Rapid Fire: Sunday News

A front page story on how slow the USPS is.

Really?

Must be a damed slow news week.

What burns my ass is what all started this "front page story".

Let's see if I can keep this straight.

Packets for Aldermen that are mailed out Friday afternoon fail to reach them by Monday nights city council meeting.

Let's just say for this story that the USPS does deliver the packets Monday on time. Most mail delivers in the afternoon. Barring any non-working aldermen, most would read their mail sometime after coming home at 5 pm. This gives them a maximum time of 2 1/2 hours to read the packets before the 7:30 council meeting. The taxpayers pay a minimum of $.41 for each packet mailed for this service and reliability is about nil.

First question that comes to my mind is that is it worth $.41 cents each to mail out packets that aldermen will receive a whopping 150 minutes before a meeting? Unless some railroading tactics are used by the aldermen to give a short notice to pass something quickly, couldn't they just be handed out before the meeting?

So let's see, the next brainstorm the city officials can come up with is to hand deliver the packets to the 14 alderman.

Late breaking news from the YOU-GOT-TO-BE-SHITTING-ME newswire:

We pay a city employee $12.oo a hour to drive around Quincy in a city wheels using $3.00+ a gallon gas to hand deliver 14 alderman packets ?

I know, I'm using a lot of assumptions here.

1. The city employee only makes $12.00 an hour.
2. Only 1 employee is used to deliver these packets.
3. The packets are delivered Friday afternoon vs. Monday afternoon.

The think tank of Quincy Fire which consists of myself, two dogs, a 30 pack of beer, beef jerky and the remote has a better suggestion:

E-MAIL THEM.

Cost: $0.00
Delivery: Instant
Reliability: High

Round Ball

Here's a list of my favorite teams in the NCAA Playoffs:

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Next month I will list my favorite NASCAR drivers.

Annual Event ??

QHW had the Ladies Night out last week.

WGEM is sponsored the Working Womens Day.

I think the OLCC would be a great place to host an annual event. I have came up with some suggestions for some sponsors and ideas for this Event.

Man’s Weekend

Sponsors:

Miller Lite - Bud Light - Coors Light - Jack Daniels - Jim Beam - Hinkampers Ice - Hy-Vee wine and spirits – Hooters - Taco Bell – Hardees - Lone Star Steakhouse – Outback – McDonalds - Buffalo Wild Wings - Johnsonville Brats - Butcher Block – Weber - Char-Broil - Kingsford - Totinos frozen Pizzas - Bass Pro Shop - Best Buy - Home Depot – Lowes - Farm and Home Supply - Menards - Wood Mart - True Value - Awerkamp Steel Sales - John Deere – Case – Caterpillar – Bobcat – Kubota – Honda – Yamaha - Harley Davidson – Polaris - Stihl Chain Saws - Chevy Trucks -Ford Trucks - Dodge Trucks – Hummer - Delta tire and wheels - Bayliner - Chris-Craft – Larson – Ranger –Rinker - Sea-Doo – Zebco – Coleman -DeWalt tools - Snap-On - Mac Tools - Black and Decker - Mag-Lite – Sears – RSC - Fireworks Superstore - Swisher Sweets – Marlboro – Skoal –Levis – Carhart - Fruit of the Loom – Remington – Rugar - Smith and Wesson – Glock - Field and Stream -Sports Illustrated – Playboy – Penthouse - Victoria Secrets - The Weather Channel – ESPN -ESPN 2 – NFL – NBA – NASCAR – MLB - Fox Sports – Toshiba – Sony – Hitachi – Philips – Pioneer – Magnavox –RCA – Sharp – Panasonic – Mitsubishi -American Kennel Club - Kelly’s -Instant Replay -Barney’s – Abbey - Spring Street - The Dock - Kutter’s

Contests and Prizes:

Best tasting Steak Contest.

Drawing for “Twins for a day Night”

Trade in your wife for a Registered Lab drawing.

Hot Wing eating Contest.

Beer Drinking Contests. ( held hourly )

Hot Topics....

Two hot ones....


$170 K for a super for QPS.....

Comcast vs. Dish vs. Direct.......


.....or bring up your own.

DirecTv Issues

Q: How can you tell when the cable company is lying to you?

A: Their lips are moving.


"any future changes in pricing will be a reflection of Comcast's investment in quality service and system reliability. We will be sure to give you and our customers notification of any price adjustments at least 30 days in advance."......

We got the notice, but what about the Quality service ?

"at this time.".........

That must have meant during the length of the city council meeting rates would not change.

How quick was this? The majority of Insight internet users don't even have their e-mail address changed over to the comcast domain yet.

Fed up? Click Here.

Going Down ?

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. (AP) -- Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appointed two elevator union members to a new elevator safety board about the time the union gave him a $10,000 contribution.

Wild Fire

What Burns Your Ass ?????



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Good Ole Days...

In the Good Ole Days...

1. There would be no video tape of this event.

2. Event would have lasted about 10 seconds.

3. Mommy wouldn't have been as close as a cell phone.

4. Scars of hitting the asphalt after the bus driver tossed you out the door would have healed faster that the ass whooping you got from your parents when they found out about the event.

5. Walking to school for the rest of the school year would sure suck.

Story Here

Lunar Eclipse

It will be the last total lunar eclipse until 2010.





Took these w/ digital camera thru a telescope.




Damn it was cold !!!!

Race Day

Yeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooowwwwwww.

Lap 1

Yeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooowwwwwww.

Lap 2

Yeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooowwwwwww.

Lap 3

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ............

Sex was the winner...

with 14 votes.

Kiss was #2 with 2 whole votes.

Someone picked Chocolate.....

Door Stopper

The Quincy City Council on Monday awarded a $25,708 contract to Doors-N-More for 17 new doors, frames and locks at the wastewater treatment facility. The action was taken despite the objections of Alderman Mike Rein, R-5, who said the cost “seems excessive to me.”

Quincy Fire obtained a picture of the doors in question and asks Mr. Rein, "whats the problem?"

No Class

Part 1:

Coach Bill Belichick left the field before the final second ticked off the clock.

Part 2:

Tom Brady and Randy Moss pulled out of the Pro Bowl on Monday, a day after the New England Patriots were beaten in the Super Bowl.

What roll models.

Three Men Enter, One Man Leave

The Clock stops.

Firegate is (finally) over.

As much as I hate to see anyone lose there job, the $$'s spent on this was unacceptable.

Breaking News....

Palmer told us there is no definite timetable for when a decision will be made.

...the clock keeps on ticking.

Define " Future"

When asked how long it will take for a decision, Palmer said, "Hopefully within the near future."


The three firefighters, all men, will be paid more than $50,000 combined while on administrative leave before the investigation is finished.

Good Job RH on keeping us informed.

Tale of Two Cities

Hannibal gets a $50 Million Dollar expansion of a hometown industry.







Quincy gets a Buffalo Wild Wings.

Stone Age Wing Ding

Was toying with the idea of entering the Hannibal Wing Ding, but after reading the rules, I have to say WTF?

First of all the rules weren't posted on their web site until about 2 weeks ago. Nothing like waiting until the last minute to let them out.

Second, NO ELECTRIC ? What the Hell is with this? What is this some kind of science experiment? How is someone gonna keep 40 lbs of wings at the required temperature of 165 degrees?

Hoping Rob at the OLCC can scrape up the dirt from the rodeo and come up with some kind of modern version of this. (with electric)

Makes You Wonder...

What kind of a POS would intentionally pump 29 BB's into a poor defenseless animal is beyond me.

My only wish for this person would to be caught, jailed and the same treatment used on them.

If you have any information, you're asked to call the Quincy Regional Crimestoppers Hotline at 228-4474.

There is a reward available.