Shooting at Transformers

Personal 3 Minutes

One of the entertainments in and around our small towns in the summer was shooting at transformers on the county roads. No, it’s certainly not anything I ever tried but these were friends of one of the elite young men of Norfolk who could get away with anything he damned well pleased so……except this little escapade ended up killing him and two other kids!

I am using full names because these people are either dead or somewhere in another part of the country and this occurred when I was 16 in 1969!

Transformer

Four teenagers headed out mid-afternoon on a Saturday, roaming the back roads, and drinking beer – a given! The driver was the older sister of two with whom my sister and I were close friends, Carolyn & Holly; I also went to parochial and high school with Holly. Carolyn was dating the bad boy in town, Miles Amen whose dad was the Postmaster in Norfolk. MY Father worked for him!

In the back seat of the 2 – door car sat a very popular HS football player, Donnie Straight, and Kristi Love, a female friend. Among my close group of friends was Donnie’s GF, Judi Upton, of Indian (US) heritage. She had been invited on the outing but had another commitment.

Of course, Miles had brought his rifle – IDR whether it was a shotgun or a 20/20 or what. They pulled over to the side of the deserted gravel road near a transformer – Miles opened the car door and balanced the weapon on the top of the door. He took a few shots and missed – he tried one more time and hit the wire, which promptly whipped around and landed across the hood of the car.

Miles was electrocuted immediately! As Carolyn reached out her hand from the driver’s seat to touch him as he fell into the car, literal spurts of fire raced up her arm. Donnie quickly realized the position they were in, while Kristi was screaming her head off, frantic to get out – Miles’ body was blocking the seat back – he couldn’t push it far enough forward to get clear enough to jump.

He realized he MUST avoid touching the ground and the car at the same time. He tried to swing out of the door but the seat back accidentally flipped back and knocked him off-balance. He fell and died immediately.

Somehow…..even she can’t remember exactly how…..Kristi grabbed the seatbelt hanging from the ceiling, rolled the window down on her side, and climbed as far out as she could. At that point, she passed out and remembers nothing else until she woke up in a heap on the gravel road, next to the car. These were her recollections.

For my part….it was a particularly bad time for me at home and I had only recently been accepted and welcomed into this group of friends. Judi and I also shared first names and had been on an escapade or two together – we were close! She desperately needed to be with her and Donnie’s friends at that moment and that was US!

I begged my parents to let me take the Black Orchid (Dad’s car) to pick her up. Nope – not your business, she needs to be with her family now! What they refused to accept was that her family never approved of Donnie and she needed to get away from them.

Ours was black and white

Finally, they did agree to let me go with another friend, Joyce, who picked me up. We spent hours just driving around with Judi……it truly was a heart breaking time! Indeed, the entire town of Norfolk mourned!

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    1. Really, really sad time……Carolyn was a really smart gal and she would have gone far. Donnie possibly had a future in the NFL – he was that good – and was looking forward to hopefully playing on the Huskers team. Who knows what might have become of Miles?

      A year and a half later, when I “had to get married,” I was not allowed to have the woman I wanted for my maid-of-honor. She was the fiance of Donnie’s brother, Larry, but she was pregnant – I absolutely could NOT have an unwed pregnant woman in my wedding party!!! My wedding – the young woman who thought SHE was pregnant, hence, the hurried marriage! Can you say hypocrisy writ large??? These are the kind of games that I had to navigate the whole time I lived with them! SMH

      Years later, when we moved to NE for 2 years between ’88 and ’90, I ran into Kristi again. Her family has a fairly substantial company putting up billboards and other signage in the area. She joined the family business eventually and was still working for them. One thing we never talked about, tho, was that particular episode. We both danced around that – even then, it was just too painful.

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    1. Aw, hell – talk about psycho weather! I woke up to snow on the ground! And that fricking wind just blowing and blowing. Temp is already 34, tho, so it will turn back to rain if it keeps up. And then freeze tonight! Ah, spring in the midwest! Ain’t it grand??!!??

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        1. Exactly! When it started last evening, it was pouring rain, thundering on the patio roof. I love the smell of rain in the air! And I did know they were predicting a shift to snow for a period of time – as you say, as long as it’s moisture…..

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    2. Good morning! 44 here and going to be upper 70’s today. I am NOT ready to have to start mowing grass and weed eating yet this spring…

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      2. Good Morning!
        hubby cuts the grass–uses the mower deck on the tractor. there are some areas that have to be brush hogged. i do the weed eating, which is fine until i weed eat a frog (twice) and a snake (once)…then i scurry to the deck…lol

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          1. My entire yard takes anywhere from 1.5 – 2 hours on my riding mower – just under an acre – depending on how many breaks I take. If I chose to weed-eat my entire fence line? Days and days! Which is why I use AllKill along the fence line as well as my driveway. Plus, since it is a wire fence, it chews the hell out of my weed eater line!

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    1. Not me! The only game I play is solitaire on my computer. I do recall playing games in the car with my parents like “I’m thinking of an object” and providing clues. Or “I see something….it is this, this, and this” and we guessed what it was. But that was only on long trips to the Black Hills or CO. Most of the time, I was lost in a book.

      Other than that, it was the childhood box games, like Monopoly and such, or various card games – Go Fish! Pitch, Hearts, Gin Rummy, Poker…..

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      1. i used to play candy crush…and i was really really good at it. in fact, i used to frequent a site called Crushing Candies and posted tips on how to beat the levels. I amassed a following and they asked me to join their team. I got emails from so many people thanking me…it was fun.

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        1. I played that with P a lot, and all the other games – they are all in a bin in her closet here. The stump the parent game was the most fun for us. IDR the name right now. I’ve never done games on-line.

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          1. that was the only on line game i ever played…no wait…I lie…there was a spin off of cc that i tried. what the heck was that called? soda something or other

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  6. HAHA…DeSantis nails Disney…
    FTA
    On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) pushed back on Disney’s criticism of Florida’s H.B. 1557, the Parental Rights in Education bill, which DeSantis signed into law on Monday, by stating that Disney is fine taking money from China and doing Disney cruises to Dominica, a country that criminalizes homosexuality, but has decided that “the hill to die on” is transgenderism in kindergarten.

    DeSantis stated, “[Y]ou’ve got to wonder, like, why is the hill to die on to have transgenderism injected into kindergarten classrooms, or woke gender ideology injected into second-grade classrooms? Why is that the hill to die on? Meanwhile, if we had done a bill that prohibited talking about the abuse of Uyghurs in China, Disney would’ve supported that legislation. Because they don’t want to say a word about that. So, it’s just an odd manifestation of their corporate values that they actually do Disney cruises, Tucker, to the nation of Dominica, which criminalizes homosexuality. So, they’re fine doing that and lining their pockets. They’re fine lining their pockets from the C.C.P. and all the atrocities that go on there, but it’s those kindergartners in Florida that they really want to have transgenderism as part of their core curriculum in school.”

    https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/03/29/desantis-disney-does-cruises-to-nations-where-homosexuality-is-illegal/

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  7. AHA…the other shoe drops!
    Pfizer who sponsored the oscars, just bought another pharma company and is now leading the race to get a new drug for alopecia to market…COINCIDENCE?
    FTA
    What’s interesting is that Pfizer just hosted the Oscars, where, oddly enough, everything centered on alopecia.

    The entire world is now talking about alopecia, thanks to the “slap” that happened at the Oscars between Will Smith and Chris Rock.

    Jada Pinkett Smith, Will’s wife, claims she has alopecia.

    And just 15 days ago, it was reported by Pharm Biz that Pfizer completed their acquisition of clinical-stage pharma company “Arena Pharma,” which specializes in alopecia studies, among other things.

    Arena Pharmaceuticals brings to Pfizer a portfolio of diverse and promising development-stage therapeutic candidates in gastroenterology, dermatology, and cardiology, including etrasimod, an oral, selective sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulator currently in development for a range of immuno-inflammatory diseases including ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, atopic dermatitis, eosinophilic esophagitis, and alopecia areata.

    Lilly was leading the alopecia race, but Pfizer has now come in from behind.

    https://waynedupree.com/2022/03/pfizer-oscars-alopecia-drug/

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    1. AND…LOL…people not falling for the jada BS
      FTA
      “Maze” tweeted about Pinkett Smith’s overreaction to Rock’s joke, considering “less than two weeks ago, Pinkett Smith wore an alleged $46,000 worth of diamonds on her head to an awards show,” pointing out that Pinkett Smith was intentionally calling attention to her bald head.

      Less than two weeks ago Jada Pinkett Smith wore $46,000 worth of diamonds on her head to an awards show.

      She is not battling cancer. She is a rich celebrity who does not shy away from calling attention to her hair loss. There was nothing wrong with that joke. pic.twitter.com/G4EbNuOd7g

      — Maze (@mazemoore) March 28, 2022

      But it gets better…

      Only six days ago, Jada Pinkett Smith posted a video of herself on TikTok explaining that she has “learned to get the courage” to say she doesn’t care what people say about her bald head. “Which is why I feel the freedom today—I don’t give two craps what people feel about this bald head of mine,” adding, “because guess what? I love it!”

      Just found something highly ironic…a clip of Jada Smith from a interview 6 days ago posted on her tiktok about her hair. I don’t think anyone was in the right but fuck Jada Smith honestly 😂 #WillSmithAssault pic.twitter.com/bqTadCec1Y

      — Kamera📸 (@fatyoshiboobs) March 28, 2022

      Pinkett Smith’s hypocrisy doesn’t end with her hair; she also boycotted the Oscars in 2016 because they were “too white.” This year, however, she was able to find her way to Hollywood’s self-congratulatory awards show, as he husband, Will Smith, was all but guaranteed an award for “best actor” for his role as “Richard Williams” in the movie “King” Richard.”

      https://100percentfedup.com/jada-pinkett-smith-made-tiktok-video-only-six-days-before-oscars-i-dont-give-two-craps-what-people-feel-about-this-bald-head-of-mine-video/

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        1. Think how blind we were before the internet? It just makes my Mom’s statement from last Wednesday all the more ridiculous, especially considering who she USED to be! She thinks the invention of the internet is THE worst thing that has ever happened! From the woman who railed for YEARS about what the government was hiding from us! But now that’s all she wants to hear or see!

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          1. true…but let’s be honest…not everything on there is true…and you can publish opinion and call it fact these days on “media” sites…
            it’s tricky waters

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            1. Oh, no doubt! Man, did I ever learn THAT fast when I first started in 2013. To do it well takes a TON of effort and years of trial and error. That is why I will forever be grateful that I found Patriots For America – as with almost everything, via BB – they shepherded me into and thru the beginnings of that process. That is where I learned everything about our Constitution, our laws, our legal processes, proper web decorum, etc., etc., etc.

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              1. cool…
                might be some great opens there…not everybody has a working understanding (in common sense language) of the Constitution among other things.

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  13. go green to save ukraine…from the cth
    FTA
    And there it is….. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a public broadcast urging the allied western nations to quickly adopt “green energy” policies which he says will undermine the influence of Russia in Europe. If you’ve been following events, this demand is yet another big puzzle piece coming together. {Go Deep 1, Go Deep 2, and Go Deep 3)

    The Recount has the video HERE. I cannot locate the shareable video on any other tech platform, which, given the importance, is not surprising. I doubt any govt in the western world wants to have the dots connected.

    In the video Zelenskyy urges the NATO alliance, specifically western Europe, to quickly adopt the Build Back Better climate change agenda as it helps his country. He advocates for “green energy” as a top priority so that alliance members are not reliant on Russian energy sales.

    If it seems a little odd that a president, in the middle of a war zone, would be advocating for the climate change agenda, you are not seeing the big picture. Ukraine is a crisis that cannot be wasted. The Green New Deal, Build Back Better, and western nation climate change agenda is far more important than a single proxy war nation. Ukraine is a tool in the bigger agenda, nothing more.

    Volodymyr Zelenskyy is controlled by the western alliance, NATO, Dept of State, CIA and western allied intelligence. This is part of the reason why Russia took action in the first place. Zelenskyy has a role to play and pushing the Build Back Better (WEF) agenda, while the opportunity exists, is all part of the organized global cleaving.

    Two fractured geopolitical groups globally.

    The green energy group (economic globalists), and the fossil fuel group (economic nationalists).

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/29/ukraine-president-zelenskyy-demands-europe-transition-to-green-energy-quickly/

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  15. Well, I won’t do apps or Google Play, so I’m not going to install them. But I did sign up for the newsletter via e-mail. From Daughn: Don Jr.’s news aggregating site: MXMNews.com

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  16. right now we’re watching 7 doe laying down in the lower yard. 2 look very pregnant (at the least). they are nestled in the leaves just inside the tree line. one will get up and wandering around trying to eat the dead grass that shows in a few spots…then she’ll lay down again. hubby saws more snow is coming at any time…1-3 inches…sigh

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  17. Time for Tucker! BTW, reports say Fox News reported on…..now what was that?…..something to do with the voter fraud somewhere, I think. I searched earlier and can’t find anything new. Maybe I’ll get a hint during his show.

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  19. Wow! I loved that movie, Powder, altho the reviews I’m reading now weren’t very good! I vaguely recall there was some controversy but, since I never watched the news, I didn’t know what kind of controversy.

    EXCERPT: “LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The director of “Powder,″ a new Walt Disney film about a troubled teen-ager, is a convicted child molester who once videotaped himself having oral sex with a 12-year-old actor. The film’s release this Friday in 1,200 U.S. theaters has prompted the molestation victim, Nathan Winters, now 20, to go public with his ordeal to protest Disney’s employment of filmmaker Victor Salva.

    On Monday night, Winters and five friends picketed outside the industry screening of “Powder,″ handing leaflets about Salva’s conviction to hundreds of grim-faced Hollywood executives leaving the theater.”

    https://apnews.com/article/3527d971cd0fc409ef9bd93f66355093

    Storyline (he is pure white, like an albino, but his eyes are dark brown and he has psychokinetic powers):

    “When sheriff Barnum investigates the death of an elderly rural resident, he discovers a teenage grandson living in the basement. Raised by his grandparents, he has experienced the world only through books, never leaving the family farm. He is sent to a state home for boys where he has trouble fitting in socially. His odd appearance and unusual abilities cause the small town residents to fear and ridicule him. However, not all are afraid. Some begin to view his potential and gifts with wonderment.—Robert B. Young ”

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114168/

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        1. Back story: His Mom was struck by lightning while she was carrying him. IDR if she died at that time or later but he survived, she didn’t. He was born pure white, without a hair anywhere on his body. But really, really smart! His grandparents were ashamed of him and sequestered him in their basement for the most part, but they were also loving and caring with him directly. They had a good relationship. He was surrounded by books, really heavy, intellectual books and knew just about everything there was to know about the world.

          But he had a particular affinity for electricity, in all it’s forms, including lightning. At the same time, he was very pure – no bad thoughts, refused to defend himself when he was attacked by the other boys at the school. But when he was pushed just one step too far, he would explode and cause all kinds of carnage, like Carrie.

          Electricity was literally drawn to him wherever he went. One girl befriends him and he discovers the male-female relationship, altho IDR it moving into the sexual realm. Of course, her father had a shit-fit, etc., etc. The ending scene – at the farmhouse where he was raised – during a thunderstorm – one last confrontation and Powder went running out into the fields, toward the storm, his arms raised widely, reaching for the sky, trying to draw the lightning. A lightning bolt hits him and – POOF – he’s gone and sunshine returns.

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  20. gonna need some explanation here…LOL…shit-for-brains travels abroad, makes statements, but is speaking personally????
    LOL spin doctors much?

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    1. This kind of BS is exactly what tells us there IS, indeed, some other game at play here and hopefully, OUR game is on top. It is just too blatant – they aren’t even TRYING to hide him and his dementia!

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  23. Project 65…another democrat lawfare mission
    FTA
    Here’s what Brock describes as the mission of his project: “[Project 65] will not only bring the grievances in the bar complaints but shame them and make them toxic in their communities.” According to Axios, Brock’s plan is nothing less than a war of the strong against the weak: “I think the littler fish are probably more vulnerable to what we’re doing… You’re threatening their livelihoods. And you know, they’ve got reputations in their local communities.”

    Give Brock points for honesty, at least. Not everyone has the guts to gloat about being pure evil. Project 65 is torn right from the playbook of Saul Alinsky (“Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it”): Shame lawyers, plague them with hefty legal bills, and especially pick off ones who are less famous and backed by fewer resources. Given all that, it’s better to call Project 65 Project Shame, Project Fear, or the Project of Personal Destruction. And wait, why is it even called Project 65? Because (groan) that’s the number of lawsuits filed to support the “Big Lie,” of course.

    https://www.revolver.news/2022/03/jeffrey-clark-project-65-david-brock-election-fraud-kill-trump-lawyers-destroy-america/

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      1. further in the article, Alan Derschowitz says he will represent ANY lawyer who gets filed against. He brings up the AL Gore election challenges and no one attacked THOSE lawyers.

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  24. medical student reveals in a tweet that she deliberately mistreated a patient because she felt he disrespected her.
    FTA
    “I had a patient I was doing a blood draw on see my pronoun pin and loudly laugh to the staff ‘She/Her? Well of course it is! What other pronouns even are there? It?’ I missed his vein so he had to get stuck twice,” the medical student wrote on Twitter.

    The student went on to accuse the patient of being transphobic and called out several other “cis-gender” patients who also made comments she deemed offensive.

    Wake Forest says they are taking measures to address the medical student’s behavior.

    “This student’s tweet does not reflect how Wake Forest University School of Medicine treats patients and provides patient care,” the medical school wrote in a Twitter post. “We are taking measures to address this with the student.”

    Nothing short of immediate expulsion is good enough. And if, in fact, the incident actually happened, she shoujld be facing criminal charges.

    That pronoun-confused gal should not be anywhere around the business end of a needle.

    https://www.toddstarnes.com/campus/medical-student-intentionally-injures-patient-who-disrespected-her-pronouns/

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  25. copied from the q tree…some are quite good!

    ForGodandCountry
    ForGodandCountryOnline
    Reply to bflyjesusgrl 🍊
    March 30, 2022 12:17

    Q: What do you get when you offer a Liberal a penny for his thoughts?
    A: Change.

    Q: How do you confuse a Liberal?
    A: You don’t. They’re born that way.

    Q: Why is it good to have a Liberal passenger?
    A: You can park in the handicap zone.

    Q: What’s the difference between Elvis and a smart Liberal?
    A: Elvis has been sighted.

    A Liberal died and a friend went around collecting for a fund for his funeral. A woman was asked to donate ten dollars. “Ten dollars?” she said. “It only takes ten dollars to bury a Liberal? Here’s a hundred – go bury 10 of them!”

    Q: How do you keep a Liberal busy?
    A: Write ‘Please turn over’ on both sides of a piece of paper.

    Q: How do you keep a Liberal busy all day?
    A: Put him in a round room and tell him to wait in the corner.

    Q: What do you call a Liberal with an IQ of 130?
    A: A foursome

    Q: How do you get a one-armed Liberal out of a tree?
    A: Wave to him.

    Q: What do you call a basement full of Liberals?
    A: A whine cellar.

    Q: What is foreplay for a Liberal?
    A: Thirty minutes of begging.

    Q: What is the Liberal doing when he holds his hands tightly over his ears?
    A: Trying to hold on to a thought.

    Q: Why did the Liberal have blisters on his lips?
    A: From trying to blow out light bulbs.

    Q: Why do Liberals work seven days a week?
    A: So you don’t have to retrain them on Monday.

    A Liberal found a magic genie’s lamp and rubbed it. The genie said, “I will grant you one wish.” He said, “I wish I were smarter”. So the genie made him a Republican.

    Q: What the difference between a Liberal and the rear end of a horse?
    A: I don’t know either.

    Q: How is a Liberal different from a sewer rat?
    A: Some people actually like sewer rats.

    Q: How many Liberals does it take to change a light bulb?
    A: None. They prefer to walk in the dark.

    Q: Why do so many Liberals live in L.A.?
    A: Its the only city that is easy enough for them to spell.

    Q: What’s five miles long and has an IQ of forty?
    A: A Liberal parade.

    Q: What is it called when a Liberal blows in another Liberals ear?
    A: Data transfer.

    Q: Why don’t they let Liberals swim in the ocean?
    A: Because they can’t get the smell out of the tuna.

    Q: How do you plant dope?
    A: Bury a Liberal.

    Q: What’s the difference between a Liberal and a sack of manure?
    A: The sack.

    Q: What’s the definition of a Liberal running for Congress for the first time?
    A: A mouse trying to become a rat.

    Last, but not least…

    Q: What’s the difference between God and a Liberal?
    A: God knows He’s not a Liberal.

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        1. I have to admit I’ve never been a fan of Disney. Ok some of the old cartoons are fine but the new stuff no thanks.

          I wish people would really walk away. Some talk about it but then always circle back to it.

          Me if I walk away from something I walk away.

          Heck I’ve stop buying books and movies. No more news paper or tv. I’ve saved so much money so I can no do fish.

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          1. The only thing on that list that I retain is the TV. Unique situation for me where I’m located. Otherwise, yeah – me, too – no books, movies or newspaper any more, altho I’m re-thinking about the local paper.

            If Jake hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have known that Dick died so……that’s my only way to keep up on what’s happening here, new City Council actions, major changes, etc., etc.

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            1. That’s understandable.

              I never had cable. I just do my DVD’s and that’s it.

              I used to buy a lot of DVD’s but why pay full price when I can find something at a thrift store. Plus how many times does one watch it again.

              As for books the quality of the stuff has drastically gone down hill.
              I just rent from the Library.

              My local paper sucks I’m debating about getting the Epoch Times for Mom.

              So now we do nothing but plants and fish.

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              1. One of these days, the planting urge will kick in…but not yet! LOL – for me, life is the internet and the TV until then. I did notice today that my Willow tree is budding, as is the one Maple tree in the backyard.

                I really do watch a lot of the educational channels, a lot of law channels, NatGeo, Animal Planet, etc., etc. Treehouse Masters is fun!

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  31. Bruce Willis ‘stepping away’ from acting as he battles aphasia, family announces

    Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with aphasia, a condition where a person loses the ability to communicate, his family revealed on Wednesday. As a result, the Die Hard and Pulp Fiction star is “stepping away” from acting indefinitely.

    The news comes more than a week after the actor celebrated his 67th birthday. Willis’s wife, Emma, his daughters and ex-wife Demi Moore all broke the news to fans in a joint statement on social media.

    “To Bruce’s amazing supporters, as a family we wanted to share that our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities. As a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him,” the statement reads.

    “This is a really challenging time for our family and we are so appreciative of your continued love, compassion and support. We are moving through this as a strong family unit, and wanted to bring his fans in because we know how much he means to you, as you do to him,” it continues. “As Bruce always says, ‘Live it up’ and together we plan to do just that.”

    Aphasia is a medical condition that can affect someone’s ability to speak, write and understand language, both verbal and written, according to Mayo Clinic. It typically occurs after a stroke or head injury, but there can be other causes, too. The severity varies from person to person.

    The vax maybe? Thoughts? I always liked Bruce.

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  34. Oscars host Amy Schumer ‘still triggered and traumatized’ after Will Smith’s slap—– Who? But its all about them. Really? Have you seen yourself?

    But I read this and it made me sad

    Bruce Willis ‘stepping away’ from acting as he battles aphasia, family announces

    Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with aphasia, a condition where a person loses the ability to communicate, his family revealed on Wednesday. As a result, the Die Hard and Pulp Fiction star is “stepping away” from acting indefinitely.

    The news comes more than a week after the actor celebrated his 67th birthday. Willis’s wife, Emma, his daughters and ex-wife Demi Moore all broke the news to fans in a joint statement on social media.

    “To Bruce’s amazing supporters, as a family we wanted to share that our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities. As a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him,” the statement reads.

    “This is a really challenging time for our family and we are so appreciative of your continued love, compassion and support. We are moving through this as a strong family unit, and wanted to bring his fans in because we know how much he means to you, as you do to him,” it continues. “As Bruce always says, ‘Live it up’ and together we plan to do just that.”

    Aphasia is a medical condition that can affect someone’s ability to speak, write and understand language, both verbal and written, according to Mayo Clinic. It typically occurs after a stroke or head injury, but there can be other causes, too. The severity varies from person to person.

    The vax maybe? Thoughts? I always liked Bruce. Loved him in Die hard and Red movies

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    1. I’ve not heard of this being a side effect of the jab. I always liked him, too. I don’t think I’ve watched Red yet but I did record it on my DVR recently for when I get around to it. I only watched one of the Diehard movies but I liked it.

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      1. I wasn’t sure but that’s kind of shocking he got that.

        The red movies are fun. The second one is ok but the first one is too funny. I wish they would have done more. But you know at least it ended on a high note unlike all this other crap.

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      2. there’s also RED2…and 4 or is it 5? Die Hard movies…
        The Last Boy Scout, Hudson Hawk…and that’s just off the top of my head…
        I like Bruce Willis

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    2. Interesting….I was wondering if RFK Jr. had this but no: “Kennedy suffers from spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological disorder that affects the muscles in the voice box.”

      EXCERPT: “About Aphasia

      Aphasia is a language disorder that happens when you have brain damage. Your brain has two halves. Language skills are in the left half of the brain in most people. Damage on that side of your brain may lead to language problems. Damage on the right side of your brain may cause other problems, like poor attention or memory.

      Aphasia may make it hard for you to understand, speak, read, or write. It does not make you less smart or cause problems with the way you think. Brain damage can also cause other problems along with aphasia. You may have muscle weakness in your mouth, called dysarthria. You may have trouble getting the muscles of your mouth to move the right way to say words, called apraxia. You can also have swallowing problems, called dysphagia.”

      https://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/Aphasia/

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  35. Ok ok last one.

    I’ve got so much stuff to do today.

    MSM headline: Canada will ban sales of combustion engine passenger cars by 2035

    Me: HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHA

    MSM headline:WHO: COVID deaths jump by 40%, but cases falling globally

    Me: What kind of new math is this?

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  36. Oh Filly I wanted to say thank you again for the books. I let my neighbor borrow the ‘laptop from hell’ I can’t repeated what he said to me about it but he’s not a biteme fan lets just say. 🙂

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    1. Happy to pass them on, Kea, and you feel free to do the same as you like. I’m waiting for Patty to send me Schweitzer’s new one, Red Handed. I think my Sis wants to read that one, tho, so you’ll have to wait! LOL

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  37. Huh! Someone needs to tell him that Walt Disney was a pedophile, too!

    il Donaldo Trumpo – March 30

    Buenos Dias to Everyone excepto those woke pisoshitos working at Disney… WALT WOULD HAVE FIRED ALL YOUR ASSES!!!

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  38. Ok ok last one…really…. you guys are too addicting 🙂

    I was at Aldi and for some reason the potato prices were like $4.79. Why is a gallon of gas cheaper than potato’s? I’m buying frozen fries because that’s a crazy price.

    As for oranges they’re $4.99!!!! WTH!!!!!

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  39. Ok funny story. So I do receipt rebates. So I grabbed a receipt that someone left. Got some nice cash back I must say. But here’s the funny part. They got hormone free milk.

    But the short code on the receipt is Homo Milk. Ok yeah I thought it was funny

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    1. LOL – good one!!!! HB wasn’t so much on receipt rebates, altho she used them, too. No, she was THE coupon queen!

      She kept them all in a file and once a month, she would write her list and organize the coupons. There were actually a couple of times that the store had to pay HER!!! They had a bunch of shelving set up in the basement so she bought a lot in bulk.

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    2. Back then – I doubt they do it now – most grocery stores would accept coupons from other grocery stores in the general area. She might have a coupon for a store with an outlet in Columbus but not in Norfolk, but she could use that coupon in the local grocery stores anyway. And she specialized in double-coupons! I’m tellin’ ya’ – she had the system down perfectly!

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      1. sounds like my mom used to be…only she sent away for stuff…remember send in so many box tops and receive cash back or a toy or an umbrella with the product logo?
        she had a weekly coupon meeting where they exchanged coupons with the other ladies–they found these “deals” in magazines and everybody shared…
        I have canvas tote bags, a kraft mac & cheese portable radio, Lipton iced tea golf umbrella and all kinds of stuff still…LOL

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  42. update on that “teen” who fell out of the ride in FLA
    FTA
    The harness on the seat of a Missouri teen who died after falling from a Florida amusement park ride was still locked after the ride came to a stop, staffers told authorities.

    Tyre Samson, 14, perished after he somehow slipped out of his seat on the 430-foot FreeFall ride during its 75-mph descent and plunged to the ground at ICON park, according to an accident report obtained by CNN.

    “Harness was still in a down and locked position when the ride stopped,” three employees told the Fair Rides division of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service.

    But Samson’s family — represented by attorney Benjamin Crump — are still asking if the teen, who weighed well over 300 pounds, should ever have been allowed on the ride in the first place.

    “Be careful when seeing if large guests fit into the seats,” a manual for the attraction states. “Check that they fit within the contours of the seat and the bracket fits properly. If this is not so — Do not let this person ride.”

    The guide also states a maximum allowable weight of 287 pounds.

    Samson, a promising football player, was staying with the family of a friend during his doomed Florida visit.

    https://nypost.com/2022/03/29/seat-on-orlando-ride-was-locked-after-teens-fatal-plunge/

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    1. I saw the video online. Its tragic.

      14 and well over 340 pounds I mean yikes.

      But people were pointing out that if they would have told him no they would have sued for discrimination.

      I’ve read that the big issue was there was no seat belt from the seat to the harness.

      Not I ride I would ever do.

      Now here’s something Mom and I we’re talking about. What if he took the vax and passed out from that drop? Dead weight

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      2. Did any of the cars or whatever they were in ever turn upside down? Some of those rides do – nope – goes straight up and plunges back down at 75 MPH…..I agree on the discrimination accusation – do they have a scale at the entrance to the ride? With a prominent sign and a scale, this wouldn’t provide any openings for a lawsuit. PPPPPP

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        1. I don’t think they turned.

          What’s scary there’s full video of it.

          On YT type in

          FutureVisions: Kid was killed 14-Year-Old Dies After Falling From Ride At Orlando Florida Theme Park

          Its the top video.

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  43. nobody thought it odd the woman had 4 properties and a gazillion cars???
    FTA
    The former administrator, Jamie Petrone-Codrington, pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Arrested by criminal complaint on Sept. 3, 2021, Petrone-Codrington was released on a $1 million bond pending sentencing. In 2008, Petrone-Codrington was employed by the Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine and most recently served as the Director of Finance and Administration for the department. According to the DOJ press release, Petrone-Codrington had the authority to make and authorize purchases up to $10,000 for departmental needs. Beginning as early as 2013, Petrone-Codrington illegally purchased and resold the hardware using funds from the School of Medicine. In total, Petrone-Codrington caused a loss of approximately $40,504,200 to Yale and a loss of $6,416,618 to the U.S. Treasury.

    snip

    Petrone-Codrington used the proceeds of the sales of the stolen equipment for various personal expenses, including expensive cars, real estate and travel.

    She has agreed to forfeit $560,421.14 that was seized from the Maziv Entertainment LLC bank account as well as a litany of expensive cars: a 2014 Mercedes-Benz G550, a 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Sv Autobiography, a 2015 Cadillac Escalade Premium, a 2020 Mercedes Benz Model E450A, a 2016 Cadillac Escalade and a 2018 Dodge Charger. She also has agreed to liquidate three Connecticut properties that she owns or co-owns to help satisfy her restitution obligation. A property she owns in Georgia is also subject to seizure and liquidation.

    https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/03/28/former-school-of-medicine-administrator-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-40-million-from-the-university%EF%BF%BC/

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    1. Too bad they didn’t nail Bernie’s wife on the fraud she perpetuated against that north-east college!!! Some small college, she was in charge and drove it into bankruptcy and out of business – IIRC, a bunch of donations or something alone those lines went missing under her watch. Right around the time ole Bernie bought that beach house with his pay-off from the Dems.

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      1. right?
        don’t these places have audits?

        way back when i worked in a sewing factory, every year an auditor made the rounds in the factory checking EVERY serial number on EVERY machine…

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    1. You see this? I’m so jaded about these “warnings” any more! From M:

      [Forwarded from WhipLash347]
      [ Photo ]
      The Storm is almost here.
      Make sure you have the necessities.
      2 to 3 weeks worth.

      The Military will also supply food and supplies. We are going to Full Global Martial Law. Changing over from Crown Maritime Law to 1776.
      Will be a Transition
      CASTLE ROCK. You will see my write ups from January 2020. Just about go time.

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    2. I was wrong about his wife laughing – I originally thought the woman sitting behind him to his left was his wife. Jada was sitting way over on the right and no, she didn’t laugh. She did a masterful rolling-the-eyes action.

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      1. i think i saw articles that said 6 days prior she tweeted she doesn’t care about her bald head–she loved it…or something to that effect…

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          1. My sister used to wear them all the time during the summer. I wear something similar – a Croc knock-off sandal, so to speak, that my niece picked up at a feed store. They are made with tire rubber or something like that and last forever! She gave me 2 pairs in 2009 – I gave one to HB, the red ones, and kept the black pair. I where them still all summer.

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              1. I’ve never tried the closed style – only the sandals. And my sis wouldn’t know since she lost her sense of smell long ago. The only candle she can smell is lavender. Something to do with one of her many surgeries.

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              2. it must be her feet…
                we picked her up from soccer one day and she changed her shoes in the backseat…OMG!!!!!!!!!
                noxious, noxious, noxious!!!!!

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