Thursday Thoughts

McIntosh County, Georgia is losing about 550 street signs a year. Signs for Green Acres, Boone's Farm and Mary Jane Lane are frequently stolen.  Could it be because they are also the same names for a TV show, a cheap wine, and a street drug?  I'm certain the local sheriff could get search warrants for nearby college dorm rooms and confiscate the stolen merchandise.  A local county commissioner wants to change all the places to more boring names in order to the save county money.

I've always been interested in street names.  You can often see patterns, the lack of creativity in some areas, and over-zealousness in others.  Some have interesting back-stories.

In my town, we have Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring Streets, but Summer runs east-west the full width of the east side of town and the other three go north-south for just a few blocks.  There is one area that has tree names: Pine, Oak, Spruce, and Walnut, but Elm, Cherry, and Maple are elsewhere in town.  Yes, we do have an Elm Street.

We have three streets named Park: Park Drive, Park Terrace, Park Street, which becomes very confusing for new-comers, especially since none are near a park.  Yet Railroad Avenue does run parallel to a railroad, Center is in the middle of town, and most businesses are located on Market Street.

One subdivision has streets named for the children of the developer: Lane and Dawn.  Lane is not Lane Lane, but Lane Drive. Still it is rather redundant.


My spouse often works with developers and was once offered the chance to name a street in a nearby town.  It is a short street that he ultimately named Supreme Court.


I don't know where this is, but I'm certainly glad I don't live on this street:

Wacky Wednesday Wisdom

"Divorce is a game played by lawyers. "

Cary Grant

This attorney cuts to the chase including the words hate, hell-hole, poison, boob, vermin, and piece of crap:



If you're worried about divorce attorney fees, this entrepreneur just started a company that sells divorce insurance, called Wedlcok.

"For $16 per month – or what the company (called Safeguard Guaranty Corp.) is calling a single "unit" of coverage" – you may receive for $1,250 in benefits. You can buy additional units at the same price, on up to 200 units, or $250,000 of coverage. As long as you continue paying the premiums, the company adds $250 of coverage every year.
You'll have to celebrate at least your fourth anniversary with your sweetie in order to cash in, because that's when the policies mature. If you're Elizabeth Taylor or just seriously pessimistic, you can include a rider for what's called an accelerated maturity, which reduces the period to three years months. That will hike your monthly premium to $30 per unit"

Use their handy Divorce Cost Calculator  to estimate what the cost might be for your lawyer's hand-holding.  They also have a quiz on Divorce Probability

"... but mostly it boils down to this: if you didn't finish college and got married before age 21 to someone of a different race and religion, the odds of a long and happy marriage are not in your favor."

Worried about a divorce and divorce lawyers?  Get a pre-nup agreement or just don't get married. If it's too late for that, you'd better hand over the debit card to them,  or even better yet, save some money and reconsider.

Tuesday Titillation - Sneaking Glances

All you have to do is know about body language to understand this video. You certainly don't need to speak Japanese to enjoy this TV show clip.

Who will stare the longest time at a pretty woman in a low-cut dress? Hidden camera involved. The poor guy at 7:45 probably wishes he hadn't been caught on TV.  The winning time is 33+ seconds.

Music Monday - Happy Belated Birthday, Chubby

Chubby Checker was born 10/3/1941.  Here's a good video to show you how to do The Twist if you don't know how. "Slow Twistin'" came out in 1962, two years after his original song,"The Twist."  My babysitter taught me to do The Twist and I was in heaven!  Then came the Mashed Potato, The Pony, The Monkey, The Swim, The Hitchhike, The Bird, The Duck, The Freddie, The Locomotion, The Frug, The Watusi, The Jerk and more, and more, and more...

The Time Traveler's Meme

From Sunday Stealing:

Rules:

1. Depending on your age, go back 10, 15, 20, or even more years.

2. Tell us how many years back you have traveled and why.

3. Pretend you have met yourself during that era, and tell us where you are.

4. You only have one "date" with this former self.

5. Answer these questions.

Okay, as we start, what year is it and how old are you?

1970, age 20

1. Would your younger self (YYS, from here) recognize you when you first meet?

Now



Then



Yes, despite the gray hair now and some wrinkles, I'm still recognizable.



2. Would YYS be surprised to discover what you are doing job wise?

Yes, I'm about as far away from teaching English as you can get.

3. What piece of fashion advice would you give YYS?

 Hang on to those clothes and shoes; they'll be in style again.



1970's boots ad



2010 boots



4. What do you think YYS is most going to want to know?

 What happened to John, Paul, George, and Ringo after they broke up?

5. How would you answer YYS's question?

You won't believe what all has happened to them in the past 40 years, and wait until you hear about The Rolling Stones.

6. What would probably be the best thing to tell YYS?



Life will just keep getting better every year, despite an occasional bump along the way.

 7. What is something that you probably wouldn't tell YYS?

That she, her parents, and brother will out-live her baby brother.

8. What do you think will most surprise YYS about you?



That I have children and I'm living in the town which she swore she'd never live in again.

9. What do you think will least surprise YYS?



That politicians are still sending troops to foreign countries to fight wars that last for years.

10. At this point in your life, would YYS like to run into "you" from the future?

Yes.  We are very much alike, but I just have a bit more experience and less naivete.  I'm sure she would love to read my 60 years in 60 days posts to know what her future holds.  She can't read them because I deleted them on the public blog, but I am expanding on them privately.

Oktoberfest

It's that time of year when we're all from Bavaria:

If you need some translation:

Lederhosen



(What woman doesn't like her man in leather pants?)

Dirndl



(Newer versions are getting tighter and lower at the top and shorter at the bottom.)



Bier

Wurst

(It's all about cured meats.)

And then you put them all together and have some fun until you drop.

Photo Friday

1922 Kodachrome film test. Fascinating: