Time Delay For The Post Office, But Not The Doomsday Clock
January 17th 2007 23:26
NEWS:
Ned Hethington , a retired police chief , living in West Ashley, North Carolina recently received a faded postcard of an old waterwheel addressed to Mrs. M.K. Hethington, which was mailed from Hendersonville, N.C. and had a one-cent stamp postmarked June 28 1949, over 57 years ago. The postcard read “It is very hot up here. I thought this picture would cool you off by looking at it. Please write. Miss you. Aunt Olie Orr is going to take me around to see all the mountain. How is everyone. Margie.” The retired Police Chief later determined the Mrs. M.K. Hethington was May King Hethington, his great aunt who died in 1972, and that the sender was Margery Gilreath, a second cousin who died in 1985.
The post card was addressed to Chief Hethington’s great aunt on “King Street” of a city or town (name undisclosed) “several miles” from the Chief’s residence.
He received the postcard in a plain white envelope postmarked Brooklyn, N.Y. three days before he received it. The return address is an e-mail account held by someone using the handle "lost.postcards." Hethington has e-mailed the account several times but hasn't received a reply.
VIEW:
What a mystery. Map Quest could not find “West Ashley, South Carolina,” but Google Earth places it as a near-in suburb of Charleston South Carolina. Map Quest determined that Hendersonville, North Carolina, where the postcard was originally mailed in 1949, is 246 miles from Charleston, South Carolina near to where Chief Hethington ultimately received it. Forgetting the approximate 720 miles detour from Hendersonville, North Carolina to Brooklyn, New York (again, thanks Map Quest), it would appear that the postcard traveled an average of 4.3 miles per year to get from Hendersonville, North Carolina to West Ashley, South Carolina. I wonder where the postcard spent all these years. Hmmm
NEWS:
Two Afghan civilans dragged a would-be suicide driver from his vehicle before he could detonate explosives he was carrying when he attempted to crash through the front gate of Camp Phoenix, a US base in the Afghan capital of Kabul. The two heros were an interpreter and a security guard according to Col.Tom Collins, the chief spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Collins further stated .”I think it's a pretty amazing and heroic event. Amazingly, a couple of Afghans who just happened to be on the scene there realized what was happening, Anyone's inclination would have been to run away but these guys are genuine heroes,"
. The driver reached for what appeared to be a cord to detonate a bomb when he was dragged from his vehicle according to Col. Collins. The device exploded while attempts were being made to disarm it. No U.S. or coalition troops were injured
VIEWS:
What good news; against “natural inclinations, these two gentlemen threw themselves right into the middle of danger. Scary, no?
NEWS:
Experts have added “Climate Change” (read ‘Global Warming’) to the prospect of nuclear annihilation as the greatest threats to humankind. As a result, the minute hand of the famous “Doomsday Clock”has been moved two minutes closer to midnight. The “Clock” now stands at five minutes to the hour.
The “Doomsday Clock” was first ‘devised’ 60 years ago by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists shortly after the US dropped it’s a-bombs on Japan. Not since the darkest days of the “Cold War” has the “Clock” been so close to midnight. .
The scientists concluded that the “Global Warming” situation caused by carbon-emitting technologies is second only to the threat of nuclear weapons. The worries include Iran's nuclear ambitions, North Korea's detonation of an atomic bomb, the presence of 26,000 launch-ready weapons by America and Russia, and the inability to secure and halt the international trafficking of nuclear materials such as highly enriched uranium and plutonium
“Humankind's collective impacts on the biosphere, climate and oceans are unprecedented.”
VIEWS:
Talk about scary! Clearly, examples of “Man’s inhumanity to mankind.” Let’s hope the European Union’s concern about “Global Warming” (see previous story) catches on, and the people in positions to do something about these threats to mankind get off their duffs and do it! Time to worry about the grandchildren.
CLICHE OF THE DAY: “Straight from the Horse's Mouth “
Meaning: Directly from the source; a tout at the race track might tell you he got it straight
from the horse’s mouth to inflate the tip he is trying to sell.
Example: To get the true version, you need to get it from the horse’s mouth
Origin: When buying a horse, the potential buyer might get all sorts of inflated information from the seller. The informed buyer will look in the horse’s mouth. A lot can be learned from this: age; general health, nutrition and whether it has been over-reined (an unruly horse will probably be reined more than normal). Thus, “From the Horse’s Mouth”
JOKE OF THE DAY: JOB RESUME:
My first job was working in an Orange Juice factory but I got canned. I couldn't concentrate.
Then I worked in the woods as a Lumberjack but I couldn't hack it so they gave me the axe.
After that I tried being a Tailor, but I just wasn't suited for it because it was a sew-sew job.
Next I tried working in a Muffler Factory but that was too exhausting.
Then I tried to be a Chef, figuring it would add a little spice to my life, but I just didn't have the thyme.
I attempted to be a Deli Worker but any way I sliced it I couldn't cut the mustard.
My best job was a Musician but eventually I found I wasn't noteworthy.
I studied a long time to become a Doctor but I didn't have any patience.
Next was a job in a Shoe Factory. I tried but I just didn't fit in.
I became a Professional Fishing Apparatus Repairman, but discovered that I couldn't get by on my net income.
I managed to get a good job working for a Pool Maintenance Company, but the work was just too draining.
So then I got a job in a Workout Center, but they said I wasn't fit for the job.
After many years of trying to find steady work, I finally got a job as a Historian - until I realized there was no future in it.
My last job was working in Starbucks, but I had to quit because it was always the same old grind.
SO, I TRIED RETIREMENT AND FOUND THAT I'M PERFECT FOR THE JOB.
“MURPHY’S LOVE LAWS”:
All the good ones are taken.
The nicer someone is, the farther away he/she is from you
Money can't buy love, but it sure gets you a great bargaining position.
Nice guys(girls) finish last
Availability is a function of time. The minute you get interested is the minute they find someone else
THANKS FOR READING AND COME BACK SOON
Ned Hethington , a retired police chief , living in West Ashley, North Carolina recently received a faded postcard of an old waterwheel addressed to Mrs. M.K. Hethington, which was mailed from Hendersonville, N.C. and had a one-cent stamp postmarked June 28 1949, over 57 years ago. The postcard read “It is very hot up here. I thought this picture would cool you off by looking at it. Please write. Miss you. Aunt Olie Orr is going to take me around to see all the mountain. How is everyone. Margie.” The retired Police Chief later determined the Mrs. M.K. Hethington was May King Hethington, his great aunt who died in 1972, and that the sender was Margery Gilreath, a second cousin who died in 1985.
He received the postcard in a plain white envelope postmarked Brooklyn, N.Y. three days before he received it. The return address is an e-mail account held by someone using the handle "lost.postcards." Hethington has e-mailed the account several times but hasn't received a reply.
VIEW:
What a mystery. Map Quest could not find “West Ashley, South Carolina,” but Google Earth places it as a near-in suburb of Charleston South Carolina. Map Quest determined that Hendersonville, North Carolina, where the postcard was originally mailed in 1949, is 246 miles from Charleston, South Carolina near to where Chief Hethington ultimately received it. Forgetting the approximate 720 miles detour from Hendersonville, North Carolina to Brooklyn, New York (again, thanks Map Quest), it would appear that the postcard traveled an average of 4.3 miles per year to get from Hendersonville, North Carolina to West Ashley, South Carolina. I wonder where the postcard spent all these years. Hmmm
NEWS:
Two Afghan civilans dragged a would-be suicide driver from his vehicle before he could detonate explosives he was carrying when he attempted to crash through the front gate of Camp Phoenix, a US base in the Afghan capital of Kabul. The two heros were an interpreter and a security guard according to Col.Tom Collins, the chief spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Collins further stated .”I think it's a pretty amazing and heroic event. Amazingly, a couple of Afghans who just happened to be on the scene there realized what was happening, Anyone's inclination would have been to run away but these guys are genuine heroes,"
. The driver reached for what appeared to be a cord to detonate a bomb when he was dragged from his vehicle according to Col. Collins. The device exploded while attempts were being made to disarm it. No U.S. or coalition troops were injured
VIEWS:
What good news; against “natural inclinations, these two gentlemen threw themselves right into the middle of danger. Scary, no?
NEWS:
Experts have added “Climate Change” (read ‘Global Warming’) to the prospect of nuclear annihilation as the greatest threats to humankind. As a result, the minute hand of the famous “Doomsday Clock”has been moved two minutes closer to midnight. The “Clock” now stands at five minutes to the hour.
The “Doomsday Clock” was first ‘devised’ 60 years ago by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists shortly after the US dropped it’s a-bombs on Japan. Not since the darkest days of the “Cold War” has the “Clock” been so close to midnight. .
The scientists concluded that the “Global Warming” situation caused by carbon-emitting technologies is second only to the threat of nuclear weapons. The worries include Iran's nuclear ambitions, North Korea's detonation of an atomic bomb, the presence of 26,000 launch-ready weapons by America and Russia, and the inability to secure and halt the international trafficking of nuclear materials such as highly enriched uranium and plutonium
“Humankind's collective impacts on the biosphere, climate and oceans are unprecedented.”
VIEWS:
Talk about scary! Clearly, examples of “Man’s inhumanity to mankind.” Let’s hope the European Union’s concern about “Global Warming” (see previous story) catches on, and the people in positions to do something about these threats to mankind get off their duffs and do it! Time to worry about the grandchildren.
CLICHE OF THE DAY: “Straight from the Horse's Mouth “
Meaning: Directly from the source; a tout at the race track might tell you he got it straight
from the horse’s mouth to inflate the tip he is trying to sell.
Example: To get the true version, you need to get it from the horse’s mouth
Origin: When buying a horse, the potential buyer might get all sorts of inflated information from the seller. The informed buyer will look in the horse’s mouth. A lot can be learned from this: age; general health, nutrition and whether it has been over-reined (an unruly horse will probably be reined more than normal). Thus, “From the Horse’s Mouth”
JOKE OF THE DAY: JOB RESUME:
My first job was working in an Orange Juice factory but I got canned. I couldn't concentrate.
Then I worked in the woods as a Lumberjack but I couldn't hack it so they gave me the axe.
After that I tried being a Tailor, but I just wasn't suited for it because it was a sew-sew job.
Next I tried working in a Muffler Factory but that was too exhausting.
Then I tried to be a Chef, figuring it would add a little spice to my life, but I just didn't have the thyme.
I attempted to be a Deli Worker but any way I sliced it I couldn't cut the mustard.
My best job was a Musician but eventually I found I wasn't noteworthy.
I studied a long time to become a Doctor but I didn't have any patience.
Next was a job in a Shoe Factory. I tried but I just didn't fit in.
I became a Professional Fishing Apparatus Repairman, but discovered that I couldn't get by on my net income.
I managed to get a good job working for a Pool Maintenance Company, but the work was just too draining.
So then I got a job in a Workout Center, but they said I wasn't fit for the job.
After many years of trying to find steady work, I finally got a job as a Historian - until I realized there was no future in it.
My last job was working in Starbucks, but I had to quit because it was always the same old grind.
SO, I TRIED RETIREMENT AND FOUND THAT I'M PERFECT FOR THE JOB.
“MURPHY’S LOVE LAWS”:
All the good ones are taken.
The nicer someone is, the farther away he/she is from you
Money can't buy love, but it sure gets you a great bargaining position.
Nice guys(girls) finish last
Availability is a function of time. The minute you get interested is the minute they find someone else
THANKS FOR READING AND COME BACK SOON
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