Sweet Tooth Favorites

This morning's discussion centered around nougat and one's favorite candy bar. To begin nougat is a term used to describe a variety of similar confectioneries made with sugar or honey, roasted nuts and sometimes chopped candied fruit. The consistency of nougat can range from chewy to hard depending on its composition and is used in a variety of candy bars. Candy was a term derived from the Arabic "Qandi" meaning a sugar confection. The ancient Egyptians originally preserved nuts and fruits with honey. Nougat used as an ingredient in many modern candy bars is not similar to traditional recipes but is a mixture of sucrose and corn syrup aerated with a whipping agent such as egg white or hydrolyzed soya protein. It may also have vegetable fats and milk powder added and is typically combined with nuts caramel or chocolate. Today it is a million dollar industry with product rather accessible at any local convenience store. Such companies include Mars, Hershey, Cadbury and Nestle. Some of the more common candy bars include:

3 Musketeers
5th Avenue
100 Grand
Almond Joy
Baby Ruth
Big Hunk
Bit O Honey
Butterfinger
Caramel Crunch
Crispy Crunch
Dove Bar
Heath Bar
Hershey Bar
Idaho Spud
Kit Kat
Marathon
Milky Way
Mounds
Mr Goodbar
Nestle Crunch
Nutrageous
Oh Henry
Powerhouse
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Reggie Bar
Rolo
Salted Nut Roll
Skor
Snickers
Take 5
Twix
Whatchamacallit
Wonkabar
Wunderbar

So what are some of your personal favorites? Got any different ones you like I forgot to include? Would love to hear.

What's In Your Wallet

Since Clusterbuster said there wasn't any good advice I figured I'd do my share to help out. Often on tv we see the commercial with those famous words "what's in your wallet". Well often that can be telling. Do you have a often used credit card? Are there multiple receipts? I figure this is a place we all can start with. Budget each month but review your amounts and categories every single paycheck. In the process of setting up a budget identify your financial priorities. Then no matter how little or how much we make always pay yourself a small portion. Set it aside on a regular basis for that "rainy day". Know the difference between wants and needs. We all need food but we all want prime rib. If there's something you'll use often or for a long time always do a little research and purchase the best you can afford. Control debt at all costs. Save for what you want tomorrow. Don't gamble more than you can afford to lose (stock, funds, credit cards, etc). Invest for time. A penny saved is definately a penny earned. Those pennies add up and add up fast over time. After looking at what's in your wallet (how its earned or spent) might help in how it might be saved.

Searching

I tried Map Maker, Kavorka, ClusterBuster, Cluster Buster, Bus Ride Conversationalist, Bus Ride Conversationalist Extraordinaire, and several others, but here are two that worked.

Four Fifty Three Inbound - Number one Search Result

Tooele Inbound - Fourth Search Result

And of course, I didn't write either of the posts it references. I'm a failure!

Unintended but not Unforseen

Old post about corn ethanol

Biofuels under attack as world food prices soar

by Marlowe Hood
Sun Apr 20, 5:36 AM ET


PARIS (AFP) - Hailed until only months ago as a silver bullet in the fight against global warming, biofuels are now accused of snatching food out of the mouths of the poor.

Billions have been poured into developing sugar- and grain-based ethanol and biodiesel to help wean rich economies from their addiction to carbon-belching fossil fuels, the overwhelming source of man-made global warming.

Heading the rush are the United States, Brazil and Canada, which are eagerly transforming corn, wheat, soy beans and sugar cane into cleaner-burning fuel, and the European Union (EU) is to launch its own ambitious programme.

But as soaring prices for staples bring more of the planet's most vulnerable people face-to-face with starvation, the image of biofuels has suddenly changed from climate saviour to a horribly misguided experiment.

On Friday, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said biofuels "posed a real moral problem" and called for a moratorium on using food crops to power cars, trucks and buses.

The vital problem of global warming "has to be balanced with the fact that there are people who are going to starve to death," said Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

more...

LOOK!

Nobody commented on this (except for some crazy old coot), so it makes me think no one looked at it.

Go try it!

Go to http://maps.google.com/
Search for a location you are familiar with
At the top of the map, click on Street View
(The streets where this option is available get highlighted in blue)
Double Click on a street you want to see...

And... Holy Smokes!

Star Wars - It was only a matter of time

Here is my test result.



George Lucas in Love



TROOPS (COPS)

Nerdier Version

If you thought that was geeky check this one out.

Better Advice

Good Advice

ClusterBuster said, "I have yet to find one edifying fact worth capturing" on this blog, so here is some good advice.

What's On Your List?

Every day I always see lots of individuals hiding behind a book I wonder what they might have on their reading list. Some of the reading material that I've seen include Michael Beschloss (Presidential Courage) and James Swanson (Manhunt) among other books and magazines. Am totally curious what on your list to read. Would love to know. Here's what's on mine...



Ali M ansari/Confronting Iran
Viktor Bilenko/MiG Pilot
Bruce Bower/While Europe Slept
John Buchanan/The Road To Valley Forge
Rodger W Claire/Raid On The Sun
Wayne Coffey/Boys On Ice (Olympic Miracle On Ice Story)
Alice Cooper/Golf Monster
Daryl Dawkins/Chocolate Thunder
Frederick Douglas/Escape From Slavery
Albert Einstein/World As I See It
Brett Favre/Favre:For The Record
David Hackett Fischer/Washington's Crossing
Benjamin Franklin/The Autobiography Of
Geronimo/His Own Story
Oren Harari/Leadership Secrets Of Colin Powell
Thomas Jefferson/The Jefferson Bible
Latifa/My Forbidden Face (Growing Up Under Taliban)
Vince Lombardi/What It Takes To Be #1
Sally Magnusson/The Flying Scotsman (Eric Liddell Story)
Nelson Mandela/Long Walk To Freedom
Pervez Musharrof/In The Line Of Fire
James Naismith/Basket Ball (Its Origin & Development)
Ted Nugent/God Guns & Rock n Roll
Hampton Sides/Blood & Thunder: Epic Story Of Kit Carson
Mother Teresa/In My Own Words
Steve Turner/Amazing Grace (Story Behind The Song)
Reggie White/God's Playbook
Billy Waugh/Hunting The Jackyl (Life In The Special Forces)

....looking forward to whats on your list.

The Bus...

The Bus is like a mullet. Business in the front, party in the back. Kavorka shaved his goatee, and Motortales cut his mullet. Let us observe a moment of silence for the hair that has been lost.

Cluster Buster for President

I wanted to change my name to .-- but it will mess up my other blog.

Map Makers Malificent Manipulated Multi-Media Makes Menacing Millionares Mighty Merry. My Merriment Might Make Mere Millionares Mad. Maybe Marinated Meat Magots Miss My More Mystical Moods. Mustn't Mix My Musical Melodies Minus Maps.

Ok so that was something.

I know that Map Maker loves being up on all the new music, so here is the Flobots singing Handlebars.

The Thousand Dollar Oil Change

Every time I have the oil changed on my car, it seems like they magically find at least $1,000 of work that needs to be done right away. Does that only happen to me? Maybe it has to do with the condition of the cars I drive. I better start doing my own oil changes again, especially if it will save me $1,000! AutoZone should put that in an ad, change you own oil, save a grand.

Skills

I just need someone who can do this...

Video Deleted due to objectionable content

and all my Karate Kid/Back to the Future dreams will come true.

Plus, like I said on the bus, they could run into Bill and Ted while traveling through time and have a battle of the bands. Then they could stop in on the movies Men at Work and Weekend at Bernie's and you'd have the best movie of all time!

Making The Most Of Your Dollar

Since most of us answered the best thing about riding the bus was to save money I figured I could include a post on things we could do with our dollar. I've included 10 items of things we could do with a dollar. They are as follows....




1-Park downtown for a half hour
2-Purchase the latest edition of the Tooele transcript
3-Drive out to Wendover and put it all on red (granted the trip will cost you more than a dollar in gas)
4-Trade it on ebay for a different dollar
5-Make a lightweight two inch telescope (1x powered)
6-Get 100 pennies, find a fountain and make a 100 wishes
7-Pay off all your debts in Mexico
8-Level a wobbly table
9-Buy something off Mcdonalds Value menu for 99 cents (save a penny!)
10-Buy pretty much anything at the dollar store

Got any other ideas? Hey it's all about value!

Six Strings

Earlier while riding in "the limo" there was a discussion on who the best guitarist is. I believe that depends on a number of different factors. One could look at the what genera. One could look at musical theory or the technical. One could look at what time period. Typically its either most popular or personal favorite. I decided to list my favorite living guitarists (tried to include different genera's overall). They would be as follows in no particular order....



Neil Zaza/Rock
Ottmar Liebert/Flamenco
Gary Hoey/Rock
Govi/New Age
Edward Van Halen/Rock
Joe Satriani/Rock
Armik/New Age
Christopher Parkening/Classical
Eric Johnson/Rock
Eric Clapton/Blues

....would love to hear who's on your list.

New Movie Idea

But would it be Back to the Future 4 or Karate Kid 4? Either way, it's number 4.

Marty McFly and Daniel LaRusso meet up and become friends and travel through time. It'd be awesome.

Look, they are even trying to date the same girl. They could fight over her at first, then become friends. Don't tell Daniel, but Marty's already been to the future and found out he marries her.

Greatest Guitar Duel on Film - Steve Vai

This isn't the greatest movie in the world, but its worth sitting through just for this duel. The guitarist playing for the devil is Steve Vai. He is the guy that David Lee Roth recruited for his band after he left Van Halen.

I love the band Van Halen, but as far as technical ability David Lee Roth's band kicked butt over Van Halen. But that being said when it comes to $$$ Eddie Van Halen's brown sound seems to clean up.

Who Are We

Since some of you might be wondering about our great city and its origination I took a few and googled (yes I hold the great power of Google!) some information. Back in 2004 Tooele had a population estimated at 27,903. Tooele according to the Census Bureau has 21.2 miles of total area. Its name is thought by some to have evolved from an old Ute indian word for tumbleweed (we definately have enough tumbleweeds!). Some explain its origination from a Native American chief but controversery exists about whether such a chief actually lived. Others hypothesize the name derives from "Tu-Wanda" the Goshute word for Bear or from "tule" a spanish word of Aztec origin meaning bulrush. About 100 Goshute Indians lived in the Tooele valley when Capt. Howard Stansbury surveyed the region for the US Army in 1853. On 4 Sept 1849 three Mormon pioneer families settled on a small stream south of present Tooele city. A few months later four men obtained timber rights from Small Canyon (today's Middle Canyon) and Big Canyon (Settlement Canyon). Tooele City Corporation was formed in 1853 and grew to a population of about 1200 at the turn of the century. Now over 150 years later we have the "luxury" of riding bus 453 inbound.

Private Eyes, Are Watching You

Hall and Oates Classic



Now, if that doesn't scare you, check this out.

Go to http://maps.google.com/
Search for a location you are familiar with
At the top of the map, click on Street View
(The streets where this option is available get highlighted in blue)
Double Click on a street you want to see...

And... Holy Smokes!

Priavaate Eyeeeeeeeeeeeees are watching you watching you watching you, yououooooooo.

Sick

I'm so sick of these Mickey Mouse Communist Dictators!

Come on!

This Is The Place

Quick geography lesson for all those absolutely curious. I've compiled a list of all those hard to find places you've always wondered about or wanted to visit here in this wonderful state. Just wanted to make sure we're all up to speed on the same page in our discussions.

Avon/Kinda by Mantua & Hyrum
Beaver/Yes it actually has its own airport!
Booth/That's about all it is
Dividend/Sits near Eureka but probably doesn't make a dividend
Echo/Awesome fishing near Coalville
Eggnog/Heard about it from Mapmaker
Flux/Past Grantsville on I-80 but before Delle
Gandy/Upper Corner Millard County
Genola/Down by Payson
Gilluly/Soldier Summit (Wasn't he in some video?)
Hailstone/Other side of Park City
Ioka/Near Roosevelt
Jerusalem/2000 miles away (actually by Moroni)
Keniworth/Price helper area (thought it was a trucking company)
Leeds/Nothin but weeds (Near Hurricane)
Levan/Down by Nephi
Loa/Good fishin at Fishlake
Mutual/Castledale area
Neola/Near Roosevelt
Notom/About 20 mi west of Hanksville
Ouray/Campground & fishing at Pelican Lake
Partown/Juab county almost NV border
Sego/Above Junction of Hwy 191 & 70
Shivwits/St George area
Ticaboo/Just above Lake Powell-great for summertime visit!
Toquerville/Near Hurricane (I thought this is where Afroman lives)
Tucker/Soldier Summit area
Upalco/Kinda by Tabiona
Virgin/By Hurricane (Ironic its near Spendlove Knoll)

Now that we're all up to speed in knowing this is the place we're talking bout...feel free to discuss.

There's No Such Place

A while back, I was telling MotorTales about a city in Utah and he said he didn't believe it existed. So I had to prove it.

This website was pretty useful in doing so.

This link has a pretty comprehensive list of cities in Utah. http://www.onlineutah.com/maps.shtml

Here is a video that will introduce you to a few town names you might not have heard.

Somethun To Consider

For my first "official" post on the 453 I figure it can't hurt to throw out some quick and interesting info. Does anyone know without looking up when UTA was established? Anyone? Back in 1970 is when it all began. UTA now has more than 600 buses that average over 58,300 passengers daily. That's alot of oil changes and tire rotations. If there was no public transit delays would increase by 27 percent. You are also 25 times less likely to die in a traffic accident when you ride public transit versus a personal vehicle. Americans lose $63 billion per year in productivity sitting in traffic. Consider this by riding UTA that it allows someone else to do the driving stress free (esp those white knuckle winter traffic mornings) for shopping, appointments, work commuting etc. By riding public transit also helps reduce traffic congestion and assists in overall better environmental quality.

Slow

Slow day on the bus, slow day on the blog.

Here is something from yesterday.

I hate it when people are reckless with their life and make me participate in it. And I'm not talking about the people who were involved in the accidents on I-80 yesterday, but reckless driving is maddening too.

I decided that I would forgo walking to the bus stop since it was snowy and cold. I therefore needed to put some gas in my car. I stopped at the gas station and proceeded to fill my tank. Then someone pulled up and left their car running and started filling up too. I was thinking, "Man, I don't want to go up in a fireball today, Jerk." So I got out of there as quick as I could, but I felt like telling him off and showing him the warning signs. I've seen the same thing before at that station. I mean, is it that cold? That you have to leave your car running while you fill up? Well it will be real warm in a minute! And it really makes me mad when I have my son in the car and some bozo is standing there talking on his cell phone at the pump next to me. Come on people, safety first!

Here's what can happen when you get back in your car while fueling (which the signs say not to do, just like they say don't use a cell phone) and forget touch something and discharge the static



Here's a cell phone example