Das ist "over easy" like eggs und bratwurst?
Being German, I'm sure it was our far-eastern Japanese "cousins" at Pearl Harbor.
You may also recall that they got nuked for their Sunday morning surprise, which led to their unconditional surrender and the forced sushi-ing of Godzilla, who was then eaten raw, rolled up in sea weed.
The Deutsche Wehrmacht und Luftwaffe was still pretty busy maiming and killing everything that moved in Europe.
I'm just a post-war Marshal Plan baby who was sent here to help re-populate the Americas with new Germans.
The rumor that my family and I are illegal aliens who snuck in on a shipment of 1956 Volkswagons is subject to admanat denial and 5th amendment protection.
According to Charles "Casey" Stengel, "It's not over until the fat lady sings."
Ja. Der Krieg ist fertig mein junger Herr.
Here's the new Godzilla movie...
In a desperate attempt to squeeze any economy out of whatever oil is left, all EPA regulations for the BP refinery in Indiana are lifted, and a shuttered nuclear plant in Zion is restarted to provide that much more electricity. The cribs out on Lake Michigan are joined by oil- and gas-drilling platforms.
At a Public Hearing for a Meter Increase, a handful of taxicab drivers (we still haven't organized by 2012, 2016, or 2020, whenever this takes place) and a Transportation Committee hearing still chaired by Tom Allen is interrupted with a shake. Godzilla is approaching!
In his path towards the massive, and last, bee colony in the region (atop City Hall), Godzilla crushes: 1) The Olympics (the javelin athletes attempt to spear him), 2) The Capone Memorial Casino at McCormick Place, (the winning bettors still demand payment), and 3) Soldier Field, (but his footprint actually fits inside the Old Soldier Field perimeter which remains intact).
He stops for a drink of Buckingham Fountain but becomes distracted by all the kids running around from the Pritzker Children's Museum and then becomes mesemerized with the reflection from the Bean, which he eats. Looking for dessert, he heads towards the Honeypot of the City Hall/County Building, crushing Macy's but not the Clock.
As he starts to grab for the Honeycomb, still-Commissioner Reyes takes advantage of the confusion and alarm by saying that the "San Francisco Model" shows that the taxi business actually improves after an earthquake and her office has wisely put off any recent meter increase request in a well-calculated anticipation of this long-awaited disturbance in the Mew Madrid fault line.
She quickly says, "We are not recommending a meter increase at this time," when the roof is tore open, and Godzilla, now agitated by the Bees who are stinging and stinging his face, breathes fire into the Chambers. In pain, he falls to the ground, and a gazillion yellow cabs crash into him. Annoyed, he starts picking them up and throwing them into the Sears Tower, Trump Internationale, and the John Hancock Building. The Calatrava Spire is unaffected.
At this point, the Department of Homeland Security Air Defense Wing lifts of from the Jesse Jackson Memorial Airport in Peotone...
...Ted Budzynski and Steve Wiedersberg are at the controls...
-MIKE FOULKS
And then Mothra and Gamera, returning from successful Monster Union Organizing drives in another part of the galaxy arrive and emboldened by their success ....
It was Hiz Ahna, Da Mare all along?
At first I suspected John R Partee Cab in that monster suit.
Give me plastic e-commerce debit/credit e-transactions.
Who needs cash? Dirty. Germy. Do you know why they call "filthy lucre?"
They say used TP is cleaner than money.
But let me raise my prices to cover the cost, like any real bee's knees.
I need a Sapporo.
Now do like George says -- keep it professional.
Special (really) thanks Geo for the e-space to this!
The road to truth and understanding begins with a journey inward, a self-examination.
The only "mistake" you made is thinking your actions and reactions are or were mistakes.
Otherwise, you wrote up a really nice, if not a bit self-serving, confessional.
If you can lose the losers and liars, the con-men and cheats that seem to be infesting practically every aspect of the taxicab industry, you may yet accomplish your goals and ambitions.
Also, if you would just stop parroting some of these people's BS, think things through and act on your own volition and creative decisions, the drivers will follow you, no matter where you lead them.
And, please, no more lame excuses like "something came up" or "I was busy." If you're going to be at the front to lead, then do so, be their, jump on every email as if it meant life or death, because it does. Don't ever let up, keep the pressure (on the City) on high.
We are all depending on you, Ms. Callahan, to succeed where most have failed.
Peace, Love, and Good Luck,
Wolf
