A Window to the WORLD!!!!

WOW - didn't see THAT one coming.

I was reading the Columbus Pioneer, minding my own buisness when I come across an article titled "Business Recognition Awards recipients named".

The first one to be recognized is Lyco Manufacturing who I guess makes the worlds largest potato peeler called THE RAGING BULL!!!! This is just begging for a field trip!!! This baby is the “The fastest peeler in the world with Whisper quiet operation”. DO NOT wear red around it!

I'm going to see if I can borrow one next time DJ makes a pot roast! Should speed up the process. Can you say "Birthday present"???

It can also be used for Sweet Potatoes, Carrots, Beets, Onions, Pickles, Apples, Zucchini and Other Root Crops.

They make a lot of other cool things including what I believe is A TIME TUNNEL!! Notice how advanced this is compared to the 1967 version Anyway - I feel the need for a visit to Tyco, anyone want to come along? I suppose FIRST I must find out if they give tours.

Then of course is the Colonial Carriage Works, blah blah blah Todd Frey, yea yea he is SOOO wonderful. Todd is like the Brooks and Dunn of the Carriage industry. OH, did they win AGAIN?

Side note - Todd is a very very nice guy but I'll never admit it to him because he might want to get free home brew from me.

Then there is Mid-State Power & Equipment - seriously - not a clue what they do. I think for the last 35 years they rent and sell John Deere stuff which is important if you are into farming. Check out their website for more information. I see I could rent a Man Lift which would be handy for washing our windows.

But then I come across the last recipient. "Public Enemies Website produced by Rod Melotte"

What???

I stare blankly at the newspaper not really comprehending what the now random letters are trying to tell me.

And I quote (somewhat redundantly) "Very few communities have a window to the world (insert echo effect)" Sobiak said "But his web site gives us one. We own him a debt of thanks for giving us this opportunity for the world to look at our community".

Phhht! ah shucks! No way. Can I somehow show this to a few of my high school teachers? and when I say high school I really mean ALL of my teachers from K through 12?.

Speaking of small towns. Does Columbus have a sister community any where?? Madison has like TEN sister cities. We should get one. Wouldn't it be cool to have a small 5000 population town some where in the world to communicate with? School children could write letters and so forth.

Maybe if not sister could a larger city adopt us? They could give us hand me down trucks and stuff.

Any readers out there know any towns looking for a sister?? I know there are readers in Europe and Columbia and somebody is always reading in Africa. Any takers out there? Email me if there is ANY interest.
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Watched an interesting movie yesterday. This is like sports dead time for me. When I look at the paper in the morning and I see large photos of figure skating or wrestling . . . . I cry on the inside.

So it's movie time.

We watched "Charile Wilson's War". It's based on truth and I was amazed at this little piece of history I really did not know about. The whole Afgan/Russian war and how it was ACTUALLY a US/Russian war. Unless you think spending $2 BILLION to kill Russians in the 80's not a war. (note - I didn't mean 80 year old Russians).

And then how we refused to spend $1 Million to rebuild Afghanistan and were warned that when all of the Afghanistan children go back home and see the ruin and then ask, "Why didn't the United States help us" we would create more terrorists. hmmmmm that actually happened didn't it.

OH - America is very good at starting wars, just not so good with ending them.

I've searched the internet looking for something telling me it was not the way it really was but find nothing. Like FOX News says (actually Marc Twain said it first but they took credit) - sometimes truth is stranger then fiction.

Here is the trailer. BTW - the term trailer comes from the fact that upcoming movie advertisements used to come at the end of the film. But people seemed to leave so they switched it to the front of the movie.



Have a great Monday.

Rod