JerryBaumchen

Hi folks, Talk about 'launching' a new car-jumping career: Video: A driver's car soared 120 feet after vaulting off of a tow truck ramp : NPR Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, From the link below: Utah's 2022 law banning any books containing "pornographic or indecent" material. The statement calls the Bible "one of the most sex-ridden books around," A Utah school district has removed the Bible from middle and elementary schools : NPR Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, From the link: Let the games begin. I am very sure it will be a game. The only question is who will be gaming who. First GOP debate qualification rules: who’s in, who's out, and who’s sweating - POLITICO I wonder if they will let Trump elbow his way into the center again. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Robert, Looks like she prefers older men: Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, Add a couple more to the list: The week will be a busy one for GOP announcements. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is planning to launch his campaign Tuesday evening Mike Pence to launch campaign for president in Iowa June 7 | AP News Let's hope the crazy crowd has 10 or 20 debates; should be fun watching. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Phil, Here is a start: Jan. 6 rioters are raking in thousands in donations. Now the US is coming after their haul - ABC News (go.com) Jerry Baumchen

Hi John, Some people are old at 82, and some of us are not. Jerry Baumchen 82 and counting PS) And, there is this: Al Pacino: The Godfather star expecting fourth child, aged 83 - BBC News

Hi folks, Well, you Brits are in trouble now: the U.K., our eternal enemy Top Russian official says British politicians now a legitimate military target – POLITICO Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, I'll try to keep you posted on how this goes: City of Portland supports gun control Measure 114 as federal judge prepares to hold trial next week - oregonlive.com Jerry Baumchen

Hi Joe, The only things for sure are death & taxes. Now, who was it that said that? Hmmm Jerry Baumchen

Hi Joe, Here you go: White Lightning (car) - Wikipedia White Zombie - Watch The World's Original Fastest Electric Car (pluginmotorwerks.com) Jerry Baumchen

Hi Bill, Re: is going to + could use + can use /=/ are using. Back in the '50's we were being told that nuclear power would be so cheap that we would no longer have power meters on our houses. Oops, that did not work out so great. The de-commissioning costs are enormous; and, those are the real costs that seem to go on forever. Just up the road from you is: San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station - Wikipedia Controversy continues over Edison's plans for on-site dry cask storage of the considerable amount of nuclear waste created during the facility's decades of operation. I am sure you know more about the problems/costs with this plant than I do. The problems/costs with on-site storage is a major problem here in the northwest with Hanford: Hanford Site - Wikipedia While I am a ret'd engineer, I will always be an engineer. I can only hope that, in the future, we will be able to make nukes such that they are financially possible; but, that must IMO include all costs. Today, you and I will have to agree to disagree on using nukes as being a good thing. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Robert, And, how much of the waste that we have today, is being used again? Today, throughout the world, we are creating more nuclear waste than is being used for anything else. We cannot continue to do this. Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, This will be interesting to watch as it develops; if it develops: Brazil president proposes South America currency, as he hosts summit to rebuild regional bloc | AP News It seems to me that the Euro is doing quite well; what it was supposed to do. Well, other than the UK. Thoughts? Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, The future is closer than ever: Automakers are rushing to keep up with the global shift toward less polluting vehicles and to help in other ways to combat climate change. Toyota, Daimler Truck, Hino, Mitsubishi Fuso joining forces in ecological technology | AP News Daimler owns Freightliner, a local truck mfr. Back in the 60's, while in college, I worked in Freightliner's test lab; I was a part-time employee. I really liked that job. Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, Another good result: she yelled at police officers to bring out the California Democrat so the mob of Donald Trump supporters could hang her. Woman who threatened Nancy Pelosi with hanging during Capitol riot gets over 2 years in prison | AP News Jerry Baumchen

Hi Errol, While most things in life have limits, IMO there is no limit to their stupidity. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Keith, Re: It won't happen if they don't try. This, always this. The line 'It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all' comes from Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem In Memoriam:27, 1850: I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. If we do not try, we cannot accomplish anything. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Bill, Re: I'll be "timing out" during the later years. This where I am at. As I was coming home from my morning coffee run today, I was behind a Prius Prime. I started running the numbers in my head. At my age, replacing my gas cars [ one is for sale ] for an EV makes no financial sense to me. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Ken, Re: Well yes, this has always been the issue. When I joined the GOP in the late '60's, this was not an issue. Back then, the GOP took no stance on a woman getting an abortion. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Bill, Re: With Vogtle starting up we have a much better idea of the actual cost. The start-up costs are nowhere near the total costs of a nuke plant. Dealing with the waste nearly forever makes nukes not worth the money to build/operate them. Jerry Baumchen Energy Northwest - Wikipedia

Hi John, That list is just a start. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Phil, In the words of MJOSparky: 'He has not seen the football since kickoff.' Jerry Baumchen

Hi Keith, I fixed it. Jerry Baumchen

Hi jakee, They eat their own. Jerry Baumchen