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a comedy of errors. don't know which was worse - the throw or the runner missing the plate. least the catcher was on the ball, pun intended.

Quote from Trillium: “We're heading (driving) to New Orleans tomorrow for Mardi Gras and spending a few days in Nashville on the way back. If anyone has any suggestions, particularly in regard to Nashville or Baton Rouge, I'd appreciate them. Our daughter has prepared an exhaustive excel schedule of what we'll be doing the entire time we're in NOLA. My only assignment was to find a church that we would attend on Sunday and Ash Wednesday. Reason for Baton Rouge is that is where she is flying into…

Quote from jimmyjam: “Quote from chief: “Quote from Astro: “Where is Sam Moore? ” it's a couple of miles south of bears den. i passed by it in 2000, but didn't stop so i never saw the privy. ” I left my mark there a couple of years ago. ” hehe! that day i was bound and determined to make it to bears den to get some ben and jerrys. completely off topic - i did get my ice cream at bears den and decided to stay the night. the place was pretty much full so i tented in their side yard. pretty good ni…

Quote from Astro: “Where is Sam Moore? ” it's a couple of miles south of bears den. i passed by it in 2000, but didn't stop so i never saw the privy.

Quote from max.patch: “i believe the southern terminus of the appalachian trail should be changed to amicalola falls state park for several reasons. and while the ATC isn't quite ready to endorse my opinion, they are recommending that thru hikers begin their hike at AFSP rather than at springer mountain. appalachiantrail.org/home/comm…0n4ZCP1UHTdlQ4gExtWqkb0-0 ” really just an opinion. notice it's listed under "community" menu. no need to hike the approach trail, unless you want to.

Quote from odd man out: “Quote from Astro: “Quote from odd man out: “Quote from chief: “Quote from odd man out: “In the Netherlands they are building a highway infrastructure just for bikes. Makes sense for the Netherlands. Years ago we were in Groningen and saw a parking lot at the train station with easily a few thousand bicycles. citylab.com/transportation/201…y-built-for-bikes/531246/ ” wonder how they intend to pay for the "bike highway". just another euro socialist project or do cyclists p…

Quote from odd man out: “In the Netherlands they are building a highway infrastructure just for bikes. Makes sense for the Netherlands. Years ago we were in Groningen and saw a parking lot at the train station with easily a few thousand bicycles. citylab.com/transportation/201…y-built-for-bikes/531246/ ” wonder how they intend to pay for the "bike highway". just another euro socialist project or do cyclists pay license fees and such?

Quote from IMScotty: “Not gonna go for pure lard WHO, but using it as the glue in an 'energy bar' would perhaps make it palatable. I think I just described pemmican. I guess the Native Americans knew what they were doing when they were on the trail... ” pemmican - i think that's why they called it the trail of tears.

Quote from max.patch: “if you're a juror on a murder trial, you're not supposed to read news articles about the case. but if you do, you really shouldn't post about it on facebook. unless, of course, you want to get dismissed. ” not to mention a potential mistrial. I was juror on a murder trial years ago. There was a lady who told the judge her religion wouldn't allow her to judge others, judge said his position wouldn't allow him to let her off so easy. she served along with the rest of us. whe…

I like a variety of weather (except bitter cold with ice, snow, etc.). I'm okay with cloudy and rainy, good thing because they tell me this area of Lower Alabama receives more rain than even Seattle (no reason to doubt that it's raining right now with scattered sunshine).

Quote from Astro: “On one had you have to admire Belichick and New England for all of the success they have had. But unfortunately on the other hand like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens there is always that nagging question of where greatness ended and the cheating took over. ” no nagging question here. i leave that to the cry babies.

Quote from Traffic Jam: “Quote from chief: “Quote from Traffic Jam: “Quote from chief: “Quote from Traffic Jam: “I had a nice walk today as I explored House Mountain just outside Knoxville. Not many actual miles to add to my (still nonexistent) 2019 Mileage List. It was only 3 miles of hiking but about 20 miles for the smileage list! It was amazing to hike up to the ridge and sit for a while, listening to the sleet, gazing at the view with a thermos of coffee by my side and cheese, pepperoni, an…

Quote from Traffic Jam: “Quote from chief: “Quote from Traffic Jam: “I had a nice walk today as I explored House Mountain just outside Knoxville. Not many actual miles to add to my (still nonexistent) 2019 Mileage List. It was only 3 miles of hiking but about 20 miles for the smileage list! It was amazing to hike up to the ridge and sit for a while, listening to the sleet, gazing at the view with a thermos of coffee by my side and cheese, pepperoni, and bagel chips for lunch. Hiking in winter is…

Quote from Traffic Jam: “I had a nice walk today as I explored House Mountain just outside Knoxville. Not many actual miles to add to my (still nonexistent) 2019 Mileage List. It was only 3 miles of hiking but about 20 miles for the smileage list! It was amazing to hike up to the ridge and sit for a while, listening to the sleet, gazing at the view with a thermos of coffee by my side and cheese, pepperoni, and bagel chips for lunch. Hiking in winter is wonderful. The House Mountain natural area …

Quote from max.patch: “RIP james ingram 66 y/o. and to make this hiking related, i heard this song quite often on the radio during my thru on the small radio i bought at a drugstore in erwin. youtube.com/watch?v=Smc5FHbZtG4 lol -- with the dark hair, bangs, and glasses linda ronstadt at the beginning of the video is really putting out a zooey deschanel vibe! ” given that zooey deschanel was about 5 or 6 years old when that song was recorded, it's more like zooey deschanel was putting on a linda …

Quote from Drybones: “I'll be glad when Netflix increases my bill...just waiting for an excuse to leave them...considering dropping Prime as well...already have done away with abc, cbs, nbc, cnn....I keep going I'll have to start reading again. ” i already got rid of netflix, the rest, about the same as you. these days, if it weren't for football or baseball i would never turn on the tv.

Quote from Astro: “Donham’s First Law of Censorship,“Most citizens are implacably opposed to censorship in any form — except censorship of whatever they personally happen to find offensive” ” i would add, many citizens oppose "censorship noise" when a private entity or individual refuses to spread what they feel is "garbage" or is against their policy, that includes big corporations like CBS. instead vote with your dollars or viewership, save the censorship argument for governments where it belo…

Quote from max.patch: “conversations with a killer: the ted bundy tapes netflix documentary -- 100 hours of taped interviews on death row with ted bundy condensed into 4 episodes of close to an hour each. growing up in florida i remember his murders at the sorority at florida state, but there was a whole lot that happened i earlier that i either didn't know or had forgotten with the passage of time. didn't know he escaped. twice. not a date movie -- but extremely interesting. youtube.com/watch?v…

Quote from IMScotty: “Quote from max.patch: “this is the medical marijuana ad that CBS rejected for the super bowl. youtube.com/watch?v=j4GpGHgOHAk ” The networks, Google, Facebook, the and elites controls and curate what we are allowed to view, consider and believe. The level of censorship that is going on should frighten all Americans. ” doesn't frighten me, it's a private company deciding whose money they'll take according to their own reasons. probably hundreds of ads that don't get aired du…

Quote from Drybones: “Made some really good burgers last night: 1 lb lean meat 1 jalopeno diced 1 thick slice of large onion diced left over mushrooms from last night chopped 1 tbs minced garlic bread crumbs 1 egg ” i could get used to burgers like that!