General Discussion, Thursday, August 31, 2017

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Stella

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  1. Lucille says:
    August 31, 2017 at 12:55 am

    What an incredibly beautiful place…Dubrovnik….

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  2. WeeWeed says:
    August 31, 2017 at 6:34 am

    Mornin’ y’all!

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  3. nyetneetot says:
    August 31, 2017 at 7:25 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’ czarina33! (aka 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 Covfefe! (aka “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! 🙂 🍸 (Gentleman Jack Whiskey Sling)
    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’ G-d&Country! 🙂 🍸 (Blind Russian)
    Mornin’ Gary! 🙂 |_| (Yuengling)
    Mornin’ valeriecurren! 🙂 🍸 (Flaming Sambuca)
    Mornin’ Lucille! 🙂 🍸 (Peach Schnapps)
    Mornin’ Lburg! 🙂 🍸 (Lburg lemonade)
    Mornin’ davidhuntpe! 🙂 |_| (Baileys Irish Cream on the rocks)
    Mornin’ skipper1961! 🙂 |_| (Brompton’s Cocktail – No cherry, no umbrella, no plastic monkey)
    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 for coffee!

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    • Rhea Salacia Volans says:
      August 31, 2017 at 7:32 am

      Thanks Nyet. Breakfast looks good.

      Pass the buttered rum. Lots of it. -_-

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      • sandandsea2015 says:
        August 31, 2017 at 8:12 am

        Morning Rhea! How are things going up Indiana way?

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        • Rhea Salacia Volans says:
          August 31, 2017 at 8:19 am

          We’re dry and fine up here (Down here, depending on whether or not you live in Michigan). The remnants of Harvey are scheduled to come in on Friday, but the weather forecast’s been wrong before.

          I will admit that I am down in the dumps. I interviewed for a job that I would have liked to have and was passed over for it. That hurt, especially after they told me in the interview that I was “definitely qualified” for it.

          “I know that for every door that closes, another one opens, but these hallways in between are a drag.”

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          • sandandsea2015 says:
            August 31, 2017 at 8:53 am

            I’m sorry about the job. That’s got to be disappointing. My younger daughter will have to find a full time job next spring because she’ll be too old to be on our insurance and may have to leave college because doing both will too much for her. It’s a big decision.

            I guess you were just in Indiana for school?

            I’m praying that Harvey will weaken soon and stop wreaking havoc. I’m from the coast of Texas where it’s been hardest hit. Most of my family is there still. It’s been devastating. So far they’ve been okay and some are helping with rescues. Yesterday my niece had water up to her door, but none inside, however… there’s a levee that looks like it could break and if it does, her house will flood like so many others. It needs to end soon. 🙏🏻

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            • Rhea Salacia Volans says:
              August 31, 2017 at 9:47 am

              I know where your daughter is coming from. that’s the situation I’m in, except that I have graduated. She might want to try half-time at college if she plans to work full time. I don’t know how she feels about that but it might be worth looking into.

              My immediate family moved to Indiana several years ago. The bulk of my extended family lives in Michigan. I want to go back, which is probably half my problem. I don’t have residency there but I keep applying there and I think people pass me by for that reason.

              Oh, no! I am sorry to hear that your family was in the line of the storm. Are they trying a controlled release on the levy by your niece’s house to see if that will help? Or is that not feasible at this point?

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              • sandandsea2015 says:
                August 31, 2017 at 10:24 am

                I hope that it works out where you can live and work in Indiana. Lots of good people there who are very conservative and love our country.

                My DD has thought about doing part-time college and full-time job, but it largely depends on what kind of job she gets. She has some health concerns that have limited her and she can’t tax her body too much. We will just have to pray a lot that it all works the way it’s supposed to.

                My sister is in touch with my niece about the situation with the levee in SE Texas. She hasn’t heard from her today, though, so we’re not sure where it stands. My whole family has been trying to reach my aunt, but can’t get hold of her, so that’s got us worried.

                Tropical storm inundates Port Arthur

                It doesn’t look good there at all.

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              • stella says:
                August 31, 2017 at 12:59 pm

                Keep trying, Rhea. My daughter applied for jobs in Chicago while still living in Michigan. She got a job, moved, then was put on layoff, and finally got a job in IT with a law firm. And that was before she finished her degree.

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                • Rhea Salacia Volans says:
                  August 31, 2017 at 4:26 pm

                  I am still trying. It’s hard though. I had high hopes and so losing this job was quite letdown. Thank you for the encouragement.

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                  • stella says:
                    August 31, 2017 at 6:05 pm

                    It’s amazing how things you sometimes think are bad are actually a plus. This happened for a reason. Don’t let it stop you.

                    When my first grandson was little, both my daughter AND SIL lost their jobs (2002). She picked up so many freelance jobs during the hiatus that they were able to pay their bills, pay their medical insurance (COBRA), and he watched their son. I saw the same thing happen multiple times to my SIL who is a commercial artist. Every time he loses a job (ad agencies are notorious for this), he always picks up enough free lance work to get them through the rough spot.

                    How does this apply? You learn through adversity that you can do it, that you have what it takes to persevere.

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            • stella says:
              August 31, 2017 at 12:55 pm

              Dear sand – your daughter can do it! Mine finally finished college once she had moved out and was working full time. She attended nights and weekends (Northwestern), and worked full time/attended school full time her last semester. She got her degree at age 30, summa cum laude!

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    • sandandsea2015 says:
      August 31, 2017 at 8:11 am

      Morning Nyet! Excellent breakfast this today. Thank you!

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    • G-d&Country says:
      August 31, 2017 at 8:39 am

      Morning Nyet 🙂 BF looks really good! I’ll have bacon, an apple, and pancakes please. Here is coffee for everyone:

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      • sandandsea2015 says:
        August 31, 2017 at 8:54 am

        Desperately in need of coffee! Thank you G & C!

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      • czarowniczy says:
        August 31, 2017 at 10:54 pm

        Drove by whst was our fav Vietnamese restaurant, was the real thing way bavk when, even tbe menus were all in Vietnamese. It’s a Wallyworld thingie now, one of those urban markets that makes city folk think the stuff all came in from the farm on a horse-drawn cat while they were all sleeping.
        Anyway, the single cup brewer reminded me of our Vietnamese coffee. They have a small stainless container that sits on a glass. A hge tablespoon or more of grounds are put in the hopper and the rest of the space is filled with boiling water. It drips fown, a thick coffee syrup, onto ice. When the coffee’s all run thru you stir in and equal amount of condensed milk, stir well and enjoy. A super iced coffee on a hot day.

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    • auscitizenmom says:
      August 31, 2017 at 9:34 am

      Ah, think I will have the bacon, eggs and toast. Mornin’ Nyet. Mornin’ everyone. 🙂

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    • Lburg says:
      August 31, 2017 at 9:54 am

      Good Morning Nyet and Stellarites! Thank you for the delights of the table, Nyet.

      “Like hunger, physical love is a necessity. But man’s appetite for amour is never so regular or so sustained as his appetite for the delights of the table.” ~ Honore de Balzac

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    • Menagerie says:
      August 31, 2017 at 10:24 am

      I’m going to have to be on a liquid diet for a few days nyet. Keep the Jack handy.

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    • Lucille says:
      August 31, 2017 at 11:54 am

      Thanks, Nyet. May I just have a blueberry muffin and some orange juice this a.m. The lovely plate will be good for lunch if you’re still open.

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      • sandandsea2015 says:
        August 31, 2017 at 1:27 pm

        Afternoon Lucille! Beautiful cardinals. 🙂

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        • Lucille says:
          August 31, 2017 at 4:02 pm

          Afternoon, Sand! Aren’t the cardinals beautiful. I’ve never seen one in person. Seen lots of black birds, sassy crows, blue jays, robins, hawks, owls, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, pigeons, of course, and little birds my Dad used to call “Palomas”, plus varying unknown others that love to mess up the car hood.

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          • stella says:
            August 31, 2017 at 4:07 pm

            I have cardinals in my yard. They are pretty, and sing nicely too. Paloma is the Spanish word for dove.

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          • Menagerie says:
            August 31, 2017 at 4:24 pm

            We have cardinals here all the time. They like to hang out in the kiwi vines below next to the back porch.

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          • sandandsea2015 says:
            August 31, 2017 at 4:53 pm

            We have a wooded area behind our house and I get to see them flitting around in our trees. Snow doesn’t come often to North Texas, but when it does and everything is covered in white, to see the cardinals in the trees is incredibly beautiful with their bright red against the glistening white. So breathtaking.

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    • lovely says:
      August 31, 2017 at 3:30 pm

      Good afternoon Nyet 🙂 .

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  4. joshua says:
    August 31, 2017 at 8:15 am

    How can we actually celebrate labor day, when so many young folks have never experienced labor at all? Like we close the schools for labor day so the kids get less education to prepare them for the labor force that they do not want any part of……yesterday at High School was a big off campus Senior Retreat complete with Class of 2018 t shirts, and full swimming and play venue, bused to the deal, totally chaotic….and this was the third day of school week number one. Something Wong Here….wong wai to edumakate da chilluns…..me thinkie.

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    • G-d&Country says:
      August 31, 2017 at 8:40 am

      Morning Joshua – how true,how true

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    • Menagerie says:
      August 31, 2017 at 10:29 am

      My husband had two things he made central to raising our children. Taking them to mass, living the faith, through daily example of right and honest living. And work. Hard work, brutal even, by the time they were teenagers.

      It was important to me as well, but he built his role as a father primarily around these two basics, aside, of course, from loving them and enjoying them very much.

      It absolutely paid off for them.

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      • joshua says:
        August 31, 2017 at 6:15 pm

        Your husband is what my wife and I both call…a REAL man and a FINE father.

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      • John Denney says:
        August 31, 2017 at 8:40 pm

        I like to stress “diligence”, rather than “hard work”. Proper application of brain power can minimize the requirement for muscle power. Yeah, you could move that refrigerator by the hard work of sheer muscle power, but a dolly makes it so much easier, making you more productive.

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        • Menagerie says:
          August 31, 2017 at 9:46 pm

          You made some assumptions here. First, he taught work ethic. As they got older, he told them they could make a living with their back or their brain. Also, he has made a career of finding ways to do things in unique ways that save his company a lot of money, enabling them to take jobs especially because he thought of a faster, better, less labor intense way to do it.

          Just because I said he taught them to work hard, and even introduced them to some work that just required backbreaking labor, is not cause to assume the man doesn’t have sense enough to know when to use a time saving piece of equipment.

          It seems to me that you made a leap from point A to point C without even considering what might be in between.

          And I agree with you about diligence, although I emphasized consistency as well. You can go all out one day a week, but if you are a lazy slob the rest of the week, you are not a good employee.

          Hard work may or may not involve muscle. One of my sons is a top salesman. And he is very, very good at his job because he works very hard at it, both mentally and physically, by getting out and finding business, seeing need, meeting people, staying trained. Another son is an owner/operator trucker. He spent years learning the industry and makes a profit by knowing the industry, the customers, the differences in pay rates in certain areas of the country, and even specific industries that may or may not make a load profitable for obscure reason. He know a great deal about the mechanical end of the business and does some repairs. Hard work is an ethic, not a measuremt of strength.

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    • czarowniczy says:
      August 31, 2017 at 11:15 am

      This is the way so many younger employees look at work…benefits and days off. I remember our Federal employees, we received 13 days of sick leave a year that accrued forever and could be applied to retirement pay, using it as personal leave that was frequently used to extend a 3-day weekend.
      Employees with less than 3 years service got 13 workdays of leave a year, from three to fifteen years of service they had twenty days and over fifteen 26 days. Then you received about 11 holidays and that doesn’t include ‘weather’ days.
      As I’ve said before, when I retired I received 65 guaranteed workdays off a year…the Federal government leads the way!

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    • G-d&Country says:
      August 31, 2017 at 8:53 am

      Morning RSV 🙂 Thanks for the video, poor thing was frozen scared.
      How interesting it is to see spoiled people with their needs met, who hide who they are, doing violence in riots being pushed by the media as “the norm”, and as “their right”; but in reality, these wonderful people, and many like them, in the light of day, under horrid circumstances, with their faces shown are doing good deeds. There are people every day, with no thanks or publicity quietly doing good deeds. I wonder if there is any news outlet that shows the mode (the largest number of the bell curve) of people, good, decent working people are doing. (Maybe like “Dirty Jobs” ?)

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      • Rhea Salacia Volans says:
        August 31, 2017 at 9:28 am

        I’m glad I could share it. I’ve seen people rescue dogs from other situations, but the ending was what really got me. All those people making a human chain to pull pooch and rescuer back up. A little bit of courage and a little bit of teamwork can go for miles and miles and get things done.

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    • Lucille says:
      August 31, 2017 at 12:03 pm

      At Nobel Patriot’s twitter, he says the following: “12 hours ago

      “Yes, the tweet that I posted that’s going viral is not TX but Kazakhstan. It’s a testament to humanity all over the world. Not deleting.”

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  6. G-d&Country says:
    August 31, 2017 at 8:55 am

    Good morning everyone.
    Today’s picture is by the brilliant artist Bessie Pease Gutmann. Bessie Pease Gutmann (1876 – 1960) was an American artist and illustrator most noted for her paintings of infants and young children. Her greatest recognition came from a series of hand-colored prints which highlighted the innocence of young children. Two of her most notable works were A Little Bit of Heaven and The Awakening. Gutmann’s work was popular through the 1920s, but by World War II, interest in her style had declined. Due to failing eyesight, she retired from drawing in 1947. In 1906, Gutmann married Hellmuth Gutmann, one of the brothers who co-owned the publishing firm where she was employed. The couple had three children, Alice, Lucille, and John, who became the models for Gutmann’s illustrations.
    The Awakening

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    A Little Bit of Heaven
    http://imgur.com/U9Mt7ue
    Each week I will post one painting devoted to the innocence, value, and love of children. One of the most under-reported, insidious, and evil things going on today is to take away the innocence and value of children.

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    • sandandsea2015 says:
      August 31, 2017 at 10:26 am

      They are so precious. I’m pretty sure my sister’s baby book had an image by this artist on the cover.

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    • Menagerie says:
      August 31, 2017 at 10:35 am

      I majored in commercial art in high school. We didn’t have a lot of training in painting, but we did have a period where we studied portrait art, and I remember my teacher explaining to us that it took special skill and a very delicate touch to be able to portray babies and very young children. He told us that the usual techniques used to build the features, add the shadowing just make babies not look like babies but weird. I remember him telling us that even most celebrated portrait artists could usually not do babies.

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    • auscitizenmom says:
      August 31, 2017 at 10:46 am

      I have a picture like that on my wall. I am not sure who the artist is. I bought it after my son was born because it looked just like him sleeping. Funny thing is, he still has that same expression on his face when he sleeps, even though he now has heavy eyebrows and a very masculine face with a heavy beard area.

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  7. G-d&Country says:
    August 31, 2017 at 11:41 am

    Just popped in to comment on some of the great posts yesterday:
    Stella – great post on the money spent on repeat flood claims. I believe you are given money ONCE, and you make the choice of where to re-build, and YOU TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR CHOICE.

    Lucille – love your “life may not be the party” pic ;-), but HATE MICE!

    facebkwallflower – Agree entirely on PT vs. President Trump. Let”’s take back the vocabulary.

    Menagerie – great article http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/all-cultures-are-not-equal-middle-class-bourgeois/ I read all the comments. It seems many progressive commentators believe nothing is the fault of personal choices, it’s all corp. greed and outsourcing. I also notice some have no knowledge of logic. In my humble opinion it is both personal choices and outsourcing, automation, and corp. greed (I disagree with corp. as an entity. It takes away responsibility from those in the corp. making the decisions. If there is a real problem, you should sue the owners etc personally).
    Also what very, very few mention is what happens to the % of the population that does not have the mental capabilities to function in a high-tech society. I would suggest not all jobs that could be automated are automated. By not automating everything people with non-skilled capabilities can get up every day, and go to work vs. staying at home sitting there getting a gov’t hand-out. I truly believe this is better for a person psychologically, and I really do care about people who TRULY have less capabilities (vs those who are just lazy takers). Many groups do something similar with mentally disabled people. What I still have not figured out is that in today’s economics, they will not make enough income to survive. In the past, in similar circumstances, (in my family due to the early death of my grandfather, and great -grandfather due to work accidents, vs capability issues) a whole multi- generational family would live and work together, and that is how it worked out. Today, in some part because of the total breakdown of the family unit, in some areas not just illegitimacy, but not even knowing who the children’s father is, this does does not work out. (A big downside of LBJ’s “great society”). It has been generations of incremental changes in VARIOUS sectors of society, technology, and economics that made these problems, but sadly we don’t have 60+ years to turn it around. Just some unfinished observances and thoughts. Hope post is not too long.
    Back to work now. Have a great day everyone. Pray everyone is safe, and hello to everyone I missed. 🙂

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    • Lucille says:
      August 31, 2017 at 12:06 pm

      Yes, indeedy, mice can be destructive little darlins’ but they are so adorable looking.

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      • Rhea Salacia Volans says:
        August 31, 2017 at 4:30 pm

        I live in the country. Mice are much less cute after you’ve had them living in your wall. And they’re very noisy after dark.

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        • stella says:
          August 31, 2017 at 6:26 pm

          Amen! Nasty, dirty, hard to get rid of.

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        • Lucille says:
          August 31, 2017 at 8:18 pm

          When I was living out in the country…dirt public roads type of country…(wow, never again! LOL!)…we had mice in our pantry. Our solution was to leave the pantry open and three cats inside the house. Lil’ guys disappeared never to return. Luckily the outside cats (also three) took care of critters of all small types roaming near the house and apparently no mice got in the walls.

          Speaking of sounds at night…coyotes yipping and wolves yodeling…OY!…something else I never want in my life again. A young coyote came in our yard one late afternoon and our huge German Shepherd chased him around barking up a storm. The coyote was wily, all right. He’d run back and forth under the fence railing and our dog was too big to follow. Hilarious! The youngster finally got tired of the game and ran back into the woods.

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          • Menagerie says:
            August 31, 2017 at 9:54 pm

            About five years or so ago we had a fire, had to move to a house in town for four months. We heard sirens every night, traffic, just general city noise. Hated every minute of it. I seriously think it was the longest four months of our lives. We truly were very unhappy.

            It was a good day when we came back to our woods. Now the noises are peaceful ones, mostly. It’s pretty wonderful to have such a country we live in. People have a lot of choices of environment.

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          • czarowniczy says:
            September 1, 2017 at 12:00 am

            Coyote msy have been plsying more than a game. One of their tactics for getting lsrge housepet tartar is to entice the larger dog out to the brush to play…where there are more coyotes out there just waiting for Fido to partake of inclusiveness.

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        • czarowniczy says:
          August 31, 2017 at 11:57 pm

          I came out the other day and our cute little Russia Blue was eating a field rat she’d caught, big enough to filet. They also get up into your equipment, build nests, nibble on wire and anything else dofter than their teeth and raise hell in the feed. Definately see why we put up with cats for so long.

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  8. Lucille says:
    August 31, 2017 at 1:06 pm

    This despicable woman is likely being funded by Soros and certainly by the jihadis. How did she come to prominence so quickly anyway?

    Linda Sarsour solicits donations for “Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund” that’s actually Leftist activist group
    August 30, 2017 by Robert Spencer
    https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/08/linda-sarsour-solicits-donations-for-hurricane-harvey-relief-fund-thats-actually-leftist-activist-group

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  9. Sharon says:
    August 31, 2017 at 2:45 pm

    Just back from errands, one of them in Safeway. The Safeway store leases space to a Savings and Loan office of some ilk near the entrance.

    Today I saw, for the first time, a large and plain sign at that savings and loan that said, along these lines:

    “For the safety of our customers, we ask that all head gear that conceals facial features be removed while in Safeway. This includes scarves, hoodies, large sunglasses, etc. etc. Thank you for…..whatever”

    If I hadn’t been so tired already I would stopped and asked them if that applied to Moslems as well. Moslem headgear was not pictured on the helpful illustrations.

    One can only hope.

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  10. ImpeachEmAll says:
    August 31, 2017 at 2:55 pm

    Irma is her name.

    Ruining your day
    is her game.

    Best to keep her
    in your thoughts. 😉

    http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Hurricane/AtlanticSatellite.aspx?animate=true

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  11. Lucille says:
    August 31, 2017 at 3:04 pm

    Fox News

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  12. Lucille says:
    August 31, 2017 at 4:45 pm

    A follow-up to the vid from Dr. Lee yesterday…this one is by his son Matt and his friend who went to Houston with jet skiis to see how they could help. Dr. Matt is a darling young man with a great family. He has three YouTube channels with thousands of subscribers: Off the Ranch, Demolition Ranch, and Vet Ranch.

    OffTheRanch

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  14. valeriecurren says:
    August 31, 2017 at 8:59 pm

    in case you guys might enjoy my or Josiah’s perspective on our Up North excursions…here’s a link to a blog post I wrote with links to his earlier…blessings

    Josiah’s Story about the 4th of July & Val’s Arbutus Beach & Cottage Reminiscences

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  15. auscitizenmom says:
    August 31, 2017 at 9:06 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.

    And, Lord, we pray for help for the people of Texas who are caught in the flooding.

    In Jesus name, we pray. Amen

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  16. Sharon says:
    August 31, 2017 at 9:38 pm

    Oh, dear.

    http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Gas-shortages-reported-at-several-Exxon-Chevron-12163629.php

    Prices here have jumped about 20 cents in the last couple of days. Oregon is always higher than most places, along with Alaska and Hawaii. Haven’t figured out what the going excuse for that is yet.

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