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Mysterious Traveler — Weather Report

The Boy with the Thorn in His Side — The Smiths

Yumpin Yiminee, I was just Yolking.

They say, "It pays to advertise"

We did fine here in Ft. Pierce. Gale force winds, occasionally hurricane force, and a deluge of rain. I chose to buy a house on the highest point in the county, 32' above sea level. I call it The Florida Alps. It's the top of a huge, ancient, sand dune. To the east a 2 mile wide lagoon, barrier island, and the ocean. To the west a protected wetland. So the water drains fine (I wouldn't buy a house in Florida that wasn't on the Eastern Sand Ridge). I've been in every hurricane to hit S. Florida since Donna in 1960. It's my observation that the water damage is usually much worse than the wind damage. I say 1/4 mile of barrier island disappear when I was a kid. Everything on it gone. They tried to rebuild it, but the new sand washed away almost as quickly as they put it down. I've seen Fort Meyers Beach (average elevation 3 feet) get devastated four times now, and they re-build. Makes no sense to me. The potential danger for me are the trees. We lost a lot of small, lower branches and plenty of palm fronds. These are just the trees pruning themselves. One decent but not huge oak tree limb snapped, but it didn't hit anything that won't grow back. So we did OK. The biggest loss was our Thursday night gig got cancelled, and we're out the money we would have made and the fun we would have had. Comparing that with the folks on the gulf coast and up to S. Carolina, I'd say we got extremely lucky. My heart cries for those who lost everything. I'll be donating blood, as I'm sure there will be a shortage. Notes ♫

How do you make an eggroll? You push it!

Ma Belle Amie — Tee Set

#25 in the series

Hmm. I'm over 29

Vegetarians think eating animals is immoral But eating mushrooms is morel

Ice Cream Konitz — Lee Konitz

I hired a lawyer to sue the airlines for mishandling my luggage. He lost my case.

When I visited Australia, I had some roasted nuts in a ziplock bag in my pocket. The sniffer dog came up, sniffed the pocket and sat down pointing at it. The security guard came and politely asked what was in my pocket, I told him nuts (pun not intended) the gal with him looked at here tablet, and said, “It's OK, he claimed them.” The dog was so cute, I wanted to pet it. It sat there until it got its dog buscuit. Everyone was so friendly and not “the uniform” making it a pleasant experience. We were in OZ 5 weeks in a small camper van. Later... Some illegal 'boat people' immigrants were reported to have come ashore, and we were at a roadblock. The officer asked us if we had anybody in the back, we replied. There was no other traffic, so we ended up having a very nice conversation with the guard for about 15 minutes or so. He wanted to know a lot about the US, and wanted to share a lot about Australia. I wish we were that civilized here in the USA.

Poetry Man — Phoebe Snow

Saint James Infirmary — Bobby 'Blue' Bland

RIP Janet, you will be missed.

Love Bites — Def Leppard