Office SPAM: Expensive Gas?

Compared with Gasoline......

Think a gallon of gas is expensive?
This makes one think, and also puts things in perspective.

• Diet Snapple 16 oz at $1.29 = $10.32 per gallon
• Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz at $1.19 = $9.52 per gallon
• Gatorade 20 oz at $1.59 = $10.17 per gallon
• Ocean Spray 16 oz at $1.25 = $10.00 per gallon
• Brake Fluid 12 oz at $3.15 = $33.60 per gallon
• Vick's Nyquil 6 oz at $8.35 = $178.13 per gallon
• Pepto Bismol 4 oz at $3.85 = $123.20 per gallon
• Whiteout .7 oz at $1.39 = $254.17 per gallon
• Scope 15 oz at $0.99 = $8.45 per gallon

And this is the REAL KICKER...
Evian w ater 9 oz $1.49..........$21.19 per gallon!
$21.19 for WATER
And the buyers don't even know the source.
(Evian spelled backwards is Naive.)

Ever wonder why computer printers are so cheap?
So they have you hooked for the ink.
Someone calculated the cost of the ink at
...You won't believe it
...But it is true
$5,200 a gal. (five thousand two hundred dollars)

So, the next time you're at the pump,
Be glad your car doesn't run on
Water, Scope, Whiteout, Pepto Bismol, Nyquil
Or God forbid, Printer Ink!!!!!

Now, find the cheapest gas in your area!

Memorial Day in Boalsburg

HJ and I went to Boalsburg today for their Memorial Day celebration. Apparently, Boalsburg is the birthplace of the holiday. The federal government doesn't recognize it, but Boalsburg has the documents to prove it.

We enjoyed Civil War era reenactments, festival food, craft shops, folk music, and some incredibly well kept cars.

Mt. Nittany Hike

Hyunjoo and I finally drove over to the famous (in this neck-of-the-woods) Mt. Nittany for a Memorial-Day Weekend hike. It's only a little more than 10 minutes from Lion's Gate Apartments, so we were up and running in no time.

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Being a rural area, we have lots of hills around us, but this is the famous ridgeline for its proximity to Penn State.

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of our trip due to a glitch in my iPhone I've just fixed, but we'll get some posted on our next trip up.

The hike up only took about 25 min and the rest of the 3 hours was spent hiking around the rim of the ridge with a little "extra" meandering worked-in.

The majority of folks keep around the inner circle of trails and the look-out to Penn State's campus. Hyunjoo and I only saw a hand full of folks during the rest of our hike.

It's a nice little peak with some potentially nice terrain for some winter backcountry skiing if they get enough snow here in the winter. It's almost all hardwoods, so I'll definitely be coming back here next winter to check out the conditions.

DJ Qbert on the DS?

Die Gypsy Moth... die

These little critters have been all over the place the last couple of weeks and apparently they basically cleaned the forests last year.

Penn State just announced their on-campus spraying:

Gypsy moth spray application via helicopter will occur on central campus this
week beginning today, May 12, and continuing May 13 and 14. The aerial
application will cover central campus, the Penn State golf courses and
outlying areas. University Park is currently experiencing a large-scale wind
dispersal of gypsy moth caterpillars. This carefully controlled aerial
application will be applying BT (Bacillus thuringiensis), an environmentally
safe, naturally occurring organic agent. BT is widely used in integrated
pesticide management practices and can be easily washed off with soap and
water. Helicopter application should be completed by mid-week depending on
weather conditions.

Looks like mother nature is lending her hand with a mid-May snow storm, at least in the hills. I woke up to a lot of rain today, and just found out that snow fell in the hills!

House is almost finished

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Spring time in State College

The magnolias have bloomed, but I had to coax HJ into posing since they aren't her favorite blossoms.

Hey, get outta there. No free meals on our front door!

"Pe-ah ru-ku (pair look)" here in State College.