How much would you pay to go to the moon? Regular NASA estimates during the Apollo era were about 55 M to 90 M. According to Frank Norris, aerospace aeronautical engineer, seats have been offered recently for as low $100,000.00. This was kind of a Mars precursor for a Space X flight. I’d like to …
Category Archives: Humor
Ace Ventura Pet Detective
I guess it was a Samsung television I bought at Costco for $1600. I packed it myself after I owned it for two years, when I left Honolulu for San Francisco, and it came back looking like this: Oddly, I just laughed when I pulled the tee-vee out of the box and plugged it in. …
I Sing the Song of a Trolleyman
Song of the Trolleyman By Driver Doug “I’ve seen them all: Young and bold Appear like a spark, Then depart as I start To read the latest tag In the back rag By the half-drunk can Wrapped in a bag. The ancient ones, Full of mold and scold Or just plain old, Short and fat, …
What Bothers You and Why?
In a recent Bloomberg article about Zimbabwe, a novel idea about bringing that country’s inflation down to a manageable level was cited: backing the Zig, the Zimbabwe currency, with gold from their gold mines. What bothers me is that backing Gold with a nation state’s paper money is a time tested strategy that has worked …
“No” Is a Complete Sentence
The above photo is a pretty dramatic depiction of clearly saying “No.” in being asked to do something, such as climbing up an extinct volcano in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! But is this consistent with my goal to stay active after 65? Didn’t I say to myself I wanted to keep fit and …
Can You Spell It?
To know me is to mirror me. First lesson: go into an Austin Powers caricature* and say, “Oh Behave.” Then regress to Sean Connery and in your best secret agent voice and say “Bond. James Bond.” But now add this new addition, “Meriwether is my middle name.” Indeed, this is my middle name, M e …
The Art of Driving a Bus
Big Mouths and Crybabies
“Big mouths run hot.” So says our elected leader in the receiver’s office before picking up my outfit one morning. Apparently, a common thread running through arguments rebutting a write-up for running ahead of schedule is that of complaining about other persons, places, or things like our equipment as causes for running ahead of schedule. …
SSDD
Interesting that the question says who, and not what. For the first time in looking at these prompts, I looked at how others’ replied, and saw some very interesting patterns. Folks that obviously don’t have that kind of money would spend it on a single project that could easily be a sinkhole of loss in …
The Kneeler
“You’re supposed to lower the kneeler for seniors,” or “Thanks for lowering the steps,” sarcastically spoken after departing to the sidewalk does not help much. A request for the kneeler with a condescending tone (as if I’m a mind reader) after ascending or descending, may not reflect where my attention is focused at the time. …
The Dao of Doug: A Bus Driver's Perspective 