Did somebody actually listen?

About a week ago there was an article in the local paper outlining a county councilman's idea that the airport in our town should be closed down because a small plane had crashed in a local neighborhood.

He said that the area around it was "too developed".

The Grand Strand Airport was here long before the "Development". It was built in WWII and turned over to the county to operate shortly after. There are about 130 operations (takeoffs,landings) each day. Other than a few banner planes ditching in the ocean, there are only 2 crashes (both small planes ) that I can remember in the last 15 years and only one resulted in fatality of people on the ground. In neither one was the airport implicated in any way.

So why would a councilman, on his own - not speaking for the council - make such a rash decision? And make it so publicly, before the victims were even laid to rest? Sixty years of service to our community should be forgotten and thousands of pilots and passengers each year be denied entry because of a single mishap?

In his regular job this councilman is an urban design engineer. He makes his living planning developments in places like old airports that have been closed by the county.

I felt i had to respond to his ridiculous statement.

My response was:

Some people spend more time considering how government should structure our society rather than serve it.
That airport runway is in better shape than 90% of the roads in this county. How about you plan on paving the roads instead of stifling businesses, for whatever reason?

This Monday county trucks invaded our neighborhood and started paving our roads...

UFC 118 pics

UFC® 118 - Saturday, Aug 28 Fight Card
Frankie Edgar	vs	BJ Penn
	12-1-0 Record 15-6-1 5' 6" Height 5' 9" 155lbs (70kg) Weight 155lbs (70kg) Reach
Frankie really put it to B.J. and walked away with the title. B.J. will have a better game plane this time around and Frankie will not walk away. BJ by submission.
Randy Couture	vs	James Toney
	18-10-0 Record 6' 2" Height 0 205lbs (93kg) Weight 0lbs (0kg) Reach
It's the old Boxer Vs Wrestler matchup. But this wrestler has 7 KOs to his favor. Toney has less than a year training in MMA and thinks he will come in and catch one of the greatest ever? I really think Dana White signed this fight to take a bigger share of the fight market because after Toney is destroyed by Couture. Who will want to watch boxing anymore? UFC will grow worldwide after this. Couture will close the distance and take it to the mat then finish in the first when Toney fails to defend punches from the his back.
Demian Maia	vs	Mario Miranda
	12-2-0 Record 12-1-0 6' 0" Height 6' 4" 185lbs (84kg) Weight 185lbs (84kg) Reach
Miranda has proven to be a monster but his punches won't stop Maia. Maia will have an easier time with him than he had with Silva, who just avoided a takedown for an embarrassing five rounds. Miranda will get caught and will mistake his Jitz for the real stuff Maia will lay on him and tap in the second round.
Kenny Florian	vs	Gray Maynard
	15-4-0 Record 10-0-0, 1NC 5' 10" Height 5' 8" 155lbs (70kg) Weight 155lbs (70kg) Reach
The bully will get beat up. Maynard is a top guy but KenFlo has really become a finisher and will (providing he doesn't walk into a wallop like Joe Veres) (he won't) take Maynard to the late second before squeezing the Bully into submission.
Nate Diaz	vs	Marcus Davis
	12-5-0 Record 22-7-0 6' 0" Height 5' 10" 155lbs (70kg) Weight 170lbs (77kg) Reach
Marcus Davis has had a few tough losses lately but is in Boston, close enough to home. He will end up with a knockout over the guy everybody loves to hate.
Joe Lauzon	vs	Gabe Ruediger
	17-5-0 Record 5' 10" Height 5' 10" 155lbs (70kg) Weight 155lbs (70kg) Reach
This one is also going to be up for fight of the night - My guess is that it goes all three, both end up beaten pretty bad and Lauzon either finishes in the third or wins by decision.
Andre Winner	vs	Nik Lentz
	12-3-1 Record 20-3-2 5' 11" Height 5' 8" 155lbs (70kg) Weight 155lbs (70kg) Reach
Nivk Lentz has a bit more experience and will be able to secure a win, look for a fast-paced brawl that will be among the top fights of the night!
Dan Miller	vs	John Salter
	11-4-0, 1NC Record 5-1-0 6' 1" Height 6' 1" 185lbs (84kg) Weight 185lbs (84kg) Reach
Dan miller need this win, he has lost three in a row. But those three losses have gone the distance with Sonnen, Maia and Bisping - three of the top five middleweights - so he will not let the judges take this from him. Look for some heavy hands followed up by sick Jitz as Miller makes up and coming Salter (I think he might be one of my distant cousins) tap.
Nick Osipczak	vs	Greg Soto
	5-2-0 Record 7-1-0 6' 1" Height 5' 11" 170lbs (77kg) Weight 170lbs (77kg) Reach
Two fighters you might remember for their kicks, Nick Osipczak is a finisher who has good hands, formidable submissions and ended one of his TUF fights with a nast head kick. Greg Soto's only loss came from his kick to Matt Riddles face while they were both on the ground. Other than that one mistake Soto has won all his bouts (KOs, submissions and a couple decisions) so this one is going to be fun to watch. Flip of my penny predicts Osipczak.
Mike Pierce	vs	Amilcar Alves
	10-3-0 Record 3 - 1 - 0 5' 8" Height 0 170lbs (77kg) Weight 0lbs (0kg) Reach
Pierce has no problem taking guys to the mat. He has one of the most explosive double legs around (he even knocked Mike Dolce by slamming him to the mat) but may not know what to do once he is on top of Alves, a Judo player with excellent submissions. This one may stay standing as both men have incredible takedowns and Td defense. In that Case I give Pierce's hands the win. If it goes to the mat Almes has a slight advantage.

New Kicks

So the wife was out at Marshall's and to assuage her guilt of spending over $25 on herself she called me over and said, "Try these skippys on."

Now understand this - When we met I only had three pair of shoes: Tevas, Boots and Deck shoes. I still have the same Topsiders because I don't dress up that much. She has forced me into this extravagant lifestyle which now forces me to have a pair of adidas and also these cap toe deals which I haven't seen in a couple years (thank goodness).

So her telling me she was going to waste money on shoes really didn't set well. Then she showed me these bedroom slipper looking deals with a $60 price tag on them.

"Dadgum Woman - do I look like I need to slough around in slippers? I ain't that feeble yet!"

"Just try 'em on, Dude - they're sandals."

"Them is bedroom slippers, ChickyBabe. Now let's get outta this joint before my wallet catches fire!"

"But they're on sale - Look!"

As she chunked the things at me I noticed the sale pricetag:
"$12"

Then I noticed something else - Ripstop. They were made of Ripstop. And they had tons of drainholes for water to go out. But they weren't sandals.

"I'm a sandal"

"What?"

There was a tag right on the thing that said, "I'm a sandal."

Then it went on to 'splain that these surfers wanted to go to the beaches that you had to walk through the jungle to reach and they kept cutting their feet up in vines and such while wearing flip flops. Trekking back after surfin all day in wet boots wasn't much fun either so they made some shoes that were tough and still would dry easy and all.

So ok now I have another pair of shoes:

Hang up and drive

On the way home tonight we noticed a car really close to us in the next lane - so we backed off to give them room. They weren't coming into our lane - soon they were on the far side of their lane and over the yellow line. We backed off more.
They got halfway into the left turn lane (where the Hooters burned down) and then meandered back into their lane. By this time they were so slow that we had to pass them. My Chick hit the gas and zoomed past.

I looked over to see who the drunk behind the wheel was and saw a teenage girl texting.

Jackass

Mel Gibson is a jackass