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Somehow I missed those commercials back in the 70’s.
Mornin’ Gang, rise and shine! -
Never been a leg(gy) man.
Happy belated birfday MHarp! -
Well time to go shake the turd tree again hoping for a different result. See y’all on the flip side.
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Thanks, Tim!
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Welp, I see in company email that I am working today. Check y’all when I take my first break.
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G’Morning All
First piece of McDade pottery produced
January 26, 1893
On this day in 1893, Robert L. Williams produced the first piece of ware in the new McDade Pottery plant. The plant was the successor to a “jug shop” begun in 1853 in the vicinity of what is now Bastrop State Park. It was moved to McDade in the late 1870s, and Williams, who was experienced in ceramic processes and recognized the potential for McDade clay, bought the business in 1890. He built a new plant that covered three acres, complete with two brick beehive kilns, clay-grinding equipment, and a railroad siding. He continued the potter’s-wheel turning of specialty items and the production of food-storage vessels and housewares, but also added new products. Williams invented an extrusion press with assorted sizes of dies for the rapid production of flowerpots and other hollowware. The pottery business sold to nurseries and florists throughout Texas and also in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. In the beginning Williams had to accept produce in barter for the ceramics, and he began the McDade Mercantile Company to provide a market for bartered goods and to serve the McDade townspeople. The advent of electric and gas-flame heating and of cast-plastic substitutes for heavy ceramics reduced the demand for pottery products. The greatest blow to the business was the loss of the aggressive management of Williams, who died in 1923. The business was continued on a reduced scale by his son, Albert Payne Williams Sr., until World War II.Doesn’t ring a bell? Maybe these two pics will jog your memory.
McDade Churn
http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/13623/13926288_1.jpg?v=8CF5C934E71FB90
McDade Jug
http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/13623/13926291_1.jpg?v=8CF5C935A011EA0 -
Thank you Mr. Murphy.
Murphy earns Medal of Honor
January 26, 1945
On this day in 1945, Audie Murphy, the most-decorated soldier in United States history, earned the Medal of Honor by single-handedly repelling a German attack. The Texas native enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. During World War II he received thirty-three awards, citations, and decorations. After the war he starred in numerous movies, wrote country-and-western songs, and pursued other business interests. Murphy was killed in an airplane crash in 1971 and was buried near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. -
Depardieu, Ex President Sarkozy and now…..
France’s richest man moves to Belgium and takes multi-billion pound fortune with him ‘to avoid new socialist super-tax’
Bernard Arnault, head of luxury goods group LVMH, insists that he moved the cash and assets for ‘family inheritance reasons’
It is thought he wants to avoid a 75 per cent top rate on income being introduced by President Francois HollandeHow’s that taxing the rich working out ?
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Feinstein’s bill hasn’t been posted on .gov yet , but the entire thing is here for anyone that want’s to read it.
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I discovered that while I can pull up 15 ft trees without hurting myself, that @#%! itty-bitty 1/2″ baby tree has roots that won’t quit. My back is feeling it today.
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1/2″ ?
Tall?
That’s a weed sprout.
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There’s a WAF thread.
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Pyro is a WAFaholic.
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One of the greatest analogies I have ever heard and I found it here.
”A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don’t have one, you’ll probably never need one again.”
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I have found that the brain and a good imagination to be the most deadly of weapons.
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I’m watching a fascinating documentary on AXS tv called Frack Nation. Basically it’s an anti-anti-fracking documentary and a devastating indictment of the media, environmentalists, and their “progressive” political masters. Here’s a review by Grover Norquist.
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This article raises some interesting and pertinent questions.
HEADLINE:DO PENALTIES FOR SMOKERS AND THE OBESE MAKE SENSE?
NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with the high cost of caring for smokers and overeaters, experts say society must grapple with a blunt question: Instead of trying to penalize them and change their ways, why not just let these health sinners die?
Annual health care costs are roughly $96 billion for smokers and $147 billion for the obese, the government says. These costs accompany sometimes heroic attempts to prolong lives, including surgery, chemotherapy and other measures.
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Critics also contend that tobacco- and calorie-control measures place a disproportionately heavy burden on poor people. That’s because they:
-Smoke more than the rich, and have higher obesity rates.
-Have less money so sales taxes hit them harder. One study last year found poor, nicotine-dependent smokers in New York – a state with very high cigarette taxes – spent as much as a quarter of their entire income on smokes.
-Are less likely to have a car to shop elsewhere if the corner bodega or convenience store stops stocking their vices.25% of thier income spent on smokes?!? There ain’t no cure for stoopidity.
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Well now THIS is newsworthy; G&A’s Booth Babes of SHOT Show 2013. 😀
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Oh, my #18 be sure to vote, my favorites are, in order, Aimpoint, Red Jacket and Command Arms, BUTT dang they’re all real close. 😉
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Say, Dave, how can you tell what company each gal represents? Some very posed in front of a logo or sign, but now all.
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mharper42, on my ‘puter there is a side-bar just to the right of all the pictures that has a blurb about the company with the name at the top. 😉
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1/2″ refers to the diameter.
I actually think it’s a tree whose trunk has been whacked several times, so the roots are those of an older tree with a deceptively small above ground presence. -
Neither will I.
Pass the Cabernet Sauvignon cause that just put me in the mood to go to the Hyatt bar. -
From last night:
65 Bonecrusher says:
January 25, 2013 at 6:35 pm
I would much rather be able to save 90% than lose 100%.Mock, the senior of the two Chicks on the Right [http://chicksontheright.com/], made a similar point recently that I saw on FB. Don’t see it now, or I would link to it on their website. Basically she said she is pro-life, but she accepts that Roe v Wade is the law of the land and probably not going to be overturned. Therefore she advises conservatives to stick to fiscal issues and concentrate on restricting only the worst abortion practises, accepting that it can’t be outlawed completely. Similar to Simple’s post on Friday: “I can accept Birth Control and early term abortions. I know many do not and I respect their beliefs and positions in this regard.”
Mock continued, the GOP has wounded itself with anti-abortion “purity”. For sure, a couple of seats were lost in November due to clumsy statements on abortion. See Todd Akin, Richard Mourdock, and maybe 5-6 others that lost smaller offices for similar verbiage. -
David Mamet (producer of The Unit) on new gun laws.
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Shannon, where has your wascally older bwother been hiding out lately?
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Video made at the inauguration… 2 mins
Question: “What are you most excited for in the second term?”
Obama supporter: “I’m most excited about the universal health care and that we got over the physical cliff (repeat) the physical cliff.” YOU’VE GOTTA WATCH TIL THE END> -
24 mHarper42,
I think the monies spent by the Pro-Life movement on political candidates have been wasted. I remember when conservative darling and former Senator Fred Thompson gave an interview and flatly stated that the votes were not there to overturn Roe V. Wade with a Constitutional Amendment.
Politicians on both sides (Pro-Life and Pro-Choice) love this issue. The campaign donations come in and the politicians don’t have to worry about doing anything they might be held accountable for by the voters. It is the perfect issue to demagogue.
I believe the money would have been better spent on a comprehensive public relations campaign to change the minds of the American People. Abortion will never be completely eliminated by a law anymore than criminal acts are eliminated now. Change people’s minds and then you will have something.
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I’m watching the figure skating championships on NBC. Yasmin Siraj is skating. Her mother is Iranian, father is Saudi. I don’t know what religion they are, but they can’t be practicing Muslims. I can see her booty when she jumps and spins.
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Yasmin did a fine job. Not as emotionally mature in her skating as her previous competitor, but dang! her combindation jumps were spot on and even I could tell they were difficult.
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26 mharper
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…the votes were not there to overturn Roe V. Wade with a Constitutional Amendment.
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Politicians on both sides (Pro-Life and Pro-Choice) love this issue.
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I believe the money would have been better spent on a comprehensive public relations campaign to change the minds of the American People.With all due respect it isn’t about votes or politicians or money. It’s about right and wrong. I don’t care if my candidate ever wins another election. Abortion is wrong. Period.
Abortion will never be completely eliminated by a law anymore than criminal acts are eliminated now.
Those are all specious arguments. Murder, theft, arson, embezzlement, or any other crime will never be completely eliminated by a law. Yet we don’t make them legal.
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#24 mh42
While I am 100% anti-abortion, I can see where someone can have that sentiment. I tend to think that it’s a good point, though imperfect.
Your other point is a good one as well. If we do not survive as a country, there will be little left to argue as things will likely get much worse. -
btw – don’t take what I just wrote as anything less than a firm desire to eliminate the scourge of abortion.
The simple fact is that it will require a stepped approach. First, late-term, next some point such as viability, next a detectable heartbeat, and so forth until ultimate success is achieved. -
I was astonished by Bones saying:
I would much rather be able to save 90% than lose 100%.
I couldn’t remember him ever expressing a “moderate” opinion on anything.
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Nuts, I am not moderate and I totally supported Romney.
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#37 GJT:
Well except that little supporting RMoney thing.
When all the monkeys were on the stage, RMoney was not even my 3rd choice. That being said, I would vote for 100 Rmoneys to eliminate 1 broncobama. Not that I am satisfied with getting 50-60% of what I want, that is still much better than getting 100% of what I don’t want. The same logic that I have with the abortion issue.
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#36 M42:
I was astonished by Bones saying:
I would much rather be able to save 90% than lose 100%.
I couldn’t remember him ever expressing a “moderate” opinion on anything.I am going to take that as a profound compliment, thank you. I prefer to consider my position as one of pragmatism; we are not going to be able to eat the elephant of abortion in one bite, it will take many, just like what Pyro said in #35. The objective is to advance our position and make the other side yeild, to date our side as been yeilding while the other side was advancing thier agenda and that was passed as “compromise.”
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Wascally wabbits wreaking wreackage on cars at Denver International Airport.
DENVER (CBS4) Travelers have a warning for drivers who park their cars near Denver International Airport (DIA). Rabbits are chewing the wires under many cars costing owners a lot of money. The rabbits get in and chew the brake lines, the clutch lines and other wiring. Local car repair shops estimates they can do thousands of dollars in damage.
“When I had the trouble with the oil light coming on, the dealer told me the wires that controlled the air conditioning were chewed,” said Ken Blum, one car owner who knows all about the not so funny bunny business at DIA.There are no predators to control the rabbits so they eat out their food supply and then look for something else to eat. The cars make an ideal safe zone that coyotes can’t access and rattle snakes don’t work in the winter, not to mention the other “issues” the snakes pose.
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#27 mharper42, about your video, ignorance knows no bounds. 🙁
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Well, I finished crocheting my shawl, and I wore it to church this morning. Now, I get to work on a baby blanket for my DRE’s first grandbaby, due in early May.
My back is bothering me more today than it did yesterday. I’ve taken some ibuprofen, and I’m about to slap the cold pack on it again. I was hoping to take Mirkwood down some more, but that ain’t happening today, and since we’re expecting a cold front this week, possibly not for a while.
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/gazing angrily at my pile of dirt, which is mocking me
The sapling roots are pointing at you and laughing.
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#43 TT
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Does anyone else find the latest Progressive Insurance Flo-as-street-corner-drug-dealer kinda creepy?
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Does anyone else find the
latestProgressive Insurance Flo-as-street-corner-drug-dealerkinda creepy?Every friggen one of them.
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Good early afternoon Hamsters. Busy being a social butterfly this afternoon. Surprise birthday party for a dear friend and later a thank-you reception for members at the Old Foster Community Museum out here on FM 359 just north of FM 723.
Hamous #46, Yes indeed that ad strikes me as creepy as well. Seems the last one or two are verging on offbeat from older ones, which certainly are not great theatrical performances but not going oddball either. But then Progressive is named that for a reason, so maybe it has something to do with Obama’s second immaculation. -
#46 Hammy
Firstly, here they all are:
http://www.progressive.com/commercials/progressive-commercials.aspx
Secondly, here’s the only one I’ve liked in a loooong time – Chick Flick:
http://www.progressive.com/commercials/chickflick.aspx
Here’s yours – Peer Pressure:
http://www.progressive.com/commercials/peerpressure.aspx
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#44 Bones
Ants aren’t the only darn sneaky things in Mirkwood.
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Well, I got back from the Gun Show around 4:30, I hadn’t planned to go but when I talked to the boy last he wanted to go so I thought that we’d go together since we’ve not done that in a long time. I was pretty sure that my wife didn’t have plans for her and I and when I told her about it she said that daughter and her were going to see Camelot on Sunday afternoon so it worked out great. The boy broke down and bought his bride the rifle that she wanted, (they didn’t have the pistol that he wanted) it’s a pink Smith & Wesson MP 15 22 rimfire. So we had a great time and put a lot of memories in the ole memory bank. I’ve not talked to my wife yet but I’m sure that they did also. Did I tell ya’ that “Life is Good”! 😀
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The Koskids understand??? Wow.
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The uke band at the Pro Bowl is kinda cool.
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#52 hammy
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That’s a major, fundamental nut, though.
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If you want to PUKE tune to Ch 11 and see the anointed one and thunder thighs setting up for the next election. ~~ Spits! 🙁
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#48 –
just north of FM 723
no mean feat since FM723 runs due north & south (and Yes I realize signage i.e. FM359 north does not always lend itself to actual on-the-spot reality……………….see both I-25 & I-70 in Denver where both hit all 4 points of the compass in spite of their signage’s static ‘2 direction’ labeling ……….
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no mean feat since FM723 runs due north & south (and Yes I realize signage i.e. FM359 north does not always lend itself to actual on-the-spot reality……………….see both I-25 & I-70 in Denver where both hit all 4 points of the compass in spite of their signage’s static ’2 direction’ labeling ……….
It is, however, an accurate description of the location of the Foster Community Museum as it is on 359 after it crosses FM723 and then turns north to run paralell to it. It is nort of where 723 and 359 cross.
Historically, as in the days before Farm to Market Roads, FM359 rougly traces the route one would have taken from Sugarland to Fulshear (without having to cross the Brazos) while FM 723 roughly traces the route one would have taken from Rosenberg to Gaston and thence to Katy. -
JJ Watt a receiver???
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Ah, the vagaries of road description.
Try requesting underground-utility-line locates a hundred times a year.
And getting into arguments with the operators about what direction the roads run.
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94 year old Mathilda cuts a rug to one of my all time favorite songs. Just because you have some miles on the dial doesn’t mean that you have to act old.
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Bones, that was so kewel! They really faked me out with the slow start, but once she started dancing, wowza!
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I want to be her!
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Well, maybe in 44 years?
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or a couple…
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#27 mharper42
At 00:23 in the video, an in-duh-vidual is sitting on the ground eating lunch in front of a row of port-a-potties. That person obviously wouldn’t even have to hold her(?) nose to vote… -
It doesn’t happen in one big rush. It starts small and then builds momentum.
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#65 Pyro
or a couple…
I was calculating years for Tedtam, you know. Insult her at your own peril.
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#66 Tim’dE
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#67 Sarge
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Insult her at your own peril.
I resent the implication, good madam.
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What implication? I have it on good authority that you are about the same age as our sweet Tedtam.
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Again, I resent the implication, good madam.
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Anyone got a clue for me what Pyro is on about?
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This is the second night in a row I’m out repairing water lines at 10pm.
I don’t act old, but i feel Old.
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Sounds like Heroic work. I imagine people like having running water when they wake up in the morning.
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I would never insult the crazy one.
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Damn straight.
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I am James Lovelock, scientist and author, known as the originator of Gaia theory, a view of the Earth that sees it as a self-regulating entity that keeps the surface environment always fit for life… I am an environmentalist and founder member of the Greens but I bow my head in shame at the thought that our original good intentions should have been so misunderstood and misapplied. We never intended a fundamentalist Green movement that rejected all energy sources other than renewable, nor did we expect the Greens to cast aside our priceless ecological heritage because of their failure to understand that the needs of the Earth are not separable from human needs. We need take care that the spinning windmills do not become like the statues on Easter Island, monuments of a failed civilisation.
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