Dog On A Root

- jim Young “The Government cannot afford to have a country made up entirely of rich people, because rich people pay so little tax that the Government would quickly go bankrupt. This is why Government men always tell us that labour is man's noblest calling. Government needs labour to pay its upkeep.” - Russell Baker On Feb 2, Speaking about tariffs, Trump warned Americans, “We may have short term, some little pain and people understand that.” In addition to the “pain” the American people are expected to endure from the tariffs, Trump’s henchman, the richest man in the world, has fired or let go 30,000 government workers. I’m sure they will “understand” there might be some short term “pain” too. Trump on the other hand has been golfing 25% of his first 69 days in office (9 out of the 10 weekends) at a cost of over $26 million (estimated using 2017 costs) to the taxpayers, including the costs of security and the use of Air Force One. It doesn’t look like Trump is feeling any of th...

 

- jim Young DISCLAIMER: Be sure to read this article in its entirety before attempting this self-watering procedure. ”Now they show you how detergents take out bloodstains, a pretty violent image there. I think if you've got a T-shirt with a bloodstain all over it, maybe laundry isn't your biggest problem. Maybe you should get rid of the body before you do the wash.” - Jerry Seinfeld Facebook is filled with suggested hacks to cover everything from keeping mosquitoes out of your back yard to removing highlighter stains to getting gum out of your carpet with a baggie full of ice cubes. It would be nice if they all worked. In fact it would be nice if even half of them worked. Here’s a hack we got from Facebook that could have been a real life-saver for us. We recently planned a 2 week vacation to Cuba. Like everyone going away for a holiday, we had to make many preparations before we left.  Advise the post office to hold our mail - check Book our dog Myra into a Kennel...