JKendallDane
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Well, there goes his reputation!
"Give a man a reputation as an early riser and he can sleep 'til noon.”
~Mark Twain
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Well, there goes his reputation!
"Give a man a reputation as an early riser and he can sleep 'til noon.”
~Mark Twain
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Once you're retired, as often as you like.
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I'd rather snooze in the afternoon.
Some people seem to think that everything quoted holds true.
I'm always impressed by the amount of people that think just because they saw it in a Facebook meme that it MUST be true.
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Not just facebook. Come to think of it; not all 'social' doings.
Some folks actually believe the politician who's quoted in the Newspaper . . .
How do you know when a politician is lying?
Their lips are moving.
Some politicians, when in caught in lies, will go to the length of saying video of them saying the damn lie was actually doctored!!!
Face the facts!! You're a liar, liar, and I hope your pants will soon be on fire!!!!
What five words do politicians' press secretaries use most?
"What he (or she) really meant was..."
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What five words do politicians' press secretaries use most?
"What he (or she) really meant was..."
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When I hear that, or something like it, I switch off and determine not to vote for that buffoon.
The only problem is then you go to vote and discover the two options are Buffoon or Bozo.
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Recently, I had to interview a former politician. His assessment of what has gone wrong over the past 20 or so years: 'Too many people in public office who don't know what it's like to have a proper job.'
Does being a writer for more that 50 years count as having had a proper job?
I allays liked the way a banker friend described his job:
"Being a loan officer is the same thing as being a professional gambler except I never have to use my own money."
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A pal of mine used to manage a yard supplying liquid concrete.
He reckoned it was like playing Monopoly; with other people's money.
Even from ancient Rome, there are documents of complaint about contractors using sub-standard concrete in public projects. And now, we're in the process of rebuilding all our bridges and elevated highways. Plus ça change!
Building standards are at least one area where I favor over-regulation. The Sylmar CA quake, which I witnessed first hand, measured 7.1 and killed 64 people - a few years later, in 1974, a 6.8 earthquake in China killed around 20,000. While other factors are involved, building standards primarily make that difference.
Builders seem to want to work to 'the minimum' standard.
The Heating in my son's first house did not feature heating on the upper floor, on the basis that heat rises. But the radiators on the g round floor did not allow for the larger volume from the upper floor. ("Ah, it's built to the government minium", as if that was an answer).
The first winter I had shovelled 8 tonnes of coal and coke yet I couldn't keep the bedrooms warmer than 10 C (50 F).
The new central heating systems paid for themselves in three years of use because the gas bill was so low compared to the cost of tonnes of coal.
When I was little my grandparents sold their farm and moved to a smaller house that had a coal furnace. I can still remember hearing Grandpa swearing in German as he shoveled and then stop to say: "Life's not fair. I spent 50 years being a farmer just to end up as a coal miner."
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My Granddad used to mutter something about being a 'bloody coal merchant' as he was cleaning the ash and stuff from the front-room fire in the morning.
Kind of like the mess that happens when you build a nice fire and go to fix a cup of tea only to discover ten minutes later you forgot to open the flue.
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Kind of like the mess that happens when you build a nice fire and go to fix a cup of tea only to discover ten minutes later you forgot to open the flue.
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