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Calling Durango......been carrying a HEAVY load of generator info for pertneer a week. You didn't write, you didn't call...
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......................GOODBYE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS..........

Goodbye Colorado

It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to you today. Our time chronicling the life of Denver and Colorado, the nation and the world, is over. Thousands of men and women have worked at this newspaper since William Byers produced its first edition on the banks of Cherry Creek on April 23, 1859. We speak, we believe, for all of them, when we say that it has been an honor to serve you. To have reached this day, the final edition of the Rocky Mountain News, just 55 days shy of its 150th birthday is painful.

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There are so many children who need a stable home that we should be grateful to anyone who wants to take on this task, provided they pass the necessary background check. And it shouldn't cost them most of the money they had planned to spend on the child, either. You would think at least the Right to Lifers would get on the wagon with this. If not, then they should adopt five or ten children apiece to keep them from being either aborted or raised by --gasp!-- non-traditional couples. Somebody wants to have it both ways here, don't you think? And who in the heck is "we, the people of Arkansas"? I'm a person of Arkansas and I have known bad married parents and excellent unmarried ones, and I know who I would prefer to see adopting a child. Act 1 doesn't speak for me.

Everything reminds me of a song......... :> )

clicky

Larry, I would be interested in hearing which generator you choose.

Thinking I need one to hook up to my big old propane tank... Just to run a few lights and the fans which push the heat from my fireplace.. Oh and a power strip for communication devices.

Between hurricanes and ice storms folks in my neck of the woods were dark for more than two weeks in the last 7 months.

I'm over it.

Eureka
click on eLwood then type in generator in the page search. Offerings change from day to day.
Keep in mind freight.

Sign of the times: fewer Girl Scout cookies in each box.

"Calling Durango......"

Yo, Larry, thanks, my friend! Have been working in Florida this week and just blew back into town this afternoon. Will give you another try later this p.m. at LinnHillLtd@Windstream.net. If email fails again, we'll work out a phone conversation or something. Greatly appreciate your efforts.

AND I QUOTE:

"We jumped from job to job. Put off marriage. Never bought a place. And we never heard the end of it. We were drifters, they said. Layabouts. But now, in the cold glare of the recession, everything looks different. It is time to re-evaluate that much-maligned Gen X archetype: the American Slacker. Where the best minds on Wall Street cooked up the real estate mess that destroyed a global economy, we were sensible enough to steer clear of that overpriced condo and move into a dingy, three-bedroom rental with a few of our meathead friends. Those of us who took low-wage jobs were not just marking time. We were doing work we cared about, as journalists and teachers and social workers. We also understood, before most, that something had shifted --- that we were moving to an economy of telecommuters and independent contractors and less-than-loyal employers." -- David Scharfenberg in The Boston Globe

Q: How many oil and gas people does it take to screw Arkansas?
A: 5

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From NBC Nightly News---A church that gets it.

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Looks like a rubber stamp commission Rod.

What's with Jerry Taylor? Does the really think we have a functioning DEQ?

"I'm convinced that with the [U.S.] Environmental Protection Agency and the [Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality] that this commission cannot override their decisions and so forth."
Taylor

Thanks for a good fight.

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Thanks eLwood, looks like propane ready generators are hard to find.

eL - email me (Type Key) and I'll send you some good info, buyers guide, etc.

DEQ, a bad joke, on us! Ditto ANRC and the whole shebang; pimps for polluters...
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Rod, always loved HoHum. But really appreciate your work now. BTW, I have experience in the bizness of mineral extraction* particularly in the field of the fluids that they use to extract said minerals.

Think they would appoint me to the commission?

Awwwwwwwwwwww, forget I asked.

thanks again.

*In West Texas, we call it the oil bidness.

Why an I not surprised....

" Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers"

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16680-porn-in-the-usa-conservatives-are-biggest-consumers.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

The states with the highest consumption of on-line p0rn???? Da,,Da,,Utah and Mississippi

>>Thanks eLwood, looks like propane ready generators are hard to find.
E.S.

They have one on the regular store website for under $900.

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Larry, I'm still unable to get out of here to you. Please email me at dqspencer@comcast.net
Thanks,
Durango

>>*In West Texas, we call it the oil bidness.<<

In Dallus, they call it the awl bidness.

Peter Sellers outtakes. Except for the canned laughter it's gold.

The pastor asked if anyone in the congregation would like to express Praise for answered prayers. A lady stood and walked to the podium.

She said, "I have a Praise. Two months ago, my husband, Tom, had a terrible bicycle wreck and his scrotum was completely crushed. The pain was excruciating and the doctors didn't know if they could help him."

You could hear a muffled gasp from the men in the congregation as they imagined the pain that poor Tom must have experienced.

"Tom was unable to hold me or the children," she went on, "and every move caused him terrible pain. We prayed as the doctors performed a delicate operation, and it turned out they were able to piece together the crushed remnants of Tom's scrotum, and wrap wire around it to hold it in place."

Again, the men in the congregation were unnerved and squirmed uncomfortably as they imagined the horrible surgery performed on Tom.

"Now," she announced in a quavering voice, "thank the Lord, Tom is out of the hospital and the doctors say that with time, his scrotum should recover completely."

All the men sighed with relief. The pastor rose and tentatively asked if anyone else had something to say.

A man stood up and walked slowly to the podium.

He said, "I'm Tom."

The entire congregation held its breath.

"I just want to tell my wife that the word is sternum."

PATRICIA JAZZY
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One worthwhile bill comes from Fayetteville's newest member of the lege:

Stream preservation bill clears committee
Fri, Feb 27, 2009
Doug Thompson's Blog

House Bill 1577 by Rep. Uvalde Lindsey would let people get a state tax credit for wetlands, stream banks and other "riparian" (wet) areas that they own and place into a conservation district.

Translation: If you set aside some stream bed or marsh and declare that it will be left alone, you can get a tax credit of up to $5,000 per project.*

This is one of those bills that make me glad to have a blog. It's not flashy and would get lost in regular coverage, but it will be a real help to property owners and everybody else.
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*One point needs clarifying: A property owner, partnership, corp, etc can take up to $50,000 in tax credits for such a project. The $5,000 to which Doug refers is the limitation a taxpayer can take each year. The Bill provides for a nine year carry-forward of amounts subject to the Ark income tax credit.

You may read HB 1577 here:
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HB1577.pdf

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jazzy my love, that reminds me of a sweet little lady friend who declared at a party some years ago that she was FURIOUS because the guys at the Kappa Sig house were constantly "jacking off" her son, a pledge. Her husband quickly interrupted to say, "They're jacking him AROUND, honey . . . they're jacking him AROUND."

CNN) -- After being hidden away for years, a copy of the original "Superman and Friends" comic book will make a comeback -- at a price of about $400,000, a comic expert said Thursday.

"One bidder wanted to trade his Ferrari for the comic book," as part of an under-the-table deal, Fishler joked. But he said the auction will remain public. "I couldn't see myself trading in my Toyota Prius" -- even for a $375,000 car.

"It's the Holy Grail of comic books," Fishler said.

Co-created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the comic book first appeared on newsstands for 10 cents a copy in June 1938.

Nearly 12 years later, a young boy on the West Coast found himself in a secondhand book store, where he persuaded his dad to loan him 35 cents to buy the comic book.

Until 1966, the owner forgot about the book, which was hidden in his mother's basement. Since then, he's been holding onto it, hoping to see it increase in value, Fishler said. He has not been disappointed.

WOW! I thought our gun nuts were scary...do yourself a favor and read all the CPAC Links on the Internet today.

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