Forty-Four Cents a Mile.....
Alright, there is some serious neglect going on with this blog.
I have been away from any computer for since last Friday and as a result have let a bit of dust gather here on the old blogaroo. As it happens we are driving back from Naples this evening and I am standing here in the lobby of the roadside motel taking a moment or two to catch up. I bet the place heading southbound has both highspeed and a chair....
It turns out that piling three children under the age of five in to any vehicle that doesn't have wings is an idea that looks much better on paper. Not that the kids haven't done a great job of it - 300+ miles in five hours is not too shabby if I don't say so myself.
I have always enjoyed road trips, not necessarily of the variety these boys are taking, but I enjoy them nonetheless. I learned today from the back of a trailer that you can earn forty-four cents per mile if you drive for certain companies. I also learned today that you would be under compensated if that included crying children.
I have been away from any computer for since last Friday and as a result have let a bit of dust gather here on the old blogaroo. As it happens we are driving back from Naples this evening and I am standing here in the lobby of the roadside motel taking a moment or two to catch up. I bet the place heading southbound has both highspeed and a chair....
It turns out that piling three children under the age of five in to any vehicle that doesn't have wings is an idea that looks much better on paper. Not that the kids haven't done a great job of it - 300+ miles in five hours is not too shabby if I don't say so myself.
I have always enjoyed road trips, not necessarily of the variety these boys are taking, but I enjoy them nonetheless. I learned today from the back of a trailer that you can earn forty-four cents per mile if you drive for certain companies. I also learned today that you would be under compensated if that included crying children.
posted by Jamie at 10:43 PM
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Genie and the Taliban
Three guys: a Canadian, Osama bin Laden, and Uncle Sam are out walking together one day. They come across a lantern and a genie pops out of it.
"I will give each of you each one wish. That's three wishes total," says the genie.
The Canadian says, "I'm a farmer, my dad was a farmer, and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in Canada."
With a blink of the genie's eye, *POOF* the land in Canada was forever made fertile for farming.
Bin Laden was amazed, so he said, "I want a wall around Afghanistan, so that no infidels, Jews, or Americans can come into our precious state."
Again, with a blink of the genie's eye, *POOF* there was a huge wall around Afghanistan.
"Uncle Sam" (A former civil engineer), asks, "I'm very curious. Please tell me more about this wall."
The Genie explains, "Well, it's about 15,000 feet high, 500 feet thick, and completely surrounds the country; nothing can get in or out - it's virtually impenetrable."
Uncle Sam says, "Fill it with water."
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