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berri · June 2018

henryn, could they be doing overhaul or maintenance work in the basement area perhaps? Maybe someone accidently screwed up.

roadburner · June 2018

abacomike said:

It was just announced that Charles Krauthammer has died after a terrible bout with cancer. For those of you who are unaware of his life and remarkable intellect, he was admired and respected by just about everyone who came into contact with him.

I urge you to google him and read about his diving accident when he was in his early 20’s. He became a quadriplegic as a result of severing his spinal column after hitting his head. Yet, he completed medical school at Harvard and served in the Carter administration. He went from a left progressive to a right of middle conservative and won the Pullitzer Prize in Journalism.

May God keep this man at his side for all eternity. I will personally miss him - our country has lost a true intellect.

He was a brilliant man; I’ve been a political geek for decades and I always found him to be a true gentleman who expressed his opinions with unfailing logic and clarity. I tended to agree with him more often than not, but even when I didn’t I found his analysis to be thought provoking.

abacomike · June 2018

Just got our electricity and cable and internet connections back. This happens 4-5 times a year from June through October. Not fun - especially when it’s 94 degrees out.

tbirdmarco · June 2018

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=foNIFkHvMHk

stickguy · June 2018

hi rises have some sort of power station in them (not generating, but I guess like a sub station?) Maybe a problem there with the lines coming in.

fintail · June 2018

Krauthammer was an anti-Breitbart conservative, that alone gives him some merit. Now that the movement has turned against intellectualism, losing some of its actual intellect will be a loss.

Not to get too political, but these regrettable days, Reagan wouldn't be far right at all. Nixon would be fairly centrist, too. It's a new world out there, and often not in a good way.

berri said:
You know aba, he sounds a bit like Reagan. Reagan didn't overcome a handicap like that or go Ivy League, but politically had the same history. People call Reagan a right wing conservative, but he wasn't all that radical. Really, more a right center pragmatist who actually really did know how to make a good deal. I like to hear people from both sides of the spectrum, but don't waste my time on whack jobs at both edges of the curve.

abacomike · June 2018

roadburner said:

abacomike said:

It was just announced that Charles Krauthammer has died after a terrible bout with cancer. For those of you who are unaware of his life and remarkable intellect, he was admired and respected by just about everyone who came into contact with him.

I urge you to google him and read about his diving accident when he was in his early 20’s. He became a quadriplegic as a result of severing his spinal column after hitting his head. Yet, he completed medical school at Harvard and served in the Carter administration. He went from a left progressive to a right of middle conservative and won the Pullitzer Prize in Journalism.

May God keep this man at his side for all eternity. I will personally miss him - our country has lost a true intellect.

He was a brilliant man; I’ve been a political geek for decades and I always found him to be a true gentleman who expressed his opinions with unfailing logic and clarity. I tended to agree with him more often than not, but even when I didn’t I found his analysis to be thought provoking.

There is one thing that has me completely stymied - his wife gave birth to their son, Daniel, well after his paralysis from the injury sustained in the pool. There were two other children who are deceased. The only mention of how Robin, Charles’s wife, had children was that she was artificially inseminated. No other info is available. Interesting that Daniel Krauthammer was considered even more intellectual than his father, Charles. Daniel’s resemblance to his father, Charles, is striking.

driver100 · June 2018

PF_Flyer said:
Have you recently purchased a small used car due to budget reasons or because of gas prices? If so, a journalist would like to chat with you about it. If you're interested, please reach out to PR@edmunds.com no later than 9 a.m. Pacific this Friday, June 22. Thank you!

Do wannabe small used cars count...I know someone who has considered buying a few over the last year?

driver100 · June 2018

Oh man, that is sounding more like a job.
I'll bet those guys will never get all of the pennies out of the jar.

jmonroe

Can you imagine....you would have to buy about 6 dining room tables!

abacomike · June 2018

fintail said:

Krauthammer was an anti-Breitbart conservative, that alone gives him some merit. Now that the movement has turned against intellectualism, losing some of its actual intellect will be a loss. Not to get too political, but these regrettable days, Reagan wouldn't be far right at all. Nixon would be fairly centrist, too. It's a new world out there, and often not in a good way.
You know aba, he sounds a bit like Reagan. Reagan didn't overcome a handicap like that or go Ivy League, but politically had the same history. People call Reagan a right wing conservative, but he wasn't all that radical. Really, more a right center pragmatist who actually really did know how to make a good deal. I like to hear people from both sides of the spectrum, but don't waste my time on whack jobs at both edges of the curve.

In today’s political climate, JFK would be considered a right of center conservative just as Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush. My last comment on this topic - I’m scared!

fintail · June 2018

I'd be more scared of 2020

Relative to the rest of the first world, the American supposed left is kind of a corporatist center-right, and the right is now far right. Olden day conservatives aren't close to the label today, look at someone like Ike. Man, I wish we had some of those again. I'll say no more too

abacomike said:

In today’s political climate, JFK would be considered a right of center conservative just as Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush. My last comment on this topic - I’m scared!

Michaell · June 2018

To redirect the conversation, I thought I'd post a picture of one of my dogs I took today while sitting at my desk. The recliner she is in is my Fathers Day gift and is way too comfortable.

suydam · June 2018

What a sweetie!

driver100 · June 2018

Michaell said:
To redirect the conversation, I thought I'd post a picture of one of my dogs I took today while sitting at my desk. The recliner she is in is my Fathers Day gift and is way too comfortable.

Made my day....great picture to start a Friday.

driver100 · June 2018

Does your little dog lean...to the left, or the right?

graphicguy · June 2018

Michaell....I’m “breed challenged”. What kind of dog is that?

Reason I ask, although I travel for work quite a bit, when I’m home I rattle around this big house alone. Thinking of getting a dog.

nyccarguy · June 2018

graphicguy said:
Michaell....I’m “breed challenged”. What kind of dog is that?

Reason I ask, although I travel for work quite a bit, when I’m home I rattle around this big house alone. Thinking of getting a dog.

Stop thinking. You DON'T need a dog.

graphicguy · June 2018

nyccarguy said:

graphicguy said:
Michaell....I’m “breed challenged”. What kind of dog is that?

Reason I ask, although I travel for work quite a bit, when I’m home I rattle around this big house alone. Thinking of getting a dog.
Stop thinking. You DON'T need a dog.

LOL! Thanks, Bradd! Bringing me back to reality.

Then again, I don’t need much of what I always look for, either. I’ll let you all sort that one out.

pensfan83 · June 2018

@Michaell cute pup and that looks like a nice chair. Here is our beloved Teddy aka Teddy Bear to the kids. He's a lab and shepherd mix.

bwia · June 2018

RIP Charles Krauthammer. He was a brilliant writer; he wrote so beautifully and so elegantly that I did not understand a word her wrote.

stickguy · June 2018

Nice comfy looking chair.

I keep my lab in my avatar. Never need to post pictures! That’s actually our first one that died. But the new one looks almost exactly the same.

Michaell · June 2018

graphicguy said:

Michaell....I’m “breed challenged”. What kind of dog is that? Reason I ask, although I travel for work quite a bit, when I’m home I rattle around this big house alone. Thinking of getting a dog.

Daisy is an 8 year old miniature dachshund.

Michaell · June 2018

driver100 said:

Does your little dog lean...to the left, or the right?

She doesn’t lean at all. Often, she will roll completely over into her back and demand belly rubs.

abacomike · June 2018

Filled up with PUG at Costco this morning - 2.99,9 per gallon. That’s 20 cents a gallon less than I paid in May. That is a significant drop in just 4 weeks - perhaps even faster (the drop in price) than when it increased in April and May. Interesting.

abacomike · June 2018

Michaell said:

driver100 said:

Does your little dog lean...to the left, or the right?

driver100 said:

Does your little dog lean...to the left, or the right?

She doesn’t lean at all. Often, she will roll completely over into her back and demand belly rubs.

I lean to the left and often desire belly rubs. Maybe your dog is related to me!

suydam · June 2018

Michaell said:

graphicguy said:

Michaell....I’m “breed challenged”. What kind of dog is that?

Reason I ask, although I travel for work quite a bit, when I’m home I rattle around this big house alone. Thinking of getting a dog.

Daisy is an 8 year old miniature dachshund.

Here is my Daisy, 14 year old lab mix rescue.

imidazol97 · June 2018

I'm hoping to be able to fill up 35 gallons at $2.479 this afternoon. And a $1 discount from that. $1.479

Michaell · June 2018

suydam said:

Michaell said:

graphicguy said:

Michaell....I’m “breed challenged”. What kind of dog is that?

Reason I ask, although I travel for work quite a bit, when I’m home I rattle around this big house alone. Thinking of getting a dog.

Daisy is an 8 year old miniature dachshund.

Here is my Daisy, 14 year old lab mix rescue.

That is a great picture of a great dog! Thanks for sharing....

28firefighter · June 2018

This our dog Lila (lie-lah)...we don’t know exactly what she is, but the consensus seems to be a border collie flat coated retriever mix.

suydam · June 2018

Beautiful dog! We had a cat named Lilah.

carnaught · June 2018

Speaking of belly rubs, Peppy (Pepper), our Schnoodle, asks how ‘bout it?

henryn · June 2018

My yellow lab is also in my avatar. I'm very sad to tell you, she has lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy at the moment.

To @graphicguy : I have always shared my life with one or more dogs, and I have never regretted a single minute of it. If you live alone, and travel for business, you would need to find a good way to take care of your dog while you're away. On the rare occasions when I am away, I have someone, a trusted friend and former coworker, now retired, who does house-sitting. It costs me $50 per day, but a good kennel runs $30 a day or more, and I have two dogs, so ...

My retired friend who does the house sitting finds this to be a very good way to pick up a little extra money in her retirement. She also picked up a teaching certificate, and does some work as a substitute teacher, but she is very picky these days about what schools she will work in.

houdini1 · June 2018

fintail said:
Krauthammer was an anti-Breitbart conservative, that alone gives him some merit. Now that the movement has turned against intellectualism, losing some of its actual intellect will be a loss.

Not to get too political, but these regrettable days, Reagan wouldn't be far right at all. Nixon would be fairly centrist, too. It's a new world out there, and often not in a good way.

berri said:
You know aba, he sounds a bit like Reagan. Reagan didn't overcome a handicap like that or go Ivy League, but politically had the same history. People call Reagan a right wing conservative, but he wasn't all that radical. Really, more a right center pragmatist who actually really did know how to make a good deal. I like to hear people from both sides of the spectrum, but don't waste my time on whack jobs at both edges of the curve.

By the same token, I don't think JFK would recognize the Democrat Party either.

houdini1 · June 2018

suydam said:

Michaell said:

graphicguy said:

Michaell....I’m “breed challenged”. What kind of dog is that?

Reason I ask, although I travel for work quite a bit, when I’m home I rattle around this big house alone. Thinking of getting a dog.

Daisy is an 8 year old miniature dachshund.

Here is my Daisy, 14 year old lab mix rescue.

Nice dogs. Our dogs do love their toys !

ab348 · June 2018

This is my ~~dog~~, Rusty.

abacomike · June 2018

ab348 said:

This is my ~~dog~~, Rusty.

Cute - and I usually find dogs less cute - ruff, ruff!

driver100 · June 2018

pensfan83 said:
@Michaell cute pup and that looks like a nice chair. Here is our beloved Teddy aka Teddy Bear to the kids. He's a lab and shepherd mix.

Cute dog...he has a nice smile.

driver100 · June 2018

bwia said:
RIP Charles Krauthammer. He was a brilliant writer; he wrote so beautifully and so elegantly that I did not understand a word her wrote.

That is when you know they are good writers, when you can't understand them. In Canada we have Conrad Black, he uses words no one has ever heard of before. Similar rule about fine restaurants, the more expensive the meal the smaller the portions.

driver100 · June 2018

ab348 said:
This is my ~~dog~~, Rusty.

I think Rusty has an attitude problem.

driver100 · June 2018

So, today I cam home....and I saw the local weekly newspaper with all the flyers in it, lying in the driveway. This time I came home and backed into the drive. Had to line up the paper using the back-up camera. Backed up next to it, put the car in park, took off the seat belt, leaned out the door, scooped up the newspaper, continued to back into the garage.

There are more ways than one to skin a cat.....oh, sorry Rusty!
(I know, just a joke, no cats were used in the making of this story)

xwesx · June 2018

driver100 said:
To be car related he also had a Ford Cobra

HAD being the operative word here.....

imidazol97 · June 2018

My comment on dogs is that a dog needs to have someone around most of the time. If no one is at home during the day, if a neighbor, relative, friend does dog sitting that might work. We know of a lady who takes in dogs

driver100 said:

ab348 said:
This is my ~~dog~~, Rusty.

I think Rusty has an attitude problem.

Agree. I love that attitude, however!!!

graphicguy · June 2018

@henryn.....I've owned 3 dogs....all Golden retrievers. Great Dogs. Last one I had died about 5 years ago.

I think I might want something a bit smaller and one who sheds less (that's why I liked Michaell's dog). All of my Golden's were laid back. I liked that. I'm always fearful that smaller dogs can be "yappy". Nothing wrong with those breeds, just not something I prefer.

Traveling is a detriment with a pet. And, I don't like to kennel my pets. But, I do have a "friend" who says she'd watch any dog I have while gone.

In the "curious" stage right now.

thebean · June 2018

driver100 said:

ab348 said:
This is my ~~dog~~, Rusty.

I think Rusty has an attitude problem.

No, someone just dissed GM, and he heard it.

explorerx4 · June 2018

I only have granddogs.

driver100 · June 2018

graphicguy said:
@henryn.....I've owned 3 dogs....all Golden retrievers. Great Dogs. Last one I had died about 5 years ago.

I think I might want something a bit smaller and one who sheds less (that's why I liked Michaell's dog). All of my Golden's were laid back. I liked that. I'm always fearful that smaller dogs can be "yappy". Nothing wrong with those breeds, just not something I prefer.

Traveling is a detriment with a pet. And, I don't like to kennel my pets. But, I do have a "friend" who says she'd watch any dog I have while gone.

In the "curious" stage right now.

GG, Have the friend help you choose a dog, it is important that they like the dog if they are watching it.
Once we had a neighbor who said he would watch our dog if we got a Boxer. Boxers aren't my thing, but I asked him what he liked about Boxers. He said he liked the way they slobber.
Our dog Gigi is 11 pounds and does not shed. She can bark but she only barks once every two years if I chase her. She is 14 years old. Here she is wearing a matching horizontal striped onsey;

driver100 · June 2018

How about a Corvette Carbon 65? Nobody cutting up GM about these. They are making 650 for the U.S., 50 coming to Canada. Just $15000 extra!

CORVETTE CARBON 65

ab348 · June 2018

Looks good on her though.

berri · June 2018

Love all those dogs and Rusty the cat too!

abacomike · June 2018

The accolades pouring in from liberals, progressives, moderates and conservatives alike overwhelmingly paying tribute to Charles Krauthammer is truly remarkable. I was watching MSNBC this morning, a far left progressive cable news network, and the program was dedicated to honoring and remembering Charles’s life and his writings and commentaries.

Just another example of his contributions to American thought and conscience. If you are interested in learning more about his life and his intellect, FOX NEWS CHANNEL is airing a special one hour program at 9:00 PM EDT tracing his life, his achievements and his abrupt metamorphosis from left liberal politics to right of center politics. Hope you enjoy, if so interested. It’s a new program.

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