I decided to return the DVR and just drop that service.  I went down to the office which was a pleasant experience.  They were polite and knew their jobs which I was kinda shocked to see.  The problem is I asked that they take off the DVR charge and since I no longer had a box hooked up to my high def TV ( we get a good clear QAM signal so I don’t need it) I wanted the high def part of my cable package removed also.  She said they could not do that.  They would take off the box and an extra equipment charge but my package is high def weather I like it or not now.  That’s the way all the plans are now.

   Well needless to say I did not argue much because I could tell there was no changing this persons mind.  I walked away with a smaller cable bill, but not by as much as I had hoped and a sore feeling in the hid quarters.  Be careful what you change about your cable service because you can never go home.

..oh and Comcast, next time could you please use some lube?  Thanks.

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Whatever the case may be I wish everyone that reads this a wonderful day.

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May your yams be delicious

And your pies take the prize,

And may your Thanksgiving dinner

Stay off your thighs!

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A traditional Oak Barrel

Cooper is the transferred use of the English surname that originated as an occupational name for a cooper, a cask or barrel maker or seller. It is derived from the Middle English couper (a cask). Sometimes a shortened version of that name was used known as Coop.

Traditionally, a cooper is someone who makes wooden staved vessels of a conical form, of greater length than breadth, bound together with hoops and possessing flat ends or heads. Examples of a cooper’s work include but are not limited to casks, barrels, buckets, tubs, butter churns, hogsheads, firkins, tierces, rundlets, puncheons, pipes, tuns, butts, pins, and breakers. The word is derived from Middle Dutch kūpe, “basket, wood, tub” and may ultimately stem from cupa, the Latin word for vat. Everything a cooper produces is referred to collectively as cooperage. “Cask” is a generic term used to describe any piece of cooperage containing a bouge, bilge, or bulge in the middle of the container. A barrel is technically a measure of the size of a cask, so the term “barrel-maker” cannot be used synonymously with “cooper.” The facility in which casks are made is also referred to as a cooperage.

There were actually four divisions in the cooper’s craft. The “dry” or “slack” cooper made containers that would be used to ship dry goods such as cereals, nails, tobacco, fruits and vegetables. The “drytight” cooper made casks designed to keep dry goods in and moisture out. Gunpowder and flour casks are examples of a “drytight” cooper’s work. The “white cooper” made straight staved containers like washtubs, buckets and butter churns, that would hold water and other liquids, but did not allow shipping of the liquids. Usually there was no bending of wood involved in white cooperage. The “wet” or “tight” cooper made casks for long term storage and transportation of liquids that could even be under pressure, as with beer.

Sometimes-in more modern times-the profession of the cooper is specific to wineries, where the cooper would look after the aging barrels in which the wine is stored. Rarely today, coffin-makers are also known as coopers.

Cooperage is an ancient trade. The art of coopering dates back centuries, and the basic trade has remained unchanged. Coopering requires skill, intelligence, and strength. The tools of the trade are often handed down for generations. Many colonial coopers worked on plantations to produce the many hogsheads needed to ship tobacco from Virginia to Great Britain. Other coopers worked in towns like Williamsburg, turning staves and hoops into everything from butter churns to tubs. Large plantations often trained slaves in the trade. Coopers could also be found on military and merchant vessels, since casks were common aboard ships.

So you see, there is much more to it than merely making barrels..cheers!

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    I have held all kinds of jobs.  I started working part time at the age of 14.  I have been a grounds keeper at a cemetary, digging graves, a fast food manager, and a convenience store manager. My present position is at a software company called Ecommerce Industries. I do phone and network support, as well as web development and graphic design for a software program called TeamDesign. It handles project management and accounting for contract (office) furniture dealers.

     I love all art. I am especially fond of classic painters like Dahli, Vangogh, and Monet. I love to draw, and design using the PC. That’s why I like web design. I listen to almost all Genres of music from classical, to some country tunes. If I had to pick a favorite style of music I would have to say its heavy metal. I like watching old 80’s cartoons, SciFi and Horror T.V.  I consider myself a card carrying MOVIEHOLIC! I like to quote lines from my favorite flicks. Just try me!

     I used to consider myself a steadfast and very conservative republican. These days both Republicans and Democrats, in my opinion, seem out of touch with the average joe. I can’t stand all t he “big brother” crap the republicans push as law, nor do I care for the flood of debt that democrats tend to cause.  I lean pretty hard toward Libertarian tendancies, but I despise religion.

     I am vehemently, wholly, and diametrically opposed to ALL organized religions. It is my educated opinion that the vast majority of the evil committed in this world is done so under the guise of any number of religions. Neither I nor my children attend organized religious ceremonies. We do not celebrate the religious aspects of holidays, nor do we pray. You have to admit though that christmas is a pretty hedonistic holiday showcasing much of the hippocritical side to religious beliefs.

Thats me, this is my blog.

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