Technology for Country folks.

[PA5COR]

1. LOG ON: Makin a wood stove hotter.

2. LOG OFF: Don't add no more wood.

3. MONITOR: Keepin an eye on the wood stove.

4. DOWNLOAD: Gettin the farwood off the truk.

5. MEGA HURTZ: When yer not kerful gettin the farwood.

6. FLOPPY DISC: Whatcha git from tryin to carry too much
farwood.

7. RAM: That thar thing whut splits the farwood.

8. HARD DRIVE: Gettin home in the winter time.

9. PROMPT: Whut the mail ain't in the winter time.

10. WINDOWS: Whut to shut wen it's cold outside.

11. SCREEN: Whut to shut wen it's blak fly season.

12. BYTE: Whut them dang flys do.

13. CHIP: Munchies fer the TV.

14. MICRO CHIP: Whut's in the bottom of the munchie bag.

15. MODEM: Whut cha did to the hay fields.

16. DOT MATRIX: Old Dan Matrix's wife.

17. LAP TOP: Whar the kitty sleeps.

18. KEYBOARD: Whar ya hang the dang keys.

19. SOFTWARE: Them dang plastic forks and knifs.

20. MOUSE: Whut eats the grain in the barn.

21. MAINFRAME: Holds up the barn roof.

22. PORT: Fancy Flatlander wine

23. ENTER: Northerner talk fer "C'mon in y'all"

24. RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY: Wen ya cain't 'member whut ya
paid fer the rifle when yore wife asks.

25. MOUSE PAD: That hippie talk fer the rat hole.

[N7YA]

Sounds like Alaskan speak there.

[N2RJ]

We heat with wood. Best heat ever.

Heats up the house nice and warm, and cheap to boot.

Last year we heat the house all winter for about $500. Less than 1/10th what it would cost with fossil fuel.

[W7XF]

We heat with wood. Best heat ever.

Heats up the house nice and warm, and cheap to boot.

Last year we heat the house all winter for about $500. Less than 1/10th what it would cost with fossil fuel.

Use Gov. FatAss' hot air rhetoric; you and 100 neighbours could have heated the houses for FREE xD

[W3WN]

Use Gov. FatAss' hot air rhetoric; you and 100 neighbours could have heated the houses for FREE xD

Sadle Ryan with a politician? It may be a free source of hot air, but what did he ever do to you to deserve THAT?

[KG4CGC]

In the case of Gov. Christie, you could tap methane out of that source too. Copious amounts of methane.

[N2RJ]

Christie is actually not that bad. My property taxes are going down this year, and some hard caps to combat abuses are now in effect. For example, payout of unused sick and vacation pay for public employees is capped at 15k. Still seems like a lot but it means that we won't see hundreds of thousands of dollars being paid out to retiring employees who "saved up"* their sick and vacation days over the years so they could cash out bigtime upon retirement.

The only things I really disagree with him on are the bear hunt and his unwillingness to relax gun control laws.

His weight? Really none of my business... nor anyone else's.


*Turns out it's easy to "save up" your "unused" vacation and sick pay when they're not being recorded properly.

[W3WN]

Unfortunately, you're right on that Ryan. We had 8 years of Governor "Smilin' Ed" Rendell. When he shook your hand, you had to remember to keep the other hand on your wallet. He could have had a great career as a slimy used car salesman... only everytime I say that, I have to apologize to slimy used car salesmen over the comparison.

Now we have Gov. Tom "I've Got An Axe To Grind" Corbett. Who's using the need to cut expenses to get back at those who failed to back him in the election (like the teacher's and transit unions)... purely coincidental, he assures us. Right. As the punch line goes: "his lips move!"

[KG4CGC]

Still seems like a lot but it means that we won't see hundreds of thousands of dollars being paid out to retiring employees who "saved up"* their sick and vacation days over the years so they could cash out bigtime upon retirement.

What's wrong with that? That's part of the pay package. THEY EARNED IT.

*Turns out it's easy to "save up" your "unused" vacation and sick pay when they're not being recorded properly.

Makes for good rhetoric from the podium but is there proof of egregious abuse? And of that abuse, who was it?

[N2RJ]

What's wrong with that? That's part of the pay package. THEY EARNED IT.

I'm yet to see this perk for any private sector job. Most jobs are "use it or lose it."

If I'm footin' the bill, I don't want this perk for state employees. We elected the Governor to act on our behalf, and he has.

Makes for good rhetoric from the podium but is there proof of egregious abuse? And of that abuse, who was it?

There's lots of proof of abuse, and bear in mind that some of it is completely legal. Christie worked to remove the legal part.

Even IF an employee came to work every day and didn't take vacation or sick time (super human state employees?) I would hate to think that the state was stressing people out like that. You're given vacation days to take a break from a stressful job. Sick days are for when you're sick. They're not to be banked and cashed out as a a golden parachute.