- Jerry Jones was on Entourage last night and was fantastic. Edit: Jerry's scenes are now on youtube.
- That Lebron James hoopla last week might have been the silliest fluff I've ever seen. That guy's popularity had to plummet because of his demonstration of arrogance.
- Being disconnected for a week was refreshing.
- Caught about 1/2 of Pineapple Express last week. Funny. Very funny.
- As much as I tried to get into the World Cup, that final yesterday was boring.
- On the way home Saturday, I sat by a burn victim on the plane. It had to have been a horrifying experience because one of his ears was completely gone. I so wanted to talk to him about what happened and offer him encouragement, but there's just no way to bring the subject up. At least I couldn't think of one.
- Those crazy protesters from Westboro Baptist Church were in Fort Worth yesterday but were met with counter protesters that brought some funny/crazy signs. Example. (Edit: And the second pic on this page is fantastic.)
- iTunes lets you rent a movie but once you start it, you have 24 hours to finish it. That policy failed me on the trip down to Jamaica as I got to see ten minutes of Rear Window and couldn't get back to it in time.
- WBAP's Hal Jay to the sports guys this morning: "You've got to stop calling it the Big 12." Uh, it is currently the Big 12.
- That Oncor power line that may go across the southern end of the county sounds like it'll be incredibly ugly. They put one in along the northwestern part of the county a few years back and a scenic drive along 1810 became not-so-scenic.
- News this morning: "Switzerland will not send Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States to face child sex charges, the Ministry of Justice announced Monday." And they have released him from custody.
- I mentioned the Master Cleanse last week and now Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher are doing it. Coincidence?
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West Texas has more windmills than any other part of the country but who wants the transmission lines? It seems some type of plan for a grid that would go down a highway or somewhere less populated would be a good idea.
When our county commissioners jumped at the chance to get a power plant, who was thinking about where the transmission lines would go?
Renewable energy has to be stored or used as produced. It will be a long, long time and a lot more transmission lines before it even begins to keep the light bulbs burning!
I wanted to make a joke about you talking that guy's ear off, but that would just be cruel, right?
Triple Fake Vincent van Gogh
Last weekend Decatur was included in the list of places we could possibly move should we have a reason to move once my lease is up, so now I need to learn more about this Oncor line thingy. I like it better when I don't need to know stuff.
I'm glad you're back.
Great counter protest against the idiots.
A personal fav sign I saw....
"god needs more cowbell"
Colon cleanse. Demi. Ashton. Yeah, it's all about you.
Oncor doesn't care about property values or what its "needs" do to diminish those values. You need proof? Just take a look at the BUTCHERED trees along the oncor lines! It is a known fact that trees and landscaping DO improve property values in the world of real estate. I think for every tree Oncor butchers, they should have to pay $5000 to the property owner. If they don't want to do that, then they can BURY their damn lines. Anyway, back to where I started....Oncore won't gives a rat's behind about how its power lines look or what damage they will do to the property they propose to make unsightly.
10:18
I have no love for ONCOR, or any other electric provider, but you are mistaken in one area of your post. ONCOR cuts trees because property owners don't. Property owners have every opportunity to trim back tree growth themselves, or pay someone to do it for them. If you use either of those options, you then have the luxury of getting the trees trimmed the way you want. ONCOR isn't a tree-trimming business, it's a power transmission business. They only trim trees to insure that the power lines remain clear
And paying $5000 for a tree would mean that people plant trees near power lines just to get money for them.
If power lines were buried, think of how many times some knucklehead would sever the line, or get himself electrocuted. And even if the line was buried deep enough to prevent that, what happens when they have to dig it up for maintenance? Will they have to pay you for that as well?
Nice coconuts.
Nice coconuts.
You need to look at the Messenger's Meteorite story. The UNT professor used his Magnetic Meteorite Detector (AKA: Nail Picker Upper) and it didn't respond! Such a sophisticated device!!!
10:44, there are many cities that have underground utilities and that keeps their streets more "clean" looking. I don't think there are too many problems with people digging them up or hitting them.
and, does Oncore send notice to property owners before they butcher their trees and give them a chance to trim their own? I don't think so. Too many stories of people coming home to find their trees butchered.. one of those stories was run in the Messenger just a year or so ago.
10:18am...
If you cannot understand why ONCOR, (and every other responsible power transmission/distribution company) has to trim back trees from power lines, then you might need to go back and revisit your physical science textbooks.
Overhead powerlines blow in the wind, sag during heat, and generally do bad things when they contact each other or things around them. Including trees. Remember in 2003, when the big blackout hit the northeast? (I know its Wikipedia, but its the best I could do in short order...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Blackout_of_2003
read the findings section...
"In February 2004, the U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force released their final report, placing the main cause of the blackout on FirstEnergy Corporation's failure to trim trees in part of its Ohio service area. The report states that a generating plant in Eastlake, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland) went offline amid high electrical demand, putting a strain on high-voltage power lines (located in a distant rural setting) which later went out of service when they came in contact with "overgrown trees". The cascading effect that resulted ultimately forced the shutdown of more than 100 power plants."
If you don't like ONCOR "butchering trees", then feel free to disconnect from their grid and go it on your own.
I get it that new powerlines will affect a lot of people. My family was affected. But I also get all the complaints at the slightest disruption of power.
I happen to be another company's customer, Mr Honcho, thank goodness. There is NO explanation for why Oncor cannot TRIM trees without BUTCHERING them. You can say what you want, but if they gave a rip, they could work with the property owner until both are satisfied.
If you don't like taking complaints (I take it you work for Oncor), then perhaps you need another job. Or better yet, Oncor needs to bury their lines and there will be less service calls needed.
When you click on the YouTube video of the fall at Ballpark this is the message you get:
This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by MLB Advanced Media.
Glad you're back Barry. The girl from "Vacation Day 4" has the nicest butt I've seen in a very long time. I was mesmerized.
GOTTA LOVE AVERAGE DAYS...
B
I don't work for any power company, 10:18... I just get tired of histrionics.
No Coincidence...they are trying to be like you!
We need something more exciting to discuss.
Pretty limited posting!
Someone must be preoccupied with something other than the Blog!
Must be true love!
I bet the people that bitch about poorly trimmed trees and transmission lines, are the same people that complain about outages from down tree limbs, and increased electric bills because of greater transmission costs from less than efficient( more aestheticly pleasing)means. Geniuses!
saw a mexican wearing a t-shirt that said "THEY CAN'T DEPORT US ALL"...I think they know they're winning.
Maybe that burn victim was hit by one of the people that you got off on a DWI that got drunk and drove, again. Ever think of that? On your website you seem do proud, how do you sleep at night?
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