For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
I could not believe my eyes when they brought this guy into my cell. “A cell mate for you PI,” said the police officer. That guy was nearly as big as Rock. His shirt was open and the word ‘Butcher’ was tattooed across his chest along with 2 crossed knives. He definitely did not look like a friendly type. Then he pulled out a rather big knife. How did he get in here with that thing? Did they not search him.
“How did you manage to get a knife in here?,” I asked casually. He did not say a word for a few minutes so I kept to myself. “They tried searching me one time,” he said half laughing, “4 of them ended up in the hospital. Now they do not search me.” Then he laughed loudly. This is not looking good, obviously he is here to kill me and he certainly does not seem to be concerned about it. That means the 2 officers on duty tonight are also working for Harmon.
Meanwhile…There was a knock on Baldwin’s hotel room door. Rock answered and John was standing there. “Come in,” said Rock. “What can I do for you John,” said Baldwin, “you really should not be seen with us.” “I know,” he answered, “but this was too important. There is a guy called “the Butcher” that works for Harmon. He and one of Harmon’s men were eating at the restaurant downstairs, next table to mine. Good thing they did not know who I was.
Harmon hired Butcher to kill Steve and he has been put in the same cell as Steve now. The 2 cops on duty tonight are also on Harmon’s payroll. Steve won’t last the night with Butcher in there. He is almost as big as Rock here.” “Rock, get the lawyer and go talk with Steve,” said Baldwin, “they will have to bring Steve out to talk with him, then you can talk with this Butcher.” “Right boss,” said Rock and off he went. “I will pay you for this information John,” said Baldwin.
“Forget it,” said John, “Steve deserves better than what he is getting right now, so this one is free.” Then off he went as well. Benson, Baldwin’s bodyguard closed the door. “I think things are getting worse all the time Benson,” said Baldwin, “I really don’t know if we can win this one.” “We could break him out of jail easy enough,” said Benson, “and Chung can change his face, then he and Kat could go off somewhere and live in peace with new identity.”
Baldwin was a bit surprised that Benson said so much, he hardly ever talks. “I have given that some thought, even talked to Kat about it,” said Baldwin, “but she said the two of them would not feel right doing things that way. I can understand that too.” Back to Harmon now…”Oh,” said Harmon’s bodyguard, “I got Butcher in that PI’s cell like you wanted. We won’t need to worry about him no more.”
“Okay,” said Harmon, then he stopped his pacing, “What?!! Butcher will kill that PI!” “Yeah, that is what you…”, was as far as he got. “Get him out of there NOW!”, yelled Harmon, “if he kills the PI, then you will die, I will die, the Company will die! Get Butcher out! Do you hear me? Get him out!” “But how boss?”, Butcher ain’t gonna like this. Remember what he did to those 4 cops?”
“I do not care how you do it,” said Harmon, “drag him out by his heels if you must, but get him out before he kills that PI!” So off went the bodyguard shaking his head all the way down the hall and saying to himself, “Harmon is losing it, he really is. Drag him out by his heels, he says. Hey, that is it, I will kill him, no other way to do it.”
However, Rock and the lawyer were there first and they took me out to another room to talk with the lawyer and as they disappeared around the corner, Butcher was standing by the open cell door with his knife in hand. Suddenly Rock smashed him against the cell door, then slammed his head into the iron bars. Then he took him inside and knocked him several times against the cement wall and, well, soon Butcher was lying peacefully on the floor.
But, one of the officers was back and slammed the door shut on Rock, telling him he was under arrest. “I do not think so,” said Kristina. Her and Angel were standing there with guns. “That other guy attacked Rock with that knife, he was just defending himself,” said Angel. Butcher did put his hand on Rock’s shoulder before Rock entered the “discussion”. The officer looked. “Open the door and let him out,” said the other officer, “we do not want trouble right now.” “Especially since it will come out in court that Harmon has been paying you two,” said Kristina.
To Be Continued.
ยฉ2022 Steve McLeod.
๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ hehehe!! Way to go Rock and Roll!!๐๐
Now Harmon is on his heels!! Time for the team to take him down!!๐๐
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Harmon is having problems now, that’s for sure. Seems his little scheme to get rid of me has come back at him. Now Jake needs to finish with him so I can get out of here. Then The Company comes crashing down. At least that is the way it’s supposed to work.๐ค๐ฉ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ต๏ธ
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I’m sure there will be at least one, maybe two hiccups before it’s over๐๐ but he will be finished… I’m almost positive๐๐
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Yes, I rather think it is not quite over yet, but maybe it will go faster than I think.๐ค๐๐ต๏ธ
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Perhaps, but if it does… it won’t be near as exciting..
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Well, it is certainly not over yet, that’s for sure.๐ค๐ฌ
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I think that’s a good thing!!๐๐๐
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Thanks, I’m the one in jail that people are trying to kill.๐ฎ๐ค๐๐ต๏ธ
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Yeah… but you’re safe now!!๐๐๐
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Who said I’m safe? And what about my team? Maybe something will happen to them!๐ค๐ฎ
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Harmon won’t try to do anything until he feels safe…
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If things go according to plan, Harmon is never going to feel safe.๐ ๐ต๏ธ
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That’s what I was hoping you’d say!๐๐
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Yep, we are going to finish Harmon for good, one way or another. Providing he doesn’t finish us first. One thing really surprised me an that is how John actually helped us and didn’t want anything for it.๐ค๐ต๏ธ
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Makes me think he’s got an agenda!! He doesn’t seem the type to do anything for someone without a benefit to himself!๐คจ
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That is true, he just doesn’t seem to be the type to help out like that.๐ค๐ต๏ธ
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It coukd be he enjoys the challenge of matching witts with you!!๐ค๐ค
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Perhaps that’s it. Without me around he wouldn’t have anything to do and he would get bored!๐ค๐ต๏ธ
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That’s very likely!๐
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Hey there Macaroni!!๐๐
I shattered the screen on my phone ๐ฑ this morning so I’m going shopping for a new one this afternoon. I will send you a reply when I get it. Talk to you soon!๐๐๐
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Okie and dokie!๐
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Are you here or there ๐ค
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I’m here, such as I am.๐
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Good! Did you have a fun day?
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Sho nuff! I was out chasing humungous bees and giant wasps, but alas, no pics of them. I did get more pics of that white admiral butterfly though and other insects.๐๐๐ฆ๐โ๏ธ๐ท
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Very cool ๐ I didn’t get my new phone yet. I had to order an unlocked ๐ one. The only place that would have those in stock were in the metropolitan suburbs and with the weekenders heading home on Sunday afternoon I didn’t want to drive in that mess. So my new on will be here by the end of the week.
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What? You have to go a whole week without a phone? How? Is it possible to survive that long with no phone? Do they have help lines if you suddenly go into withdrawal? I can’t imagine going that long! I would be banging my head on the walls!๐ฌ๐ค๐คช๐ต๐ตโ๐ซ๐ฑ๐๐น
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LOL ๐ ๐ ๐คฃ ๐น ๐ We it still functions but I need to be very careful not to cut my fingers or face on it when I use it!๐ฌ
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Why do you rub your face on it?๐ค Seems like an odd thing to do.๐
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Only when I’m talking on it๐๐๐
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Try holding it away from your face. Works wonders.๐๐น
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Except I’m deaf so I have to hold it to my ear and that means it rubs on my cheek and I don’t want to cut my cheek, do I?๐ค๐ค
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That’s why I suggested holding it away, but maybe you could cover it with something when talking on the phone?๐ค
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Yes .. or I could use the blue tooth feature to connect to my hearing aids and I wouldn’t need to hold it to my ear ๐ ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Really? Hey that’s cool!๐
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I know!๐๐๐ But I would still rather have goid hearing I stead. But it was my own fault๐๐
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Yes, I agree, that is one part of me that still works good! Oh, oh, sticking things in your ears?๐ค๐ฌ
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Yes!! It can be uncomfortable at times.. but I’ve gotten somewhat used to it ๐
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Yeah, I guess you would after a while.
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I’m here whenever you’re there!๐๐๐
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I’m never there, always here except when I’m not but still I still am still.๐๐น
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How ya doin?
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It was great until about 12, after that its been kinda downhill, at least for pain which is horrendous today.๐But it turned out to be a nice sunny warm day, got up to 65!๐๐
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That’s better than 35 ๐ not as nice as 75… I’m sorry to hear you’re having pain today.๐ฌ
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I must remember those words of wisdom regarding temps.๐ Thank you.๐
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๐๐ I love to give my friend good advice and share my wisdom whenever I can!๐๐
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I appreciate it, really, I do! Um, how is it you are communicating without a phone?๐ค
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I could use my laptop, but I’m using the phone as,I described in my earlier reply.๐
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Well, if you used your laptop at least you wouldn’t cut your face so much.๐๐น๐
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This is true…๐ค But my finger tip would get sliced everytime I swipe it to open it๐ซ๐ซ
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You have to swipe your laptop to open it?๐ค
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Kinda!!๐ I have a key on my laptop that I put my fi ger on and it reads my finger print ๐จ instead of using a pass code.๐๐
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Oh, I getcha! I use a code easier than my finger print which seems to be hard to read for some reason. I did that at the start but had so much trouble with it I switched.๐๐
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I have a little trouble with it also. But I learned that if you shut it off when your done using it, I have much less problem doing that.๐๐
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But if you shut it off, doesn’t that mean it stops working? Then when you turn on the laptop it won’t be working and that would be hard to get on then. I think.๐ค๐
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Mine only takes a few seconds to open up even after it’s been turned off and turned on again.
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Are we talking about the same thing? If you mean turning the laptop off and on, then yeah, it is fast now with Windows 11. Updates seem to go faster too.
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Yes, I’m speaking of my laptop.
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Oh, I thought you were talking about the finger print reader thingy.
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That works better if the laptop is turned off when you’re done using it.
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I get it! I turn mine off at the end of the day, otherwise I just put it to bed.๐ด
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Yep, that’s usually what I do also. So…. shopping in the morning again?๐ค
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Yep, shop, shop, shop. I hope one of our stores gets peanuts in soon, I am running out rather fast. Good thing I stocked up when I could, I will start earlier next year though.
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I just added them to my grocery list so I don’t forget again!๐
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Well, since you are heading back home soon anyway…
Of course you can always take the leftovers with you for the squirrels back down there.๐
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That is very true! And I will!!๐๐ I kinda miss my squirrels down there๐
They better be taking good care of my truck while I’m gone!๐คจ
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Don’t worry, I told them to wash it nicely before you get back. Those back roads can get dusty.๐
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What??๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ Back roads!!! What back roads???๐คจ๐คจ
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Um, well, they wanted to go see their country cousins.๐ฌ๐
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With the gas prices as they are???๐คจ๐คจ That’s a lot of peanuts ๐ฅ!!๐คจ๐คจ
They’re gonna owe me big when I get back!! They better be nice to me!!๐๐
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They said it’s okay, you don’t have to pay them for the gas, they syphoned it out of your landlords car.๐๐๐น๐น
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It’s good to see they’re being resourceful ๐๐๐
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Yep, but they still haven’t found a new tail light.๐๐๐น๐น
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Oh no!!!๐๐ That’s it!! No peanuts!!๐คจ๐คจ
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But really its only cracked a bit and they taped it together with duct tape, just a little hard to see the light now. So said the officer that stopped them. But the ticket isn’t too bad, but it had to be put in your name.๐๐
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Oooooo….๐คจ๐คจ๐๐๐ they are in for it when I get home!!!๐คจ๐คจ๐คจ There might be some more short tailed squirrels running around down there!!๐คจ๐คจ๐คจ๐คจ
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But you never heard anything from me!
Well, time for bed so I’m awake for shopping tomorrow.
Good night Dusty!!๐๐ด๐
Sleep good with visions of tickets dancing in your head!๐๐น
More chatter tomorrow!๐
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You won’t need to worry about that!!๐คจ๐คจ
They’re worse than teenagers!๐๐
Good Night Steve! ๐ด ๐ฅฑ
Sleep Well ๐ค๐ฅฑ๐ด
I will be watching for the next chapter!!๐๐
Good Night!๐๐๐
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Good Morning Steve!
I hear the squirrels are plotting a raid on your peanut stash in retaliation for telling on them for taking a joy ride in my truck ๐….but you didn’t hear that from me!๐๐๐๐๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ
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Good morning Dusty!!๐โ๏ธ How’s things today?๐ค
No need to worry, I made peace with Jasmine with some extra big peanuts, and since she is the top squirrel, she calmed down the rest of them. I think she threatened to shave their tails!๐๐๐น๐น
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That’s a very good thing๐คจ They were pushing their luck with that little stunt!๐๐๐๐
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Yeah, if they had taken all my peanuts then I wouldn’t give them anymore after that! How was your day? Getting any thunderstorm activity? We have one right now but I think it’s going south mainly.๐คโ๏ธ
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No, no storms at all. It been no wind and sunny all day.๐๐๐ How did the photo ๐ธ taking go today? ๐ค
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Very windy here today, but sunny all day until just a little while ago. Got some good pics today, including that huge wasp! I was taking pics of a small bee, then noticed some movement and that wasp was just 6 inches from my arm.๐ฎ๐ My first reaction was RUN! ๐โโ๏ธ๐ฎBut I managed to stay calm long enough to get its picture, then I ran!๐ท๐ฌ๐๐โโ๏ธ
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Good decision making process!!๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ
I’m glad to hear you got away safely โบ๏ธ ๐๐ Will we see it’s puc soon?๐ค
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Oops, I was supposed to start with insect pics today.๐ฌ๐๐ท Sigh. Things happen so it didn’t happen. Sigh.๐ Tomorrow instead. I hope.๐
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No worries… ๐ Can’t do it all in one day!๐๐
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At least not for me anyway!๐ค๐๐น
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That’s what tomorrow is for!๐๐๐
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My thoughts exactly! Well, maybe not exact exactly, but close exactly.๐๐น๐
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Close enough for government work!๐๐๐๐๐๐
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OOOO, I would be good at that. “It was my secretary fault, I was out getting selfies”.๐
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Oh… took a few minutes for yourselfie???๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Precisely, our government does that a lot!๐๐น๐ท
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Same with ours!๐๐๐
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Must be related.๐๐๐น
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A politician is a politician no matter where you live!!๐๐
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Ya know, I think you might be right there!๐ฎ๐๐น
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They say you can tell when a politician is lying..๐คฅ
Their lips are moving!!๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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That is so true it is it is!๐๐น
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That’s what my Dad used to say anyway ๐๐๐
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A wise man indeed!๐๐น
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At times๐๐๐๐
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Daylight savings or standard time?๐๐น
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I would say standard… he worked road construction from spring to fall and had all winter off so that’s when I would see him…๐๐
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As they say in the old country, “winter is the standard time for snow and summer has enough daylight to save it!”
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Hey!!!๐ That one kinda maybe sorta makes sense??๐คช๐คช
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Hmm, I must have messed up somewhere.๐ค๐๐
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It had Mr confused ๐ but that doesn’t take much๐๐๐๐๐
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Who is this Mr you talked about?๐ค
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Mr me!!๐๐ I got a broken phone screen!! Give me a break๐๐
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I thought you did that already?
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You are brighter than a 20 watt bulb!!๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ก
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Why Thank you Dusty, thank you very much!!๐๐
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You’re so very Welcome!!๐๐๐
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No chapter yet today??๐ค๐ค
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Um, no chapter today.๐ฌ Good thing I got an extra done for Saturday. Sigh.๐ Things happen so it didn’t happen. Sigh.๐๐ Back tomorrow though.๐ค Honest. Really. For sure.๐๐
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I believe ya!!๐๐ Saturday was a nice bonus!!๐๐
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I really didn’t want to skip today, honest and for truly, but, um, well, uh, anyway I uh, kinda had a hard day. Finally collapsed at 4, just couldn’t hang on any longer.๐ฌ๐
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You don’t need to explain to me!๐๐
If you need to not do something then by all means…. don’t do it!!๐๐
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So, how was your day?๐ค go walking?๐ค Work busy?๐ค
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I did my 5.3 miles and work was about right. Enough to make the time go by and not so much I couldn’t keep up.๐๐
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Hey, you increased your walk, good for you!๐
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I would go farther but I can only walk ๐ถโโ๏ธ so fast and I do have to do some work during the afternoon. ๐๐
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I agree, that is a lot of walking time. As they say in the old country, “Walking is like a pile of rocks on a windy day.”
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Even when it’s raining ๐ง ๐๐๐๐
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As they say in the old country, “when it rains, the ground gets wet.”๐๐น
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Words to live by!!๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ
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As they say in the old country, “wisdom comes and wisdom goes, then it snows.”๐ค๐๐
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In August even!!๐๐๐
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Oh, don’t say that! not even as a funny funny!๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ
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Just sayin it could happen!!๐๐
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That’s not the point, the point is, um, I can’t remember.๐ค๐
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Oh… oh… I have one!! It on my head!!๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Did you hit your head again?๐ค You’re always doing that.๐๐
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Ever since someone showed me how it’s so easy to do!!๐ค๐ค
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You shouldn’t copy people, it can hurt!
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I’m learning that lesson now!!๐ค๐ซ
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I learned it years ago, didn’t help though.๐
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That’s the part that worries me most!!๐ณ๐ณ
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Oh, I wouldn’t worry about it, just go with the flow!๐๐
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That’s what you told when I started hitting my head!!๐คจ๐๐
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Still applies.๐๐๐น๐น
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Yes… yes it does!!๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Ha! I knew it!๐ค๐๐
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Of course you did!! I never doubted it at all kinda??๐๐ค
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More thunder, another storm coming and it’s time for bed again. Seems like I just woke up 15 hours ago.๐ค Oh well.๐ Good night Dusty!๐๐ด๐ด Sleep well!๐ด๐ด๐ด๐ I shall be back with more chatter on the morrow!๐
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Ok Sleepy Steve ๐ด
Good Night ๐ด ๐ฅฑ ๐ ๐ โจ๏ธ
Pleasant Dreams ๐ด ๐ฅฑ ๐ด
๐๐
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Can I get you’re opinion on something?๐ค
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Sure. Do I have to think?
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Not really๐ I am wondering if I should cancel my appointment for the Echocardiogram here, and schedule one for down south so I don’t have to change my return flight back from July 9th out to the 23rd of July. Or should I get it do e here then have all my records move to the clinic down there?
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Hmm, on one hand it would be nice to get it all done here with your doctor who already knows what is going on. That’s a plus. On the other hand, is it really necessary for the doctor to be that familiar with the situation? Here, if we switch doctors in the middle like that it means going through the whole thing all over again. That is something to consider. Doctors don’t usually like to just go by work already done sometimes, they want to do it all themselves. So, do you want to do it all over again?๐ค
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No… not really๐ I just want to get back..
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And leave that paradise of hot weather?
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Yeah, and go where it’s warm again!!๐๐๐
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How strange.๐ค๐
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Did you just call me strange??๐๐ค๐ค
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As they say in the old country, “if you have nothing on your feet, don’t drop a hammer.”
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Is that why it always hits my toes??๐ณ
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It does make for an easier mark.
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You too huh??๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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I know from what I speak!
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Experience is a very good teacher!!๐๐๐
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Providing we are not sleeping at the time!๐๐น
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A very valid point!๐ค๐
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Me think so too.
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Hey Dusty!๐ You around somewhere around?๐ค
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I’m not as round as I used to be!! But I’m here!!๐๐๐
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Oh good, thought maybe you would be out fishing or something.๐
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Nope, no fishing for me… don’t even have a fishing license ๐ ๐ฌ
But I do enjoy just being on the lake. Which reminds me I may be a bit late tomorrow night, the kids are coming to visit at 4:30 and they want to go out swimming and then BBQ. But they will most likely be leaving around 7 to 7:30.
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Hey, that’s nice they are coming over again. Who does the BBQing? I will be watching for you. Yep, being out on the lake is nice, just to relax and enjoy being on the water. So nice!๐๐
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I’m going to let the Grandsons do the grilling… I’ve taught them what I know (which isn’t a lot) so now it time to turn them loose and give it a try. I use a charcoal grill, they’re used to using a propane gas grill.
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Good idea, you’ve burned the food long enough, now its their turn!๐๐๐น๐นJust joking.๐๐น
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I didn’t think anyone noticed๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐ But they both enjoy cooking and learning.๐
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Yep, learning to cook is very important, wish I had done that early when my mom wanted to teach me. Would have been so much easier than learning on my own!๐ฌ๐๐๐น๐น
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Yep! Same here!!๐๐
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Same with me too!
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I think you said that already!๐๐
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I knew I heard it somewhere.๐ค๐
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How was your day? Did you walk to the river?? Any good pics?๐ค
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It got too windy by noon, it wasn’t supposed to be so windy, plus it was mostly cloudy by then too, so I decided to forget it. I don’t want such strong wind. Other than that it was a great day. Did I tell you about the hornet?
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At least you got outside!๐
No no hornet story…
Not if it was today๐ค
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Yep, it was this morning. I was concentrating on this little bug sitting on a leaf, so I moved in close to get its picture. Then I noticed something move beside me. It was a big bald-faced hornet, right beside my face! It was sitting on a leaf too. I nearly fainted. Now what to do? Slowly move back a bit, slowly move camera over and take a couple pics quickly. Then do the only other reasonable thing…faint.๐ต
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At least you didn’t try to run again!!๐๐๐คฃ๐คฃ
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It actually started to fly circles around me after I took its picture, nowhere to run! But…๐ค
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Should be a good story for a posting!๐๐
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Yep, for sure and certainly! Especially the ending!๐ฎ๐
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You’re the best story teller ever! That’s what I like about your writing ๐๐
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Aww, you’re just sayin that to be nice.๐
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Yes I am!! But only because it’s true!๐๐
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Thanks! Amazing how there is not a cloud in the sky right now. Gonna be a cool one tonight again.๐ฌ
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Are you able to see the stars at night??
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Are you OK? ๐๐ฌ๐ค
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Good Night ๐ด ๐ฅฑ ๐ ๐ โจ๏ธ
Sleep Well ๐ ๐ด ๐ค ๐
Pleasant Dreams ๐ด ๐ฅฑ TTYT
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Good morning Dusty!๐๐ How’s your day going?๐ค
Sorry about the abrupt departure last night, I started feeling tired then I woke up just a little after midnight! Guess I was more tired than I thought! Quite a surprise though to sleep so long.๐ค๐๐๐น
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My day is going great!๐๐๐
No worries about last night. I thought maybe that was the case. I’m glad you did what was good for your health.๐๐
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Well, it was kind of involuntary! Never knew what hit me. Got my 4th shot this morning. Nice sunny morning, now the clouds are back and a track of severe thunderstorms will be moving in tonight. I don’t like when it happens at night.๐ฌโ๏ธโ๏ธ๐
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Kinda hard to control the weather๐๐ but I agree… night storms can be unnerving ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฅบ
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And noisy too, those loud bangs and booms keep me awake!โ๏ธ๐๐น
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Yeah.. but you have Muffin to hold on to, to keep you safe!! All I can do is crawl under my bed!!๐ณ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฅบ๐ฅบ
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If I try to hold onto Muffin I will end up losing a lot of blood!๐ฌ๐น๐น
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LOL ๐ ๐ ๐คฃ ๐น I would imagine so…๐๐
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Yes, for safety reasons we keep our distance in storms!๐๐๐น๐น
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Very fortunate for you!!๐๐๐๐น๐น
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Yepper! Well, gotta go for now, talk later, I’ll look for you, but don’t rush, have fun!๐๐บ
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Alright! You have writing โ๏ธ and I’ll let you know when I’m free tonight. It shouldn’t be too much later than usual ๐๐๐
TTYS!
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Okie and dokie!
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I’m here when you’re there!!๐๐
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I’m here. How was the BBQ?
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Good! My Grand Daughter and her girl friend are the only ones that came. But we went tubing behind the boat and then BBQ some hamburgers ๐ and hotdogs ๐ญ and potato salad ๐๐ We all had a great time!๐
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Sounds great! Um, how do you BBQ potato salad?๐ค๐
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Very carefully!๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Now why didn’t I think of that? However, the original way of eating it still sounds better to me so I will stay with that.๐ค๐๐๐๐น
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Hehehe…. good choice!๐ me too!๐๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ
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Walmart used to sell potato salad, it was really good too,๐ but they stopped 3 years ago for some reason and no other store around here sells it.๐๐
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Yeah, it is much easier than making it, and it seems to taste better also!๐๐๐๐๐
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I don’t know why stores around here don’t sell it, at least during the summer, seems like it would be a popular summer item.๐ค๐
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A person would surely think so… how was your afternoon? Did you get some much needed rest??๐ค๐ค
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Afternoon was good, managed to sort through a bunch of stuff to get rid of. No resting though, didn’t have time today.
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There’s always tomorrow ๐๐๐
Did you sleep well last night?๐ค
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Had a bit of trouble getting back to sleep once I woke up at midnight, but then I slept good again until 4;40.๐
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I am happy to hear that… after that warm spell you deserve a good night’s sleep!๐๐
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It’s kinda cool for sleeping though, only made it to 65 today.
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That’s true… but then you can snuggle into your blankets…๐๐
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Packed them away for the summer.๐๐
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You can always wear your PJ’s!!๐๐๐
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Hmm, the wind has begun and you know what that means!
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Here comes the storms again!!๐ณ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฌ
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Yep, and Muffin has gone to hide under the bed!
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Smart kitty!! ๐บ ๐
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And I think it’s time for Steve to join her!๐ Only I will look after the top side to make sure she is safe!๐๐ด๐ Good night Dusty! Have a good sleep.๐ด๐ด More chatter on the way tomorrow!๐
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Good Night Steve ๐ด ๐ฅฑ
Rest Well and Sleep Soundly!๐
I will talk to you tomorrow ๐๐
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How are the chipmunks today?๐ค
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Busy chipmunk day today. Busy crow day too. I spent a lot of time chasing them away from the peanuts today!
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Them crows don’t give up easy either!!
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That is so very true!!!๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ
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Indeed!
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Oh… I don’t think I told you… I have a bunny living in my yard!๐๐ A cute little Cotton Tail! ๐ ๐ฐ
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Nice! But be careful, he’ll eat all your dandelions and clover!๐ฎ๐
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I hope so!! I’m not eating them anyway!!๐๐
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You should, very healthy, they would help your ailments. If you have any.
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To numerous to list them all!!๐๐๐
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See, you need those dandy lions!๐
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Yeah… not so much them!!๐๐๐
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Toss them in the potato salad. Just think of all those extra vitamins you’ll get!
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Yes, from the Pharmacy!!๐๐
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Dandy lions are free!
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Do you have an answer for everything??๐๐ค๐ค๐
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Yep and sometimes they’re even right!
I’m back and waiting, you fall asleep?๐ค๐
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I’ve been getting my new phone setup. I count remember all of my passwords ๐๐
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Don’t you keep a copy of them somewhere?๐ค๐
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Yeah, in my head!๐ค๐ค๐ซ
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Not smart, you should always keep a backup copy somewhere.๐ค๐ฌ๐
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Yeah, but then if you change one you have to update the list, ๐ I know !! You’re right!๐
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Yep, that is what I do. Only way for me, I would never remember everything otherwise.๐ค๐
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But where do you keep it? It doesn’t help you if you don’t carry it with you, and then you could lose it…๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ค
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I keep mine in my camera case which I always carry with me. That way I won’t lose it.๐
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I used to keep them on a flash drive. But that was a pain to. I’ll probably update it again and try to keep it up to date.๐๐
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Yep, that is a good idea, I have been thinking of doing that too instead of the ol paper method.๐๐ค
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Yeah, but it doesn’t help unless you’ve got you pc with you or an adapter for your phone. But still better than nothing ๐
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Hmm, now that is a thunk to think about too. Glad I thought of that.๐๐๐๐น
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It was brilliant on your part!! Almost unbelievable!๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐
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I thought so too!๐๐น
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You’re most welcome!๐๐คญ๐คญ
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What did I do?๐ค๐ฌ
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I’m working on that!!๐ฌ It’s not easy finding these answers!!๐๐๐
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That is so very true, I have trouble with that all the time!๐๐๐น๐น
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I’ve noticed that a time or three!!๐๐๐คญ๐คญ
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What? You too?๐ฎ๐ฌ
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Yes!! Believe it or not!!๐ณ๐ฒ
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Wow, that is amazing!๐ฎ๐ฎ
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I know!! Right??๐ณ๐ฒ
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Yep, for sure. I think.๐ค๐ค
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Did you go to bed?๐ค
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fell asleep again, just woke up.๐ฎ Guess I better go to bed now.๐ฅฑ Good night Dusty!๐ Sleep well,๐ด๐ด more chatter coming tomorrow!๐๐บ Holiday tomorrow so its a long weekend!๐
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Yep! I have my nieces Funeral tomorrow midday but I should be around late afternoon.
Sleep Good
Pleasant Dreams ๐ด ๐ฅฑ
TTYT๐๐
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Did your internet go out?๐ค๐
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Nope, was just reading about the big fire in town today.๐ฌ
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Oh oh… no one was injured I hope?๐ฌ๐ค
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No injuries or deaths that they know of yet. One building was completely destroyed and the buildings on either side were badly damaged and will likely have to be torn down. There were businesses on the main floors and apartments upstairs. That’s 5 major fires in 5 years downtown. One reason I don’t like living in apartment buildings. I’m careful, but what about the neighbors?๐ฌ๐ฌ
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That’s the unknown and the trouble with apartments! The only time I lived in an apartment was the last time! The dirt bag downstairs was beating his girlfriend or wife don’t know the relationship.. but we moved not long after that! Scared my kids terribly!!๐คจ
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Yep, wish I had been smart years ago and put my money in a house, even just a small one would be better than apartment living. Oh well, live and don’t learn as they say. I can understand why they would be scared!๐ฎ
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Yeah… it was a bad situation. I told the apartment manager about it, but I don’t think they reported it or said anything to him..๐คจ I agree… owning is better than renting. For sure for sure!!๐
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Yep, at least you know your neighbors won’t burn you down. Before I moved here 6 years ago I looked at another place and almost took it. Glad I didn’t because the whole building burned down 2 years later. 1 person died in that fire.๐ฌ๐ฌ
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You made the right choice by not living there!๐ณ๐ฌ That was close!!
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Yep, too close. And it was a nice building too with very nice apartments.๐ฎ
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You can never know by the looks of it… you don’t know what’s been hidden or covered up!
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All I see is trouble in the days ahead !๐ค๐ ! Watch out for the unknown ! Is John a friend or foe ? Hmmm…๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ
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It is out of character for John to help me, especially turning down money too. But he always said he wants to finish me himself, not wanting anyone else to do it. Yes, I am sure more trouble is coming!๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ต๏ธ
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I know this is going to sound extremely nosey but I was just reading some of these comments between you and Dusty. Sounds like you know eachother really well and my nosey self is trying to figure it out. Heres what it looks like on my end: You live together but Dusty is on vacation somewhere and coming back soon? Did I get it right or am I way off? ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Sorry, you’re way off! Dusty and I are just online friends which have never met. We live in different countries. He is on vacation though and heading home soon. We like to joke around a lot with each other, we get wacky at times!๐๐น
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Wow I can’t believe how far off I am, you seem to know eachother so well. I enjoyed being nosey and reading your comments, I have a friend that I am the same way with. Friendships like that are awesome ๐๐
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Yes indeed, they are great friendships! That’s okay, we’re not worried about people reading our comments. Have a nice evening!๐๐บ
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The storyline here is absolutely delicious!!
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Thank you so very much LaShelle! Have a great day!
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Youโre welcome!
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