No more AOL reps in the USA

Well, last friday 8/29/2008 was my last day at America Online. I think Saturday there were a few people working, but they officially do not have any reps in the USA. Hmm I wonder who does the spanish speaking?? I can Imagine some damn rag head in India trying to speak spanish. They do a horrible job trying to speak english I can Imagine how Spanish would come out. OK OK I sound Jaded Huh well duh. I lost my job to them working for shit wages. They should just call It IOL. well AOL has been doing pretty evil things lately like raising their rates from $9.99 to $11.99 and we got tons of complaints that people werent getting notices. I can tell by the call volume that they probably didnt. The worst part is people on the unlimited plans for dial up were being put on the Limited plans and getting overage charges. I'm glad I'm not working there. almost 4 years. I think it's time for a root canal..lol

The happening

I haven't been on for awhile..no excuses just felt lazy. Over the weekend I went to see The Happening with Mark Walberg. This looked just like an awesome movie. It starts out really cool. The scenes of the people killing themselves were hidden a little bit so it wasn't all that gross for the people with weak stomaches. This movie led you to believe there was going to be an awesome ending. But nothing no cool ending just nothing..Yup nothing This movie had some of the worst reviews I have ever seen for a movie. If you want to see it wait for the DVD.

My son goes out to save the world

My son is in school right now in the Air Force at a secret location. (Texas, but i never told you that OK) I thought that is great! he can see the world. Did I mention he's being sent to Dayton, Ohio. Must be a lot of terrorist activity there. I kid I kid. I don't want him getting blown up in Iraq. At least he got a good profession. The pharmacy!. When and if he gets out he can make some serious change with that job.

He seemed a little perplexed, bumbed out or what ever you call it about being sent to Ohio. He said he didn't care where he was sent but I know that's not true. He's young healthy good looking and smart. He has the world at his finger tips. I hope he gets to go to Germany or England or some where cool. He will never admit this, but some day he's going to be married with kids and this will be something he can look at and say hey I went to Europe or where ever and will have stories to tell like I do. I just hope he IM's me or e-mails me once in awhile.

If you're reading this do me a favor

Hey, you're reading this do me a favor. I have this cool thing on my site called NeoEarth. If you scroll down, you'll see a picture of the earth with yellow dots. It tells me where and how many people viewed my blog. Why don't you leave a comment just to say where you live. I got some people back in my home state of Pennsylvania checking it out. Also from Georgia. It says they are from Woodstock Georgia, that's where my best army buddies from. I knew Spec4 Brummit from when I was in Korea in the mid 80's. Unfortunately when I was on a trip to Atlanta, I called his home and his mom answered and informed me he died in an auto accident on New years Eve. He was a great guy!!!!!!!!!
Ok, what I was really going to say was, every area of the country has a home town diner, hamburger joint, deli, or what ever that makes YOUR TOWN SPECIAL. Mine was Isalys in Irwin, PA. It had great shakes, Burgers and the famous Ham Barbecue. So let me know what was so great about your hang out.

Pensylvania to Utah

I am Originally from Irwin, Pa and lived most of my adult life in Harrisburg, Pa. The last 4 years I have lived in Ogden Utah. It's quite a big change. I'm used to rolling hills and a lot of green trees, Fantastic food and many places to go. Well, Utah has it's mountains but , by July most every thing starts to get brown. As for the food...ehh not the greatest. Pennsylvania has it's cheese steaks, Pizza, and it's Isaly's ham barbeque's. Utah is famous for it's green Jello, fry sauce (ketchup and mayo) yuck! I guess, it's because I'm not from here. When I lived in Utah years ago when I met my wife, there was several restaurants I liked, but they are no longer here.
When I lived back east I loved to go to city Island and walk around just like going to point state park in Pittsburgh. We have the dinosaur park near the river (which back east it's a creek). It, however it is not the same. Fortunately I have a couple really good friends I hang out with. The upside to this is I feel the people are friendlier than back east. At least I don't get stabbed in the back every 5 minutes.

I Hate Fords

Have you ever done the same stupid mistakes over and over and over again? My whole life has been nothing but that! I hate fords, but I tend to buy them, but not by choice. I'm stuck with a ford truck that has never ran properly from day one. I think it had a small leaking head gasket which turned into a very large leaking head gasket. It's to the point where it would be a fortune to fix. I'm in a situation where I need a new vehicle but financially I can't afford another vehicle right now. I love Chevy's but used ones where I live are way over priced, even for a beat up car or truck that's ready to die. So, a co-worker is moving to to West Virginia and has to sell his 1986 Ford Bronco 2. I said to him I would buy it, but all I had was $300. I was thinking he would laugh, but he said if I wanted it was mine. Oh wow I thought, if it runs good I'll take it. I checked the engine compression, transmission, etc . other than the body work (some rust and a few other minor things) I thought it was a steal. I did notice it had an oil leak. I looked at it and thought... I can fix that..... F***ing WRONG!!!!
I fixed the same thing on my father in Laws72 Chevy pick up in 6 hours. 4 days later with the Bronco 2 and its worst. It took an entire day just to get every thing off. When I put every thing back on (2 days later. I noticed I had a very small leak from a bolt on the water pump. I tightened it. SNAP!!!! went the bolt. I spent the next day drilling out the end of the bolt stuck in the water pump. Impossible to get to. When I finished drilling out the bolt, I then put a case hardened threader to re thread the hole for the bolt. I then SNAPPED that off. I finally get every thing off. I fix the hole and put the water pump back on. I start the Bronco and now the place that was leaking is now spewing water out faster. I reach under and the bolt is not tightened at all. I tightened the bolt and guess what??!!!!! SNAP!!! the same place where i snapped off the last bolt it snapped off again. guess what?? I'm doing it all over again tomorrow. Will I ever learn? I have worked on all kinds of cars and I do have to say fords are put together so strange. I would like to smack the people who actually design these parts. They are morons!!!!! When I get this fixed I'm selling it for a profit ( I hope) Then I am buying a Chevy!!

My Favorite Blog

If any body has even read my blog, other than the friends I've told about. You Know I write like an idiot. I'm not proud, but I'm honest. Actually when I type I accidentally hit the wrong button and something spews from my printer while I look puzzled at it. The look I give my printer doesn't make it stop. Oh well.....I'll just live with it.
I have a friend/In law that I have admired his writing. Definitely his reviews of movies are top notch and he should be a writer for a major newspaper or magazine. You need to go and read that... here's his blog merlintwizard.blogspot.com check it out you wont be disappointed.