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I'm in day 3-ish of a fall cold. Can't remember when the last time I had a cold (probably last month or something).
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This weekend I had the bright idea to go to the Liquidation Sale at the Alliant Energy Center. I was looking for a new monitor as I now realize that many of my photographs look much different in print or on other peoples monitors. So I thought I would see how that sale was . . . WOW. Total screw job.
First you pay $6 to park which was fine but THEN - it costs $8 just to get into the show. Well . . . . we had paid $6 already so both DJ and I paid up and were told we could go in and out as many times as we wanted . . . . .why would we do that? Because we had arm loads of good deals?
What a bunch to total garbage being sold by Russians (or people disguised as Russians). I looked at some monitors and they said they were all "new" but they looked like they had been pretty used. I wrote down the numbers of some Samsung monitors but could not find them on the internet.
They had "Coach" Bags for like $40 and you could get three pairs of "Oakly" sunglasses for $20. The only good thing that had were car stereo sub woofers and "new" laptops. I could have gotten a nice velvet Elvis rug I suppose or one of the hundreds scents selling for REALLY cheap.
Yea - total garbage rip-off. I ended up going online - doing research and getting a 20inch monitor from CompUSA.
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I have the original safety deposit box doors from the F&M Bank and we're trying to figure out a way to sell them. I've contacted a couple of architectural antique websites but they ignore me. I've seen doors like this for sale on line for $50 (not sure if that SELL but I saw them listed). Each one is about 4 pounds and were picked out my Louis H Sullivan (the inventor of the skyscraper). They were installed in 1919 in The Farmers and Merchants Union Bank in Columbus, the LAST of Sullivan's Jewel Box Banks.
The proceeds of the sales will go towards the Historic Foundations restoring of Susan Stares images in the City Hall.
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I see Walker is waging war on double dippers but I actually agree with him on this one. The bill wants to stop people retiring and then going back to their same jobs full time. It has nothing to do with people going back for less then half time.
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Train speeds are increasing in Columbus from 60 to 79mph. Did you know that "Motorists are required to yield to trains occupying railroad crossings"? Who knew!!
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I got into it last week with our police chief (who does not live in Columbus) about the big pot bust (19 grams) and he basically said that marijuana is the gateway drug to heroin. That chap who got busted with 19 grams (a little over 1/2 an ounce) (on facebook some "friends of friends" said when they were in school 19 grams meant you were out of pot) faces felony charges for drug-trafficking with the intent to deliver . . .which seems redundant, can you traffic drugs WITHOUT the intent to deliver? OR and a misdemeanor for having a pot pipe I guess in case the felony does not stick.
Now I'm all for busting people with large amounts of pot because one out of a maybe 500 hundred people will become addicted to pot which will make them lazy. But those same people if you took their pot away would PROBABLY become alcoholics and instead of sitting in front of TV being stoned they would be out driving around drunk going from bar to bar.
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The Odd Fellows are raising funds for another Honor Flight. This is a fantastic way to show our veterans we care. DJs dad was on an honor flight and he said it was one of the best days of his life. Seeing the smiles and tears on these veterans faces is so so worth it. The Odd Fellows are selling t-shirts for $15 Call (608) 438-2426 for more info.
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Turkey - with the huge earth quake in turkey I suspect there will be more movements of the plates in the next couple weeks. Always seems that when pressure is released at one place the earth needs to adjust so if I was in an area with earthquakes I would get my travel suitcase ready.
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I will not mention the Badgers. ouch!!!
OH - I see New Orleans just scored again - I think it's 92-0 now!
That's it.
Cheers
Rod
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ReplyDeleteI'll probably catch hell now because I seem anti-Russian. Perhaps they were from Lithuania or the Ukraine - their language is so hard to distinguish.
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