Icewind's Ramblings

While browsing I found that a store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City , where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch . . . you may choose any man from that particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor. But you cannot go back down except to exit the building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband . . . On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord. The second floor sign reads: Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids. The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking. "Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going. She goes to the fourth floor...

Truth in Advertising – Air Conditioning This is the second in a series of commercials I recently saw on other sites, Youtube & The Gag Report and thought them quite funny so I thought I would share them with everyone. These will probably never play on American television but might be great selling points for some of us. Enjoy! What do you think? Ice

This small mostly native village in western Alaska had its own “Katrina” disaster today as a fire swept through this Cup'ik Eskimo village, about 500 miles west of Anchorage. I have several projects going on in Hooper Bay and Scammon Bay so this was sad news for me. There is a feeling of frustration from my friends there as the lack of necessary basic fire fighting equipment or personnel in this village could possibly have made a difference. Hooper Bay 's remoteness left people little choice but to stand back and watch the tragedy unfold. The early response was 7 people on 4 wheel ATV’s (the normal transportation there) pulling a small trailer with a water tank. The pump was inoperable so that left them with 4 fire extinguishers to try to put out the fire that had just started. At last report, over 20 structures had burned to the ground including the old school (where the fire started possibly from kids playing), a store, several teacher houses, and abo...

Truth in Advertising? – Part 1 I saw a few commercials recently on a couple of other sites, Youtube & The Gag Report . I thought they were funny so I thought I would share them. These will probably never play on American television but might be great selling points for some of us. Enjoy! Jeep Ad – Suspension Ice

When was the last time you wrote a letter? Please note typing and sending an email is not the same as writing with a ballpoint pen, filled with blue ink, on a plain sheet of paper. In an age like ours, which is not given to letter-writing, we forget what an important part it used to play in people's lives. ~Anatole Broyard The other night I was eating dinner or was it supper (Supper is the last meal of the day, right?? But what about those snacks I eat at midnight?) and watching reruns of The Amazing Race on television. The contestants were reading the clues and hurrying to the next task when I decided I would complete a few e-mails I had waiting for me. It occurred to me that I never write letters to anyone anymore. I am lucky if I get the chance to answer a few emails during my busy week. Come to think if it, over the years I have never really been a letter writer. I guess I should thank the person who came up with e-mails. I remembered back to my youth ...

Ravenstoke Alaska has a solution for a problem for a town without enough women. Watch this short video to see how true Alaskan’s solve problems. Enjoy. Ice