A real Nuclear family - strange but true

Triva challenge - let's see how well you score....

- What was the name of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb?
- What was the name of the pilot?
- What was the Bomb Group it belonged to?
- Where is that Group currently based?
- What plane does the Group currently fly?
- Name one of its newest pilot trainees....

Answers later.....

Robert

Foreign Policy via Google

This cracks me up - two countries - debating over a piece of land ABOVE the Artic Circle - by buying ad space on Google. Isn't this way the UN exists?

Robert

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The link to the story on CNN is here

Island squabble goes Google

Canadians, Danes debate control of Arctic rock

OTTAWA, Ontario (Reuters) -- A spat between Canada and Denmark over a tiny Arctic island has moved to the Internet, where a Canadian man is dueling an unknown opponent over who really owns the disputed lump of rock.

The two have placed online ads about which country controls the 1.3 square kilometer (half a square mile) Hans Island, situated between Canada's Ellesmere Island and Greenland, which belongs to Denmark.

Toronto author Rick Broadhead said he bought an advertisement on Internet search engine Google after spotting a Danish ad that said "Does Hans sound Canadian? Danish name, Danish island."

That ad linked to the Danish Foreign Ministry's Web site and a copy of a protest letter Copenhagen sent Ottawa after Canada's defense minister visited the island.

Broadhead's ad showed a large Canadian Maple Leaf flag, and it now carries the message: "Hans Island is Canadian."

"To my knowledge this is the first time that a squabble has ever broken out between two nations on Google," he told Reuters on Thursday.

Canadian newspapers are using the affair to generate summer entertainment -- one suggested Ottawa should set up a coffee and doughnut outlet on the rock, which is 1,000 km (620 miles) from the North Pole.

But some observers say the dispute could turn nasty if it turns out that Hans Island is sitting on rich mineral resources.

For the time being the two sides seem to have decided that a sense of humor is needed when discussing the matter.

"Notwithstanding the disputed area, the Canadian Foreign Affairs Ministry is allowing its cafeteria to sell Danish pastries as a goodwill gesture towards the Danish government and people," ministry spokesman Reynald Doiron said.

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Job - time to leave?

I saw this the other day on CNN - and realized that I was starting to some of these signs in myself.

Money CNN article

If you aren't sure that you should still be doing what you are doing today - take a look at this list and ask yourself those questions.

(and no - I don't run a resume writing business)

Robert

Where to start.....

Let's see - there is so much I want to post - I don't know where to start. How about what I am NOT going to post. I am not going to rant and rave about the job I have - other than to tell people that business has changed in even the last 5 and 10 years (not that "when I was your age..." comment you always get from your parents).

My mantra "THINK before you DO - There is no 'UNDO' button in life"

(and ---> you are geek if you know the keyboard combo for undo)

Sometimes I follow it - sometimes I don't. But there are times when I was younger that I wish I had.

Robert