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USPS
Apr 17, 2024 20:33:05 GMT -5
Post by epaul on Apr 17, 2024 20:33:05 GMT -5
In fairness to Bruce, we're all old and a little sour.
(I just found out the Caitlin Clark jersey I paid $175 for is backordered... till Dec. And if I cancel, I lose my spot in line. Grrr!)
Time for a little Scotch.
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Post by epaul on Apr 17, 2024 8:33:43 GMT -5
Good things to have. The one I had last fall sent me off on quite an adventure. Slice and dice, cancer scare, cancer un-scare, probes here and there, incisional hernia, scheduled patch job this may upcoming. 70 years of never having spent a day in hospital other than the day I was born, then BOOM!
But, I'm alive, happy, and in good shape (relatively speaking), but without that colonoscopy catch, I would be in big trouble.
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USPS
Apr 17, 2024 8:28:02 GMT -5
Post by epaul on Apr 17, 2024 8:28:02 GMT -5
(oh, I don't hate my fellow Americans, I just hate the 80% or so that aren't like me and are just pretending to be Americans)
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USPS
Apr 17, 2024 8:26:22 GMT -5
Post by epaul on Apr 17, 2024 8:26:22 GMT -5
Why do you hate your fellow Americans, your country, so?
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Post by epaul on Apr 17, 2024 8:20:21 GMT -5
Out of the blue, Doc Froon contacted me. While sorting through some old CDs, he found "A Tin Cup Full of Rain" by Steve Cloutier. And it had my email address on it. Apparently, I sent him the CD as my contribution in some sort of CD swap initiated by the old guitar forum many of us were part of. The CD is in pristine condition and he offered to mail it to me.
I don't know if I could find my CD player and there must be a better home for it, and in that regard I thought of Russell, or perhaps someone else on this forum. If interested, post here or PM me. Russell, due to his personal connection, gets first dibs. After that, if there is an after that, or a before that, for that matter, the gifting will be based on a coin flip, or the most interestingly written request, I don't know. It could even go through another mail around, or stay with Doc.
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Post by epaul on Apr 16, 2024 13:01:48 GMT -5
Yes.
What the hell is a bowed psaltry?
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Post by epaul on Apr 16, 2024 8:37:01 GMT -5
Short post. Difficulty typing. Cat.
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Post by epaul on Apr 15, 2024 22:40:52 GMT -5
Pebble Beach and Augusta are nice courses, true, but you if haven't golfed Hiawatha on a fine spring day, with Martinfever, I might add, you have missed a truly wonderful golf experience.
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Post by epaul on Apr 15, 2024 9:18:52 GMT -5
Yesterday was absolutely gorgeously perfect. I did a little garden cleaning, put some tomatoes in the Brand New Greenhouse (they are still in gallon pots so I can bring them back in it should go hell next week)...
AND I grilled my first ribeye of the season. And made myself my first gin and tonic to go with it. And my second and third as well!
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Post by epaul on Apr 15, 2024 8:25:31 GMT -5
Something for a guy that has everything... except a 1939 1st generation F-Series Ford Pickup!
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Post by epaul on Apr 14, 2024 18:52:14 GMT -5
I heard a Cardinal singing when I was putting away dishes. I darn near broke my ankle racing outside to try get a look at him. But the Cardinal wasn't outside, he was singing from the TV set in the living room.
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Post by epaul on Apr 14, 2024 11:48:05 GMT -5
.... The pressure canning system that I bought my wife three years ago still sits new in the box... So, it's not just me. My wife leaves many/most of the gifts I get her unopened in the box. The cool "foot powered" Roto-Rooter? Unopened. The Turtle Wax "Trombone Clean and Shine" kit? Unopened. The Herco "Thistle Puller"? Unopened. The Ronco "Golf Club Wash and Polish Wizzard"? Unopened. Weather Tech's "Tire and Wheel" scrub pads? Unopened. She is just so hard to please!
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Post by epaul on Apr 14, 2024 8:43:04 GMT -5
I think I'll let a few more posts go up as a cushion before I post my daily about my adventure with the cat.
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Post by epaul on Apr 13, 2024 18:55:44 GMT -5
Lovely sunny day. Retrieving my mountain bike from the shop to serve as transportation until we get a new vehicle for our daughter. She is currently driving my van. I am a grouchy old man and want my vehicle back... Let her have the old van. You need a new Mustang!
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Post by epaul on Apr 13, 2024 7:24:28 GMT -5
Up early for early morning Saturday musical practice. Man, I love this gig in the mornings!
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NPR
Apr 12, 2024 13:11:06 GMT -5
Post by epaul on Apr 12, 2024 13:11:06 GMT -5
So, every workday for the past 50 years, I have sat down at my desk to advocate a certain world view, and all my colleagues have, as well? You don't think your counterpart at FOX News has been doing exactly that? Well... If a reporter at the Star Tribune reports that Trump's constant and persistent claims of massive voter fraud with hoards of dead people voting for Biden have been discredited as they lack factual support, he is relying on the substantive findings of our judicial system, the election reviews of every Secretary of State of every state in the Union, and the findings of every investigation that has been ordered by state legislative authorities. If a reporter from Fox reports that Trump's constant and persistent claims of massive voter with hoards of dead people voting for Biden have been discredited and lack merit, he or she is assigned to cleaning the bathrooms for a month with no coffee breaks. Reporters at Fox learn quickly. And report differently, at least whenever and wherever Trump of the Long Reach is concerned. "Give Trump a pass and tread lightly, boys. Switch the topic to big, hairy transgenders raised by fat lesbians being allowed to play girl sports against little girls as quickly as possible. That's the ticket to success and bonuses!"
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Post by epaul on Apr 12, 2024 9:57:55 GMT -5
Ran tech (sound and lights) for the musical last night. I was one busy beaver running 16 mics and the lights. Today we do costumes (and I re-aim some lights). Start dress rehearsals next week with shows Thurs, Fri, Sat. I think it will work!
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Post by epaul on Apr 11, 2024 12:03:20 GMT -5
Tax day for me. My ducks are lined up and I'm ready to go.
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Post by epaul on Apr 11, 2024 10:08:44 GMT -5
I get my news from Grit Magazine (delivered daily by that little Jones kid on his cherry red Schwinn Classic Deluxe). "Most of the news you need and not one bit more." Love that paper.
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Post by epaul on Apr 10, 2024 9:53:24 GMT -5
Morning.
Reveling in the sunny warmth of a perfect Spring day. Finally, a week in the sunny 60s. Lots of green starting to pop. Pop, pop, pop!
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