THURSDAY #4453

  One Of My Very Own

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EMAIL: 

ralh.henry.at.folio.olio@gmail.com

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Today I parked overlooked a creek to eat my lunch and there I found a previously installed Keyspoon. I was delighted at its longevity.

That creek, by the way, was nine feet higher than the top of my truck during the 500 year flood several years ago.

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In a small pickup truck hanging masks from the rearview mirror obscures a third of the windshield so I use knobs on the dash. If you still have a cigarette lighter try pulling it out half way to forestall the masks from falling off.

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I got my first Moderna shot today. It took 20 minutes at Walgreens. I'm waiting for the embedded chip to enhance my 5G signal.

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PEOPLE

I would have liked to have met that guy.

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Pay attention in biology class, kids.

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I got a movie for you.

Twelve people are aboard Coast Air Line's flagship the Silver Queen en route to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a takeoff. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the native's attack. But the damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety. Do both Bill and Joe make the flight out? And what about the rest: Peggy, a woman with a slightly tarnished past; Pete, a racketeer who is escorting his boss's young son Tommy; Alice and Judson, eloping lovers who seem to have less in common as their plight changes one of them in the other's eyes; Crimp, who is bringing criminal Vasquez to justice.

Peggy is played by Lucille Ball.

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It's the little things in life.

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Enjoying one's job...

I used to sing on mural sites. I have had crew members who danced. A good time was guaranteed by all.

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And he gets it...

Very interesting gate design. Do you think it's strictly aesthetic?

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I used to drink beer all day on a mural site out of a lidded to-go cup.

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I don't get it. Ring Doorbells are not hard to notice. The thief is stealing a pig in a poke that may be valueless. And, of course, he could get shot.

Does any of that make sense to you?

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One of the boons to being old is that I never, ever get in a hurry to be anywhere anymore.

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Women like men who make plans, commit to those plans, and still have a few surprises left in them. That is why women are obsessed with serial killers.

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I don't get it. Anybody?

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PLACES

I haven't a clue but it's still terrifying.

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In the South, we call snow a winter wonderland and it lasts for no more than one day.

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Adjustments are necessary.

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I wondered why he did that, then I noticed that where he lives there simply isn't anything else to do.

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Imagine storing that bad boy all year just to be able to do that in the winter.

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Did you notice her flotation device? How very prudent of the Lassie.

That looks like a lake but breaking through river ice results in you being swept downstream away from the hole. Not good.

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It's so cold in North Dakota, these ramen noodles went from boiling hot to frozen solid in a matter of minutes! Temperatures in the state dipped as low as -38 Fahrenheit.

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New Orleans is ready!

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While we sleep our brain makes up stories and then gets scared of them.

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THINGS

There is a gap between the cylinder and the barrel.

DO NOT HAVE YOU FINGERS IN HTIS AREA.

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I know I harp on this frequently, but how is it that he hasn't seen one of the thousands of gifs showing other idiots doing the exact same thing?

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When I joined the military I was given shots with a device that works very similarly to an airless sprayer. They would just put the nozzle next to my arm and the medicine was fired right into my muscle.

Well, an airless paint sprayer will do the same thing - pumping you full of paint. That is why they have the safety tip - the red thing in the clip.

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Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

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World, meet Perry. Perry, world.

A Folio Olio fan sent me that.

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My first dog was a half collie half German Shephard was named Laddie. Whenever I wanted to go anywhere my mom would make her permission conditional on me taking Laddie with me.

Whenever we encountered adults or larger children Laddie would always stand between us and them. If voices were raised he took a more aggressive posture and uttered the most gentile of growls.

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While each jellyfish is a single animal, each siphonophore, including the Portuguese Man O' War, is a colony of animals. The Man O' War is comprised of four different types of polyps, or essentially four co-dependent animals.

There is so very much about that that I don't understand.

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I really like gags like that.

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If you can't look back at your younger self and realize you were an idiot, you are probably still an idiot.

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CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY

Vietnamese monk named Thich Quang Duc, who, in an act of protest against his government for the maltreatment of his fellow monks, set himself on fire. A witness said, “He was very calm, he never moved a muscle nor uttered any sound, he was still for about 10 minutes until his body finally collapsed”. This happened on the 11th of June, 1963.

Mr. Duc not only talked the talk but walked the walk.

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I want every American to develop core values that they apply to every politician. You should not accept being lied to by your guy if you criticized it in the other guy. It's called being consistent and it's the only honest way to live.

Corporate welfare?

And we all know how that is now considered normal...

They just contribute so much to our politicians that they end up calling the shots.

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Anti-maskers gathering in Texas...

If you criticized whiners then for god's sake don't become one!

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The most alarming aspect of our present condition is the number of people who reject science if told that they need to do something...inconvenient.

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COLLECTIVE INSANITY

You want proof? This stupid bastard has a national audience.

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I draw the line at politicians lying...or rather being caught at lying. But I was just as harsh on the guys I did vote for as I was the guys I didn't.

Were you?

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If this pandemic has made anything obvious it is that we all need to restore our sense of community and our role in it.

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Not only are we often not making voting easier, but state after state is also passing laws to make voting harder. Or rather, to make it harder for non-white people to vote.

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An Opinion on Law Enforcement

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I've seen my wife make that exact same face numerous times.

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Watch carefully.

Did you notice this guy?

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https://imgur.com/gallery/SoAuc0Z

https://imgur.com/gallery/5hP0a1P

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See anything...odd?

My nephew made that.

It took me far too long to spot his error.