My friend Anh has a Koi pond in his backyard. Once when the fish were little a small fry got stuck on the filter. He couldn't pry himself loose from the suction.
Anh spotted the trapped fish, pulled him out and gave him artificial respiration; saving his life.
Another time Anh filled his car up with chicken manure. But that's a story for another day.
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I know another guy who saved a sheep by giving it artifical respiration.
That's it.
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I finally figured out what's going on.
It's because my pupils are so big.
Can't see too clearly..but see way too much.
It's that and the midnight mass
I couldn't cry
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I know another guy who's grandpa was hit by lightning
3 times
he's either really lucky or unlucky
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Have you heard of ferry gnomes?
I heard a guy talking about them on the radio.
They make you smell good and sexy
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Back on the non-fiction side of things.
I have recently (about 5 minutes ago) learned that Cash Isn't Trash.
Okay. I suppose not. Trash might be cash though...witness recycled angels or a friend of mine who makes money doing solid waste stream surveys. That's where you go to a waste disposal site and figure out what people are throwing away.
Speaking of dumps, when I was a kid there was a guy who took care of the dump who got hit by lightning. It burned his hand off and did something to his foot. As near as I could tell, his job was to sit in a car by the dump and watch you throw stuff away. That plus unlocking and locking the gate after they put a fence around the dump. He would also sometimes do a solid waste stream survey to see what he might take home (things were less scientific then).
Speaking of good municipal jobs...my wife ran into a couple of cemetery employees in Forsyth whose job was to sit under an awning drinking beer and directing people to gravesites. Not for everyone but still possibly appealing.
Back to the cash is not trash article though...
The article mentions Hetty Green -
"Hetty lived from 1834 to 1916. She is a fascinating character who earned a fortune trading stocks, bonds, and real estate. Hetty was greedy, miserly, and mean-spirited. When her son badly injured his leg, Hetty made the rounds of the free clinics in Manhattan and Brooklyn, hoping to get him treated as a charity case. Still, she outmaneuvered the rapacious men who dominated America's 19th money frontier at a time when women were not welcome.
Here's the investment insight. Hetty always had plenty of cash on hand. Whenever the stock market went through one of its periodic panics, she had the money to pick up good companies and properties on the cheap....."
Well alrighty then.
