Video of how not to play football

Miami - Florida International Football Game Brawl. I want you to leave your comments on what should happen to the players or the teams that are involved here. If you are interested in learning more just go to Google and type in "Miami Florida International brawl" or something similar.

Aston Martin and Cash

Aston Marton was always one of those always talked about but never seen cars. Well, That day has come to an end. I was on my way to pick Sarah up for an evening out (for her birthday) and I decided to go a different way as it was a friday evening AND It was rush hour. In the process this interesting vehicle, one that I did not recognize, passed me . Now I pride myself in being able to spot a make and model after seeing only one profile, but this one had me guesssing. I am pretty certain it is an Aston Martin, but as the fancy writing on the back was hard to read all I saw was a capital A and a capital M. So let me know it is a just decoy.


On a different Note. I recently recieved a pair of pants. I am not sure whose they are but they fit and they had a bill in the pocket that had the picture of President Lincoln on it. Now I have decided to give this bill away. However to recieve this bill you must be the first to meet the following requirements.

A: E-mail me your current mailing address. DO NOT post as a comment, this is not very secure for either of us.
B: Tell me how much is a "Lincoln" bill worth.
C: Agree to use this cash to bless someone else.
D: Provide at least one unique suggestion on how you might use this money to bless someone.
E: Be at least 10 years of age and be able to read, right and do arethmatik in inglish.
F: Be Ok with me publishing your first name and idea.
G: Not be dating me. Sorry Sarah, (I'll take you to a nice place for your birthday).

Good luck!

WE HAVE A WINNER
Congratulations to Charlie, who earned the "Lincoln" by knowing that it was worth $5. He apparently is planning to use it to help support his sponsored child.

Down on the farm

I have Bragged about my Girlfriend, blogged about my time out west, Taken pictures of my new mansion, and even told you about my neighbors. And I am sure you are wondering how I afford the luxuries that I indulge in. I am going to satisfy your curiosity with snippets from work.

Welcome to M&M Farms. This is the shop.

This is the inside of the shop, or a different angle.

Commodity storage.

Equipment storage. But I think we are going to fill this with corn this fall.
The truck I drive the most is on the left.

More equipment in storage

We dont' just sit around all day. We often haul fertilizer onto the fields.
This is the plant where we load. A tanker can hold about 4800 gallons.

Then we drive to the field.
In this picture we have to back off of the road because the field is too soft for the trucks.
We try to unload downhill so our tanks empty better.

We transfer the load to a vacuum tank spreader called the 'Balzer'. It holds 7500 gallons. There is a hydraulic powered vacuum pump that powers the unit. When we are loading we turn the valve to suck air out of the tank, the vacuum sucks the contents from the truck into the spreader. To spread we switch the valve to apply pressure to the tank which unloads when we open the valve on the rear.

Then we spread it on the fields at the appropriate rate. The rate of application is determined by the percentage of nitrogen (N) of that particular load. We have a chart in the tractor that tells us how fast to drive. One load I had to drive 15 MPH.

We also haul lime out of lagoons like these.
This lime was used at a water treatment facility to soften the water.

It is then transferred to this settling lagoon to let the lime settle out
before the water returned to the local estuary.
We have a pump we back down into the lagoon which mixes the lime and the water and then pumps the slurry mixture into our trucks. The slurry is similar to that of elmers glue in texture, and is about 40% solids.
We then apply the lime to fields just like we do the fertilizer.

Yes, agriculture is a science. Yes, it is a form of industry
and yes, it does put healthy food on your table.
Thank a farmer today.

Sexual Offender: Marked for Life

I was looking through the mail this evening and I came across this interesting semi-scary looking piece of literature.The reverse side has a mug shot of a person with their address, hight, weight, eye color, offense and other pertinent information informing us that this person is living in our area.

I had always read about communities having a sex offender list but I never gave it much thought. When I showed it to my buddy who was with me the first thoughts were how this poor person will live with this info following them for the rest of their life, wheather they change or not. Then we dicided that it might be nice to take them supper sometime. After all, we know their name and where they live, and they probably don't get many visitors. We didn't do it yet but I am sure two able bodied young men don't have much to fear, especially given the picture of this poor soul.

In case you can't read it, the fine print gives some common sense safety tips on this side, and the other side has a warning informing me that using the enclosed information to commit a crime is a bad idea (I didn' t read that part too close, Is providing a meal considered a crime?). That is one reason I am being careful, the other is just to preserve this person's dignity. Also remember that the definition for "Sex Offender" is rather broad.

Could this be the modern day "samaritan" or "tax collector" ?
Thats all for now, and let's remember to pray for this person.