04 March 2008

The "project"


This is what the project has been the last couple nights after work. Since the geniuses who built our house and put in the cabinets didn't put an actual cabinet above our range. They had just a shelf that was held up just by the little shelf pins. So the project was two part. First being put in the shelf at the right height and make it strong enough to support the microhood. Second was to install the microhood. After two nights of working on it it is done. Looks pretty good considering it's a Whirlpool and our fridge and stove are Frigidaire. This is one appliance that is staying with the house when we sell it.


Yes, we will be taking the old microwave off of the counter soon. Amy has a home for it already too.

18 February 2008

Name That Place

OK since Jeremy likes games, here are some pictures for you to ponder.




16 January 2008

Another project...

Another pet project I'm working on is getting to know who owns what land bordering the "gulch" here in town. I want to push for a community fishing pond here in town and that would be the perfect area. I know of two landowners that would be happy to see it happen. I just need to find out who the others are so I can talk with them. Just a good way to improve the city and get my face out there so when the next election comes around, I will not lose.

OK...

So it's time I post again on this blog. I've been busy doing many things lately. Staying warm being one of them. Work has been crazy. We merged with another company and so we have sort of put the two stores together. The one down side to this is I still have to do a lot of paperwork for all of the items sold or transferred to the other store. Supposedly we are supposed to finally meet someone from Red Man. We merged with them on 1 Nov 2007 and we have yet to meet anyone from upper management from their end. The regional manager is out of SLC and hasn't even made the measly 3 hour drive to come meet his newest employees. Pretty lame and annoying at the same time.

In other news. I've been emailing Sam's Club to see what their criteria is to decide where to put a new store. They gave me some bull about not having a population minimum but at the same time most locations have around 100,000 at least in the "trade area". They claimed that there were only 42,000 people in the "trade area" here. So I asked how big the area was. They said it took in all of Northeastern Utah including down to Moab. That's one large area. So I went to http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html

The following is what I found. A lot more people than they claimed. I emailed them back to let them know their poor math skills. We'll see what they have to say about that.

Colorado

rio blanco co 6180
moffat co 13680

utah
uintah co 27955
duchesne co 15701
daggett co 947
carbon co 19469
grand co 8999
emery co 10698

wyoming
sweetwater co 38763
uinta co 20213

totaling 162605


15 November 2007

Yeah, what they said!

This was on the Russian Mosin Nagant Forum. Just thought is should be shared anywhere and everywhere.


By Frosty Wooldridge
October 29, 2007
NewsWithViews.com

Tina Griego, journalist for the Denver Rocky Mountain News wrote a column titled, "Mexican visitor's lament" -- 10/25/07.

She interviewed Mexican journalist Evangelina Hernandez while visiting Denver last week. Hernandez said,

"They (illegal aliens) pay rent, buy groceries, buy clothes...what happens to your country's economy if 20 million people go away?"

That's a good question – it deserves an answer. Over 80 percent of Americans demand secured borders and illegal migration stopped. But what would happen if all 20 million or more vacated America? The answers may surprise you!

In California, if 3.5 million illegal aliens moved back to Mexico, it would leave an extra $10.2 billion to spend on overloaded school systems, bankrupted hospitals and overrun prisons. It would leave highways cleaner, safer and less congested. Everyone could understand one another as English became the dominate language again.

In Colorado, 500,000 illegal migrants, plus their 300,000 kids and grand-kids – would move back "home," mostly to Mexico. That would save Coloradans an estimated $2 billion (other experts say $7 BIL) annually in taxes that pay for schooling, medical, social-services and incarceration costs. It means 12,000 gang members would vanish out of Denver alone.

Colorado would save more than $20 million in prison costs, and the terror that those 7,300 alien criminals set upon local citizens. Denver Officer Don Young and hundreds of Colorado victims would not have suffered death, accidents, rapes and other crimes by illegals.

Denver Public Schools would not suffer a 67 percent drop out/flunk out rate via thousands of illegal alien students speaking 41 different languages. At least 200,000 vehicles would vanish from our gridlocked cities in Colorado. Denver's four percent unemployment rate would vanish as our working poor would gain jobs at a living wage.
In Florida, 1.5 million illegals would return the Sunshine State back to America, the rule of law and English.
In Chicago, Illinois, 2.1 million illegals would free up hospitals, schools, prisons and highways for a safer, cleaner and more crime-free experience.

If 20 million illegal aliens returned "home" --

If 20 million illegal aliens returned "home," the U.S. economy would return to the rule of law. Employers would hire legal American citizens at a living wage. Everyone would pay their fair share of taxes because they wouldn't be working off the books. That would result in an additional $401 billion in IRS income taxes collected annually, and an equal amount for local state and city coffers.

No more push '1' for Spanish or '2' for English. No more confusion in American schools that now must content with over 100 languages that degrade the educational system for American kids. Our overcrowded schools would lose more than two million illegal alien kids at a cost of billions in ESL and free breakfasts and lunches.

We would lose 500,000 illegal criminal alien inmates at a cost of more than $1.6 billion annually. That includes 15,000 MS-13 gang members who distribute $130 billion in drugs annually would vacate our country. In cities like L.A., 20,000 members of the "18th Street Gang" would vanish from our nation. No more Mexican forgery gangs for ID theft from Americans! No more foreign rapists and child molesters!

Losing more than 20 million people would clear up our crowded highways and gridlock. Cleaner air and less drinking and driving American deaths by illegal aliens!

Drain on America's economy; taxpayers harmed, employers get rich

Over $80 billion annually wouldn't return to their home countries by cash transfers. Illegal migrants earned half that money untaxed, which further drains America's economy – which currently suffers an $8.7 trillion debt.

At least 400,000 anchor babies would not be born in our country, costing us $109 billion per year per cycle. At least 86 hospitals in California, Georgia and Florida would still be operating instead of being bankrupted out of existence because illegals pay nothing via the EMTOLA Act. Americans wouldn't suffer thousands of TB and hepatitis cases rampant in our country—brought in by illegals unscreened at our borders.

Our cities would see 20 million less people driving, polluting and grid locking our cities. It would also put the "progressives" on the horns of a dilemma; illegal aliens and their families cause 11 percent of our greenhouse gases.

13 November 2007

Week after

I went to the city council meeting tonight. I got there a bit early tonight. Council members were pretty friendly tonight. Most of the comments were that I made a good run at a seat. I told Lane Yack that there's always next time. He said no I can't do that, I'd beat him. Well duh, that would be the purpose. What else am I supposed to use all my signs for? Brad Hancock said he hasn't seen a non-incumbent get that many votes their first time around. So I guess my 319 votes was pretty darn good.

07 November 2007

Election is over

Well, this year's election is over. I didn't win this time, but I will try again next time. We spent an hour picking up what signs we could find. Some were gone long before election day, others were gone tonight before we could get to them. They're just a head start for next time.