Here are my parting words for 2007

You can never replace the love of family and friends with anything else. (Period)

2007 IS ALMOST OVER.........

AND NOW YOU GET YOUR GIFTS FROM OUR LEADERS.............

TAX + TAX + TAX

More on this a little later, but you get the idea..............

What you here on the news now is only a part of what you will here after the New Year.

All cheer xmas is over.....

Another xmas bites the dust.........
Does everyone feel the same relief I do when it's over? I still have more work than I will ever get done, I still owe and I still ache. But somehow I feel better about it.

Dorothy.........{Mom}

For Dorothy who passed this year....
We miss you....
Your heartfelt wishes in this world will always be the guide on the path.
I Love You......

An Oldie but a ...........Merry Xmas

Procul De Domus, frigus, Ingravesco..
Longus Ego Enim, Per Pectus Abbatis...

I hope I translated this right. ( a little rusty)

Far from home, cold, weary
I long for the heart of my father........

From the winter solstice of -0007

Some things never change " U.S. TROOPS NEED US"

Be all that you can be....and get behind them

Riverboat Gambling the big question........

Let me ask the question that has never been asked in the Burgh.
"In a city that flaunts it's three rivers why has there been no push for riverboat gambling?"

Did the owners of the Clipper fleet fall asleep at the helm??????
{I don't think so}

The Mon Wharf Parking Lot............

Is anyone in this city sick of the flooded parking lot. For the last 20 million years that area has been flooding, do you think in the last twenty years we should have done something about it. The city cleans it off about 10 times a year. {at our expense + you pay to park} Let me run it down for you.......

Normal river level 16 feet
Average river level 17 feet
Wharf flood level 18 feet
Average high water 22 feet
Flood stage 25 feet

Summary:
Raise the parking surface above 22 feet and you will not have to close and clean it every other week. {at our expense} It's not like big trucks drive on it.

Did you know:
The wharf was once a sloped cobble stone area that could stand flooding and still be useful. The designers of the parkway and those that approved the plans are the people who screwed future generations of Pittsburghers. Please remember that when they pitch something new. Let the river go above 22 feet and they have to close the parkway. {at the time it would have added about .0001 % to the costs not to have the road flooded}

Beaver Avenue Marathon (Gulf)

All bow our heads to the passing of the beloved Marathon.
Good luck to all of you, Rose and John.
You will be missed.........
Best wishes to all of you guys, it has been our pleasure............

I Love Xmas........

I wish we could all be doing this....

HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!!!!!!!!!1

Best Wishes For You And Yours......