The Truth about PSP's

Just wondered if any of you here in Camp Happy Fun Land have a PSP. I wanted to know about games, and battery life, and just the straight scoop. I have a DS lite and am really happy with it. Just looking to maybe change. That and all our cameras and camcorders are Sony, so the memory stick would be a cool thing.

Thanks,

Speedbyrd

Jesus...... TAKE THE WHEEL!

Today we are in Jupiter, visiting more of her relatives. I am just about out of adding tomy husband point account for the next 5 years. I have logged 750 miles in 3 days and seen several relatives in Cocoa Beach, Okeechobee, Naples, Jupiter, and back to Cocoa Beach tomorrow. Needless to say I have driven ALL the miles on our tour of Florida. I always thought a vacation was supposed to relax you and recharger your batteries. I can say that I am looking forward to going to work on Monday!

The dance we attended last night was interesting. I don't think you have lived until you have been to a 50's theme dance attended by 70+ year olds. One lady stuffed a pillow in the front of her shirt because according to her, she spent most of the 50's pregnant. Yes, that is right... the 50's. Wow... I smiled and sat down, I mean what do you add to that?

All I want is my OWN bed, my own chair and NO ONE telling me they are cold, or "Stop here" or what did that sign say, or how fast are you going, or what time is it or why can't we eat here, or isn't that pretty, or that is where Joans daughter works.... I want to sit, I want to swear.. and it is going come true.

My wife and I will be home for 5 days and she leaves for a week of business meetings in Orlando, yes she is coming right back to Florida,, and it is just me and Louie the Bulldog and the Speedbyrd Compound!

All good things come right.....
I am trying

Speed

Happy New Year

To those of you who get to go and have a fun night out, it must be nice. I will be manning my desk here at Flight Operations making sure your packages are moving thru Europe and Asia.

It is not a total  loss. I bought a bottle of Champgne for tomorrow morning and my wife and I will be clinking glasses when I get home at 6am. My wife is taking advantage of the time while I am at work to catch up on inventory at her store. The crazy part is that 6am used to be the time when I was getting home on New Years... and NOT from work.

My wife hates this but,  I comment all the time on how I "used" to be a cool guy. All the right parties, and all the right friends, and how shallow my life was before I met her, and how she "saved me" from a life of sin and depravity. I mean how many parties and beer blasts and keggers and mixers with drunk girls falling into the pool.... parties can a man go to before he has had enough?

181... that is the answer. One hundred eighty one. NOT on hundred eighty two... no. 181.

Time used to be a thing that I never gave a second thought to. Now it is a stalker, who has my email and cell phone, but I never know when they will strike. This has been a wierd year for me, and I hope 2008 will be better... fingers crossed!

Happy New Year to you all!

Speedbyrd

The True Meaning

I am sure that ALL of you have had a heck of a week, or even month. I work in flight operations at a major airline, and we have been slamming. We always are this time of year, but due to events that happened just over a month ago, I am taking a look at things in a new light.

On 16 NOV 07, my Dad died at home, he had just turned 73. It made Thanksgiving difficult, but as we were driving home from Ohio we didn't seem to mind that we didn't get a turkey dinner. What we were missing was family. My wife and I had each other, and that is what got me thru it and I am greatful for her, and all she did to help. Before I left to come back to Tennessee I made my mother promise she would fly down for Christmas with Michele and I. She agreed after some coaxing. I also made sure she stayed for a whole week, not the usually 3 or 4 days.

She got here on Thursday and is doing better than I expected. She still refers to my dad in first person like he is still here, which is odd to me, but as they were married for 51 years, I certainly understand. As my wife and I are still very busy given our respective careers, she has been a godsend with all the little things she has helped us with.

What made me type this out is that my wife and I trade stories of people and their "holiday" spirit. She catches crap as she manages a specialty crystal store. People wait until the last minute and ALL they care about is what they want, and they want it yesterday. As she and her staff were helping customers the other day, someone actually yelled across her store that they needed help "Right Now!" It made all the other customers uneasy, but she smoothed things over and went on about her day. She wanted to yell at the lady to get out of the store, but she did the right thing and was nice, to be honest I don't know how she does what she does. And I have some dandy stories to tell about the public and their "cheer" while waiting until the last minute in making their holiday shipping plans. Well, as we swapped stories, my mom commented that she could not believe that people act this way. It really got to me. My wife and I are always so busy and are usually just glad to get Christmas over with that we laugh all the rotten behavior off and look forward to exchanging gifts and getting back to a normal routine. When I think of how this will be my first Christmas where I can't say Merry Christmas to my dad and watch the look on his face as he opens his Old Spice nautical decanter that I got him every year. Or his laugh, when Eddie tells Clark that the Jelly of The Month Club is the gift that keeps giving the whole year long. So I am doing my part and starting with the man in the mirror.

To all of you who I play with online, and those in my clan, and those who I will play with someday soon.... turn off your Xbox a few minutes early and go talk or call someone and pass this wish on.

Have a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

From,

Jeff and Michele... and Louie (our Bulldog)

Consumer Reports was/is right...

I am going to change paths starting tomorrow, I am going with a different cell provider.

I have been with "THEM" for 15 years as of June 2007. I know this is not something "THEY" want to hear, but I was a LOYAL customer who paid my bills on time, never called customer service, and generally was the perfect customer.

Without going into detail, the company who I was with, well, after two or three 2 hour conversations, the last ended in shouting on my part, I decided  to switch services.

What gets to me the most is that after years of being a great customer, I get treated poorly. My years, and years of on time payment, and never contacting customer service... counted for nothing. Even as I said to the last supervisor, that if I cost them one customer, they would be better off to just do the right thing by me, fell on deaf ears.

I am a little apprehensive about having a new cell carrier, but hey, things are looking up.

Speedbyrd