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Delivered to Chicago this morning, came in towards Chicago last night. The roads were real slick where the snow bad blown back across and turned to ice. I pulled off in Minooka last night to get off the roads. This morning they were well salted and wet, exit ramps were still snaring a few...

An historical account, a history book. :D Easiest way to remember "to versus too" is "too" has an extra "o". I know that sounds obvious and perhaps silly, but the word "too' itself means an "extra" or "excessive amount" of something. So, if you're talking about an extra amount, add an extra...

Just thought I'd add this little tidbit, since so many people apparently do not know about it. The Golden Rule is: "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." It is not, "Do unto others as others have done unto you," nor is it, "Do unto others before others do unto you," it's "Do...

The loosers are probably playing fast and lose with voice dictation software.

Because the Republicans in Congress wanted to play political hardball by putting an artificial time limit on the decision, to force Obama to go ahead and approve it. If you click the link to the thread I posted above, and then read the thread, your ignorance will be fixed.

Empty threat. Political theater. It doesn't matter where Canada exports its oil, it is all exported on the world market. Some of what we import from Canada gets refined here and then exported by proxy for Canada, anyway. Also, current plans to run any pipeline from interior Canada to the Pacific...

Maybe, maybe not. If anything it'll teach kids a little responsibility. These kids are in school for about 7 hours. They have the opportunity to go to the restroom before school starts, during morning recess, lunch, and then a couple of hours later at the end of the school day. The longest time...

Well, they might have a small problem with drivers stealing electricity.

As for you having no idea who I driver for.... seriously? How could you not know that?

I think his favorite term is fools, so it would be the fools leading the fools, if that is case, so to speak, as it were. Not that I'm calling anyone a fool, you understand.

Correct. It'll create jobs, but not nearly the "thousands" that the Republican rhetoric says. According to the esteemed and honorable (not to mention emotionally crippled crybaby) House Speaker from Ohio, the decision to delay it will not merely delay the creation of new jobs, but will, in...

I had a houseboat without bow thrusters, and it could spin like a top. Two independently controlled props powered by two inboard 440 cu Pontiac engines made getting into the slip unaided a snap. Be that as it may, regardless of the courses laid in or the course corrections to be made, all of...

I don't believe he's really considering the environment, either, but rather the financial (and political) ramifications of what an environmental disaster could cost him. The State Department said the approval will interfere with alternative energy source programs, but they first stated that...

Just makin' sure. :) I've seen a lot of 12-volt loads connected directly to aux batteries out here that aren't fused at all.

Far from it, which you'll know if you read everything closely that I wrote in this thread. I'm not against the pipeline at all. Tree huggers are against it in any form. Rather than hug a tree, I'd rather lathe a baseball bat out of it. I'm for the pipeline. But I'm also for being good stewards...

I have a sneaking suspicion that there's at least one EO member on that show. :D

I'm not sure standing up and raising your hand in response to that statement is the smartest thing in the world to do. :D

Nothing get past you, does it? Of course it's based on what ifs. It's called "risk management" where you compare and contrast as many what ifs as possible to assess the risk. You need to leave the lot because you need to go somewhere. Risk management tells you how to achieve that action. Do...

The outrage over this is largely the over-the-top fake outrage that's all the rage today. Yes, we dehumanize the enemy, and urinating on them helps with that, but it's hard to get all worked up over an enemy that you haven't dehumanized a bit, even if you have to use a very broad dehumanizing...

Nice parrot. Does it eat crackers, too? Even the Nebraska Pipeline Association will tell you that, while pipelines are by far the safest method for transporting energy products, they can and do sometimes do rupture, posing serious risk. It's not a case of if, but when...