THAT KRATOM UNDER DISCUSSION AT MAIL CALL...SOUNDS LOVELY... PAIN KILLER MOOD ENHANCER AND I FORGET THE THIRD CURE... WHAT STRUCK ME IS THE LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE THE AD WAS APPEALING TO... BUY THESE SEEDS AND YOU CAN HARVEST THE LEAVES---IT ALSO DESCRIBES THE SEEDS TO GROW THE STUFF ARE FOR A HUGE TREE.-- NOW IF I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS HUGE TREE TO GROW BEFORE I GET TO EAT A LEAF TO CURE MY HEADACHE... IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY LONG HEADACHE. IT GOES ON AND ON ABOUT THE TREE NEEDS BASICALLY A SWAMP ENVIRONMENT.. AND TEH SEEDS SO SMAL THAT YOU NEED A BUNCH BECAUSE THEY BLOW AROUND AND YOU MIGHT GET 10% GERMINATION. I DECIDED THE REAL PROBLEM WAS THAT TO SHORTCUT AND BUY THE PILLS WITH THE GREY DUST AND FANCY NAMES COULD BE TROUBLE..... THE MORE INVENTIVE BUSINESS PERSON MIGHT BE INCLINED TO TAKE ANOTHER SHORTCUT AND COLLECT THE SWEEPINGS OFF THE HAY LOFT FLOOR AND PUT IT IN CAPSULES, KNOWING THAT OFTEN PLACEBOS WORK AS WELL AS SOME CHEMICALS...
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? GROWING GRASS? WE DID MUCH MUCH BETTER WITH THE 25# WINTER RYE SEEDS THAT TOM THREW OUT 6 DAYS AGO?? IT IS OVER AN INCH LONG NOW... AND HOPEFULLY WILL NOT GET WASHED AWAY BY THE DOWNPOUR WE ARE ABOUT TO GET TOMORROW???? APPARENTLY IT DOES NOT GROW"NEXT YEAR" BUT AROUND HERE NOT MUCH DOES ANYWAY.... IF IN THE MEANTIME IT PRODUCED GRASS FOR MO AND FRIENDS IT COULD BE A GOOD COVER CROP..
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SPEAKING OF FRIENDS... WE HAVE ADDED MR AND MRS C. --- 2 MAMOUTH DONKEYS-- HE IS ONE OF THE HEAVIEST BONED DONKEYS I HAVE EVER SEEN.....MY GUESS IS... HE/ HIS BLOODLINE WAS DEVELOPED TO PRODUCE TEH TYOE MULE THAT MO IS-- AND THE KIND THAT WE(USA) USED TO SEND TO AFGHANASTAN AS BABIES 30 YEARS AGO TO WORK IN THOSE HILLS.. THE PEOPLE THERE DID NOT HAVE THE DRAFT HORSES -- NOR THE BIG DONKEYS TO MAKE THEIR OWN.. HE WAS AN "ENTIRE JACK" APPARENTLY WHEN JANINE RESCUED HIM - HE WAS NEUTERED IN QUARENTINE... WE MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SPOTTED MALE -- THTA LITTLE GUY IS PRETTY "STUDY" I WILL TRY THEM TOGETHER TODAY...
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PART OF MY WHOLE RUNNING WATER DOWNHILL PROJECT INCLUDED TANNER BEING HERE ON SUNDAY TO BACK DRAG THE SUISHY MUD TEH DONKEYS HAVE SPENT THE WEEK PREPARING FOR HIM. SO THAT WILL BE ME ON THE TRACTOR TODAY.
THIS NEXT RAINSTORM HAS BEEN EQUATED TO SANDY IN VOLUME SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO DIDDLE WITH TEH "RIVERS" BEHIND THTE ARENA AND IMPROVE THAT SYSTE,M A BIT... WHERE ARE THE KIDS OF YESTERYEAR WHO PLAYED IN MUD PUDDLES???? - THERE IS A BASIC KNOWLEDGE MISSING... LIKE GRAVITY....
IN WRITING SOME OF THE GRANT "STUFF" ONE THING WE CAN ASK A COMPANY TO FUND.. IS OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.. I CAN SAY WITH GREAT PRIDE-- WE HAVE GIVEN 1/2 DOZEN KIDS THE PRACTICAL EDUCATION YOU DON'T GET IN SCHOOLS, WHILE MOMMY NATURE SCREWS UP ENOUGH THINGS SO THESE KIDS KNOW THAT A SUPERIORITY COMPLEX IS A PITIFUL EXCUSE FOR BEING COMPETENT. SOME OF THESE KIDS HAVE A BETTER EDUCATION.. NOW... BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION THAN THE ONE I GOT FOR ALL THE MONEY MY POOR PARENTS PAID TO HAVE ME GO TO COLLEGE.
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WHEN I WAS IN EDINBURGH-- I JOINED THE PHYSICS SOCIETY--- I WAS MORE OF A "RELIC" THAN A PARTICIPATING MEMBER... MOST OF THEM WERE SUPER BRIGHT-- GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WITH OUR COLLEGE. KNOWLEDGE .. AND THEN WENT TO UNIVERSITY... I WAS WELL OUT OF MY LEAGUE- BUT I SMILED ALOT...
ONE OF THE MEMBERS DREW A GRAPH OF BUNCH OF STATISTICS-- WORLD POPULATION BEING THE BIGGIE-- AND A FEW THINGS NOT RELATED TO POPULATION-- AND THE GRAPHS GREW SLOWLY THEN INCREASED QUICKLY AT ABOUT 1984 TO GO STRAIGHT UP...( BECOME ASYMPTOTIC AT 1984)
THE COST OF A YEAR OF COLLEGE WOULD NOW CONFORM TO THAT SHAPE.... WHEN MY MOTHER WENT OT COLLEGE 1924, THE 4 YEARS TUITION WAS $800.... IN MINE WAS $5000... MY KIDS' WERE $56,000, AND NOW $300,000. YOU CAN NOT DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE THRU THOSE NUMBERS. IT IS A CURVE THAT GOES UP TO THINGS LIKE INFINITY
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IT IS THAT INFINITY STUFF THAT WORRIES ME... LAST NIGHT I WATCHED SOMETHING ABOUT THE SALMON FISHING vs A GOLD MINE IN ALASKA.. I DON'T CARE WHAT WALL STREET SAYS, YOU CAN NOT EAT GOLD.... WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF CANARIES TO PUT IN THE MINES.
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BACK TO WORK.....
I CAN REMEMBER BEING TOLD....------ ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR JOB... IS TO BE THERE ON TIME... READY TO WORK... THIS WAS HUGE PROBLEM FOR THE WANT ADVERTISER ( AN "EBAY" SORT OF MAGAZINE FOR WHOM I WORKED FOR 30 YEARS) I WORKED OFF SITE, BUT WHEN I HAD TO GO TO THE MAIN OFFICE I WOULD BE APPALLED... PEOPLE PUNCHED IN AT 9:10-- AND HAD A MCDONALD;S BREAKFAST IN THE OTHER HAND WHICH THEY WOULD THEN SIT IN THE LOUNGE AND EAT BEFORE GETTING TO THEIR DESK- 9:45. TO WORK FOR 15 MINUTES BEFORE THEY HAD TO HAVE A CIGARETTE...
THE OWNERS WERE VERY PLEASENT ABOUT IT.. BUT THE WHOLE PLACE DID NOT HAVE WHAT I CALLED A GOOD WORK ETHIC... IT WAS MORE OF A COUNTRY CLUB... SOMETIMES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ORGANIZATION A WHIP HAS TO BE CRACKED...'
THERE WAS A SONG... SHIP WITHOUT A SAIL--- , A BOAT WITHOUT A RUDDER... .A FISH WITHOUT A TAIL.
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MY JOB TODAY IS TO SIT AROUND AND THINK CREATIVELY AND GET THIS CALENDAR DONE... AT LEAST MENTALLY... THE PAST CALENDARS HAVE HAD A BLURB WRITTEN BY ME...
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GROANNNNNNN-- I CAN HEAR ANN GETCHELL WITH HER " DON'T USE EXTRA WORDS LIKE "HAVE HAD" ONE "HAD" WILL DO.
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WINDING UP THE TOILET PAPER SAGA...
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4.5 INCH=== 30 YEAR OLD ROLL
It isn't just toilet paper rolls...
How about...
Short sleeve T shirts whose sleeves have become 2" shorter?
Underwear panties (briefts) that have become 1-2" shorter on the side?
Ice cream cartons that have become less than half gallons.
And so much more. :(
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AND THE IRS....
WHEN WE HAD A SMALL BUSINESS THE IRS DECIDED TO AUDIT US SINCE THIS WAS BEFORE COMPUTERS WE HAD ALL OUR RECORDS IN TRIPLACATE-REMEMBER CARBON PAPER-WE HAD FILLED AT LEASE TEN LARGE FILE CABINETS WITH SIX YEARS OF PAPER WORK-THE IRS WANTED US TO BRING ALL OF THAT DOWN TO THEIR ARLINGTON VA OFFICE ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY FROM OUR SHOP-MY GENIUS OFF THE IQ CHARTS HUSBAND AND OUR STAFF WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS WHEN I CALLED THE IRS AND TOLD THEM THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO DO THIS-THEY COULD SEND AN AGENT AT OUR CONVIENCE-IE WHEN THE SHOP WAS CLOSED AND AUDIT US IN HOUSE-THEY CALLED BCK AND ASKED FOR A SPECIFIC DOCUMENT WHICH ISENT BY RETURN MAIL AND WE NEVER HEARD FROM THEM AGAIN-
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SO I HAVE CONTACTED THEM IN WRITING....-- IF THEY DODGE TEH QUESTION, THEY WILL PUT IT IN WRITING... THEY ARE GOOD THAT WAY...
LET US PRAY...
