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Translate English to Jive, Redneck or Cockney

Have you ever wanted to write with a Cockney dialect ?

Have yer ever wanted ter write wiv a Cockney dialect ?

Maybe you would like to write a little like a Red Neck...

Mebbe yer hankerin' t'soun' a li'l like a redneck..

Well now you can convert English text, even your entire web page using the Dialectizer!

You can write a great post in your own words and then just have it translated into Redneck. You could tell everyone your Cousin Effrim from West Virginia is writing a guest post!!

So try the Dialectizer, it's free, and if you are going to leave me a comment about it, tranlate it first. You can get Pig Latin, sound like a moron or a Swedish Chef.

Come on! Have some fun and if your surfing on Blog Explosion...give it a little more than 30 seconds people!!

In Pig Latin: Omecay onyay! Avehay omesay unfay andyay ifyay youray urfingsay onyay Ogblay Explosionyay...ivegay ityay ayay ittlelay oremay anthay 30 econdssay eoplepay!!

In Jive: Come on! Right on! Gots some fun and if yo' surfin' on Blog Explosion. 'S coo', bro...cut it some little mo'e dan 30 seconds sucka's! Preach it loud, bruddah!

I-35 Bridge Collapse in Minneapolis

This video has no sound, words are not needed to know this is a tragedy. Coming home from a day at work..those that died, injured and the families who have lost their loved ones all deserve our thoughts and prayers..

Aunt Alice and the Port Jervis Phone Company

Oh it sounds like such a good title!

Really it's just about a picture that my Cousin came across and sent to me tonight. My Aunt Alice better known as Aunt Allie, my Dad's sister and the woman who drove like the wind to the hospital, me in the passenger seat in my Uncle Ed's lap, his hand like a vice holding my leg together, Aunt Allie stopping for no one.. beeping the horn all the way. I swear when we reached the top of the hill where the hospital was we went airborne.

We got there alive and they sewed my leg up good...I got about 40 stitches and a GI Joe...It was the 60's and one of the most exciting rides ever. I digress...

So My cousin found a picture of Alice when she was seventeen years old and working for the Phone Company in Port Jervis, New York (circa 1947) ....see below

My Aunt still lives in Matamoras,Pa where she and my dad grew up. It's on the Delaware River, on the other side of the river is Port Jervis, NY.

Aunt Alice

Less than 60 years ago our phone calls were made through an operator like Alice, there was no direct dialing ,cell phones, no faxes, Internet or home PC's. Those times were much simpler than the complex world we live in now. While I like a lot of the new gadgets, somehow this picture makes me think maybe all the gadgets aren't really worth the aggravation!

Well, I gotta go..I've got emails to reply to, my cell phone is ringing!


Photos courtesy of my cousin...no royalties paid at this time, he still owes us for all that penny candy we bought for him when he said he didn't want to break a $20...oh, and note penny candy isisn't just a penny anymore..

Entering Athol

I was able to install a new wireless router today. I've never done that before but it was a seamless installation...I totally amaze myself almost every day.

I felt, as they say here in the Boston Area..."Wicked Smaht! " which translates to Very Smart in most other regions of the world. Massachusetts has a very distinctive accent.

We call Milk Shakes -- Frappes

We call Soda --- Tonic

We Pronounce Peabody --- Peebadee and you have to say it real FAST

We have a town named Athol which has always reminded me of someone with a lisp saying asshole...Must be a tough place to be from.. I mean it must be hard saying : "Hi my name is John and I grew up in Athol!!"

It's still hot and humid, the rain is gone...I'm going swimming!!

Lightening Strikes

Picture originally uploaded on Flickr by Bugalugsroxs

We had a pretty severe storm yesterday and I think the router for my wireless internet connection took one for the team.....may be a bit of a lag responding to your comments until we get the router replaced!!

Feel free to call me names or make up stories about me when I am unable to respond and in a weakened position....

I'll be back!!

I got gas

I went by a gas station today where they pump the gas for you and the price was $2.75/GALLON ! For the U.S.A. that's pretty good as most stations sell it for around $2.85/GALLON and you have to pump it yourself. I live in the Northeastern part of the U.S.A. and I hear about all the gas price hikes but I wonder...what are people paying for gas in other countries.

I've converted the price I paid to some other currencies and have also broken the price per liter instead of gallon for my international friends:

These conversions are all based on the price I paid today, I've listed the Euro, the Rand from South Africa. The Krone from Denmark, the Australian dollar and the Singapore dollar.

• USA $2.75/Gallon = .726/Liter
• EURO 2.004/Gallon = .529/liter
• RAND = 19.09/Gallon = 5.03/liter
• KRONE = 14.79/Gallon = 3.90/liter
• Australia = 3.14/Gallon = .828/liter
• Singapore = 4.16/ Gallon = 1.09/liter

Do these prices reflect what you are paying in your country?? I think people in the USA are pretty lucky as far as gas prices go. I think maybe we whine about the prices without any clear idea what people in other countries have to pay for gas.

How much do you pay for gas??

No Idea

It's supposed to be very hot and humid here today and so I'm getting out and looking for a cool place with A/C and beer.....

View from my Dream House