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2 quotes come to mind. And if Will Rogers will allow me to substitute "club member" for "woman", then this revised quote
Never argue with an idiot. He’ll drag you down to his level then beat you with experience!
And if Will Rogers will allow me to substitute "club member" for "women", then this revised quote
There's two theories to arguin' with a "club member". Neither one works.
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Never argue with an idiot. He’ll drag you down to his level then beat you with experience!
And if Will Rogers will allow me to substitute "club member" for "women", then this revised quote
There's two theories to arguin' with a "club member". Neither one works.
Thank you for the wake up call Chris. I am certainly done in there for tonight anyone, with any luck at all one of my pals will come to my aid, but they've really gone above and beyond the call already.
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The IRS decides to audit Ralph, and summons him to the IRS office. The IRS auditor is not surprised when Ralph shows up with his attorney.
The auditor says, 'Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, which you explain by saying that you win money Gambling. I'm sure the IRS finds that unbelievable.'
I'm a great gambler, and I can prove it,' says Ralph. 'How about a Demonstration?'
The auditor thinks for a moment and said, 'Okay. Go ahead.'
Ralph says, 'I'll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye.'
The auditor thinks a moment and says, 'It's a bet.'
Ralph removes his glass eye and bites it. The auditor's jaw drops.
Ralph says, 'Now, I'll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other Eye.' Now the auditor can tell Ralph isn't blind, so he takes the bet.
Ralph removes his dentures and bites his good eye. The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered and lost three grand, with Ralph's attorney as a witness. He starts to get nervous.
'Want to go double or nothing?' Ralph asks. 'I'll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk, and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in between.'
The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully and decides there's no way this guy could possibly manage that stunt, so he agrees again.
Ralph stands beside the desk and unzips his pants, but although he strains mightily, he can't make the stream reach the wastebasket on the other side, so he pretty much urinates all over the auditor's desk.
The auditor leaps with joy, realizing that he has just turned a major loss into a huge win. But Ralph's attorney moans and puts his head in his hands.
'Are you okay?' the auditor asks.
'Not really,' says the attorney. 'This morning, when Ralph told me he'd been summoned for an audit, he bet me twenty-five thousand dollars that he could come in here and **** all over your desk and that you'd be happy about it.'



Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
>
> I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here in
& gt; California we are also paying higher, up to $3.50 per gallon. But my
> line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some
> tricks to get more of your money's worth for every gallon.
>
> Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose, CA we
> deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline.
> One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and
premium grades.
> We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.
>
> Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the
> ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations
> have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground
> the more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so
> buying in the afternoon or in the evening....your gallon is not
> exactly a gallon. In t he petroleum business, the specific gravity and
> the temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and
> other
petroleum products plays an important role.
> A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But
> the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
>
> When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a
> fast mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3)
> stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you should be pumping on
> low speed, thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you
> are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are
> pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank
> becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the
> underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.
>
> One of th e most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is
> HALF FULL . The reason for this is, the more gas you have in your
> tank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates
> faster
than you can imagine.
> Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof
> serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it
> minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work,
> every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every
> gallon is actually the exact amount.
>
> Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the
> storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up -- most likely
> the gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and
> you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.
>
> Hope this will help you get the most value for your money.
>
> DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS!
>
> *Fill up in the morning in the slow mode when your tank is half full
> but not when the tankers are filling the storage tanks.
>.

Mike....some of that makes sense, but mostly it is BS. The temp of the tanks in the ground takes a very long time to change. And gasoline tankers are not 'temperature compensated'. Pump slow if you want to, but that nickle's worth of gas isn't worth ten minutes to me. Diesel evaporates much, so much, more slowly than gasoline.

Scott...Seems like much more trouble than a good ice chest and a stereo system. Not to mention the $$$. Hey buddy, can you help me lug this behemoth to my 'spot' over yonder???? Specifically I'm refering to the sweet lil island there in YOUR lake. Thanks for the ribs.

Aaahhh, the heck with it.....fishin anyone?






