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[Gun control. Correspondents keep sending me data on gun homicides compiled by the WHO.  For those who truly know something about ‘gun violence’ in America, these data are not new (which says a lot about our progressive counterparts).  It turns out that the US doesn’t even make the top 100 countries in the per capita murders with firearms in the world.  But the more remarkable stats reveal that if the murder rates in our top for-decades-Democrat-controlled cities were averaged to, say, Plano, TX, the ‘gun nut capital of the world’, then our gun homicides rate would become lower than Switzerland’s, where everyone is armed.  The point I want to make here is that it is the liberal and Democrat constituents in the deepest and most gun-controlled enclaves in the country where wanton killing goes on day-in and day-out, all to the silence of the country’s leftwing leadership and their lamestream media.  If ever there was an example of evil hypocrisy, a gift of silence that keeps on killing, … .  Add to that the Left’s lies (e.g. "gun violence" = gun murders)  in their constant effort to subvert the Second Amendment and disarm law abiding citizens, then you have the essence of how our friends across the aisle are fundamentally transforming America.  Watch this short video in its entirety for a snootful on the topic.  gjr]

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202 responses to “Sandbox – 19dec15”

  1. Walt Avatar

    And the “jon” has sent in the crickets.
    And on a local note,, I see The Union has failed to report in a timely manner on the fire in Nevada City.
    This hoof dragging wouldn’t have happened under the previous Editors watch.
    It would have been on the web site before the fire dept. had the fire out.

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  2. Jon Avatar
    Jon

    Sorry Gregory, there’s never been a single month in NYC that broke the avg. temp. record by over 10 degrees, much less the 14 degrees now predicted.
    Its not “weather.” The locals there have a different take on climate change than you do.

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  3. Jon Avatar
    Jon

    To Walt and the other Gun Nuts,
    You may not like this one…very influential people and a very aggressive anti-gun campaign to come.
    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/sports/basketball/nba-gun-violence-campaign-michael-bloomberg.html

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  4. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Jon | 23 December 2015 at 11:16 AM
    100 million (est) pre-purchase background conducted checks since Obama took office.
    Nice try though…..

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  5. Walt Avatar

    Not much of a round ball guy. I don’t give a crap about what some b-ball player has to say.
    get the guns away from the hood rats. All those anti gun laws are working great in the gang arias… right “jon”?
    Not touching the Hawaii question I put to ya’ I see. (Yup,, why people can still live there due to AGW is a tough one.)

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  6. Jon Avatar
    Jon

    Walt, we kinda guessed you aren’t into the NBA.:) But tens of millions of Americans are. Steph Curry is kind of a big deal. You might hear about the man sometime. Pretty big deal to put that big gun-control campaign on national TV during the NBA season.
    Oh, and Walt, I don’t think gangs typically rehearse opera performances, and if they did, I doubt the gun props would be fully loaded.

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  7. George Rebane Avatar

    re Jon 1118am – for the interested reader please note that the Left does not respond to real data on ‘gun violence’ that I cited in my parenthetical opening of this sandbox. Instead, they again send their crickets to respond. However, when a dedicated leftwing rag like the NYT reports on the latest gun control tactic, they start happy dancing in the street. That, dear reader, is why we are beyond the tipping point and headed for the Great Divide.

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  8. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Walt | 23 December 2015 at 12:17 PM
    Not much of a round ball guy. I don’t give a crap about what some b-ball player has to say.

    Now Walt….. credit where credit is due! After years of hinting, of implying, of whining, of complaining, and of over-emoting about guns and their intersection with middle aged, fairly law abiding white guys….jons ideological compatriots have finally after 50 years of market research failure at least identified the proper audience for the message. The dazzling urban sophisticates of Chicago, Camden, Detroit who follow the NBA may actually see and be moved by one of these Public Service Announcements.
    What can you say….it’s a start.

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  9. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “Its not “weather.” The locals there have a different take on climate change than you do.”-Jon
    “The sky is falling, the sky is falling!” -the locals
    It’s, weather, Jon, and individual records for days mean little… when an El Niño high has happened on the 5th doesn’t mean that it’s a Warmageddon when it happens 9on the 12th.
    75 is the record temp in NYC in Dec, and an el Nino only happens every other decade of so. This is not scary… its air that usually is over Mexico visiting the big Apple.

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  10. Walt Avatar

    So which team do ya’ back “jon”? chicago “pack’n” Heat? Or the N.Y. Nicks? (as in nicked by a bullet)
    Then there are the b-ball fans shooting each other over a pair of shoes.
    Speaking of sports, I’m looking to enter F class shooting. Maybe I can get FEDX to sponsor me.

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  11. Walt Avatar
  12. Jon Avatar
    Jon

    Gregory, who said anything about records for individual days in NYC?
    For the month of December in NYC, 14 degrees above the long term historical average for a month- has NEVER happened- in the history of NYC record keeping. 13 degrees, 12 degrees and 11 degrees above the historical average have never happened either.
    Apparently this topic has caught the eye of many actual scientists/climatologist who study such historical aberrations. But not yours. Oh well. I’ll follow the experts-you stick to Lord Monckton and company. Thanks.

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  13. Jon Avatar
    Jon

    Hay Walt, that “NY Nicks” line was pretty clever. But not really factually accurate, with NYC being the safest of the giant US cities. I used to root for the Knicks BTW- way, way back when. GS Warriors of course now. Cannot wait to see the new SAC arena next season…did you check out the construction photos? Thousands of jobs created. Amazing place.

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  14. Walt Avatar

    Thousands?? Now there is a stretch.
    Just NOT going to comment on Hawaii and the horse shit AGW. Come one dude,, grow a pair.
    The entire equatorial region should be charcoal because of AGW by now according to East Anglia U. and their computer models and hockey stick. ( your side is holding the shitty end of said stick)
    You LOVE to sight the NASA and NOAA “studies”,, Now which one to use! First it was “burning fossil fuels leads to global warming.” Now they say “Burning fossil fuels is leading to global cooling.”
    No damned wonder why your fools fell back to “climate change”. So no matter WHAT happens,, you can claim to be right. Try that game in Vegas.

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  15. drivebyposter Avatar
    drivebyposter

    “Apparently this topic has caught the eye of many actual scientists/climatologist who study such historical aberrations.”
    Links please?
    I’d be happy to read about that, if it isn’t third hand knowledge.

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  16. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Walt, remember who you are talking to. You should type slower so he can keep up. Just like his leader, you got to speak slower because she is stoooopid, just like those who will hold their noses and vote for her. 🙂

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  17. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Favorite quote of the day:
    The only similarity between Hillary and my grandma is that both of them do not how to work their emails #NotMyAbuela
    10:36 PM – 22 Dec 2015

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  18. Walt Avatar

    Bill.. Marry Christmas! It fun to use the pointy stick of “Charlotin predictions” to prod the backside. I’m just seeing what the “jon” will throw down. ( not bloody much at this point)
    Snow for Christmas Eve for Rough and Ready and above! A White Christmas!! Global cooling is working in our favor! ( Or does that fall into the “white privilege” category?)

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  19. Walt Avatar

    Twas the fight before Christmas, and all through the page,
    not a Liberal was posting. They ran out of rage.
    I in my hard hat, Paul with his bong,,
    things are to quiet… Something is wrong.
    Fish is in good spirits, for that we do thank,
    I think Bill poured a fifth in his tank.
    And to our good DOC, who’s blog sure does rock,
    I say Thanks, for not stuffing us all in a sock.
    Mary Christmas all

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  20. larry wirth Avatar
    larry wirth

    can we get “jon” to crawl back under his slimy rock and go elsewhere to vent? This guy is the worst ever.

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  21. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Oh Walt, how absolutely touching! Marry Christmas to you. Yep, we all have our quirks, some more than others. That’s what makes each and every one of us special. And thank goodness Dr. Rebane has allowed us to be right, wrong, and opinionated. Without the Good Doc, life would be less spicefull. New word? Yep, Fish is specialer. Another new word? 🙂
    However Walt, there would not be a fifth in the tank if I fell off the wagon. Nay, my good man, a fifth is not in the cards. I always began with a half gallon or liter plus to take the edge off to get things started. A fifth is not a wise purchase per oz and I would have to run and get another one. Waste of gas and poor planning to say the least.
    Now, with a fifth or 3 in the tank, could you bail me out on Christmas morning? It would be wonderful to meet you in person and you could drive me home to your house as your homeless Tiny Tim friend who is a wee bit under the weather and hungry. Come on Walt, it’s Christmas and my gift to you is the joy you and your family will receive by helping others on this day of Peace on Earth, Goodwin to Man…..er….others meaning me and goodwill to man means goodwill to mankind to be less sexist.. I promise to not use the toilet ( I am an outdoor kind of guy) nor even think about touching the guest only towels the Mrs. laid out in the “spare bathroom.”. Marry Christmas to all (that’s you too, Jon, jon, JS, and Big John) and to all a good night. You too Larry. No Gregory, I didn’t forget you or Paul. Marry Winter Solace Brother Ben.

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  22. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    And Mr. Steele and our Lady Bonnie, and Michael and all the little people behind the scenes that made this simply fantabolous. I would like to thank the Academy, the supporting wives who free us boys up to play, and Mr. Scrooge.

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  23. fish Avatar
    fish

    Settled science………because well……..science.

    ANOTHER BATCH OF SETTLED SCIENCE THAT HAS UNRAVELED:

    “Scientists are not immune to fads and groupthink just because they claim to speak for science. Special interests work the refs, but the refs often have an agenda as well. Winners of policy fights hate to lose — or admit they’re wrong. And people who shout about a settled consensus are often only shouting to drown out those who might disagree.”
    http://www.nationalreview.com/article/428901/nutrition-guidelines-politics-food

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  24. Russ Steele Avatar
    Russ Steele

    Jon@23 December 2015 at 04:33 PM
    Christmas Eve 1955 Was Much Warmer
    Do not let these facts get in the way of your climate change propsganda campaign.
    https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2015/12/24/christmas-eve-1955-was-much-warmer/

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  25. George Rebane Avatar

    RussS 743am – Talk about a sure thing Russ; you can be sure that only crickets from the Left will respond to the historical data of your link.

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  26. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Oh Dr. Rebane, it’s going to be a long wait that you have clearly and repeatedly pointed out. I find it amusing that the media is caught off guard when us common sense advocates think they are worse than a box of soggy Saltines. I am sure someone in the media will be quick to post something….anything to feed Jon some spent ammo. As soon as it hits the wires, he will be back without his tail between his legs…briefly.
    Speaking on the MSM, I found this article interesting. Not about Trump per se, but more about the media. Trump is sloughing them and they cannot simply walk away. He has them caught in their own trap.
    https://www.yahoo.com/politics/trump-and-the-media-made-1327700756660278.html

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  27. fish Avatar
    fish

    And what holiday season would be complete without the “Little Leftist Drummer Boy” whining because the natives just won’t get with the program.

    stevefrisch says:


    December 24, 2015 at 7:46 am
    Just wanted to point out that it is THAT time of the year again.
    All of our favorite right wing bloggers and their minions will get all Jesusy and post sentimental pictures of the Savior bestowing blessing of peace and love on man. Pictures of the baby Jesus in the manger. Of Christ the Lord with arms outstretched calling all people to the love of God. They will talk about how much they love their families.
    Then Christmas Day at sundown, they will go right back to being divisive, bigoted, gun toting, nativists assholes.

    I’m sure that due to your inclinations, it will sail right over your head, but divisiveness is what you get when you encourage “diversity”. That “we” as a nation were much less divided when we were what you hate….predominately white and Christian. Now you are well on your way to changing that….which is fine I suppose….but for the love of god at least try to understand it.
    I swear we have been afflicted with the whiniest crop of revolutionaries ever.

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  28. fish Avatar
    fish

    Shit….almost forgot…..
    #FAT LIVES MATTER
    Aways standing in solidarity!

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  29. fish Avatar
    fish

    Hey…Link Hogthrob….you two dimwits fired this mornings opening salvo.
    jeffpelline says: December 24, 2015 at 8:51 am
    Steve,
    And here’s how this group is enjoying the Christmas season! LOL.

    Well I’m pretty sure I know how you are celebrating jeffy……with your annual downing of a soup tureen full of holiday nog…….and gravy chaser.

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  30. fish Avatar
    fish

    stevefrisch says:
    December 24, 2015 at 9:16 am
    Right on queue Fish responds with, “I’m sure that due to your inclinations, it will sail right over your head, but divisiveness is what you get when you encourage “diversity”. That “we” as a nation were much less divided when we were what you hate….predominately white and Christian. Now you are well on your way to changing that….which is fine I suppose….but for the love of god at least try to understand it.”–Fish
    Let me be clear, much as you embrace Jesus one day a year, you cannot believe this and be a Christian.
    You complain about divisiveness while clambering for more of it. It’s okay to want change Steve….have a notion about whats involved when you get it.
    (And Steve……I’m really only Christian inasmuch as I was raised in the same cultural environment as most Americans of our age….rest assured if you and Meat Sweats want to mix it up rhetorically on the Lords day I’m here for you.)

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  31. fish Avatar
    fish

    jeffy…you should have your own telethon for the humor impaired.
    jeffpelline says:December 24, 2015 at 9:25 am
    We’ve got to introduce Dr. Phil to “fish” in the New Year. Or Jerry Springer. LOL.

    In this holiest of seasons you jeffy are truly blessed to have Steve to do most of your internet heavy lifting.
    …and as always LOL.

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  32. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Oh Mr. Fish, there you go again grabbing all the headlines, you attention whore you. If you did not exist, Nevada City Slim would have to invent you. They rise up and check out what Fish has to say and if something juicy is found, they rise and shine.
    Oh yeah, Marry Christmas Steve and Jeff and Annie the Former Fox! Love ya more with each passing day. Marry Christmas to all those who dwell within your imagination.
    Now,we are all hypocrites. That is why we need a Saviour. I reckon that most Christians leave Sunday with their spirits fed and watered and by Wednesday are drier than a fire hazard. So, they have a point. Oh, if only we could live up to our moral and philosophical convictions and promises we made to ourselves, life would be…er….insufferably arrogant. Our failings keep us humble and need more than just a Sunday feeding. We are simply spiritual beings having a human experience. Alas.
    Speaking of my fellow suffering human beings being hypocritical, that Obama speech writer called Trump’s comment about Hillary being slounged by Obama in 2008 as “Gross!” Yep, gross. They are better Yiddish words I would have used. 🙂
    http://www.bizpacreview.com/2015/12/24/he-calls-trump-gross-ex-obama-staffer-who-groped-cardboard-hillary-forgot-about-this-photo-287539?hvid=5EkfD5

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  33. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Bill Tozer | 24 December 2015 at 09:57 AM
    Guilty as charged William….guilty as charged.
    (Hey….watch me piss Steve off)
    A very Merry Christmas to you and yours Bill this wonderful holiday season!

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  34. Walt Avatar

    Here is a Christmas present for our AGW children.
    http://dailycaller.com/2015/12/23/study-global-warming-will-be-a-mass-christmas-tree-killer-by-2100/
    ” A study out of the University of Delaware shows that Christmas trees will be an endangered species in the Southwest section of the U.S. within the next hundred years, but one noted climatologist says the study is unnecessarily hyperbolic.
    The study, published in the journal of Nature Climate Change, issues a dire warning to public policy makers and environmentalists: If global warming is not scaled back soon, then we should expect to see the death of 72 percent of needleleaf evergreens in the Southwest by 2050, with that number increasing to 100 percent by 2100.”

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  35. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    First Frosty melts then ‘O Christmas Tree oh Christmas Tree’ will no longer be a Christmas carol. Yep, I wax nostalgic for the good ole days. Rosebud, rosebud, where hath thy gone? You Grinch you, Mr. Walt. Don’t forget to take my collect call from Waynce C. Brown or Washoe County Christmas morning aroundt 9:35. Ok, you are not a Grinch.

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  36. Walt Avatar

    I will pass the helmet around Bill. Does the jail take EBT cards?

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  37. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Walt @ 12:32 Well, I don’t righty know. Maybe you can drop me off at the soup kitchen instead. I will dress the part and perhaps I will find a nice female friend with a car who likes to resue bad boys (erroneously thinking she can clean me up nice). Hmmm. I like those big hearted high spirited one that take in strays. Wonder if I still have the touch.
    I better bring a wad of greenies and bail myself out to save time and gas. Thanks anyway. She just might be the one. Yes, I said it many times before, but this time I really mean it. The One. I know it the moment I see her walking out of Wayne C Brown.
    Merry Christmas to you, your loves ones, the Dutchess and the precious canines. Boy, I hear somebody out there shooting like a fool down below the back forty. Wonder if it’s Dr. Rebane bringing home the free range bacon..or Christmas ham….
    Yo, Fish, spent the day yesterday babysitting Molly the Doxie. Thought of you.

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  38. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Opps, make that Murphy the Doxie. Male. Good thing nobody hear that wrong name.
    And Steve has his heart in the right place. And I agree with him in general terms of having a multifaceted local economy, and the open space look and feel, or, logically using what you got and building off that. Accentuate your assets.
    He ain’t a single issue guy and has some common sense if you overlook those enforceable mandates he likes. Think he is just a wee bit grumpy trying with all his might to not post here. It’s called withdrawal syndrome. God loves us all, especially us liars, cheats, and thieves. Merry Christmas Mr. Steve.

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  39. fish Avatar
    fish

    Opps, make that Murphy the Doxie. Male. Good thing nobody hear that wrong name.
    No worries William….Murphy won’t care!

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  40. Scott Obermuller Avatar

    Hey – we’re kinda moved in! We have the major appliances and the internet running and the neighbors across the street invited us for Christmas dinner, bless their hearts.
    Sorry I haven’t been keeping up with the hilarity.
    I guess I am too ‘Jesusy’ all year long. And gun toting. Well – gee – we are moving and everything has to be toted. And bigoted, according to the left-wingers. Although when I leave Jesus and become bigoted is not clear. Midnight?
    Only 5″ inches of snow today and lows in the teens forecast for the next several days.
    God Bless you all (yes, ‘all’) and through the coming year. Sadly to say, for ron, I’m still here and am not going anywhere soon.
    We’re in our Idaho bunker that looks strangely like a ranch style home no where near Ruby Ridge. Our Muslim neighbors next door are very nice and we love the atmosphere. All sorts of folks live here – much more diverse than Nevada County.
    Merry Christmas everyone!

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  41. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Scott Obermuller | 24 December 2015 at 06:52 PM
    To you and yours as well Scott.
    Most unseemly to seem envious on Christmas Eve but Idaho is sounding pretty good these days!

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  42. Walt Avatar

    Now we have a connection for great tatters! Don’t bogart the spuds Scott!

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  43. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Bless you as well Scot. Ruby Ridge is a real beatiful area but pretty far up there. Go over that mountain and flee north to Canada if the bunker starts caving in. 🙂
    Bless you and happy hobbles.
    Off topic (this deep into the Sandbox has various and sundry topics) but I say well done. Point made, no one injured, and as a bonus, a few libs were left on the floor.
    http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/33888307-75/frustrated-creswell-man-releases-flock-of-chickens-in-tax-office.html.csp

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  44. Scott Obermuller Avatar

    Walt – there is, in fact, a mountain of taters recently harvested right down the road from us just past the feed lot and fallow corn fields.

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  45. Walt Avatar

    A good Christmas morning to all.
    Bill!! You awake? Did you stay out of jail? I didn’t hear the cops on the scanner in a standoff in R&R. All must be well. Get that white mistress you were dreaming of?
    Scott.. What part of Idaho? Sand Point aria? (that place seems to collect Nevada Co. “refugees”.)

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  46. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Walt, yes and no. I didn’t find The One at the jail, so I went down to the Detox in Auburn and found her! Yep, I knew she was the one the moment she walked out on wobbly legs. I offered her a cig and that is all it took. I still have the touch and this one has a job, a car, money, and a place. I struck gold!! A very Merry Christmas to all. Peace on Earth.
    https://www.facebook.com/terrellsuggs/photos/a.266945916679677.66872.140558882651715/489084547799145/?type=3&theater

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  47. George Rebane Avatar

    Apologies and a Merry Christmas to Mr Tozer. Earlier today I found a number of his pithy comments had been relegated to the spam folder through the wisdom/humor? of TypePad. They have been rescued and assigned their proper place in the record of these proceedings.
    In general, if a reader’s comment does not instantly appear, please add another comment informing me of the error. I will correct ASAP.

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  48. Scott Obermuller Avatar

    Walt at 8:52 – My goodness, no. That’s the great white north. Our friends in Post Falls already have 14″ on the ground. It’s very pretty up there, but we didn’t want to get old in an area of high snow fall. We’re in sunny south Idaho in the Treasure Valley. Basically the rural area just north west of Boise.
    That’s BOIS-CEE not Boizee. I’ve seen bumper stickers explaining there is no ‘Z’ in Boise. Radio and TV announcers are mixed on how they pronounce the name.
    I’ll try to talk like a native and get ID plates as soon as we can.
    Most folks around here are Kali refugees. The guy at the end of the street lived on Banner Mountain until he was 5. Small world.
    ‘ron’ and ‘jon’ would fit in well here. There’s plenty of colleges and Boise being the capitol, lots of Gruberized lefties. The newspaper of record is a Democrat suck-up that can find absolutely no fault with jon’s fav gal.

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