Argue With All the Facts

Posted on 25/02/2010 by Grumpa Joe

Dear Senator Durbin; I tried to call your Washington office today but the call volume was too high and the system shut me out. Therefore, I write this e-mail. I listened to your argument today during the Health Care Summit. I have to admit that you are very eloquent in your speaking ability. Your argument [...]

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Prince Albert

Posted on 25/02/2010 by Grumpa Joe

             Grampa Jim left a ladder up against the farmhouse. It was a homemade ladder, and was very heavy.  I was too small to be able to lift it or carry it, so finding the ladder in place presented an opportunity.  Before I climbed up, I made sure Mom was doing something, and would not [...]

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I Feel For Toyota

Posted on 24/02/2010 by Grumpa Joe

During my fifty-three year career in manufacturing, I developed a flair for solving a problem. It is not easy.  In order to find the root cause you have to continue to ask why until people think you are nuts.  My last job was manufacturing a product that we made in the billions. The item is [...]

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One Vice In Life

Posted on 21/02/2010 by Grumpa Joe

     If Grampa Jim had one vice in life, it was smoking.  I never saw him without his cigarettes.  He carried stick matches to light up.  Occasionally he asked me to find him a match, but he was never without his cigarettes.  He smoked Camels.  I never saw him with any other brand.      When [...]

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Problem Solved

Posted on 20/02/2010 by Grumpa Joe

     What a genius I am, I thought to myself. I am smart.  I have come up with a solution to a large segment of the illegal alien problem. Many of the illegal’s are coming across the U.S.-Mexico border. We try like hell to keep them out, but they keep on coming. It is not [...]

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