Those of you who have never met squack may not know this, but he has very soft and supple skin*. People often stop him on the street and ask how it is that such a decrepit geezer has such wonderful skin.
Also remarkable is its scent. Squack doesn’t go for fancy colognes or after shave lotions; he goes for the natural scent of…
banana creme pie.
* I don’t actually know either. Just work with me here, people.
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Good morning all
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Well, I’m off to the Convention, I’m hoping that at least, I can park in Harris County today.
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Good morning Hamsters. Wind finally went calm last night, a chilly 40 at 6, and prospects for a warmer day than yesterday. Can’t ask for more except another cold front that brings rain with it. Much windblown debris in the yard to pick up today, though it’s mostly leaves, twigs, and small branches, with a few plastic bags clinging to fences. Thankful that the summer flowers are not yet planted, though that’s planned for the coming week.
Sorry for the Rockets running out of luck last night, but they done good making it to the playoffs and not going down in 4. -
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Adee, I’m sitting out front waiting for the doors to open @ 8. The underground garage was almost empty when I rolled in @ 7:05. It costs $12, yesterday I paid $20 to park about 5 blocks away. it was $30 closer in. 😉
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I see bunsonburner is trying to force me to request front page status from hammie as a matter of self defense. Fear not. Hammie’s is not only benevolent couch master but a wise one tuh boot. So I doubt he would grant my request.
bunson gets caught setting a good example.
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#8 – ARGH!! ethanol percentages are bad enough NOW thank ya very much!
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#7 squack
I’m just trying to perform a public service over here. I didn’t know the ananabay emecray iepay incareskay thing was so secret. I’ll try to be more careful in the future. -
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…….background checks for 3D printers on the horizon?
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Guten morgen, Hamshterstadt. It was so cold this morning when my alarm went off that I got up and turned the thermostat up but went back to bed. Expecting to snooze for maybe fifteen more minutes, I (thought I) punched in 15 mins on my nap timer. Eventually I was roused out again by hungry cats, and on checking the timer, found it counting down from 16:50 time remaining.
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G’Morning All
I read this and immediately thought of the joke about the two kids watching men go up to a house, give the lady that opened the door $20.00, go in and come out later with a big grin on their face. The kids talked about what could be happening and finally drew straws to see who would go up and ring the doorbell. They pooled their money, but only had $1.50. The kid went up and rang the doorbell, the woman answered and he went in. A couple of minutes later the door opened and he was bodily thrown out all battered and bruised. The other kid ran up to him and asked “What happened?” “I’m not sure, but I know one thing. I couldn’t stand $20.00 worth!”Teen Summons Prostitute, Who Pepper-Sprays Him And Steals His Piggybank
May 2, 2013 4:39 PM
(CBS) – A Prospect Heights teen used an iPad to arrange what he thought would be an encounter with a prostitute but instead got robbed of the electronic device and a piggybank after being pepper-sprayed, police said.
The 14-year-old victim set up the meeting online using a website for sexual liaisons, Prospect Heights police said.
When the woman arrived at the teen’s residence Wednesday, she reportedly told him to undress. Then she allegedly used pepper spray on him and fled with his iPad, a piggybank and a jar full of money, authorities said. -
Mychal Massie’s Summation of Barack and Michelle Obama
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#14 OTL
Do you know Lin Graham? He posted the same joke on FB this morning.
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Caught bunsonburner practicing for Dancing With the Stars.
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Battle of the Gargantuan Titans.
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Battle of the Gargantuan Titans.
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Any of you people see this one? A 747 flying out of Bagram AB crashed on takeoff. The video was shot by some dude’s dash camera.
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*16 Ms. Harper
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some dude’s dash camera.
Some dude happened to be a military police dog handler on the perimeter of the air base. By any account that would be a pretty harrowing scene.
I am waiting for some goof to step up to the plate and claim it is a CIA generated event to inflame muslims or something.
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I see MHarp is out there outting people’s identity again. 😀
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JC Penney advertising woes: About a year ago, JCP got a lot of negative response to an ad promoting same-sex families for their Father’s Day sale. Just recently I saw this “We’re sorry” ad running on TV. JCP has fired the CEO who reorganized their advertising and merchandise.
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Good Morning and Shabbat Shalom, y’all.
#8 Shannon: Corn based ethanol is touted to be “the answer.”
It is supposed to be eco-friendly but:
-it produces more ground based ozone than gasoline when burned in the same fashion
-it produces more CO2 than gasoline when burned in the same fashion
-it does not have the same energy value as gasoline, only about 2/3 in fact, so one has to burn more to achieve the same.
net result: FAIL!
It is supposed to be “renewable” but:
-it takes roughly 2 gallons of diesel (planting, harvesting, fermenting, distillation, truck transport to refiner) to put one gallon of ethanol in the tank of your car, so how it that renewable? It clearly is not.
net result: FAIL!
It does, however give a huge subsidy to agribusiness in the farm belt states IOWA is a big one, and it just so happens that IOWA is the first primary state (for what reason, I have yet to understand) and it is deemed of huge importance by virtue of its “firstness.” They represent 7 electoral votes in presidential politics but for some unknown reason they punch way above their weight. I would suggest that the Rs make Texas the first primary state so they could get a different read on what the electorate actually thinks. As the first state to vote, Texas would not determine anything, it would however “set the tone” and give some reasonable Southern input into the selection process and maybe we would end up with better candidates for prez than Dole, McSwine, and RMoney. -
#27 M42: It looks like the management of JCP thought that bowing to the winds of political correctness would be a profitable move, they were wrong. On the positive side, they had the good sense to look at the numbers, see the negative results of the idiotic decision, admit their screw-up, they changed their ways (supposedly) and are asking for another chance. That is what any good capitalist organization would do. Would that our govt would do the same.
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HEADLINE:
Israeli jets hit missile shipment from Syria to Hezbollah
Israel’s planes pass through Lebanese airspace to strike delivery of ‘game-changing’ weapons
Things are heating up in that theater and our president is vigorously projecting incompetence.
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OMG, it finally sinks in that Mr LG is the exact same identical person as Mr OTL. 🙂
I think my frontal cortex was froze up this morning. 🙂
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this is another source for the #30 story. The Israelis have some incredibly brave and talented “boots on the ground” gathering intelligence.
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frontal cortex
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Settle down, Tom. That’s part of the brain.
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#35 Squawk: There is a common thread shared by those who are led by the evil one (such as: Pharoah, Herod, Hitler, devout mooslimes, the UN, and most of the left side of the equation) and that is they hate Israel, the apple of G-d’s Eye. OJUgEars is going to do everything he can without being blatantly obvious to destroy Israel or enable her other enemies to do so.
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It is going by the book Bones. BY THE BOOK. And man I am telling ya God ain’t gonna put up with our country being involved in this nonsense.
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I agree with you Squawk, it is going by THE BOOK. Where will those who actively speak out against the evil go when it really hits the fan? Will there be a 2nd exodus out of the whole world towards Israel, will the believers be driven out?
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Where will those who actively speak out against the evil go when it really hits the fan?
My opinion? God is telling his people they better get their spiritual acts together right now and turn fully to him, turn aside from everything they have put their trust in, cause it is gonna be gone.
Will there be a 2nd exodus out of the whole world towards Israel,
In a sense yes. At this moment there is a little reported event happening that most folks do not know is occurring. There is an even greater immigration of Jews to Israel happening than just after WWII and just prior to statehood in 1946. Example in point: The Jewish population in France has been reduced by 30% in just the last year or so for example. The muslim countries have all but chased out the Jews in their countries and them folks are headed to Israel.
On the other side of the coin the nations are aligning against Israel like never before. If one studies Ezekiel they would find that the various Muslim and Russian confederations are forming around against Israel. The latest to join the conflab is Turkey. All the countries are identified in Ezekiel are regularly reported in the news joining against Israel led by Iran.will the believers be driven out?
Wulp I am one of them Protestant folks that believe Jesus is going to return to catch us out of here. But before that day occurs I believe all believers will see persecution and here in the states it will be like what we have only read elsewhere. So to answer that question……. yup.
When I say I fear for this country I FEAR for this country. Only God himself can turn things around here and frankly I am not seeing it. Abortion in this country alone demands God’s attention, not to forget that this country is doing all it can to kick God out of the public square. We are under his judgement now and I fear God may have decided enough is enough.
The only hope we have in this country as far as I can discern is in the Gospel of Jesus.
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I’m so proud of my hard workin’ sweetheart, this posted by her boss/team leader on FB: Congrats [she] is setting records for our team as a top producing buyer’s agent!!!
It ain’t all happenin’ easy either, half her deals she’s draggin’ across the finish line through enemy fire! -
Sam Brownback and the entire legislature of Kansas tells Eric the terd Holder to shove it about the whole gun control issue.
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Did she say her corset was froze up?
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Did she say her corset was froze up?
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There are some people who should not be allowed to buy certain things.
Some you may know who Bear Grylss is. For those of you who don’t, he’s a supposed “survival Expert” who used to have a show “Man Vs. Wild” on Discovery. This was one of those shows that show people who intentionally put themselves in survival situations and then film themselves getting out of them. Grylss was the most popular until it was revealed he was filiming the shows with a 10 man crew, had Kraft services on site, and spent his nights in local motels. Before that, he had launched a product line in association with Gerber Knives who sold products with his name on it. You could buy Bear Grylls Survival Knives, Bear Grylls Survival Hatchet, Bear Grylls Survival Machete, etc.
One product was the Bear Grylls “Craghopper” pants. These featured different colored panels on the trousers in locations where there might be more wear or which would allow greater range of motion.
So, on the Hammock Forums “For Sale” section I recently saw this
“For Sale: Bear Grylls Craghopper Pants, size 40 x 32”
I’m sorry, but if you’ve got a 40 inch waist and 32 inch legs, you might want to consider not hopping any crags.
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Hoppin’ crags in a kilt is akin to playing leap frog with a unicorn…. in a kilt, no?
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And BTW, never play leap frog with an RFU neither, he’ll git you a comin’ and a goin’.
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Did she say her corset was froze up?
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May 4, 2013 at 2:53 pm
Hoppin’ crags in a kilt is akin to playing leap frog with a unicorn…. in a kilt, no?The consequences of misjudging a crag hop are pretty much the same no matter what you’re wearing. The likelihood of misjudging the crag increases, IMHO, as one’s girth increases.
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The kilt, however, increases the chances of a successful crag hop as it allows maximum range of motionof the most critical limbs involved in the exercise.
and when you almost land on a rattle snake it makes for less of a mess when you get a case of the involuntary schizzles.
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However, one’s nether areas are more exposed to the snake and the fangs thereon.
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I’m in a discussion at Patheos about Palestinians. One topic whivh i think is often ignored is that there are Christian Palestinians. On that point I brought up how when Beirut / Lebanon was controlled by Christian Palestinians there was no conflict with Israel but that all changed dramatcally when Islamists took control of the country. From there I was asked if I knew any books on the topic. I replied “Ummmm, books? What are those?” I get my info from the internet so I don’t read much books, at least not on current events.
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I’m back from the Convention, I headed out early this AM and parked in the underground garage. I got there about 7 and had to wait for the doors to open @ 8. I went to the members meeting @ 10 and then hit the floor again until about 3 before heading back home. I bet I walked 5 miles this weekend. Now I’m tarred. 😀
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Gad, on the Mexico visit Obamramadingdong gave a campaign speech to Mexican college students and essentially thanked them for their votes, all the while distancing himself from any US plot like Fast and Furious–somebody else did that, and don’t mention it by name. Can you say delusional? More properly, what do we do about delusional?
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SD musta walked backards today yesterday he put in 10 miles, today a total of 5 miles for the two days. 😀
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The purple part of a woman’s brain is likely to freeze up, every now and then.
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Drudge has this banner story. I would have titled it a bit differently, something like this: JugEars has his minions lie their arse off to cover his.
HEADLINE: The Benghazi Talking Points
And how they were changed to obscure the truthWe all knew that they were lying and brazenly so. They continued and the D congress critters fell right in line. There is going to be another hearing 08May and in light of this story, based on emails grudgingly released, it appears that congress was lied to in addition to the American people, I think that qualifies as a crime.
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Hubby is taking his mother to the hospital. She’s in a lot of pain and can barely move. Hubby said he’s seen signs of her physically declining lately. Her back has really been giving her problems. She and her SO went to Billy Joe Someone in concert in Bastrop this last week. I saw her this morning, and she seemed relatively okay, and they talked about how much they enjoyed the concert. I hope it’s not her last fun trip.
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Have I mentioned my recent invention of the microwave omelet? It’s a sandwich, best if combined with a toasted English muffin. So, yes, the toaster is involved too, making it doubly evil. Bwa haha ha. 😀
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TT, what age is your MIL?
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MIL is 75-78. I keep getting her age mixed up with my Dad’s for some reason.
And I just took a large chip off a molar on the left side of my mouth. I tend to eat on that side, since I have a sensitive baby tooth on the right side. I have the worst of my parents’ teeth – my Dad’s propensity to missing adult and retained baby teeth, and my Mother’s weak tooth structure. I’ve been remarkably resistant to cavities, thank goodness, but this is the second time a piece of my tooth has just decided to take it on the road, so to speak. It leaves a very sharp edge that cuts my tongue. It’s a big piece, too, so I’m worrying about an infection or cavity setting in. I have a good friend from church who is also my dentist. I’m betting she’ll fit me in on Monday. Which will screw up my whole work schedule for that day – and Hubby was planning on me being available to meet with a customer that day, too.
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Darren: “Because they hate.” A young christian women telling about growing up in Lebanon. I don’t remember her name but it is a chilling first person account.
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#62 TexCan: The author’s name is Briggitte Gabriel and she heads up the organization Act for America. The homepage website of her organization is here.
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#61 TT: Try to find some bees wax and plug the hole with that. It will cover the sharp edges and protect the inner tooth plus it is non toxic.
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#61 TT: Goofy as it may sound, brush your teeth real well, particularly the broke one and then cover the broken area with pure honey before you put the beeswax on, it will prevent an infection.
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Tedtam, I think you can get temporary hole fillers at any pharmacy. Designed to keep a cavity clean until you can get to the dentist.
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#53 Adee #52 Super Dave
But it sounds like you had a good day. Yup, I did! 😀
#55 GJT, Believe it or not, I noticed that after I posted it,…leave it to you to Nit-Pick it for me! 😀
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Daughter called me a little while ago just to catch up on NRA hubby & brother-in-law. Then the boy called to tell me that they FINALLY got through installing the “Tunes” in the boat, complete with an extra storage battery just for the system. He’s going to clean it up and get it over here so I can take it to Marine Max for the annual oil/filter/grease/alignment service.
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The Benghazi Talking Points
And how they were changed to obscure the truthhttp://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/benghazi-talking-points_720543.html#
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Well tomorrow is Pascha so we will head out shortly for a midnight service. I have been saving some St. Arnold’s Divine 13 for the feast afterwards.
Dave, I did see a nice looking blond yesterday at the show, but she was with younger fella. The reason she stood out is because of the short, pink dress she was wearing. We must have been working the hall in the same general direction because I saw her multiple times.
Yesterday’s speeding comments: I survived wrecking my trans am at 130 mph. Only by the grace of God did all four wheels stay on the ground and I only collided with a fire hydrant. When my cousin was 18, he was ordered out of his car at gunpoint by the Arlington, TX police for doing 135 mph in a 55 mph zone on I-20.
If you guys do not feel like watching a movie tonight, come on over to St. Joseph’s on Hammerly just inside Bltwy 8. It is a beautiful service. -
SD. 😀 I blame my Mama, can’t hep myself.
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Texanadian and Bonecrusher #s 62 & 63;
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We just rented one of our Sweeny units to people who were very anxious to acquire the unit. We made a deal that instead of making tem wait while we did a make-ready on the unit, we’d take $100 off the security deposit and they’d do the cleanup. That way, they could move in right away.
Since the previous tenant changed the locks (a violation of the lease), I couldn’t go inside to see the condition of the unit. Peeking through the windows, it didn’t look too bad. There was some trash and a few pieces of furniture, but that was all I could see in the livingroom.
The new tenants contacted us. There’s a piece of glass missing somewhere that I missed, the a/c isn’t working, tons of trash, multitudes of roaches, the kitchen was a mess…
…………..wait for it………….
and a rattlesnake frozen in the freezer.
I talked to the girl several times tonight. I must say, these new tenants are taking the situation well in stride, with great humor and a certain amount of awe at the condition of the unit. I asked for pictures. I know the snake has been documented.
I’m going to talk to Hubby about getting them a $100 gift certificate to the local seafood place so they can get a really nice dinner. I think they’ve earned it. -
That’s funny Ms TT, are you seeing an uptick in the rental market, same as home sales? Sounds like you must since you have tenants offering to do their own make ready. 🙂
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Sweetie’s boss has a listing with an idiot owner. He has it listed for 260 I believe and brags it is a deal because HCAD has him appraised at 300 or 310, they keep telling him that is not a good thing but he doesn’t get it. Today she did an open house on it and he had the HCAD appraisal laid out on the counter on display! One couple saw it and the guy said he’d have to protest that!
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I guess some people open up their appraisals every year all excited to find out how much more the tax office thinks their home is worth this year!
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Ok, g’night Gracies.
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Good night ya’ll. Save me some coffee… around tenish will do.
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May 4, 2013 at 11:55 pm
I guess some people open up their appraisals every year all excited to find out how much more the tax office thinks their home is worth this year!I remember watching a Marvin Zindler piecea number of years ago where an 80 sum odd year old man was complaining about his appraisal. He’d been in the house for most of his life. I was an old frame house and looked to be not much more than a fancy shack. I can remember clearly Zindler in his white suit standing next to the old guy who was sitting in a chair outside on the lawn. Zindler told him it was a good deal because when he went to sell the house he could get more money for it. The look on the old guy’s face was priceless.
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Wake up TexMo! Oh wait it’s too early….sorry, go back to bed.
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On that point I brought up how when Beirut / Lebanon was controlled by Christian Palestinians
Wouldn’t that make them Lebanese? I think that they are more accurately identified as “Arab Christians”. There were no “Palestinians” until the Arabs lost the Six-Day War in 1967. They were Syrians, Jordanians, and Lebanese.
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and a rattlesnake frozen in the freezer.
were its fangs stuck in the nether bits of some idiot in a kilt?
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Ok, I’m up and drinking all the coffee.
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You drink all that instant “coffee” so I don’t accidentally drink any.
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Mornin’ Gang
Well I finally had time to scroll up and read some from yesterday.
#15 Mharper42, VERY good read but I did notice that it came out before our wondermous president was re-emaculated.
#40TimTom, Congratulations’ to your Bride.
#47/50 wagonburner 😀
#48 Sarge 😉
#58 Tedtam Prayers to mom-in-law.
#59 mharper42,…..Well my momma told me if I had nuttin’ good to say…… 😀
#72 TexMoDave, I did see a nice looking blond yesterday at the show, but she was with younger fella. The reason she stood out is because of the short, pink dress she was wearing. We must have been working the hall in the same general direction because I saw her multiple times.
Hey thanks, I do look young for my age…. 😀
Just kidding, daughter had on a red dress and her ole dad has red (no white,…yet) hair
#75 Tedtam1.The new tenants contacted us. There’s a piece of glass missing somewhere that I missed, the a/c isn’t working, tons of trash, multitudes of roaches, the kitchen was a mess…
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and a rattlesnake frozen in the freezer.Crap!
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#84 Couch Master: CORRECTAMUNDO! There is no such thing as a “palestenian” they are nothing more than ethnic arabs. The first clue to this truth would be the first head of this newly pc manufactured group was the pederast YassirNosir Arafat an Egyptian.
If one were to look at the original charter concerning the new state of Israel, it included all of present day Jordan to be considered as Israel. Thousands of Jews were expelled from the surrounding countries and they migrated to what is now Israel; they did not receive any compensation for what they could not carry with them. There were ethnic Arabs that were moved out, but they were compensated. The land that is now Israel was a barren wasteland when they first arrived, it was only when they made it a paradise did the scum-sucking “palestenians” want to take it.
Why were not the displaced from Israel simply absorbed into the countries where the Joooze came from, moving into those properties? It is because the scum-sucking islamist jihadi azzwipes wanted an issue to hammer the Jews with out of pure hate. That their own people would be made to suffer is irrelevant. The arab bottom feeder has no problem screwing his own if he can make a Jew weep for a lost child.
Israel tried swapping land for peace in the beginning and that caused the creation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. IT. DID. NOT. WORK. It is nothing short of lunacy to assume that the “2 state solution” will work any better. They already have the other state and it is called Jordan. -
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and a rattlesnake frozen in the freezer.
The good news is that the freezer still works, otherwise it might have been a little dangerous.
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I was flipping through the channels and was very surprised that the Old Dead Guy was doing a story on the truth of benghazi. Then I flipped over to Meet the Depressed and they were in a very serious discussion about the gay ball player?! REALLY….. ❓
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Crap, I stand corrected! The Old Dead Guy ended his show with commentary of the MOST IMPORTANT news story of the week, and what was it?….Wait for it.
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YUP!! The gay ball player!!!
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Speaking of rattlesnakes, one of my aunts has been involved in our family genealogy for quite some time. She recently came across some excerpts from the Kissimmee Valley Gazette involving some of our ancestors:
Friday, July 25, 1902
Jack Hancock, his son Will and John Lanier, Isaac Lanier’s son, returned a few weeks ago from a successful and hard worked hunt. They went down the river as far as Shell Hammock, and up Catfish Creek to the first bluff, bringing back with them 365 fine snake skins, 150 alligator “pealings” from 11 feet down, and about 30 small and lively young ‘gators. These will be added to Mr. Hancock’s present collection and further added to, till he expects to have at least 100 live ‘gator weanlings for the winter tourist season: it being no trouble to rear them in his tanks, which have clear, running artesian water passing through them continually. During his last trip, Mr. Hancock killed 344 snakes of all kinds, and he will not be satisfied till he has completed the full thousand he needs. He has found out and perfected himself a method of curing and tanning snake skins so as to leave unaltered the natural colors, producing a perfectly soft and pliable leather covered with beautiful markings which are brighter and more clearly defined than in the live snake. The comparison between skins he has treated and samples of others sent to him by Northern buyers is ridiculously in his favor, the result being that he can dispose at once of any number of skins he can cure. The late dry weather in some ways assisted him greatly, for snakes collected in large numbers about water holes, though, he says, every year at this time when they have deposited their eggs they are inclined to bunch together, and consequently this is the time to hunt them. Mr. Hancock’s method of killing a snake is simple and full of common sense. He merely blows its head off with a 32-20 Winchester, and then argues that it is entirely harmless, but he prefers a rifle of that calibre to any of a smaller, for the smaller calibre may kill but it fails to remove the head. Believe the medicines to cure snake bites will get no satisfaction from Mr. Hancock, for he never takes any with him on his trips, trusting entirely to his eyesight and his knowledge of their habits to guard him from being snake-bitten. That may be good and true reasoning, but when he continues and enumerates the list and variety of the snakes he is in the habit of handling, the bottom of threat “reasoning” seems to fall out with a loud thump. “Cottonmouth moccasin, Chinese moccasin, Fish moccasin, Little red sharpheaded moccasin, Pine snake, King snake, Water Gopher snake, Highland Gopher snake, Brown Grass snake, Green Grass snake, Coachwhip snake, Diamond Rattler, Ground Rattler and the American Cobra, which is a small banded, red, yellow and black snake, something like the common Garter grass snake, and very deadly. In reading the above the impression is left that the entire woods must be swarming, but in fact, it is only the man who knows their haunts and understands their habits, can make money by killing them, the ordinary man would not run across them, and if he did he would be running so fast it would not matter. Mr. Hancock also brought back several live turtles for his collection, the little black sharp-headed, the green striped and the box turtle; and he also saw another hump-back turtle in the same locality near Lake Hatchneha where he found a dead one a few years ago. This must be a very rare variety, and its shape is peculiar, the back sloping steeply upwards to a blunted apex, giving it a humpbacked appearance. In hunting up Tiger Creek, which is deep and with a comparatively swift current, they found many places entirely covered with a dense mat of water hyacinths through which no boat could be forced, and in which were numbers of young alligators paddling about in complete safety, much as their skins were wanted by the covetous eyes that saw them. This corroborates what we recently said about the water hyacinth being a friend to the alligator, and it is a pleasure to be able to note that this race of saurians is in no immediate danger of being hunted to the point of extermination. -
Israeli Jets bomb munitions targets in Damascus overnight.
The comments reveal some pretty strong anti-Semitism. Other commentors try to assume that because Israel is targeting missiles that are bound for Hizbollah in Lebanon they are allying themselves with Al Qaida. I guess some people simply can not be taught. -
These will be added to Mr. Hancock’s present collection and further added to, till he expects to have at least 100 live ‘gator weanlings for the winter tourist season: it being no trouble to rear them in his tanks, which have clear, running artesian water passing through them continually.
On behalf of my great-great-great Uncle Hancock, I would like to apologize to the denizens of NYC for being responsible for the man-eating alligators inhabiting their sewer systems.
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TexMo, your link is messed up…
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Fixed it. A little back story on that movie – the producers donated the mechanical gator to the University of Florida. It was on the sidelines during football games for a few years during the early 80s.
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#92 Hamous, so would that be Kissimmee River, with the chain of lakes? That was a neat story, I love reading stuff like that.
Also the old 32-20 is just about obsolete, it and the 38-40 and the 44-40 were popular in the late 1800s because you could get a Winchester rifle and a Colt SSA chambered for the same round.
As a side-bar my son-in-law’s grandpa is getting old so he gave away a few of his guns and one was a 1907 Smith & Wesson MP chambered for the 32-20, I didn’t know that it was ever chambered in the little S&W, but apparently they were popular up until about WW I. I ordered a couple of boxes of ammo from The Old Western Scrounger to give to him. Last fall I got to shoot it up at the deer camp and what a sweet little pistol, low report and almost no recoil. I also found a neat old repro US Calvary holster on EBay and purchased it, I wanted an original BUTT they were waay too Expen$ive and most were beat to hell. -
I was tryin’ to fix it too! In any case it works. I’ll bet you had no problems seeing that gator from the nose bleed seats.
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so would that be Kissimmee River, with the chain of lakes?
Yup. Kissimmee is on Lake Tohopekaliga, which is the headwaters of the Kissimmee River. It flows down through several lakes and eventually into Lake Okeechobee.
Back in the ’50s the Army Corps of Engineers straightened the Kissimmee River into a big ditch. It helped with flooding but pretty much sterilized Lake Okeechobee. For about 20 years they’ve been “unstraightening” the river with pretty good success. As a kid I only knew the canal but the old river channel remained basically as oxbow lakes. That’s where we went to pick guavas that grew wild along the banks. If they ever finish the restoration I’d like to go back and see the difference. -
It flows down through several lakes and eventually into Lake Okeechobee.
So Florida has a river that flows SOUTH?! 😉
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Ratso, I was all ready to buy a Dell wireless laptop, for use after I turn in my company hardware. I had my configured selection in the cart, with just 1 question to ask, only to find that I could not buy this model on the weekend. Have to order through the business office, not open on weekends.
I have a desktop at home, on the 2nd floor, not expecting to ever use that PC again. -
Texanadian,
If you have never visited St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Monastery near Washington, TX, I urge you to take a day trip and do so. It is one of the most beautiful, peaceful places I have ever been. They are one of my customers and I am so fond of the nuns that live there. Once when I was there, I met a man doing some volunteer outside maintenance work. We spent an hour talking religion. Just a great visit. He may actually have been from your church, as I recall his was in the same area.
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#98 SD: A Rossi lever action carbine and a Ruger Super Redhawk both in .44 Mag is the modern day can’t miss of what they were doing back then.
I suppose one could do it in 9mm and have a semi-auto for the side arm and lots of choices, but why do that when you could have the bigger and much badder? -
So Florida has a river that flows SOUTH?! 😉
That’s about the only one.
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#98 SD: A Rossi lever action carbine and a Ruger Super Redhawk both in .44 Mag is the modern day can’t miss of what they were doing back then.
I have an old Super Blackhawk (1974), a Redhawk and a Winchester 94 “Trapper Special” in 44 Mag with the “John Wayne” looped lever.
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My #106, my favorite, my Browning Winchester Model 71 in 348.
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Friday morning when I was walking the 4-5 blocks from my parking place to the GRB, I meet up with a couple of Mounted HPD Officers beside the Toyota Center. One was on a beautiful draft horse, a Morgan or Hackney,.. I think. I mentioned that his mount was beautiful and said man is this a zoo or what? He said, naw this is nothing, the NBA play-offs are a zoo, these folks are good people, and hey I like guns. I said, most good people like guns and he said, most smart people do. We talked for about a block and I told him that I had horses growing up but it was just too expensive here living in a suburb and he told me that he also grew up with them and decided to go to work with an outfit that would give him a horse and a place to stable it. 😉
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Is that Dubya in the mouth of the shark?
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Have been meaning to remark on the apparition at the head of weekend OC. Does anybody see any piecrust in the picture?
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I’m no fan of Dubya
Reeealllly? 😉
But seriously. I watched a couple of the talking heads/Obama lapdog shows this morning and I was shocked to see so much coverage on Benghazi. I guess when something gets so egregious even sycophants can’t ignore it. Although they tried real hard to ignore the baby-butchering ghoul in Philly. It took stories of pickled baby’s feet before they would acknowledge it, and then only after Fox shamed them into it. -
Hamous
I know.
Who knew?
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Does anybody see any piecrust in the picture?
squack eated it.
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Watching “The Amazing Race”. Guess who’s inserting hisself into the race?
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Wait – it’s a tourist photo with a cutout and cut’n’paste photography.
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Close call.
Whew!
Hubby almost changed the channel when he heard that TBO was involved.
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