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It’s the weekend!
Mornin’ Gang -
Need the recipe for the vanilla wafer taco shells.
Banana Pudding Tacos with Vanilla Wafer Shells
For wafer taco shell:
7 ounces all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon aluminum free baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
4 ounces unsalted butter, room temperature
3 1/2 ounces vanilla sugar
1 large egg
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Shannon, you need to blow up your neat; “Bucolic Cat Spring in December” and send to Texpat or Hamous for the OC picture.
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Toonerville Trolley opens for business
December 12th, 1910On this day in 1910, the “Toonerville Trolley” streetcar line began operating between Houston and the suburban community of Bellaire. Railroad executive William Wright Baldwin, acting as president of the South End Land Company, founded Bellaire and Westmoreland Farms after purchasing the 9,449-acre Rice Ranch in 1908. The development was six miles from Houston on the eastern edge of the ranch named for its former owner, William Marsh Rice. By 1910 Baldwin had invested over $150,000 in capital improvements to turn the treeless prairie into an attractive location for residences and small truck farms. From the site to Main Street in Houston he constructed Bellaire Boulevard. He also incorporated the Westmoreland Railroad Company to build an electric streetcar line down the center of the boulevard. The Toonerville Trolley operated from 1910 until bus service replaced it on September 26, 1927. The line was typical of the many electric streetcar lines that played an important role in the urban growth of Texas. The town of Bellaire was eventually surrounded by Houston, but it remained a separate city.
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Morning, gang. I like the Sesame Street critter in the OC pic.
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Dennis Martinez has a strong GMC commitment. Check out what his back lot looks like along with his beautifully restored Oliver Tractors.
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#5, mharper, I guess that he is the guy that lives in the garbage can?
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BAWHAHAHA!!! From CNN, no less. 😉
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Busy day ahead. Our Scout Troop’s charter organization, Sugar Land First United Methodist Church, has their annual Giving Tree.
The church selects families in need who then submit a wish list. The church purchases items that are both wants and needs. Today those families will arrive and they have activities planned for the children and the adults.
When the families leave, a person will radio back a number that corresponds to a family. The Scouts will load up everything and wheel it to the front on hand trucks and flat bed carts.
My biggest job this morning will be to ensure the Scouts do not start up their annual hand truck race / demolition derby going up and down the halls. 🙂
After the Giving Tree, we go home, change, and go to the boys’ cello recital.
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It ain’t no fancy classic GMC, but…
On New Year’s Eve, Fay’s little Dodge Dakota turns 20 years old. 115K miles. Super clean. Six cylinder. Darn near smoke the tires.
Most uncomfortable bucket seat on the planet. Notable features: AC, Auto, Radio, and that’s it. No frills, that’s for sure. Everyone that comes near it asks when are you gonna sell it? Sorry, her son has dibbs on it.Phone call on December 31, 1999:
Her: “…and, oh, by the way, I bought a new truck today.”
Me: “What?”….”Okay. Whatever.”
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And it didn’t even blow up the next day on Y2K.
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11 Shannon
Most uncomfortable bucket seat on the planet.
Man, that is the truth. Dodge had to try hard to design a seat that bad.
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Dodge Dakota’s are neat little trucks, I guess it has the 238 V6, ¾ of a 318?
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I loved the old 225 slant six, under square, it was bullet-proof.
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Hidden by impeachment: One of Trump’s “best weeks yet”.
Added to the list of accomplishments this week:
•An agreement on a new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal.
•A new budget including more than $1.3 billion for a border wall and blocks a government shutdown.
•House approval of the U.S. Space Force, a brand-new branch of the military.
•Government family leave that will be a model for a proposal for the public.
•Tentative agreement on trade with China.
•Approval of Trump’s 50th federal appeals judge.
•Confirmation of a new Food and Drug Administration chief.
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Morning gang. Bright sunny and crisp out here this morning. I’ve been cleaning and restoring and updating computers all week, and I’m very impressed with the results. I’ve upgraded everything to Linux Mint 19.2 which is a little more colorful than the versions that I’ve been running, and they’ve added a few new features but nothing earth shattering. So, I decided that since I’ve become somewhat of an expert on computer stuff lately, I would go ahead and take the Win10 mini out of the box and add minimal stuff like email accounts and addresses and my music portfolio. Firefox was able to sync all my bookmarks, along with passwords and other information seamlessly which was nice, but the other stuff requires flash drives. Well, the short version of the story is that Win 10 is designed or people who want of listen to music, watch videos, buy crap on Amazon, and otherwise use many of the convenience features of a computer, but who also take it to someone else when they want to add a feature or something. It’s dumbed down to a point lower than I can stoop I guess. Anyway, to perform even the most basic of tasks on Win 10, I have to go look it up on the other computer and then try to follow instructions. I’m pretty sure that MS development of Win10 is somehow related to a communist plot to take over our government or something. Anyway, viva la resistance – it’s Linux for me all the way, except I’m keeping the little Win10 mini around for those job times when there’s something that even just Linux won’t do.
In other news, the Army-Navy football game is today, and as far as I am concerned, it represents the absolute best that our nation and college athletics should stand for. None of those players get any special treatment at all and adds football practice to the rest of the chores that all students go through The players even have to meet the weight and height restrictions of the other cadets/midshipmen, and many of them bulk up for football and then have to slim down to meet the requirements in the spring. Not a single slacker in the bunch, and probably not many rapists and shoplifters either. The pageantry is unmatched anywhere, and the bets are placed at the highest levels. The President will attend today’s game I hear. If you’re watching, just remember that these are our future military leaders, and while there may be a few Vindeman types scattered in there, and an inordinate amount of females these days, they are still as a group the finest that this country has to offer.
OK, I’m off to something else for a while. Looks like next week will turn into another travel week, with stops planned in Dallas, Lufkin, and other scattered parts of the state. I’ve got to keep getting out to make sure that the state is being well cared for and properly managed, and from everything I’ve seen the past few years, it’s in good shape. You all have a great day now. More later.
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14 SD
I’ll take your word for it.
All I know is where various fluids go.
🙂Two weeks ago, I wasn’t happy to discover that I can barely lift out its full-sized battery anymore. I even made the NAPA guy carry out the new one to my truck.
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Oh, My Sunrise Over Marley Mill picture made the WTVY, Ch 4, weather pictures on Thursday morning. The weather dude, said it really caught his attention, with the colors from indigo, to, red, orange and pink and the stratocumulus clouds.
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Nice
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From my #16
Plus, advisers noted, Wall Street hit another record, and Pelosi conceded that on impeachment, “It’s been going on 22 months — two and a half years, actually.”
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Believe it or not, it all started with telegrams. In 1912, several countries attended a conference centered on the subject of “International Radiotelegraphs.” One of the biggest things to come out of this gathering was the assignment of certain letters to certain countries, to identify their radio and television signals – America was given W, K, N, and A (fun fact: Canada got ‘C’ and Mexico got ‘X’).
While N and A were chosen for American military radio stations, W and K were designated specifically for commercial use. Stations were allowed to choose the letters that followed the K or the W, and the combination was allowed to be three or four letters in length.
In 1928, the Federal Radio Commission decided on a few rules that remain in effect to this day:
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When I moved to Texas I remember thinking how strange it was to have TV and radio station call letters that started with K.
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My #19, I posted the original, earlier last week, but if you missed it, I’ll post it again; Sunrise @ Marley Mill
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Good Morning Couch Critterianites.
I thought the musical piece The Grinch on last night’s thread was particularly well done.
Please enjoy the day.Thatisall.
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1896: First demonstration of the radio.
Marconi demonstrates his radio set to the public on this day in 1896.
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25 Hamous
I knew some of that American radio history, but there’s a lot of good stuff to learn at that site.
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Michael Bloomberg is worth $54.1 billion according to Forbes which would put him on the Bloomberg Billionaires List at #18 in the world, between the Waltons.
But, wait ! He’s not there. He’s not on the list. WTH?
If Mikey took his name off the rich people list, does that mean he’s not rich anymore ? Where did the money go ? If he doesn’t want it anymore, I’ll take some.
It must be a typographical error. What a shame they had to layoff all those fact-checkers and copy editors.
HT: Charles Glasser at Instapundit
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If I’m ever a HOA Nazi I’m gonna ban leaf blowers.
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#26
Nice pic, Dave.
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Here’s more pictures from the Power Line folks- Impeachment Edition https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/12/the-week-in-pictures-impeachment-edition.php
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Powerline also reminds us that Boris Johnson was born in New York. Following the Left’s blind allegiance to birthright citizenship ….
BORIS FOR PRESIDENT 2024!
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Dang, it is a beautiful day here, 60 and sunny, a little warmer than was predicted since the clouds broke up, well before noon. Oh, and we got 3″ of rain, late Thursday and all day Friday. We had thunder boomers both days, which is unusual.
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SO, I am stupid! I just noticed that the character in the OC picture was an old lady with her sun glasses on top of her head,…I did wonder about the glasses.
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You thought it was a muppet?
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Jimmy Dick himself called me today to ask me to vote for Buzbee.
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Her name is Lauren Boebert, mother of four, owns the Shooters Grill in Colorado. She made national news when she confronted Beto O’Rourke and told him he would not confiscate her guns. Boebert said she’s 5 feet tall and 100 lbs. so she needs an equalizer to protect her family.
Lauren Boebert is now running for Congress in Colorado’s 3rd District.
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You thought it was a muppet?
Well after mharper’s ;
Morning, gang. I like the Sesame Street critter in the OC pic.
I thought it was that fellow in the trash can, never watched the Muppets.
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#39, Texpat, she was on Fox last week, with pictures of her waitresses and their holstered pistols. I wonder what sort of Hawg Leg she carrying in the picture?
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Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a Democratic House member from New Jersey, has said he would vote no on impeachment and is now switching to the Republican Party.
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Halftime at Army-Navy game with Navy holding a 14-7 lead. What a great ballgame. Both teams are triple option running teams, and I think there has been one pass thrown by each team. And it’s a hard hitting slugfest. Most impressive, no penalties in the first half. Well disciplined teams. This is what college football should really be all about. The President tossed the coin, visited each locker room, shook hands with all the players, coaches, refs, etc. They interview some of the players, and if you weren’t watching, you would not realize that some of them are black. They are all polished gentlemen. There may be hope for our country yet. OK, back to the battle.
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Just looking in on the Houston mayoral election from the ETJ of Richmond in Fort Bend County. Seems to be two quite different candidates, so there is a selection to be had in political thought. That is helpful. Hope the best candidate for the good of Houston wins.
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I thought it was that fellow in the trash can, never watched the Muppets.
Same thing. Most of the sesame street characters were Muppets created by the same guy.
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Well, it has been a fine day here, about 60 for a high and bright and sunny. The wife went off to the booming metropolis of Enterprise, this afternoon, to go shopping and when she got back it was almost dark. She wanted to go feed her hens before they went to roost and was going on her Mule, taking Dawg with her. She asked me to go, so we could head down to the pond afterward, so I grabbed the old 20 Gauge and went and got MY mule and we loaded up and headed out. I took it because I knew we’d be back after dark and that old thing has a windscreen, which helps out with the wind in your face. We were heading back from the pond after dark so I turned on the headlights and said “my Mule has headlights”, she said, “so does mine” and I said, “yes, but mine has a windscreen”. 😉 I can’t tell you how much I love that old machine, GJT is probably the only one here that understands that.
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I’ve spent almost all day at church, helping out. The first year confirmation prep class had their final today, and in January will be blending with our confirmation second year class (CII).
I designed payment envelopes earlier this year for the CII class, to be used to help remind parents of payments due and make it easier to process payments during classes and events. Fortunately, I printed off a pile of those before heading to church this morning.
The first two hours I proctored the final, on which the students scored dismally. I began working on the adult retreat to be conducted while the students are on their retreat out of town. After that was over, the orientation for the CI students to learn about the CII rules and expectations for them and their parents began. That began about three hours of figuring out the balances due and filling out the payment envelopes. Another lady was helping out and we had several accounts that had us flummoxed. As best we can tell, the disorganized DRE has a helper/sister who is about as “helpful” as the DRE is. It appears that some receipts are duplicated, and we may be missing several receipts. When parents asked us about the balance due listed on their envelope, we tried to rifle back through the book, but this was while we had other families waiting to pay their fees.
I’m going to meet this lady and the CI catechist Wednesday afternoon and we are going to have to recreate a payment timeline for every dang student and try to determine what they actually owe. What a royal, unnecessary PITA that is going to be.
And my brain is fried now. I’m not doing anything that requires more than minimal brain activity. I guess that means I’m a liberal for the rest of the night.
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#19 & 26 Super Dave
What a gorgeous picture to enjoy again. No wonder the weather guy wanted to use it. Truly spectacular.
We miss you folks in the Houston neighborhood, but retirement beckons, and you’re still with us through the ether. Happy are those who plan ahead for the day retirement comes and can slip into the new routine as seamlessly as possible for the great change it turns out to be. Good friends in similar situations and hobbies help make the transition easier.
As a dear friend several decades older than we are said when he retired, he and his wife planned ahead so that when the time came they would be as ready and organized so that the transition would not seem so strange in the beginning. And looking back they wondered how they ever had time to work because of all the things they were interested in and were now doing.
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#39 Texpat
That must have been one encounter ole Beto would never want to repeat. Yea for Lauren Boebert now running for Congress. -
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Can anyone explain me this one???
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#51
Never mind, I hadn’t heard about big salt shakers, but I saw it further down in the same Powerline…
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So, the blog was already kilt, and my posts just made sure of it.
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The salt shaker thing caught my eye earlier as well. Trump got a thing about yuge salt shakers I guess. I think he just trolls.
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#40 SD
You thought it was a muppet?
Well after mharper’s ;
Morning, gang. I like the Sesame Street critter in the OC pic.
I thought it was that fellow in the trash can, never watched the Muppets.
Mine was a joke…
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Houston re-elected an incumbent mayor.
Imagine that.
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Nope, not dead yet. I’m still marveling over the Army/Navy game today. A hard fought, cleanly played, disciplined group of guys on each side of the ball. They got a couple of penalties in the second half, but nothing to mar the game. Even at the end, after the outcome had been determined, the teams were playing hard and showed no signs of giving up. These young officers will make Americans proud, and anyone who knows someone who goes to any of the military academies knows a good person. Occasionally one will screw up, but that happens everywhere. Very impressive.
I’m abut ready to throw in the towel for the evening. Sweet dreams everyone.
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16% turnout for the runoffs. Just pitiful. Pit-ee-ful.
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52 mharp
Good. Then you can ‘splain it to me now.
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BTW, the thing in the trash can is Oscar The Grouch and he lives on Sesame Street. The Muppets are a separate crew. Muppets include Ms. Piggy and Ketmit the Frog. Totally different show.
Now y’all can sleep easily.
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What would happen if Trump used sugar cubes instead of pouring sugar into his coffee/tea?
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#60 Hamous
Yes, saw that in a comment on Hambone earlier this evening. Then we see the yuge salt shaker pictured. Let’s see what the Trump haters try to make out of that.
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58 Hammie
Last graphic I saw showed that River Oaks lawyer with 68,000 votes.Houston has never turned out for runoffs,
But that is a damn joke.I guess this is where they pull out the “you get the government you deserve” crap.
I guess so.
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61 Texmo
Well, hell, they all look the same to me.Somehow
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Here’s an oldie but a goodie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj-6nJCQYdo
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Y’all need to go back and read Hamous’ #60. Dang, amazing doesn’t even come close, like the man said, how do you write parody in a world where everything is a parody!
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Well, I’m glad that I didn’t run for president since I’d probably be a Black Pepper Monger. We’ve had several salt pepper shakers over the years but I keep going back to the heavy glass, (looks like crystal) ones we got when we go married. They are heavy, big enough to hold an ample amount of product and have SS lids. The downside is that the pepper shaker had the Depression era lid, I.E. the damn holes were too small for anything but the smallest particles and dust to go through and I like coarse ground pepper. So, years ago, ole Dave drilled out the holes and I’m not sure how big I went but I’m guessing about a #40 drill bit size. Anywho, I have plenty of pepper, out of my shaker….Oh and I’m guy in the restaurant that always unscrews the top of the pepper shaker to save time, drives the wife crazy. 😉
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This is a couple of years old but I just stumbled across it and it doesn’t surprise at all;
Biden: Hero Who Stopped Texas Church Shooter Was Wrong To Have A Gun. “The kind of gun being carried he shouldn’t be carrying”.
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Dave
Oh and I’m guy in the restaurant that always unscrews the top of the pepper shaker to save time, drives the wife crazy.
I am guilty as well!
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So, I flipped on the TV and NBC and ABC had their talking heads on and on both shows that subject was the Democrat switching sides and what did it mean. So, that is the next talking point? How will they spin it? It normally would be a negative for them, but they’ll have to spin it someway. As Rush would say, they’re so damned predictable. ~SPITS~
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#68 #70 Back in the 70’s, right after we got married, my wife and I were in Shoney’s in Brunswick Georgia. I don’t remember what I ordered, but I had coleslaw and I dressed it up pretty good with black pepper. The waitress came by and asked “do you want another bowl of coleslaw”? I had no idea what she meant, but she thought that the lid fell off the shaker and dumped too much pepper on it. 😀
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BTW; Is Shoney’s still in business, or did the racist, black mafia shut them down?
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BTW, the thing in the trash can is Oscar The Grouch and he lives on Sesame Street. The Muppets are a separate crew. Muppets include Ms. Piggy and Ketmit the Frog. Totally different show.
The Muppets are a group of puppet characters created by Jim Henson, many for the purpose of appearing on the children’s television program Sesame Street.
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Henson and his coworkers created Muppets that could interact with the human actors, specifically Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird, who became two of the show’s most enduring characters. -
66 ELGordo
I’d forgotten that one, but recognized it right away and started laughing, hard, before the good part even started.An American Classic.
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Oh and I’m guy in the restaurant that always unscrews the top of the pepper shaker to save time, drives the wife crazy.
There must be legions of us apparently.
I don’t salt my fries but a heavy dose of pepper is required. They’re reaching for the pepper when I pull up to the window around here.
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Comey, on Chris Wallace, actually opened up with,
“Well, I guess it depends on your definition of vindication.”I didn’t know whether to laugh or throw a brick at the TV.
You know me. I laughed so hard that it woke up the house.
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#68 #70 #76, I’m not big on salt, but my wife is, if she salts something on the stove, you can’t eat it.
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Oh man. Comey is the biggest liar and parser in history. I hope there’s a special place in hell for such scum.
I swear he wouldn’t walk past me unscathed.
You really ought to watch it.
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Talk about a parallel universe, Upchuck Todd is on over here and you should hear the group of
ExpertsPartisan Asshats pontificating on the upcoming Impeachment. Every, single, one of them started out with a complete lie about the FACTS in the case. As Reagan would say, it’s not that Liberals are so stupid, it’s just that they know so many things that just aren’t true. -
Well, I think that I’ll get an early start on the big ole Pot O Chili, wife only had one bowl from the last batch, since she was gallivanting around the countryside and I ate the whole dang thang, over several days, I didn’t even freeze any.
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We, too, are making chili. Those venison/pork tamales are calling.
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#59 Shannonigans
Good. Then you can ‘splain it to me now.
I am transitioning off of Drudge to CFP, and I’m missing out on a lot of the minor memes these days. Had heard nothing about Trump liking over-sized salt & pepper shakers at his plate, while everyone else at the table gets ordinary shakers.
So this meant nothing to me, till further down in the pix, it sorta got explained. Although right now, I can’t recall how it was explained…
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Chili ain’t a cheap date no more.
6+ pounds of chili meat and hamburger.
Ouch.
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Quick drive-by, and dang, those Vidalia Onions are rough on the eyes.
Eddie Glaude is the poster child for affirmative action. What, An, IDIOT!!! Mercy!
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#70 – I do the SAME!!
This is a very old waitress’s trick (no kidding I was in the food biz)
An overfilled pepper shaker usually does NOT shake out much pepper – no space inside for the pepper to actually SHAKE!
A pepper shaker that doesn’t yield much pepper = LESS side work for the waitress re-filling the pepper shakers!
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/sadistic little waitress, sitting over there laughing at you trying to shake pepper out of there
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I’ve had a couple of conversations with waitresses about the wisdom of putting chunky blue cheese dressing in a bottle with a ketchup snout.
Always carry a pocket knife.
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The cast of performers over the course of the series consisted of Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Fran Brill, Eren Ozker, Louise Gold, Kathryn Mullen, Karen Prell, Brian Muehl, Bob Payne, and John Lovelady. Many of the performers also worked on Sesame Street, whose characters made sporadic appearances on The Muppet Show.
I was originally only trying to make the point that there were two separate shows. Sesame Street to teach preschoolers their numbers and letters and The Muppet Show to entertain young and old alike.
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I was only pointing out that Oscar the Grouch was indeed a Muppet.
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The “Progressive” messiah is now calling for politicians who don’t buy into the climate hoax to be executed by firing squad:
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, apologized Saturday after telling a crowd of young supporters a day earlier — while speaking in English — that politicians should be put “against the wall.”
As usual, I think they’re perverting scripture to push their evil agenda.
“…and a little child shall lead them.”
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She said her real meaning was lost in translation.
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Man, what a beautiful day! Shirtsleeve weather already, 62, bright and sunny and not a cloud in the sky.
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The girl’s parents should be imprisoned.
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Morning gang. I’m getting a late start this morning since I woke up for a couple of hours in the middle of the night. Darn you and those tamales – I’m thinking that I may have to call my tamale lady again, let’s just say that she is rightfully very proud of her product and charges accordingly. I may want to take a load of chili, beans, and tamales on our trip to Lufkin next week. Not sure about the weather, and it always tastes better when the weather is crappy and cold.
Right now, another bright sunny day without a cloud to be found anywhere. I’m hoping that the political events going on in the UK right now are a precursor to what we will see next fall in the US. People generally seem to have had enough of the liberal, progressive, socialist hogwash and are turning the tide back on that movement – not just UK, but US, Italy, and others. Can France and Germany be far behind? Of course, the plan for those two was to let enough muzzies over run their country that they could not be stopped, and we’ll see if that plan actually works.
OK, you all have a great rest of the day. More later as it develops.
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Ninety Six!!! Teeing her up,……
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You all can talk about those tamales and chili all you want, but I’ve got the nanner pudding monster calling me. I think I last had banana pudding was several years ago, but someone talking about those nanner pudding tacos got me interested, and it’s just been taking off from there. I’m gonna do the non-cook kind simply because I’m too lazy to do the harder one. Let’s see – pudding, milk, Eagle Brand, whip cream, sour cream, vanilla wafers, and of course nanners. Mix ’em up and cool in the refrig for several hours. Sounds easy enough for me – hardest part is peeling and slicing the nanners. oK, I’m off to the grocery store.
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If you only need one reason to vot for Trump, and transforming the courts doesn’t do it for you, this should do it.
They make it sound like a bad thing—-
I for one thing they sould do it with a few more Departments.
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let’s just say that she is rightfully very proud of her product and charges accordingly.
Premium homemade tamales around here blasted through the long-time $10/doz ceiling some time ago. They’re a dollar a piece now.
What does the market bear in San Sabber?
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About the same. Some volume discount if you are a hard trader – Mexicans like to wheel and deal a little and “negotiate.” Last time I got 3 dozen and traded two frozen pork butts and $20. She’s got her eye on my heavy duty meat grinder that I haven’t used in a while, so we might get into that somehow before it’s over.
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99 Sarge
That’s just great, Sarge.
There are some glaring electoral weaknesses for conservatives out West.
This can only help.Decentralization of these agencies also gives the opportunity to eliminate positions altogether.
We are blessed that some real Conservatives have this president’s ear.
There is some doubt that the guy would have come up with the idea on his own.
Although after a lifetime of fighting with government, it must have put a real smile on his face when he figured out he might be able to dismantle some of it for future developers.
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After he wins next year maybe he can start eliminating entire departments, starting with the Department of Education.
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There’s some quack on PBS who’s pretty much contradicted all the other quacks telling you what you can’t eat. Collectively they have said you cannot eat anything.
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Two butts and $20 for three dozen.
Hmmmm.
She might have come out on top with that one.Although the butt value may have dropped in your eyes for some reason.
Or you’re actually flirting.
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Dang, I just stopped by for a minute and saw this;
Impeachment Backfiring: SECOND Democrat Leaves The Party In 24 Hours.
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I’m a bit skeptical. I think their sudden epiphany has less to do with their convictions and more to do with the fact they probably won’t make it through their Democrat primary.
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106 SuperDave
Even though he’s only a State Senator, any problems for the Dems in PA is great news for Trump in 2020.
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Hamous says:
DECEMBER 15, 2019 AT 1:12 PM
After he wins next year maybe he can start eliminating entire departments, starting with the Department of Education.It will be hard to get that legislation passed.
Moving the headquarters to Tulsa, though, is within the Executive purview and would have much the same effect. You just don’t replace the ones who decide not to move.
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Temporarily. There will always be growth creep.
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Hamous says:
DECEMBER 15, 2019 AT 1:37 PM
Temporarily. There will always be growth creep.Agreed. But it will buy time, at the very least. And has the potential to slowly starve the Democrats of donations from well heeled bureaucrats who get their money from the taxpayers. At some point they may start realizing that the job opportunities in their favorite city for their favorite employer are moving to the sticks.
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There will always be growth creep.
That’s their most important task.
Job #1 is to propagate their own.
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It’s kazoo-freezing weather in Green Bay, only 15 degrees for the Packers/Bears game this afternoon. Packers 14-Bears 3 in the early 3rd Q. Everyone’s breath shows, a sure clue on how cold it is when you can almost see ice crystals in it.
Can appreciate how numbing it is for anyone in the stadium who is not moving in the stands or on the field. Just watching it makes me cold and want to make some hot chocolate even though it’s 78 outside here.
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The Tennessee Titans have these two guys on offense, Smith and Henry.
Two of the best I’ve ever seen.
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I briefly watched several of the Riefenstahl Sunday news shows today. A couple of observations:
1) While they all believe that Republican voters are too stupid to understand the “clear and incontrovertible proof” that Trump has committed impeachable crimes, they all acknowledge the issue is a loser for Democrats.
2) They are scared s**tless after the UK vote and are starting to disparage the leftiest of the left and will begin pushing Bloomberg as the one who can beat Trump while secretly hoping the old bag enters the race. They know they cannot win with the current top tier candidates.
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Now it’s 21-3. The blood is circulating better in Green Bay. Not that it got any warmer, and the field is now in shade.
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Hamous says:
DECEMBER 15, 2019 AT 2:11 PM
I briefly watched several of the Riefenstahl Sunday news shows today. A couple of observations:1) While they all believe that Republican voters are too stupid to understand the “clear and incontrovertible proof” that Trump has committed impeachable crimes, they all acknowledge the issue is a loser for Democrats.
2) They are scared s**tless after the UK vote and are starting to disparage the leftiest of the left and will begin pushing Bloomberg as the one who can beat Trump while secretly hoping the old bag enters the race. They know they cannot win with the current top tier candidates.
The fishtailing has started, too.
And Durham’s investigation isn’t over yet.
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Oh, and David French is a first rate a**hole.
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With 100% of precincts reporting, 12 votes separate the two candidates for my city council seat, district H.
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are starting to disparage the leftiest of the left and will begin pushing Bloomberg as the one who can beat Trump
Darn. I was hoping Michelle would come riding in on his black mule to save the day.
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Hard to believe this is December 15. 81 outside at Chez Harp. Great day for some manual labor. I am sawing up a branch that came down from our water oak. It did surprisingly little damage to anything below it. I think it probably came down during a rainy day/night we had a while back, last week. Don’t even know if I was here when it happened, but I not only didn’t hear it happen, I also failed to notice it until last Wednesday night. Even though it was dark, I used my hand saw until I could tell by flashlight that thee was no weight on anything I cared about.
It was a busy week for me, so I didn’t get back out with hand tools to complete the job. Until today. Gotta wait another month to have Heavy Trash pickup for tree branches. Hope the wood will dry out and be a little lighter to carry to the curb by then.
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A true Chili Master will tell you that a certain percentage of hamburger (vs. chili meat) is required.
Over time, the hamburger meat disintegrates and creates the intense beef gravy.
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#106 SD
I have learned to be suspicious of Dims who become “Republicans” when they sense that they will not be re-elected as a Dim.
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Sheesh, then I read #107 where Hammie said the same thing!
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You and Hammie.
What can I say?
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After my last batch turned out so tasty I’m only going to use chuck roast that I do a rough chop on in the food processor. Almost perfect amount of fat. Just add a little bacon grease to round it out.
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Out making the rounds, stopped by the Kudzu Patch. I posted this over yonder and this was the caption;
Kudzu Patch turned into a rye patch. Last June this little field was covered, waist deep in Kudzu but after cutting it twice and discing it a couple of times, the rye came up on it’s own, seeds dormant from years back. You can still see some dead Kudzu on the trees along the fence.
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I also, went down to my Deer/Wheat plot.
My small patch of wheat, planted for the deer. This should be knee deep by now, but the deer keep it grazed down to the ground. BTW; this small field and the big one to the left was completely covered in Kudzu last Summer. We still have work to do here, but it is much better than it was.
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What can I say?
No one scrolls up and reads the posts?
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Dang, the chili is smelling good, simmering, as low as I can get the medium burner.
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I scroll DOWN to read the posts in sequence.
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Ya know: time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
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Nap time, later, Couch Critters.
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#105 – Certainly no flirting – too may tortillas and tamales and refried beans have taken their toll on her. The pork butts have probably been in my freezer for close to a year which should make them properly aged for tamale work, and I did acquire them on sale a while back. It never hurts to have a friend in the tamale business when hard times come around though. I figure I came out about even overall on that deal.
Now as the nanner pudding, it’s cooling in the refrig as we sit here. I wound up not following the recipe exactly, but when I was done it looks right and licking the beaters it seems to taste OK. I also wound up with an extra nanner, so I figure that i will just cut it up on the first batch that comes out later, and if there is still some left, I’ll just cut it up on the rest of the bowl. I don’t know how I’m going to get rid of all this pudding – makes a lot more than I thought it would. Wonder if you can freeze that stuff?
OK, going out to feed my deer and cool my heels for a bit. More later.
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Harper
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A fine Spring day in December.
All I can say is, glad I’m not in New Jersey.
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In restoring all my old computers, I have been able to rescue quite a bit of music that I had ripped off over the years, and the little mini works just right to plug into my theater system and play, so I’m listening to a lot of stuff that I haven’t heard in several years. Right now Emmylou Harris is playing, and I don’t think there is a prettier, more pure voice anywhere than hers. Easy on the eyes too. Her story in pretty interesting, and if you don’t know it, check it out on the net. I don’t say this about many of them, but she’s an awesome woman.
My next project is to rig the mini up so that it will play on the restored Maggy. I think it will sound better on the Maggy than it does on the theater system. Got the parts on order.
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Right now Emmylou Harris is playing, and I don’t think there is a prettier, more pure voice anywhere than hers. Easy on the eyes too. Her story in pretty interesting, and if you don’t know it, check it out on the net. I don’t say this about many of them, but she’s an awesome woman.
You’re pretty much preaching to the choir here, brother.
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“You’re in the business of selling medicine that causes addiction and overdoses, and now you’re in the business of selling medicine that treats addiction and overdoses?” asked Dr. Andrew Kolodny, an outspoken critic of Purdue who has testified against the company in court. “That’s pretty clever, isn’t it?”
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Her voice is unreasonably fine and true to this day.A fine guitarist in her own right.
A leader in her field. Always classy.
Truly, one of the GOATs.
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Sunday is usually Van Day in the Hamous household.
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No way I could pick a favorite from Miss Emmylou but this would be in the top ten.
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142 Hammie
For whatever reason this one has become one of my favorites:
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My introduction to Emmylou was on this album.
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One can only pray that Emmylou has enjoyed her life as much as we have.
🙂 🙂
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Beware the ides of December.
Oh, wait..
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144 Shannon
This version just came up on the rotation. Duet with Natalie Cole.
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I think losing Gram Parsons took its toll on her.
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And by the way, no doubt one of the greatest harmonizers of all time.
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Shannon
Van’s got a new album out. So far, two songs have come up this afternoon, including this one.
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126 Hamous
After my last batch turned out so tasty I’m only going to use chuck roast that I do a rough chop on in the food processor.
Me too. I made a pot of chili today with some very lean beef and while it’s good, it’s just not right without a higher level of fat. It’s not up to my usual standards, but I’ll guarantee it won’t go to waste. I also cooked up another pot of 2 lbs. of pinto beans.
Vacuumed and mopped the wood floors on the first floor, mulched in my crepe myrtles and washed down the driveway since it wasn’t freezing. This is the first day in 2 weeks I’ve felt like doing anything physical since I started battling this upper respiratory infection. I finally had to do a 7 day round of steroids to try and knock it out since my doctor and I agreed it wasn’t responding to antibiotics. It’s some kind of mutated bacteria around here that physicians are really struggling to beat.
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Weird thing happened at Mass this morning. I normally go to the 9:30 English one but decided to go to the 8:00 Latin mass. In Father Felix’s homily he mentioned some recent vandalism at the parish and that there are demonic forces at work in the world. At this point a woman went into some sort of distress and we had to call an ambulance. It was serious enough that he came down and gave her the Anointing of the Sick sacrament. She was conscious when EMTs arrived but I haven’t heard an update yet.
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Satan does go after his biggest threats. Perhaps he was visiting your parish to reconnoiter and had to make hisself known when called out by a real priest.
We had a(nother very liberal) visiting priest this morning. His homily started out okay, and then he also veered into praises of Autistic Teen Who Told Off the Adults, and how we are called to save the world. Save the world! Stop polluting!
I put my forehead in my hands and prayed. Prayed that it would end soon.
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Emmylou, Linda, & Dolly.
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Emmylou’s a Red Dirt Girl.
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RE: Van Morrison
I’ve been on his tour date newsletter list for at least 2, maybe 3 years and Morrison hasn’t even come close to performing in North America. I don’t know whether he doesn’t want to tour the US anymore or not.
If he came reasonably close to me and the tickets weren’t ridiculous, I would be a buyer.
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Last I talked to someone who went to see Van I think he was at The Backyard in Austin. They said he was a real dick. That was probably 10 years ago. I think the exact description was “He had a necktie on, presumably to keep the foreskin from flapping up over his head”.
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I’ve been on his tour date newsletter list for at least 2, maybe 3 years and Morrison hasn’t even come close to performing in North America.
Five shows in Las Vegas in January and February.
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159 Hamous
If I never set foot in Vegas again I’ll be very happy.
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158 Hamous
I’ve heard those comments in the past and was hoping they weren’t true or maybe he was having a bad night. Oh, well……….Next !
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160 Texpat
The inscription on my tombstone will read:
“He never went to Las Vegas”
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I’d still go see Van if I ever get the chance.
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I’m watching “Hacksaw Ridge” for the second time.
Dang, it’s still a great movie.
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RE: #155
If that version of The Sweetest Gift doesn’t bring tears to your eyes, you’re just one black-hearted SOB.
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162 Hamous
“He never went to Las Vegas”
Casinos really creep me out. It’s not the building but the people inside – the customers, the employees, the weirdos – forget it. There’s always this sort of squalid, latent fog of desperation in those places.
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We had a(nother very liberal) visiting priest this morning. His homily started out okay, and then he also veered into praises of Autistic Teen Who Told Off the Adults, and how we are called to save the world. Save the world! Stop polluting!
Tedtam, I actually thought about you after our homily this morning. It focused on keeping the church and the sacraments foremost in our hearts as we approach the Nativity of our Savior. We were called to not ask “What can brown do for you?” (Old UPS commercial reference), but to remember the real reason for the season.
I thought how appropriate the message was for this time of year and then I wondered what you had to
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Nanner pudding update: Not bad. I had better, but this batch turned out OK. I used real whipped cream, mixed up with the mixer (and no extra sugar) and spiked it with 3 heaping tablespoons of sour cream in addition to the stuff I mentioned earlier and left it in the refrig since about 2PM so it’s good and cold. Not bad at all. No telling how good it might have been if I’d spent the time to do it all from scratch and baked it in the oven or however you cook that stuff. No egg whites on top either – I can’t spell merange.
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I just went out with the HOA Nazi crew to judge the Christmas lights contest in the neighborhood. We had a lot of ties, takes a lot driving back & forth to break ties.
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Thanks, Hamous. I’ve been letting Gram Parsons take over my YouTube, and its been good.
Then this one comes up. Still the best cover ever.
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Dang, then comes these guys with another Parsons cover.
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Long live Cortisone.
A miracle drug.
Never be scared to utilize it.
But never consider using it long term. -
Pancho and Lefty
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Emmylou, Last Waltz
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170 Sarge
A while back there was a Parsons tribute album that included some new songs with artists taking Parsons words and putting them to music. I think his daughter was involved. This is one done by Jim Lauderdale.
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175 gto
She and he own that song.
Period.
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Nobody clicks on my music links—–
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Pizzonit. I’m going to England.
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I do
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#178 – I do. I was headed to bed an hour ago, and I’ve been stuck here listening to more Emmylou. What an angelic voice. So, without further ado, here’s the last one I listened to. Night all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbaz_T6BN3g
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Not well known, but put him together with Paul Butterfield——
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Emmylou was the very first artist to record a cover of Townes’ Pancho & Lefty. She was at the front of a long, distinguished line.
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Texpat says:
DECEMBER 15, 2019 AT 10:22 PM
Emmylou was the very first artist to record a cover of Townes’ Pancho & Lefty. She was at the front of a long, distinguished line.And every dam one of them couldn’t hold a candle, until this gal came along.
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Sarge brought up Poco.
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waiting for an online test to time out…
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Too bad Brown’s book store has closed and is now an online seller.
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