Oh Len, those are gorgeous. You and Sue must have green thumbs. And speaking of green, I'm green with envy.
My apologies for high jacking this thread. This is my first day back after a long absence and already I'm misbehaving.
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- Wed Sep 09, 2015 6:10 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Good Thing On Kim Davis Case
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6427
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:53 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Good Thing On Kim Davis Case
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6427
Re: Good Thing On Kim Davis Case
It's been awhile hasn't it? No, I have no thoughts whatsoever about moving to NYC. Oh horrors! By now Len, I'd have thought that you'd come to your senses and come down here to the sunny South. Can you grow hibiscus up there? I've got a beauty with huge red blooms. I just ordered some of these: http...
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:42 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Good Thing On Kim Davis Case
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6427
Re: Good Thing On Kim Davis Case
Just who does this Kim Davis woman think she is that she can defy the Supreme Court? Why can't people just "live and let live"? Why does she think she has the right to force her religious beliefs on fellow human beings?
- Sat Feb 15, 2014 7:40 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Ice Storm To End All Ice Storms!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4328
Re: The Ice Storm To End All Ice Storms!
Ha! Good one Len!!!! You just gave me a taste of my own medicine.
- Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:10 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Ice Storm To End All Ice Storms!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4328
The Ice Storm To End All Ice Storms!
We've made it through the worst ice storm I can ever remember (and I used to live in Illinois) ! There are tree limbs that snapped off ice-laden trees everywhere. Lots of traffic lights out, but people were very orderly in taking turns crossing the intersections. But the worst part was that we were ...
- Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:32 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Weather
- Replies: 91
- Views: 16988
Re: The Weather
Len, you have my sympathies. We're in for another night of freezing rain, according to the Weather Chanel online. This is just about more than this Georgia girl can take! I need to be outside --- preferably in the sun. Scarcely a car has driven down our street. The mailman hasn't come. Everything ha...
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:16 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Weather
- Replies: 91
- Views: 16988
Re: The Weather
The local weatherman has predicted 1 to 1.25 inches accumulation of ice here!!!!!!
- Wed Jan 29, 2014 1:09 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Income Inequality
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5075
Re: Income Inequality
John, I agree with you completely. That's why I started the post noting that facts can be manipulated and massaged to support any kind of argument.
- Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:28 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Income Inequality
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5075
Income Inequality
Facts are interesting things. They can be manipulated and massaged to prove just about anything you want to prove. Take Income Inequality. I've read so many articles about how that inequality has been increasing. But here's an article that presents the subject in a new light: Debunking the top three...
- Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:08 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Weather
- Replies: 91
- Views: 16988
Re: The Weather
A little off-topic, but I noticed that Len's location is listed as New York City. Len, I thought you lived in New Jersey?????
- Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:05 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Weather
- Replies: 91
- Views: 16988
Re: The Weather
We got SNOW overnight. And not just a dusting of the white stuff. Some real snow. Since we here in the south don't know how to deal with that, there are lots of school closings and cancellations of meetings etc. You northern types would probably laugh.
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:29 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Ten years on CMG
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8236
Re: Ten years on CMG
John, you're a valuable contributor to our little band of Pubsters.
Hope we'll all be here for another 10 years.
Hope we'll all be here for another 10 years.
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 12:06 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Can Justice Be Obtained in Syria?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1639
Can Justice Be Obtained in Syria?
Can Assad really be brought to justice? And what would actually constitute justice for the horrific tortures and murders of so many Syrians? What should be a realistic goal for the U.S. concerning Syria? And how do we achieve that goal? See article below for update on Syria: Syrian genocide needs ju...
- Sat Jan 25, 2014 4:56 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Sochi
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3378
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:00 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Sochi
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3378
Sochi
Instead of focusing on the athletes who have devoted so much of their lives to perfecting their sport, we are mostly concerned about whether the games will be held without a terrorist incident. Doesn't it seem like Sochi was a poor choice for the Winter Olympics? Too close to Chechnya and other hots...
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:48 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Weather
- Replies: 91
- Views: 16988
Re: The Weather
Even here in Georgia, the temperatures have been dipping down into the teens overnight. Brrrrrr! To this Georgia Girl, that feels like the North Pole (even though I'm an Illinois transplant).
Go Away Polar Vortex !!!
Go Away Polar Vortex !!!
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:44 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Want you to know of my mother's passing
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10236
Re: Want you to know of my mother's passing
John, I am so sorry to hear of your loss. It is terribly hard to lose a mother, especially one that you have been so close to. You have been a good son and I'm sure she must have appreciated it very much. My thoughts are with you. BTW, I think it is quite appropriate on this forum to share some of t...
- Sat Jan 11, 2014 3:43 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Would You Want To Be.........
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3695
Would You Want To Be.........
....kept alive IN A COMA FOR EIGHT YEARS? I just read that Ariel Sharon has died after being in a coma for eight years. This is a travesty in my opinion. Would Sharon have wanted that to happen? Who did this to him? If you don't have a written document stating that you don't want this to happen to y...
- Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:24 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Weather
- Replies: 91
- Views: 16988
Re: The Weather
Like I keep saying, ya'll need to move to the South! I'm feeling really sorry for the folks in this Blizzard:
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01 ... storm?lite
Hope everyone is safe and warm.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01 ... storm?lite
Hope everyone is safe and warm.
- Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:19 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Banning words
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7113
Re: Banning words
Did Mylie Cyrus take a selfie while twerking?
- Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:10 pm
- Forum: Films & Movies & Their Music
- Topic: Golden Globe Nominations
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7311
Golden Globe Nominations
http://www.deadline.com/2013/12/golden-globe-awards-2014-nominations-full-list/ 2013 has not been a banner year for going to the movies, as far as I'm concerned. We did see American Hustle and thoroughly enjoyed it. Christian Bale, who was unrecognizable in this film, did a terrific job! Any thought...
- Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:35 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: 3 year old Adonis Ortiz survives first 5 organ transplant
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1789
Re: 3 year old Adonis Ortiz survives first 5 organ transplan
I love that story. Thanks for posting it.
And the little guy's first name fits ---- he is quite the handsome young man!
And the little guy's first name fits ---- he is quite the handsome young man!
- Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:21 am
- Forum: CMG Review of Books
- Topic: "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7027
Re: "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher"
I just read in the Key Reporter that Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher won the Phi Beta Kappa "Ralph Waldo Emerson" award. Here's the quote that accompanied the announcement of the award: "In Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher , Timothy Egan tells the riveting, cinematic story behind the most famou...
- Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:16 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Weather
- Replies: 91
- Views: 16988
Re: The Weather
Here are some fascinating weather-related photos from the past year.
http://www.weather.com/news/science/wea ... 3-20131216
Sorry about the annoying adds.
http://www.weather.com/news/science/wea ... 3-20131216
Sorry about the annoying adds.
- Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:10 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Weather
- Replies: 91
- Views: 16988
Re: The Weather
Oh what a bunch of pansies! Heat builds character.
And Len the Gardener, I guess up there in that northern air, you have shorter growing seasons.
And Len the Gardener, I guess up there in that northern air, you have shorter growing seasons.
- Wed Dec 11, 2013 3:27 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Weather
- Replies: 91
- Views: 16988
Re: The Weather
Yes, even you jbuck can come.
- Wed Dec 11, 2013 3:01 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Weather
- Replies: 91
- Views: 16988
Re: The Weather
Well Len, my Yankee friend, (from a former Yankee), all you need to do is hire a moving van and move down here to the sunny South. You would love it! I do. I've never given one thought to moving back to Illinois. Come on down.
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- Sun Dec 08, 2013 2:52 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Weather
- Replies: 91
- Views: 16988
The Weather
I feel really sorry for all those people who have been hit by ice storms. We have a relative that lives in Plano (suburb of Dallas). She reports that several of her tree limbs are so coated with ice that they have partially broken off. Guess she'll have to get somebody to saw them down. The upside i...
- Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:02 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Fifty years after the assassination...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9440
Re: Fifty years after the assassination...
John (jbuck), I think it will be a long, long time before this nation stops remembering John F. Kennedy's assassination. As to Lincoln's assassination, there was no Zapruder film and countless photos of the event. This sad event in Dallas was immediately brought into every living room --- the handso...
- Tue Nov 19, 2013 7:54 pm
- Forum: CMG Review of Books
- Topic: "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7027
Re: "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher"
John, I think you will really enjoy the book! Curtis particularly detested Christian missionaries. These "good souls" were constantly trying to put an end to the "pagan" and "barbaric" rituals that native Americans had practiced for centuries. For instance, the Hopi Snake Dance (the one that Curtis ...
- Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:29 am
- Forum: CMG Review of Books
- Topic: "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7027
Re: "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher"
I will post more from this terrific book if I think there might be even one person interested in hearing more.
- Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:24 am
- Forum: CMG Review of Books
- Topic: "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7027
"Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher"
A great biography of Edward S Curtis, who devoted a lifetime to photographing the American Indians, written by Timothy Egan. The story is both inspiring and yet touched with a melancholy sense of loss. Inspiring is the story of how the son of a dirt poor preacher and veteran of the Civil War became ...
- Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:26 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Lest We Forget
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1623
Lest We Forget
In all the uproar caused by Edward Snowden's activities and by the eavesdropping on Angela Merkel's cell phone, we in America and western Europe can be grateful that we don't live under these conditions: China to stamp out Dalai Lama's 'propaganda' in Tibet By Ben Blanchard, Reuters BEIJING -- China...
- Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:56 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Look Who Came To Breakfast
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2347
Re: Look Who Came To Breakfast
Yuck! That IS a lousy breakfast!
What's for dinner??? Two oyster crackers and half an apple?
No wonder you enjoy eating out.
What's for dinner??? Two oyster crackers and half an apple?
No wonder you enjoy eating out.
- Fri Nov 01, 2013 2:45 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Look Who Came To Breakfast
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2347
- Thu Oct 31, 2013 3:38 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: "America's Ugliest Campuses"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4952
"America's Ugliest Campuses"
Whoever came up with this list must need glasses. I find some of the buildings pictured to be rather attractive. John (jbuck), there's one you might care to comment about.
http://www.travelandleisure.com/article ... e-campuses
http://www.travelandleisure.com/article ... e-campuses
- Wed Oct 30, 2013 10:51 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Is Your Cholesterol Too Low?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4753
Is Your Cholesterol Too Low?
This ought to help:
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/philly- ... d=20718440
This looks and sounds nauseating. If I'm going to forget about cholesterol worries, I at least want to enjoy the food I'm eating! Statin drugs can only do so much.
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/philly- ... d=20718440
This looks and sounds nauseating. If I'm going to forget about cholesterol worries, I at least want to enjoy the food I'm eating! Statin drugs can only do so much.
- Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:49 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: When A Crisis Arises, Call A Woman To Handle It
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1846
When A Crisis Arises, Call A Woman To Handle It
Yep, we women seem to be uniquely qualified to handle the tough cases. I believe that more frequently than ever before, women will take control ---- and the world will be a better place for it! http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/11/opinion/rosin-women-in-charge/index.html?hpt=hp_t4 Read it and weep you guys!
- Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:45 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: When A Crisis Arises, Call A Woman
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1602
When A Crisis Arises, Call A Woman
Yep, we women seem to be uniquely qualified to handle the tough cases. I believe that more frequently than ever before, women will take control ---- and the world will be a better place for it! http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/11/opinion/rosin-women-in-charge/index.html?hpt=hp_t4 Read it and weep you guys!
- Mon Oct 07, 2013 12:50 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: A Topic Other Than Politics
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2826
A Topic Other Than Politics
What would be your top five destinations that are especially exotic/interesting. Looking for something other than the usual spots like Paris, London etc. Here's a starter list that I ran across: http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/5-trips-were-into-this-year/?CID=outbrain_lifestyle_5ttripsthisye...
- Sun Sep 29, 2013 1:48 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Obamacare
- Replies: 44
- Views: 5170
- Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:56 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Obamacare
- Replies: 44
- Views: 5170
Re: Obamacare
OK my liberal friends, can we all agree on these two points????? 1) NOBODY REALLY KNOWS HOW OBAMACARE WILL PLAY OUT. It's a situation of "having to pass the bill so we'll know what's in it", so to speak. (With thanks to Nancy Pelosi) 2) THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH. Either federal taxes (wh...
- Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:54 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Obamacare
- Replies: 44
- Views: 5170
Re: Obamacare
I fully agree with you that some Republicans are behaving badly! The extreme partisanship is getting nauseating. Ted Cruz is just horrid! If more Republicans were like McCain the situation in Washington would be a lot better. It is also necessary that Democrats meet their opposite number half way. A...
- Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:03 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Obamacare
- Replies: 44
- Views: 5170
Re: Obamacare
Why are you afraid to look at the problems mentioned in the article? They are real and they are already happening. I have already admitted up front that some people will benefit from the new health care law. Can you not see that, as with most things in life, there will be both an upside and a downsi...
- Sat Sep 28, 2013 4:26 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Obamacare
- Replies: 44
- Views: 5170
Re: Obamacare
Well Chalkperson, did you actually read the article or did you just decide that it wasn't worth your time because it had the word "lied" in it? Yes, the article contains merely anecdotal accounts from various individuals, but I find these stories worrisome. In the coming months and years, we'll get ...
- Sat Sep 28, 2013 4:07 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Obamacare
- Replies: 44
- Views: 5170
Obamacare
I guess it depends on your situation as to whether you will be helped or hurt by Obamacare. Certainly people with pre-existing conditions will be helped. People younger than 26 year of age will be helped in that they can stay on their parents medical insurance. But I've been reading a lot of article...
- Fri Sep 20, 2013 4:05 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: What's With Pope Francis?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4032
What's With Pope Francis?
One minute he's sounding like big changes are coming in terms of Catholic beliefs. Then he throws cold water on that idea. He wants to welcome Catholics back into the fold who believe in abortions, gay rights etc. But then he states that Catholic doctrine hasn't changed. Are priests going to continu...
- Wed Sep 18, 2013 3:23 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Anybody Need A True Story That.....
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1589
Anybody Need A True Story That.....
.... will make you feel uplifted? It might also make you realize that your problems might not be all that bad. I'm posting this because the article is about a fellow Georgia Girl and I'm so very proud of her: http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/09/18/aimee-copeland-flesh-eating-bacteria-survivor-bioni...
- Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:42 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Honey it's for you: It's the Pope.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1596
Re: Honey it's for you: It's the Pope.
The Pope is quite a guy! Although I'm not Catholic, I'm beginning to have more and more respect for him. Now if he would just approve birth control, he'd be accomplishing a great deal.
- Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:37 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Attack on Syria within days...
- Replies: 228
- Views: 32945
Re: Attack on Syria within days...
Who thinks we will get all (or most of) Assad's chemical weapons?
Will some of the team that will be going to Syria to accomplish this end up getting killed by one side or the other in the civil war? Apparently neither side is exactly overjoyed with the deal made by the U.S. and Russia.
Will some of the team that will be going to Syria to accomplish this end up getting killed by one side or the other in the civil war? Apparently neither side is exactly overjoyed with the deal made by the U.S. and Russia.