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Okay----Here's a photo o' somebodys' Ma n' Pa, and their travel trailer & the ol' Huttsun they pulled it with. By god, times were simpler, then. Yup.Attachment 4940

Okay-----a house I know of is undergoing a buy n flip. They got a compny called "whippersnapper construction" doing a major overhaul, right down to the fake brick tarpaper that was used for siding, back in 1914. But yeah---they've gone lickityt-split on the project, aiming towards a "Contemporary Suburban Split level" type of restyle. We'll see. Here's an old before photo from google maps. The previous resident spent the last two years clearing the trees at the back of the lot, then vanished. But yeah---here it is.Attachment 4941

Okay---this just in---details are sketchy at this point---but a guy out in Philodelphia is supposed to have set some kind of a record by eating 40 whole rotisserie chickens in as many days. Not zackly what I'd call an acccomplishment. But yeah---you kids don't need to try to duplicate his feat at home. Nope. Besides--chickens are nice little creatures that eat bugs n corn & turn it into yummy eggs. Plus, summa them crow at the cracka dawn. Yup. See photo of this guy out east:Attachment 4942

Okay---Sure a lotta Wimmin gettin' thrown in jail, these days. For the usual things wimmin do, like stealing or forgery or DWI & controlled substances. But yeah--they're getting on Mugshots aplenty, for domestic assault. I follow a local F-book "feed" called Mugshots(?)or whatever. There's various categories of Dom Ass, but it's all assault being reported., and wimmin being jailed. I wonder if it has anything to do with TV making it THE thing to do, or what? I don't keep nearly as much tract of popular culture as you kids, so I know I'm out of the loop. But, I thought the feminists were behind the DOM ASST laws, to begin with, which seems ironic. But yeah---my female cats are more likely to show aggressive behavior, than my boys. Yup.

Okay-----Hope you kids are happy; Zurra went for legal stonium. Now, you'll be able ta run down to your local pusher(or send your kid with a signed note) at the Stonium Depot Dispensary, and buy a bale o' weed, to sit and listen to old grateful dead albums all weekend, steada goin' ta church & puttin' the cash in the plate. Yup. What is this country coming to, anyhow? Hope that helps you some. Thankk mee.

Okay----Just thought I'd post a reminder for you kids, 'case you forgot---what it is is that Football is Very, Very, Very, Very, Very VERY(x444444) Important. Yup. Sure---there are lots of important things. But, the Importance of Football truly dwarfs all those other important things. So yeah---keep that in mind. Hope that helps you some. Thankk Mee.
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Okay-----Takes a lotta money to go farming, these days. Agerculture is alll about capital investment, by god. For one---you gotta have a decent truck, no question about it. Bright red paint, leather interior, stereo so you can listen to the market reports & ball games, and the whole ball o' wax. Yup. Attachment 4944

Okay---took the Accent & made two trips to the former lumber yard turned lirrrarry(in 1999), and picked up my newly-acquired light fixtures. Anyway, they are VERY elegant, and use 330-watt metal halide bulbs and of course a starter. The starters are heavy, so I took them and the metal frames on the first trip, then came back the next day for the diffusers and brass bezels and misc hardware, the next day. They did not give me a complete set of metal halide bulbs, and I believe the reason why is that the lirrrary is still using that type fixture in the reference area; I went inside to take a look & a-ha! See---those bulbs're upwards of $35 each, so I figure they saved a few for future use, until their budget allows them to replace the remaining MH fixtures. But yeah---if I use oh, 1/2 dozen of those, I'm still ahead, considering the price I paid; about $3 each. Yup. But yeah--genuine 20th-century lirrrrary light fixtures. Yup.Attachment 4946Attachment 4947

Okay---just thought I'd remind you kids that the defunct lumber chain that had built the facility that has been the main lirrrarrrarry here for over 20 years, was originally founded in that little bitty town waaaay up north in the middle o' niowhere that was also the boyhood home of i-wah & alaskas' most notorious serial killer---the butcher baker! See? Hope that helps you some.

I was looking online, and the price of GE replacement ballasts for EACH of those light fixtures alone is between $300-$400. Yup. Most of them are fairly old---20 years or more. But several have been replaced with newer ones, and the maintenance tech wrote the date on the case. Yup. Wjhen I first got them home, a quick glance said the ballast used 277v line voltage, which was bad news, since 277v is found in industrial applications and warehouses. But, a closer look at the ballast ALSO revealed it can use 120 v, single phase. I.E. house current. So, that's good. Yup