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I am a retired geologist specializing in Economic Geology. Also I was a licensed commercial pilot for both airplanes and helicopters. One of my favorite past times is fishing. My friends call me a walking encyclopedia in fact I read the entire Encyclopedia

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Politics, News & Issues > Economic News Causes and implications of rising oil prices: 4 of 44
The Oil BubbleWhen I am sitting in a donut shop and someone starts telling me over a donut and a cup of coffee that he is making all kinds of money by investing in oil futures. Then tells me it is like shooting fish in a barrel. This kind of talk gives me the "agita!" This may be true, but I suspect that an awful day of recko... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Ghosts & Paranormal Phenomena What makes a great ghost story?: 7 of 38
Sixteen GhostsOne ghost is bad enough, but when you have sixteen of them parading through your bedroom at quarter to five in the morning that is more nonsense then you need any day of the week let alone on April Fools Day. Something woke me up out of a sound sleep, and I could see a strange greenish-yellow glow in the hallway... More..
Business > Sales How to make cold calls by telephone: 1 of 5
Back in the good old days I used to go out every day hunting smokestacks. This wasn't especially profitable, but I didn't know any better. After a lot of trial and error over many years I finally developed an easier method of doing business. I let my telephone do my wandering for me, while I let my fingers wander through the ... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: My first car: 14 of 50
My First CarI got my driver's license on May 2, 1952, my seventeenth birthday. I tend to some things backwards because I had a pilot's license before I could drive a car. The first car I drove was a 1941 Chevy two door, which my father bought new in the fall of 1940. By the time the car got to me as a hand-me-down from my old... More..
Business > Management (Other) Is leadership an instinct or learned?: 7 of 25
The trouble with respect is that everyone thinks it is granted automatically, it isn't. There are really two kinds of respect the more common is the one you grant to strangers based upon our not swinging by our tails. The other respect is one gained, or lost through our own actions. Some people equate this with leadership. Th... More..
Health & Fitness > Diet Tips How to lose weight and keep it off: 10 of 35
The Lose Weight DietThis should be called the Auswitz Diet because it originally came from there. The real trouble with American's or any other nationality that can do so is that they eat too much. There isn't any real need for a special diet; just quit eating so much. The average person eats three or four times then they nee... More..
Food & Drink > Cookware & Cutlery How to sharpen a kitchen knife: 5 of 17
One of the most dangerous things in the world is a dull knife. When you use one to cut with it is apt to slip and cut you instead. My mother-in-law always had a good supply because she was afraid of sharp things. That wasn't the only thing she was afraid of; her fears were legion. She was even afraid of chickens! On the other... More..
Business > Starting a Business Starting a business from humble roots: 5 of 13
You never know how a major industry can start. This one started because a father with several grown sons had a problem with the town. Because his sewage was running out into the street from his cesspool he had to do something about it in a hurry. He didn't have enough to buy a septic tank, and the guy from the town was gettin... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Trash & Recycling Testimonies: Getting into the recycling industry: 2 of 5
A wire company went out of business in the spring of 1994, and left behind a sludge lagoon with over 20,000 cubic yards of a heavy metal hydroxide sludge that averaged more then twenty-five percent copper. A copper mine today is considered minable with less then 1% copper. It was estimated that this lagoon contained more then... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Global warming denial patterns: 16 of 36
I think global warming is occurring, but I also feel that we are looking in the wrong place to find the reason why. If it were only the Earth that was warming up I would believe that man might be the cause. According to what has been writting in the scientific literature lately apparently the whole solar system is heating up ... More..