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Solon [Member]
In response to: Adversities and Amish Cookies
In response to: Adversities and Amish Cookies
Sorry we didn't spend a little more time together when you were here. It's always a delight to see you.
On these cookies, I don't know much about cookies and baking, but I did spend some time in Amish country. All that sugar reminds me of the taste of shoo fly pie. Would adding molasses to the mix bring it close to shoo fly pie?
On these cookies, I don't know much about cookies and baking, but I did spend some time in Amish country. All that sugar reminds me of the taste of shoo fly pie. Would adding molasses to the mix bring it close to shoo fly pie?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Lowering Blood Pressure Naturally!
In response to: Lowering Blood Pressure Naturally!
I like to use vodun to lower my blood pressure by increasing the blood pressure of those who irk me. Do you know where I can get a genuine vodun doll?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Flashback Memory & Fall Tomato-Cucumber Salad
In response to: Flashback Memory & Fall Tomato-Cucumber Salad
Rockhopper, when I was in my 20s or 30s, I was building a sunfish--out of wood, no fiberglas--in my garage. Before I finished it I got called back into the Army, so I sold it to a friend.
On the salad, if you cut back on the vinegar, replace the cutback with olive oil (AFTER refrigerating salad), and add feta, you've got a Greek "peasant salad." (Radishes optional). All very yummy and nutritious.
On the salad, if you cut back on the vinegar, replace the cutback with olive oil (AFTER refrigerating salad), and add feta, you've got a Greek "peasant salad." (Radishes optional). All very yummy and nutritious.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Chatham closes beaches again ~ As many as 10 Great Whites nearby
In response to: Chatham closes beaches again ~ As many as 10 Great Whites nearby
I caught three sharks once. Yum-yum. They were really good. Cut into steak-size pieces, lightly battered, and fried. Don't be afraid of sharks--EAT THEM!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Employee Manuals Can be "Implied Contracts"
In response to: Employee Manuals Can be "Implied Contracts"
Not a big deal. This apparently was a disciplinary thing, not a contract vs. at-will thing. The employer should have given the employee a warning and made an MFR (Memorandum for Record) of the meeting. Next infraction: Goodbye, clean our your things, sayonara, chaio.
When I was in the military, I had to give civilian employees THREE warnings (with MFRs)before I could ship their do-nothing butts to the do-nothing land they came from.
When I was in the military, I had to give civilian employees THREE warnings (with MFRs)before I could ship their do-nothing butts to the do-nothing land they came from.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Closed Music Theater, victim of a changing culture
In response to: Closed Music Theater, victim of a changing culture
Where is "South Pacific" playing this week?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Plymouth plane crash, student, instructor injured
In response to: Plymouth plane crash, student, instructor injured
Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. I hope they were able to walk away.
Solon [Member]
In response to: A Drive in Movie & Lobster Newburg
In response to: A Drive in Movie & Lobster Newburg
Steve, can't help you with the drive-in. The actual topography has changed so much during the years--I can't find the location of the one-bedroom cottage in which I stayed in the 60s, near the Dennisport-Harwichport town line--I remember the sign at the "border." I think the Belmont Condos may be sitting on it.
But as to soda and pop and tonic: In central Massachusetts we used "soda," while very few said "tonic" and even fewer said "pop." We usually beat the latter up, thinking they came from Chicago.
In Virginia, those who remember called Coca-Cola "dope" in reference to its original formulation way back before our time. Some in the hinterlands still say, "Give me a bottle of dope."
Tonight I'll toast your return to the Cape this summer with a soda. None of that tonic or pop or dope for me.
But as to soda and pop and tonic: In central Massachusetts we used "soda," while very few said "tonic" and even fewer said "pop." We usually beat the latter up, thinking they came from Chicago.
In Virginia, those who remember called Coca-Cola "dope" in reference to its original formulation way back before our time. Some in the hinterlands still say, "Give me a bottle of dope."
Tonight I'll toast your return to the Cape this summer with a soda. None of that tonic or pop or dope for me.
Solon [Member]
In response to: NY Times seeking buyer for Globe; Supreme Court appoved Chrysler deal today; Sturgis HS #27 in nation; MBL pick CCBL payer; Oyster Cult; Southeast Mulls Offshore Wind; The 3rd. time for Christy's of Cape Cod; Y BOTHER?
In response to: NY Times seeking buyer for Globe; Supreme Court appoved Chrysler deal today; Sturgis HS #27 in nation; MBL pick CCBL payer; Oyster Cult; Southeast Mulls Offshore Wind; The 3rd. time for Christy's of Cape Cod; Y BOTHER?
You forgot "Y Plan Ahea.."
Solon [Member]
In response to: Ptown's hottest June groom; Duck stuck, man stuck too; Fishermen's Fair Share; Audra's new argument; Man convicted of cat cruelty; "Golden Boys" star dies
In response to: Ptown's hottest June groom; Duck stuck, man stuck too; Fishermen's Fair Share; Audra's new argument; Man convicted of cat cruelty; "Golden Boys" star dies
David Carradine was in real life much as his Kung Fu character was on the screen...great physical shape, energetic, and determined (even in his 70s). On the set of Golden Boys, he was sometimes in front of the cameras all day, always ready professionally and always cheerful.
Personally, he was a regular guy and a good guy to be around on breaks or at lunch.
I was shocked to hear the word "suicide." Although we can never tell what goes through one's mind, and anybody can make any supposition, I hope the Bangkok police investigate this one thoroughly.
Personally, he was a regular guy and a good guy to be around on breaks or at lunch.
I was shocked to hear the word "suicide." Although we can never tell what goes through one's mind, and anybody can make any supposition, I hope the Bangkok police investigate this one thoroughly.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Talented local artist, performer takes home an Emmy for reality video
In response to: Talented local artist, performer takes home an Emmy for reality video
Stunning! Oh, the video, too! Very creative, intelligent, and pithy!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Inmate workers ramp it up
In response to: Inmate workers ramp it up
Capeconservative, thanks for the suggestion. Information added.
Solon [Member]
In response to: It's safe to say nobody likes taxes, gray heads and suits protest here
In response to: It's safe to say nobody likes taxes, gray heads and suits protest here
"48% say that taxes 'about right'"
Those are the 48% who don't pay any taxes! Wake up!
Those are the 48% who don't pay any taxes! Wake up!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Hacked by Jesus freaks!
In response to: Hacked by Jesus freaks!
Ned, thanks for the reference. I looked it up. Bartenderfromhell gives these guys too much credit. They are not "god-like creatures" in some computer war game, but just a bunch of jerks.
Rockhopper, my friend, it's just these bozos I'm talking about, not all the Jesus people. In fact, I think it's an affront to Christianity that they chose to use this message to screw up web sites.
Rockhopper, my friend, it's just these bozos I'm talking about, not all the Jesus people. In fact, I think it's an affront to Christianity that they chose to use this message to screw up web sites.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Hacked by Jesus freaks!
In response to: Hacked by Jesus freaks!
Mav,
It was "local" insofar as that a web master and I set it up over six years ago in Norfolk VA at the site he used at that time (catalog.com).
The password situation is that they had a glitch about four years ago that they said compromised all the passwords, so they handed out 16-character passwords (maybe that was a good warning).
Since my task was maintaining and updating it, and not starting it up (which I am not computer-literate enough to do), have you any suggestions? I have kept the domain name, and all the stuff is in my computer in FrontPage, which has been discontinued by Microsoft.
Right now I am waiting for it to disappear when I click on it, saying "web address not found" or something to that effect since I have canceled everything but the domain name.
Also get bartenderfromhell a dictionary (powned?) or get him a drink.
It was "local" insofar as that a web master and I set it up over six years ago in Norfolk VA at the site he used at that time (catalog.com).
The password situation is that they had a glitch about four years ago that they said compromised all the passwords, so they handed out 16-character passwords (maybe that was a good warning).
Since my task was maintaining and updating it, and not starting it up (which I am not computer-literate enough to do), have you any suggestions? I have kept the domain name, and all the stuff is in my computer in FrontPage, which has been discontinued by Microsoft.
Right now I am waiting for it to disappear when I click on it, saying "web address not found" or something to that effect since I have canceled everything but the domain name.
Also get bartenderfromhell a dictionary (powned?) or get him a drink.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape Car Accidents and the Opposing Insurance Adjuster
In response to: Cape Car Accidents and the Opposing Insurance Adjuster
Great piece, Bruce. I hope all readers heed your advice--it is very important to do so. The only thing the insurance companies are insuring is themselves. Period.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Christy running hard for 2010
In response to: Christy running hard for 2010
Christy, come out, come out wherever you are--I'm voting for you.
But Republican Party is correct. Even though both parties have moved away from the people in arrogant and unvarnished self-interest, in a couple of years the Democrat Party will be anathema to the average voter.
But Republican Party is correct. Even though both parties have moved away from the people in arrogant and unvarnished self-interest, in a couple of years the Democrat Party will be anathema to the average voter.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Local daily ends home delivery to islands
In response to: Local daily ends home delivery to islands
Nice photo. A picture is worth a thousand...printed...words.
Solon [Member]
In response to: The next 10 newspapers to fold or go digital
In response to: The next 10 newspapers to fold or go digital
The Boston Globe is the most boring newspaper in the country and should go away. The Cleveland Plain Dealer is one of the best, but that is also on the list.
Quality does not seem to be a factor anymore in survival. It seems to be who has managed best or mismanaged worst.
Revenue from PAPER newspapers has dropped precipitously. Everyone assumes DIGITAL newspapers will fill the bill. But is that really the case, or will we all end up watching television?
Quality does not seem to be a factor anymore in survival. It seems to be who has managed best or mismanaged worst.
Revenue from PAPER newspapers has dropped precipitously. Everyone assumes DIGITAL newspapers will fill the bill. But is that really the case, or will we all end up watching television?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape criminal records follow men to Vineyard; World's shortest St. Pat' Parade here; Cape silence; More layoffs at Cape Cod Times
In response to: Cape criminal records follow men to Vineyard; World's shortest St. Pat' Parade here; Cape silence; More layoffs at Cape Cod Times
Walter, my old friend. Those figures in the side bar are very troubling for a guy like me, who writes for spending money. Much of the problem is our faltering economy--many companies, of all types, have lost 90% or so of market share, and part of the problem is that people don't or can't read anymore. It is sad.
Solon [Member]
In response to:
In response to:
Didn't my old friend Aesop say something like, "We hang the petty crooks and elect the big ones to public office."
Solon [Member]
In response to: ChemDucks
In response to: ChemDucks
Bethany, you and Jonathan are right; this is a very serious problem. It is compounded by the fact that the runoff from our many golf courses dumps alarming amounts of fertilizer, pesticides, and other chems into our aquifers.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Changes in Massachusetts Probate Law
In response to: Changes in Massachusetts Probate Law
Thanks for this important heads up, Bruce. This is an area which may concern everyone sooner or later, and your bringing it to our attention on cct is a true public service.
Solon [Member]
In response to: UPDATE: N.A.A.C.P. Wants NY Post Editor and Cartoonist Fired
In response to: UPDATE: N.A.A.C.P. Wants NY Post Editor and Cartoonist Fired
I just had a seance about this issue with Sigmund Freud. He said, "Sometimes a chimpanzee is only a chimpanzee."
Solon [Member]
In response to: Dear President Obama/My Mortgage Solution
In response to: Dear President Obama/My Mortgage Solution
Bruce, forget your typos. I did not see any because I was so involved with your realistic, common-sense approach to a problem that befuddles the "experts" because it was caused by them!
As for point b) "reducing principal," that is eminently doable. I read a political cartoon ten minutes ago where the homeowners are saying, "We downsized from a million-dollar house to a $400,000 house, and we didn't even have to move!"
Good post.
As for point b) "reducing principal," that is eminently doable. I read a political cartoon ten minutes ago where the homeowners are saying, "We downsized from a million-dollar house to a $400,000 house, and we didn't even have to move!"
Good post.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Penguins, Noah, iron all receive WHOI investigation
In response to: Penguins, Noah, iron all receive WHOI investigation
Richard, you take yourself too seriously. But that's OK, because nobody else does. What the hell do you know about Noah or Clive Cussler? It seems the main thrust of your comment was to atypically use greater-than-two-syllable words throughout so that people would mistakenly suppose you're smarter than you are. Didn't work.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Penguins, Noah, iron all receive WHOI investigation
In response to: Penguins, Noah, iron all receive WHOI investigation
This is all very interesting, but the trouble is that you can make any research fit your hypothesis.
This looks like a book plot for Clive Cussler.
This looks like a book plot for Clive Cussler.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Rep. Patrick's position on the gas tax
In response to: Rep. Patrick's position on the gas tax
Sounds like a lot of the usual pap to me, Matt. Anyone can come up with a million high-sounding rationalizations for raising taxes on the embattled middle class. How about the MAN, not the politician, who says NO NEW TAXES and figures out how to work it from there as a starting point? As Michael said to Alfredo, "You disappoint me."
Solon [Member]
In response to: Failed armed robbery at Falmouth Dunkin' Donuts; Warrants tops Yarmouth Police Department arrests this past week
In response to: Failed armed robbery at Falmouth Dunkin' Donuts; Warrants tops Yarmouth Police Department arrests this past week
Insub, or is that "Unsub," what part of "public safety" or public record don't you understand?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Red Cross honors police officer involved in fatal shooting
In response to: Red Cross honors police officer involved in fatal shooting
Congrats to Van Ness. It ain't easy being a cop on Cape Cod.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cuisinart of the crazies
In response to: Cuisinart of the crazies
You have it right, petapiper.
There's a reason I titled the article "Cuisinart of the CRAZIES."
There's a reason I titled the article "Cuisinart of the CRAZIES."
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape real estate sales, prices fall in January
In response to: Cape real estate sales, prices fall in January
That's fourth year, Ned.
Solon [Member]
In response to: "Passion Plunge" for Special Olympics of Massachusetts
In response to: "Passion Plunge" for Special Olympics of Massachusetts
A great cause. I don't know how how they do it. I'm getting chilly looking at the pictures.
Solon [Member]
In response to: What kind of wine is this?
In response to: What kind of wine is this?
bipr,
Many years ago those British comics (I forget their name, but you know who they are) did a skit on Australian wines. I remember "Melbourne Yellow," or something like that, which they pronounced, "a HEAVY wine, suitable for barroom brawls."
Lots of fun describing wine.
Many years ago those British comics (I forget their name, but you know who they are) did a skit on Australian wines. I remember "Melbourne Yellow," or something like that, which they pronounced, "a HEAVY wine, suitable for barroom brawls."
Lots of fun describing wine.
Solon [Member]
In response to: President Obama, Debt and Consequences
In response to: President Obama, Debt and Consequences
We all want this man--Barack Obama--to do well. The national economy and the world situation are messes.
We need hope and tend to look at everything he does through rose-colored glasses and to "give him a chance."
But EVERY presidential decision,whether it comes on Day 1 or Day 101, has enormous consequences. We have got to be analytical and critical and not just turn a blind eye hoping things will turn out for the best. That's what happened in many other countries who drove themselves down the drain.
We need hope and tend to look at everything he does through rose-colored glasses and to "give him a chance."
But EVERY presidential decision,whether it comes on Day 1 or Day 101, has enormous consequences. We have got to be analytical and critical and not just turn a blind eye hoping things will turn out for the best. That's what happened in many other countries who drove themselves down the drain.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Truth in advertising, is a discount always a discount?
In response to: Truth in advertising, is a discount always a discount?
I always get consistently lower prices at Luke's. Also most of their stores have a wide selection.
Monpo, I have been told on low authority that the wine you were guzzling last night was Boone Farm Strawberry Hill at $1.98 a bottle. You're right--I am wincing.
Monpo, I have been told on low authority that the wine you were guzzling last night was Boone Farm Strawberry Hill at $1.98 a bottle. You're right--I am wincing.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Dennis Police seek help in identify man passing counterfeit $20
In response to: Dennis Police seek help in identify man passing counterfeit $20
This guy has problems...trying to pass a bad counterfeit bill on a bus where he can see the surveillance cameras. He won't be hard to find.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Kristol's Last Column!
In response to: Kristol's Last Column!
Jazz Decades good. Rest bad.
Ice cream good. Fire Bad.
Ice cream good. Fire Bad.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Fresh Seafood & Buttered Broiled Monk Fish
In response to: Fresh Seafood & Buttered Broiled Monk Fish
Broiled buttered monkfish was one of my favorite dishes. I say "was" because I have not seen any for sale for a while. In Virginia, that's exactly what we used to call it: poor man's lobster.
Solon [Member]
In response to: What kind of wine is this?
In response to: What kind of wine is this?
George, I always hold it by the stem. Not that I've considered the heat transfer angle, but it just looks as if I know what I'm doing! :)
Solon [Member]
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
Just think, possee, it's so cold that without Al Gore and global warming, we'd be extinct!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
e, I wonder how many people spent how many hours digging up these facts, such as amount of blood in a fieldmouse (or if they just made them up). Pretty humorous.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
b,
I like my coffee black and not scalding hot (about 3 or 4 minutes out of the coffeemaker).
If your coffee is too hot, don't throw an ice cube in to cool it. Wait a couple of minutes. Ice may cool it too quickly.
When you put ice in a drink, it's not the coldness of the ice that cools your drink (that would be pretty negligible), it's the fact that the ice MELTS. The same amount of heat is taken out of your drink to melt the ice that was originally taken out of the water in your freezer to form the ice. That's what makes your drink cold--the melting of the ice.
There's a great thermodynamic balance all around us.
I, too, b, realize that 32 degrees does not shut you down but allows you to do pretty much what you want as long as you're dressed right. I used to love 32 degrees on a sunny day to ice skate. Why? The ice was still frozen, but the sun melted the very top layer, making a very fast surface. I think once I broke the sound barrier!
I like my coffee black and not scalding hot (about 3 or 4 minutes out of the coffeemaker).
If your coffee is too hot, don't throw an ice cube in to cool it. Wait a couple of minutes. Ice may cool it too quickly.
When you put ice in a drink, it's not the coldness of the ice that cools your drink (that would be pretty negligible), it's the fact that the ice MELTS. The same amount of heat is taken out of your drink to melt the ice that was originally taken out of the water in your freezer to form the ice. That's what makes your drink cold--the melting of the ice.
There's a great thermodynamic balance all around us.
I, too, b, realize that 32 degrees does not shut you down but allows you to do pretty much what you want as long as you're dressed right. I used to love 32 degrees on a sunny day to ice skate. Why? The ice was still frozen, but the sun melted the very top layer, making a very fast surface. I think once I broke the sound barrier!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
balognasimich,
I will try to answer your question.
The Europeans don't react any differently to temperature than we. But since their freezing point is zero degrees (C), they are more aware of their ambient situation than we are. We tend to forget that 32 degrees (F) is freezing and tend not to get excited till we hear "below zero," which is far below freezing.
Zero (C) and 32 (F) is the point at which liquid water turns into solid ice. An awful lot of heat transfer, heat taken out of the water, occurs for that to happen. And a lot of heat transfers from your body, although, as ekzept pointed out, that transfer is dependent on many things, including the barrier (preferably layered clothing).
Fahrenheit based his zero on the fp of a chemical mix, and he wanted 180 degrees between the fp and bp of water, the result being the odd 0-32-212 scale.
Celsius based his on the fp and bp of water, the most common substance on the planet (in its pure form), a more logical choice, and set a neat 100 degrees difference between them.
It's logical and easier to visualize.
I will try to answer your question.
The Europeans don't react any differently to temperature than we. But since their freezing point is zero degrees (C), they are more aware of their ambient situation than we are. We tend to forget that 32 degrees (F) is freezing and tend not to get excited till we hear "below zero," which is far below freezing.
Zero (C) and 32 (F) is the point at which liquid water turns into solid ice. An awful lot of heat transfer, heat taken out of the water, occurs for that to happen. And a lot of heat transfers from your body, although, as ekzept pointed out, that transfer is dependent on many things, including the barrier (preferably layered clothing).
Fahrenheit based his zero on the fp of a chemical mix, and he wanted 180 degrees between the fp and bp of water, the result being the odd 0-32-212 scale.
Celsius based his on the fp and bp of water, the most common substance on the planet (in its pure form), a more logical choice, and set a neat 100 degrees difference between them.
It's logical and easier to visualize.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
ekzept,
Temperature sure is king. You noticed I mentioned Kelvin and Rankine scales in passing.
Zero degrees Kelvin (or "zero kelvins," the term used of late) is "absolute zero," the temperature at which all molecular motion theoretically stops. Since it is molecular motion in wires which causes electrical resistance, there should be no electrical resistance at absolute zero, and the electrons in the circuit should just keep traveling round and round and round.
Some years ago material was brought down to near-absolute zero, and they obtained the expected result, which was termed superconductivity.
Thanks for the comment.
Temperature sure is king. You noticed I mentioned Kelvin and Rankine scales in passing.
Zero degrees Kelvin (or "zero kelvins," the term used of late) is "absolute zero," the temperature at which all molecular motion theoretically stops. Since it is molecular motion in wires which causes electrical resistance, there should be no electrical resistance at absolute zero, and the electrons in the circuit should just keep traveling round and round and round.
Some years ago material was brought down to near-absolute zero, and they obtained the expected result, which was termed superconductivity.
Thanks for the comment.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
Rambling ad hominem rant deleted.
Please take your meds before you attempt to comment and try to stick to subject.
Please take your meds before you attempt to comment and try to stick to subject.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
In response to: Just when is it "cold"?
Je comprends, ma cherie. As I said, I love the English system which we colonials have adopted. It is the Fahrenheit scale I don't like. Mais, il est Boche.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Alzheimers and Drug Treatment Risks
In response to: Alzheimers and Drug Treatment Risks
"aggression, delusions, and hallucinations"
I know people like that, and that's their normal state.
I know people like that, and that's their normal state.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Turnpike stealing Christy's line: Cape may get pro hockey team; Guv's big push for wind power, proposes 10% of state's electricity in 11 years; New Casino bill on Beacon Hill
In response to: Turnpike stealing Christy's line: Cape may get pro hockey team; Guv's big push for wind power, proposes 10% of state's electricity in 11 years; New Casino bill on Beacon Hill
Privatize the turnpike service plazas? Let's see, we are now in the process of socalizing the privatized banks and other mismanaged, high-flying crooked institutions under the catch-all term "bailout."
So we privatize the plazas, and in five years they pocket all the cash and scream "Bailout!" thus sticking us for even higher costs than we have now.
I'd rather have public crooks running them than private crooks. Nobody, in spite of this regulating body or that regulating body, watches the private crooks.
So we privatize the plazas, and in five years they pocket all the cash and scream "Bailout!" thus sticking us for even higher costs than we have now.
I'd rather have public crooks running them than private crooks. Nobody, in spite of this regulating body or that regulating body, watches the private crooks.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape Cinema finds success in older demographic
In response to: Cape Cinema finds success in older demographic
oh huge, have not seen it yet, but "Slumdog Millionaire" won four Golden Globe awards yesterday.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Bailout plan one big scam--a good hangin' needed
In response to: Bailout plan one big scam--a good hangin' needed
possee, just checked that web site. Ha ha. It would be better suited to those bloggers and commenters who sit at their computers playing pocket pool.
Just read Democrants comment, which suggests he has a reading problem.
Just read Democrants comment, which suggests he has a reading problem.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape Cinema finds success in older demographic
In response to: Cape Cinema finds success in older demographic
Cape Cinema is reminiscent of the Williamsburg Theater in Williamsburg, VA. If I'm not mistaken, Eric Hart ran that one, too, which was my favorite theater when I lived there.
The Williamsburg Theater, although without murals, has an art deco flavor in the trim and multi-tear-drop yellow bulb chandelier hanging in the center. The printed schedules and general operation are the same. There were occasionally live shows.
I remember when they showed "Gone with the Wind," which everyone has seen at least twice, there was a line running right across the street. Perhaps some of the younger audience can be exposed to classic films in such a venue.
Warning, Eric. The last time I was there (September) it appeared they had gone completely to live shows. There were no lines, and the place looked dead. It seems live shows, like "Joe Blow and the Hootenannies" (I made that up as an example), have appeal to only a limited audience, while good movies appeal to a much wider group.
The Williamsburg Theater, although without murals, has an art deco flavor in the trim and multi-tear-drop yellow bulb chandelier hanging in the center. The printed schedules and general operation are the same. There were occasionally live shows.
I remember when they showed "Gone with the Wind," which everyone has seen at least twice, there was a line running right across the street. Perhaps some of the younger audience can be exposed to classic films in such a venue.
Warning, Eric. The last time I was there (September) it appeared they had gone completely to live shows. There were no lines, and the place looked dead. It seems live shows, like "Joe Blow and the Hootenannies" (I made that up as an example), have appeal to only a limited audience, while good movies appeal to a much wider group.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Film Falmouth hopes to draw moviemakers to town
In response to: Film Falmouth hopes to draw moviemakers to town
Have to agree with videopaul. Did you all know I was the star of "Chatham" with David Carradine and Charles Durning? Yeah, I was recognizable in the finished film for about one second after I froze my butt off for two days waiting for shoots and reshoots. But they got what they wanted--a real curmudgeon,
As a writer/producer/director of videos for my old Fortune 500 company, my crew and I went down to Pensacola Naval Station to set up and shoot for three days. In my finished video, I had exactly 45 seconds of Pensacola video. My boss, who knew little about the business, went ballistic and said something like, "$10,000 for 45 seconds?"
That's how the film/video thing goes. You won't be stars, you will be worked to death. BUT, you can make a little cash if you own a vintage automobile that they want to use.
My friend's '53 Packard was used in Mystic River and in a couple of other films.
As a writer/producer/director of videos for my old Fortune 500 company, my crew and I went down to Pensacola Naval Station to set up and shoot for three days. In my finished video, I had exactly 45 seconds of Pensacola video. My boss, who knew little about the business, went ballistic and said something like, "$10,000 for 45 seconds?"
That's how the film/video thing goes. You won't be stars, you will be worked to death. BUT, you can make a little cash if you own a vintage automobile that they want to use.
My friend's '53 Packard was used in Mystic River and in a couple of other films.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Snowstorm, then deep freeze, heading Cape's way
In response to: Snowstorm, then deep freeze, heading Cape's way
Thank God for global warming! Can you imagine where we'd be without it????
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cap reached on H-2B program, cutting off source of seasonal workers
In response to: Cap reached on H-2B program, cutting off source of seasonal workers
I have a friend who runs a motel. He says in ten years only ONE local called to ask about work. He hires foreign workers and pays higher than the going rate because they WANT to work and are worth it.
There may be a "couple of thousand more bodies walking around," but it's arguable on how many will be looking for work.
There may be a "couple of thousand more bodies walking around," but it's arguable on how many will be looking for work.
Solon [Member]
In response to: First in a series of Cape Cod Parables
In response to: First in a series of Cape Cod Parables
Walter, about that same time my uncle bought the Orleans Inn. When I visited, I saw that his policy was no shorts or sandals for dining. People had to wear shirts, pants (or dresses), and shoes.
I told him this was Old Cape Cod and asked him why the rather strict dress policy. He was an old-time Greek from the northern border area in the Balkans who said, "I don't want any Gypsies in here."
I still laugh at that remark. I don't know if he carried Sky Bars.
I told him this was Old Cape Cod and asked him why the rather strict dress policy. He was an old-time Greek from the northern border area in the Balkans who said, "I don't want any Gypsies in here."
I still laugh at that remark. I don't know if he carried Sky Bars.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Newspaper quotes of the year
In response to: Newspaper quotes of the year
I love the way Murdoch says it's "so cheap to start a newspaper or start a magazine." That's easy for a zillionaire to say. Everything's in the point of reference.
Anybody know what prompted Sam Zell to react so? Or didn't he need a reason? Or was it a question about the Tribune going down the tubes? Maybe Murdoch is interested.
Anybody know what prompted Sam Zell to react so? Or didn't he need a reason? Or was it a question about the Tribune going down the tubes? Maybe Murdoch is interested.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Forget marijuana--now it's about national security
In response to: Forget marijuana--now it's about national security
Thank you very much, supporters, for getting the NOT-about-marijuana angle, and thank you, detractors, for taking the time to voice your own opinions, as I know every one is quite busy this time of year.
Now please go on to something else. I have to write my next post, "Marijuana smoke causing global warming!"
Happy New Year to you all. Hugs to those who need them!
Now please go on to something else. I have to write my next post, "Marijuana smoke causing global warming!"
Happy New Year to you all. Hugs to those who need them!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Forget marijuana--now it's about national security
In response to: Forget marijuana--now it's about national security
Tara, it has finally gotten through to you. Osama is a spoof. A little side humor. "Scare people?" "Accused of terrorist support?" Methinks you doth protest too much. Are we having a paranoia epidemic?
But the point is the point.
But the point is the point.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Forget marijuana--now it's about national security
In response to: Forget marijuana--now it's about national security
I don't have any and have not had any for over thirty years. But after some of the misbegotten, totally off-topic comments, which I have let go on for too long, but will start to close down, I may take Monpo up on her offer.
At least she's a lady. I suspect some of you guys are, too.
At least she's a lady. I suspect some of you guys are, too.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Forget marijuana--now it's about national security
In response to: Forget marijuana--now it's about national security
"Trying to conflate the Pot War with the War on Terror?" Now THAT comment is lame-brained. You and some of your cronies are the only ones who have done that. Did you ever read my piece or just each other's comments and feed off them?
I guess you just don't get it and probably never will. The only "slap in the face" here is your slap in the face to rationality through your fanatic, inane interpretation of anything that suits you and your hostility against those whom your extreme narrow-mindedness deems in some way an imagined danger to something you can't even define.
You are off-topic, my friend, and have been from your very first comment, and you don't realize it. Very, very sad.
I guess you just don't get it and probably never will. The only "slap in the face" here is your slap in the face to rationality through your fanatic, inane interpretation of anything that suits you and your hostility against those whom your extreme narrow-mindedness deems in some way an imagined danger to something you can't even define.
You are off-topic, my friend, and have been from your very first comment, and you don't realize it. Very, very sad.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Forget marijuana--now it's about national security
In response to: Forget marijuana--now it's about national security
Ned, I'm a "moderately conservative independent."
I don't know what you're upset about. I said from the get-go, "Personally, I don't care if you smoke [marijuana]." Second sentence. And probably nobody else does. The piece is NOT about marijuana.
No need for the ad hominem stuff; it's really beneath you. You can do better.
I still consider you my friend.
Buzz, you're one of the few people left on the planet that understands Latin (that includes you, too, Ned).
I don't know what you're upset about. I said from the get-go, "Personally, I don't care if you smoke [marijuana]." Second sentence. And probably nobody else does. The piece is NOT about marijuana.
No need for the ad hominem stuff; it's really beneath you. You can do better.
I still consider you my friend.
Buzz, you're one of the few people left on the planet that understands Latin (that includes you, too, Ned).
Solon [Member]
In response to: Forget marijuana--now it's about national security
In response to: Forget marijuana--now it's about national security
Buzz, looks that way. Personally, I didn't think the cops would bother with it unless there was more too it, which there was in this case.
Ned, you mean that you and I and Maverick won't be having tea and crumpets together? I was so looking forward to it. My social season is ruined.
Ned, you mean that you and I and Maverick won't be having tea and crumpets together? I was so looking forward to it. My social season is ruined.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Forget marijuana--now it's about national security
In response to: Forget marijuana--now it's about national security
It's amazing there are so many comments on marijuana for a piece that was not even about marijuana. But here's one for you from the AP:
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Man gets marijuana fine, has bigger problems
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
January 03, 2009
SPRINGFIELD — A Holyoke man was at least one of the first people fined under a new state law that decriminalizes marijuana.
Police said they found [the man] with less than a half gram of marijuana on him Friday, so he was fined $100 under a new law that went in effect that day.
But police say they also found 119 crack cocaine rocks and 45 heroin bags in [his] car.
He now faces a drug trafficking charge that carries a possible mandatory seven-year prison sentence.
Springfield police said they’d heard their marijuana citation was the state’s first, but that was not confirmed.
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I can see your comments now, my friends, "Corrupt cops plant drugs to nail marijuana user. Waterboarding used to extract confession. Etc., etc., etc."
Have fun with it. I certainly am.
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Man gets marijuana fine, has bigger problems
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
January 03, 2009
SPRINGFIELD — A Holyoke man was at least one of the first people fined under a new state law that decriminalizes marijuana.
Police said they found [the man] with less than a half gram of marijuana on him Friday, so he was fined $100 under a new law that went in effect that day.
But police say they also found 119 crack cocaine rocks and 45 heroin bags in [his] car.
He now faces a drug trafficking charge that carries a possible mandatory seven-year prison sentence.
Springfield police said they’d heard their marijuana citation was the state’s first, but that was not confirmed.
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I can see your comments now, my friends, "Corrupt cops plant drugs to nail marijuana user. Waterboarding used to extract confession. Etc., etc., etc."
Have fun with it. I certainly am.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Forget marijuana--now it's about national security
In response to: Forget marijuana--now it's about national security
Thanks, Mav. The rest missed the point ENTIRELY and are grossly off-target.
Re-read the title, "Forget marijuana..." How you defend something that hasn't even been attacked.
The rest of you, go back to your toking. By the looks of things, paranoia in extremis may be a side effect. Hmmm...have to report that to my narc friends who are spying on all of you this very moment.
Re-read the title, "Forget marijuana..." How you defend something that hasn't even been attacked.
The rest of you, go back to your toking. By the looks of things, paranoia in extremis may be a side effect. Hmmm...have to report that to my narc friends who are spying on all of you this very moment.
Solon [Member]
In response to: German military plot to kill Hitler is subject of 'Valkyrie"
In response to: German military plot to kill Hitler is subject of 'Valkyrie"
Ned, he also played HENRY V, "we band of brothers." Branagh is a great actor.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Pull out, Caroline
In response to: Pull out, Caroline
You know that if you fail to, you know, idolize certain people, that the, you know, addle-brained haters will crawl out of their, you know, holes and denigrate you and even bring, you know, Bush into an irrelevant argument even though he is, you know, history.
Something wrong with the water in P-town?
Something wrong with the water in P-town?
Solon [Member]
In response to: GateHouse-Globe trial postponed; Globe's 1/2 price sale; Another newspaper folds; Globe at 1/2 price; Local weekly parent almost bankrupt
In response to: GateHouse-Globe trial postponed; Globe's 1/2 price sale; Another newspaper folds; Globe at 1/2 price; Local weekly parent almost bankrupt
Gatehouse should drop this suite before it ends up embarassing them. Reprinting the articles say, in the Boston Globe, without permission is a violation of copyright law.
But publishing LINKS to the Gateway articles is another matter altogether and, in fact, seems beneficial to Gateway as it gives them exposure they otherwise would not have received.
But publishing LINKS to the Gateway articles is another matter altogether and, in fact, seems beneficial to Gateway as it gives them exposure they otherwise would not have received.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Sid's Furniture owner charged with failure to pay over $245,000 in taxes
In response to: Sid's Furniture owner charged with failure to pay over $245,000 in taxes
That was "malign," not "align." My computer (a piece of junk made by Compaq, mow part of Hewlett-Packard)went temporarily berserk and had to be punished.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Sid's Furniture owner charged with failure to pay over $245,000 in taxes
In response to: Sid's Furniture owner charged with failure to pay over $245,000 in taxes
When I first came to the Cape, I bought a nice leather couch from Sid (not Abbott). He gave me a good deal and delivered it that afternoon. Let us not align Sid.
(I'm sure when he sold it, part of the deal was to keep the name for its recognition and good will, the latter of which seems to just have gone down the drain.)
(I'm sure when he sold it, part of the deal was to keep the name for its recognition and good will, the latter of which seems to just have gone down the drain.)
Solon [Member]
In response to: Pro fundraisers take lion's share from local charity campaigns
In response to: Pro fundraisers take lion's share from local charity campaigns
The only donations I make are to groups of which I know personally, and which use 100% of the money for the charity. (As in having volunteers vs. paid hoohas.)
Sometimes you feel guilty about saying no to what you consider a worthy cause, but don't. Both you AND the charity are being ripped off by the professional fundraisers.
I usually say, "I'm sorry, I can't make a donation right now," which unfortunately is true most of the time, or, as Buzz suggests, ask that they send me their literature. The "relationship" usually ends right there.
Sometimes you feel guilty about saying no to what you consider a worthy cause, but don't. Both you AND the charity are being ripped off by the professional fundraisers.
I usually say, "I'm sorry, I can't make a donation right now," which unfortunately is true most of the time, or, as Buzz suggests, ask that they send me their literature. The "relationship" usually ends right there.
Solon [Member]
In response to: The only thing surer than death and taxes
In response to: The only thing surer than death and taxes
The last places we should cut--in fact, we shouldn't cut at all, but increase if necessary--are our police and fire departments.
THEY are the ones who we depend on to come to our aid in emergencies, THEY are the ones who risk life and limb doing their jobs.
There is a lot of fat in all bureaucracies, but anything that has "committee" or "commission" in its name should be at the top of the cut list. Didn't someone once say that a camel was a horse designed by a committee?
THEY are the ones who we depend on to come to our aid in emergencies, THEY are the ones who risk life and limb doing their jobs.
There is a lot of fat in all bureaucracies, but anything that has "committee" or "commission" in its name should be at the top of the cut list. Didn't someone once say that a camel was a horse designed by a committee?
Solon [Member]
In response to: LNG tanker powerless 16 miles north of Provincetown
In response to: LNG tanker powerless 16 miles north of Provincetown
I have an old, erroneous copy of the Koran.
Solon [Member]
In response to: LNG tanker powerless 16 miles north of Provincetown
In response to: LNG tanker powerless 16 miles north of Provincetown
What have I been sayin for years about these? They ARE equivalent to a small atomic bomb. And though the industry cites a magnificent safety record (not so magnificent in view of these two incidents), three goat-loving terrorists with rockets could without difficulty make one go KABOOM!
Of course, they will also incinerate themselves, but becoming martyrs and acquiring 72 virgins trump everything else.
Of course, they will also incinerate themselves, but becoming martyrs and acquiring 72 virgins trump everything else.
Solon [Member]
In response to: You Can Do The Job While You're In Town
In response to: You Can Do The Job While You're In Town
I'm rootin' for the border collie. What team does he play on?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Economics 101
In response to: Economics 101
The bailout itself is a Ponzi scheme. WHEN it collapses upon itself, the United States will be bought by the Jamaican bobsled team.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Fox-Hunting with Horace in Harwich!
In response to: Fox-Hunting with Horace in Harwich!
Ned,
There's a military maxim: If the enemy is within range, so are you.
I will add one for you: If Hunter Orange stripes make you visible to those who don't want to shoot you, they do the same for those who do. (Or is that "hoodoo"?)
Be careful out there. Take care of the hawk.
There's a military maxim: If the enemy is within range, so are you.
I will add one for you: If Hunter Orange stripes make you visible to those who don't want to shoot you, they do the same for those who do. (Or is that "hoodoo"?)
Be careful out there. Take care of the hawk.
Solon [Member]
In response to: O'Keefe confused; Trysting area photos dumped; Dolphins die; Winter moths live; Murray expect a casino
In response to: O'Keefe confused; Trysting area photos dumped; Dolphins die; Winter moths live; Murray expect a casino
Buzz,
I guess inflation has overtaken me. When I was younger, $10 bought one ounce--a dime bag. I'm not familiar with the current market price.
Your suggestion for confiscation, weighing, and issuing a criminal compaint--and then serving it and arresting the guy--are an awful lot of work for an ounce of pot for already overworked cops. There has to be a better way.
Apparently the political proponents of this law have not really given it much thought. In the meanwhile, folks, give yourself a cinematic treat. Watch "Reefer Madness."
Ned, why don't we have a "Reefer Madness" party?
I guess inflation has overtaken me. When I was younger, $10 bought one ounce--a dime bag. I'm not familiar with the current market price.
Your suggestion for confiscation, weighing, and issuing a criminal compaint--and then serving it and arresting the guy--are an awful lot of work for an ounce of pot for already overworked cops. There has to be a better way.
Apparently the political proponents of this law have not really given it much thought. In the meanwhile, folks, give yourself a cinematic treat. Watch "Reefer Madness."
Ned, why don't we have a "Reefer Madness" party?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Jordan Mendes: What we value, what it means
In response to: Jordan Mendes: What we value, what it means
Remember what the Jewish mobster said to Michael Corleone in Godfather II: "This is the life we chose."
That's the alpha and the omega of the Jordan Mendes story. Now let's move on.
That's the alpha and the omega of the Jordan Mendes story. Now let's move on.
Solon [Member]
In response to: O'Keefe confused; Trysting area photos dumped; Dolphins die; Winter moths live; Murray expect a casino
In response to: O'Keefe confused; Trysting area photos dumped; Dolphins die; Winter moths live; Murray expect a casino
There is a problem here on the marijuana issue. Question: Can a cop arrest some one on a "civil infraction"? Say the cop finds a dime bag in somebody's car. Is it 0.9 oz, 1 oz, 1.1 oz? What's the cop to do? If he arrests him and the stuff weighs in at 0.9 oz at the station, can the cop be sued?
I'd like to see an authoritative answer on this issue.
In the meanwhile, if you must, toke in the privacy of your own home. The cops have too much to do to spend time breaking down your door, as some of you paranoid conspiracists believe.
And don't drive.
And don't try lighting up in a restaurant where I'm dining. That could REALLY prove injurious to your health.
And let's ALL watch "Reefer Madness" at least one more time. That's a great movie. One of the funniest I've seen.
I'd like to see an authoritative answer on this issue.
In the meanwhile, if you must, toke in the privacy of your own home. The cops have too much to do to spend time breaking down your door, as some of you paranoid conspiracists believe.
And don't drive.
And don't try lighting up in a restaurant where I'm dining. That could REALLY prove injurious to your health.
And let's ALL watch "Reefer Madness" at least one more time. That's a great movie. One of the funniest I've seen.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Ten biggest headlines of 2009
In response to: Ten biggest headlines of 2009
Jonathan, I don't have Photoshop skills--wish I did. The wonderful folks at the Vatican...er...cct added the illustrations. They're great!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Groups question how MMS is handling Cape Wind historic preservation issue
In response to: Groups question how MMS is handling Cape Wind historic preservation issue
Historically, we did not have electricity on Cape Cod. Now we DO have electricity on Cape Cod. Anyone want to revert to colonial days?
Historically, we did not have airplanes on Cape Cod. Now we DO have airplanes on Cape Cod. Anyone want to revert to colonial days?
Historically, we did not have wind turbines in Nantucket Sound. Now we WILL have wind turbines in Nantucket Sound.
This is called moving into the 21st Century, progress for the common weal and the betterment of society. What is it that the objectors don't understand? If we swallowed their line, we'd still be obtaining our meals not at the supermarket, but in the forest using bronze weapons.
These delaying actions are called in the business world "false objections," spoiling actions, hindrances. And that's all they are.
Historically, we did not have airplanes on Cape Cod. Now we DO have airplanes on Cape Cod. Anyone want to revert to colonial days?
Historically, we did not have wind turbines in Nantucket Sound. Now we WILL have wind turbines in Nantucket Sound.
This is called moving into the 21st Century, progress for the common weal and the betterment of society. What is it that the objectors don't understand? If we swallowed their line, we'd still be obtaining our meals not at the supermarket, but in the forest using bronze weapons.
These delaying actions are called in the business world "false objections," spoiling actions, hindrances. And that's all they are.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Police Find Missing Girl; Middleborough to revisit Casino; Turtles still coming ashore
In response to: Police Find Missing Girl; Middleborough to revisit Casino; Turtles still coming ashore
Well, the system works! You read about this Rapid Alert System here first...in August.
http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/2008/08/06/sheriff-announces-rapid-alert-system?blog=20
http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/2008/08/06/sheriff-announces-rapid-alert-system?blog=20
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cuisinart of the crazies
In response to: Cuisinart of the crazies
Mav, you will thank me when the wind farm is built. You will have a new business, two or three cruises a day, "Wind Farm Cruises," and will make money beyond your wildest dreams.
I saw that in Denmark. When I asked the boat captain if the wind farm had hurt or helped the local economy, he said, "Helped, of course. I wouldn't have this new cruise business without it."
I just want to be the cruise narrator. And our unmentionable friend SP will be bartender. I promise not to tell the passengers that you were against the whole idea. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. You, too, possee.
I saw that in Denmark. When I asked the boat captain if the wind farm had hurt or helped the local economy, he said, "Helped, of course. I wouldn't have this new cruise business without it."
I just want to be the cruise narrator. And our unmentionable friend SP will be bartender. I promise not to tell the passengers that you were against the whole idea. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. You, too, possee.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Snow , Accidents, Safety and Your Rights
In response to: Snow , Accidents, Safety and Your Rights
Bruce, great suggestion on investigating cell phone use of the other driver at time of accident. I sat at a red light once and counted seven out of ten drivers who took a left turn right in front of me talking on their cell phones and trying to negotiate the turn with one hand.
Are these records readily available for a lawyer to obtain?
I think cell phones are involved in more accidents than people imagine.
Are these records readily available for a lawyer to obtain?
I think cell phones are involved in more accidents than people imagine.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cuisinart of the crazies
In response to: Cuisinart of the crazies
Neither am I, Mav. You asked a question, I gave you the courtesy of an answer. Apparently it was not an answer you wanted to hear.
I have no intention of debating the facts with anyone. There is no debate. As Pa Kettle used to say, "Facts is facts." Read 'em and weep.
I have no intention of debating the facts with anyone. There is no debate. As Pa Kettle used to say, "Facts is facts." Read 'em and weep.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cuisinart of the crazies
In response to: Cuisinart of the crazies
These are the facts, Mav. I did not make them up--the source is shown. They are not intended to make anyone feel good or feel bad. The only agenda is truth.
The Nysted wind farm I visited in Denmark is in a major migratory bird flyway. The toll was TWO bird kills per year by the wind farm, measured by collecting bodies and performing necropsies. Almost all of the migratory birds died of starvation or fatigue. Now why is that surprising to the bird-kill conspiratists?
The Nysted wind farm I visited in Denmark is in a major migratory bird flyway. The toll was TWO bird kills per year by the wind farm, measured by collecting bodies and performing necropsies. Almost all of the migratory birds died of starvation or fatigue. Now why is that surprising to the bird-kill conspiratists?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Murder Update: Three charged in robbery, murder of Jordan Mendes
In response to: Murder Update: Three charged in robbery, murder of Jordan Mendes
News reports indicate the $10,000 was drug money. It's too bad what happened to the kid, but it's the path he chose.
Now that the DA has charged three persons with his murder, I'm just waiting to see how many of you conspiracy nuts out there are going to paint the victim as St. Francis of Assisi and his alleged murderers as innocents, framed by the cops and the DA.
It will be a hoot.
Now that the DA has charged three persons with his murder, I'm just waiting to see how many of you conspiracy nuts out there are going to paint the victim as St. Francis of Assisi and his alleged murderers as innocents, framed by the cops and the DA.
It will be a hoot.
Solon [Member]
In response to: The best companies that support our troops
In response to: The best companies that support our troops
Nedster, not only that. Did you know you made $1,000,000 in 2009? I'm like Merlin--time runs backward for me. Check my blog next week.
Solon [Member]
In response to: The best companies that support our troops
In response to: The best companies that support our troops
Stacey, I have a skull at home. I have my dogtags hanging 'round it. That blows people's minds. I cut down on unwanted guests that way.
Solon [Member]
In response to: The best companies that support our troops
In response to: The best companies that support our troops
Blackwater is out there, Ned. You just won't see them till it's too late. I hope you don't mind...I gave them your address.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Get ready: Winter's first snowstorm hits Cape on Friday
In response to: Get ready: Winter's first snowstorm hits Cape on Friday
One inch of snow is just perfect. It coats the scene with beauty, it deadens noise, it does not interfere with travel.
Over that, I get downright *$#@%&* ticked off!
Over that, I get downright *$#@%&* ticked off!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Give, By All Means, But Don't Overdo It
In response to: Give, By All Means, But Don't Overdo It
NJ Rog,
You are right on. Who can argue with your assertion that "Certainly nobody should be without shelter and food. A humane citizenry ought to, without hesitation, ensure that their fellow human beings are provided with the rudimentary necessities of life."
videopaul,
I have read you comment several times and fail to see what your objection is to NJ Rog's article. An ad hominem attack on NJ Rog merely detracts from any point you were trying to make. Of course, he is from New Jersey, but is that a real reason???
You are right on. Who can argue with your assertion that "Certainly nobody should be without shelter and food. A humane citizenry ought to, without hesitation, ensure that their fellow human beings are provided with the rudimentary necessities of life."
videopaul,
I have read you comment several times and fail to see what your objection is to NJ Rog's article. An ad hominem attack on NJ Rog merely detracts from any point you were trying to make. Of course, he is from New Jersey, but is that a real reason???
Solon [Member]
In response to: Murdered Barnstable High School student said to have drug links
In response to: Murdered Barnstable High School student said to have drug links
Cru,
Personally, I don't know any pushers. But if you know the "pushers who have been here for many years," why haven't you turned them in or called Charles Bronson? BTW, they're not "my" pushers.
Personally, I don't know any pushers. But if you know the "pushers who have been here for many years," why haven't you turned them in or called Charles Bronson? BTW, they're not "my" pushers.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Murdered Barnstable High School student said to have drug links
In response to: Murdered Barnstable High School student said to have drug links
We are going to get more and more of this kind of activity on the Cape unless the courts crack down and stop molly-coddling criminals, especially the pushers who come in from out-of-state to ply their trade among us.
Giving someone a "break" usually means giving him another chance to continue his chosen criminal career.
This was a horrible tragedy, but let's not sugarcoat anything. We don't know the kid's involvement or whether the killers were sending a message to daddy or combinations thereof.
I was always waiting for some one to say about Jeffrey Dahmer, "He was a swell guy, he just had a little eating disorder."
Giving someone a "break" usually means giving him another chance to continue his chosen criminal career.
This was a horrible tragedy, but let's not sugarcoat anything. We don't know the kid's involvement or whether the killers were sending a message to daddy or combinations thereof.
I was always waiting for some one to say about Jeffrey Dahmer, "He was a swell guy, he just had a little eating disorder."
Solon [Member]
In response to: An Escape from the Cape & Meatball Surprise
In response to: An Escape from the Cape & Meatball Surprise
Ground turkey? Pineapple chunks? For meatballs?
Rockhopper, I would say you're playing with my mind, but I know you're not. I knew a gal--an excellent cook--who would use her "secret recipe" to slow-cook meatballs. They were delicious. I could not tell what she was using.
She finally told me she was cooking them in a mixture of grape jelly and peanut butter. I did not believe her until I watched her do it.
Rockhopper, I would say you're playing with my mind, but I know you're not. I knew a gal--an excellent cook--who would use her "secret recipe" to slow-cook meatballs. They were delicious. I could not tell what she was using.
She finally told me she was cooking them in a mixture of grape jelly and peanut butter. I did not believe her until I watched her do it.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Wind farm backers, opponents tussle over 'safe separation'
In response to: Wind farm backers, opponents tussle over 'safe separation'
Cape Wind is building on Horseshoe Shoal. If a ship, cruise or tanker, makes it that far, they're sunk, wind farm or no wind farm.
This is the biggest non-issue I have ever seen.
Mav, I have been to Nysted and Horns Rev in Denmark. The wind turbines are several football fields apart. Even the captain of the Exxon Valdez could navigate the Queen Mary through there, if, of course, the water were deep enough to accommodate a ship of that size.
I can assure you that both you and Senator Ted will be able to navigate the Cape Wind farm beautifully, and you will probably end up enjoying the view.
This is the biggest non-issue I have ever seen.
Mav, I have been to Nysted and Horns Rev in Denmark. The wind turbines are several football fields apart. Even the captain of the Exxon Valdez could navigate the Queen Mary through there, if, of course, the water were deep enough to accommodate a ship of that size.
I can assure you that both you and Senator Ted will be able to navigate the Cape Wind farm beautifully, and you will probably end up enjoying the view.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Black Progress-The Hot Political Potato
In response to: Black Progress-The Hot Political Potato
Oh, dear me, Bill Cosby is politically incorrect. But honest. What is this world coming to?
Throwing "centuries of enslavement" into the issue is disingenuous. Many races/ethnic groups have been enslaved throughout history, including my own people, who were enslaved by the Ottoman Turks for 400 years. Slavery was then, this is now. Let's get past it.
Ned, I'm surprised you write so callously about potatoes and the Irish. I know you are conversant about the potato famine and the deprivations they have suffered over the centuries. Where is your compassion there?
But, regardless, Merry Christmas to you all.
Throwing "centuries of enslavement" into the issue is disingenuous. Many races/ethnic groups have been enslaved throughout history, including my own people, who were enslaved by the Ottoman Turks for 400 years. Slavery was then, this is now. Let's get past it.
Ned, I'm surprised you write so callously about potatoes and the Irish. I know you are conversant about the potato famine and the deprivations they have suffered over the centuries. Where is your compassion there?
But, regardless, Merry Christmas to you all.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Save Detroit?
In response to: Save Detroit?
Ned,
The "screw 'em all" simply means, "No bailout, file Chapter 11 bankruptcy, reorganize, and get on with it." There is nothing radical about that. Conversely, bailing the bastards out is radical.
It is their mess, and they need to fix themselves. Physician, heal thyself. If they cannot do it, then let them go the way of far better companies that they have driven into the ground like Packard, Hudson etc.
Their comeuppance for their greed and arrogance is long overdue. Those are the "roots" of their problems. Let them eat radishes.
The "screw 'em all" simply means, "No bailout, file Chapter 11 bankruptcy, reorganize, and get on with it." There is nothing radical about that. Conversely, bailing the bastards out is radical.
It is their mess, and they need to fix themselves. Physician, heal thyself. If they cannot do it, then let them go the way of far better companies that they have driven into the ground like Packard, Hudson etc.
Their comeuppance for their greed and arrogance is long overdue. Those are the "roots" of their problems. Let them eat radishes.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Save Detroit?
In response to: Save Detroit?
I agree completely, Walter. Screw 'em all. The "Big Three" have pushed splendid companies like Packard, Hudson, and Studebaker into the dump, they never let Tucker get his super-advanced "Tucker Torpedo" off the ground. They deserve to drown in the cesspool they have created.
BTW, if that opinion isn't strong enough, I have more.
BTW, if that opinion isn't strong enough, I have more.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape's first pet food pantry holds fundraiser Sunday
In response to: Cape's first pet food pantry holds fundraiser Sunday
Don't get overexcited, "think." This is a wonderful and laudable cause. If we mix it all up with the food pantries, they'll be giving cat and dog food to needy people, and the whole thing will fall apart in every direction.
BUT, some old and needy people do not have computers or know how to use them. These may be the most likely persons in need of this program. A website alone may not do it. Is there another way to get the word out and the requests in?
BUT, some old and needy people do not have computers or know how to use them. These may be the most likely persons in need of this program. A website alone may not do it. Is there another way to get the word out and the requests in?
Solon [Member]
In response to: MMA president cleared
In response to: MMA president cleared
I have met Admiral Gurnon on several occasions. He is an honorable man.
This occasional sniping from members of the MMA's Board of Trustees smacks of political infighting and sour grapes. I implore these people to take their sour grapes, make wine out of them, drink it, and they'll feel better.
This occasional sniping from members of the MMA's Board of Trustees smacks of political infighting and sour grapes. I implore these people to take their sour grapes, make wine out of them, drink it, and they'll feel better.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Tonight's full Cold Moon
In response to: Tonight's full Cold Moon
I beg to differ with "There is no proof the full moon makes people crazy." Have you checked with medical professionals about that? Doctors and ERs go into overload on the full moon.
I had a childhood friend whose father chained him to his bed on nights of the full moon. I'm not kidding.
Remember the old Gypsy woman's warning:
"Even a man who is pure at heart
And says his prayers by night
Can a wolf become when the wolfbane blooms
And the moon is full and bright."
Have you checked on all your bloggers lately?
Personally, I love the full moon. Last night's was spectacular. Good shots.
I had a childhood friend whose father chained him to his bed on nights of the full moon. I'm not kidding.
Remember the old Gypsy woman's warning:
"Even a man who is pure at heart
And says his prayers by night
Can a wolf become when the wolfbane blooms
And the moon is full and bright."
Have you checked on all your bloggers lately?
Personally, I love the full moon. Last night's was spectacular. Good shots.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Book Review--The Lost Tomb--David Gibbens delivers
In response to: Book Review--The Lost Tomb--David Gibbens delivers
Ned, have not heard of him, but I'll be sure to check him out. Thanks for the link. Sounds like a most interesting character.
Did you know that in a previous incarnation I hung out with Methuselah? Yeah, Walter introduced us.
Did you know that in a previous incarnation I hung out with Methuselah? Yeah, Walter introduced us.
Solon [Member]
In response to: A pet's passing
In response to: A pet's passing
My cat Sheena sends her condolences abut Allie. Sheena was recently diagnosed with a stroke, a blood clot at her C2 vertebra, paralyzing her front legs. I have had MRIs, echocardiograms, sonograms, X-rays, spinal taps and all to find out if she could make it or if it was hopeless. (There goes my new car!)
The doctors said she could and we started physical therapy. Six weeks in, when she was just about getting to be her old self, she had another clot, lower down the spine, this time affecting her hind legs.
I am now giving her more therapy every day plus Plavix. She is getting to the point where she can jump up on the bed again. I will never give up on her as long as there's a chance of recovery.
I consider animals our "angels." And have added to "No man left behind" another phrase: "No cat left behind." You animal lovers will understand.
We can never replace them.
The doctors said she could and we started physical therapy. Six weeks in, when she was just about getting to be her old self, she had another clot, lower down the spine, this time affecting her hind legs.
I am now giving her more therapy every day plus Plavix. She is getting to the point where she can jump up on the bed again. I will never give up on her as long as there's a chance of recovery.
I consider animals our "angels." And have added to "No man left behind" another phrase: "No cat left behind." You animal lovers will understand.
We can never replace them.
Solon [Member]
In response to: We Say Merry Christmas
In response to: We Say Merry Christmas
A couple of years ago I created a photo Christmas card of a Cape Cod Scene. I made two versions. One said "Merry Christmas," the other "Happy Hannukah" (or one of the variations of the Chanukah spelling.) One for my Christian friends, one for my Jewish friends. I may do it again this year.
If Wiccans want to wish a "Happy Winter Solstice," that's fine, too. I return the greeting. I love the Winter Solstice and sometimes burn a birch log when I can find one (usually lying in the woods).
But anything beats these gutless wonders who are afraid to wish anybody anything but a banal, meaningless "Happy Holidays."
If Wiccans want to wish a "Happy Winter Solstice," that's fine, too. I return the greeting. I love the Winter Solstice and sometimes burn a birch log when I can find one (usually lying in the woods).
But anything beats these gutless wonders who are afraid to wish anybody anything but a banal, meaningless "Happy Holidays."
Solon [Member]
In response to: Should We Dress for Dinner?
In response to: Should We Dress for Dinner?
Don't you all know that jeans and a polo shirt are considered "Cape Cod Formal"?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Storm Coverage
In response to: Storm Coverage
Opinionator, since I was about five years old I wondered who really predicted the weather and WHY. Even the forecasting seemed political.
In my home town of Worcester, a 4" forecast often turned into 12" of snow. It happened so regularly we thought there was an underlying reason for underforecasting. The suspicion, never proven, was that the local Chamber of Commerce put pressure on the (then) radio stations to underforecast in order to get the shoppers out.
Now THAT was believable, even though the weather forecasts were not.
In my home town of Worcester, a 4" forecast often turned into 12" of snow. It happened so regularly we thought there was an underlying reason for underforecasting. The suspicion, never proven, was that the local Chamber of Commerce put pressure on the (then) radio stations to underforecast in order to get the shoppers out.
Now THAT was believable, even though the weather forecasts were not.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Herald Publisher to head Ottaway, Cape Cod Times
In response to: Herald Publisher to head Ottaway, Cape Cod Times
P.S. I like the tabloid wedding coverage. But you failed to mention that John Kerry was maid of honor.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Herald Publisher to head Ottaway, Cape Cod Times
In response to: Herald Publisher to head Ottaway, Cape Cod Times
Do you think Purcell could use a columnist who doesn't care about political correctness, or what the editor thinks, or what the publisher thinks, or what he thinks?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Deer shotgun season starts Monday morning
In response to: Deer shotgun season starts Monday morning
I've been deer hunting in Maine, and I've heard stories of guys wearing hunter orange being drilled through the heart. There are some psychos out there who use the deer season as an excuse to "accidentally" kill some one. Be very careful.
Solon [Member]
In response to: The madness of "Black Friday" can kill
In response to: The madness of "Black Friday" can kill
Headline from today's Boston Globe:
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Black Friday takes a hit from the economy
Big shopping day is not a bonanza for many retailers
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Maybe there's hope for the American consumerism mentality after all. But I doubt it.
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Black Friday takes a hit from the economy
Big shopping day is not a bonanza for many retailers
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Maybe there's hope for the American consumerism mentality after all. But I doubt it.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Latinus Novus
In response to: Latinus Novus
Opinionator, there is a somewhat similar sentiment inscribed in Greek on the grave of Nikos Kazantzakis on a hill in Crete: "I have nothing, I need nothing, I am free!"
Solon [Member]
In response to: Latinus Novus
In response to: Latinus Novus
Thank you for your comments. They were right on and made me laugh.
Ned, sometimes illegitimi blogorundum, but who cares?
EoGuy, what's the temp out there? I'll be heading for Black Canyon City (about 40 miles north of Phoenix) probably in January. In the 1960s, there was an effort to push Esperanto, an easy-to-learn blend of words in several languages with which we are already familiar. I thought it was a great idea, but apparently many people were even too lazy to learn a second language that was very much like their first language.
I never took it up because there was no one else to talk to using it. Just like all the languages I've learned and forgotten--French, Spanish, German, Latin. I still retain the Greek, because we spoke that at home when I grew up.
I'm trying to teach myself Italian for a trip to Italy, but it seems like a lost cause, because I keep reverting to the Spanish words instead of the Italian words. I feel as if my lingual wires are crossed.
Ned, sometimes illegitimi blogorundum, but who cares?
EoGuy, what's the temp out there? I'll be heading for Black Canyon City (about 40 miles north of Phoenix) probably in January. In the 1960s, there was an effort to push Esperanto, an easy-to-learn blend of words in several languages with which we are already familiar. I thought it was a great idea, but apparently many people were even too lazy to learn a second language that was very much like their first language.
I never took it up because there was no one else to talk to using it. Just like all the languages I've learned and forgotten--French, Spanish, German, Latin. I still retain the Greek, because we spoke that at home when I grew up.
I'm trying to teach myself Italian for a trip to Italy, but it seems like a lost cause, because I keep reverting to the Spanish words instead of the Italian words. I feel as if my lingual wires are crossed.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Wild Turkey; Five Days in Summer; Musical mystery; Thanksgiving myths debunked; One good hit deserves another
In response to: Wild Turkey; Five Days in Summer; Musical mystery; Thanksgiving myths debunked; One good hit deserves another
Is that an old bathtub on the other side of the piano?
I don't know who did this, prank or no, but can you imagine how many people wish they had an instrument like this but can't afford it? All they had to do was ask around and give it away to some one who would truly appreciate it.
I don't know who did this, prank or no, but can you imagine how many people wish they had an instrument like this but can't afford it? All they had to do was ask around and give it away to some one who would truly appreciate it.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Panning For Recovery Gold
In response to: Panning For Recovery Gold
Very comprehensive article, Danny. I cannot imagine that there is anyone, alcoholic or non, who did not get something out of this. Please keep it up.
Let me ask you a question, which, I realize is only your personal opinion as you continue to make clear in your articles:
Every once in a great while I find myself with a friend who orders 7-Up, Coke, etc., and I ask, "Are you not drinking tonight?" Then that person confides in my that he does not drink at all, that he is an alcoholic.
Then I order a 7-Up or Coke myself (which I am happy to do) so my friend will not find himself in the company of some one who IS drinking and in a situation that may be tempting to him.
Am I helping? Not helping? Or doesn't it matter one way or the other?
Let me ask you a question, which, I realize is only your personal opinion as you continue to make clear in your articles:
Every once in a great while I find myself with a friend who orders 7-Up, Coke, etc., and I ask, "Are you not drinking tonight?" Then that person confides in my that he does not drink at all, that he is an alcoholic.
Then I order a 7-Up or Coke myself (which I am happy to do) so my friend will not find himself in the company of some one who IS drinking and in a situation that may be tempting to him.
Am I helping? Not helping? Or doesn't it matter one way or the other?
Solon [Member]
In response to: 1820: Sperm Whale rams, sinks, Nantucket Whaling Ship
In response to: 1820: Sperm Whale rams, sinks, Nantucket Whaling Ship
If you haven't read Philbrick's book,"In the Heart of the Sea," pick it up at your library today. It is an amazing story, proving once more that truth is stranger than fiction.
And, yes, it was Melville's inspiration for "Moby Dick."
And, yes, it was Melville's inspiration for "Moby Dick."
Solon [Member]
In response to: Man killed in early morning Route 6 rollover in Barnstable; One injured in Otis Rotary crash; Vineyard drug bust nets guns and over 70-Gs in heroin and cash
In response to: Man killed in early morning Route 6 rollover in Barnstable; One injured in Otis Rotary crash; Vineyard drug bust nets guns and over 70-Gs in heroin and cash
Seatbelts! Wear them! They save lives!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Gas Tanker closes I-195; When you're stuck behind a tractor; Life in Hell's Kitchen
In response to: Gas Tanker closes I-195; When you're stuck behind a tractor; Life in Hell's Kitchen
The Rhode Island State Police and DPW did a great job of warning people about the overturned gasoline truck. I was driving back from Pennsylvania on 95, and overhead warning signs and radio warnings were plentiful. I just kept coming up 95 to 495.
I pity the poor saps who didn't heed the warnings and said, "Oh, it will probably be cleared away by the time we get there." The road was closed more than 24 hours.
I pity the poor saps who didn't heed the warnings and said, "Oh, it will probably be cleared away by the time we get there." The road was closed more than 24 hours.
Solon [Member]
In response to: 1905: The first lepers arrive on Penikese Island in Buzzards Bay
In response to: 1905: The first lepers arrive on Penikese Island in Buzzards Bay
This is interesting--in that, not knowing there ever was a leper colony on the Cape, I wrote a short horror story about one--which I placed on the Bass River.
Horror, because I made the leprosy a mutated virulent strain that was highly contagious and very deadly. The colonists (circa 1700) herded the lepers into a church and burned them to ashes. But one woman escaped, and she....oh, well, you'd have to read the rest, wouldn't you?
Maybe I'll change the locale. But having her swim 12 miles to land is implausible. Bass River it is!
Horror, because I made the leprosy a mutated virulent strain that was highly contagious and very deadly. The colonists (circa 1700) herded the lepers into a church and burned them to ashes. But one woman escaped, and she....oh, well, you'd have to read the rest, wouldn't you?
Maybe I'll change the locale. But having her swim 12 miles to land is implausible. Bass River it is!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Christy: Deval's Pike plan another sweet nothing
In response to: Christy: Deval's Pike plan another sweet nothing
Christy,
Do us all a favor and run again. Who knows? Maybe the people of Massachusetts will be ready for an honest man this time.
Do us all a favor and run again. Who knows? Maybe the people of Massachusetts will be ready for an honest man this time.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Fall marks the beginning of the hard season
In response to: Fall marks the beginning of the hard season
Bethany,
You've got nine comments (now ten) on your first blog. Excellent! Remember what Kathleen Parker says, "It doesn't matter what they're saying about you as long as they're talking about you." Good work.
You've got nine comments (now ten) on your first blog. Excellent! Remember what Kathleen Parker says, "It doesn't matter what they're saying about you as long as they're talking about you." Good work.
Solon [Member]
In response to: $1.99/Gallon And Dropping Like A Ho
In response to: $1.99/Gallon And Dropping Like A Ho
Monpo, I love it when you're wild!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Christy: Deval's Pike plan another sweet nothing
In response to: Christy: Deval's Pike plan another sweet nothing
I love the Longfellow Bridge. It is a beautifully designed classic. I drive over it regularly, and it makes the view from the Esplanade something very special.
When the time comes to "fix" it, NOT replace it, I hope they do it in such a way that its looks are not changed, that the fixes and supports are invisible.
The last thing I want there is another "futuristic" piece from Star Wars with suspension wires and all that otherwise good stuff--but not to replace the Longfellow.
When the time comes to "fix" it, NOT replace it, I hope they do it in such a way that its looks are not changed, that the fixes and supports are invisible.
The last thing I want there is another "futuristic" piece from Star Wars with suspension wires and all that otherwise good stuff--but not to replace the Longfellow.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Judge mulls dismissal of blogging defamation case
In response to: Judge mulls dismissal of blogging defamation case
I don't think there's a case. ANY blogger can claim temporary insanity!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Hyannis White Hen Pantry cleared of Homeless Descrmination Charge
In response to: Hyannis White Hen Pantry cleared of Homeless Descrmination Charge
Cru, my comment was exactly what it was and was not aimed at you. Can you spell P-A-R-A-N-O-I-A?
On the other hand, just because you may be paranoid doesn't mean people are not trying to kill you. Watch out for the five-foot assassin!
On the other hand, just because you may be paranoid doesn't mean people are not trying to kill you. Watch out for the five-foot assassin!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Hyannis White Hen Pantry cleared of Homeless Descrmination Charge
In response to: Hyannis White Hen Pantry cleared of Homeless Descrmination Charge
Please, please, please, all you wonderful (?) people. When will you cease the ad hominem attacks on one another?
As for this case, it was just another frivolous complaint that had no legal basis and attempted to defend what was clearly in violation of the law.
I believe some one--those responsible for the "barrage of press coverage"--should pay the owner plenty for harassment, loss of business, and diminishment of good will.
Apparently people feel they can accuse (J'accuse!), complain, sue, and harass with complete impunity. This nonsense is injurious to the innocent and takes up too much of our society's time.
As for this case, it was just another frivolous complaint that had no legal basis and attempted to defend what was clearly in violation of the law.
I believe some one--those responsible for the "barrage of press coverage"--should pay the owner plenty for harassment, loss of business, and diminishment of good will.
Apparently people feel they can accuse (J'accuse!), complain, sue, and harass with complete impunity. This nonsense is injurious to the innocent and takes up too much of our society's time.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Voters keep state income tax, pass pot question, ban dog racing, back health care, Cape Wind wins; A bunch of cranberry recipes
In response to: Voters keep state income tax, pass pot question, ban dog racing, back health care, Cape Wind wins; A bunch of cranberry recipes
Burner man, don't exaggerate...it wasn't a "diatribe," just an appeal not to add another drug to the "pot," so to speak, of which irresposible drivers can partake.
AND to allow another charge to be added by the police onto those caught committing crimes.
That was the long and the short of it. I don't care if you smoke...just don't drive. Got it?
Monpo, you'll always be an outlaw. That's one of your good points.
AND to allow another charge to be added by the police onto those caught committing crimes.
That was the long and the short of it. I don't care if you smoke...just don't drive. Got it?
Monpo, you'll always be an outlaw. That's one of your good points.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Lights Out, George.
In response to: Lights Out, George.
C'mon, he's just trying to save the taxpayers money by cutting down on his electric bill.
Where is the noblesse oblige and magnanimity of the winning party? Why kick a man when he's not only down, but out?
No matter if you voted for McCain or Obama, let's look forward!!!
Where is the noblesse oblige and magnanimity of the winning party? Why kick a man when he's not only down, but out?
No matter if you voted for McCain or Obama, let's look forward!!!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Recover Quickly Ollie & A Sunset Martini
In response to: Recover Quickly Ollie & A Sunset Martini
Steve, I'm going to make a Sunset Martini and drink it to Ollie's health.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Join Manso in the slammer; courtesy of RMV
In response to: Join Manso in the slammer; courtesy of RMV
I've just sent my entire piece to the governor. I can only hope he, or some one empowered to initiate the proper action, will read it.
But it will take more than one. Flood his office with e-mails abouth this!
But it will take more than one. Flood his office with e-mails abouth this!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Join Manso in the slammer; courtesy of RMV
In response to: Join Manso in the slammer; courtesy of RMV
Jonathan,
When they list "license renewals" I presume they mean both driver and auto licenses. (In the People's Republic, they call our plates "license" plates, while every where else I've been they're called "number" plates, so I presume they mean both.)
But leave it up to the RMV to take this drastic action and make it so perfectly clear while at the same time not informing the citizens of the Commonwealth which they serve.
If you can interpret their web site, please have a go at it.
I received one e-mail stating the RMV used to be "public enemy number 1," and that they're apparently going for that title again.
This will take a letter from everyone straight to the governor. I'm sure he mandated spending cuts, but not this kind of blatant stupidity.
When they list "license renewals" I presume they mean both driver and auto licenses. (In the People's Republic, they call our plates "license" plates, while every where else I've been they're called "number" plates, so I presume they mean both.)
But leave it up to the RMV to take this drastic action and make it so perfectly clear while at the same time not informing the citizens of the Commonwealth which they serve.
If you can interpret their web site, please have a go at it.
I received one e-mail stating the RMV used to be "public enemy number 1," and that they're apparently going for that title again.
This will take a letter from everyone straight to the governor. I'm sure he mandated spending cuts, but not this kind of blatant stupidity.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Q2 IS GOOD FOR ME AND YOU... JUST SAY "YO!"
In response to: Q2 IS GOOD FOR ME AND YOU... JUST SAY "YO!"
Monpo, Ned, et al,
Smoke it if you have to, but don't ask me to decriminalize it. You won't have a trial, Monpo, you won't go to jail. That will only happen if you're smoking it in conjunction with another event, like breaking & entering or ramming your car into a KFC.
What I DON'T want is a horde of space cadets out there, who are already bad enough without pot, now smoking it openly and driving like Dodgems at the amusement park.
As far as court goes, just call me. As an amicus curiae, I've already gotten two friends off in a previous life (case continued indefinitely, arrest record expunged)for smoking the weed.
Ned, you neglected to mention it has less tar than tobacco--I proved that in one of my Physics classes.
Smoke it if you have to, but don't ask me to decriminalize it. You won't have a trial, Monpo, you won't go to jail. That will only happen if you're smoking it in conjunction with another event, like breaking & entering or ramming your car into a KFC.
What I DON'T want is a horde of space cadets out there, who are already bad enough without pot, now smoking it openly and driving like Dodgems at the amusement park.
As far as court goes, just call me. As an amicus curiae, I've already gotten two friends off in a previous life (case continued indefinitely, arrest record expunged)for smoking the weed.
Ned, you neglected to mention it has less tar than tobacco--I proved that in one of my Physics classes.
Solon [Member]
In response to: He loved the Cape, and he'll be with us forever
In response to: He loved the Cape, and he'll be with us forever
Unfortunately, this accident was totally predictable. Anyone who has been in the Army or Marines (I assume the father missed his military training)knows an automatic weapon barrel rises from the successive recoils as you hold down the trigger.
The training to keep it on target is to fire short bursts and bring it down again. To put such a weapon in the hands of a little eight-year-old just about guarantees a tragedy as it could fly up out of control, which is apparently what happened.
Guns are essentially inert objects. Guns in the hands of certain people can be deadly weapons, for good or for evil. In any event, the first two requirements for handling guns are common sense and good training.
The training to keep it on target is to fire short bursts and bring it down again. To put such a weapon in the hands of a little eight-year-old just about guarantees a tragedy as it could fly up out of control, which is apparently what happened.
Guns are essentially inert objects. Guns in the hands of certain people can be deadly weapons, for good or for evil. In any event, the first two requirements for handling guns are common sense and good training.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Vote NO on Question YES!
In response to: Vote NO on Question YES!
Peck, even you must agree that yours was an udderly despicable remark.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Vote NO on Question YES!
In response to: Vote NO on Question YES!
Don,
I didn't want to confuse the issue for those intellectually challanged, but "Maybe" is also an option. Well, at least I think maybe "Maybe" is an option.
I didn't want to confuse the issue for those intellectually challanged, but "Maybe" is also an option. Well, at least I think maybe "Maybe" is an option.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Barnstable may target panhandling, loitering by street people
In response to: Barnstable may target panhandling, loitering by street people
Ned, I didn't say "homeless," I said "panhandler." Some drive Mercedes home at the end of their "work day."
While I WAS having fun in DC I was also being kind. Smiling and speaking another language so that they'll just walk away with their feelings intact is a lot kinder than saying, "Get out of my face. I'm busy! I'm planning the invasion of Iran! Get a job!"
My karma is fine on this one.
While I WAS having fun in DC I was also being kind. Smiling and speaking another language so that they'll just walk away with their feelings intact is a lot kinder than saying, "Get out of my face. I'm busy! I'm planning the invasion of Iran! Get a job!"
My karma is fine on this one.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Barnstable may target panhandling, loitering by street people
In response to: Barnstable may target panhandling, loitering by street people
How to handle panhandlers or others who accost you on the street:
In a previous lifetime I used to travel regularly to Washington DC, where I was accosted at least twice per block by panhandlers. I learned very quicky how to handle them. I simply smiled at them warmly and started talking to them in Greek. They quickly imagined I had no idea what they were talking about and trotted off to the next target.
Lesson: Learn a second language! Occasionally, for kicks, I'd use Spanish. "Lo siento, no habl'Anglais." Once in a while the panhandler would be of Latino descent and would then ask me in Spanish. To which I replied in English, "I'm sorry, I don't speak Spanish, either."
That would leave them scratching their head for the next ten minutes.
Don't be angry, don't be offended, nicely say no in a second language and have fun doing it!
In a previous lifetime I used to travel regularly to Washington DC, where I was accosted at least twice per block by panhandlers. I learned very quicky how to handle them. I simply smiled at them warmly and started talking to them in Greek. They quickly imagined I had no idea what they were talking about and trotted off to the next target.
Lesson: Learn a second language! Occasionally, for kicks, I'd use Spanish. "Lo siento, no habl'Anglais." Once in a while the panhandler would be of Latino descent and would then ask me in Spanish. To which I replied in English, "I'm sorry, I don't speak Spanish, either."
That would leave them scratching their head for the next ten minutes.
Don't be angry, don't be offended, nicely say no in a second language and have fun doing it!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Homage to a great newspaper
In response to: Homage to a great newspaper
I can't believe it; I have always considered The Christian Science Monitor one of the nation's great newspapers.
Now why can't that have happened to the Globe?
Now why can't that have happened to the Globe?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Vote NO for McCain AND Obama!
In response to: Vote NO for McCain AND Obama!
Ned, Princess,
I'm not "sitting this one out." I will vote. However, I am attempting to make everyone--no matter which way he or she is leaning--think very hard before he or she marks that "X" in the box or whichever way we're casting our votes this year.
I know you both approve of that.
By the way, Ned, I neglected to mention: Adlai Stevenson was another highly regarded national figure in my family. A guy with a hole in the sole of his shoe obviously had much loftier things on his mind than looking good on TV. But we could do the "what ifs" forever, including the "what ifs" after next Tuesday.
I'm not "sitting this one out." I will vote. However, I am attempting to make everyone--no matter which way he or she is leaning--think very hard before he or she marks that "X" in the box or whichever way we're casting our votes this year.
I know you both approve of that.
By the way, Ned, I neglected to mention: Adlai Stevenson was another highly regarded national figure in my family. A guy with a hole in the sole of his shoe obviously had much loftier things on his mind than looking good on TV. But we could do the "what ifs" forever, including the "what ifs" after next Tuesday.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Maverick Personality Disorder!!
In response to: Maverick Personality Disorder!!
Wow, Ned, I'm so glad I don't have any of those issues. I'm happy with Mad Cow Disease!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Vote NO for McCain AND Obama!
In response to: Vote NO for McCain AND Obama!
If you find the "Messiah Meme" offensive, why bring up Judas Iscariot? OK for you, but not OK for everybody else?
Remember this election is a secular battle. "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's." You can't have it both ways.
Remember this election is a secular battle. "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's." You can't have it both ways.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Vote NO for McCain AND Obama!
In response to: Vote NO for McCain AND Obama!
Well, Ned, which one do you consider to be the new Messiah? Or do I not need to ask?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Vote NO on Question 2!
In response to: Vote NO on Question 2!
Buzz,now you're hijacking candy bars? Let me ask that you be put on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted List." You know the cops have too much to do already with real criminals, and you know the kind of characters I mean who need an extra charge slapped on them because of judges who only slap their hands.
Lamont Cranston intro was "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows." Used to listen to it every week.
Hey, let's have a "Reefer Madness" party! Some one must have the videocassette or DVD. It was probably the funniest serious movie I've ever seen.
Lamont Cranston intro was "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows." Used to listen to it every week.
Hey, let's have a "Reefer Madness" party! Some one must have the videocassette or DVD. It was probably the funniest serious movie I've ever seen.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Vote NO on Question 1!
In response to: Vote NO on Question 1!
Huh? Come back to Planet Earth. This thing is on the ballot, whether you like it, don't like it, or don't care to believe it. Put your aluminum cap back on.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Animal Shelter Fund Drive At Wareham Middle School
In response to: Animal Shelter Fund Drive At Wareham Middle School
I still prefer throwing the culprits to the tigers at lunch time. This is great, and I predict an added bonus will be when the kids come together on this, some one will squeal on the worthless yellowbellies who did the crime.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Vote NO on Question 1!
In response to: Vote NO on Question 1!
Buzz, the reality is that we would be like New Hampshire. My cousin up there pays $10,000 in property tax to make up for the other "no taxes." He is getting murdered.
Personally, I'd like to get rid of income taxes, property taxes, and tea taxes and have this nation adopt the "Fair Tax." But that won't happen either because it will force THOUSANDS of sleazy lobbyists, accountants, and lawyers to do something productive with their time (like work at MacDonald's) instead of lobbying for tax breaks or figuring out loopholes for the very fat cats who can afford to pay the taxes.
Personally, I'd like to get rid of income taxes, property taxes, and tea taxes and have this nation adopt the "Fair Tax." But that won't happen either because it will force THOUSANDS of sleazy lobbyists, accountants, and lawyers to do something productive with their time (like work at MacDonald's) instead of lobbying for tax breaks or figuring out loopholes for the very fat cats who can afford to pay the taxes.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Money stolen from animal shelter
In response to: Money stolen from animal shelter
In my system of politically incorrect, but true justice, the perpetrator(s) of this outrage against poor helpless, needy animals would be thrown into the tiger cage of the nearest zoo at lunchtime.
When caught, I hope no sissy-ass judge lets them off with a slap on the paw.
When caught, I hope no sissy-ass judge lets them off with a slap on the paw.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Teen run over by train in Wareham
In response to: Teen run over by train in Wareham
I hope Corey comes out OK, too. It'll be a few days before the effects of relieving the cranial pressure are seen. I had a friend who had that done (car crash), and after five scary days of thrashing around (which he did not remember) he came out of it OK. I hope Corey recovers equally well.
BUT...stereo headphones on the train tracks? I hope other kids take a lesson from this.
BUT...stereo headphones on the train tracks? I hope other kids take a lesson from this.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Liberal Editor costs Obama the Election
In response to: Liberal Editor costs Obama the Election
Walter registered 73 times with Acorn.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Liberal Editor costs Obama the Election
In response to: Liberal Editor costs Obama the Election
My cousin from Berlin, a die-hard liberal, sent me this video with himself in the starring role.
I thanked him for his service to our country.
I thanked him for his service to our country.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Wampanoags sue for return of Mashpee
In response to: Wampanoags sue for return of Mashpee
When I bought my home in Dennis, I was asked whether I wanted to purchase permanent title insurance. I asked why? "In case some Indians some day try to take your land."
I replied, "No need. I've got my .30-.30 and my six-shooter." And I was dead serious.
These characters and their lawyer ought to get a life.
I replied, "No need. I've got my .30-.30 and my six-shooter." And I was dead serious.
These characters and their lawyer ought to get a life.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Banana King's compound for $3.6M
In response to: Banana King's compound for $3.6M
karentz,
I say croc,
You say alligator,
I know there's a difference,
I'll consider it later,
Croc, alligator, De-Nile, denial,
Let's call the whole thing off.
I say croc,
You say alligator,
I know there's a difference,
I'll consider it later,
Croc, alligator, De-Nile, denial,
Let's call the whole thing off.
Solon [Member]
In response to: On-line Advertising Standards
In response to: On-line Advertising Standards
Ned, Ned, Ned, you never fail to politicize everything! Now it's erect penises and the war in Iraq. Erect penises and Sarah Palin I can understand, but Rumsfeld, Iraq????
Solon [Member]
In response to: Banana King's compound for $3.6M
In response to: Banana King's compound for $3.6M
What memories the mention of "The Banana King" and United Fruit bring. I had a math teacher who had spent most of his life working for United Fruit in the "banana republics," and he regaled us with many adventures.
The one that sticks out most (he wore the typical tropical shirt and shorts and hat and carried a .38 revolver--whether that was for jungle creatures or slow banana-pickers I'm not sure) was the day he was down at the river's edge and a crocodile started coming too close. He fired several shots at it with his .38, with no effect. The bullets were ricocheting off the croc's tough armor!
So he went back to his hut and reloaded with soft lead bullets, probably "wad-cutters," and confronted the croc. One shot, and the croc took off like a bat. The bullet, of course, could not penetrate, but it "grabbed" where it hit and stung the croc like hell.
The moral of this story, if there is one, is "It ain't how hard the bullet is, but how you use it."
The one that sticks out most (he wore the typical tropical shirt and shorts and hat and carried a .38 revolver--whether that was for jungle creatures or slow banana-pickers I'm not sure) was the day he was down at the river's edge and a crocodile started coming too close. He fired several shots at it with his .38, with no effect. The bullets were ricocheting off the croc's tough armor!
So he went back to his hut and reloaded with soft lead bullets, probably "wad-cutters," and confronted the croc. One shot, and the croc took off like a bat. The bullet, of course, could not penetrate, but it "grabbed" where it hit and stung the croc like hell.
The moral of this story, if there is one, is "It ain't how hard the bullet is, but how you use it."
Solon [Member]
In response to: Dennis home invasion; Nantucket beating; Vineyard crash
In response to: Dennis home invasion; Nantucket beating; Vineyard crash
In the old days, the cops would have just shot those two guys while they were "trying to escape" or "resisting arrest." Saved their future potential victims, saved the money for the trial, not to mention tying up the court docket, saved supporting them in the slammer with food, medical treatment, sex changes,and cable TV!
Now the cops are suspended and investigated by IAD if they even cough in front of a perp, and two thousand bloggers scream "frame" and "police brutality."
I hope they get maximum sentences, running consecutively--if convicted after a fair trial, of course.
Now the cops are suspended and investigated by IAD if they even cough in front of a perp, and two thousand bloggers scream "frame" and "police brutality."
I hope they get maximum sentences, running consecutively--if convicted after a fair trial, of course.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Drift Away Boat & Rockhopper's Beef Chili
In response to: Drift Away Boat & Rockhopper's Beef Chili
Steve,
David caught a striper yesterday off Sea St. Beach in Dennisport. He didn't have a measuring tape with him, but estimated it at 26-27 inches, just under the limit, so he threw it back in.
I told him he should have waited to measure it on his barbecue grill.
David caught a striper yesterday off Sea St. Beach in Dennisport. He didn't have a measuring tape with him, but estimated it at 26-27 inches, just under the limit, so he threw it back in.
I told him he should have waited to measure it on his barbecue grill.
Solon [Member]
In response to: How Low can it go?
In response to: How Low can it go?
Seriously, what's a Whoopie Pie? I'll have to check them out next time I'm in Christy's.
I guess I'm not into sweets, except for baklava and cannoli. "Leave the gun--take the cannoli." One of my favorite lines.
I guess I'm not into sweets, except for baklava and cannoli. "Leave the gun--take the cannoli." One of my favorite lines.
Solon [Member]
In response to: McCain Strikes Out Swinging
In response to: McCain Strikes Out Swinging
The trouble with our elections is that too many people use polls instead of brains to make decisions.
From Reuters: "Two quick polls after the debate, by CBS News and CNN, judged Obama the winner. Obama was also considered the winner of the first two presidential debates."
I watched all three debates, and I do not consider that there was a "winner," as in a boxing match. Both men stated their cases, and you either agree or disagree. "Winner" in this case, like beauty, is in the eye--and ear--of the beholder.
Both candidates have made good points and not-so-good points. Neither one has got it completely right. Just make sure you vote, and vote your conscience--forget polls. They do not speak for YOU.
Remember Harry Truman, my favorite president. A poll on the eve of the election would have probably shown that 90 percent of the country thought Tom Dewey had a slam-dunk.
From Reuters: "Two quick polls after the debate, by CBS News and CNN, judged Obama the winner. Obama was also considered the winner of the first two presidential debates."
I watched all three debates, and I do not consider that there was a "winner," as in a boxing match. Both men stated their cases, and you either agree or disagree. "Winner" in this case, like beauty, is in the eye--and ear--of the beholder.
Both candidates have made good points and not-so-good points. Neither one has got it completely right. Just make sure you vote, and vote your conscience--forget polls. They do not speak for YOU.
Remember Harry Truman, my favorite president. A poll on the eve of the election would have probably shown that 90 percent of the country thought Tom Dewey had a slam-dunk.
Solon [Member]
In response to: How Low can it go?
In response to: How Low can it go?
I bet if Christy GAVE you the gas free, some of you would accuse him of loss leading up the wazoo! Or maybe it would be a conspiracy to capture your thoughts. Put your aluminum caps back on and fill 'er up!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Why Congressman Delahunt does not deserve to be re-elected
In response to: Why Congressman Delahunt does not deserve to be re-elected
As a former columnist for the other CCT, an editorial contributor for the Providence Journal, and writer for this cct, I once sent an e-mail to a bunch of legislators just to see if they responded.
The two opposites were Delahunt and Ted Kennedy. Delahunt (or his buddy Forest) did not deign to respond. Shame on him--and I'm helping to pay his salary.
Ted Kennedy's staff, on the other hand, not only responded but put me on the mailing list for all legislative actions with which he was involved.
Kudos to Kennedy. Delahunt? I want my money back to the extent to which I've paid his salary.
The two opposites were Delahunt and Ted Kennedy. Delahunt (or his buddy Forest) did not deign to respond. Shame on him--and I'm helping to pay his salary.
Ted Kennedy's staff, on the other hand, not only responded but put me on the mailing list for all legislative actions with which he was involved.
Kudos to Kennedy. Delahunt? I want my money back to the extent to which I've paid his salary.
Solon [Member]
In response to: A Proposal for Amnesty Period For Unlicensed Gun Owners to Legally Dispose of Guns
In response to: A Proposal for Amnesty Period For Unlicensed Gun Owners to Legally Dispose of Guns
I am a licensed gun owner, and this sounds good to me. Congrats to Atsalis, Perry and Patrick for proposing it.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Let's Privatize Public Libraries
In response to: Let's Privatize Public Libraries
Opinionator,
As a very young child, I read all the classics and most of known history from books borrowed from my FREE PUBLIC library.
If it had been run privately and charged a fee, my family could have never afforded it. Then I would have would up like these asinine, illiterate dumb bastards who complain they pay taxes for the library and don't use it.
Whose fault is that?
Ned, some states ARE privatizing roads--roads that were built by public funds for the common weal. If they fall into disrepair or become more expensive than they're worth, whom do you vote out of office?
Or do you hire Blackwater mercenaries to wipe out the mercenaries who are running the roads? I could get into that.
As a very young child, I read all the classics and most of known history from books borrowed from my FREE PUBLIC library.
If it had been run privately and charged a fee, my family could have never afforded it. Then I would have would up like these asinine, illiterate dumb bastards who complain they pay taxes for the library and don't use it.
Whose fault is that?
Ned, some states ARE privatizing roads--roads that were built by public funds for the common weal. If they fall into disrepair or become more expensive than they're worth, whom do you vote out of office?
Or do you hire Blackwater mercenaries to wipe out the mercenaries who are running the roads? I could get into that.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Are you violating state gun laws?
In response to: Are you violating state gun laws?
Peter,
I have previously commented on this issue. Yes, the law as it stands technically makes thousands of law-abiding citizens felons.
"Indefinite" on a gun license (until revoked, etc.) makes the most sense, but then those thieving bastards (don't get me started) in the State House wouldn't be able to collect the $100 renewal fee (now going back to $35 hopefully) every six years.
Notices are not sent out by the People's Republic. That is dumb in itself and tends to criminalize law-abiding citizens when their licenses expire.
I have previously commented on this issue. Yes, the law as it stands technically makes thousands of law-abiding citizens felons.
"Indefinite" on a gun license (until revoked, etc.) makes the most sense, but then those thieving bastards (don't get me started) in the State House wouldn't be able to collect the $100 renewal fee (now going back to $35 hopefully) every six years.
Notices are not sent out by the People's Republic. That is dumb in itself and tends to criminalize law-abiding citizens when their licenses expire.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Bailout plan one big scam--a good hangin' needed
In response to: Bailout plan one big scam--a good hangin' needed
billgs,
A wonderful quote. I believe ol' Sam borrowed a bit from Socrates. I always say if we keep going the way we're going, we won't even need al Qaeda. We'll sink ourselves.
Mav,
Now here's a real nightmare scenario: California asks us for a bailout! Not the USA but the People's Republic!
A wonderful quote. I believe ol' Sam borrowed a bit from Socrates. I always say if we keep going the way we're going, we won't even need al Qaeda. We'll sink ourselves.
Mav,
Now here's a real nightmare scenario: California asks us for a bailout! Not the USA but the People's Republic!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Bailout plan one big scam--a good hangin' needed
In response to: Bailout plan one big scam--a good hangin' needed
I just received a scroll by messenger. Here it is unedited:
The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public
debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered
and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed
lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of
living on public assistance.
-- Cicero , 55 BC
The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public
debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered
and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed
lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of
living on public assistance.
-- Cicero , 55 BC
Solon [Member]
In response to: Fenway Memories & a Beach Cruiser Cocktail
In response to: Fenway Memories & a Beach Cruiser Cocktail
Hold on to those memories of Fenway, Rockhopper. If you go today, you'll have to get a bad load from one of those crooked banks to pay for it!
Will try your drink.
Will try your drink.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Stop & Shop rebrands, Christy's offers discount
In response to: Stop & Shop rebrands, Christy's offers discount
On gas:
I get mid-grade at Getty for $3.72. At the Shell station near my house, it's about $4.16. (That was on a same-day comparison.) That's almost 50 cents a gallon difference. How do they stay in buisiness? Why does anyone go there? I don't know. If you don't like the price, go elsewhere.
On Stop & Shop:
Are you kidding? "Re-branding?" In the Army, we used to say, "To give the illusion of progress--reorganize!" That's all they're doing, at eventual higher cost to us.
I get mid-grade at Getty for $3.72. At the Shell station near my house, it's about $4.16. (That was on a same-day comparison.) That's almost 50 cents a gallon difference. How do they stay in buisiness? Why does anyone go there? I don't know. If you don't like the price, go elsewhere.
On Stop & Shop:
Are you kidding? "Re-branding?" In the Army, we used to say, "To give the illusion of progress--reorganize!" That's all they're doing, at eventual higher cost to us.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Bailout plan one big scam--a good hangin' needed
In response to: Bailout plan one big scam--a good hangin' needed
Mav...when I left Virginia 10 years ago to retire back up here, my friends presented me with a "Virginia Certificate of Emigration," which reads that I "possess a valid Exit Visa to emigrate from the Commonwealth of Virginia, without prejudice, to The People's Republic of Massachusetts."
Besides the obligatory Red Star on it, the certificate includes a large yellow caution warning, "Beware Barney Frank."
It is on my office wall. I am looking at it right now and laughing!
Besides the obligatory Red Star on it, the certificate includes a large yellow caution warning, "Beware Barney Frank."
It is on my office wall. I am looking at it right now and laughing!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Executive faces fine for conservation violation
In response to: Executive faces fine for conservation violation
Ouch! Three hundred bucks fine. That'd hurt me. Oops, forgot, I don't live in an $8.4-million house.
This whole thing's a crock. Wilson is lying low and laughing his butt off.
This whole thing's a crock. Wilson is lying low and laughing his butt off.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Euripides celebrates birthday at Barnstable High
In response to: Euripides celebrates birthday at Barnstable High
That's already incuded. I said, "...carries his head..."
Solon [Member]
In response to: The truth about wind turbines: Size matters
In response to: The truth about wind turbines: Size matters
Sorry you took that as criticism, Christy. I thought it was clear that it was not. I know you were putting these up in good faith--in fact, I even wrote a piece lauding you on them. (Did you miss that one?)
It is the fact that performance info on them, when it is finally gathered, indicates they do not meet the sellers' claims. All 19 examined by the MTC underperformed, the best being 59 percent of what was expected, and the worst being an almost non-existent 2 percent. I am all for them IF they worked.
But all three factors I mentioned--exaggerated claims by manufacturers, erroneous wind site data, and insufficient height--leads me to believe the sellers have not been completely honest. It was not you or Leno or the others I have been criticizing. You did what you did in good faith.
I believe--in the nicest way I can say it--that the sellers were in a rush to sell these turbines without doing their homework.
It is the fact that performance info on them, when it is finally gathered, indicates they do not meet the sellers' claims. All 19 examined by the MTC underperformed, the best being 59 percent of what was expected, and the worst being an almost non-existent 2 percent. I am all for them IF they worked.
But all three factors I mentioned--exaggerated claims by manufacturers, erroneous wind site data, and insufficient height--leads me to believe the sellers have not been completely honest. It was not you or Leno or the others I have been criticizing. You did what you did in good faith.
I believe--in the nicest way I can say it--that the sellers were in a rush to sell these turbines without doing their homework.
Solon [Member]
In response to: All Puns Intended
In response to: All Puns Intended
A criminally insane patient escaped from the asylum, raped a woman, and got away. Editor wanted short headlines. Reporter wrote "Nut screws and bolts."
Solon [Member]
In response to: Depositions planned in blogging case
In response to: Depositions planned in blogging case
I said it before and I'll say it again (and again if need be). I do not know Robbins or Revere or Dugas. But the only thing I have seen so far that comes anywhere close to harming the reputation of the plaintiffs is the nature of the case brought by the plaintiffs.
C'mon, Dugas and Revere. You're only hurting yourselves on this one. Let it go; you won't win.
I may not be as self-important as you guys, but you should see what people say about me! The last thing I want is some attorney repeating it to the whole world forever. That seems to be what's happening here!
C'mon, Dugas and Revere. You're only hurting yourselves on this one. Let it go; you won't win.
I may not be as self-important as you guys, but you should see what people say about me! The last thing I want is some attorney repeating it to the whole world forever. That seems to be what's happening here!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Christy's launches its own gas discount
In response to: Christy's launches its own gas discount
And I thought it was MY job to criticize Christy--about the wind mills.
C'mon, the guy sells milk at a bottom price, gives discounts on gasoline, what else do you want? I think he's doing plenty. What are YOU doing? What am I doing?
He's right about the old adage that no good deed goes unpunished.
C'mon, the guy sells milk at a bottom price, gives discounts on gasoline, what else do you want? I think he's doing plenty. What are YOU doing? What am I doing?
He's right about the old adage that no good deed goes unpunished.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Christy's launches its own gas discount
In response to: Christy's launches its own gas discount
Why can't we all just get along?
Solon [Member]
In response to: One good tern doen't deserves another
In response to: One good tern doen't deserves another
excaper,
1) There is not enough space here to teach you Statistics 101.
2) Nor to teach you the radar and infrared technology and methodology the Danes used to track birds around and through the wind farm.
3) Nor to discuss spurious comments about birds and bats(!!!!)--have you been watching Batman Begins too much?
Your obvious purpose here is to detract and deflect. I'm cutting you off from further comments since you obviously have nothing to add. Take me seriously.
1) There is not enough space here to teach you Statistics 101.
2) Nor to teach you the radar and infrared technology and methodology the Danes used to track birds around and through the wind farm.
3) Nor to discuss spurious comments about birds and bats(!!!!)--have you been watching Batman Begins too much?
Your obvious purpose here is to detract and deflect. I'm cutting you off from further comments since you obviously have nothing to add. Take me seriously.
Solon [Member]
In response to: The Gasoline Blues
In response to: The Gasoline Blues
Robert, what gets me most is some politician on TV pontificating, "If we drill there, we still won't see that oil for seven years."
Well, dummy, you should have thought of that seven years ago. How do they consider that an excuse and how do we continue to elect such ignoramuses?
First, their "seven year" figures are wrong, and second, they should support drilling now, while at the same time strenuously pushing for wind energy and the development of electric, hydrogen, or better hybrid cars.
Didn't Will Rogers say, "We got the best Congress money can buy"? There should be a corollary to that: "We've got the best Congress that pandering can elect."
Good article, but there's one hole in your argument--a stage of life you haven't achieved yet: retirement. For retired people living on a fixed income, ask us what percentage of our income goes to buying gasoline today. The figures would astound you.
Well, dummy, you should have thought of that seven years ago. How do they consider that an excuse and how do we continue to elect such ignoramuses?
First, their "seven year" figures are wrong, and second, they should support drilling now, while at the same time strenuously pushing for wind energy and the development of electric, hydrogen, or better hybrid cars.
Didn't Will Rogers say, "We got the best Congress money can buy"? There should be a corollary to that: "We've got the best Congress that pandering can elect."
Good article, but there's one hole in your argument--a stage of life you haven't achieved yet: retirement. For retired people living on a fixed income, ask us what percentage of our income goes to buying gasoline today. The figures would astound you.
Solon [Member]
In response to: H2B or No H2B? That is the Question
In response to: H2B or No H2B? That is the Question
I think you're all missing one important point: The reason these foreign workers come here and work at "low wages" for our feelthy, exploitative capitalist pig businessmen and homeowners is that the economy STINKS in their own countries!
A couple of years ago, hundreds of Irish workers were on the Cape. How many have you seen this year? Like maybe ZERO? The Irish economy has grown, and now they can work in Ireland for better wages instead of coming to America to work for our devalued US dollar. Like us.
The Bulgarian economy is growing, and fewer Bulgarians have sought to come here this year. They have better jobs in Sofia.
Now the Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!
When the economy of these nations grows to the point they won't have to come here to work, they won't. And then we can address the problem of hiring all local workers IF we can find enough who want to work.
As for low, exploitative wages, I have a friend who hires foreign workers at HIGHER wages than the going rate because the foreigners work harder.
A couple of years ago, hundreds of Irish workers were on the Cape. How many have you seen this year? Like maybe ZERO? The Irish economy has grown, and now they can work in Ireland for better wages instead of coming to America to work for our devalued US dollar. Like us.
The Bulgarian economy is growing, and fewer Bulgarians have sought to come here this year. They have better jobs in Sofia.
Now the Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!
When the economy of these nations grows to the point they won't have to come here to work, they won't. And then we can address the problem of hiring all local workers IF we can find enough who want to work.
As for low, exploitative wages, I have a friend who hires foreign workers at HIGHER wages than the going rate because the foreigners work harder.
Solon [Member]
In response to: 1915: Navy tests new "Giant Submarine" at Provincetown
In response to: 1915: Navy tests new "Giant Submarine" at Provincetown
Sumariners are a unique breed.
This story brings to mind my walking through the Hampton National Cemetery in Virginia, among the tombstones of Civil War, WWI and WWII dead, and suddenly coming across the graves of 28 Germans!
They contained the remains of 28 WWII German submariners, sunk aboard the U-boat U-85 by the USS Roper on April 14, 1942.
They were buried with full military honors the next day.
It wasn't until a dive in 2001 that we found in the sunken sub an Enigma German code machine. There's a good story in there somewhere...
This story brings to mind my walking through the Hampton National Cemetery in Virginia, among the tombstones of Civil War, WWI and WWII dead, and suddenly coming across the graves of 28 Germans!
They contained the remains of 28 WWII German submariners, sunk aboard the U-boat U-85 by the USS Roper on April 14, 1942.
They were buried with full military honors the next day.
It wasn't until a dive in 2001 that we found in the sunken sub an Enigma German code machine. There's a good story in there somewhere...
Solon [Member]
In response to: Stop Attacking Palin!
In response to: Stop Attacking Palin!
Ned, I did not and WOULD not call you that and you know it. You're just trying to get my goat again. (Baaaa!) I think I inferred any stench you perceive is in your own nostrils.
But the Vick's VapO-Rub idea works. My necrophiliac friends use it all the time at the morgue.
But the Vick's VapO-Rub idea works. My necrophiliac friends use it all the time at the morgue.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Route 6: "Patti Page Highway"?
In response to: Route 6: "Patti Page Highway"?
The pun has often been called the lowest form of wit. Ned, Steve--it looks as if the three of us have sunk to a new low.
But wait! Oscar Levant said, "A pun is the lowest form of humor--if you don't think of it first." Maybe we're still OK.
But seriously, maybe some of you readers who have some pull with the local pols can get something started here regarding the "Patti Page Highway" or a similar endeavor. I think it's past due.
But wait! Oscar Levant said, "A pun is the lowest form of humor--if you don't think of it first." Maybe we're still OK.
But seriously, maybe some of you readers who have some pull with the local pols can get something started here regarding the "Patti Page Highway" or a similar endeavor. I think it's past due.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Route 6: "Patti Page Highway"?
In response to: Route 6: "Patti Page Highway"?
I'd like to Patti you on the back on that one.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Theft of gun from DA poses continuing questions
In response to: Theft of gun from DA poses continuing questions
Woven within these anti-DA stories is the cheap, insidious innuendo that the gun has had the serial number removed.
The serial number is NOT AVAILABLE because the gun was STOLEN from the DA. If you want the serial number, ask the damned thief!
Let's stick to the facts as we know them, folks.
The serial number is NOT AVAILABLE because the gun was STOLEN from the DA. If you want the serial number, ask the damned thief!
Let's stick to the facts as we know them, folks.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Ten reasons I like Sarah Palin
In response to: Ten reasons I like Sarah Palin
Cru, I think it was Groucho Marx. Just kidding. What does it matter? She came in second in a beauty contest--I'd love to see who came in first.
Let's face it, all pro and con to Dem or Rep, this will be the most interesting election of our lifetime. At least I think it will.
Instead of Super Bowl parties, this may start Election Night parties!
Let's face it, all pro and con to Dem or Rep, this will be the most interesting election of our lifetime. At least I think it will.
Instead of Super Bowl parties, this may start Election Night parties!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Ten reasons I like Sarah Palin
In response to: Ten reasons I like Sarah Palin
Re: all your comments about politicians and hookers.
Wasn't it Harry Truman (my favorite, straight-talking, tough-guy president) who said something like, "It was either staying on as a piano player in a whorehouse or entering pilitics. I couldn't see much difference."
And didn't Ronald Reagan say something like, "Politics is the world's second oldest profession; and it isn't much different from the first."
Wasn't it Harry Truman (my favorite, straight-talking, tough-guy president) who said something like, "It was either staying on as a piano player in a whorehouse or entering pilitics. I couldn't see much difference."
And didn't Ronald Reagan say something like, "Politics is the world's second oldest profession; and it isn't much different from the first."
Solon [Member]
In response to: "Tropic Thunder"-- My Movie Review
In response to: "Tropic Thunder"-- My Movie Review
Ned,
My views on the Vietnam War were made very clear and presented and substantiated in great detail in my thesis to the United States Army Command and General Staff College in 1974. You are not privy to that paper.
Don't try to convert a review of a movie, a comedy at that, into a debate about the Vietnam War.
The only "stink of denial" is in your own olfactory organs. I have already answered your question, but to my country, not to you.
My views on the Vietnam War were made very clear and presented and substantiated in great detail in my thesis to the United States Army Command and General Staff College in 1974. You are not privy to that paper.
Don't try to convert a review of a movie, a comedy at that, into a debate about the Vietnam War.
The only "stink of denial" is in your own olfactory organs. I have already answered your question, but to my country, not to you.
Solon [Member]
In response to: "Tropic Thunder"-- My Movie Review
In response to: "Tropic Thunder"-- My Movie Review
Too bad, Mav. I was looking forward to it, too.
Solon [Member]
In response to: District attorney opposes decriminalization of marijuana
In response to: District attorney opposes decriminalization of marijuana
Cause and effect reasoning tells me that cannabis mysteriously causes a wide variety of strange illnesses. I've been to places where marijuana is legalized for medical use and EVERYBODY'S "sick." (Wink-wink).
Neddie, old buddy, how are you feeling today?
Neddie, old buddy, how are you feeling today?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Ten reasons I like Sarah Palin
In response to: Ten reasons I like Sarah Palin
Neddie, Neddie, Neddie,
You are so hung up on your own loaded question and haven't even told me you were sorry I couldn't make your art show!
Where has civility gone?
You are so hung up on your own loaded question and haven't even told me you were sorry I couldn't make your art show!
Where has civility gone?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Ten reasons I like Sarah Palin
In response to: Ten reasons I like Sarah Palin
ekzept,
I said "no ad hominem attacks on bloggers or commenters." I mean it.
As far as your blithering idiotic comments go about our self-sacrificing military and our military families, why don't you just up and move your self-anointed gluteus maximus to Afghanistan where the reading grade level is ZERO, and where the Taliban will be glad to behead you merely because you can read.
We're the "land of the free" BECAUSE "of the brave."
Kindly pollute some one else's blog. I won't have our military derided on mine.
As far as your voting goes, who would even want your vote?
I said "no ad hominem attacks on bloggers or commenters." I mean it.
As far as your blithering idiotic comments go about our self-sacrificing military and our military families, why don't you just up and move your self-anointed gluteus maximus to Afghanistan where the reading grade level is ZERO, and where the Taliban will be glad to behead you merely because you can read.
We're the "land of the free" BECAUSE "of the brave."
Kindly pollute some one else's blog. I won't have our military derided on mine.
As far as your voting goes, who would even want your vote?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Ten reasons I like Sarah Palin
In response to: Ten reasons I like Sarah Palin
D-RANT, I refrain from making ad hominem attacks on other bloggers or commenters (of course politicians and public figures are fair game) and ask that you do likewise. Your opinions and related commentary, no matter how contrary to mine, are quite welcome, but please stick to the issues.
Mav, thanks. I've sent serious stuff to O'Reilly in the past, and have never received an acknowledgement, much less a thank you. Yet three weeks later he was doing a piece on it as if he was the great uncoverer of evil deeds. I'm sort of fed up with Fox.
Maybe Alan C. Maybe Letterman. That dude does "Top Ten."
Mav, thanks. I've sent serious stuff to O'Reilly in the past, and have never received an acknowledgement, much less a thank you. Yet three weeks later he was doing a piece on it as if he was the great uncoverer of evil deeds. I'm sort of fed up with Fox.
Maybe Alan C. Maybe Letterman. That dude does "Top Ten."
Solon [Member]
In response to: Ten reasons I like Sarah Palin
In response to: Ten reasons I like Sarah Palin
Note to readers: That Jon Stewart video diatribe against Sarah Palin was not a part of my piece, but I will leave it in there because of my innate magnanimity.
Most of us recognize it as satire, but the danger is that those dumb, whining, pissants whom I am exhorting to get out and vote probably think the Jon Stewart Hour is a REAL news show.
Most of us recognize it as satire, but the danger is that those dumb, whining, pissants whom I am exhorting to get out and vote probably think the Jon Stewart Hour is a REAL news show.
Solon [Member]
In response to: September Cape & a Bikini Line Cocktail
In response to: September Cape & a Bikini Line Cocktail
Raspberry and coffee liqueurs? Yikes! I have a good friend who likes raspberry-flavored coffee. Yikes! I tell him he's nuts.
Steve, I don't believe you actually drink this stuff--but I am willing to wait for your next trip to the Cape to prove me wrong! I'll drink it if you do!
In the meanwhile, we'll be thinking of you--you certainly bring a lot of Cape Cod to Cape Cod, and it's always a pleasure to talk with you when you're here.
Steve, I don't believe you actually drink this stuff--but I am willing to wait for your next trip to the Cape to prove me wrong! I'll drink it if you do!
In the meanwhile, we'll be thinking of you--you certainly bring a lot of Cape Cod to Cape Cod, and it's always a pleasure to talk with you when you're here.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Speaking Squirrel
In response to: Speaking Squirrel
Jack, this is a true story about my one-of-a-kind cat who could actually speak squirrel. (She was bilingual, if not multilingual.)
We had squirrels on a large oak tree right outside my living room window in Hampton, Virginia. They scooted around every day and chattered.
One day the cat (named "Kukla," Greek for "doll" -- I guess she was multilingual since she understood some Greek words, too) jumped up on the back of the couch by the window and started chattering back at them in squirrel talk. They carried on daily conversations.
I would try to mimick the squirrel chatter and get her to chatter to me, but she apparently thought I didn't have the accent right and ignored me. (Perhaps there was some French blood mixed in there somewhere, or perhaps what I was saying was obscene.)
It was a hoot.
We had squirrels on a large oak tree right outside my living room window in Hampton, Virginia. They scooted around every day and chattered.
One day the cat (named "Kukla," Greek for "doll" -- I guess she was multilingual since she understood some Greek words, too) jumped up on the back of the couch by the window and started chattering back at them in squirrel talk. They carried on daily conversations.
I would try to mimick the squirrel chatter and get her to chatter to me, but she apparently thought I didn't have the accent right and ignored me. (Perhaps there was some French blood mixed in there somewhere, or perhaps what I was saying was obscene.)
It was a hoot.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Transient Travesties
In response to: Transient Travesties
Damn, and I thought the title was "Transient Transvestites." I guess I shouldn't read more into it than what's there. Remember what Phallacious Freud finally admitted, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
Solon [Member]
In response to: The Wonderful Art World of Ned Sonntag and Rob and Tracey Logan
In response to: The Wonderful Art World of Ned Sonntag and Rob and Tracey Logan
Cru, thanks for the coverage of the event.
I tried to make it, Ned, but I was at a surprise 70th birthday party for a friend in Mashpee and couldn't make it in time.
Are those your cats? How many do you have? Is one named Adlai?
I tried to make it, Ned, but I was at a surprise 70th birthday party for a friend in Mashpee and couldn't make it in time.
Are those your cats? How many do you have? Is one named Adlai?
Solon [Member]
In response to: "Street Kings" -- DVD Review
In response to: "Street Kings" -- DVD Review
Ned, rent the movie. You'll like it. The next thing you'll tell me is that Batman and Robin are gay.
Solon [Member]
In response to: President Palin
In response to: President Palin
Democrant, as I said, I shan't attempt to reason with you. Remember the old saying, "Don't argue with an idiot; he'll only drag you down to his level where he's got more experience." Goodnight, my friend. Sleep tight in your fantasies.
Possee, sounds good.
Possee, sounds good.
Solon [Member]
In response to: U.S. Marshals Seize Indicted Embezzler's Property
In response to: U.S. Marshals Seize Indicted Embezzler's Property
Hi Mav...another old saying is "If it smells like a fish, it is a fish." This whole deal is still unbelievable to me.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Campaign Fatigue
In response to: Campaign Fatigue
Opinionator, you're a rational, logical man, who sees through our TV "news" people and who will make your decision based on your own conclusions come Nov.4.
But imagine the tens of thousands, if not millions, of Americans out there who are swayed by each TV "news" program they watch, with each commentator who comes out with a semi-powerful argument.
It's very scary. Their decision will be based on their latest emotion. I truly fear for America.
Taking the TV out of the bedroom may not help. I fall asleep watching it in the living room. Our politicos and news commentators are the best antidote to insomnia I've ever seen.
But imagine the tens of thousands, if not millions, of Americans out there who are swayed by each TV "news" program they watch, with each commentator who comes out with a semi-powerful argument.
It's very scary. Their decision will be based on their latest emotion. I truly fear for America.
Taking the TV out of the bedroom may not help. I fall asleep watching it in the living room. Our politicos and news commentators are the best antidote to insomnia I've ever seen.
Solon [Member]
In response to: President Palin
In response to: President Palin
Democrant, I shan't attempt to reason with you any more. Your ad hominem attacks against those who disagree with you are distasteful and offensive and reflect a lack of confidence in your own questionable arguments.
Solon [Member]
In response to: President Palin
In response to: President Palin
Let's see, Obama was a "community organizer" in Chicago. Let me dance on the ceiling! I guess that qualifies him to be president of the greatest nation on earth. Sarah Palin was governor of one of the United States of America. I guess that disqualifies her from being even vice-president. Hypocrisy indeed!
Neddy, you keep bringing up Adlai Stevenson. We're probably the only two who remember who he is. Brilliant, indeed, and greatly respected in my household, but he had the misfortune of running against Dwight Eisenhower.
I still remember on TV the hole in the sole of his shoe (the cameras zeroed in and the commentators made sure we noticed), and I though to myself, "This guy is real, he's no perfumed peacock."
Neddy, you keep bringing up Adlai Stevenson. We're probably the only two who remember who he is. Brilliant, indeed, and greatly respected in my household, but he had the misfortune of running against Dwight Eisenhower.
I still remember on TV the hole in the sole of his shoe (the cameras zeroed in and the commentators made sure we noticed), and I though to myself, "This guy is real, he's no perfumed peacock."
Solon [Member]
In response to: U.S. Marshals Seize Indicted Embezzler's Property
In response to: U.S. Marshals Seize Indicted Embezzler's Property
Good job, Julie. I would like to bid on one of the boats, but I can't afford to RUN any of them, much less BUY them. (Unless it's with OPM--Other People's Money.)
Weren't any red flags raised when people saw this guy living like royalty?
Weren't any red flags raised when people saw this guy living like royalty?
Solon [Member]
In response to: President Palin
In response to: President Palin
Democrant, NOBODY knows what the vice-president does, including the vice-president.
As far as experience goes, Sarah Palin has run a state. Obama has run....a campaign.
As far as experience goes, Sarah Palin has run a state. Obama has run....a campaign.
Solon [Member]
In response to: DA's Stolen Handgun Not Entered in Database
In response to: DA's Stolen Handgun Not Entered in Database
karent, how you miss the point. If the gun is stolen (and for some reason the victim has no written record of the serial number) how can the victim report the serial number on the gun when he doesn't have the gun?
It is not true that all serial numbers are recorded. It may be now, but in the past and in other states, that is/was not so.
It is not true that all serial numbers are recorded. It may be now, but in the past and in other states, that is/was not so.
Solon [Member]
In response to: DA's Stolen Handgun Not Entered in Database
In response to: DA's Stolen Handgun Not Entered in Database
Much ado about nothing, as usual when it comes to knocking our DA.
I have guns, and I have their serial numbers--somewhere. If they get stolen (which won't happen because I am not a cop and don't have to read you your rights and you'll wish Mike O'Keefe got you before I did) and I can't find that list of serial numbers--bingo! It gets reported stolen without a serial number.
It does NOT mean the numbers were filed off.
It does NOT mean it was an illegal gun.
It does NOT mean the gun was a "throw down."
It just means what it means. Don't get off your meds. Remember, even Sigmund Freud himself finally had to admit, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
I have guns, and I have their serial numbers--somewhere. If they get stolen (which won't happen because I am not a cop and don't have to read you your rights and you'll wish Mike O'Keefe got you before I did) and I can't find that list of serial numbers--bingo! It gets reported stolen without a serial number.
It does NOT mean the numbers were filed off.
It does NOT mean it was an illegal gun.
It does NOT mean the gun was a "throw down."
It just means what it means. Don't get off your meds. Remember, even Sigmund Freud himself finally had to admit, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
Solon [Member]
In response to: Defamation suit filed against CC Today blogger, commenter
In response to: Defamation suit filed against CC Today blogger, commenter
I didn't read the subject blog or the comments. I know neither Robbins nor Dugas nor Revere. But that does not matter.
First we see people murdered overseas because of a published cartoon of Muhammed with a bomb sticking out of his head, now we see what may be an attempt here on the Cape to stifle or punish criticism of local civic actions undertaken by certain residents.
I believe it would be best for the plaintiffs to quietly back off on this one. The only damage to their reputation that I see so far is their filing of this lawsuit.
First we see people murdered overseas because of a published cartoon of Muhammed with a bomb sticking out of his head, now we see what may be an attempt here on the Cape to stifle or punish criticism of local civic actions undertaken by certain residents.
I believe it would be best for the plaintiffs to quietly back off on this one. The only damage to their reputation that I see so far is their filing of this lawsuit.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Ned Sonntag at the Studio on Slough Road with Rob and Tracey Logan
In response to: Ned Sonntag at the Studio on Slough Road with Rob and Tracey Logan
Neddie, did you invite Mav? I believe I will be able to make it, though I have 1,000 previous commitments on the list for Saturday. Will you extend the show at all?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Hyannis bank robbed again, Barnstable Police and K9 Unit called in
In response to: Hyannis bank robbed again, Barnstable Police and K9 Unit called in
You guys got it all wrong. The dog brings down the perp, and then the handler sits on him till backup arrives.
Why can't you people see a cool strategy without explanation? Jeez!
Why can't you people see a cool strategy without explanation? Jeez!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Improved broadband service planned for Cape
In response to: Improved broadband service planned for Cape
I don't get it. Is this going to be free?
I now get broadband service from Comcast, for which I pay, and also from Verizon, but much slower, with my Verizon wireless card, for which I also pay. (I use that one when I'm sending nasty blogs while feeding crocodiles in the middle of the Amazon river, if you can believe some of the wireless ads.)
What would we be getting for our $5 million, Jeff?
I now get broadband service from Comcast, for which I pay, and also from Verizon, but much slower, with my Verizon wireless card, for which I also pay. (I use that one when I'm sending nasty blogs while feeding crocodiles in the middle of the Amazon river, if you can believe some of the wireless ads.)
What would we be getting for our $5 million, Jeff?
Solon [Member]
In response to: The Whole Eggroll
In response to: The Whole Eggroll
Yeah, Monpo, I also wonder how the Olympics organizers pick certain activities to be "sports."
I haven't watched the Olympics this year, so tell me, is ping-pong considered a sport? How about poker? Next time will it be tiddly-winks?
I long for the old days, when the boxers tied solid metal cylinders onto their fists with leather thongs and beat each other bloody, when runners ran till their hearts burst, when swimmers had to swim to France just to qualify.
I was there, by the way, at the original Olympic field where, in my head, I heard the roar of the crowd. Now I hear the roar of the yawn. Oh, wait, that'll be the upcoming political conventions!
I haven't watched the Olympics this year, so tell me, is ping-pong considered a sport? How about poker? Next time will it be tiddly-winks?
I long for the old days, when the boxers tied solid metal cylinders onto their fists with leather thongs and beat each other bloody, when runners ran till their hearts burst, when swimmers had to swim to France just to qualify.
I was there, by the way, at the original Olympic field where, in my head, I heard the roar of the crowd. Now I hear the roar of the yawn. Oh, wait, that'll be the upcoming political conventions!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Sheriff announces Rapid Alert System
In response to: Sheriff announces Rapid Alert System
dmac, if you read it carefully, you'll see that, once the system is operational, cell phones and unlisted phones can be added by calling 508-563-4479.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Vacation Restaurant Review and Stuffed Pepper Cups
In response to: Vacation Restaurant Review and Stuffed Pepper Cups
Also, Dennisport House of Pizza is the ONLY place I buy pizza anymore. It is the best on the Cape.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Manso indicted; Theroux writes; Green house auctioned
In response to: Manso indicted; Theroux writes; Green house auctioned
Cru,
I can't argue with you on that one. I stuck purposely to addressing the gun permitting process.
As far as Manso's allegations go, at least those that I've read about so far trying to exonerate McGowen and drag every other possible suspect in as the murderer--plus the denigration of DA Mike O'Keefe, whom we are lucky to have as such an effective prosecutor--I think Manso's stuff would be better suited for the National Enquirer.
I do remember he was a good--and credible--writer once.
I can't argue with you on that one. I stuck purposely to addressing the gun permitting process.
As far as Manso's allegations go, at least those that I've read about so far trying to exonerate McGowen and drag every other possible suspect in as the murderer--plus the denigration of DA Mike O'Keefe, whom we are lucky to have as such an effective prosecutor--I think Manso's stuff would be better suited for the National Enquirer.
I do remember he was a good--and credible--writer once.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Ding-Dang--the Ptown Carnival Parade Makes its Annual Pass Down Commercial
In response to: Ding-Dang--the Ptown Carnival Parade Makes its Annual Pass Down Commercial
How did I miss it? Wait a minute ... looking at those pictures ... I'm confused. Walter, is that you with the bullhorn?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Manso indicted; Theroux writes; Green house auctioned
In response to: Manso indicted; Theroux writes; Green house auctioned
Unlike auto license renewals, the state does not send out notices for gun license renewals. The way most people discover they've expired is to look at their license and say, "Oh, sh--!"
I think the state could plug that loophole easily with a simple notice. I believe the state doesn't because the People's Republic of Massachusetts doesn't want citizens to own guns and that's one way of subverting the Second Amendment.
The courts and DAs involved are just following the law. The solution is to stop voting for those crazy-ass ultra-liberals and make sensible laws.
There also ought to be a provision in the law that says something like, "OK, Peter, you've got exactly ten days to come down to the station and apply for a license renewal."
I'm checking my own license now. Whew! I'm good till 2012.
I think the state could plug that loophole easily with a simple notice. I believe the state doesn't because the People's Republic of Massachusetts doesn't want citizens to own guns and that's one way of subverting the Second Amendment.
The courts and DAs involved are just following the law. The solution is to stop voting for those crazy-ass ultra-liberals and make sensible laws.
There also ought to be a provision in the law that says something like, "OK, Peter, you've got exactly ten days to come down to the station and apply for a license renewal."
I'm checking my own license now. Whew! I'm good till 2012.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Vacation Restaurant Review and Stuffed Pepper Cups
In response to: Vacation Restaurant Review and Stuffed Pepper Cups
Rockhopper, stuffed peppers (and also stuffed tomatoes made the same way) have been a family tradition with my folks. Best way to eat either one!!!
Solon [Member]
In response to: 1959: Rafio the Mad Monk meets his destiny in Ptown. 1989: Breakwaters Can Help Control Beach Erosion
In response to: 1959: Rafio the Mad Monk meets his destiny in Ptown. 1989: Breakwaters Can Help Control Beach Erosion
Rockhopper,
First, it was nice seeing you when you visited the Cape this summer.
Second, Walter is the guy in the chair. The other guy, holding the picture and sitting on his lap, is his ventriloquist dummy.
First, it was nice seeing you when you visited the Cape this summer.
Second, Walter is the guy in the chair. The other guy, holding the picture and sitting on his lap, is his ventriloquist dummy.
Solon [Member]
In response to: 1959: Rafio the Mad Monk meets his destiny in Ptown. 1989: Breakwaters Can Help Control Beach Erosion
In response to: 1959: Rafio the Mad Monk meets his destiny in Ptown. 1989: Breakwaters Can Help Control Beach Erosion
That's a beautiful love story, Walter. Pat was, and is, a beautiful woman.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Teddy didn't father Cape woman's "love child"
In response to: Teddy didn't father Cape woman's "love child"
Hey, aren't there a few friggin' (yes, Zep, I agree with you on HORRID) wars going on?
I'm tired of all this baloney in the press and especially on TV "news" about who had an affair with whom, whether or not Britney whats-her-name was wearing panties, and all this rinky-dink crap that seems to enthrall the average American.
Who cares? Are madmen like Osama bin Laden going to win by default because we are all too busy drinking beer and arguing over nonsensical issues instead of trying to figure out what is going on in American and the rest of the world?
I'm tired of all this baloney in the press and especially on TV "news" about who had an affair with whom, whether or not Britney whats-her-name was wearing panties, and all this rinky-dink crap that seems to enthrall the average American.
Who cares? Are madmen like Osama bin Laden going to win by default because we are all too busy drinking beer and arguing over nonsensical issues instead of trying to figure out what is going on in American and the rest of the world?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Eastham motorcycle crash; Jogger struck in Brewster; Major Dennis crash; Barnstable, Hyannis, Marstons Mills crashes
In response to: Eastham motorcycle crash; Jogger struck in Brewster; Major Dennis crash; Barnstable, Hyannis, Marstons Mills crashes
First, congrats to all the fire departments and their people who do such extraordinary work, especially at these time of year when the Cape population swells with visitors.
Regarding that Dennis crash, I was driving south on Rt 134 as a Dennis Fire Department vehicle was racing north towards the accident, horns blaring and lights flashing. All the vehicles in front of me and I pulled over and stopped to give them all he leeway possible, as is the custom on the Cape.
The car behind me, comprised of that dreaded summer combination of a Jeep with twenty-somethings at the wheel, pulled right out and sped past us all as if we had stopped to enjoy the view.
I caught up with the idiots at a light and pulled alongside them and ... well ... they won't do that again.
Regarding that Dennis crash, I was driving south on Rt 134 as a Dennis Fire Department vehicle was racing north towards the accident, horns blaring and lights flashing. All the vehicles in front of me and I pulled over and stopped to give them all he leeway possible, as is the custom on the Cape.
The car behind me, comprised of that dreaded summer combination of a Jeep with twenty-somethings at the wheel, pulled right out and sped past us all as if we had stopped to enjoy the view.
I caught up with the idiots at a light and pulled alongside them and ... well ... they won't do that again.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Dennis detours: Between a rock and a dog place
In response to: Dennis detours: Between a rock and a dog place
Susan,
Thanks for bringing Hokum Rock to my attention--I didn't even know it was there.
Now about why cats are not out walking with their owners: I can only speak for my cat. She is currently out on parole for dogslaughter--she has been ordered to stay at least 1,000 feet away from anything resembling a canine.
If cats were out there, too, pity the poor, trusting dogs.
Thanks for bringing Hokum Rock to my attention--I didn't even know it was there.
Now about why cats are not out walking with their owners: I can only speak for my cat. She is currently out on parole for dogslaughter--she has been ordered to stay at least 1,000 feet away from anything resembling a canine.
If cats were out there, too, pity the poor, trusting dogs.
Solon [Member]
In response to: The lies of Hiroshima
In response to: The lies of Hiroshima
I have haiku for you:
You start horrid war
We stop war with mighty bomb
What did you expect?
You start horrid war
We stop war with mighty bomb
What did you expect?
Solon [Member]
In response to: 1988: Dukakis defends Bush's war record. 2005: Panel opposes closing Otis AFB
In response to: 1988: Dukakis defends Bush's war record. 2005: Panel opposes closing Otis AFB
And what did George Bush say about Mike Dukakis in return?
I was living in Virginia at the time, and everyone was telling me how Dukakis was polluting Boston Harbor (while he actually was cleaning up 50 years of pollution) and that he was releasing rapist-murderers right and left (any releases were due to policies by his predecessors).
I was working for a "beltway bandit" at the time, and a company vice-president actually told me not to vote for "Du-caca" because he would take away some of our funding. I told him what to do with himself.
Bush pere ran a dirty campaign. Dukakis was twice the man Bush was. And no one ever really investigated the Bush-Saudi-oil connection, which still galls me.
Though I'm not enamored by ultra-liberals, I am less enamored by holier-than-thou liars. Just shows what outright lies and the media can do in any election.
Thanks for bringing Dukakis' noble and honorable character to our attention.
I was living in Virginia at the time, and everyone was telling me how Dukakis was polluting Boston Harbor (while he actually was cleaning up 50 years of pollution) and that he was releasing rapist-murderers right and left (any releases were due to policies by his predecessors).
I was working for a "beltway bandit" at the time, and a company vice-president actually told me not to vote for "Du-caca" because he would take away some of our funding. I told him what to do with himself.
Bush pere ran a dirty campaign. Dukakis was twice the man Bush was. And no one ever really investigated the Bush-Saudi-oil connection, which still galls me.
Though I'm not enamored by ultra-liberals, I am less enamored by holier-than-thou liars. Just shows what outright lies and the media can do in any election.
Thanks for bringing Dukakis' noble and honorable character to our attention.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Younger Kennedys protest "Tropic Thunder" at Mall cinemas
In response to: Younger Kennedys protest "Tropic Thunder" at Mall cinemas
Ben Stiller is a comic. I haven't heard of this movie, but I surmise it's a friggin' comedy! Kennedys, get a grip! And thanks for bringing it to my attention. I WILL rent the DVD.
You will do for this movie what the protestors did for Mel Gibson's movie on Christ. Stiller should drop you a thank-you note.
You will do for this movie what the protestors did for Mel Gibson's movie on Christ. Stiller should drop you a thank-you note.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Is the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District now a school for scoundrels?
In response to: Is the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District now a school for scoundrels?
When there is trouble in a unit/organization, it is the responsibility of the commander, no matter what excuses are made, to rectify it. If he/she fails to do so, the commander must be replaced.
Is this a hard thing to understand?
Is this a hard thing to understand?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Age vs. Race
In response to: Age vs. Race
I may write in James 'Whitey' Bulger again. He called a spade a spade and just took out the opposition. Isn't that what we need as president?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Stop Yer Whinin'
In response to: Stop Yer Whinin'
Danny, my friend, it ain't just AA. You have described a condition endemic to America.
Most people, at ANY type of meeting, sit on their derrieres expecting some one else to magically make them wealthy, or magically make them healthy, or magically make them euphoric.
Then they spend their money to buy books and CDs and DVDs purporting to do these things for them, and they will always be where they are because THEY themselves did nothing.
It's a sad state.
Most people, at ANY type of meeting, sit on their derrieres expecting some one else to magically make them wealthy, or magically make them healthy, or magically make them euphoric.
Then they spend their money to buy books and CDs and DVDs purporting to do these things for them, and they will always be where they are because THEY themselves did nothing.
It's a sad state.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Toting 'doggies' in baskets.
In response to: Toting 'doggies' in baskets.
Bob,
Nice article. But, (SHSHSH, don't let them hear you calling them dogs.) All our beloved pets firmly believe they're little people. My feeling is, if you can take them along, take them along. They love it.
Now, as for cats (like my cat, for instance), be ready for a disembowelment if you attempt to take her for a bike ride!
Nice article. But, (SHSHSH, don't let them hear you calling them dogs.) All our beloved pets firmly believe they're little people. My feeling is, if you can take them along, take them along. They love it.
Now, as for cats (like my cat, for instance), be ready for a disembowelment if you attempt to take her for a bike ride!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Train Ride & Sand in Your Shorts
In response to: Train Ride & Sand in Your Shorts
Wow, Steve! You need a whole barroom to make that one, but it sounds yummy!
While you're here, maybe I can introduce you to my simpler drink, made with absinthe, spring water, and a sugar cube.
While you're here, maybe I can introduce you to my simpler drink, made with absinthe, spring water, and a sugar cube.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Bank of American raises fees for non-customers on September 15
In response to: Bank of American raises fees for non-customers on September 15
Peter, I opened a no-fee, no-minimum-balance checking account with Bank of America so that, as capecod nurse suggests, I can get ATM cash when I travel or write a check on a bank with a local branch wherever I am.
So far they have stuck to their agreement, but my experience with other megabanks is that, after a period of time they will start adding fees because of "increased costs" or some other premeditated bull. When this happens, I will stop doing business with them.
The "increased costs," as you point out, Peter, are usually the 20 million bucks plus that they are paying their CEO, which is outrageous.
I am far from a socialist, but this is capitalism out of control. The CEO pay should be tied to performance (it never is--even incompetents who get fired walk away with millions) and should be capped at a certain multiple of the company's lowest wage earner.
Locally, I bank with Cape Cod Five. They have been excellent.
So far they have stuck to their agreement, but my experience with other megabanks is that, after a period of time they will start adding fees because of "increased costs" or some other premeditated bull. When this happens, I will stop doing business with them.
The "increased costs," as you point out, Peter, are usually the 20 million bucks plus that they are paying their CEO, which is outrageous.
I am far from a socialist, but this is capitalism out of control. The CEO pay should be tied to performance (it never is--even incompetents who get fired walk away with millions) and should be capped at a certain multiple of the company's lowest wage earner.
Locally, I bank with Cape Cod Five. They have been excellent.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Massachusetts Legislature makes right call on gun fee
In response to: Massachusetts Legislature makes right call on gun fee
Walter, just because I've poked fun at some of your kewpie dolls doesn't mean I've lost any readers. In fact, it's probably just the opposite.
Most politicians deserve a little rant every now and then, but people are afraid to speak their minds because of "political correctness," a condition with which I have not been afflicted.
Yes, I know a lot about guns, but I can't speak for Whitey Bulger. And, unike him, I try not to use them on people who irritate me. He is my "protest vote."
And PLEEZ, don't compare me to Bill O'Rally! Has Murdoch paid you yet?
Most politicians deserve a little rant every now and then, but people are afraid to speak their minds because of "political correctness," a condition with which I have not been afflicted.
Yes, I know a lot about guns, but I can't speak for Whitey Bulger. And, unike him, I try not to use them on people who irritate me. He is my "protest vote."
And PLEEZ, don't compare me to Bill O'Rally! Has Murdoch paid you yet?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Sheriff announces Rapid Alert System
In response to: Sheriff announces Rapid Alert System
Wavemaker, it's a great idea. The next best system I'd seen was the tornado warning system in Huntsville, Alabama. I was there as a tornado passed right over me (day to night in seconds).
The local radio stations were tracking the tornado on their weather radars and telling people where it was and which neighborhood it was heading for next, etc. But you had to have your radio turned on to know what was happening.
This Rapid Alert System gets the message direct to each household. I think it wil be a great thing.
The local radio stations were tracking the tornado on their weather radars and telling people where it was and which neighborhood it was heading for next, etc. But you had to have your radio turned on to know what was happening.
This Rapid Alert System gets the message direct to each household. I think it wil be a great thing.
Solon [Member]
In response to: NCL Cruises: Freestyle or Free-For-All?
In response to: NCL Cruises: Freestyle or Free-For-All?
Don, sounds like the cruise from Hell. Thanks for the heads-up. I am contemplating a cruise in the foreseeable future.
It seems this is the SECOND condemnatory article I have read on NCL cruises in c2today. WB--was the other from you?
Mav, thanks for the tip on Princess. I'll check them out.
It seems this is the SECOND condemnatory article I have read on NCL cruises in c2today. WB--was the other from you?
Mav, thanks for the tip on Princess. I'll check them out.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Is arrogance spelled WCOD?
In response to: Is arrogance spelled WCOD?
I believe these vehicles should be towed straight away to the car crusher, and a $1000 fine levied on the miscreants.
If you see this kind if thing happening, call the cops right away. There IS a fine. I think it's $100.
If you see this kind if thing happening, call the cops right away. There IS a fine. I think it's $100.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Vandals Strike Plimoth Plantation, Satanic markings just over canal
In response to: Vandals Strike Plimoth Plantation, Satanic markings just over canal
The cops may have been mistaken. It could have been Preparation H. And that answers your question.
Solon [Member]
In response to: P-ss-ss-t!!
In response to: P-ss-ss-t!!
Ned, I plan to be there and will be looking for the cat in the hat.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Looking At The Numbers Doesn't Calm Me Down Much
In response to: Looking At The Numbers Doesn't Calm Me Down Much
Monpo, my darling. Love those sexy charts and figures. Now you are appealing to the engineer in me!
Was up at Lake Winnepesaukee this weekend. Gas was about $3.87 a gallon. Must be that secret pipeline to NH that we don't know about that makes gas cheaper there than on the Cape.
Or is it our Massachusetts tax on gasoline? Or the predisposition of everyone who sells to Cape Cod to screw Cape Cod?
Was up at Lake Winnepesaukee this weekend. Gas was about $3.87 a gallon. Must be that secret pipeline to NH that we don't know about that makes gas cheaper there than on the Cape.
Or is it our Massachusetts tax on gasoline? Or the predisposition of everyone who sells to Cape Cod to screw Cape Cod?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Nouveau-riche exhibitionism on Cape Cod
In response to: Nouveau-riche exhibitionism on Cape Cod
Ned, you have a certain fondness for excess? I'd keep that under my hat if I were you.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Manny's Last Game
In response to: Manny's Last Game
Monpo, Manny can he as arrogant as HE wants, and as arrogant as YOU want, but not as arrogant as I want--nor as most of the Sox fans want, nor as the wimpy Sox management wants, which should have ousted him ages ago. He'll be shining Torres' shoes soon enough.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Manny's Last Game
In response to: Manny's Last Game
Manny was an arrogant, disrespectful, a--hole whom they should have dumped ages ago. Torres won't put up with his bull. I see him traded soon to the Washington Senators. Oh, they're not there anymore? Then you get the picture.
Solon [Member]
In response to: "Ted and Ted Wind Farm Show" canceled
In response to: "Ted and Ted Wind Farm Show" canceled
janes, competition? Who else stepped up to the plate and announced they would or could build an offshore wind farm off Cape Cod? Who else stepped up and put in millions of dollars of his own money to get this project permitted in the face of zillionaires who did not want anybody else puttering around in their private yachting pond? Jim Gordon. Period.
If you insist on conspiracy theories about everything and everyone, I have some little green men in a hangar in Area 51 who could weave quite a tale.
If you insist on conspiracy theories about everything and everyone, I have some little green men in a hangar in Area 51 who could weave quite a tale.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Press Conference on Yarmouth Shooting
In response to: Press Conference on Yarmouth Shooting
karent, seek professional counseling. Your obvious guilt feelings over a law-breaking illegal immigrant having been shot while you still live is evident.
I believe psychiatrists have a name for this, but mine won't tell me. He just ties me up in a straitjacket and that hideous Hannibal Lecter face mask for the whole hour, praying I won't get loose.
And I'M a citizen!
I believe psychiatrists have a name for this, but mine won't tell me. He just ties me up in a straitjacket and that hideous Hannibal Lecter face mask for the whole hour, praying I won't get loose.
And I'M a citizen!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Dennis Fire Chief gets new command car
In response to: Dennis Fire Chief gets new command car
Alan, it was a spoof (Photoshopped). The Corvette is mine, exactly like yours--1978 red on red T-top, 25th Anniversary edition. I love it!
Solon [Member]
In response to: United States of America vs Town of Wellfeet Zoning Board of Appeals
In response to: United States of America vs Town of Wellfeet Zoning Board of Appeals
What's all this legal crap, anyway? If the USA considers itself correct, we should just invade Wellfleet. A couple of "daisy cutters" and a platoon of Marines can do the job in a day.
On he other hand, if Wellfleet considers itself correct, it should just secede from the Union. Let's see the US Supreme Court fight that one out.
This could be the fun fest of the summer.
On he other hand, if Wellfleet considers itself correct, it should just secede from the Union. Let's see the US Supreme Court fight that one out.
This could be the fun fest of the summer.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Police shooting challenged; Brazilian Press reacts to shooting; Nat'l pundit Bob Novak stricken here
In response to: Police shooting challenged; Brazilian Press reacts to shooting; Nat'l pundit Bob Novak stricken here
Enough with the sick brain cancer jokes.
Let's talk about the "shooting" again. Cop being rammed by speeding pot smoker defends himself and suddenly HE's the criminal? "He should have shot at the tires."
Pretty hard to do when some one's trying to run you down. Maybe the driver:
1. Shouldn't have been going 90 mph.
2. Shouldn't have had a reefer in his mouth.
3. Shouldn't have rammed the police car.
4. Shouldn't have been in this country illegally.
5. SHOULD have obeyed the laws of the nation in which he was in illegally.
I'm tired of this beatification of the lawbreaker and demonization of the cops. Alice saw a saner society in Wonderland.
Let's talk about the "shooting" again. Cop being rammed by speeding pot smoker defends himself and suddenly HE's the criminal? "He should have shot at the tires."
Pretty hard to do when some one's trying to run you down. Maybe the driver:
1. Shouldn't have been going 90 mph.
2. Shouldn't have had a reefer in his mouth.
3. Shouldn't have rammed the police car.
4. Shouldn't have been in this country illegally.
5. SHOULD have obeyed the laws of the nation in which he was in illegally.
I'm tired of this beatification of the lawbreaker and demonization of the cops. Alice saw a saner society in Wonderland.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Press Conference on Yarmouth Shooting
In response to: Press Conference on Yarmouth Shooting
Looks like a good (justified) shooting, the kind an officer has a split second in which to make the decision, and...
"As Martins did not have any adult relatives in this country, time was needed to make proper notification through the Brazilian Consulate. Massachusetts State Police notified his father and brother through the consulate."
...the police did appropriately wait till after the family was notified before the deceased's name was released.
What's your gripe? You should be thankful we have such cops on our police forces to protect us from guys smoking MaryJane and going 90 mph in residential zones and hitting police cars.
Why the uproar and conspiracy theories every time an officer of the law enforces the law? As my friend, Sig, once said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." End of friggin' story.
"As Martins did not have any adult relatives in this country, time was needed to make proper notification through the Brazilian Consulate. Massachusetts State Police notified his father and brother through the consulate."
...the police did appropriately wait till after the family was notified before the deceased's name was released.
What's your gripe? You should be thankful we have such cops on our police forces to protect us from guys smoking MaryJane and going 90 mph in residential zones and hitting police cars.
Why the uproar and conspiracy theories every time an officer of the law enforces the law? As my friend, Sig, once said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." End of friggin' story.
Solon [Member]
In response to: DA, YPD, join the 21st Century
In response to: DA, YPD, join the 21st Century
Could it just be that the DA and the police are still trying to locate next of kin to notify them FIRST--before they read about the death in the same media which criticizes them?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Bat beater released, may get 2 weeks; Village People; Big cars still sell
In response to: Bat beater released, may get 2 weeks; Village People; Big cars still sell
If I were a rich bozo, I'd get a Maserati, too, and say the hell with you peasants. But I ain't, so I won't.
Solon [Member]
In response to: United States of America vs Town of Wellfeet Zoning Board of Appeals
In response to: United States of America vs Town of Wellfeet Zoning Board of Appeals
Is Delahunt claiming there are Weapons of Mass Construction in Wellfleet?
Solon [Member]
In response to: COMCAST's blue screen from hell
In response to: COMCAST's blue screen from hell
Hi Jim,
Thanks for weighing in. I understand bandwidth and that digital is where TV technology leads.
It is the "providing low-cost analog service" part that bothers me. Where is the LOWER-cost digital service? Since you can get 10 digital channels on the same bandwidth as ONE analog channel, why isn't the cost LOWER for digital instead of higher? That's a 1000% increase in number of channels for the same bandwidth.
You've read the other options discussed by other readers here. Aren't you just shooting yourselves in the foot?
Thanks for weighing in. I understand bandwidth and that digital is where TV technology leads.
It is the "providing low-cost analog service" part that bothers me. Where is the LOWER-cost digital service? Since you can get 10 digital channels on the same bandwidth as ONE analog channel, why isn't the cost LOWER for digital instead of higher? That's a 1000% increase in number of channels for the same bandwidth.
You've read the other options discussed by other readers here. Aren't you just shooting yourselves in the foot?
Solon [Member]
In response to: WANTED: Art, Architecture and Movie Critics
In response to: WANTED: Art, Architecture and Movie Critics
bipr,
I was there freezing my you-know-what off on two days, once at the Captain Hallett house (I think that's the name) in Yarmouthport, the other at the old cemetery on the hill in Chatham.
After cutting, I appeared in the film for about 2 or 3 seconds in the "revival meeting" in Yarmouthport, and at the Chatham cemetery the scene cut just as the camera panned to my head.
No trophy houses accidentally made it in, but a barking dog stopped the shooting of the funeral service at the cemetery. The owners apologized and took him inside.
Charles Durning and John Carradine were down-to-earth wonderful guys, Mariel Hemingway and Julie Harris were the warm, charming ladies they have always been. But Bruce Dern and Rip Torn were closr to the parts they play on-screen: grumpy and ornery.
But it was a wonderful experience.
I was there freezing my you-know-what off on two days, once at the Captain Hallett house (I think that's the name) in Yarmouthport, the other at the old cemetery on the hill in Chatham.
After cutting, I appeared in the film for about 2 or 3 seconds in the "revival meeting" in Yarmouthport, and at the Chatham cemetery the scene cut just as the camera panned to my head.
No trophy houses accidentally made it in, but a barking dog stopped the shooting of the funeral service at the cemetery. The owners apologized and took him inside.
Charles Durning and John Carradine were down-to-earth wonderful guys, Mariel Hemingway and Julie Harris were the warm, charming ladies they have always been. But Bruce Dern and Rip Torn were closr to the parts they play on-screen: grumpy and ornery.
But it was a wonderful experience.
Solon [Member]
In response to: MA residents closer to a much needed holiday from sales tax
In response to: MA residents closer to a much needed holiday from sales tax
Sorry, Jeff, this is bull crap. What if I don't want to buy anything on August 16th and 17th? Do you expect people to rush out on a buying spree on those days for things they neither need nor want just because it's sales-tax-free?
It's worse than a "phony gimmick" or "false giving of crumbs," as Opinionator politely puts it.
It's pure crapola and an insult to the intelligence of the voters. For a politician that up till now did very little pandering, you seem to have caught up with this one.
It's worse than a "phony gimmick" or "false giving of crumbs," as Opinionator politely puts it.
It's pure crapola and an insult to the intelligence of the voters. For a politician that up till now did very little pandering, you seem to have caught up with this one.
Solon [Member]
In response to: COMCAST's blue screen from hell
In response to: COMCAST's blue screen from hell
Julie, Julie, Julie,
Where are all these wild assumptions coming from about ME? I was the one who raised the questions.
But to answer yours:
- I get almost all my news from the internet, in fact I subscribe to a variety of news services, not the least being c2today for local news.
- I don't have or want TiVo, because I'm not glued to watching movies or inane TV shows. And I don't
drive myself "insane listening to commercials." I mute them and then make love to three nymphomaniacs till the show starts again.
-I do rent DVDs. I like RedBox at $1 a throw. It's cheap, and I may able to save enough money some day to take Walter to lunch.
-Six TVs, yes, three of which I never turn on and am trying to give away.
-And as far as "passively paying" my bill, the thrust of my article was what are the alternatives? No one has to stay with Comcast, or Verizon, or DishTV, or DirectTV.
OR our elected representatives who allow these scam artists to charge what they want.
Where are all these wild assumptions coming from about ME? I was the one who raised the questions.
But to answer yours:
- I get almost all my news from the internet, in fact I subscribe to a variety of news services, not the least being c2today for local news.
- I don't have or want TiVo, because I'm not glued to watching movies or inane TV shows. And I don't
drive myself "insane listening to commercials." I mute them and then make love to three nymphomaniacs till the show starts again.
-I do rent DVDs. I like RedBox at $1 a throw. It's cheap, and I may able to save enough money some day to take Walter to lunch.
-Six TVs, yes, three of which I never turn on and am trying to give away.
-And as far as "passively paying" my bill, the thrust of my article was what are the alternatives? No one has to stay with Comcast, or Verizon, or DishTV, or DirectTV.
OR our elected representatives who allow these scam artists to charge what they want.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Forecast: Hockey Puck Size Hail
In response to: Forecast: Hockey Puck Size Hail
Actually, when I was a kid, we got basketball-size hail. They came down with such fury that if a person were to be struck directly on the head by one, there was no need to bury him. He'd be driven straight into the ground, and we would just place a memorial marker there.
The snowflakes back then were three feet across. It needed to snow only for about five minutes before we had seven-foot drifts. And we didn't have to walk through the snow to school as some old-timers tell you. We had to TUNNEL through it.
I remember some thunderstorms where the lightning came in one window and went out the other. Raised hell with the TV reception. First time in my life that I saw "floppy" rabbit ears.
I'd go on, but I don't want people's eyes tearing thinking about "the good old days." Ah, memories, totally undiminished and unchanged by time!
The snowflakes back then were three feet across. It needed to snow only for about five minutes before we had seven-foot drifts. And we didn't have to walk through the snow to school as some old-timers tell you. We had to TUNNEL through it.
I remember some thunderstorms where the lightning came in one window and went out the other. Raised hell with the TV reception. First time in my life that I saw "floppy" rabbit ears.
I'd go on, but I don't want people's eyes tearing thinking about "the good old days." Ah, memories, totally undiminished and unchanged by time!
Solon [Member]
In response to: COMCAST's blue screen from hell
In response to: COMCAST's blue screen from hell
Buzz and Manatee,
I hear you. But I don't use a landline at all; I use a cell phone exclusively. I already have COMCAST TV and internet, but I suspect they are charging me more for those two than the three in your "bundle."
As for all the TVs, I had seven, not six, but threw one out when it displeased me. Then another one was given to me (not hooked up--I'm running out of rooms.)
I can't help it--although the quality of TVs is somewhat strained, they falleth upon me like the gentle rain from heaven!
I have three to give away:
1. The 25-inch 30-year-old RCA with a fine wood cabinet. (You can pull out the TV part and make it into a bar!)
2. A 20-inch "cable ready" TV (the one that's not hooked up).
3. A 13-inch ancient TV with a cracked speaker that I use in the exercise room.
Any takers? Come and get 'em.
I hear you. But I don't use a landline at all; I use a cell phone exclusively. I already have COMCAST TV and internet, but I suspect they are charging me more for those two than the three in your "bundle."
As for all the TVs, I had seven, not six, but threw one out when it displeased me. Then another one was given to me (not hooked up--I'm running out of rooms.)
I can't help it--although the quality of TVs is somewhat strained, they falleth upon me like the gentle rain from heaven!
I have three to give away:
1. The 25-inch 30-year-old RCA with a fine wood cabinet. (You can pull out the TV part and make it into a bar!)
2. A 20-inch "cable ready" TV (the one that's not hooked up).
3. A 13-inch ancient TV with a cracked speaker that I use in the exercise room.
Any takers? Come and get 'em.
Solon [Member]
In response to: COMCAST's blue screen from hell
In response to: COMCAST's blue screen from hell
Thanks for the psychoanalysis, Julie-- "not normal." Actually we leave three TVs on in the morning for news, weather, and stock market as we move about, preparing for the day, and use only the large Sony Wega for "entertainment."
Three others "are there," from years of accummulation. And if you know me, I cannot stand anything that doesn't work, so I've hooked them all up.
Come watch the 30-year old color RCA in my three-season room. You can switch channels by remote (it is hooked up to a semi-functioning VCR), but you have to get up to change the volume. I plan to keep it another 30 years.
The problem is I don't like getting squeezed by corporations who look for every way to do so and who have the pols in their pockets allowing them to do so.
Three others "are there," from years of accummulation. And if you know me, I cannot stand anything that doesn't work, so I've hooked them all up.
Come watch the 30-year old color RCA in my three-season room. You can switch channels by remote (it is hooked up to a semi-functioning VCR), but you have to get up to change the volume. I plan to keep it another 30 years.
The problem is I don't like getting squeezed by corporations who look for every way to do so and who have the pols in their pockets allowing them to do so.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Dinner, Diversity & Shish Kabobs
In response to: Dinner, Diversity & Shish Kabobs
Steve, I'm glad you mentioned two things that people tend to miss: 1) Lamb, and 2) the overnight marinade.
I used to use (haven't done it in a while) a white German wine, Mosel, but I think others will do--somehow I thought the German wines did a slightly better job on this Greek dish.
As for the rest, besides olive oil, vinegar, and pepper, I would toss in a little of this and a little of that, depending on the phase of the moon and whether Mars was in ascension or descension.
I had Syrian friends whose forte was cutting the lamb chunks as to avoid all gristle and veins and fat and stuff, but I never became as good as they.
I forgot about cooking the meat and the vegetables separately. Glad you reminded me, although I have developed a taste for burnt tomatoes, peppers and onions!
I used to use (haven't done it in a while) a white German wine, Mosel, but I think others will do--somehow I thought the German wines did a slightly better job on this Greek dish.
As for the rest, besides olive oil, vinegar, and pepper, I would toss in a little of this and a little of that, depending on the phase of the moon and whether Mars was in ascension or descension.
I had Syrian friends whose forte was cutting the lamb chunks as to avoid all gristle and veins and fat and stuff, but I never became as good as they.
I forgot about cooking the meat and the vegetables separately. Glad you reminded me, although I have developed a taste for burnt tomatoes, peppers and onions!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Mad Cow disease doubted in case here; No charges in pedestrian's death
In response to: Mad Cow disease doubted in case here; No charges in pedestrian's death
Mad cow: "No cause for concern"?
Unless he really has it and unless he bought his meat where you and I buy our meat. I love these brainless bureaucrats who come out with meaningless pap when they don't even know the facts yet.
Wouldn't "We are investigating" give them so much more credibility? Of course, they've lost so much already they can probably never get it back.
Unless he really has it and unless he bought his meat where you and I buy our meat. I love these brainless bureaucrats who come out with meaningless pap when they don't even know the facts yet.
Wouldn't "We are investigating" give them so much more credibility? Of course, they've lost so much already they can probably never get it back.
Solon [Member]
In response to: How the IRS is robbing you blind
In response to: How the IRS is robbing you blind
I'll take your word for it. Probably he wasn't in the race long enough for me to pick up on his FairTax support. Thanks for your correction. In the meanwhile, GET THE WORD OUT about the FairTax.
Solon [Member]
In response to: WANTED: Art, Architecture and Movie Critics
In response to: WANTED: Art, Architecture and Movie Critics
Walter, I Had expected a quiet Sunday. But now the phone is ringing off the hook with all those Hollywood agents again. Thanks!
Solon [Member]
In response to: How the IRS is robbing you blind
In response to: How the IRS is robbing you blind
Yes, Dila, 401k, IRA, same thing. The 401k usually gets rolled over into an IRA upon retirement.
And if you withdraw from your 401k or IRA before age 59 1/2, you get whacked with another 10% penalty! (Some exceptions apply.)
We NEED the Fair Tax before we drive the midde class into extinction. The rich can afford whatever they're taxed, the poor aren't taxed. We're the ones who are getting killed by these idiotic and/or crooked, non-caring politicians.
I urge you to check out www.fairtax.org.
And if you withdraw from your 401k or IRA before age 59 1/2, you get whacked with another 10% penalty! (Some exceptions apply.)
We NEED the Fair Tax before we drive the midde class into extinction. The rich can afford whatever they're taxed, the poor aren't taxed. We're the ones who are getting killed by these idiotic and/or crooked, non-caring politicians.
I urge you to check out www.fairtax.org.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Water woes; Free clinic; 144 Cape Coyotes klled; Girls cavort
In response to: Water woes; Free clinic; 144 Cape Coyotes klled; Girls cavort
A coyote ate a possum right down to the backbone and rib cage in my backyard last week. It was at night, so I was unaware of it till the next morning, when I had to dispose of the horrible remains. The coyote has been spotted twice in my yard already.
One time my cat (family member) spotted it through the screen door and let out the cry of the banshee so I'd come running. She knew it was a predator and killer.
A couple of years ago I wrote a column for the CCTimes pointing out coyotes are taking over and have already killed and eaten a good portion of our outdoor cat population, plus some dogs, and have attacked small children. I strongly urged we take steps to protect our own and get rid of the coyotes.
A reader wrote me, "Keep your filthy, rotten opinions to yourself! Who made you God?" Then the e-mail went downhill from there. He mentioned he worked for Jonathan Way.
Now what does that tell you?
One time my cat (family member) spotted it through the screen door and let out the cry of the banshee so I'd come running. She knew it was a predator and killer.
A couple of years ago I wrote a column for the CCTimes pointing out coyotes are taking over and have already killed and eaten a good portion of our outdoor cat population, plus some dogs, and have attacked small children. I strongly urged we take steps to protect our own and get rid of the coyotes.
A reader wrote me, "Keep your filthy, rotten opinions to yourself! Who made you God?" Then the e-mail went downhill from there. He mentioned he worked for Jonathan Way.
Now what does that tell you?
Solon [Member]
In response to: O'Keefe making Malpractice a Crime; Osathanondh to plead not guilty
In response to: O'Keefe making Malpractice a Crime; Osathanondh to plead not guilty
Sorry to burst your balloon, crusader, but not "everyone is afraid" of the DA. I know him--he is one of the most competent and able law enforcement officers I have ever met. We are lucky to have him--he has an enviable record of putting the bad guys away, and the only ones afraid of him are the bad guys. Any (real) skeletons in your closet, crusader? Better bury them quick!
DA O'Keefe has told me he opposes the death penalty and why (I don't know if I'd be as magnanimous as he), and he told me he is all for using DNA to exonerate falsely convicted persons as well as using it to convict the guilty.
Does that sound like the boogie man you've painted him up to be?
DA O'Keefe has told me he opposes the death penalty and why (I don't know if I'd be as magnanimous as he), and he told me he is all for using DNA to exonerate falsely convicted persons as well as using it to convict the guilty.
Does that sound like the boogie man you've painted him up to be?
Solon [Member]
In response to: O'Keefe making Malpractice a Crime; Osathanondh to plead not guilty
In response to: O'Keefe making Malpractice a Crime; Osathanondh to plead not guilty
Read the article carefully before you run off at the mouth with vile, ad hominem attacks on the DA or other conspiracy theories worthy of an insipid soap opera:
"Osathanondh has been indicted by a grand jury after an investigation by local police, state police and the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine."
"Indicted by a grand jury"....That's people like you and me...."after an investigation by local police, state police, and the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine." Pretty strong stuff.
Aggrandization of one's own ego at the expense of another and foaming at the mouth with vituperation don't mean a thing. It's the facts that count.
And juries decide outcomes--not bloggers--unless, of course, they're on the jury.
"Osathanondh has been indicted by a grand jury after an investigation by local police, state police and the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine."
"Indicted by a grand jury"....That's people like you and me...."after an investigation by local police, state police, and the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine." Pretty strong stuff.
Aggrandization of one's own ego at the expense of another and foaming at the mouth with vituperation don't mean a thing. It's the facts that count.
And juries decide outcomes--not bloggers--unless, of course, they're on the jury.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Is Fish Oil Just Fishy Business?
In response to: Is Fish Oil Just Fishy Business?
When I was a kid we had never heard of cholesterol, omega-3 capsules as big as a bus, triglycerides or whatever. BUT, our mothers had us take a teaspoon of cod liver oil every day. Is this still available, and does it do the trick?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Help name the Nimby Nabobs
In response to: Help name the Nimby Nabobs
I'm glad Senator Phil Gramm has straightened me out and told me "I never had it so good." I would never have guessed it without his wisdom.
Walter, you have never been so eloquent. I wish I had used "martini mist" first.
My name suggestion is Befuddled Buffoons.
Walter, you have never been so eloquent. I wish I had used "martini mist" first.
My name suggestion is Befuddled Buffoons.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Wonders of the Cape Cod Bike Trails 4
In response to: Wonders of the Cape Cod Bike Trails 4
I've never biked the bike trails of Provincetown and the dunes because they are too hilly. Look what I've been missing!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Body found in Mashpee; Bike path assaults in Brewster; Wellfleet tagging
In response to: Body found in Mashpee; Bike path assaults in Brewster; Wellfleet tagging
I can get seven bodies in the trunk of my Grand Marquis. Six if I have to make room for a shovel and some quicklime.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Local legislators sacrifice your health to support their restaurant friends
In response to: Local legislators sacrifice your health to support their restaurant friends
ccjon,
You are so right. Trader Joe's stuff is healthier and less expensive than that at your local chain supermarket. They also have a good selection of vitamins.
My problem is to get to it, I have to drive up by that %&%^^())&*&&%^ airport rotary near that %%^*% mall!
I used to drive to Framingham before they opened one on the Cape, but as long as the drive was, it was more pleasant.
You are so right. Trader Joe's stuff is healthier and less expensive than that at your local chain supermarket. They also have a good selection of vitamins.
My problem is to get to it, I have to drive up by that %&%^^())&*&&%^ airport rotary near that %%^*% mall!
I used to drive to Framingham before they opened one on the Cape, but as long as the drive was, it was more pleasant.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Local legislators sacrifice your health to support their restaurant friends
In response to: Local legislators sacrifice your health to support their restaurant friends
Dr. S, thanks for the comments and expose. I think all the restaurants at which I eat have eliminated trans fats--at least I hope so.
As for our legislators, "Against stupidity, even the gods..."
As for our legislators, "Against stupidity, even the gods..."
Solon [Member]
In response to: Smashing Baby! Let's Get Smashed
In response to: Smashing Baby! Let's Get Smashed
Both of you are too gentle and polite with your words.
But that's not the reason I wrote. Danny, has acupuncture ever been used successfully to treat alcoholism? I've read that it has, but I just don't believe claims about things whose effects may be too nebulous to prove.
But that's not the reason I wrote. Danny, has acupuncture ever been used successfully to treat alcoholism? I've read that it has, but I just don't believe claims about things whose effects may be too nebulous to prove.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod Rail Trail shames Sudbury NIMBYs
In response to: Cape Cod Rail Trail shames Sudbury NIMBYs
djmisc, you should be head of the Chamber of Commerce for Sudbury! You could shake up that sleepy little town.
Monpo, I make it French style, 1 1/4 oz of the Green Fairy in a glass, with 1 1/4 oz of pure spring water poured slowly over a small-size sugar cube. I have it perfected so that the entire (small) sugar cube melts with the last drop of spring water. I use a stainless steel screen-like sink strainer for the sugar cube instead of the "proper" spoon because it fits perfectly into the top of the glass I use.
After a few sips I actually imagine that you really exist, although I have never seen you and have been told you appear only after I disappear... something like Jekyll and Hyde....
Monpo, I make it French style, 1 1/4 oz of the Green Fairy in a glass, with 1 1/4 oz of pure spring water poured slowly over a small-size sugar cube. I have it perfected so that the entire (small) sugar cube melts with the last drop of spring water. I use a stainless steel screen-like sink strainer for the sugar cube instead of the "proper" spoon because it fits perfectly into the top of the glass I use.
After a few sips I actually imagine that you really exist, although I have never seen you and have been told you appear only after I disappear... something like Jekyll and Hyde....
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod Rail Trail shames Sudbury NIMBYs
In response to: Cape Cod Rail Trail shames Sudbury NIMBYs
Monpo, using that reasoning we can actually increase the rotation of the Earth.
With 100,000 bikers on the Rail Trail pedaling in the same direction like mad, we can actually increase the rotation of the Earth till it spins out of its orbit.
Oh wait (as says Bal), with the wind turbines slowing the rotation, we'll have a net zero effect and everyone will be happy.
The Earth will remain in its orbit, naked bikers can fly along down the Rail Trail, we'll get our electricity from clean reneweable energy, and I'll go have some absinthe, because now I need it bad.
With 100,000 bikers on the Rail Trail pedaling in the same direction like mad, we can actually increase the rotation of the Earth till it spins out of its orbit.
Oh wait (as says Bal), with the wind turbines slowing the rotation, we'll have a net zero effect and everyone will be happy.
The Earth will remain in its orbit, naked bikers can fly along down the Rail Trail, we'll get our electricity from clean reneweable energy, and I'll go have some absinthe, because now I need it bad.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod Rail Trail shames Sudbury NIMBYs
In response to: Cape Cod Rail Trail shames Sudbury NIMBYs
"Windmills slow down the rotation of the earth"???? You're kind of stuck alright...in the 16th Century.
In the meanwhile, stick to the subject and don't deflect by inferring something I didn't say, like somehow equating the bike trail to the wind farm. I'll take reasoned argument, but not misrepresentation.
First and last warning.
In the meanwhile, stick to the subject and don't deflect by inferring something I didn't say, like somehow equating the bike trail to the wind farm. I'll take reasoned argument, but not misrepresentation.
First and last warning.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod Rail Trail shames Sudbury NIMBYs
In response to: Cape Cod Rail Trail shames Sudbury NIMBYs
Naked? All hail the rail trail!
Solon [Member]
In response to: NOT Chinese Colgate!
In response to: NOT Chinese Colgate!
Did they serve the duck with the Queen of Diamonds?
Solon [Member]
In response to: NOT Chinese Colgate!
In response to: NOT Chinese Colgate!
I know what you're saying, Ned. I'm just trying to rattle your cage ... er ... hat (which, by the way, I'm going to tell everyone is a pinata!)
Solon [Member]
In response to: NOT Chinese Colgate!
In response to: NOT Chinese Colgate!
Ned, Mexico is in Central America on my map, no matter what we hear about La Raza and Mexifornia. Remember the Alamo, compadre!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Bay Windows does Ptown and it's new PD Chief
In response to: Bay Windows does Ptown and it's new PD Chief
Karent,
Ned is reeeealllly Ned Sonntag. And he does wear a funny hat. And if he misspells ... mispells ... misspels ... anything, I believe he is trying to bait people because he is really smart. (Ned, please tell me that's true.)
Ned is reeeealllly Ned Sonntag. And he does wear a funny hat. And if he misspells ... mispells ... misspels ... anything, I believe he is trying to bait people because he is really smart. (Ned, please tell me that's true.)
Solon [Member]
In response to: Mihos announces (then unannounces) run against Patrick in 2010
In response to: Mihos announces (then unannounces) run against Patrick in 2010
I was hoping Christy would run, so I wouldn't have to write in "James 'Whitey' Bulger" again. May have to do that for president, though. It's getting hard to tell the Republicans from the Democrats.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Mihos announces (then unannounces) run against Patrick in 2010
In response to: Mihos announces (then unannounces) run against Patrick in 2010
I'm voting for Christy, even if he didn't bring me baklava.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Windle charged by US Attorney with 15 counts
In response to: Windle charged by US Attorney with 15 counts
Exposing this guy was a wonderful job and one of the few deeds done these days in the public interest.
Now watch that bloviating bloviator Bill Orally do a segment on this without any attribution to Julie or Walter or c2today, as if his "investigatve staff" dug it all up.
He has done that to me at least once and I am ready to take Orally down. Anybody else want in?
Now watch that bloviating bloviator Bill Orally do a segment on this without any attribution to Julie or Walter or c2today, as if his "investigatve staff" dug it all up.
He has done that to me at least once and I am ready to take Orally down. Anybody else want in?
Solon [Member]
In response to: The Silicon Sandbar just washed away
In response to: The Silicon Sandbar just washed away
Cur, I think you have high hopes for our CofC that are far beyond their intentions, capabilities, and personal agendas.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Small fire at Daniel Webster Inn; Taxi crash; Car vs house in Centerville; Two OUI arrests in Yarmouth; Scenic Hwy crash
In response to: Small fire at Daniel Webster Inn; Taxi crash; Car vs house in Centerville; Two OUI arrests in Yarmouth; Scenic Hwy crash
"Groped" on the bike trail? So what? I've been groped there many times. I kept yelling at the women to come back. What is this gal complaining about?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Windle charged by US Attorney with 15 counts
In response to: Windle charged by US Attorney with 15 counts
I'm looking forward to the trial, where, if found guilty, he'll probably get a nominal sentence at a federal country club where he can hone his tennis skills, and where he'll be ordered to make financial restitution at the rate of about $25 per week, which would take him exactly 11,538 years to pay back.
What seems to always happen in cases like this, for all the harm the swindler has done to so many lives, is a laughable prison term at a laughable prison, and no significant restitution while the perp's Swiss bank account awaits his release from jail.
If you rob a bank for $14,000, you'll go to jail probably ten years. If you steal $14,000,000 in a "white collar crime," no big deal.
What seems to always happen in cases like this, for all the harm the swindler has done to so many lives, is a laughable prison term at a laughable prison, and no significant restitution while the perp's Swiss bank account awaits his release from jail.
If you rob a bank for $14,000, you'll go to jail probably ten years. If you steal $14,000,000 in a "white collar crime," no big deal.
Solon [Member]
In response to: So nice for al Qaeda to get a good look at you, Mr. Addington
In response to: So nice for al Qaeda to get a good look at you, Mr. Addington
I have news or you--al Qaeda doesn't care about Addington or Delahunt.
And I have it on good authority that al Qaeda watches "Dancing with the Stars."
And I have it on good authority that al Qaeda watches "Dancing with the Stars."
Solon [Member]
In response to: "A Summer with Socrates" is a great beach book
In response to: "A Summer with Socrates" is a great beach book
Got to admit, you broke me up there, Monpo, because I was just getting ready to recommend "From Solon to Socrates" by Victor Ehrenberg. But that takes place in ancient Greece (Walter remembers it well.)
Walter's recommendation sounds great-I plan to read it. Anything that brings tears to Walter's eyes will be high on my list.
Walter's recommendation sounds great-I plan to read it. Anything that brings tears to Walter's eyes will be high on my list.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Wonders of the Cape Cod Bike Trails 2
In response to: Wonders of the Cape Cod Bike Trails 2
The lesson here, Monpo, is bring your own water. I follow my old Army rules: "Bring what you need, but only what you can carry and move fast with."
As far as the smell of the sewage plant, it's just a part of nature--or something like that.
As far as the smell of the sewage plant, it's just a part of nature--or something like that.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly
In response to: Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly
Jim,
Great article. You base your opinion on facts. Some never let facts get in the way of their opinions. Don't worry about them--they are vociferous but part of that irrelevant 2.4%.
Great article. You base your opinion on facts. Some never let facts get in the way of their opinions. Don't worry about them--they are vociferous but part of that irrelevant 2.4%.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind reacts to judge Kane's ruling
In response to: Cape Wind reacts to judge Kane's ruling
THOUSANDS of people in the Northeast Region are suffering/dying every year from respiratory ailments caused by the effluents spouting from fossil-fuel burning plants, including our very own on the Cape Cod Canal.
And you people are worried about TWO piping plovers which may or may not hit a wind turbine in the Sound every year? (That's how many migratory birds flew into turbine blades each year at the 80-turbine wind farm in Nysted, Denmark. The birds, being much smarter than the bird-brains who purport to speak for them, simply fly around the wind farm).
Come out from under your rock and visit a wind farm. Find out what you're talking about instead of spreading the same old disinformation year after year.
And you people are worried about TWO piping plovers which may or may not hit a wind turbine in the Sound every year? (That's how many migratory birds flew into turbine blades each year at the 80-turbine wind farm in Nysted, Denmark. The birds, being much smarter than the bird-brains who purport to speak for them, simply fly around the wind farm).
Come out from under your rock and visit a wind farm. Find out what you're talking about instead of spreading the same old disinformation year after year.
Solon [Member]
In response to: TV Commercials: Better than Ever
In response to: TV Commercials: Better than Ever
I hate commercials. I "mute" my TV when they run. However, I did enjoy the tap-dancing cigarette packs on the Milton Berle show (or one of thise shows).
Solon [Member]
In response to: $2.95 per Gallon Gasoline
In response to: $2.95 per Gallon Gasoline
Don't get excited, folks. That gasoline can be saved using fuel stabilizer, available everywhere.
Every autumn I pour some into my lawn tractor (and run it for a few minutes to get it into the carburetor and motor) and into my gas cans. This prevents the gas from oxidizing while it sits there, which can foul up your motor when you use it in the spring.
This is what you use when you put your boat away for the winter or if you have two residences, with a car sitting idly for six months at either one.
Never had a problem. Screw those caps on tight, and you won't get any significant evaporation, either.
Every autumn I pour some into my lawn tractor (and run it for a few minutes to get it into the carburetor and motor) and into my gas cans. This prevents the gas from oxidizing while it sits there, which can foul up your motor when you use it in the spring.
This is what you use when you put your boat away for the winter or if you have two residences, with a car sitting idly for six months at either one.
Never had a problem. Screw those caps on tight, and you won't get any significant evaporation, either.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Both Boston dailies cut staff, future dim, diss each other
In response to: Both Boston dailies cut staff, future dim, diss each other
Wow! This is big news...the raven flying over the print business.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Boot up your brain for stage winner
In response to: Boot up your brain for stage winner
Monpo, that is a happy story. How about a sad one?
When I taught, a fellow teacher went to an inner city neighborhood to teach a class one day. As an experiment, she showed a 10 minute film (yes, with projector and sprockets) of a busy city street. Except she ran the film backwards to observe the reaction of the students. The cars and buses were running backwards, and the people were walking backwards.
There was no reaction. The students just watched it like zombies. When it was over, she asked, "Did anyone notice anything unusual about that film?"
No reaction. Zombies.
These people are voting in November.
When I taught, a fellow teacher went to an inner city neighborhood to teach a class one day. As an experiment, she showed a 10 minute film (yes, with projector and sprockets) of a busy city street. Except she ran the film backwards to observe the reaction of the students. The cars and buses were running backwards, and the people were walking backwards.
There was no reaction. The students just watched it like zombies. When it was over, she asked, "Did anyone notice anything unusual about that film?"
No reaction. Zombies.
These people are voting in November.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape murderer breaks into Marshfield home; ACLU sues O'Keefe over Christa DNA; Red Tide closes Pleasant Bay for mussels
In response to: Cape murderer breaks into Marshfield home; ACLU sues O'Keefe over Christa DNA; Red Tide closes Pleasant Bay for mussels
Did you read the whole story...
"The two [Allen and another killer] kicked, stomped and then repeatedly tossed the emaciated lung cancer patient into the air before letting him fall to the ground.
Allen laughed throughout the attack, prosecutors said.
Long [the victim] was about 5 feet tall and weighed about 100 pounds."
This kind of murderer was always known to me as a "mad dog killer" (with apologies to anybody's dog). Why was he ever paroled? What kind of asses are on our parole board?
"On a service call" at 3am? This kind of service business, where they go to people's homes, would be a good way to case homes for all kinds of criminal activities.
I think the DA should investigate this company. Now.
"The two [Allen and another killer] kicked, stomped and then repeatedly tossed the emaciated lung cancer patient into the air before letting him fall to the ground.
Allen laughed throughout the attack, prosecutors said.
Long [the victim] was about 5 feet tall and weighed about 100 pounds."
This kind of murderer was always known to me as a "mad dog killer" (with apologies to anybody's dog). Why was he ever paroled? What kind of asses are on our parole board?
"On a service call" at 3am? This kind of service business, where they go to people's homes, would be a good way to case homes for all kinds of criminal activities.
I think the DA should investigate this company. Now.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Reap the Wind to Fight the Energy Crises
In response to: Reap the Wind to Fight the Energy Crises
Possee,
You will save plenty of money. I addressed this in my May 23 ProJo article, "Will it be winds of energy or winds of war?"
Link: http://www.projo.com/opinion/
contributors/content/CT_solon23_05-23-08_U3A5VR3_v12.39c316e.html
(link will have to be "joined back together")
You will save plenty of money. I addressed this in my May 23 ProJo article, "Will it be winds of energy or winds of war?"
Link: http://www.projo.com/opinion/
contributors/content/CT_solon23_05-23-08_U3A5VR3_v12.39c316e.html
(link will have to be "joined back together")
Solon [Member]
In response to: I'm yelling uncle! Uncle Sam, that is...
In response to: I'm yelling uncle! Uncle Sam, that is...
The bastards will bleed, bleed, bleed the middle class till there's nothing left. This new tax is ridiculous.
Our pols are so entrenched in their positions of power they feel they can do anything they want without consequences. We, as the victims who elect them, feel powerless because, no matter whom we elect, it soon becomes the same old sh--.
It's time for a vote of "No confidence" for our entire government, throw ALL of the bums out and start anew.
Our pols are so entrenched in their positions of power they feel they can do anything they want without consequences. We, as the victims who elect them, feel powerless because, no matter whom we elect, it soon becomes the same old sh--.
It's time for a vote of "No confidence" for our entire government, throw ALL of the bums out and start anew.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Great debate a great success
In response to: Great debate a great success
Socrates would have answered, "Yes." Alexander would have answered, "No."
Like the solution to the war, there is no good answer. But congrats on bringing so many folks together.
Like the solution to the war, there is no good answer. But congrats on bringing so many folks together.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Welcome To The First Church of "Not Drinkin' Today"
In response to: Welcome To The First Church of "Not Drinkin' Today"
Danny,
Love the pic of the zombies. Zombies are some of my favorite people!
As for the government decreeing something to be a religion or decreeing anything to be anything, that's a load of crapola. The government and its high courts have no business there or in many other aspects of our lives.
I want to worship that bottle of ketchup and have just decreed myself "Lord of the Ketchup." If I can get about five zombies to join me, I can apply for a tax-exempt status.
Oh, save us from brain-dead bureaucrats. They're worse than zombies.
Love the pic of the zombies. Zombies are some of my favorite people!
As for the government decreeing something to be a religion or decreeing anything to be anything, that's a load of crapola. The government and its high courts have no business there or in many other aspects of our lives.
I want to worship that bottle of ketchup and have just decreed myself "Lord of the Ketchup." If I can get about five zombies to join me, I can apply for a tax-exempt status.
Oh, save us from brain-dead bureaucrats. They're worse than zombies.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Emailing after death; Trailering boats to save gas; Bernanke at Wequassett; Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
In response to: Emailing after death; Trailering boats to save gas; Bernanke at Wequassett; Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Mav, understand your boat business is now in season, but are we still on with the ummentionable one who spells his name backwards for a swig or two some evening?
And forget the seven years put forth by those self-anointed nut jobs. Why not 20 or 30 more? That's what I plan.
And forget the seven years put forth by those self-anointed nut jobs. Why not 20 or 30 more? That's what I plan.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Fair and Balanced Cheapskates
In response to: Fair and Balanced Cheapskates
Walter, what do you have against Fox floozies, other than when they open their mouths to speak any sex appeal they may have had goes out the window?
Now my friend, Bill Orally, is another story. I looked forward to watching him every night without fail. Now I think he is the most egotistical bloviating bloviator of all.
Hmmm. Do I sense a blog coming? A little more absinthe, and I shall begin.
Now my friend, Bill Orally, is another story. I looked forward to watching him every night without fail. Now I think he is the most egotistical bloviating bloviator of all.
Hmmm. Do I sense a blog coming? A little more absinthe, and I shall begin.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Top Five Reasons to Watch the Great Debate
In response to: Top Five Reasons to Watch the Great Debate
We don't need no stinkin' debate! It looks as if you've already had it right here.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Emailing after death; Trailering boats to save gas; Bernanke at Wequassett; Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
In response to: Emailing after death; Trailering boats to save gas; Bernanke at Wequassett; Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
E-mailing after death? That's no big deal. I know people publishing newspapers in that condition.
Solon [Member]
In response to: McCowen stabbed; Man pinned by car in Bourne; Mashpee grill explosion and fire; Stabbings in Falmouth; Ped struck in Mashpee; Ptown car vs bike; Crash slows Sagamore Bridge traffic
In response to: McCowen stabbed; Man pinned by car in Bourne; Mashpee grill explosion and fire; Stabbings in Falmouth; Ped struck in Mashpee; Ptown car vs bike; Crash slows Sagamore Bridge traffic
McCowen is in jail, convicted of murder with overwhelming evidence. He got shanked in the bighouse. So what's the big deal? It happens regularly. He's lucky he's still alive. Christa isn't.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Emailing after death; Trailering boats to save gas; Bernanke at Wequassett; Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
In response to: Emailing after death; Trailering boats to save gas; Bernanke at Wequassett; Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
I went to Stop & Shop yesterday, and they assured me they pulled all the "suspect" tomatoes off the shelf. BUT, who can tell these days?
I passed up tomatoes and got a pre-package of "Mediterranean" salad instead, remembering that not too long ago, lettuce was on the suspect list.
So I went to the packie and bought a bottle of absinthe. (Yes, they sell it now, but unfortunately without the hallucinogenic ingredients. I know that Ned and Smahkcep will be disappointed.) I plan to have a shot before each meal to kill any germs.
There are many ways to (hic!) protect oneself.
I passed up tomatoes and got a pre-package of "Mediterranean" salad instead, remembering that not too long ago, lettuce was on the suspect list.
So I went to the packie and bought a bottle of absinthe. (Yes, they sell it now, but unfortunately without the hallucinogenic ingredients. I know that Ned and Smahkcep will be disappointed.) I plan to have a shot before each meal to kill any germs.
There are many ways to (hic!) protect oneself.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Outdoor Gas Grills: Basics or Frills?
In response to: Outdoor Gas Grills: Basics or Frills?
Opinionator, you just have to accept that sooner or later the damn things will become unusable and you have to get a new one. I've had mine for over five years now and MOST of it is still usable.
I started out in the "old days" with a charcoal burner, which eventually rusted and fell apart.
Then I went to a propane burner with those "lava rocks," which we don't see anymore. It eventually rusted and fell apart.
Now I have a "modern" propane burner from Sears. The piezoelectric starter stopped working the first year, but it wasn't worth contacting Sears and replacing it since a long butane lighter does the trick.
The ceramic coated main grill is still fine, but the two upper "stainless" grills never saw stainless steel and are rusted--you get a good dose of ferrous oxide eating anything warmed on them.
As for covering the grill, I leave mine uncovered year round. I found those fancy covers make it worse-they tend to trap moisture and spiders love to lay eggs under them.
And those side stove top-like burners are useless. They don't put out enough heat.
I started out in the "old days" with a charcoal burner, which eventually rusted and fell apart.
Then I went to a propane burner with those "lava rocks," which we don't see anymore. It eventually rusted and fell apart.
Now I have a "modern" propane burner from Sears. The piezoelectric starter stopped working the first year, but it wasn't worth contacting Sears and replacing it since a long butane lighter does the trick.
The ceramic coated main grill is still fine, but the two upper "stainless" grills never saw stainless steel and are rusted--you get a good dose of ferrous oxide eating anything warmed on them.
As for covering the grill, I leave mine uncovered year round. I found those fancy covers make it worse-they tend to trap moisture and spiders love to lay eggs under them.
And those side stove top-like burners are useless. They don't put out enough heat.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Go Greek for Veep
In response to: Go Greek for Veep
I hope it's Crist. He's a sharp guy and politically (Florida) an excellent choice.
If McCain somehow picks Romney, he'll lose my vote. I'll write in Walter as my candidate. (My last write-in was Whitey Bulger, so Walter will be in good company.)
If McCain somehow picks Romney, he'll lose my vote. I'll write in Walter as my candidate. (My last write-in was Whitey Bulger, so Walter will be in good company.)
Solon [Member]
In response to: Car vs tree in Centerville; Falmouth garage fire; Route 6 closed during Sunday exodus by motorcycle accident; Police track down inpaired driver; Sporadic power problems reported on Cape
In response to: Car vs tree in Centerville; Falmouth garage fire; Route 6 closed during Sunday exodus by motorcycle accident; Police track down inpaired driver; Sporadic power problems reported on Cape
Popping wheelies on Rt 6! Drunk-driving an SUV all over the road!
It's summ-summ-summertime!
It's safer staying home on weekends.
Or maybe I'll try to sneak onto Mav's boat. I haven't heard the command, "Prepare to repel boarders!" for a long time. I miss the good old days.
I'm rambling. Ned, are you there? I miss your sesquipedalianism.
It's summ-summ-summertime!
It's safer staying home on weekends.
Or maybe I'll try to sneak onto Mav's boat. I haven't heard the command, "Prepare to repel boarders!" for a long time. I miss the good old days.
I'm rambling. Ned, are you there? I miss your sesquipedalianism.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Hollywood to Investigate Boston Strangler and Victim 11, Mary Sullivan of Hyannis
In response to: Hollywood to Investigate Boston Strangler and Victim 11, Mary Sullivan of Hyannis
You're right--it was taxi driver Robert DeNiro who killed them.
Just kidding. DeSalvo did them all. But, of course, it's conspiratorial fiction that sells books and movie rights.
If Brian DePalma has anything to do with this movie, we all know it will be a crock of sh--, no matter what the facts may or may not have been.
Just kidding. DeSalvo did them all. But, of course, it's conspiratorial fiction that sells books and movie rights.
If Brian DePalma has anything to do with this movie, we all know it will be a crock of sh--, no matter what the facts may or may not have been.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Don't Ruin It for Everybody!
In response to: Don't Ruin It for Everybody!
I'm not a lawyer, but I understand you have to show a monetary loss before you can sue for monetary damages. What monetary loss did this woman suffer?
This is another case of Americans having too much time on their hands while the rest of the world struggles to survive.
This is another case of Americans having too much time on their hands while the rest of the world struggles to survive.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Join the Rachael Ray Sucks Community
In response to: Join the Rachael Ray Sucks Community
I don't know Rachael Ray, don't know her from a manta ray, but after all the bashing you people have done, I'm beginning to like her.
Solon [Member]
In response to: This PI Gets More than a 3.14!
In response to: This PI Gets More than a 3.14!
3.14159265358979323846… That's easy to remember! I'll check it out when I'm out that way.
Solon [Member]
In response to: What's In a Name?
In response to: What's In a Name?
Opinionator, my parents were going to name me "John." Oh, how easier life would have been.
But my godfather, who was a lawyer, chose "Solon." That was a strange thing to do for a guy whose name was "Peter," and who had Americanized his own last name.
That's OK, but for exactly 10,000,000 times, when I introduce myself, people say, "Huh?"
When some ask me what kind of name is that (the ones who never studied history or who skipped school), I tell them, "It's an ancient Greek name. I'm an ancient Greek."
But my godfather, who was a lawyer, chose "Solon." That was a strange thing to do for a guy whose name was "Peter," and who had Americanized his own last name.
That's OK, but for exactly 10,000,000 times, when I introduce myself, people say, "Huh?"
When some ask me what kind of name is that (the ones who never studied history or who skipped school), I tell them, "It's an ancient Greek name. I'm an ancient Greek."
Solon [Member]
In response to: Updates & Events at the Coast Guard Heritage Museum
In response to: Updates & Events at the Coast Guard Heritage Museum
I WILL visit.
When I was a little kid at the beginning of WWII, the first military man I ever know was my upstairs neighbor, Joe, who enlisted in the Marines at age 17 upon the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The second was Doug, who went immediately off to duty with the Coast Guard right after marrying my cousin.
The Coast Guard is probably the least known of the uniformed services, and it's time for the general public to learn about and appreciate all they have done and are doing for us.
When I was a little kid at the beginning of WWII, the first military man I ever know was my upstairs neighbor, Joe, who enlisted in the Marines at age 17 upon the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The second was Doug, who went immediately off to duty with the Coast Guard right after marrying my cousin.
The Coast Guard is probably the least known of the uniformed services, and it's time for the general public to learn about and appreciate all they have done and are doing for us.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Money doesn't add up at Pilgrim power station
In response to: Money doesn't add up at Pilgrim power station
Ted, it's very difficult to make a biological attack effective. Bombs will still be the weapon of choice for these yahoos, who aren't the brightest guys in anybody's world.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Alleged Harwich Port embezzler built lavish compound in Florida
In response to: Alleged Harwich Port embezzler built lavish compound in Florida
Ned,
I'm always afraid that the worst "white collar" criminals will wind up with is tennis elbow from playing every day at the Club Fed.
What the hell happened to crushing rocks in the quarry twelve hours a day and shouting, "But I'M Spartacus!"
I'm always afraid that the worst "white collar" criminals will wind up with is tennis elbow from playing every day at the Club Fed.
What the hell happened to crushing rocks in the quarry twelve hours a day and shouting, "But I'M Spartacus!"
Solon [Member]
In response to: Will Think For Food
In response to: Will Think For Food
I know thousands of people who have that job--they work for the government. But most do have a problem looking pretty.
Solon [Member]
In response to: No Denying The Truth
In response to: No Denying The Truth
Danny,
Your articles are very forthright and enlightening and much appreciated. Although I can't personally relate (If I have two shots of scotch in one day I start to worry I'm becoming an alcoholic!), but I have known good and wonderful people who have been dragged to the depths and who totally overcame their problems. I've seen that it takes those who have been there to help them out of the hole, and good, understanding friends to help keep them out. Keep up the writing.
Your articles are very forthright and enlightening and much appreciated. Although I can't personally relate (If I have two shots of scotch in one day I start to worry I'm becoming an alcoholic!), but I have known good and wonderful people who have been dragged to the depths and who totally overcame their problems. I've seen that it takes those who have been there to help them out of the hole, and good, understanding friends to help keep them out. Keep up the writing.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Your choice; $130 a barrel or 130 Wind Turbines
In response to: Your choice; $130 a barrel or 130 Wind Turbines
Forget $4-a-gallon gasoline. It will be $5 a gallon before this summer's out. That will be the magic figure that it will take for this nation and its obtuse political representatives to wake up.
Solon [Member]
In response to: There will be blood - in our ethanol
In response to: There will be blood - in our ethanol
I don't know how we got from corn to toboggans, but I have to chime in. We were too poor to own toboggans--we went to the local appliance store and asked for the huge carboard boxes refrigerators came in.
One day we took one over to the 60-degree (yes, almost straight down) slope at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where I later went to school. The slope was peppered with pine trees.
After we ripped off the top and the back, leaving the bottom and the sides, and the front for "steering" (which didn't work), four of us piled on and pushed off down the slope.
I can't describe the dazzling speed and wildness of the ride. Sure enough, we stopped quite abruptly when we hit a pine tree, and all four of us were lifted off and tossed forward--right into the tree.
A few scrapes and bruises--and nothing broken--and we laughed for an hour.
Today,
1) Frigidaire would be sued for supplying the cardboard box.
2) The appliance store owner would be sued for giving it to us.
3) WPI would be sued for having a 60-degree slope.
Can kids have fun anymore?
One day we took one over to the 60-degree (yes, almost straight down) slope at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where I later went to school. The slope was peppered with pine trees.
After we ripped off the top and the back, leaving the bottom and the sides, and the front for "steering" (which didn't work), four of us piled on and pushed off down the slope.
I can't describe the dazzling speed and wildness of the ride. Sure enough, we stopped quite abruptly when we hit a pine tree, and all four of us were lifted off and tossed forward--right into the tree.
A few scrapes and bruises--and nothing broken--and we laughed for an hour.
Today,
1) Frigidaire would be sued for supplying the cardboard box.
2) The appliance store owner would be sued for giving it to us.
3) WPI would be sued for having a 60-degree slope.
Can kids have fun anymore?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Fashion Time & Bermuda Salad
In response to: Fashion Time & Bermuda Salad
I had a white leisure suit, and sideburns, and a moustache. I think I looked like Sonny Buono. Probably could have nailed Cher. I don't have a picture--if I did, I'd burn it.
Ned, "Orthodox Jewish lesbian wedding?" Sing me another verse that's worse than the other verse, and waltz me around again, Neddy!
Rockhopper, when you show up this year, I will great you in my Cape Cod Sunday best--polo shirt and jeans. When I tell people that is "Cape Cod formal," they think I'm kidding.
Let's see, me in jeans as usual, you in shorts as usual, and Ned in a lemon-yellow suit. What a sight that would be!
Ned, "Orthodox Jewish lesbian wedding?" Sing me another verse that's worse than the other verse, and waltz me around again, Neddy!
Rockhopper, when you show up this year, I will great you in my Cape Cod Sunday best--polo shirt and jeans. When I tell people that is "Cape Cod formal," they think I'm kidding.
Let's see, me in jeans as usual, you in shorts as usual, and Ned in a lemon-yellow suit. What a sight that would be!
Solon [Member]
In response to: There will be blood - in our ethanol
In response to: There will be blood - in our ethanol
Capecodtroll, thanks for the info and link. With a top speed of 68 mph and a range of 125 miles, this car would be very practical (at $2 a fill-up) for local use.
With innovations like these coming on-line, I hope the end of the gasoline/oil powered car is on its way out.
With innovations like these coming on-line, I hope the end of the gasoline/oil powered car is on its way out.
Solon [Member]
In response to: WHOOPIE ! Save 20 cents a gallon on your gas
In response to: WHOOPIE ! Save 20 cents a gallon on your gas
Neddy, Neddy, how far back do you want to go? A wise Russian once asked, "How do you divide up history?" Maybe Alexander the Great installed Khomeini by pulling out of Persia.
Yes, by Jove, I think I've got it! It was Alexander!
Yes, by Jove, I think I've got it! It was Alexander!
Solon [Member]
In response to: WHOOPIE ! Save 20 cents a gallon on your gas
In response to: WHOOPIE ! Save 20 cents a gallon on your gas
Ned, my friend, besides installing solar panels, Jimmy Carter also installed the Ayatollah Khomeini.
I think I missed when Dorothy Parker came into the discussion. I guess I was passed out under the Algonquin Round Table.
I think I missed when Dorothy Parker came into the discussion. I guess I was passed out under the Algonquin Round Table.
Solon [Member]
In response to: El Greco meets the Brits at the MFA
In response to: El Greco meets the Brits at the MFA
Moodotv, all good questions. It's possible he wanted to make his paintings unique and recognizable as his.
The earlier ones, that most resembled Titians, did not seem to have such a pronounced elongated effect.
Or maybe he was drinking absinthe. Who knows?
The earlier ones, that most resembled Titians, did not seem to have such a pronounced elongated effect.
Or maybe he was drinking absinthe. Who knows?
Solon [Member]
In response to: There will be blood - in our ethanol
In response to: There will be blood - in our ethanol
Thank you all. NJ Rog, I stopped writing for the Times on January 31, but continue to write for CCToday.com and the Providence Journal on a frequent basis. Will place you on my "column notification" list if you send me your e-mail address to capecodder1@hotmail.com.
Solon [Member]
In response to: WHOOPIE ! Save 20 cents a gallon on your gas
In response to: WHOOPIE ! Save 20 cents a gallon on your gas
Capecodjon,
You are right about Stop & Shop's and Shaw's price gouging. In fact, I wrote an article a while back about their trying to suck us into using their automated devices in their stores, at no savings for us, but added profit (fewer employees) for them.
BUT, there are always cost/benefit trade-offs.
Gas is again the issue. Trader Joe's is about 10 miles from my home, or 20 miles round-trip, or one gallon of gas at almost four bucks. Stop & Shop is less than a mile.
So, do I get gouged the extra four bucks from a nearby "supermarket" or get gouged the extra four bucks at the gas station to get to Trader Joe's?
The way to beat this, of course, and we are doing it, is to combine trips--make each trip a multi-purpose, multi-stop trip.
Since we don't have a president (actually not since Harry Truman-D, or Ronald Reagan-R,) who understands that OPEC can produce and charge any amount they want and can threaten them economically, we have to play our own individual cost/benefit games on the home front to keep from going under.
You are right about Stop & Shop's and Shaw's price gouging. In fact, I wrote an article a while back about their trying to suck us into using their automated devices in their stores, at no savings for us, but added profit (fewer employees) for them.
BUT, there are always cost/benefit trade-offs.
Gas is again the issue. Trader Joe's is about 10 miles from my home, or 20 miles round-trip, or one gallon of gas at almost four bucks. Stop & Shop is less than a mile.
So, do I get gouged the extra four bucks from a nearby "supermarket" or get gouged the extra four bucks at the gas station to get to Trader Joe's?
The way to beat this, of course, and we are doing it, is to combine trips--make each trip a multi-purpose, multi-stop trip.
Since we don't have a president (actually not since Harry Truman-D, or Ronald Reagan-R,) who understands that OPEC can produce and charge any amount they want and can threaten them economically, we have to play our own individual cost/benefit games on the home front to keep from going under.
Solon [Member]
In response to: WHOOPIE ! Save 20 cents a gallon on your gas
In response to: WHOOPIE ! Save 20 cents a gallon on your gas
You're right about Christy Mihos--he is a man doing something positive for the Cape and his customers, from windmills to gas discounts to low milk prices. Who the hell else is doing these things on the Cape?
I, too, was a bit put off by the belittling references to him in our newspapers. I thought it was MY job to rag on him for not bringing me baklava, not theirs.
Christy, baklava or not, yasou!!!
I, too, was a bit put off by the belittling references to him in our newspapers. I thought it was MY job to rag on him for not bringing me baklava, not theirs.
Christy, baklava or not, yasou!!!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Shooting Successful Aerial Photographs : Lesson #1
In response to: Shooting Successful Aerial Photographs : Lesson #1
Nice shot. I once had the pilot of an open cockpit Waco biplane tip it over beyond 90 degrees (against his own rules) so I could shoot the airfield straight down. Interesting shot, but there's no way to get the wing struts out of the picture.
What kind of plane was this?
What kind of plane was this?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Alleged embezzler's attorney arrested for gun threat
In response to: Alleged embezzler's attorney arrested for gun threat
They came from money, alright. Apparently somebody else's money.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Orphan Art Works Bill will Turn Copyrights Inside Out
In response to: Orphan Art Works Bill will Turn Copyrights Inside Out
Ned,
I believe both satire and parody are protected, the difference between them being somewhat nebulous.
I'm thinking, for example, of Weird Al Yankovicz, and all the millions he made with--I believe--parody. How was he protected?
This is important to know, especially for miscreants like you, me, and WB.
I believe both satire and parody are protected, the difference between them being somewhat nebulous.
I'm thinking, for example, of Weird Al Yankovicz, and all the millions he made with--I believe--parody. How was he protected?
This is important to know, especially for miscreants like you, me, and WB.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Marketing the Constitution: The Federalist Papers
In response to: Marketing the Constitution: The Federalist Papers
Opinionator,
Excellent as usual. We, as a people, need a little education and/or reminder of what this country and our unique system of government are all about.
On my desk I keep a copy of our Constitution, Chairman Mao's little red book, Marx and Engel's Communist Manifesto, and, of course, the Qur'an.
I am always on the verge of writing an article positing something like, "Which would you choose?" But I can't yet get past the rest of that sentence without adding something like, "you stupid f----- ignoramus!"
Thanks for the much-needed primer on the Federalist Papers, although, of course, I'm so happy the authors were unable to derail our Bill of Rights.
Excellent as usual. We, as a people, need a little education and/or reminder of what this country and our unique system of government are all about.
On my desk I keep a copy of our Constitution, Chairman Mao's little red book, Marx and Engel's Communist Manifesto, and, of course, the Qur'an.
I am always on the verge of writing an article positing something like, "Which would you choose?" But I can't yet get past the rest of that sentence without adding something like, "you stupid f----- ignoramus!"
Thanks for the much-needed primer on the Federalist Papers, although, of course, I'm so happy the authors were unable to derail our Bill of Rights.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Googleable: A Tale of Two Houses
In response to: Googleable: A Tale of Two Houses
Julie,
Good article. You're lucky there are 12,000 Julie Brooks on Google. If someone accuses you of serial murder, you can always say, "That's not me--must be another Julie Brooks."
On the other hand, I'm stuck. Guess how many of me you can Google...
Good article. You're lucky there are 12,000 Julie Brooks on Google. If someone accuses you of serial murder, you can always say, "That's not me--must be another Julie Brooks."
On the other hand, I'm stuck. Guess how many of me you can Google...
Solon [Member]
In response to: Googleable: A Tale of Two Houses
In response to: Googleable: A Tale of Two Houses
I went to Christmas services at that church the last two years (admittedly my only forays into a church in that period, except for funerals and weddings). I may have been standing next to that guy singing Christmas carols!
It's a good thing that, like Walter, I keep close tabs on my wallet.
It's a good thing that, like Walter, I keep close tabs on my wallet.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Sippin' Lime Bacardi, Got Me Toxy
In response to: Sippin' Lime Bacardi, Got Me Toxy
Mav,
You can stay on both sites. You don't have to pick one or the other. Will bring 10 CANE rum.
Ned,
You know what they say about the pun...very clever, though...I think we're all punsters at heart.
You can stay on both sites. You don't have to pick one or the other. Will bring 10 CANE rum.
Ned,
You know what they say about the pun...very clever, though...I think we're all punsters at heart.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Sippin' Lime Bacardi, Got Me Toxy
In response to: Sippin' Lime Bacardi, Got Me Toxy
Mav,
My condolences for the loss of your friend. The loss of good friends leaves a hole in our lives. But the wonderful memories will make us smile again.
I didn't know your friend (or you, yet), and I am out of 10 CANE rum, but I will raise a glass of scotch tonight in honor of your friend.
My condolences for the loss of your friend. The loss of good friends leaves a hole in our lives. But the wonderful memories will make us smile again.
I didn't know your friend (or you, yet), and I am out of 10 CANE rum, but I will raise a glass of scotch tonight in honor of your friend.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Sippin' Lime Bacardi, Got Me Toxy
In response to: Sippin' Lime Bacardi, Got Me Toxy
Lime Bacardi? I see you need rum lessons, Monpo. Smahkcep and I are the Cape experts on this hallowed subject.
He prefers single barrel estate Puerto Rican rum, I prefer a highly refined white rum made in Trinidad by zombies. (You've seen them in movies--cutting the sugar cane, trekking it to the refinery, refining the sugar, distilling the rum--their quality control is impeccable--after all, they're zombies.)
We must take you under our wing.
He prefers single barrel estate Puerto Rican rum, I prefer a highly refined white rum made in Trinidad by zombies. (You've seen them in movies--cutting the sugar cane, trekking it to the refinery, refining the sugar, distilling the rum--their quality control is impeccable--after all, they're zombies.)
We must take you under our wing.
Solon [Member]
In response to: VOTE YES ON QUESTION 5 IN YARMOUTH
In response to: VOTE YES ON QUESTION 5 IN YARMOUTH
Smah, my friend, Peter isn't attempting to draw me out to battle--at least not on this one. I agree with him--and so do you!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Bizarre related events in Barnstable; Dennis crash; Upper Cape MC crashes; Man severs finger in Wellfleet; Yarmouth crash; Truck snags wire in Hyannis; Two-vehicle crash in Provincetown
In response to: Bizarre related events in Barnstable; Dennis crash; Upper Cape MC crashes; Man severs finger in Wellfleet; Yarmouth crash; Truck snags wire in Hyannis; Two-vehicle crash in Provincetown
When I was a kid we went to the amusement park and drove the electric "Dodgems" for this kind of thing. Now people are doing it for real on the highway.
I don't think it's the Twilight Zone, although I did see Elvis dressed as an EMT. I believe the Cape is a vortex for cosmic rays. Time for some of these people to put the aluminum caps back on.
I don't think it's the Twilight Zone, although I did see Elvis dressed as an EMT. I believe the Cape is a vortex for cosmic rays. Time for some of these people to put the aluminum caps back on.
Solon [Member]
In response to: A Most Excellent Plus-Size Bohemian Socialite
In response to: A Most Excellent Plus-Size Bohemian Socialite
Ned, Paris Hilton was dying to jump your bones, but I told her to forget it, that you were more interested in buxom babes. So she left.
I hope you're not mad at me.
I hope you're not mad at me.
Solon [Member]
In response to: VOTE YES ON QUESTION 5 IN YARMOUTH
In response to: VOTE YES ON QUESTION 5 IN YARMOUTH
I fully agree. The Cape Cod Commission has long outlived its usefulness, if it ever had any usefulness or credibility to begin with. I'm in Dennis, but I fully support the YES vote in Yarmouth.
Let the games begin!
Let the games begin!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Harwich woman helps nab serial murderer; Lost Gardens of New England and Cape Cod
In response to: Harwich woman helps nab serial murderer; Lost Gardens of New England and Cape Cod
Hello? With assault charges against women going back 22 years (and the assaultee failing to show up for trial--I don't think they've found all the bodies yet), and all the evidence the police have uncovered in the last six years regarding the raped/murdered women, the police have just decided to arrest this guy?
You should be more concerned about why he's been allowed to run free all this time.
You should be more concerned about why he's been allowed to run free all this time.
Solon [Member]
In response to: A Second Sliver of Hope
In response to: A Second Sliver of Hope
Robert, it's already a war of civilizations--the caliphists have made that clear.
They have already spoken--unambiguously. They want to annihilate all the friggin' infidels abd establish a worldwide Caliphate. What part of that doesn't anyone understand?
If you want someone to talk to them, I'll talk to them. My people were enslaved, tortured and butchered under the Ottoman Empire because they were Christians. I already know what they are and the only "language" they understand.
They have already spoken--unambiguously. They want to annihilate all the friggin' infidels abd establish a worldwide Caliphate. What part of that doesn't anyone understand?
If you want someone to talk to them, I'll talk to them. My people were enslaved, tortured and butchered under the Ottoman Empire because they were Christians. I already know what they are and the only "language" they understand.
Solon [Member]
In response to: A Nation at Risk: 25 Years Later
In response to: A Nation at Risk: 25 Years Later
You can blame the government, too much or too little funding, Howard Jarvis, or even Ned, but the problem is FAMILY.
The breakdown of the family structure in this country is at the core of the educational (or lack thereof) problem.
Too many absent, self-absorbed, or coke-snorting parents put too little emphasis, if any, on education, and the kids follow suit.
The parents should also show their kids what and where a LIBRARY is. I know for a fact that when I was seven years old I could read better than many college students today.
If the parents demand their kids study (and become disappointed with less than an "A," as my parents were), demand that the teachers are capable and conscientious, demand that high-paid administrators be fired because there are too many of them sucking off the public t--, maybe we can straighten out education, our taxes, and our society.
The breakdown of the family structure in this country is at the core of the educational (or lack thereof) problem.
Too many absent, self-absorbed, or coke-snorting parents put too little emphasis, if any, on education, and the kids follow suit.
The parents should also show their kids what and where a LIBRARY is. I know for a fact that when I was seven years old I could read better than many college students today.
If the parents demand their kids study (and become disappointed with less than an "A," as my parents were), demand that the teachers are capable and conscientious, demand that high-paid administrators be fired because there are too many of them sucking off the public t--, maybe we can straighten out education, our taxes, and our society.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Operation "Greenscam"
In response to: Operation "Greenscam"
The extra charge is a scam (wind energy WILL drive DOWN the overall price, not UP), but wind power is not.
Solon [Member]
In response to: No floaters in Nantucket Sound, please
In response to: No floaters in Nantucket Sound, please
Thanks for the pumpout station map, WB.
Moses,with more pumpout stations in the area than quills on a porcupine, there is no reason why any boat should dump into our coastal waters.
I've had a boat up here and also down in Chesapeake Bay, and I've never seen anyone dumping sewage--most boaters are the most conscientious people I've met--but it is apparent some are doing it. (Down South, we would have shot anyone doing it. In fact, I carried a gun on board--which I had no occasion to ever use--mainly for sharks that I couldn't safely land and for the generations of inbred watermen across the way who resembled characters from "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and would not hesitate to "disappear" anyone looking crosswise at their crab pots or just for fun.)
The first thing to do is to pass out the pumpout station map to all boaters (I believe they already have one if they belong to Boat US or have taken the Coast Guard Auxiliary course, which should be required for all boaters.)
The guilty should be nailed with enormous fines.
Moses,with more pumpout stations in the area than quills on a porcupine, there is no reason why any boat should dump into our coastal waters.
I've had a boat up here and also down in Chesapeake Bay, and I've never seen anyone dumping sewage--most boaters are the most conscientious people I've met--but it is apparent some are doing it. (Down South, we would have shot anyone doing it. In fact, I carried a gun on board--which I had no occasion to ever use--mainly for sharks that I couldn't safely land and for the generations of inbred watermen across the way who resembled characters from "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and would not hesitate to "disappear" anyone looking crosswise at their crab pots or just for fun.)
The first thing to do is to pass out the pumpout station map to all boaters (I believe they already have one if they belong to Boat US or have taken the Coast Guard Auxiliary course, which should be required for all boaters.)
The guilty should be nailed with enormous fines.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Bay State Governor wants to ban sewage dumping in Mass. waters; "Age of fossil fuels is coming to an end"
In response to: Bay State Governor wants to ban sewage dumping in Mass. waters; "Age of fossil fuels is coming to an end"
Possee, your term of "raw sewage" emanating from Beacon Hill is too kind. We know what it is in one syllable.
Mav, I don't know the ratio of runoff sewage to boat sewage in our waters and don't claim to. But with more pumpout stations in the area than quills on a porcupine, there is no reason why any boat should dump into our coastal waters. And I bet you agree on that.
I've had a boat up here and also down in Chesapeake Bay, and I've never seen anyone dumping sewage--most boaters are the most conscientious people I've met--but it is apparent some are doing it. (Down South, we would have shot anyone doing it. In fact, I carried a gun on board--which I had no occasion to ever use--mainly for sharks that I couldn't safely land and for the generations of inbred watermen across the way who resembled characters from "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and would not hesitate to "disappear" anyone looking crosswise at their crab pots or just for fun.)
The thing to do is to nail these mothers with big fines. As far as pollution from the shore, that's another issue to get onto.
Mav, I don't know the ratio of runoff sewage to boat sewage in our waters and don't claim to. But with more pumpout stations in the area than quills on a porcupine, there is no reason why any boat should dump into our coastal waters. And I bet you agree on that.
I've had a boat up here and also down in Chesapeake Bay, and I've never seen anyone dumping sewage--most boaters are the most conscientious people I've met--but it is apparent some are doing it. (Down South, we would have shot anyone doing it. In fact, I carried a gun on board--which I had no occasion to ever use--mainly for sharks that I couldn't safely land and for the generations of inbred watermen across the way who resembled characters from "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and would not hesitate to "disappear" anyone looking crosswise at their crab pots or just for fun.)
The thing to do is to nail these mothers with big fines. As far as pollution from the shore, that's another issue to get onto.
Solon [Member]
In response to: May 1, 1965, machine guns start brush fire on Cape
In response to: May 1, 1965, machine guns start brush fire on Cape
Ah, there's a beautiful old 50-caliber machinegun. What a beauty! I loved it's lines, the sound of those 50-caliber rounds firing off, the smell of the powder, the cries of "Jam!" and "Cookoff!"
Those were the days. I have always maintained that there is no problem that a machinegun and a flamethrower can't solve. Thanks for the nostalgia.
Those were the days. I have always maintained that there is no problem that a machinegun and a flamethrower can't solve. Thanks for the nostalgia.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Whale-watch boats endanger whales; RI votes for 24-hour gambling; Cape Cod pork
In response to: Whale-watch boats endanger whales; RI votes for 24-hour gambling; Cape Cod pork
Whale hogwash.
I went on a whale-watching trip out of P-town a couple of years ago, and the operators of the boat did none of the no-no's claimed by the report authors, like going too fast, getting too close to the whales, harassing the whales, etc.
They ran the whale-watching trip perfectly and obeyed all rules, even to the point of telling photo-snappers why they couldn't take the boat closer.
I don't know whom the report authors are knocking, but if they have the evidence they claim, they should have the balls to name whom they are accusing.
I give high marks to our P-town boat operators.
I went on a whale-watching trip out of P-town a couple of years ago, and the operators of the boat did none of the no-no's claimed by the report authors, like going too fast, getting too close to the whales, harassing the whales, etc.
They ran the whale-watching trip perfectly and obeyed all rules, even to the point of telling photo-snappers why they couldn't take the boat closer.
I don't know whom the report authors are knocking, but if they have the evidence they claim, they should have the balls to name whom they are accusing.
I give high marks to our P-town boat operators.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Stop, Shop, Surrender
In response to: Stop, Shop, Surrender
I NEVER use the automated lines ANYWHERE, even when the store has a huckster, just like at a circus sideshow, trying to guide people into them.
They ask why, I tell them I don't want to encourage that type of thing, I like to have some one to strangle if an item is rung up wrong.
We ARE losing jobs and workers with these robots (Ned, they're NOT Greek), and saving no money on groceries. The savings go into the pockets of the already fat cats.
I urge you all to just boycott the damn things. Maybe they'll eventually rip them out.
They ask why, I tell them I don't want to encourage that type of thing, I like to have some one to strangle if an item is rung up wrong.
We ARE losing jobs and workers with these robots (Ned, they're NOT Greek), and saving no money on groceries. The savings go into the pockets of the already fat cats.
I urge you all to just boycott the damn things. Maybe they'll eventually rip them out.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Psst! Secret beaches revealed!
In response to: Psst! Secret beaches revealed!
I used to love visiting Purgatory Chasm. When I was a kid, friends and I would bicycle there from Worcester (no 3-speeds--we couldn't afford them--those were "fat tire" bikes).
Can't wait to go back.
Can't wait to go back.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Officer OK after cruiser crash; Bourne fire; BPD cruiser stoned; hit & run
In response to: Officer OK after cruiser crash; Bourne fire; BPD cruiser stoned; hit & run
Cruiser rammed, cruiser gets stoned, sexual assault...where the hell are we, Detroit?
Solon [Member]
In response to: US Dept. of the Interior to expand offshore energy research
In response to: US Dept. of the Interior to expand offshore energy research
Ned,
Thanks for the photo. She looks ravishing.
Four voodoo altars? I once had four compass points of river rocks set up ala Druid style in my living room in Williamsburg VA.
Is it possible to have the rumfest at your place?
What I drink is 10 CANE rum from Trinidad. Is yours really labeled Santeria Rum, or do you say a few words to Baron Samedi and make it so (sort of like blessing holy water)?
Rapunzal2007, you are so right. I am stopping with Mav right now and going off to brush my cat.
Thanks for the photo. She looks ravishing.
Four voodoo altars? I once had four compass points of river rocks set up ala Druid style in my living room in Williamsburg VA.
Is it possible to have the rumfest at your place?
What I drink is 10 CANE rum from Trinidad. Is yours really labeled Santeria Rum, or do you say a few words to Baron Samedi and make it so (sort of like blessing holy water)?
Rapunzal2007, you are so right. I am stopping with Mav right now and going off to brush my cat.
Solon [Member]
In response to: US Dept. of the Interior to expand offshore energy research
In response to: US Dept. of the Interior to expand offshore energy research
Mav, your calling me a "fraud" is actionable, but I'm too nice a guy to take action. Besides, I can prove no monetary damage because everyone knows you're wrong.
By "cows" I meant whatever bovines you were talking about earlier with the Great Smahckep. If you think I meant your drinking companions, that is only in your own mind. I don't know them, so I can't make that judgment call.
I've gone shark fishing in Virginia. Caught two. Ate them. Yum yum.
Don't even think of using me for bait--that's how I caught these two. I cut my arm with my knife, jumped overboard, and when they came after the blood, I knocked them out with a straight right to the nose and tossed them onto the boat.
Thanks for the kind 911 thought, but I don't need them. I'm going out with my boots on.
By "cows" I meant whatever bovines you were talking about earlier with the Great Smahckep. If you think I meant your drinking companions, that is only in your own mind. I don't know them, so I can't make that judgment call.
I've gone shark fishing in Virginia. Caught two. Ate them. Yum yum.
Don't even think of using me for bait--that's how I caught these two. I cut my arm with my knife, jumped overboard, and when they came after the blood, I knocked them out with a straight right to the nose and tossed them onto the boat.
Thanks for the kind 911 thought, but I don't need them. I'm going out with my boots on.
Solon [Member]
In response to: US Dept. of the Interior to expand offshore energy research
In response to: US Dept. of the Interior to expand offshore energy research
Mav, I've tried to be nice to you (big mistake on my part), hoping you would show signs of belonging to the human race, but you are incorrigible. So now I can only tell you to watch yourself. I am the wrong guy to screw with.
Smahkcep, Buzz is OK, as is Ned. The others can rummy up with Mav and his cows on his scow.
We can meet over here over my fire pit (as we did once over yours.) It's OK if the fire gets out of control--the Fire Chief lives next door. He knows what to do.
Smahkcep, Buzz is OK, as is Ned. The others can rummy up with Mav and his cows on his scow.
We can meet over here over my fire pit (as we did once over yours.) It's OK if the fire gets out of control--the Fire Chief lives next door. He knows what to do.
Solon [Member]
In response to: US Dept. of the Interior to expand offshore energy research
In response to: US Dept. of the Interior to expand offshore energy research
Mav, I though it was YOU who wanted to apologize. After all, you are the one who hates everybody.
I don't believe I know Cru and Hamalcar. But I DO know Ned, and he is welcome. And smart enough to keep up--maybe leave us behind.
Well, the Great Smahckep and Ned and I may down a few and discuss the ramifications of Caesar's incursion into the now British Isles, or why Alexander was the only one to conguer the Afghanis, or why some people are misanthropes.
I was hoping you'd accept, Mav, because, just judging by myself and the Great Smahkcap, we believe the particular rum we drink, whose sugar cane base is milled by zombies (oh, yes, they exist) in Trinidad has some beneficial psychotropic effects.
I don't believe I know Cru and Hamalcar. But I DO know Ned, and he is welcome. And smart enough to keep up--maybe leave us behind.
Well, the Great Smahckep and Ned and I may down a few and discuss the ramifications of Caesar's incursion into the now British Isles, or why Alexander was the only one to conguer the Afghanis, or why some people are misanthropes.
I was hoping you'd accept, Mav, because, just judging by myself and the Great Smahkcap, we believe the particular rum we drink, whose sugar cane base is milled by zombies (oh, yes, they exist) in Trinidad has some beneficial psychotropic effects.
Solon [Member]
In response to: US Dept. of the Interior to expand offshore energy research
In response to: US Dept. of the Interior to expand offshore energy research
Mav,
Perhaps instead of breaking bread-- with the Great Smahkcep's permission, you, I and the Great Smahkcep could break open a bottle of single barrel rum.
This experience has been described by others as everything from "the enlightened road to Nirvana" to "something akin to an intense pyscho-electric shock therapy session."
It takes a real man to sit with us while we finish a bottle. What say you, Great Smahkcep?
Perhaps instead of breaking bread-- with the Great Smahkcep's permission, you, I and the Great Smahkcep could break open a bottle of single barrel rum.
This experience has been described by others as everything from "the enlightened road to Nirvana" to "something akin to an intense pyscho-electric shock therapy session."
It takes a real man to sit with us while we finish a bottle. What say you, Great Smahkcep?
Solon [Member]
In response to: US Dept. of the Interior to expand offshore energy research
In response to: US Dept. of the Interior to expand offshore energy research
The difference, Mav, is that I was there--at both wind farms.
In fact, if you had paid attention some time ago when I wrote a photo-poem about my travels in Denmark for c2today, you would have seen Nysted in all its glory, from within the wind farm itself.
In fact, if you had paid attention some time ago when I wrote a photo-poem about my travels in Denmark for c2today, you would have seen Nysted in all its glory, from within the wind farm itself.
Solon [Member]
In response to: US Dept. of the Interior to expand offshore energy research
In response to: US Dept. of the Interior to expand offshore energy research
I do not think Dot was accusing C2today or CPN of Photoshopping that pic. It was the Danish government trying to make a dramatic point contrasting the coal with the wind turbines.
On both offshore windfarms we visited, both referenced with that photo, no coal piles existed. At Horns Rev on the North Sea, the wind towers, at eight miles out, weren't visible without 10x20 binoculars.
At Nysted, on the Baltic, where they were about the same distance from land as the Cape Wind farm will be, you could see them only 50% of the time on the sunniest days--again because of the invisible, cloaking, sea mist.
The photo is a phony. The wind towers in that photo were shot with a telescopic lens (or blown up with Photoshop), and the coal piles were Photoshopped in.
No such view exists at either or Nysted or Horns Rev.
On both offshore windfarms we visited, both referenced with that photo, no coal piles existed. At Horns Rev on the North Sea, the wind towers, at eight miles out, weren't visible without 10x20 binoculars.
At Nysted, on the Baltic, where they were about the same distance from land as the Cape Wind farm will be, you could see them only 50% of the time on the sunniest days--again because of the invisible, cloaking, sea mist.
The photo is a phony. The wind towers in that photo were shot with a telescopic lens (or blown up with Photoshop), and the coal piles were Photoshopped in.
No such view exists at either or Nysted or Horns Rev.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Oriental in Orleans - Restaurant Review
In response to: Oriental in Orleans - Restaurant Review
Good one, dilligaf! Maybe we can resurrect John Belushi of Animal House fame to really bring a touch of class to it!
Ned, I'd like to know that myself (any help, anyone?) The best one, which served authentic Greek dishes, was Angelo's, the small five-or six-table restaurant tucked behind the general store at the old Barnstable train station (where they shot some scenes for the movie "Chatham).
It is gone. There was a sewage problem under the structure that the owners of the property, the general store people, apparently would not bring up to code enough for the restaurant to continue operations. I'm not even sure if the general store is operating. Haven't gone over there since Angelo closed down.
Angelo and his sister, Virginia, cooked and served up all the traditional Greek dishes--lamb, pastitsio, moussaka, dolmades, etc., in addition to good old American steaks and hamburgers.
If anyone knows where Angelo has gone, please help Ned and me out. Maybe I'll take Walter. I KNOW we'd agree on that one.
Ned, I'd like to know that myself (any help, anyone?) The best one, which served authentic Greek dishes, was Angelo's, the small five-or six-table restaurant tucked behind the general store at the old Barnstable train station (where they shot some scenes for the movie "Chatham).
It is gone. There was a sewage problem under the structure that the owners of the property, the general store people, apparently would not bring up to code enough for the restaurant to continue operations. I'm not even sure if the general store is operating. Haven't gone over there since Angelo closed down.
Angelo and his sister, Virginia, cooked and served up all the traditional Greek dishes--lamb, pastitsio, moussaka, dolmades, etc., in addition to good old American steaks and hamburgers.
If anyone knows where Angelo has gone, please help Ned and me out. Maybe I'll take Walter. I KNOW we'd agree on that one.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Oriental in Orleans - Restaurant Review
In response to: Oriental in Orleans - Restaurant Review
Walter, my friend,
1) "Oriental in Orleans" was a bit of alliteration. I thought you'd realize that since I used "Asian" in my last paragraph.
2) I knew I'd tick you off. Perhaps the shortest list in the world is restaurants we agree on. (But yes, I DO like Alberto's, which appears to be one of your favorites.)
3) I would not defame anyone--I merely reported my opinion on the cuisine. I was truly hoping it would be upgraded a bit since my last sojourn in Dennis. I DO like Thai and Vietnamese food, and was first introduced to it by students I taught from those two countries, who had the goodness to come over to my house and cook it for me.
4) Some people like this restaurant, some people like that restaurant, and you really must get over your belief that those who don't agree with you are nothing but coarse barbarians.
1) "Oriental in Orleans" was a bit of alliteration. I thought you'd realize that since I used "Asian" in my last paragraph.
2) I knew I'd tick you off. Perhaps the shortest list in the world is restaurants we agree on. (But yes, I DO like Alberto's, which appears to be one of your favorites.)
3) I would not defame anyone--I merely reported my opinion on the cuisine. I was truly hoping it would be upgraded a bit since my last sojourn in Dennis. I DO like Thai and Vietnamese food, and was first introduced to it by students I taught from those two countries, who had the goodness to come over to my house and cook it for me.
4) Some people like this restaurant, some people like that restaurant, and you really must get over your belief that those who don't agree with you are nothing but coarse barbarians.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod's radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi born today
In response to: Cape Cod's radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi born today
Once upon a time, when I wrote for the CCTimes, I wrote a column that raised the question of where we'd be today if people had objected to Marconi's towers because "they ruined their view."
Sounds damn silly in retrospect, but that's what's going on today with Cape Wind's towers.
Sounds damn silly in retrospect, but that's what's going on today with Cape Wind's towers.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Bitter on Cape Cod
In response to: Bitter on Cape Cod
I gave a buck at the Stop & Shop. (Usually I don't because I feel the charities are imposing on us at places like this.) I remember the beginnings of the Jimmy Fund and Fenway and Curt Gowdie, so it raised a bit of nostalgia (Ned, got that?) with me.
The next guy in line asked what the Jimmy Fund was. The cashier couldn't tell him. So I had to explain it to both. He ended up giving a buck.
But what frosts me most is these teenage organizations standing outside with decorated coffee cans asking for money for new uniforms, condoms, whatever.
I always tell them, quite firmly, that they should be holding a car wash for the money or doing something constructive instead of just standing there like beggers. They get nothing from me.
The next guy in line asked what the Jimmy Fund was. The cashier couldn't tell him. So I had to explain it to both. He ended up giving a buck.
But what frosts me most is these teenage organizations standing outside with decorated coffee cans asking for money for new uniforms, condoms, whatever.
I always tell them, quite firmly, that they should be holding a car wash for the money or doing something constructive instead of just standing there like beggers. They get nothing from me.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Why we grieve at funerals
In response to: Why we grieve at funerals
Thanks, Dot. I'm sorry for the loss of your friend, too. Hope to see you here on the Cape or on Nantucket before too long.
Solon [Member]
In response to: CC Times new owner to buy Newsday, maybe NY Times too
In response to: CC Times new owner to buy Newsday, maybe NY Times too
As for the NY Times not being for sale, I think Sulzberger doth protest too much.
Solon [Member]
In response to: CC Times new owner to buy Newsday, maybe NY Times too
In response to: CC Times new owner to buy Newsday, maybe NY Times too
I don't know about your tale above, but it was Cliff Schechtman who said to me something like, "Write what you want, but piss people off." I did.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Why we grieve at funerals
In response to: Why we grieve at funerals
NED,I believe the original meaning is HOMEsickness. Whether that healed or not depended on the person and the circumstances. I prefer its current connotation of a sentimental yearning, as I believe do you.
OPINIONATOR,you are absolutely correct in rounding out the reasons for grieving, and your opinions are always welcome.
BUZZ, when I was young, Greek funerals were beyond sad and sometimes attended by people I considered to be mourners and wailers by avocation. Today, though we grieve, we do make them a celebration of one's life. They are becoming more like Irish funerals. And that is the right direction.
As for your pine box friend, whatever happened to him?
OPINIONATOR,you are absolutely correct in rounding out the reasons for grieving, and your opinions are always welcome.
BUZZ, when I was young, Greek funerals were beyond sad and sometimes attended by people I considered to be mourners and wailers by avocation. Today, though we grieve, we do make them a celebration of one's life. They are becoming more like Irish funerals. And that is the right direction.
As for your pine box friend, whatever happened to him?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Heap big hypocrisy from Wampanaog
In response to: Heap big hypocrisy from Wampanaog
Ned, you sound like a pretty smart guy. Actually all of us have nearly identical DNA--chimps share about 98% of it, I understand.
There's only one character here who has a significant deficiency, and we both know who that is.
There's only one character here who has a significant deficiency, and we both know who that is.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Heap big hypocrisy from Wampanaog
In response to: Heap big hypocrisy from Wampanaog
Mav, he's on my right, too. The Dems have sabotaged BOTH our browsers!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Heap big hypocrisy from Wampanaog
In response to: Heap big hypocrisy from Wampanaog
Mav,
You remind me of the yahoos in the Army in whose left hand we used to place a rock so they'd know their left from their right.
Left or right never entered the picture here. (And you are one of the only two people on Earth who have ever categorized me with the "left." The other one has been institutionalized.)
But since you seem so confused, I recommend you tattoo on the back of your hand, "Port-Left, Starboard-Right" so you won't endanger any of your fellow seafarers.
Please-as O'Reilly says--"pithy" comments only. Thank you.
You remind me of the yahoos in the Army in whose left hand we used to place a rock so they'd know their left from their right.
Left or right never entered the picture here. (And you are one of the only two people on Earth who have ever categorized me with the "left." The other one has been institutionalized.)
But since you seem so confused, I recommend you tattoo on the back of your hand, "Port-Left, Starboard-Right" so you won't endanger any of your fellow seafarers.
Please-as O'Reilly says--"pithy" comments only. Thank you.
Solon [Member]
In response to: The insufferable arrogance of Cape Cod washashores
In response to: The insufferable arrogance of Cape Cod washashores
Walter, I've got a dilemma. All my neighbors are good neighbors here in South Dennis. In previous domiciles, I've always had some bad or ornery neighbors. I thoroughly enjoyed getting rid of them.
Now I have no one to...er...terminate.
Mav, where do you live? We have a misunderstanding we have to clear up, by the way, about your boat. When are you going to invite me aboard for coffee?
Now I have no one to...er...terminate.
Mav, where do you live? We have a misunderstanding we have to clear up, by the way, about your boat. When are you going to invite me aboard for coffee?
Solon [Member]
In response to: You Think YOU'VE Got Problems!!
In response to: You Think YOU'VE Got Problems!!
I used an eyeball like that once to get through a retinal scanner security post.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Abdullah's Mock Draft
In response to: Abdullah's Mock Draft
Never bet against a woman. They bet on the looks of the quarterback, the color of the jockey's tights, the number of teeth in the goalie. Never on the facts.
But they always win!
But they always win!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Kerry foe rips his anti-wind-farm stand; Windbags should pipe down on wind energy
In response to: Kerry foe rips his anti-wind-farm stand; Windbags should pipe down on wind energy
What is inexplicable and disturbing is the small number of politicians who have dared speak out in favor of the wind farm.
With polls showing popular acceptance of 70 to 85%, from the Cape out to other parts of the state, the political candidates certainly aren't appealing to the populace.
It seems they're just kowtowing, as usual, to those more likely to fill their campaign coffers.
Well, we don't have to vote for them or their coffer-fillers. Who's worse? The politicians who don't give a damn or the lemmings who march over the edge of the same cliff voting the same people back in?
With polls showing popular acceptance of 70 to 85%, from the Cape out to other parts of the state, the political candidates certainly aren't appealing to the populace.
It seems they're just kowtowing, as usual, to those more likely to fill their campaign coffers.
Well, we don't have to vote for them or their coffer-fillers. Who's worse? The politicians who don't give a damn or the lemmings who march over the edge of the same cliff voting the same people back in?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Mazzone, The Cowboy Cop speaks out on The Worthington Case
In response to: Mazzone, The Cowboy Cop speaks out on The Worthington Case
So JF was wearing socks on his hands when he was a teenager crawling through a window so as not to leave prints.
Well, that says it all! It completely exonerates the framed McCowen from having raped and murdered Christa Worthington many years later. "Socks-on-his-hands" JF did it all.
There were two murder victims here: Christa Worthington and reason.
Well, that says it all! It completely exonerates the framed McCowen from having raped and murdered Christa Worthington many years later. "Socks-on-his-hands" JF did it all.
There were two murder victims here: Christa Worthington and reason.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Summer rentals booming here, Cape gets recession bonus again
In response to: Summer rentals booming here, Cape gets recession bonus again
Mav, when I visited the Nysted wind farm in Denmark and took the boat tour through it, the boat captain was asked if the wind farm had hurt or helped tourism and the local economy.
His answer was, "Just look at this boat and where you are. I take tourists out twice day. There were no boat tours before the wind farm."
Also, the fish came back in droves after the first year of monopile installation. The tower bases acted as artificial reefs.
You've been complaining about something from which you will profit.
His answer was, "Just look at this boat and where you are. I take tourists out twice day. There were no boat tours before the wind farm."
Also, the fish came back in droves after the first year of monopile installation. The tower bases acted as artificial reefs.
You've been complaining about something from which you will profit.
Solon [Member]
In response to: From L.L. Bean to Brooks Brothers
In response to: From L.L. Bean to Brooks Brothers
Hey Peter, don't knock my LL Bean snow boots or ice-walking shoes. This IS New England.
As for CCC boneheads in Brooks Brothers suits, they're still boneheads.
As for CCC boneheads in Brooks Brothers suits, they're still boneheads.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cargo ship burning off Cape; Cape employers left scrambling; P'town man honors war vets; Gay weddings are good business
In response to: Cargo ship burning off Cape; Cape employers left scrambling; P'town man honors war vets; Gay weddings are good business
Good for Rich Wood of P-town for offering a free fishing day on his boat for Iraq vets and families.
We need more men like him on the Cape--men who care and men who do--rather than the scattering of fruitcakes who pontificate and bloviate on things about which they have no clue.
We need more men like him on the Cape--men who care and men who do--rather than the scattering of fruitcakes who pontificate and bloviate on things about which they have no clue.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Teenage Gambling
In response to: Teenage Gambling
Remember, "She waits" Monpo, H. Ryder Haggard's "She Who Waits." "She" (played in the film by Ursula Andress)was 2,000 years old. Don't leave that magic ring of fire or you'll quickly disintegrate,
Solon [Member]
In response to: Caffeine Kills
In response to: Caffeine Kills
Jul3ia,
I admit I have trouble following some of your cartoons, probably because of the generation (or is that two generations?) gap.
But I must inform you that at my age coffee does not kill, but is considered an important nutrient, one of the four necessary food groups. (The others being alcohol, blood pressure pills, and, for some reason, Gatorade.)
The only caveat is hat they should not all be taken together. (Except you can put Kalhua in your coffee.)
I hope I have helped you to a healthier life.
I admit I have trouble following some of your cartoons, probably because of the generation (or is that two generations?) gap.
But I must inform you that at my age coffee does not kill, but is considered an important nutrient, one of the four necessary food groups. (The others being alcohol, blood pressure pills, and, for some reason, Gatorade.)
The only caveat is hat they should not all be taken together. (Except you can put Kalhua in your coffee.)
I hope I have helped you to a healthier life.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Bozo-Approved!
In response to: Bozo-Approved!
Ned, Ned, Ned, just a suggestion for someone who loves your attire and your non-understated non-comformity.
"Young rightwinger?" That immediately casts a degree of doubt on your credibility by showing your political bias at work. "Young nitwit" or "young jerk" may have been better. That would apply whether he was a rightwinger, leftwinger, or fried winger.
But you're right. What he did would have earned him a swift kick in the netherregions were I there.
"Young rightwinger?" That immediately casts a degree of doubt on your credibility by showing your political bias at work. "Young nitwit" or "young jerk" may have been better. That would apply whether he was a rightwinger, leftwinger, or fried winger.
But you're right. What he did would have earned him a swift kick in the netherregions were I there.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
For all you conspiracy-minded phone buggees, did you ever stop to shock yourself with the obvious? That no one thinks you're important enought to bug your phone.
Come back to reality...if you still can.
Come back to reality...if you still can.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Sheena rides a limo
In response to: Sheena rides a limo
Txrus, anticipating an angry cat (which luckily didn't happen--Sheena was more scared than angry), Kathy put on leather gloves before she tried to take Sheena out of the carrier. This was at Logan. A TSA jackass actually told her to "hurry up" for following their own asinine rules. I nearly dove at the guy. I think they deliberately hire morons at Logan.
In contrast, and to my surprise, when I flashed my military ID to a TSA agent at Phoenix (I found most TSA agents don't even know what it is), he actually thanked me for my service to my country. And then a second one called my attention to my pedometer on my belt, which could set off the metal detector.
This again was in contrast to a moronic TSA agent in Tampa who saw the same pedometer and screamed, "Stop!" She held up the whole line and started blabbering something about my having a device on my belt "with buttons on it."
I enjoyed doing a good write-up on that idiot for both the Providence Journal and c2today.
Where do they find them?
In contrast, and to my surprise, when I flashed my military ID to a TSA agent at Phoenix (I found most TSA agents don't even know what it is), he actually thanked me for my service to my country. And then a second one called my attention to my pedometer on my belt, which could set off the metal detector.
This again was in contrast to a moronic TSA agent in Tampa who saw the same pedometer and screamed, "Stop!" She held up the whole line and started blabbering something about my having a device on my belt "with buttons on it."
I enjoyed doing a good write-up on that idiot for both the Providence Journal and c2today.
Where do they find them?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Fewer power plants mean higher electric rates
In response to: Fewer power plants mean higher electric rates
Good rational explanation of the economics of the regional electrical industry.
Of course, the naysayers never worried about facts or logic. Now it's getting too late for them to worry about anything.
I'm already looking forward to our wind farm inauguration gala. May even get my monkey suit out of the closet.
Of course, the naysayers never worried about facts or logic. Now it's getting too late for them to worry about anything.
I'm already looking forward to our wind farm inauguration gala. May even get my monkey suit out of the closet.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Wind, out of the Blue
In response to: Wind, out of the Blue
You've all misread it. It isn't "Blue H," it's "Bull H."
Their plan is an engineering nightmare and an almost certain catastrophy. If ever technologically feasible, it will take 10 to 20 years. Even then, it almost certainly will never be economically feasible with its stratospheric costs and low power output.
But Cape Wind's offshore technology is here and now. And proven the world over.
Blue H is like the "blue screen" on television. There's really nothing there except the joker talking in front of it.
I'll bet my wooden shoes the Dutchmen will end up selling us tulip bulbs before they sell us electricity.
Their plan is an engineering nightmare and an almost certain catastrophy. If ever technologically feasible, it will take 10 to 20 years. Even then, it almost certainly will never be economically feasible with its stratospheric costs and low power output.
But Cape Wind's offshore technology is here and now. And proven the world over.
Blue H is like the "blue screen" on television. There's really nothing there except the joker talking in front of it.
I'll bet my wooden shoes the Dutchmen will end up selling us tulip bulbs before they sell us electricity.
Solon [Member]
In response to: It's America's Choice: Turbines or Turbans
In response to: It's America's Choice: Turbines or Turbans
Smahkcep, where are you? I have a bottle of rum!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Sandpipers & a Sandpiper Cocktail
In response to: Sandpipers & a Sandpiper Cocktail
Rockhopper, I am absolutely devastated that you didn't include my recipes for sandpipers in your piece.
They're good fried, but my favorite is grilling them on a skewer with onions and tomatoes. I call it "Piper-ka-bob." If you can't say that more than three times fast, you've had too many of your sandpiper cocktails.
When you get here, Rockhopper, we'll try some recipes.
They're good fried, but my favorite is grilling them on a skewer with onions and tomatoes. I call it "Piper-ka-bob." If you can't say that more than three times fast, you've had too many of your sandpiper cocktails.
When you get here, Rockhopper, we'll try some recipes.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Carter to Vote for Obama
In response to: Carter to Vote for Obama
For whom does the bell toll? It tolls (as well it should) for Obama.
An endorsement by the worst president in our history should sound the final death knell. Hillary should track him down and kiss him for that--as long as we won't have to watch it on U-Tube.
An endorsement by the worst president in our history should sound the final death knell. Hillary should track him down and kiss him for that--as long as we won't have to watch it on U-Tube.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Three Blind Mice or Moe, Larry and Surly
In response to: Three Blind Mice or Moe, Larry and Surly
Peter, you are absolutely correct on most of what you've said ("Most" because I favor McCain). This is the same comment I sent to Robert Kelly on his blog, apropos to both:
Let's sum this up. We have a preacher who preaches hatred--and hatred of the United States at that. Isn't that what the ayatollahs are doing?
And Obama never noticed that this is a little out of the ordinary and never walked out or denounced it?
Do you really want to vote for this guy?
Or for Hillary, who speaks out of all eight sides of her mouth even while courageously dodging sniper bullets from snipers who stopped firing a couple of years before she got there? (Slow bullets?)
My friends, the Democratic party has committed suicide with these duplicitous, empty fools.
Where, oh where, is Harry Truman when the Democrats need him most?
Get used to saying, "President McCain."
Let's sum this up. We have a preacher who preaches hatred--and hatred of the United States at that. Isn't that what the ayatollahs are doing?
And Obama never noticed that this is a little out of the ordinary and never walked out or denounced it?
Do you really want to vote for this guy?
Or for Hillary, who speaks out of all eight sides of her mouth even while courageously dodging sniper bullets from snipers who stopped firing a couple of years before she got there? (Slow bullets?)
My friends, the Democratic party has committed suicide with these duplicitous, empty fools.
Where, oh where, is Harry Truman when the Democrats need him most?
Get used to saying, "President McCain."
Solon [Member]
In response to: Truth, Religion, Obama and Politics
In response to: Truth, Religion, Obama and Politics
Let's sum this up. We have a preacher who preaches hatred--and hatred of the United States at that. Isn't that what the ayatollahs are doing?
And Obama never noticed that this is a little out of the ordinary and never walked out or denounced it?
Do you really want to vote for this guy?
Or for Hillary, who speaks out of all eight sides of her mouth even while courageously dodging sniper bullets from snipers who stopped firing a couple of years before she got there? (Slow bullets?)
My friends, the Democratic party has committed suicide with these duplicitous, empty fools.
Where, oh where, is Harry Truman when the Democrats need him most?
Get used to saying, "President McCain."
And Obama never noticed that this is a little out of the ordinary and never walked out or denounced it?
Do you really want to vote for this guy?
Or for Hillary, who speaks out of all eight sides of her mouth even while courageously dodging sniper bullets from snipers who stopped firing a couple of years before she got there? (Slow bullets?)
My friends, the Democratic party has committed suicide with these duplicitous, empty fools.
Where, oh where, is Harry Truman when the Democrats need him most?
Get used to saying, "President McCain."
Solon [Member]
In response to: Three Blind Mice or Moe, Larry and Surly
In response to: Three Blind Mice or Moe, Larry and Surly
One year I protestedly voted for Ross Perot. This year, it'll be McCain or a write-in for Walter Brooks. With 700,000 subscribers to c2today, we could really shake things up by voting for Walter.
BTW, write me in as VP.
BTW, write me in as VP.
Solon [Member]
In response to: The ferries should upgrade their navigation equipment
In response to: The ferries should upgrade their navigation equipment
Moses, thanks for bringing us up to speed on AIS and for educating the public on this superb navigational safety device.
At less than $5000 per boat, the ferry owners ought to be ashamed of themselves for not already having placed them on their boats. Your article should serve notice that, if an avoidable collision occurs, they will get their asses sued right off and their business licenses pulled.
Oh, and for good measure, let's make sure Teddy puts one on his boat.
At less than $5000 per boat, the ferry owners ought to be ashamed of themselves for not already having placed them on their boats. Your article should serve notice that, if an avoidable collision occurs, they will get their asses sued right off and their business licenses pulled.
Oh, and for good measure, let's make sure Teddy puts one on his boat.
Solon [Member]
In response to: County's missing art may be on the road to (partial) recovery
In response to: County's missing art may be on the road to (partial) recovery
I don't have them either.
I was a Physics teacher...I just have some U238, plutonium, laser trackers, trinkets like that.
I was a Physics teacher...I just have some U238, plutonium, laser trackers, trinkets like that.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Working to find workers; Death on the beach; Ports get a state grant; Pollutants blamed for Cape cancer rate
In response to: Working to find workers; Death on the beach; Ports get a state grant; Pollutants blamed for Cape cancer rate
I had a friend who joined one of those "million man" marches to Washington. I think, in total, they had enough show up for a poker hand.
Nevertheless, the TV and newspaper shot from low angles and with proper background to make it look as if D.C. would sink under its own weight from the "million."
Until the public wakes up and demands truth in news and stops buying or watching those news outlets which daily deal in bovine exrement, we'll get more of the same.
Nevertheless, the TV and newspaper shot from low angles and with proper background to make it look as if D.C. would sink under its own weight from the "million."
Until the public wakes up and demands truth in news and stops buying or watching those news outlets which daily deal in bovine exrement, we'll get more of the same.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Wind Turbines on Galapagos; Fossil fuel protesters take to the streets April 1
In response to: Wind Turbines on Galapagos; Fossil fuel protesters take to the streets April 1
Mav, that's quite a conspiracy theory. I like it!
Solon [Member]
In response to: "The Doctor Has No More Patients"
In response to: "The Doctor Has No More Patients"
Ned, FYI, two of my college Physics professors came from that great Peenemunde-underground. And when I worked for our own rocket program, Werner von Braun was one of my CCTV mentors.
They were all great guys, though, as was another Physics professor, an Englishman who helped develop the delayed action bomb fuse that allowed bombs and atillery shells to burrow into the target and explode instead of exploding on the surface with little effect.
We used those on Peenemunde. Ah, it's a wonderful life.
They were all great guys, though, as was another Physics professor, an Englishman who helped develop the delayed action bomb fuse that allowed bombs and atillery shells to burrow into the target and explode instead of exploding on the surface with little effect.
We used those on Peenemunde. Ah, it's a wonderful life.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Wind Turbines on Galapagos; Fossil fuel protesters take to the streets April 1
In response to: Wind Turbines on Galapagos; Fossil fuel protesters take to the streets April 1
I thought "fiends" was more appropriate.
You see wind turbines everywhere except, so far, on Cape Cawd. Could it be that evolution skipped the inbred Cape oligarchy?
You see wind turbines everywhere except, so far, on Cape Cawd. Could it be that evolution skipped the inbred Cape oligarchy?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Zeus Strikes the Penurious
In response to: Zeus Strikes the Penurious
I run into that stupid "can you help me out, my wallet's in my luggage which has gotten lost" scam (or some facsimile thereof) at the airport every time I travel.
I usually give them a look that says my next action will be a swift kick to the gonads, and they quickly disappear. So don't feel bad at all about not falling for that.
BUT--I think you have taken Zeus's name in vain. Now a flock of birds is on the way!
Actually I had a somewhat similar experience. I laid my open camera bag on a bench, with about $2000 worth of equipment in it, and--kaboom! The bird just missed the opening and hit the side of the bag. What a mess it might otherwise have been.
I later sacrificed a goat to Zeus, and it never happened again.
I usually give them a look that says my next action will be a swift kick to the gonads, and they quickly disappear. So don't feel bad at all about not falling for that.
BUT--I think you have taken Zeus's name in vain. Now a flock of birds is on the way!
Actually I had a somewhat similar experience. I laid my open camera bag on a bench, with about $2000 worth of equipment in it, and--kaboom! The bird just missed the opening and hit the side of the bag. What a mess it might otherwise have been.
I later sacrificed a goat to Zeus, and it never happened again.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape man to stay in prison; New Vonnegut book discovered
In response to: Cape man to stay in prison; New Vonnegut book discovered
Monpo, what are you trying to say? Another Cape Cod conspiracy to add to the two million going around already by people with aluminum caps on their heads? Merde!!!!!
Solon [Member]
In response to: "The Doctor Has No More Patients"
In response to: "The Doctor Has No More Patients"
'Rocket-scientist' prep school? Were you one of my Physics/rocketry students? Many students suspected me, the Dean of Students, and the Headmaster of being CIA, and the Biology teacher of being FBI.
It's a common delusion at that stage in life. Where do you live? A couple of guys were asking about you and want to come over in their huge black SUVs to "just have a little talk" with you.
It's a common delusion at that stage in life. Where do you live? A couple of guys were asking about you and want to come over in their huge black SUVs to "just have a little talk" with you.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod Voice's staggering self-absorption
In response to: Cape Cod Voice's staggering self-absorption
Monpo,
I am a little stuck out here in the desert (There! Just shot another rattlesnake! Now I'll fry him up with the sidewinder I strangledmwith my bare hands.) without my French dictionary--which I've had since first-year French in the seventh grade.
Couldn't figure out if you were talking French, Portuguese, or Inuit.
I've variously translated your reply to:
1) I am smiling.
2) Contemplate your butt, too.
3) My mother-in-law is making walrus blubber pie.
Can you help me out?
I am a little stuck out here in the desert (There! Just shot another rattlesnake! Now I'll fry him up with the sidewinder I strangledmwith my bare hands.) without my French dictionary--which I've had since first-year French in the seventh grade.
Couldn't figure out if you were talking French, Portuguese, or Inuit.
I've variously translated your reply to:
1) I am smiling.
2) Contemplate your butt, too.
3) My mother-in-law is making walrus blubber pie.
Can you help me out?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod Voice's staggering self-absorption
In response to: Cape Cod Voice's staggering self-absorption
When I read the headline, I thought it was Monpo one-upping me again in language. (She's very good.)
Walter, you have done something here that I, in the past, have urged the editors of another certain pubication to do: Raise the bar on your readers.
Now I think I will contemplate my navel. Ommmmmmmmmmmm........
Walter, you have done something here that I, in the past, have urged the editors of another certain pubication to do: Raise the bar on your readers.
Now I think I will contemplate my navel. Ommmmmmmmmmmm........
Solon [Member]
In response to: The 40 Minute War (Relevance Today) No WMD's
In response to: The 40 Minute War (Relevance Today) No WMD's
Bill, a word about weapons. The gun doesn't always fly out of the hand or get released in such cases.
I once shot myself in the head (accidentally) with a 12-gauge pistol I had made. When they found me (I had been unconscious only a few seconds), the gun was still in my hand. I wasn't dead (I don't think), just a lot of blood spurting out.
At the ER, the surgeon on duty was some one I knew, and he asked me what happened. Not wanting him to file the dreaded GSW report, I told him "officially" I hit myself with a crowbar. He said, "Oh, so it was that damned 12-gauge pistol you were making." I guess the whole town knew.
He said he could pull the wound down and sew it up behind my eyebrow if I wanted, to hide the scar. Still in a daze, I told him OK.
Now I'm sorry I did, because then I could look like Rambo or the Terminator or somebody. Now I'm stuck with being handsome.
I will show the scar only to Monpo so that she can attest to my story, but only if she promises not to open it up again in some fit of rage over a sports score.
I once shot myself in the head (accidentally) with a 12-gauge pistol I had made. When they found me (I had been unconscious only a few seconds), the gun was still in my hand. I wasn't dead (I don't think), just a lot of blood spurting out.
At the ER, the surgeon on duty was some one I knew, and he asked me what happened. Not wanting him to file the dreaded GSW report, I told him "officially" I hit myself with a crowbar. He said, "Oh, so it was that damned 12-gauge pistol you were making." I guess the whole town knew.
He said he could pull the wound down and sew it up behind my eyebrow if I wanted, to hide the scar. Still in a daze, I told him OK.
Now I'm sorry I did, because then I could look like Rambo or the Terminator or somebody. Now I'm stuck with being handsome.
I will show the scar only to Monpo so that she can attest to my story, but only if she promises not to open it up again in some fit of rage over a sports score.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Making a case against red tape; Let's put wind at our backs; Building a business out of sand
In response to: Making a case against red tape; Let's put wind at our backs; Building a business out of sand
I don't know about you guys, but I'm really happy that there's global warming. If there wasn't, we'd be overrun with glaciers right now.
If Nobel saw what was happening to the prize money and honors he bequeathed, he would have put a stick of his own dynamite in his mouth and blown himself to hell.
Don't make fun of Nobel Prize winner Al Gore, the man who invented the internet, two-legged trousers, and other things without which we'd be lost today.
Just put his picture up there in your place of honor with Nobel Peace Prize winner Yassir Arafat.
If Nobel saw what was happening to the prize money and honors he bequeathed, he would have put a stick of his own dynamite in his mouth and blown himself to hell.
Don't make fun of Nobel Prize winner Al Gore, the man who invented the internet, two-legged trousers, and other things without which we'd be lost today.
Just put his picture up there in your place of honor with Nobel Peace Prize winner Yassir Arafat.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Hoppin' Down The Bunny Trail
In response to: Hoppin' Down The Bunny Trail
Hmmm...just anothet quiet evening at home with Elle and Stacey.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Another Saturday, another peace vigil
In response to: Another Saturday, another peace vigil
Stop being so mean to them. They just need to get a job...and a life!
Monpo, you deliberately waited till I left that notorious gathering at Walter's last year before you showed up in a skirt. You know, everything they say about Greeks isn't true!
Monpo, you deliberately waited till I left that notorious gathering at Walter's last year before you showed up in a skirt. You know, everything they say about Greeks isn't true!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cheap Air - Dropping in sometime soon?
In response to: Cheap Air - Dropping in sometime soon?
Same owner as Harborview Restaurant? That in itself is no kind of recommendation.
When my military group had one of their monthly luncheons there a couple of years ago, we voted never to go back. (We take a poll after each lunch, rating the restaurant on quality of food, service, attentiveness, etc.)
Peter, you seem to have done your homework. If they run their airline the way they run their restaurant, I'll take a kayak to Nantucket or Nyack and just get away from it all.
When my military group had one of their monthly luncheons there a couple of years ago, we voted never to go back. (We take a poll after each lunch, rating the restaurant on quality of food, service, attentiveness, etc.)
Peter, you seem to have done your homework. If they run their airline the way they run their restaurant, I'll take a kayak to Nantucket or Nyack and just get away from it all.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Hoppin' Down The Bunny Trail
In response to: Hoppin' Down The Bunny Trail
Monpo, you are too soft-hearted. Lobsters are for eating...just like Easter bunnies.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Child abuse horror in Middleboro: Where was DSS?
In response to: Child abuse horror in Middleboro: Where was DSS?
Beatkid, one thing I'm keeping my eye on is, when the trials and the sentencing and the hand-wringing are over, whether the court gives this poor kid BACK to the %$#@*& mother.
If that happens, time to try the judge.
If that happens, time to try the judge.
Solon [Member]
In response to: A Quick History Lesson
In response to: A Quick History Lesson
Capemom, here's another history lesson for you. "Strange Fruit" was written in 1937 and introduced to Billie Holiday, who sang it at Cafe Society in 1939.
The Rosenbergs were executed in the early 1950s as spies for supplying atomic secrets to Josef Stalin's Soviet Union. One had nothing to do with the other.
Larry, I wrote a column (I thought for the Cape Cod Times) about Martin Luther King and the Jim Crow days incorporating the first verse of "Strange Fruit," but I can't find it. Either that part was edited out or I lost it during one of my several computer crashes.
I'm away for a couple more weeks, but I think I have it at home on a CD by Nina Simone. If you want a copy of the CD, e-mail me your address and I'll send it when I get back.
The Rosenbergs were executed in the early 1950s as spies for supplying atomic secrets to Josef Stalin's Soviet Union. One had nothing to do with the other.
Larry, I wrote a column (I thought for the Cape Cod Times) about Martin Luther King and the Jim Crow days incorporating the first verse of "Strange Fruit," but I can't find it. Either that part was edited out or I lost it during one of my several computer crashes.
I'm away for a couple more weeks, but I think I have it at home on a CD by Nina Simone. If you want a copy of the CD, e-mail me your address and I'll send it when I get back.
Solon [Member]
In response to: NEW GOVERNMENT? ONE CAN ONLY HOPE
In response to: NEW GOVERNMENT? ONE CAN ONLY HOPE
I see you can only deflect the issues and fall back on the twisted logic of the left. I don't see Berkeley in your academic background. Did you go there?
Your arguments are reminiscent of those of friends (yes, friends) from Berkeley who espoused the teachings of Mao in America long after Maoism was already dead to the Chinese. Reality was never an issue with them. Only misguided beliefs and empty moral-high-ground rhetoric.
And they always accused their opposition of what they were doing themselves. I'm out here talking TO the Indians. You're the one who thinks she's talking FOR the Indians.
Your arguments are reminiscent of those of friends (yes, friends) from Berkeley who espoused the teachings of Mao in America long after Maoism was already dead to the Chinese. Reality was never an issue with them. Only misguided beliefs and empty moral-high-ground rhetoric.
And they always accused their opposition of what they were doing themselves. I'm out here talking TO the Indians. You're the one who thinks she's talking FOR the Indians.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Everyone Should Be Angry
In response to: Everyone Should Be Angry
"As long as the United States Congress continues vipers will never be an endangered species." Peter, I agree with you on that wholeheartedly, although I have been on record for over five years in strong favor of the Cape Wind farm. But I respect your right to your opinions.
Christy, "If you liked the Big Dig--you'll just love Cape Wind" is the biggest non-sequitur I've ever seen this side of the Hellespont.
Maybe you can run for office again using that as your slogan.
Christy, "If you liked the Big Dig--you'll just love Cape Wind" is the biggest non-sequitur I've ever seen this side of the Hellespont.
Maybe you can run for office again using that as your slogan.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Spring Sprung & Pork Chops with Wine & Mushroom Sauce
In response to: Spring Sprung & Pork Chops with Wine & Mushroom Sauce
Rockhopper, you are far too much a gourmet cook for me. I don't have the patience--I do it on the quick and easy.
I just like to fry or grill the chops, sprayed with a little olive oil and sprinkled with oregano to be true to my heritage. Asparagus as a side dish sounds good--I might also add a small Greek salad with feta.
Looking forward to your annual trek to the Cape. Maybe we can get David and his barbecue involved in some type of "cookoff."
I just like to fry or grill the chops, sprayed with a little olive oil and sprinkled with oregano to be true to my heritage. Asparagus as a side dish sounds good--I might also add a small Greek salad with feta.
Looking forward to your annual trek to the Cape. Maybe we can get David and his barbecue involved in some type of "cookoff."
Solon [Member]
In response to: NEW GOVERNMENT? ONE CAN ONLY HOPE
In response to: NEW GOVERNMENT? ONE CAN ONLY HOPE
Zep, your heart is in the right place, but your attempt to project your own guilt complex onto an entire nation is misguided.
All who have read "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" know what shameful systematic wrongs our leaders have perpetrated against the American Indians. I recommend this book to everyone of all ages. It is a must in understanding our history.
But the wrongs were done by other generations against other generations. To whom else would you like our country to apologize?
To the Greeks, the first of whom were brought to America as "indentured servants" (aka slaves), and 50 percent of whom died the first year in the swamps of Florida, alongside Seminoles?
To the Irish, when stores and barrooms were festooned with signs reading, "Dogs and Irishmen not welcome"?
To the blacks for the KKK and the Jim Crow era?
We could go on forever. Right now, I'm out here in Arizona among Navajos. They're a fine people with a great sense of history and tradition, and the last thing they really want is a white speaking for them.
All who have read "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" know what shameful systematic wrongs our leaders have perpetrated against the American Indians. I recommend this book to everyone of all ages. It is a must in understanding our history.
But the wrongs were done by other generations against other generations. To whom else would you like our country to apologize?
To the Greeks, the first of whom were brought to America as "indentured servants" (aka slaves), and 50 percent of whom died the first year in the swamps of Florida, alongside Seminoles?
To the Irish, when stores and barrooms were festooned with signs reading, "Dogs and Irishmen not welcome"?
To the blacks for the KKK and the Jim Crow era?
We could go on forever. Right now, I'm out here in Arizona among Navajos. They're a fine people with a great sense of history and tradition, and the last thing they really want is a white speaking for them.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Barnstable Police arrest four peace protesters
In response to: Barnstable Police arrest four peace protesters
I've got news for these people. The unbridled arrogance of their organization's name is disturbing.
We ALL want "peace and justice," except, of course, for the types of savages who murdered thousands of Americans by crashing into the Twin Towers or who are skinning captured American soldiers alive in the Middle East.
I don't know about arresting them, but I certainly would ignore them. They seem more interested in publicity than in peace and justice anyway.
Walter, there are other ways of nailing Delahunt.
We ALL want "peace and justice," except, of course, for the types of savages who murdered thousands of Americans by crashing into the Twin Towers or who are skinning captured American soldiers alive in the Middle East.
I don't know about arresting them, but I certainly would ignore them. They seem more interested in publicity than in peace and justice anyway.
Walter, there are other ways of nailing Delahunt.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape School Fends off Bully Complaints
In response to: Cape School Fends off Bully Complaints
How about this getting investigated throughly before the lynch mobs show up for the principal, the teachers, or the alleged bully?
Sometimes (and I personally know of a case in a nearby school), a kid complains of "bullying" because some other kids tease him and won't let him play with them. That's tough, but it's happened to all of us and it's part of growing up and learning about life. And parents' and teachers' time and emotion are wasted just to find out the "bullying" was made up.
Everybody is too ready to shout the new catchwords "bullying" or "sex abuse" to gain attention or to get some one else into trouble.
If this kid is really terrifying other kids, pull him out of that school and send him to a facility for troubled children. He is too dangerous to have around.
If the principal and/or teachers are looking the other way or don't want to be bothered addressing the situation, fire their useless asses and make sure they never teach again.
But let's first get the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Sometimes (and I personally know of a case in a nearby school), a kid complains of "bullying" because some other kids tease him and won't let him play with them. That's tough, but it's happened to all of us and it's part of growing up and learning about life. And parents' and teachers' time and emotion are wasted just to find out the "bullying" was made up.
Everybody is too ready to shout the new catchwords "bullying" or "sex abuse" to gain attention or to get some one else into trouble.
If this kid is really terrifying other kids, pull him out of that school and send him to a facility for troubled children. He is too dangerous to have around.
If the principal and/or teachers are looking the other way or don't want to be bothered addressing the situation, fire their useless asses and make sure they never teach again.
But let's first get the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Are Arizonians smarter than Cape Codders?
In response to: Are Arizonians smarter than Cape Codders?
Peter,
1) I like you. I read your articles. But when you come at people like a pit bull, do not expect hearts and flowers in return.
2) You may end up paying $1000 to Chuck Kleekamp and Chris Stimpson, who laid out the Cape Wind electricity costs in a very comprehensive article, "Wind and the cost of electricity," published in the Cape Cod Times and on c2today.
3) I have asked Jim Gordon the same questions, but understand that more has to fall into place before he can give exact answers. When he does, I hope I can claim to be the one to have gotten the answers and claim your $1000.
4) I hope you will allow me to buy you a cup of coffee next time we meet at Walter's. (On Walter's nickel, of course. Everything tastes better on Walter's nickel.)
1) I like you. I read your articles. But when you come at people like a pit bull, do not expect hearts and flowers in return.
2) You may end up paying $1000 to Chuck Kleekamp and Chris Stimpson, who laid out the Cape Wind electricity costs in a very comprehensive article, "Wind and the cost of electricity," published in the Cape Cod Times and on c2today.
3) I have asked Jim Gordon the same questions, but understand that more has to fall into place before he can give exact answers. When he does, I hope I can claim to be the one to have gotten the answers and claim your $1000.
4) I hope you will allow me to buy you a cup of coffee next time we meet at Walter's. (On Walter's nickel, of course. Everything tastes better on Walter's nickel.)
Solon [Member]
In response to: Send The Money to New Orleans
In response to: Send The Money to New Orleans
Don't fret. Clinton or Obama won't matter. As fed up as people may be with the Republicans, they are more fed up with the incredibly inept Democrats. John McCain will be our next president.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Are Arizonians smarter than Cape Codders?
In response to: Are Arizonians smarter than Cape Codders?
Peter, Cape Wind ISN'T on line now, thanks to rabid opposition, which, fortunately, is now seeing the end of its run. I thought the IF, WOULDA, COULDA, game was above you.
Actually YOU disappoint, Peter, but you are certainly consistent. You have never let the facts get in the way of your opinions.
Actually YOU disappoint, Peter, but you are certainly consistent. You have never let the facts get in the way of your opinions.
Solon [Member]
In response to: The Prince
In response to: The Prince
Oh, what fun memories! I taught school in the 60s and 70s. It was an all-boys private academy at the time, so we had a faculty meeting one night to discuss the length of students' hair.
Some said we had no right to tell them how long it should be. Others said their parents expected us to ensure that they were well groomed. I argued the Beatles' length was OK and should suit everyone.
After three friggin' hours of boring hogwash and ho-hums and some snoring, we adjourned the meeting without a decision. (One never was made.)
At the end I got up, disgusted with my indecisive colleagues, and quoted that Harvard professor who said, "When I die, I hope it is during a faculty meeting. Then the transition from life to death will be imperceptible."
Some said we had no right to tell them how long it should be. Others said their parents expected us to ensure that they were well groomed. I argued the Beatles' length was OK and should suit everyone.
After three friggin' hours of boring hogwash and ho-hums and some snoring, we adjourned the meeting without a decision. (One never was made.)
At the end I got up, disgusted with my indecisive colleagues, and quoted that Harvard professor who said, "When I die, I hope it is during a faculty meeting. Then the transition from life to death will be imperceptible."
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod Today's NCAA March Madness Game
In response to: Cape Cod Today's NCAA March Madness Game
Mikewicz, don't eat at a Chinese restaurant. Then you'll emerge hungry to take over the world.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Are Arizonians smarter than Cape Codders?
In response to: Are Arizonians smarter than Cape Codders?
I love you, too, Monpo. Play March Madness? It wouldn't be fair--I have madness to spare!
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod Today's NCAA March Madness Game
In response to: Cape Cod Today's NCAA March Madness Game
Monpo,
Be glad Dom Imus didn't write that ad. Then you know how hordes would have come out.
Be glad Dom Imus didn't write that ad. Then you know how hordes would have come out.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Verizon: Greed out of control--again!
In response to: Verizon: Greed out of control--again!
Dear "capecod times,"
Is there something in your moniker I should know about?
Why the vicious unfounded ad hominem attack regarding things you know little or nothing about?
Go crawl back in your hole.
Is there something in your moniker I should know about?
Why the vicious unfounded ad hominem attack regarding things you know little or nothing about?
Go crawl back in your hole.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Saying what Obama can not say about race
In response to: Saying what Obama can not say about race
Larry,
In a way I feel sorry for you. Your venom is poisoning your own soul.
Read Jeff Jacoby's rational discussion on Obama and Wright in today's Boston Globe. Link below:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/03/19/its_still_a_question_of_wright_and_wrong/
In a way I feel sorry for you. Your venom is poisoning your own soul.
Read Jeff Jacoby's rational discussion on Obama and Wright in today's Boston Globe. Link below:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/03/19/its_still_a_question_of_wright_and_wrong/
Solon [Member]
In response to: The A-Bomb in our midst
In response to: The A-Bomb in our midst
Dear justiceforall,
It's not a hype job at all. I've already written in this publication in detail (I think al-Qaida took notes) how an LNG tanker can be successfully blown with everything and everyone within at least a half-mile radius being incinerated (including the seekers of 72 virgins that blow it.
What is hype is the deflection of the danger by the LNG industry, which touts the excellent safety record of LNG tankers. The safety record is excellent, but they're talking about accidents. I'm talking about terrorists.
You do know about terrorists, don't you?
It's not a hype job at all. I've already written in this publication in detail (I think al-Qaida took notes) how an LNG tanker can be successfully blown with everything and everyone within at least a half-mile radius being incinerated (including the seekers of 72 virgins that blow it.
What is hype is the deflection of the danger by the LNG industry, which touts the excellent safety record of LNG tankers. The safety record is excellent, but they're talking about accidents. I'm talking about terrorists.
You do know about terrorists, don't you?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Truth, Defense Spending and Politics
In response to: Truth, Defense Spending and Politics
Robert,
You've nailed a most important point: The shameless panderers of the left keep trying to blame the fruits of their own shamelessness on the military, budget or otherwise.
Your hard facts are irrefutable.
You notice, however, that those unable to refute them do what they always do: Deflect with irrelevance--and fabrications.
It must be tough for those who have to live on bittersweet fruit--always chewing on the left side of their mouths.
You've nailed a most important point: The shameless panderers of the left keep trying to blame the fruits of their own shamelessness on the military, budget or otherwise.
Your hard facts are irrefutable.
You notice, however, that those unable to refute them do what they always do: Deflect with irrelevance--and fabrications.
It must be tough for those who have to live on bittersweet fruit--always chewing on the left side of their mouths.
Solon [Member]
In response to: A Thank you from Jim Gordon
In response to: A Thank you from Jim Gordon
Friends, if you want to count, take the time to send in your comments to the MMS. You now have till April 21.
You can find convenient links at Cape Wind's web site or that of Clean Power Now.
There are 750,000 subscribers to capecodtoday.com. 750,000--and you are one of them! You CAN make a difference. Do it today.
You can find convenient links at Cape Wind's web site or that of Clean Power Now.
There are 750,000 subscribers to capecodtoday.com. 750,000--and you are one of them! You CAN make a difference. Do it today.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Print news or electronic? Which is best?
In response to: Print news or electronic? Which is best?
Thanks, Buzz,
Paper, computer or Blackberry--the integrity/credibility of the source is the point.
You'll have to show me how to use an Ipod. My farthest foray into the new technology is a $40 MP3 player I bought.
I loaded about 10 operas in it. I keep looking at it and saying, "Jeez, where is all that music coming from?"
Paper, computer or Blackberry--the integrity/credibility of the source is the point.
You'll have to show me how to use an Ipod. My farthest foray into the new technology is a $40 MP3 player I bought.
I loaded about 10 operas in it. I keep looking at it and saying, "Jeez, where is all that music coming from?"
Solon [Member]
In response to: Sound Views & Hash Brown Casserole
In response to: Sound Views & Hash Brown Casserole
Why, oh why, oh why-o,
Why did I ever leave Ohio?
Remember that song? I know why I left. The snow was getting too deep in Dayton.
See you this summer on the beach.
Why did I ever leave Ohio?
Remember that song? I know why I left. The snow was getting too deep in Dayton.
See you this summer on the beach.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Rally 'Round The Sammich!
In response to: Rally 'Round The Sammich!
Monpo, I'd take you up on some of those point spreads and bet you, but my recent seance with the late Jimmy the Greek (actually a Jew named Snyder) warned me not to bet against you.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Liquor stores broken into; Suspicious device found in Hyannis
In response to: Liquor stores broken into; Suspicious device found in Hyannis
Hmm, bopo. Where are you writing from? They have wi-fi there, too?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Canal workers stage walk-out over bad food
In response to: Today in Cape history: Canal workers stage walk-out over bad food
Mav, everybody's told you a million times. You just don't want to get it.
Ted, no one's older than you.
Ted, no one's older than you.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Liquor stores broken into; Suspicious device found in Hyannis
In response to: Liquor stores broken into; Suspicious device found in Hyannis
Looks like a 75mm shell used in pom-pom guns or other such device. I had one as a kid--it had been fired and was entirely empty and harmless with a used primer, and the head was a non-explosive dummy. Made a nice desk ornament.
What the hell's the matter with people today? They see anything like that and suddenly the devil is going to blow them all up. If the cops want to get rid of it (other than to the owner for any particular reason), I'll take it.
What the hell's the matter with people today? They see anything like that and suddenly the devil is going to blow them all up. If the cops want to get rid of it (other than to the owner for any particular reason), I'll take it.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Over 300 attend Martha's Vineyard Cape Wind hearing last night
In response to: Over 300 attend Martha's Vineyard Cape Wind hearing last night
That poor oyster shucker (spell that any way you want) with the "Save Our Sound" sign around his neck probably had it on tight enough to impede blood flow to his brain.
At he Danish wind farms I visited, the shellfish came back in greater numbers because the tower bases acted similarly to artificial reefs. You know all those artificial reefs we put in at the cost of millions of dollas to improve fishing? Cape Wind is going to provide 130 of them.
At he Danish wind farms I visited, the shellfish came back in greater numbers because the tower bases acted similarly to artificial reefs. You know all those artificial reefs we put in at the cost of millions of dollas to improve fishing? Cape Wind is going to provide 130 of them.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Canal workers stage walk-out over bad food
In response to: Today in Cape history: Canal workers stage walk-out over bad food
Do not make light of the travails of these poor people. Today, about 30% of Cape Codders are decrying the Cape Wind farm because they will have to suffer from--heaven forbid--clean air!
Solon [Member]
In response to: The coal miners come to Cape to complain
In response to: The coal miners come to Cape to complain
Smahkcep, they have no shame. Their narcissism knows no bounds. Their disinformation knows no limits. They will be overcome.
Solon [Member]
In response to: The French were here first; Guv pushes for state share of casinos
In response to: The French were here first; Guv pushes for state share of casinos
I went up to Lake Champlain, named after the famous explorer, to determine whether the French or the English got there first. (Of course, we seem to overlook the Indians, who wre there already.)
I found an old stone marker, predating both the French and the English. Ir read, "Kilroy was here."
Now you know.
I found an old stone marker, predating both the French and the English. Ir read, "Kilroy was here."
Now you know.
Solon [Member]
In response to: No Sale Sign
In response to: No Sale Sign
tron44 and some of you others--I have a bunch of aluminum caps to sell you...
Solon [Member]
In response to: No Sale Sign
In response to: No Sale Sign
C'mon, Christy, nobody personally insulted you in the above comments. They just expressed their opinions, which differ from yours. Must you always make yourself a victim when somebody disagrees with you?
And your allusion to the "1770s," to our heroes of the American Revolution, is way out of line. Do you really consider yourself on a par with them because you oppose the wind farm? Maybe if you cross Nantucket Sound standing up in a rowboat, I'll cut you some slack.
And as for fear that your business may be boycotted, that most likely won't happen. People are mainly creatures of habit and will continue to shop and do business in the same places. So stop losing sleep over your pennies and take the comments in the way they were intended.
And your allusion to the "1770s," to our heroes of the American Revolution, is way out of line. Do you really consider yourself on a par with them because you oppose the wind farm? Maybe if you cross Nantucket Sound standing up in a rowboat, I'll cut you some slack.
And as for fear that your business may be boycotted, that most likely won't happen. People are mainly creatures of habit and will continue to shop and do business in the same places. So stop losing sleep over your pennies and take the comments in the way they were intended.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape and Islands history: John Belushi laid to rest on Vineyard
In response to: Today in Cape and Islands history: John Belushi laid to rest on Vineyard
Jack, thanks again for the memory.
John Belushi was another one of those very talented entertainers who had everything and foolishly destroyed himself with drugs.
I can still see him on SNL saying, "Cheesaburger! Pepsi, no Coke."
What a terrible waste.
John Belushi was another one of those very talented entertainers who had everything and foolishly destroyed himself with drugs.
I can still see him on SNL saying, "Cheesaburger! Pepsi, no Coke."
What a terrible waste.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Worst recession in decades, Chamber opposes a billion-dollar project
In response to: Worst recession in decades, Chamber opposes a billion-dollar project
Walter, thanks for O'Brien's e-mail, but he's not worth writing to. Such obvious discredited crap, and look where it was so prominently printed.
There are some people on the Cape for whom the word "shame" holds no meaning.
There are some people on the Cape for whom the word "shame" holds no meaning.
Solon [Member]
In response to: The Cape Wind "Stealth Story" cometh
In response to: The Cape Wind "Stealth Story" cometh
This is totally ridiculous and not surprising...and the usual suspects are right there...you've named them.
The fact is that deep water wind farms are not yet proven to be feasible and may never be (I think they're still screwing around with a tower off the coast of Scotland or somewhere). Those like Cape Wind's are a proven major technology that can be put into use today. They are being used all over the world and in an increasing numbers in the United States.
The Dutch company can come and do what they think is feasible, in New Bedford or East Podunk, but that doesn't affect the Cape Wind farm.
Wind farms all along the Middle Atlantic Bight can eventually rid us totally of dependence on foreign oil and kowtowing to unctuous desert sheiks who would still be heating their tea with camel dung were it not, through no credit of their own, sitting on oil.
What never ceases to amaze me about the anti-wind farm people and their political lackeys is how they continue to insult the intelligence of Cape Codders. But then, some deserve to be insulted.
The fact is that deep water wind farms are not yet proven to be feasible and may never be (I think they're still screwing around with a tower off the coast of Scotland or somewhere). Those like Cape Wind's are a proven major technology that can be put into use today. They are being used all over the world and in an increasing numbers in the United States.
The Dutch company can come and do what they think is feasible, in New Bedford or East Podunk, but that doesn't affect the Cape Wind farm.
Wind farms all along the Middle Atlantic Bight can eventually rid us totally of dependence on foreign oil and kowtowing to unctuous desert sheiks who would still be heating their tea with camel dung were it not, through no credit of their own, sitting on oil.
What never ceases to amaze me about the anti-wind farm people and their political lackeys is how they continue to insult the intelligence of Cape Codders. But then, some deserve to be insulted.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Lady Golfer
In response to: Lady Golfer
I quote two of my favorite people:
1) Mark Twain: "Golf is a good walk spoiled."
2) Groucho Marx: "I would never join a club that would have me as a member."
Pesonally, I only play the game when forced at gunpoint.
1) Mark Twain: "Golf is a good walk spoiled."
2) Groucho Marx: "I would never join a club that would have me as a member."
Pesonally, I only play the game when forced at gunpoint.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Vinick absconds without Gordon business plan
In response to: Vinick absconds without Gordon business plan
Notice: I have deleted those comments with links to other websites. Your comments, pro or con, sane or insane, are welcome. But using this comment space to link to people promoting their own agendas is not. They can use their own websites to do that.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Vinick absconds without Gordon business plan
In response to: Vinick absconds without Gordon business plan
Sorry, I don't recall anyone even mentioning you.
But just because you think people are talking about you when they're not doesn't necessarily mean you're paranoid.
Or does it?
But just because you think people are talking about you when they're not doesn't necessarily mean you're paranoid.
Or does it?
Solon [Member]
In response to: 5 Minute Major, Excessive Noise
In response to: 5 Minute Major, Excessive Noise
Once upon a time there was a tavern...What a great song that was. But the loudest sounds you could hear were the roar of the fireplace and the happy greetings of the patrons.
Before you absolve anyone of breaking any law--is there a noise ordinance in Cataumet? Like "no noise to be heard beyond 100 yards between 10pm and 8am?"
Look it up. If there is such an ordinance, he's breaking the law. If there isn't, one should be enacted. In any event, the owner of any business should be aware of problems he may be causing and be a good neighbor.
Before you absolve anyone of breaking any law--is there a noise ordinance in Cataumet? Like "no noise to be heard beyond 100 yards between 10pm and 8am?"
Look it up. If there is such an ordinance, he's breaking the law. If there isn't, one should be enacted. In any event, the owner of any business should be aware of problems he may be causing and be a good neighbor.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Cape Golfer Files Federal Suit for Place at Men's Tee in Dennis
In response to: Cape Golfer Files Federal Suit for Place at Men's Tee in Dennis
I feel her pain. Reminds me of the time I applied for a job as a Hooters waitress.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Ebony and Ivory
In response to: Ebony and Ivory
I watched the Daytona 500 and fell asleep with only three laps to go.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Bomb threats close Mashpee High - An Overreaction?
In response to: Bomb threats close Mashpee High - An Overreaction?
When kids do this, other kids know about it.
When I taught school, three bomb threats were phoned in regarding my science building in a two-week period. Each time we had to step outside while the fire department searched the building and pronounced it clear.
After the third time I told my Physics class it was getting tiresome and asked if they knew who was doing it. A couple of students nodded "Yes."
I told them to get ahold of this jerk tonight and tell him if it happens again I am personally going to deal with him and THEN call the cops. It never happened again.
My point is that other students know who it is. Kids like to brag and talk tough, and they spill the beans--on themselves.
We don't need fancy security and millions of dollars to stop this. We just need to convince the good kids to turn the dumb ass in.
When I taught school, three bomb threats were phoned in regarding my science building in a two-week period. Each time we had to step outside while the fire department searched the building and pronounced it clear.
After the third time I told my Physics class it was getting tiresome and asked if they knew who was doing it. A couple of students nodded "Yes."
I told them to get ahold of this jerk tonight and tell him if it happens again I am personally going to deal with him and THEN call the cops. It never happened again.
My point is that other students know who it is. Kids like to brag and talk tough, and they spill the beans--on themselves.
We don't need fancy security and millions of dollars to stop this. We just need to convince the good kids to turn the dumb ass in.
Solon [Member]
In response to: LNG tanker disabled and adrift is towed north and now is near Gloucester
In response to: LNG tanker disabled and adrift is towed north and now is near Gloucester
Mitgroup, are you connected with the LNG industry? The "Scripto igniter" used in the phony "corporate conference room" demonstration will barely light your cigar.
In an attack on an LNG tanker, the first salvo of rockets will open holes in the containers, releasing both liquid and the vapor that some of it will turn into. The second salvo will be incendiaries or other high-heat rockets, containing things like phosphorus, maybe magnesium and who knows what. Check the temperature of a magnesium flame. It is 4000 degrees Fahrenheit. Definitely not your Scripto ignitor.
As former U.S. security and counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke pointed out, if one of those tankers goes off in Boston Harbor, it will take out half of Boston.
The only hype I hear is from the LNG industry boasting they have never had a major accident with an LNG tanker. That may be true, but we're not talking about accidents here, are we?
We ARE at war.
Damn, I just told those terrorists how to do it, didn't I? There they go, turning in their Scripto ignitors for rocket launchers.
In an attack on an LNG tanker, the first salvo of rockets will open holes in the containers, releasing both liquid and the vapor that some of it will turn into. The second salvo will be incendiaries or other high-heat rockets, containing things like phosphorus, maybe magnesium and who knows what. Check the temperature of a magnesium flame. It is 4000 degrees Fahrenheit. Definitely not your Scripto ignitor.
As former U.S. security and counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke pointed out, if one of those tankers goes off in Boston Harbor, it will take out half of Boston.
The only hype I hear is from the LNG industry boasting they have never had a major accident with an LNG tanker. That may be true, but we're not talking about accidents here, are we?
We ARE at war.
Damn, I just told those terrorists how to do it, didn't I? There they go, turning in their Scripto ignitors for rocket launchers.
Solon [Member]
In response to: Wrecked schooner brings memories and burning question
In response to: Wrecked schooner brings memories and burning question
Thanks, Rockhopper. Will we be seeing you this summer on the Cape?
Solon [Member]
In response to: Rembrandts They Are Not
In response to: Rembrandts They Are Not
Peter,
Now you have gotten a taste of the frustration of being part of the media. You ask questions and get no answers--as if questions are anathema and answers carry the bubonic plague.
Good work anyway. You've rattled their cages. Looking forward to next.
By the way, what I would say to people when questioning them for this publication or that was, "I will never misquote you, nor misrepresent what you say, as is done far too often by unethical members of the media. However, if you do not give me answers, I will just make them up."
Haven't had to do it yet.
Now you have gotten a taste of the frustration of being part of the media. You ask questions and get no answers--as if questions are anathema and answers carry the bubonic plague.
Good work anyway. You've rattled their cages. Looking forward to next.
By the way, what I would say to people when questioning them for this publication or that was, "I will never misquote you, nor misrepresent what you say, as is done far too often by unethical members of the media. However, if you do not give me answers, I will just make them up."
Haven't had to do it yet.
In response to: Swim wear & Sun Glasses, served with a Shrimptini Cocktail