http://randyingle.com This is what I think, take it or leave it! Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:54:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A few weeks ago I was informed by several people that the plastic sports bottle that I always drink out of is bad for my health.  The well meaning people were very insistent that it leached dangerous chemicals into my drink and that I could die from cancer from it ... http://randyingle.com/2008/11/17/insulated-steel-sports-bottle/ Well I really wanted to go out today and observe the Veteran's Day ceremonies but I was hit with some kind of 24 hour (I HOPE it's only 24 hours!) stomach virus, so I stayed in bed all day and watched television instead.  I felt really guilty about staying in ... http://randyingle.com/2008/11/11/veterans-day/ I sure was glad that I absentee voted last week!  I drove past the polling location several times yesterday, going back and forth between jobs and saw a long line going out and around the building every time I drove past!   The parking lot was full and overflowed a half-mile ... http://randyingle.com/2008/11/05/absentee-voted/ I spent a couple of hours last night carving pumpkins to give to my customers today.  It was so much fun to see their faces when I gave them their own custom carved jack-o-lanterns!  I've always enjoyed carving pumpkins; that's something I used to do with my father when I ... http://randyingle.com/2008/10/30/halloween/ I'm really glad that I don't live in China!  I was just thinking that over the past several months they have had some pretty bad things happening - some major earthquakes, and the many product recalls due to unsafe toxins in the paint on the toys for kids, and now ... http://randyingle.com/2008/10/24/chinas-woes/ I've been restoring an old pickup truck, and have started to paint the exterior.  I went down to the auto parts store and bought a couple of gallons of hot rod orange paint.  A couple of days ago I gave it the sixth coat of paint, and it was looking good!   ... http://randyingle.com/2008/10/18/fit-to-be-tied/ Well it has been a very busy week doing fall cleanups for my customers this week.  Foliage is peak, and there are a lot of leaves already on the ground.  It is a beautiful time of year, and the air is crisp and clean.  I love the weather like this ... http://randyingle.com/2008/10/12/fall-cleanups/ I was reading an article on TheStreet.com about how retrofitting a company to be more "green" is a good business move; it generates positive publicity and may attract more customers.  I agree that it is a good idea.  But I also seem to remember reading an article (I don't recall where) ... http://randyingle.com/2008/10/05/is-it-really-green/ I've been hearing on the news recently about how a local rescue helicopter crashed, killing four people.  The patient that was being transported from a car accident to the hospital survived, but the pilot, a paramedic, another police officer and a nurse all died in the crash.  They don't know ... http://randyingle.com/2008/09/29/helicopter-crash/ I was reading in The Discovery News website that it has been discovered that some plants generate an aspirin-like chemical when they are under stress.  The article goes on to explain that this discovery was an accidental one, it was discovered near a walnut grove.  Scientists were monitoring the air ... http://randyingle.com/2008/09/23/plants-make-aspirin/