Sam Adams, or any beer with flavor, and a shot of Yukon Jack.

Does anyone know the bill of rights?

No, but if you humm a little of it I might.......

Blanchester here.
I know what you're going to say.
Where the hell is that?
South of Wilmington.

I know where South Point is.
I spent a weekend there one day. Just kidding.

If Kentucky owns the Ohio River.
Why don't they call it the Kentucky River?

Trivee, in my work I drive a small truck and carry a lot of cargo. I'm sorry to say that we don't build a fuel efficient truck in this country so I had to go the Mercedes route and buy a Sprinter. Double the fuel mileage and loads better creature comforts. It'll be here in a couple of weeks.

Zap, there was an article in the local paper stating that subsidies had gone down, but all the other ingredients like fertilizer and weed control and fuel had gone up, making it harder for small farmers to turn a profit.

Even at the current price corn is still cheaper then fuel oil or propane. Next year I plan to use wood pellets instead of corn. As for the waste oil, I get all I can use free.

Why is it that when our government sticks its nose in something we all end up paying ‘thru-the-nose’ for it.

Take corn, for instance. I’ve been heating my house with corn for three years. I buy my corn from local farmers in the area for the same price that they sell it to the grain mills. The first season (‘05/’06) corn sold for $1.70/bushel. The price rose through the winter, as it usual does, and reached $2.20/bushel. Corn has been in this range for the last 30 years.

This is where our government decides that we need an alternative to gasoline and comes to our rescue with ethanol. Ethanol is moonshine which is made from corn. E-85 at the fuel pumps. 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. The problem is it takes the energy of 3 bushels of corn to process 4 bushels of corn. Not very economical is it? So now our leaders have to subsidize the ethanol plants to make it very, very lucrative to build plants to produce this fuel.

So why use corn? Because our farmers already have the equipment and it would be even more expensive to replace the machinery to grow sawgrass or sugarbeets that would produce more ethanol at a lower cost. Sugarcane is by far one of the best crops, but our climate is not suitable to grow it here.

Last season (‘06/’07) corn started at $3.50 and climbed to $4.00/bushel. Did you notice a jump in prices for dairy and meat products? Cows and chickens eat corn you know. Also ethanol hit the streets and around here almost every Kroger grocery store has it at their fuel pumps for FlexFuel vehicles. How much extra did you pay so your vehicle can use this FlexFuel?

This year corn started at $3.50 and is up to $5.00 as I write this. You think food prices were bad before? Wait till you hear this. Next years crop is being pre-sold for $5.00/bushel. Better stock up on meat and dairy products now before the price goes up even further.

I used one when I was on hi-speed. Now I only can get dialup. Do these work on dialup?

If a lawyer can do it, you can do it, also. After estimates of $1500 to $3500 for probate costs, my sister made calls and got it all done and legalized for $300. Start by calling the courts and they should be able to tell you where to get the forms. Fill them out and pay the recorders fee and you will be legal.

Here's another one.

The Spittoon

Two drunks are sitting in a bar and one drunk says to the other, "I'll give you fithty dollars if you drink that spittoon." The other drunk gets up and looks into the spittoon and says, "Nooo way." After a couple more drinks the first drunk says, "I'll give you a hhhundred dollars if you drink that spittoon." The second drunk gets up, goes over and smells the spittoon and says, "Nnno." Finally the first drunk offers $250. The second drunk goes over and looks at it, gets down on his knees and smells it, and agrees to drink the spittoon. He sets it down in front of him on the bar. After taking a few big breaths he picks it up and starts drinking it down. The first drunk says that that's enough but the second drunk won't stop and keeps slurping it down. He tells him to stop again because he is making him sick, and still he keeps slurping it down. Finally he tells him to stop or he will not get his money and he slams the spittoon down on the bar. The first drunk says, "Why didn't you stop when I asked you to? You were making me sick!" He replies, "It was one looong strand!"