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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 11:28 am |
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Mornin' all.
Hope ever'body escaped the storms. That thunder went on an' on. Sounded like a war. Pappy started to have a Vietnam flashback, then I realized I was never in Vietnam. So, I decided to have a War on Poverty flashback...
It was horrible. The bills were all over me! I was alone at my desk with nuthin' but a cheap letter opener an' a checkbook with standard issue Bic ballpoint. Carcasses o' split open bill envelopes were strewn about from the ragin' battle. Still the bills kept comin' at me an' ever' one had my name on it! They came from all over, recruited 'specially with "Get Pappy" as their motto; mercenaries, paid assassins, professionals. The toughest was sent by a credit card bank out o' Atlanta, ol' Master Sarge Card they called him. He'd been tryin' to take me down fer yars. They sent some serious local talent from Duke Power an' Time Warner Cable too, but ol' Master Sarge Card was the bill I knew I'd hafta take out if I was gonna survive. He was usin' some o' that high-interest rate ammo. It makes a clean entrance wound but then that high interest starts workin' on you, eatin' away at you.
Well, suh, ol' Pappy stared at him down the clear plastic barrel o' that Bic ballpoint, took aim an' wrote a check fer the remainder o' the balance. "Account closed!" I yelled just as a maniacal coot cackle escaped from my throat! The shock o' reality hit ol' Sarge harder than the check did an' he went down hard. Pappy rated the thud factor of his impact at about a 8.5.
So what's fer breakfast? Hee hee!
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 11:37 am |
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I remember that Kallam/Ledbetter mess. Somebody sort o' went crazy that day it sounds like.
Y'all remember ol' Fritz Klinner?
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macca
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 12:16 pm |
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| Ooooohhh, yeah! Awful! And Crazy Weird!!! 'Course, I always remember it every time I see the "Bronco Lane" (or is it Road?) sign.... Sends shivers up and down my spine! Those poor innocent little boys.... How could a Mama do that rather than allow their Daddy time with 'em?
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FatPappy
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 12:29 pm |
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| I always think about the poor young'uns too.
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 12:59 pm |
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| I was working at the Doctor's office on 220 and looked out the window as this Bronco went by with a sheriff's car and a greensboro city police car in hot persuit. I went next door to talk to the pharmacist because back then we were still in the country and greensboro city police didn't usually come anywhere close. Heard the explosion.One of my daughters was working at Food Lion when all the police came in to buy garbage bags to put the pieces in. For years you would drive down 150 and see the dents in the pavement where the explosion had dented and left holes in the pavement. Now that was a bizarre story! Those two essentially wiped out her whole family except for the poor ex husband who had tried to get custody of the boys.
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 01:01 pm |
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| Pappy did you drink some of your special brew before retiring last night? We did get .8 of an inch of rain out of the storm.
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FatPappy
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 01:20 pm |
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DOGGETTJA wrote:
Pappy did you drink some of your special brew before retiring last night? We did get .8 of an inch of rain out of the storm.
Pappy did a little samplin' out o' curiosity is all.
I'm glad we got some rain outta all that racket.
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 01:46 pm |
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Good Mornin' everybody!
Pappy you deserve a Purple Heart for that Master Sarge story! Better than any yarn Charles Kuralt could spin!
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 01:50 pm |
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Well, looky yonder. The mini mana miner's back! Hee hee! Pappy's a little slow catchin' up.
Yeah, where is ol' Bubba? Salty came back an' now Bubba's done wandered off. Come to think on it, ain't heered from ol' Salty in awhile nuther. Salty, you ain't gnawed through yer rope ag'in have you?
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 01:56 pm |
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| Howdy, Crackah. Much obliged. I miss ol' Charles Kuralt.
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 02:11 pm |
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69,700+!!
70,000 by the end of today???? ♥♥♥
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 02:36 pm |
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I spent some time cleaning up the Forum today....for the most part those with last posting more than 30 days ago got relegated to the Forum Graveyard.
You can see them under Closed Topics, if there are any you want brought back, advise.
PS - It was tempting to say, if there are any you want brought back
a) File a complaint in triplicate, Pappy will review within 60 days
b) Send a check to my house, it's Adkins with a "d" and lot's of 0's after the number,
but that would have been really crass
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macca
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 02:44 pm |
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Good job, Steve-o! You can come on over to my house any time and help clear out the clutter!!! ♥♥♥
The pay's not real good, though. I guess that's why not much gets done about it! (Although I hear the payoff in the long run is terrific!) ♥♥♥
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 03:07 pm |
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69,800!
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 03:23 pm |
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Steve Adkins wrote: I spent some time cleaning up the Forum today....for the most part those with last posting more than 30 days ago got relegated to the Forum Graveyard.
Good Job Steve-O!
Whew! Glad we got the tumbleweeds outta Road Rage before Steve came thru!
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