May the Dots be with you...O B ONE

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How the Internet Started

Now this is truly worth a resend.

A revelation with an Incredibly Big Message (IBM):

Well, you might have thought that you knew how the Internet started, but
here's the TRUE story .....

In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com
did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot.

And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg.
Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com.

And she said unto Abraham, her husband: "Why dost thou travel so far from
town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever leaving thy
tent?"

And Abraham did look at her - as though she were several saddle bags short
of a camel load - but simply said: "How, dear?"

And Dot replied: "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between
to send messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply telling
you who hath the best price.

And the sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony
Stable (UPS)."

Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the
drums. And the drums rang out and were an immediate success.
Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever having to
move from his tent.

To prevent neighbouring countries from overhearing what the drums were
saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew. It was
called Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed a language
to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew To The People (HTTP)

But this success did arouse envy. A man named Maccabia did secrete himself
inside Abraham's drum and began to siphon off some of Abraham's business.
But he was soon discovered, arrested and prosecuted - for insider trading.

And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly
take to camel dung.

They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites, or NERDS.

And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the
deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going
to that enterprising drum dealer, Brother William of Gates, who bought off
every drum maker in the land.

And indeed did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother
Gates' drumheads and drumsticks.

And Dot did say: "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by
others."

And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or eBay as it came to be
known. He said: "We need a name that reflects what we are."

And Dot replied: "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators." "YAHOO", said
Abraham. And because it was Dot's idea, they named it YAHOO Dot Com.

Abraham's cousin, Joshua, being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid
(GEEK) that he was, soon started using Dot's drums to locate things around
the countryside.

It soon became known as God's Own Official Guide to Locating Everything
(GOOGLE).

So, that's how it all began. Now you know.
Of course this story is true;
its source is uh....................the internet.
lol


UFO over Israel.

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=1126

Are Giants returning to Israel?
http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/ufo_israel.htm

Skins and Chickens

I tried something new to see if it would work.

My parents used to collect chicken skins which my Dad would roll up and freeze and then chop up,

since its easier to chop when the skins are frozen.

Along with other leftovers, they would place everything outside on a flat board they attached to a post.

I must say, I was impressed with the collection of birds they had amassed on that board.

Such an assortment would sit and wait for their daily meal and they all got along.

As soon as they would put out a board full it would be cleaned off in a matter of minutes.

Sparrows, blue, king fisher looking types, mocking birds, and even falcons, would all share.

My parents would sit , watch and enjoy behind their sliding door.

These birds became friends.

I guess the smell attracted other animals because they would also have deer, rabbits and other critters

which would show up and make their yard home.

Well I don’t feed the birds here as the winters are mild but I do collect the chickens skins like my parents did,

always thinking maybe there will be a time I could use them to feed the birds if we ever have snow and frost.

Since that never happens and I keep collecting the skins, I decided the fridge is meant for food , not chickens skins loll

So I took some out and dried them in salt. I then scraped the underlying fat off of them and dried them again.

Now, in the fall, I collected some dry leaves and boiled them. When the liquid cooled, I put the chicken skins

into the colored water to see if they would absorb the tannin from it.

I didn’t know how long they had to be kept in this water but I kept them in there two days.

After drying again, this is what I got.

Nice flexible yellow pieces I can sew up into something and even paint on.

Another batch I didn’t dry first and just put them into the tannin right after defrosting.

They changed color to a deeper brown..

I put one in the middle to show you the color difference.

Then I dried them as well.

I like the first batch better since the color is nicer, more natural.

I don’t know how many chicken skins one would need to make a vest out of but I would imagine quite a few.

But for small things like a change purse, clothing name tags, or maybe clothes for a doll, I think they can become very useful

things to recycle.

I was also thinking that maybe if the skins were curled and dried, they would also make good chewies for dogs.

But then we are told not to eat chickens skins so why would we give them to mans’ best friend?

Birds are different, since they eat everything they find in the wild anyway.

For Thanks Giving I got a large turkey and for the first time I skinned it and rolled it out on an open pizza box to absorb the fat that drips off of it when salted.

Now this made for a real nice piece of skin one can sew or paint on.

Like they say, preparation is half the fun but you learn something. Maybe next time I will boil the tannin leaves with a few beets in it and see how the skin turns out.

It's good to be back I was off line for a while. It's amazing how the internet affects one's life and it took a while to get used to not having it. But then I had more time for other things like visiting the library and cleaning house lol

Things I used to do but have no time for anymore. It's so easy today to have this marvelous machine at your fingertips but now I have to debate if it is really that good to be so dependent on a machine.It hurts other things which may fold as a result leaving people with nothing but one thing.

I do hope libraries don't suffer as a result of internet. There is still nothing better than a good book in hand.

Have a good day everyone.

An Irish Blessing