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Jim Coats

Dear Mike L.

TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME!  You have it.

Cordially, Jim

P.S.  Sen. Robert Byrd (D) was GRAND CYCLOPS of the Ku Klux Klan (West Virginia).  BTW, the Democrats were the nucleus and power in the KKK.  Since you like going back in history, Joe Biden gave Sen. Byrd's eulogy.  At that time, the good ol' Klansman was the longest serving Senator in history.  Ain't it fun to dig up old crap that means nothing today?

AMERICA FIRST!!  SECURE THE BORDER!!  TERM LIMITS!!

Frank Wiley

Dear Brother Jim, We cannot use Cordially anymore because we are now Cord Free.  Celebrate that!!  It's one of the few Freedoms we have left!!  Remember when Trump was running for President and the former Governor of Iowa was telling Trump how great Chi (China) was, and how he  Chi (first 3 letters of China) went to U off Iowa and Chi could be trusted.  I knew it was Bull.  Although American Patriots flew against the Japanese trying to take over China---- China has never said, "Thank you".  In fact they have done the opposite!!  I have said before, they supplied war weapons to kill us in Vietnam!!!   It's time to wake up folks, until we get to the other alternative that we grew up with in the Warner Brothers Cartoons----------------"That's All Folk's"

Mike Lorts

DeSantis and Florida republicans are seeking to punish Disney because they think Disney is indoctrinating young people. They want to make Disney pay. back tax breaks Florida originally gave to Disney.

That would mean Biden can punish FOX because Mike Huckabee is promoting a booklet specifically geared to preschool kids promoting the glory of Trump. Maybe the FCC could pull its license.

Lets go all out in government overseeing private businesses.

Jim Coats

Another one bites the dust!  That's 3 "flying objects."  At least the mighty Canadians are looking into the third "object" shot down by an American F-22, this time in Canada.  America 3...."Bad guys" 0.

Mike L.  I think Huck has gone off the rails.  He must really need money.  He's getting weird.  First  Relaxium (NOT evaluated by the FDA...no thumbs up OR down).  At least drugs that HAVE passed muster by the FDA are required to tell you the 45 reasons NOT to take them because they will kill you.  And now a book for kids about Trump.  WTF??!!  I mute the TV when he comes on.  Happy?

AMERICA FIRST!!  SECURE THE BORDER!!  TERM LIMITS!!

Mike Lorts

Frank,

Germany and Japan are now two of our strongest allies. Vietnam, a place where you and your brethren spilled blood and lost lives is now in competition with China to be the largest source for furniture imports to the US. Its a changing world.

Jim Coats

Mr. Lorts.  Re: your post 9257.  Is there a point in there, Mike?  Or is it just a casual observation?  I have learned not to trust anything casual from you .  No offense, but you are a walking, talking tiger pit.

Michael Kelly

If China and Vietnam are the rising stars in Furniture then it must be that they grow a lot of Bamboo there so simple answer is get your own bamboo patch going, or make good furniture because Bamboo furniture falls apart and really doesn't last in a good ole Bar fight. 

As to Disney's demise, they did it to themselves, stepped on where Surgical Alteration probably saved them from additional pain and embarassment assuming they have enough of a sane mind left to be embarassed.

Seriously, Disney had themselves a Tax Free Empire and got so taken with themselves and their "Agendas" concerning politics and other anomalies, that they went off the Rails and tried to push Florida parents around. Not a very smart thing to do, and now their paying the price, literally. More "Calling Them Like You See Em" in necessary in this Country, we gotten to be way Too Collegial and left our backbone's at home. When China figures they can fly a slow rolling Balloon over the entire USA spying on our Defense Installations we are in Deep Trouble and  its time we paid attention and quit making excuses for derelicts and miscreants who call themselves Americans. 

I'm taking the Chiefs by 6. 

Bill RIHS

Back to earthquakes😁. I moved into my fraternity brother's parent's home after securing a job at SCE in downtown LA, 1st & Flower. Very gracious people while I got my feet on the ground to find a place to live. I graduated in January 1971 and this was the first part of January. The first mourning I woke up to my legs flying all over my bed and cabinet doors and drawers moving uncontrollably. My friends mom came running my room and said get in the bedroom doorway, which it did stumbling to keep my balance. The home I was staying in was/is in Glendora up on the mountain ranch above town. Well, me and everything else survived fine. After shocks continued through the day and for many days after. Well, time to report to my job in an old building in old downtown LA. First day, this hick from little Phoenix was a bit tense in the big city. Up comes this suspicious character who then said "give me money or I will cut your throat". I kept my eye on him and kept walking. Eventually he stopped and I continued to walked to work. So much for life in LA. Back to the earthquake; for about two weeks aftershocks continued. My office was on the first floor of a 8 or so floor building. The worry was that the older buildings might crumbling during any after shock. I will take heat and dust storms thank you.

Frank Wiley

Sunday Funnies--1. Financial Advisor to elderly couple.  "I've crunched the numbers and you have to decide who's going to wear the mask and who's going to drive the getaway car!"  2. Doctor to returning patient. "It's good to see you, I guess that medicine worked!"  3. Doctor to patient while both viewing X-Ray of patients stomach area.  "I'm going to have to open you up again. That watch has alot of sentimental value!"  4. Childhood injuries: A. Fell off my bike.  B. Fell out of a tree.  C. Twisted an ankle.      Senior injuries:  A. Slept wrong.  B. Sat to long.  C. Sneezed to hard.  5. I wasn't thinking yesterday.  I wore a red shirt to Target.  Long story short.  I'm covering for Debbie this coming Wednesday.  6. Yesterday I was thinking, "My Friday is going pretty well, until I realized it was Saturday.

Mike Lorts

Mike K,

A quick lesson in import/export economics. Currently we import much more than we export. Consequently we have a surplus of containers that need to be returned to the point of origin. There are thousands of empty containers on the docks. The shipping companies will sometimes fill them with sea water for ballast. China and Vietnam use American hardwood. They can ships container from Portland to China/Vietnam for less money than that I pay for a truck from Portland to Phoenix.

DeWitt Bacon

Here's some more humor for your SUNDAY Funday.

Sunday and Monday are in a fight. Who wins?
Sunday. Monday is a weak day. 

What do you call a barber that refuses to close on Sundays? 

A Hair-etic.

Why do hot dogs and Sundays go together so well?
Because that’s not the wurst thing for a day at the ballpark.

I took my car in for a service last Sunday. It was a hard job getting it through the Church door

Sunday was kinda sad. But the day before Sunday was a sadder-day.

An elderly couple go to church one Sunday. Halfway through the service, the wife leans over and whispers in her husband's ear, “I’ve just let out a silent fart. What do you think I should do?” The husband replies, “Put a new battery in your hearing aid.”

Jim Coats

Frank and DeWitt gave me some smiles and a few chuckles, so here's my contribution.  Hope you get some smiles.

I was asked what I look for in a relationship.  Apparently a "A Way Out" wasn't the right answer.

On our way to church, we asked our granddaughter why it's important to be quiet in church.  She said "Because there are people sleeping."

I wonder if the people paying $300 for a colon cleanse even know about Taco Bell's $4.99 deal?

I have found marriage very educational.  For example, I had no idea there was a wrong way to put milk in the fridge.

If vegetables are so good, explain to me why vegans are always trying to make them taste like meat?  Take your time.  I'll wait.

Our dog will eat literally anything....ANYTHING....until you put a pill in it.  Then he's Gordon Ramsey.

I discovered that answering the door naked helps deter trick-or-treaters.  Oh, here we go again...here's two dressed as policemen.

My kids and grandkids keep laughing about me losing my memory.  They won't be laughing when there are no eggs under the tree.

And finally:  Do women EVER sit back and think...."My man sure knows a lot.  Maybe I should just be quiet and listen to him?"

ENJOY THE SUPERBOWL!

Jim Coats

4th "Object" reported to be octagonal in shape shot down (By an F-16) over Lake Huron today.  Tell you what, why don't we recover it, give it some clothes, an I-Phone and a debit card and ship it to D.C., put the debris up in a fine hotel and register it to vote?

SECURE THE BORDER!!  WE'RE BEING INVADED FROM EVERY DIRECTION!!  AMERICA FIRST!!  TERM LIMITS!!

P.S.  The Star Spangled Banner ALWAYS hits me in the heart.  Chris Stapleton's version at the Super Bowl today was great.  I always hold my breath expecting singers to do the "look at me yodel" and ruin a perfect song, but NOT Stapleton.  One of the best EVER!  What was with the Black National Anthem before?  We have ONE National Anthem.  Period!

Michael Wetzel

A great Super Bowl game tonight, really enjoyed watching it... But, I had to sit through a horrible, disgusting, half time show. With a fat, pregnant, lip-synching weirdo, hanging from the rafters ! On top of that, she must have had crabs, because she kept scrathing her crotch, every couple of minutes. This included a  whole bunch of white costumed people, which looked as thou they were having epilepsy fits....Worst half time show I have ever witnessed !... They tried, but failed to compete with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performers................

Michael Kelly

Lorts, Thank you for the information. I wonder why that it costs less to ship Hardwood from Portland to Vietnam or China than it costs to Truck it from Portland to you? Do you have any idea why? Maybe it has to do with Fuel costs, since most Truck Drivers nowadays are independent contractors as the wages are less for the Trucking companies to pay. My understanding is that the Driver's pay for their Diesel Fuel and are reimbursed for it later. They can buy diesel fuel in Mexico for much less, but if they do and are caught, the Fine is Huge. Mexican Diesel has a dye in it and so it is readily detectable by the Border Authorities. Maybe in the USA we just have too much government regulation of the Shipping Industry and Manufacturing industry so that manufacturing is actually cheaper when the raw materials are shipped to countries who pay much less in wages, or use slave labor to manufacture goods that are imported here and sold for less than what is manufactured by Americans. Maybe our governments are just over regulating, and charging much higher taxes for American Corporations to manufacture goods in the USA, and that creates opportunity for the people who transfer their manufacturing processes elsewhere, then ship the finished goods back here to sell. I guess that is what you get when you "Make Evil Ccrporations pay their Fair Share". I don't begin to know as much as you do about manufacturing furniture, maybe you can come up with some ideas about how to even out the imbalance that has been created which you have outlined. What you describe sounds like an artificially created condition or contrivance, which certainly acts against American businesses such as yours. 

Mike Lorts

Mike K,

Because most of the containers returning to the point of origin are empty they either fill some of them with sea water or take a minimal revenue, such as American lumber to help offset the fuel expense. Like it or not we are living in a global economy.

Frank Wiley

Good jokes Gentleman!!  I wonder if all the cheering during the half time show was piped in.  I enjoyed the National Anthem way more than the Halftime show.  The tribute to Pat Tillman was special.  Philly fans are the worst.  They even booed the NFL Community Service Man of the Year-- Dak Prescott simply because he's a Cowboy.  Low Class!!

Greg Watkins

Michael Wetzel

Greg,

 Great researching, I loved your list. I remember everyone of them, from when they were stated by these nut jobs..............

DeWitt Bacon

Great humor, guys. Greg, those quotes might be funny if they weren't so true and pathetic. 

Just a thought, but I wonder if all these other balloons are just a distraction from the first one that was allowed to transverse our country over military installations to make Biden look good by shooting them down.

Greg Watkins

Greg Watkins

Frank Wiley

Last evening another Liberal made a stupid statement,  This time A.O.C. (Airhead On Christiananity) I'm paraphrasing.  "It's to bad whoever this group was that played the Jesus commercials during the Super Bowl wasted their money making fascism look good!"

Michael Kelly

Lorts  Re your 9268, yes, we do live in a Global Economy, and so how come our economy was in much better shape when Donald J. Trump was our President, even the Pandemic couldn't completely kill our economy. DIFFERENT SUBJECT: i have no Trust in Joe Biden and consider him to be capable of anything that keeps him in the money and out of trouble. I don't consider it coincidentat that all of a sudden we are shooting down "Spy Vehicles" hovering over the continental USA, and that the Federal Governmental has suddenly stripped Cochise County of the ability to use Balloons to observe the Border and desert areas to track movement of illegal aliens go unobserved crossing into the USA  by crossing the desert. This theoretically would allow increasing Volumes of Illegal Aliens to cross the desert at night without detection. The Cochise County Sheriff Daniels was on Fox News discussing this very subject today. Feb. 13, 2023.

Jim Coats

Smiles.

How to parallel park:  1)  Park somewhere else.

My super power is holding onto junk for years and then throwing it away one week before I need it.

GRAY PRIDE:  We're old....We're tired....Get off our lawn.

Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eye witness.  Mark Twain

Have a great day and watch out for "flying objects resembling anything from an octagon, to a tube to a sphere."   God knows what'll getcha.