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Archives of Old Kudos and Whiners

September 2005

Friday September 30, 2005
Free flood insurance. So if they are going to reimburse those in the Gulf without flood insurance, does that mean that we don't have to buy it anymore? Will the government pay for our flood damage anyway?
Just curious. The guy's email who submitted the personal ad looking for a physical relationship shared the same email address as the writer who wrote "controversial" postings that some called racist. I look at email addresses when Ed. posts them because it helps me identify who is who on here. Now, I'm not Sherlock Holmes but could this same person be writing postings that allegedly come from women who responded to that same personal ad? Just something that made me go, "hmmmm."
Correction. Re: Robert "Marty" Wilkinson.  Services will be held next door to the Catholic church at the Dean Lopez bldg. (memorial gardens) on Big Pine Key at 2:00 p.m. Oct 1.
Re: Sad, divorced man. You know, you have to let go of things that were. Be thankful they were, but don't pine for them being gone. This is your life, make it count for something. I was my own boss all my life, I had a house on the water with 3 boats in the back yard, I had 4 children (now I have 3). Whining does no good. This is your only chance, use it to leave this world a better place.
I saw a white, plastic cooler on the side of the road near Cocoanuts the other night when I was running. It looked like the top was missing and there weren't bungee cords. It was the type fishermen use on boats. I heard you on Bizz Bazz the other day talking about the same cooler. Why don't you just buy a new one? It didn't sound like you lost anything in it except sodas. Was there something else in it that makes a $40 cooler worth finding and returning?
To self-employed and successful business person.  Keep your chin up and don't even think of anything but what you have done since she left you and that's, live.  If you made it before you can make it again.  You like fishing, get a small boat and learn the water and charter fish.  You like to play music, do it alone or find another lover of music and start a LLC or DBA and play music for party's.  You can do it and what you need to remember more than anything is that God put you here to live not to die. 

Writing your feelings is a wonderful act and I only hope the people of this web site will give you encouragement to continue on the successful path that you have prior to your loss.  Remember to volunteer in an area you have interest; or join a church of choice and find activities that people gather.  You have done well in your life and you still can...please try.  If a church is not your choice there are several organizations to help out at from Big Pine to Key West.  Get out make friends and you will heal.


With the Sun producing 100 Billion Candle Power of sunlight, it's bad enough cars are driving around with headlights on, but when Waste Management trucks have their high beams on, it's too much. Same goes for the damn school buses.  They're only making life miserable and burning fuel.
The year's best [actual] headlines of 2004:
-Crack Found on Governor's Daughter [Imagine that!]
-Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus? [Not if I wipe thoroughly!]
-Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over [What a guy!]
-War Dims Hope for Peace -[I can see where it might have that effect!]
-Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures [Who would have thought!]
-Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges ! [You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?]
-Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge [He probably IS the battery charge!]
-New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group [Weren't they fat enough?!]
-Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft [That's what he gets for eating those beans!]
-And the winner is: Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead

Re: "Not everybody here lives in a bar". This is true, because most of us Pinies can't afford to, so we grow our own fun!
Dear Ed. Your comment about the Casanova resubmitting his personal ad for all of us unloved Pinettes was priceless! One has to wonder though, is this guy using protection?
(Ed: Yes. Didn't you read what that lady said about his gun?)
White Cooler. What's the big deal about loosing a stupid cooler. Go buy another one. Big deal.
Re: Bacon grease.That's one big butt! Guiness book of world records for sure!


This morning I awoke to an aura.  A distinctive atmosphere nearly luminous in its emanations.  I perceived a vile presence reminiscent of a troubled period in the past.  There was a sense of hostility and anger in the air and a miasma of bitterness, callousness, disrespect, vexation and tastelessness.  I searched for the source and realized that it was pervasive and wide spread.  Then I came to the understanding that it is seasonal.  The Jerseyites are baaaaaak!
Did everybody hear how Rudy Krause got beat up?
To: Gave up on marriage. My marriage, too, suffered since coming here. We have only been here for a year and a half. I remember the reason we came here, he seems to be too caught up in "another world". It seems that this place has some sort of mesmerizing effect on some people. Being from Florida, I know that coconut palms are no big deal, nor are bougainvilleas, or iguanas. The laid back style here it fine if you are retired or make good money, but for the average person, it is just an excuse for being flat out lazy. Granted, we are further south, which makes it more difficult to work long hours in the hot sun. My husband seems to have forgotten everything we ever talked about. He is on "Keys time." Well, now it is his own time as I am divorcing him and returning to the mainland. He is retired alone.
Radar reports have indicated that a large wave of snowbirds has been located on the interstate south of Ohio. This wave is headed in a southerly direction at sustained speeds up to 50 mph. Computer models all converge on a cone of probability leading directly to the Florida Keys. The speed is expected to increase in the next few days as the wave encounters warmer asphalt.  When the wave hits 60 mph on the Homer-Simpson Scale, we will officially have our first Hemorrhoid-cane of the winter season. It will be named Arnold.
Re: Casanova. It was me who wrote in last week about answering the Let's Hook Up ad and suggested that my new, as she called it, email buddy answer it too. I was crushed to see the ad was removed the same day she told her story here. I am happy for two things now. The first one is that I did answer the ad and receive the confidence booster I very much needed. The second one was that I made a new friend when she emailed me and I am glad she answered it and had the same confidence boost I needed. She and I have become friends over this. We are planing to go out for drinks. Hmmmmm, guess what the topic of conversation will most likely be?

I didn't go into as much detail about the physical part as she did in her letter, but trust me ladies, everything she said is true and more. Wow! I had forgotten what it was like to have a guy treat me like a person rather than a posession or sex toy. My marrage and bedroom life was all one way. Me making him happy and him laying back while giving me nothing in return. My ex-hubby used to say it was a give and take relationship. He was right, he wanted me to give every time and him take every time. Not that I mind giving, but a girl has to receive once in a while too. God I hope the jerk I was married to is reading this.

Anyway Ladies, if he does not re-post his ad and email address, email me keysgirly@hotmail.com  and I will pass it on to you. I would add it to this posting, but wouldn't do that without him telling me to. When I wrote in about my experience I had several guys email me asking for a date. Guys, I appreciate the offer but please refrain. If I want an email date I will place my own personal ad. That may happen soon now that my first personal ad experience was such a very enjoyable one in so many ways.




I have fallen in love with the bacon grease girl you pictured yesterday. Any chance of "hooking up" with her? Where does she hang out? What a hottie!
When are they going to export more Big Pine Key Deer to Cudjoe and the rest of the Keys. They're delious with apple butter!
Re: "In God we Trust."  Can you be quiet now?  Haven't we got more to worry about?
Just click here and listen up.. the_duel
Cassanova Himself. I am the guy who placed the "Hook Up" classified ad.  First, thank you to the two women who wrote in complimenting me.  I am glad we were able to get together and glad you had a good time. I had a great time as well and would love to see either of you again. I enjoyed every minute. My second thank you is to the editor for pointing out that the ad was cleaned out.  I have put it back in today.  I tried to remember it word for word.  It might not be the same but the message is. I hope to meet many of the ladies in the Keys.  We can never have enough friends and if more comes from it that will great.  Drop me an email to say hello.  It just might be fun.
BPK Funny Fridays... Because there's nothing funny about Mondays. Not a damn thing.

I don't kill flies, but I like to mess with their minds. I hold them above globes. They freak out and yell "Whooa, I'm way too high!" –Bruce Baum

I don't know what's wrong with my television set. I was getting C-Span and the Home Shopping Network on the same station. I actually bought a congressman.
–Bruce Baum

~USA Today has come out with a new survey: Apparently three out of four people make up 75 percent of the population.
~Dick Cheney said he was running again. He said his health was fine, 'I've got a doctor with me 24 hours a day.' Yeah, that's always the sign of a man in good health, isn't it?
~Don't forget it's daylight savings time. You spring forward, then you fall back. It's like Robert Downey Jr. getting out of bed.
~Everyone has this sense of togetherness right now. For example, one guy on the subway today, he wanted to share my pants.
–David Letterman

~The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face
~If you ever reach total enlightenment while you're drinking a beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose.
~If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."
~I wish I had a Kryptonite cross, because then you could keep both Dracula AND Superman away.
~Instead of a Seeing Eye dog, what about a gun? It's cheaper than a dog, plus if you walk around shooting all the time, people are going to get out of the way. Cars, too!
–Jack Handey

~For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier...I put them in the same room and let them fight it out.
~I saw a close friend of mine the other day... He said, "Stephen, why haven't you called me?" I said, "I can't call everyone I want. My new phone has no five on it." He said, "How long have you had it?" I said, "I don't know... my calendar has no sevens on it."
~I installed a skylight in my apartment...The people who live above me are furious.
~In my house there's this light switch that doesn't do anything. Every so often I would flick it on and off just to check. Yesterday, I got a call from a woman in Germany. She said, "Cut it out."
~My house is made out of balsa wood, so when I want to scare the neighborhood kids I lift it over my head and tell them to get out of my yard or I'll throw it at them.
– Steven Wright

A stutter isn't an impediment, it's suspense. "What's he gonna say? Car or carnival? ...Carburetor? Man..." –Demetri Martin

The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades." –Demetri Martin

I like clothes, you know. I dig fabrics. One of my favorite clothing patterns is camouflage. Because when you're in the woods it makes you blend in. But when you're not it does just the opposite. It's like, 'Hey, there's an a**hole.' But when you're in the woods you're like, 'Is there an a**hole out here?'" –Demetri Martin

If hooking a car battery up to a monkey's brain will help find the cure for AIDS and save somebody's life, I have two things to say ... the red is positive and the black is negative. –Nick DiPaolo

Candy Corn is the only candy in the history of America that's never been advertised. And there's a reason. All of the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911.
–Lewis Black

They've gotta stop reporting wind chill, that's nonsense. It really is. I don't know where they came up with it, why they came up with it, but it's a lie. They come on, 'well, it's 27 degrees today, but with the wind chill, it's minus 3.' ...well, then it's minus 3 a**hole! I don't need to know what the weather was like if the conditions were perfect! –Lewis Black

Ben and J-Lo have announced that they want a small wedding. Yeah. So they decided to invite all the people who saw GIGLI. –Conan O'Brien

You see a guy with one leg, he's got a story. Land mine '69. You see a guy with one arm, he's got a story, too. Snow blower, bottle of whiskey. You see a guy with one tooth, what would the story be? Well, uh, I like a lot of taffy. –Dave Attell

If you go to Germany and get drunk, at some point you're going to look up Hitler in the phone book. –Dave Attell

If I need directions I’m asking a man with one leg. Cuz he definitely knows the easiest way to get there. If there’s a shortcut, that one legged guy knows where it is. You won’t be hopping fences or climbing ladders... he’ll get you right there. –Dave Attell

When Jesus comes back to earth the last thing he wants to see is a cross.
–Bill Hicks

Ever noticed that people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved?
–Bill Hicks

I've a plan to take care of illegal immigration into this country. In California  we have all these propositions, but I've got a plan: FLAMING RIVER OF  GAS! All along the border. First, it would create jobs to help build the thing, but it would also be a tourist attraction. I'd drive a thousand miles to see a burning river of gas, wouldn't you? It'd be fun to see if somebody tries to cross it! If one guy gets across, we pat him down and throw him back. We could put a dimmer on it, so the flames would go on and off, and encourage more people to cross it. You could bring the family. "Hey, honey, I made it! C'mon bring the kids... FWOOSH!!!!   –Jake Johannsen

I never have free time, I don't know about you. You ever go to the cash machine, there's two people in line in front of you and you get kinda flushed, you're like "Forget it! I'm not standing here for 40 seconds. I got things to do, okay?"
–Jim Gaffigan

It's church, you're reading from the bible... it's not like you can make something up. Not like you can get the first line then ad lib. "A letter from Peter to the Apostles ... uh ... Dear Apostles ... How was your weekend? Sure is hot here. Tell Jesus, "Hey." ...This is the word of the Lord." –Jim Gaffigan

Re: The swimming cat at Wetstock. I was there and I was amazed, this damn cat loved the water it was really cool to see.
Special note to Bruce: Thank you, your words were heard and deeply, deeply appreciated.  It is good to know that there are others that care.  To J.M. aka Darth Vader of the Evil Empire: Please don't call my cell phone. I could never have anything to say to you for any reason. You need to respect your fellow man and especially those who are older and have a superior intelligence than you do. (90% of the earth's population on the second point.)
Re: Sad divorce. Man! You are breaking my heart. See a Dr and get some medication. You shouldn't have to live like that. Quit letting her have that much power over you. She moved on, now you need to. You are still young. Don't give up, it can get better!
It's great that the new law has been passed regarding protecting your own property.  Hopefully people realize that it's not a law to be able to kill at will.  To be able to hold someone at gun point until the authorities arrive and not be arrested for entrapment.  Some may think it's a free-for-all, but shoot someone in the back and see where you end up!  And rightly so; it's a good law for the owner and a bad one for the thief. 

To the gentleman who just went through a difficult divorce, I went through a similar experience. Please go to a counselor, get a bicycle, get exercise and explore the beauty of our island. Go for walks, stay busy with your job, and working around the house. Do not display pictures of the ex and confront the reality that the marriage is over and move on. Good luck my friend and God bless.

Attention all snowbird haters. Do you work at Winn Dixie? Most of the people I know make more money when they are in town. I can talk crap about Northeasterners and Midwesterners, but I just shut-up and take their money. I don't like it either, but learn how to take advantage of the situation.

Regarding  the anti-war march organizers.  I don't know if what you say is true but who cares?  If the people who marched were well-meaning and they got their messsage out that they are opposed to this administration's ill conceived policies, then that is all that matters.
Regarding the Fl. native's comments on 9/29/05 it should be obvious to any thinking person that the poor soul has no doubt absorbed way to much of the intense sun of his native area. If anyone, per chance, should see the poor fellow wandering around your neighborhood, you would indeed be doing an act of kindness if you could gently lead him to a shady spot and perhaps offer him a cool drink. Although the condition is irreversible, you could still possibly alleviate some of the poor mans pain.





Don't you hate driving behind someone who hasn't properly secured their cargo?  Cars dodging flying debris cause a lot of accidents.
Re: Snowbirds leaving A/C on.  Let some of us locals that dont have A/C stay in your homes so we dont get mildewed and fungused.
Ed: You are doing a fantastic job.

Friday September 30, 2005.

 

Thursday September 29, 2005.
I have been here for only two years.  I came when my wife, who was and is the love of my life, gave up on our marriage of almost 30 years.  Granted, the honeymoon was definitely over, but I thought we had so much invested in it that it was worth trying to find solutions; thinking that love was still there and of course 30 years of history. 

There is not a morning that I wake up and marvel at the tiny space in which I live, about the size of one room in my house that was built during the civil war and I had spent years trying to make into a beautiful home.  I promised my son that I would never take my own life but sometimes I don't think I can keep that promise as I am in such constant and severe pain.  The now ex-wife has refused even to talk to me and my sins never justified this treatment which has made things worse.  I was always self-employed having successful businesses but now I don't have two nickels to rub together so I have worked for a variety of ***holes down here that have no business employing anyone with an IQ over 80.  I met a very nice woman and care about her but have been unable to make it work as my heart remains with my ex.  After 30 years you know every detail about a person and I miss her in a way that words cannot describe. 

The only time I find myself "happy" is when I play music...it is a terrific escape.  The Keys are an incredible place not to be taken for granted, but if you have to spend your life working just to be able to stay here...you cannot seem to enjoy the water and the fishing.  I try to smile when around other people but I continue to die inside.  I miss my dogs and my entire life that I built.  Everyday I try to tell myself that life goes on and just put one foot in front of the other etc. But if life is judged by a level of quality then I have such a long way to go.

Twice I have read, "you were one once", concerning the snowbirds. Wrong!  I'm a Florida native and I have never liked the rude, no-driving, loud mouthed, garbage leaving, know everything Yankees. I have traveled up north and I didn't like them there either.!

Re: Snowbirds leaving A/C on. They leave it on so their resort home's interior does not get mildewed.
I loved reading about the true spirit of Big Pine (the woman's purse returned) as opposed to the drunken angry hateful slobber that is often written here.  That is the reason many of us stay here in spite of the fact that nasty city attitudes come with many of the recent transplants here. It does take years for anybody to "get into the Pine of things".
Robert "Marty" Wilkinson II (age 57yrs.) passed away on Tuesday, 09-28-05.  There will be a time for reflection on Saturday,  October 1, 2005 between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. at St. Peter's Catholic Church.
I am a long term local who doesn't get cured of anything with 80 proof anything. Those locals that do are only a small percentage of the Big Pine family. Not everybody here lives in a bar.




It could have been worse! It could have been a Peckers' truck.
"The media have pushed the idea that the demonstration this weekend at the White House was an 'anti-war' gathering. What they didn't say was who was behind it. For the record, the lead organizer (was) ANSWER, which the media routinely refer to as an 'antiwar group.' It is nothing of the sort. In fact, ANSWER is a front group for the Stalinist Workers World Party. And any group that qualifies for that epithet in front of its name deserves special scrutiny, since Josef Stalin was responsible for the murder of as many as 25 million human beings.

So why do communists, particularly those who march under Stalin's flag, get different treatment? And why do thousands of average people feel comfortable marching arm in arm with them? It's a puzzle. After all, according to the "Black Book of Communism" a widely cited and respected compendium of communism's crimes in the 20th century, communist regimes murdered as many as 100 million people over the last century. That's quite a record. Indeed, all the century's great mass murders, Mao Zedong (65 million), Stalin (25 million), Hitler (21 million), Pol Pot (2 million)—were communists or socialists.

Yet many well-meaning people who marched this weekend perhaps didn't know all this. Or perhaps they don't mind having their cause besmirched by people who aren't really anti-war at all, but anti-America, anti-West, anti-freedom and anti-capitalist. Maybe it proves the old adage: Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas."






Chef was seen driving the Roach Coach? Cool. I love it when he sings about prostitutes and his salty chocolate balls-great tunes.
Larry, the produce man at the flea market, will be back this coming Saturday. He always starts on the first weekend in October. Stop by and smell the tomatoes.
Regarding the "string job", let's not even go there.  Keep your sex talk a home please.
You don't need the snowbirds here to stand in line at CVS for twenty minutes.  It happens all the time!

Re string job. A girl who worked at Teasers told me that it is sort of like a cat's cradle, only you put your "boys" into it. She wouldn't tell me anything else unless I gave her another $20. She said she would show me for $100. I passed, she had to be a walking Petri dish.
Last Friday, about 6:30 P.M., somewhere between Big Pine and Ramrod Key, we lost a white plastic fishing cooler and bungee cords out of the back of our truck. Once noticed, we turned around to go back and everything was already gone--all in about 10 minutes time. These items are used for Disaster Relief, and my husband had just returned from Mississippi after helping others there. Please, whoever picked these items up, find it in your heart to return them to him. It may be you that we are helping during the next disaster!
Please call Curt at 849-0160 and if no answer, leave a message and he will return your call.
Take Action: Save Pets From the Next Hurricane. https://community.hsus.org/campaign/pets_act_house?rk=kpa7JNF1WmI5W  Please ask your U.S. Representative to support the Pets Act, H.R. 3858, which would require state and local authorities to plan for evacuating people with pets the next time a disaster like Hurricane Katrina strikes.
You may have heard in the news that a couple of Post Offices in Texas  have  been forced to take down small posters that say "In God we trust".  The law, they say, is being violated.
 
I heard proposed on a radio station show that we should all write " In God we trust " on the back of all our mail. After all, that is our national  motto, and it's on all the money we use to buy those stamps. I think it is a  wonderful idea.

We must take back our nation from all the people who think that anything that offends them should be removed. If you like this idea, please pass it on and DO IT. The idea of writing or stamping "In God we trust" on our envelopes sounds good to me. I'm having my  stamp made today! It has been reported that 86% of Americans believe in God. Could it be that we just need to take action and tell the 14% to sit down and shut up?
Re: flood America. We, who actually live here, realize the difference between the Keys and everywhere else in the USA.. We have to build our houses with steel and concrete, not toothpicks. Flood the Florida Keys and give us 120 mph winds and we will end up with wet houses that are (many) still standing, unlike the houses in Louisiana and Mississippi. Anything built after 1992 has been built to withstand 150 mph winds. Houses built before that were built to withstand wind by the homeowners so they would have a house after the wind blew. I am not talking about Mobil homes that were placed in the 50s for "temporary housing" that hasn't gone away yet.  Please don't tell us about what you think it is like here, you apparently don't live here. Your perceptions may be a bit off.
Well I guess it had to happen, The BPK Bitch & Gripe Page has gone money, money!  It was bad enough when we got those "subliminal" ads from your users telling just "How nice it was to have Mr. XYZ do my roof!", or "Gee, Mrs. Simm really cooks a great meal at the Round Groper". All BS ads!  What's next, instant credit card charges?

They finally indicted Tom Delay for something, anything! The guy is so crooked, but no one's ever been able to catch him.
Beer gut or Big Butt. Some of the heifers here have both. Moo!
It would be nice if we could screen the snowbirds: no one over 200 pounds and over 70 decibels of loudness would be admitted to the Keys. Of course this would be extremely discriminatory towards anyone from New Jersey; none of them would get in. 


Bacon grease warning effective asap! Stop cooking with bacon grease immediately. This is what happens when you keep cooking with bacon grease. This is a warning. Send this to every woman you care about.
Vat do yous mean, Snowbird Bashink? Ve gonifs vant the monye, more monye! Ve are Snowbirds who open season shops, and sell to odder Snowbirds, then leaves!  Vat yous vant everythink? Yu local yu!

Re: Shorts. My husbands' shorts are always turned inside out after the wash cycle too. Why do you think that is? If it's the agitation, why doesn't it turn them right side out after turning them inside out? These are the important questions that should concern us Pine nuts.
I'm loving it. Today a Texas grand jury indicted Tom DeLay on conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme.

Oct 1 is the birthday of Julie Andrews, born Julie Wells in Surrey, England (1935). She made her debut on Broadway at the age of 19 in The Boyfriend in 1954.
 

Sept 29 It was on this day in 1982 that the first of seven people died from taking Tylenol capsules that had been deliberately contaminated with cyanide.

It's the birthday today of Lech Walesa in Popowa, Poland, in 1943. He was elected Poland's president in 1990.

On this day in 1941, a Nazi death squad systematically machine-gunned more than 30,000 Russian Jews at the Babi Yar ravine in Kiev, Russia.

Film director Stanley Kramer (Caine Mutiny; Guess who's coming to dinner) was born today in New York City in 1913.

It's the birthday of the singing cowboy, Gene Autry, in 1907 in Tioga, Texas.

Aryan Nation revisited. Surprised we are around? Hell, we fix your cars, we cut your grass, your trees, we install your A/C units, we work at Winn Dixie,  we work for the County (including the MCSO), we work for KW city and Marathon. We drive Cabs. We are here we are white and proud of it and there are more of us than you would ever believe. Thank God we live in America were we have the freedom to believe or say what we like.  I love how people want to censor what they don't like. Oh, wait is that not what Hitler did?

Re: see-thru skirts
While I agree that some members of the AARP set could use the levity, unfortunately those skirts only exist in Japanese porno mags.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/skirts.asp
FEMA Disaster Survival Tips
Recent events have underscored the importance of being properly prepared to deal with the effects of natural disasters. With that in mind, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has prepared the following guidelines.
    • State and local governments should notify FEMA a minimum of two weeks before a natural disaster strikes.
    • In the event of a disaster of "biblical proportions," FEMA may not be your best option. You may wish to consult your Bible instead.
    • In a time of crisis brought on by a natural disaster, remember to focus on the task at hand—survival—and don't waste mental energy thinking about who did or didn't cut this or that funding for levee repairs.
    • Find a way to pass the time and take your mind off the situation. For example, see who can count the most bodies in a minute.
    • Write charming and folksy yet moving pleas for help on sheets of plywood. Example: "Please!!! help Old lady in here! she Very sick!!! please help!!! us"
    • Try to steel yourself for the prospect that some Kevlar-vested prick with an automatic rifle might try to take your cat away.
    • Children should try to decide on which stuffed animals they don't want to die of starvation, disease, or exposure.
    • Please cover your "safe area" with thyme, sage, or other fragrant herbs to mask the stench of decomposition when rescuers finally find your bodies.
    • When taking refuge in gigantic sports arenas, do your best not to open fire on the aircraft coming to fly you out.
    • In any disaster, bodies will usually be stacked like cordwood before FEMA can respond, so remember that a "cord" of wood is 8 feet high by 12 feet long by 4 feet wide, and stack accordingly.

A lot of others left much more in Vietnam. Many returned home, but never really came back.
I have to start by saying I have been reading this website for months and love it. It is better than The Enquirer by far. It is a more fun version than The Citizen's Voice. After many months of reading it I decided to write in for the first time. I have fairly recently split up with a boyfriend of 5 years and was afraid of the whole dating scene.

I didn't know how to date anymore. I read the posting a few days ago from the woman who answered the "Let's Hook Up" ad that is in the personals here on BPK.com I decided to email her and find out if the guy was for real and if I would be stepping on her toes if I answered it too. She and I have become email buddies over the last two days and she told me that, yes, it was for real and I should go for it. She wasn't planning a relationship with him but just wanted to see him to boost her confidence after a bitter divorce with an A** Hole.

She told me a little more than posted in her letter here and she was very happy she answered the ad. Not being Pam Anderson I don't have guys beating down my door so I decided to do it. I emailed him on Monday night and we went out last night. I am very glad I took her advice and went with my gut feeling by emailing him. We had a long talk about the nature of his ad and he told me the reason for the blunt ad was he is not really looking to find "Miss Right" but is keeping his eyes open and hoping he stumbles across her.

All in all he was a very nice guy. A great kisser too. He brought flowers for me, something my ex never did unless he was in the dog house. He complimented me, paid attention to me and was very interested in me. He stimulated my mind before anything else. All went well and it was a very good experience. I don't need to go into the physical part but will just say it was quite enjoyable. The conversation was not the only way he paid attention to me and what I wanted. As I said, he was a great kisser in all ways and places (another thing my jerk ex never did for me but wanted me to do on a daily basis.) I am very glad I answered this ad that I always thought was a joke. It wasn't a joke but certainly did put a big smile on my face. I would highly suggest any other single women who are lacking in the attention department go for this one. Thank you Jenny for turning me towards answering the ad.
(Ed: Oops. We cleaned out all the old Classifieds yesterday and that one got deleted too. Mr. Casanova, would you please resubmit your ad so these lovely Pinettes won't remain unloved. Good luck to both of you.)

Thursday September 29, 2005.

 

Wednesday September 28, 2005.
Breaking news! 3:32pm Packers truck is getting loaded on to the tow truck.
I am the author of the controversial comment about the Packers truck and the deceased owner.  In reading my own comment I realize I may have been out of line in talking about the dead.  No matter what anyone's drinking habits or watering holes are they still left a family behind and to them I apologize for my remarks.
 
One factor that made me realize this was an email I received from Capt. Dan regarding my comments and about Key Deer in general.  Dan did not chastise me or attack me for my comments.  He was a complete gentleman and spoke about Key Deer, the truck and his plans for the future of the establishment.  In reading his email I think he intends to do away with many of the problems Key Deer, just the same as any bar room, has had.  For a man I have never met, unless I bumped into him at Key Deer or just around the area, I gained a lot of respect for Dan.  He conducted himself as a professional and a gentleman.
 
I used to frequent Key Deer BBQ back when Cynthia Ard, now Cynthid Horton, owned it and it was a great local place with great food.  It does appear to have taken a turn towards more of a rough bar room, but I believe Dan will be changing that soon.  I hope all works out in the best for Dan and Key Deer and that I will once again enjoy stopping by.

My obnoxious neighbor from New Jersey keeps babbling that his wife wants to give him a "string job."  Is this like weaving or what? I have no clue.
Re: Local Alien visitor. Blorg's force field has finally failed...alas, reality is a big part of life in the Keys.
Another voice wrote in defending the deceased owner of the famous Packers truck and said how he ran a local little league and was a great role model to the children in the community.  This may be true and he should be remembered for those great acts.  For the truck being parked in front of Key Deer, that can have a great impression on the same children this man mentored and helped.  Children look up to coaches and want to be just like them.  These kids will see the truck that he was so well known for outside Key Deer and want to once again be just like him.  I can't think of any mother or father who wishes for their children to look forward to the day they can become a bar fly hanging around a local watering hole.  If for no other reason, move the truck for the children.  If this gentleman was so active in the Big Pine Little League why not park his truck over at the ball field?  This way he will be remembered as a baseball supporter and a person who donated time to the kids of the community and not as a bar fly.
Oh, my goodness. I've seen it all.  The "caveman" from boondocks was in the Key Deer today. He had one beer. Asked Darryll the bartender to order him a taxi. Got tired of waiting for one and left. He went outside, jumped in the Packer truck and drove off into the sunset. Capt. Dan chased it down the street, but at his age, he's lucky to catch his breath. There will be a police report. Remember, you heard it here first!
Why do the snowbirds leave the a/c on in their homes when they leave for seven months? I wish I had all that air this summer.
Re: "Please stop bashing the Catholic Church"! We are not bashing the church because it's 87% gay, or perverted, or just plane nuts, we're bashing all religions because they're trying to control us party animals with their sickness. Get an appointment with a shrink will you!?
Re: Roach Coach.  I saw it this morning about 5 AM on my way to Key West.  There was a man in chef's whites, hat included.  I wondered what was up with that.  Glad to know they have good coffee.  I hope we're thinking of the same place.  Was is Southbound near Hitch King?
Tara, We will miss you so much.  My very tall husband and myself will want to keep in touch.  Please give him your e-mail address before you leave.
Frightening anti-Semite from a real member of the Aryan nation: Simon Wiesenthal Died this week. He spent his life making money off the holocaust and tracking down bank accounts and valuables to seize and freeze for Jewish organizations. But what else would the great creator of the Lie, spend his life doing?
Re: Don't gripe about the snowbirds. You were one once.  We all were, but full timers get the cure via anything 80 proof!
Re: Inside out shorts. That's true. My husband's a carpenter and every pair of his work shorts always get turned inside out in the washer too. One of lifes' mysteries.
Their is room in AA for us pine nuts.
I loved the photos of murals painted on buildings! Please continue to post more.

Re: I once enjoyed reading this page.  I agree wholeheartedly. Being a Piner, I am embarrassed with all the hate, the racism, bashing everyone that is not exactly like the writers. Tough call editor, but maybe you should consider changing the guidelines to reduce this crap. Is this representative of my neighbors?

(Ed: I'm afraid it is. We're all dismayed and surprised at so much hate and cruelty that too often appears here from such a small population. Or is it more tourists coming to this site from everywhere? Our viewer ship has gone up so much that we hope the new writers aren't influencing the flavor. We don't think so. When we only received four comments a day; usually, one of them was evil. Today was the largest number of submissions we've had in our three years of doing this. We don't have any way of weeding people out because our strength lies in our policy that we don't censor--we edit. When we don't print a comment it is because it is too evil or too cruel. [most of the hate stuff is filled with the most grammatical errors. Coincidence?] Sometimes we print a hate comment, like the Aryan Nation one today, because we're surprised that those people are around. And everyone should be able to form their own opinions.

If this site was just comments from people who think like us and call Big Pine, "Paradise" it would be pretty boring to read; and we wouldn't have any interest in doing this every day.)
I don't like to stand in line for my 30 min. lunch to buy something at CVS with 20 snowbirds in front of me.
Yesterday, in a moment of blondeness, I left my purse sitting in the cart that I had so dutifully returned to the front of the Winn Dixie after loading groceries into my car.  If I recall, it was wide open, wallet poking out, cell phone sticking out of its little pocket…and I cannot thank enough the kind citizen who turned it in to the person at the bank desk with every last item and dollar intact.  My faith in the kindness of fellow Piners has been given a boost.  Thank you so so much to the person who returned it and to the kind lady at the bank desk who saw how frantic I was. 
Currently available at the Marathon Animal Shelter are these wonderful animals:
 
1.  China, a Siamese cat, has been hiding for a long time -- she is finally out and playful but still a bit skittish!  She needs some loving attention.
2. Peanut is a small Shepherd mix puppy -- very loving, with the sweetest disposition. 
3.  Precious is a small Mix - we're not sure just what she is, but we do know she's adorable.  She's a little shy, but very loving when she comes out of her shell.
4.  Berkman is a Spanish native -- a Dogo Argentina and very, very smart.
 
Come see these and our other fantastic pets at 10550 Aviation Blvd in Marathon, or 279 Industrial Road in Big Pine. Or give us a call at 305 743 3779, or drop an email: sufa2005@bellsouth.net

Re: Ouch!:  Sounds like G Maddason [funinthesun_34@hotmail.com] has a cheap-shot, personal ax to grind with his comments about the former Packer truck owner.  Calling him “a drunk who drank himself to death” is uncalled for, a little cruel considering the man is dead and unable to defend himself, and not entirely accurate.  And, first of all, only two of the paper bag crowd outside Key Deer came to Mo-Bay and they were eventually told to take their business elsewhere and not-return.  Mo-Bay was too far away to attract the dirt bags.  Second, the truck, while at Mo-Bay was clean and maintained.  Third, only a few of the old Mo-Bay crowd moved to Key Deer.  Of those who did, most moved on to other places.  And how, exactly, would you know anything about a “street pharmacy” unless, of course, you’re a customer. 

If there’s any dealing going on, it’s pretty low key and no more uncommon than at any other bar in the Keys.  And your accusation about arson is really so far from reality as to be ridiculous.  Got any proof? The County Fire Martial claimed the likely cause to be electrical.  (I know because I asked him.  I was there that day helping out)  Making an accusation like that is also justification for a good ass whipping.  You simply don’t know what you’re talking about. You also sound much like the idiot who has a personal ax to grind with a certain bartender and, like any sneaking coward, likes to take cheap shots from hiding.  Well, ****, your name is out now! 




Re: Bill Frist, what a joke. He's a doctor and when questioned he thought AIDS could be transmitted by sweat.
Re: FEMA. Michael Brown did his job, he gave away millions in Florida last year and helped win the election. Of course this year they are demanding it back.
RE: Shorts. Never mind that they end up inside out, did you realize that shorts spelled backwards spells Stroh's beer? Hmmm. It's bad enough people drink the crap, now they are washing them also! I remember the first time I saw on someone's garage door "Eat me shorts!" I never realized they were prompting me to drink their beer. Shows what part of the USA I am from.


Don't call me loco. I'm a pine nut.
About the unintelliable signs, most of my posts are made white under the influence.
Does anyone have any memorabilia or information about the old Vista Linda resort at the end of Sands Road? I believe it was sold and renamed the Mariner Resort in the 60's.  It's the same site that is supposed to become the new park.
Is this Packer's truck gripe going to be an annual thing like Christmas or Mother's Day? The person bitching about it only seems to do it once a year. Does anybody (outside of the bitcher) really care? 


So of course our corporate media paid no attention to the 250,000 plus people that marched on Washington and the rest of the world last weekend, but they did tell us that Cindy Sheehan was arrested Sunday.
Re: Beer Companies. You knew it was coming. Would you like to here it? Here it goes. If you don't care to here of a woman's wisdom, why don't you put in some earplugs after a few shots of Jager to chill you out. Then, when you wake up in the morning, take a good, close look in the mirror and figure out, "Gee wiz, if I didn't want to go home with that woman I could have avoided the issue all together." I suggest you get your drink on and your snack on before going out. Well, gee, maybe that is the problem?
Re: Africa. Would you like to know what useful thing came from Africa?  Look in the mirror. Life came from Africa. Wake up people. Every country has something to offer to the world.  Every person has something to offer; at least a lot of them. Anyway, be nice. Reread your ten commandments. All things that everyone should use in daily life not as a religion but as a way of life. These are moral codes and they're all good. Just be nice and if you don't have anything nice to say-- don't type.



You know, one of the first things you learn in poker is that you deal with the cards you are dealt, you don't bitch about them.
So Dubya suggests that we limit our energy use a month after he says it's the American way to use all we can afford.  Then he gets on his jet plane for another day of photo ops. Doesn't this bother anyone?
Re: Issues in New Orleans. Flood Chicago and see what happens; try New York. You live in the Florida Keys, it's hardly America. It's what America was 50 years ago, not today. Get a grip on it man. If we don't help all of our brothers, then you have to buy a gun. Bob Dylan said; "You can be in my dream if I can be in your's".
My definition of snowbirds are the ones that come here and take our resources and try to change everything to be like were they come from. There would be plenty of money for us if just tourist came. Snowbirds take do not give.
It's the birthday of Ed Sullivan, born in New York City (1902). He was writing a gossip column for the New York Daily News called "Little Old New York," moonlighting now and then as a master of ceremonies at variety shows and benefits. He was emceeing a dance contest when somebody asked him if he'd like to try hosting a show on this new thing called television.

The Ed Sullivan Show premiered live on CBS in 1948, and within a few years about 50 million people watched it every Sunday night. It was like vaudeville. It had opera singers, ventriloquists and magicians and pandas on roller skates and big stars. Ed Sullivan said, "Open big, have a good comedy act, put in something for children, and keep the show clean."

He was a shy, awkward man, but he loved performers. He personally chose every guest for his show. He was one of the first hosts to invite black performers, including Jackie Robinson, Duke Ellington, Richard Pryor, and James Brown.

Ed Sullivan: the last television host who tried to appeal to everyone in America.
Packer truck. Thank God someone spoke up for Jerry. He truly was a wonderful dad to Binky and a loyal Packer fan. He spent most of his spare time at the field, running to activities, helping with homework, not drinking.


I have a better idea for the beer companies. They shouldn't sell anymore beer to guys with beer  guts. Men don't seem to care how ugly that looks.
Drunks, low lifes, street pharmacy, Jews, arson, dead drunks. All sent in by “Fun in the sun." You need a new e-mail address anyway. How about “grim reaper in the sun”, or “pessimist in the sun” or “slander in the sun” or “son of a bitch in the sun”? That is truly the funniest thing I have ever read on this blog.
I believe it was W.C. Fields who said nothing good ever comes out of Africa.
On a positive note, the snowbirds do spend money down here. But, and this is a big but (no NJ women pun intended), the snowbirds are weather wimps of the worst kind, constantly harping about the heat down here if it gets over seventy-five degrees. Let the truth be known, these people just don't have the guts to stick out the winters in their beloved northern palaces. I suggest they sell their "shacks" down here, and use the proceeds to fortify their northern homes for winter. Buy bigger furnaces, add radiant heat, buy bigger TVs, etc.
20Q.net Click here to play Twenty Questions.
I beg you, let's not have nine months of snowbird bashing.  It has been a week and it is tedious already.  They bring lots of money your way, so kwityerbellyakin.


When are you people going to learn? It's "I couldn't care less", not "I could care less".
A congressional panel on Tuesday is expected to scrutinize the decision to keep ousted Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Michael Brown on the federal payroll.
This is the last correspondence from our marine friend who died in Iraq Saturday.. His body should arrive in 3-10 days. He'll have a full military and firefighter's funeral, Catholic mass.

Thursday, September 15, 2005
I'm still alive. Well folks sorry i havent blogged recently. Been a little busy. Almost got wacked again this morning. that makes 5 times in the last 2 weeks. I lost 1 of my iraqis today from an IED. I tried everything i could but he couldnt hang on. This area is the worst place in iraq. To tell you about a typical day , it starts off by mortar rnds earliy in the mornig then i run about 3 to 4 missions a day. Usually with and IED or mortar and small arms fire of some sort. then we have our nightly mortar barrage followed by more missions. Ive lost about 11 guys in my Company to injuries, the other companies even more. This place is the wild west. But im doing allright. I write more when i have time theres also alot of things I cant discuss. PLease keep praying for me so that I can make it home in one piece. If you havent seen our team web page please take a look. www.mittiraq.blogspot.com
Love Brian


How cute!
Here's a little "after the storm" humor. You live on the gulf coast if:
You know the difference between the "good side" and the "bad side."
You have FEMA's number on your speed dial.
You have more than 300 'C' and 'D' batteries in your kitchen drawer.
Your pantry contains more than 20 cans of Spaghetti Os.
You are thinking of repainting your house to match the plywood covering your windows.
When describing your house to a prospective buyer, you say it has three bedrooms, two baths, and one safe hallway.
You are on a first-name basis with the cashier at Home Depot.
You are delighted to pay $3 for a gallon of regular unleaded.
The road leading to your house has been declared a No-Wake Zone.
You decide that your patio furniture looks better on the bottom of the pool.
Three months ago you couldn't hang a shower curtain; today you can assemble a portable generator by candlelight.
There is a roll of tar paper in your garage.
You can rattle off the names of three or more meteorologists who work at the Weather Channel and every single newscaster and reporter at all of the major stations in town.
You don't worry about relatives wanting to visit during the summer.
Your child's first words are "hunker down" and you didn't go to Ole Miss!
Having a tree in your living room does not necessarily mean it's Christmas.
The man who owned the Green Truck you speak of was named Jerry. He was a very good man who worked hard and raising his kids alone. He gave a lot of his time to BPAA working as a coach. I don't believe he had a drinking problem. He died from Leukemia. It came on very fast after hurricane Georges. The truck is in very bad repair, the man "Jerry" was not. I'm sorry you are so full of hate.
What you see below are not see-thru skirts. They are actually prints on the skirts to make it look as if the panties are visible and these are the current rage in Japan. I think all of the AARP crowd should consider getting at least one. Wouldn't that be a hoot?

Wednesday September 28, 2005

 

Tuesday September 27, 2005
Don Adams of 'Get Smart' Dies at 82 Don Adams, the wry-voiced comedian who starred as the fumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart in the 1960s TV spoof of James Bond movies, "Get Smart," has died. He was 82.

Barbara Feldon and Don Adams, co-stars of the spy spoof show "Get Smart," expose the arsenal of weapons and gimmicks in her coat lining in Los Angeles, Calif., on Sept. 10, 1965. Adams plays the role of Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, and Feldon, holding a telephone concealed in a compact, plays Agent 99.

As the inept Agent 86 of the super-secret federal agency CONTROL, Adams captured TV viewers with his antics in combating the evil agents of KAOS. When his explanations failed to convince the villains or his boss, he tried another tack: "Would you believe ... ?" It became a national catchphrase.

Re: Ed and diamond. Personally Ed, I have never eaten a diamond or smoked one or any other rock for that matter. So I still wonder what good or useful thing has come from Africa?



Yes the invaders are back, and they're as loud and obnoxious as ever.  Yeah Snowbirds!
I once enjoyed reading this page every day. I don't anymore. There is too much hate. Pathetic.
Our country has become a rogue state, a predator and I am sick.
For the record: Once again I must write to correct misinformation that in this case is slander of the worst kind - that against a person who has passed and can't defend himself. Mr. G. Maddason states that the previous owner of the infamous "Packers Truck" drank himself to death. How terribly shameful to sully the name of Jerry Lindeman, the owner of the vehicle and an incorrigible Packers fan. Jerry passed away from a terrible form of Cancer that took him in a matter of weeks. He was a wonderful father, founder of little league baseball here in BPK , a great tradesman, an honest and respected citizen, and a sorely missed friend. How dare this uninformed cretin make such terrible statements about someone who he obviously had no knowledge. You are a disgusting individual.
Artist Eric Grohe. It's amazing what an artist can do with a can of paint.
Re: Tara at Paradise Petroleum moving. I wish I could start a rumor of selling to a Wal-Mart Superstore or we are taking bids from McDonalds and Burger King but the truth is my Mom and Dad still own it and operate it.  David, the girls and I are the only ones moving.  I want to thank you all for your well wishes.  I truly do appreciate them as this decision to move was not an easy one.  As I stated before, I will honestly miss Big Pine Key.  Thank you all again.  I will write more soon.
Welcome to Engrish.com! a Japanese t-shirt site with a good name.
Maybe we can bring the Packers truck to New Orleans and park it in a K Mart.  Someone will loot it's parts and get rid of it for once and for all.
Re: Insider trading. Dr No, No? Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) today said that he had done nothing wrong when he sold his shares of the nation's largest hospital chain, HCA Inc., from a blind trust and that he had no information about the company's finances that was not available to the public. The sale was made in advance of a warning that the earnings had weakened at HCA, which was founded in 1968 by Frist's father and brother.
Issues in New Orleans and the surrounding areas are not about what color skin the person has, but they are about what these people, no matter what ethnicity, are doing in that area. Raping others, stealing out of destroyed houses, fighting, and rioting. They aren't making it easy to be helped, and then they complain about how "No one is even trying to help them." A group of volunteers tried to help at the Dome, but the people got so violent, the volunteers had to leave for fear of their own safety.
 
I don't see it as a bunch of blacks in distress, I see it as a bunch of people in distress. Did you know before Brown resigned, he sent a letter requesting people to be trained over a several month period of time in Florida and Georgia, then sent to New Orleans and the surrounding areas as to, (And I quote!) "Promote a positive image of all efforts being put forth."
 
And image? That's what this is all about? A positive image? Thank god he's gone.

Hillary for President? Yeehaw, I'll get to give 60% of my money to taxes so poor folks (a.k.a. lazy folks) can buy junk food and stay home and watch TV!
Divorce lawyer: If the ex-crackhead had her children full time it would interfere with her bad habits. That might drive her crazier. I would ask for child support and spousal support from her. Keep a log of every drug and bad parenting incident she pulls. If she gets arrested for drugs, it would go well for your side. Get her medical records. Good luck!

Yo, Paradise Petroleum.  Are you closing your doors?  Have you sold the business to someone who will continue to operate it?  What’s the full scoop.  I’m sure sorry to see you go because we really need the competition to keep Tom Thumb and True Value in line.


I think that when they begin rebuilding New Orleans they should use the looters to pave the streets.  It should work if they spread them thin enough!
Not that I am looking to hide my comment about that hideous Packers truck outside of the even more hideous dive known to us as Key Deer Bar, but I wish our famous editor would clear up his submission guidelines.  I did not name a specific person just a place of business like those that are named every day by many people here.  Many people in here even name Capt Dan by name and do not have their names or email addresses posted. 

I could really care less if people read my email address on a comment I made about the dive filled with drunks.  I will gladly tell anyone I don't care for drunks drinking outside from paper bags and drug sales going on in the parking lot where children can see as they pass by getting off the school bus.  I have seen many postings that do name people by name and do not have the author's name or email.  A perfect example is all of the postings naming Darren Bell by name and one mentioning the Little Palm Island Human resources director by name and no author's name or email address.  I ask everyone to take a look at the submission guidelines posted on this website by our editor.  Then I ask the famous editor who hides behind the name of "ED" to clearly explain how naming Key Deer Bar and Montego Bar, two businesses not people, end up with an email address posted but ones naming Darren Bell and the Human resources director at Little Palm by name do not constitute the addresses published.  Any comments ED?
(Ed: Yesterday you slandered the dead owner of the truck and accused the owners of Montego Bay of arson. And a bar of drug dealing. Darren Bell was arrested and is on the public record. I don't remember the Little Palm Manager posting. If I missed that one I apologize to Ms. Stiles for not printing the writer's name.)


Found cat / kitten? Call Michele 872.5051 / 849.1270 cell
Please stop bashing the Catholic Church.  I was raised in a wonderful Catholic home and was taught to love my neighbor and not to judge anyone (that is God's job).  My faith has gotten me through some pretty tough times, including the death of a parent when I was just a child. I love the Keys and feel blessed to have the opportunity to live here..
Re: Paradise. Yes, this is my little piece of paradise.  Every time I have to drive to Miami I thank my lucky stars I am able to live here.  There may be pretty places in the world but for continental United States this is it for me!  I'm sure many others agree.


I've got this great idea for the beer companies. When a woman buys a twelve pack, after every third beer there should be a gag and a twelve inch piece of duct tape to hold it in place. I know we would miss out on a lot of wisdom, but think of all the fights that could be avoided.

Kudos to Bellsouth DSL Tech Support.  They spent over an hour with me trying to resolve a connectivity issue that prevented me from accessing the Internet.  At one point I had the tech support rep and a line technician on the phone.  They (we) tried everything conceivable to resolve what I considered to be a problem on their end.  Being unable to solve the problem they scheduled a technician to call me the next day at an appointed time to try again and if that did not resolve the problem they would send a tech to my house.  Being fairly tech savvy myself I later discovered that my security and firewall software had decided on its own to bloc the connection perceiving it to be a threat.  Thanks Bellsouth for all your efforts.
For those of you who are worried about the snowbirds coming, that cause long lines. The lines are the same for the snowbirds and you don't hear them complain. The lines that are long at the bank are caused by the business people of the Keys depositing money the snowbirds came with. Some in line are withdrawing more to spend in the Keys. It is a good thing the snowbirds come down because the Keys would be one of the biggest welfare counties in Florida. You would not have a problem with affordable housing if the snowbirds didn't come as there would be lots of houses available. However, you could not afford them as there is no industry for income.  So enjoy the fine snowbirds and spend the money left here in the summer when they are home making more money to spend in the Keys.
Don't gripe about the snowbirds. You were one once.

Re: Wisconsin. Every state in the Union was required to adapt a welfare reform system in 1996 with the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, which was again modified in 1998 through the Workforce Investment Act.   All welfare recipients who are able to work or participate in work-related activities must do so or be sanctioned and lose their public assistance.  You might be interested to know that in 1998 Monroe County had more than 700 welfare recipients; the average caseload is now 40 county-wide. 



I heard they are going to paint the Packers truck up to be a Vikings truck. Finally some sense from these Cheeseheads.
Excerpt from an E-mail from Louisiana:
.....those of us in La. know who screwed up this disaster. Our Governor, the levee board, the Corps of Engineers and the New Orleans Mayor are primarily to blame with the incompetence of FEMA being secondary.

The looting and robbery here has been bad and white people are afraid to go out and start cleaning up. You won't see it on TV, since we're not even close to being newsworthy considering all the deprivation, death and suffering being reported. Our parish took in the first 600 evacuees, and put them up in one of our brand new high schools located next to I-10.

In l0 hours they had trashed the school, torn out urinals, ripped the bleachers out of the gym and trashed the classrooms and computers! Nearly everything of value was stolen or needlessly destroyed by these animals. We moved them, plus 600 more to a place across the Interstate and at the expo center. By the next night, there were 3 car jackings and 3 armed robberies. Not to mention this location also being looted, trashed and ruined. We will be moving from this area after living here for more than 25 years as soon as....



Any woman can have the body of a 21-year-old, as long as she buys him a few drinks first.

Regarding the lowlife piece of crap that commented on the Packer truck. I could care less what you say about the truck and I hate the Packers, but you crossed the line when you started badmouthing the former owner of the truck. You very obviously never knew Jerry at all for you to say such rude and insensitive and absolutely wrong things about him and how he died. The man died of leukemia. Last that I heard it is not caused by drinking or driving a Packer truck. Jerry was a good man, but you are a real horse's ass.

Re: Unintelligible sign on house. I think that a lot of those signs we see (also, on this site) are made while the writer is under the influence.

Why do shorts always turn themselves inside out when you wash them in the washing machine? How do they know?



Wow, the roach coach roadside concession on Big Coppitt's got the best coffee I've had down here in years. Where the hell did that come from?
"D" Saturday night boat ride for "Jus a little bit"?

Tuesday September 27, 2005

 

Monday September 26, 2005
Re: Locals. If your homestead exemption lists Big Pine Key as your primary residence--you're a local.
Does anyone know of a lawyer for a divorce? I'm a single father raising two kids on my own. I sold my business to raise my kids now I have a lower paying job and all of a sudden my crack head ex wants the kids because she can provide a larger home and makes better money then I do. Does anyone have any ideas?

I read the message from Capt. Dan about the Packer truck and yard clean-up.  It’s good to know you’re addressing those things as they’re really needed.  Best of luck with your efforts.  I’ll stop in from time to time for a brew and see how it’s coming along!
Re: Local's are what?  Only people who have generations here in Big Pine Key are locals?  Many so called "locals" in this community were born and raised in other areas of the country. I live here and consider myself a local.  I am a Florida born from Miami and that will always be my home.  Someone from New Jersey or New York or New Orleans for that matter can be locals if they live here full time.  This is a town and isn't owned by "locals" only, it is a town that people are free to live and enjoy and should be treated in the same manner.  Visitors violating rights of homeowners during their stay have nothing to do with this subject.  I am a local as long as I live in the Keys and I will be local if I decide to move full-time elsewhere if I choose.  Some transplanted locals think they have rights above others and that's in their pickled minds.

Thomas Jefferson paid the French to purchase Louisiana. Can we return it and get our money back? We could offer that they don't have to give the money back if they keep the governor.
Does anybody know where to find a Big Pine Key beer coozie?
Some guy is on a crusade to distribute an encyclopedia in 9 languages to bring people's IQ up to a level where they could not be so easily duped by governments and other con artists. The languages are: Geek, Spic, Spook, Honky, Greaser, Nazi, Gook, Trailer trash, and Commie. You can get a free copy by writing to the US Printing Office, Washington D.C.  Other languages are pending.
When people refer to the Keys as "paradise", do they really mean it? Do they thing this is really paradise or do they mean it tongue and cheek?



Re: Ouch II. They should bury Brett Favre in the old Packer truck. Neither one of them runs very well anymore.
Intelligent design (creationism) is going before the courts today. Will this be another of Bush's legacies? Teaching our children to deny science and to replace it with faith? This is another good argument for the complete separation of Church and State.
Re: Paradise Petroleum moving. Have they sold the business? Are they building a Wal-Mart there?
On Sunday this signage appeared in my neighborhood.  Could the writer please refrain from misspellings?  I must be stupid as I can't make out one of them.
Re: Roofers. We used Victor's Roofing in Marathon. He is an excellent roofer and very honest. The job was done right.
Re: Paradise Petro moving. Good luck Tara. The very best to you. I never met you, but I know you fed my dog plenty of treats thru the years.
I heard Classic Carpet is closing.  Will they keep the Big Pine store open? I've used them for a long time and would hate to see them go.
Re: "homosexuals from its priesthood. After sweeping the issue under the rug for many years...." This is not true! We never used a carpet, we used the Confessional. What do you think that hole in the wall was for?

They forgot to check the oil. Why is there no oil? The reason for that is purely geographical. Our oil is located in Alaska, California, Coastal Florida, Coastal Louisiana, Kansas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas. Our dipsticks are located in Washington DC.
We will miss all of you (Tara and family). Have a safe trip and keep us informed of how things are going.
I can't wait for Hillary to be president in 2008. This will only happen if  Al Gore (I invented everything) decides not to run. If he runs all bets are off.
Re: Paradise Petro moving. Tara, I'm glad you guys are moving on and I wish you the best of luck. Please email me pictures of the girls so I can add them to the ones I already have.

Talk about stereotypical:  I was sitting at my favorite spot in my favorite restaurant/bar (Parrotdise) having my evening martini and contemplating steak or fish when a couple came in and sat near my spot.  It took about 20 seconds to identify them as Jerseyites or “Yokers.’  They were insulting from the time they opened their mouths.  Talking loudly enough to be heard across the room, bitching about everything, liking nothing.  Typical loud mouth, crude, repulsive, arrogant and belligerent behavior common to these crum-balls.  The invasion has started.
Re: Catholic Church. They're banning celibate gays from the church. What would have happened if the straight priests were diddling young girls? Would they ban celibate straight priests? I've mostly found Catholics to be hypocritical in their politics.
Today the IRA has laid down all their weapons (after only 400 years). I think they forgot what they were fighting for. At least it'll be one less terrorist group in the world.
Our Catholic community welcomes gay humans into the church with open arms.  They believe that the gay should be celibate, but accept them.  They have had masses in the past for gay's.  What's the problem with that?  Are they not people with faith?  If they choose to be two human beings that live together and love each other and want faith in their lives, they should be allowed to practice their faith.  Many "Christians" have married divorced, cheated, lied and much more and they are accepted after confession.  Is that not what faith is all about?

Why don't we just get rid of Africa? We could fill in New Orleans with it and have dirt left over. Hurricanes come from there. What good thing has come from Africa? (Ed: Diamonds?)
I hope with all the rude and insensitive comments posted about Paradise Petroleum, that they get the last laugh and sold out to McDonalds!
Catholic priests who have sex with boys are definitely gay; otherwise they would be having sex with girls.

For those of you who hate prejudiced people, I suggest you take a reality look at this world. If any of you can show me a place anywhere that has no prejudice, I'll be glad to move there.  Prejudice is the perfect tool used by governments and rulers to keep us peasants occupied by hating something other than them.  Revolts are only kindled by the masses who have the same hate towards their oppressors. If hate is spread out into different ideals, no revolt can take place with a small number of citizens. 
Re: Ouch! That Packers truck looks like hell in front of Key Deer Bar.  I guess if we must have an eyesore parked somewhere in should be at Key Deer.  It might keep people from noticing the low lifes drinking outside from paper bags and will deter people from seeing the street pharmacy behind the building.  The people at Key Deer say the truck "Has Big Pine History."  It does.  It was owned by a drunk who drank himself to death.  Then it was parked rusting in front of Montego Bay until there was a case of Jewish Lightning there after the place had money problems.  Can anyone say "ARSON?"  The truck, bartender and drunks from Montego Bay moved up to Key Deer Bar.  Now the truck has more rust, more dents but still sits illegally parked in front of a dive where the same group of drunks hand around drinking and mourn another drunk who drank himself to death.  The only positive thing to come of the story is the drunk drank himself to death before he killed someone as he drove that piece of junk Packers truck drunk.  God rest his soul.
     -G Maddason [funinthesun_34@hotmail.com]

The Senility Prayer. Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Fanci seafood / E-fish. Thanks for keeping one of Carolyn's good deeds going. Even if she is gone. I was there when that was started and I'm thankful that it's going to be continuing. Way to go; and good luck!

Anti-Semite. Re: Simon Wiesenthal died this week. Too bad?  No, he should have died at birth. The Nazi's were right.  What happened in Germany, Poland, Russia, etc., is happening here. We're getting blintzed again.
Evacuation account. Long Winded Tomes.
Did you notice?  All the evacuation measures taken in Texas included the message, "Bring your pets with you."  All that was asked was that they be in carriers or cages, Then they were welcomed on the buses provided.  Well done!  Let's hope this trend continues.
Enough already with the Packers truck. Gee, Capt. Dan was nice enough to take the damn thing to his place. And let's face it Big Pine Key has plenty more eyesores than that truck. When I think of "beautiful community", Big Pine is not the first place that comes to mind. I do like Winn Dixie though. The parking lot has some of the most stunning roosters in the USA.

Monday September 26, 2005

 

Sunday September 25, 2005
To all of my Friends and Customers at Paradise Petroleum Mobil:
 
Due to changing times, I am sorry to say that my family and I will be moving out of Big Pine Key to bigger and better days.  After 12 1/2 years we have realized it is time to move on.  Hopefully one day we will be able to come back, but for now it is best for us to go.  There are numerous people out there I will miss tremendously (you all know who you are).  It has been a pleasure helping and serving you all in the past.  I wish you all well and the best of everything.  I will keep "Kudos and Whiners" in my Favorite Places and keep everyone updated as to what is going on in the mainland.  Take care, good luck and I hope to see you all soon!
 
Hugs & Kisses
Tara
 
P.S.  I will send pictures of the girls periodically so you can continue to watch them grow. 
Blues Society Meeting. The Low Key Blues Society will be meeting Sunday at 7:30pm at  the House Of Music, MM 31 Bayside. For info call 872-9000. Music Lovers Unite!


Simon Wiesenthal died this week. He spent his life tracking down Nazi war criminals.
Phil (Dad) LaGrande is playing at the Key Deer  Sunday  from 6 till 10pm. It's great, relaxing dinner music with lots of blues. Terry Cassidy played last night and was great as usual!
Does anybody know how to find out how much money the rich people like Bill Gates, actors and politicians are giving to hurricane relief?
A full time resident in my book is a local.  A person born here--a Conch, Piner,  whatever. Does anyone out there have some feed back on this?
From Capt. Dan. Yes, our backyard is a mess, but none of the stuff is mine! I was nice enough to let people store things there. I'm always glad to help everyone. Now that I'm almost done fixing all the problems in and on the building, it's time for an outside clean up. I agree, and will be working on it .

As to the Packer truck. I admire the original owner, as do many who knew him. I thought it was to be a monument - memorial to him. Not enough of the local packer fans seam to have the time or money to support the truck. My bar operation is barely a break even operation, but I love the business and the people that come to the Key Deer are fun and great. I like the family atmosphere. With a couple of close friends, we're working on the Packer truck program and in a short time it'll please every one including the very patient code enforcement folks. Thank you for voicing your opinion.
Anti-war protest in DC Saturday- I was there. Protest organizers estimated that 300,000 people participated, triple their original target. The masses on the street yesterday served up a broad cross section of the United States by age, geography religion and ethnic group. There were the Raging Grannies, Presbyterians for Peace, Portuguese Against Bush and a group of Quakers. The Buddhist Peace Delegation took up most of 14th Street NW with its golden banner that read: "May all beings be safe and free from anger, fear, greed, dilution and all ill being."

Protest organizers had been making special note of military participants in the antiwar effort. Army 1st Sgt. Frank Cookinham, with a Special Forces patch on one shoulder. He was pretty uncomfortable yesterday.

"I've never done this before, but here I am, in uniform, figuring this is the only way I can shove it to Bush," said Cookinham, of R.I., who recently returned from a second tour in Iraq, 10 years after serving in the Persian Gulf War. "This war makes no sense."

Marching past the Treasury Building, Steven Olsen, 57, and his wife, Brenda, 49, of N.Y., held aloft signs bearing a photograph of their son, a sergeant in the Army Reserve who was called up and sent to Iraq after enrolling in medical school. "I hear from him about once a month," said Brenda as her husband gently waved a placard that said, "Proud of my soldier: Ashamed of this war."


What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
What's with the guy from New Jersey telling the racists to go away? Is he mad cause he missed all the looting in New Orleans?
If you allow people to live in absolute poverty the diseases that will come will make AIDS seem like the flu. Something that begins in Africa will show up here on a jet airplane real soon.
Clinton would have handled the Katrina mess better, while having sex, than Bush did without sex.
I'm prejudiced alright. Against a--holes and ni--ers witch happen to be all colors and in all hoods. If you're a liar, thief, woman beater, coke head, or just all around jerk, stay the heck away from me and mine.

You're only a true local if you were born here and your great grandkids were born here. Well except for my dealer;  we let him slide. He serves a purpose unlike most of the Yankees that  have moved here since the 60's.
To all you Richard cranium(?) Bushies  out there: I think our first priority is the U.S. not Rumsfeld's plan to easily take over a country of 27 million people who happen to have a lot of oil. He made a bad bet and our nation will change drastically because of it. The world will be changed by example, not force.
If you want to do something useful with that stupid Packers truck, call Alex he is back in business and can have it crushed it a flash!

How to tell if you're driving to fast.
What will history say about President Bush? He invaded another country on false pretenses and then left the country to civil war? Cut taxes for the rich while scrapping programs to help the poor? Denied Global warming? One of two countries who refused to sign the Kyoto accord? Let the country down during the greatest disaster in our history?
Roofers. We recently had our roof redone by Keys Roofing.  The workers did a fantastic job, it took only 3 days to have it completed and they kept everything orderly.  Thank you to them.  It did take awhile to get quotes from the office, call backs and to start the job, but once it was rolling it moved very quickly. 

If the news media could get into New Orleans immediately after Katrina why couldn't the Calvary?
The person who wrongly believes that all gay people are attracted to young boys is a total idiot. You are very misguided in your opinions.  From your postings you are ignorant and misinformed.  People like you are part of the reason that many of the people of this planet do not like each other. They judge people based on their own opinions and not facts or without knowing who a person is.  The Catholic Church is not exactly an authority on moral standards.  You are confused about the definitions of homosexuality and pedophiles.  Use a dictionary. 


I am surprised that no one has pointed out that 99% of gay males, whether they are priests or lay people, do not abuse children.  The pedophile is not a gay male. It's just another dumb move by the Catholic church/Pope.(?)
All Keys Shutters is very lousy. I ordered shutters in advance of the hurricane season. After I signed a contract for shutters a friend told me that they had a very bad reputation. Three months latter, after many phone calls, they finally showed up, broke one of my windows, didn't have the right shutters and said they'd be back in a few days with the correct shutters. When they didn't show up I again called them and they said it would be a few weeks more before they had the right shutters. (In the meantime we had two hurricanes.) I canceled the order. Now I'm waiting to see if they'll give me my deposit back.

A couple of weeks ago I said how I missed my best friend Kerry. Now she is with me all the time. Not the way I'd want her here though. Her beautiful life was taken on a tragic motorcycle accident. So now she will be my beautiful angel always . Kerry I never will forget you. Rest in peace.
Several radio stations did a good job of bringing the local people of Big Pine Key news of Hurricane Rita.  Thanks to City Electric the power was kept on. That was needed to watch the news channels as the storm approached the Florida Keys.  Many stations need to be commended, not just one and not just one person named and the rest called staff. Is not a radio station a team?  The mandatory evacuation of the Keys was one that should have been done by all.  If radio promotes(?) they will be there for anyone who stays. Is this a good message?


Bush eulogized Judge Rehnquist so well because Rehnquist gave Bush his first real job--the Presidency.
If any of you think this world can continue as it is, be prepared to live behind a gate. Those that have will be the prisoners, those that don't will be free.  All you Hummer drivers will be targets. Either that or the Holocaust and Kosovo will look like child's play as you protect your things. As Bob Dylan said, "you can be in my dream if I can be in yours".
It's the birthday of F. Scott Fitzgerald, born in St. Paul (1896). He was working on his first novel when he met Zelda Sayre at a military dance in Montgomery, Alabama and fell in love. He told her she looked like the heroine in his novel. They got engaged, but her parents didn't approve because he didn't have any money, so he moved to New York and tried to publish the novel. It was rejected twice. He moved home with his parents in St. Paul to rewrite it again.

While he worked on it, Zelda wrote him letters about the men she was dating and how maybe they should break off the engagement. His novel was about a man who loses a girl because he doesn't have enough money, so he quoted lines from Zelda's letter in the book. He changed the title to This Side of Paradise.

They were the most famous literary couple of their day and perhaps any other. They were so famous that the Hearst papers had a reporter whose only job was to cover what they did. They were beautiful people. Dorothy Parker said, "Scott and Zelda looked like they'd just stepped out of the sun."

By the time the stock market crashed in 1929, Fitzgerald had started to crash too. His marriage was coming apart. He was running out of money. His drinking was catching up with him. It took him nine years to write his next novel, Tender is the Night, which got mixed reviews in 1934. He died in 1940, at the age of 44, in a year in which all of his books together sold 72 copies with royalties of $13.
The Packers Truck is an eyesore next to the Key Deer, but has anyone looked behind the restaurant? There are 3 vehicles with no tags, a trailer full of garbage and a freezer that's been blown into the road. It's time to clean it up, Dan!
The difference between a lightweight and a heavy dude is that a lightweight goes to Disneyland and a heavy weight goes to Bangkok.

Running our country is a full time job. We can't have Congress taking off for months at a time so they can go electioneering. We need election reform so congress doesn't have to spend so much time running for office. How can they possibly think that running the country is a part-time job?

I've still got it, but nobody wants to see it.



In the Harry Potter books what are they fighting or against? Obvious evil in general? Or is it a master criminal like Moriarty in the Sherlock Holmes Mysteries?
Everybody get ready to hunker down. The snowbirds are coming. Prepare in advance for long lines, rudeness, massive traffic jams at the post office, uppity women, gold chains, attitudes and fat, nasty-ass people. It is recommended that you put together a "snowbird preparedness package." Be sure to include earplugs, a squirt gun with vinegar (for their pooping, pampered dogs), a bullhorn (they are good at ignoring people) and a "New York or New Jersey sucks" T-shirt or two. Also, if you unfortunately live next door to one of these people, be sure to unscrew all their outside lights; they will turn them all on every night they are down here in order to prevent break-ins. There is some hope out there however; global warming studies have predicted that the number of these migrating creatures should be getting smaller, but more studies are needed to verify this hypothesis.

Sunday September 25, 2005

 

Saturday September 24, 2005
For the first time in my life I answered a personal ad and much to my surprise it was a pleasant experience. I just finalized my divorce and wanted to go out on a date just to prove a guy would still find me attractive (being 35 and having 3 kids I don't have a Barbie Doll look about me).

I had read all the comments here on the guy looking to hook up and answered his ad figuring if it didn't go well I could at least laugh at it, but it went great. We went down to Key West, saw sunset, had a drink and went for a walk along the beach. Overall just had a really good time; and, yes, a guy did still find me attractive. What a great ego boost after 12 years of not being appreciated by a bastard husband.

Anyone who has been thinking about answering a personal, but felt weird about it should go for it. I needed a date to boost my ego. Not to mention helping with other things that my marriage was lacking. No complaints there. It was just what I needed in many ways. keysgirly@hotmail.com
Let's go ahead and drill for all the oil where ever it is and use it. Why save it for our kids and grand kids when we know there will be other ways to get us around. Alternative fuels, etc. Star Trek the TV program, NASA, and science have already  shown themselves to be not all fiction. Why not use these fossil fuels at our disposal while we, the parents and grandparents, can give it to our children and grandchildren to improve our quality of life now?  If we teach our following generations what to do if these necessary energy fuels run out we are using now, they will be able to take care of themselves. It's all about education for the future.
Racists go away. Stop posting. We don't need your kind here in paradise. I'd take a million black, Hispanics, Chinese, etc., over one like you! We all bleed the same color. By the way Hispanic is not a race. Get over it. What the hell do people have against anyone from New Jersey? I know it's known as the armpit of the US, but can anyone help where they are born? Prejudice gets you nowhere in life. Tolerance is the Key!
Reading Hunter Thompson's last words reminded me of the time he rented a place on Ramrod. He had just finished covering the Pulitzer divorce case in Palm Beach for Rolling Stone and was writing "Generation of Swine".  It was a real experience having him as a neighbor. "Let the good times roll."
The state of Wisconsin has a welfare system that works. Every state should adapt it. It requires everybody that is able to work, to work at least 30 hours a week in order to be able to receive benefits. They do everything from physical labor (repairing infrastructure) to clerical work for those unable to do the physical work. Even providing daycare to enable those with children to work. Even the people that try to abuse the system can't do it. If they can't prove without a shadow of a doubt that they are unable to work, they are out of the system. 

Maybe it sounds a bit like a socialist system, but so what. It is far better than giving free money and food to anybody capable of working just for the asking. You certainly don't hear about people moving to Wisconsin to get on the welfare system.  No getting paid for having unwanted children there.
Joan is back at the Big Pine W/D. She was working in Marathon for several years, but she's back now. I'm glad to see her there.

Anybody that is stupid enough to stick his/her thumb out in front of a cop car should suffer the consequences without complaint. When did hitchhiking become legal?  I did it for years and no matter how inebriated I was, I always looked out for the car with the lights on top. Not an easy thing to miss if you open your eyes.
Re: Roofers from hell. Not D&J. They took months to complete, were training guys on my roof and tar dripped all over. They did our roof over a year ago and I still can't get anyone to fill out the papers needed for the insurance discount. Also they never got the final inspection, littered our yard with cigarette butts, fast food trash, left shingles laying all over, nails etc. Also tried to get more money than agreed upon. Any other roofer would be better than D & J
Daniel Webster strikes again. It's "couldn't care less", damn it, not "could care less".
War on poverty is a joke. It should be a war on puberty. Free birth control for everyone and lock the gates the hordes are coming!


No looters!
Dynamic message signs. I have to say they did not do much good for us when we evacuated. It would've been nice if they told us the wait time for the 18 mile stretch or Card Sound Road.  It was a toss up which route to take.

Packers truck. The County has told Key Deer Bar and Grill owner that it must be removed.  The owner responded by denying ownership of the truck and stating that it’s not on his property. (True. He put it on an adjoining lot intentionally)  It’s probably too late to clean the truck up and restore it to it’s glory days.  And Key Deer owner won’t put a dime into it and would just let it fall into neglect again like the rest of the weed and trash choked yard.    



It’s true. The Green Bay team will relocate and become the Key West Fudgepackers. The problem is, they can’t find a tight end anywhere on the island.
Re: Roofers. Good luck. I have been trying to get estimates and get my roof fixed since hurricane Dennis. Nobody will show up. They all say we will be out in a week to 10 days. Oh, yea I live in the Keys. I forgot. Nobody wants to work down here.
Thanks for sharing your pictures from the Paul McCartney concert. I've been to many shows and his was one of the best I ever seen, years ago in Miami. Great show he puts on! If you can catch him, I also recommend it. You'll be happy you did.
BPK Funny Fridays continued... because the post was cut short yesterday, I guess.

~At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.
~Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a moron.
~I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.
-George Carlin

~At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote.
~I discovered my wife in bed with another man, and I was crushed. So I said, 'Get off me, you two!'
~I got some new underwear the other day. Well... new to me.
~I once had a large gay following... but I ducked into an alleyway and lost him.
~I once heard two ladies going on and on about the pains of childbirth and how men don't seem to know what real pain is. I asked if either of them ever got themselves caught in a zipper.
~I was pulled over in Massachusetts for reckless driving. When brought before the judge, I was asked if I knew what the punishment for drunk driving in that state was. I said, "I don't know... reelection to the Senate?"
~You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle-aged woman: Stuff you pay good money for in later life.
–Emo Phillips

My hotel doesn't have a 13th floor due to superstition, but come on man, people on the 14th floor, you know what floor you're really on. "What room are you in?" "1401" "No you're not! Jump out the window, you will die earlier!" –Mitch Hedberg

My manager told me, "Mitch, don't use alcohol as a crutch." I can't use alcohol as a crutch because crutch is something that helps you walk, alcohol is like the step I didn't see. –Mitch Hedberg

Acid was my favorite drug. Acid expanded my mind. Because of acid, I now know that butter is waaaaay better than margarine. I saw through the bullsh*t. When me and my friends would trip on acid, we used to go into the woods, cause there was less of a chance that we'd run into an authority figure. But we ran into a bear, that was even more of a buzz-kill. There was my friend Duane, raising his right hand, swearing to help prevent forest fires. We got away from the bear, he puts his arm around me and says "Mitchell, Smokey is way more intense in person." –Mitch Hedberg

In England, Smokey the Bear is not the forest fire prevention representative. They have Smackey the Frog. It's just like a bear, but it's a frog. I think it's a better system, I think we should adopt it. Because bears can be mean, but frogs are always cool. Never has there been a frog hopping toward me, and I thought, 'Man, I'd better play dead. Here comes that frog ...' You never say here comes that frog in a nervous manner. It's always optimistic. 'Hey here comes that frog, alriiight. Maybe he will settle near me so I can pet him, and put him in a mayonnaise jar, with a stick and a leaf, to recreate what he's used to. And I'm pretty sure I'd have to punch some holes in the lid, because he's damn sure used to air. Then I can observe him, and he won't be doing much in his 16-ounce world.' –Mitch Hedberg

I used to smoke marijuana. But I'll tell you something: I would only smoke it in the late evening. Oh, occasionally the early evening, but usually the late evening - or the mid-evening. Just the early evening, midevening and late evening. Occasionally, early afternoon, early midafternoon, or perhaps the late-midafternoon. Oh, sometimes the early-mid-late-early morning. . . But never at dusk. –Steve Martin

First, the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me. –Steve Martin

There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I wouldn't stand for that. -Steve Martin

You know that look women get when they want sex? Me neither. –Steve Martin

I gave my cat a bath the other day. . .they love it. He sat there, he enjoyed it. It was fun for me. The fur would stick to my tongue, but other than that. . ." –Steve Martin

So how 'bout-speaking of rednecks, how 'bout that George W., huh? He's quite a catch, isn't he? Now he's overseas in Europe. Kinda like sending the Wal-Mart assistant manager over there, isn't it? (redneck voice) "That Italy's a big city! Something's wrong with y'all's tower! You should put a scaffold or some sh*t up!" I'm waiting for one of the world leaders to go, "Can I speak to someone in charge please?" Yeah, sure you can, he's lying there on a gurney with a defibrillator up his ass. –Greg Proops

Once, I wept... for I had no shoes. Then I came across a man who had no feet... so I took his shoes. I mean, it's not like he really needed them. –Jack Handey

My favorite uncle was Uncle Caveman. We called him that because he lived in a cave and every once in a while, he'd eat one of us. Later on, we found out he was a bear. –Jack Handey

I bet the main reason the police keep people away from a plane crash is that they don't want anybody walking in and lying down in the crash stuff. Then–when somebody comes along–act like they just woke up and go, "What was that?!" –Jack Handey
Now we know what caused New Orleans to flood. And it was not Hurricane Katrina. Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said, "I heard from a reliable source who saw a 25-foot-deep crater under the levee breach. It may have been blown up to destroy the black part of town and keep the white part dry." That's it Louis, you got it right this time!
Re: I heard a rumor the Green Bay Packers were going to move to Key West and change their name to the Key West Fudgepackers. Is this true? Yes, but all the try-outs only want to play center!
Saturday Racist. I wonder if all the liberal people will blame society on the looting that goes on in Texas.  Poor Texas has all of Louisiana's and Mississippi's black looters plus all their Mexicans to help out.  There won't be a store left in Texas by the time this one is done.  Do you know why Louisiana has the most blacks, Texas has the most Mexicans and California has the most earthquakes per state?  California got first choice.
The Key West Citizen reported today that the Vatican has wisely banned homosexuals from its priesthood. After sweeping the issue under the rug for many years, the recent church scandals revealed that a high percentage of gays are attracted to young boys. Wouldn't it be wonderful if our liberal, politically correct media would face the facts and deal with the problem, rather than ignoring it? This isn't homophobia, it is a well known fact among gays, the police, and others who have taken the time to investigate.
I thought Moby Dick was some kind of social disease. Is there more to it than that? Can I get it in MP3 format? Rock on, Dude.
W/D has many good employees that go far and beyond there duties. In fact it would have been easier to name those that do not. Kudos to the night people that were praised so highly.
Saturday wisdom. You cannot bring prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. You cannot further brotherhood of men by inciting class hatred. You cannot establish security on borrowed money. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
Looter. I just returned to my home after an exhausting evacuation trip and went to my fridge to get a cold one and all my beer is gone. Welcome home, right?
Joan and her daughter Brenda are still running the Fishing Lodge and still doing a fantastic job.  This year will be our 14th winter staying there.  Great, clean facilities, wonderful planning done for activities, everything is perfect there.  Paradise.
Dad (of Jason and Dad) is busy on Saturday night, but will be giving a rare solo performance at the Key Deer Bar and Grill Sunday at 6pm. If you don't like quiet, jazz-style dinner music then it's probably not for you anyway...old man? Right on. AARP is my life!
Hey ed. Why did you post that horrible racist cartoon next to my posting about the war on poverty? There was nothing in my post regarding race, let alone any racial bias.
The point I was trying to make is that for all our good intentions, the results of the Johnson's War on Poverty have been catastrophic. Trillions of dollars have been spent with zero results. In fact, I will submit that we have only made matters worse.

Here is an example. We, as a caring and giving people, see a single mother struggling to work and raise her children. We say, "Let's do something for her and her children. Nobody should have to live that way in the richest country in the world." So we give her money, housing, food stamps, and such. And to make matters worse, we say, "If you have more kids, we will give more support to you. Forget the father(s) of your kids, we will take care of you." We now are faced with generations of people who have never had a worker in their family, and have come to rely on the Government for all the necessities of life. They have lost all concept of self-reliance and discipline. They believe they are "owed" all the things they want, just for being born in the good ol' U.S. of A.

All you are "owed" is a chance. This great land is the land of opportunity. Anybody can be anything they want to be. All it takes is hard work and discipline. Or maybe just a swift kick in the ass.

This is still not directed at any Race, Color, Creed or Religion. I don't believe a person's race should even be part of the argument. Was it not the Rev. Martin Luther King who said, "Let us not be judged by the color of our skin, but by the content of our character." Quit the race baiting. This is about a culture we as Americans have helped to create, not anyone's particular race.
Re: Everything shelter for locals. Locals, locals. Knock it off. How long do you have to be here to be local? 30 years? 40 years? 2 weeks with a job? 4 weeks without a job? 15 years dealing dope? How long?  Who will say who gets in to your shelter? I am so over you outsiders. You don't like that do you?
If we look at the Republicans (Conservatives) and the Democrats (hated liberals) as the only answers, no change will ever happen. We need real people to stand up and do something real. Politics as usual isn't going to make it. Get off your butts folks. Let's get real.
If you think that having millions and your neighbor is living pay check to paycheck is going to work; you definitely are wearing blinders.


RE: US1 Radio. It was such a great relief to know that during the torment that was Rita, that US-1 Radio stayed on the air (99% of the time, at least, barring a few power issues) and they constantly kept us up to date on the storm when big bands of rain and wind were coming; and talked to all the local officials on the phone that they could possibly reach. Bill Becker and the staff did a great job of coverage and kept us entertained/informed in the dark of it all. This is what local, hometown radio is all about. At least they didn't subject us to listening to WIOD out of Miami like all the Clear Channel stations did. What good is a report about what's happening in Miami to those of us needing information from here in the lower keys?
Global warming is caused by peasant farts !

Saturday September 24, 2005

 

Friday September 23, 2005

Today is the first day of autumn! People will soon be coming down here to watch the palm trees change colors.
Parts of Little Torch are still without power.
Re: Flooding. I think we need a Matecumbe Key bridge like the seven mile bridge!
Many thanks to Fanci Seafood/E-Fish for the ice before and after the storm. They were open the day after the storm for ice for the people without power to keep things cold.
Re: Clear channel did a great job.  When I turned on WAIL and WEOW they were both broadcasting on WIOD. U.S.1 had someone on the air before, during and after the storm.  They gave constant updates on where the storm was at and what it was doing. Bill Becker had interviews with City officials, the electric company, emergency workers and anyone else that knew what was going on.    



I think his name was Queequeg. Fewer and fewer people have even heard of Melville.
To the person who blames the rash of hurricanes on global warming: Was it global warming that caused all of the hurricanes in the 1930's? How about the 1960's? It is a normal cycle of the planet for meteorological conditions to change.

You probably also blame Bush for high oil prices when people like you are against oil drilling, oil refineries and exploration for oil.
A great big kudos to Keys Energy.  We had power throughout the height of the storm, only a few short outages.  It did go out early Wednesday morning when the wind shifted, but came back on early Wednesday afternoon.  This outage was probably due to a sailboat hitting the line.  Great job Keys Energy!
What a shame. If it wasn't bad enough that Allison had so much damage done to her sailboat-home when it hit the N. Pine Channel bridge during Katrina, but someone boarded her boat and completely striped her of all she owned. If you know anything about this there is a reward poster on the Post Office's outside wall.

Re: Something wrong here. Yesterday's response to the blurb about global warming on Wednesday was nothing more than a rant. It had nothing to do with global warming. It just focused on the original writers' length of residency.

I'm amazed how people misconstrue some of the postings on this site. A person might write in about how they had a "pleasant meal under the restaurant's patio roof" and the next day some yahoo will write in saying, "How could you complain about roofers. You know that a house without a roof is a fence!" Stick to the point being made.
Rooms To Go is a legal scam for sure, but since everybody else is taking advantage of Katrina's publicity, why not?  If you added up all the blood suckers getting rich off Katrina, there'd be no money for the refugees.  Sign on a flooded home in New Orleans, "Advertise Here, $500 a Day!"

"I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it." —Benjamin Franklin
Why can't you lefties understand that welfare only destroys people? Just think how great our country could be if we had not created these freeloaders with our "good intentions". So much for the "War on Poverty". We cannot win this war as long as people are getting something for nothing. Charity is best delivered face to face, not through a "faceless" government program.
Jason will be playing at the House Of Music Saturday at 9pm. Will Dad be there? One can only hope, The Truth is out there.
It seems to me that if there is so many Packer fans that everyone would get together and have  Packer Truck facelift benefit.
Shelters. They could have used all that money to widen the 18 mile stretch to build public hurricane shelters instead. But that wouldn't have encouraged more tourists to use the gateway to the Keys, would it?
I was in the Tiki Bar on Ramrod Key when an older customer with a long beard left to go home. He started to thumb a ride, was stopped by the fuzz, searched, and hassled for a half hour.  You talk about the "lowest arrest day" during the storm, I talk about the most sickening word ever uttered in the Keys! "quotas" . Come on cops, give us locals a break. We pay your salaries!
True Southerners never refer to one person as "y'all."
To all you Bush people. You all know that Bush and his buddies control the oil market worldwide. When fuel prices jump to $5 or more a gallon, Bush will outwardly say, "whaa, whaaa, whaaaa." But in the meantime, he's laughing all the way to the bank. Next time, think before you vote.
I had a new metal roof installed on my home in Summerland last spring. David Lee Roofing in Tavernier were the contractors. They were prompt and honest. The work was performed on time and according to the contract. This firm was recommended to me and I highly recommend them to others.
I think it would make a lot of sense to build a Hospital / Food Storage / Drinking Water / Everything Shelter for locals only, but this would take brains and about 200 years to put together. Right?
The Moondogs just got a last minute gig at The House of Music, so the rest of you dogs come on down for lots of tail wagging, and good times! Friday at 10pm until 2am. Come see a local group dedicated to having a good time.

Re: Mr. Big-Brain who's so literature-savvy and likes to talk down to the "iPod and Jersey" crowds. It's Queequeg not Queeg Queeg! Maybe it's you who has not read Moby Dick. Get a clue and get a library card.
I want a job at Dolphin Marina, the perks are great. the G.M. has all Little Palm Island Chaise Lounges in his backyard, not to mention all the nice bath towels that look just like those from Little Palm Island. -Jimjkeys@aol.com
I don't know how bad the storm will hit Texas, but it is very ironic to see the sheriff of Galveston standing in front of windows covered in pressed board wood
Re: no looters. Just when I thought I could get some target practice without a two hour drive. Hell, we even rounded up a plasma screen box and surround sound system box and put them on the curb. Still no looters. What a bummer.

I heard a rumor the Green Bay Packers were going to move to Key West and change their name to the Key West Fudgepackers. Is this true?
That was a great picture of Queequeg posted yesterday. I have noticed that there are a lot of people down here who look like him. They tend to frequent the local bars looking for white whales. "Thar she blows!"
At least some of our supplies thru E.U.R.O. Got to the people who needed them most! http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050922/
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Thanks for letting us know that there was a Key West bus at the fire house to take us away from hurricane Rita. Evacuation plan my ass! And it was a full bus.


I hear Knuckleheads Bar & Grill is doing a fundraiser on Saturday at 2:00pm for the American Red Cross. Does anyone else have any more information?
I love bigpinekey.com. I tell everyone about it.
Why wasn't the NAACP down in New Orleans cooking up free meals for the hurricane victims? Why wasn't Sharpton & Jesse Jackson helping to relocate the victims instead of photo ops?
Roofers. I had my roof redone after Georges by Tony's Roofing from Key West. Good, fair price and a great job. They're fussy and neat and through. Then they did my roof at Key Deer Bar and Grill five months ago. Prior to that there were leaks all over the place. Therefore, buckets all over the place during rain storms. You really could "kick the bucket" at the Key Deer. Now, after three good hurricane's, no leaks. Their work is great and their prices are very fair. I do suggest three estimates.
This is very interesting to see the military record and service of the very politicians who send our sons and daughters to war. I'm not surprised, but I am ashamed.
Long winded tomes.
Glad to hear that everyone made it o.k. through the storm.. Good luck to the Texas folks. Glad to hear that all the bikers downtown had a good time and made it worth while for Katrina folks and K.W. Any local whiners move out yet; or just flee from the storm? Had a good time there. Thanks and see you again soon. I'll bring the gang back in October.
Is it possible for unanimous to mean 3 out of 4?(?)
BPK Funny Fridays– Because we need a smile break from cleaning up #@*%in' debris.

~I came from a real tough neighborhood. I put my hand in some cement and felt another hand.
~I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample, it had an olive in it.
~I had plenty of pimples as a kid. One day I fell asleep in the library. When I woke up, a blind man was reading my face.
~I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.
~I met the surgeon general - he offered me a cigarette.
~I was so ugly my mother used to feed me with a sling shot.
~It's tough to stay married. My wife kisses the dog on the lips, yet she won't drink from my glass.
~My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend.
~My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said to her I already did. She told me to go and keep an eye on it.
~My wife met me at the door the other night in a sexy negligee. Unfortunately, she was just coming home.
–Rodney Dangerfield
Re: Hispanic is an ethnicity: Sorry to disagree with you, but Hispanics are a race, a race of mixed races. They did not exist until Greece and Rome used the slaves for fodder, and "mingled" with them.  Hence the Negroid and the Caucasian mixtures are now "Hispanics".  Then  came the influence of Native Americans in North and South America.  Then add to that the Oriental flavors and you have a mixture that will eventually make all humans  "Hispanic". 
Re: Wall Street money managers: Gee, you mean these land-grabbing-development-making- could-care-less-about-the-locals-types might just forget about the most dangerous place to live--the Keys, and leave us the freak alone?
Re: six million boys on Ritalin:  So what? If you parents don't have the guts or know how to raise your mutants correctly, you shouldn't have had them. We're making gobs of profit selling this crap so you can forget about your mistakes.  Stop complaining about the drug companies who are baby sitting your problems.
I went into a 7/11 gas station and asked for five dollars worth of gas. The clerk farted and gave me a receipt and said,  "Ahh, Soo. You make my day, Infidel!"
Re: Looting. I learned this from the news broadcasts on Hurricane Katrina: When the power went out on Tuesday, I went to my neighbors house who had evacuated and looted it. I took his beer, a pack of cigarettes and one of his DVDs. Is this looting? Is it really survival? I didn't know if I would survive the storm.
Lost & Found: Found Black plastic garbage can (no lid) which blew onto vacant lot on corner of Fern & Mango during Hurricane Katrina. It is marked with a white pen, " 201 M." 
Does anyone know if Joan is still the manager at Big Pine Key?(?)  I used to stay there and surely enjoyed her facility.
Re: Did anyone from New Jersey drown in the storm surge?  Yes, my Mother-in-law.  Yeah!


All eyes are on Rita. Good luck people.

Friday September 23, 2005

 

Thursday September 22, 2005


I want to thank The Big Pine Moose again. A job well done. They kept their doors open for those who needed them, meals were served, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Nobody went without. Thanks again, you are wonderful! 
Those big highway sings that read "evacuation underway" really helped a lot. Not!
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Parrotdise is back. We are open today, Thursday. Normal business hours.11:30am - 9pm
Hi all. It's 10:30pm, Wednesday. I got my power back this afternoon. Last night was a warm evening. Tonight I sleep in comfort. Yippee! Have I mentioned that this is a great site? I'm loving it.

Hunter S. Thompson's suicide note:
No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That's 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun--for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax--This won't hurt.
I have an idea. Lets all support our old citizen of the day Tussa the landscaper in the first time ever community-support-rehab-and-get-it-back-together-program. If the girl who posted on here will help us and let us know if he is willing, this is what we can do for him. He chooses a local business or supplies an email address or number where we can contact him. We offer him work and only pay him after he completes it. If he does a great job we pay him, thank him and let him know that we are happy he is getting it together. Then we post online how well he did. It is possible that all our contacts with this website could make him into a really successful landscaper. So the big question is: What does everyone else think about this new idea?
Hello, I'm the Church Lady, and this is "Church Chat". Well, you know, I just received an e-mail from Big Pine Key. Let's read that, shall we? 

"Dear Church Lady: I am shocked at the number of people here in Big Pine who oppose what Bill Clinton did with Monica.  I think it was all just hunky-dory. What do you think?
  --signed, Captain S."
 
Well, Captain S, that's just so special. So you want to know how I feel about all of this oral business. And you think it is just hunky-dory, do you? Hmmmmm, let me see. I just wonder what that "S" in your name really stands for. Hmmmm. Could it be S-A-T-A-N?
I am writing this from Orlando.  I leave the Keys with my family when a storm is approaching and I am thankful for the warnings and advice.  For those who think they are bullet proof, take a ride to Louisiana. Hurricanes are unmistakably a detriment, however I can't name too many desirable places to live that are not without danger.  Tornados and earthquakes do not give enough warning to flee from them.  Mud slides, floods and wild fires cause more frequent devastation than hurricanes.  Blizzards last a hell of a lot longer than a few hours.
 
For those of you who think the Keys are not worthwhile, I suggest you sell and head to some location that will not tax your nerves.  I hear so much talk about inflated property values and "the bubble is going to burst."  Take your money and run.
 
Water property almost anywhere else in this country is far more expensive than in the Keys and in most places they pull their boats from the water in October and drop them back in April..
 
Soon the moguls of Wall Street will come to their senses and persuade everyone to avoid investments in areas such as Florida, New Orleans, California, The Carolina's,  the Chesapeake, etc.  With all those once lucrative markets gone, we can all invest in the safety of the Stock Market or benefit from 3 percent interest from the banks.  I guess I got my point across.  Let me just add a quotation. "A ship in harbor is safe, however that is not the purpose of a ship."









It is really a pleasant surprise to read some positive comments for a change. Keep up with the positive in life not the negative.

Someone forgot to tell the tourist not to come back until Friday, their holding up the locals trying to get back home!
Just an observation: There were more black newscasters in Key West during Rita than there are blacks who live in Key West. What the hell is that all about? And what happened to Jim "Panic Mode" Cantorie? Is this blatant discrimination or what?
To the person who was complaining about Rooms to Go. You need to pay more attention to the ad. They are donating rooms of furniture to victims of the Hurricane Katrina. They are asking for donations of towels, sheet sets, other things like that to get a house set up. I believe they said 2000 houses consisting of 4 rooms each will be furnished by them. I think it is a pretty cool donation and drive that they are completing. If you are by a Rooms to Go on the mainland just drop off the goods and they will truck them up to the affected areas. Never been to one of their stores, but I will definitely keep them in mind the next time I need some furniture.
Weakling (Weekley) is no Rudy! It's election year. Why do you think beer sales never quit huh? Elections. Jimmy and the Colorful Commish are running scared this time around. So never blow a photo op and this close to the election don't piss off the drunks by taking there beer away. Just good politics.


I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
Re: Something wrong here. You are just one of those newbies. If you had been here 40 years, you would know about the 60's. We had a bunch of bad storms in the 60's. But, then again, how could you know that, heck you just got here (30 years). I hope this makes one point: That you "locals" and those "outsiders" is a lousy way to look at things. Get over it and get off it. "The good old days you remember way back when, I wish those jerks would go back to were they came from, etc. It sounds and is mean. You're here because you love it. Enjoy it, share it, make it better. I mean you make it better. You pick up garbage. You help folks board up. You work with kids. You stop talking like you know so much about the way it used to be. You are the problem.

Send the Packer Truck to Cuba to see if they can make a boat out of it.
Your Michigan friends were told to leave the Fishing Lodge.  Hopefully they paid attention to the authorities.
I'm sorry your iguana was a little tough, but you being a tourist, you didn't get the back strap, that is not tough. See you next year. I hope you drive the Ford.
Oops, I just realized that was a Tropical Storm to Category 4 in less than 24 hours.
Conundrum. If the power workers can't work if the emergency rooms are closed, what happens if the emergency rooms need their power restored before they can open?
Dog Resolutions.
I will not play tug-of-war with Dad's underwear when he's on the toilet.
The garbage collector is not stealing our stuff.
I do not need to suddenly stand straight up when I'm lying under the
coffee table.
I will not roll my toys behind the fridge.
I must shake the rainwater out of my fur before entering the house.
I will not eat the cats' food, before or after they eat it.
I will stop trying to find the few remaining pieces of clean carpet in
the house when I am about to throw up.
I will not throw up in the car.
I will not roll on dead seagulls, fish, crabs, etc.
I will not lick my human's face after eating animal poop.
Kitty box crunchies are not food.
A little hint of civilization.  I finally got online with the help of the generator.  Eden Pines must be the red headed step child of Big Pine Key.  Still no power.  No newspaper either. I did read a whole novel.  Went to work (NASKW) only to be turned away.  At least I'll be paid for today and yesterday.  Just heard on the radio there is a water main break in the upper Keys so I guess we'll lose water too.  Oh well, the price of living in paradise.  Thanks Kudos and Whiners for being here. 
The Big Pine Fishing Lodge is okay. The lower areas got flooded but they are cleaning up and  it's business as usual.
Thanks for the power updates.
Re: police don't protect me after hurricanes. Mr. Heckler & Koch and Mr. Smith and Wesson do.
US1 Radio.  Another night of just programmed stuff. Guess the owners aren't aware of the people that stay here and need to know what's happening. Cable and Comcast aren't up to the challenge. During Georges the 104 station was on all night with calls and info for those that couldn't or wouldn't leave.
Testing...1...2...3. Sorry, but I think I'm having problems. My last post was rejected.
Clear Channel Stations. I guess Clear Channel is taking over US1's job. They were on the air the whole time with phone calls and information. Hobie said they weren't allowed to play any music while the emergency was on.
First racist remark in two days. Has anyone noticed that we had no looting during the power outage here for the hurricane?  The Keys have no power, no looting and no blacks.  New Orleans had no power, lots of looting and lots of blacks.  Do we see a pattern here?
Roofers from hell. I can’t get back until Friday. How much storm surge was there (we live on east side of island, Ave H)?  Also looking to replace shingle roof w/a metal roof.  Does anyone have opinions/recommendations on a metal roof or any roofers to recommend?

Did I miss something in the excitement, or did they skip the letter "Q" for a storm name? It could have been Quentin, or better yet Queeg-Queeg. (For the iPod crowd, and folks from New Jersey, the latter name is from a book titled Moby Dick).

I don't think very much is being made over how few deaths there were from Katrina.
Galveston's Mayor sent a bus convoy north to shelters in Huntsville this morning with anybody from the island who needed a ride out.  Most of those are the elderly, poor, handicapped, etc, and Galveston has a lot of them. They used about eighty buses from the schools and everywhere else they could.
Found Dog. Does anyone out there in Big Pine Key own an all white male shaggy dog. he was walking down key deer blvd today Wednesday by the ball field. He had a red collar on and there was a blue belt attached to it, no tags. he looked lost. I could not keep him so I called Biz-Baz and your dog is at the no kill shelter on Big Pine Key on Industrial Road. Turn at the liquor store and go all the way down  to the very end of the street. Please get him he's a real sweet dog.


Lost dog. Wednesday. White shaggy hair about 1 1/2 year old. Please call Phil at 872-1737.

Thursday September 22, 2005

 

Wednesday September 21, 2005
The Day After
11:50am

Closing the hospitals while the police, fireman and paramedic had to stay to protect us--is all wrong.

Wall Street money managers are looking closer at weather probabilities and how they will affect their investments. That makes sense. Imagine all the money they'll lose in the Gulf area this year. Also, there were 7 hurricanes in south Florida in just the last 14 months. These are major factors to consider when buying or selling stock. Wall Street has never really factored the weather into it's investing software and strategic outlook. It's not just the insurance companies that lose money.

Jimmy Weekley is the Rudi Giuliani of Key West. Good job mayor. He was everywhere during Rita.

A great way to start the morning. I hope everyone in the Keys is ok.

Something's wrong. I been here over thirty years and haven't seen a hurricane of note until 1998. President Bush and other scholars say that it is a normal climatic change of the planet. Everyone else says it's global warming. I think its global warming. (Bush believes in creationism too).
Did anyone from New Jersey drown in the storm surge?
Cool pictures of keys at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ Look at 2nd and 13th pictures. Wow!
There is about four inches of water over most of our property. That's what we get for buying "Florida Swampland."


I love our power people! While the guy was on US1 Radio saying the winds were to high to send out the crews; Boom our lights came on! Typical. The chiefs are clueless of what the true hero's (linemen) are actually doing.
10:15am
(Ed: Good day Lower Keys! We're safe. We're running on an inverter connected to the van's battery with no surge protector. It took our engineering dept until 10am this morning to figure how to re-connect all those wires so we could get on the internet. So far so good. This will be an abbreviated version of Kudos and Whiners until people can get their email working again.)

Thanks to all who came to the Key Deer Grill. We did the best we could under the circumstances.  Everyone was very understanding about us being short handed. I guess we feed 1/2 of big pine. We are open today again. Happy Wednesday. Thank God we were spared again.
I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing.
Watch the impending hurricane hit Texas:
GALVESTON.COM: Live Webcams Located Throughout Galveston Island
Surf Cam - Texas Village of Surfside
InstaCam Port Arthur TX
InstaCam Port Lavaca TX
InstaCam La Marque TX
Untitled Document Houston evac route
Untitled Document Houston downtown
Untitled Document Houston evac route sw interchange

Wednesday September 21, 2005

 

A Rita Tuesday September 20, 2005
10:15pm
Ed: The electricity just came back on again. I'd better publish this right now and call it a day. What a day!
9:30pm
The elec. just went off  again. 9:30
So far I have power, DSL, cable but lost two trees.
We are snow birds from Michigan who stay at the Fishing Lodge,  Any information on how they weathered the storm there?
I just saw an unusual ad on TV 7.  Rooms To Go says that you can donate your used furniture to Katrina , they will get it there. Ok that sounds good  but I think about the tax deductions. First you deduct your donation. You buy furniture FROM them. They profit. They pick up your old junk. They deduct the delivery because they are transporting a donation. Then they drive it to Mississippi. All tax deductible expenses. They give to people as heroes, so 3 months from now they have many new customers who just got their insurance checks. Its funny how government tax laws and smart business people can get.
Thanks for updates. I never could use webcam it is too busy I guess. Hope everyone makes out ok in this one.
Awful Arthur's been open all day on Duval. Great people good drinks. See you there!
What time is sunset?
I've got to say I'm amazed.  Wind's howling, trees are a shaking, but I've still got power, cable, and phone here off of County Rd.  Knock on wood.
The electricity just came back on at 9:15pm. How nice.
2:15pm
(Ed: The electricity just went off. I hope I can publish this on battery backup!)

This must be the lowest arrest day on record in Monroe County.
Glad to hear you're still operating!  Cam still insists it's 'ready' no matter if I F5 my finger off.  You're just too popular during these blows.
(Ed: I can't even get on. I can read the computer numbers of those that are on, but the only way I can get on is if I restart the camera and then jump right in. I did that before just to make sure that the camera was broadcasting. It is.)
The road is flooded over at Matecumbe Key. I hope it doesn't get damaged or we'll really be in trouble.

Okay, 12:29pm and the house just started to rock.  I wonder what the wind speed is so I know in the future when to expect the rocking to start.  And in case you are thinking dirty, it is just me, the dog, and the two cats here.  The animals could care less, I am the only one that keeps peeping out the shutter hoping the boat is still there.  And finally got the dog to lift his leg on the deck.  Something he is usually not allowed to do.  Some retraining is in order when this is all over.  Stay safe.
Now Houston has to make room for it's own potential evacuees so the remaining New Orleans folks who haven't been given permanent housing as yet are being moved to Ft Smith Arkansas before the weather hits (a novel concept there).  Some are taking it in good grace, others are squalling loudly to the news cams "Y'all are just tryin' to get rid of us!"  Well, yes, a few of the loud ones, maybe.
My trees have less and less leaves on them from all these storms. Pretty soon I'll have a waterfront view.
11:30am
Those sailboats that moored close to the power lines should be charged a fine!  It happens every hurricane.
What's up with the web cam?
If Ray's Pizza wants to charge $10.00 to bring you a pizza in a hurricane he deserves it.  Pay up or shut up!
Sure, that's what we need a Big Pine Key Weather Channel. Like we don't have enough different information from each channel and station!
Why are all the TV stations sensationalizing this storm to the extent that they are? Even as far away as the Netherlands, they are hearing that we are going to be blown away. This silly behavior is what makes people complacent in the event of a real threat. Even before Rita was close to a hurricane, we were being demolished by a category three storm. I think it is important for everybody to prepare for a storm, but let's be serious. How many people aren't going to leave next time a high cat storm comes our way?
Re; Evacuation Signs. Somehow they seem to be stating the obvious.  How hard is it to know which way is inland?
The cam just says ready.  I'm guessing you're sitting in the dark now.
(Ed: It's been working all along.  Even though we've been down almost an hour. It can only handle so many hits at one time. Have you tried hitting F5?)
Spam: That's one area where I have to really brag on AOL.  Whatever else they do, their 9.0 Security Edition does an excellent job blocking spam.  It's almost non-existent.
(Sung to the tune of "Lovely Rita, Meter Maid")

Lovely Rita's now a cane
I sure hope that you don't hurt us
When it gets dark, she blows your shit away

Sitting at the home computer
when I caught a glimpse of Rita
Filling up the straits with her big bad look
With the crap she looked much bigger
As she dragged across the boulders
Made her look a little like a Georges man

OK, That's all for now.
11am:
(Ed: We're starting to have trouble with email and our server. So don't think we forgot you if we suddenly stop.)
US1 is closed at MM74 because it is under water. Lower Matecumbe Key

I'm left here at our house all alone to tend the cat. It sure is lonely.
We have a hurricane.

Just a thought. Michael Brown has handled more hurricanes without complaint until Katrina. He has the best resume of anybody in the world. Could the difference be the Governor and Mayor?
Jimmy Weekly was just on the tube and said that there are National Guard troops on standby in Homestead ready to come down here to assist with distributing relief supplies and security. That's good.
8:30am:
I chose to ride this one out at home and I had a dream that Jim Cantore was extending his hand out to me and I took it and went down this tunnel with this very bright light at the end and woke up screaming, "weather channel!"

So where's the hurricane. Once again, I'm glad we didn't evacuate.

I give up. I don't think that my yard will ever be dry.




Do tree frogs always pee on you when you pick them up?

There's blanket TV coverage of...not much!.
5am:
Lovely Rita. As of 4am it's still not a hurricane. 70mph winds. I hope it stays a tropical storm. 160 miles ESE of Key West heading west.
Geez, I got 139 spams today.
Breakdown of civilization. It's amazing how fast society breaks down. At Tom Thumb yesterday there were lines in both direction waiting for gas and some idiot in a jeep tried, unsuccessfully, to cut in front of us all. Then he went inside and tried to pay for gas before he was even at the pump. He made a big scene complete with foul language and personal insults.
Early this morning parts of Miami were without electricity and our juice has flickered already.
The guys at Rays pizza Key West say they will open Hurricane or no Tuesday with delivery. Except the delivery guy is charging $10 to bring his truck out in a hurricane! But the walk in menu is the same every day prices. Unfortunately they only deliver to the Boca Chica NAS and south. I know where we eating tomorrow.
Big Pine Key Motel has a cook? Things that make you go hummmm.


Re: Webcam. You got your hurricane flags!  Bravo!
What's happening in Big Pine Key? I hope every one is safe during this storm. Especially my friends I met this year on vacation. Man, they were the nicest people I've met. I was bummed out from truck trouble first thing. They helped us get around until we got our truck fixed and just before we left they invited us for dinner. Man, what a feast. I didn't know you could cook Key deer that many different ways; and those lobster, man, those little ones are the tenderest ones. I cant wait to get back down there. I'm hungry already.  PS the iguana tail was too tough. Sorry.
Re: Hispanic race. According to Webster's dictionary, Hispanic means "of or relating to the people, speech, or culture of Spain, Spain and Portugal, or Latin America. Would you rather they be classified as Brown Latinos, Black Latinos, Mexican, Cuban or just illegals? Once again, all Hispanics in the WCSO (both black and white) are classified as white. They are not white.
Who is leaving? Category 1 (Katrina) was bad.  I'd hate to see a Category 3 hit the Keys.
On the Emmys show, did you notice? Jane Alexander seemed to hint at the current administration with her acceptance speech for "Warm Springs," saying, "You know what I love about this: The Roosevelt's never die. They were great leaders at a time when our nation needed great leaders."




Those signs coming in handy now, aren't they?
Those of us that headed out would appreciate knowing as soon as the power comes back on, if you can manage that. Stay safe.
Please Lord,  Let the power stay on and the cable and the DSL.  Thank you.  God Bless us all.
On the webcam page you have the date at the 17th.  Cool. (Ed: It's fixed now.)


I love this site. Thanks editor for taking the time for us.
It's Monday morning and I counted three sailboats moored or anchored in Pine Channel.  One sailboat already moored precariously close to the power lines.   We can all thank this idiot when our power goes out early during the storm. 
Glad you're moving the camera back so the flag will be visible.  Will you be engaging the Rita chat forum?
(Ed: Yes, we're going into full "Bill Becker" hurricane mode. We'll publish all day as long as you folks keep sending things to us; and DSL stays up.)


Does anyone have any extra Valium?
The Katrina Administration. Katrina is a symbol of all this administration does and doesn't do. Michael Brown -- or Brownie as the President so famously thanked him for doing a heck of a job -- Brownie is to Katrina what Paul Bremer is to peace in Iraq; what George Tenet is to slam dunk intelligence; what Paul Wolfowitz is to parades paved with flowers in Baghdad; what Dick Cheney is to visionary energy policy; what Donald Rumsfeld is to basic war planning; what Tom Delay is to ethics; and what George Bush is to "Mission Accomplished" and "Wanted Dead or Alive." The bottom line is simple: the "we'll do whatever it takes" administration doesn't have what it takes to get the job done. This is the Katrina administration.
Good luck all!
It seems that my famous Let's Hook Up ad has gotten more comments on here.  Someone commented the other day that all women want love, not sex.  I fully agree and so do I want love, not just sex?  The purpose of the ad was not to solicit meaningless sex at all.  I would love to meet "Ms Right" on here or anywhere in the Keys. It is tough being single and straight in the Keys.  If the ad found the right lady for me it would be the best ad anyone ever placed.  The let's hook up part is the physical part.  While searching for Mr. Right or MS Right we all, both men and women, have physical needs too.  Why lie to each other and go through the bar room phony, pushy pick up lines?  If we both want the physical pleasure and are both consenting adults, let's play.  We might even come to find out that we were Mr. and Mrs. Right.  Email me so we can meet and see where it goes.  funinthesun_34@hotmail.com



How big a pension is Brett Favre going to get?
Re: Evacuation Plan. There's a perfect example why not to rely on the government for your every need.  Learn self-reliance and be capable of taking care of yourself.  You'll be better off and in a position to help those who truly need it.
I just read the Monday edition of the Key West Citizen where Irene Toner was quoted as saying," that Rita has taken them by surprise."  Maybe she should start reading the newspapers or watching national weather reports, they have been forecasting the storm to intensify for a week and to head for the Keys.
I think we're all freaked by Katrina's big surprise. I had a friend evacuate for the first time after 35 years and this isn't even a hurricane yet.
This may qualify as bad news. Big Pine Key made the Weather Channel!  At least, people filling up with gas on Big Pine Key made the Weather Channel.  Any sightings yet?
Kudos to W/D Big Pine Key employees 9/18/2005. One new employee with a medical condition who worked solidly through her shift with no complaints as a cashier, when offered breaks refused. Our meat Dept. Manager who rolled up his sleeves and pushed carts all day heat and rain. Charlie and Diane who work harder in the Deli then should be legal, and then came out to help in the parking lot. To Blake who gave his best and did 3 jobs this day. Sherri the bookkeeper for running a cash register and then making the office perfect at 1:30am. Thomas who not only restocked Dairy, but pushed carts and refilled tons of ice preparing for Rita. The night stock crew for their devotion and opinions. And all of whom I may have overlooked.

We did good! We handled 3x normal business, and no one had anything bad to say. Last, but not least Capt. David Heinz (future occupation customer service desk) and throw-a-safe-at-you, Gina the bookkeeper, ("Don't make me mad, I will throw something at you.) Also, thanks for joining us, Frank. Good job.


"Aye, aye." It is talk like a pirate day and I forgot!

Tuesday September 20, 2005

 

Monday September 19, 2005


What's wrong with this picture? They're building a new school in Marathon because they needed more classrooms and they needed to get all the buildings under one roof. Tuesday they announced that because of the expense they were just going to have the same amount of classrooms and they would still have buildings located away from the school. So I ask, why spend millions of our dollars to build the same school?

This is for the nitwit rambling on about the racial characteristics of the folks in the custody of the MCSO. OK, one more time for the moron in the back of the room who was not paying attention: Hispanic is an ethnicity, not a race. There are white Hispanics, black Hispanics, etc.


What's wrong with this picture? Presently there are over six million boys on Ritalin. I think it's just a cop out instead of dealing with rambunctious kids.
Ed: There is nothing "racist" in identifying MCSO arrests as either black, white, or Hispanic. These are indisputable facts, not opinions.
Re: The picture on Little Torch Key. It's beautiful.  Where on the island is that?


Here's another idea that didn't catch on. Those little doughnut tires that Detroit stuck us with for a few years. I hated those things. You couldn't leave them on the car. You had to get your tire fixed right a way.
I agree with the person who posted that the Katrina victims "demanded" help, instead of asking for help. Maybe passing a mandatory class in good manners before welfare checks are issued would help.
These pictures reminds me of too many people in the keys. Lesson: Don't pass out around your crazy friends.
Re: Endangered rats. Guaranteed; any rat in my house is automatically endangered.
The TV this morning had the Miami newsman on Duval St. Pretending that the normal Monday morning trash pick up is because of the impending hurricane. He even said that the street sweeper was preparing the streets for the hurricane. These guys will say anything for a story.
(Ed: Today we'll be moving the Live webcam back to where we can all see the flag flapping like crazy when the storm hits. It's a lot more interesting than just looking at the horizon.)
Equal opportunity website."El libro de Maneras, de la Etiqueta y de la Higiene Personal", está disponible en el almacén del oeste del libro de Key West. ¡Consígale la Copia LIBRE hoy. por favor!
Squirrels are just Rats in drag!  They must be moving up from Key West.



Kids get the next two days off from school. I grew up in the north where we'd get "snow days". Down here they get "hurricane days" off.
An anagram is what you get when you rearrange the letters in a word or phrase. Anagram Genius - fun anagrams and anagram software
To the people who don't tip, because we don't work hard enough.  Go run two miles with a tray of ten dinners  and a pitcher of beer. Remember not to drop anything. Don't forget to add the tables and people to weave though.  Then tell me I don't work hard.

Parrotdise will be closed today and tomorrow while we make improvements. We'll see you Wednesday.
Hispanic is not a race. It's a flavor of a race.
Anyone want a great recipe for Squirrel Burgers? Just ask the cook at the BPK Motel.

As of June 1, Fla. residents became eligible to receive free credit reports from the big 3 agencies. It's part of a new law trying to fight identity theft. I called toll free 1-887-322-8228 and spoke to a machine; but you can do it online if you want at www.annualcreditreport.com. I got all 3 in the mail in about a week.
The worst storm in our history proved perfect for exposing this president because in one big blast it illuminated all his failings: the rampant cronyism, the empty sloganeering of "compassionate conservatism," the lack of concern for the "underprivileged" his mother condescended to at the Astrodome, the reckless lack of planning for all government operations except tax cuts, the use of spin and photo-ops to camouflage failure and to substitute for action.


Re: Cat's breath/cat food. Somebody slipped in a quote from Ralph Wiggum!

Packers truck:  The original owner of the Packers truck was, indeed, a very nice and very well liked local man who loved the Packers.  After he passed away the truck was given to Ed at Montego Bay because Ed is a great Packer fan and a Wisconsin native and was rightfully proud of his “Southernmost Packer Backer Bar.”  Montego was quite proud of the truck and very respectful of the original owner.   All the time the Packer truck was at Montego Bay it was cleaned, maintained, kept weed free and was repainted at least once that I know of at a “truck painting party” hosted by Mo-Bay.  After Capt. Dan got hold of it was when it started to rust and deteriorate into its present state of weed clogged, ruined neglect.  Key Deer doesn’t have the class to do something with the truck except to deny it and let it go to rust.  It goes along with the filthy junkyard out back, the weeds and the homeless camp the place supports.  It’s a shame that something that was once a source of pride and a mini-local landmark in front of a class act bar has fallen into such a state.

Before Hurricane Georges, there were a family of squirrels in the Avenues. They lived in a tree on Avenue D and 1st. They disappeared during Georges and I am glad to see a few somewhere here. I watched them for several  years traveling along the phone wires. Check your history about squirrels. I do believe there were some sort of squirrel native to the Keys in Key Largo.

Tropical Depression 18: Let’s check our evacuation plan if this storm intensifies. Remember, they didn’t get Katrina correct. First, the tourists and RVs leave heading east toward the storm as the storm heads west at us. Then the following day the Lower Keys begin to evacuate hitting the storm around the upper Keys. Then the Middle Keys evacuates in the middle of the storm, just about the point where NOAA is predicting hurricane force winds. Then the Upper Keys evacuates after the storm. I feel blessed that we have brilliant politicians that have come up with the 3 day solution to obtain more building permits.

The bikers I know of are real men. Not the kind of men who push pencils all day and have zero physical strength. Harleys are heavy machines, too much for a wimp to hold up and steer. The best, and most endowed lover I have ever had is a Harley man. Incredible! I'm a woman who knows.
Possible views of migratory wildlife;
Technically I suppose your kids could be correct; squirrels are often referred to as "rats with fluffy tails".  What a difference that tail makes!
The best thing about the Cedar Inn was their Derby Pie. If you want to discuss fun times, go back further than the Cedar Inn. I worked there and am amazed at how  time distorts history.


Rats. Our native rats do not care to be around humans. You probably have the European black rat in your house.

Monday September 19, 2005

 

Sunday September 18, 2005

Motorcycles. I walked along Duval street yesterday and could not get over the beauty of all those bikes. It was one right after another. I don't care for their noise, but when they are parked like that you cannot help but admire their styling and grace and shine!

The Noseeums ate my youngest daughter. We'll miss her.

Re: Cedar Inn. It sounds like another case of, "the good ol' days" because that's not how I remembered it and I was in there a lot. There were never one hundred people there, never mind, "every night." "They never had any trouble there." Baloney. What a crock of revisionist history. The Cedar Inn was just another bar. Stop romanticizing. (The Key Deer does give away free pizza every day at 5pm. Who else does that?)

How are we going to pay for the disaster relief and Bush's war at the same time? With more tax cuts? Where did Clinton's budget surplus go?

That was good. Yesterday there weren't any blatant racist postings. Maybe the bigots got it out of their systems and we can get back to complaining about the Packers truck.
A truly stupid dog Video_Sound/StupidDog.wmv This is really funny. This reminds me of my redneck friend who hated his dog and strapped a stick of dynamite to its back. He lit the fuse and kicked the dog. So what did the dog do? He ran under the porch. Boom! No more dog. No more porch and no more front of the house. Karma attack.
This is the opposite of the stupid dog. Video_Sound/smartdog.wmv

Are the rats that I regularly poison, while they're chewing up my house, the endangered rat? I hope not.
Kudos to "newbie" and the sunset photos.  Never stop, they're beautiful.  Kudos to Ed: squirrel sounds.  I just replayed them again for fun, music to my ears.  Thanks to you both.
Jim is good on Biz Baz.  It's the gal. The show has changed a lot over the pass few years and not for the better. No more interaction with the callers. We lost the home town radio atmosphere.



Who is darth vader? It sounds juicy.
This is true in every agency; the career people are replaced with no-nothing political folks. Veteran federal disaster workers say they warned their bosses that Hurricane Katrina would create an epic disaster in the Gulf Coast. But their bosses, political appointees with almost no emergency management experience, didn't seem to share the sense of urgency.
Re: Waitress work hard. How much does a cup of coffee and a plate of food weigh? If you only carry out one at a time not much. If you carry 6-8 cups of coffee and 6-8 entrees the weight would probably not be picked up by Waste Management

Dell Support Sucks. I bought my third computer from Dell in 1998 based on consumer Report's rating that Dell had the best tech support. They sure have changed. It used to be American geeks helping me then it went to India geeks with some dude named Sonji calling himself "Tyrone." Now they have voice recognition when you first call. This is the worst yet. The machine asks you many questions and seldom recognizes your answer. It seldom recognizes a simple "yes". The machine asks, "Did I understand you to say 'no'?" Then I'll say, "yes" or "no." Then it will repeat, and on and on. It is so frustrating. If they can't distinguish between a simple "yes" or "no" you can imaging what the rest of the conversation is like. Bring back American humans.

Re: Personal Ad. I doubt that guy who is so upfront about dating will get any. Woman want love not sex. That's about the only reliable thing I've ever learned about that species.
Paul McCartney. This is at the show and one of the encores.  It was an amazing show. My family and I had a great time.  Paul is a great performer. He makes you feel right at home. It was a long trip well worth it. Thanks to my uncle for giving my mom the tickets. Cool, cool show.  If anyone can catch one of his later dates I recommend it highly.

Please stop the automatic squirrel sound.
I agree with the comment about Biz-Baz. They should limit the commercials or at least the time they let the owners babble on about their business. And nobody really gives a rat's rear about where the AC guy is...unless he is supposed to be at your house.
Re: bikers. The majority of them are professional people (i.e. doctors and lawyers) who are just down here for an escape from their hectic lives. They obey all laws and respect others on the road. And they try to keep their bike noise to a minimum; and if you really believe all that I have a piece of land in the Everglades to sell you.
I for one am glad that the Jerseyites are coming back. I have grown a little tired of picking up the local Heifers at the Cow Palace. The New Jersey women are easier, but unfortunately they are bigger than most of the locals. And there is that little problem of getting them to go home. 
Ha! You people make us bikers laugh. Do you think for one minute that we read this crap? We're too busy trying to look "bad" and get some pus.  Our bikes are just ego extensions for our other small extension.  You call us losers, well we know we are, but that's our business.  When we paid that ridicules amount of money for our ridiculous looking crouch toys, we knew it was just frustration and escapism, but where else can we go to smell and look like morons? It used to be that wearing black leather meant you were a bad dude, now it means you are easy to Dude!
I just want to speak to the person(s) who is (are) bashing Tussa. Stop!  He may have his problems and done you wrong, but don't make his family pay for it. He has 2  kids that are in the school system and a lovely wife. They don't need to hear this garbage you run here. Enough is enough! Find another way to entertain yourself and leave him and his family alone. He has enough mess to clean up without your garbage!
Re: Squirrels below the seven mile bridge?  Never seen one! My kids did not see their first squirrel until we got to Georgia and they thought it was a different type of tree rat.
Sunsets from the Keys

I love Tussa!

Racist. While traveling out of state I went to play a round of golf and requested a caddie.  Having no caddies available, the Pro Shop suggested I try one of their two robotic caddies.  It was great.  The robot handled my clubs perfectly.  I played my best round ever.  Recently I went back to that course and requested a robot caddie and was told they didn’t work out because they were mostly chrome and the shine and reflection was annoying to the golfers.  I asked why they didn’t just paint them black and was told that they tried that but the next day one didn’t show up for work and the other one looted the Pro Shop.



My cats breath smells like cat food
Last I heard, Pervis the window man was going to retire. He repaired all of my windows last spring. The man works like a horse! I hope if he does retire, he teaches someone his skill, with his work ethics.

Re: Waitress. Tipping is not a city in China!
Racist II. MCSO had 25 blacks vs. 154 whites arrested in the past 8 days? Hispanics are classified as "white" for some ignorant reason. That brings the total of legitimate whites arrested in the last 8 days to about 6. I complained to the MCSO about classifying Hispanics as "White" they said the FBI doesn't have a database for Hispanics, thus they are classified as white. I am white, and I resent the implication. Wake up American political nitwits. The Hispanics are here to stay, and they are certainly not white.


Bikers. Every year it seems that it rains when the bikers are hear. Those poor dudes get soaked just about every year.
To all people who defend Capt. Dan go work for him then you will understand.

Sunday September 18, 2005

 

Saturday September 17, 2005





Vaarrooom! Vaarroom! The bikers are back. Vaarroom!
The one flying squirrel baby (the squeaker) was on the ground in my neighbor's backyard, ants already moving in.  Since they are nocturnal and this was early morning, mom could not have made a rescue.  I didn't get the story on the other babies.  I know they are often blown down during storms, or the nest may come down with a felled tree. 
Does anyone out there know what happen to Purvis the window man? I tried calling him and his phone is temp disconnected.
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Ed:  About the squirrel sounds.  Please give us the chance to not hear the sound effects. Don’t make them play automatically when the Gossip Column is opened.  When I went to the site today I was instantly greeted with what turned out to be (I guess) baby squirrels screeching.  For a few moments, before I could hit mute, I thought I had a Jersey woman stuck under my house.
(Ed: We apologize. It was another failed experiment. I wasn't able to control the sound. We'll keep trying to get it right. Screeech, screech!)
Impeach George W. Bush. Go to vote to www.impeach.org  
School bus. Jim and Maya are just filling in for a couple of days.  They don’t usually drive the bus so give them a break.   
You are getting good!  Plugging the video right into the column and it appears when I scroll down that far...whew...way beyond my skills level, for sure!
(Ed: Mine too. I don't know what I did. I'll try it again soon.)


Kermit Funny.
Regarding the people that don't think they should have to tip the waitress. We pay our bills with our tip money. We get paid $2.50 an hour not minimum wage and we have to claim our tips so our paycheck is usually $0.00; and when the bartender makes our drinks we have to tip them on the percentage of drinks we sold. If you get a beer from a waitress most likely she has to tip out on it. If everybody thought like you did we would go home with no money in our pockets and handing out IOU's to the bartenders and bus people. If you want to sit at a table and have someone bring you food and drink then you need to tip; otherwise Key West is full of fast food joints waiting for you.
Do they make vitamin beer?
Ray, how could you say those terrible things about Captain Dan (Key Deer Bar and Grill) when he has done so many good things for people on this island? He recently gave a big donation to the hurricane victims, and he encourages us all by his actions. You say he fired an employee. If he did, I assure you it was for good reason. Capt. Dan would never fire a good person. As far as I'm concerned he sets a good example for us all. And that Packer truck out front is no big deal, just something to make the Cheese heads happy. All of your bad-mouthing of this fine individual is not going to make him lose his license or shut down. You should issue an apology on this site to everyone you offended.
Re: I was at the Key Deer Bar & Grill when one of his best employee's quit because he accused him of stealing and lying.  --Raymond chojnowski [bclovebud420@yahoo.com]

Dear Editor, in answer to lovebud, (above) I go to the Key Deer several times a week, so when I read lovebud's article I called to see what bartender was fired. Capt. Dan said he fired no one. So I stopped in Thursday at 4 p.m. and there was Barbara, back from vacation. What a great bar manager. Then I hung out and Eric came to work at 5:30. So that covered 2. Then Darryl popped in to say hi; so the only one missing was the gal who tended bar and waitressed (no good at either one)
I asked about her. Barbara said she wasn't cut out for this kind of work, but I guess they have all the shifts covered. I have never been there for the poker games, but it sounds like fun, so I'll be there this Monday night. -From one of the many he's helped.





Re: Squirrels. When those baby squirrels are rehabilitated, please release them in a place where they belong. Please keep in mind that squirrels are not native to the lower Keys.
Re: Waitresses work hard. Ha. How much can a cup of coffee and plate of food weigh?
Bush blames God for Katrina as his Justice Department hunts for a scapegoat on Earth.
Take a look at the arrest reports for Monroe County. Most of the people are white. Get off the racial issue. Leave the black people alone.
I have to agree with the person asking what the big deal is with Bill Clinton having oral sex.  The only difference between him and every other president is he got caught.  Monica knew exactly what she was doing.  Why did she save and not wash the dress?  What is the big deal?  They were both consenting adults.  Is there anyone in the world who does not enjoy receiving oral sex?  I know I love it, both giving and receiving.  Unlike most guys, I think I actually like giving more than receiving.  It can be a great thing.
Hey Ed, if you are going to post the ridiculous racist postings on this site, try to get your information correct.  The picture of Tussa you posted is not Tussa.  That is someone else.  It's getting to a point that I don't want to visit your website anymore, and other people I talk to are getting there, too.  Try to have a little more integrity, it's your website, you can set the standards, unless it's you that is feeding all of the bad comments just for notoriety. 
(Ed: I apologize [again]. I don't write the comments I just edit and publish them. That article was sent to us. We don't have the resources to authenticate anything. We just publish what is on the community's mind; be it good or bad. That's our purpose. The racial crap makes me sick too, but I know it'll be over with in a couple of weeks--like every other hot-button topic. We don't want to censor. Beware what you read on the web. It's probably false.)


As far as waitresses making minimum wage, in most bars and restaurants they are being paid much less than minimum, around $3.13 per hour, and have to claim tips upwards of 10% of their total ring, whether they make that much or not. So when you stiff the waitress or waiter or bartender you are not only not giving them extra, but are costing them money just so they can have the pleasure of serving you. And I am sure it's a real pleasure.
Re: Moth balls. How do you tell which moths are Male, then convince them to give up their tiny little balls to hang in a bag ?
Hey, Master-of-Disguise Tussa is back!
I hate motorcycles! The roads have been overtaken by careless, reckless motorcyclists who think they are cool swerving in and out of traffic while speeding. You don't own the road. Go back to the main land and kill yourselves there so I don't have to sit in traffic while the road is closed because your brains and guts are spewed all over the highway.
To the person complaining about waitresses making more money that him. You sound like a smart person.  Haven't you figured out it's time for a career change?  Shave your legs and work a real job.  Become a waitress!
To Newbie. I love the sunsets!  I always click to enlarge on the pictures in this column; sometimes before I read the explanation. This time I was trying to figure out what type of water beastie was in the Keys before I read it was your dog...temporary bit of a shock there.  Good pictures!
About that "Piece of crap Packers truck" You must be a "noob" on the island of Big Pine Key. That is a truck that belonged to a very nice man. I was about 10 or 11 when I met him and I recall him as being a very, very nice man. Well, he passed away a short time after that. I think it's there for him. I may be wrong, but every time I see that truck I think back 10 years ago to when I met that nice man. It may be a piece of crap, but I enjoy seeing that truck every day. If you don't want to see it, maybe you should take the alternative route through the Aves. Wait, you would just complain even further.
I really hate people who go into your email and start emailing people you don't even know. Is there anything that can be done so people don't go into your email? I don't have my password stored, but people still send email to others and to Kudos & Whiners. Someone's name even came up once on my friend's email and she got mad because names are supposed to be anonymous. So if you read something that has someone's name on the bottom and their email address, don't email them because it may have not been them.
Price of success. Biz-Baz has become annoying with all the commercial advertisements.  I realize they need sponsors but we only need to hear from them once or twice a week not every day. We know they are here and what they have to offer.  I remember the old Biz-Baz when you could call and actually get on the radio and not have to call back the next day with the hopes of getting through.  We use to be faithful listeners and sellers for years, but now I'd rather listen to crazy man Hobe at wail 99 or my XM blues station.
I want to say that if you don't think you should tip a waitress you are out of your mind. They are there serving you, getting you what you need when you are hungry and thirsty! As everyone else has said, they work for minimum wage, they are constantly on their feet, working doubles on many occasions because other employee's are too lazy to get up for work, and a lot of them have families they take care of too. A proper tip is between 10%-18%!! And if you are nice, a 20% tip helps out a lot.
Sound effects are cool sounds like the ol' lady playing president after too much Jaeger!
I agree with Tip a Waitress. People should not be eating-in. I agree with tip a waitress. People should not be eating in restraints!
Eating in restraints?  Whoopsie, Spellcheck. Got you again.


The era of big government is back. President Bush is presiding over what is sure to be the most expensive government relief and reconstruction operation in U.S. history.
Re: Poker Run. The owners are back in the Keys! Let's all be good citizens and conform just to them. Let them cut in the gas lines, pass on the right side, ride in staggered patterns and do 35-40 mph and never let anyone that has stuff to do pass. Let's not forget having to wear your sunglasses at night due to the unnecessary high beams. Ahh, the sound of a un-tuned exhaust just does something to me; almost like hearing a Honda Civic with just a straight pipe running at all its Vtec might. It's like music to my ears. If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm talking about the bikers!

I saw so much crap tonight from these bikers. 9 out of 10 were riding with the 3 headlights on high beams. I hoped they all enjoyed the returned favor of h.i.d(?). I also saw a couple of bikes parked in a turning lane (the one for SR4A on Little Torch). Guess where they were parked? At the very end where you have to turn! As Carlos Mencia would say, "dee, dee, dee!" You must have some kind of retardation to park at the very end of a turning lane. It's like they all meet up before they come down and discuss a plan of action to piss off the locals. I think they forgot how much more force a 3000 lb car driving 50+ mph carries vs. a motorcycle. I've seen some of those crashes. Guess who won all of those battles?

One thing is for sure, I'm going to aim my headlights up tomorrow, aim my fog lights up, swap in some even brighter bulbs and carry one of those 1,000,000 candle power spot lights. If I wasn't bright enough on Friday, Saturday should be a real treat.

If your going to plague US1 with the "dee dee dee" driving skills, don't do 35 in a 45! That's how people get killed in head-on accidents. For Chrissake, pull over and let everyone pass you. When I see people doing 35 in a 45, I see people passing in no passing zones all the time. So you think your being safe? Ha! I see you causing a head-on accident.



I think we should have a Straight People Parade!
We do owe those people (all colors, not just black).  As members of a civilized community and a moral society we owe our neighbors and fellow citizens assistance in this tragedy.  It is the right thing to do.
What's going on? Why Roberts is numero uno. Bush's Military Industrial Complex needs nitwits to do his bidding, and Roberts is one of those people.  The war between the three major religious powers and the Chinese for world domination is coming to a head. Bush and his cronies think they are the New World Order.  Roberts is nothing but a pawn for the Bush crowd.  Bush has the Poop on his side, because Bush is the American tool for the Vatican. The Muslims are scared to death and so desperate they are willing to fight the "Christian Takeover" to their death. It's not oil or anything monetary, it's pure power they are after.  Control the air heads (Hitler did the same with the "children") and you control the future. Big Bro carries a Cross or, most likely, a Golden Egg Roll. The Chinese will be the final conquers of this rock, and the rest of us will be absorbed into their culture just as the Aborigines are being absorbed into oblivion in Australia.  I think I'll have some Freedom Szechwan tonight, before it's all gone!
Oh, wow, that was so cool!  I'm really glad you found a way to share the squirrel sounds!

Hi, I'm Wee Willy Billy Clinton, and I have to reply to you about about the nasty things your saying bout me.  In the Oral...eh...Oval Office, I did what had to be done. You have to remember, "The Angle of the Dangle is Directly Proportional to the Beauty of the Cutey and the Heat of the Meat!"  Compared to Hillary, Monica's a Playboy Bunny!  Leave me alone, OK?

Re: Looters. Normally, I would keep my opinions to myself, but I have to comment on all the racial remarks. There is good and bad in all races. There are people with no homes, lost babies and loved ones, no food or water. When I watched CNN they showed a dead elderly women in a wheelchair that had died waiting for help and was covered with a blanket and pushed aside. I did not care if that women was black or white under that blanket, I cried just the same. A life is a life, no matter what your skin color is.

The post about Federal Judge Lawrence Karlton of, what a surprise, San Francisco declaring that the Pledge of Allegiance in public school is unconstitutional demonstrates what is going terribly wrong with our country and the perhaps irreversible harm being done by these wacko left wing liberals who take every opportunity to trample that which our founding fathers lay down to prevent that very thing.  It’s a shame that public outcry is non-existent and there is no demand to have these idiot judges removed from the bench.  But, it’s California.  Widely known as the state of Fruits and Nuts.  Hillary would be proud.
Re: Newbie. You won't bore me with your sunset photos. After 25 years I still take more than my share. And the black lab is a winner. Keep enjoying our paradise and bore your friends. I still do. That was just a warning of inevitable consequences.
Seeing as how so many people who write to this website think oral sex is a perverted act, I do think having sex with the opposite sex would also be considered a perverted act. I feel sorry for all those men who are relating to those women who don't like oral sex and for those women who don't receive the return. It seems to me there are many people out there who are sexually unsatisfied. No wonder our bars are so full and our jails too. People get pleasure wherever they can. It's a shame it isn't happening in their own homes.
New Orleans Tour: Part 7. St. Louis Cathedral and Andrew Jackson Monument, (as featured in the Presidential address.)

By most counts it is the third substantial church of St. Louis on the square. The French built the first one in 1727, following the town plan. It stood, weathered, until the Great Fire of 1788, when Spanish dons were ruling. Rebuilt with funds from local notary and real estate developer Andres Almonester y Rojas, the second church barely escaped the flames of yet another general fire in 1794. As far as Katrina-related damage is concerned– the high winds managed to displace two large oak trees by the Cathedral, dislodging 30 feet of ornamental gate. Also, the marble statue of Jesus Christ lost a thumb and a forefinger.
As for the Andrew Jackson Monument, it is the first equestrian statue ever erected in the United States. It was cast less than a mile from its current location at the foundry of its sculptor, Clark Mills. Mills had never seen an equestrian statue before and practiced making many little wooden models in order to get the balance just right. He was justifiably proud of his accomplishment. It was also the first equestrian monument to be supported chiefly by it's hind legs.
Remember the Cedar Inn. At happy hour they gave us chicken or ribs. What the hell do we get now? It was full every night. All the locals went. We had a great time. There must have been hundred people there every night! They never had a problem. What do we have now?
Any ideas? How is W and the Government paying for all the rebuilding? How much have we spent already on disaster/emergency preparedness? Where did that money go?
Haw, haw, haw, oh man! The siren wail intended to take down the president just backfired! The corrupt democrats wanted to make the president responsible for the slow response to the hurricane victims (he wasn't), but what they forgot was - with responsibility comes the authority to change and resolve. The day Katrina was ravaging the Gulf states, President Bush asked Governor Blanco for military jurisdiction in Louisiana. Blanco said she needed 24 hours to "think" about it, then denied them the next day. Had Bush sent the military in regardless, he would have been impeached! The only thing New Orleans' Mayor Nagin could do in the face of a disaster, was reduce himself to a sniveling infant who was no good to anyone. In other words, he was no Rudy Giuliani.

The Bush bashing morons just handed more power over to the spine in the White House. The socialist ministers of poverty who maintain a pall of regulations that stifle entrepreneurship in Louisiana will be abolished and a great example will be illustrated. Oh, this is hilarious. The fox once again threw Brer Rabbit in the briar patch.

It appears, by looking at the Winn-Dixie parking lot and some of the local restaurants, that the invasion of the Jerseyites has begun.  To insulate yourself from the ill affects of being exposed to their presence the following is recommended.  A particle mask to cut the rank odor of quarts of cheap perfume.  Wear very dark glasses to cut the glare from the gold lame’ and pasty white, dimpled thighs.  Ear protection to block out the constant bitching, nagging, vexing, grumping, demanding, complaining nasal whine. Surgical gloves are required lest you come in contact with a chunk of cake make-up fallen from a hanging jowl.  And don’t forget to call 1-800-T00-GR0SS to report fashion felony sightings of bright hot pink shirts with yellow plaid shorts, cheap white tennis shoes and black dress socks.  Surveillance has been set up on the stretch but, like illegal aliens, most of them will get through.

Saturday September 17, 2005

 

Friday September 16, 2005
http://reference.aol.com/space/skyandtelescope?id=20050914170109990001Aurora Alert for most of North America. Intense solar activity makes it likely that auroras will be visible to much of North America tonight and possibly for a few more nights. Observers at all latitudes may have a chance to see the northern lights.
Squirrel sounds. From the baby squirrel that was rescued lately. (Press F5 to replay)
I'm amazed at the level of prejudice that still exists in the Keys. I hope you people get it out of your system soon as I'm really sick of reading it.
Slap Happy Pappy will be playing at the House Of Music Friday at 9pm. And Moose will have a Blues show at the House on Saturday at 9pm.
I would just like everyone to know that Florida Keys Realty is the worse real estate company  in the Keys.  The agent/owner  Dyne Vaughn is a racist.  I had my house listed with her for 6 months.  Other agents didn't want to show my house because Dyne is so hard to deal with.  She is rude and thinks she is better than everyone.  My contract with her expired and I put it Buy Owner the next day and got a contract on it,  not to mention I got more calls the week after I got rid of her than I did the whole 6 months she had it listed. A friend of mine had her house listed and Dyne wouldn't show the house to a black couple.  She shouldn't be allowed to keep her license.
 --Dondon1023@aol.com
It's the birthday of Agatha Christie, born in Devon, England (1890). She was a Red Cross nurse during World War I. She started reading detective novels because she found they took her mind off her troubles and soon after, started writing her own.

Her big breakthrough book was her novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, which came out in 1926. It was the same year in which Christie had a fight with her husband, fled her own home, and was missing for ten days. There was a nationwide search. It was on the front pages of all the papers. And when she finally turned up, she was famous and all of her books were best-sellers.

Re: Bling-Bling.  What does that mean? (Ed: Jewels, flash, gold.)
This video was made by our soldiers in Iraq and is a play on the Beach Boys' (with bullets) Kokomo. Video_Sound/Kosovomusicvideo.wmv
The Noseeums ate all the Mosquitos.
Re: Newbie and her sunsets (Oops, my gender's out of the bag. Oh, well.) Yeah, I guess you could say I'm a newbie. And yes, technically I've only been a tourist all those years I visited. But I outgrew boring people with my photos many, many years ago. I've been photographing beauty for over thirty years, and I'll probably continue to do that until I die or go blind. I, too, never tire of beauty. I know everybody here in the Keys is very protective of this paradise, as I am. As a matter of fact, I have to keep my mouth shut sometimes, because I get a little too territorial when it comes to enjoying those little hiding spots that only locals know about. And I've got me a few.
As a matter of fact, my dog, who everyone knows probably better than they know me, has taken to "fishing" at one of our spots. He doesn't try to catch them; he's just fascinated watching them (for hours at a time). And that's why he's probably the only guy I'll ever have. No killing stuff, just a wonderful curiosity. (Sorry guys, I know some of you are alright, but I'm a little discouraged with the state of humankind these days.)
 
So hey, "Non-newbie", will I bore you if I put up some pictures of my dog? I hope not because I know for a fact there's an awful lot of people here in paradise that still have that "wonderful curiosity", and probably get a kick out of other folks' photos. Try not to be too jaded; you never know when you'll miss something good.
I'm tired of hearing you transplant people that are not from the Keys. Just keep on bitching about this and that. Just wanted to let you know that the locals could care less about you and your four houses across the country. I'm 22 and been here my hole life, it's the best place any kid could be raised. The real Keys people (and you know who they are) are real hard working people and make this place paradise. So all you people can bitch about it. Stop trying to change our island; it's beautiful as it is. And if you don't like it go back to your homes in the Hamptons.
Rep:  organized charities:  I checked out this link you mentioned, and I agree with the person who posted it. Charities are only there for themselves. Want to donate something really worth while to New Orleans, South Africa, and all other 4th world countries, send cases of birth control pills, or better sterilization drugs!  It's time we threw out the trash!
I saw this headline and I agree:  After Katrina, the country no longer believes in Bush the protector. His presidency is ruined.
This is Fluffa, self-designated Computer Katze.  She's also polydactyl (extra toes).  She wandered into our backyard out of the woods a few years back and we became friends.  It took a couple years to realize we needed another housecat, especially another longhair housecat, but we eventually managed.  Luckily, we have a large computer desk, because she has decided that is her space, no matter who is using the computer.
I was driving on US 1 today on Little Torch Key.  There was a road prison crew working on the highway.  There were six inmates and one guard.  Five of the six inmates were black.  Please note, this is not a prejudice statement.  It is fact.  Six men there and five of them black.  Did the person who wrote in that, "most of the criminals are white" happen to see this on the highway?  Still think most of the prisons are not filled by black inmates?
Q: What is George W. Bush's position on Roe vs. Wade?
A: He really doesn't care how people get out of New Orleans
Re: Pledge of Allegiance Unconstitutional.  One nation under who? 
I am going to the John Roberts hearings today. He talks a lot but doesn't say much
Here is a website for the people who refuse to believe that most of the prison inmate population is black.  It is the State of Florida Department of Corrections.  It breaks down the inmates by race and you will see that the larger portion of the inmate population is clearly black.  Inmate Population - 96-97 Annual Report - Florida Department of Corrections



Someone wrote that Clinton performed "a perverted sexual act" and we "still haven't realized the enormity of the act". I'm sure glad I'm not married to that prude. I'll bet it's strictly missionary, if at all!

Go here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/14/AR2005091402623.html and click on the photo link titled “Waiting for a Rescue"  below the photo of the two dogs drinking from cups.

The Packer Truck was a landmark of sorts when it sat proudly and nicely maintained in front of Montego Bay.  It was a local Packer fan symbol and drew its fair share of out-of-towners who would stop and take a picture and then come into the bar at Mo-Bay and swap stories about the team and Wisconsin in general.  Packer games at Mo-Bay were truly big events with the place packed with Packer Backers three deep, many in Packer clothing and some in full costume, and Ed fixing a killer “on-the-house” Braut lunch for halftime.

When Mo-Bay burned Capt. Dan wanted to scoop up the Packer fan business and moved the truck to its present location.  Like everything else about Key Deer Bar and Grit, the truck has deteriorated into its present state of neglect and the Packer games at Key Deer are nothing like the "old days".  I heard that the County told Key Deer owner that the truck has to go and he told them that it isn’t his truck and it’s not on his property.  What a shame. 


I found a trick to keep the Iguanas out of your garden. Mothballs! Just sprinkle some around the perimeter. We hung a few in the trees too. Just put them in a nylon orange sack and hang them up. It doesn't smell great, but it keeps the critters away from your plants. Just don't use too many. You'll know it if you do, so you can make adjustments.
I've given money and clothing to the people now it's time to help the animals.  I agree on the cats though, I'm not a huge fan of them anyway.  I feel worse for the animals because they had no choice. They were at the mercy of their owners' bad decisions.  I will bring as many to the Keys as I can.  Wish I had a farm.
Re: Clinton performing a perverted sexual act in the Oval Office. What perverted sexual act did he perform? Did he do it with an animal or a child? No he did it with a consenting adult. Come on people, get a grip. Yes, he cheated on his wife, something he shouldn't have done, but a "perverted sexual act"? Give me a break. This country is so puritanical when it comes to sex. We are the laughing stock of the planet. Get over it already.

Another racist. It’s been against the law in this country to buy a black man since Abe Lincoln’s day, unless you’re a football team.  Then you can buy, sell and trade them.  But, no matter how much you pay for them they seldom behave.

Guess Who's back?  Arrest Date: 09/14/2005  Name: HATTON, TUSSA RAIN DoB:02/16/1971 Age:34 Sex: M Race: W. Address: 393 24TH STREET, MARATHON, FL 33050 Occupation: LANDSCAPER in MARATHON Arrest Location: 3981 OCEAN TER, MARATHON Charges: 1 Unknown Count. VIOLATION OF PROBATION. Bond Amount: $5000
Those poor folks in Gulfport Miss. They lost everything. Nothing to clean up but the rubble.  It looks like N.O. got the water and Gulfport got the wind.  I hope they get some of the relief effort. Sad, sad, sad.
What is so perverted about oral sex? Lighten up! Clinton didn't throw it in our faces. Ken Starr and the GOP did! They spent millions investigating that silliness for years.
Why are we still having to hear about Bill's "free Willie" adventure? He isn't the only president that took advantage of his position for sexual prowess. He's just the most recent caught. We admire and honor  Kennedy for his well known affair with Marylyn Monroe because she was famous and considered the sexiest female of her time even though  Kennedy was married  and had  small children living in the White House with him and his wife.  Let's discuss something that doesn't have to do with his sex life. If Hillary wants to put up with his philandering, that's her business. We can call him a liar. That's apparently not an illegal thing to do because it is such a common occurrence with politicians we take for granted that it will happen.
 
Many of our most prestigious presidents had girlfriends and wives. Something that was so common in early US history that it wasn't reported as anything out of the ordinary. Isn't there rumor of George Washington having slaves and women on the side? How about Jefferson?
 
Far more current than Bill's sex life is the unanswered question regarding weapons of mass destruction. Where are they? Years later they haven't been found yet and we don't talk about that anymore while our young people are still dying in a country that we were promised had this devastating armament. 
 
How about the newly reported item of Bush's decision to force democracy down other country's throats whether they want it or not? How is that the right thing to do in any situation? That kind of reminds me of the Crusaders forcing Christianity on people in the 1300's "for their own good" whether they wanted it or not, and killing them if they refused to accept Jesus.
I've been watching the news lately and have seen scenes that have made me want to vomit. And no it wasn't dead bodies, the city under water, or the sludge everywhere. It was people's behavior. The people on TV. (99% being Black) were demanding help. They were not asking nicely, but demanding as if society owed these people something.
To the person complaining about tipping the waitress.  You are right you should not be tipping because if your sorry-lazy-ass only makes one seventh of what a waitress makes you should not be eating out.  In fact if you are not making what our under-worked and un-appreciated waitresses make you have no business living in the Keys at all.  And no, I am just an appreciative patron not connected in any way with the food industry.

The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.
I have the solution to prevent hijackings and get our airline industry back on its feet at the same time. Replace all female flight attendants with good looking strippers. What the hell? The attendants have gotten old and haggard looking. They don't even serve food anymore, so what's the loss? The strippers would double, triple, perhaps quadruple the alcohol consumption and get a "party atmosphere" going in the cabin. Muslims would be afraid to get on the planes for fear of seeing naked women. And, of course, every heterosexual businessman in this country would start flying again hoping to see naked women. Hijackings would come to a screeching halt and the airline industry would see record revenue. Why the hell didn't Bush think of this? Why do I still have to do everything myself?
Sincerely, Bill Clinton
Smartest man in the world video. (Hit F5 key to play)
Re: No more flood insurance. Just think how much our houses will be worth then. Only new construction projects are supposed to be denied flood insurance. The injunction says nothing about existing homes. All you money hungry residents, list your houses and watch your bank accounts grow while the rest of us wonder how we (who just plain love it here) can afford to stay.
All I have to say is I was at the Key Deer Bar & Grill when one of his best employee's quit because he accused him of stealing and lying. He was loud and disrespectful. And because of his stupidity in losing his best employee, I will no longer eat there and I will be sure to tell my friends what happened and make sure we don't stop by anymore. And as for the poker game on Monday nights, there will be at least 4 people who don't play anymore. Capt. Dan is an inconsiderate, disrespectful and pompous ass. I hope his restaurant closes and he loses his license.  As for anyone who wants to go there, I highly recommend you don't.
--Raymond chojnowski [bclovebud420@yahoo.com]
BPK Funny Fridays. Because laughter is the best medicine– unless you're diabetic. Then insulin is the best medicine.

~I went to the doctor because I'd swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills. My doctor told me to have a few drinks and get some rest.
~It's been a rough day. I got up this morning, put on a shirt and a button fell off. I picked up my briefcase, and the handle came off. I'm afraid to go to the bathroom.
~My uncle's dying wish: he wanted me on his lap. He was in the electric chair.
~With my wife I don't get no respect. I made a toast on her birthday to 'the best woman a man ever had.' The waiter joined me.
~I said to the bartender "Surprise me." He pulled out a naked picture of my wife.
~I was such an ugly kid— when I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up.
~I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous— everyone hasn't met me yet.
–Rodney Dangerfield

~I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met.
~Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.
~Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
~The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.
~The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach.
~You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
~When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child....eventually
~I saw a bank that said "24 Hour Banking", but I don't have that much time.
~I went to a restaurant that serves "breakfast at any time". So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.
~I bought my brother some gift-wrap for Christmas. I took it to the Gift Wrap department and told them to wrap it, but in a different print so he would know
when to stop unwrapping.
–Stephen Wright

~I saw a guy walking down the street in a leather jacket and I thought he was cool. But then, I saw a guy walking down the street in a leather vest and I thought 'NOT cool'. Then I figured it out: it's all about leather sleeves.
~I was making pancakes the other day when a fly flew into the kitchen. And that's when I realized that a spatula is a lot like a fly swatter. And a crushed fly is a lot like a blueberry. And a roommate is a lot like a fly-eater.
~About a month ago I got a cactus. And a week later, it died. And I got really depressed, because I was like 'Damn. I am less nurturing than a desert.'
~If you wanna make a mythical creature, just take a regular animal and add wings to it. A horse becomes a pegasus. A lion becomes a griffin. And a hawk becomes... a double hawk.
~My plumbing's all screwed up - because as it turns out, I do not own a garbage disposal.
~'Sort of' is such a harmless thing to say... it's just a filler. It doesn't really mean anything. But after certain things, 'sort of' means everything. Like after, 'I love you.' Or, 'you're going to live.'
–Demetri Martin

Screwed up people settle conflicts with violence, which can escalate to war which kills millions. Normal people settle conflicts with cookies, pies, and cakes... Normal people are fat. –Christopher Titus

I learn something new about myself every day. Why do you think I have this perpetually horrified look on my face? -Christopher Titus

I hope some animal never bores a hole into my head and lays its eggs in my brain, because later, when you think you're having a good idea, it would really just be eggs hatching. -Jack Handey

Probably the worst thing about King Kong going rampant in your town would be the huge, monster genitalia. –Jack Handey

I bet if you were in some old west gang, and you were dragging a guy along the ground with your horse, it's probably make you really mad to look back and see him reading a magazine. –Jack Handey

If I ever went to war, instead of throwing a grenade, I'd throw one of those small pumpkins. Then, maybe my enemy would pick up the pumpkin and think about the futility of war. And that would give me the time I need to hit him with a real grenade. –Jack Handey

You ever talk about a movie with someone who read the book? They're always so condescending, "Ah, the book was much better than the movie." "Oh really? What I enjoyed about the movie? No reading. It only took two hours, and then I could take a nap." –Jim Gaffigan

You know what dream used to scare me as a little kid? Remember those Kool-Aid commercials? Where that big, talking bowl of punch would come crashing through your f**kin wall of your living room... *CRASH!* "Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah! OH YEAH!"
And the kids were all excited... "Oh yes, YES!" And they would drink out of him after debris fell in his open... dumb head. He would pour himself... "Oh Yeah!" Him and his crazy tights. I don't like it when juice wears tights. It's a horrible combination. F**k drinking out of him. If that were me, I'd be like, "No no no... you fix that wall before my dad comes home from work! He's gonna beat me with a belt... he's not gonna believe a talking bowl of fruit punch came in here! Get out of here you idiot. Yeah... coming through the wall is cool... Using the front door is cool! Don't touch me you drink! You giant beverage! You are sweating or condensating... I will kick you in the tights, and you will go down– you are very top-heavy... You glass bastard!" –Dane Cook

I was in my peak physical condition when I was about like, uh. . . one. Oh God, I looked good, young and fresh! You wouldn't know me now if you'd seen me when I was one, you know? I even looked good for my age. People would come up to me and go, "what are you, zero?" And I'd go, "no, I'm one over here!" –Norm MacDonald

One time I was at a party... and a friend of mine asked me, "Is that your guitar behind you?" So I looked behind me and said, "No... no, that's not my guitar." The weird thing is- I don't have a guitar! I've never had one... So why am I lookin'? I don't have to look... it really can't be mine. I should just be able to go, "Noooo! And I'm not looking!" –Louis CK

I used to drink a lot. You learn lessons from drinking. Things you never forget. One thing I learned, is that if you ever go Christmas caroling, you should go with a group of people, you know? And also, go around December... that's the best time. When you're out there in mid-July... and you're naked... with a bottle of Jack Daniels... outside your ex-girlfriend's house going, "Jingle BELLLLLLS!" ...a lot of people don't consider that caroling for some reason. –Louis CK
I just went on the MCSO web site and looked at all the arrests for the past 8 days only 25 black people and 154 white people. Where did you get your, "90% black people get arrested in the Keys"? Did you actually research that info or make it up? You would be surprised how many of your Big Pine neighbors are getting arrested and it's not the three black people that you say live between Sugarloaf and Big Pine.
Re: "Why should I tip a waitress who makes more money in one day than I make in a week?" Are you kidding me? Anybody who can not or does not want to tip a waitress properly (18 - 20%, at least, for good service) should not be eating in restraints. Go to McDonalds or stay home! Waitresses work hard for their money and deserve every dollar. There is basically no hourly pay, minimum wage only. You do not want to work for free, why should the waitress? Maybe you should try waiting tables and you would only have to work once a week.
Since when is the oval office in the White House considered "sacred"? The oval office is just that; a political business office. How many affairs did Kennedy have in the White House? And by the way, some of the world's dirtiest deals have no doubt been made in the oval office. Sacred? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. If the office were so "sacred", spiritual value would emanate from that room. Prayer would be put back into the schools, the ten commandments put back on display in government buildings.
Rep: Animals from Katrina.  You didn't specify if these were four legged or two legged. I agree there are way too many animals in the Keys, especially those with antlers, claws and snowshoes!
Re: Cat at Wetstock. It looks to me like the cat liked the water.


If you think the pictures of the Keys sunsets are something?  Take a look at this shot of the Temblor Range fifty miles NW of Bakersfield, CA taken by Barbara Mathews on May 14.  Looks like God spilled the paint.

Airlines and bankruptcy.  One of the primary reasons that airlines are going bankrupt is the extremely high cost of operation.  Fuel is expensive and continues to increase in cost and those big birds burn a heck of a lot of fuel.  But, the majority of excessive costs are people.  Pilots demand and receive obscene six-figure annual salaries for flying ten or fewer days a month due to their unions.  Flight attendants represented by unions want more and more every year for being flying waitresses (And the term waitress applies to most of the male attendants as well)

Mechanics and other maintenance people also contribute to huge operating costs by their union demands.  The unions that represent airline personnel and their unrelenting, continual demands for more and more have nearly bankrupted the airline industry in the U.S.  And, by God, if you don’t give them more they’ll strike and cripple the company.  Many, if not most, unions have outlived their usefulness and now only contribute to staggering high costs in most of the industries they are involved with.  If your $80 Nike tennis shoes were manufactured in the U.S. it would be in a union controlled shop and would cost about $300 because the union would demand ridiculous salaries and benefit packages for non-skilled labor.  Flying a major foreign air carrier is usually a pleasure because of the improved service, meals etc. that they can afford to provide because they control costs without unions.  (And before all you union folks get your hackles up I was a union person for 25 years and saw it first hand)



They're back. I spotted more N.J. plates at W/D parking lot.
Re: Tipping. What do you think servers live on if not tips? They all get minimum wages. Could you live in the Keys on minimum wage? Tip 20% you cheap thing, or stay home.
What happen to Biz-Baz?  Jim is good, but please, Maya is not a radio person. Please
find someone with a personality. (Sorry to say that, but that's show Biz.)
Re: Job that's pays enough to live here? That's easy. Deal drugs or smuggle Cubans. It worked for most KW nightclub owners and some realtors.
Where were the squirrels found?
I see all this talk about the end of the rainbow.  The end of the rainbow could start with getting rid of the rainbow flags flying everywhere.  I can understand the gay community is not ashamed of their preference just as most straight people are, but the flag is a bit much.  What would happen if we flew a flag saying "I have sex with women" all over the place?  Would that be looked at as pride or perverted?

Friday September 16, 2005

 

Thursday September 15, 2005
Flood insurance. A Federal judge issued a permanent injunction prohibiting federal officials from issuing flood insurance on new buildings in Keys' endangered species areas. No more federal flood insurance means that banks won't loan money to build without it.
Animals from Katrina.  I suggest that we do not accept any more animals into the Keys. We already have too many, with too many that don't get adopted and must be euthanized.  If you
need a pet, get it locally. This is a very unfortunate event, but let's not jump on some bandwagon, "open our hearts", and start overloading the Keys with some of the displaced cats, ferrets, etc. I'm sure that many cats, ferrets, etc. would soon be set free to fend for themselves by misguided individuals. Can you imagine what that would do to our already stressed songbirds, snakes, and marsh rabbits? Let's concentrate on people relief, if we feel the urge to help out.
Federal Judge Declares Pledge Of Allegiance Unconstitutional A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday it is unconstitutional for public school children to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. US District Judge Lawrence Karlton ruled that the pledge's reference to one nation "under God" violates school children's right to be "free from a coercive requirement to affirm God."
Thanks for the website! I checked it out tonight for the first time, after my neighbor told me about it. My only comment on it is this;  I wore a uniform for 24 years, like many of our other great American friends throughout the Keys and the states, to protect our freedoms, and one of them is "Freedom of Speech" (First Amendment).

I saw a couple of articles of what others wrote was offensive, and could not believe that you posted it. True, it maybe offensive to some, but at least we have the freedom to say what we want, regardless of whether someone agrees with it or not, or whether it is right, or wrong. Everybody has "their" opinion, and that is great! Be glad that when you put something on the website, the government doesn't storm your house that night, and drag you out of your house, and beat you, or kill you for it. Say what you want! I love living in Big Pine, and I like the "green", rather than down in Key West with the Bling-Bling! 
I would like to say Kudos to the people at the China Garden. They have the fastest delivery in the Keys and they are as nice as neighbors. Only 1 time in 1 1/2 years have I received less then great service and they made up for it. I hope the other restaurants in town follow their lead. Thanks China Garden.
(Ed: I wish their menu was online. I'm always looking for my copy. Would you dear readers suggest to them, the next time you order that they put their menu online for only $20 a week. PS My Chinese is a little rusty so I hope this graphic doesn't say anything nasty while we're trying to get their business!)
Squirrel update. I stopped by the vet's yesterday, but our foundling was home with his keeper.  I wondered if somebody was at the clinic 24 hours or how they handled all the regular feedings the babies need, well, each assistant is raising a different species and carries them around with her during all this.  Tammy has ours and his sister and she was off yesterday, so they went home with her.  Somebody has brought in another, even tinier than the other two, and the receptionist let me get a picture of him. Hard to tell, but his whole body and head aren't 2 inches long. The receptionist also let me get a picture of the two tree squirrels she's hand-raising.  One just barely has his eyes open.  They'll be headed for a rehabber before long to join a family group and learn squirrel stuff.

Man, when I hear that "Duh" crap I know I'm not going to get anywhere because the television siphon doesn't register. That said, I'm sure the "hard working blacks" are just so relieved that you didn't mean them. Sir, you don't even rate contemptible jackass. What do you do, anyway? I hope it's something useful, because it isn't evidenced here. Just what the hell was the point of your comment? We can manage to discern for ourselves that the looters in New Orleans are predominantly black.

Is the point that you have a keen sense of the obvious? Your point, if there is one, is irrelevant. "The fact is: they're black, Jack. Sneer." "They're black, they're black, they're  black"! What is the difference what color they are? They're behavior is unacceptable to any decent person. But when some sub-human moron keeps pointing out the skin color, what does that leave us? Where do we go with it?
You didn't say that when a community is run by the corrupt democrats this is what happens. You didn't point out that nearly every community that is run by socialists are broke, or there is no system of accountability in the schools and on up the line. (Broward county, etc. the entire state of California has been run that way for 60 years, no comment needed there). Sir, you keep referring to the liberals as though you were something other. You are them.

Sorry, I get too angry sometimes. Just raise the standard of debate on this issue, because racist crap is nothing but crippling to this country.

I would also like to say that I don't need to be proud of my skin color as if it were an accomplishment. It isn't. Be proud of what you accomplished regardless. Get to work.


A big thank you from the Mile Marker 24 Band for all the folks that came out to party with us at The Key Deer Bar and Grill on Friday and the Looe Key Tiki Bar on Saturday. We raised $390.00 from merchandise sales which the band will match. This gives us a total of $780.00 to be donated to the American Red Cross.
I wrote in a day or so ago regarding a found dog.  The black male flat coat retriever.  He is at the Big Pine shelter as of Tuesday, Sept. 13.
Chiropractic.  I have been to many chiropractors and most of the time was told the exact same thing. It was as though they all went to the same school and were taught what to say in order to keep you coming back. None ever helped; I became suspicious. To make a long story short, an MRI showed that none could have possibly helped me, despite their claims.

Several months ago, someone posted a website re: chiropractors; it is extremely lengthy, with many links. It would take weeks to completely peruse it. But here it is: http://www.chirobase.org/ 
Let's get this straight, for once. Our former president, Bill Clinton, performed a perverted sexual act in our nation's Oval Office. He did not have an affair "on the side" nor did he use a hotel room or other neutral location. He chose to throw this perversion in the face of us all, and many Americans still haven't realized the enormity of the act. The White House and the Oval Office are a sacred part of our nation, the shared property of us all. Clinton the Pervert got away with performing a serious act of perversion in a place that is sacred to us all. And he still goes about his business, smiling as always. Score one for evil.
I used to live in Leesville, La., and have gone to New Orleans many times.  If they filled that pit in, and made a farm out of it, it might just do some good. I also have been to FantasyFest in Key West, and comparing FantasyFest with Mari Gras, is like comparing a church to a whore house. New Orleans and all that area is the a-hole of the world.
Re: Pot at the End of the Rainbow hasn't be found, it's been sold by sixteen Keys real estate agents in the last year!
Re: Packer Truck. Surely you have some local artist who would jump at the chance to turn it into a real landmark conversation piece. It could probably make the EccentricAmerica.net website, with a little imagination.


If you don't know Gatemouth Brown and consider yourself knowledgeable in the way of music, go back to school. He was one of the greats.

Half of all airline seats in America are on airlines that have filed for bankruptcy. What a terrible state for their employees and for us.
Sunset sky. thanks to the person who sent those sunset photos. I never tire of beauty.
No doubt that the one photographing our sunsets is a newbie to the Keys. We all move here and fill up photo albums with our sunsets. It frequently takes years to slow down with the camera. think about all of us that paid for developing these pictures before digital cameras.  Your friends will tire of these photo's.
Go here for terrorist security blog. http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/
The Slurpee is 40.   The Slurpee, like so many great innovations and perfectly nice human beings, was an accident. In the late '50s, a Kansas Dairy Queen owner named Omar Knedlik found his soda machine was on the fritz. He tossed some bottles of pop in the freezer and discovered people went into conniptions for the slushy texture that resulted when the soda partially froze. Wheels turned. He invented a machine to slushify water, CO2, and flavored syrup. In 1965, 7-Eleven bought the machines from Knedlik, hired an ad copywriter to coin an irresistible name, and the Slurpee was born. Back then it cost a dime.
Re: A job in the Keys that pays enough to live here. May I ask just how much alcohol you drink daily and what is your flavor of drug? I do neither and am not afraid of hard work and manage to pay my bills just fine.
To the person who said he would "never give to an organized charity again". He would be wrong in doing so.  Now that he has discovered www.charitynavigator.org he should look up the charity he might like to support and read their 990 tax return.  There are those who do great work without those huge salaries and expenses. Remember your local charities, (I don't mean local chapters of a national charity) and don't let one (or more) bad apples ruin the barrel.


Re: crime rates skyrocketing. That was a gang fight between high school students, not a crime wave in the city.
Does the brilliant person who wrote in that the crime reports from Big Pine to Sugarloaf are all white people know that there are maybe 3 blacks that live between Big Pine Key and Sugarloaf?  Make the same observation of the crime reports in Key West.  The Key West population is maybe 10% black at most and the crime reports are 90% black. 
"We are now reaping the benefits of a welfare state. For more years than most can remember, we have been told by those holding office that they will take care of us. We have provided food, clothing and shelter to the extent that the recipients became entirely dependent on government resources to live. They have reached the point that no longer do they have the knowledge to take care of themselves. They will sit there and drown or go hungry, and curse the fact that the government has not gotten them out of this mess. When it is all said and done, there is but one person who is responsible for me, and that is me." -Robert Johnson, retired NOPD captain.
You missed the Enron outrage?  You had to be hibernating!  It seemed to go on forever in both print and broadcasting, not to mention coffee shop, bar, and bus conversations. The trials aren't done yet and each sets off a fresh wave.  Thousands of stockholders will gladly provide an earful anytime you feel the need.

They should show the bodies from Katrina just as they should show the coffins of American soldiers killed. That horrible sight is the only thing that really drives the point home.

Bush bashers and Bush supporters are about equal on this site. Although each side won't agree. And I do think that Ed is a bashing commie pinko, but a fair one.

Re: Ed Swift and MTV. He was the one who decided that KW should become a tourist town (to his credit). So now he is reaping a consequence of that effort by having MTV's flood lights and commotion right in his own back yard.








I saw the end of a rainbow once. It ended right next to the road on Ramrod Key. There was no money, but is sure is a golden spot.

Thursday September 14, 2005

 

Wednesday September 13, 2005

Kudos to George W. (I never thought I'd write those words.) He took the blame for the poor response to hurricane Katrina. When you make a mistake you should admit it.
Animals from Katrina need homes or they will be killed. They are willing to transport these animals anywhere. Please help. Contact Lynda V. at: 203-515-3024 (cell) Home: 203-227-5308 Email: Lynda@portone.com
I'm fairly newly transplanted to the Keys, although I'd been coming here for the last thirteen or fourteen years. I'm happy to be here finally! I think I've made a few friends in addition to friends I've had for years that live here in paradise, and that's a good thing. I just want to share some pictures I took of some of our marvelous sunsets.
Re: Racist.  To all who have Racist comments, Be careful what you say.  One day you will need help and the person who will help you could be black.  I am not black but I have African -Americans as friends and a few who are working for me and they are good caring individuals. They are also hard workers. If you look at the arrest log you will see for your self that the majority arrested are white from Big Pine to Sugarloaf Keys.  Everywhere you look there are black trash and white trash same as bad Chinese.  Don't judge because of color.  I think you guys need to look at your self in the mirror and see how foolish you are.

In Big Pine Key we have a few  blacks living here and they are very classy, respectable people, and very well loved.  To the person wondering about writing off labor on his taxes using an African American, Should be investigated for fraud.  We need to love and enjoy life. Be grateful that we are alive and thank God for life.  Life is to short to hate. Please be a role model to our young generation.  Stop acting like fools!

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

President Bush is taking time out from his vacation to speak to the American people tonight at 9:00 PM from New Orleans.
How well do you know what a penny looks like? http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/common_cents/index.html
Things I wonder:
1. When did the Keys become so much like Alabama? All of a sudden folks are not looking at minority Americans as Americans unless they need them to serve in Iraq then all of a sudden they become Americans again. Hypocrites?
2. Clintons affair was the least of American presidents' disgraces.
3. Are the Packers starting to look like the old beat up truck at the Key Deer?
4. I find it interesting that Cindy Sheehan said the man protesting her had every right to do so. However he said she did not have the right. Who's the Anti-American?
5. To Rob at the Island Grill. Relax learn to enjoy being successful you seem to hate it.
6. ENRON looted Houston. Where was the outrage?
I was talking to a couple of guys in KW about all the new condos and other crap the "developers" are doing and how they are pushing us locals out.  I said we put the politicians into office and we are to blame for this. One guy said, this was done the exact same way in NY where he was from, but they "took care of the problem".  The "talked" to the local real estates and "suggested" other ways that the real estates could get rich. He said it worked fine!  Sound like something we can do here too?

The Packers truck doesn’t make Key Deer Bar and Grill look like a dump.  Key Deer Bar and Grill makes Key Deer Bar and Grill look like a dump.  The Truck is only one of the things the owner has caused to deteriorate along with everything else about the place.

Why should I tip a waitress who makes more money in one day than I make in a week?
Re: lost their kids. Nah, the real problem is 47 welfare families lost the same kid and can't collect for it!
I'm Jim (Ex-Dolphin Marina Supervisor) I was fired because I did not learn the Springer Miller computer program. There was a training session a week long I was told, before I was hired. Therefore, I had no formal training on this particular program. I feel comfortable saying I had learned it 90%. There are some great employees of Little Palm Island and Dolphin Marina. But there are always a few bad apples here and there. I enjoyed that job very much, and will miss all you boaters. I met some really great people in that short time. Be Safe on the Water.

The Jony James Band is going to be at the House Of Music on Oct. 6th. Check them out www.jonyjamesband.com.
I have lived here for 20 years. Does someone have a job that pays enough to live here. I need one bad!
Re: Racist 2. I will double what you got, and up the ante to involve some good down home collard greens, and some of our own parking lot chicken, netted, plucked and fried to a tender golden brown by our own Winn Dixie. Maybe even a case of Geri Curl (sp?) as well. Hell, we may as well go all out right!
I'm black, and proud of it. The real thieves in this country are not Blacks but politicians, priests, rabbis, cons, charities, lawyers, welfare recipients, panhandlers, most businesses, and anyone who doesn't really work for a living, those who pay no taxes, no fees, and want everything for nothing! Race has nothing to do with being a thief, it just helps !

OK, I just can't take it any more. To all you " I just want to live in my own little fantasy world where everything is all good" liberal supporters of that dope smoking, draft dodging pansy past president we had. You have the gall to call my leader a murderer! What would you rather have him do, request a letter of apology from Al-Qaeda for what they have been doing to us for the past 20 years?  Maybe we should wait until they are rolling down our streets with tanks picking off our homes one by one. Oh, but then we'll have to listen to you cry because nothing has been done to stop these psychotic killers.

These disillusioned, deranged individuals want to murder us all, they just don't have the means to do it, give them enough time and they will. If we don't deal with this reality now, over there, we will be dealing with it later, over here. Do you remember 9/11? Man, if Clinton was still in charge he probably would have grabbed his intern, hid in the basement and prayed that the terrorists would go away!  


Isn't it weird that if we rebuild, the house must be on stilts, and New Orleans is below sea level and they do not.  All the rebuilt condos should be raised with parking below (see Meridian apartments in KW) There should be no living spaces allowed on ground level.
Musicians software. I don't know if there's stuff that will play along with you, but I am sure their is stuff you can play along with. "Loops" of all kinds, different keys, rhythm,  timing and style's. Good luck. We all thank you for working that out in your living room and not on stage.
More bigotry. I told you the crime rates would skyrocket in states that housed those poor under privileged souls.  http://www.khou.com/news/local/crime/st
ories/khou050913_mh_jonesfight.5342d5ac.html
You can take the kid out the project, but you can never take the project out the kid!

Just a quick note: there are plenty of Cow Palace Heifers left down here, and more in the making. They are beefing up on food to get them through the long Key's winter. In addition, many of them have actually put on more weight to get them through the hurricane season
This link goes to www.charitynavigator.org and made my stomach turn. It shows all the financial statements for all the charities in America.  Want to see where your money goes? I hope you have a strong stomach !  I'll NEVER give to any "organized charity" again!
Didn't you read your employee handbook? You know, "the bible". You aren't allowed to use Noble House computers to bash people.

You all quit looking for the Pot at the End of the Rainbow. It has been found.
Bigot's Top Ten: #11 Tell them the New Orleans Welfare Office will not be rebuilt! That should empty the town in about five minutes!
Photo of Cat at Wetstock. Poor, poor kitty cat. Shame on the owner.
Now that New Orleans is bankrupt, this would be a good time to close the doors and lock them. That city has done nothing for anyone. Now they are polluting our waters. Close the place.
I don't know anything about Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, but I did meet a woman at a bar on Ramrod called Bertha "Queen Termite Butt" Jackson.
Folks that make a big deal out of the Packers and Cowboys really ought to get a life. Why don't you focus on doing something you can actually do something about. No matter how big a fan you are, you can't even make the quarterback fart; not unless you feed him some burritos.
Bush vs. Clinton. All politicians lie, cheat, and sometimes steal for their friends' benefit. Clinton lied about a BJ as perhaps any married man would and Bush lied about WMD in Iraq and has gotten thousands killed on both sides. Which is worse and most likely to endure in the course of world events and human history?

I do have one thing to say to you right wing, me-thinking, hypocrites who voted for Bush. As a weekly, world traveling airline pilot my interaction with Europeans and Asians shows that world opinion of America is low and that a vast majority think of Bush as a clown and incompetent leader. And what annoys these folks more than anything is the usual American attitude of screw the world, U.S. might is right, you're lucky we saved your ass in WWII, etc. If these are the feelings that you harbor then you deserve Bush, war, high prices for oil, a declining world power of a country, and more divisiveness in our own country than I've seen in my lifetime. Do you ever recall seeing so much hateful political discussion during past administrations? It's everywhere! Newspapers, online, bumper stickers, bathroom walls, and personal discussion. Thank god we have at least one office with term limits.


Brownie is gone from FEMA and we get the guy who recommended duck tape to protect against terror attacks
I like the picture of the fat girl drowning the cat.
Bimbo. I have seen something in our neighborhood that I can not understand. Why any man would want to do to his own home.  This guy took a spray can of bright orange paint and wrote on the side of his carport the word "BIMBO".  Not understanding why someone would broadcast this about themselves, I went to the dictionary to see if I was mistaken about what this person was intending.  Webster clarified this for me defining Bimbo as "slang for man or fellow, usually a disreputable one". 
Why don't we relocate all those poor New Orleans folks to New Jersey? No one there would notice any difference.
What ever happened to Cindy Sheehan? did she get upstaged by another female?
The 'Red White and Blue' poker run on 9/11 was a great success, thanks to all who rode with us. Together all of us made $500 to send to the VFW posts here in the lower Keys.
 
These veterans were on the poker run, and we were proud to honor them, along with the thousands who have served our country so proudly, so that we all can enjoy freedom here.
Dear Ed, I wrote a submission that started "To Bert". I am kind of glad you did not print it as I was venting. The situation will not change at Habitat for Humanity until after February when they will have to force Bill Lowey out of there. He is indeed a controlling, grumpy man but printing that will have no use as things will not change until that time.  So, thanks.  I am pretty sure I know your identity. First initial is S?  If I am right, the secret is safe with me as I appreciate your need to be anonymous. If I am wrong than your secret is really safe as I have no clue!





I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks. Haven't lost a pound. Apparently you have to go there.
By the way, Ed you left out the blondie part yesterday. Should I have said peroxide blonde? That's more correct.(?)

Wednesday September 13, 2005

 

Tuesday September 13, 2005

I just want to give a great big thank you to the person that dropped off nearly $200 in change to the Big Pine Neighborhood Charter School (for our change contest) for hurricane Katrina victims.  We appreciate it so much.  Anyone else feel free to bring by your loose change.  We will be doing this the entire month of September.  Thanks Again!

I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.

Re: What Bill Clinton did. Americans and their weird sex hang-ups are one of the things that the rest of the world finds amusing about us. The rest of the world finds invading another country for false reasons wrong. They don't care if the President has a mistress. We are the shame of the world. (No, I won't move, I'll vote.)
Some pictures from the concert at Wetstock.
Rooting for a sports team is one of the fun things folks can do. However, I agree that piece of crap Packers truck makes the Key Deer bar look like a dump. Time to send it to its grave.
I have tried to keep my opinion to my self on the Clinton thing, but these comments are making me burst.  I Don't care what the most powerful man in the world does behind his office door, and I don't think we should have asked.  But when asked he should have had the balls to say what he did and that would have been enough for me.  A liar is just another kind of thief.
About the United States Coast Guard I posted, on Labor Day, a hat's off to them.  They were the very first responders and it is no coincidence they chose a Coastie to take over for the FEMA director.  The Guard takes the best care of their enlisted men and women also.
To the one who said Clinton committed adultery and that is against the law is wrong.  Adultery is not illegal or are ménage a trios.  Bush is a crazy murderer killing people or his insecure tirades.  God save us.
Silly Ol’ Drunk from Dolphin Marina. I really hate those old idiotic guys that make up for their incompetence by drinking all the time. Sad fact is, that only intensifies their ignorance. At any rate, I’m glad he is gone now and you all can listen to his drunken crying about Dolphin Marina and how he ran the show. Too bad he was just a simple employee working the register, selling beer and gas all day. Hope he sobers up enough to realize that he should stop sending “hate mail” to people who do not care.

Does anyone know of some software that will let me play my instrument accompanied by computer generated instruments? There must be something that will accompany me in my feeble attempts to play in a band. I don't want recording software like Garage Band. I'm just looking for imusicians to play along with me.
Racist. Everyone seems to be up in arms about this website publishing articles about buying and selling black people.  Up until Katrina hit The Gulf Coast I wanted to purchase a few black people to do some work around my house.  Now that I see the way these people behave even when someone is trying to give them a roof over their head I wouldn't let one in my house even as property.  Does anybody know if we have to pay sales tax if we buy a black man?  Can we take what they eat and write it off as a tax deduction?  If I donate my black man to work cleaning the streets down town can I write that off as a business expense?  Do I have to pay capitol gains tax if I sell my African at a profit?  There are so many unanswered questions about the pros and cons of black man ownership.  Can someone please help with any information on this subject?
I agree that Green Bay needs to rebuild.  Just like the idiot Cowboys fan that argued with me last year, but all he could produce was what they did ten or fifteen years ago. This is now.  The season just started.  Neither the Cowboys nor the Packers will be anywhere near the Superbowl.  There are only five teams to watch, the Eagles, Patriots, Steelers, Colts, and maybe Ravens, the rest are not even close.
As for Mayor Nagin, he and his profile in pathetic leadership police chief, should resign as well. That city’s government is incompetent from one end to the other. The people of New Orleans deserve better than this crowd of clowns is capable of giving them.

If you’re keeping track, these boobs let 569 buses that could have carried 33,350 people out of New Orleans–in one trip–get ruined in the floods. Whatever plan these guys had, it was a dud. Or it probably would have been if they’d bothered to follow it.

As for all the race-baiting rhetoric and Bush-bashing coming from prominent blacks on the left, don’t expect Ray Nagin to be called out on the carpet for falling short. You want to know why? Here’s why:

It’s more convenient to blame a white president for what went wrong than to hold a black mayor and his administration accountable for gross negligence and failing to fully carry out an established emergency preparedness plan.

To hold Nagin and his administration accountable for dropping the ball amounts to letting loose the shouts and cries of “Racism!”. It’s sad, it’s wrong, but it’s standard operating procedure for the media and left-wing black leadership.

Mark my words: you will not hear a word of criticism from Jesse Jackson Sr., Randall Robinson, the Congressional Black Caucus, the NAACP, or Kanye West being directed toward Clarence Ray Nagin Jr. Why? Because he is just another black politician instead of a responsible elected official who happens to be black. In the mindset of more-blacker-than-thou blacks, black politicians who are on their side can do no wrong.



Re: ostrich. Get your facts straight, they don't bury their heads in the sand.
Racist 2. It was disgusting to see New Orleans Police officers on tape stealing right along with the rest of the thieves.  Did anyone happen to notice that the police officers stealing were of a dark color?  Racal quotas at work.  These people weren't even smart enough to take off their uniform to steal.  I suppose some do-gooder will say it wasn't their fault.  They were a victim of society.  I wonder if the NAACP will use these officers as the poster children to show how good the black community is.  I was so moved by the actions of these fine upstanding people that I am going to make a donation to The United Negro Criminal Fund today.  I am donating 5 crack pipes and a dozen watermelons.  Anyone care to match me?
Do you really think the misplaced Katrina victims will be willing to build their own homes? From what I have seen. It is mostly white, retired builders that build the Habitat homes. I feel the same kind of people will volunteer to help the Katrina survivors. Who pays for the building supplies? Make the insurance companies pay up for a change.


Little Torch view.
Re: What Bill Clinton did that angers me is commit adultery, in the Oval office. Adultery is illegal. By doing this in that office he degraded the office space that represents the power and prestige of the United States. Later he lied under oath about it. Now let's put the shoe on the other foot. If Bush committed adultery in the Oval office and then lied about it under oath would you defend him? (Quote)

You simple fool. Bush f**ked two entire nations (Iraq & USA) and lied about it too!  I'll take Clinton any time. Balanced budget, thriving economy, surplus government, reasonable gas prices and no trumped-up wars for the benefit of  his cronies. Yeah, that Clinton guy was a real character! Get a clue. Your boy "shrub" is on the skids, his scam is exposed and even the idiots who believed his BS are beginning to see the light!
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Enough of this bigot stuff. There are not enough minorities down here to even make fun of. If you really want to bitch about something valid, complain about the rude New Yorkers and New Jersey folks who, as I type, are getting ready to make their annual trek down here. They can't wait to impress us with their intellectual superiority, long nails, gaudy make-up and high heels. And don't even get me started about the women.
Why would anyone want the feds to do everything for them?  This amazes me.  Do for yourself.  Earn your living, pay your way, and if a hurricane is coming get yourself out of it's path.  Who wants to be so helpless and dependent that we can't protect ourselves?  The feds are our employees, not our "massa's"; feeding, clothing, sheltering, and shepherding us through life.
Re: New Start. A big Amen!  And well-spoken.  I was thinking along those lines, but couldn't find the words.  Having been by those Projects many times I often wondered how anyone escaped.  Maybe this will give more people the first step out and up and incentive to continue.
Re: Webcam. This is actually a good view.  It's fun to try to pinpoint your location based on what can be seen from here.  I do miss the flag, though.  Maybe a windsock?
Sept 13. It's the birthday of Roald Dahl, born in Llandaff, South Wales (1916). He was sent off to private boarding schools as a kid, which he hated except for the chocolates, Cadbury chocolates. The Cadbury chocolate company had chosen his school as a focus group for new candies they were developing. Every so often, a plain gray cardboard box was issued to each child, filled with eleven chocolate bars. It was the children's task to rate the candy, and Dahl took his job very seriously. About one of the sample candy bars, he wrote, "Too subtle for the common palate." He later said that the experience got him thinking about candy as something manufactured in a factory, and he spent a lot of time imagining what a candy factory might be like. Today, he's best known for his children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
He’s a man on the move.  Or, from the infamous debate series, “Being President, you know, it’s hard work”.  The President is apparently working overtime to make up for that longish holiday in Crawford. He's working so hard that he just can't be bothered with things like the head of FEMA resigning. He doesn't know anything about it. Hell, he barely knows the guy.

Q: Can you tell us, have you accepted the resignation of Michael Brown, or have you heard about it?
 
The President:  I haven't... no, I have not talked to Michael Brown...or Mike Chertoff; that's who I'd talk to.  As you know, I've been working.  And when I get on Air Force One, I will call back to Washington.  But I've been on the move.


Cowasaki. Maybe this will work for those who don't want to ride Hogs. Pooper Scooper is suggested option, especially for composting and recycling.  P.S. No bad reflection meant to the "Ramrod Key Heifers", if there are any left. Myself, I prefer a Lady with some curves, not one that looks like a little boy.  Regards to the Real Piners from the Valley of the Sun.

Tuesday September 13, 2005

 

Monday September 12, 2005




Kudos to the United States Coast Guard for their tireless and immediate rescue efforts. They are truly the unsung heroes of the Katrina disaster. They were there as soon as the winds allowed their helicopters to fly. Why is it that no one else has noted their heroic efforts?
Re: New start for them. Yes, yes, yes! You! I like you! Damn right. That's just what I was thinking! If the folks that have been on the dole for generations get the opportunity (see: there will be a huge building boom.) The folks who lost their homes will be asked to come to work to rebuild the houses, their own houses, and the labor vacuum that will result will prove much more profitable than sitting in taxpayer provided housing and collecting welfare. And with any luck, the corrupt moron that is presiding over New Orleans, that is, the graveyard of a city, and that stupid governor, will be out on their asses with the rest of the low lives and rot. New sensible building codes, no extended palms of corruption, just plain, in plain view, rebuilding. And, as you say, "Maybe, just maybe..." Man! It's nice to know I'm not alone! Let's drink to us and hope!

Kudos Marathon W/D meat manager. The former management in Big Pine Key should have been as open and up front as you are regarding the negative comments about your stores. I think the BPK store wouldn't have fallen into such an awful state. (The new BPK manager appears to be changing all that.) You showed leadership by your comments yesterday. I've always been dismayed that W/D doesn't have a public relations department. I've seen long term employees who think that their service entitles them to private bonuses in other industries. They are nothing but a bane to those businesses. Of course those employees don't see it that way.
Big businesses should relocate near closed military bases, and we could get the govt. to open those bases for people from New Orleans. Providing new jobs and homes.

Wow!  Parrotdise keep getting better.  Their new remodel project inside really adds a touch of class.  I’ve been there three times this past week and had an outstanding meal each time.  You’re hitting home runs guys and gals.  Keep up the good work.
Kudos to Paula Niles for stating the  facts  why the WD employee was fired. Both Marathon and BP have new store managers who only want the very best for their store and will not put up with old or out dated products to be sold. I have seen great improvements in both stores. Keep up the good work.


No one builds Tiki huts around here, but the Seminoles in Fort Lauderdale do build Chickee huts. I think that's what you're looking for.
 Someone wrote in stating "The Top 10 Ways To Get Bush To Immediately Help The Gulf Coast" and had a few valid points.  How about a different perspective?  The Top 10 Ways To Get The Savages In The Area To Leave!
Bigot's Top Ten: 
10.  Start making them work cleaning The Superdome in exchange for allowing them to be there.
9.  Tell them there is a free Rap concert in New York.
8.  Announce that K Mart is closed and somebody left the door unlocked.
7.  Sound an alarm and yell "JAIL BREAK"
6.  Advertise a grand opening for a Kentucky Fried Chicken four miles away.
5.  Tell them that there is a single white woman outside the town limits.
4.  Scream "POLICE" as loud as you can.
3.  Send in 1 million copies of the Help Wanted Ads.
2.  Spread a rumor that everyone who wishes to stay there must get a job.
And, the number one way to get theses thieves out of the area:
1.  Make a public announcement that anyone there at noon tomorrow must take a bath.




Another sad day for music.  Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, the singer and guitarist who built a career playing blues, country, jazz and Cajun music, died Saturday in his hometown of Orange, Texas, where he had gone to escape Hurricane Katrina. His career spanned more than half a century playing an unorthodox style on a variety of instruments. He was 81.

Interesting comments by the new Marathon Winn-Dixie meat dep’t manager.  They have a lot more issues to deal with than a single meat manager.  I think the best solution to the many problems facing the bankrupt plagued Winn-Dixie chain, especially those stores in the middle and lower Keys, would be to sell out to Publix.   We could then get a better variety of quality products and service in a squeaky clean store staffed by employees who have a customer oriented attitude.  Come on Publix!

Interesting comment about the Winn-Dixie meat in Marathon being re-packaged, re-dated and reduced in price.  I have, more than once, purchased meat from Winn-Dixie here on Big Pine and found it to be nearly spoiled and rancid after getting it home.  The last two times I immediately returned it to the store and got a refund.  It’s not isolated to one store or department manager but seems to be a chain-wide practice to control costs.  Winn-Dickme strikes again.  Publix anyone?
To the person who posted the Wal-Mart video showing the 2 female cops looting the store, thanks. That video put a whole new perspective on how jacked up some of the New Orleans police dept are. I hope I never meet any officers there in a compromising situation. I am quite sure they were fired. Can you say pathetic?) It truly makes me sick to think that people like this are in a position of authority.
Re: Little Palm Island. Don't think that the couple that were married there and had their room burnt were treated with anything less than class. (not to worry, everything is taking care of, this stay is comped and would you please be our guest again) That is the way to do business. Little Palm like any good business will not only make it right, they will make it better than right. They have been taking care of business for close to twenty years there. They have about 12 properties through out the world and they have been doing it for a long time. Just remember this, the difference between rich folks and folks like us is: rich folks have money.  That's just the way it is.
To view this weeks hurricane striking, go to:
 
Avalon Fishing Pier Kill Devil Hills North Carolina







Re: public castration. Even if all criminals believe they wont get caught, when they do, they should not be rewarded with cable tv and early parole.
What Bill Clinton did that angers me is commit adultery, in the Oval office. Adultery is illegal. By doing this in that office he degraded the office space that represents the power and prestige of the United States. Later he lied under oath about it. Now let's put the shoe on the other foot. If Bush committed adultery in the Oval office and then lied about it under oath would you defend him?

I'd rather hear rock 'n roll in stereo than surround sound because surround sound puts you in the middle of the band. Where stereo puts you in the audience. I'd rather hear a band from the audience's perspective.
The Piggily Wiggily's did not go out of business 15 years ago.  I was in one in NC 5 years ago, and I believe it is still open.  A person from NJ told me that the name was so stupid, I replied "That sounds really funny coming from someone that buys groceries in a Wa Wa."
This nation's security is no better off than before 9/11. The one industry that is more cautious is the airline industry, We are not better off now, and there is no plan in place for massive catastrophes. Second rate service from a second rate administration.




Yesterday morning, 9/11, I was listening to the names of the victims being read at the WTC NY services, and watching the flag fly at half staff in my backyard.  Up here in NJ, many others are at also at half staff in remembrance.  The weather here today is just like it was on that day 4 years ago... so warm and sunny, puffy clouds in the sky, a perfect gorgeous day, but I have an overwhelming feeling of sadness in me.  Ed, I was wondering if the flag isn't showing this morning (Sunday) on your live webcam because its being flow at half staff too?
(Ed: No, we're not that smart. I wish we were. We only moved the camera.)

MARC House Observation. I can't think of an event that has ever taken place in KW that, "...a portion of the proceeds" didn't go to MARC house. They must be rich by now. The residents are in the newspaper at least once a week. They are the most photographed people in KW.
I have yet to read where the decent, hard working blacks have been insulted on this site. The insults were facts directed at the black criminal element. Duh! Oh, don't include their skin color when describing a looter or rapist. Let's pretend skin color is invisible. That should make it much easier to identify and arrest the criminals. Here is some advice to liberals: Go into your city's black crack slums and pick out a family to come home and live with you. Let us know how it goes on an annual basis.
Lance Armstrong's record-setting seventh Tour de France victory, along with his entire Tour de France legacy, may be tarnished by what could turn out to be one of the greatest sports scandals of all time. Armstrong has been detained by French police and is being quizzed by French officials after three banned substances were found in his southern France hotel room while the athlete was on vacation after winning the 2005 Tour de France.

The three substances found were toothpaste, deodorant and soap, which have been banned by the French for over 75 years. Hotel employees became suspicious when Armstrong checked in because of his unnatural neatness, cordiality and cleanliness. When Armstrong was confronted by the French authorities, he was enraged and told the French exactly what they could do with their "evidence." The French authorities were astounded to discover that Armstrong had a testicle, something that had not been found on a French male since 1776.
In a lot of cases evacuees who "lost their kids" put them on a copter or boat where there was no more room and just wanted to get the kids out no matter the consequences to themselves.  Many times the rescue vehicles had to make several trips to clear a rooftop or some other temporary shelter and it was not always the same vehicle picking the people up and not always taking them to the same drop point.  Many families have been separated this way and are being reunited through more volunteer efforts.
The only people up in arms about Clinton having a little oral sex are the people who have never enjoyed great sex in their lives. They cannot attract anyone with whom to enjoy life's greatest pleasure, and they are trapped in a dud marriage. Thus, they are in envy.
Glad you got the webcam working.  Is this a different view angle?  No flag?
(Tech Support: We moved the camera a much higher place to try to show more of Big Pine, but it turned out to be more boring. We'll move it back to it's former location soon. We're looking for a programmable camera that will pan the area, but the only one we've found costs $2,000. Ouch!)
To the pathetic ex-super who has been frequenting this column since last Friday. Why don't you behave like an ostrich and bury your head in the sand.
Watching the Packers and Bret Favre Sunday reminded me of when Dan Marino was over the hill. Time for the Pack to move on and start looking for someone younger that can do the job. And it's also time to move that piece of junk truck from Key Deer Grill. Or at least plant some flowers around it.
Standing among the wreckage of two national disasters, it is no longer possible to deny the plain truth: Bush and his administration are unfit to wield power
A lawyer with the Texas secretary of state was fired after she spoke to a reporter about presidential adviser Karl Rove's eligibility to vote in the state.

Elizabeth Reyes, 30, said she was dismissed last week for violating the agency's media policy after she was quoted in a Sept. 3 story by The Washington Post about tax deductions on Rove's homes in Washington and Texas.


My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
Pat: Call me please! You know who.

Monday September 12, 2005

9/11. A Day of Infamy II



Today is the fourth anniversary of 9/11, the worse day in our country's life. I'll never forget that morning as long as I live.
To the wrongful termination Marathon, My name is Paula Niles. I am the meat market manager, but not brand new. I have been in Marathon for 8 months because Winn Dixie asked me to go there to straighten that market out. They had very bad inventories, and poor cuts of meat. The person terminated was in charge at the time. He was thought to be giving special prices to his special customers, so he was being watched. Several incidents occurred and he was questioned. But then he got a little careless or thought the eye was not on him anymore and made a fatal mistake.

There were several associates that witnessed him checking out through the self-check out lanes with fresh cut steaks marked down at a very, very, very low price! Winn Dixie sent security people in and interviewed him and they had enough proof to fire him. I believe that he and his wife think that it was me that busted him, but is was not. Sorry, I wish it was!

If an eleven year veteran meat cutter is stupid enough to buy said spoiled meat then maybe it's better he's not working there anymore. Our customers safety comes first and foremost.  We do from time to time discount meat because of dates like every other grocery store does. But never. never would I allow spoiled meat in my meat case and you have my guarantee on it.

Thanks Paula Niles store # 267 meat dept. manager.




Rain. My yard hasn't been dry for a month. Where is all this rain coming from? We live in the middle of the island and last night it rained so hard I started gathering two of every critter in our neighborhood to put in the boat I've been building.

Bush's head of FEMA, Michael Brown, who last week was, "doing a heck of a job." was finally fired yesterday for doing a bad job. Bush is responsible for everything in this country. He's the leader. You Bush supporters are always in denial just like the President is always in denial. Truman said it best, "The buck stops here."  Yesterday they stopped issuing those $2000 debit cards to the victims because they weren't thought out enough. Only if bush had sex would the Republicans admit what a failure he was.
W/D employees know better than to shop on the clock. It is a cardinal rule always clock out before shopping. When a dept. manager wants to get rid of someone they are always on the look out for the slightest thing to build a case against you. It is true dept. managers will sell outdated or repackage perishable foods. Meat, seafood, and the deli are the departments to beware of. I hope the person who was fired goes to upper management and states his case. He has been there 11 years. Please tell him to fight this. They could transfer him to the BP store. That store is always in need of help.
I have a very large aluminum guardrail on my roof deck that I need to ground because we're afraid of attracting lightning. Is there somone out there that knows what kind of wire to use and what gauge?  Can I attach the ground wire to my house's ground stake? No guessing please.

I am looking for a person who builds Tiki huts on or around Big Pine Key. If anybody knows e-mail me please.  jjjjhibb@yahoo.com
Would the racist please leave my party? You really will fit comfortably with the Bush bashing lemmings. They are your brethren. You are incompetent. You smell. You don't have any idea what a fact is. But please, take up with your brothers spewing the swill that they sucked down in the public trough. There are blacks in this community who are seeing this shit. They are hard workers. They are wonderful decent people. They are human beings. You are sub-human. I'm as ashamed as I can be of you.









No, that wasn't my dog that you claim was chasing Key Deer. This is my dog, and he's coming after you!
To the guy replying about Clinton having sex and what's the matter with that.  You ought to be a writer for mad TV or Saturday night live.
Many thanks to the thought provoking comments made by those who are against the bigotry and hate mongers.  I won't respond to any of that, except that I know for a fact people can change in the way they look at the world.  I was once a bigot for no fault of my own.  I was born into a family and community of bigots.  They set all of the hate in motion for me, as people still do today.  Anything the least bit negative about a group was seized upon as grounds for hatred of that group.  Then, my life took many different roads which allowed me to open my mind and heart to lead me down a path of compassion for the disenfranchised.  I, in turn have taken a stand against the bigots in my family, and I haven't heard ugly comments in years, yet I wonder how they truly feel in their hearts.  One other thing which has always puzzled me is that so many bigots attend church on a regular basis.  Jesus doesn't endorse any of that bigotry, does He?
A fire broke out in a guest suite at Little Palm Island.  A couple was asleep in their suite after just getting married on the island when lightning struck the thatched roof on the hut.  They had all of their legal documents in the in suite safe.  What a surprise that the safe wasn't safe.  Most safes are fireproof but not when you only spend $2,000 a night for an overrated Gilligan's Island.  The passports, marriage license, airline tickets and all the cash was burned in the fire.  Quality service at it's best.  Here are some pictures after the fire.
Note: The couple liked it there so much they asked to stay in the spa. And that's where they slept. They just didn't want to leave.
A great many of the folks hurt by this storm have very little or nothing at all, this could be a new start for them. They have only known welfare, state and federal aid. With a little luck they can get a look at life somewhere else. New faces, new places, jobs, churches, schools...all new. Kids no longer grown up on welfare. As bad as this is, maybe, ,just maybe, some good will come out of it and New Orleans will rebuild and be not unlike us.
I was the Dolphin Marina Supervisor.  I will let you know the whole scoop about Dolphin Marina at a later date.



View from my porch.
Complain if you must-- just not about the Keys.  Complain about the how people are suffering and not getting help fast enough.  Complain about what is real and should be complained about.  But not about the Keys.  If you must complain about the beautiful Keys then you don't belong there.  I miss the beautiful sunsets and the kaleidoscope colors of the most gorgeous waters on earth.  I miss all the local people I have met there from Big Pine Key and throughout the Keys and you are probably one of them.  I miss the Keys and can't wait to get back.
Oh please, Clinton was all about himself... not our country.
Oh please, Bush is all about himself... not our country.



Those of you interested in the drummer who sat in at the House of Music. He wanted me to let you know that he plans to be out there again this coming Wednesday.  He usually gets there around 8:30pm.  Just ask around for "Johnny Conga".
How dare those people that "lost their kids" get pissed because they have to stand in a  line to find them.
Where were they? Who  leaves their kids in a hurricane or at anytime? Do you think drugs and alcohol had anything to do with "forgetting" your kids? What gives? Animals don't do that; they fight to the death?

President Theodore Roosevelt said, "The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole.

"Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right.

Re: the drummer at the Big Pine House of Music. He was blonde, thin, and good looking.  In response to your inquiry of what he looked like.
Re: donating clothes for the Katrina victims.  Nobody wants your stained underwear, fool!
With regard to stealing and looting by black people only. Wealthy people do it every year on their income taxes.  What about those bogus tax shelters for the wealthy?  What about the CEO's who have swindled millions from their stock holders?  Isn't all of this called stealing?  Seems to me us white people have done it on a much larger scale for years.  I still do think that retail theft is wrong, and I wish it didn't happen.  I have to admit that when I worked in retail, it was mostly white people getting arrested.  Maybe that was because it was a mostly white community.



You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

Sarah. I haven't heard from you in a while. Don't be a stranger, call me.
Hey, Austin was that you who wrote about the penguin rescue (I'm sure you know who wrote this) Ha, Ha.

Sunday September 11, 2005

 

Saturday September 10, 2005

Is this your dog? He was chasing deer on Key Deer Blvd yesterday. Keep him at home!

Re: Clinton. A writer called him perverted and a clown. What perversion has he committed? What clown act has he preformed? He didn't do anything wrong except have sex. Are you against that? He led the country during the most prosperous period in our history. He gave us peace and prosperity. What's wrong with that? He would have done so much more if he wasn't hampered by years of persecution for having sex. There was nothing else of note happening in the country during his reign. That's the only reason the scandal had "legs". He lied about sex. I would too if my wife found out. If the most powerful man in the world can't relieve some tension with oral sex with a younger woman, this country deserves Bush.
The Top 10 Ways To Get Bush To Immediately Help The Gulf Coast
10. Tell him they're performing late term abortions in the Moriale Convention Center.
9. Have an ordained minister perform several hundred gay/lesbian marriages on Bourbon Street.
8. Tell him that they're about to disconnect the feeding tube of a brain dead woman in Biloxi Mississippi.
7. Suggest that they're doing stem cell research in the Superdome.
6. Get Halliburton to submit a no-bid contract to rebuild the levees.
5. Tell him some Swift Boat Veterans for Truth are stranded on Grand Isle, Louisiana.
4. Get word to him that some "Pioneer" or "Ranger" campaign donors are trapped on Magazine Street.
3. Tell him some billionaires who need tax breaks are in Jefferson Parish.
2. Put a golf course down Canal Street.
And the number 1 way to get Bush to pay some bloody attention to the horrible crisis in Louisiana and Mississippi:
1. Tell him that Osama Bin Laden is in Arkansas
Pete & Wayne are having a hurricane relief fundraiser at Sloppy Joe's next Wed. Sept.15th and Sloppy Joe's is matching what they raise. Come out and have fun while raising money for a good cause. The fun begins at 5:30.  p.s. Pete & Wayne are adult humor; so if you don't want your kids to hear it, start looking for a babysitter. See you there!
The Barometer has  nice pictures of Wetstock on their website.
www.newsbarometer.com



Carl was becoming more and more lactose intolerant.
The reason, and you all would know this if you paid attention to the news and actually listened to them, for people being forced out of their homes is for health reasons. The water that is sitting stagnant now with human dead bodies, dead animals, and human and animal waste along with chemicals from buildings, gas, oil, etc., is a health threat. Many have already come down with vomiting and diarrhea. The health specialists for disease control on TV. are concerned that there could be a outbreak of typhoid among other diseases and it could spread to other states and cities. They simply do not want people walking around in that bacteria infested water. Everything that was on the ground, in their homes, buildings, cars, boats, etc, is now in the water. Oil was visible in the water in a shot they showed. These people have no place to shower, or go to the bathroom. There are many that are grateful for the $2,000 they have to sign up to get, and yes there are others that will try to abuse it. There is nothing that can be done about that at this time. Are they going to say "no you cannot have this money because you are black and look bad"? No! If you are bad-mouthing about racism, then you are no better then the bad ones. There are good people there, I have seen them on interviews. The media does not always show the "good" in things, because most people like to hear of the bad stuff...gives them something to whine about.

I look for the good, the ones that are grateful and thankful they are alive. Why should they stay there in that mess when others are opening avenues to them? They cannot cook anything....the grocery trucks are not racing to get there. They don't have generators (at least it does not look like it). No one wants to leave behind what they have, but sometimes you have to do what it takes. Remember, your stuff is just that "stuff." Is that stuff worth getting a disease over? I don't think so. I pray daily for these folks, and for all of you that are so racist, and mean spirited. May God have mercy on your soul!  If you all helped each other during Georges, you should remember how you felt to have devastation in your life, and what you had, is nothing compared to this. If someone is in need, and you have the means to help them in any way, you should, and if you do not, well shame on you.


What did the drummer sitting in at House of Music look like? We need him for our band!
I just heard on the news: Do not swim in the Gulf waters because they are pumping into the lake and the Gulf.   This is not good.  How long before the diseased water reaches the Keys?
No more fish for this family and I'm definitely  not wadding around at Picnic Island any more.
Chopsticks:  The person looking for nice chopsticks should check www.asianfoodgrocer.com for a nice selection of both Chinese and Japanese style chopsticks.  I just happened to see them while looking for some Kimchee.


Stereotypes come from somewhere.

I thought Piggley Wiggley was something that happened at Atlantic Shores or Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch!
Her is the timeline for Katrina, who did what when. http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m15547&l=i&size=1&hd=0
Re: supervisor at Dolphin Marina.  I agree, they finally had someone that could and would help you dock your boat, hand you the nozzle for gas or anything else he could for you. The last time I saw  him he was helping get a 48 footer off the bottom at the entrance to the marina. Not to mention that the place was actually open on time in the morning.
I guess its fine if you want to degrade the entire black race for the looting; however you should be glad they are serving America in Iraq. Or else we would really be screwed. A small percentage of people do not represent the entire race. If they did I guess someone could ride thru the Avenues and point out all of the White drug addicts that are destroying America. And then say. Look no blacks are in the Avenues selling drugs its all white folks. Holier then thou, does not work.







To the deaf, people dancing appear insane!
As a teenager living on Big Pine Key we had to shop at or in Marathon or Key West. Here on our Island we had Judd's, yes Judd's and Cash and Carry. We had to take a cooler (not the coolers of today. The old, not very good, beat to poop, nothing cool about it, cooler) with us. Then buy our meat and dairy stuff last. Hit the road and try to get back to Big Pine Key before our ice cream melted. It was not uncommon to have two trucks going east and west. Yes, east and west. Not be able to pass each other on the old bridges without a bunch of help. One driver would have to stop and inch the other drive along. Sometimes just their west coast mirrors would not pass each other. Anyway, those were the good old days. Not! Winn-Dixie does just fine. Oh, yeah, maybe one day I'll tell you about bugs. Enjoy your life, its a great thing.
Piggly Wiggly is the name of grocery stores that used to be in North Fla. and So. Georgia and went out of business about 15 years ago.
The GOP spin  is going to start a tornado down there to make matters worse. I noticed Dick Cheney is really pitching in (can anyone listen to him without getting the urge to kick for the groin?) . Him and his buddy Joe Allbaugh (pronounced like "Limbaugh") already have Halliburton worked into the deal. These guys are so f-ing blatant about cronyism and taking care of their business interests - just read the bio on this guy: http://slate.msn.com/id/2125756/?nav=navoa
Bus Schedule.  I am sorry but I could only send it as an attachment, as I am not that computer literate.  I was also told that the stop on Big Pine was at Napa.  If anyone else needs more information the number to call is 292-8164.  They haven't worked out all the wrinkles yet but they are trying.
(Ed: I'm not that computer literate either. At least not enough to post it. I think it best if you call the phone number.)
Angry white dude. Take a look at the response to the disaster area today.  What other country on this planet could muster the kind of relief effort you see on CNN?  Tens of thousands of personnel, millions of meals, millions of gallons of water, air-lifts to shelters all over the country and a massive medical care effort. 

So, it took 72-96 hours to mobilize troops and relief supplies.  Tell me how you could do any better with the floods, washed out roads and all of the other impediments to access to the area.  We, this American government, have amassed the most comprehensive recovery effort in the nations, perhaps the planets, history.  Easy for you know-it-alls to Monday-Morning-Quarterback everyone.  Bash the President, the agencies, the cops and troops while you’re trying to figure out your own life.  Could you have done any better?  Not likely.  Louisiana, their state government, their mayors and elected representatives have ignored their potential for calamity for decades.  Now it happened.  And they weren’t prepared.     

And I love the black racial idiots who keep crying that the poor, black folk were left behind.  Yo, Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, black spokespersons in general and the rest of the black bigots who cry and whine at any given excuse, take a look at the nightly news.  Most of the people being helped and cared for are black people.  Oh, sorry, once again it’s Whitey who caused the disaster and brought the terrible plight upon the poor, down-trodden blacks.  Pardon us.  But please, don’t mind us as we rebuild the cities and neighborhoods so you can once again, within a short amount of time, enjoy the privilege of destroying all of it while being given millions of dollars in relief, every assistance imaginable, charity, handouts, entitlement programs, food stamps, and the ability to once again turn your neighborhoods into a crack house, street corner whore, gangsta rap slum.  That’s just us white-folk holding you all back.  Do I sound pissed off?  You’re damn right I am.

FEMA Director Michael Brown is no longer "doing a heck of a job." He also supposedly claimed that he was a professor when he actually was only a student. White House is referring all questions about his resume to FEMA. Wasn't it the White House that vetted him? As if anyone at FEMA is at fault for his appointment.
I sure noticed a change in atmosphere at Dolphin Marina today. First I couldn't find anyone to take my money then I found the woman who, I guess, works there smoking a cigarette out back. I think I'll take the other way out and stop in at the campground for my gas and bait.
If anyone knows the idiot who wrote in saying "To the editor of this site. I used to enjoy reading what was going on in my neighborhood through your web site, but no longer.  I can't believe you actually published someone's comment about buying and selling people!"

Please tell him nobody cares if he reads this website or not.  If he is offended by the way people look down on the black community he should tell the blacks to stop behaving like animals.  If you steal you will be called a thief.  It has nothing to do with the fact that they are black.  If they were green and stole they would still be thieves.  It is just a little coincidental that most of the thieves in the country are black.  It isn't racist, it is fact.  They are steeling and they are black.  Has this liberal, do-gooder author noticed that the one item most often seen in the back seat of a police car is a Negro?



A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
The theme song from the movie "Love Story" would best describe my sense of loss today. I'm beyond disgusted at the cowardice demonstrated by the administration. The various news pieces today all over the Washington Post and New York Times further reinforce my disdain about our incompetent leaders.

Accountability and Apology: the two A words that's all we ask for. I might even let them off easy on the question of strategic overreach, and the resources misappropriation (National Guards etc.). No, all I need from my leaders are their acknowledgement that they have indeed make a mistake in not being responsive to the needs of the people when such needs arose, and that they need to apologize for it. It's not too much to expect from our leaders, is it?

Years ago, President Clinton was crucified for having an inappropriate sexual relationship with an intern and that he had lied about that. He apologized. I dare say he has bigger balls than some cowboys we know. People have died in this grand theatrical performance of nonchalance. The cowboy has now become a ranch hand, in my view.
Why oil is so expensive.  Audi A8 in silver. Made for a sheik.  It's not silver color, it is silver!

Wrongful termination in Marathon. A meat cutter for Winn-Dixie was fired on Thursday 09/08/2005 when shopping off the clock. What? You can’t shop at your work place or you’ll get fired? What kind of stuff is that? He has worked there for 11 years and is the most honest man I have ever met. There is a new Meat Manager named Paula there who doesn’t throw away out-dated or spoiled meat she re-packages it, lowers the price and puts it back in the showcase for customers to buy. That’s right people, when you shop at Winn-Dixie your buying spoiled meat.

The meat cutter got some meat out of the showcase already priced and packaged not looking at the price to see if it was spoiled. He walked up and paid for it. Shortly after paying he was asked to the go to the back office where he was flat out told that he was stealing.  Where's the proof that he changed the price. What did the meat manager say when confronted with the truth? She denied everything to save her ass. 

Watch out customers if you see someone walking up to you run. They just might accusing you of stealing too. They are going to lose a lot of business because they just fired the only person that wouldn’t try to sell you out-dated or spoiled meat. The only one who would actually did his job and sold fresh meat.  That's really smart, Winn-Dixie. Two points for you. If you want to know where to shop, let me tell you: don’t go to any Winn-Dixie if you know what is best for you and your family. Beware Winn-Dixie doesn’t like there customers!  Because at the time he was fired he was a paying customer.  Not anymore. No wonder Winn-Dixie is going under; they don’t know who does what, right under there nose!


W/D ribs are the best. I've had them twice and both times they were delicious and real smoky flavor throughout.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
Re: Holdouts in New Orleans. Some holdouts seem intent on keeping alive the distinct and wild spirit of that city. In the French Quarter, Addie Hall and Zackary Bowen found a unusual way to make sure that police officers regularly patrolled their house. Ms. Hall, 28, a bartender, flashed her breasts at the police vehicles that passed by, ensuring a regular flow of traffic.

Kudos to the graphic artist who does the artwork for funny Fridays. (I like the jokes, too!)

Re: public castration. Severe punishment doesn't stop crimes. You're daydreaming to think so. The criminal always thinks he'll get away with it.
Kudos to Parrotdise. Already a fine restaurant as it stands, but they just got better with the addition of the ex-kitchen manager from Boondocks (One of the best cooks around). They truly have an all-star cast for some of the best food and service anywhere in the Keys.
Communications problems:   I went  to a conference in Washington DC on Sept. 10, 2001 where the US government was asking for telecom companies to come up with a communications system so that the government agencies could talk to one another.  They talked about  scenarios during the first Gulf war where military groups could not talk to each other.  Looks like not much has changed.  They're still having problems.
I am so disgusted, and I know it is nothing new. But the fact that they can pull these tricks even under these circumstances is just overwhelming me.

First. They fail to fund any program correctly in the name of limited government. Second. They install complete incompetents in the designated leadership roles. Then, trageNo guessing please.dy strikes. This time on American soil. And like the last time, albeit on a tighter timeframe, they had all the intelligence they needed in advance to respond accordingly, and yet couldn't respond because they had starved the response mechanism of its resources. Generally speaking, they just don't give a damn. So in their arrogant process of espousing the view that limited government is appropriate because it will save taxpayer money, they squander simple opportunities to maintain a decent level of preventative maintenance so that Congress can rush in, like a bunch of saviors, and approve a $100 billion dollar aid package (of taxpayer money).

A sum of several million dollars, in advance, would have both eliminated the need for such aid plus resulted in an overall improvement in general social welfare. The entire time that all of this is unfolding (this well-documented abuse by our federal government) they have the nerve simply to stand there and say, it isn't so. And people, so desperately wanting to believe that their government is not as malicious as indeed it is, take that "news" in good faith and denounce the local leadership who had to sit and watch the nightmare develop before their eyes because their desperate pleas, pleas on behalf of the citizens they truly committed themselves to representing, went entirely unanswered by a callous, indifferent group of thugs in suits. I swear, I have said it before, but there is clearly a crisis in the American conscience. It is unfathomable to me, otherwise, how people can be content to be lied to so often on matters of absolute and literal life and death.




Cute picture of the little kitty, and glad to hear that he survived, but I seriously doubt that Maya was on a penguin rescue!

Saturday September 10, 2005

 

Friday September 9, 2005

I went to the open mike night at the House of Music last night, and they had this guy who sat in with the band playing drums.  If anyone has a band down here, they should get him to join, because he is better than anyone I have heard around here.
Anti-racist. I watched a Oprah special yesterday from Mississippi. She did a wonderful job interviewing people and the footage was new. She showed the volunteers finding and covering the dead bodies, a home marked with "V" on the door (for victim) of a family that had boarded themselves inside, and then had no power to get back out--that was a family of four. Others she filmed were saying how grateful they were for everything that everyone is doing to help...and guess what? They were mostly black! Yes, there are some who are angry and are bad, and are the looters, the shooters, the rapist. Pay attention: that city is mostly black people. You also have to understand that every race has their good and bad folk. It is not just one race.
 
In this disaster I would think your hearts would be softened to see such a mess. Have you tried to imagine what it would be like to have every single thing taken from you except for the clothes on your back? Your mind cannot go there, trust me. If you can help these people in any way, then you should. What if Katrina had hit our island instead? First of all, Key West would be gone off the earth, (which would not be a bad thing). There would be a lot of dead people here, probably everyone's home would be gone. If you can't offer anything to these people, then pray for them and for those who are giving of their time to go and help and put their own lives at risk with all the bacteria around there now.

My heart goes out to them. Just remember, the news crews are not showing half of what it looks like there. People are even living in cemeteries that are on dry land. One little town just got food and water two days ago. And then they did not have enough for everyone, so the ones that did get some, in turn shared with those who did not. Those of you whining about everything need to stop thinking of yourself and what you can complain about each day, and get real.
I called several charity organizations about donating clothes for the Katrina victims. The Red Cross said send money only, others said only new clothes and new toys are accepted. I felt that was so silly, why who wouldn't want my old torn, stained underwear?
Pro-racist. How could anyone be so ignorant as to accuse posters of being bigots? They are simply telling the truth. The truth hurts. Instead of coming together to organize and actually help each other, too many blacks took to raping, stealing, feeling down women's bras looking for hidden money, etc. They totally resorted to their deranged, rabid animal instincts, and that is how they should be treated by the National Guard. Shot on sight. Not because of their color, because of their actions. Duh!


Tarpon in my canal last weekend
Re: An airbag on the Honda Gold Wing motorcycle. If it did deploy, wouldn't you be blown off of the motorcycle?
Someone help me. The Secret Service is banging on my door! I guess my right to speak freely was severely challenged by some small minded individual whose ass is so puckered they can't handle an off the cuff remark for what it is! Wait, wait, thank God, it was only a couple of Jehovah Witnesses. Aaaahhhh,  a reprieve for now.

Re: Clinton. The perverted clown was impeached because he lied under oath.  The acts in our oval office were disgusting and disrespectful, but not impeachable.  I agree, his brains were in his penis!
New Orleans Tour: Part 6. The Lalaurie House. Once considered the most haunted house in New Orleans. I can not do it's back story any kind of justice without being relegated to the 'Long-Winded Tomes' section. In a nutshell, let's just say that it was once owned by a respected doctor, Louis Lalaurie, and his wife. The wife, Madame Delphine, did terrifying things to her slaves- which were discovered when one of the slaves set fire to the house while chained to the radiator. Neighbors and fire volunteers stumbled upon an awful, horrific scene... If you want to know more, please go to http://www.nola.com/lalaurie/indexh.html  or http://www.whatwasthen.com/lalaurie.html  Those are pretty comprehensive sites.
 
Tell me it isn't so! Little Palm Island has done it again. They just fired the best super they have had in forever. When are people going to realize that when you find a good dedicated employee, you don't screw up. (aka Dolphin marina)
Am I the only one who is sensing a very disturbing trend in the email flow toward placing blame on Mayor and Governor? I knew something was amiss when a colleague kept making references to how they should "both be shot to death" for refusing federal help, despite the fact that there has been absolutely nothing in mainstream press about anything but the failure of the Bushies to identify a problem and respond accordingly. Recognizing that she gets most of her "news" from email forwards, I have done some research and discovered a number of them out there "outlining the willingness of the President to provide federal funding and disaster recovery teams", which offers were patently refused by the Blanco/Nagin powers until, of course, it was too late. It can't possibly be that they are rewriting this history too, but why should this be different than Iraq?
Re: M16's locked and loaded. If people know that there will be swift and harsh punishment for crime, they will think twice. Example, how many rapists would there be if they traded the "3 hots and a cot" punishment for oh, say...public castration? Same principle. If you're not shooting, you wont get shot. Very simple. We didn't need M16's in the Keys after George, but they're not dealing with laid back Keys people who looked out for their neighbors. Some people have no regard for others and it's sad that it has to come to this.

A media consultant recommended a blogger should "create a scandal" to attract more readers. I don't think that's necessary on Bigpinekey.com. You have mini-scandals all the time. This week it's the racists.




I smile because I don't know what the hell is going on.
How would you feel if your costly well-built home survived Katrina and you had supplies and a generator and they came to forcibly remove you to a shelter? It's not right.
Women are not supposed to snore, burp, sweat or pass gas. Therefore, we must bitch or we will blow up.
These are all from 7 mile bridge.  Thank you for putting these on the site. I think some people need to see some beauty every now then.
What's even more scary is the revelation that (what we all knew) our so called leaders are total and complete idiots. It is beyond criminal. After 4 billion dollars spent on Home Land Security, this is what we get? Of course, every police officer and fireman in Potato City, PA and like-towns have bullet proof vests and bio-chemical suits (compliments of Halliburton & Friends). While George mountain bikes and then laments the loss of Trent Lott's weekend lodge (100% insured by Federally subsidized insurance) several million people wallow in the death swamp!

It is beyond comprehension how we have come to this point. Fintan O'Toole, writing in The Irish Times, said the disaster revealed "the underlying nature of a troubled country." He wrote, "When America looks at the huge expanse of filthy, fetid water that has drowned New Orleans, it becomes a mirror in which it finally sees the scars of its own face. The scars of poverty, of racism, of ideological zealotry, of public corruption and of environmental degradation, usually concealed by a cosmetic media, become visible."

Amen!
To the editor of this site. I used to enjoy reading what was going on in my neighborhood through your web site, but no longer.  I can't believe you actually published someone's comment about buying and selling people! I know I will no longer read your site and make sure everyone I know is aware of the racism being published on here. Do you think your sponsors are aware that your promoting white power?  Have we gone back in time or are you just as ignorant as the people who have been writing this garbage? Yes, to answer your question. I am white and I like people for who they are--not the color of there skin!
Have a wonderful day, at least until you have to fill up your gas tank.  
Racist message two. I just read an article on line saying that FEMA is giving out $2000 debit cards to the Katrina victims in Louisiana.  How long do you give it before they are being stolen just like the TVs, Shoes and guns were?  It is nice to know that my federal tax dollars are helping support the black crime wave and drug habit.  Why don't we just give $10M of our tax dollars to build a cocaine mill in Mississippi or to buy a machine gun for every colored person in Louisiana?


(Big Pine Key, FL) Habitat for Humanity of Key West and Lower Florida Keys invites you to dash on down to  their annual Raise the Roof fundraiser on Saturday, September 24th from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm at Rick’s/Durty Harry’s located at 202 Duval St. in Key West.

You Liberals are such whackos! I really believe you people believe what comes out of your mouth. It's mostly all lies, but you really believe what you are saying. It's so scary and just think it might have been Kerry, what a thought. He would have banned guns and all of the bad people would have had them to shoot all the good people trying to help everyone in New Orleans. If our local Government didn't help us to get out it would have been W's fault also. Right? Give me a break you self righteous liberals.





If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.
I just read this piece from the Australian's who survived New Orleans. It proves there are only two kinds of people on this rock, the survivalists and the losers.  Who ever posted this link, I thank you !  http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16513123-1248,00.html?from=rss               
 "Love Thy Neighbor, for Tomorrow You Might Be Eating Him!"

Not all victims of Katrina are in New Orleans.  This local kitty got separated from its mother during the storm.  Maya Totman of Wild Bird Rescue went on a penguin rescue and discovered two disoriented kittens.  Sadly, one died, but the other, discovered in the mangroves at No Name Key, survived and is now at the Big Pine Shelter, waiting for a loving home.  For information, call Stand Up for Animals at Big Pine. 872-3412.
Racist No. 3. It was nice to see someone point out that we have no racist people in the Keys. They may be right.  Could that be because we have very few blacks in the Keys?  It is kind of strange that Louisiana is mostly black and has more crimes than the Keys.  Harlem has more murders than Sugarloaf Key.  Mississippi has more drug addicts than Summerland Key.  Georgia has more rapes than Big Pine Key.  Surprise, all of those areas are quite darker in complexion than the Keys.  Keep those people and their crimes in other areas.  I like the good old white Florida Keys.  If the country would end the welfare program maybe some of them would go get a job.  If we prosecuted crime more strictly maybe they would stop steeling.
Racists No. 4. I like Big Pine because the only minorities we have are at the Road Prison.



I don't know what people were doing in the water at Wetstock, but that Moondog bass player is sure hot! There were so many bikinis around him they looked like killer bees.
 
The Eden Pines Property Association is responsible for the entrance sign, but most of the members are snow birds so I guess we will wait until the person in charge of beautification returns or as someone suggested--you fix it. It only needs a paint job or call on the prisoners on BP they made the sign and perhaps they can repaint it.
Re: "putting words I never said". In defense of the Editor, the words "dumb" and "Texan" were in the subject line, and I as a reader did not interpret that to mean that you, as a poster, were writing "dumb" and "Texan"; just responding to someone else who used those two words together. Your respect for our President was noted. However, regarding the editor's statement of "I don't take sides", occasionally I interpret the graphics added as the editor's opinion on the subject matter.
Re: What Clinton did. Well for one, he ordered the slaughter of innocent women and children at Waco. He ordered a baby whose mother died bringing him to freedom and opportunity to be returned to an impoverished third world communist dictatorship (with a H/K MP5 shoved in his face no less) Then he got the infamous BJ,  but that's not why he got impeached; he was impeached for lying about it under oath! That's called perjury.
BPK Funny Fridays. It's caffeine for your soul!

~Join the Army, meet interesting people, kill them.
~If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
~What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
~If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
~If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
~I used to work in a fire hydrant factory... You couldn't park anywhere near the place.
~I went to the hardware store and bought some used paint. It was in the shape
of a house. I also bought some batteries, but they weren't included, so I had to buy them again.
~What's another word for Thesaurus?
–Steven Wright

I'm the youngest, too. When you're the youngest of a big family, people are like, "You're the baby, you're spoiled!" The fact of the matter is, when you're the youngest of a big family, by the time you're a teenager, your parents are insane. You're like, "Hey, I'm going roller-skating-" "You're not going roller-skating or you'll end up pregnant like your sister. Why don't you smoke pot and become a lawyer?" -Jim Gaffigan

When you don't drink, people always need to know why. "You don't drink, why?" This never happens with anything else. "You don't use mayonnaise, why? ... Are you addicted to mayonnaise? Is it okay if I use mayonnaise? I could go outside..." -Jim Gaffigan

You think when gym teachers were younger, they're thinking, "You know, I want to teach... but I don't want to read. How about kickball for 40 years?" -Jim Gaffigan

I can't believe we got grades in gym class, I've never used anything I learned in there. "All right, I'm standing in front of a room full of strangers, based on what I learned in gym class, I will throw a red ball at a fat guy." -Jim Gaffigan

New York's such a wonderful city. Although, I was at the library today. The guy was very rude. I said, "I'd like a card." He says, "You have to prove you're a citizen of New York." So I stabbed him. -Emo Phillips

Women: You can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a skimpy little Nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash or something. -Emo Phillips

I was walking down Fifth Avenue today and I found a wallet, and I was gonna keep it, rather than return it, but I thought: well, if I lost a hundred and fifty dollars, how would I feel? And I realized I would want to be taught a lesson. -Emo Phillips

I like fruit baskets because it gives you the ability to mail someone a piece of fruit without appearing insane. Like, if someone just mailed you an apple you'd be like "Huh?", but if it's in a basket you're like, "Nice." -Demetri Martin

Cotton balls is an example of something I would buy, but not want to have as a nickname. Cinnamon buns, on the other hand, is something I would buy and want to have as a nickname. "Are you Cinnamon Buns?" "You bet your sweet ass I am." -Demetri Martin

The other day I saw a guy with a sign that said, 'WHERE WILL YOU SPEND ETERNITY?' Which freaked me out because I was on my way to the Department of Motor Vehicles. -Arj Barker

I was high on life, but eventually I built up a tolerance. -Arj Barker

~During sex, my girlfriend always wants to talk to me. Just the other night she called me from a hotel.
~I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.
~I went to see my doctor. "Doctor, every morning when I get up and look in the mirror... I feel like throwing up; What's wrong with me?" He said..."I don't know, but your eyesight is perfect."
~I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.
~I was so poor growing up, if I wasn't born a boy I'd have nothing to play with.
–Rodney Dangerfield

Milk Bone dog biscuit commercials showed dogs being ashamed of their bad breath. Those were realistic. I think if my dog was concerned about his breath, he'd stop eating his own vomit.-- Drake Sather

The Gay Pride Parade... I think that's great. But, they always have it in San Francisco, Los Angeles, or New York. Why bother having it there? Who are you going to convert or shock? They should be forced to take it on the road, like through the deep south. Not that I want to see them get hurt, just for the few rednecks they would convert along the way... like as they're pulling out of Tuscaloosa, there's just some big guy in overalls going, "Take me with yew Gay Pride Parade! Oh please... I wanna get mah chest waxed and make catty comments durin' 'Six Feet Under'." -Patton Oswalt

Any guy would love to have a monkey. A pet monkey. And people get mad when you say, "I'd love to have a monkey." There's always that one anti-monkey person that overhears you and says, "That's a horrible idea, You don't want a monkey. It's more than just bananas and dancing with toothbrushes... First of all, they crap in their own hand and they throw it around in a festive manner... they make faces that are unacceptable in society..." I hear these things and I'm like, "That's why I want a monkey!" I don't want a nice quiet little monkey... I want a mean, evil monkey. One that I can dress in armor, give him a sword, and have fights with him. How pumped would you be driving home from work knowing someplace in your house there's a monkey you're gonna battle? You walk in..."Monnnnkeeeyyy?" Monkey's like "Ooh ooh AH!" "OW! He stabbed me in the ASS! Oh it's ON monkey!!!" -Dane Cook

Jimi Hendrix in London. Jimi asked to jam with the band Brian Auger Trinity at a show they were doing. The Guitar player, Vic Briggs, was using one of the first Marshall amplifiers, an experimental model that had four six-inch speakers--smaller than the later Marshal stacks, but still capable of tremendous power. When Jimi plugged his guitar into the amp, he turned the amplifier volume knobs to their maximum, much to Briggs' amazement. "I had never had the controls up past five," Briggs said. Seeing Briggs' look of horror, Jimi said, "Don't worry man, I turned it down on the guitar." He shouted out four chords and then began.

The sound itself was a wall of feedback and distortion, which in itself was enough to turn every head in the club. The moment also marked the beginning with Jimi's love affair with Marshall amps. "Everyone's jaw dropped to the floor. The difference between him and a lot of the English guitar players like Clapton, Jeff Beck and Alvin Lee was that you could still tell what the influences were in Clapton's and Beck's playing. There were a lot of B.B. King, Albert King and Freddie King followers around in England. But Jimi wasn't following anyone--he was playing something new.
Sept 8. On this day in 1900 that a hurricane leveled Galveston, Texas, and left 5,000 people dead. The storm kept up for 18 hours, with winds clocked at 120 m.p.h. Most of Galveston was built at sea level, and huge waves swept through the streets and flattened businesses and homes.


Captain Conch, are you related to Captain Crunch?
I think that putting the new bus schedule (from Marathon to Key West and return) on the Big Pine Key website would be a great service to our island. Many kids can use this to get home from  either high school when staying late for school functions.
(Ed: We do too. What is it?)


Georgia Polecat.

People our age can still enjoy an active, passionate sex life! Provided we get cable or that dish thing.

I did not burgle the post office. I only took a magazine out of the garbage. The damned police have nothing to do.
Re: Partiers at Wetstock picture.  Nice photo of Steve.
Ok, my bad. I just read where the water is pumping into Lake Pontchartrain. I was so afraid it was going into our oceans




I am one of the people who actually like Winn Dixie in Big Pine, I think the people are nice and helpful and the prices are great, the only thing that could be better is if it was named Piggley Wiggley, I like saying that, "I am going to the Piggley Wiggley."
Kudos to A.B. who has finally left the evil empire. It is a shame that Darth Vader and the emperor chose not to speak to him after three years of excellent service and making many personal sacrifices. You boys need to grow up.  Give a raise and take it away?  Well at least those yo-yos let him work out his two week notice.  Congratulations to everyone.

Friday September 9, 2005

 

Thursday September 8, 2005

Big Pine Neighborhood Charter School is having a class competition to see who can collect the most change for the victims of Katrina.  If anyone would like to donate their change please stop by the charter school office.  All of the money collected will go to the Red Cross. 

Hendrix's mini-history. The former bassist for the Animals found Jimi Hendrix playing the Chitlin' Circuit in the south. He talked him into going to London where the music scene was in 1966. Hendrix agreed, only if he could meet Eric Clapton. Hendrix played everywhere and after just two weeks, at a Cream concert, asked if he could jam with the band. No one had ever asked to jam with Cream before. He plugs into Jack Bruce's Bass Amp and began to play Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor." Clapton later said, "I thought, my god, this is like Buddy Guy on Acid." In a couple of more weeks Hendrix played in a dank basement club that was a favorite of musicians and in the audience were the biggest rockers of that day: Eric Clapton, Pete Townsend, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, John Entwistle, Donovan, Terry Reid, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Lulu, the Hollies, the Small Faces and the Animals. On the way back from the men's room one of the audience was warned by Brian Jones that it's all wet down front from all the guitarists crying. He was that good.

Re: Racist remarks. People want Ed to censor those awful remarks. Do they think that will change anything? Will the bigots just go away? Will they change their minds? is censorship to be used only when you disagree with the topic?
Re: New Orleans. I'm not sure why you say it is scary.  I think it's a wonderful thing that people are extending their offer for these people to stay.  I would open my doors for them and or their pets.   




Is that fat guy singing with the Moondogs Bo Fodor?
It's a good thing to print the racist remarks on this site, and the kids should see them. Just take your tot upon your lap in front of the computer monitor and say, "See this, child? This is what an idiot sounds like. Be on the lookout."
Regarding the person not wanting to move to Big Pine because there are some bigots sounding off, there are probably many folks like that who live right near you. They just don't happen to have a forum. Don't be so obtuse. These people are everywhere. It's the fact that the bigots make no sense that actually keeps their ranks from increasing. Let 'em squawk all they want on this site, it really makes them look more foolish than anything. Besides, no child is going to see the postings on this site and immediately start cutting the fabric for his white robe and hood. Get a grip.
From the "Where Have We Heard This Before?" Department: The Federal Emergency Management Agency does not want the news media taking photographs of the dead in New Orleans. According to Reuters, FEMA has rejected journalists' request to join rescue boats searching for bodies. "We have requested that no photographs of the deceased be made by the media."
Hey Ed; I don't appreciate your putting words I never said on your web site. I didn't say anything at all about a "dumb Texan". You did. All I said is Bush should have the opportunity to read these one sided things written about him so he can bash back. Let the people who write in argue among them selves. Don't take sides. It's very unprofessional. Oh, there in lies the problem.
(Ed: I didn't add those words. They were in the email. I don't take sides, otherwise this site would be about Bluebirds and sunshine.)
New Orleans Tour: Part 5. Café Du Monde. (the following is reprinted directly from their website...)

"The Original Cafe Du Monde Coffee Stand was established in 1862 in the New Orleans French Market. The Cafe is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It closes only on Christmas Day and on the day an occasional Hurricane passes too close to New Orleans.
The Original Cafe Du Monde is a traditional coffee shop. Its menu consists of dark roasted Coffee and Chicory, Beignets, White and Chocolate Milk, and fresh squeezed Orange Juice. The coffee is served Black or Au Lait. Au Lait means that it is mixed half and half with hot milk. Beignets are square French -style doughnuts, lavishly covered with powdered sugar."

Open 24 hrs, Café Du Monde is a great final stop after a night of drinking, partying, or just kickin' around the Vieux Carré, (French Quarter). Everybody eventually winds up at Café Du Monde. I never thought I'd enjoy chicory coffee, but now I bring home a can after each visit. As I understand it, the place is still standing.
P.S. I did not take the modern-day picture in this posting.
 
Let's play the blame game: the man who benefited more than anyone in history from safety nets set up by family did not bother to provide one for those who lost their families. 
I like the New Orleans tour.
Sure thing bleeding hearts. Us bigots are wrong, your right. It was all a mistake. Those poor misunderstood black folk were just trying to survive, huh? Why not read what the white Euro tourist trapped there have to say.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16513123-1248,00.html?from=rss






MM 24 Band. You guys are the greatest! Best music. Best Margaritas. What more could one ask for in a band? And you give to charity too? I hope everyone comes out to support you at Capt. Dan's Key Deer Bar & Grill on Friday night and at the Looe Key Tiki Bar on Saturday night. Rock on!
FEMA and Homeland Security runs to