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To anyone who is thinking of eating at:
McGrath’s Fish House
(541) 342-6404
(541) 242-2879
1036 Valley River Way
Eugene, OR 97401

Let you be warned now! The place s@cks! Talk about a low class joint.
I had high hopes for the place at first, the Clam Chowder was good. And that is where the good ends.

The Shrimp platter was poor tasting. Not sure what was in the sauce but it had a tang that I just could not put my finger on but it was not a pleasurable adventure. They offered coconut shrimp as part of the meal - when I asked if we could substitute them for another shrimp I was told NO! They can not allow that. Why the h3ll not! Had to ask for cocktail sauce, it is not part of the meal. And the whopping drop they give is good for 1/4 of the meal.

My son ordered the kids clam strip plate and I ordered the main meal clam strip plate. SH!T!, my 10 dollar plate had the same amount of food as my sons 4 dollar meal. Let me assure you, his child plate was not as large as a main plate!!! His fries were dripping with grease. Yes I know what do you expect with fries, but when they drip with oil to the point where even a child refuses to eat them, that is bad. My meal was cold. The bake potato was cold, so cold that the butter balls on top never melted. Not even a bit.

Our waitress was as bright as a burnt bulb during a blackout!

The quality of the food over all was about the same level as the fast food joint LongJohn. You would be better offer driving up to Portland to eat at Red Lobster before McGraths.

But again, I will give credit, the soup was good. I guess it is hard to scr@w up a can!

School shootings are an unthinkable action. But here in the
“it’s a great place to live and raise kids Oregon” it seems that school shootings
are high on the list. Maybe the liberal life style this area lives is
catching up to them.

May 21st 1998 - Two students killed, 22 others wounded in the cafeteria at Thurston High School by 15-year-old Kip Kinkel.
Kinkel had been arrested and released a day earlier for bringing a gun to
school. His parents were later found dead at home.

Feb 23rd 2006 - - The 14-year-old accused in the high school shooting that
wounded a 16-year-old classmate apparently fired additional large-caliber
bullets into his victim after the teen was already down, police said Friday.

Feb 26th 2006 - Florence Oregon, All school classes have been
canceled do to a bomb threat!

But have no fear, per the local news channel KVAL, this is good, there have
only been two school shootings and this is only the third bomb threat in Oregon schools. Compared
to the rest of the country this is a safe place to be.

Yea Right! With the whole freaking state of Oregon being just larger in population than JUST the County of San Diego, it does not seem all that safe if you ask me!!

Just had a friend bring this to my attention:

http://www.downandderby.com/trailer.html

I look forward to finding a copy of this moving. It is TRUE TO LIFE for so many!

Cheers

The nation’s largest telephone and cable companies are crafting an alarming set of strategies that would transform the free, open and nondiscriminatory Internet of today to a privately run and branded service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do online.

Verizon, Comcast, Bell South and other communications giants are developing strategies that would track and store information on our every move in cyberspace in a vast data-collection and marketing system, the scope of which could rival the National Security Agency. According to white papers now being circulated in the cable, telephone and telecommunications industries, those with the deepest pockets–corporations, special-interest groups and major advertisers–would get preferred treatment. Content from these providers would have first priority on our computer and television screens, while information seen as undesirable, such as peer-to-peer communications, could be relegated to a slow lane or simply shut out.

Read the full article at http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060213/chester

For anyone who cares - My birthday is this month and if enough of my family members get together they could all share in the joy of getting me this camera!

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympuse500/

If you have kids, you know from time to time they can come off with comments that just makes you stop, pause and then laugh your @ss off. Well, just one of those moments has happened to us.

A couple of weeks ago, the city of Eugene was very cold and ice was forming everywhere. My kids noted that at their school (Edgewood) the temprature was colder and more ice had accumulated there.

I commented out loud, I wounder why…

Oldest son -
Cause it is always Winter there, Never Christmas!

Oh man, I just about busted a gut laughing on that one. You just have to love kids.

The forgotten methane source from PhysOrg.com
In the last few years, more and more research has focused on the biosphere; particularly, on how gases which influence the climate are exchanged between the biosphere and atmosphere. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics have now carefully analysed which organic gases are emitted from plants. They made the surprising discovery that plants release methane, a greenhouse gas - and this goes against all previous assumptions. […]

And if you would like to get a similar but different angle on the global warming

http://www.friendsofscience.org/index.php?ide=4

… No, this is the SpiralScouts - the pagan version of learning outdoor skills and earning badges.

… Designed as a nature lore and woodcraft program, SpiralScouts is
intended for families of any minority faith, or no faith at all.

http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/12/28/b1.cr.spiralscouts.1228.p1.php?section=cityregion

Now - all of the people out there who scream they want to be part of a scouting program but find that the Boys Scouts is not right for them you have a place to go now. And for the love of Pete, stop screaming at the BSA. You have a program of your own.

Well, I think I found a positive for the state of OR. They have been kind enough to publish drug labs in the state. Now lets just assume I am not a druggie and I just want to make sure I not moving in next to a crack house.
But hey, if you need to score - the state has been kind enough to help ya. Make sure you smile, it looks good on TV.

http://www.sfm.state.or.us/CR2K_IncDB/Reported_Drug_Labs_1.asp

Holy cow batman! They are not just taking over the jobs in the US. The immigrants are leaving their country by the boat load to make money in a foreign land and then ship that money back to their home country. This is not just a loss of that job for the countryman seeking work, but it is a loss of economic stimulation as the foreign worker ships a bulk of their money out of the country they are working in. I have heard the argument that there is a demand for migrant works, there is a lack of skilled workers forcing their need. I say, if you can not find the skills then your country and company should be looking to facilitate and grow those skill sets.

We all know that major companies today do not look to grow their employees skill sets (for the most part). They hire people that can fill a need they have right then. Once that job is completed if you have not figured out how to extend your skill sets on your own you will find yourself in a "dead wood RIF". If the business sector does not get this, and the local government does not speak up and get involved, that country will have a lot of burger flippers serving migrant IT persons their Boca Burgers with fries and a smile….

Read about Australia’s plight.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/01/09/1136771500496.html?from=top5