October/Halloween Pics

Paige at the park in the sand box.

Click the picture or the headline to see all pictures.

They said it flurried last night, but we are unable to verify.

Thanks to Scottie, the attic stairs are installed!!!

See you all soon for Thanksgiving.

Paige at Lowes

Paige at Lowes. Kurt Busch will still win!!!!!!!!!

Give me all your taxes!

A man wearing a George W. Bush mask robs a bank near York, PA. Must be a democrat! Story here

How to spot a *really* rich guy.

Click here

ThatsRacin.com | 10/24/2004 | Ten confirmed dead in Hendrick Motorsports team plane crash

ThatsRacin.com | 10/24/2004 | Ten confirmed dead in Hendrick Motorsports team plane crash: "Ten confirmed dead in Hendrick Motorsports team plane crash

By JIM UTTER KYTJA WEIR AND BINYAMIN APPELBAUM

ThatsRacin.com and The Charlotte Observer


A Hendrick Motorsports plane carrying two pilots and eight other passengers crashed into a mountain Sunday afternoon en route to the Subway 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race in Virginia.
Ten people were confirmed dead, including four relatives of Hendrick Motorsports CEO Rick Hendrick: His son Ricky Hendrick, his brother John Hendrick, and John's twin daughters Jennifer and Kimberly. John, 53, was the president of Hendrick Motorsports. Ricky owned a Busch Series NASCAR team and ran Performance Honda of Pineville, a motorcycle dealership.
Also killed in the crash were five Hendrick Motorsports employees: General Manager Jeff Turner, Randy Dorton, the chief of the company's engine program, engineer Scott Latham and company pilots Dick Tracey and Liz Morrison. The 10th victim was Joe Jackson, an executive with DuPont, which sponsored Jeff Gordon's Hendrick Motorsports car.
The plane had left the Concord Regional Airport, where the company has a hangar, and was headed to the Martinsville, Va., airport for the race where four of the company's teams were competing.
The plane crashed into Bull Mountain, about 10 miles west of the airport, shortly after 12:30 p.m., FAA officials said.
Emergency teams in Patrick County, Va., responded, but the plane appeared to have crashed in a remote area, said Keith Holloway, a National Transportation Safety Board spokesman. Holloway estimated that federal officials wouldn't be able to reach the crash site until Monday morning.
It remains unclear what caused the crash of the Beech 200 King Air plane, he said."

Hendrick Plane Goes Down

A Hendrick Motorsports plane carrying two pilots and eight other passengers crashed into Bull Mountain, about 10 miles west of Martinsville, Va., site of Sunday's Subway 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race, the FAA confirmed. FAA spokeswoman Arlene Murray said a Beech 200 owned by Hendrick left Concord (N.C.) Regional Airport and crashed about 12:30 p.m. Eastern time Sunday, near Martinsville Speedway. There was no news as yet on injuries or fatalities, Murray said. HMS had four teams competing in Sunday's race with drivers #24-Jeff Gordon, #48-Jimmie Johnson, #5-Terry Labonte and #25-Brian Vickers.(ThatsRacin.com)
AND NBC 6 News TV out of Charlotte, NC is reporting live that John Hendrick, Ricky Hendrick and engine builder Randy Dorton were on the airplane.(10-24-2004)

OBX

A handsome bunch.

Click the picture for all of the photos....

Terror Behind the Walls

Hounted Prison in Philly.

Looking for something to do this October? Check this out.

It was ranked 9th best haunted house in the U.S. this year!!!

Jib Jab is Back at it

This is the brand new Jib Jab animation about our country's political status.

Add a little McGreevy humor - and this is one funny cartoon!

Agent Starling

The birds are really out of control lately! This appears to be a huge flock of Starlings. We had the deck door open and heard what sounded like hundreds of thousands of them. I snapped this picture when something startled them and they took off.

(Get it? Startled them? Never mind)

Is that Chad Little?

Nothing runs like a Deere!



No, it's me on my new ride!!!! A two plus hour event has been cut in 1/2. God bless the ride-on.

Autumn

There are a few sites I make sure to check out every day. This is a shot from http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/

Goofy Nonsense

How do you catch a unique rabbit?----- Unique up on it!
What do fish say when they swim into a concrete wall?-----DAM!!!
What do Eskimos get when they've sat on the ice too long?-----Polaroids.
What do you call cheese that isn't yours?-----Nacho Cheese!

Good, clean fun. Laugh.



No, I said LAUGH.

Is John Kerry a Flip Flopper?

Check out this interesting piece that discusses this further.

Knock, Knock!!! Who's There?

It's 6:30AM, and as I approach the front door I see red lights whirling around in the soaking rain. Hmmm, I'm curious now. (and a bit concerned)

"Forks Township Fire Department, sir" he proudly blurts out.

As I scan over the faces of the firemen and women (there were 4 of them), I saw this scene.

Hello!

"Sir?", he says "is your basement flooding?"

"Just a little" I respond.

"Do you have a sump pump?"

I am concerned with that question, especially because the answer is "No."

"My wife and I..." I begin to explain "...have been down there moving valuables away from the rising water."

A little dejected, he says "OK sir, if you need us go ahead and call 9-1-1, we will come back and help."

More scared then when they arrived, I thanked them very much and scanned the corner for just how much water there was out there.

As they walked away, one of the younger female fire workers said "Have a nice day!"

Hmmm. Thanks.

The water rose for another hour or so and finally stopped. I promptly left for Lowes to purchase my first 12 gallon Shop Vac.

We are fine, all is OK. The basement got about 1-2 inches in only a few places and all of our valuables were saved. Even a few I wouldn't mind losing.

All pictures here.

Maine Vacation

Morsels from Maine.

This photo was taken from our tandem kayak at Valley Cove. It was our 1/2 way resting point while Becky and I toured Somes Sound together.

Seven days of fresh fruit breakfasts, crab lunches and lobster dinners. Envy us, it's cool.

All pictures are here.

Who comes up with these things? They really DO look like eachother.(thanks Deb for sending this my way)

That's Gonna Leave A Mark

Here is a pefect example of why I say "There is no fender-bender on a motorcycle."

That's what we in the business call "painful". He won't die, but probably wished he would.

Here is an interesting article about the PA helmet law 4 months after being lifted.

"In the first four months that helmets became optional for riders 21 and older, deaths among helmetless riders more than doubled, from six to 15, compared with the year-ago period. Fatalities among riders wearing helmets dropped 28 percent, from 25 to 18."

"No one here will be able to draw any conclusions,'' said Ed Myslewicz, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation.

WHAT? What will it take to draw conclusions? A connect the dot exercise with pictures of conclusions?

State Sen. John Wozniak, a Cambria County Democrat and motorcyclist who helped shepherd the bill through the Legislature, said he expected a "small spike'' in injuries among helmetless riders, but predicts it will be temporary as riders adjust to their new freedom.

HMMMM, you must be right. It's obvious to me that when people aren't forced to wear a helmet that they go out and crash to "adjust to their new freedom".

Off soapbox.

Nutrition Facts

Nutrition Facts and Food Composition Analysis for Burger King sandwich: Original Whopper Sandwich

I actually ate one of these the other day. Did you ever get a hankorin' for one!? MMM mmm.

Good thing it was only 710 calories, plus the fries.

Breaking News - Top Story Skip Jack Wins the Lottery!

Breaking News - Top Story Skip Jack wins the lottery!

This is really a funny site! You can change the first and the last name in the address line to be anyone's and then hit enter.

Give it a shot and email it to someone who deserves to envy you.