mini rant
what passes for customer service these days,
ought to be considered a misdemeanor
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what passes for customer service these days,
ought to be considered a misdemeanor
further proof that :
ALL TV NEWS & TALK RADIO ARE DANGEROUS THINGS and ought to be bannished from your life !!!!
The man convicted of setting fire to an Ohio mosque earlier this year is now blaming his crime on having watched Fox News and listened to conservative talk radio shows, which he claims convinced him that Muslims are all “terrorists.”
The 52-year-old man, Randolph Linn of Indiana, recently pleaded guilty to charges of setting fire to the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, resulting in a 20-year reduced prison sentence. His sentencing is scheduled for April 2013.
As part of his defense, the Digital Journal reports that Linn told the court that he was “riled up” from watching Fox News and consuming “45 beers” over a span of seven hours before committing his crime.
When the judge asked whether Linn actually knew any Muslims, the defendant replied, “No, I only know what I hear on Fox news and what I hear on [conservative talk] radio.”
“Muslims are killing Americans and trying to blow stuff up,” Linn added. “Most Muslims are terrorists and don’t believe in Jesus Christ.”
Upon being arrested for the arson, Linn reportedly told officers, “ those Muslims… they would kill us if they got the chance.”
Remember kiddies ..... tis the season to count your blessings and remember to be a bit kinder and quicker to forgive
I haz a new computer chair and i got it at a thrift store for $5
dunno whar this video was shot nore care ......
but this is the reason I DECLARE OPEN SEASON ON THESE ANIMALS !!!
A mansion sealed in a time warp for more than a century to respect its eccentric
owner's dying wishes has been reopened as a museum, offering a glimpse into 19th
century bourgeois French life.
Curators say the Maison Mantin in Moulins, central France offers a unique freeze-frame of turn-of-the-century France in all its grandeur and strangeness.
What precisely lay behind the imposing 19th century mansion's locked doors and shuttered windows had been the subject of intrigue for decades.
Some believed that its wealthy, unconventional former owner, Louis Martin, had hidden a collection of human skeletons among its many rooms.
It was closed shortly after his death in 1905 and its contents left to attract dust, mold, woodworm and rats.
Mr Mantin made his fortune in land and property but died unmarried and childless aged just 54 – only eight years after the sumptuous home was completed. It had been built on the ruins of a 15th-century castle that had belonged to the aristocratic Bourbon family.
In his will, he bequeathed the house to the town, specifying that he wanted it to be made a museum a century after his death.
Although he left no orders to have it sealed, the mansion was left practically untouched all those years, its eerie calm even unbroken by the occupying German forces of the Second World War.
"It was very strange, the house became a sort of urban myth," said assistant curator Maud Leyoudec. "People didn't know what was in this house and had fantasies."
we've all encountered a great many strange folks in our lives
but of all the people the internet has brought into my home ....
I have never met more deadicated souls then these two
well my few and many friends its nearly that time of the year once again
by now most of you have already started HUMBUG shopping and or pondering what to get loved ones and or that person you got to be the " " secret santa for
or even worse you've got someone on your list that already has everything times two thats impossible to shop 4
well just remember these 2 things
1.'Twas the night before Christmas & out on the ranch
The pond was froze over & so was the branch.
The snow was piled up belly-deep to a mule.
The kids were all home on vacation from school,
And happier young folks you never did see-
Just all sprawled around a-watchin' TV.
Then suddenly, some time around 8 o'clock,
There came a surprise that gave them a shock!
The power went off, the TV went dead!
When Grandpa came in from out in the shed
With an armload of wood, the house was all dark.
"Just what I expected," they heard him remark.
"Them power line wires must be down from the snow.
Seems sorter like times on the ranch long ago."
"I'll hunt up some candles," said Mom. "With their light,
And the fireplace, I reckon we'll make out all right."
The teen-agers all seemed enveloped in gloom.
Then Grandpa came back from a trip to his room,
Uncased his old fiddle & started to play
That old Christmas song about bells on a sleigh.
Mom started to sing, & 1st thing they knew
Both Pop & the kids were all singing it, too.
They sang Christmas carols, they sang "Holy Night,"
Their eyes all a-shine in the ruddy firelight.
They played some charades Mom recalled from her youth,
And Pop read a passage from God's Book of Truth.
They stayed up till midnight-and, would you believe,
The youngsters agreed 'twas a fine Christmas Eve.
Grandpa rose early, some time before dawn;
And when the kids wakened, the power was on..
"The power company sure got the line repaired quick,"
Said Grandpa - & no one suspected his trick.
Last night, for the sake of some old-fashioned fun,
He had pulled the main switch - the old Son-of-a-Gun
2. and more important