February Greetings

Congratulations Chris! God is good,... all the time!

Same pay but 40 hours.

Oh. That's more than 30 hours..........

So he will qualify for Obamacare.

WHOOPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

He gets benefits in 2015. By 2015 the final final final extension to Obamacare will expire.

Bought a book on spreadsheets because I have NO IDEA how to use excel like it should be. Anyone have any helpful hints?

Just saw the previews for the new "Noah" movie with Russel Crow. Anyone else seen that? Thoughts?

What do you ned to know?  Strods is very good at it.

I don't know enough to even know what I need to know...

I'm starting from pure scratch. I'm realizing that relying on other's knowledge of excel isn't good enough. There are so many things I'll be able to do with it that I'm just now realizing, now that I'm learning about it.

Excel for Dummies...?  No offense it might help.

Take a look at filemaker. It does all of what excell does and it's graphical. All that data can be used a million ways.

Mark Jones

RRCmdrBennett wrote:Excel for Dummies...?  No offense it might help.

I actually read the reviews and felt that Excel for Dummies was too advanced for me! :lol:I ended up going with "Don't Fear the Spreadsheet". It was written for people who have NO knowledge about spreadsheets. That's me.

Mark Jones wrote:Take a look at filemaker. It does all of what excell does and it's graphical.  All that data can be used a million ways.

Mark Jones

I'll have to check that out. I haven't heard of that.

Phillip Gross wrote:Just saw the previews for the new "Noah" movie with Russel Crow. Anyone else seen that? Thoughts?

There was a pre-screening a few months ago in front of a test audience. Whether the members were Christian, Jewish or atheist, no one liked it. Hopefully, the producers took the feedback to heart and did some major editing.

joecool wrote:

Phillip Gross wrote:Just saw the previews for the new "Noah" movie with Russel Crow. Anyone else seen that? Thoughts?

There was a pre-screening a few months ago in front of a test audience. Whether the members were Christian, Jewish or atheist, no one liked it. Hopefully, the producers took the feedback to heart and did some major editing.

Hopefully they did.

Got some nasty weather here in SC.


(These are the power outage numbers around the state.


Not a lot of snow, but a lot of sleet and freezing rain which is taking out power lines and making the roads very icy.

Phillip Gross wrote: Not a lot of snow, but a lot of sleet and freezing rain...

Give me snow all day long. A couple of years ago, I was alone up at Ranger Mountain getting my outpost's site prepped for the state's annual campout. After three hours in the sleet and freezing rain, I called it good enough and drove the 180 miles home.

Moving to the South has made me think differently about weather.

In Wisconsin, the majority of our weather came from Canada or the Dakotas, so the air aloft was almost always cooler than the ground temp. So if the temperature was in the 20's or 30's and you got precipitation, it was snow.

Down here, so much weather comes from the Gulf of Mexico, that the air aloft can actually be warmer than the ground temp. So the temperature can be in the 20's or low 30's, you get rain, and it immediately freezes upon striking the trees, power lines, roads, etc.

Phillip Gross wrote: Hopefully they did.

Apparently not. Here are some quotes from an article today...

- You'll enjoy the film, if you're not too religious.
- Dark and confused, it's an exploration of Noah's emotions.
- Noah comes off as a crazy, irrational, religious nut who is fixated on themes of overpopulation and environmental degradation.

Sounds to me it's about a Noah that liberals could believe in. Save your money.

I seriously doubt the earth was overpopulated in Noah's day. A big disaster to reduce population is what the elite want to happen.

Went out tonight for early Valentines dinner at Chilis. Anyone else have plans for the holiday?

RRCmdrBennett wrote:Went out tonight for early Valentines dinner at Chilis. Anyone else have plans for the holiday?

I'll be working now that I can get down the roads... This little SNL skit pretty much sums up our snow experience here in the South. This makes me laugh every time I see it!

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/weekend-update-buford-calloway/n45830

Not much into holidays. Too many have been turned into nothing more than an excuse to drink or buy stuff. Treat your wife special every day...she's worth more than a nod on Valentine's Day. Love Christ with all your heart every day...He's worth more than a song on Christmas.

(P.S. My birthday is Oct 19th)  

Ah no birthday gifts for you after that speech  

joecool wrote:Not much into holidays. Too many have been turned into nothing more than an excuse to drink or buy stuff. Treat your wife special every day...she's worth more than a nod on Valentine's Day. Love Christ with all your heart every day...He's worth more than a song on Christmas.

(P.S. My birthday is Oct 19th)  

Sure, there's a Commander: Discourages Holidays, then tells you when his Birthday is...

In 1971, I was in an Infantry AIT Training Unit (A-2-5) in Fort Polk, Louisiana.  I was in the Orderly Room when I mentioned that my birthday was the next day.

First Sergeant Sneider said, "Tomorrow's your Birthday, Sergeant?  In this Outfit, you get your Birthday off."

Another member of the Cadre said, "Since when did we start that, Top?"

The First Sergeant said, "Ever since my Birthday."

Mine's April 7. I'm a bicentennial baby. 

Does anyone else have "Sweetest Day"?  To me its just a another Valentines Day for the midwest.