Why You Don't Put Water on a Grease Fire

If there is a grease fire on your stove, you are never to put water on it in an attempt to put it out. You should put a cover on the pot to smother the fire, or you can use baking soda or a type B fire extinguisher only. (Any extinguisher with a type B on it, such as ABC.) This fire-fighter training video shows what can happen if only a bit of water is added:

Find more videos like this on firevideo.net

When the water hits the hot grease, some of the water penetrates into the grease (mostly I suppose because of the momentum it has from coming in from above, and partly because the water is denser than the grease). This water very quickly turns to steam, blowing hot liquid (and perhaps flaming) grease out of the pot. In the video shown, the expelled grease catches fire. On your hot stove it could do that too. Maybe the element is still on because the control is behind the pot. Even a gas flame could still be on even though the controls are at the front of the stove because you didn't want to get too close.


Know Your Fire Extinguishers

From Al The Engineer's Ramblings

You are not required to put the fire out - but if you attempt to extinguish a fire then you need to know your fire extinguishers. Only attempt to put a fire out if you have a clear exit from the room. Do not turn your back on a fire and keep your exit from the room open and accessible at all times. Extinguishers will work for approximately 30 seconds - if you have not put the fire out in that time - leave the area immediately. Once you leave a burning room, do not re-enter. Close the door to a room with a fire. Leave the door unlocked as the fire department will need to enter. If you know the type of fire and contents of the room, please advise the Chief Fire Warden for the building or the Fire Department personnel.

Types of Fires:

There are three types of fires listed on the above diagram; not all extinguishers can be used on each type of fires.
Type A fires are the ordinary combustible materials such as wood, paper, cloth, etc...
Type B fires are flammable liquid fires such as gasoline, paints and solvents, alcohols, acetone, etc..
Type C fires are electrical fires.

There is a fourth type of fire not listed on the above diagram - Type D fires are flammable solids. When labs have flammable solids, a special type of fire extinguisher is required. You must contact Fire Safety at Facilities & Operations to advise that your lab has flammable solid so they can provide you with the appropriate extinguisher.

The type of fire will determine the type of extinguisher that can be used. In many university labs, Fire Safety have supplied the multipurpose dry chemical extinguishers because they cover all three types of fires.

Water Extinguishers:

Water extinguishers are good for Type A Fires only. Type A fires are wood, paper or cloth fires. You cannot use a water extinguisher for a Type B fire,(flammable liquids), as flammable liquids are lighter than water and will float on the surface of the water. This will simply aid in the spread of the fire. You cannot use a water extinguisher on a Type C fire, (electrical fire), because you run the risk of receiving an electrical shock. Water is an electrical conductor so as the water spreads out, the chance of electrocution increases.

There are special water mist extinguishers that work well on a Type A & C fires. Such extinguishers are ideal for Class A fires where a potential Class C hazard exists. The misting nozzle provides safety from electric shock and reduces the scattering of burning materials. This type of extinguisher is not found in labs because the U of A stocks labs with a multipurpose dry chemical extinguisher, a type of extinguisher that works best for mixed fires.

CO2 Extinguishers:

A CO2 extinguisher is not a good choice for a Type A fire, (wood, paper, cloth), because of the force of the CO2 gas being expelled from the extinguisher. When this type of extinguisher is used on a wood, paper or cloth fire, the burning items are blown around the room by the force of the CO2 gas, thereby aiding the spread of the fire. Secondly, a Type A fire will usually re-ignite as soon as the CO2 gas dissipates.

The CO2 extinguisher works well on a flammable liquids or an electrical fire - Types B or C fires. They work well on an electrical fire in that they do not leave a messy residue on delicate electrical equipment such as a dry chemical extinguishers would. The CO2 displaces the oxygen at the surface of the fire, effectively smothering the fire. However, the fire can re ignite once the CO2 gas dissipates if the ignition source has not been removed.

A CO2 extinguisher has a wide nozzle that locks into place. Do not hold onto the nozzle when firing the extinguisher, this nozzle will get very cold as the CO2 gas is expelled; CO2 gas has a temperature of minus 66C. If you are holding onto the nozzle you will receive a cold burn.

Dry Chemical Extinguishers:

The multipurpose Dry Chemical Extinguisher for a Type A,B,C fire is what you will find in most university laboratories that contain chemicals. These extinguishers have the most range of compatibility with items found in a lab and are good for most types of fires. A Type BC fire extinguishers contain sodium or potassium bicarbonate and a Type ABC fire extinguishers contain ammonium phosphate. They have an advantage over CO2 extinguishers in that they leave a blanket of non-flammable material on the extinguished material which reduces the likelihood of re ignition. However, they make quite a mess and the fine powder will irritate the throat and lungs.

The contents of these cylinders can pack down over time and when a person goes to use them they may not fire. If this happens, turn the cylinder over and rap it sharply on the top to loosen the compacted powder inside. Then try firing the cylinder again. If the cylinder will not fire - leave the area immediately.

All fire extinguishers have fire ratings stamped on them. You should familiarize yourself with this rating. For example, a dry chemical cylinder may have 2A, 10 BC stamped on it; this means that the contents of the cylinder are enough to fight 2 square meters of a Type A fire or 10 square meters of a Type B or C fire. Higher numbers mean more firefighting power.

Type D Fires; Flammable Solids:

Flammable Solids - requires a Class D Extinguisher

There is a fourth type of fire not listed on the above diagram. Type D fires are flammable metal fires such as magnesium, potassium, sodium titanium, as well as alkyllithiums, Grignards and diethylzinc. Type D fires burn at high temperatures and the metals will react violently with water, air, and/or other chemicals. This type of fire requires special metal/sand extinguishers. They work by simply smothering the fire with powdered copper metal or sodium chloride (NaCl). You should have an approved class D extinguisher if you have flammable metals in your lab area. The type of class D extinguisher depends upon the type of flammable metals you have; you will require the copper extinguishing medium for lithium and lithium alloy metals; the sodium chloride extinguisher works better for fires involving magnesium, sodium, potassium, uranium and powdered aluminum.

Remember - if you cannot extinguish the fire within 30 seconds
- get yourself out!

Information about fire extinguishers taken from:
http://safety.eas.ualberta.ca/node/15

I copied the University of Alberta information because I can't rely on a permanent link to it.

Best option? It's just not possible.

Grammar lesson - what is wrong with the following sentence, spoken by Susan Yolen, vice president of public affairs and communications for Connecticut Planned Parenthood?

"She said that, while many women do happily keep unwanted pregnancies, it's not always the best option for the mother or the unborn child." (Quoted from here.)

Well, maybe you can argue what is best for the mother, but it is just not possible for an abortion to be the best option for the unborn child!

And an interesting sidelight to the comment - Ms Yolen even calls the baby an "unborn child" not just some unwanted growth in the mom. To Ms Yolen, an unborn child is fair game for murder, er, abortion.

Stay the Course in Afghanistan!

Amen brother!

Joel Johannesen gets it right about the mealy mouthed liars in the Fiberal and NDP parties about Canada's involvement in Afghanistan:

Know the Enemy

Canadian forces should stay in Afganistan 'til done.

Canadian troops were sent into Afghanistan as part of a UN-authorized and NATO supplied military anti-insurgency mission. Not peacekeeping. Calls for our forces to leave before the job is done only gives comfort to our enemies - the Taliban and their Islamist allies and sympathizers. There is talk of the "enormous sacrifice" made by Canada - this is so far I take to be 76 soldiers and 1 diplomat. Of course the deaths (and permanent injuries to others) are sad and tragic. But, has this country lost its balls to fight against an enemy determined to change how our nation lives - how me and my family will live in the future? I do not want sharia law or an Islamic Canada.

Here is a good article by J.L. Granatstein in the Globe and Mail about this topic,

and here is one about Liberal yellow streaks.

10 Principles of Conservatism

Here is an excellent summary of what conservatives generally believe:

10 Principles of Conservatism

Kyoto Accord? Two door or four door?

In a short article in the American Thinker website we find the following data for the years 1997 to 2004:

If we look at that data and compare 2004 (latest year for which data is available) to 1997 (last year before the Kyoto treaty was signed), we find the following:

• Emissions worldwide increased 18.0%.
  
• Emissions from countries that signed the treaty increased 21.1%.
  
• Emissions from non-signers increased 10.0%.
  
• Emissions from the U.S. increased 6.6%.

The Excel spreadsheet from which this was developed is available here .

10 Questions for all the "Islam is a Religion of Peace" Multi-Culti Crowd

10 Questions for all the "Islam is a Religion of Peace" Multi-Culti Crowd

Including answers!

What about some history of Islam? Here is a short account dealing with the methods Mohammed gave Muslims to use in expanding their empire: Muhammad's Tribe .

Here are a couple of quotes: "The multitude of reports from Muslim, indigenous and other sources of the Islamic conquests are equally detailed and equally daunting to a modern reader. It is true that throughout history intergroup relations in most of the world were exploitative and repressive, and not infrequently brutal and bloodthirsty. The world of Islam was not so much an exception to this, as exemplary of it."

"The theological foundation of the Arab Empire was the supremacy of Islam and the obligation of each Muslim to advance its domination. The notion of Jihad, in particular, served to establish the Muslim community's permanent state of war against the dar al-harb until the infidels' conclusive submission and the absolute world supremacy of Islam."

"The evidence is overwhelming that vast numbers of infidel male warriors and civilians were slain, and that most of those spared, particularly the women and children, were enslaved for domestic and sexual servitude. While men who willingly converted were spared, their wives and children were taken as slaves. In conquered regions, children were regularly taken from parents, while on the borders -- especially in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Africa south of the Sahara -- raiding for slaves was normal practice. Of the male slaves, a substantial number were made eunuchs by the removal of sex organs, in order to serve in harems."

These conquests were explicitly required of Muslims. The Christian Crusade, a response to some of these conquests, was not required by the Bible, the Christian's holy book, nor were any now-regrettable Christian tactics or methods explicitly authorized or encouraged by the Bible. Indeed, the Bible teaches against those regretted wrongs.

And Mohammad said that the Koran and its laws can never be changed. The tactics, methods and reasoning used in the 7th century are still there and are once again being put into practice against a weakened West.

Islamist Threats

There are continual reports of Islamist terror attacks from all around the world. But Canadians think the perps are extremists. So, where are the "moderate" or "liberal(?)" Muslims? Why do we not hear from them, condemning the daily atrocities?

Here's a sample from today's (January 11, 2008) news reports:

Pakistan suicide bomber: Pakistan investigators try to identify Lahore bomber

Maldive Islands: Boy Scout foils Maldives President assassination bid The President's spokesman said it was politically motivated, but Ibrahim [the Boy Scout] said he had no doubt that the attacker was an Islamic militant or inspired by an extremist vision of the world, a view seconded by people who know the man. "He had a long beard; he shouted 'God is Great' when he took out his knife. He kept shouting it," Ibrahim told The Associated Press in an interview from the hospital in Male where he is recovering from wounds to his left hand sustained in the attack. Scout: Islamic Militant Attacked Prez

Back on December 7, 2007: Woman suicide attacker and car bomb kill 26

December 20, 2007: Bomber kills 13 Iraq volunteers and 1 U.S. soldier

January 10, 2008: Belgian court jails Iraq suicide bomb recruiters In this one, Islamists recruited European converts for terror suicide attacks. "Bilal deliberately assisted terrorist circles in Iraq," presiding judge Pierre Hendrickx told the court. He said the network aimed to help impose a radical vision of Islam rather than simply freeing Iraq from U.S. occupation.

We never hear any objections from any Muslims to any of these attacks.

Miscellaneous Humour

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Rumor has it that the propeller on any light aircraft is only
there to keep the pilot and passengers cool.

What, you don't believe this?

If it stops, watch them start to sweat!
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A man realized he needed to purchase a hearing aid, but he
felt unwilling to spend much money. "How much do they run?"
he asked the clerk.

"That depends," said the salesman. "They run from $2.00 to
$2,000."

"Let's see the $2.00 model," he said.

The clerk put the device around the man's neck. "You just
stick this button in your ear and run this little string down to
your pocket," he instructed.

"How does it work?" the customer asked.

"For $2.00 it doesn't work," the salesman replied. "But when
people see it on you, they'll talk louder!"
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A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood.
Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I
stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it,
and I would turn red in the face."

"Yes," the class said.

"Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary
position the blood doesn't run into my feet?"

A little fellow shouted, "Cause your feet ain't empty."
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Taxiing down the tarmac, the jetliner abruptly stopped, turned
around and returned to the gate. After an hour-long wait, it
finally took off. A concerned passenger asked the flight
attendant, "What was the problem?"

"The pilot was bothered by a noise he heard in the engine," he
explained. "It took us awhile to find a new pilot."
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Deciding to eat healthier breakfasts, my brother-in-law declared
that oatmeal would now be his cereal of choice. But after eating
his first bowl, he told my sister, "I hope I develop a taste for the
stuff. It goes down real rough."

"Well," she asked, "how long did you cook it?"

"You're supposed to cook it?" he said.
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Have you heard about the new system for weight control? The
one that's just crossed the Pacific from Asia?

Reportedly, it works great, and is really easy, too.

All you have to do is remember that, while you can eat
anything you want, you always use just one chopstick. (Not
Sharpened)
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A little boy came home from the playground with a bloody nose,
black eye, and torn clothing. It was obvious he'd been in a bad
fight and lost. While his father was patching him up, he asked
his son what happened.

"Well, Dad," said the boy, "I challenged Larry to a duel. And,
you know, I gave him his choice of weapons."

"Uh-huh," said the father, "that seems fair."

"I know, but I never thought he'd choose his big sister!"
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An eccentric philosophy professor gave a one question final
exam after a semester dealing with a broad array of topics.

The class was already seated and ready to go when the
professor picked up his chair, plopped it on his desk and
wrote on the board: "Using everything we have learned this
semester, prove that this chair does not exist."

Fingers flew, erasers erased, notebooks were filled in
furious fashion. Some students wrote over 30 pages in one
hour attempting to refute the existence of the chair. One
member of the class however, was up and finished in less
than a minute.

Weeks later when the grades were posted, the rest of the
group wondered how he could have gotten an A when he
had barely written anything at all. His answer consisted of
two words: "What chair?"
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Mary announced that she was going to start a diet to lose
some pounds she had put on recently.

"Great," Sue exclaimed. "I'm ready to start a diet too. We can
be dieting buddies and help each other out. And when I feel the
urge to drive out and get a burger and fries, I'll call you first."

"Wonderful," Mary replied. "I'll go with you."
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"This house," said the real estate salesman, "has both its good
points and its bad points. To show you I'm honest, I'm going to
tell you about both.

"The disadvantages are that there is a chemical plant one block
south and a slaughterhouse a block north."

"What are the advantages?" inquired the prospective buyer.

"The advantage is that you can always tell which way the wind
is blowing."
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A man goes into this local place where bricks and cement
blocks are sold, and orders 20,000 bricks.

"May I ask what you're building?" asks the man behind the
counter.

"Yeah, it's going to be a barbecue."

"Gee! That's a lot of bricks for one barbecue,"

"Not really; when you consider that I live on the 18th floor."
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A Highway Patrolman stopped Lisa for going 15 miles over the
speed limit.

After he handed her a ticket, Lisa asked, "Don't you give out
warnings?"

"Yes, Ma'am," he replied. They're all up and down the road. They
say, 'Speed limit 65.'"
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I work at home, so my four-year-old twin daughters, Maggie and
Katie, are used to seeing me operate a computer and fax
machine.

One afternoon I was watching them have fun on our indoor
playset's small slide.

Maggie proceeded to go down headfirst, giggling that she was
"faxing" herself. Not to be outdone, Katie stood at the top of
the slide and shouted, "Here comes page 2!"
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It was very crowded at the supermarket, and the customer in
front of me had a large order. As the harried-looking clerk
lifted the final bag for her, its bottom gave way, sending the
contents crashing to the floor. "They just don't make these
bags like they used to," the clerk blurted to the customer.
"That was supposed to happen in your driveway!"
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During training exercises, the lieutenant who was driving down
a muddy back road encountered another car stuck in the mud
with a red-faced colonel at the wheel.

"Your jeep stuck, sir?" asked the lieutenant as he pulled
alongside.

"Nope," replied the colonel, coming over and handing him the
keys, "Yours is."
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Judy was visiting her friend Trudy and noticed she had acquired
two new dogs, and asked her what their names were.

Trudy responded by saying that one was named Rolex and one
was named Timex.

Judy said, "Whoever heard of someone naming dogs like that?"

Trudy responded, "What else are you gonna name watch dogs?"
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My grandpa, known for his offbeat sense of humor, adopted a
dog and named him Mr. Peeve. I took the bait, asked why he
named it and he said because when people ask the dogs name,
I can say "That's my pet Peeve."
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A peppery woman at the airline ticket counter was complaining
long and loudly about the delay in her plane's departure.

"Young man," she snapped at the agent, "the way you people
run this airline a witch on a janitor's broom could get there
faster!"

The agent, with just a hint of a smile, says, "The runways are
clear, madam. Please feel free."
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The Truth About Hugs.....

There's no such thing as a bad hug, only good ones and great
ones

Hugs are nonfattening and they don't cause cancer or cavities.

Hugs are all natural with no preservatives, artificial ingredients
or pesticide residue...

Hugs are cholesterol-free, naturally sweet, 100% wholesome
and they are a completely renewable resource...

Hugs are easy to care for, they don't require batteries,
Tune-ups, or x-rays...

Hugs are nontaxable, fully returnable and energy efficient...

Hugs are safe in all kinds of weather...

Hugs are especially good for cold and rainy days and
exceptionally effective in treating problems. Like bad dreams
or Monday blues...

Never wait until tomorrow to hug someone you could hug
today, because when you give one, you get one right back
your way!
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An off-ramp of a freeway in Long Beach, CA, has been torn up
for years. Recently, someone put up a handmade sign reading,
"Scientists tell us that the sun will burn out in one and a half
billion years. It is sad that this contractor will have to finish
working in the dark."
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At the company water cooler, I bragged about my children's
world travels: one son was teaching in Bolivia, another was
working in southern Italy, and my daughter was completing a
yearlong research project in India.

One co-worker's quip, however, stopped me short. "What is
it about you," he asked, "that makes your kids want to get
so far away?"
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A new man is brought into Prison Cell 102. Already there is a
long-time resident who looks 100 years old. The new man
looks at the old-timer inquiringly. The old-timer says, "Look at
me. I'm old and worn out. You'd never believe that I used to live
the life of Riley. I wintered on the Riviera, had a boat, four fine
cars, the most beautiful women, and I ate in all the best
restaurants of France." The new man asked, "What happened?"
"One day Riley reported his credit cards missing!"
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It was a difficult subject to bring before his aged mother, but
Morris felt that he must. "Mom, you are no longer a spring
chicken and you do need to think ahead of what will happen in
the future. Why don't we make arrangements about when.....
you know... when.... heaven Forbid ... you pass on?"

The mother didn't say anything, just sat there staring ahead.

"I mean, Momma, like.... how do you want to finally go? To be
buried? Cremated?"

There was yet another long pause. Then the mother looked up
and said, "Son, why don't you simply surprise me?"
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The most enjoyable way to follow a vegetable diet is to let the
cow eat it, and then eat the cow.

The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to
appreciate it.

If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try
orderin' somebody else's dog around.
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Police are investigating the murder of Juan Gonzales.

"It looks as if he was killed with a golf gun," one detective
observes.

"A golf gun?" asks his partner. "What in the world is a golf gun?"

"I don't know," the detective answers, "but it surely made a
hole in Juan."
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Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure
you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant
is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a
valuable plant.
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Recipe: A series of step-by-step instructions for preparing
ingredients you forgot to buy, in utensils you don't own,
to make a dish the dog won't eat.
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After one of the machines at work suddenly went on the fritz,
our boss called the repair service and asked to speak to the
manager, Ahmed.

"Hello, Ed speaking. How can I help you?" said the guy who
answered the phone.

"Sorry," said my boss. "I was looking for Ahmed."

"This is Ahmed," came the reply. "How can I help you?"

"I thought you just said your name was Ed?" asked my boss.

"It is. But whenever I say 'Ahmed,' people think I'm saying, 'I'm
Ed.' So I figured it's just easier to be Ed."
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A woman went on a tour of the White House. As the guide led
her down one of the historic halls, a door burst open and a large
aquatic sea mammal, balancing a beach ball on its nose,
scurried past. "My, what was that?" exclaimed the woman.

"Oh, that's just the Presidential Seal," replied the guide.
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A couple's happily married life almost went on the rocks
because of the presence in their household of old Aunt Emma.

For seventeen long years she lived with them, always crotchety,
always demanding.

Eventually, the old girl passed away.

On the way back from the cemetery, the husband confesses to his
wife, "Darling, if I didn't love you so much , I don't think I would of
have put up with having your Aunt Emma in our house all those
years!"

His wife looked at him aghast. "Huh? My Aunt Emma!?" she cried.
"I thought she was *your* Aunt Emma!"
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Did you hear about the scientists who crossed a sheep with a porcupine?
They got an animal that knits its own sweaters.

Did you hear about the two TV antennas that got married?
The wedding was terrible, but the reception was excellent!

Did you hear about the big fight that Madonna, Cher, Jewel, and Fabio had?
They're no longer on a first-name basis.

Did you hear about the man with two left feet who went into the shoe shop?
He asked, "Do you have any flip-flips?

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Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like
and just give her a house." -Steven Seagal

"The problem with the designated driver program, it's not a desirable job.
But if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of
the night, drop them off at the wrong house." -Jeff Foxworthy

"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an
infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even
considering if there is a man on base." -Dave Barry

"My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake
and threw her off the boat. I said, "Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim."
-Paula Poundstone

"A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills
than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: Huh?"
-Conan O'Brien

"Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant? I'm halfway through my fish
burger and I realize, Oh my Goodness. I could be eating a slow learner."
-Lynda Montgomery

"The day I worry about cleaning my house is the day Sears comes out with a
riding vacuum cleaner." -Roseanne

"I think that's how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York
said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold
enough. Let's go west.'" -Richard Jeni

"My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty, and
that's the law." -Jerry Seinfeld

"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look
that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'"
-Dave Barry

"When I die, I want to die like my grandmother who died peacefully in her
sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."
-Author Unknown

Advice for the day If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do
what it says on the aspirin bottle "Take two aspirin" and "Keep away from children"


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Inoffensive Irish Jokes - These are just funny

Definition of an Irish husband: He hasn't kissed his wife for twenty years, but he will kill any man who does.
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Murphy told Quinn that his wife was driving him to drink. Quinn thinks he's very lucky because his own wife makes him walk.
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The late Bishop Sheen stated that the reason the Irish fight so often among themselves is that they're always assured of having a worthy opponent.
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An American lawyer asked, "Paddy, why is it that whenever you ask an Irishman a question, he answers with another question?"

"Who told you that?" asked Paddy.
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Question - Why are Irish jokes so simple?

Answer - So the English can understand them.
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Reilly went to trial for armed robbery. The jury foreman came out and announced, "Not guilty."

"That's grand!" shouted Reilly. "Does that mean I can keep the money?"
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Irish lass customer: "Could I be trying on that dress in the window?"

Shopkeeper: "I'd prefer that you use the dressing room."
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Mrs. Feeney shouted from the kitchen, "Is that you I hear spittin' in the vase on the mantle piece?"

"No," said himself, "but I'm gettin' closer all the time."
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Q. What do you call an Irishman who knows how to control a wife?

A. A bachelor.
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Finnegin: My wife has a terrible habit of staying up 'til two o'clock in the morning. I can't break her of it.

Keenan: What on earth is she doin' at that time?

Finnegin: Waitin' for me to come home.
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Slaney phoned the maternity ward at the hospital. "Quick!" He said. "Send an ambulance, my wife is goin' to have a baby!"

"Tell me, is this her first baby?" the intern asked.

"No, this is her husband, Kevin, speakin'."
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"O'Ryan," asked the druggist, "did that mudpack I gave you improve your wife's appearance?"

"It did surely," replied O'Ryan, "but it keeps fallin' off!"
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Did you hear about the Irish newlyweds who sat up all night on their honeymoon waiting for their sexual relations to arrive?
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Father Guffy roared from the pulpit to his parishioners: "The drink has killed millions-- it rots their stomachs and they die in agony. Smoking has killed millions--it coats your lungs and you die in agony. Overeating and consorting with loose women have also killed millions..."

" 'Scuse me, Father," hollered Reagan from the back, "but what is it that kills the people who live right?
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Some More Early Ramblings

This blogging stuff could be fun.

I have some favourite sites that give me much amusement and entertainment.

Richard Wimer's site: http://witandwisdom.org/ has good stuff. My main reason to recommend it is his three newsletters: Wit and Wisdom, Graphic Humour and Inspiration, and Animated Humour and Inspiration. I enjoy these a lot. The contents are *clean*.

Flipdrive, at: http://www.flipdrive.com/index.php is a good way to transfer large files between your office computer and your home computer. You can also easily share files. Up to 25 MB is available for free. The site works well and is quick, although the firewall at my work (or some other setting) stops the advanced upload from working. The solution to that is to zip the files into one archive file and upload (and then download) that. It is quicker for dowload too.

As shown on the sidebar I like the site http://www.shipspotting.com/ and have posted some of my pictures there. The forums are good too. Some of my own ship pictures are posted at: http://engineeral.hollosite.com/ShipsPix/index.html

My First Blog

Well here I am trying out blogging. For a guy who loves to talk about just about anything, why has it taken me so long to try this? I guess one thing is it isn't as if I don't have enough to do.

But there are so many fun things out there to be discovered in the world and shared.

For example I tried to get a books discussion group going on classic (not just The Classics) books that many people would like. But others just wanted to talk about new books. Most new books are not very good. I mean, there are books we still read that are many years old. When did you read a new book that you thought might eventually be one of those?

I could start a Favourite or Recommended Books list.

I have a 10 year old son and an 11 year old daughter who both love reading. I can recommend so many books to them. They even have read some of them! I have to remember that they are not me, however, and what I remeber liking I might have been reading at an older age.