“Knock-knock-knock”
Floyd answered the door, “Get a cup of coffee in a styrofoam cup and I’ll be with you.” Floyd grabbed his coat and headed for the door. “C’mon, Pardner, we’re off to see Tony and conduct some business,” Floyd said.
“OK, but what’s up?” Russ answered. They headed out to Floyd’s pick up, “I’ll fill you in along the way, I’m gonna get this thing resolved and be on my way to fame and fortune,” Floyd explained. “I’ve got 15 big ones in my britches’ pocket, pay off Martha’s loan and start making money.”
Russ asked, “How did you find $1500 in the sock drawer, unless you mortgaged your bass boat?”
“Let me explain, Ol’ Bud,” Floyd said. “Remember when we were in the army, every pay day The Old Man would lean on us to buy savings bonds, by allotment? I started doing that and kind of forgot about it and the bonds kept piling up, drawing interest. Anyway a few years ago I got a little nervous about the way things were going and decided to cash them in and I did.”
“OK, but that was then and this is now, what’s that got to do with today?” Russ wondered aloud.
“Well, here’s the deal,” Floyd explained. “I was looking through that metal box that everyone has in their closet, you know, important papers, insurance and stuff? It turned out that I had missed a few of those old bonds, took them to the bank and cashed ’em in. Had close to the $1500 and a little out of my rainy day fund and I’m there.”
They pulled into the parking lot at Tony’s pawn shop and walked on in. Tony turned around, “Well, kind of surprised to see you guys this early,” he said.
After the pleasantries Floyd told Tony, “I’m here to pay off Martha’s loan, get the deed and start figuring out what I’m gonna do with my 5 acres across the street.”
“Come on back into my office, we’ve got to discuss a few things, Floyd, we’ll talk about it,” Tony told them. After they sat down, Tony offered coffee but both Floyd and Russ declined.
“We’re kind of coffee’d out and want to start on this project,” and saying that Floyd reached into his pocket for his billfold.
Tony said, “I’m not selling my property, Floyd, I’m holding a good lien, I filed a quit claim deed on it with the Registrar, to determine if anyone else has any claims and so far no one else has expressed an interest. As far as I’m concerned I legally own that property.”
Floyd exploded with, “You’re full of shit, Tony, I won that property fair and square, Russ is a witness.” Russ nodded in agreement.
Tony said, “Let me explain how things work, Floyd. You didn’t buy that property, you bought lottery tickets to try to win the property. In effect you donated a grand to the church. You even bought the winning ticket for insurance, from the kid, Gus. Had Gus not sold you his ticket you’d have been thanked on Sunday by the preacher for your generosity and Gus would have been a happy young man.”
“Then Gus would be sitting here trying to figure things out,” Tony went on, “facing the same situation as you, only you’d still have the $300 you paid in back taxes for Chuck. I would like to thank you for paying the taxes though, saved me a problem.”
“Tony, you’re a real SOB, I won that lottery, I won that property, now you owe me $300 for the taxes,” Floyd angrily said.
“Wait a minute, Floyd, how could I owe you $300? I wasn’t there, I wasn’t involved at all. If anyone owes you the money it would be Martha, since she was the owner or Martha’s estate and Chuck is the executor, don’t make any accusations that include me,” Tony declared.
A head popped into the office and said, “Tony, there’s a couple people in suits here, want to talk to you about your new property.”
Tony turned to Floyd and Russ and told them, “These are the people from the Zoning Board and Corps of Engineers, they want to look over the property, seems like there is a pond adjacent to the property. Maybe you guys played there as kids. You’re welcome to come along but keep your mouth shut unless you have something of fact to say, as lifelong residents.”
Floyd and Russ looked at each other, angry with Tony but were beginning to understand that he was legally right, especially after he had told them what they didn’t want to hear.
They met the two bureaucrats, one a grey haired older guy, the other an attractive younger woman. They introduced themselves all around and walked across the street to look at the property. The man from the Zoning Board had a briefcase and opened it when they got to the site. He pulled out a surveyor’s map and began to explain that the property in question was zoned residential but could be rezoned commercial with the approval of the zoning board. Would cost $500 to appear and no guarantee of approval.
With that Tony gulped and nodded, Floyd and Russ smirked a little but stayed quiet.
Miss Corps of Engineers began her lengthy explanation as to how all navigable water came under the jurisdiction of the CE and since the pond had enough water to float a canoe it was in fact navigable. Setbacks from the high water points would have to be observed and would require a survey by both the county and an independent survey company. Tony quickly understood that the process was the punishment but said nothing. They all walked back to the parking lot and said their goodbyes to the government employees.
Tony looked a little depressed while Floyd was cheerful, laughing along with Russ as they all shook hands. Walking back to the pick up, Russ said, “Hey Big Guy, let’s stop at the new overpriced coffee shop, I’ll buy you a coffee and a doughnut of your choice,”
Floyd said, “You know, Russ, I take back some of those things I said about you. Now I wonder what Tony is going to do?”
My prediction: Tony ends up building and driving a killdozer into the sunset by the end of this series.
Not gonna lie. I was expecting a Superfund site.
Ha! Yep. Thanks 4 x 20. Nice twist in that story and didn’t see the end coming. Good work!
With that Tony gulped and nodded, Floyd and Russ smirked a little but stayed quiet.
I smiled too.
I filed a quit claim deed on it with the Registrar
#propertytaxesaretheevilisttaxes
Taxes on time are the worst. In theory you can make more marginal dollars, but you can’t make more marginal time.
Every dollar taken in taxes and spent on something other than defending the rights of the taxed is the worst.
^^^ this ^^^
Ted’s gets it.
Sorry to go OT early, but with all the similar recent announcements on here I thought I’d share that today is our 25th wedding anniversary. And still with my bride! Thought 4×20 would appreciate, since we are still at piker stage compared to his generation.
🙂
Congrats CA and Blackjack. Hope that both of you celebrate many more Jan 19ths. For me a little different day, my late oldest brother’s 91st birthday.
Grats. It’s my 55th birthday today. I’m around 26 years with my wife, but not all of it married.
Happy birthday!
Thanks!
Happy Anniversary CA and happy birthday blackjack!
Happy birthday!!! Mr. Mojeaux just turned 55 earlier this month.
Man, he’s old!
Shhhhhh. I’m still throwing out all the AARP shit that comes in the mail.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Blackjack. Here’s wishing you a successful gubernatorial recall.
Congrats to you both! 22 years or so with my missus, including living in sin time.
Congratulations!
Congratulations! We are at a paltry 18 years.
ex Mrs Tres Cool put up with me for 15 years before giving up. That broad deserves a medal.
*actually, I threw her ass out
My longest “relationship” I think was like 6 months. This was about 22 years ago.
I’m not much of a catch, to be honest…
FirstWife proved that the first 20 years are the hardest.
Second wives are f**king awesome.
Thanks everyone for the kind wishes!
We just downed a 1996 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne from our cellar — saved from our wedding year — and it was quite tasty, it held up surprisingly well. I’m getting out of the bride’s way for a few minutes while she puts the finishing touches on the anniversary dinner, Steak Frites. Yum.
Congrats! We’ve been staying together for 16 years. Still not married.
You are a strong man CA.
/hasn’t met his wife. Just makes assumptions.
Congratulations to you two!
The Mr and I have been married 13 years, 14 in August. 14 years seems somehow long and short at the same time.
Someone is going to go postal with an AR-15 and have butt sex. Maybe not in that order.
Why not both ?
I’m not sure if I’m referring to this story or the inauguration tomorrow.
I’m so glad I’ll be way too busy to tune in to any of that crap.
It’s not a bloody coronation, and Biden’s accession certainly isn’t ordained by God.
If God’s paying attention at all, he’s probably just chuckling and shaking his head.
Loki?
My kid is wondering why Creedence is singing about baboons rising.
Make up a story about the Great Baton Rouge Zoo Escape of ’32.
“Here’s a documentary about it.”
*hits play on Planet of the Apes*
You’re one of those guys who believes telling tall tales to his children is a father’s sacred duty.
When my husband’s son’s fish died, he asked what happened to his fish.
Mr Splosives told him that it ran away.
Somewhere in his teen years, my stepson recalled that tale, probably for the first time in years, and said “Heyyyyy! My pet fish didn’t run away!”
We all had a good laugh over that one.
Weren’t the lyrics actually “there’s a bathroom on the right”?
Wrapped up like a douche mumble mumble argle bargle
I am too.
Small town politics. That is why I keep my head down.
Last night in the White House. What do you think Donald and Melania are getting up to?
Piss hookers in the Lincoln Bedroom?
Packing. ?
The sad part is it’s nothing interesting. If she were my wife, we would be leaving marks everywhere that couldn’t be ignored by the Bidens.
I’m thinking maybe the surface of the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office is getting a polishing by Melania’s backside.
I wonder what a black light would have shown in the Oval Office during Bill Clinton’s term.
Broadcasting spores as fungi are wont to do at the end of a life cycle.
Having gotten Jugsy dropped @ the airport, its time for me to get to work, kids.
Today was her birthday, and a long weekend for both of us (me, kinda due to my schedule)
To say the least, its been 3 strange days.
Great fucking song.
Anyone have any recommendations for a 45ACP carbine? I figured that 1 rifle isn’t enough, and am looking for a companion rifle in pistol caliber (I only own 45ACP pistols).
Been eyeing the Kriss Vector 2 CRB or H&K USC 45, but I can’t seem to find any anywhere.
look up the CMMG banshee series. Usually the blowback pistol uppers are really hard on AR platforms but CMMG came up with a delayed blowback system that supposedly reduces the strain greatly and works well.
https://cmmginc.com/product-category/rifles-pistols/?orderby=popularity&filter_caliber=45acp
CMMG is on my lust list.
Cumming?
I have one of their .22lr uppers that I bought about ten years ago. It is pretty much flawless. They make really good stuff. I keep thinking a great PDW combo would be an STI 2011 chambered in 10mm auto alongside one of the 10mm banshee SBRs.
10mm sounds awesome but I like the idea of 9mm for compatibility with other firearms.
Thanks.
Good choice. I’m looking real hard at a 9mm or .40 Banshee myself right now…
I like the idea of one in .40, especially since it could share mags with my G35, but the 10mm would rock. I built a suppressed shorty 300BLK upper a while back and it packs a similar punch, but it’s hard to get the mags to reliably work in full auto mode.
Posting again from dead thread. Great Courses has Ancient Civilizations of North America free on Prime until 1/31
The course will hopefully answer which pronouns those ancient civilizations used?
t’lxe and t’lxer
Lol. That’s probably true in the newly updated version.
Thank you!
Amazon made my shit list when they deplatformed Parler. You want to kill free speech? You don’t get my money.
Been reading a biography of Aaron Burr. It’s pretty glowing. Given I don’t know much about Burr, it’s hard to really judge how accurate it is. But, one thing really does shine through – most politicians, even in our founding period were pretty much execrable. We have this tendency to think that horrifyingly awful politicians are some sort of new thing and that the politicians of that time were somehow more noble or decent. They weren’t. For the most part, they’ve always been this lot of catty, backstabbing, venal, self-serving, treacherous louses.
And yet they managed to produce a recipe of government that was pretty majestic in theory, but fallible to the whims of man.
We have this tendency to think that horrifyingly awful politicians are some sort of new thing and that the politicians of that time were somehow more noble or decent. They weren’t. For the most part, they’ve always been this lot of catty, backstabbing, venal, self-serving, treacherous louses.
Two things: first, you are right that politicians have always been a fairly terrible lot. I remember when reading through Plutarch’s lives being struck by how easy it was for populists and rebel leaders to gain support – time and time again their support was attributed to the fact that they ruled justly and taxed fairly, which strongly implies that default mode of governance was not just or fair. Second, I do in fact think that, despite being far from saints, the founding generation was a better class of politicians than our current lot. Consider the reaction to the Whiskey Rebellion versus the reaction to the capitol riot. While both were met with force and put down, the aftermath of the former saw no calls for further empowering the government or stripping the citizens of their rights, everyone convicted in federal court was pardoned by the president who had put down the rebellion, and far from retreating from their cause the fellow travelers of the anti-whiskey tax cohort continued to contest the law, their leader (Jefferson) even endorsing the concept of rebellion and going on to win the presidency and repeal the tax. The reaction to the capitol riot has been and promises to be a lot more tyrannical.
And yet a few short years later, they passed the Alien and Sedition Acts. And if you have Washington, you also have to look at Alexander Hamilton.
I’ll look at Hamilton as long as it doesn’t have to be the musical version.
If I may be so bold, follow it up with the story of Zebulon Pike (for whom Pike’s Peak is named) and his geographical expedition to map the Western reaches of the Louisiana Purchase. A pretty good case could be made that Burr, while VP, was a paid agent of the King of Spain; who was working to subvert the Louisiana Purchase and turn that part of the continent into a Spanish nation led by Burr. IMO, all of that is forgiven because he rid us of that wretched Hamilton.
I would have shot him in the nards but that’s just me.
Thx, FScore. Gotta go back and read part 1 and 2 cuz my memory sux.
Twitter booted Pete Q. for posting some of the exact same copy pasta HM has posted here.
https://mobile.twitter.com/PeterRQuinones
I have no idea who he is. What’s his supposed offense?
He’s a friend of Tom Woods and the Mises guys. He replied to someone with the “I’m a Navy Seal…” copy pasta. Twitter didn’t like it. His podcast “Freeman Beyond the Wall” isn’t bad.
Is this you by any chance?
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/19/national/mask-exam-japan-coronavirus/
That’s totally Straff.
“The sound of furious action emanated from the stall.”
You were drawing your manifesto on the wall with a Sharpie, weren’t you?
So it appears Trump will leave the White House on his own and he won’t pardon himself. Do you think the media will reflect on the fact that they were spreading bullshit rumors without evidence? Or do you think they will pay themselves on the back for “deterring” his nefarious plans? Or will they just ignore it and move on to the next lie?
Next lie. ”No rest for the wicked!”
Money doesn’t grow on trees.
https://youtu.be/HKtsdZs9LJo
Before I start reading this I need to know if this is similar to Subaru Horror Theater. Serious question.
Thank the hideous elder gods, it is not.
Thanks. I’ll take a look.
No. More of a logic puzzle.
This is perfect.
https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2021/01/19/i-learned-it-by-watching-you-babylon-bees-hilariously-honest-psa-for-rioters-wins-twitter-and-the-internet-watch/
I’m holding out for the PSA with Rachel Leigh Cook in skimpy clothing demonstrating the consequences of rioting.
I can get on board with that.
Rachel’s probably resemble fried eggs by now, so there is that.
Thanks for the continuing saga, Fourscore.
The county surveyor part made me think of the Thomas Massie short flick in which he describes his path to political office was started when he resisted the county government efforts to limit what he could do with his own property.
So tomorrow- festival time or Y2K21?
Ha! Of course Kirk gets jumped on by a hot chick. I swear that Gene Roddenberry was typing those storylines out with Shatner’s dick.
I am risking illicit substances’ friction with rectum being overwhelmed by gravitatioal forces, but here goes:
Glen Greewald. Nail. Head.
Read it earlier today (I’m subscribed to Greenwald and jump at the chance to read his latest stuff).
He’s like a “liberal” who never underwent Obama Derangement Syndrome (the reshaping of your entire moral center around what Obama does) and Trump Derangement Syndrome.
He has his flaws but also maintains his principles. I used to spar with him in the before times. He’s a good egg.
Good stuff, thanks for the link.
Power outage at the plant tonight! *does Snoopy happy dance* I haven’t caught up yet but I’ve been enjoying these, 4X20.
Well, Kittah Finally passed away, I’m heartbroken again,
So sorry to hear that yusef.
22, not unexpected,
You did all you could.
Ah crap!
Sorry to hear, Yusef.
Bummer.
I’m so sorry, Yu. When you’re ready, there are lots of other critters who need a home and a human companion.
I’m very sorry to hear that, Yusef.
every one has died now, can I just go next please? I’m tired,
Peace!
My mother sent an email out celebrating the end of a “political nightmare”. All I can do to not burn a bridge and the fourth commandment.
Finally, back to regime change wars!
But yea, it’s hard. My Mom reposted a meme to the effect of, “If you support the Republican Party after today, you are guilty of sedition and treason. We are past the point of ‘agree to disagree’. There is no place for you in civil society.” (but remember, Trump is soooo divisive!!)
I really hope there’s a day when the emotions have faded and we can get people to see what a frenzy they were goaded into by the corporate media.
My mother likes to think of herself as a 60’s liberal, fighting against institutional injustices and against the evil republicans who are trying to tear down our hard won rights and freedoms. No awareness that she and her fellow racists will be happily lined up against the wall when their usefulness is no longer needed.
Ah yes, the progressive controlled institutions.
Kulak: no longer just a Scrabble word.
Secret Brother that no one ever talked about? Gustave! Is it really you? *tears of joy*
“And then there’s Maude ?”
Ya know, I was just a little kid when that series was on and I kinda knew it was just Norman Lear trying to disavow Archie Bunker. The daughter had a great set of PrinciPles, so there was that.
Adrienne Barbeau FTW!
I was terrified of Bea Arthur. Got over it by Golden Girls.
“God will get you for that, Walter.”
Old: Political Nightmare
New: Economic Nightmare
Two great tastes that taste better together!
Not endorsing more of these, but expecting more.
https://breaking911.com/nyc-man-arrested-for-crazed-rants-about-assassinating-congressmembers/
Note the “crazed rants”. Journalismic!
I received my copy of Johan Norberg’s Open: The Story of Human Progress today, hot off the press. Maybe I should get out more, but I’ve been looking forward to this since I preordered it months ago.
A snippet from the introduction:
Looking forward to settling in with this book on the rainy weekend.
I see it in my own life and interactions outside of my personal “bubble”. A person came up to thank me for some good advice given and God help me, I actually nearly flinched a little when she got close. This was a friendly acquaintance and co-worker. I didn’t fear infection but I too have become habituated. If it can happen to me just imagine what this is doing to the less outgoing amongst us. Shy kids are going to remain that way for life.
Whelp, today America just sold our souls to the highest bidder for Woodrow Wilson Pogs. Remember Wilson? Well now he’s back! In Pog form!
Speaking of aged cats, my handsome namesake pictured has started refusing his second dose of meds no matter what we try to trick him with. Could it be that he knows better than us what makes him feel well? I’m going to convince Judi to ramp back the dosage for a day or two and observe the results. He’s not getting the evening ones anyway, little shit.
Hey F!
Liquid or tablets?
Tablets crushed between teaspoons. Just read an article that spoke of trans-dermal gel. Sounds promising but probably spendy. I dunno, the special food is pretty expensive and if he won’t take his meds I’m going to start holding him and administering them with an oral syringe. Festus1 will not go into that vail if I have anything to say or do about it.
Vale
Vail is a good place to avoid too.
I’ve seen that movie.
Can you have it compounded into liquid or edible gel form? If not, do you have a pill shooter?
See below. Goddammit I’m a fretful man. Sometimes I just need to stand away from myself and start thinking rationally.
Handsome kitty obviously loves his person, and you get only more attached with age.
He’s mine. He claimed me from the start back when he was a starving, eye-infected, farting runt. I can’t quit him. He’s the only animal that I’ve ever lived with that chose me over everyone else aside from the Chihuahua that liked to shit on the ex’s pillow but that’s another tale.
Just looked it up. Rub a little unguent on the inside of Kitteh’s ear! Do the other one in the evening. This. This is the one! I was afraid that I’d have to shave a spot and then Youtube reminded me of why I need Youtube lest I clamber aboard the short bus, again.
I should have thanked you for making me do a little research, Tox! Vets are nearly as cold-hearted as the rest of the “hero” class, lately.
Hope Kitteh takes the medicine better that way and that you emerge from the administration thereof unscathed.
He’s pretty calm and reserved unless you bring him to a Zoom chat. Something about disembodied human voices yelling over one another seems to set him off. I still bear the scars on my chest. Bootin bootin bootin!
Aaaaah, a simpler time before we had a militarized DC.
How much longer before they institute the goose step for their parades?
Funny how the left constantly lowers the level of discourse and interaction to its most basic levels and then turns around and accuses everyone else of being coarse and dangerous.
That goose-step comes with a flashy arm band.
‘sup pimps ?
Mornin’, homey. Home alone again? Behaving yourself? ::snickers::
Hey Red! Hello, baby head…
J/k I got the night off so I’m about as drunk as a Friday.
Huzzah for a night off! Is this power loss related?
Yes indeed! Near hurricane force winds. Festus cries in his beer.
https://frinkiac.com/caption/S03E16/714605
I got tonight off, so Im already knee-deep in TALL CANS
No Jugsy for the next 2 weeks. Hell-oooo pr0nhub !
Add “hot chinese” to all your usual searches, in honor of our new overlords.
“Hot Chinese Deep Dish Pineapple”
Good God I am a single-minded simpleton. So bullish in my ways. Poor Judi. Poor everyone.
Well, from here it doesn’t show.
Thanks Tox, I needed that.
Has the sad pardon list that’s going to be missing a few very worthy names been released yet? Supposedely Mitch rang up the Orange One and threatened him with conviction if he pardons Assange et al. Without an Assange pardon for spite if nothing else he’s going out like a weak chump.
Last one I heard about was New York corruptocrat Sheldon Silver. I dunno what he did, but it’s kind of sickening.
Now you know that Mitch doesn’t give a shit about Assange, so the only reason he would do that is because the agencies called him and made threats.
The DC consortium of three letter acronym bearers is way the fuck out of control.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-pardons-steve-bannon-lil-wayne-dozens-of-others-also-commutes-sentences
I hadn’t heard of the vast majority of them.
Lil Wayne is free! Free to live!
Life has meaning again.
He’s rewarding political favors that were given to him from what I can see which is what all soon to be expresidents do. He could have gone out bold and secured the legacy of being a stick in the establishment’s eye but he isn’t managing that. He’s managing to kill off his chances of even being a populist force that’s behind the scenes.
Ugh, he’s going out like a cautious wuss which is what he was all along. A big talker with no balls and little action and if the call news is true he’s selling people down the river to save his own skin. It’s just pathetic.
Some rappers got pardoned. Maybe he wants them to appear on his next show – “Apprentice Ass-Fucked”. Fucking clown.
Here ya go. Local news story that included the link kept harping on “chaos at the Capitol,” so I went straight to the horse’s
assmouth.I just heard that the POS former mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick, got his sentence commuted.
Im sure that once his time is up, he’ll be back on office, working the grift.
Huh, apparently I missed my car payment last month.
I blame the fucking USPS, lazy fuckers never delivered my bill.
Tell that to the hired goons from the Bank.
Not even a late charge applied. Funds sent this morning.
Small happy!
Sounds more like they didnt send it.
The postal service in my area has been hit or miss since all this CV stuff started. Late mail, mail to the wrong address, I’ve gotten mail from another freaking town…it’s a mess.
If Canada Post is any indication they have hired on dumb-fucks and dim-wits. Letter mail doesn’t matter anymoar. They’ve become a part of Amazon.
Even pre ‘vid, our delivery person was a slacker. It hasn’t gotten any better.
They are treating their contractors like they treat me. We only needed you to work 7 days a week for awhile. Now it’s down to 6!
So far this week.
Two different orders dumped into the same box. More on the way.
Please tell me that box of stuff is from Day Of The Jackal.
January 6th broke Donald. The Hair wilted and the wee button on the Hat sproinged away in order to do finer things. We’re living in an SF and CPRM world now.
https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2021/01/no-mall-crowd-no-pennsylvania-avenue-stroll-and-other-ways-bidens-inauguration-will-differ.html
Fucking communists.
Really? With all the calls to erase him, his supporters, and his cabinet members from “civilized” society?
Yeah. I’m totally the Prez! See all of these troops behind me?
Livetweeting Donald Trump’s reaction to Biden’s inauguration is so much more important than reporting the actual event, to them. I almost feel sorry for those poor SOBs, they just can’t quit Trump.
Floyd and Russ should be cancelled for using styrofoam cups, by the by…
Good morning, everyone!
Thanks for the fun storyline twist, Fourscore! Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy!
Tony Toni Tone!
That comment is poison!
As someone mentioned earlier, we should use the site hiccup to our advantage. Every time we get sent to the top there is a revealing photo to re-peruse.
I was a huge fan of repeated views of Ms. Dushku the other day.
Not paying Floyd the $300 was a real prick move by Tony.
These are fun. Looking forward to the next one.
Guys named Tony…I bet he’s from Jersey.
Yeah, $300 vs the lost goodwill with Floyd? Bad move.