Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Electric car post

I think the song from the movie Dumbo goes something like "but I be done seen about everything when I see an elephant fly".  This is after they say they saw things like house flies, horse flies, vegetable trucks and a needle that winked its eye.  I don't think they mentioned a car fly but I don't know how else this would have happened.  Perhaps the person driving this car should never go sailing.  They may be particularly prone to an accidental jibe.  Although an accidental jibe would be better than this.  I find it amazing that these power lines held up the car.  I wonder if this driver has a ham radio in his car, needed an antenna and thought the power lines would suffice.  On the other hand perhaps this was their way of having an excuse not to go to the endodontist for a root canal.  Most likely this happened when gas prices were really high and the owner was trying to convert to an electric powered car.  Whatever the circumstance I am glad I had nothing to do with it.  I would not like this to happen to my car even if I did need access to a long wire or an excuse to avoid a root canal.  

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Hanging truck post

This is most impressive.  I am surprised that the trailer hitch could support the truck like this.  I wonder if this driver called for help on the ham radio he had in his truck.  It would be bad if he kept the ham radio in the boat.  This is much worse than an accidental jibe especially if the ham radio is in the boat.  I wonder if I could use this picture to help convince my wife that I should buy a boat.  I already own a ham radio so I don't need to convince her of that.   I only need to convince her I should keep the ham radio.  I hope this never happens to my truck and my boat never needs to save me.  I would rather have an accidental jibe than have anything to do with a problem like this.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Squashed truck post

It is a good thing trucks can't have accidental jibes.  This truck would have been much better of to have an accidental jibe than this problem though.  I don't know how this happened.  I assume that this man did not know how to make the tree fall the way he wanted it to fall so it fell on his truck.  That would make me much more grumpy than an accidental jibe.  It is possible however that this tree fell on the truck as a result of a hurricane.  If that is the case it would be less grumpy than letting the tree fall on your truck when you cut it down but still much more grumpy than an accidental jibe.  The worst thing about this accident is that there may have been a ham radio in the truck that got squashed with the truck.  Squashing your ham radio with a tree is also worse than an accidental jibe especially if the radio is in your truck at the time.  I hope this man has truck insurance.  I wonder if collision coverage includes collisions with trees when the truck is parked and the tree is the one that is moving.

Friday, November 21, 2008

Half Sunken Barge post

Wow, This is definitely worse than an accidental jibe.  Fortunately for me I have never had an accidental jibe (even when I was recently involved in a minor boating accident).  I am sure the captain of this boat wishes he had an accidental jibe instead of this kind of accident.  Although I have no knowledge of what kind of accident this was it did result in lots of water inside the hull of this boat where it does not belong.  This boat is also not capable of an accidental jibe.  Again, wrong kind of boat.  I hope I never have this kind of accident.  I hope I never have an accidental jibe either but better that than this.  

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

boat crash post

This boat was posted for sale a while back on Craigs list with the title of way too fast.  This must have been a very bad day for this boater.  This was much worse than an accidental jibe and I am glad I was not present.  The channel marker appears to have had no damage which I find impressive.  If this were my boat I would be very embarrassed.  I think the embarrassment alone would be much worse than an accidental jibe although an accidental jibe could be embarrassing as well.  I am certain most accidental jibes do not cause as much damage as this encounter with the channel marker caused.  Fortunately for this boater an accidental jibe would have been impossible given the type of boat he was driving.  Imagine how embarrassing  it would have been to have an accidental jibe and this sort of encounter with a channel marker at the same time.  

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Sailboat post

 





















A jibe has nothing to do with an insult.  At least not in the context I am familiar with and definitely not within the context of this blog.  However, an accidental jibe could cause insult in certain circumstances or contexts.  By the way this sailboat could be in danger of an accidental jibe.  I would enjoy being on this sailboat much more than I would enjoy an accidental jibe even if I were not insulted by it.  I like sailing but I do not enjoy accidental jibes.  Actually I have never been involved or associated with an accidental jibe but I think it is safe to assume I would not like an accidental jibe.  Accidental jibes are like being presented with piece of delicious chocolate cake but just before you take the first bite someone smashes it in your face.  Fortunately cake washes off and causes no damage unlike an accidental jibe which could cause significant damage even if the damage is only to your ego.  I would like to believe that I am too good for an accidental jibe but that would be an unwise and arrogant thing to believe.  Just when you think you are so great thats when you get humbled.  Being humbled can be worse than an accidental jibe unless you are humbled by an accidental jibe then they are equally bad.  On the other hand an accidental jibe could be worse than being humbled if you are not humbled a great deal.  The water in this picture looks very nice.  I would like to go fishing in it.  That would be unquestionably better than an accidental jibe.  

Thursday, October 30, 2008

River fishing post

This is the San Miguel river in Colorado where we went fishing this last summer.  Over the period of 2 fishing trips we caught about 30 or so trout.  Eating trout is better than an accidental jibe although choking on the bones is worse.  Falling in the river may or may not be better than an accidental jibe it just depends on the temperature of the water, the size of the river, the strength of the current and how well you can swim.  I am a good swimmer but this river was very cold being in the mountains of Colorado therefore I don't know if I would have preferred the accidental jibe or not.  I definitely preferred fishing in this river to an accidental jibe and would go back anytime.  The mountains are beautiful and it was a very relaxing place to be.  Accidental jibes are not relaxing or beautiful. 

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Cake post

This is the cake my daughter made for a friend.  It is much better than an accidental jibe.  It is also much safer than an accidental jibe.  It probably tastes better than an accidental jibe although I never ate any of the cake and have never tasted an accidental jibe so I really wouldn't know.  But given the choice between the two of them I would definitely take the cake.  Wouldn't you???

Hermy post

This is Hermy.  He is without question much less interesting than an accidental jibe.  He is also much worse than a accidental jibe.  However he might be so bad that he is the cause of any accidental jibe that occurs.  He was given to me as a gift and has brought great entertainment to my entire family. If you squeeze his hand he starts singing his song from his movie.  I am quite certain that his song was inspired by an accidental jibe.  

Tower post

Over the weekend the boy scouts were building towers using poles and rope lashing.  I don't know if this is as interesting as an accidental jibe or not.  It may or may not be better than an accidental jibe.  It is definitely more dangerous than an accidental jibe.  Perhaps this has more to do with accidental than it does with jibe.  I wonder if it was accidental that someone came up with this idea in the first place.  If you don't know what a jibe is can you have an accidental one? Why the heck do they call it a jibe?  
One Word Tag
1. Where is your cell phone? hip
2. Where is your significant other? driving
3. Your hair color? brown
4. Your mother? favorable
5. Your father? good
6. Your favorite thing? sailboat
7. Your dream last night? unintentional
8. Your dream/goal? sailing
9. The room you're in? living
10. Your hobby? hamsail
11. Your fear? nada
12. Where do you want to be in six years? sailboat
13. Where were you last night? bed
14. What you're not? psycho
15. One of your wish list items? sailboat
16. Where you grew up? desert
17. The last thing you did? root canal
18. What are you wearing? shoes
19. Your TV? small
20. Your pet? turd
21. Your computer? cool
22. Your mood? angry
23. Missing someone? sure
24. Your car? manly
25. Something you're not wearing? tie
26. Favorite Store? sailboat
27. Your summer? humid
28. Love someone? wife
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When is the last time you laughed? don't
31. Last time you cried? too cool for that

People I TAG:
too cool for that too

Friday, October 24, 2008

4th of the 4th

This is my 4th of the 4th.  It is a photo of the cake my wife made for my sons b-day.  I thought we were just having fresh trout for dinner but the meat was too dark for trout and definitely too sweet.  All of the decorating was done with only frosting.  I am glad I did not make it.  It would have looked like road kill trout (whatever that looks like).

Thursday, October 23, 2008

New Blog

I have created this blog.  I hope you all like my title.  I think it is a great looking title.  I hope everyone enjoys the things I have to say and show.  I hope to publish many great photos, comments and stories that would relate to things as interesting as an accidental jibe.