SOUND FAMILIAR, GENTLEMEN????

Tools Explained (Got this as an email, no known source take it for what it is, FUNNY.)

DRILL PRESS:  A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.
WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light .. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, 'Oh sh--!'
SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.
PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.
BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.
HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle...  It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.
VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.
OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing race.
TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.
HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an auto mobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes , trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper.
BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge.

TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.
PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.
STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws and butchering your palms.
PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.
HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short.
HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
UTILITY KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.
SON-OF-A-BITCH TOOL: (A personal favorite!) Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling 'Son of a BITCH!' at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.

Seen any of these yet? Door knob gives you a preview

Would be neat to see this in a fire situation, tactical police incident? Pretty cool item here. Could see some uses but not all doors should have it.

Probably not all doors should offer previews, all the time, but this is undeniably wonderful. As it is, the knob offers bi-directional viewing; I wonder if you could half-silver one side and make it one-way? From Make magazine

Johnny Strategy at Spoon & Tomago writes: In conjunction with Design Tide Tokyo, architect Hideyuki Nakayama - a protégé of Toyo Ito - has teamed up with UNION, a manufacturer of door handles and levers, to create a glass globe doorknob. As you approach the doorknob you catch a glimpse of what appears to be another world, waiting for you to enter and join, but in fact is a reflection of the room on the other side of the door.

 

Too Funny, based on “Casey at the Bat”

Obama at the Bat

President Obama as Casey and Governor Palin as the pitcher. 
The original poem upon which this is based - "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Thayer – may  be consider one of baseball's greatest writings.

Obama at the Bat

Uncle Jay Explains | November 21, 2010

UncleJayExplains | November 21, 2010

Excuse me, is this long line for the Harry Potter movie, or the TSA body search? Can I get butter with my pat-down? Can I upgrade to First Class for just a quarter? Uncle Jay explains!

FYI–Another big Government bill interfering with the states

Volunteer Unions? Coming to a fire station

near you? H.R. 413 and S. 1611)

See - A Nation of Unionized Volunteers? by chiefreason reporting on this bill. The House amendment guarantees collective bargaining rights for the nation’s first responders employed by States and localities. Under the language, states would administer and enforce their own labor laws, while the Federal Labor Relations Authority would step in only where such laws do not exist or do not meet minimum standards.

http://www.americansforprosperity.org - House Bill 413 is one of the biggest power grabs by union bosses this country has seen. It is designed to force firefighters, police officers and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) in every state of the country into forced union monopoly bargaining. Just imagine the repercussions.
Read more: http://www.americansforprosperity.org/090310-police-and-fire-union-monopoly-bargaining-bill#ixzz15ezPPMGy

The Hill - On Wednesday, a House Education and Labor Committee subpanel held a hearing on legislation that would direct federal authorities to review state laws and issue regulations regarding collective bargaining rights for public safety officers.

Haz Mat resource

National Hazardous Materials Fusion Center is a responder-driven data collection, analysis and education Web site. It was set up between the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). The site is a free, voluntary, confidential, and secure Web-based resource that serves as a data and information network for hazmat teams; first responders; federal, state and local agencies; and the private sector.

http://www.hazmatfc.com/Pages/Home.aspx

What the F*#k, Freedom isn't Free??? Had it up for two month and all of a sudden can’t have it displayed??

School Makes Boy Take American Flag Off Bike - KTXL

 FOX40 News -13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert. He's had the flag on his bike for two months but Monday, was told to take it down

Nov 12, 2010 ... Riding a bike is still not allowed on school campus, but when Cody rides his bike to school he can now fly the flag. ...

Video: School tells student to remove flag from his bicycle « Hot Air

Nov 12, 2010 ... The superintendent said Cody was asked to take down the flag for his safety. So its come to a point where it is dangerous to fly the flag in ..

Fox 40 Video

Guess they will start to tell you you can’t display the Flag on Fire Apparatus?

Need a Photo Shoot Done?

In the central Illinois area and need some photos done. Used to work with this guy. Kind of eccentric, but good photographer if you could use his services. Knowing him, I know they would be done right. Nice web site. It has a lot of his work and contact information.

Visually Odd Photography

www.visuallyoddphotography.com

Welcome to my world

Uncle Jay Explains: Nov. 1, 2010

Uncle Jay Explains | October 31, 2010

On election day, we'll see how that Rally to Restore Democrats and/or Liberals worked out. Then, we'll see how those Republicans and/or Tea Partiers work out. But first, we'll see Uncle Jay explain!