin body on the rig should be forced to wear a CPAP .... tired of listening to all the bitchin about who snores! 

My buddy is watching youtube vids - MUD RACING!  Everytime he makes some inane comment, I'll tell'm "That's what she said!"

i.e. Truck goes into the mud - him "hit that mud hole"  me "That's what she said!"

him "not enough power"  me "That's what she said!"

him "he broke the front end"  me "That's what she said"

he got the mesage and stopped making inane redneck observations.  can't complain to much though ... doesn't take much to entertain himself!

 

 

It takes 2 seconds to fall 60 ft.

It takes 30 minutes to plan fall protection into the work at hand.

At $25.00 dollars an hour, you can earn $12.50 while planning and rounding up your fall protection.

(Plus future work and future wages)

OR, you can forego Fall Protection to hurry up to get the job done,

and in the 2 seconds it takes you to fall 60 feet,

YOU can earn your LAST 1.4 cents.

From Yahoo

Former porn star Sasha Grey took her talents a less adult audience by visiting Emerson Elementary School and reading a book to students, which caused the school to receive several complaints and at first deny Grey’s visit, TMZ reported. “We have several celebrities who read to our students each year,” a spokesperson for the school told TMZ. “The actress you indicated was not present.” But photographs uncovered by the entertainment website and a tweet by the actress told a different story. “Spent the am with Read Across America Compton, reading to the sweetest 1st and 3rd grade students @ Emerson Elementary,” Grey tweeted. A spokesperson for Read Across America told ABCNews.com that Grey was not affiliated with the program. Grey responded to the backlash from her visit Friday by telling the entertainment site: “I believe education is a universal right. I committed to this program with the understanding that people would have their own opinions about what I have done, who I am and what I represent.” The ex-porn star, who made her last adult film two years ago, most recently appeared on the television series “Entourage” playing herself.

 

Personally I don't have a problem with it.  People are allowed to change.  You can't escape sanctimonious people, who just have to be heard though.