What is the Oxford comma and why do people care so much about it?
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Mornin’ Gang
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I’m sure not hearing much about this on the lame stream media.
Sharyl Attkisson sues administration over computer hacking. -
This global warming is starting to get old up here in the wilds of central Texas. Algore must be camping out nearby.
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Good frosty morning Hamsters. High clouds veiling the waning Moon’s face kept our low to 33 all night, which is the happy side of freezing. We have one more day before the latest and strongest winter blast so far arrives. AlGore is everywhere.
Today is Epiphany or Three Kings Day, and tomorrow the Christmas tree can be taken down and stored in its box for Christmas 2015. The space it graced will seem empty for a few days thereafter even after all the furniture is back in place. Such is the passing of the Christmas season and a good reason to leave out some of the winter decorations to cheer the house on the bleak days that will follow.
Vote yes for the Oxford comma for the clarity it provides. AP style is junk and perhaps intended to allow several interpretations when clarity is not the object of written pieces.
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Algore must be camping out nearby.
NAH! He’s at the “South Pole” trying to save his
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You guys need to put in some effort into fixing yourselves up for your wimmins.
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Rep. Cole: Challenges To Boehner’s Speakership “Unprofessional, Disappointing”.
No Mr Cole, you’re unprofessional, disappointing. H/T American Woman. -
Since I’m doing so well betting football (winning one out of three last week), I’ve turned my eye to the political stage. I’m betting that none of the Houston delegation with oppose Boner for speaker. Any takers?
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#6 – not just NO – oh HEYULL NO
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One of MANY HAZARDS we deal with on 2 wheels…………..
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OK, we joke about all the idiot Yankees that have just about ruined Florida, but I stumbled across a great story about a true Floridian, a REAL Florida Cracker, and yes, I found the article on “True Florida Cracker”.
Florida rancher’s wish: a legacy of his land pristine forever.
Be sure to scroll through all the pictures at the bottom.
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Ima get my hubby some of those Thocks for his birthday! Wooooeee.
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11 SD
Nice article. While the angus breeders have done an amazing job of promoting their breed lately, nothing beats those Brafords as far as I’m concerned. -
13 Shannon
Agreed.
The only problem with breeding Brafords is having to use Hereford bulls. They have got to be the dumbest cattle in the world.
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#12 mharper42
This is a joke gift, right?
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#13, 14:
The only problem with breeding Brafords is having to use Hereford bulls.
I’m a little confused; after you get a couple of generations of Brafords, can’t you use a Braford bull with a Braford cow and get Braford calves?
Creating Brafords from Brahmas and Herfords is different from breeding existing Brafords with each other ain’t it?
A labrador retriever was created from a Newfoundland hound and an English retriever. Every time you want pups you go to the existing labrador retriever stock instead of starting from scratch. -
She quotes PJ O’Rourke paraphrasing Milton Friedman’s four rules on how money is spent:
1. You spend your money on yourself. You’re motivated to get the thing you want most at the best price. This is the way middle-aged men haggle with Porsche dealers.
2. You spend your money on other people. You still want a bargain, but you’re less interested in pleasing the recipient of your largesse. This is why children get underwear at Christmas.
3. You spend other people’s money on yourself. You get what you want but price no longer matters. The second wives who ride around with the middle-aged men in the Porsches do this kind of spending at Neiman Marcus.
4. You spend other people’s money on other people. And in this case, who gives a [damn]?
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#15 Adee
Joke gift?? -
#18 mharper42
The thocks are/would be a joke birthday gift?
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#17 Texpat
Ha! Poor babies, and their august institution of higher learning helped shape Obamacare. Hoist on their own petard they are. No sympathy. About time they discovered they aren’t royalty, as they are the only ones who think they are.
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Bones
Brafords are now “breeding true”, but there aren’t enough of them around since this all started in the last 50-60 years. It takes many, many generations to create a new breed and have enough individuals with the qualities you are seeking. So, many ranches are still having to start from scratch.Polled (hornless) Herefords have been around for many, many years however, as a stand-alone breed, they still have a problem producing enough milk.
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Don’t look now, but there is a weasel convention being televised on CSPAN-1.
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#19 Adee
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You can create a Brafords in two ways…Brahman bulls on Hereford cows….or Hereford bulls on Brahman cows.
You’re shooting for 3/8 Brahman 5/8 Hereford in later crosses.
But even with the first cross (50/50) you end up with great mommas.
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I’m a little confused; after you get a couple of generations of Brafords, can’t you use a Braford bull with a Braford cow and get Braford calves?
Don’t know about cattle, but my favorite cat breed, the Scottish fold, requires a mating between a folded ear and a straight-eared cat for health reasons:
In general the Scottish Fold is a healthy, hardy cat with a lifespan of approximately 15 yrs. Early in the development of this breed a degenerative joint disease was discovered to be linked with breeding folded-eared cats to folded-eared cats. Because of this, ethical breeders will only breed straight-eared cats to folded- eared cats. Scottish Folds who are the products of folded-ear to straight-ear breedings seldom if ever develop joint disease.
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Someday maybe I can afford to get one.
But maybe not – AB is allergic to cats, and if I want them to visit, I’ll have to consider that.
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Got into a “discussion” about cats on Nextdoor yesterday. One of the CCLs in the neighborhood had a cat killed by a pack of stray dogs. She feeds the feral cats. Several people were very angry because there were stray dogs. One guy said he would shoot them. I politely pointed out that feral cats are a major problem as well and, while dogs could be inherently more dangerous, feral cats decimate the songbird population, use my garden as a giant litterbox, and keep me up at night caterwauling. I also noted that I see a stray dog in my yard maybe once every three months but I have feral cats in my yard every single day. I closed with pointing out that Houston leash laws apply to dogs AND cats.
It wasn’t well-received.
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16 Bonecrusher
You don’t have much choice about the Hereford bulls when you already own 100 Brahman cows and heifers.
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Thus it doubtless came as a surprise to those pressing to change-what-cannot-be-changed in the Church’s ancient sacramental discipline when the African bishops declined to defer to their former European masters and determinedly made two points.
The first was that the Catholic understanding of marriage as the permanent union of a man and a woman—which Catholicism takes from both revelation and reason—had come to certain traditional African cultures as a great liberator.
Here, the African bishops insisted, was a powerful demonstration of the Gospel’s power to free men and women from their attachment to culturally entrenched but dehumanizing ways of life. Here was real “liberation theology:” the liberation of men and women for the solidarity, joy, and fruitfulness in marriage that God had intended from the beginning, and that the grace of God now makes possible through the saving power of Christ, his cross and his resurrection.
Or, more simply (and I paraphrase): You Europeans, whose faith has grown anemic, may experience the Catholic idea of marriage as a burden; we Africans have lived it, in our ecclesial experience, as a great liberation. European Catholics might consider that, as you ponder Pope Francis’s summons to learn from the Church of the poor.
The second point the African bishops made was more subtle but no less unmistakable: Don’t impose Euro-decadence on us, in terms of marriage or in the pastoral care of those experiencing same-sex attraction.
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#28 TP: You mention that Herford bulls are stupid; are you implying that they are too stupid to mate?
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Wagonburner walks his cat on a leash .
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This is a very cool new product from Israel.
The Cicret Bracelet – computer as ornament.
Her Highness wants one with diamonds on it, of course.
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29 Hammie
Don’t miss Weigel’s outstanding piece in First Things on the same subject – a complete play by play on how the liberals were defeated. -
29 Hamous
Don’t impose Euro-decadence on us…
I love it.
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Never had a problem getting them to mate. They’re too dumb to walk through an open gate, though.
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Never had a problem getting them to mate. They’re too dumb to walk through an open gate, though.
Put a ripe hefer on the other side, problem solved.
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Boner survives, but 25 Conservatives out of the required 29 voted against him., the most votes against a Speaker from within his own Party since 1923.
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Now, the guy who taught me what little I know about cows maintained that a 50/50 cross is a myth…..that the bull genetics will always be dominant in certain characteristics (such as milk production, good mothering, etc). The problem is figuring out which of those characteristics he is going to dominate.
“Spend money on a good bull, or you’re going backwards.” -
I knew there was a reason I’m not an Osteen fan:
Mrs. Osteen, alongside her Cheshire cat smiling husband, is heard to tell the audience, “Realize that when we obey God, we’re not doing it for God… we’re doing it for ourselves. Do good for your own self. Do it because God wants you to be happy. When you come to church, when you worship Him, you’re not doing it for God, really — you’re doing it for yourself, because that’s what makes God happy. Amen?”
Their message is all about what God can do for you and what you can do for yourself, but is never about your violation of God’s law and a call to repent. The Osteen’s message is never about Christ dying for sinners to save them from their sins, but rather how they can love the world and love God at the same time.
These comments are blasphemous, anthropocentric and dishonoring to the God of the Bible. Yet, notice the tens of thousands of people in the arena listening to this garbage, not to mention thousands or millions who were watching via television. Yet, not one person rushed the stage and called them out for the heretics they are.
Giving the people what they want does not mean you are giving them what they need.
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My mother-in-law wasn’t too happy when after selling his first home-raised $10,000 bull, her husband turned right around and bought another bull.
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Hurray for Biggio! BOOOOOOO Boner
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#38: I wonder what the repercussions will be to those who dared to vote against the OSLB. Izzit possible that the OSLB will figure out that We The People are wissed just a tad?
/not holding my breath on the last one. It is time to primary Cuberson, Brady, Olsen and perhaps Poe. -
Don’t be too hard on ’em (‘cept maybe Olsen). Mia Love voted for Boner, too.
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Yea! Biggio!
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Well, the Boner was re-elected Speaker with less than a majority of the full house. The vote has to be a majority of those voting, and about 30 Dems went to Cuomo’s funeral thus lowering the threshold. We all knew that defeating him would be a long shot, but having what should have been a routine procedural vote turn into a cliffhanger should be another sign that the end of our long national nightmare may be in sight.
BTW, did anyone happen to notice that one side of the aisle seemed to be occupied by the same people appearing the the bar scene in Star Wars?
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El Gordo says:
JANUARY 6, 2015 AT 2:12 PM
Well, the Boner was re-elected Speaker with less than a majority of the full house. The vote has to be a majority of those voting, and about 30 Dems went to Cuomo’s funeral thus lowering the threshold. We all knew that defeating him would be a long shot, but having what should have been a routine procedural vote turn into a cliffhanger should be another sign that the end of our long national nightmare may be in sight.BTW, did anyone happen to notice that one side of the aisle seemed to be occupied by the same people appearing the the bar scene in Star Wars?
Yep. Ace explains here.
It is entirely probable that had every member been there, those 25 votes would have helped at least 4 more to develop enough spine to make 29 happen.
But they needed 35.
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Wagonburner walks his cat on a leash
If I had a cat, the leash would have to be a good-sized rope, plus the collar would have to be custom-made.
Because it would be at least the size of this cat.
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Yea for Randy Weber and Louie Gohmert of Texas and the remaining 23.
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#41 – You’re Mother in law was a HE???????????????
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YeeeeeeeeeeHAW for BIGGIO! (and wtH took Yall so danged long???)
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I’d like to see the list of other players that didn’t make it on their first vote, but did on the second.
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#41 – You’re Mother in law was a HE???????????????
Maybe he needs his big brother to come in and diagram that sentence for him.
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#53 – ROFLMAO (yer reading my mind Hammy!) 🙂
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Heh.
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The most insane deaths seen by a NYC Medical Examiner.
“What’s the worst way to die?” is the next most-asked question, to which Melinek usually replies, “You don’t want to know.”…..Boiled alive.
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And she has a final warning for New Yorkers who live alone with cats: The urban legend is true. “Your faithful golden retriever might sit next to your dead body for days, starving, but the tabby won’t,” she writes. “Your pet cat will eat you right away, with no qualms at all. I’ve seen the result.” -
Karma is a harsh mistress.
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You just cain’t fix stupid.
this is kinda a stupid question, but have any of you had issues with camo hammocks. like animals not seeing them and running into them? I also worry cause i would like to make my nephew a camo underquilt for his eno doublenest and i worry about taking it for hunting season
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Note:
If you notice water standing around your water meter.
And everything is off in the house.
And the meter isn’t turning.It is not an emergency and there’s no reason to be standing out in the middle of the road waving your arms and hollering.
Just say’n.
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60 Shannon
Nothing to diagram in that comment.
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I hated diagraming sentences.
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60, 61, Ya’ll probably recall my comment about frying a well motor. The MUD guys sent their pump guy out. He said the motor fried and they just replaced it. No finger pointing. That may be an even bigger surprise.
They tapped the GST with a new connection for a new booster pump. Now they are going through the sanitation and sampling phase. Two samples have to pass three days apart, the first sample taken three days after the tank has water. Six days, maybe more if anything fails. The coatings in the new line have to pass muster. Kind of nice to see how seriously they take the process.
BTW, the plumbing contractor had the better idea. He left on vacation before the switch was flipped.
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Cats. Swore long ago I’d never have another one. Even though a stray cat had a lot to do with my getting married. Maybe that was a good reason por no mas catos. About a year ago a stray snow white kitty showed up at the bay. I think the water from the AC puddle kept it around. I should have left it there. I should have let the German Shepard eat it when she wanted to. But I didn’t. The critter weighs about 20 pounds now and is best buds with the dog. What is funny is the dog will herd the cat back into the house on command. We didn’t expect that, just told the dog to do it one day. And she did.
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I’ve had a plant down for a couple of months for planned maintenance (new iron filter media, etc).
Will you come by and fire that baby up for me?
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Don’t tell President Ebola about that cat thing. He’s still planning on turning the corpses into cheese crackers for the food stampers, but I guess he could get the cat lady to make his some new jackets and sell the carcasses to a Chinese restaurant.
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65 Shannon
…a plant down for a couple of months…
How do you do that ? What are you doing for alternative service ?
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So cats figured out soylent green without all the expensive processing and marketing. Mark them up a few points over dogs on that one.
Shannon, I’ll be on vacation.
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67 Texpat
This is the one, unique situation where I can run two of my systems off of one plant 19 miles away. ( only because it’s downhill all the way and it’s a low demand time of year. ) -
Flarda shoplifters arrested; don’t mention the 3 kids outside in their car.
http://thesmokinggun.com/documents/stupid/walmart-shoplifters-left-three-kids-in-car-675490 -
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If I was a dead chicken MaxBeagle would eat me.
So I think I’m reasonably safe for a couple of days anyway. -
Venison, mash taters, corn.
Thanky, Lord. -
Max would break through a bank vault for chicken.
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#74 – Two peas in a pod. Obama’s got the goods on Boner, so he has to march to O’s tune. Dems were scared enough that they just didn’t show to create a lower threshold in case the vote was close. Don’t tell me that wasn’t a coordinated move. So, the Speaker was elected with less than a majority of the House, and the Dems couldn’t publically vote to put him over the top, so by staying away he only had to pull a majority of those voting. They continue to pull tricks out of their butts to give the appearance of doing one thing while actually doing another. We are doomed.
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BTW, does anyone remember what the last thing Jesus told the Obama voters?
If you said “OK now, you all don’t do anything until I get back” you won.
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#74 TP: When you look at the smile on Nanzi’s face, what conclusion can one draw other than they are in cahoots with each other.
BONER IS POISON AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH. -
My tax dollars actually at work: HPL offers free courses.
Thinking about taking some of the legal/real estate courses.
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Cheer up, sport.
Things could be worse. -
Episode II: Revenge of the Boehner.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/boehner-allies-out-for-revenge-114007.html
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Aedhun peed on a brand new roll of toilet paper.
/ I love being a dad. 🙂
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Max would break through a bank vault for chicken.
That’s illegal. 🙂
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BTW, did anyone happen to notice that one side of the aisle seemed to be occupied by the same people appearing the the bar scene in Star Wars?
That’s where Obi Wan cuts off a furry arm.
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#43;
/not holding my breath on the last one. It is time to primary Cuberson, Brady, Olsen and perhaps Poe.
First time I can think of when Ted Poe voted opposite of what I wanted. Better be a VERY strong candidate to primary against him to get my vote.
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#44;
Mia Love voted for Boner, too.
X1 against Love. 🙁
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