WHAT’S GOING ON ??

 Saw about five minutes of the Idol show last night.

A gal with Long hair to her ankles, and guy with a

crazy hairdo, that could actually carry a tune,

and a lot of a woman who was very old and

not eligible, but they let audition for the sake

of the cameras etc. I mean..you could tell

she was too old to begin with. don’t tell me this

is not an attempt to get us to watch it every single

week to see what kind of crazy people show up

to these auditions. It still is getting high ratings, and lets

face it, that is what the game is all about. I will

wait until the real show starts.

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PILOTS ASKING FOR NEW AGE LIMIT

 

I heard on the news that pilots have to stop flying

for commercial airlines at age of 60..HOW SAD.. they

are fighting now to get the rules to be changed to

65 years old instead. I don’t know ..but I would rather

have a guy 65 who knows what the heck he is doing

with a younger co-pilot than 2 young ones anyday!!

NOTHING.. I mean nothing, replaces actual air-time

experience in that seat and the means to handle

all kinds of situations. That kind of thing can be

practiced, but the REAL situations being dealt with

on a daily basis.. I  SAY LET THEM FLY TIL  65 !!

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MICROSOFT LAUNCHES VISTA

 

Well it might be good for some people..but I am not going

to use it until all the "bugs" and etc are all fixed and

WE absoulutely have to change over. I tried IE7

for almost a month and I didn’t like it and could not

get the computer to work well enough with it.

SO I switched back to the IE6..I wonder how many others

did too?.. I am not ready for VISTA NO WAY!!!

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BRANDY BEING SUED

 

Actress singer Brandy is being SUED for 50 million

dollars in a lawsuit for an accident that she allegedly caused

in LA awhile back. A woman died as a result of her

car hitting another car on a LA freeway system.

I think I would pay the darn settlement..that is if

I had the money, and IF they dont arrest her for a

misdemeanor count of vehicular homicide and try to

convict her. I wonder if that had been any JANE DOE out

there, if that person would have already be arrested?

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SUPERBOWL SUNDAY….  I CHOOSE THE COLTS!

 

Yes, it is hard to believe that SUPERBOWL is finally here

on sunday. I had almost forgotten about it since there is

no team I am really interested in. I think that both teams have

a real right to be there in a way, they fought really hard.

I think I am still going with the experience of Peyton Manning..

YEAH I KNOW..there are those who don’t agree..this is just

who I am going to be backing on SUNDAY..GO COLTS!

 

I will be waiting for the DAYTONA 500 on FEB. 18,

it will be the first time that TOYOTA has cars in the race against

the Dodges, Fords, and Chevy’s. If a Toyota won the Daytona

it would be like a slap in the face to the whole racing community.

They are the newbies and no one expects them to outrun the

old favorites. Will be very interesting to see what happens.

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WEDNESDAY SPACE WALK

 

This week I have chosen  a space of someone a lot of you

may already know. HE is quite the character and you will

enjoy visiting HIS space. You can find it at the Spacewalk

Space. YES.. I do add the spaces of the MALE bloggers, if
I see one that is worthy. I believe in equal opportunity for

all. I just think there are more female bloggers than male ones.

Maybe I am wrong..but that is what I have found in my

travels. Checkout the spacewalk space listed here at the

top of the page.

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  TRANS FAT HAS TO GO……..

McDonald’s and Burger King are making moves to take the

trans fat out of their places of business by 2008. I say the

sooner the better for all of us. We don’t really need it..it should

have been done long ago. Tans fats can extend shelf life and make

some foods crunchier. However, research has correlated the man-made

 fat to heart disease, diabetes, cancer, low birth weight,

 obesity and immune dysfunction. They can use other oils that

our bodies can tolerate. This type of oil is something that

we have been using for a long time and it seems that JUST NOW

they have come up with the idea that the human body cannot

properly process the synthetic fat!! What the heck has taken them

so long to get with it??? All I know is I wont miss it much..I dont

eat out much anymore, but when I did..my vice was the french

fries..and there is the worse offender of them all. I do like a crispy

fry.. I hope they can keep them nice and crunchy for us lovers of

the fries….I wish they would cut back on the salt on those things too,

the fine salt that they place all over those fries is enough to

make anyone’s bloodpressure go sky high. IS it really necessary

to have so much on there?? EVER ask for fries without the salt???

I DID.. they said it would be a wait because they would have to make

a new batch. I WAITED.. they were just great with what salt I placed

on them myself. 

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  SEND A VALENTINE TO A SOLDIER

It’s that time of the year.. try sending a free valentine to

a soldier who is serving our country.  Here is the

address  www.letssaythanks.com send one today.

A free service from Xerox.. THANKS TERRI for the info

on this link. 

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It’s cold here and getting colder..it is winter I tell myself, after shoveling

three times in one day. I am tired of it already and the winter isn’t

nearly over yet!! TAKE me away.. I will go… as along as there is no

shoveling involved..warm weather is optional. 

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HAVE A GREAT DAY !!

 

 

 

THANK YOU MSN TECH SUPPORT !!!!!

I received a response promptly from MSN. YES I DID!!!

 

I was very surprised and pleased as you can tell

I am back on my space and very happy to have my

hands un-tied and given back my freedom to  enter

and to comment on others spaces..

 

I received a very nice long e-mail from DAMEN at MSN

Technical support… who told me step by step what

measures to take to try and

solve the problem. I did so..one by one and found that

the ACTIVE X controls had to be re-done and ZAP!!!

NO more problems!!!   OH  HAPPY   DAY !!!  I made a note of

all the hints and tips and that he gave and will keep it

on hand just in case.. I must say it was a  breath of

fresh air to receive such help…

DO YOU THINK IT WAS BECAUSE I SAID PLEASE..

 

I HAVE FOUR SPACES I CANNOT ACCESS??? LOL..

 

For the time being I am getting back to normal here

I have posted  at my Blogspot Blog some

wonderful winter pictures that I took Sunday.

They can be found here… http://andsoitgoesonandon.blogspot.com .

It’s great to be back among the SPACES..

 

THANKS BOB for your visits and advice.. I appreciated it!!

Have a great DAY out there..it is still snowing some

here  in my neck of the woods.. We are in for some

very cold weather too. I guess Iwill stay indoors and

visit my spacewalk friends!!

 

Thanks again DAMEN..

MSN PROBLEMS???

  ANYONE ELSE HAVING TROUBLE OUT THERE???

 

 

  I have had lots of trouble commenting and even getting

  to my space and making an entry..the pages are freezing

  up and I cannot get anything to work. I am hoping that

  I can send this into the draft and then add it…

  Geez if they are making some kind of adjustments I sure

  wish they would tell

  us or hurry it up!!!  If it isn’t the fault of MSN well then,

  I guess I will just have to find out the source myself.

 

Hope you all have a great weekend. It will be cold here and

maybe some flurries..Here are some funnies I thought

you might enjoy…

 

  

     

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

GERM KILLER… YES I AM !!

 

 I  AM A GERM KILLER…..   YES I AM!!!  I ADMIT IT !!
 
I carry the purell and the handwipes and I use the bleach
water solution and the lysol spray, the antibacterial soap.
This time of year you can not be too careful. I hate bronchitis
with a passion. I get it really easy, if I just get a cold.
So I take all the precautions I can..you better believe it.
People around here know I can get carried away.. I am a
killer after all….
 
I have seen all those shows about how many germs your
kitchen counter have on them..how food can make you sick
if not prepared correctly. I watch people pretty carefully
when I enter a restaurant. I don’t eat out much any more.
 
Here is where this is going…. I came across this article that
says that…. " A team of University of Florida Engineering
researchers have come to the conclusion that
microwaving plastic scrubbers and kitchen sponges
 on full power can destroy practically 100% of the
bacteria and viruses, parasites or spores collected on them.
 
"In their report in the Journal of Environmental Health,
 Bitton and his co authors, UF professor of anesthesiology,
 Richard Melker, and UF biomedical engineering doctoral
student Dong Kyoo Park described how they immersed
scrubbing pads and sponges in untreated wastewater
teeming with fecal bacteria like E. coli, protozoan parasites,
salmonella, viruses and bacterial spores. (The spores included
Bacillus cereus, that stood in for food-borne viruses
responsible for diseases such as noroviruses and hepatitis A.)

The sponges and scrub pads were then ‘cooked’ in
an ordinary domestic microwave oven for varying
 lengths of time. They were wrung out and the microbial
load of the water was determined for each test. The findings
 were compared with water from control sponges and
pads not placed in the microwave.

The results were telling. Every contaminant
but the spores were killed after two minutes. The spores
 took a little longer, between four to ten minutes to be
 exterminated as they are difficult to kill, being resistant
 to radiation, heat and lethal chemical substances.
Bitton believed that the heat, and not the microwave radiation,
most likely put paid to the pathogens. He further advises
that as the microwave functions by stimulating water
molecules, microwaving wet rather than dry sponges or
scrub pads is preferable."      http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/23430.html
 
So you just ZAP them while they are wet.. and wham all the germs are gone..
How convenient is that?! It is better and faster than boiling them or spraying them
with bleach or cleanser. I think I might try this.. I am leery though of
trying it on some plastic scrubbers..but with them wet I think they will
hold up in there okay.

QUESTION OF THE DAY… 

 

HOW LONG DO YOU USE YOUR DISH CLOTH???   HOW ABOUT YOUR  DISH TOWELS??
 
I have so many..I wear them out pretty fast.. it’s all the
bleach I put on them. My mother is old school.she feels that
you can use it a long time because you are using it in hot
water and soap all the time. I SAY NO…WAY.. I am NOT old
school and prefer to change it every other day or so. Depending on
what I am doing in the kitchen with it.  I try to use a fresh dish towel
each day…AM I NUTS?. Who made the rules??? IS that the way
MISS MARTHA S would do it??. What the heck does she know?? Her
maid changes her sheets every other day, probably the kitchen

area is done the same way..  Ahh to be rich so your
maid can do things for you….
 
ONLY ME.. I would be watching her over her shoulder to see if
she was doing it the sanitary  germ-free way!!!   
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HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!

 

         

GOING BANANA’S!!

 

 

              

 

     I could not believe my eyes…..

 

There on the tv screen they were advertising

BANANAS from Dole or Chiquita..I am not sure,..anyway

keep a close eye out for their new  campaign

that just started running this week.

 

You get three banana’s in a "fresh Pack"

packaged to "last longer" and stay fresh.

Oh yes..and by the way..never mind that

bananas have went up in the stores over 49 cents

a pound in most places. So CAN you Imagine

what these special banana’s will cost you????

 

I had to laugh.. NO WAY I am going to buy a special

package of bananas.. If I want them to last I put them

in the fridge. YES I know..they turn BLACK on the outside,

but the insides are perfectly fine!! They keep a longer time

that way. If they are too ripe after putting them in there I

use them for bread, or something else. Gee what is next..

individual apples and oranges wrapped for "freshness" at the

cost of a dollar a piece!! I don’t know about these companies that

will try anything to get you to buy their product. I think I

would prefer to buy a whole bunch rather than individual ones, you

would have to buy too many packages. Just keep an eye

out for the commercials on network tv…I was just amazed… 

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WEDNESDAY SPACE WALK has been posted.. This week it’s another amazing

space from Canada and this one has some really wonderful photos and

entries. You can find it at the spacewalk space. 

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I was very happy to see Jennifer Hudson’s name on the list for

Academy Award nomination for DREAMGIRLS. She sure has come a long way from

American Idol fame. Was a little surprised that the movie itself

was not nominated..however it got 8 nods which was higher than

any other movie I think. Speaking of IDOL..I saw some of the

show tonight briefly and I think that people who can not even

carry a tune should not get past the first few notes. It is not

right to sit there and just laugh in their faces.. WHY not just stop them

right away and say NO thank you.. please leave…? What is so wrong with

that?? If Jennifer wins her award like she did the Golden Globe

I guess Simon will really be eating crow… He did not like her and

again he was as wrong as he was about Taylor Hicks.

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I briefly saw some of the Presidents speech tonight and was happy to see

AGAIN..Mr, Wesley Autrey being introduced to the congress. Mr. Autrey

is still riding his 15 minutes of fame for saving the man’s life on the

subway in NY City. I guess he could go no higher than that except maybe

on Oprah Winfrey’s show!!! I have not seen him there yet! There is still

time though.

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HAVE A GREAT WEDNESDAY….