My Little Insanities

The boiler died sometime last evening. The woodstove keeps the dining room and kitchen tolerable. I have a trouble call into the oil company techs for this morning. Now to drag myself out to the wood pile to keep the stove going. :)

Jill knew she was getting a little too particular about her tree, when her teenage son started singing.

Deck the tree with OCD, fa la la la la la la la la
Place each ornament carefully, fa la la la la la la la la
Equidistant from each other, fa la la la la la la la la
Or it will annoy your mother, fa la la la la la la la la

CPT G, AKA Matthew Gallagher. http://kaboomwarjournal.blogspot.com/ His older postings are at http://kaboomwarjournalarchive.blogspot.com/

The darn dishwasher died. It was 32 months old. I called costco and asked if they knew how long the warrantee was in effect. They told me if I wasn't happy with it, to return the dishwasher. I woman-handled it out to the van and brought it back to costco. They gave me a costco cash card for the entire purchase price. Unfortunately, they do not have dishwashers in the stores right now, so I have to order one off the website. It will be $100 more than the original one was, with shipping. Yeah!

Taken from morgangallagher who stole it from

raving_liberal



Last night my sister and I were sitting in the den and I said to her, "I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle to keep me alive. That would be no quality of life at all. If that ever happens, just pull the plug." So she got up, unplugged the computer, and threw out my wine.

to you chaotic_nipple and many more to my little brother.

Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! In July I saved a busload of nuns in Angola (326 points). In April I got in line at the supermarket at the same time as someone else and I didn't yield (-8 points). Last Saturday I gave ratphooey a kidney (1000 points). Last Thursday I pushed mockduck in the mud (-17 points). Last Friday I ate my brussel sprouts (1 points). Overall, I've been nice (1302 points). For Christmas I deserve a Sony Playstation 3! Sincerely, mommeeof9

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from morgangallagher Many people get upset at me, when I talk about formula risks. It's as if by telling parents the truth about bacterial contanimation in formula, and how babies lives are at risk - in the West - I'm on some sort of guilt trip for mothers.

People rarely see it for what it is - a desperate plea for people to find out the truth, and to make informed choices for their beloved newborns. A stand against misinformation and profiteering.

A mother and father in Belgium, are today reaping the costs of the lack of information available to them. When their precious five day old baby died from bacterial contamination in the formula given to him in hospital, they took the decision to sure Nestle, and the hospital, for not letting them know the facts of the risks.

Today, they lost their case. Why? Because the judge ruled that bacterial contamination of baby formula was a known and accepted risk. Therefore, you can't sue after the event.

Is it a known and accepted risk in your world?

Do you see formula fed babies, and inform the parents of the life threatening risk they are undertaking on behalf of their newborns? Do you make sure pregnant women you know of, know and understand these risks?

Or are you too scared to mention it, in case you are seen as being one of those nutcases?

Are you too scared to tell people that they run the risk of their baby dying from meningitis, from using formula?

If only someone had had the courage to tell this mother.... she may not be standing at her son's graveside, forever blaming herself for not knowing the truth, for not understanding the risks.

Protect formula fed infants - TELL THE MOTHERS WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW TO MAKE THE DAMN THING AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. Do not tell them not to boil the water as it will ruin the bacteria you've put in from harvesting ground bacteria for cheap omega 3. YOU HAVE TO KILL THE DAMN BACTERIA OR YOU RUN THE RISK OF KILLING THE BABY.

A risk so well known, that you can't sue when your baby dies.

http://boycottnestle.blogspot.com/2007/10/ruling-in-belgium.html

I can't remember how to post a larger view. It's Taz, with a crewdriver in one hand, and a hammer in the other. There is a pc below him with the screen and keyboard broken. The caption "Now try your password".

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130144061675&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=003 Thanks, erinmdmd

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/19/AR2007081901475.html Soldiegrrrl knows someone who wears real kilts, but I don't know if he would like these.

In the last 2 weeks I have cleaned out the pump on the washer, cleaned out the food disposer on the dishwasher and replaced both the heating elements on the water heater. The water heater worked for 24 hours before the fuse? tripped on the top thermostat. During that day, the water was very hot, which tells me the bottom thermostator or element are not working properly. Argh! This is the life time warrantee (will never leak) survivor water heater sold by Sears 10 years ago. Of course, every 12 to 18 months, the bottom element goes out. If I don't realise it is gone until the water gets very hot, it blows the other one out, too. They are $52 each, plus shipping. I could have bought a whole new water heater at least 3 times for the price of the parts we've bought over the last 10 years!

I never win anything, but here goes.
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Except I'm not very artistic. :) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/18/AR2007051801657.html?hpid=moreheadlines

http://www.dressaday.com/2007/03/howto-buy-fabric.html Thats what I have failed to do. I don't have enough material to require a whole room for sewing/fabric storage.

what ignorant jackasses we have in positions of power in the US.

http://thelactivist.blogspot.com/2007/05/are-you-ready-to-be-royally-ticked-off.html

http://figent-figary.livejournal.com/21695.html

Stolen from chaotic_nipple who stole it from gp4
1. Go to the Archives of my LJ.
2. Select your birthday month from a previous year.
3. Read the posts.
4. Comment on one of them.
5. Post this Meme in Your Journal and let me comment!

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I should not be allowed on ebay? The station wagon is 14 yrs old and starting to die. I have no idea how it passed Virginia state inspection last month.