Saturday, July 25, 2015

What's this Dog Worth?


   DOG FOR SALE :

              
A guy is driving around the back woods of
 Montana and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: 'Talking Dog For Sale 'He rings the bell and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard. 


The guy goes into the backyard and sees a nice looking Labrador retriever sitting there.

'You talk?' he asks.
 
'Yep,' the Lab replies.
                

After the guy recovers from the shock of hearing a dog talk, he says 'So, what's your story?'

The Lab looks up and says, 'Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so... I told the CIA.

In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping.'
'I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years running... 

But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in.

I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded a batch of medals.'

'I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I'm just retired.'

The guy is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants for the dog.

'Ten dollars,' the guy says.                  


'Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?'

'Because he's a Bullshitter. He's never been out of the yard'
 -P

Friday, March 20, 2015

Fwd: Retirement job!!

The importance of an occupation after retirement
 
As we get older we sometimes begin to doubt our ability to "make a difference" in the world.

 

It is at these times that our hopes are boosted by the remarkable achievements of other

"seniors" who have found the courage to take on challenges that would make many of us wither.


Harold Schlumberg is such a person:



THIS IS A QUOTE FROM HAROLD:
 
"I've often been asked, 'What do you do now that you're retired?'

Well..I'm fortunate to have a chemical engineering background and one of the things

I enjoy most is converting beer, wine and whisky into urine.

It's rewarding, uplifting, satisfying and fulfilling. I do it every day and I really enjoy it."

Harold is an inspiration to us all.


Saturday, December 27, 2014

Fwd: Holiday Tip

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

With the holidays upon us I would like to share a personal experience with you all about drinking and driving after a "social event"with friends.
 
A few weeks ago, I was out on a post-Thanksgiving evening with several friends. I had a few cocktails, followed by several glasses of wine. Despite my jolliness, I still had the sense to know that I was over the limit. That's  when I decided to do what I have never done before: I took a cab  home.
 
Sure enough, there was a police road block on the highway but, since it was a cab, they waved it past. I arrived home safely without incident.
 
This was a both a great relief and surprise because I had never driven a cab before. I don't even know where I got it from and, now that it is in my garage, I don't know what to do with it.

Be safe out there.

--
Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Re: Particle accelerator

I heard a CERN scientist say that they accelerate particles to have the same kinetic energy as a freight train.  I don't know if he meant that literally or figuratively, because that is a lot of energy for a particle. 

Now if you could only make a gun that could do that...



On Dec 9, 2014, at 8:52 AM, <larry.r.trout> wrote:

'Scientists have found a way to accelerate subatomic particles to an energy gradient 1,000 times that of the massive Large Hadron Collider at CERN — all with a device that would fit on a tabletop.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkely National Lab used a specialized petawatt laser and plasma to speed up the particles. Known as a laser-plasma accelerator, it allows physicists to shrink the standard accelerator, which in the case of CERN is miles long, to much more compact machines, according to Gizmag.

Scientists shot plasma with a laser and produced energy of 4.25 giga-electron volts. The Large Hadron Collider, which is 17 miles in circumference and uses a series of modulated electromagnetic fields, can only achieve 100 mega-electron volts per meter before the energy starts to threaten the metal structure that holds it together.

The device put together by the Berkeley Lab is just a plasma tube that is 3.5 inches long, achieving a speed that would typically take many miles for a standard particle accelerator.

There is a catch, however: The approach of laser-plasma accelerators is entirely different, and used one of the most powerful lasers in the world, the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA), which produced a beam of light that equates to a quadrillion watts of power, or a petawatt. Researchers focused the laser on the small tube that contained the plasma.

The team was able to focus the laser beam into a 500 micro hole from a distance of 14 meters, which produced huge waves of rolling energy that accelerated free electrons in the plasma, similar to how a surfer increases its speed while going down the face of a wave, according to the report.'

http://thespacereporter.com/2014/12/tabletop-sized-particle-accelerator-blows-away-large-hardron-collider-in-recent-test/