General Discussion, Friday, March 10, 2017

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Stella

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  1. texan59 says:
    March 10, 2017 at 12:07 am

    It’s finally Friday, last day of the work week for us workin’ stiffs, but remember the commie libtards don’t really work, so they’ll be up to more mischief over the weekend. Better stiffen up the resolve a bit. This should help. Coffee up y’all. And remember, when they bring a knife to the gunfight, you are gonna win, but we have to show up.

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    • Wooly Phlox says:
      March 10, 2017 at 12:31 am

      Friday is the beginning of the work week for us working stuffs.

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    • czarowniczy says:
      March 10, 2017 at 1:01 am

      What else is there to say:

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    • Col.(R) Ken says:
      March 10, 2017 at 9:48 am

      Good coffee Tex!!!!!! Just received 3-5 inched of the wet heavy stuff.

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      • stella says:
        March 10, 2017 at 9:55 am

        Really? Nothing here.

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      • stella says:
        March 10, 2017 at 9:58 am

        Then I saw this snow map:

        That explains it!

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        • shiloh1973 says:
          March 10, 2017 at 1:08 pm

          We finally had a bunch of rain and above freezing temps overnight. Most of our snow is gone, but now I have a full lake where my driveway is supposed to be. Windy today so now I have whitecaps on the driveway. Welcome to Eastern Washington.

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          • lovely says:
            March 10, 2017 at 1:10 pm

            Hi Shiloh, it’s good to see you, you have been in my prayers for the helming of your body, mind and heart. I’m so sorry for what you had to go through with your dog ❤️

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            • shiloh1973 says:
              March 10, 2017 at 1:36 pm

              Thank you. It has been a rough 24 hours. It finally hit me that my beloved dog is gone. I loved him so much. I live alone, with the exception of two cats. My dog was my best friend. It really has broken my heart. I had the stitches out yesterday and had to tell the doctor what happened. I lost it emotionally.
              On a good note, he was surprised how fast I was healing. My closest neighbors have been awesome. They have taken me to doctor appointments and redressed my wounds. They have been a true blessing.

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              • auscitizenmom says:
                March 10, 2017 at 1:46 pm

                Shiloh, I am glad you have help. I have been thinking about your dog. I just wonder if something attacked his brain. I know you said he was getting more and more aggressive, but that doesn’t rule out him having some kind of illness.

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                • shiloh1973 says:
                  March 10, 2017 at 2:43 pm

                  I sometimes think you are right and then other times I think it was just his male dominance coming out. Basically the dog thought he an the house. I think it started when I brought the female kitten home. I will never know for sure. I do know that I will never have another dog.

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                  • auscitizenmom says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 2:50 pm

                    I can’t remember what kind of dog he was. And, yes, I think he could have objected to the cat, but that is hard to say. I think only you would really know because of how he acted and when it started. I don’t blame you for not wanting another dog. I don’t blame you for that at all. I hope that will change, but I certainly would understand if it didn’t.

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                  • shiloh1973 says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 2:57 pm

                    He was an Australian Cattle Dog. They are very high tempered, and not my first. I will be 62 in a couple of months. Dogs tie you down so much. All I want to do is be able to live whatever time I have left.

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                  • auscitizenmom says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 3:04 pm

                    He was a pretty good sized dog.

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                  • shiloh1973 says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 3:17 pm

                    55LBS. Bigger than most dogs of his breed. The breeder told me when I got him as a pup, he would only be 35lbs. He was a lot more than I expected.

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                  • auscitizenmom says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 3:48 pm

                    Oh, my, Shiloh, this could have been so much worse. 😯

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                  • shiloh1973 says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 3:19 pm

                    actually, he loved the new kitten. I think he became over protective of her. He actually slept with her on the couch.

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                  • auscitizenmom says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 3:48 pm

                    Really?

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              • lovely says:
                March 10, 2017 at 1:48 pm

                I am pleased that you have good neighbors. I have yet to lose a dog other than my childhood pets but under the circumstances that you experienced I can’t imagine the heartbreak.

                🙏🏼

                There was nothing you could do differently and you gave your pup a beautiful life, as my one friend says, sometimes life just sucks but hold on because the sun will always rise on a new day.

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                • shiloh1973 says:
                  March 10, 2017 at 2:38 pm

                  Thank you

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                  • joshua says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 4:12 pm

                    Your story is really sad AND tragic. Australian cattle dogs are very smart and full of energy, and they are bred as work dogs and instinctive herders. Without work jobs to do, they can get sorta possessive and into destructive mischief including chewing up stuff as big as a fence. We have a rescue dachs female that is docile and a lap dog, but was used to other dogs before we got her. She was pretty lazy alone. Then I rescues a puppy abandoned at a gas station 5 weeks old, barely opened eyes, over last Memorial day…brought him home, did all the vet work and neutered and chipped him when he was old enough…fought the worming and nasty stuff, but he was small and got craddled a lot and the female dachs mothered him like a pup and they became totally partners, as he grew, he tried to “herd” her and discovered that dachs do not “herd” at all…so they got beyond that…he loves to play very actively and gets very excited over food and toys, but never any agression at all. I still hold him sometimes and he likes it…usually too full of energy to slow down until nite time, and he sleeps in the crate in our bedroom as the dachs sleeps with us in the bed. He is about 18 pounds, is a mix breed…and we did not know WHAT he was so we had him DNA tested to discover he is Australian Cattle Dog with some Collie mix. He is pretty much through growing….and he likes to bark when any stranger or noises happen, but again, no hostility…he plays agressively, but never bites at all although he could as he has LOTS of teeth and powerful jaws.

                    I will watch carefully for any changes because of your situation, as we are considering moving from the city down to our rural lakehouse where there are a LOT of free roaming dogs which he has no familiarity with at all….

                    Loss of a close pet is a gut wrencher, and I hope you can discover a substitute for the love you once had with your dog….dog companionship is important to me…I am 75 and plan on hanging around longer awhile…..and the dogs make me laugh…..

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              • amwick says:
                March 10, 2017 at 3:23 pm

                I am deeply sorry for your loss. I am still looking for my sweet old dog whenever I come in the house. I wish I had something clever or profound to say that would help, but all you can do is give yourself time. We are making travel plans that have been on hold for the last few years. Still , there is something missing from our home. Bless you.

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        • Col.(R) Ken says:
          March 10, 2017 at 7:14 pm

          Just brush the snow off of steps, melted on roads, lanes….its passing snow squalls, and cold, cold chilling winds….nice and warm by the fire…….

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  2. texan59 says:
    March 10, 2017 at 12:12 am

    Just in case you were wonderin’. 😆

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  4. Wooly Phlox says:
    March 10, 2017 at 12:34 am

    In before bacon.

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  5. Wooly Phlox says:
    March 10, 2017 at 12:45 am

    Mmm, mmm, mmm.

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    • Wooly Phlox says:
      March 10, 2017 at 12:47 am

      And with less use of Adobe Illustrator™ than the leading brand!

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    • czarowniczy says:
      March 10, 2017 at 1:18 am

      Where’s that gorilla with the block of wood when you really need it?

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    • Col.(R) Ken says:
      March 10, 2017 at 10:07 am

      Wooly,Wooly,Wooly………that’s the wrong father!!!! Frank Marshal Davies……….

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      • Wooly Phlox says:
        March 10, 2017 at 11:17 am

        I’ve heard it said that success has many fathers, and that failure is an orphan.

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        • Wooly Phlox says:
          March 10, 2017 at 8:06 pm

          Barack H. Obama Sr. and FMD produced a success.

          Others too, I’m quite sure. I don’t know how many men “had a go” with Stanley Ann, when they passed her around after formulating their plan to make a president from scratch, but I’m sure it was more than just those two.

          Yes, he looks more like FMD than Barack Sr. Much more.

          It’s just a piece of paper. Someone had to be present and fill it out. Which of Stanley Ann’s possible sperm donors was closest at the time of birth? Barack Sr.

          But they all designed and made him. Barack’s got lots of fathers.

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  6. patternpuzzler says:
    March 10, 2017 at 1:23 am

    Good Evening/Morning All!

    This day in American History: March 10

    1783: USS Alliance under Captain Barry fights and wins last naval battle of US Revolutionary War off Cape Canaveral

    1849: Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent (only US president to do so) for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions

    1862: US issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000)

    1876: On this day, the first discernible speech is transmitted over a telephone system when inventor Alexander Graham Bell summons his assistant in another room by saying, “Mr. Watson, come here; I want you.” Bell had received a comprehensive telephone patent just three days before.

    1893: New Mexico State University cancels its 1st graduation ceremony; its only graduate, Sam Steele, was robbed & killed the night before

    1896: After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world Heavyweight championship he says, “The bigger they are, the harder they fall”

    1902: A United States court of appeals rules that Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera
    1933: Nevada becomes 1st US state to regulate narcotics
    1945: US troops lands on Mindanao
    1945: The Firebombing of Tokyo continues
    1948: 1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB, CA
    1951: FBI director J. Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner
    1960: 17th Golden Globes: Ben-Hur, Anthony Franciosa, & Elizabeth Taylor win 1963 Pete Rose debuts with hits in his two 1st at-bats in spring training
    1964: US reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany

    1964: Simon and Garfunkel record the first version of “The Sound of Silence” at Columbia Studios in New York City

    1966: North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley
    1969: James Earl Ray pleads guilty to King assassination to avoid a jury trial
    1970: Army captain charged with My Lai war crimes
    1975: “The Rocky Horror Show” opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances
    1978: “The Incredible Hulk”, starring Bill Bixby as David Banner, premieres on CBS
    1988: Disco sensation Andy Gibb dies at the age of 30
    1991: Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs
    1992: 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole, Color Me Badd win

    2000: The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signalling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom

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    • nyetneetot says:
      March 10, 2017 at 1:55 am

      1849: Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent (only US president to do so) for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions
      The device? Manual laborers.

      1876: On this day, the first discernible speech is transmitted over a telephone system when inventor Alexander Graham Bell summons his assistant in another room by saying, “Mr. Watson, come here; I want you.” Bell had received a comprehensive telephone patent just three days before.
      And then a lengthy bill three days after.

      1902: A United States court of appeals rules that Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera
      It was Al Gore.

      1978: “The Incredible Hulk”, starring Bill Bixby as David Banner, premieres on CBS
      The original title was “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father in exasperation”

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    • amwick says:
      March 10, 2017 at 8:52 am

      BTW
      March 9, 2009 was when the stock market hit rock bottom… the very deepest of that bear market… Then it started climbing… I remember that so well because it was also my big 50!!!!

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  8. auscitizenmom says:
    March 10, 2017 at 6:33 am

    “Shaken Dems Introduce Bill Lowering Voter Age to 17, Soros Brings His Billions”
    “According to The Washington Times, Democratic legislators in California have introduced bill ACA 10 which would lower the voting age from 18 to 17 in the Golden State.”

    http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/shaken-dems-introduce-bill-lowering-voter-age-17-soros-brings-his-billions

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  9. nyetneetot says:
    March 10, 2017 at 7:47 am

    Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) 😎 🍸 (Long Island Iced Tea)
    Mornin’ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) 😎 🍸 (Old Fashioned)
    Mornin’ Menagerie! 😎 |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Jack Daniels – Single Barrel )
    Mornin’ Ad rem! (Queen Felis catus) 🐱 🍸 (Flaming Lamborghini)
    Mornin’ Sharon! 😎 🍸 🍸 (earthquake)
    Mornin’ ytz4mee! 😎 🍸 (cosmopolitan)
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (white wine and perrier)
    Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂 |_| (Tom Collins)
    Mornin’ texan59! 🙂 |_| (Black & Tan)
    Mornin’ ZurichMike! 🙂 🍸 (fuzzy navel)
    Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) 🙂 |_| (Boilermaker)
    Mornin’ Czarina! 🙂 🍸 (Lynchburg Lemonade)
    Mornin’ czarowniczy! 🙂 |_| (Wild Turkey Rare Breed)
    Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014! 🙂 |_| (Irish Car Bomb)
    Mornin’ Patriot1783-ctdar! (aka “ctdar”) 🙂 🍸 (grasshopper)
    Mornin’ tessa50! 🙂 🍸 (flaming volcano)
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (sidecar)
    Mornin’ varsityward! 🙂 |_| (Godfather)
    Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! 😀 |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Mortlach)
    Mornin’ Wooly Phlox! (aka “taqiyyologist”) 🙂 |_| (Roy Rogers)
    Mornin’ Howie! (aka “doodahdaze”) 🙂 |_| (Classic Daiquiri)
    Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂 |_| (Gin & Tonic)
    Mornin’ Sha! 🙂 🍸 (Lemon Drop)
    Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! 🙂 🍸 (Harvey Wallbanger)
    Mornin’ cetera5! (aka “Cetera”) 🙂 |_| (Blackberry wine)
    Mornin’ The Tundra PA! 🙂 🍸 (Baileys Irish Cream on the rocks)
    Mornin’ lovely! 🙂 |_| (Backdraft)
    Mornin’ michellc! 🙂 🍸 (Salty dog)
    Mornin’ auscitizenmom! 🙂 🍸 (Kiss on the Lips)
    Mornin’ Margaret-Ann! 🙂 🍸 (White Russian)
    Mornin’ Auntie Lib! 🙂 🍸 (Tom and Jerry)
    Mornin’ holly100! 🙂 🍸 (Jack & Coke)
    Mornin’ Pam! 🙂 (Not even water)
    Mornin’ Ms.Tee! 🙂 🍸 (Mojito)
    Mornin’ koolkosherkitchen! 🙂 🍸 🍸 (Cuba Libre)
    Mornin’ ImpeachEmAll 🙂 |_| (Flaming Dr. Pepper)
    Mornin’ Monroe! 🙂 |_| (Stinger)
    Mornin’ Les! 🙂 |_| (Rusty Nail)
    Mornin’ shiloh1973! 🙂 |_| (Jack Daniels)
    Mornin’ TexasRanger! 🙂 |_| (Whiskey Smash)
    Mornin’ Ziiggii! 🙂 |_| (B52)
    Mornin’ oldiadguy! 🙂 |_| (Rum & Coke)
    Mornin’ smiley! (“stuck in spambucket”) 🙂 🍸 (Spanish coffee)
    Mornin’ derk! (“Stellars”) 🙂 🍸 (Kamikaze)
    Mornin’ Jacqueline Taylor Robson 🙂 🍸 (Shirley Temple)
    Mornin’ facebkwallflower! 🙂 |_| (Night Train Express)
    Mornin’ Ms. Cindy! (aka “Ms Cynlynn” aka “ms cynlynn”) 🙂 🍸 (1970 ducru beaucaillou)
    Mornin’ sandandsea2015! 🙂 🍸 (1961 Château Montrose)
    Mornin’ amwick! 🙂 🍸 (Blue motorcycle)
    Mornin’ hocuspocus13! 🙂 🍸 (1970 Chateau Latour)
    Mornin’ Sloth1963! 🙂 🍸 (1971 Moulin Touchais)
    Mornin’ MTeresa! (Ex-lurker) 🙂 |_| (Albanian Raki Moskat)
    Mornin’ Rhea Salacia Volans! 🙂 |_| (Hot Buttered Rum)
    Mornin’ joshua! 🙂 |_| (Mudslide)
    Mornin’ John Denney 🙂 |_| (RumChata)
    Mornin’ litenmaus 🙂 |_| (Stolichnaya elit, no ice)
    Mornin’ kinthenorthwest 🙂 🍸 (A Lonely Island Lost in the Middle of a Foggy Sea)
    Mornin’ TwoLaine 🙂 |_| (Smoking Bishop)
    Mornin’ patternpuzzler 🙂 🍸 (Old Lady)
    Mornin’ Senatssekretär FREISTAAT DANZIG 🙂 |_| (Red Russian)
    Mornin’ whiners and complainers! 😛 (No drink for you!)
    Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. 😳
    Mornin’ to all you lurkers! 😕

    Also just in case someday; mornin’ to Elvis Chupacabra, F.D.R. in Hell and sundance! :mrgreen:

    Breakfast!

    NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!

    Doughnuts and coffee!

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  10. WeeWeed says:
    March 10, 2017 at 7:52 am

    Mornin’ kids! Up ‘n at ’em!! 😀

    https://twitter.com/J0eDirt007/status/840181738882138112

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  11. amwick says:
    March 10, 2017 at 8:05 am

    Heads up…. I just found out my nephew and his girlfriend came down with some kind of awful stomach bug… from work… The live in New Jersey and something is going around… 😦

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    • sandandsea2015 says:
      March 10, 2017 at 8:33 am

      Uh-oh! Been there, done that. Hope they recover very quickly!

      Morning amwick! I tried to reply to your comment yesterday about the tech chat thing, but WordPress was giving me fits. It is very very annoying. I tend to not ever visit those sites again. Anyway…. happy Friday! Was your birthday a good one?

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    • joshua says:
      March 10, 2017 at 4:42 pm

      chris christi started it….and I bet Obama bugged him too.

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  12. sandandsea2015 says:
    March 10, 2017 at 8:48 am

    https://twitter.com/dbloom451/status/840194868500656128

    Just because this is Friday and this always makes me smile!

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    • amwick says:
      March 10, 2017 at 8:57 am

      I am still feeling that birthday glow… must be that cupcake in the frig…. oh, do I have a sweet tooth!. I managed to slice of a small piece and not just inhale the whole thing… planning another bit tonight.. sighs

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      • sandandsea2015 says:
        March 10, 2017 at 9:11 am

        Making it last! 😉

        I saw on Twitter yesterday that it was Fox’s Kimberly Guilfoyle’s birthday, too. That’s kind of neat. 🙂

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        • amwick says:
          March 10, 2017 at 9:33 am

          Wow… thanks.. ten years younger, but neat!!! Generally we don’t watch the five, but I like her… 🙂

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          • stella says:
            March 10, 2017 at 9:53 am

            She was married to that jerk, Gavin Newsom (divorced 2006; she was already pregnant with the child of her second husband.) I like her too, but question her judgment.

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            • sandandsea2015 says:
              March 10, 2017 at 11:17 am

              I didn’t know that. Gavin is a nut. It really makes you wonder what the attraction to him was. Yuck. But I still like her a lot. Ann Coulter dated Bill Maher for a time and they are diametrically opposed, so I guess these things happen, but it boggles the mind!

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              • stella says:
                March 10, 2017 at 11:21 am

                Kimberley was only married 3 years to her second husband. I think she has a problem picking men.

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              • auscitizenmom says:
                March 10, 2017 at 11:24 am

                I was married twice. First time to my high school sweetheart. Second time, well, let’s just say, I’m now divorced.

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                • sandandsea2015 says:
                  March 10, 2017 at 11:32 am

                  After I wrote that I realized I have zero room to talk. My first husband was/probably still is, a loser. All I can say about that, is that I was a college aged kid, and I felt I had no other options. I can say that I have beautiful children that I would not have otherwise, so it’s all good.

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                  • stella says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 11:36 am

                    Ditto. My ex-husband died a few years ago, but I have a wonderful daughter as a result.

                    Later in life I had a long-term relationship, but never married again. He was older, and died a few years ago.

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                  • sandandsea2015 says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 11:43 am

                    I very much understand. I look at my girls and my precious grandson and know the hardships were all worth it. I’m married to a wonderful man who has been their dad for most of their lives. He’s been devoted father to them, more than I could ever have hoped for.

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                  • auscitizenmom says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 11:53 am

                    I knew a young woman who got pregnant at 14, had the baby, graduated high school, married the father, had another baby, and in a few years got divorced. Then, eventually she remarried and had three more children. The thing I found sort of wonderful and strange, was that when her ex remarried, ALL the children were in the wedding party and she and her husband and her parents went to the wedding. I asked her about it and she said she got along great with him and his new wife. When her ex would come over to take his two children for visitation, he took ALL the children. They went to Disneyland and all over. They were a really wonderful family and were all so sweet and caring.

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                  • stella says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 12:20 pm

                    Kind of renews faith in the future of humanity!

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                  • auscitizenmom says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 1:14 pm

                    This woman’s mother was of Italian heritage with long black hair, an olive complexion, and was beautiful and very sweet as well. (For many years I thought she was maybe Mexican) The father was in the Navy and stationed somewhere else. I can’t remember why she didn’t go with him, but she finally found out he had another family. He left them, went to another station and started another family……..which she found out about, too. Really messed up. But, she raised 4 children on her own and they turned out very well.

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                  • sandandsea2015 says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 12:52 pm

                    That’s really amazing and rare. It’s really good for the children when the parents all get along post divorce.

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                  • auscitizenmom says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 1:23 pm

                    I thought that probably wouldn’t happen with us. But, he remarried and we all went to our granddaughters 1st birthday and it was fine. I just had a feeling that his new wife would be okay, but I didn’t know for sure. She was very pleasant and he minded his manners.

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                  • auscitizenmom says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 11:40 am

                    Same here. My first husband was a bit of a women’s libber. He was very charming and funny and had a real zest for life. When we split I was devastated and to this day, I miss having someone to talk to the way I could talk to him. But, the second marriage produced a son that I am very proud of and wouldn’t change a thing for. But, the marriage was very hollow.

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                  • sandandsea2015 says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 11:45 am

                    I’m sorry things didn’t work out, but our kids make it all worth it. 🙂

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                • shiloh1973 says:
                  March 10, 2017 at 1:18 pm

                  I married my first husband while I was in the military. Come to find out when we got out, the military was the only thing we had in common. We are still friends to this day. We divorced in 1979. My second husband died when I was 42. My first husband was the first person to call to see if I needed help.

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        • auscitizenmom says:
          March 10, 2017 at 10:55 am

          That Kimberly, she doesn’t nibble at her birthday cake. She just eats it all. LOL How does she do it and look like she does?

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  14. Wooly Phlox says:
    March 10, 2017 at 11:56 am

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    • Wooly Phlox says:
      March 10, 2017 at 11:57 am

      Watch the beginning twice. Absolute genius.

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      • Wooly Phlox says:
        March 10, 2017 at 12:25 pm

        He told the various parts of the crowd what to sing. They did.

        They know the song, but he constructed it and directed it in such a way that the crowd didn’t even know what song they were making an intro for.

        That’s Bobby McFerrin-level genius.

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    • Wooly Phlox says:
      March 10, 2017 at 12:01 pm

      Heh.

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      • Wooly Phlox says:
        March 10, 2017 at 12:30 pm

        I can’t wait to see the look on Stevie’s face when he sees this.

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        • Wooly Phlox says:
          March 10, 2017 at 12:35 pm

          Sounds like a joke, but it’s not.

          He’ll get a new body, too. Including working eyeballs.

          When he sees himself in the mirror for the first time, he’s gonna be like, “OMG, I’m black! Why have I been smiling so much?”

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          • lovely says:
            March 10, 2017 at 1:07 pm

            In 1982 Stevie Wonder canceled his concert for Taste of Chicago because the race whore Jesses Jackson was trying to blackmail Chicago into having minority owned restaurants over represented at Taste of Chicago by threatening a boycott the entire event and convince blacks to boycott the event if more vendors were not accepted just because of the color of their skin 🙄.

            Stevie was all in for the shakedown under the guise of human rights.

            First time in my life I realized how truly blind Stevie Wonder was, I hope he climbs over the wall.

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            • Wooly Phlox says:
              March 10, 2017 at 7:19 pm

              He was blind (figuratively) when he produced You Haven’t Done Nothin’ back in the early 70s. No, I don’t like Stevie’s politics, but he’s a product of his times, and who he’s surrounded by.

              I’d still shine his shoes. If I based my musical tastes on political opinions I’d pretty much be stuck listening to Ted Nugent. And I don’t really like his music that much. The only way the Nuge could get funky is by not showering for a few days. 😀

              Lots of musical geniuses are political idiots. Most, in fact.

              Stevie has self-deprecating humor. I love that.

              http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/kannon-camera/n9098?snl=1

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              • lovely says:
                March 10, 2017 at 7:36 pm

                I know if I had to listen to musicians who I am aligned with on a political or moral level I would be outta luck. I just personally have a bee in my bonnet about Stevie Wonder because he aligned with Jesse Jackson during my formative years and Jesse is such a toxic hateful person who has built his wealth stabbing the very people he claims to be trying to help in the back.

                I remember when he canceled and my friend said those exact words to me “I never thought of Stevie as blind before today.” Even back then we knew Jesse Jackson was trash and exactly what he was doing.

                On the plus side Taste of Chicago was very nice that year.

                ANGRY BLACKS MAY BOYCOTT MAYOR’S CHICAGOFEST

                ”I pulled out because the people in my community who eat my food are fighting mad and have come in here threatening to boycott my business and harass my customers,” Mr. Finney said. ”Jesse Jackson said there would be no actions against vendors, but I guess he can’t keep everybody under control. At age 66 I don’t need this kind of trouble.”

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                • Wooly Phlox says:
                  March 10, 2017 at 7:48 pm

                  Have you read the lyrics to You Haven’t Done Nothin’?

                  It’s a tirade (a tired tirade) against white people.

                  Kinda like P-Funk’s Chocolate City. Same era, same game.

                  Wish I could have seen P-Funk perform live. I know folks who did, and the look in their eyes when you ask them about it… it’s fond, it’s wistful.

                  James Brown and his crew. You don’t want to know their politics. But even then, still, for them, it was more about the music than the politics. They only infused their music with politics because they had to, or else.

                  You watch Eric Clapton and J.J. Cale today, and realize that it’s STILL all about the music for them, politics be damned. When they happen to insert politics, it’s because they have to. I like to imagine that most of them don’t actually believe all that crap, and that they just want to continue being published.

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                  • stella says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 7:50 pm

                    Ignorance is the more likely explanation, in most cases.

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                  • Wooly Phlox says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 7:56 pm

                    Ignorance borne of living in an industry bubble.

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                  • lovely says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 8:02 pm

                    I haven’t read the lyrics or listened to the song. Like I said I just have a personal dislike for the man. I don’t think he is any worse politically than his peers I just don’t like him. I don’t wish him ill in fact the opposite I do hope he sees reality one of these days.

                    Eric Clapton I love. He may be one of the few musicians that I find fascinating when I read about his life. The same thing with George Michael, I remember his Choose Life t-shirt and that he supported Obama. How do you square that knot?

                    😊

                    One of my all time favorites.

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                  • Wooly Phlox says:
                    March 10, 2017 at 8:52 pm

                    Also one of my favorites.

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    • joshua says:
      March 10, 2017 at 4:47 pm

      wonder if stevie thinks kimberly is gorgious. actually stevie is a national treasure. kimberly, just another Fox bookend.

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  15. Wooly Phlox says:
    March 10, 2017 at 12:15 pm

    I was listening to Stevie Wonder on 12″ vinyl when I was 10. When I was 7 I was listening to my dad’s collection of reel-to-reel tapes of his music — soul, funk, and Lovin’ Spoonful, and knew how to thread the tapes, and later, even to splice them.

    When I was 5 I was taking piano lessons. They weren’t very inspiring. The music program in the school I went to as a kid was similarly uninspiring. That’s because they didn’t give us the good music. They gave us garbage.

    You want kids to get into music? Then show them the good stuff.

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  16. Wooly Phlox says:
    March 10, 2017 at 12:43 pm

    Here’s one that’s hard to watch.

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  18. stella says:
    March 10, 2017 at 1:51 pm

    Anybody know what happened to ImpeachEmAll? Hasn’t been around since early February.

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  19. The Tundra PA says:
    March 10, 2017 at 2:02 pm

    Mornin’ all! (here, anyway) Here is your IDITAROD update. In about an hour it will be the start of Day 4 of what is usually an 8 day race. For those of us watching, this is kind of a boring day and lots of resting is going on. The race requires a 24-hour layover wherever the musher wants to take it, and most do right about now. There is also an 8 hour rest required on the Yukon somewhere, which most teams have already taken. So. Mitch Seavey continues to be in first position technically. He arrived at the mid-race checkpoint of Huslia at 8 pm last night and has not left. That tells me he is taking his 24 there. But he also has to take 8 at either Koyukuk, Nulato, or Kaltag before leaving the Yukon, which most other teams have already done. So likely to get passed up unless he has a crazy big lead. He got to Huslia 6 hours ahead of the #2 team, Nic Petit. So who knows? His team looks very strong in the videos I’ve seen.

    The first 7 teams are in to Huslia; the next 8 teams have left the previous checkpoint at Galena, headed for Huslia; and 34 teams are currently in Galena. Many are taking their 24, including Aliy. She arrived at 1:30 yesterday, so will be leaving in less than 4 hours. The second half of the race, after all teams have taken the 2 big rests, is when relative positions become more accurate. It’s also when you see how much gas the dogs have in the tank: how fast they are moving, how much energy they have when stopped. Do they lay down immediately, or keep standing and barking or even pounding the harness to keep going? Do they eat with gusto, or just pick at their food (or even refuse to eat)? Hopefully Aliy has gotten her dogs through the trail bug while they have rested since yesterday, and all are rarin’ to go.

    By tomorrow the front end of the race will be leaving the Yukon River for the coast and the final third of the race will take shape. There are a lot of miles left, and anything can happen.

    Go Aliy!

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  20. sandandsea2015 says:
    March 10, 2017 at 2:41 pm

    If this is really happening, it is seriously messed up.

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  21. sandandsea2015 says:
    March 10, 2017 at 3:51 pm

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Go Jeff Sessions!

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  22. amwick says:
    March 10, 2017 at 5:13 pm

    Deep state requires deep cleaning.

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  23. auscitizenmom says:
    March 10, 2017 at 5:46 pm

    I saw this commercial a minute ago. For some reason, it made me think of the government.

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  25. czarowniczy says:
    March 10, 2017 at 7:10 pm

    Triple murder on NOLA today, momma and her three kids shot – momma and two kids died. Dead children are 6 and 10, wounded child is 12. Children appear to be from three different men, momma just split from her current hubbie and filed for a restraining order. Police say they have no suspects and no motive.

    Meanwhile, next parish over, three men did a home invasion, brutalized and shot home residents and stole their car. Police arrested them only to find the offenders were a father and two of his sons. Well at least Dad seems to be following the ‘take your sons to work’ program.

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  26. auscitizenmom says:
    March 10, 2017 at 9:00 pm

    lilbirdee12’s prayer:

    Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.

    Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.

    Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and Mike Pence and their families as they seek to lead America back to You.

    Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
    Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.

    We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
    Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.

    In Jesus name, we pray. Amen

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  27. auscitizenmom says:
    March 10, 2017 at 9:03 pm

    Amen

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  28. Wooly Phlox says:
    March 10, 2017 at 9:17 pm

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  29. stella says:
    March 10, 2017 at 9:20 pm

    Photo taken less than an hour ago of Lake Superior, near the Marquette Maritime Museum & Lighthouse:

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  30. Col.(R) Ken says:
    March 10, 2017 at 10:32 pm

    Did I miss the Bar? It’s cold here, and I had the legal limit of good whiskey, so no driving, buggy, or riding horses…..I’ll just pour another two fingers to ease the pain, stoke the fire……..

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  31. Wooly Phlox says:
    March 10, 2017 at 10:58 pm

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