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Post by andydp on Aug 6, 2024 12:55:04 GMT
Speaking of hurricanes:
Two things Florida can teach the other 49 states: how to make a good margarita and how to deal with the aftermath of a hurricane.
Tom Feeney
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Post by andydp on Aug 7, 2024 11:12:54 GMT
(Little) Debbie, the hurricane is in the area, so here's Weather Channel rule one:
The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.
Carl Hiaasen
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Post by andydp on Aug 8, 2024 11:37:49 GMT
I do have a chore schedule - in my mind. I don't tell anyone I have it, but its in my mind.
David Alan Basche
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Post by andydp on Aug 9, 2024 11:23:01 GMT
Keeping with the Olympic theme:
The potential for greatness lives within us all.
Wilma Rudolph
Couldn't resist posting this:
Aristotle compiled the first known comprehensive list of all winners of the Olympic Games. Which means that quite probably he was sat in a bar with Plato, muttering 'Go on then, give me any year you like and I'll tell you who won the four-man bobsleigh.'
Mark Steel
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Post by andydp on Aug 10, 2024 11:19:45 GMT
Following up on the Men's 400M relay:
People always step up and do things out of the ordinary at the Olympics.
Jason Lezak
Bonus find:
The most important thing about Olympics, of course, is the games and not the opening ceremony. It's weird the way it gets inverted sometimes.
Danny Boyle
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Post by goldenvalley on Aug 10, 2024 19:32:35 GMT
Bonus find: The most important thing about Olympics, of course, is the games and not the opening ceremony. It's weird the way it gets inverted sometimes.
Danny Boyle Once the games got going nobody but the professional agitators spent time talking about the opening ceremony. It became about Simone Biles and basketball and Katie Ledecky. |
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Post by andydp on Aug 12, 2024 11:35:34 GMT
There's no need to travel anywhere. Journey within yourself.
Rumi
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Post by andydp on Aug 13, 2024 13:47:49 GMT
Came across this little beauty about packing (for a trip):
The good husband finds method as efficient in the packing of fire-wood in a shed, or in the harvesting of fruits in the cellar, as in Peninsular campaigns or the files of the Department of State.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Post by Bact PhD on Aug 13, 2024 23:24:18 GMT
Came across this little beauty about packing (for a trip): The good husband finds method as efficient in the packing of fire-wood in a shed, or in the harvesting of fruits in the cellar, as in Peninsular campaigns or the files of the Department of State.
Ralph Waldo Emerson HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Chem PhD possesses many sterling attributes. Packing, either a suitcase or the trunk of a car, isn’t one of them. When it comes to packing for travel, yours truly is the “Space Engineer In Chief.” |
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Post by andydp on Aug 14, 2024 13:04:15 GMT
Part of my packing, is the selection of "healing waters" needed for the trip. I would find it hard to disagree with this person:
A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.
Albert Einstein
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Post by andydp on Aug 14, 2024 20:28:41 GMT
Came across this little beauty about packing (for a trip): The good husband finds method as efficient in the packing of fire-wood in a shed, or in the harvesting of fruits in the cellar, as in Peninsular campaigns or the files of the Department of State.
Ralph Waldo Emerson HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Chem PhD possesses many sterling attributes. Packing, either a suitcase or the trunk of a car, isn’t one of them. When it comes to packing for travel, yours truly is the “Space Engineer In Chief.” I call it "Trunk Tetris" |
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Post by andydp on Aug 15, 2024 12:31:35 GMT
Last night Aron Judge became the fastest player to hit 300 home runs. A word from a true guru of the sport:
Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
Yogi Berra
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Post by andydp on Aug 16, 2024 10:56:45 GMT
Finished a bunch of outside chores yesterday. Today I'm waxing Big Bird.
My favorite way of getting out of doing chores is by acting like I'm asleep. But it never works.
Devon Werkheiser
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Post by andydp on Aug 17, 2024 10:06:16 GMT
Club picnic today !!
There are few things so pleasant as a picnic eaten in perfect comfort.
W. Somerset Maugham
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Post by andydp on Aug 18, 2024 12:06:23 GMT
Getting down to the wire in "Caravan Packing" We leave about 0600 Wednesday AM.
I travel light; as light, that is, as a man can travel who will still carry his body around because of its sentimental value.
Christopher Fry
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Post by andydp on Aug 19, 2024 11:37:37 GMT
Caravan preparations continue:
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Post by andydp on Aug 20, 2024 11:25:37 GMT
We're leaving tomorrow so...
I don't know where we're going or how we'll get there, but when we get there we'll be there - and that's something, even if it's nothing.
S. J. Perelman
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Post by andydp on Sept 9, 2024 12:12:48 GMT
Despite it all, we're back !!
In life, it's not where you go, it's who you travel with.
Charles M. Schulz
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Post by andydp on Sept 10, 2024 11:24:40 GMT
A bit of philosophical thinking:
Get yourself out of the way, and let Joy have more space.
Rumi
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Post by andydp on Sept 11, 2024 13:13:46 GMT
After two days of concentrated car cleaning, I'm ready for rest:
Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.
George MacDonald
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Post by andydp on Sept 12, 2024 11:35:14 GMT
Club board meeting tonight:
I've searched all the parks in all the cities - and found no statues of Committees.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Post by goldenvalley on Sept 12, 2024 22:03:40 GMT
Club board meeting tonight: I've searched all the parks in all the cities - and found no statues of Committees.
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Post by andydp on Sept 13, 2024 10:33:47 GMT
Our forecast is for at least ten days of fantastic and sunny weather.
Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
Satchel Paige
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Post by andydp on Sept 14, 2024 10:41:14 GMT
Mixed emotions in Mudville: Yankees win: joy; Phillies lose: no joy. When it comes to baseball, one must consult with the all knowing:
Ninety percent of this game is half mental.
Yogi Berra
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Post by andydp on Sept 15, 2024 10:48:54 GMT
More car shows:
I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.
Steven Wright
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