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Item 1: Welcome back Mr. Cornish! I know why you never lie and always tell the truth but…. You tell me your heart doctor is Dr. Gerry Actrick and his surgical team is called “the Pacemakers?” C’mon Rick that sounds like something I would manufacture in my...

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Item 7: (Cont. from March).I am at the surgical clinic being asked the usual pre-surgical questions by the nurse and her last question is,“John, are you being abused at home?” I give her a strange look and she continues,”I have to ask you that.” I replied with a...

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Welcome to 2015: A few thoughts I would like to share with you. 1: I will no longer “embellish” stories or tales from the past with accounts of incidents that do strain the limits of reality.I am a grown man approaching the age of 40 and after several stories in the...

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What a drag it is getting old….. “Kids are different today,” I hear every mother say Mother needs something today to calm her down Add though she’s not really ill, there’s a little yellow pill She goes running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper, And it...

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“Very often tangerine elephants float over rosemary hills in lazy legions amid redolent youth.” This is one of the lines I offered up to our current Nobel winner in Literature, unfortunately Bobby was either too busy to write back or he is just waiting for the...

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A sad goodbye to Sunshine. You will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Lou and the family.It has been a long six months since our house flooded due to a faulty part on a washing machine. Today the last piece of tile has been cut and placed, the tiled floor...

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CBA Members: Brooks is out of town the homestead is still in disarray, grandchildren swimming and swarming, and  the  Installation of tile floors will begin next Monday. It has been a long. strange, costly, trip indeed. Please enjoy this column from a few...

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Happy summer to all of you.Even though the days are long and hot, the wonderful early morning hours are a joy to behold. In all my years on this little planet we call Earth there is still nothing that equals being outdoors on  a predawn August morning in...

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Item 1: Summer is upon us, the Father’s Day Festival is knocking at the door,and what better time to close our eyes, let our minds wander to the joyous simpler times of our youth, and that wonderful five day event our parents were fortunate enough to send their...

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When butterflies are nervous what’s in their stomachs?   Myk KaplanItem 1: It is October and you all know what that means. SF Giants Orange and Black Baseball playoffs!!!!!Take a deep breath and sing along with me to the official SF Giants...