Friday, February 20, 2009
Yes Finally
So I don't blog as much as others. Oh well. So this weekend Mardi Gras in Manitou with some of my favorite hashers. Including picking up Nacheaux today. I am tired as hell for coming into work early today, but worth it. So recently I hared a Border Jumper trail - trash style. I didn't even get caught and it was live. I will put together my tales from the trail but hopefully others will as well.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Yes I am a geek
I just thought this was cool and it is water, something I work with but not in this way.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Monthly Update
Major update coming Dec 8th after Trash Prom. I decided that I am slightly scared and may have to run away knowing Beggin, Nacheux, and Piggus are all moving here.
I am psyched for Tex-Mex. Cheers to the Kimchi for getting kicked out of a college football game and for Brownie doing it in record time.
I am psyched for Tex-Mex. Cheers to the Kimchi for getting kicked out of a college football game and for Brownie doing it in record time.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Drunk'n Memory
From what I have heard I had and even better time at Crab Hash. I keep hearing about things I did. I lost partial memory before circle, more after circle, and full memory somewhere before or after flip cup. Apparently though I am awesome when playing with margaritas and no one votes me off.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Crab Hash
So I returned from a fun filled week in Houston. The week started with the Texas Crab Hash. The food was great and never ending slushy machines of margaritas and other frozen cocktails is fantastic yet dangerous. I of course took full advantage and got drunk really early, just ask Nacheaux. Crowning moments....
1. Drunk Bob decides jumping into the back of a moving convertable is a good idea.
2. Rolling out of said car with a kilt is not such a good idea, kilts fly up.
3. Remember to pull ankle into the car prior to slamming the door shut, yes my own ankle.
4. Nachos and burritos and other food is a great thing to show up to circle with.
5. Falling down and rolling into circle when you get called in....priceless.
6. Being told the next day you were very entertaining and fell down a lot...scary "I did what?"
7. Multiple people telling me my ankle looked like hell and might be broken....always a good thing...and it isn't by the way
8. Drinking margaritas before going to class...not such a good idea.
Well after the week of classes I went to Donnie and ESPN's. Great time, Donnie and I alternated baseball innings and beer pong. Gotta practice for Tex-Mex. Donnie won every game by the way. Good margaritas again. ESPN kept giving me shots everytime I walked into the kitchen. Donnie and I went to the Texans game and they actually won at the last second. Many painfull mornings and bouncing around in one of those bouncy things. See ESPN's blog to see a picture of the slide. A great week. I highly recommend it.
1. Drunk Bob decides jumping into the back of a moving convertable is a good idea.
2. Rolling out of said car with a kilt is not such a good idea, kilts fly up.
3. Remember to pull ankle into the car prior to slamming the door shut, yes my own ankle.
4. Nachos and burritos and other food is a great thing to show up to circle with.
5. Falling down and rolling into circle when you get called in....priceless.
6. Being told the next day you were very entertaining and fell down a lot...scary "I did what?"
7. Multiple people telling me my ankle looked like hell and might be broken....always a good thing...and it isn't by the way
8. Drinking margaritas before going to class...not such a good idea.
Well after the week of classes I went to Donnie and ESPN's. Great time, Donnie and I alternated baseball innings and beer pong. Gotta practice for Tex-Mex. Donnie won every game by the way. Good margaritas again. ESPN kept giving me shots everytime I walked into the kitchen. Donnie and I went to the Texans game and they actually won at the last second. Many painfull mornings and bouncing around in one of those bouncy things. See ESPN's blog to see a picture of the slide. A great week. I highly recommend it.
Friday, September 19, 2008
finally an update
I know, I know, I never update my blog very often. I guess most of the time I just forget or maybe nothing really exciting. Sorry Brownie but I don't weigh myself before and after I poop.
So the football game rocked last night. WVU hitting the upright in overtime and the Buffaloes kicked one right down the middle. I saw the collapsable goal posts for the first time last night. They had those things down before the ball hit the ground. What I always wonder is why do people always storm the field. So they beat a team, it is not like they won a championship with a 30 point come from behind, last minute hail mary TD or something. What I would really love to see is people storming the ice after a hockey game. Can you imagine people climbing over the glass and trying to land on their feet on the other side? Trying to run across the ice to congratualte one of the players? I think it would be hilarious. I would say the same thing about tennis. I would pay to see people storm the courts at Wimbleton. I could just see the judge calling for quiet. Or a golfer after a major putt or winning his green jacket to do a superman slide across the green or rip off his shirt and swing it around above his head. These are the things I always wondered about when I see people storming the field after a football game.
So the football game rocked last night. WVU hitting the upright in overtime and the Buffaloes kicked one right down the middle. I saw the collapsable goal posts for the first time last night. They had those things down before the ball hit the ground. What I always wonder is why do people always storm the field. So they beat a team, it is not like they won a championship with a 30 point come from behind, last minute hail mary TD or something. What I would really love to see is people storming the ice after a hockey game. Can you imagine people climbing over the glass and trying to land on their feet on the other side? Trying to run across the ice to congratualte one of the players? I think it would be hilarious. I would say the same thing about tennis. I would pay to see people storm the courts at Wimbleton. I could just see the judge calling for quiet. Or a golfer after a major putt or winning his green jacket to do a superman slide across the green or rip off his shirt and swing it around above his head. These are the things I always wondered about when I see people storming the field after a football game.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Okay here it is, the Trash PBR t-shirt. I talked about it and am now taking orders and getting sizes. I want to place this order soon though so at the latest please let me know by the next Kimchi trail. Here is a pic of the front of the t-shirt.
The back just has test which says in blue lettering"We've been cumming to the same party since 1984 and in no way is that depressing"
It is a white t-shirt and they have some in now but if necessary I am sure I can convince them to order more. So let me know if you want one and what size and I will give you the price later.
Friday, August 1, 2008
a thought
Ever wish you could crank back the clock or time? Sorry wierd dreams last night...really weird. I didn't even sleep that much either. I know some people analyze their dreams and I would love to know what it means when I dreamt I walked into a stranger's house and started cooking breakfast. Then started delivering the mail for the postman (actually woman). All during my coffee break at work. Analyze that Be@tches. Maybe I should lay off the drugs and alcohol for a little while.
Monday, July 28, 2008
The Reality Sets In
Basically just to update my blog after such a long time.....
Went to Vegas and hung out with ESPN, Donnie, and Bonesucker. Had a good time. Breakfast goes so much better with beer and a shot of tequila.
Now this is more of me just personally ranting and thinking and running thoughts through my head so if you don't want to read any further I understand. Now the reality which is setting in is that I had to spend the entire weekend sitting in front of a microscope and realized that I need more. That seems to be a life thing if you ask me, there is always the I need more out there. For me it is typically more time right now. But think about it....think about all the more's you would like and add them up? And yes this is me in the morning at work (been here for a little over 2 hours, since I got in about 6am, already so I deserve the little break).
more time
more money (this is tricky because I only say this because I want to pay off my student loans quicker)
more sleep
more energy sometimes
more beer....who doesn't want this....okay or more liquor
more projects...just not right now thanks, but my work load for some reason is looking thin soon.
more space, but I am not buying a house yet because who knows if I am staying here.
That brings up something interesting to me. Should I stay or should I go? Wait that is from song isn't it. I keep hinting to my manager that I need to get a grade increase and not just a step increase, government terms sorry. Seems everyone else who is doing the work I do is above me in grade. I have now been here for 2 years and at the end of my third year if I don't see it then I am looking and applying and if get an offer then I tell my manager and put on pressure. Sounds like a good option right? Now the thing that always sucks is the starting over. Seems to be a regular thing with me. Just think of all the times you have started over in your life. Everytime you moved someplace new and had to go to a new school in a new town or city and never knew anyone when you got there. Or you moved for a job to a new place and didn't know anyone there. Now hashing does help a lot in this and so I am very grateful for that. I think in some ways it is harder if you are single, hello that would be me. I realized the other day that I now know my way around the Springs better than Denver. Not like I know my way around the Springs too much either though. I remember as a kid that when I got somewhere new one of the first things I would do is go out and ride around on my bike and then I would atleast know a good portion of my local area and sometimes the whole city because of some places I lived. Can't really do that anymore. City is just too big. Okay now you understand why I told you earlier that you might not want to read any further. My mind glides through things and will occasionally skip back and forth and up and down and sideways. So if I go back to the middle part and sometime tell you that next April or May I am moving do not be surprised. Damn it is almost the end of the month...damn deadlines. Everyone wants something done at the same time. So I guess the conclusion is...and the reality sets in.
Went to Vegas and hung out with ESPN, Donnie, and Bonesucker. Had a good time. Breakfast goes so much better with beer and a shot of tequila.
Now this is more of me just personally ranting and thinking and running thoughts through my head so if you don't want to read any further I understand. Now the reality which is setting in is that I had to spend the entire weekend sitting in front of a microscope and realized that I need more. That seems to be a life thing if you ask me, there is always the I need more out there. For me it is typically more time right now. But think about it....think about all the more's you would like and add them up? And yes this is me in the morning at work (been here for a little over 2 hours, since I got in about 6am, already so I deserve the little break).
more time
more money (this is tricky because I only say this because I want to pay off my student loans quicker)
more sleep
more energy sometimes
more beer....who doesn't want this....okay or more liquor
more projects...just not right now thanks, but my work load for some reason is looking thin soon.
more space, but I am not buying a house yet because who knows if I am staying here.
That brings up something interesting to me. Should I stay or should I go? Wait that is from song isn't it. I keep hinting to my manager that I need to get a grade increase and not just a step increase, government terms sorry. Seems everyone else who is doing the work I do is above me in grade. I have now been here for 2 years and at the end of my third year if I don't see it then I am looking and applying and if get an offer then I tell my manager and put on pressure. Sounds like a good option right? Now the thing that always sucks is the starting over. Seems to be a regular thing with me. Just think of all the times you have started over in your life. Everytime you moved someplace new and had to go to a new school in a new town or city and never knew anyone when you got there. Or you moved for a job to a new place and didn't know anyone there. Now hashing does help a lot in this and so I am very grateful for that. I think in some ways it is harder if you are single, hello that would be me. I realized the other day that I now know my way around the Springs better than Denver. Not like I know my way around the Springs too much either though. I remember as a kid that when I got somewhere new one of the first things I would do is go out and ride around on my bike and then I would atleast know a good portion of my local area and sometimes the whole city because of some places I lived. Can't really do that anymore. City is just too big. Okay now you understand why I told you earlier that you might not want to read any further. My mind glides through things and will occasionally skip back and forth and up and down and sideways. So if I go back to the middle part and sometime tell you that next April or May I am moving do not be surprised. Damn it is almost the end of the month...damn deadlines. Everyone wants something done at the same time. So I guess the conclusion is...and the reality sets in.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Need I say more??
Just a small town girl, livin in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in south detroit
He took the midnight train goin anywhere
A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night
Working hard to get my fill,
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin anything to roll the dice,
Just one more time
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on
(chorus)
Dont stop believin
Hold on to the feelin
Streetlight people
She took the midnight train goin anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in south detroit
He took the midnight train goin anywhere
A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night
Working hard to get my fill,
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin anything to roll the dice,
Just one more time
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on
(chorus)
Dont stop believin
Hold on to the feelin
Streetlight people
Monday, June 30, 2008
quote of the weekend
So of course I went to Dayton's 21st....good times. So my friend Hole decides to set the fatboy trail. This was a trail directly to the beerpong table of course. Proceeding to play beerpong with liquor, of course, and after about 1 handle each and shots and driving the midnight tent crawl I was told by this female hasher..."how the hell are you still standing?" I was so proud.
Friday, June 20, 2008
long time no talk
So I have been a blurr as of late, in and out.....of town. Been some good trips and some great trips. Went to my cousin's wedding in Ohio, to Austin to hang with Bonesucker, and to Oklahoma for work. Of course all the trips to the Springs to see the Kimchi. Trips still yet to come this summer are Dayton, Ohio for their 21st and TITS, Tampa Bay maybe and then only for 1 night, Vegas baby for a weekend, I also know of a trip to washington state but that is for work. I am sure there will be others too.
So I went down to Austin for the weekend to hang with Bonesucker. She informs me that we are going to get a peticure and a wax job saturday. Turns out the peticure was ziplining and the wax job was a ropes course. Can we say F'ing awesome. It was a blast and I highly recommend doing this. I must say that Bone did much better on the ropes course than I did. She rocked, especially her tarzan move, jumping out to a rope and swinging to the other side.
It has been a tiring year so far and I do not forsee any slowing down for a while. But I love it, traveling seeing friends and new places. And yes this is a boring blog right now.
So I went down to Austin for the weekend to hang with Bonesucker. She informs me that we are going to get a peticure and a wax job saturday. Turns out the peticure was ziplining and the wax job was a ropes course. Can we say F'ing awesome. It was a blast and I highly recommend doing this. I must say that Bone did much better on the ropes course than I did. She rocked, especially her tarzan move, jumping out to a rope and swinging to the other side.
It has been a tiring year so far and I do not forsee any slowing down for a while. But I love it, traveling seeing friends and new places. And yes this is a boring blog right now.
Friday, May 23, 2008
NC/SC finally
Well, I have been running late on the post NC/SC blog. In one short sentence I can some it up...Do not let monkeys within 10 feet of each other. That is the summary. Oh yeah never let me have access to knives or hammers when playing Beruit Tippy -3 man.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Breaking News
CNN reports that gas stations will start showing PORN movies on the
screens of the pumps so that you can see someone else get screwed at
the same time you do!!!
screens of the pumps so that you can see someone else get screwed at
the same time you do!!!
Monday, May 5, 2008
damn lists
I blame Jes for the last few of these...that and work
01. Do you like blue cheese? Hate it
02. Have you ever smoked heroin? yes but it is only because my friend did not tell me he put some in the bong mixed with the weed
03. Do you own a gun? Yes but they are currently in Texas
04. What flavor do you add to your drink at sonic? It has been so long but my favorite was always the cherry-limade
05. Do you get nervous before Doctor Appointments? Yes...which is why I typically seem to go by way of the emergency room versus appointments
06. What do you think of hot dogs? I like them but prefer brats
07. Favorite Christmas movie? A Christmas Story of course
08. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Coffee.
09. Can you do push ups? Yes
10. Age? 33 as of the 27th
11. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? My silver hash tag or grandfather's WWII naval medallion
12. Favorite hobby? Does hashing count?
13. Favorite Actor? Don't really have one.
14. Do you have A.D.D.? Not that I know of...ooh look, something shiny.
15. What’s one trait you hate about yourself? Indecisiveness to begin with
16. Middle name? So Silent....really it is Allen
17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment :
1. Bored
2. Axious
3. Worried
18. Name 3 things you bought yesterday. nothing, nothing, and oh yeah nothing
19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink?
1. Coffee
2. Water
3. Ice Tea
20. Current worry? work somewhat
21. Current hate right now? work alot
22 Favorite place to be? with good friends
23. How did you bring in the New Year? drinking with friends at Arctic
24. Where would you like to go? Switzerland evetually
25. Name three people who will complete this? not a damn clue
26. Do you own slippers? Yes, the cocacola polar bears
27. What shirt are you wearing? work shirt
28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? never have
29. Can you whistle? yes
30. Favorite color? Blue
31. Would you be a pirate? Hell yeah.
32. What songs do you sing in the shower? Funny thing is it usually a hash song or whatever is stuck in my damn head.
33. Favorite girl’s name? April
34. Favorite boy’s name? Michael after my dad.
35. What is in your pocket right now? id badge for work
36. Last thing that made you laugh? can't remember. May be this morning. Oh yeah the chuckle when I heard about a 12 car pileup because people were rubber necking at the accident on the other side of the freeway
37. Best bed sheets as a child? Steelers
38. Worst injury you’ve ever had? maybe the broken ankle. Took them a year to figure out I broke it and thus it still bothers me 10 years later
39. Do you love where you live? I love it.
40. How many TVs do you have in your house? 2
41. Who is your loudest friend? not a clue...there are a lot of them
42. How many dogs do you have? None, I travel too much.
43. Does someone have a crush on you? Like I would know, but probably not, not after what I was told these past couple weekends.
44. What is your favorite book? Don't really have one.
45. Where were you born? Cocoa Beach, FL.
46. What is your favorite candy? Anything but Chocolate probably
47. Favorite Sports Team? Steelers is tops
48. What song do you want played at your funeral? Anything Irish, probably Flogging Molly!
49. What were you doing 12 AM last night? Asleep.
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? Ooh sex would be nice but otherwise it would be why do I have to go to work and a shower would feel nice right now.
01. Do you like blue cheese? Hate it
02. Have you ever smoked heroin? yes but it is only because my friend did not tell me he put some in the bong mixed with the weed
03. Do you own a gun? Yes but they are currently in Texas
04. What flavor do you add to your drink at sonic? It has been so long but my favorite was always the cherry-limade
05. Do you get nervous before Doctor Appointments? Yes...which is why I typically seem to go by way of the emergency room versus appointments
06. What do you think of hot dogs? I like them but prefer brats
07. Favorite Christmas movie? A Christmas Story of course
08. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Coffee.
09. Can you do push ups? Yes
10. Age? 33 as of the 27th
11. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? My silver hash tag or grandfather's WWII naval medallion
12. Favorite hobby? Does hashing count?
13. Favorite Actor? Don't really have one.
14. Do you have A.D.D.? Not that I know of...ooh look, something shiny.
15. What’s one trait you hate about yourself? Indecisiveness to begin with
16. Middle name? So Silent....really it is Allen
17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment :
1. Bored
2. Axious
3. Worried
18. Name 3 things you bought yesterday. nothing, nothing, and oh yeah nothing
19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink?
1. Coffee
2. Water
3. Ice Tea
20. Current worry? work somewhat
21. Current hate right now? work alot
22 Favorite place to be? with good friends
23. How did you bring in the New Year? drinking with friends at Arctic
24. Where would you like to go? Switzerland evetually
25. Name three people who will complete this? not a damn clue
26. Do you own slippers? Yes, the cocacola polar bears
27. What shirt are you wearing? work shirt
28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? never have
29. Can you whistle? yes
30. Favorite color? Blue
31. Would you be a pirate? Hell yeah.
32. What songs do you sing in the shower? Funny thing is it usually a hash song or whatever is stuck in my damn head.
33. Favorite girl’s name? April
34. Favorite boy’s name? Michael after my dad.
35. What is in your pocket right now? id badge for work
36. Last thing that made you laugh? can't remember. May be this morning. Oh yeah the chuckle when I heard about a 12 car pileup because people were rubber necking at the accident on the other side of the freeway
37. Best bed sheets as a child? Steelers
38. Worst injury you’ve ever had? maybe the broken ankle. Took them a year to figure out I broke it and thus it still bothers me 10 years later
39. Do you love where you live? I love it.
40. How many TVs do you have in your house? 2
41. Who is your loudest friend? not a clue...there are a lot of them
42. How many dogs do you have? None, I travel too much.
43. Does someone have a crush on you? Like I would know, but probably not, not after what I was told these past couple weekends.
44. What is your favorite book? Don't really have one.
45. Where were you born? Cocoa Beach, FL.
46. What is your favorite candy? Anything but Chocolate probably
47. Favorite Sports Team? Steelers is tops
48. What song do you want played at your funeral? Anything Irish, probably Flogging Molly!
49. What were you doing 12 AM last night? Asleep.
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? Ooh sex would be nice but otherwise it would be why do I have to go to work and a shower would feel nice right now.
Friday, May 2, 2008
8th grade education
I got this from a trasher...My education now means nothing...I am stupid
Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895? This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA . It was taken from the original document on file at the Smoke y Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , and reprinted by the Salina Journal.
8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS
Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph.
4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of 'lie,''play, ' and 'run.'
5. Define case; illustrate each case.
6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. Deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. Wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. For tare?
4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. Coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boar ds 12 inches wide and 16 ft. Long at $20 per metre?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
5. Tell w hat you can of the history of Kansas.
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , Lincoln , Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.
Orthography (Time, one hour)
1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of eac h: trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals.
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.'
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the followin g prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane , vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
Geography (Time, one hour)
1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe t he mountains of North America.
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia , Odessa , Denver , Manitoba , Hecla , Yukon , St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.
Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete. Gives the saying 'he only had an 8th grade education' a whole new meaning, doesn't it?!
NO! I don't have the answers!
Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895? This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA . It was taken from the original document on file at the Smoke y Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , and reprinted by the Salina Journal.
8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS
Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph.
4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of 'lie,''play, ' and 'run.'
5. Define case; illustrate each case.
6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. Deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. Wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. For tare?
4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. Coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boar ds 12 inches wide and 16 ft. Long at $20 per metre?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
5. Tell w hat you can of the history of Kansas.
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , Lincoln , Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.
Orthography (Time, one hour)
1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of eac h: trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals.
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.'
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the followin g prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane , vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
Geography (Time, one hour)
1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe t he mountains of North America.
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia , Odessa , Denver , Manitoba , Hecla , Yukon , St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.
Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete. Gives the saying 'he only had an 8th grade education' a whole new meaning, doesn't it?!
NO! I don't have the answers!
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Thank You
I would just like to say thanks for all those who helped me celebrate my 33rd birthday. Of course this means I really celebrated my 6th birthday since you just add the numbers together. Turns out that I have some good friends who believe that a good birthday should require 4 days of celebration. Things I might have learned...but not really:
1. Playing Edward 40-Hands means you can touch people without getting slapped.
2. Why cut the boob cake when it is just easier to bite the nipples.
3. Two drunks at the end of the night always equals serious conversations, this time it was pipes.
4. Drinking 2 1/2 of those 5 hour energy drinks win less than one hour will lead to hyperness and difficulty in trying to sleep 10 hours later.
5. The drive from the Denver airport to Manitou only takes 1 hr and 20 minutes including stopping to get food.
6. Drunk people are funny.
7. Parties get so much better when you start playing flip cup.
8. Playing flip cup always seems to end up with someone taking off some clothes.
9. Math gets worse when certain people are around each other especially when 1...2...12 turns into 1...2...14.
10. Lakers kick ass.
11. Never let BoneSucker tell the hibachi chef it is your birthday, you end up drinking a lot of saki.
12. Those who think that sunday is a day of rest have never been around BoneSucker prior to her boarding an airplane..."hey we have 4 hours till my flight...let's have a jagerbomb".
13. Nuggets suck.
14. Drinking brass monkey and boones through a 3 foot long hose can get you tipsy quickly.
15. Warm saki and sushi rocks.
16. Rum, Brass Monkey, Boones, Beer, Saki, Bourbon, Kamikazis, and Jagerbombs will equal a hangover and not getting to work till 11am.
It was a great weekend and I had a blast....Thanks.
1. Playing Edward 40-Hands means you can touch people without getting slapped.
2. Why cut the boob cake when it is just easier to bite the nipples.
3. Two drunks at the end of the night always equals serious conversations, this time it was pipes.
4. Drinking 2 1/2 of those 5 hour energy drinks win less than one hour will lead to hyperness and difficulty in trying to sleep 10 hours later.
5. The drive from the Denver airport to Manitou only takes 1 hr and 20 minutes including stopping to get food.
6. Drunk people are funny.
7. Parties get so much better when you start playing flip cup.
8. Playing flip cup always seems to end up with someone taking off some clothes.
9. Math gets worse when certain people are around each other especially when 1...2...12 turns into 1...2...14.
10. Lakers kick ass.
11. Never let BoneSucker tell the hibachi chef it is your birthday, you end up drinking a lot of saki.
12. Those who think that sunday is a day of rest have never been around BoneSucker prior to her boarding an airplane..."hey we have 4 hours till my flight...let's have a jagerbomb".
13. Nuggets suck.
14. Drinking brass monkey and boones through a 3 foot long hose can get you tipsy quickly.
15. Warm saki and sushi rocks.
16. Rum, Brass Monkey, Boones, Beer, Saki, Bourbon, Kamikazis, and Jagerbombs will equal a hangover and not getting to work till 11am.
It was a great weekend and I had a blast....Thanks.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Its Official
Well it is official one more site has been blocked at work.
The list so far:
ESPN fantasy sports sites
YouTube
MySpace
Hashspace
and all sites which have certain words in the title even some news articles on the Denver Post.
All I's got's left is this Blog right now
The list so far:
ESPN fantasy sports sites
YouTube
MySpace
Hashspace
and all sites which have certain words in the title even some news articles on the Denver Post.
All I's got's left is this Blog right now
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Famous Quotes
"Work is the curse of the drinking class."
Oscar Wilde
"One martini is alright, two is too many, three is not enough."
James Thurber
"I envy people who drink; at least they know what to blame everything on."
Oscar Levant
"Drink to me."
Pablo Picasso's last words
"Everybody should believe in something -- I believe I'll have another drink."
Unknown
"The whole world is about three drinks behind."
Humphrey Bogart
"The hard part about being a bartender is figuring out who is drunk and who is just stupid."
Richard Braunstein
"Candy, is dandy, but liquor, is quicker."
Ogden Nash
"A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world."
Louis Pasteur
"Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or fourteenth."
George Burns
"You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float."
John Barrymore
"I don't have a drinking problem. I drink. I get drunk. I fall down, no problem"
Unknown
"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
Ernest Hemingway
"I drink to make other people interesting."
George Jean Nathan
"I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion."
Miguel De Cervantes
"He who laughs last, hasn't passed out yet."
Unknown
"The difference between a drunk and an alcoholic is that a drunk doesn't have to attend all those meetings."
Arthur Lewis
24 beers in a case 24 hours in a day, coincidence?
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. They wake up in the morning and that's the best they're going to feel all day."
Dean Martin."An alcoholic is anyone you don't like who drinks more than you do."
Dylan Thomas
"I drink therefore I am."
WC Fields
"Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer."
Dave Barry
"Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time."
Catherine Zandonella
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
Benjamin Franklin
"If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs."
David Daye
"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
Dave Barry
"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on."
Joe E Lewis
"He was a wise man who invented beer."
Plato
"I got so wasted one night I waited for the Stop sign to change, and it did."
Steve Krabitz
Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
Jack Handy
“I'm not drunk, all right. I just have a speech impediment ... and a stomach virus ... and an inner ear infection.”
Brian from Family Guy
From the Simpsons - Ah that's just drunk talk, sweet beautiful drunk talk.
Barney Gumbal
Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but in the bible it says to love thy enemy
Frank Sinatra
To alcohol! The cause of... and solution to all of life's problems!
Homer Simpson
To alcohol, the nights that you'll never remember, with the friends you'll never forget.
Anon
Alcoholism is the only disease that you can get yelled at for having.
Mitch Hedberg
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
Mega Jones
Beer does not make you fat. It makes you lean….against bars, poles and tables.
Anon
In wine there is wisdom. In beer there is strength. In water there is bacteria.
German ProverbBeauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
Anon
Oscar Wilde
"One martini is alright, two is too many, three is not enough."
James Thurber
"I envy people who drink; at least they know what to blame everything on."
Oscar Levant
"Drink to me."
Pablo Picasso's last words
"Everybody should believe in something -- I believe I'll have another drink."
Unknown
"The whole world is about three drinks behind."
Humphrey Bogart
"The hard part about being a bartender is figuring out who is drunk and who is just stupid."
Richard Braunstein
"Candy, is dandy, but liquor, is quicker."
Ogden Nash
"A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world."
Louis Pasteur
"Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or fourteenth."
George Burns
"You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float."
John Barrymore
"I don't have a drinking problem. I drink. I get drunk. I fall down, no problem"
Unknown
"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
Ernest Hemingway
"I drink to make other people interesting."
George Jean Nathan
"I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion."
Miguel De Cervantes
"He who laughs last, hasn't passed out yet."
Unknown
"The difference between a drunk and an alcoholic is that a drunk doesn't have to attend all those meetings."
Arthur Lewis
24 beers in a case 24 hours in a day, coincidence?
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. They wake up in the morning and that's the best they're going to feel all day."
Dean Martin."An alcoholic is anyone you don't like who drinks more than you do."
Dylan Thomas
"I drink therefore I am."
WC Fields
"Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer."
Dave Barry
"Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time."
Catherine Zandonella
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
Benjamin Franklin
"If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs."
David Daye
"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
Dave Barry
"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on."
Joe E Lewis
"He was a wise man who invented beer."
Plato
"I got so wasted one night I waited for the Stop sign to change, and it did."
Steve Krabitz
Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
Jack Handy
“I'm not drunk, all right. I just have a speech impediment ... and a stomach virus ... and an inner ear infection.”
Brian from Family Guy
From the Simpsons - Ah that's just drunk talk, sweet beautiful drunk talk.
Barney Gumbal
Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but in the bible it says to love thy enemy
Frank Sinatra
To alcohol! The cause of... and solution to all of life's problems!
Homer Simpson
To alcohol, the nights that you'll never remember, with the friends you'll never forget.
Anon
Alcoholism is the only disease that you can get yelled at for having.
Mitch Hedberg
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
Mega Jones
Beer does not make you fat. It makes you lean….against bars, poles and tables.
Anon
In wine there is wisdom. In beer there is strength. In water there is bacteria.
German ProverbBeauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
Anon
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