I don't know if it is true or not...but it makes sense.

Thanks again to Eagle Eye Erwin!*** see snopes.com for more information.

I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here in California we are paying up to $3.75 to $4.10 per gallon. My line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every gallon:

Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose, CA we deliver about 4million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and premium grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.

Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening.... your gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role.

A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.

When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. You should be pumping on low mode, thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is the more gas you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount.

Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up; most likely the gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.

*Thanks, Karen

WHEN NOT TO HYPHENATE YOUR NAME…

"Bruce The Moose" Lighter!

Just picked this lighter up! You refill it with butane up the butt! Bought him from 7 Eleven


and the flame comes out both nostrils!

Patiently Waiting . .

I did what you told me ..

I sent the email to 10 people like you said ..

I'm still waiting for that miracle to happen ..



To all my friends who in the last year sent me best 'wishes', chain letters, 'angel' letters or other promises of good luck if I forwarded something...

NONE OF THAT SH*T WORKED!

Could you please just send money, whiskey, chocolate, movie tickets or gasoline vouchers, stamps, canned food and airline tickets instead?

Thank you!

*Thanks, Daryn

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

The Cork...

Two Newfies were in a locker room taking a shower after their cod fishing trip, when one noticed the other had a huge cork stuck in his butt.

"If you do not mind me saying," said the second, "that cork looks very uncomfortable. Why do you not take it out?

"I regret I cannot", lamented the first fisherman. "It is permanently stuck in my butt."

"I do not understand," said the other.

The first fisherman said, "I was walking along the beach and I tripped over an oil lamp. There was a puff of smoke, and then a beautiful Genie came boiling out.

She said, 'I am a Genie. I can grant you one wish.'" I said, "No shit?"

Hill-Billy Mama

A woman walks into the downtown welfare office, trailed by 15 kids..." WOW",the social worker exclaims, "are they ALL YOURS?"

"They are all mine", the flustered momma sighs, having heard that question a thousand times before. She says," Sit down Leroy.

All the children rush to find seats. "Well", says the social worker," then you must be here to sign up.I'll need all your children's names".

"This one's my oldest - he is Leroy."
"OK, and who's next?"
"Well, this one, he is Leroy, also."
The social worker raises an eyebrow but continues. One by one, through the oldest four, all boys, all named Leroy. Then she is introduced to the eldest girl, named Leighroy!

"All right", says the caseworker. "I'm seeing a pattern here. . ..are they ALL named Leroy?" Their Momma replied, "Well, yes-it makes it easier. When it is time to get them out of bed and ready for school, I yell, 'Leroy!' An when it's time for dinner, I just yell 'Leroy' an they all comes arunnin. An if I need to stop the kid who's running into the street, I just yell 'Leroy' and all of them stop. It's the smartest idea Iever had, naming them all Leroy.

The social worker thinks this over for a bit, then wrinkles her forehead and says tentatively, "But what if you want just ONE kid to come, and not the whole bunch?"

"Then I call them by their last names".

My Kind Of Angel...

For the difficult people in your life...

Grater-Paper

Winter Solstice is coming!

As the wheel of the year turns, the Winter Solstice is nearly upon us. The sun has almost reached the southernmost point in its journey across the sky and will appear to remain motionless before beginning to re-ascend northward bringing with it light and the promise of springtime, life and warmth. This is the time for the death of the old god of the year, followed by the Goddess giving birth to the new Sun God. Yule is the time to end the period of darkness that has prevailed during Winter and has brought us into the gloom of barren trees and shortened days. It is the time to cast aside those inner doubts which have bound us and to welcome the growing light which shows us the ways of new beginnings.

This is the time of hope born anew.

"AnkhIwiEmHotep"
Life and Peace be with You --Cinosam

Leafs Awarded Stanley Cup!

Canada was stunned Monday when it was announced that The Stanley Cup will be awarded to the Toronto Maple Leafs, possibly as early as the 6th of December.


The cup will be stripped from 2008 playoff champions the Detroit Red Wings and be awarded to the Leafs, who didn't even make the playoffs.

How is this possible, Canadians ask?

Well, the Leafs have formed a coalition with eastern conference semi-finalists the Montreal Canadians, and conference quarter finalists the Ottawa Senators, now outnumbering the Red Wings. According to current Leaf coach Ron Wilson "the Red Wings have lost the confidence of the league and should hand the cup over immediately to our coalition".

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is cutting short a European trip to try to resolve the unprecedented hockey crisis that could force a second playoff series, or see an opposing team coalition take the cup.

*Thanks, Bright Eyes!

How may People Have You Been Exposed To????

The first number is the Number of Sexual Partners.

If each of your partners has had only the same number of partners as you had at the time you had sex. The second number is the Number of People You Are Exposed to:

Explanation of Chart

For this calculation, we assume that each time you had a new partner, they had only had as many partners as you had. So when you had your first, we assume you were his first. You now have one person who has only had you as a partner. Add to that a second partner who is in the same situation as you--only having had one prior partner. Now you are exposed to your first, your second, plus your second's first. Then bring in a third who is in the same situation as you. You are now exposed to your prior partners plus your third's first partner, your third's second partner, and now your third's second partner's first partner. See how it works? A little sex goes a long way!

Thought for the day...

'REMEMBER: SOME PEOPLE ARE ALIVE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS ILLEGAL TO SHOOT THEM.'

Some Math + Logic

Here is a little something someone sent me that is indisputable mathematical logic. (It also made me LOL!)
Remember, this is a strictly mathematical viewpoint. It goes like this:

What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:

H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%


and


K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But ,

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

And,

B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

AND, look how far ass kissing will take you.

A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%

So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty, that while Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, its the Bullshit and Ass kissing that will put you over the top.

*Thanks, Daryn

An ITALIAN BOY'S CONFESSION

Nothin' to do with the joke, but I thought it was funny...
--The Wizard

The Real Reason Confessions Take So Long


'Bless me Father, for I have sinned. I have been with a loose girl'.

The priest asks, 'Is that you, little Joey Pagano ?'

'Yes, Father, it is.'

'And who was the girl you were with?'

'I can't tell you, Father, I don't want to ruin her reputation.'

" Well, Joey, I'm sure to find out her name sooner or later so you may as well tell me now. Was it Tina Minetti?'

'I cannot say.'

'Was it Teresa Mazzarelli?'

'I'll never tell.'

'Was it Nina Capelli?'

'I'm sorry, but I cannot name her.'

'Was it Cathy Piriano?'

'My lips are sealed.'

'Was it Rosa DiAngelo, then?'

'Please, Father, I cannot tell you.'

The priest sighs in frustration. 'You're very tight lipped, and I admire that. But you've sinned and have to atone.

You cannot be an altar boy now for 4 months. Now you go and behave yourself.'

Joey walks back to his pew, and his friend Franco slides over and whispers, 'What'd you get?'

'Four months vacation and five good leads.'

*Thanks, Vil

Canadian Majority Wants Troops Out of Afghanistan Before 2011

Only one-in-five think the Afghan government will be able to take care of its own security needs without outside assistance.



In the first Angus Reid Strategies poll on the Afghanistan mission conducted after Prime Minister Stephen Harper revealed that his government does not plan to extend Canada's military commitment beyond 2011, most Canadians think that a troop withdrawal should be enacted sooner and very few believe the Afghan government will be able to handle security without international assistance. More than half of our members (53%) call for the bulk of Canadian troops to be removed from Afghanistan before 2011, while one-third (33%) would follow the scheduled plan to withdraw most Canadian soldiers in 2011.

AND

Obama Will Improve Bilateral Ties, Say Both Canadians and Americans

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Obama will improve bilateral relations,
say 44% of Americans and 59% of
Canadians
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Obama will be good for the U.S. overall,
say 84% of Canadians and 55% of
Americans
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68% of Canadians and 52% of
Americans support NAFTA

…Survey shows hope on both sides of the border for better relations and high support for bilateral trade.

Most people in Canada and the United States think U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will help improve relations between the two countries, our poll on behalf of the Canadian American Business Council (CABC) has found. In the survey, 44 percent of people in the U.S. and 59 per cent of our members in Canada think the Obama administration will help improve ties between the two North American nations.

*Angus Reid

Jesus Returns To Give Consumers Christmas Pep Talk

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NASA Simulator Prepares Astronauts For Rigors Of An Interview With Larry King

NASA instructors offer a firsthand look at the training astronauts endure before they can physically and mentally withstand an appearance on Larry King Live. Click below to watch:

Amphibious Bus in Dubai

Even more opulence from Dubai.....

*Thanks, Daryn

Milk Lives

By Christie Keith, Special to 365gay.com

This Thanksgiving Day, at 10:55 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, it was 30 years since a bullet exploded in Harvey Milk’s brain, killing him.

It was fired from the gun of Dan White, an ex-cop who’d gone to Milk’s City Hall office after killing San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, who had refused to re-appoint White to the Board of Supervisors from which he’d recently resigned.

Harvey Milk was San Francisco’s first openly gay supervisor, swept into power in the same neighborhood revolution that gave White his victory in 1978. It was Milk’s fourth run for office, and the first successful one, although he was the recognized leader of San Francisco’s large and growing gay population.

Milk was a newcomer to politics. He’d blown into town when he was in his 40s and disrupted the existing gay power structure with his in-your-face grassroots activism and refusal to cower and apologize for being gay.

His watchword was “Come out, come out, wherever you are,” and he used tactics those who recently watched Barack Obama’s campaign would easily recognize: register voters, get out the vote, organize relentlessly, empower your volunteers and supporters, and spread a message of hope. He became an acknowledged power broker, and many observers believed he was on track to being the nation’s first openly gay mayor.

But just as it was violence and police brutality at New York City’s Stonewall Inn a decade before that had given birth to the modern gay rights movement, it was violence and police brutality that marked the end of its first wave. Dan White was convicted of nothing more than second degree manslaughter for the killing of Milk and Moscone. (White later gave himself a harsher sentence, and took his own life after being released from prison.)

The gay community came together in fierce sorrow after Milk was killed, with a miles-long peaceful candlelight vigil stretching from the Castro district to City Hall.

But it erupted in rage at White’s sentence, burning a dozen police cars and the basement of City Hall in what became known as the “White Night Riot.” The police retaliated the next night, hiding their badges while beating patrons during a raid of the Elephant Walk, an upscale gay bar in the Castro.

Lesbian activist Sally Gearhart told the crowd protesting White’s sentence that “Harvey Milk lives!” A demonstrator shouted back, “No, he’s dead, you fool!” And it was true. It was also true that in the months and even years after those violent events, the neighborhood-centered, grassroots politics Milk practiced vanished with him from both the city and national stages. No other leader emerged from the gay community to take his place. His legacy, like the man, appeared dead.

But was it?

At Milk’s memorial service, his successor on the Board of Supervisors, Harry Britt, told the crowd, “Something very special is going to happen in this city, and it will have Harvey Milk’s name on it…. Harvey will be in the middle of us, always, always.” It was hard to see in the aftermath of his death, but it turns out Britt was right.

When AIDS struck in the 80s, a group of street activists who later became known as ACT-UP began to organize, protest, and disrupt the institutions of commerce and government, demanding a better response to the epidemic that was killing so many in our community. Their slogan was “Silence=death,” and it’s one that Harvey, famous for both hyperbole and verbosity, would have loved.

Milk political protégé Cleve Jones went on to found the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, one of the single most successful acts of political theater and personal mourning ever conceived. It has traveled around the nation and the globe, was the subject of an Academy Award winning documentary, and is still the largest piece of community folk art in the world. It was catharsis for us as we lost countless friends and loved ones, and incited powerful sympathy and connection in people not of our community who grieved – and stood – with us.

Harvey Milk’s life has been the subject of a best-selling book, an Academy Award winning documentary, and an opera. His name graces schools, civic projects, and gay democratic clubs across the country. And at the very moment some feared his story was slipping off the stage of history, gay director Gus Van Sant and gay screenwriter Dustin Lance Black unleashed “Milk,” in which a transcendent Sean Penn brings Harvey and his struggle ...

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*365Gay.com