ExiledInIllinois

Thanks! I feel better @mead107 and a gang of OSHA enforcers will be around just to check up a little bit... Hope you have a couple Ben Franklin's laying around and the grill heating up. Wine helps. Oh make an 8x10, clearly marked sign saying: "Nervous Wife"... But that's obvious, she's the one doing all the work. ?

Danke! I am in a quartentine county... But right on border with a "2017 STS Action Area" county... Lake County, Indiana... I wonder if that's why my 2017 wreath went up in smoke in an alleged USPS "truck fire" in Nashua, New Hampshire. Well, THAT is what my tracking info said. "Perished in truck fire in Nashua, NH." Anyway... My sister never told me the details... But she isn't shipping via USPS anymore. Last 2 years have been UPS. She must be pretty PO'd @ the PO! She's liberal, progressive (aren't they ALL in VT?) and was always a proud supporter of the USPS. I know postal workers... Gr8 agency... They'd never lie to their customers! Look at our friend @Gugny , his heart is filled with truth, honesty and love... A little too much social passion, but wonderful fella @Howard too... They both have unique affiliations with our beloved postal service. But the fact that my sister's beloved hobby of making genuine Vermont wreaths burned to crisp in Nashua, New Hampshire has me a little concerned. Every 5th Grader and @BringBackFergy knows: Nashua, New Hampshire is EAST of St.Albans, VT and Illinois is WEST. Why was my wreath traveling down I89 and not I87.... Bla blah BLAH... I am not buying Lake Champlain is in the way and they need to send it to a hub. Screw Boston and it's "MA Influence." I trust Howard would have had it on the ferry and sent it to Plattsburgh. Howard knows the importance of waterborne commerce! Oh... Congrats on re-educating your wife! The tips have been duly noted. I spent 600 bucks this fall for an old Apple tree to be taken down... And your wife is tackling oaks. IMPRESSIVE! Last time my wife had that mechanical gumption was when we were single and wanted to learn manual transmission. I feel used. Like a piece of meat. I didn't even get a dowry from her father! NOW she won't touch a stick shift, unless I am 3 states away! Hey, that ain't right... And code too! I am calling the lawyers at the Archdiocese on further clarification about what constitutes "bait and switch" at the marriage level. Any Church Going lawyers on the board care to help me out??? GO BILLS!

My sister always sends a Vermont wreath at Christmastime. Last few years they were really getting the hammer dropped on their charity. The USPS claimed that a postal truck fire claimed my 2017 wreath. I think they burned that Vermont ***** -er (not @Johnny Hammersticks... He's the OTHER Vermont ***** -er... LoL) on purpose! Now my sister is relegated to sending out commercially bought wreaths till her operations get cleared from the all intrusive federal gov't... ***** those federal workers. I want my homemade infested wreath from Vermont. Promoting invasive species runs in the family. Damn invasive species. Those gov't do-gooders think they know so much. They need to be educated by the likes of our Wonder Twins: @Cripple Creek & @BringBackFergy. They will teach them a thing or two about gypsy moths! Oh... We need a "gypsy moth cam" set up. Can we get on that stat please. I need to see where they are flying. ?

They need radar... What the eff driving blind for? But, I suppose if you're caught out there, gotta keep pressing on... Stopping is worse... As we can see what happens when there are vehicles stopped.

@Gugny can be a bit vexing at times. Good question. LoL...

"She really should be wearing chaps, steel toed safety shoes, min +6" w/defined heel/metatarsal coverage and head/eye protection!" ~ @Foxx (He watched that show that takes place in Alaska... What was the name of the show?) Oh: Yeah. Only if she's compliant.

You rock! I can't even get my wife to back the car in the driveway (that ain't code!). She says: "I am a librarian NOT a ***** bus driver." WOW! Such a snob! A butter knife (dull) is probably more dangerous than a regular knife. False sense of security. Yes... +1. Like she should have situational awareness with any saw. They are equally as dangerous. FWIW... #1 occupational injury at my employer: US Army Corps... Is tree related. Hard to believe it ain't jumping carp. We (in District) actually have a survey boat named in honor of a fella who got killed felling a tree. /smh. Yet... I do see the humor in the OP's post! ESSAYONS!

Dude... It's dark up there 24/7 now and the bears are hibernating... Sheesh... Have a little faith!

Not to go sideways... Isn't that entrapment how they got him? Yay... Mandatory sentences... Haven't those been turned on their heads too?

The world's biggest cheat? Lance Armstrong of football?

So there are brownies out that will put you in a wheelchair if not careful when going off the public supply chain? Gee, that's a shock.

Just talking to a co-worker. His father was in the painter's union... Retiree... Had Christmas party... The union lawyer was giving the pot talk... About when they pass it here in Illinois, January first. The lawyer said... It stays in system, edible, for 30 days. If you fall and get hurt... Even if it's not your fault... You're screwed. Lose everything. Even health insurance. So people... Be careful what you eat... Things are getting cloudier.

Good question... What happens if I accidentally eat one and then come back here to Illinois and fail piss test. They are ready to make it legal in Illinois... No biggy, great..n but things will get confusing. It's still on Fed list and tested for.

The original Chipotle is there. LoL... By University of Denver. My son made us stop there when we flew into Denver before the drive out to SteamBoat. I wasn't impressed. Buffalo Bill's gave site is up in foothills... On Look Out Mountain in Golden, CO. We stopped there too.

You conveniently overlooked my TROLLhättan (Sweden) pic. Figures. Here's a classic... You're a mean one Mr.Ferguson:

We used to have this: https://www.buffalobills.com/video/behind-the-pom-poms-with-the-buffalo-jills-10475871 And for you Old-Timers like @Cripple Creek Then we got new ownership, became WAF, and have a train horn @Gugny simply loves... Led to this: https://www.buffalobills.com/video/the-stampede-rock-the-ralph-13587501 YOU be the judge!

I already fired my peace round with the Bing & Bowie collaboration... So I will just leave you with this: ? Oh... But they (the government) do interfere in Scandinavia with concrete walls and huts:

IMO... The best ones are winter/seasonal related. Not necessarily dedicated solely to the Holidays: (I believe a G.Lightfoot cover???) (I believe a Joni Mitchell written song) CC: Special shout out to my special pals@Cripple Creek & @BringBackFergy .. Hey that sure looks like a canal, lock they are skating on... Must be the Rideau in Ottawa, Ontario... Right??? Quite a cool "skateway") ? Canals & locks are so cool for many things!?

Both. BUT, I guess this is a classic now:

You do have to remember... Bills were one of his #1 nemesis during his playing days. I don't hold his engrained hate built into him against him. We are a tough crowd. God Bless him... But he's still a tool.

Chicago, people forget is a French Town... Few places here since the invention in the 1950s...

Bob Marley.

Their Philly cheesesteak poutine rocks!

Pisces:

First one: Okay... Now for the really hard one: