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A SHORT TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

Just a little fun before my morning nap:

How many of these do you remember?

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I used to put this under my pillow and try to listen to WLS’s top ten most requested songs quietly enough not to make granny tell me to turn it off.
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I learned to drive in a 1953 Chevy like this with a three on the tree.

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I had a discussion with GP on Facebook this week about 7th and 8th grade dances we had in the school gym. We called them sock hops. She said hers were just called dances. Remember ‘At The Hop’ by Danny and the Juniors?

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Granny used this stuff liberally. I could never remember which one stung when you put it on… this stuff or iodine.

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SEE-SAW OR TEETER TOTTER?

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Theses are the first three Barbie dolls made. The one on top is a #1,made in 1959. The one on the left is a #2 made in 1960. The ones on the right are #3’s made in 1961. The way you see them,if in excellent condition they’re worth $600-about $900. In the box they are currentlybringing $3000-$6000. Ten years ago they sold for twice that.

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I watched my great Uncle Homer use this many times.

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Hope you enjoyed. Be back a little later.

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REMEMBERING 9/11… BOTH OF THEM

We all remember where we were and what we felt 13 years ago. Our world changed forever that day. Obama gave a nice speech today in memoriam of that fateful day. Whoever wrote the speech and put it on the teleprompter did a good job. It was truly stirring,and were it not for the fact I’m a cynical old goat who doubts this president’s forthrightness about anything I might have been impressed. I might post the transcript if I can go back and find it,but my head hurts already.

What he dared not mention is that it’s also the second anniversary of a terrorist attack on sovereign American soil and the murder of four Americans,including a US ambassador. Hillary ordered the US Marines guarding the embassy replaced with Libyan militia. Obama turned his back and went to bed because he had a fundraiser the next day. These men didn’t have to die. That miserable piece of trash was consumed with his re-election and nothing would get in his way. What continues to sicken me is that these two wretched slugs stood in front of four flag-draped coffins and continued to blame a video nobody ever saw,even though they had real-time footage and knew full well it was an act of murder.

Sadder still is that a miserable slut with an unquenchable thirst for power will most likely take over whatever Obama leaves due in most part to the fact she has ovaries and a lot of people remember her rapist partner reaping the benefits of Reagan’s policies. He presided over a similar massacre of SEALs in Mogadishu and it looks like his co-enabler will slide by as well. She never had a doubt she would. We have to try to make sure she does. We owe Chris Stevens’ memory that much.

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LET US PAUSE AND GIVE THANKS THAT WHEN WE WERE ATTACKED ON 9/11 WE HAD A REAL LEADER WHO LOVES THIS COUNTRY. HE BROUGHT THE COUNTRY TOGETHER AND HELPED BIND UP OUR WOUNDS.
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WOEFUL, WEARY, WET WEDNESDAY

Is that aliteration or a simile?I can’t remember anymore.

The semi bringing the papers from Chicago was more than an hour late because of a wreck on the interstate. It rained all morning. Every time I rolled down the window to deliver a paper I got soaked. There was a time that would bother me.

I woke up this morning. I had the strength to get up and go earn a little money. DW fixed a nice lunch and I can still do this. It’s all good.

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I started working at a McDonalds clone in 1966. The hamburgers were $.12 and the cheeseburgers were $.15. I made the princely sum of $.90/hr. And worked damn hard to get it. But I never complained.
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60 DAYS UNTIL LIBERATION

Time marches inexorably on. Panic begins to set in and the smell of desperation rises from the democrat camp like the acrid stench of rotting flesh from a decaying jackass.
The preceding is an unpaid political statement from a frustrated novelist.

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MONDAY MORNING NEWS OF QUESTIONABLE IMPORT

In keeping with my self-imposed standards I will not report on the following:

Springfield, MO… white couple leaving a bar assaulted and beaten by six knee-grows obviously still upset over St. Mikey getting offed by a racist white cop.

Memphis, TN… a mob of about 100 Obama voters brutally beat a white student working at a Kroger store while two trashy future baby-mamas laughed and filmed it.

Philadelphia… a 13 and 14 year old assault a mentally-challenged man. Apparentlt they didn’t get enough exercise at recess.

The point is,the attacks are getting more frequent and more vicious since the animals sense they’ll never pay a price for their crime. The key is,beat white people,but don’t quite kill them. You can plea down to simple assault and be out before the cracka’s out of the hospital. It seems the only time the media is interested is when the victims fight back.

Oops. Guess I just reported it.
On to better stuff:

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‘I’d appreciate it if you call me SENATOR.I worked really hard for it and I think I deserve it.’
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“Barbie” admitted to having an abortion during her second marriage.She went into some detail about it.I’ll spare you,since we’re just hangin’ out havin’ fun.
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A POST OF SELF-INDULGENCE

What a beautiful weekend!

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Saturday my beloved child bride and I went to grandson RJ Pistol’s 6th grade junior tackle football game. The weather was perfect and we got to spend some time with my eldest,her hubby,and some of DD’s in-laws. We all cheered shamelessly and when they lost the game in the final minute,we all supported them and there was nothing but congratulations for a game well-played and optimism about next week’s contest.

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Sunday afternoon we took DW’s BFF to an apple orchard to see her BIL,who plays in an amateur bluegrass band. I hadn’t been to this place in many years. It’s a seasonal business,with limited opportunities to make a profit. They used to have horse-drawn wagons you could ride through the fields to pick your own apples from a dozen different varieties of fruit. I guess they don’t anymore because of insurance regulations.

You can still buy paper bags of yellow and red delicious,granny smith,macintosh,winesap and many other kinds of apples. They have a barn with a lot of antique farm equipment to see and an area where children can pet lambs,kids and other small animals. The big draw is THE FOOD!

You can get a slice of fresh,still-warm apple pie(with ice cream,of course), cider, apple butter, fresh fruit jellies, to-die-for (if you’re not diabetic) fudge and my favorite, apple donuts with cinnamon. We are blessed to still have some small farm operations like this in our part of the country,like the farm stands that still have the best produce God can bring forth. There is another place called The Pumpkin Patch that is only open for the month of October that sells gourds,Indian corn,cornstalks and other fall decorations. Oh,they have a LOT of pumpkins,too. There is a pony ring for kids and a corn maze for everybody to try. The things they sell are pricey,but you expect that for a business with such a short window of opportunity.
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I guess the reason for posting this is there was a time,and I can almost give you a date certain,when I didn’t much care for any of this. I was so depressed,I was just waiting for the end,the sooner the better. Then God gave me a crisis and through it,I began to walk closer with Him. I no longer take anything for granted and I plan to do what I can to enjoy whatever time the Lord sees fit to give me with my family and friends taking in the awe of what He created. Don’t waste a day. Ever. They are irretrievable.

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READY…AIM….FRIDAY!!!

Being friday makes a difference if you still have……a job.
Being retired means I have nothing to do and all day to tell you about it.

A few McDonald’s employees and a whole lot of union thugs staged protests yesterday in 150 cities including ours.
This intersection is at North Central and Auburn St. I went to high school at auburn High,just down the street and the BP gas station in the background has been closed three times for drug activity.The restaurant is one block from a county housing complex.It was a really nice neighborhood back in the 1960’s,but its decayed completely.

9 fast-food wage protesters arrested in Rockford
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Twenty-five people blocked eastbound traffic on Auburn Street for nearly four hours. The nine who were arrested had refused orders from Rockford police officers to get off the road; instead, they sat on the pavement.

No one was injured.

Chief Chet Epperson said police decided to clear the road before 3 p.m. because of rush-hour traffic and school dismissals.

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Grunt can relate to this:
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THE “SILLY SEASON” IS UPON US

Q…..why does Obama have purple lips?

A….homosexual relationship with Barney the Dinosaur.

I thought of that joke and expect full accreditation if you retell it.

The frenetic prelude to the midterm elections is now upon us.The time when elected officials who live in DC hie back to their areas of representation and pretend like their only concern is the welfare of the folks they’re trying to con money and votes from.Republicans generally appeal to peoples’ sense of intelligence and reason while democrats run strictly on empty rhetoric and emotions,predominately hatred, anger,jealousy and greed.
I will try to keep those who pass by here abreast of races around the country as I can find them.I no longer claim that things can’t get any more stupid or vicious because I have found you underestimate politicians’innate ability to be lying hypocritical scum at your own peril.

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BEHOLD THE ‘VI-JAYJAY-IN-CHIEF’
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THIS,BELIEVE IT OR NOT,IS THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK AND HIS LITTER OF COMMUNISTS
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THINGS OF INTEREST… HOPEFULLY

Mozilla crashed a couple times today. Don’t remember that happening before. Of course,I don’t remember getting up this morning,so it’s no big deal.

Lunchtime….take a couple burgers you grilled Monday,nuke them for 25 seconds,put on a bun with mustard,tomato and a slice of raw onion. Salad with lettuce,tomato,green pepper and cucumber. Tall glass of iced tea. Mmmmmmmmmm. Being diabetic doesn’t mean you have to go hungry.

Things are starting to get real as we draw onto 9 weeks before election day. Or,as I rather hope,the great Democrat Massacre of 2014. I’ll do a riff on the ‘silly season’ tomorrow. The videos will start coming out on an almost daily basis. Till then there’s more illegals to welcome in and more golf to play.

I thought this was appropriate:
Daniel 11:36King James Version (KJV)

And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.

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Funny Quotes

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TOTALLY DISCONNECTED IRRELEVANCE

Couldn’t think of a better title. This is completely off the cuff,but I feel a little guilty leaving Chrissy to carry the burden here,which she has done as only she can. News just seemed like a soap opera where you could check in every couple weeks and not much has changed. Christians are still being slaughtered,Barry still lying in between golf games and race hustlers still trying to keep the masses angry enough to be motivated to get off their backsides and try to save the democrats’ bacon in about 8 weeks. Things will start getting interesting pretty soon.

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This was actually put out by the humanitarian rescue agency known as ISIS
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