2017-05-17

New United



“Drag and Drop” “We put the hospital in hospitality” “Board as a doctor, leave as a patient” “Our prices can’t be beaten, but our passengers can” “We have First Class, Business Class and No Class” “Not enough seating, prepare for a beating” “We treat you like we treat your luggage” “We beat the customer. Not the competition” “And you thought […]

Pork on a fork



Now this is a good one and a big hooray for this mayor… A commercial promoting pork says: ” PUT SOME PORK ON YOUR FORK” The mayor refuses to remove pork from the school cafeteria menu and explains why: Muslim parents demanded the abolition of pork in all the school canteens of a Montreal suburb. The mayor of the Montreal […]

Legends of Miller County

Moving at 71 and What To Do With All This Stuff

Now I have to tell anyone who is thinking about moving after turning 65+ don’t unless you have someone to pack, wrap, load, and unload it when and if you found a new place to live. Judy and I sold our home in August, started putting stuff in storage a little each day for six weeks. The first thing you […]

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THE WEEKLY POST

Cinnamon Toast

“Stood alone on a mountain top, starin’ out at the Great Divide. I could go east, I could go west, it was all up to me to decide…” Bob Seger I left home at 18. Not willingly. Poverty evicted me. My parents couldn’t afford my enormous food intake. They had to choose…a new car or feeding their omnivorous son. The […]

British humor politically incorrect



British humor as it used to be: absolutely politically incorrect. •It has been announced that the police are going to be allowed to use water cannons on rioters. They are putting some Tide washing powder in to stop the coloreds from running. • Two Muslims have crashed a speedboat into the Thames barrier in London. Police think it might be […]

Some wise advice



A young lady confidently walked around the room while leading and explaining stress management to an audience with a raised glass of water. Everyone knew she was going to ask the ultimate question, “half empty or half full?” She fooled them all. “How heavy is this glass of water?” she inquired with a smile. Answers called out ranged from 8 […]

BACKROADS AND BOBTAILS

All Aboard an Old Wooden Boat

The fishing camps all had names. I remember Dunn’s Camp on the lower Chattahoochee and Idlewild on Lake Talquin, from where fishermen embarked to catch mammoth shellcrackers from a stretch of water christened “Rice Patch.” Other names escape memory, but the camps were many. Buck and Slats knew them all. Buck, my grandfather, and Slats, his favorite fishing buddy, often […]

Up The Creek Without A Paddle

A short beach trip?

You’ll never guess where I’ve been the last part of this week. What, you didn’t even miss me? Well, I missed you all. Anytime I cross the Miller County line, I get to missing it, and y’all. First wife invited me to go to the beach with her, and two of our dearest friends, Spud and Pat Bush. She learned […]

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