February 9, 2007
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I read an article about the possible marriage of internet and cable TV. My mind started flying in different dimensions. What about this? You’re watching 24 and at the same time able to interact with all sorts of people – on the same screen. or….. be watching Deal or No Deal on one side of the screen and actually playing the same game on the other side to see if you can beat the actually contestant. The possibilities are endless, but one dimensional TV is on the way out. Beam me up Scotty I’m ready to head back to earth.
What invention would you make if you had unlimited financial revenue?
The answer to my riddle is this: I was in the Navy. When we crossed the equator we went through an initiation. -from polliwog to shellback. I was led around on a dog collar almost all day. They saved garbage for weeks before and we had to roll in it. A lot of gross things. I and hundreds of other sailers were initiated. I crossed the equator on the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk.
Comments (31)
that gross way to initiate any sailors or soldiers that matter!
I’m not much a technology person, as long something work and work fast is good enough for me.
i talked online with someone watching the super bowl on their laptop at the same time
That sounds… horrible. lol MAn the things we do to each other. lol
An invintion… hmm… have to think about it. Ang
My uncle crossed the equator in the navy… never knew the initiation was that rough!
If I had the unlimited resources, I might try to uninvent some things… slow the world back down, calm it down…
RYC – Well, my neice sarah was the 3rd, jerry (her grandpa) is the the 10th and my husband’s is the 14th. Valentines baby!
Unlimited resources? Family, home-cooked, sit down meals for every family across America. Every night.
I know it sounds lame, but it makes a huge difference. And your comments on the two men in my world? Well, Harley loves me so much, when he gets excited, he pees by my feet. Now that’s love.
Hmmm….unlimited financial revenue……
I might be stuck on that fact for a while!
This might be a bit sentimentalistic, but with unlimited revenue I would open up a company of some sort and hire people who are unemployed, but yet have a strong work ethic. For the others, I would open up a training center (college maybe?) for those who want to learn so they could be gainfully employed. Everyone deserves a job, everyone deserves a chance.
Good ol’ navy initiations. My dear friend Wes got something pounded into his chest when he earned it. Lots of fun.
Thanks for coming by. I’m glad to know dishwasher amnesia is epidemic, not just something at my house.
Free Broadband off a Telkom Line.
Interesting. You didn’t do this to the Marines on board, did you? :big grin:
Got to love the Navy
RYC
No of all the Democrats, she is one but not the only one, I know I would not want in office
They made you guys do this as an initiation right? Sounds gross, but fun. Nowadays, they call it “hazing.”
If I could invent anything with unlimited financial resources, I would invent the money tree.
some of my family is in the navy,
now I know I’m glad I went Army… polliwog, dog collar…. sounds rather odd….
24 has me hooked, I’m watching it off line… perhaps on-demand tv is the way of the future?
At one time, cant tell what they do know, but it in the white houes and the pentagon
RYC: I’m watchin’ it on my iPod…
Nice to see your comment this morning! I enjoyed reading your page. You have a large internet community; neat
When I crossed the equator, all I did was sweat.
internet and tv? that’s a little strange..but i guess that can be pretty neato too. have a good weekend!
RYC: Yeah, I don’t remember hearing about it or experiencing it.
Glad you had fun, though.
Ooooo…Yuck! Rolling around in garbage? My dad was in the Navy as well, but I haven’t heard any of his stories. Does EVERYBODY have to be initiated or is it by choice? You crazy guys! I’m sure it led to some great bonding, though. =)
Hugs! =)
ryc. I don’t know if it is legal or not, I only hope it is a little normal…. somewhere.
I would invent a hospital bed for incontinent people. When they did things in the bed, you would just unplug it and the unwanted body fluids (urine, etc) would go down the drain.
That happened while he was on a vacation and his friend videoed it on his phone. So I wasn’t there, but YES I laughed til I cried when he came back and showed it to me.
I don’t think it’s so much an invention as it is an innovative concept. Give BACK the RIGHTS of the American people which has been incrementally denied them. To begin with, I’d start with our politicians getting a paycheck to what the “average” Joe earns and no exorbitant pension after a puny 4 year service. What the heck do our service men get, if they survive? And they put their life’s blood on the line for the sake of American Freedom!!
RYC: The baby boomers remain uninformed and in many cases, arrogant. Loyal???? I think not…egomanical is more like it. Their sense of “entitlement” cannot be surpassed and they vote…not for the good of the country so much as they do for their own personal gain. Not all of them…but a fair and scary amount of them. They are the generation of instant gratification and they passed this selfishness on to their children, unfortunately. NOW…they are reaping that negative seed they sowed so long ago. Not Kennedy but it started with the late, (and not so) great, womanizer of a president, F.D.Roosevelt!!!
ryc the closest thing I could think of was hawaiian “luau”..hehehehe
I’d make a thing where there are little heaters in snowsuits and mittens and scarves…..except, I think someone already invented that, with boots or something. Well, mine would be better, heeeheee
What invention ?
a efficient remedy against the cancer .
I didn’ t know you were a brave sailor of the American navy . Compliments .
Do you know the French navy ( so small now ) is/was called ” la Royale ” . in spite of we are a republic !
In friendship
Michel
I’d make a transporter for my own personal use whahahahah. Teleport to any place in the world in anytime.
RYC: I was late to school today, waking up early… so I took my time and let the first period of class roll by arriving at second.
thanks
hi
The initiation….rolling in garbage? YUCK.
Christy