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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    No God, No Master. Decent story regarding Sacco and Vanzetti and the Palmer raids, but William Flynn probably would not have survived to lead the Bureau of Investigation sermonizing to his superiors as shown in this movie. Too much was crammed into a relatively short run time. Should have picked...
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    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Bob I don't even want to know how much you didn't pay for that coat.
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    The Decline and Fall of the Funnies

    Yes I do. Our local daily dropped most of the good comics some years ago to cut costs. The good comic section here came from the Sunday Peoria Journal Star, but it is suffering as well. As a kid I would swipe the funny papers and lay on the living room floor to read them. It would be a much...
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    Richard Overton, Oldest US veteran, dies at 112

    Indeed.
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    Vintage roadside

    Some things never change. Still plenty of bad coffee out there to make you appreciate the good. Only the price of the slop increases.
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    Vintage Interiors

    I love this picture. I remember the last of the post offices in little towns in grocery and or hardware stores. My great aunt and uncle ran the PO in their house. There was a heavy door in the living room that went into the post office. Sadly, like both of them, the post office and house are...
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    Today in History

    ^^^ There is no petty like rich people petty.
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    Cost to make a pair of Goodyear-welted shoes

    I can't answer your question directly, but my American made Red Wing 953 everyday common boots retail around 200 so that pretty much answers the part about charging what the market will bear for a trendy pair of boots. The 953s are obviously profitable at that price point and I seriously doubt...
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    Clean Jokes

    ^^^ Maybe his sensory ring will make better contact now. :p (Old SNL conehead reference for those who didn't watch the show.)
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    Today in History

    It has been a while since I've heard it, but the announcement that Hitler was dead was delivered in exactly this manner. He prefaced it with "I am about to give you a news flash" delivered in the exact same tone of voice. You might have expected some tiny amount of detectable emotion in that...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    In my lifetime I don't believe I have witnessed any national news that could be judged truly "fair and balanced". I'm not sure as long as humans are involved that it is possible. Uncle Walter was supposedly the most trusted man in America in his day, but he had his issues. What passes for news...
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    Etsy Vintage Watches.

    I can't help with identifying fake watches, but you are wise to be leery. An unrelated interest I have has developed a larger number of items available in the last few years than what seems likely to have originally been produced or at least likely to have survived in good condition. Hmm...
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    Vintage roadside

    Clipped from farcebook.
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    The Agents of F.L.A.S.K.

    That's about 60 miles east of me. That's not the first claimed giant bird sighting over there. Also seem to recall a Nessie like creature supposedly sighted in Peoria Lake.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    European water use is different than it is in the U.S. Tankless heaters cost substantially more and require regular maintenance. They will also require gas or electric service upgrades for most people since they use extremely high energy levels while they are on. You can't defeat physics. It...
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    Old gas stations

    Or at least a major award.
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    Deco Deliveries

    ^^^ Beats a Prius all hollow.
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    Vintage roadside

    Our last A&W was in a convenience store. It wasn't the same as the real A&W and didn't last long. ALL of the combination joints I have ever been in suck. Our local one is a KFC and Long John Silver. Awful. Brings out the worst of both. A ways down the road was a KFC Taco Bell. Awful. Only the...
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    Democracy

    And this from C.S. Lewis. "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies, The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point...
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    Democracy

    ^^^ Here is the other half. It somewhat changes the point. "It is impossible indeed to prevent such meetings, by any law which either could be executed, or would be consistent with liberty and justice. But though the law cannot hinder people of the same trade from sometimes assembling...

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