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Posted July 22, 2007

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It seems everyone out here has a dog.  The apartment complex is building them a new dog run.  I peeked in the other day and said "What the Hell is this?"  The guy was building a fountain the size of the other ones they have on the property and he told me he would also be building a smaller one so that the short legged dogs could also get their drink of water.  HELLO!  A full scale fountain - taller than me!  The new trees have arrived and are ready to be planted in order to shade them.  He's building a brick walkway from fountain to fountain and they will be using that new artificial grass that I've seen on HGTV that is extremely close to the real thing.  I'll send a pic when its finished.

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NOW FOR ALL YOU CAT LOVERS!  Click on the cat above for a website that is getting tons of attention.  He started it as a joke and now gets $5,000 a month in advertising.  He just quit his job and most of the work is done by the people that love his site in that they send in the photos and accompanying blurbs!!

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             IF YOU DON'T CLICK ON, YOU'LL MISS GREAT PHOTOS LIKE THIS ONE.

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SEND THESE IDIOTS TO THE FRONT LINES FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST!!!

                                              HOW NEAT IS THIS?

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Phoenix is opening a high school designed for students that want to become firefighters or police officers.  It will start out with junior and seniors and next year go to the full four years.  They'll do regular classroom work, but the campus will have crime labs, a communications room and also have a station with their own police and fire vehicles.  NOW HOW ABOUT THIS!!  The school was supposed to open on August 6th, but the school was vandalized!!  It will open the following month. 
 
Phoenix has 1800 firefighters.
 
Some students will become certified 911 operators by their senior year.  Because you can't become a police office until you become 21, this will be a first step up the job ladder.

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The Phoenix Library had 499 copies of the new Harry Potter book available yesterday morning.  Of course, they were all reserved.  Why not 500?  Just asking!!

A BLAST FROM THE PAST! I saw an ad in the paper the other day for the Roller Derby here in Phoenix.  I didn't even know it existed here.  This ad was for the Roller Derby Dames.  The Coffin Draggers were pitted against the Bombshells.  The ad noted that entrance was free to emergency medical technicians.  How neat is that?

We had quite a windstorm the other night.  I had to go out early to get Half & Half for my coffee and couldn't believe what the cars looked like in the parking lot.  They have covered parking (more like a carport) but the cars were a mess.  When I got to the store, the line for the carwash was unbelievable.  Everyone getting their cars done before work.  Later, when I returned from downtown (about 3 hours later) they still had quite a line!

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YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING OLD WHEN.......

You have more patience; but actually, its just that you don't care any more!

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Until next week.....

Posted July 15, 2007

                     PETER'S COMING HOME!!

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I decided to come home for only two full days in September.  Maybe I'll let you know the dates, and then maybe I won't.  I'll just surprise you.  The rates just went down to $69 one way.  I booked my flight today!  You can do anything you have to do in Concord, NH in one given day.  I want to visit the new Parking Garage!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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JUST HOW DUMB IS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC??

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Back in 2003 a company opened their first Cereality cafe at Arizona State University.  Customers can choose from more than 30 cereal brands and more than 40 toppings.  The company says they have received 7,000 inquiries from people wanting to open a franchise.  JUST HOW STUPID IS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC?  Look for a franchise in Concord, NH.  Don't blink - it will probably close before you go for your second bowl of corn flakes with m&ms!!!!  But then again, lazy moms will DRIVE their fat ass kids to get breakfast and then DRIVE them to school!  I'm curious as to the cost!!  Am I just a cranky old man or what?
 
Let me know if it comes to Concord.

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DID YOU HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT SWEATERS? NH LOVED HIM LAST TIME!

                       THANK GOODNESS SOMEONE GETS IT!!!!

Governor Napolitano issued an executive order that state agencies must cease the use of pollution causing landscape maintenance equipment in urban counties as of June 30th.  Unfortunately it is only for state agencies!  NO MORE LEAF BLOWERS!!  When I lived at the Upham-Walker House, those damn things were on endlessly.  They spent more time trying to blow away imaginary leaves than you can believe.  State agencies here are also now using propane-powered lawn mowers.
 
Tell my buddy John Lynch to look into doing the same for state agencies in New Hampshire!!

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THE VET THAT GOT PISSED OFF AT THE CHIHUAHUA AND PUNCHED IT IN THE FACE AND KNOCKED OUT ONE OF HIS EYEBALLS HAS BEEN INDICTED.  HIS ASSISTANTS CALLED THE POLICE (These people deserve a medal!!)  I can't stand this breed of dog, but no animal should suffer abuse and I applaud these underlings for reporting the big boss.  That doesn't happen that often.

I have no idea what Minnie is doing but I recently spotted big chunks of a palm tree on her lawn.  I have not seen a palm tree with this wide of a trunk anywhere in Phoenix.  I haven't seen her to get the info.  I'll let you know what she's up to!!

Speaking of Minnie - on the same side of the street, the two homes I told you about a long time ago, have still not sold.  The house with the in-ground pool has been on the market for at least a year.  The house I told you about - how they flipped it and did crappy renovations has been on the market for over 9 months.  It seems everyone thinks they can buy a home and flip it and make a fortune.  They have been paying the mortgage for the past 9 months - perhaps they should have rented it on a month to month basis.  But then again - who am I to tell them how to run their business.

I asked again today about my new neighbor - and it has changed once again.  It appears someone in the complex is moving from their apartment to the one next to me.  We'll see!

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            YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING OLD WHEN.......

            Your ears are hairier than your head.

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Until next week.....

Posted July 8, 2007

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I COULDN'T RESIST - THIS IS A GREAT CARTOON!!

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                      MY 4TH OF JULY IN PHOENIX

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I WAS SITTING IN MY LIVING ROOM WATCHING THE BOSTON POPS FIREWORKS ON TV.  I USED TO LIVE IN BOSTON AND WOULD WALK OVER TO THE HATCH SHELL TO WATCH THE 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS.  BROUGHT BACK MANY MEMORIES.  IT WAS ARTHUR FIEDLER WAY BACK THEN. 
 
ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD THE FIREWORKS HERE IN PHOENIX.  I OPENED MY BLINDS AND FROM MY SOFA I COULD SEE THE PHOENIX FIREWORKS AND LISTEN TO THE BOSTON POPS.  HOW NEAT WAS THAT!!  AN HOUR LATER I COULD HEAR THE TEMPE TOWN LAKE FIREWORKS BUT COULDN'T SEE THEM FROM THIS LOCATION.

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Of course my Sheriff had to get in the news as usual!  He played patriotic music for 24 hours to drive the inmates crazy.  He claimed if all those illegals wanted to be here, they should get used to American music!!
 
He sells postcards with a photo of Tent City with the caption "Welcome to Sunny Arizona."

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There is just one program I have to watch every single week.  The program is Top Chef Miami.  This is the third season and I am addicted to this program.  The good thing is that it repeats the following morning, because I'm not always up to watch it in the evening.  From the beginning there is the one person you can't stand and the person you love.  And in between, there are so many unbelievable characters, it keeps your interest!  If you get BRAVO, check it out!!

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Danielle and Tony sign the final papers on their condo on Monday.

The senior citizen couple (they BOTH wear bikinis!!) that I meet at the pool, have left for their two months in the White Mountains.  I met another young couple from Chicago at the pool the other day.  Phil and his wife just moved from Chicago.  He couldn't stand the cold any longer.  Fun couple!

The Monsoon Season has started.  There was a downpour on Friday night, but it didn't even register.  I hate the lightening - its pretty scary!!  I've only been in one windstorm and I certainly wasn't prepared for that!!  I WANT IT TO RAIN FOR A FULL DAY!!

I love it here on the property, but I want to get out and about.  I'm going to have to force myself to hop on the bus early and do something else.  I waited too late to take those short trips - now it is hot as hell all over the state.

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YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING OLD WHEN........

You finally got your head together, and now your body is falling apart!

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Until next week.....

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Posted July 1, 2007

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                                    HAPPY

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                               4TH OF JULY

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     WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE 4th - 117 DEGREES!!!

The Phoenix fireworks are held at Indian School Park (This is the location of the Indian Schools, when they took them off the reservation and tried to make them what they weren't.)  Part of the park is enclosed in a chain link fence because at some time they want to do an archeological dig.  All of the buildings were destroyed over time.  I expect it was done because of everyone's embarrassment at what they did!!  I can see the fireworks from my balcony, so I don't have to fight the crowds.  Last year 200,000 turned out!!

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DON'T BLAME ME!!

Coyotes are all over the place here in Phoenix.  They ended up killing two last week in the exclusive Biltmore area in Central Phoenix.  This is where McCain owned a very expensive home which was on the market for quite awhile when I first moved here.  I expect he has sold it by now.  He's moving into a brand new penthouse condo across the street from the Biltmore Fashion Park and next door to Tiffany's.  The coyotes have become so emboldened that screams and shouts don't send them running.  In north Phoenix, grocery store owners were reporting that coyotes were coming right up to customers and trying to grab their bags.  They don't expect to see them gone as they're extremely smart and very adaptive.
 
The only animal I have seen around here other than pets is a roof rat!  I saw my first one the other day when I was down at the pool and it was running from limb to limb and then down into the pool house!  Silly me, I thought it was a squirrel at first!!

              YOU CAN TELL THE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL!!

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My neighborhood doesn't really have a big problem with taggers.  But, for some reason, they have taken a dislike to the Mortuary on the corner.  This place is immaculately maintained, yet they have been targeted three times in the last eighteeen months I have lived here.  It is on a busy corner and I can't believe no one has caught them.
 
The Governor just signed a new law with fines of $540 and a max of $1,800 for youngsters under the age of 18 convicted of graffiti vandalism.
 
Two full time crews work seven days a week on 10-hour shifts to clean up graffiti in Phoenix.  The COST is $1.2 million a year.
 

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If I get out and about ,there will be less political cartoons on my postings!!

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I don't see much of Danielle now that she is back in school and also working.  Maybe once a week.  I haven't seen Marty in quite awhile.  He doesn't seem to be around the complex.  Maybe he found a girlfriend.  Good for him!!  My new neighbor hasn't moved in yet.  I expect it will be this weekend as it will be the 1st.

Only in Phoenix.  A group of accident lawyers here in Phoenix are running a television ad stating they will be open on July 4th.  Hello!!

On Thursday, six dogs (those that were reported!) died because of the heat.  They were left outside without shelter or water.  The owners may face charges.

On Friday they broke up a smuggling ring here in Phoenix.  They were bringing in 300 people a week to the Valley and they believe they are responsible for bringing in 15,000 during the last year.  The easy route costs the illegals about $3,200 and over the worst terrain costs about $1,800.  This is what troubles me.  If it is that easy for the Mexicans, what about the terrorists out there?  Once again, no action by the Federal Government. 

UPDATE:  No one has moved in next door to me yet.  The apartment has been vacant for a month now.  I know they have shown it at least four times.  The apartment is immaculate.  The woman with the cat never materialized!  Perhaps they didn't pass the credit check or were looking for something less expensive.  I can't believe people looking for apartments that cost half of what mine is - and mine is the bargain to meet all bargains!!  But then again - THEY KNOW ME!! - and perhaps are being more SELECTIVE of who my new neighbor may be!  NO barking dogs!!!!!!!!!!!!

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            YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING OLD WHEN........

            Your idea of a night out is sitting on the patio!

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Until next week.....

Hopefully, I'll be able to get off the property, but the weather is expected to be 111 degrees or above all week!!  We'll see.

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Posted June 24, 2007

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME HE DROVE THE POPEMOBILE?

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AS A CATHOLIC, I AM ABSOLUTELY BULLSHIT WITH THE VATICAN WITH COMING UP WITH THIS!!  WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS ALL OVER THE WORLD, THESE IDIOTS HAVE TIME TO ADDRESS A SILLY ISSUE LIKE THIS?  IS THIS AN ISSUE GEORGE BUSH RECENTLY DISCUSSED WITH HIM?  I AM LIVID!!!!

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MR. COLE, I HOPE YOU HAVE RECOVERED FROM YOUR BIRTHDAY PIG ROAST YESTERDAY.  DID YOU INVITE ALL THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES?  If not, you had better get back to work on Monday because THEY will be on their regular schedule!!!

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THIS LITTLE PIGGIE SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME!!

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              PETER IS STILL HAPPY!!!

I'm perfectly happy here in Phoenix because of where I live.  I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone else would want to live here!  If I were young and didn't hate the cold so much this would be my last choice.  They get up in the morning early to get on those freeways and go to air-conditioned offices all day, never go out at lunchtime.  It just doesn't seem they really have a life.  Here in the complex, 90% of the cars stay here on the weekend.  They don't go to the lakes, etc.  They don't even go down to the pool.  I still can be the only person in the pool!  They just don't seem to have a life.  How can they stay in air-conditioned apartments all the time?  I hate air-conditioning and only turn it on when it gets above 95.
 
My only problem is I would like to get out and about, but when the weather is 114 degrees I don't want to wait for a bus!  You give some things up in order to get the things you want.  My current wish is that it would RAIN LIKE HELL!!!  I would never have said that when I was in New Hampshire!!
 
This complex is so well planned, I get a chill when I get out of the pool.  Go figure!!!

TIDBITS..............
 
The Smoke Shop I told you about last week is going out of business.  The barber is happy.  He says it shouldn't have been there in the first place because it is a blight to the neighborhood.  Funny, he allowed him to show the porno movies in his shop!!

In talking about the heat - I should mention the Zoo opens at 7:00 in the morning and closes at 2:00 in the afternoon.
 
Tony is a construction worker and leaves for work at 2:00 in the morning in order that he can get off work around noontime.  The hottest hours here in Phoenix are between 2:00 and 6:00.
 
With all the heat out here, I can't believe the abundance of flowering bushes.  I have no idea what they are called but they are gorgeous.  Some have lacy leaves and the flowers look like small orchids, while others have unbelievable purple flowers.  How on earth do they survive the heat?  And they seem to be everywhere.  How neat is that?

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        Next time - the Budweiser truck!!

Now that you know how hot it is out here, you'll understand why I ordered groceries from Safeway so soon.  My freezer is still pretty full, but like I said, I needed lettuce, tomatoes, cukes, etc.  But the main reason was I needed BEER and WATER!!
 
How surprised I was when two individuals showed up at my door.  The delivery guy AND his boss!  Was it because I ordered 60 cans of Budweiser?  I also ordered 48 bottles of Dasani!  I whispered to the delivery guy, that only looked like 16, if that was his boss.  I told him I couldn't tip him because it was against their policy.  Once again I had a coupon for free delivery!!
 
How long do you think that beer and water will last?  You're wrong!!!!!!!!!!!

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BUSH THINKS THEY'RE ONLY PASSING THROUGH ON THEIR WAY TO CANADA!

YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING OLD WHEN.......

You wake up, looking like your driver's license picture!

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Until next week.....

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Posted June 17, 2007

                   JIM COLE

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               REMEMBER.........
 
                                 Growing old is inevitable ---
                                 Growing up is optional!!
 
                           Luv ya!! - Happy 50th Birthday!!!

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12-PACK ROBBERIES REPLACE STAGECOACH ROBBERIES HERE IN THE WEST!!  WHO KNEW?

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I remember when I first arrived out here in Phoenix I told you the story of the man that was held up by gunpoint as he was leaving the store with an eighteen pack of beer.  They got the beer, but at least he wasn't shot.
 
This time, the buyer wasn't as lucky.  Last Sunday morning a man was shot when he refused to turn over his 12-pack of beer.  First of all, I want to know where he purchased the beer.  This happened at 5:00 a.m.  I told you that you can't legally buy beer until 10:00 a.m. on Sunday.  Whatever.  When he refused to give up the beer, he suffered four gunshot wounds to the stomach, leg and groin.
 
I guess this will make me even happier that I'm getting my groceries AND beer delivered to my front door!!

                HEADS UP NEW HAMPSHIRE!!
                YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST!!!
 

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THERE WILL HAVE TO BE A LOT OF CAR WASHES IN PHOENIX NEXT WEEKEND!!
 
Three males, ages 15, 17 and 19, were killed and three others, including girls ages 13 and 14, were wounded in a shootout here in Phoenix on Thursday.
 
The two men they are looking for had been assaulted by two of the above, earlier in the evening.  Just another day in the neighborhood!!!  NOT MINE!!!

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Jim Cole - When are you going to snap out of it and buy that piece of property on the lake so I can park my little home for the Summer?

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Love all of these LITTLE homes! I would be happy in any one of them!! Click here to check them out.

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REMEMBER WHEN I TOLD YOU I BOUGHT THIS KNOLL ARM CHAIR IN WHITE AT MAXINE'S FOR $20?  MINE IS SOLID, BUT I EXPECT IT IS A KNOCK-OFF BECAUSE I JUST FOUND IT BEING REISSUED BY KNOLL IN THIS METALLIC FINISH AND EACH CHAIR COST $1,093.00!  I GUESS GOOD TASTE DOESN'T HAVE TO COST A LOT OF MONEY!!!  MINE LOOKS BRAND NEW.  I HAVE NO CLUE WHERE JIM GOT IT.

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YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING OLD WHEN......
 
You feel like the morning after when you haven't been anywhere the night before!!

Until next week......

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Posted June 10, 2007

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        ****    Peter's Porno Haircut   ****

It was time for another haircut, so as usual, I went to the barber up the street.  He does a terrible job; I look like I just got my first haircut, but I really don't want to go downtown to get it done.  Who's going to see me anyway.  It's not like I had to go to work every day!
 
This time was different.  The 300 lb. guy that owns the Smoke Shop next door was in there.  In between business, they're in each others' shop.  The Smoke Shop rents Porno DVD's and sells scales for weighing drugs.
 
Today they had a raunchy porno DVD on the large TV.  I normally wouldn't mind, but this DVD had the ugliest participants I have ever seen.  Perhaps it was  an amateur one made with friends of theirs.  What made it worse, was that he stopped cutting my hair when something interested him!!
 
Next time, I'm going to make sure the next door neighbor is closed at the time I decide to get my haircut or choose the porno film myself!!!  And if he is going to watch more TV than cutting my hair, he had better have a six pack of Budweiser for me!!

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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FENCE WE WERE PROMISED OUT HERE IN ARIZONA?

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                                WATCH YOUR TONGUE!
 
Be careful out here with what you say to a smoker.  A man informed another that he was standing too close to the entrance to a bar and either move or put out his cigarette.  The man with the cigarette stabbed the other man with a knife to the throat and then took off!
 
It's getting as dangerous out here as it is in Manchester, NH!!
 
 
 
 
 

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                     I'M SPOILED!!!

I broke down and went online to order my groceries.  It was a little intimidating last time I tried, so I gave up.  Once I got it down, it was extremely easy and my not having to go out in the 100 degree heat makes it great for me.  I did forget some items this time, but it was a learning process.  I have to learn how much I should buy.  I just squeaked by as my freezer doesn't have an inch to spare and I forgot some fresh veggies.  I had a coupon for free delivery which normally costs $4.95 which is a lot cheaper than a cab and they have a policy against tipping.  I didn't pay attention to that - I told the young man I would report him for being rude unless he took the tip!!  It worked!!  Delivered right to my door and separated by items - it was extremely easy to put it away.  I love it!!

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                       AL SHARPTON WANNABE

Jarrett B. Maupin II, who is running against Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon just turned 20.  A little article in the Arizona Republic caught my eye.  Maupin, a member of the Phoenix Union High School District board issued a press release last week.
 
In one short release, Maupin managed to misspell "birthday," "cited," "sheriff," "welfare" and the names of Arizona House Speaker Jim Weiers and Barack Obama.  The article states that they hope kids in his school district have better access to a spell checker than his campaign staff does.
 
Don't you just love it?

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UPDATE:  My eye problem only lasted the one day.  Hopefully it will stay that way.

I BET YOU THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE PARIS HILTON CARTOONS ON THIS PAGE TODAY.  I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT YOU THROUGH THAT!  But if you would like to see some - click on Things That Tickle Me.

What cracked me up about this is that she took her house arrest so seriously, the first thing she did was call for a mobile van to come on her property so she could continue her tanning sessions.  DUMB #@%&#!!

A big ad in the paper today caught my eye.  Safeway, where I do my grocery shopping, is having a special for the next three days.  You can either buy a bottle of Yellow Tail wine or Malibu Rum and get a second bottle for 10 cents!  I've never seen that before!  They'll have to wait until 10 o'clock because you can't buy alcohol on Sunday until that time.

Until next week........

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Posted June 3, 2007

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HELLO!! This border is so wide open why would terrorists try to get in any other way??

This post will be brief this week as my left eye is bothering me.  I hope its only due to a little strain because I have not had a single problem since I had cataract surgery on both of my eyes!  This dry heat does a terrible job on your eyes and some days I have to use eyedrops more than once a day.

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The longer I stay here, the more angry I get with the residents of Arizona.  Not all of them - but it seems that everyone seems to want to make a fast buck and not thinking of the future.  There seems to be no concern about water conservation around here.  The state continues to sell state lands for thousands of cookie cutter homes with no long range plans.  Spend, spend, spend, and then one day they will wake up and say where did we go wrong.  Those individuals that made the decisions will be long dead and their beneficiaries will be living in another area of the country laughing all the way to the bank!!

Time for me to renew my lease after being here for eighteen months.  My rent went up as I expected it would because there have been major increases in electricity here in Arizona.  Another reason is that so many people are moving into the Phoenix area and a lot of apartment complexes went condo to make a fast buck.  Now a lot of those complexes are reverting back to rentals and in order to meet their expenses they have raised the rents.
 
I love my complex, its older and not as up-to-date as newer ones but I love it because it has character, with brick walkways, fountains, LOTS OF TREES AND VEGETATION!!!!  Even with the increase, my apartment is far less costly than I would have to pay in Concord, NH.

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I just learned my next door neighbor that has been there for the last eighteen months is moving into a home with friends in Gilbert.  I ran right to the office and said I wouldn't sign my lease until I found out who was moving in next to me.  They have had problems with everyone wanting a puppy and then they leave for work and these dogs bark all day because they are lonely.  Michelle had to give up her black lab because it broke the sliding glass door, chewed a big chunk out of the patio gate, etc.  The poor thing was lonely.   The landlords of this state have it easy - they can evict you with cause with only 5 days notice and I have seen other tenants have to move out after three complaints against their pets.
 
Well, I think they already knew where I stood - because they said my new neighbor has a CAT!!
 
Not that it makes me feel any better - she could be a SERIAL KILLER!!  Whatever.

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Until next week.........

Posted May 27, 2007

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     LOST LUGGAGE FOR THE FIRST LADY!!!!!

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Did she bring it back for a refund?

Some poor serviceman is on his way to Iraq because of a mistake he made by not loading her luggage for a trip to Phoenix!!!  She was here to receive an award presented by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.  She dressed casually for the flight so the motorcade had to make a pit stop at a shopping center to pick up an outfit she could wear to the presentation.  It only made them 15 minutes late!!  (I'm sure it wasn't Walmart!)

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I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW HE GETS AWAY WITH THIS, BUT THEN AGAIN IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA!!

         HE HAS TO ALWAYS BE IN THE NEWS!

He was the first one in line to offer assistance to Los Angeles in case they didn't have room for Paris Hilton.  I could see her at Tent City and even better, on one of their chain gangs.  They pull weeds and pick up trash along thoroughfares and last week helped with nine burials of the County's poor and homeless.  The chain gang is voluntary so I expect Paris wouldn't have been doing that!!  By the way, they really are chained!

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There's a little beagle that lives at the corner and usually is behind a chain link fence.  But twice a day, the owners let it out, and it goes on its daily walks.  It cracks me up because it has a set route.  It walks to the corner then crosses the street and keeps doing this until his little walk is completed.  The owners must have taken him on the same route every day and it is instilled in him.  He NEVER deviates from his route. What a neat little guy!!

Update:  As expected, the gypsies took off when it came time to pay the rent.  They had the back fence open and I noticed they left four mattresses behind!  I hope the landlord learned his lesson.  This is unusual for this neighborhood.  When you see in the ad "No Credit Check" and "No Deposit" you know you are going to be in the ghetto!!!!!!!

Once again its time for new phone books.  This drives me crazy!!  The phone books come in a big plastic bag and the books total about 12 inches in height.  My question was answered the other day when I read in the paper that you can't opt out of receiving them because they go out for bid on the total number of copies needed and not those that want them.  Here in this complex I have seen possibly one person out of fifteen that even keep their books.  What a waste!

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Because of the heat, I don't go downtown that often, so I have to read my New York Times on the web.  As I do every Sunday, I check out the Weddings section.  Each week there is at least one, what I would call, unconventional wedding.
 
Last week it was the bride that was just about to have her water break!  She looked like a complete idiot.  She couldn't have planned better?  Either sooner or later would have been better.  Look honey, there you are at our wedding.  NO CLASS!!
 
This week was better.  The brides finally had a chance to get married.  Two New York women flew to Toronto to get married.  They had been together for 40 years and finally said "I do!"  What made it neat was one was 75 years old and the other was 77!!!
 
Who would have thought that a couple of years ago the New York Times would have printed these announcements along with the pictures of the couples!!

Question?  When I was shopping the other day something popped into my head.  WHO was the idiot that said, "You know you're getting old when you no longer buy green bananas."  Naughty, naughty!

Until next week.........