Are Those Fries French?

I'm a little sad because a few of the people that made Columbus feel like home are moving of have moved away.  When DJ and I moved to Columbus our very first experience with the towns people of Columbus were the were the people running Sharrow Drug and we knew this was a great little town after that experience with real friendly people (not just polite).  They are not leaving.  However once Public Enemies started we came into contact with Kim from East James Gallery and John from the F&M Bank. Even though we did not "hang" out together they were a big part of what we felt Columbus was all about.

Friendly, warm and so forth.  Yet both are moving or have moved and it just makes me sad.  Columbus will miss you guys!
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Moving on, who needs those guys anyway, WE'LL DO JUST FINE WITHOUT THEM!!!  (please come back, I'll open an account really - F*ck Summet Credit Union, they screwed me again).

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ANYWAY - we made it through the heat wave. So far July has been 5.5 degrees above average which is a pretty big difference and as of yesterday we have been above average for 10 straight days with five days above 90, the hottest was 97 last Wednesday. AND, NOAA has been right on with the forecast even a week out saying Wednesday would be the hottest day! Let's not forget all the times they get it right.

We have had 14 clear days and 10 partly cloudy and I feel it has been not as windy as typical.

The big news with the heat wave was that the City Council voted and pass a resolution saying that all council members who do not have air conditioning will be allowed to take out interest free loans from the F&M Bank to create a cool sleeping room on hot summer nights!

This could not have come about when grumpy old Whosit was in charge of handing out free money!  Getting ready for bed and a cool sleep on a hot summer night has became a lot easier in Columbus!!  We do need clear heads running the town you know.
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Did you know that all but six US House Republicans and most of the Senate Republicans took the "Taxpayer Protection Pledge" that states they will NEVER EVER raise taxes regardless of circumstances, and will oppose any elimination of deductions or tax loopholes unless they are accompanied by reduced tax rates.

When they signed the pledge, they promised that under no circumstance, not war, not danger of the government defaulting on legally and properly owed debt, not danger that the infrastructure will crumble us into Third World status, will they tolerate an increase in government revenue.


And we're supposed to respect these people and look to them for leadership?
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Ever wonder what kids around the world eat for school lunch??

Check out the Today I learned something New blog. 

I'm really liking France - ARE THOSE FRENCH FRIES???  Pass the Mussels! (adubya - please notice I did not type muscles). 

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This Saturday Elwood was up to "work" on the yard. We were going to gorilla garden our neighbors dieing clematis.  They moved away in the dead of night leaving their $12,000 landscaped yard going to the weeds.  It's very sad.  They have a  Piilu clematis laying on the ground and we were going to snatch it before it became dead.

Well, it was warm and the beer was cold and we spend perhaps 8 hours planning and got 10% finished with installing a new lattice (sp?) but . . that was pretty much it!

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cat owners - Milo has a scrape on his temple.  I've had cats get this from time to time. It's like feline baldness syndrome or something but his has a big red scrape.  Should I put something on it. I know he would LOVE a little spray of Bactine.
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Yes - there will be an NFL season and you know what team benefited the most from the lock out? The Packers!!  The off-season is when most teams reboot, give new players time to get to know each other and memorize the playbooks, get new coaches and players together.   DIDN'T HAPPEN.

Pat teams like the Packers are SO FAR AHEAD of the curve this year.  The first Packer game is only 19 days away!!!   BTW - rumors are that 'ol #4 could be coming out of retirement. Yea - believe it.

The Packers have a pretty hard schedule this year especially the very end of the year when that play 7 teams that could be above .500!!   They start with the Thursday Night game against New Orleans and have two Sunday night games one in Atlanta and a Sunday night game ON CHRISTMAS against Da Bears in Lambeau.

They have a Monday Night game against Minnesota in Green Bay and play the morning game on Thanksgiving.  Final game of the regular season is January 1st against Detroit in Lambeau field!

BTW - there will be NO college games January 1st.
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And finally - it's sad to see Kestrel Ridge Golf course giving up the battle (they never started) to the Japanese Beetle. The beetle defoliated one of the trees in front of our back yard and 5 more trees on our fairway will have no leaves within a few weeks - they are doing nothing.  They can put in new sand traps but are anti-tree and are leaving them to die!   Linden/Boxwood trees are going the rout of the  Elm trees.

I was told Columbus had a ton of Elm trees at one point before the elm bark beetle killed all the trees.

 BTW - I was digging in my garden and found a Jap Beetle larva AND KILLED IT!!!  

So I leave you with bad larva!

Have a nice Monday
Rod