Ghost of BiB

There comes a limit, though. That 50 bucks per hour in wages translates to about a hundred, for the company. Times how many workers? As shiddy as this will sound, a lot of people do more imortant work, and get paid far less. People should get paid on their individual merit. When you have a "strong" union, the guy who never takes a sick day, works his ass off and does the best he can makes the same amount as the guy who could give a shidd less, comes in late hungover and is probably responsible for the "Monday Morning Lemon" you have to take back to the dealer every three months for warranty work. Off the top of my head, from what I recall, roughly 60% of the cost of an American made car relates one way or another to labor. What was the cost of a new Lincoln in 1970 vs. the cost now? Figure in inflation, it doesn't wash. Why are we expected to pay as much for a nice car now, as I did on a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on an acre in 1982? UAW. And I expect any UAW (or any other union) member to defend this to death. Shidd, If I could make $50 per hour, plus benefits, plus pension knowing I'm going to get overtime - for pointing a spray gun, I'd leave what I'm doing in a fuggin heartbeat. And, I mean that very seriously.

Buy a 56 T-Bird.

Word and spellcheck. Cut and paste.

I thought it was when the ashtray got full?

Fugg, YOU wrote it...YOU explain it. Although, I could if I wanted to. Doesn't make me right though.

You shut up and stick with the program, too.

FWIW, I drive a '95 Cougar that runs like a top and is paid for. Cars are transportation. I have to go with UConn on this one.

Shut up, and stick with the program.

You're just so precious when you're being a complete ass.

I thought about this for a while... All I could come up with, is WTF knows? There are so many variables in the moves they can make this coming off-season... My guess, providing they seriously address the line issues on both sides, find a quality TE and speed up on safety - is 2 years. 2006 as a shake down cruise. But, if no one else in the division improves significantly, next year 9-7 will win it. But, NE still has some gas left in the tank, and will probably be one game ahead of whatever we have, and the Wild Cards will once again come out of another division. Rebuilding both lines has got to be a priority, and with the work that's needed (not to mention the talent needed) I see no way that can be fixed in a year. If they dick around, and blow smoke at the line problems...what century does Star Trek take place in again?

A lot of that is already in the Senate report, but, Bush has had a bad couple of weeks, and the Democrats are pouncing. I'm not searching through the drawer, I just don't think I'm explaining myself very well. What I DO know, for a fact, is that in 2002 I helped put together the chemical weapons disposal plan for Iraq, and actually worked with locations and tonnage figures to figure out transportation requirements to get them to what would have been the central demil processing facility. Stuff didn't look trumped up to me, but I'm not Nancy Pelosi or Ted Kennedy - you know, people who actually work with this stuff daily.

Ordering a Pizza in 2010

Don't really have the room for one. Doubt the landlord would appreciate, either. Plus, the last time I started a fire... Never mind.

Surprisingly good. It sort of grows on you. Not like mold, though. Hey...it's snowing in Washington DC. Cool. Looks good against the streetlights. Wish I had a fireplace.

I've had it on, too.

You and that Discovery Channel...

I'll have 3.

It took me all day, but I bit. I'm so weak.

And a HELL of a good Salsa dancer. Ken is very multi-talented.

Is this a great country? Or what?

You tease, you.

Bueler?

No.

That's rough, on so many levels. You want us to kill him for you?

Yeah, and look how Khan turned out.