Friday Audrey’s Back Open Admiration
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Good morning, Hamsters.
Dr Phil,
At 3AM this morning there was an episode of Barnaby Jones on MeTV. (I never was much of a fan of Jed Clampett as a private detective.)
The bad guy in the episode is a 27 year-old Don Johnson. He looks eighteen.
Trivia: Johnson met Melanie Griffith when she was fourteen. She was fifteen when they moved in together. They married when she turned eighteen.
A real Jerry Lee Lewis-type story.
Here are the two earliest photos I could find of them:
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/06/a8/72/06a8729e96b1bfecd4e5cee8cd8987e5.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a3/24/1c/a3241ca6f5b1b6c33a6b62058ed06cab.jpg
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Max has morphed into the best 3AM alarm clock that I never needed. 🙁
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Just found out last night about Hamous passing. Thanks for calling and letting me know @Katfish. Every time I went out to see some music, I would always text him a pic of the band or person we were seeing and he would reply. We were out recently seeing Stoney LaRue at Main Street Crossing in Tomball (great venue!) and I wanted to text him but I couldn’t find his number because my phone broke and the backup didn’t go well. He always treated me well and we always had a good time when we met in person. RIP Hambone!
My accountant died recently of Covid Pnuemonia. 61 yrs old. We were close. She was Godmother to my son. I still can’t get over that I’m never going to see her again. More thoughts later today.
@Squawkbox. Is there anyway we can speak on the phone? Text or call me at 713-539-7731. If you call, you may have to leave a message because I don’t answer the spammers anymore. I have some good news for you.
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Oh yes nice!
And Hey Smacktle, good of you to drop by.Mornin’ Gang
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So sorry for your loss.
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There has been a frightening amount of loss surrounding our group lately.
I know Sarge is prepping for a Zappa Friday, later.
But I have chosen two special songs for today that I know Hammie would appreciate…..
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Here’s my other choice.
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6 Dood
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Morning Smacktle, good to see you.
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Morning gang. 15 degrees outside this morning. I last saw the pups last night headed around toward the front of the house (the lee side), and when I got up, they were huddled together right at the front door where they were yesterday morning. H had some hot dogs which they seem to like, so I opened the front door and the female, who lets me touch her came on inside, but the male is much more cautious. I left the door cracked, and he came inside in a couple of minutes, so they are now both inside the house and have been treated to some water and hot dogs. All the outside water sources are frozen over, so they were plenty thirsty also. I want to get them into the laundry room, but I don’t want to start chasing them around, so I’m just letting them explore a little bit right now. Also trying to get a couple of photos to post on line. They are very “cowed” meaning they are afraid and passive. The female is starting to become more trusting, but I still can’t touch the male. If I could get them to thinking the laundry room is their home I could keep them for a few days while we try to find the owners. They are healthy and do not appear to have been abused or neglected, but they have also been through some tough times it looks like just based on their behavior. I’ll work with them a little more today and keep them out of the weather until it warms up a bit. So there’s the strav dog update for the morning.
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Down to 13 degrees as we sit here sipping coffee.
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#11
January 21st, today I think. Can’t wait!
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GJT, I guess that I left that part out, didn’t mean to. When I brought my E Mail it was in there and I’d remembered it was January 2022 but noot the date.
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Well DARN! It is winter in south Alabama, 36 when I got up and we’ll be lucky to hit 45 with scattered light rain. Somebody call Chicago and tell them their weather is in my yard and please come get it. 🙁
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It’s in my yard too. With all its frat bros. Drunk.
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ELG
Pup pics.
Maybe Super Dave can transfer from FB.
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Pup pics.
Maybe Super Dave can transfer from FB.
Mmm,….K but as of 7 AM CT they’re not posted yet.
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Still working on the dog pics.
In other news, blancolirio has his third update on the 5G vs. radio altimeter debate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHIFs4EkA0k
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Awwww, ain’t that sweet, El Gordo done adopted a pair of chihuahua doggies.
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70,000+ pound driverless behemoths barreling down the Highway.
“The safety driver was pulled over the summer.”
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FWIW; I kinda’ agree with Texpat about the possibility that somebody dumped those puppies passing through town.
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Bonecrusher says:
JANUARY 21, 2022 AT 07:10
Awwww, ain’t that sweet, El Gordo done adopted a pair of chihuahua doggies.My personal experience is that the best dogs are the one God gives you. He’s doing something good for both of you.
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OK, I put up a couple of pictures of the lost dogs over yonder, so bring them over if you like. Hopefully the owners will turn up today given all the publicity I’m trying to generate here locally. Now it’s off to coffee and covid.
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Robert Earl Keen has announced that as of Labor Day, he will no longer tour or perform publicly.
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Let’s cheer this place up a little with a Classic;
Betty White & Johnny Carson in Funny Skit as Adam and Eve – Carson Tonight Show
Just get me a smaller fig leaf,….they don’t make them that small. 😀
Is there somebody else? Somebody else?!?!?
You spend a lousy 400 years with somebody and they think they own you.
BTW; I did love the stoic Tommy Newsom as the Lawyer/Devil.
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My personal experience is that the best dogs are the one God gives you. He’s doing something good for both of you.
Amen! My throw away dawg, Lil’ Bit and BTW she is MY dog, not wife’s dog even if she is on the front seat of her mule.
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30 dave/el guapo
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Mornin’ all. Just letting you know I’m still vertical, though getting to vertical from horizontal first thing in the morning is a growing challenge, every day.
I have my coffee, so you know what’s coming soon…
BTW, Salcedo on 700 AM has Dr. McCullough on, taking questions on the ‘rona right now.
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Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Anyone who has been hunting deer in Alabama for a while has surely heard of Gee’s Bend, a large plot of land in a horseshoe bend of the Alabama River in Wilcox County.
In the mid to late 20th century, the 6,600-acre property smack dab in the middle of Alabama’s legendary Black Belt was known as a place where whitetails grow to be big and fat with prodigious antlers. During its heyday, Gee’s Bend was the epitome of prime habitat with abundant row crops, including soybeans.
Fast-forward to the 21st century and Gee’s Bend has changed significantly. Gone are the row crops. Instead, Alabama’s most abundant crop, pine trees, covers the landscape, changing the habitat for the wildlife.
Chris Park, a plastic surgeon from Mobile, joined Gee’s Bend Hunting Club in 2012, hearing all his life about the big deer from the area. However, the change in habitat had him somewhat disillusioned and wondering what he should do.
10 years later, pay dirt;
“The next week, I decided to do something different, and I went in after daylight. I just walked extremely slowly. I took a step about every minute. I took an hour to get to my stand. When I was about 3 yards from my stand, I took one more step, and I saw something move. I looked to my right. He had spotted me and was running away. I got down on one knee and got my gun up. A lot of times they will stop for a second before they go into the woods. And that’s exactly what happened. The second he stopped, I shot.”
Park was afraid he missed the 215-yard shot because the deer ran down the trail he was on, curved and ran uphill about 40 yards before he disappeared.
“I thought, he just ran up the hill,” he said. “That’s not a good sign.”.
“The wood line the deer had run into was off our property, and I had to get permission from the neighboring club to cross the line,” Park said. “I brought in Art Powers and his tracking dogs again for the careful search. I was not even going to look without the deer-tracking dogs. I had made too many mistakes.
“We clambered through the clearcut and went right to where he had stood. I found no blood. For a second, the dogs were not acting excited, and my heart sank. I said, ‘Art he went left right down here and took a hard right,’ and we followed that path. As soon as we turned right, Art said, ‘Chris I have blood, good blood.’ And I saw it too. It was every few inches and then on the trees where he had sideswiped the trees with hair, blood, and clot. After that the fresh lung and heart blood was obvious, 30 yards later, about 60 yards total, there he lay. It was such a pleasure to put my hands on him. But I was also sad the chase was over.”
When he got back to the camp with the big deer, the other club members were in disbelief.
“Nobody thought there were any deer like that on our property anymore,” he said.
The big buck’s gross antler score was 171 4/8. That obviously changed Park’s mind about Gee’s Bend.
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Coffee & Covid ☙ Friday, January 21, 2022 ☙ JUST LIKE HITLER
Happy Friday C&C! Today’s roundup includes more detail from the Epoch Times on its investigation into excess U.S. deaths; the CDC finally admits natural infection is better but still thinks you need to get jabbed; a doctor sues Houston Methodist Hospital for its Covid financials; Narrative 2.0 news, and more.
*THE C&C ARMY POST*☃️ I’m headed to DC tomorrow morning with Michelle in tow. Some good news: American offered us a first-class upgrade for only $100! Not, it turns out, because of their profound respect for me, which of course was my first thought, but more likely just because the flight is only half full. I guess the DC injection mandates aren’t super popular with tourists, or something. Or maybe it’s the 30-degree weather. I ordered a battery-powered heated vest and socks, to be delivered today. Hopefully that will keep me from becoming a legal popsicle.
Anyway, the speaker lineup for the Rally looks amazing. When the livestream link is available, I’ll send it out to ya’ll.
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*COVID NEWS AND COMMENTARY*The Epoch Times, God bless them, is continuing to write about the excess deaths problem. In a nutshell, the Epoch Times discovered last month that there were nearly double the number of deaths in 2021 than expected, even after accounting for Covid reported deaths. This week, the Times reported that their inquires to the CDC and the White House about the excess deaths were immediately and satisfactorily answered. Haha! Just kidding. The White House and the CDC ignored the Times’ questions. I’m imagining your shocked face.
Well, the Times continues to gather data, and they have ranked the top five states with the most excess deaths:Nevada (up 65%, of which only 36% were labeled as Covid)
Texas (up 61%, 58% of them labeled Covid)
Arizona (up 57%, 37% labeled Covid)
Tennessee (up 57%, 37% labeled Covid)
California (up 55%, 42% labeled Covid)
That’s a lot of dead Americans.
The three lowest states were:
New Hampshire — no increase
Massachusetts increased 13% (24% of that labeled Covid)
New York was up 29% (30% labeled Covid)
The uneven distribution of unexpected excess deaths is, shall we say, highly suggestive of a non-natural cause.The CDC hasn’t published its 2021 mortality data yet. So we don’t know the detailed breakdown of causes of death. But I know who does know. The CDC knows. And if the CDC knows, the White House knows. Texas, Florida, and Nevada have each said that they’re now investigating the surging deaths. I bet the White House can’t wait. Meanwhile, in Arizona and Tennessee — two of the states with the highest increases — officials are running behind, and said they don’t have all their data collected yet, so they can’t comment. Uh huh.
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I bet you never thought THIS was going to happen. A Reuters story this week is headlined, “Prior Covid infection more protective than vaccination during Delta surge -U.S. study.” The story attributes California and New York health officials (!) admitting that “natural immunity was a more potent shield than vaccines” against Delta. According to the study, people who’ve survived an infection had lower Covid rates than people who were vaccinated but are Covid naive.But don’t get too excited. The story says infection PLUS injection is still the very best protection, and quotes the CDC: “The evidence in this report does not change our vaccination recommendations,” said Dr. Ben Silk of the CDC. “We know that vaccination is still the safest way to protect yourself against COVID-19,” he said. Okay.
I guess the point is, it’s a GOOD THING injected folks caught Omicron anyway! Because now they have the “best” protection. The gold standard, if you will. See, there’s no reason to have buyer’s remorse or get mad that you got sick anyway or anything. It’s like you won a giant stuffed bear at the carnival or something! Stuffed with needles.**********************
On Tuesday, W.H.O.’s chief scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan — say THAT three times fast — said “there is no evidence right now that healthy children or healthy adolescents need boosters. No evidence at all.”
So. Frankly, I’d like to see the evidence that healthy children even need the injection in the first place. Does THAT evidence exist someplace?
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Pint-sized bioweapons engineer Fauci admitted a rare weakness in the vaccine paradigm this week, telling Axios that “One of the problems with making the primary vaccination against the latest variant is that you might not get as broad of a response as against the ancestral strain.” In other words, he’s saying that when Pfizer cooks up a new batch of mRNA vaccines targeting Omicron, it might not work against Delta or Alpha very well, or even at all.
And look at this conclusion from a recent article in Axios crying about the lack of effective vaccines for Omicron:
“Although the original Operation Warp Speed focused largely on vaccines, experts say that if we do it again, there needs to be just as much, if not more, investment in therapeutics — especially given the reality of stubbornly low vaccination rates in the U.S.”
How about that? A shift in focus to THERAPEUTICS. Although I have no idea what they’re talking about stubbornly low vaccination rates. What do they think an acceptable rate is? Please.
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A doctor who got fired (privileges permanently suspended) has now sued Houston Methodist Hospital, which is now infamous for providing the support for the original DOJ memo concluding that employer injection mandates are legal. ENT specialist Dr. Mary Bowden was suspended in November for “spreading dangerous misinformation,” because she promoted ivermectin and criticized injection mandates.
Well, it turns out Texas state law requires non-profit, tax-exempt corporations to provide certain information to the public. So Bowden requested Houston Methodist’s financials, but the hospital refused to comply, so Bowden has now filed suit.
According to the lawsuit filed Monday, the plaintiffs are requesting financial documents detailing all revenue generated at the hospital through the Covid vaccination program, including details about reimbursements or payments from government, insurance companies, and patients. They are also requesting information about any financial arrangements with pharmaceutical companies for Covid treatments. Bowden said the public should know whether Houston Methodist has benefited financially for prescribing Remdesivir.
Bowden’s attorney Steve Mitby told The Texan he expects to succeed in the courts. “I expect we will get these records. It’s state law.” For its part, Houston Methodist declined to comment on the lawsuit.
The Texas law seems like a pretty good idea. We might need something like that here in Florida. I’m looking at you, Mayo Clinic. We’re going to find out about the money, sooner or later. So.
Dr. Bowden also said she’d be attending this weekend’s rally in DC. I’ll keep an eye out for her.
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A raft of articles this week in Corporate Media criticized Justice Neil Gorsuch, who apparently refuses to mask up on the bench. If you can believe that. According to media, even though she’s triple jabbed, Karen, I mean Justice Sotomayor, requested that all the other justices wear masks because she has diabetes. All the justices except Gorsuch agreed. He won’t do it. He won’t put that filthy germ rag on his face. Unfortunately, Gorsuch’s seat is right next to Sotomayor. So, reports say Sotomayor has refused to take the bench, opting instead to appear in Supreme Court proceedings by phone.
I guess nobody wants to switch seats with Gorsuch, despite the opportunity to sit next to Justice Sotomayor. For some reason.********************
Florida’ s pot-friendly Agriculture Commissioner (https://tinyurl.com/mtx9233v) and unlikely gubernatorial challenger Nikki Fried said this week that Governor DeSantis is JUST LIKE maniacal dictator Adolph Hitler. She told WJCT that “instead of listening and trying to govern with the people, [DeSantis] is trying to govern over the people, and, you know, I’m sorry, I’m a student of history, too. I saw the rise of Hitler.”
The reporter, who was probably prepared for a lot of nonsense but not THAT, interrupted her, asking whether she was ACTUALLY comparing Governor DeSantis to Hitler.
“In a lot of ways, yes,” Fried rambled on. “I have studied Hitler and how he got to power, you know, wanting his own militia.”
Just like Hitler! Now, you might be able to convince me that Ms. Fried has studied efficacy rates of various pot strains, techniques for re-recycling partially burned leaves, and safe disposal of used bong water. But history? I doubt it. As Magic Eight Ball likes to say, “all signs point to no.”
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The Narrative 2.0 buzzsaw continues to tear through Covid mandates and lockdown laws. This time it’s France. In the same week as Biden’s proto-State of the Union, French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced Thursday that the government will lift most of its Covid restrictions by next month at the latest. “We are unquestionably in a new phase of the epidemic,” said the prime minister, optimistically.
That was fast!
Actually, France has had an average of 320,000 daily Covid cases over the past week, an ever-rising number, but hey, who’s counting. It’s a “new phase.” What do you want me to say?
The snooty country intends to keep its injection passport and indoor mask mandates. It has been heavily locked down; LOTS of restrictions — like occupancy limits — will now be lifted.
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In an under-reported story, last week Gavin Newsom announced that California is now “preparing for an endemic strategy.” He called the current Omicron surge in that state, “the last big surge” of the pandemic. So hopeful! So optimistic!
His cheerful prediction comes just one day after the state hit an all-time high, with 143,380 new cases and a record 23% positivity rate. Deadline News quipped, “Despite the grim data, Newsom made a second sunny forecast.”
But the Governor isn’t quite ready to explain to reporters what the new endemic phase will look like. “We’ll be making public those detailed strategies in the next few weeks,” he promised. I wonder when he found out about the new narrative? Obviously not long enough ago to have come up with the new plan yet. Oh well. Can’t wait to hear it.
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Have a fabulous Friday! Due to the DC Rally trip, I’ll probably be off for the next three days — but don’t worry, I’m not in jail! Just traveling. However, I WILL try to do some FaceTime live events if circumstances permit. No promises, but I’ll try. Otherwise, I’ll see you Tuesday morning for re-caffeination. -
Due to the DC Rally trip
You going to a rally in Washington DC?
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So the little TV is on, muted here in the office and the old Perry Mason show has Bette Davis on as a star? I may have to watch that one. I record them off the dish and watch them when I want. On it is called; “The Case of Constant Doyle” (TV Episode 1963).
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I’d love to, but I doubt I could afford it or the hassle of flying unvaxxed and unmasked. Masks tend to give me headaches. Childers is going to the rally. He’s speaking.
My headaches have GREATLY reduced both in quantity and severity, but put a rag over my face and make me breathe my CO2….
And just being the DC area, they’d prolly try to make me wear one. DC is one big Karen zone.
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PS: About the masks…
When all of this hit, and we were forced to mask everywhere, I got either the most lightweight yet “get away with it” mask I could find, or I got a paper mask and cut slits in the folds, to make them harder to see. Never got called on it.
Because…air.
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Super Dave says:
JANUARY 21, 2022 AT 08:47
So the little TV is on, muted here in the office and the old Perry Mason show has Bette Davis on as a star? I may have to watch that one. I record them off the dish and watch them when I want. On it is called; “The Case of Constant Doyle” (TV Episode 1963).There was a period during one season when Raymond Burr was either hospitalized or bed ridden at home (I can’t remember which) and different stars did episodes as replacements. IIRC, Walter Pidgeon did one, and I believe Mike Connors did one as well before he did Mannix. In an episode following, we get shots of Burr in bed with a cast(?) that sort of explains the absence.
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#40 Sarge I’ve not seen the show but I read IMBd and it said;
Raymond Burr was unable to appear in this episode and for the next three due to a minor surgical procedure. A few scenes, like phone conversations, were filmed in advance. For a few months, from approximately November 1962 through January 1963, he was notably absent. According to the studio spokesperson, Burr was in a Los Angeles area hospital in December and then recovering at home from “minor corrective surgery”.
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I know better but here goes.
Childers is going to the rally. He’s speaking.
So who is Childers? SO! You’re traveling because of a DC Rally but not going to DC?
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Jeff Childers is the lawyer who writes the C&C column.
He’s also been very influential in the legal fights for folks’ rights in Florida.
He’s been training up other lawyers in other states to fight the Covid medical machine.
So, NO, I never said I was going to the rally. The emphasized part at the end of the C&C post is what Childers wrote. I usually don’t include his ending good-bye, but since he was mentioning that he may miss a column or two due to his DC trip, I included it.
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Back from coffee, and the dogs were still in the chair right where they were when I left. It’s up to 27 degrees. Visited with the dogcatcher, and we figured that I’ll hang on to the dogs today and hope that someone calls. After that, we can decide where to go from there. He says that the guy who runs the Friends of Animals chapter is a good guy and is good about finding fosters and such if needed. Anyway, the saga continues, but they are safe, warm, and fed which is better then it has been for them.
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I had a long talk with my next door neighbor, Al, who is the executive overseeing 23 buildings and parking garages comprising the Hackensack University Medical Center near my home. He was telling me about the crises they’re having over cost overruns they’re having with ongoing construction projects. Al said galvanized pipe and conduit has increased in price over 200% in the last year, among other materials. A $139,000 project has increased $93,000 due to material costs alone. Another parking garage project has gone from an original bid price of $1.2 million to $2.1 million.
The orthopedic OR area called him and said it was 59° in their rooms. A large heat exchanger had gone out and delivery for a replacement is 5 months so he told his crew to pull it out, plug the two leaking tubes and reinstall it to keep the heating system going in that building.
Al said things are completely nuts in commercial construction right now because of all this. These kinds of cost shocks reverberate throughout the economy in ways most people can’t see or comprehend.
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OK my bad! The last paragraph (in italic’s) was the end of the C&C post. I just thought that it was YOU signing off for the weekend. Maybe if I’d check them out once in awhile I would have figured it out.
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Dr. Susan Crockford
As I point out in my new book, Fallen Icon, David Attenborough devised a three year campaign on the falsehood that hundreds of Russian walrus died falling off a cliff due to climate change because he also desired what the World Economic Forum (WEF), meeting online this week, say they want: immediate and drastic changes, supposedly to mitigate an invisible ‘climate emergency’ and other societal ills.
Despite the fact that walrus and polar bears are thriving in the Arctic, this fabricated ’emergency’ seems to be the reason that its new chairman plans to make the G7 into a ‘climate club’.
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Burr appeared in several Perry Mason episodes where he had an unusable arm. Tried to hide it.
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My guess is that a lot of these cost overruns / supply chain issues are going to get worse. I was reading something yesterday about how long it takes to get freight into the west coast now – specifically Long Beach. I know next to nothing about that industry, but the gist of the article is that the situation is getting worse as we go. In an industry I do know, I learned that getting parts from Siemens (directly out of Germany) has lead times of 12 -18 months. We’re headed for a very bad place.
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Texpat #107 last night.
The orthopedic OR area called him and said it was 59° in their rooms. A large heat exchanger had gone out and delivery for a replacement is 5 months so he told his crew to pull it out, plug the two leaking tubes and reinstall it to keep the heating system going in that building.
I do not know about commercial heat exchanger installations, but in industrial applications if the process allows it you can opt for removable tube bundles. It is very easy to pull those and either plug off or repair a broken tube.
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Something else I heard about recently… apparently Germany had struck a deal with Taiwan to exchange covid vaxx doses for semiconductors at some point. I don’t know any real details about said barter, but seems to me that things on the geopolitical stage are getting rather, ummm, sporty. Throw in the stuff we’re hearing about an incursion into Ukraine and…
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#50 – EVERY ocean terminal in North America is slammed, swamped, wayyyyyyyyyyyy behind for timely receiving ocean vessels for cargo offloading.
West coast has been BAD the longest from San Diego up to Vancouver BC.
Ever since SS Line Hanjin went belly up in summer of 2017 – it’s all been one long extended MESS!
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#49 Same with Andy Griffith when he caught some bad guys, he said that they gave him some trouble, BUT he’d put his fist through a wall in season II
“The Andy Griffith Show” is arguably one of the most wholesome shows in TV history. Much of this stems from Sheriff Taylor’s even-handed way of dealing with things. Whether he was dealing with Opie or Otis, Andy always played fair. He generally stayed pretty calm. In fact, when he got stern, you knew things were serious. It turns out that Andy Griffith may have been a little more hot-headed than his television counterpart.
For two episodes in the second season of the show, Andy Griffith wore a bandage on his right hand. You can see the bandage in “Aunt Bee the Warden,” and “The County Nurse.” It’s explained away pretty easily. In the show, it is said that the sheriff was in a tussle with some criminals offscreen. Even the laid-back Sheriff Taylor has to take action from time to time, after all. The tussle led to a minor hand injury. In reality, Andy Griffith injured his hand in real life. He did so by putting his fist through a wall. The story goes that Griffith got mad while shooting season two of the show and took his frustrations out on a wall.
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R.I.P. Michael Lee Aday
https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/4509131/meat-loaf-died-catching-covid/
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Yes, there have been those that attested that Andy Griffith was a far cry from the gentleman Andy Taylor character.
Flaming Liberal to boot.
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BTW; Andy and Helen Crump did a lot of,….well,….rehearsing in the sack and If I remember right they were both married. I know Andy was.
Ellie the “Lady Druggist” was supposed to be his love interest in the early shows but they didn’t hit if off to say the least. If you see one of those old episodes were Ellie and him are feuding, watch her closely, daggers often came out of her eyes. 😀 -
#56 Yup I posted that in #41 but nobody read my posts. 😀
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An 11 year difference in age between Andy and Ellie.
I guess he wasn’t a Don Johnson type.
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I somehow missed the fact Meat Loaf was born and raised in Texas.
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And for those Dems with a public record of protecting criminals, and who will again be running for office, their pro-criminal, anti-incarceration, defund-the-police proclamations need to be highlighted by their GOP opponents. Define them for who they really are.
There is going to be a lot of social-media-scrubbing by Dems running for office in 2022 and beyond. Many of them got caught up in the euphoria of the 2020 riots, cheering on the destruction and the violence. Those posts need to be screen-capped before they’re gone.
There is one left-wing activist in my extended social circle who actively cheered on the 2020 riots as retributive justice, while also advocating for the police to be defunded. This person is now planning his/her first political race, and all of the toxic social media has recently been scrubbed or shut down altogether.
But – I saved screenshots of the most extreme posts. If this person gets some political traction, I can reveal the true person.
I hope that there are teams of conservative activists scouring social media for incriminating pro-crime posts from likely Dem candidates. It’s something we can all do ourselves, too. We know the local political aspirants. A great many of them who live in solid-blue areas felt comfortable being publicly pro-crime the past two years. Let’s capture their most outrageous comments and posts before they’re gone. The pro-crime community activist of today may well be a Senate candidate in a few short years.
– Buck Throckmorton at Ace
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The first Frank Zappa song Hammie ever posted on LST is also the first link I ever Barneyed.
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About a year and a half ago Hamous posted a song by Walter Cole and I’ve been hooked ever since. Here is Bob Fudge.
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And of course we have to pay tribute to this site’s name Hambone by Tennessee Earnie Ford.
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EG, those pups look owned, not neglected or mistreated. But even well-treated pets do sometimes get lost. Is there an online lost-and-found post in your neck of the woods?
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Squawk I’d forgotten all about Barney. 🙂
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unckewl.Thanks pal.
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Hey, check out this nice 65 Lincoln Continental. 😉
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Coincidence?
This Year, 2022 …….. both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address will occur on the same day.
This is an ironic juxtaposition of events.
One involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to an insignificant creature of little intelligence for prognostication …
The other involves a groundhog.
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Here’s a really good picture of El Gordo’s dogs basking in the sun.
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This is an ironic juxtaposition of events.
One involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to an insignificant creature of little intelligence for prognostication …
The other involves a groundhog.
BAWHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! SOO TRUE!!!!!
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Here’s to Zappa Friday.
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#69: Who the heck washes the car in high heels?
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#59 – reading vs. RETAINING not always a match SD! 😉
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reading vs. RETAINING not always a match SD!
YUP! It was a joke son, I gave up on this long ago and I’m as guilty as anyone. Drop by, don’t scroll up and start bloviating. 😉
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#s 69 & 74 – where’s the Lincoln? 😉
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Would appreciate opinions on this issue: yesterday my soon-to-be 7 year old grandson was the last one off the bus upon arrival near his house because he refused to put his coat on at the request of the bus driver. He was wearing a sweatshirt and sweatpants, and his house is 4 away from the bus stop, and my daughter was there. Yes it was somewhat cold, but he has my Yankee blood and doesn’t like to be too hot with a coat on when he’s wearing a sweatshirt. My son-in-law said he needs to listen to whatever the bus driver says, but my daughter and I contend the bus driver overstepped her authority and punished him for something that is a parenting issue (and I don’t think questioning authority is wrong, 100% compliance to whatever someone tells a child to do can lead to a lot of bad things).
I say she needs to “stay in her lane” (pun intended) and follow the standard bus rules, not her opinion on what he should wear. NO COAT MANDATE! What say you?
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#79 – I’m w You 110% Shakester
Bus driver is there to ensure SAFE passage and a minimum of kids misbehaving along the way – only THAT and nothing more!
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Obviously, Shakey is Domestic Terrorist who thinks that parents should make decisions instead of bus drivers.
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The first time I saw Hamous’ website, this is what I thought of…
Hambone, hambone where ya been? Been around the world and back again. Whatcha ya gonna do when you get back?, take a little walk on the railroad track, hambone, hambone. Hambone walk, hambone talk, hambone eat with a shovel and a fork, hambone, hambone.
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Sarge, I’m waiting for the FBI to show up as I type
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79 Headshaker
I’ve always been hot-blooded and grew up with adults constantly telling me to put on a coat or something before I went outside. My mother took us down the Army-Navy Surplus store and bought us Navy Peacoats. Those wool coats are great for keeping warm…in New England. I spent most of the time lugging that coat around over my shoulder instead of wearing it in southeast Texas winters. If the bus driver wants to kindly suggest your grandson wear his coat, I’m fine with that. But ordering him to do it is not her job.
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#66 – We have a County Forum where the photos and info are posted, and it was also picked up by the local Friends of Animals site. The City dog catcher was up here and we checked them out. I told him I’d hang on to them for a couple of days since we couldn’t’ catch them anyway and put the word out searching for the owners. Also neighbors are aware and keeping an eye out. As you noted, they appear healthy and not all buggered up, so they are obviously someone’s indoor pets, but they do seem to be enjoying the sunshine. They spent two very cold nights outside, but hopefully they will be a little more willing to come inside tonight. They warmed up inside from about 5 this morning until 10 or so, and had no problem making themselves right at home on my TV watching chair with the blankets on it. They also ate pretty well and got fresh water since everything outside is frozen over. Hopefully we’ll hear from someone today or tomorrow since the word is out about as well as it can be around here. These seem to me to have some Dachshund in them, and I would have thought that mixed with Chihuahua would be an unholy alliance, but these two are as sweet as they can be. Anyway, we’re doing what we can, and that’s all we can do.
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Son –
•Politely make your case.
•Then, win or lose, follow the adult’s instructions.
•Disembark.
•Remove jacket as bus pulls away.
Optional: Shoot her a quiet byrd.🙂
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#79 Shaker: The
bus driverKaren overstepped her bounds and needs a strong jerk back on her chain. If your grandson was actually cold he would have worn his coat. As it was he was comfortable, so what business is it of hers in the first place? -
Even up here in NJ I wear 3 or 4 layers of clothes instead of one big heavy coat. My favorite coat is a lightweight polyester-filled one from Eddie Bauer. The reason I like it is because it has a great weight-to-warmth ratio. I have other more expensive, heavier winter gear, but I rarely wear it anymore unless we have a blizzard.
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Thanks for the opinions, we’re all on the same page just like the old days! 😉
Shannon – good idea and I hate to admit this, but he already knows how to flip the bird. 🙁
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#86 – spot ON Brudda!
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Calling Count Fraudcila, dr Brixenstein, Count Fraudcila.
Time to cook up a new variant in your Dungeon lab.
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/much-brighter-covid-19-cases-plunge-across-us
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Here’s to Zappa Friday part II.
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Some lady called and said that she would like to take the brown female. I told her that she may think she sees two dogs in those photographs, but what she really sees is one dog with two bodies. Those two are inseparable – I could tell that from the beginning. There are never more that a couple of feet apart and sleep piled on top of each other. Nope, it’s both or none, and they aren’t even my dogs. They may get a foster this afternoon, but I suspect it will be much like when mh decides to foster a cat. That way if the owners do turn up, they can slug it out between them and leave me out of it.
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#86 – I totally agree. Don’t start no shXX and there won’t be no shXX.
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JANUARY 21, 2022 AT 11:58
Sarge, I’m waiting for the FBI to show up as I typeIf you lived closer to Henry Cuellar, they’d already be done and gone.
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I’d take the male.
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Ninety Seven! We’re on a roll.
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Supply chain woes:
Granted, this is a somewhat luxury item and not a necessity, but I ordered a custom bass (L-2000) from G&L back in June 2021. The initial delivery date was estimated at late October/early November. Delivery date has been pushed back a few times. I just heard from my Sweetwater rep today with another updated delivery estimate early March 2022. As March approaches I won’t be the least bit surprised to get another “update”. I don’t think that whole JIT thing is working out the way people thought it would.
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Some lady called and said that she would like to take the brown female. I told her that she may think she sees two dogs in those photographs, but what she really sees is one dog with two bodies. Those two are inseparable – I could tell that from the beginning. There are never more that a couple of feet apart and sleep piled on top of each other. Nope, it’s both or none, and they aren’t even my dogs.
Amen to that! I was showing the dogs to the wife and that was the first thing she said, it would be criminal to desperate them.
Oh and please get rid of them quickly because the wife is making a Road-Trip to Midland next week and if you still have them on the way home she’s dropping by your house. 😉 -
I’d take the male.
But you know how I feel about chihuahuas.
I am right there with you. Thank goodness for people like Gordo and SD that can handle chihuahuas.
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Stocked up on foods for me, the cats, and the outdoors critters. I can’t stop thinking about Hammy, passing away at home alone. Hoping that he didn’t suffer, and wondering if the cause will be determined.
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#54 Katfish
Heck, I was watching the commercial, showing how to grind up some yard weed and make your own morphine!
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showing how to grind up some yard weed and make your own morphine
Got a link? Asking for a friend.
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Ya want the ones for gernades and other splodies?
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Good news on the dog front. A lady called and said that if the owners didn’t show up she would like them, and I suggested that she might consider fostering them; an offer which she jumped on. Turns out that the Hispanic older couple comes in to Larrys from time to time, and they lost their 20 year old dog a while ago. She came by, and the dogs were outside sunning, and the female came on inside and let us pick her up, but the male took some coaxing – but he does follow the female – so we just left the door open and moved to the kitchen, and shortly thereafter, there he was. We sat and chatted for probably half an hour while he was settling down, and he finally came over and let me pet him a little and then pick him up. The lady knows the dog catcher and is going to report to him that she has the dogs, I’ve got her phone number if an owner does show up, and if so he’ll have to go break her heart, not me. She said these will be inside dogs and they historically spoil their dogs rotten – and she readily agreed that there is no way they could be separated. So, another lucky dog story with a happy ending. I even threw in what was left of the last package of hot dogs that I had – those hot dogs work magic.
As I previously noted, I always thought Chihuahuas were ill tempered and evil, and I believe these have some miniature Dachshund in them too just from looking, and they can be spiteful too. But these two were a couple of the sweetest dogs I’ve ever seen. Now they are scared to death, and in a couple of days when they come out of their shells they may turn in to terrors, but I doubt that will happen. So as it stands, the family is glad to have new dogs, the dogs are lucky to be placed with a good family, and I’m lucky to be out of the middle of it. Had they stayed much longer, I might have fallen for their charms, and Brother Dave may have lucked out too. Of course, Mrs. Dave can stop by on her trip any time and say hello, and we could go spread the wealth at the olive oil shop or something.
OK, end of the lucky dog story, and so far everybody is happy. Both those dogs tails were wagging to beat the band when they all drove off, and I think I detected a little tear in Mama’s eye also she was so happy.
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#105
Well done, EG.
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#105
Good news Gordo.
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I love a good dog story with a happy ending. Glad to hear this was one of them.
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I’ll never forget the day, recently, that a discussion about drummers threatened to boil up around here.
Hammie shut it down quickly.
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#110 Agreed, always been one of my favorite to “air drum” to.
I don’t recall the drummer discussion, but this guy was always up there in my list of people I would have liked to play with. An absolute madman, which I think was why him and Ox were so good together. Constant tension, but in a good way.
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Well, all the rest of my plans went away since I spent all my time messing around with the lucky dogs, so now that they are gone, I decided to cook my cold weather chili project that has been on hold most of the week. I did, and it turned out very good except perhaps just a bit too spicy. But I’ll manage to handle it OK though. I just had a little cup for a trial run, but maybe I’d better have another just to be sure I got it right. And drat, it’s too late for my nap. What a mixed up state of affairs this is.
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Had the funeral this morning, most incredible service I’ve ever attended. Place was packed with Cracker Barrel employees, customers, friends and family. Deputy Constable Jennings attended with his wife, he was the first on the scene when Robin went down, then stayed with the family all day at the hospital. My wife gave the eulogy, did an incredible job, I don’t know how she did it. She had asked Deputy Jennings to stand by her side while she spoke, and he did. As the service was wrapping up, Jennings got up to speak explaining to the crowd briefly the events that morning, and how she crawled to the counter to make her own 911 call. He then removed his badge and placed it on the casket to honor her bravery. Then about a minute long standing ovation.
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#118 – That’s an impressive story. May she rest in peace.
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Tim, this post for your sister-in-law brought tears to my eyes.
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I was awestruck just reading that, GJT. Kudos to your wife for being able to hold it together enough to give that eulogy. Kudos to Deputy Jennings also. Comforting to know there are still some good guys out there in the world.
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Tim, I’m so sorry for your loss, another senseless tragedy in this messed up world.
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#105 – Way to GO EG!!
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#118 GJT, What they said,… and what a nice tribute to a fine lady. So sorry for your loss but she would have been so proud of that service. Let me rephrase that; She was proud of the service.
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#118 – KUDOS to Your Bride Sir!
Calls to me remembering eulogies for My Pop (’97) & Mom (’02)
As an only child I
performedsweated through bothCertainly 2 of my most challenging days in almost 67 years……
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#118 GJT: Y’all have walked through the fire and your great character was revealed. I am humbled.
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On behalf of my wife, thanks guys. Between the Constables and Harris County Sheriffs investigative department and have a renewed faith in law enforcement. Also, I can’t really call the Cracker Barrel family support diverse as I’m not sure Robin wasn’t the only white person there lol, but for these past few days anyway, nobody noticed any skin color. So, yep, I have a bit of newfound belief in humanity.
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Wound up taking my nap anyway, even as late as it was. Had some chili with my cheesy scrambled eggs and feeling all good and cozy right now. I’ll go get in the TV chair, pull up a blanket, and catch up on the latest news, or perhaps the latest episode of WOW. More later unless I don’t make it back before bedtime. I didn’t really realize what a relief it is not to have to be fretting over those dogs.
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You’re a good man, ELG.
All things bright and beautiful,
all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful,
the Lord God made them all.>snip< 4 God gave us eyes to see them, and lips that we might tell how great is God Almighty, who has made all things well. [Refrain]
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#129 EG
I didn’t really realize what a relief it is not to have to be fretting over those dogs.
So while I’m reading that post about your nap and your eggs and so forth, I was wondering if you weren’t missing those cute li’l dogs…
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He’s on his knees thanking the Lord for that woman.
He admitted it. Another 24 hours and he was toast.
🙂
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It’s a great story.
One we needed so much.After all, this is the January from Hell. And it’s only the 21st.
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Speaking of drummers.
Everyone knows that their retarded misfit first cousins are the bass players.I always thought this ancient song was good evidence of it.
🙂
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I guess my work computer will need the efforts of a professional. I can’t keep it unfrozen enough for a diagnostics program to run.
Sucks. I wanted to get stuff done, and now it’ll be days (only days, if I’m lucky) before I can feel productive again.
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#118
Wonderful tribute.
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#135 – even SAFE mode won’t work?
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You know I, didn’t try that. /heading over to give it a shot
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Okay, got the work computer in repair mode.
I went to Aldi today, found out they had blackberries on sale again, 85 cents/pack. Yeah, I picked up a bunch. They’re loaded in my dehydrator now.
I think I need to name that thing, so I don’t have to type out dehydrator all the time. Any ideas?
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#131 – That’s why I was wanting them to go so quickly because they were working their charms on me and I might succumb. If I were going to have pets, those are the two that I would want. Never once heard a peep out of either of them except once the female barked at me when I was carrying out the trash outside. Better that they move on before they set the hook in me.
OK, bedtime out here. 34 degrees headed to 19, but the puppies will be sleeping indoors tonight, and so will I. You all have a good one, and more later as it develops.
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My wife is having a rough time.
Not only with the loss of her beloved brother in law.
But she is helpless to be there for her sister. And the rest of the family.
She was their rock for a long time.
It’s been a very long day.My heart is breaking for her.
I haven’t sat across from her and sung to her in a mighty long time. Much less a capella.
But I just did.
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Shannon: {{{{{{{{{{ HUGS }}}}}}}}}}
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Looks like my computer is doing better. Whew!
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Remind me that the Verse Of The Day needs to make the journey to the new digs.
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Vince Gill wrote his masterpiece for his recently deceased brother.
I know your life on earth was troubled
And only you could know the pain
You weren’t afraid to face the devil
You were no stranger to the rainSo go rest high on that mountain
Cause son, your work on earth is done
Go to heaven a-shoutin’
Love for the Father and the SonOh, how we cried the day you left us
We gathered round your grave to grieve
Wish I could see the angels faces
When they hear your sweet voice sing
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