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Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:47:25 +0000

Beginnings

My New House

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:46:39 +0000

I was going to get a building permit for a new house. It was going to be 100 ft tall and 400 ft wide with 9 gun turrets at various heights and windows all over the place and a loud outside entertainment sound system.

It would have parking for 200 cars and I was going to paint it snot green with pink trim.

The City Council told me to forget it... AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN!

So I sent in the application again, but this time I called it a Mosque.

Work starts on Monday.

"I love this country. It's the government I'm afraid of."

D'oh! (WARNING - CONTAINS NUDITY)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:46:42 +0000

QMOD/CIA Relations

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:58:44 +0000

Hello all. I just wanted to make a post to thank ALL of QMOD, ESPECIALLY the Leadership for keeping the lines of communication open between both clans and for the OUTSTANDING co-operation, and respect that has been demonstrated by the Leaders, especially Illusion and Moonshine. Thank You!

Although we wear different tags, we have a lot of common interests, besides the obvious that we are all human, we all enjoy the same game, we all enjoy the comradeship, we all need that sense of belonging, feeling comfortable and welcomed whenever we come into the game or on TS. It's GREAT when we can extend that even further by having the healthy relationship we presently have. I personally welcome and enjoy having QMOD to be inclusive of those same thoughts and feelings. In the past we have had our disagreements, which is called LIFE, but the important thing is what we do with them. And thanks to the willingness, compromises, and pain staking efforts by your leadership, we can ALL enjoy an atmosphere that is pleasurable for all.

A few weeks back i suggested to Illusion and Moon that we have Clan Wars/Scrims to bring another dimension to this game, but most importantly i was hoping that by doing so we could strengthen our relationship and evidence shows that we did. EVERYBODY in CIA has a blast on Saturdays and we all have something to look forward to. Actually, right after our matches, most of the guys start talking about how they can't wait until next week for the next one.( I don't know why, we lose every match LOL ) And that talk goes on all week. Anyway, without writing a book here, i just wanted to thank ALL of QMOD for being our VALUABLE friends.

With Love and Respect

DEVIL

Hannahs Travels

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:46:14 +0000

Hannah asked me to post for her cause her cell signal isnt too good. she wanted you all to know ...."havent been able to get online but we're safe and have gone about 1,200 miles so far".

Travel safe n hope to hear from you again soon ..

Family picture day !!!!

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:13:21 +0000

Subject: FW: Family Picture

Subj: Family Picture

Taking Christmas card pictures could be really easy!!

[IMG]http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt222/DemoDawg/familypicdescription.jpg[/IMG]

http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt222/DemoDawg/familypictureday.jpg

Could someone tell me - what exactly is the point of taking this picture?

What I do at work

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:12:26 +0000

Moon suggested that I take some videos of what I do during the day while at work. When people ask, I usually tell them that I play video games, which is true, but I fix them and make sure they are working properly. Yeah, it's a hard job at times. The first 2 are boring stuff. The last one is me goofing off.

My badass Irish grampa!!

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:28:57 +0000

My grandfather is 80 years old and probably still can out work most of the people I know. I have looked up to him all my life. He has got "the drive" that makes most people wonder if he even enjoys life. But it is the feeling of accomplishment at the end of the day that guys like him look for.
I am also seriously thinking about packing up and moving out there to take over for him. I bet he would be elated.

Here is the latest news article on him. Read it, it's kinda funny

The Elephant Ear Man

PRINCETON — It’s fair week once again, and there’s no need to ask where Princeton’s Eugene Solon is. He’s in the same spot he’s been for the past 22 years — selling his version of elephant ears, funnel cakes and corn dogs to a public that just, well, eats them up.

“I have such a great reputation that people will go up the midway, and they’ll say, ‘Hey, hey, hey, go there; there’s the best place to buy your elephant ears and funnel cakes,’” Solon said. “It’s embarrassing sometime, but I like it.”

Solon and his wife, Mary, have been feeding area residents for a long time, beginning with two food carts at area auctions in 1981, and then moving onto the area’s fairs and other summer activities in 1988.

It all started the summer before. Gene was about to end his career at LTV Steel. It was August, and Gene was indulging his love of elephant ears at the Bureau County Fair.

“There was an old woman from Springfield; she came up here to the Bureau County Fair, and she set right where I do. And she made the best elephant ear you ever ate,” he said. “I used to go over at 9, 9:30, when they quit selling tickets, and I’d get me an elephant ear and a good cup of coffee and go over to the tent and eat it.”

It’s fair to say Gene is fanatical about his elephant ears. Mary always preferred the funnel cakes, but Gene craved the deep-fried sweetened and seasoned dough.

And he’s a purist.

“I don’t want no glaze or no powdered sugar,” he said. “I want good butter. Just take good butter and a good cup of coffee and it’s a meal for you.”

Gene told Mary that he was thinking about getting a food cart at the fair when he retired, so when the woman from Springfield retired, he grabbed her location.

“I’m setting right by the Allen Building, and I’ve been there for 22 years,” he said.

Solon used to think about moving his location into the center circle at the fairgrounds, but quickly changed his mind.

“People said, ‘Oh no, no, Gene, don’t you get out in the circle. We know where you are, and we don’t want to have to look for you,’” Solon recalled with a laugh.

When Gene wanted to start going to area fairs, Mary had a couple of requirements.

“She said, ‘Gene, there’s two things that I want you to live up to or I don’t want a thing to do with you,’” Solon said. “Well, I thought a few minutes and then I said, ‘Well, let me hear them.’ ‘Well, Gene,’ she said, ‘You’re going to have the cleanest food cart on the grounds, and you’re going to put out the best food that you can put out,’ and it’s paid off.”

The Solons Concessions food cart has traveled around the area every summer since, beginning in May and going until Labor Day. It stops at 14 sets, or gigs, including the Marshall Putnam Fair, DePue Boat Races, and Kewanee Hog Days.

Mary quit working in the cart a few years ago but still does all the paperwork and orders supplies.

Oh, and one other thing.

“When I go out and clean the food cart, she comes out and inspects it,” Gene said with a laugh.

Although Gene has hired some help, he still is at the cart most of the time it’s open.

“I want the food to go out the window as I want it to go out, not somebody else,” he said. “Once you hire help they get a little slack, so I’m right there, and if they put a bad one out the window, they hear about it.”

Pleasing the public is what it’s all about.

“What makes my day is — I’ve got a nice food cart — and a couple old ladies will get up there and they’ll look in there and they’ll say, ‘My, you’ve got a nice food cart here. How clean it is!,’” Gene said. “And they’ll get an elephant ear and take it and walk off, and two, three, four, five times a year, they’ll come back and they’ll say, ‘Mister, I don’t know who you are; I don’t know you, but that’s the best elephant ear I ever ate.’”

Gene also makes sure his food is always fresh. There are no heat lamps for Gene Solon.

“You’ve got to wait three minutes, and if you can’t wait three minutes for an elephant ear, go on, I don’t want to serve you,” he said.

Gene’s 80 now, and it’s maybe time to start thinking about retiring the food cart.

“I talked about it last year and people said, ‘Oh Gene, Gene, Gene, you can’t quit. We’ll miss your elephant ears,’” he said.

So the people keep him coming back.

“I hate to see the day I quit,” he said. “I love it and I love my people.”

Mary agreed.

“That’s what I loved the best, the people,” she said.

Gene’s out at the fairgrounds today and through Sunday.

And as for next year?

“It depends on my health,” he said. “Some days I can’t get one foot ahead of the other, and then, like today, I feel like a teenager.”

hmmm

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:01:33 +0000

someone delated my account for site o.O ????? why?? better give u my 4 posts LoL back!

Geopgraphy

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:00:18 +0000

Female Geography

Between 18 and 25 A woman is like Africa: Wild, naturally beautiful and full of mysterious, fertile deltas.

Between 26 and 34 a woman is like America: Well-developed and open for trade, especially for those with stacks of money.

Between 35 and 44 a woman is like India : Sensual, relaxed, in full bloom, aware of her beauty.

Between 45 and 54 a woman is like France : Deliciously mature, still a pleasant destination to visit.

Between 55 and 60 a woman is like Yugoslavia: A lost war, haunted by the mistakes of the past. Major reconstruction work is mostly the only answer.

Between 61 and 65 a woman is like Russia: Vast with undefined frontiers. The cold climate puts off any potential visitors.

Between 66 and 70 a woman is like Mongolia: A glorious past, great conquests, but without a future.

After 70 a woman is like Afghanistan or the north pole: Many know its whereabouts, but no one dares to venture there......

Male Geography

Between 15 and 90 a man is like Zimbabwe: Ruled by a Dick