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Boys, Girls and Beauty Pageants

Boys, Girls and Beauty Pageants

I don’t care what anyone says, there is a difference between men and women. I first noticed this difference as an infant. When my mother’s family got…

Sheds, buses and miscommunication

Sheds, buses and miscommunication

Once again it seems that I somehow misunderstood my instructions. I just don’t know how or why this keeps happening. My bride Management will make a request…

Acquisitions, Sailboats and The Clampetts go to New York

Acquisitions, Sailboats and The Clampetts go to New York

As you know, one of my sideline businesses/hobby is buying and selling stuff. As long as I sell more than I buy or as long as I…

Compost, garages and pencil pushers

Compost, garages and pencil pushers

It appears that once again I made a mistake. My bride, Management, sent me to the store to pick up lettuce and various other compost materials. I…

Generators, weddings and potential grandbrats

Generators, weddings and potential grandbrats

We just had our first fairly impressive snow in a dozen years or so.  It was somewhere between six and twelve inches depending on whose exaggeration you…

Groups, Purple Passion and Drive-in Movies

Groups, Purple Passion and Drive-in Movies

I’m getting ready to be philosophical here so if you don’t like Phil, quit reading. Have you noticed that any time a group of people meet they…

Late night entertainment, electric stoves and feeding bees

Late night entertainment, electric stoves and feeding bees

My beautiful bride Management and I have been pretty busy for the past few weeks.  It seems like every night we are either working or have company…

Fur-Lined Handcuffs, Paisley Suspenders, and Opposites Attract

Fur-Lined Handcuffs, Paisley Suspenders, and Opposites Attract

When a woman says something like “over my dead body” (the body referred to will be his not hers), a wise man should pay attention.  When she…

Chills, Fever and Dye Creek

Chills, Fever and Dye Creek

So which is it? Do you starve a cold and feed a fever OR feed a cold and starve a fever? I have a friend who always…

The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth

The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth

I had to go to court as a witness sometime back and was asked to raise my right hand and to swear I would “tell the truth,…