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RE: Beatin On All Fronts

I wonder what time the bars close in Saint Thomas?

RE: Happy Valentine's Day

Dear Barbara, I'd like to wish you a happy Valentines day and also a Happy Birthday being this was the day you were born back in 1954 but you wont be able to hear it. I'm thinking about you today and have thought about you almost everyday since I learned of your passing last December. You were an incredibly beautiful woman and I loved you more than you will ever know. That day when you were only 16 and we spoke on the phone and you said to me "You're kinda wonderful" I felt my nose tingle and my eyes started watering from joy. It's a shame that your family who thought they knew better than us came between us at a critical time in our lives. I guess we were doomed from the start.

RE: One of the greatest movies ever made.

I totally agree, truly great movie. "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" was another great Bogart film.

RE: Photography - recent sunsets

Hey Jim what kind of camera do you use? I have a Black Body Nikon FTN 1.4 I've been thinking about selling do you have any suggestions on the best venue to do that? There's also has a 300mm Tamron Telephoto that goes with it.

RE: Apology

Are you saying you couldn't comment on your own blog or other persons blog? If it's the latter or last, I may have a reason.

RE: Kudlow: 'Hottest Economy in World' to Grow 3 Percent

Thanks bear, that was a very informative article.

RE: Does anyone know a good doctor?

This blog is 6 years old.

RE: PELOSI LEARNS THE HARD WAY SHE CAN’T OUT-TRUMP TRUMP

"'Broken man': Right wing rips Trump over no-wall shutdown deal"

The Art of the Deal part II co-authors Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Shumer.

RE: PELOSI LEARNS THE HARD WAY SHE CAN’T OUT-TRUMP TRUMP

So we go back to name calling huh? "alpha female ape"

RE: PELOSI LEARNS THE HARD WAY SHE CAN’T OUT-TRUMP TRUMP

""This was in no way a concession. It was taking care of millions of people who were getting badly hurt by the Shutdown with the understanding that in 21 days, if no deal is done, it’s off to the races!"

Donald Trump"

So you admit he was the cause of millions of people getting badly hurt by the Shutdown.
I was hoping you would manup and do the right thing.

RE: The 10 Most Destructive Americans of My Lifetime

Hey Eleg, that video took me right back to the streets of New York.
If my mother ever heard me talk like that I would find out what Ivory soap tastes like,
I already know what Lifebouy tastes like.

RE: The Mueller Merry-Go-Round - The Circus that never ends

Has Trump been arrested?

RE: The 10 Most Destructive Americans of My Lifetime

Robert Johnson?

RE: The 10 Most Destructive Americans of My Lifetime

American Thinker?

RE: "9!!!"

I forgot to mention I was 13 when I walked away from church.

RE: "9!!!"

I solved the problem of Christmas decorations and bringing dead Pine trees into my house years ago by not celebrating Christmas. I don't give or receive Christmas presents either. The whole concept of Christmas is nothing but a scheme for separating gullible people from their meager earnings. To me Dec 25th is just another day. My life became so much easier when I threw off this burden.

RE: It was a heavy lifting kind of day

Listen carefully! You're 34 YO so you got youth on your side. That's good, but if you aren't accustomed to a lot of heavy lifting, try to take it slow to build up the muscles in your lower back, if possible. I'm sure your new boss doesn't want to lose you to a hospital bed with a herniated disc. Get yourself some IBUPROFEN, it's a mild anti inflammatory and pain reliever, use as directed and rest your back for a couple of days. The pain in your back is your body telling you something. I've had 2 spine surgeries so I know what I'm talking about. Once you get back to normal you may want to start doing some weight training to lose those "few extra pounds".

RE: Limousine Liberal Nancy Pelosi Basks in the Hawaiian Sunshine for the shut down

Once again Conrad is at a loss for words so he brings out his little army of midgets to do his bidding.

RE: Democratic Agenda for America 2019

Conrad73•Dec 30•Lonesome Town Zurich, Zrich Switzerland

"well,Ooby,it is most likely just a Centrist-blog,but since you Democrats have drifted to the Left of Lenin,it has to look something like a Far Right-Thing to you!"

Centrist? Yeah right! Only 3 left leaning and 1 indy on this centrist blog, all the rest are trump supporters.


I put those little emoji's in there as an aid because that seems to be the language you understand fluently.

RE: Milton Friedman - Lesson of the Pencil

Conrad, you must be confusing me with Reb from Missouri.

RE: The 'Great' Negotiator. lol

This is for you Toots. I saw this speech on TV and I said to myself, "Who is this guy?" This was one of the most incredible speeches I ever heard. What a speaker he was!

RE: The 'Great' Negotiator. lol

Chatillion,

"But the current raise is already about twice of what obozo's was."

That's Obama, as in president Barack Obama. Why do you have trouble getting his name correct?

Thanks, you saved me the task of asking the same question. As soon as I see the word "Obozo" I stop reading no matter who says it. Some people seem to think that mocking on a persons name will somehow cast that person in a negative light, in fact it has just the opposite effect by making the speaker look weak and juvenile as though he/she hasn't the skill or ability to debate a subject without name calling.

RE: Democratic Agenda for America 2019

Oh look, another right wing blog.
I guess these people have to do something to earn their little commissions.

RE: Giuliani - "The Fool for our time"

I have been saving a bottle of Champagne for the grand exit of GWB, I may have to buy another one for

I just hope they don't turn to vinegar before I get to partake of them.

RE: Disabled Veteran creates Go Fund Me account to help build the Southern border wall !!

So the American tax payer is paying for this wall after all. Have any Mexicans chipped in to this fund?

RE: All in a day’s work

He must mean Broiler.

RE: Trump Threatens To Have Military Build Border Wall If Pelosi, Schumer Won’t Budge

Nancy Pelosi appears to be in charge, Pence and Schumer look on respectfully and Trump looks totally confused.

RE: Things I Don’t Do Anymore

An interesting sidebar;
I was working as a race mechanic at a foreign car dealership in New Jersey when a couple of men in suits came in from the government and asked if they could test the exhaust on a bunch of new cars. They had some kind of a meter with a flexible hose they stuck up the tailpipe pretty much like what they do today. But back then it seemed kind of weird. What they were gathering was a baseline reading on a lot of different cars when they were new and not worn out. I happened to have my bosses Mini engine on the engine dyno doing some advance curve and exhaust length tuning so I asked one of the techys if they would like to stick their probe up the tailpipe of the race engine on the dyno? I thought one of the guys was going to wet himself he was so thrilled with the idea. Well, they hooked their exhaust tester up the the engine on the dyno and I ran it through a dyno run at 500 RPM intervals from about 3000 RPM full throttle and full load up to redline of 7500 RPM.
After the run I said, Well, what did you find? The guy said it is so clean it would pass emission standards that haven't even been established yet. He went on to say it would probably pass an emissions test at least 5 years into the future. This was absolutely not surprising to me because a race engine is tuned to extract every last speck of energy out of the fuel mix.

RE: Things I Don’t Do Anymore

I was an auto mechanic for about 20 years. I worked mostly on British cars BLM Rootes (Hillman, Sunbeam, Singer, Humber Talbot ) Eventually I graduated to working on race cars specializing in engines and suspensions. Around 1974 in the US the government started getting involved with Exhaust Emission controls, things like air pumps, EGR valves, Decell valves, exhaust gas testing at inspection stations, Detuning by lowering compression ratios, etc. It became less & less interesting to work of cars and there was a wave of disinterest by young guys from going into what had been a very popular vocation. Nobody wanted to work on cars anymore myself included. I think the automotive repair business suffered a lot because of the loss of so many mechanics.