Archives
of Old Kudos and Whiners
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BigPineKey.com |
September 2007
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Sunday September 30, 2007 |
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Kudos for the great banners that have been on display, here's a great idea: How about having a contest to pick the best one and then give a free subscription to the Coconut Telegraph to the winner as a prize? I'll bet the "Bush in real trouble" poster will enter. Duh. |
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Major Kudos to Deputy Morgan. Thank you for looking out for our children on a daily basis. I cannot thank you enough for your sharp eye and getting this guy off the streets. Thank you, thank, thank you! |
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All the deer come from Big Pine. They swim from island to island often. The deer on Little Palm swim there because there's fresh water there (a big freshwater lake called a swimming pool) and lots of food (exotic flowering flora). The poster who saved the deer offshore did the right thing saving a deer's life. The deer probably got caught in a fast current and probably would have drowned. |
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I was trying to get my RCA CD player fixed because it is part of a entertainment center and plays through the speakers. At the end of the cord from the player to the receiver is a plug about 1 inch wide. I can't find any like that. |
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[Jumbo Derringer] Hey Friend, that thing is awesome! What kind of warped-minded gunsmith created a thing like that? Who has the wrist to fire a thing like that, King Kong? I have fired a Ma Duce, a Barret .50, and a Boys AT. All of them had a very healthy recoil. But they were heavy, and other than the Browning MG, they were braced against my shoulder. I can't imagine how one could even hold onto it at the moment if firing. |
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She didn’t talk about her plan for world peace, her plan to make America safer, or her stance on environmental issues. Nope, she talked about taking away other peoples’ money, and giving it away. Now why do you suppose she chose that particular forum? Can it be that she believes that black votes and souls can be bought for “free” money? |
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[Bush in real trouble now] This poster claims that President Bush is giving nuke fuel to the N. Koreans. I refuse to stoop to name calling, but I most seriously urge the poster to seek professional help, or maybe that he get new glasses with less pink coloring. I’ve checked the NY Times and other sources and can find no mention of any U.S. delivery of nuclear fuel to the N. Koreans. There is plenty of ink around about our commitment to provide them with heavy fuel oil in exchange for their dismantling of their nuke program. I can find no mention of nuke fuel going to the N. Koreans. C’mon pal, you can do better than that. Prove me wrong. |
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[Are You Ronin billboard] Generally these will stay up until the next advertiser rents the space. So even if the RONIN advertiser only rented the space for a few months or so, it will remain until a new advertiser rents the space, or it falls down. I would assume that the rates for that particular board are higher than anyone really wants to spend, hence the reason your are still Ronin. |
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This is similar to Groundhog Day movie. The same thing over, and over, and… YouTube - sliding doberman |
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To the guy who has the hots for the girl with tattoo's at the Key Deer Bar. You sound really creepy. |
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Who said the poster that mentioned Republicans "spinning facts" was a man? |
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Sunday, October 7th at 1:15 PM Boot Key Bivouac Veterans Benefit at the Marathon Community Park Amphitheater, mile marker 49. This is a benefit for the returning soldiers from Iraq. There will be live music all day with a host of wonderful performers. The Mile Marker 24 Band takes the stage at 1:15 PM. See you there! Bulletin Board |
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To the women who lost her male friend. Wives or girlfriends don't like their men to have female friends. So back off! |
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[thyroid issues] I don't know much about this problem, but can I ask how you knew you had a thyroid problem? |
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[dumbing down of America] Typical reply to a general subject. Why the hell do people always blame a political party for something? It is you who are dumbing down Americans by trying to blame others. Dumbing down is mostly done by marketers and CEOs for more profit from nitwits who cannot make a sound decision about anything. |
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The historical record is filled with all sorts of abuses that I don't think we should repeat. Sweat shops, child labor, impure foods and drugs and the grinding poverty of the working class all were common during the Gilded Age. But I don't think that is any reason to adopt them again. American voters should not be expected to roll over. If we expect nothing from government, why do we bother with elections and why do we pay taxes? It is our personal responsibility to demand responsive government. If we don't like the nanny state then we need to do something about it. |
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I think animal activists are a unique subspecies that should be studied. |
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Yesterday I forgot to mention that Injade will also be performing at Dante's in Key West today (Sunday) from 1:30-5:30pm. Come on out for the afternoon and enjoy good food and drinks by their beautiful pool while we play for you. |
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We never have mold since we found out about (?)Golden Rods. |
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great Coconut Telegraph banner on Saturday, but what’s with that 9
year old boy in the thong? I'd prefer to see a woman with a shapely caboose,
but that’s just me. |
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The deadline for publishing is
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Sunday September 30, 2007 |
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Saturday September 29, 2007 |
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You’ve got to love it. Give him hell, conservatives. Let’s hear your outrage. I bet you sit like quiet little sheep now when Gog Bush does it. |
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I love the new logo for kudos & whiners on Friday's column! Ed, please keep this one a while. Nice job, Dan. |
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[Dumbing down] You’re damned right we're being dumbed down! We’re being dumbed down by an educational system that encourages teaching to the slowest child in the class so as not to “hurt their feelings”, this while boring the more accomplished students. We’re being dumbed down by a mass media industry that presents a single viewpoint of the news, that view point promulgated by the Democratic National Committee or it’s new master, MoveOn.org. We’re being dumbed down by politicians who try their level best to convince you that all your troubles are the fault of someone else. Our "dumbed downedness" sure seems to be proving itself as more and more of us look to someone else to solve our problems. Far too many of us fall into the “Nanny trap”. If you’ve got a problem just call on “Nanny Guv’ment” and she’ll kiss you, give you a hug, take something from someone else to give to you and make you feel all better. After all, you’re just a poor dummy who can’t get along without “Nanny Guv’ment” taking care of you. Yesterday, the “dumbing down” poster accused Conservative posters of “spinning” facts. It’s interesting and a it’s a real spotlight on the intellect of this poster that he fails to present any facts or documentation in support of his claim that other posters are “spinning” facts. |
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If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done? |
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[Thyroid Issues] I have about ten
plus years in the hypothyroid world. (Was diagnosed as "hypothyroid"
sometime in the 90's, and I'm an RN with an extensive background. So I know
a little.) First things first: You need to find out all you can from your
doctor, regarding your thyroid levels, what tests they ran, etc. There are
three tests that are run (generally): TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)
which is generally regarded as
the diagnostic for thyroid disorders. The
thyroid is sluggish in hypothyroidism. Because of that, the brain (this is
the simple explanation) sends more "TSH" to the thyroid, to stimulate it to
work. The less the thyroid responds, the more hormone the brain puts out.
That's why you have an elevated TSH when your thyroid is underactive, and
vice-versa. The other two tests, T3 and T4, reveal just how much the thyroid
is functioning. In
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The dog I found Thursday night on Key Deer Blvd. near the ball field has been reunited with her family. A happy ending! |
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[pepper-spray filled paintballs] Oh, wow, nice touch! I wish I'd had that gadget about a week ago, but better late than never. |
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If, we the people, don't stand up for our rights and save our paradise, the junta and their developer friends will drive us into the sea! Get to these meetings. Protest the monsters who want to turn our area into ghettos and low-rent dumps before it's too late. They will drive down our values to a penny on the dollar, then what? The whole game is to push the low renters from the Key West - Stock Island areas up to the Lower Keys, because those Key West areas have deep water, and deep water means big boating, which means rich people and more taxable income for the junta. It is a game politicos and real estates have played many times, but this time they are taking away your homes and your Paradise! Fight back or loose your dream! Make them put everything to a public vote on a separate ticket. After all, it is our lives and values they are playing with. Also, note their time frame syncs with Snowbird season. |
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Why do we still have to look at the Are You Ronin billboard? What the hell is it and what company is paying for such idiocy? Kudos to the person who managed to climb up there and duct tape YES. Maybe now it will come down. |
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Key Deer swim from island to island quite regularly. The one in question apparently just got lost. |
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[For the person with Thyroid Issues] The answer is mostly hormones. There are some good websites out there. Look at www.WilsonsSyndrome.com I had problems for years, then I went to a doctor who checks your hormone levels and prescribes compound bi-identical hormones. What a difference! Read up on it and either go to your local doctor with a print out of the info or go to one of the doctors Dr. Wilson recommends. Good luck. |
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What happened to Classic Carpet? |
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Nice CT banner, Dan! I love the BP Grind. |
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The lady who lost her dog, Molly in Eden Pines was on Biz Baz Friday morning, and the person who found her is on BPK.com Friday too! It can’t get any better than that and that eight year old gets the dog back. I love a happy ending. |
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[key deer and Little Palm] It’s not very far. Probably about 30 to 50 feet to Cooks Island and as seen in the last few days on this site the deer can swim quite a distance when the need arises. The deer on Little Palm come from Cooks Island. I probably shouldn't go any further with this because some old timer will blow me out of the water. But that’s my story and I'm sticking to it! |
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Excuse me? All my friends help me move furniture. But my real friends help me move bodies. |
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For the person on thyroid medicine. Have you tried reducing the dose? |
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They want cork, give them cork and a cork sucker! Video |
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Regarding your well constructed and thought out rant on the dumbing down of America by people not of your political persuasion. In this case I believe you are referring to idiot conservatives. Is it true that you expect to give us idiots all your opinions? And if we even attempt to give a rebuttal we are to be cast as know-nothings? It seems to me to smell pretty much of typical liberal arrogance. When I say arrogance you should know I am being kind. |
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Barry Gibson, a city commission candidate works in the heart of Key West, knows its pulse. We agreed that all of Key West is important, but we also agreed how important Duval and Whitehead Streets and Mallory Pier are to the life of Key West. Without them, the City would not be able to look after the rest of the City. Without the economic engine Duval and Whitehead Streets and Mallory Pier are, Key West would be like a car without an engine; pretty, but it wouldn’t go anywhere. Translated, if you want to turn Key West into a pretty car without an engine, turn Duval and Whitehead Streets and Mallory Pier into something more like the rest of Key West. Say, North Roosevelt. Say, New Town. Say, hmmm, a place people who go to Disney World also would like to take in before going back to wherever it is they live. GoodMorningKeyWest.com |
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[Birthday catch 22] For the odds to reflect the accuracy of your statement you would have to be in a room with 365 other persons for there to statistically be another to have the same birthday as yourself. |
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A real friend walks in when everyone else is leaving! |
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Calling an illegal alien an undocumented immigrant is like calling a drug dealer an unlicensed pharmacist. |
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An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone. |
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[Ted Nugent for President] Wouldn’t that be cool? In the interim the next best thing is Fred Thompson. |
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There is a Ripple cult on the web.
They have been trying to get a good picture of a Ripple Bottle for years.
The only known picture of a red Ripple bottle was the shot of Fred Sanford
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If you cannot take anyone seriously because they make a typo, then you must really hate George Bush. The man speaks alien. |
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Saturday September 29, 2007 |
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Friday September 28, 2007 |
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[Today’s Coconut Telegraph banner] Alrightey, here's the logo I promised you. I'm hoping it came through okay. I bumped up the resolution so it's clear enough; as my 'toons sometimes get a bit fuzzy by the time they get on the site. I also made it a decent size so you might not have to increase or decrease the dimensions. Hopefully you'll like it. I have some other, simpler ideas that I'll send you someday when I get some time, but this is what was in my head. Hope you've been checking out the new strip in the Conch Color! ~Dan Schwab |
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[Michael Vick] A Canadian bank has sued suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick for more than $2.3 million, arguing that his guilty plea to federal dogfighting charges -- and the resulting impact on his career -- have prevented him from repaying a loan. Can we say karma? |
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Does anyone have thyroid issues where the medication makes you bounce off walls? I would love to know everything, especially holistic cures. My brain is fuzzy, I am very bitchy, hungry, tired and the doctor told me that I cannot buy a new thyroid. I hate to say it, but alcohol seems to be a good medicine. “Thank you for any info you may have”, said the hypo-monster from the woods in Big Pine. |
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I love reading conservative fairy tales when they try and justify invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11.They will spin facts to the point that all you can do is just poke yourself in the ear with a pencil so you can save any sense of reasoning you have left. It’s also less painful. Listening to conservatives talk is proof positive that America’s dumbing down is almost complete. Watch how one of them will now say "No it’s not. It’s the liberal’s fault". Keep your pencils close. If they are highly evolved conservatives they will blame Hillary. Or even better bring up the subject of taxes. Watch them. Oh, yeah, and everyone’s a Socialist. |
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[Medicaid fraud] You folks who complain about the sky high costs of everything here in the Keys should consider a career move. With a little ingenuity you could rip off the ideas of two dudes in Brooklyn (Singer and Rubenstein). These entrepreneurs made over $12,000,000 by simply over billing Medicaid. The only down side is that they got caught and went to jail. But it sure looks like most crooks who rip off Medicaid and the other tax paid medical programs don’t get caught. Gov Charlie Crist, when he was Attorney General in 2004, said that Medicaid fraud alone costs Florida taxpayers over one billion dollars per year. There are two basic kinds of Medicaid fraud. Provider fraud basically means that service providers over bill, they bill for services or goods not provided, or they over prescribe meds. Recipient fraud is accomplished when a patient receives meds for non-existent symptoms or disease, a patient who receives any health care service or goods for non-existent symptoms or disease, or a patient who receives Medicaid paid treatment by fabricating their eligibility. I think that all of us know of at least one slimeoid who fits in that category. This parasite is the one who has the bucks but won’t buy health insurance. These types often don’t even pay taxes or social security. When these types get the crap kicked out of themselves in an accident or health emergency, they wind up racking up multi-hundreds of thousands of dollars in bills. Medicaid gets stuck with the bill. That means you and I pay their freight in the form of higher taxes and higher medical bills. These types are "takers" not givers. We can get our health care at one hell of a lot cheaper price if we force our lawmakers and enforcers to work harder at eliminating health care fraud. |
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[Democratic Debate] Did you hear the “skrrch, skrrrrch” sound of heads being scratched, did you hear the muted shrieks of “What the freak is goin’ on?” coming from the homes of our many Democrat friends the other night as they listened to the Donkey Dialog aka the Democratic Debate? The top rung Democratic Presidential candidates no longer promise that they will cut and run from Iraq if they’re elected. That change of position is a huge digital salute to the ultra left wing of the Democrat party. I’ve got to admit that it took a lot of courage and maybe more than a modicum of principle to take the leap. I have no idea why the change, perhaps it is a new reading of the polls which suggest that the majority of Americans feel that our security is the single most important factor in the race. Perhaps some or all of the top-rungers have received some sort of information or briefing as to the real threat that we face at the hands of the fundamentalists. Perhaps it is simple patriotism bubbling up. Whatever the reason is, I applaud each of them, and I won’t shout that they are flip-flopping, (at least not yet). |
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Unbelievable! Is this real? Do the deer really swim that far? How do they get the deer on Little Palm Island? |
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Did anyone hear that heavy plane flying east over the keys early this morning around 4am? It was too low, but had it’s lights on so I don’t think it was a drug smuggler. |
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So now the Habitat Center will not only be competing with the building material folks, but with the clothing stores as well. |
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I hope Capt Dan will still let the girls cool their snatch for $10 like the sign said when I drove through a couple of weeks ago. I was looking forward to checking that out. And I hope that hot Little tattooed gal will still be working there; yummy. |
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[CD player needing repair] I respectfully disagree with the poster who suggested throwing the old one away and purchasing a new one. ] That's all well and good that you don't want it to end up in an already full landfill, but let's seriously look at what the "cost," would be to fix your malfunctioning CD player. The average cost of a CD player is under $50.
Second: With no one in the keys who can fix it, you've got two options: (1) Ship it away to the manufacturer, which is most likely in Korea, Japan or Taiwan. Any guess what the cost will be to ship your CD player? (2) You could try to track down a "repair shop" up on the mainland, but you'd still either need to ship it up, or drive it up then wait for them to order parts (refer to "parts" above,) and then have it shipped back to you. Yes, we are a wasteful society, but what you have is a bunch of plastic parts along with a few bits of wire and chips. In lieu of a landfill or trashing it, I suppose you could try finding a place that would recycle any parts worth using again, but I don’t' see any companies offering that. If you don't want to trash it, hide it away in your attic for someone to find decades from now, so they can take it on Antiques Roadshow. In the meantime, spend less than $30 and just get a new one. |
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[dog runs loose and craps and plays wherever they like] It is illegal to have a loose pet, let it crap anywhere but your own property. Both are $100 fines. Call the cops! |
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[Shortage of cork] You can bet if there is a shortage of corks, the fine wines will get them first, leaving the screw caps (made of whatever) for the street wines. |
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Do this once every year or two if you see rust appearing and it will stop rust in its tracks. We use the stuff by the gallon on the farm when refurbishing older machinery and it makes the paint last longer than when new. Happy restoring! |
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Is the person willing to pay more to be frisked at the Ramrod swimming hole a female? If so, when do you go? I'll frisk you for free. Ed, if you want to put my email address with this feel free. |
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[Found dog] At approximately 6:15pm last night (Thursday, 9/27), I found a small to mid-size dog running down Key Deer Blvd. near the ball field. She is approximately 25 lbs, mainly black with some brown and white, and very sweet. She was wearing a blue harness and a "shirt". I will call in to BizBaz Friday AM, so hopefully, by the time this is posted, she will be back with her owners. If not, please call 872-1473. Classified Ads > Lost & Found |
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The other way to fight mold is to keep your home open all of the time. Mold does not have a chance to grow where air is allowed to circulate. My home was built in 1955, has never had air-conditioning, and there is not a trace of mold in it. |
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Anti-Hillary. http://hytaipan.home.comcast.net:80/media/serenity2.html |
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[Lost Cargo] I had the most delicious boiled peanuts today. Great job guys; keep up the good work. |
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| Christmas on Big Pine just won’t be the same without Mike and his generated orange truck. Christmas carols at the bus stop will be sung without the usual musical backup. To Mike and his kids: Good Luck in your new home and we'll see you soon | ||||||||
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[Spray on condom] It has been banned in all of Europe and was never imported to the US. It seems people tried it but couldn't get it off! Hazardous chemicals are to blame. Ouch! |
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Following is what I view as an understandably
emotional reply from City Commissioner Clayton Lopez to yesterday’s
posting, “Key West Last, Inc.” In my dealings with Clayton over the past
year, I have found him in some ways to be like me, somewhat tending toward
being in touch with his feelings and passion, somewhat willing to take the
risk of letting other people see that side of him. Our society tends to
frown on such displays of being real, but it’s part of our nature, it’s part
of what God instilled in us, and there’s a place for it in our lives and in
our dealings with life and other people. The annals of history of medicine
and religion are filled with anecdotes of people who ended up in serious
trouble because they habitually denied this part of themselves. GoodMorningKeyWest.com |
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[dog runs loose] That's a great idea, in fact they even make pepper-spray filled paintballs so Fido can run home and share it's experience with it's owner. |
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Oxy-Clinton Video |
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Thursday September 27, 2007 |
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In an effort to fight Hungary’s underground economy, prostitutes can apply for an entrepreneur’s permit. The permit allows prostitutes to give receipts to customers and become part of the legal economy by paying taxes and making social security contributions. |
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The Lower Keys Chamber cordially invites you to our October Business Social event co-hosted by Key West Harbour & Crowne Plaza La Concha, Tuesday, October 17th between 6:00 and 8:00 pm. This event will be held at The Fabulous Top of La Concha in Key West and as usual, libations will be served, and there will be 50/50 and Business Card Drawings for entertainment. Hot and cold hors d' oeuvres will be served. There is a $10 donation per person. Third time's a charm in Key West. Be sure to come out, enjoy the fun and network with the other local businesspersons, we look forward to seeing you there. For more information, call The Chamber office at 305-872-2411. Bulletin Board |
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I have tried everything that I knew how to because I valued him and her as friends, but all I got was no response. No one is too good for me. I am not too good for anyone likewise, but if you think you are; then you are sadly mistaken. I managed to live for 56 years without your help, son, and I can certainly finish my life the same way. But I really did value you as a friend and that is why I tried so hard to contact you. What part of this is confusing to you? |
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[Teachers, but we don’t want them living in our neighbor hood] Oh, yes, we remember the brouhaha over housing on Sugarloaf property. Unfortunately the feelings of the few made the paper. We were embarrassed by those statements as were many of the staff of the school. I would gladly have a teacher in my backyard as a neighbor. They not only were insulting to the teachers and staff of the school, but also the local fire, police and nurses that they also made negative statements about. Guess they only like them when they needed them. |
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[What's in a name] I’m hard at work on a second book set in the Florida Keys but there is a problem. I would like to know if there is anyone out there with a clue as to how Knockemdown Key got its name. Sure, I can make something up and will if I must, but the truth would be nice too. Maybe even a partial truth. Okay, a smidgen of tiny hearsay and innuendo might work at this point. The 'history' page on knockemdownkey.com is sort of...umm...not helpful. It's a little light on the history but there is a great picture of the Bat Tower. I'll give 'em that. Come on, people! Help a guy out.
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[Key Kids Playgroup] On Wednesday more than a dozen kids with their caregivers met at Publix in Key Largo for playgroup. We read two stories, learned an “I Love You Ritual” from Becky Bailey’s book by the same title, learned three new words in sign language, and talked about Developmental Asset® #7 which is: Community values youth — young person perceives that adults in the community value youth. Publix management and staff did that in an amazing way. Pharmacist George greeted us with free first aid kits and health information resources. The produce manager gave us small cups with fresh fruit. In each department we met friendly people. Even the cashiers enjoyed watching our 2- to 4-year-olds unload their miniature shopping carts brought from home and respectfully bagged their groceries. Children can easily perceive they matter at Publix with shopping carts that look like cars or that have special seats with safety belts near the parent’s handle bar. Anytime, kids can get a free cookie, balloon, and slice of cheese.
After I gave my 2-year-old Natalie her picture-based shopping list she ran off with her cart while I was talking with another mom. She came right back with a banana that was on her list. When we got to the register to pay for her groceries she could barely reach to hand in her $5. But when Natalie took her change and receipt she was so proud. I don’t recall that kind of grin before with the way she crunched up her shoulders like, “Yeah, I know I’m great.” We thank Publix this week, and all the other businesses and organizations that have and will welcome Keys Kids Playgroup, for helping increase the Developmental Assets® in our young people. Keys Kids Playgroup is free and open to anyone with children from birth to age 4. For information visit www.yahoogroups.com/group/KeysKidsPlaygroup |
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[CD player needing repair] I respectfully disagree with the poster who suggested throwing the old one away and purchasing a new one. Why take up more space in our already overflowing landfills when it possibly could be repaired at a reasonable rate? We have become a society who thinks everything is disposable and that is so sad considering how we are harming the environment. |
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[Fresh Air Freaks] If you don't run an air conditioner in your house you will not be able to fight rust, mold, or salt damage. The humidity in the Keys requires it. Without it your home will be an incubator for molds of the most serious kinds. I wouldn't buy a house here unless I knew that the air has been on at least during the hot high humidity months April through November. You can smell it as soon as you go into a home that doesn't use it. You can't hide the smell of mold damage. |
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It seems like a lot of people are "waxing off" their refrigerators. No wonder they are rusting. I guess it is safer than picking up one of the local beauties in a bar; and smaller too. |
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This may be illegal so I'll ask you first. Can I put a note somewhere on your site to ask who owns a certain boat that I might want to buy if it's for sale? The State won't give out any info on the boats tag number and no one in the area it is stored at, knows anything about it. I think it is a BPK owner. |
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[Rusty refrigerators] Wow, all the great suggestions that brought on! Anybody in a humid climate can use that info, thanks! |
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I don't know who she is, but I like her! Audio |
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Its 4:14pm where’s my gossip cloumn to read? (Ed: What time zone are you in?) |
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Yesterday’s posting, “Key West First,” was addressed to Mayor Morgan McPherson and former Mayor Jimmy Weekley. Included in it was the text of an email I’d received from former mayoral candidate, Capt. Bill Estes, and my musings about the points Bill had raised. After receiving “Key West First,” Bill replied that Truman Annex did not happen on Jimmy Weekley’s watch. I asked if Jimmy wasn’t on the City Commission when Truman Annex came into being? (Jimmy had served on the City Commission before he was elected mayor the first time.) Bill wrote back that he thought Pritam Singh acquired what would become the Truman Annex land from the Navy before Jimmy was on the City Commission. I said I would speak with someone who knew the time lines. Yes, Jimmy was on the City Commission when Truman Annex, AKA, Key West Last Development, Inc, aka Southard Street Blues, aka The Tiny Kingdom, aka Truman Annex Master Owners Association (TAMPOA) came into being. GoodMorningKeyWest.com |
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Hello to all my friends on Big Pine and, yes ed, that includes you, (we all had fun with the Grinch a couple of years back). This is Mike also know as Babyboy, the guy with the Christmas light truck, MM towing guy, and last, but not least, Gumby. For anyone who has been on this site for awhile knows my story that after the year of the Grinch I was supposed to move and ended up staying though our rough hurricane season of Wilma. Now it is finally time for me to head a little north (about 3 hours away} to a new area for me and my kids with a very big yard for them to play in, rent that I can really afford and a forestry fire fighting job. A couple of people have asked me what are we going to do about Christmas with no lighted truck? To let everyone know, I have already asked for time off to come back to the Keys around Christmas time to be in the parade and to spend some time with my father and all my friends. I will have a couple weekends a month off so me and the rug rats will be coming down then. If anyone has any kid’s beds, dressers, dinning room table, couch , washer and dryer please let me know. Here is my email addresses babyboy263@aol.com |
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Wonder why your friends don't
email you any longer? Wonder why you have lost customers? Well the answer
just might be the CENSORING of your email by your Internet Service Provider.
ISP's have taken it upon themselves to censor spam, or anything that looks
like spam, so if your friends or customers email you with too many Addresses
in the TO, CC, or BCC area or the Subject: or Message area contains "certain
words or numbers" or a bunch of other "Spam Filter Markers", you are
probably not receiving all your mail. Complain like hell, else the web and
email will be history very soon. |
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I read in the paper that a lawn service worker was arrested for burglarizing houses. It did not mention the company name. I can understand that it is not the company’s fault. Or is it? Supervision is knowing what your people are doing all the time. |
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The reason that NFL quarterbacks have the green stickers on the helmets is due to the fact that only one helmet can have a radio transmitter in it, and the NFL uses the sticker to identify which helmet has the transmitter. This could change next year in the wake of the Patriots' spying program. |
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While waiting for a libation at a local watering hole, I said to a nice looking blonde next to me, "Hi, how you doing?" Her reply was, "Fine until a few seconds ago!" Gee, a blonde with a crew cut, no makeup, no fingernail polish and bad breath, just doesn't turn me on any more! |
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I had the same problem with Cingular/AT+T and poor service. I wouldn't recommend anyone use them. Being a single mother I need my cell phone so my children can reach me at work. They gave me the same "I don't care" attitude that others have received. One clerk had only four words in her vocabulary: "My Hands Are Tied". I dealt with the general manger too. Her name is Gail and is a typical person who thinks she is better than you. If you want to cancel your account don't do it at that store. Call the customer service 800 line. I called them and was told that they are having problems with coverage in The Florida Keys and are working on it. The person I talked to told me that if I want to transfer companies and keep my number I should open my new account first then cancel AT&T. She also removed my early cancel fees. That was the same fee that the store's general manager, Gail the angry Italian, told me I had to pay. I made it a point to tell the corporate AT&T in a long letter how difficult that store was to deal with and that Gail needs to go to customer service school. |
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If you can't afford to buy a market rate house around here, as opposed to wherever you came from, then go back to wherever you floated in from. I'll struggle along without you. Nobody gave me anything. Quit trying to con your way in here. Everybody wants to live in Paradise on the cheap. |
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It is so nice to see that everything has caught up with Key Deer Bar and they are shut down. One step in cleaning up The Avenues. |
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I had the same problem with my refrigerators rusting. We went through 3 in 12 years. Finally got the stainless steel (after Hurricane Georges) and it still looks great after 9 years! Paul (from Paul's Appliances) told me to wax (yes, wax) the non-stainless surfaces. I think he told me to use something like Johnson's Paste Wax, but a good car wax seems to work just as well. Give it a try, it sure beats a new fridge every few years. |
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