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Tim Wright
Jul 27, 2016, 9:36:55 AM7/27/16
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Since about March or so my wife has been working from home. She hurt
her knee and also her back so it was just better that she work from
home. Now she's going into the office every day again. She hasn't
quite got the routine down. On Monday she left her cell phone at home.
Not that big a deal, except she uses her phone to remote start her car
to get the AC nice and cool before she gets in. The offshoot of that is
she emailed me before she left work asking if I would use her phone to
start her car. Talk about first world problems.
She left her phone at home again today.
--
I never said most of the things I said.
-Yogi Berra
Tim W
her knee and also her back so it was just better that she work from
home. Now she's going into the office every day again. She hasn't
quite got the routine down. On Monday she left her cell phone at home.
Not that big a deal, except she uses her phone to remote start her car
to get the AC nice and cool before she gets in. The offshoot of that is
she emailed me before she left work asking if I would use her phone to
start her car. Talk about first world problems.
She left her phone at home again today.
--
I never said most of the things I said.
-Yogi Berra
Tim W
Howard
Jul 27, 2016, 12:41:19 PM7/27/16
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Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com> wrote in news:
> Since about March or so my wife has been working from home. She hurt
> her knee and also her back so it was just better that she work from
> home. Now she's going into the office every day again. She hasn't
> quite got the routine down. On Monday she left her cell phone at home.
> Not that big a deal, except she uses her phone to remote start her car
> to get the AC nice and cool before she gets in. The offshoot of that is
> she emailed me before she left work asking if I would use her phone to
> start her car. Talk about first world problems.
>
> She left her phone at home again today.
If it happens again, set the phone's alarm to go off right before she's
supposed to leave.
> Since about March or so my wife has been working from home. She hurt
> her knee and also her back so it was just better that she work from
> home. Now she's going into the office every day again. She hasn't
> quite got the routine down. On Monday she left her cell phone at home.
> Not that big a deal, except she uses her phone to remote start her car
> to get the AC nice and cool before she gets in. The offshoot of that is
> she emailed me before she left work asking if I would use her phone to
> start her car. Talk about first world problems.
>
> She left her phone at home again today.
supposed to leave.
Les Albert
Jul 27, 2016, 12:52:49 PM7/27/16
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On Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:41:16 +0000 (UTC), Howard <howr...@htmail.com>
wrote:
If it happens again tie the phone to her ankle while she is sleeping.
Les
wrote:
Les
Bill Turlock
Jul 27, 2016, 1:43:26 PM7/27/16
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they're missing the boat, it's a natural.
bill van
Jul 27, 2016, 2:26:12 PM7/27/16
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In article <XnsA652811B7B...@46.165.242.75>,
Better get a wind-up alarm clock to remind you to set the phone's alarm.
--
bill
--
bill
hymie!
Jul 27, 2016, 3:03:51 PM7/27/16
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Off the subject, but ...
In our last episode, the evil Dr. Lacto had captured our hero,
--hymie! http://lactose.homelinux.net/~hymie hy...@lactose.homelinux.net
In our last episode, the evil Dr. Lacto had captured our hero,
Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com>, who said:
> she uses her phone to remote start her car
> to get the AC nice and cool before she gets in.
That's legal where you live? It isn't in Maryland.
> she uses her phone to remote start her car
> to get the AC nice and cool before she gets in.
--hymie! http://lactose.homelinux.net/~hymie hy...@lactose.homelinux.net
Snidely
Jul 28, 2016, 2:01:34 AM7/28/16
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bill van asserted that:
and a note on the refrigerator to wind the clock.
/dps
--
"This is all very fine, but let us not be carried away be excitement,
but ask calmly, how does this person feel about in in his cooler
moments next day, with six or seven thousand feet of snow and stuff on
top of him?"
_Roughing It_, Mark Twain.
/dps
--
"This is all very fine, but let us not be carried away be excitement,
but ask calmly, how does this person feel about in in his cooler
moments next day, with six or seven thousand feet of snow and stuff on
top of him?"
_Roughing It_, Mark Twain.
bill van
Jul 28, 2016, 3:07:04 AM7/28/16
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In article <mn.dd657e07f8b6688c.127094@snitoo>,
--
bill
Snidely <snide...@gmail.com> wrote:
> bill van asserted that:
> > In article <XnsA652811B7B...@46.165.242.75>,
> > Howard <howr...@htmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com> wrote in news:
> >>
> >>> Since about March or so my wife has been working from home. She hurt
> >>> her knee and also her back so it was just better that she work from
> >>> home. Now she's going into the office every day again. She hasn't
> >>> quite got the routine down. On Monday she left her cell phone at home.
> >>> Not that big a deal, except she uses her phone to remote start her car
> >>> to get the AC nice and cool before she gets in. The offshoot of that is
> >>> she emailed me before she left work asking if I would use her phone to
> >>> start her car. Talk about first world problems.
> >>>
> >>> She left her phone at home again today.
> >>
> >> If it happens again, set the phone's alarm to go off right before she's
> >> supposed to leave.
> >
> > Better get a wind-up alarm clock to remind you to set the phone's alarm.
>
> and a note on the refrigerator to wind the clock.
>
How close are you to tying a string around your finger?
> bill van asserted that:
> > In article <XnsA652811B7B...@46.165.242.75>,
> > Howard <howr...@htmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com> wrote in news:
> >>
> >>> Since about March or so my wife has been working from home. She hurt
> >>> her knee and also her back so it was just better that she work from
> >>> home. Now she's going into the office every day again. She hasn't
> >>> quite got the routine down. On Monday she left her cell phone at home.
> >>> Not that big a deal, except she uses her phone to remote start her car
> >>> to get the AC nice and cool before she gets in. The offshoot of that is
> >>> she emailed me before she left work asking if I would use her phone to
> >>> start her car. Talk about first world problems.
> >>>
> >>> She left her phone at home again today.
> >>
> >> If it happens again, set the phone's alarm to go off right before she's
> >> supposed to leave.
> >
> > Better get a wind-up alarm clock to remind you to set the phone's alarm.
>
> and a note on the refrigerator to wind the clock.
>
--
bill
John Mc.
Jul 28, 2016, 9:47:01 PM7/28/16
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Orlando about 4 years ago. SWMBO LOVES to shop. I despise it (Opposites
attract) Anyway, I dropped her at the entrance to an outlet mall in
Orlando. It was a sweltering, humid day. I took the rental car over to
about the only shady spot in the parking lot. So, I put the seat back
and crank up the AC. I've plugged my iPod into the aux input and I've
got Sinatra on the radio. Time for a nap. And while I'm in dreamland I
suddenly hear a rapping on the window. This "Person" is standing there
and she's signing for me to lower the window. Okay-and now she launches
into a diatribe on how my idling there with the AC on was
single-handedly causing irreparable damage to the environment...Yada,
yada. I looked at her for a moment, took the window up and drove to the
far side of the lot. I figured if she was really dedicated she'd have no
problem following me there to continue our discussion. All I saw was her
giving me the finger in the rear-view.
John Mc.
Tim Wright
Jul 28, 2016, 10:08:52 PM7/28/16
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Snidely
Jul 29, 2016, 2:01:54 AM7/29/16
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On Thursday, bill van queried:
"Google, text me to buy string"
Snidely
Jul 29, 2016, 2:03:18 AM7/29/16
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On Thursday or thereabouts, John Mc. asked ...
I'd have been thinking about putting potatoes in your tailpipe.
Evidently I'm not your twin.
/dps
--
"That's a good sort of hectic, innit?"
" Very much so, and I'd recommend the haggis wontons."
-njm
Evidently I'm not your twin.
/dps
--
"That's a good sort of hectic, innit?"
" Very much so, and I'd recommend the haggis wontons."
-njm
John Mc.
Jul 29, 2016, 6:01:51 AM7/29/16
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John Mc.
Whiskers
Jul 29, 2016, 8:57:51 AM7/29/16
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--
-- ^^^^^^^^^^
-- Whiskers
-- ~~~~~~~~~~
Tim Wright
Jul 29, 2016, 9:43:22 AM7/29/16
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a lot.
Les Albert
Jul 29, 2016, 11:33:15 AM7/29/16
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On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 06:01:50 -0400, "John Mc." <jo...@thetdcogre.com>
wrote:
Les
wrote:
>On 7/29/2016 2:03 AM, Snidely wrote:
>> On Thursday or thereabouts, John Mc. asked ...
>>> On 7/27/2016 3:03 PM, hymie! wrote:
>>>> Off the subject, but ...
>> On Thursday or thereabouts, John Mc. asked ...
>>> On 7/27/2016 3:03 PM, hymie! wrote:
>>>> Off the subject, but ...
>>>> Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com>, who said:
>>>>> she uses her phone to remote start her car
>>>>> to get the AC nice and cool before she gets in.
>>>> That's legal where you live? It isn't in Maryland.
>>>>> she uses her phone to remote start her car
>>>>> to get the AC nice and cool before she gets in.
>>>> That's legal where you live? It isn't in Maryland.
>>> It's legal here in Indiana too. But I'll tell this tale of a trip to
>>> Orlando about 4 years ago. SWMBO LOVES to shop. I despise it
>>> (Opposites attract) Anyway, I dropped her at the entrance to an outlet
>>> mall in Orlando. It was a sweltering, humid day. I took the rental car
>>> over to about the only shady spot in the parking lot. So, I put the
>>> seat back and crank up the AC. I've plugged my iPod into the aux input
>>> and I've got Sinatra on the radio. Time for a nap. And while I'm in
>>> dreamland I suddenly hear a rapping on the window. This "Person" is
>>> standing there and she's signing for me to lower the window. Okay-and
>>> now she launches into a diatribe on how my idling there with the AC on
>>> was single-handedly causing irreparable damage to the
>>> environment...Yada, yada. I looked at her for a moment, took the
>>> window up and drove to the far side of the lot. I figured if she was
>>> really dedicated she'd have no problem following me there to continue
>>> our discussion. All I saw was her giving me the finger in the rear-view.
>> I'd have been thinking about putting potatoes in your tailpipe.
>> Evidently I'm not your twin.
>>> Orlando about 4 years ago. SWMBO LOVES to shop. I despise it
>>> (Opposites attract) Anyway, I dropped her at the entrance to an outlet
>>> mall in Orlando. It was a sweltering, humid day. I took the rental car
>>> over to about the only shady spot in the parking lot. So, I put the
>>> seat back and crank up the AC. I've plugged my iPod into the aux input
>>> and I've got Sinatra on the radio. Time for a nap. And while I'm in
>>> dreamland I suddenly hear a rapping on the window. This "Person" is
>>> standing there and she's signing for me to lower the window. Okay-and
>>> now she launches into a diatribe on how my idling there with the AC on
>>> was single-handedly causing irreparable damage to the
>>> environment...Yada, yada. I looked at her for a moment, took the
>>> window up and drove to the far side of the lot. I figured if she was
>>> really dedicated she'd have no problem following me there to continue
>>> our discussion. All I saw was her giving me the finger in the rear-view.
>> I'd have been thinking about putting potatoes in your tailpipe.
>> Evidently I'm not your twin.
>Couldn't be, after they made Tim they broke the mold.
It was defective?
Les
John Mc.
Jul 29, 2016, 5:30:45 PM7/29/16
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John Mc.
John Mc.
Jul 29, 2016, 5:32:20 PM7/29/16
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John Mc.
Les Albert
Jul 29, 2016, 7:08:09 PM7/29/16
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On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:32:19 -0400, "John Mc." <Jo...@tdcogre.com>
wrote:
other favorite entertainer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okJJwJEGxh8
Les
wrote:
>On 7/29/2016 11:33 AM, Les Albert wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 06:01:50 -0400, "John Mc." <jo...@thetdcogre.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On 7/29/2016 2:03 AM, Snidely wrote:
>>>> On Thursday or thereabouts, John Mc. asked ...
>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 06:01:50 -0400, "John Mc." <jo...@thetdcogre.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On 7/29/2016 2:03 AM, Snidely wrote:
>>>> On Thursday or thereabouts, John Mc. asked ...
>>>>> It's legal here in Indiana too. But I'll tell this tale of a trip to
>>>>> Orlando about 4 years ago. SWMBO LOVES to shop. I despise it
>>>>> (Opposites attract) Anyway, I dropped her at the entrance to an outlet
>>>>> mall in Orlando. It was a sweltering, humid day. I took the rental car
>>>>> over to about the only shady spot in the parking lot. So, I put the
>>>>> seat back and crank up the AC. I've plugged my iPod into the aux input
>>>>> and I've got Sinatra on the radio. Time for a nap. And while I'm in
>>>>> dreamland I suddenly hear a rapping on the window. This "Person" is
>>>>> standing there and she's signing for me to lower the window. Okay-and
>>>>> now she launches into a diatribe on how my idling there with the AC on
>>>>> was single-handedly causing irreparable damage to the
>>>>> environment...Yada, yada. I looked at her for a moment, took the
>>>>> window up and drove to the far side of the lot. I figured if she was
>>>>> really dedicated she'd have no problem following me there to continue
>>>>> our discussion. All I saw was her giving me the finger in the rear-view.
>>
>>>> I'd have been thinking about putting potatoes in your tailpipe.
>>>> Evidently I'm not your twin.
>>> Couldn't be, after they made Tim they broke the mold.
>> It was defective?
>>>>> Orlando about 4 years ago. SWMBO LOVES to shop. I despise it
>>>>> (Opposites attract) Anyway, I dropped her at the entrance to an outlet
>>>>> mall in Orlando. It was a sweltering, humid day. I took the rental car
>>>>> over to about the only shady spot in the parking lot. So, I put the
>>>>> seat back and crank up the AC. I've plugged my iPod into the aux input
>>>>> and I've got Sinatra on the radio. Time for a nap. And while I'm in
>>>>> dreamland I suddenly hear a rapping on the window. This "Person" is
>>>>> standing there and she's signing for me to lower the window. Okay-and
>>>>> now she launches into a diatribe on how my idling there with the AC on
>>>>> was single-handedly causing irreparable damage to the
>>>>> environment...Yada, yada. I looked at her for a moment, took the
>>>>> window up and drove to the far side of the lot. I figured if she was
>>>>> really dedicated she'd have no problem following me there to continue
>>>>> our discussion. All I saw was her giving me the finger in the rear-view.
>>
>>>> I'd have been thinking about putting potatoes in your tailpipe.
>>>> Evidently I'm not your twin.
>>> Couldn't be, after they made Tim they broke the mold.
>> It was defective?
><Jimmy Durante voice> "Everybody wants ta get inta the act!" </voice>
I think most people here never heard him sing. Here he is with your
other favorite entertainer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okJJwJEGxh8
Les
Les Albert
Jul 29, 2016, 7:14:19 PM7/29/16
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John Mc.
Jul 29, 2016, 9:49:01 PM7/29/16
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that since we were almost gutting the whole thing to begin with she
wanted All new appliances and with the exception of the 11 month old
electric range I acquiesced. Most of the others were at least 5 yrs old
or more. Anyway, recently I had to have warranty service on the
dishwasher. The pump had died. And the tech who came out was giving me
some grief about food scraps in it. Now- we don't leave whole lasagne in
pans or much else and make sure to clean the filter. But he was adamant
that you have SCRAPE every iota of food, even cooked-on remnants. Okay,
if I'm going to do that I might as well just hand wash everything. The
old dishwasher had no problem with the occasional morsel here and there.
But as the tech explained the amount of water used is now regulated???
Instead of the 3 gallons the old washer used it's now 1. And that 1
gallon isn't enough to really wash down all the little pieces of debris.
Then we got into washing machines and the same type of restrictions. AND
A LIGHT went off in my head. I had been perplexed that our old washing
machine would complete a load in about an hour. Now it's more like 2.
And the reason? 1 gallon of water versus 3. The dishwasher is in the
same category. You could run a load of dishes through the old one in 2
hours, Now it's 3 or more because you have to engage just about every
mode to get the dishes clean. I really wish that when some well meaning
fool came up with a new regulation like this it had to be advertised
they intended to do it. I'm telling you I'd have my congress-critter on
speed dial. And yes I know the number of these things is legion but I'd
at least like the chance to see how I'm gonna get screwed in advance.
John Mc.
John Mc.
Jul 29, 2016, 9:58:42 PM7/29/16
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<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFMkCeP6ok#t=7.3617604>
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPAmDULCVrU>
Though there's a common thread.
John Mc.
Tim Wright
Jul 29, 2016, 10:16:07 PM7/29/16
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job, but it's now nine years old. I fear it's living on borrowed time.
I know they used to make dishwashers with basically a built in disposal,
of course, with only 1 gallon of water to do the job, they may no longer
do that.
Just made a cursory check at Home Depot. They do still make quite a
selection of dishwashers with built in disposers, in all price ranges.
None of the descriptions specify the amount of water used.
We have a home warranty through American Home Shield. The only problem
I have had with them is that they don't cover all our pool equipment,
just the pump and filters, none of the salt cell related equipment.
Other than that they've been good about repairing whatever has broken.
So far nothing has had to be replaced.
Maybe you can smuggle a dishwasher in from Canada, like some people do
with toilets.
John Mc.
Jul 29, 2016, 10:35:30 PM7/29/16
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up on a little sightseeing trip we took up north some years ago.
Unfortunately, there are three bathrooms and I erred and didn't take
the one from the upstairs bathroom. the existing one that is in my
youngest son's is one of the new style and wholly inadequate. I'm
thinking of getting one like those at work. Instead of a tank in a
conventional sense they have a sort of pressure tank. When one flushes
it uses this to "move things along." I've never seen one of these
stopped up.
John Mc.
Tim Wright
Jul 29, 2016, 11:02:43 PM7/29/16
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have been a few instances in my area where the pressure tank failed
explosively. The best "one flush" solution is the American Standard
Champion toilet. I believe the current model is Champion 4. We had a
couple of these at the old house and never once had to use a plunger.
They are built with a larger passage through the trap, and the tank
holds twice as much water as it uses for each flush. This provides
greater pressure with each flush. They are quite amazing.
Les Albert
Jul 29, 2016, 11:09:13 PM7/29/16
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On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:58:40 -0400, "John Mc." <Jo...@tdcogre.com>
Les
>I've other tastes too.
><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFMkCeP6ok#t=7.3617604>
><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPAmDULCVrU>
>Though there's a common thread.
I like Tony Bennett.
><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFMkCeP6ok#t=7.3617604>
><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPAmDULCVrU>
>Though there's a common thread.
Les
Tim Wright
Jul 29, 2016, 11:36:02 PM7/29/16
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his age, which makes me sad.
bill van
Jul 30, 2016, 12:12:18 AM7/30/16
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In article <NZydnX7c-fkAvQHK...@supernews.com>,
But aged voice notwithstanding, he has been recording some fine duets
with "younger" women. You can find him on youtube with Aretha Franklin,
kd lang and Lady Gaga, for three. Worth a listen.
--
bill
> I've always liked his older stuff. Unfortunately, his voice is showing
> his age, which makes me sad.
I'm not much on old-time crooners, although he was good at it.
> his age, which makes me sad.
But aged voice notwithstanding, he has been recording some fine duets
with "younger" women. You can find him on youtube with Aretha Franklin,
kd lang and Lady Gaga, for three. Worth a listen.
--
bill
Bill Turlock
Jul 30, 2016, 12:36:13 AM7/30/16
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On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 22:02:35 -0500, Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>I would strongly advise against a toilet with a pressure tank. There
>have been a few instances in my area where the pressure tank failed
>explosively. The best "one flush" solution is the American Standard
>Champion toilet. I believe the current model is Champion 4. We had a
>couple of these at the old house and never once had to use a plunger.
>They are built with a larger passage through the trap, and the tank
>holds twice as much water as it uses for each flush. This provides
>greater pressure with each flush. They are quite amazing.
$$$ ?
wrote:
>
>I would strongly advise against a toilet with a pressure tank. There
>have been a few instances in my area where the pressure tank failed
>explosively. The best "one flush" solution is the American Standard
>Champion toilet. I believe the current model is Champion 4. We had a
>couple of these at the old house and never once had to use a plunger.
>They are built with a larger passage through the trap, and the tank
>holds twice as much water as it uses for each flush. This provides
>greater pressure with each flush. They are quite amazing.
Snidely
Jul 30, 2016, 1:12:27 AM7/30/16
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On Friday, Les Albert exclaimed wildly:
"I could use a longer pianner"
L v Beethoven is said to have told piano makers, "More keys!"
/dps "Clemente" "Gesundheit"
--
I have always been glad we weren't killed that night. I do not know
any particular reason, but I have always been glad.
_Roughing It_, Mark Twain
L v Beethoven is said to have told piano makers, "More keys!"
/dps "Clemente" "Gesundheit"
--
I have always been glad we weren't killed that night. I do not know
any particular reason, but I have always been glad.
_Roughing It_, Mark Twain
Tim Wright
Jul 30, 2016, 8:41:42 AM7/30/16
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N J Marsh
Jul 30, 2016, 10:55:08 AM7/30/16
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Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
> I would strongly advise against a toilet with a pressure tank. There
> have been a few instances in my area where the pressure tank failed
> explosively. The best "one flush" solution is the American Standard
> Champion toilet. I believe the current model is Champion 4. We had a
> couple of these at the old house and never once had to use a plunger.
> They are built with a larger passage through the trap, and the tank
> holds twice as much water as it uses for each flush. This provides
> greater pressure with each flush. They are quite amazing.
I have just replaced all three toilets here, two with the Champion 4. My
>>
> I would strongly advise against a toilet with a pressure tank. There
> have been a few instances in my area where the pressure tank failed
> explosively. The best "one flush" solution is the American Standard
> Champion toilet. I believe the current model is Champion 4. We had a
> couple of these at the old house and never once had to use a plunger.
> They are built with a larger passage through the trap, and the tank
> holds twice as much water as it uses for each flush. This provides
> greater pressure with each flush. They are quite amazing.
plumber, a fine fellow who is a life long mate of the Best Beloved's,
assured me they'd do a better job than my old toilets using close to four
times the water.
He was right.
--
njm
N J Marsh
Jul 30, 2016, 10:55:09 AM7/30/16
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they are near the higher end of the basic off the shelf toilet. Lowes puts
them on sale regularly, at least four times a year. I think mine ended up
being a couple of hundred dollars.
--
njm
Les Albert
Jul 30, 2016, 11:34:29 AM7/30/16
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On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 22:35:55 -0500, Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com>
wrote:
https://www.artbrokerage.com/Tony-Bennett/original-paintings
http://rogallery.com/Bennett_Tony/Bennett-hm.htm
Les
wrote:
>I've always liked his older stuff. Unfortunately, his voice is showing
>his age, which makes me sad.
Yeah, but his art is getting better:
>his age, which makes me sad.
https://www.artbrokerage.com/Tony-Bennett/original-paintings
http://rogallery.com/Bennett_Tony/Bennett-hm.htm
Les
John Mc.
Jul 30, 2016, 11:53:53 AM7/30/16
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voice and picked up a couple of her cds. This happens often with me. I'm
just not much of a Spotify person. I want to OWN the media not to share
but so I can use it anywhere. iPod, Iphone, PC. To me, once I buy the
disc the music (or film) is mine.
John Mc
John Mc.
Jul 30, 2016, 11:57:56 AM7/30/16
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Rap, no Hip-hop and no twangy Country Western.
John Mc.
John Mc.
Jul 30, 2016, 12:02:49 PM7/30/16
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only good in the Reprise years. But to me, Dean Martin was a better
singer than either of them, But he was at best lackadaisical in his work
ethic. Sinatra (and Bennett) both performed ALL the time. Martin only
when it suited him.
John Mc
John Mc.
Jul 30, 2016, 12:05:03 PM7/30/16
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John Mc.
Tim Wright
Jul 30, 2016, 12:27:44 PM7/30/16
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Tim Wright
Jul 30, 2016, 12:28:55 PM7/30/16
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Tim Wright
Jul 30, 2016, 12:32:56 PM7/30/16
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like old C&W. Not too much of the newer stuff. Barf Brooks ruined
country music, and there's been no western music since Marty Robbins died.
One of my all time favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDtCa8ZgAk4
Tim Wright
Jul 30, 2016, 12:35:28 PM7/30/16
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that he recorded with his daughter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoSbnAFvqfA
Les Albert
Jul 30, 2016, 12:39:00 PM7/30/16
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2016 12:05:02 -0400, "John Mc." <jo...@thetdcogre.com>
wrote:
Les
wrote:
> At least he's branching out.
He has been showing paintings since 1977.
Les
Les Albert
Jul 30, 2016, 12:40:37 PM7/30/16
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2016 11:28:47 -0500, Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com>
Les
wrote:
>On 7/30/2016 10:34, Les Albert wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 22:35:55 -0500, Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On 7/29/2016 22:09, Les Albert wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:58:40 -0400, "John Mc." <Jo...@tdcogre.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On 7/29/2016 7:08 PM, Les Albert wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:32:19 -0400, "John Mc." <Jo...@tdcogre.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> <Jimmy Durante voice> "Everybody wants ta get inta the act!" </voice>
>>>>>> I think most people here never heard him sing. Here he is with your
>>>>>> other favorite entertainer:
>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okJJwJEGxh8
>>>>> I've other tastes too.
>>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFMkCeP6ok#t=7.3617604>
>>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPAmDULCVrU>
>>>>> Though there's a common thread.
>>>> I like Tony Bennett.
>>> I've always liked his older stuff. Unfortunately, his voice is showing
>>> his age, which makes me sad.
>> Yeah, but his art is getting better:
>> https://www.artbrokerage.com/Tony-Bennett/original-paintings
>> http://rogallery.com/Bennett_Tony/Bennett-hm.htm
>On 7/30/2016 10:34, Les Albert wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 22:35:55 -0500, Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On 7/29/2016 22:09, Les Albert wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:58:40 -0400, "John Mc." <Jo...@tdcogre.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On 7/29/2016 7:08 PM, Les Albert wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:32:19 -0400, "John Mc." <Jo...@tdcogre.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> <Jimmy Durante voice> "Everybody wants ta get inta the act!" </voice>
>>>>>> I think most people here never heard him sing. Here he is with your
>>>>>> other favorite entertainer:
>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okJJwJEGxh8
>>>>> I've other tastes too.
>>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFMkCeP6ok#t=7.3617604>
>>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPAmDULCVrU>
>>>>> Though there's a common thread.
>>>> I like Tony Bennett.
>>> I've always liked his older stuff. Unfortunately, his voice is showing
>>> his age, which makes me sad.
>> Yeah, but his art is getting better:
>> https://www.artbrokerage.com/Tony-Bennett/original-paintings
>> http://rogallery.com/Bennett_Tony/Bennett-hm.htm
>He left his art in San Francisco?
I wonder if he secretly hates that song.
Les
Les Albert
Jul 30, 2016, 12:52:15 PM7/30/16
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2016 12:02:48 -0400, "John Mc." <Jo...@tdcogre.com>
wrote:
>Bennett is actually better than Sinatra to me.
Agreed!
>And Sinatra was really
>only good in the Reprise years.
I can take him or leave him, mostly leave him. I never got to see him
in all the times we went to Las Vegas, but in the 70s he appeared near
San Francisco at the Circle Star Theater, an unlikely place for any
top of the line performer
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_Star_Theater ),
and the theater was more interesting than his show.
>But to me, Dean Martin was a better
>singer than either of them, But he was at best lackadaisical in his work
>ethic. Sinatra (and Bennett) both performed ALL the time. Martin only
>when it suited him.
Dean Martin has a nice sound, but I don't think he is better than
Tony Bennett. But that's what makes elections!
Les
wrote:
>Bennett is actually better than Sinatra to me.
>And Sinatra was really
>only good in the Reprise years.
in all the times we went to Las Vegas, but in the 70s he appeared near
San Francisco at the Circle Star Theater, an unlikely place for any
top of the line performer
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_Star_Theater ),
and the theater was more interesting than his show.
>But to me, Dean Martin was a better
>singer than either of them, But he was at best lackadaisical in his work
>ethic. Sinatra (and Bennett) both performed ALL the time. Martin only
>when it suited him.
Tony Bennett. But that's what makes elections!
Les
Howard
Jul 30, 2016, 1:32:03 PM7/30/16
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Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com> wrote :
> On 7/29/2016 20:48, John Mc. wrote:
>> The old dishwasher had no problem
>> with the occasional morsel here and there. But as the tech explained
>> the amount of water used is now regulated??? Instead of the 3
>> gallons the old washer used it's now 1. And that 1 gallon isn't
>> enough to really wash down all the little pieces of debris. Then we
>> got into washing machines and the same type of restrictions. AND A
>> LIGHT went off in my head. I had been perplexed that our old washing
>> machine would complete a load in about an hour. Now it's more like 2.
>> And the reason? 1 gallon of water versus 3. The dishwasher is in the
>> same category. You could run a load of dishes through the old one in
>> 2 hours, Now it's 3 or more because you have to engage just about
>> every mode to get the dishes clean. I really wish that when some well
>> meaning fool came up with a new regulation like this it had to be
>> advertised they intended to do it. I'm telling you I'd have my
>> congress-critter on speed dial. And yes I know the number of these
>> things is legion but I'd at least like the chance to see how I'm
>> gonna get screwed in advance.
>
setting. This article from Consumer Reports says that standard settings
can easily take 3+ hours, and it also says when dishwashers have a one
hour setting then that takes more water and power. Since a lot of
people run the dishwasher in the evening before bed or in the morning
before they leave for work, I'm not sure it's a bad thing having the
default mode be the energy/water saving mode, although I can see how it
could be a pain if it's the only setting on the model someone owns.
www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2011/10/q-a-my-dishwasher-runs-for-
three-hours-is-that-normal/index.htm
http://tinyurl.com/gshe9kb
> On 7/29/2016 20:48, John Mc. wrote:
>> The old dishwasher had no problem
>> with the occasional morsel here and there. But as the tech explained
>> the amount of water used is now regulated??? Instead of the 3
>> gallons the old washer used it's now 1. And that 1 gallon isn't
>> enough to really wash down all the little pieces of debris. Then we
>> got into washing machines and the same type of restrictions. AND A
>> LIGHT went off in my head. I had been perplexed that our old washing
>> machine would complete a load in about an hour. Now it's more like 2.
>> And the reason? 1 gallon of water versus 3. The dishwasher is in the
>> same category. You could run a load of dishes through the old one in
>> 2 hours, Now it's 3 or more because you have to engage just about
>> every mode to get the dishes clean. I really wish that when some well
>> meaning fool came up with a new regulation like this it had to be
>> advertised they intended to do it. I'm telling you I'd have my
>> congress-critter on speed dial. And yes I know the number of these
>> things is legion but I'd at least like the chance to see how I'm
>> gonna get screwed in advance.
>
> I'm not surprised by what you found. Our dishwasher does an adequate
> job, but it's now nine years old. I fear it's living on borrowed
> time. I know they used to make dishwashers with basically a built in
> disposal, of course, with only 1 gallon of water to do the job, they
> may no longer do that.
>
> Just made a cursory check at Home Depot. They do still make quite a
> selection of dishwashers with built in disposers, in all price ranges.
> None of the descriptions specify the amount of water used.
I helped install a dishwasher a year or two ago that had a one hour wash
> job, but it's now nine years old. I fear it's living on borrowed
> time. I know they used to make dishwashers with basically a built in
> disposal, of course, with only 1 gallon of water to do the job, they
> may no longer do that.
>
> Just made a cursory check at Home Depot. They do still make quite a
> selection of dishwashers with built in disposers, in all price ranges.
> None of the descriptions specify the amount of water used.
setting. This article from Consumer Reports says that standard settings
can easily take 3+ hours, and it also says when dishwashers have a one
hour setting then that takes more water and power. Since a lot of
people run the dishwasher in the evening before bed or in the morning
before they leave for work, I'm not sure it's a bad thing having the
default mode be the energy/water saving mode, although I can see how it
could be a pain if it's the only setting on the model someone owns.
www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2011/10/q-a-my-dishwasher-runs-for-
three-hours-is-that-normal/index.htm
http://tinyurl.com/gshe9kb
John Mc.
Jul 30, 2016, 1:46:04 PM7/30/16
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voices that grates on my nerves. Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette come to
mind.
John Mc.
John Mc.
Jul 30, 2016, 3:27:06 PM7/30/16
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John Mc.
Alfalfa Bill
Jul 30, 2016, 3:35:30 PM7/30/16
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Kerr Mudd-John
Jul 30, 2016, 4:08:56 PM7/30/16
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2016 01:15:59 -0100, Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com>
wrote:
[lots of deletage]
toilets.
--
Bah, and indeed, Humbug
wrote:
[lots of deletage]
>
> Maybe you can smuggle a dishwasher in from Canada, like some people do
> with toilets.
I always wondered why the US had so many bathrooms, but never enough
> Maybe you can smuggle a dishwasher in from Canada, like some people do
> with toilets.
toilets.
--
Bah, and indeed, Humbug
Bill Turlock
Jul 31, 2016, 1:49:53 AM7/31/16
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2016 07:41:32 -0500, Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>>
>> $$$ ?
>>
>About $200.
s'not bad.
wrote:
>
>>
>> $$$ ?
>>
>About $200.
s'not bad.
Charles Bishop
Jul 31, 2016, 12:23:42 PM7/31/16
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In article <mn.e5677e07a2ea2018.127094@snitoo>,
> > On 7/27/2016 3:03 PM, hymie! wrote:
> >> Off the subject, but ...
> >>
> >> In our last episode, the evil Dr. Lacto had captured our hero,
> >> Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com>, who said:
> >>> she uses her phone to remote start her car
> >>> to get the AC nice and cool before she gets in.
> >>
> >> That's legal where you live? It isn't in Maryland.
> >>
> >> --hymie! http://lactose.homelinux.net/~hymie
> >> hy...@lactose.homelinux.net
killed her that would make up for the CO2 he was producing, making him
carbon neutral in that instance.
--
chrles, for humor purposes only, not to be considered a suggestion of a
real solution to the CO2 problem
> > On 7/27/2016 3:03 PM, hymie! wrote:
> >> Off the subject, but ...
> >>
> >> In our last episode, the evil Dr. Lacto had captured our hero,
> >> Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com>, who said:
> >>> she uses her phone to remote start her car
> >>> to get the AC nice and cool before she gets in.
> >>
> >> That's legal where you live? It isn't in Maryland.
> >>
> >> --hymie! http://lactose.homelinux.net/~hymie
> >> hy...@lactose.homelinux.net
> >>
> >
> > It's legal here in Indiana too. But I'll tell this tale of a trip to
> > Orlando
> > about 4 years ago. SWMBO LOVES to shop. I despise it (Opposites attract)
> > Anyway, I dropped her at the entrance to an outlet mall in Orlando. It was
> > a
> > sweltering, humid day. I took the rental car over to about the only shady
> > spot in the parking lot. So, I put the seat back and crank up the AC. I've
> > plugged my iPod into the aux input and I've got Sinatra on the radio. Time
> > for a nap. And while I'm in dreamland I suddenly hear a rapping on the
> > window. This "Person" is standing there and she's signing for me to lower
> > the
> > window. Okay-and now she launches into a diatribe on how my idling there
> > with
> > the AC on was single-handedly causing irreparable damage to the
> > environment...Yada, yada. I looked at her for a moment, took the window up
> > and drove to the far side of the lot. I figured if she was really dedicated
> > she'd have no problem following me there to continue our discussion. All I
> > saw was her giving me the finger in the rear-view.
>
> I'd have been thinking about putting potatoes in your tailpipe.
>
> Evidently I'm not your twin.
John could have asked how old she was, and then if she thought if John
> >
> > It's legal here in Indiana too. But I'll tell this tale of a trip to
> > Orlando
> > about 4 years ago. SWMBO LOVES to shop. I despise it (Opposites attract)
> > Anyway, I dropped her at the entrance to an outlet mall in Orlando. It was
> > a
> > sweltering, humid day. I took the rental car over to about the only shady
> > spot in the parking lot. So, I put the seat back and crank up the AC. I've
> > plugged my iPod into the aux input and I've got Sinatra on the radio. Time
> > for a nap. And while I'm in dreamland I suddenly hear a rapping on the
> > window. This "Person" is standing there and she's signing for me to lower
> > the
> > window. Okay-and now she launches into a diatribe on how my idling there
> > with
> > the AC on was single-handedly causing irreparable damage to the
> > environment...Yada, yada. I looked at her for a moment, took the window up
> > and drove to the far side of the lot. I figured if she was really dedicated
> > she'd have no problem following me there to continue our discussion. All I
> > saw was her giving me the finger in the rear-view.
>
> I'd have been thinking about putting potatoes in your tailpipe.
>
> Evidently I'm not your twin.
killed her that would make up for the CO2 he was producing, making him
carbon neutral in that instance.
--
chrles, for humor purposes only, not to be considered a suggestion of a
real solution to the CO2 problem
Charles Bishop
Jul 31, 2016, 12:26:56 PM7/31/16
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In article <billvan-19D338...@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>,
I saw and heard him with Lady Gaga, and his voice had aged too much.
--
charles
--
charles
Kerr Mudd-John
Jul 31, 2016, 12:31:04 PM7/31/16
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2016 02:09:11 -0100, Les Albert <lalb...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:58:40 -0400, "John Mc." <Jo...@tdcogre.com>
> wrote:
>> On 7/29/2016 7:08 PM, Les Albert wrote:
>>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:32:19 -0400, "John Mc." <Jo...@tdcogre.com>
>>> wrote:
[]
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:58:40 -0400, "John Mc." <Jo...@tdcogre.com>
> wrote:
>> On 7/29/2016 7:08 PM, Les Albert wrote:
>>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:32:19 -0400, "John Mc." <Jo...@tdcogre.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> <Jimmy Durante voice> "Everybody wants ta get inta the act!" </voice>
>
>>> I think most people here never heard him sing. Here he is with your
>>> other favorite entertainer:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okJJwJEGxh8
>
>> I've other tastes too.
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFMkCeP6ok#t=7.3617604>
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPAmDULCVrU>
>> Though there's a common thread.
>
>
>
> I like Tony Bennett.
Is he still around? I thought he'd only gone and left his heart someplace
>
>>> I think most people here never heard him sing. Here he is with your
>>> other favorite entertainer:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okJJwJEGxh8
>
>> I've other tastes too.
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFMkCeP6ok#t=7.3617604>
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPAmDULCVrU>
>> Though there's a common thread.
>
>
>
> I like Tony Bennett.
leftcoast, the careless chap.
Kerr Mudd-John
Jul 31, 2016, 12:40:00 PM7/31/16
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2016 15:28:47 -0100, Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 7/30/2016 10:34, Les Albert wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 22:35:55 -0500, Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On 7/29/2016 22:09, Les Albert wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:58:40 -0400, "John Mc." <Jo...@tdcogre.com>
>>>> wrote:
[]
> On 7/30/2016 10:34, Les Albert wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 22:35:55 -0500, Tim Wright <tlwri...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On 7/29/2016 22:09, Les Albert wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:58:40 -0400, "John Mc." <Jo...@tdcogre.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>
>>>> I like Tony Bennett.
>>
>>> I've always liked his older stuff. Unfortunately, his voice is showing
>>> his age, which makes me sad.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Yeah, but his art is getting better:
>> https://www.artbrokerage.com/Tony-Bennett/original-paintings
>> http://rogallery.com/Bennett_Tony/Bennett-hm.htm
>>
>> Les
>>
>>
> He left his art in San Francisco?
>
Drat, a much better response! ISRA.
>>>> I like Tony Bennett.
>>
>>> I've always liked his older stuff. Unfortunately, his voice is showing
>>> his age, which makes me sad.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Yeah, but his art is getting better:
>> https://www.artbrokerage.com/Tony-Bennett/original-paintings
>> http://rogallery.com/Bennett_Tony/Bennett-hm.htm
>>
>> Les
>>
>>
> He left his art in San Francisco?
>
Kerr Mudd-John
Jul 31, 2016, 12:46:36 PM7/31/16
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2016 16:46:02 -0100, John Mc. <Jo...@tdcogre.com> wrote:
[some overdue snippage]
Houston to Jim Carey's sister Maria's horrendous butchery of a tune.
FTAOD, I'm agin it.
[some overdue snippage]
>
> There is just a certain, nasal twang to some of the old C&W performers
> voices that grates on my nerves. Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette come to
> mind.
>
They also pioneered the broken multi-tone? note which led via Whitney
> There is just a certain, nasal twang to some of the old C&W performers
> voices that grates on my nerves. Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette come to
> mind.
>
Houston to Jim Carey's sister Maria's horrendous butchery of a tune.
FTAOD, I'm agin it.
John Mc.
Jul 31, 2016, 10:09:21 PM7/31/16
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John Mc.
Tim Wright
Jul 31, 2016, 10:26:41 PM7/31/16
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John Mc.
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John Mc.
Tim Wright
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ammo holds out.
(Checks cabinet) Hmm, less than 1000 rounds of .45, better go shopping.
Questor
Aug 13, 2016, 2:29:01 AM8/13/16
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