Wednesday, February 18, 2009

February 18, 2009 - Coffee Break - Kansas City Missouri

Already at the forecast high for today - 38° - hazy with overcast at 1700 ft – wind calm, visibility 4.0 miles. I’m regularly checking out the temperature along my route – Emporia 45°, Tulsa 48° and Dallas 76°. Starting to look good – got the oil changed yesterday – ready to go except for that damn temperature and it looks like it shall be getting colder over the weekend. Monday or Tuesday next week maybe. First stop Fall River.

And just in time too – Brenda lost her job and will be unable to pay for the fancy overpriced automobile she just bought. All because she had dinged up the front end (it was hardly noticeable – you had to look hard to see it – but she's convinced  that it was damaged goods) of her car and besides she was determined to have four wheel drive (some story about once getting caught on an icy hill – Triple A is much cheaper). Took out a seven-year loan with monthly installments of more than she took home. There is going to be hell to pay around here. Yes it’s time to get away. But Brenda is happy; everyone one loves her little dog. But that is the way with women, or at least all the ones I known.

God do I want it to get warmer!

No one had been here before – I was the first / poet to swim in this water – I would be the / mystery. I would be the source / for all the others / to come. The rivers of China were full of poets, the lakes of Finland, the ponds / of southern France, but no one in Pennsylvania / had swam like this across an empty quarryGerald Stern

Ownership – a photograph signed by Bob Gibson
The price I though kind of steep

You wanna do your research on it
Property is always a desirable
Ownership, property – a proper man
Collectables, rarities, investment options
That can be enjoyed like

Owning your own home
What about a trophy wife – yes but
What a high depreciation rate
Better an antique car or baseball cards
Something you can play with
At your will

“A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.” - Ronald Reagan

Dog Bites:
- 4.7 million estimated dog bites per year in the United States
-3.6 million vitims bitten by own or friend's dog
-800,000 dog bite vitims seek medical attention
-400,000 of treated bits occured on the owner's property
-300,000 children require treatment for bites to the face
-16,474 of the treated dog bites are work related
-2,817 mail carriers are treated for dog bites
-33 people in the US died for being bitten by a dog
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Dog bit losses exceed $1 billion dollar a year in the United States
- home owners liability for dog bites was $341.4 million
- average payout for a dog bite was $21,200
-4% of homeowner claims are for dog bites
-15% of the homeowner insurance claim dollars are paid for dog bites




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