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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 26 Sep 08 - 01:24 PM Military Surplus!! Texas is full of it. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Stilly River Sage Date: 26 Sep 08 - 11:57 AM TGIF MOM. Too bad there's so much pollen out there. Seems a load of ragweed was dropped on us after Ike passed through, that's why we're all suffering so. Yardwork will be done at a cost. My sinuses. I'd feel silly wearing one of those little paper masks--anyone have one of those gas masks I can borrow to mow my lawn? |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 26 Sep 08 - 11:38 AM I had some imaginary friends once. There was Sam, Butch, Spike, Bad Billy, and Cornelia. After they beat me up I had them all drown in a tragic sewer accident. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 26 Sep 08 - 11:13 AM The acceptance of "timber" as an alternate spelling of "timbre" is not a populist whim; it is a matter of reading dictionaries, something you could stand a good deal more of, if you can tear yourself away from your imaginary friends party, which seems to be going non-stop. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 26 Sep 08 - 10:14 AM WHereas Chinga's mad 'cuz you told _her_ it stood for Anal Priority Positioning. She was all for that platform, I tell ya. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 26 Sep 08 - 09:19 AM And Chongo's pissed about it too. He says you told him the same thing you told me. Boy, is he mad! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 26 Sep 08 - 09:17 AM Hey, LH! I just discovered that "APP" doesn't mean "Armor Piercing Projectile" like you told me it did! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Little Hawk Date: 26 Sep 08 - 01:12 AM He's not a Republican! He's an APP Party member. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 26 Sep 08 - 12:33 AM Now I know you're a Republican, you scalawag. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 25 Sep 08 - 09:59 PM Who? |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 25 Sep 08 - 07:06 PM I look forward to the opportunity. Under the current legal provisions of the United States Constitution, I will continue to plan to vote for the best and most competent candidate in the race, Barack Obama. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Little Hawk Date: 25 Sep 08 - 06:26 PM That is a generous offer, Amos. I shall hold you to it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 25 Sep 08 - 06:01 PM You are a fatuuus, jejeune and meetricious dingleberry, Hawk. But I am not a man to bear a grudge, or to engage in a battle of wits with the unarmed, so I will make you a deal. If you get Chongo on the ballot for this election, I will A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Little Hawk Date: 25 Sep 08 - 05:25 PM You don't really want an honest answer to that, do you? ;-) (snort!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 25 Sep 08 - 04:56 PM If you think for one minute I'm putting my manhood in Chongo's right OR left hand you'd better thing again! What kinda guy do you think I am? |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Little Hawk Date: 25 Sep 08 - 04:18 PM I happen to know for a certainty that Amos plans to cast his vote for Obama and Biden...not for Chongo Chimp and Rapaire. That speaks for itself. Amos is a man of very poor judgement. A fatuous know-nothing. A pretentious, bully-ragging, blathering boob. He has also turned his back on an old friend, Rapaire, in order to rashly and foolishly endorse the Democratic Party...a corrupted old lying power structure about which one can say ONLY one thing... "They're not as bad as the Republicans..." ;-) Well, that's not good enough for America! No sir. We need a brand new start here. That's why thinking people, monkeys, and apes in all walks of life know that there is only one real choice in this election: Chongo Chimp, Rapaire and the APP. Let's put a REAL chimp in the White House this time, and a real MAN at his right hand! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Stilly River Sage Date: 25 Sep 08 - 03:59 PM Timber! You missed a meaning, Amos! The name of the thing became the descpription of the action it was performing--falling down hard. I wish we could shout that around Bush one of these days. . . |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Little Hawk Date: 25 Sep 08 - 03:42 PM 'Timber is sometimes accepted as an alternate spelling of "timbre".' By the ignorant and unsophisticated, yes... ;-) I forgot that I was speaking to a Californian. I should have taken that into consideration and given you some latitude, I suppose. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 25 Sep 08 - 03:37 PM I am afraid you are mistaken, my dear Hawk. And I woudl have thought by now you would do your homework on etymological issues before calling me out. 1. Both spellings are frequently used in the phrase "presidential timber" 2. Timber is sometimes accepted as an alternate spelling of "timbre". 3. Timbre refers tothe quality of sound, usuallyin the context of an instrument's sound production qualities. 4. Timber refers to construction, wooden members above a certain size, the wood from which something can be built. It is pretty obviosu the original phrase was not referring to the degree of bass overtones in a candidate's voice, but rather the degree to which he was sufficiently sturdy to stand up to the challenging task of Presidency. Therefore, "timber" is probably the original word used in the expression. And even if it were not, the spelling is still acceptable., Thus I refute, rebut, reject, and return your objection to you as futile, facile, void, virtueless, inappropriate and inapplicable to the present circumstance, sirrah. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Little Hawk Date: 25 Sep 08 - 03:15 PM The word is "timbre", Amos. "presidential timbre" And Chongo has it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 25 Sep 08 - 03:11 PM "Orange seems to be a red herring"? Are you telling me that the home of John Wayne Airport is full of godless baby-eating Commies?? Amos, if this is the case please tell me in secret MOAB code so I can alert the John Birch Society and other such...well, I'll send a letter to the President, anyway. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 25 Sep 08 - 01:34 PM You're losing it, amigo. First of all, Orange County seems to be a red herring. Second of all, you would probably be much more at home there than I would, geography notwithstanding. Third, what does "might as well take it" refer to? Are you running an alternative, invisible thread inside your "happy place in your mind" where these remarks make sense? A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 25 Sep 08 - 12:16 PM Might as well take it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 25 Sep 08 - 12:13 PM Well, you live nearer to Orange County than I do. And we all know about them sorts. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 25 Sep 08 - 10:59 AM You just caught him during a bad hangover is all. Besides, calling me a Republican is like calling Sarah Palin presidential timber. It is kind of so far off the mark as to acheive ludicrousity. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 25 Sep 08 - 10:39 AM Chongo? Not lovable? Perhaps not to you Republicans, Amos. But as this photo clearly shows, he's intelligent, thoughtful, and exudes caring for others. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 25 Sep 08 - 10:27 AM Hell, even Chinga, his own sister, bites him on the neck on occasion, hard enough to draw blood. He's not ther most likeable chimp in the forest. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: MMario Date: 25 Sep 08 - 10:01 AM why would anyone want to harm a lovable chimp? We're talking about Chongo, though. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 25 Sep 08 - 08:40 AM You see, when |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Little Hawk Date: 24 Sep 08 - 11:43 PM "What are they going to do, put a contract out on me? I shoot back." That is exactly what Chongo would say. In fact he has said that. On several occasions. Numerous contracts have been put out on Chongo, by numerous saps too dumb enough to listen to some sensible advice. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 24 Sep 08 - 11:39 PM Besides, the Mayor told me to "do a capital campaign." 'Tain't my fault if it's turning out to be not exactly the way he thought it would be. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 24 Sep 08 - 11:13 PM AFter you retire, they wouldn't dare. For the reasons stated. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 24 Sep 08 - 05:55 PM Consider these facts: 1. I don't work for the City, I work for the Board of Trustees. To fire me, the City would have to replace the entire Board and that ain't likely. Everyone else here is a City employee except me. 2. The City can't tell us how to spend the money raised to support the Library. These are State laws, not something I made up. What are they going to do, put a contract out on me? I shoot back. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 24 Sep 08 - 03:21 PM By which time your ass will be TWICE as vulnerable and only HALF as appetizing. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 24 Sep 08 - 03:19 PM I hope to be retired by then. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: MMario Date: 24 Sep 08 - 02:36 PM But when you turn you back on books, normally you don't run the risk of being bitten. But the situation COULD bite you in the arse - eventually. And will. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 24 Sep 08 - 01:41 PM Hats off, Sir Booke. Your PR sense is impeccable. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 24 Sep 08 - 01:22 PM I think that this effort has some of the politicians running scared, just as it did when the women of the town started the Library back in 1906. You didn't want to cross them then and you SURE don't want to cross them now! The women who were at the tea were either movers & shakers in their own right or wives thereof. Dorsey, for instance -- when the Chamber of Commerce decided to move out of Old Town she got pissed, bought a building, and is renting it to them for $100 per year (utilities not included). Dorsey was there. So was Jackie -- she came up to the microphone and said, "I'm Jackie and I'm addicted. To reading." These are the women who are the iron fists in the velvet gloves, and the "city dads" now find themselves caught between a rock and a hard place, especially since the Mayor his own self told me to do a capital campaign. So...if you're a member of the City Council, are you going to say, "No, we don't want the bookmobile and things you citizens have raised the money for" and risk being VERY unceremoniously hooted out of office? "When you've got 'em by the balls their hearts and minds will follow." |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 24 Sep 08 - 12:52 PM A POX on those who turn away from books, say I. It would be like turning your back on dogs--a denial of loyal friends and unquestioning supporters, a betrayal of alliance, and a low impulse indeed. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Stilly River Sage Date: 24 Sep 08 - 09:48 AM You're lucky they're working on something like that. Here in Fort Worth they just cut way back on hours on all of the libraries. Libraries and parks are easy targets for budget cutters. Some that used to be open seven days a week and evenings are now open a few hours a day five days a week. It's a real blow. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 24 Sep 08 - 08:52 AM Mary Vagner is the Superintendent of the local School District and the other two are also 'way up there in the District hierarchy. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 24 Sep 08 - 08:50 AM If I sleep through the night without the cops calling me to come in, it worked. Here's a link to the tea. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: MMario Date: 24 Sep 08 - 08:49 AM So - did the alarm system work or was there just no call for it to go off? |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 24 Sep 08 - 08:32 AM Mom, yesterday's tea went very well. The rap group were pretty good, considering who they were; the Ka-ching Sister sang well; and overall everything was very good. And last night we set the alarm system for real and I wasn't called in at 12:30 a.m. like the last time! I got to sleep all night! Now I'm off to the United Way breakfast. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 23 Sep 08 - 01:50 PM Expert (ecks-spurt), n: An ordinary guy more than a hundred miles from home. (From ex-, former, and spurt, a drip under pressure. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 23 Sep 08 - 10:35 AM Hey, Mom!! I was just on the phone talking to Rep. Mario Diaz Bellart from the Budget Committee up at Congress!! No, it wasn't personal. It was a component of an NPR show called Capitol News Connection. They taped it for airing after October 3 (maybe during the Getaway, who knows?). I asked him, in essence, how he knew we weren't being stampeded with respect to the Paulson proposal, and what hard data he used to differentiater between individual business risk and national economic crisis. THrown a curveball, so to speak. He was very nice. He said "we trust experts". Hmmmmmmmm. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 23 Sep 08 - 08:39 AM Stilly touched it! Mom! Stilly touched it! Amos, you may inform your solicitor to inform Writt Zeo Reillia's solicitor that I have unimpeachable witnesses, photographs, DNA evidence, and video footage. It is secured in a secure location and will be released to the media should anything untoward happen to me -- along with similar evidence involving you and a seal. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Stilly River Sage Date: 23 Sep 08 - 12:07 AM and now even nearer 25400 |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Stilly River Sage Date: 23 Sep 08 - 12:07 AM So near |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 22 Sep 08 - 10:19 PM I am informed by way of my solicitor relaying a coxmmunication from his solicitor that Mister Writt Zeo Reillia, born in Dublin of wayfaring ne'er-do-wells in 1953, does stoutly protest that his fancy pants have never been anywhere near a dead cow, and requests you apologize for your insufferable insouciance or your ineffable ebullience, whichever comes first. A |
