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From: Bellingham, WA
Heres a pic playing with Kelly in the snow, she loves to chomp the snow when I throw it at her!
These are way to small to see, but they are of the overhead display saying ICE and 20*. Hey Cris, yours ever said ICE before???
Gone, but not forgotten
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From: Charlotte-Fairbanks-Bflo
If you are anywhere in the Northeast you can pretty much forget things getting better for a long time. I'll bet you don't have a real bad illegal immigrant problem there though. Even they're smart enough not to go where taxes have shut down almost everything.
Post Fiend
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From: Wallingford, CT
That's funny.
That reminds me that I finished my Christmas shopping today!
Made a trip to Cabela's and finished it right off.
Grandparents: Clean their yard off this fall and again in spring.
Mom: Money so she can go on some yoga retreat thingamajigger
Dad: Craftsman miter saw
Brother: Pheasant dog trainer with pheasant scent injector He got a Britney Spaniel this summer and he's teaching it to be a bird dog
Brother's girlfriend: Kohl's gift card
Brother's birthday (22nd of Dec.): Cabela's gift card
Woohoo! I'm DONE and it's all wrapped! Now to hope none of the read this site without me knowing.
That reminds me that I finished my Christmas shopping today!
Made a trip to Cabela's and finished it right off.
Grandparents: Clean their yard off this fall and again in spring.
Mom: Money so she can go on some yoga retreat thingamajigger
Dad: Craftsman miter saw
Brother: Pheasant dog trainer with pheasant scent injector He got a Britney Spaniel this summer and he's teaching it to be a bird dog
Brother's girlfriend: Kohl's gift card
Brother's birthday (22nd of Dec.): Cabela's gift card
Woohoo! I'm DONE and it's all wrapped! Now to hope none of the read this site without me knowing.
Post Fiend
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Wallingford, CT
I'm in CT, which I hope you all know is next to NY, and things here aren't drastically different on a local level. The town is doing just fine. They haven't had to lay off any DPW guys or anyone. The hiring freeze is just state employees in CT. Or at least that's how I understand it. New York and the CT counties that border NY are some of the hardest hit areas. However they were the ones who were filthy rich to start with that were the Wall St. investors.
Anyways. I'm sick of politics. I'm done talking about them.
Post Fiend
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From: Dallas-Ft. Worth
My state is in a hiring freeze and is planning to lay off a few thousand employees. That means picking up trash is not an option. Any private trash companies are hurting right now too because most supplied a large number of cans to construction and renovation companies who aren't working right now. I mean there is a little work, but there's not enough to go around.
Yea there are a few jobs out there, but not the kind that could support a family. I'm not condoning thievery, but I know that if I were put in a position where it was steal or starve I would steal.
Yes the guy could do his best to find a job, but that doesn't mean he will get one and even then he's got to wait until a check rolls in.
Plus if someone is really so destitute that they are stealing food to survive they likely don't have a car to deliver pizza and they probably aren't even up to the low McDonald's hygiene standards.
My family has a construction business and things are SLOW on the private end of things. Even the number of government contracts available has dropped. Most of our work is municipal work so we haven't been hit as hard as the guys who do most of their work in the private sector. There's companies that have been major players in my area for the past 20 years (I'm told. I'm not that old) that are doing major downsizing or shutting down.
Yea there are a few jobs out there, but not the kind that could support a family. I'm not condoning thievery, but I know that if I were put in a position where it was steal or starve I would steal.
Yes the guy could do his best to find a job, but that doesn't mean he will get one and even then he's got to wait until a check rolls in.
Plus if someone is really so destitute that they are stealing food to survive they likely don't have a car to deliver pizza and they probably aren't even up to the low McDonald's hygiene standards.
My family has a construction business and things are SLOW on the private end of things. Even the number of government contracts available has dropped. Most of our work is municipal work so we haven't been hit as hard as the guys who do most of their work in the private sector. There's companies that have been major players in my area for the past 20 years (I'm told. I'm not that old) that are doing major downsizing or shutting down.
EDIT: I guess I better be done with this subject. I don't want either of us getting in trouble.
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From: SpringHill,Fl
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From: Monroe VA
What a frigging day!! I helped a buddy pull the head off a toyota. Then went to a xmas play. Left there and went to a family night for my high school welding teacher. Great man and a member of the armed services. Then on the way home from that I watched my nephew's truck burn up. He hit some loose gravel and hit a gaurd rail. He's fine but he will probably be walikng for awhile. My day didnt even get started until 12. With that folks, I'm out, holler at you guys tomorrow.
Post Fiend
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Wallingford, CT
The only time I could ever intentionally cause someone else bodily harm would be if the were either
1: Invading my home
2: They intended to cause me bodily harm
Anything short of that I wouldn't be able to live with myself.
Anyways, like you, I'm done with this subject.
Postmaster
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: VA
Heres a pic playing with Kelly in the snow, she loves to chomp the snow when I throw it at her!
Attachment 12405 These are way to small to see, but they are of the overhead display saying ICE and 20*. Hey Cris, yours ever said ICE before???
Attachment 12405 These are way to small to see, but they are of the overhead display saying ICE and 20*. Hey Cris, yours ever said ICE before???
Post Fiend
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Wallingford, CT
The cat hates my brother's dog. The cat is gray so he sits at the top of the basement stairs with the door open a crack. When the dog sticks her nose into the door to try to play with the cat she gets chased by the cat. The cat chases the dog about 5 or 6 feet then rubs himself against the walls and goes back to the basement stairs.
Moral of the story: If you have any current pets make sure the current pets will get along with other animals before you bring them home.
Moral of the story: If you have any current pets make sure the current pets will get along with other animals before you bring them home.