Essex Land

Essex, Massachusetts is the birthplace of the Fried Clam... and it's still the best place to eat them.   So it just stands to reason that it would be cool place to live, which it is... with all of the seaside ambiance of a historic New England village, but highly accessible from Rt. 128 and 95.
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These three great home sites are currently offered in Essex.

	x3		MLS #: 71072862		Status: ACT		List Price: $295,000
			21 Lufkin Point Rd
			Essex, MA		0 acres (0 sqft) Residential Land
			Remarks: Prime EssexLocation, two lots, presently an abandone structure on conforming 30,000 +Sq. Ft. lot, with an additional 17,000+/- Sq Ft. lot on opposite side of the road. There is aa approved Septic Plan and well site.
	x11		MLS #: 71413433		Status: ACT		List Price: $325,000
			59 Choate
			Essex, MA		4.01 acres (174676 sqft) Residential Land
			Remarks: 4 Acre approved building lot with private setting in area of other large new construction homes. BOH approved septic plan for construction of 5 bedroom home. New well installed with fresh water and excellent flow rates. Building permit in hand. No builder tie in. Bring your contractor and start construction.
	x6		MLS #: 71258944		Status: ACT		List Price: $349,000
			69-11 Choate Street
			Essex, MA		4.24 acres (184694 sqft) Residential Land
			Remarks: Private estate lot with 4.24 acres of land. Fantastic views of marsh and Castle Neck. Approved design for 5 bedroom septic system and installed well included. No builder tie-in. Builders package available.
The information in this listing was gathered from third party resources including the seller and public records. MLS Property Information Network, Inc. and its subscribers disclaim any and all representations or warranties as to the accuracy of this information. Content © 2012 MLS Property Information Network, Inc.

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Manchester Land

This is the Current Land Offering in Beautiful Manchester-By-The Sea. ~ You can also goto our MLS Search Engine to find any property currently offered in Massachusetts. ~ Then contact us 781-727-6516 jnestor@nanepashemet for a showing.  Let Nanepashemet help you buy your land and build your custom home! ~ This market is going to heat up... prices will rise... don't wait to buy real estate, buy real estate and wait! ~
	x3		MLS #: 70764359		Status: ACT		List Price: $259,000
			7 Plum Hill
			Manchester, MA		2.83 acres (123408 sqft) Residential Land
			Remarks: Manchester by the Sea building lot----------2,8+ acre parcel in neighborhood close to Hickory Hill. Sidewalk to town, train, schools and beach. Build your dream home in Manchester by the Sea. 5 bedroom septic design approved.
	x14		MLS #: 71448468		Status: ACT		List Price: $390,000
			12 Sea St
			Manchester, MA		2.85 acres (124276 sqft) Residential Land
			Remarks: This exceptional wooded lot of almost three acres offers a prime building site in the desireable Sea St./Old Neck Road area. The location offers access to Manchester amenities without compromising privacy: a mere half mile to Singing Beach; one block from the harbor, Masconomo Park and downtown; close to tennis courts and schools. Utility connections available at street. This is a rare opportunity for the homeowner or developer with vision and foresight.
	x6		MLS #: 71381493		Status: ACT		List Price: $399,000
			Lot 14 Overledge Road
			Manchester, MA		0.55 acres (23750 sqft) Residential Land
			Remarks: Wonderful half acre lot located in an established single family Manchester-by-the-Sea neighborhood known for its quiet charm and peaceful atmosphere. Build your dream home on this lovely piece of land situated toward the end of a private dead end street with elevations that have the possibility of offering overland views. Site plan and BOH approved 4 bedroom septic design are included. Bring your vision, your builder and create the home you've always wanted!
			MLS #: 71409854		Status: ACT		List Price: $444,000
			77 Forest St
			Manchester, MA		8.54 acres (372067 sqft) Residential Land
			Remarks: Once in a life time opportunity to build your dream estate on this one of a kind 8.54 acre lot. Future winding driveway will traverse an open field and wander along pond, through a beautiful fern gully with moss strewn boulders. Private building site is at the highest elevation providing sweeping views over the estate you create. Lot abuts conservation land with fabulous trails for hiking and riding. Conveniently located for commuting and to downtown.9BR septic system approved & filed w BOH
	x7		MLS #: 71233852		Status: ACT		List Price: $449,000
			3 Kings Way
			Manchester, MA		3.3 acres (143843 sqft) Residential Land
			Remarks: Outstanding building site located on one of the highest points in desirable Manchester by the Sea. Sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean and Coolidge Reservation conservation lands. Eastern exposure offers dramatic potential for a significant sun-filled residence. Private location which may have a possibility for a second home site or guest cottage. Definitive Subdivision Plan, Topographical Survey performed by Aerial Survey with ground survey by PMP Land Surveyors-all supporting docs available
	x3		MLS #: 71402439		Status: ACT		List Price: $469,000
			18 Crooked Ln
			Manchester, MA		2.42 acres (105274 sqft) Residential Land
			Remarks: One lot left for sale!! Fabulous location that has all of the infrastructure completed and is ready to be built on. Build your dream home in this exclusive setting in Manchester-by-the-Sea. The lot has a 5-bedroom septic design, distant ocean views, close to the town's beautiful beaches, eclectic shops, fine dining, historic buildings and an excellent school system. Sold with or without a builder tie-in.
The information in this listing was gathered from third party resources including the seller and public records. MLS Property Information Network, Inc. and its subscribers disclaim any and all representations or warranties as to the accuracy of this information. Content © 2012 MLS Property Information Network, Inc.

Give Yourself the Present

Lately Peeps....
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As I negotiate the daily Rat Race at Nanepashemet Telecom, I come up with an interesting revelation, that I've been aware of all along but rarely practice.... that the only harmonic spot in you life is your immediate present.
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When you think of the past, you constantly reevaluate, and when you think of the future you worry about the outcome.... but when you exist solely in the present moment, there is a joy of being that engulfs you.
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It takes a little courage and a lot of practice to let go of the past, and refuse to control the future.
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But you should try it.   A little at a time... as much as you can.
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The present fusion of past turning into present is really the only reality.... and it's a cool place to hang out.

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Telltale Sign

So I get my Massachusetts License to Carry Firearms  renewed today and the polite Marblehead Police Officer hands me a spiffy new license with my photo on it....so far so good... until I get to the part where they describe my eye and hair color.
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Eyes  - Brown
Hair  - Grey
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It's the first time that I've ever had my hair described as Grey, so I might as well admit that I'm now on the downside and can kiss my brown hair good bye.   No Grecian Formula for me.  I'm Grey and Greyer from here on in.
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It's a sure sign that I'm getting old and can't hide anything with my Mountain of a Man cool appearance.
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At least it didn't say.....
Hair  - None
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Living on the Water

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POTW Week 48

Peeps...
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
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Snowflakes are gently falling in Marblehead, and Joanne is busy decorating the Christmas tree.   I'm getting tired just watching her, so I pretended to be catching up on Nanepashemet Telecom with this computer when I am really posting in this pathetic Blog.
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Seems like the perfect time to tend to the Peep of the Week Selections.

ANNOUNCING....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 48th Week of 2012

T. Michael Rockett
Tommy O'Shea
Joe Collins
Amanda "Used to be Johnson, but don't know her new Swedish name"
The Smithfield, R.I. Building Commissioner
Rick Vitale

She's on her last ornaments so I probably am safe to log off of this computer.

Goodwill Towards Men

We have a holiday in the United States where we celebrate Peace on Earth, Goodwill towards Men.
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It's name is Christmas.
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It used to be a pagan celebration, then was morphed into observation of the birth of Jesus Christ.
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Now we have an imaginary fat elf named Santa Claus who presumably brings gifts to children and places them under a decorated Christmas tree in their homes.
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What the hell does this have to do with our Constitutional separation of church and state?   Nothing...., but  presumptuous, full-of-themselves people who don't have a clue, like those NPR Freaks and Governor Chafee of Rhode Island, get all twisted about calling things "Christmas" Parties or "Christmas" Trees.  Hey... if you're against Goodwill Toward Men, then knock yourselves out.
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The Nanepashemet ruling on this issue is that Christmas is a secular, state holiday, when we all try to be nice to each other.  The fact that many Christians celebrate this as a religious holiday should not be the overiding issue.
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Peace on Earth, Goodwill.... yes, even Goodwill to stupid Liberals.

Boardwalk Empire

Not that you asked, but my favorite show these days is HBO's Boardwalk Empire.
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The season finale is next Sunday, but there is sure to be a season to follow.

Winter Projects

While having Thanksgiving at Ryan's apartment, I realized that I had never come through with a toy chest for my grandson, Ethan, much as I had for his brother, Will.
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Course there were good reasons at the time and it isn't an issue of pure neglect, but now it's time to rectify things and get some overdue projects like the chest and the gunning dory back on track.
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All of the moulds for the dory including the bow and stern keels are complete along with the base, so that really is just a project ready for strip planking.  I have the starter cedar 1/4" strips as well, left over from the Herreshoff Columbia Tender.
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Ethan's chest though still has some decision points.  Do I do it with the traditional dovetail desgn that worked so well with Will's or do I try a panelized version like this model found in Fine Woodworking a few years ago?
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And Will's was a nice combination of mahogany and oak which I had on hand at the time due to the remodeling of the Beverly Ave. Kitchen.   If I have to buy stock, it would be nice to work with walnut or cherry.
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So we'll try to move these out of the shop by springtime.
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That's the current good intention,  Nanepashemet Telecom always takes precedence though unless Joanne or I win Powerball or something.

Laying Low

I tried hard to lay low today, after all the turkey at Ryan's and then the big Pat's win over the J-E-T-S.... Jets, Jets, Jets.
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The Jets are the only team that I really like to see the Pats beat, and hate to seem them lose to... and over the years, the Jets have had the upper hand a disordinate portion of the time for my standards.   But not last night, which was a nice cap to a semi- perfect day.
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Thanksgiving is the best holiday.  No political correctness required, no religious overtones.... just be thankful and hang with your family, watch football, take cat naps.  Course the family squabbles always arise, but that's just part of the charm of the day.
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Joanne and I got up this morning and headed over to the YMCA, which will be a permanent part of the tradition from here on in if I can help it.  I still feel fat and loggy, but at least we did the noble thing.
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No Black Friday shopping for me.  I can do without the crowds and do as much online as possible.
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After the Y, Katelyn's betrothed, Brady and I went to the dump and got rid of about a dozen plastic bags of Bash Trash.   I really appreciated the help as I had budgeted about an hour for the job, but with Brady, the whole thing was complete in twenty minutes.   He's definitely a keeper as a potential son-in-law.
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Then I settled in for some serious couch potato time, but by 1:00 PM, had the itches to do something, so went over to the Peabody Nanepashemet Warehouse and putted around with the woodworking machinery.  Plus Joanne was heavy into Christmas decorations and that's definitely not my strong suit.
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So that's all.

POTW Week 47

Happy Thanksgiving Peeps.
It's the morning after the Bash and definitely feels like the morning after.
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But how bad can it be when we had two automatics presented at the hallowed occasion?
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Brendt D'Orio was the first to make the ultimate gesture of the gift of the King of Scotch, Lagavulin 16 Year Single Malt.   But before the dust had settled, the lovely Maria Rowen had followed suit with another class move.
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Both are no strangers as Peeps of the Week and have achieved the designation numerous times.  
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But Peeps, I have to disclose a huge indescretion perpetrated upon me by Brendt's trophy wife, Kerry, who asked me to screw with Brendt by not naming him a POTW.  Are you serious, Kerry????  Do you really want me be to phuck around with an immutable Law of the Nanepashemet Universe?????  I am beyond annoyed, but in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I will forgive you.... this time.

ANNOUNCING.....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 47th Week of 2012

Brendt D'Orio (Automatic Lagavulin Rule)
Maria Rowen (Automatic Lagavulin Rule)
Kerry D'Orio
Katelyn Nestor
Rob Wise
Amanda Johnson

We are going over to Ryan's House for Turkey dinner today, with the Patriots playing this evening.  So we will definitely have a Happy Thanksgiving.   Hope you do too

Pre-Apology

Peeps...
It's the holiday season...
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So I'm officially not letting stuff aggravate the crap out of me.
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President in Burma/Myamar when Israel is getting Bombed and the Fiscal Cliff looms Large????  No Biggie.
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Governor Deval Patrick giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants??? Make sure they have enough left over for Domino's late night pizza delivery.
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Federal Judge Wolf spending our public funds on sex changes for murderers????  I've seen him do stupid shit before so WTF.
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See????  Even this Bullshit can't get me out of my mellow holiday mood.
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Tomorrow, I'll be racheting down the action at Nanepashemet Telecom after a little invoicing chores, then will be making the dough for the White Trash Balls that Brian Butler and Will Crawford crave so much, then I will dig out the turkey fryer and give it a serious cleaning for the Buffalo wings.
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Then Mike and I will hit the Packy for the Beer and Wine run.  That is becoming our little father/son pre-bash tradition.
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Sometime after dark, tomorrow evening, the biggest event in a Nanepashemet Peep's life..... the Thanksgiving Eve Bash.... will be fully implemented in all of it's refined yet tasteless splendor.
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If I don't see you, "Happy Thanksgiving."
If I do see you, "I apologize ahead of time for all the crazy shit coming your way."

Authomatics and Expectations.

Although there have been a few Automatic Peeps of the Week this year, we will be hard pressed to meet the record at the Thanksgiving Eve Bash last year when no less than five bottles of Lagavulin were conveyed with great ceremony to the Mountain of a Man, thus triggering an Authomatic POTW designation.
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Not that I advocate this practice, Peeps.  Although the gesture is more than appreciated.
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As the great actor, Anthony Hopkins said,..."Expect Nothing, Accept Everything."
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So we will be heading to the Bash in that exceptional frame of mind.  It makes everything so much easier.
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Speaking of that, you already know if you are invited, even if no formal invitations exist. 
You know who you are.

Bash Anticipation

It's the weekend before Thanksgiving, but more importantly... the week before the Thanksgiving Eve Bash.
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The air is growing thick with anticipation as Peeps keep making references to the annual genteel, gaudy, refined, yet tasteless event that has been the highlight of the holiday season for  the last twenty years or so.
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This year, I was thinking of giving the turkey frier a rest which would mean that the buffalo wings and white trash balls would be omitted from the menu..... got a lot of negative feedback immediately on that idea, so we'll be keeping to tradition.  Some things can't be tampered with, I guess.
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Although invitations are never necessary, I've extended formal invites to both Liz Warren, and Scott Brown as a kind of mending fences gesture.   Liz should feel completely at ease because she will be among plenty of her constituents getting "hammered".  And we won't be making any "Native American" cracks, either.... at least not at the beginning of the evening.
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However,  I can't be responsible for what happens as the event plays through.   We take it as a point of pride that no arrests have ever occurred over the years, and there have been zero medical emergencies.  So that's an excellent sign that the Bash is a class event.
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More to come on this important topic....

Sound Driving

It was a long trip to New Haven yesterday, Peeps.  Lots of driving and two quick meetings.  But it's all for a good cause... the JJ Fund.
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Until my Trust Funds kick in, I'll be forced to contort myself into a human pretzel after 7+ hours of driving to Long Island Sound and back in the Ford F150 Pickup.
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On the way home, I picked up Howie Carr on 680AM just south of the Massachusetts line in Sturbridge.   He was on a roll commenting about Senator John Kerry's prospect of becoming Obama's Secretary of State or Defense. 
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Kerry is another Dem who has embellished his past and manages to get the Massholes to maintain him in their hope to shore up the gravy train.  I always thought he was a Vietnam war hero until Veteran's groups started to expose the falsehoods in his War Record.  
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He is famous for protesting the War and throwing his medals over the White House Fence.... turns out the medals belonged to someone else.  He's the one who had the $8 million custom yacht built in New Zealand when he could have stimulated the New England Boatbuilding industry, then moors it in Rhode Island. in an effort to avoid Mass tax.
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Thank God he wasn't elected President, but how could he be worse than our current situation?  I would prefer that he was removed as my Senator though and becomes a National liability in Obama's Cabinet... kind of spreading the pain.
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Although, the informed Massachusetts Electorate, also known as a Democratic herd of Sheep, will probably give us another whackjob, fake Indian, Senator replacement to ladle out the gravy.  Voting out Scott Brown exposed  what a mindless mentality exists in our once proud Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  Replace a competent doer with a blatant liar.
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The Kerry comments on Carr's radio program powered the last two hours of a brutal commute.
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Not really complaining though.  At least I have a job even though my Boss is kind of a big fat Jerk.

Hakuna Matata

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Master Manipulators

I believe that the Patraeus affair has been manipulated as a smokescreen to refocus our attention from the incredible Obama Administration response to Benghazi.
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A masterful move by Master Manipulators.
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These guys are good.... stay tuned for more manipulation.

Tuna Lips said....

Ta heck with water boarding, let's deploy some of this fit and trim cooze as an advanced interagatin' tekneek. Themses supreme leader Osama had a box full of porn. He liked the well groomed sort, trimmed about the hocks and other points of interest. Boy appreciated ass washing. They is vulnerable like that, I spect. Give me a company of street walkers and ole TL will bring these savages to they knees inside a year, allowing for training, of course.

Utility Movable Shelving

Quite a few of you Peeps have been asking me to design some Utility Movable Shelving that can be built quickly and cheaply.
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Actually, none of you have asked for it, but I designed this anyway using the free Google Sketchup 3D Modeling program.
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It is made from stock 8' length framing lumber and all cuts are 2'.
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24 riser corner frame pieces, 2' pieces - 6 total
12 Shelf stiflfener 8' pieces
4 Riser stiffemer 8' pieces
2 4x8x1/2" PW pieces
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Buy .......
(24) 2x3's
(4) 4x8 PW
Box of 2 1/2" Dry wall Screws
(6) Casters optional for Mobility
Casters fastened by (3) 2x6's
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The left side of the drawing shows a 2x3 stud stiffener that goes the length of the riser frames.  This carries on all four sides, but was left out on the right side for clarity of the construction detail.
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Everything is fastened by 2 1/2" drywall or deck screws.
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At the time of this post, I could buy 2x3 eight foot studs for $1.50 ea and the 1/2" 4x8 Plywood sheets were running about $25 each.  Plus $10 for 2 1/2 box of Drywall or Deck Screws.
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You can get the casters for all prices.   The Movable feature is optional.
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So my stock cost before casters was $136.00. ~ The shelves are designed to hold the RubberMaid Plastic Containers that I store my tools and misc. materials in.   With good quality casters you will probably get the total materials cost up to around $200.00.
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I had Home Depot rip the Plywood sheets to the 2' width.  If you have a chop saw, some Irwin Adjustable Clamps and a decent screw gun, this can be assembled in about four hours.
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I'm building two of these babies.  They should really clean up the clutter in the Peabody Nanepashemet Shop and maybe I will set up the strongback for the Marblehead Gunning Dory.

Saturday Morning Outlook

For most people, this is a long weekend.  And since the banks are closed and I can't get into any town halls to pull permits, Nanepashemet Telecom will probably be taking the speed down a little bit.  We'll be revving things up in New Haven County as next week develops though.
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But this morning, we have a whole weekend to look forward to.  BC is playing undefeated Notre Dame today and the Pats take on the Bills tomorrow, so I have to fit in some quality time in front of the television, and I have a couple of leasing loose ends to take care of on the Nanepashemet front, but outside of these things, my time is free.
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So I'll hit the YMCA sometime this morning.... an hour or so on the pain machines, then some weight work to maintain definition, followed by some wave generation in the pool.  I have these new goggles that let me see everything while I'm swimming... not always a good idea.
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After the Y, I will take advantage of the warm temps to plant the spring bulbs and tend to the flower garden out front.  I know how you Peeps look forward to my floral arrangements, and spring will be spectacular next year.
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Then I'll finish the PVC boat cover for the Herreshoff Columbia Tender, before finding a suitable spot on the couch to watch the BC Football Game.
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I'm pretty sure Joanne has dinner plans, so I'll shower up and be ready with sharp and pithy dinner party wit after a tough day at heavy duty leisure.
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Sometimes, being a Mountain of a Man means that you have to man up to meet life's challenges.  Not today though.  By Sunday night, I'll be ready with a Veteran's Day observation.
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Have a nice weekend.

OFFICIAL HAS-BEEN HOCKEY TEAM of NANEPASHEMET

Peeps....
Just as my blood pressure was starting to ease down after this God Awful political setback to the Mountain of a Man, I get this incredibly annoying Friday afternoon email that has me brimming with consternation and pretty irritated too.

Dear Mr. Nestor-

I apologize for contacting you directly, I would assume that a man of your stature has significant demands on your time; however, I couldn’t located the contact information for the people that manage your public affairs matters.

I realize that Election Day has passed and that it could reasonably be expected that all campaigning has stopped, however, the Beer League hockey season has just begun and our stumping never stops. As I understand you now have two of your progeny on the upstart Nucks team, I wanted to check in with you and ensure that the (original) Brickyard Mooseknuckles will remain the Official Has-Been Hockey team of Nanepashemet. The Nucks may be younger, they may be better and they may be more successful, but I’m not sure that they encapsulate everything people like us have worked so hard to accumulate; age, girth, fatty livers. Those are three things that I can promise you we bring to the rink week-in and week-out. We will never fail to bring our fat asses to the rink, unless of course we go straight to the bar or have fallen asleep on the couch.

I appreciate your continued support.

Sincerely,

Brian Donovan
Vice President
Big Ass Bank in Boston.

Peeps... if you were a Mountain of a Man like myself.... how would you respond to this pathetic plea for a perpetual place in posterity????     Does Mr. "Has Been Marblehead Hockey Great" Brian think that the designation of a Nanepashemet Official Endorsement can ever be lessened or tarnished?  Who does he think the MOAM is ???  Lance Armstrong  or someone????
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I could go off the deep end, but it's time for a little composure....  
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Brian, the Hindus have shown us that the Universe maintains a sacred tome called the Akashic Records.  Once something as important as a Nanepashemet Official Endorsement has been set down, it is engraved in the Akashic Records and can never be erased.
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And by the way, many a Boilermaker was downed at the DiFillipo's Brickyard establishment  that used to be called the 50 Club by the MOAM before you strapped on your first pair of skates, so maintain the proper respect.  We didn't need a freaking hockey game as an excuse to exact  a bit of euphoria in those hallowed halls.
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I'm pretty sure that's hit the Akashic Records too.
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The Mooseknuckles remain the OFFICIAL HAS-BEEN HOCKEY TEAM of NANEPASHEMET.
Now I have to rest.

A New Day?

It's a New Day Peeps.
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I get the feeling from my Lefty friends that they have an attitude like, "Holy Shit... we won.  Now what do we do?"
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You can't say the country is racist, and you can't blame everything on Bush.  That leaves them looking in the mirror, rubbing their eyes.  Liz Warren sure seemed that way in her first press conference as our new Elected US Senator.   Can you say "Deer caught in the Headlights," Mr Rogers?
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And even though the Analysts say that the Republicans are out of touch with the people, they still control the US House of Representatives.   Figure that out!
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The fact is that this country chose a President by a 2% margin and the majority of states favor the Republicans.  The Liberals don't have a mandate, and they had better govern that way.
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So now the Lefties are saying... "We have to compromise."... Something that was woefully deficient in the first Obama administration.
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Let's say that you give Obama a pass on the first go around.... learning curve, state of the economy, on-agoing war in Iraq.... stuff like that.  Now the Dems are sitting in the seat of power with no legacy diversions.  Show us your stuff.  Don't just stand there all mumbly peg like Liz Warren with no rehearsed  sound bites to rely on. Now it is all you. 
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Is it a New Day?   We'll see what they have.

Clean Hands

Peeps -
I told you who to vote for, and you didn't do it.
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So my hands are clean.    Any shit that hits the fan from here on in is all you.
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Not my fault.....  I had nothing to do with it.
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I had some of my Lefty friends today say that it is a new day... that the people have spoken.... that we should all come together for compromise and prosperity... and that I should stand aside and shut the phuck up.
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I mean.... can't a Liberal ever have any fun????   You phucking won.  Enjoy your day you uptight shitheads.  Sing a little "Kumbaya" and snarl a little less.
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I'm not bitter.  The Lord has set a new path for us... for a greater and lasting glory.   This is a temporary detour.
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But don't worry. I'll continue to write this pathetic Blog.... and you will continue to pathetically read it.
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Pathetic.... but my hands are clean.

End of the Republic

"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic. "
- Benjamin Franklin

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville


$16 Trillon and Counting.
4 more years?

Are we on this Path?

Maria Rowen said....

Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark. In the hopeless swamps of the not quite, the not yet, and the not at all, do not let the hero in your soul perish and leave only frustration for the life you deserved, but never have been able to reach. The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.
—AYN RAND... Don't lose heart-Sarah Palin

Don't OverReact

Here's the thing, Peeps.
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Don't Overreact.
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If Romney wins, every day won't be the Balls.
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And if Obama wins, every day won't Suck.
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We will cope either way, and in the end, your happiness and well being is entirely up to you.
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God Bless America.

Tuna Lips said....

I agree. It taint likes either one can uninvent corn likker and road house hookers. Stays the course, come what may.

Voting Advice

It was quite a busy and aggravating day for me Peeps, as I fielded emails and voicemails in a steady neurotic stream of requests asking me who to vote for.
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Naturally, I gave each and every request a nurturing, patient, and concerned response.
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Something like....."What are you asking me for, NumbNuts?  Don't you have a shred of freaking sense in your freaking vacant void of a cranium?"
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It's important to maintain the self esteem of people who can't figure out how many sheets of paper to wipe their shitty asses with.
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I'm there for you Peeps.  Lean on me.
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But for those of you who still can't figure out this choosing a candidate stuff, here is my election eve advice.    If you think Obama will pay your mortgage, keep you on the payroll, issue you foodstamps, pay for your contraceptives, abort your fetuses... all the while honing his golf game and blaming George Bush for every failure he confronts.....then Obama is your choice for President.  
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And if you think that Elizabeth Warren is a victimized Cherokee Indian, who lives in a $1.7Mil. Victorian mansion in Cambridge that she terms a fixerupper, and who represents large corporations then tries to tell the herd of sheep out there that she was really working for the people who opposed her clients.... then color in the little slot next to Elizabeth Warren's name for your next US Senator.
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I've already told you that I'm voting for Romney and Brown.  Not that they are exceedingly charismatic, but I'm betting that they are smart enough to develop policies that won't screw with me and mine, and won't talk down to me and lay a line of constant bullshit.  In the end, they'll cost me the least amount of money, so they have my vote.

Polls and Polarization

The Polls have the Presidential Election locked in a dead heat.  But I have to believe they are basically flawed.  I'm an Independent and nobody has called me, and I wonder if there are a lot more like me.   Independents are the majority political designation here in primarily Democratic Massachusetts.
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The polls were seriously off when Senator Scott Brown defeated Attorney General Martha Coakley last time and it seems like polling institutions like the Boston Globe skewers their questioning to meet the result that they desire rather than the actual political situation.
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Who would vote for someone just because the polls puts that candidate in the lead?    I doubt that the general electorate is that stupid.  If so, skewering the polls is a self defeating proposition, because  if your candidate leads by so much, why bother going to vote?
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If the election is really in a dead heat, then close to 50% of you will be unhappy with the result.  That's why Obama can't bask in the glory of socializing healthcare with his Obamacare Law.  Even though he rammed it through with the votes, the country is too polarized to accept its implementation.
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In a polarized situation, the victor will not be sucessful unless he can bring the country together... not jam an agenda down on the other 50%.   Obama has said voting is the best revenge.   That mentality insures his ultimate downfall, whether he wins the election or not.

TommyO6:44 AM

Keep in mind that 17 of the last 19 Presdential elections can be determined by the Washington Redskins game the Sunday prior to the election.
If the Skins win, the Incumbent triumphs. If the skins lose the contender will get in.
Final Score - Panthers 21 - Redskins 13.
Go Mitt Go..

Bloomberg Blunder

Mayor Bloomberg cancelling the New York Marathon was a real kick in the ass.   I was so ready to exact revenge on those Skinny Africans that win all the marathons these days.   This year was my year.... at the peak of my conditioning, I was poised to take the pace out fast and finish strong, with those Kenyans and Ugandans left to eat my dust.
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Thanks a lot Mayor.  Just because the subways fill up with water and Staten Island gets flattened, you get all huffy and cancel the one chance I had to make white fat guys proud.
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I wish you were running for Prez, so I could dis the hell out of you... Mr. "I'm endorsing Obama because he is the one man who can save the Polar Bears."  Go back to BillionaireVille and pay your share of taxes, you long distance running spoil sport!!
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I'll never forgive Bloomberg for this.

Vomit and Voting

Peeps....
Won't it be nice when this election is over next Tuesday?  I am really starting to feel nauseous.
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I truly feel that I've heard all of the Warren sound bites.  Don't need to see one more poor Sap say  "She's a Fighta.  She's fa us."  Where do you find these people Liz?  They don't look like they are Cherokees like you.
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Even the Brown ads are starting to get under my skin.   I know you are Independent and are for the Women and stuff like that... and starting to get good and sick of hearing it.
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In the end, my litmus test is "Who has treated me the most like an idiotic, mind-phucked moron who can't see through the bullshit that you are trying to stuff up my orifices."
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Once I determine that, then I vote for the other guy.

Gearing Up the Gunning Dory

I have the itch to get moving on the Marblehead Gunning dory.  Ryan took a video of one riding out Hurricane Sandy in Marblehead Harbor, and it skipped over the waves without any effort.   The Dory style is reputed to be extremely seaworthy, and the video validated that for me.  
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The below photo was found on the web some time ago and ilustrates the type of fit out that I've been thinking of.  I would fill the space under the decks at the bow and stern with polyurethane expanding foam to make the craft unsinkable.  You could stand at the bow or the stern and cast a fly very nicely.
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And I also plan to install a motor well in the back quarter of the boat where a 10HP Honda Fourstroke would be added.
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Naturally we will fit this out to row, but it would be nice to motor this thing close into the rocks to cast for stripers.  Or get some speed to chase a blitz.
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All of the interior fit out will have to be with marine grade, olkume plywood which is expensive, but both light and water resistant.  Boulter Plywood in Somerville is a good local suppler.
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Unlike traditional Marblehead Gunning Dories which were planked and hard chined, I plan on easing the curves on the frames and planking with 1/4" cedar strips sheathed in fiber glass cloth inside and out, then clear epoxy coated.
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The frames and bottom have been done for a few years now and are stored in the Nanepashemet Telecom warehouse in Peabody.    Maybe I'll start spending a little more time at the warehouse.

Tuna Lips8:58 PM

Speaking' of sheaths, be sure to wrap yer rascal, there's danger at every turn.

Hurricane Sandy Update

Lots of wind and rain, the trees are swaying and Ryan sent us a video of some waves in Marblehead Harbor.  Our lights flickered twice and I had to shut down the main computer system.
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Outside of that, it doesn't feel exactly like a state of emergency.  I guess if windows were being smashed in, doors unfastened, downed electrical wires were whipping around sparking and hissing, and the shingles were being ripped off of the roof, it would seem a bit worse.
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But none of that shit is happening.... at least around my neighborhood.  What really would be an emergency is if my Romney and Scott signs blew off the front lawn... but they're holding up pretty well for now.
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Reporters are standing in puddles in Scituate and Revere, interviewing anyone who wanders close by.... there are 10,000 beds available in security shelters, with a half dozen occupied.
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I pray to God that we make it through this.

Tuna Lips6:19 PM

Stop by TL's for a good seshun between fightin' this gale. Take a rest, "have a blow" as they says on Friday Night Lights.

Bracing for the Storm

Politicians and the news media love hurricanes.  It makes people pay attention to them and they are happy to comply with  extensive exxageration.
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I'm sure that Hurricane Sandy will impact some people.  But, Gov. Deval Patrick, as he has been prone to do in the past, has already declared a state of emergency two days before the first cloud has showed up. 
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Plus, this gives politicians like Patrick and Mayor Mennino, the chance to advise us to do stuff that we never would have thought of by ourself, such as stockpile batteries and take care of our pets.   If  I didn't hear this for real, I wouldn't have included it in this pathetic post.
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I was in the Blizzard of 78,  the Perfect Storm of 1991 and El Nino while I was in California in in 97-98 and saw plenty of damage.  But the disasters that these politicians make proclamations of.... always seem to come up short.  Even those storms seemed to actually impact a very small amount of people.
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Lots of snow, wind or rain, some high tides and flooding, but quite a bit short of Armageddon.
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So we'll batten down the hatches and live though another of Governor Deval's State of Emergency storms.

Window 8 Evolution

Now that Windows 8 is here, we will all be working on IPad style Tablets  within the next two or three years.
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That is .... if the Mayans are wrong about things regarding the world ending before Christmas.
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I'm betting against the Central Americans on this one, and plan to be happily doing my work on a tablet this time in the next two years.
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Before this MOAM retires, I will bet you that we will be computing on 3D Hologram machines... then after that , who knows.

Tuna Lips

1. I aims ta digitize me a fire team of virtual hookers. PayPal laundries my money, no one is the wiser.
2. Hard rain is ginna fall, stop by TL's Place for some per-storm stickin up on what ye needs.

Fifty-Fifty

Today I was on Facebook taking a break from the Nanepashemet Telecom salt mines, when this guy that I don't know decided to tell me how bad Scott Brown is......   Not how good Elizabeth Warren is.
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So I told the goober to vote for Warren and it she wins, then people like him deserve her.  
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I have no patience with anyone who supports the phoney Indian for any reason.
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Stupid people have a right to live too.... and this guy was exercising his right.
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Sometimes it's hard to be tolerant, but this country is split right down the middle........ 50-50 for the right or the left.  And it's not going to change, so we have to learn to put up with goofy bastards.

Not My American Dream

 Peeps -
You already know that I've given the Nanepashemet Nod to Mitt Romney for President.
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And I've tried to tell you why.
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But if a picture says a thousand words, then here's 2000 words why I just don't have the stomach for Barack Obama.
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I don't want my President to prostrate himself to anybody else.... for any freaking reason.
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He may feel that the United States has a tainted history.... and he may have some valid points.
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Only that was yesterday, and pandering to other's culture, which is a lot more stained than ours, is demeaning to every American.   There is no culture that has not sinned or is superior to ours, and yet he lowers himself.
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I want my President to stand up straight.  Obama may be the one bowing, but it will be us who get our Asses Kicked.
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Obama's American Dream is not Mine.

MOAM Mastery

Those of you fortunate/hapless Peeps who find yourself in the Inner Circle of the Mountain of a Man know that I faced the greatest zoning challenge to date last night in New Haven County.
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Many have tried and failed, but your MOAM came home with a unanimous vote in the affirmative after a masterful presentation complete with plans mounted on foamboard.
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I know that some of you are tired of the way that I tout my mastery of the zoning permit science, but I actually never get tired of it.  Last night though, even I was amazed.  Didn't expect to blast a four bagger.  I would have been happy with a continuance.  But I must have wowed the hell out of those zoning commissioners with my expert testimony.
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Like Ali said, "If you can do it, it ain't boasting."
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The good part about winning in a tough jurisdiction is that the adrenalin keeps you alert for the three hour drive home.
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And, BTW.... don't even think about getting into the Inner Circle.

Glue Requirement

BenditPVC. 
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Remember when I told you Peeps about how I bought this gadget to help us bend PVC electical conduit for the Hartford job about a year ago?
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Course you do.
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Well I put this baby to good use yesterday creating a frame for a weather shield on the Herreshoff Columbia Tender.
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After about ten minutes of heating, a 7/8" piece of PVC become as pliable as spaghetti in a colander.  It stiffens up soon to a rigid shape in whatever custom orientation you need.
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Now I have to find a good glue to join blue plastic tarp to the PVC which will create the final shield.   I thought that the PVC glue would do the trick, but it didn't work. 

Latest Poll

 

Everyday the news story is who is ahead on the polls.  And these surveys are notoriously wrong.  Scott Brown showed that we he won against Martha Coakley for the "Kennedy Senate Seat".  In no way could the lefty Media allow us to believe that a Republican was in the lead to secure that family heirloom.

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And the news media shamelessly has a different poll result every day.

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Most of you know that I have given the Nanepashemet Nod to Romney and Brown.   That should be enough ignore these flawed polls.

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The outcomes have been determined in the Akashic Records of Time.



Selling Sex

Time to sound in on this Zumba prostitution scandal up in Kennebunk.
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I'm not really sure why prostitution is illegal.  It's not like drug dealing or anything, and seems like a victimless crime.   Especially now, when you can basically eliminate the health issues if you take appropriate precautions.
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Sure families can get screwed up if some members are cheating on spouses, but you don't need Hookers to do that.  If you cheat on your husband or wife, that basically makes you a scumbag, but being a scumbag isn't illegal.
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So I don't see what the big deal is.
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Seems to have some Puritannical overtones that are outmoded, and now exposing the perpetrators seems to be replete with "holier than thou" voyeurism.
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Sex gets sold by lots of people in lots of situations.  But if money passes, they can lock you up.  Doesn't seem right.

I Swear

I was the subject of a irate email yesterday stating that this Blog contains too many swears and cuss words.
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WTF!
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Here's the deal Peeps.   I don't give a shit if any of you ever read this thing, so why the hell should I care if any of you are offended?
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That said, I probably should cut down on the phucking swearing.  Sometimes it's fun to add a little color to a description, but swearing gets bad when you start to use it instead of a well thought out phrase.
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So KMA.

Historic Evening

It was another night for the history books at Nanepashemet Telecom tonight as the Mountain of a Man was issued seven zoning approvals at a well attended, Essex County municipal public board of appeals hearing.
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That's Right.... You heard it correctly... SEVEN. 
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Each one issued individually with five unanimous approval votes.
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There's good... and then there's Mountain of a Man, Holy Shit, Phucking A... Good.
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Sometimes I think I'd do this for nothing.   But it's nicer to get paid doing it.
And tonight was a payday.

Stepping Out

Peeps...
As some of you know, I am on a Mission from God to lose weight for Katelyn's wedding eleven months from now.
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So Far, I've been hitting the machines at the YMCA with some regularity, and my pants definitely feel a little looser.
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But I've kept away from getting on the scale and weighing myself until this morning.
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When I finally got around to stepping on the digital scale, the weight reading was..... OM Freaking G!!!!
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Let's just say that I can't imagine peeling off all those lbs.  We'll have to reduce every body part.
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As Lao Tzu said, "A Journey of Ten Thousand Miles begins with a Single Step."
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This will take quite a few steps.
A fitting challenge for a Mountain of a Man.

Nanepashemet Fact Checking

Mike Rockett posted this photo on Facebook yesterday and it is a bit troublesome.
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Someone back in the 1930's obviously missed the mark by calling Sachem Nanepashemet a Nipmuc.
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He was the Sachem of the Naumkeag Band of the Massachusetts tribe that actually lived  in Marblehead where this sign is set.   Or to be more accurate, this was a primary village location.  The Indians would seasonally migrate to other locations within their region and Nanepashemet died in a fortress that he built in Medford.
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He ruled the region from the Charles River in Boston to the Piscataqua River in Portsmouth and north to Indians in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
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The Nipmucs were allies of Nanepashemet and resided in Central Mass around Worcester and Grafton.  Nanepashemet sent his wife and children to live with the Nipmucs when he was under attack by the Tarratines/Micmac of the upper Maine Coast and Nova Scotia.   The Tarratines were bent on revenge to Nanepashemet because he had aided the Penobscots in Southern Maine who were at war with the Tarratines.  All the while his people were being ravaged by smallpox that they had been exposed to by European fisherman who were plying these shores before the Pilgrims landed in 1620.
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Nanepashemet's family escaped the disease because he had relocated them to live with the Nipmuc's and he was not affected because he was isolated in his war fortress in Medford (located behind the present site of Medford High School).
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The fort was eventually breached by the Tarratines in 1619 and the great Sachem, Nanepashemet, known as New Moon to his people because of his proclivity to take walks at night,  was killed.
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Sucks to be the Chief, I guess.
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But his wife, known only as Squaw Sachem ruled the remants of his territory along with his three sons until 1669 when she was felled by a stroke.  She remarried a chief from the Musketaquids of Concord, but was the uncontested ruler of her people until her death.  There is a mural depicting her in the Winchester Town Hall and she is reported to be buried somewhere in present day Winchester.
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Wouldn't you think that the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission would have checked the facts before they cast this metal commemorative sign?  I wonder if Liz Warren was on that Commission?

Deck Gaze Demand

Apparently, Tommy O, former POTY, was seen up at the Gerry 5 Club last Friday night flashing photos of his new Nanepashemet Deck.
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As long as that was all he was flashing, then no harm, no foul.
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Can't blame Tommy though.  We went over to Home Depot yesterday to get the Lattice stock which will trim out the below deck area and are ready to call for a final code inspection to close this project out.  The deck looks the Balls.
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Plus the good part is that the rate of trespassers entering his property to gaze at this exhibit of Nanepashemet deck perfection has gotten down to acceptable levels.  You can't really stop people from trying.... it's like telling Muslims to stay out of Mecca.

Creepy Reality

Not for nothing, but if you represent a big Insurance Company like Travelers in a Lawsuit, you are not working for the people that are suing the Travelers Insurance Company.  D'uh  Really?
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Then Professor Pow Wow Warren herds up some people who are stupid enough to believe that she went to the Supreme Court to represent them, and gets them to say condemning things about Senator Scott Brown.
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Some of us are stupid, and some of us are "BAAA BAAA shear off my wool" really freaking sheep-style stupid.
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Peeps....
When the Nanepashemet Revolution comes, and you rise up to proclaim me as  Emperor of the United States and its Allies, and Territories, I will make such sheep herding efforts as illegal and subject to the supreme punishment of making perps like Liz continuously watch reruns of Joe Biden debates until they either puke or plead for mercy.
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Plus, I will make the charges retroactive to comdemn Liz.  That's how much I abhore this dishonesty.
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Direct from the MOAM to Liz....

"Professor, if you want to be a US Senator, go for it, but don't go creating some phoney Indian, middle class fighter personality and claiming that you are it.  Be yourself, Pro.....  A carpet bagger Cantabridgian wannabee, who lied to Harvard by saying you are a non-white minority, and makes a household income of 3/4 of a Million Bucks from that institute of Uppity Moonbats then complains about the cost of higher education.... who represents major corporations as a lawyer without a license, and  is in lockstep with our Indonesian POTUS."
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Peeps... here is the creepy reality.   There are a host of people in Massachusetts who eat a heaping helpful of Warren Bullshit and support her dishing out more.
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That is freaking Hallowneen season creepy.

Political Overeating

I'm getting sick of politics.
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Grown adults twisting the facts, or making outright misrepresentations and lies, in an effort to garner votes from an electorate that they are trying to herd and manipulate.
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Some are worse than others.  Some are downright dispicable the way they seem to talk down to us and treat us like imbeciles who can't see through the Bullshit they send our way.
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That said, I'm still going to watch the Vice Presidential debate tonight.
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It's kind of like continuing to eat when you are not hungry anymore.
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Not Good.

Pulling Out the Card

With less than a month to go in the Presidential Election, Romney is on the offensive, gaining ground, and the Lefties are screaming foul.   If what he says makes sense, he must be lying according to these pundits of leftest propaganda.
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The gloves will be coming off as Romney gets depicted as a despicable human being, incapable of the truth......   a Lying, Racist, Low Life Mormon.  You watch how this plays out.
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The Dems have to endure a performance by the Vice President, Joe Biden, who could douse their cause with gasoline and light it up with one of his classic, facts be damned gaffes.
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What's your favorite Biden Gaffe?
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Mine is the classic below...
"When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened." –Joe Biden, apparently unaware that FDR wasn't president when the stock market crashed in 1929 and that only experimental TV sets were in use at that time, interview with Katie Couric, Sept. 22, 2008 (Watch video clip)
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I love the way Biden just reaches reaches deep and pulls shit right out of his ass to use as facts.  This is the Vice President of the United States, a heartbeat away from the most powerful position in the world.  But then again, we have a community organizer who currently has that job, so how bad could Biden be.
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It will be quite remarkable if our unstable second in command doesn't plunge the Dems a little further down in the polls before BO has to face another debate without teleprompter soon.
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I almost feel bad for those unbiased folks over at MSNBC.  They are so close to popping  a vein.  And Peeps ..... they will be rolling out the race card big time pretty soon.  This is coming or I'm not a Rough, Tough, Hard to Bluff, and Damn Good Lookin' Mountain of a Man.
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You heard it here first on the Nanepashemet Blog.

POTW Week 40

For the 4th day in a row, I've hit the gym for a rigorous workout on the aerobic  and weight machines.  Peeps, you may think the Mountain of a Man is a pinnacle of fitness, but you would be wrong.  Even I have to tone up from time to time in order to maintain peak MOAM condition.
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ANNOUNCING....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 40th Week of 2012

Kerry D'Orio
Peter Lojko
Fletcher Boyle
Will Murray
Harvey Rowe
Mitt Romney
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Plus now I can chow down with impunity and watch the Patriots take on Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos.

New Menu Item

Peeps....
I know that many of you think that my culinary skill is limited to Buffalo Wings, Macaroni and Cheese, and White Trash Balls.
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Fair enough.
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I do prepare these delicacies at a professional grade level... but today I will be broadening my horizons for the Patriots Game Dinner with Chicken Marsala over Penne.
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Sometimes, being a Mountain of a Man means that you have to expand the menu.
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Man cannot live on White Trash Balls alone.

Helpless Degradation

Yes Peeps, I did get in the workout at the Y this morning ... despite a bit of irritation.
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There are a lot of pretty women working out there, but when I work out, rest assured that it is all business.   But as I was pedaling away on the elliptical trainer, I could sense the women staring at me... especially at my ass in motion.
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Pretty annoying being eyed like a piece of meat.   Downright degrading.
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And then when I would whip around and check who was starring, they would immediately avert their gaze in a vague attempt to act as if they were not fixated on my sweaty backside.
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Naturally, I depend on my Mountain of a Man capabilities to maintain a civil decor in this situation.
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I will try not to let this degradation inhibit my fitness activities in the future.  They really can't help themselves.

Saturday Plan

More work this weekend, processing orders at sizzling hot Nanepashemet Telecom.  I don't mind, but it's not like my cash position will be improving with daughter Kate's wedding plans.
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Not complaining.  She's the best daughter in the world and my hope is that she and Brady will supply me with Depends and other staples as I pass through my Golden Years not so long from now.
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So this wedding is really an investment in the future.
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But back to this weekend... I plan to take a break from the Nanepashemet work at some point and get in an intensive workout at the YMCA.  They have some healthy looking staff there who appear to be trained in the use of a defibrillator, so I'm really going to let it rip.   Some cardio machine for 45 minutes, then upper body weight work, then I will try to remember how to shoot a basketball for a cool down.
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God willing, that defibrillator will stay attached to the wall during my stay.
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High tide is at 4:00PM and at some point, I have to get to the WhaleEye and de-boat all of the boat beers, beverages and that bottle of Lagavulin that is doing me no good floating in Salem Harbor.
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We have important plans for this evening too, which I'm not going to tell you about.
But what the hell are you reading this for????  Get your own freaking Saturday Plans.

Snickering Indonesians

Before dinner tonight at the Dolphin Yacht Club with the Johnsons, we went over to Ryan's apartment where we met up with Brendt and Kerry (POTY) D'Orio.
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Seems that Kerry has ordered some Yoga Pants from the Nanepashemet Clothing line and found them a little snug.
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Damn those Indonesians!!!!!  I put some real American money into their apparel sweat shops, and this is the thanks I get.
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I specifically told those SOB's to go generous with the threads and make these pants a little easier on the derrierre.
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But these obstinate bastards get a huge kick out of the thought of American Women jamming their asses into pants that are just too damn tight.
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Wouldn't you be pissed if you were me????
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I swear to the Baby Jesus, if I have to fly to Jakarta, I will get these pants right. 
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If Kerry thought they were cool, millions will follow and I can't afford a bunch of snickering Indonesians to cut into this profit margin.

Mitt has Momentum

Turns out that Mitt Romney so trounced President Obama in the debate, that his supporters can only say that Romney was "lying".
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Let me see if I understand this position.
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You get up and speak in front of 50 million people and think that you can get your points across by lies..... with the Liberal Mainstream Media fact checking every thing you say.
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@Libs, Lefties and Phonies.... I don't think so.
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And to our esteemed ex-VP Al Gore (inventor of the Internet), who said that Obama was affected by the altitude (no Joke).... I must retort.  Wasn't Mitt at the same altitude????
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When are people going to see Gore as the crazy Moonbat that he is?
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Romney slammed Obama with details and facts in a manner that suggests that he obviously commands the subject and is the most qualified candidate.
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If I were Obama, I would cancel the next two debates and keep running those stupid ads about how Romney doesn't care about half of the population and only wants to help Wall Street and Millionaires.  BO's only chance is if people ignore the facts and believe this bullshit.
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Mitt has Momentum.  31 days to go.

Liberal Ass Whupping

I didn't get to see the Presidential Debate tonight, but I listened to it as I drove the 3hr. drive back from a New Haven County Zoning Hearing (where I emerged victorious in standard MOAM style).
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From what I heard though, Mitt kicked Barach's lefty liberal ass with his facts, logic and style.
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Course, I make this judgement from a thoroughly unbiased, independent and non-judgemental standpoint... a stance I learned by watching Rachel MadDog Madow on  MSNBC.
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I'm no psychic, but I have had a vision of George Democratontopofus declaring BO as the victor on ABC Good Morning America tomorrow.   Next thing you know, I'll be talking to dead people.
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I kaint define sodermy, but I knows it when I sees it. Barry needed a napkin after that seshun.

Tuna Lips

at 8:43 PM

Debate Outcome

Peeps...
Haven't I told you how out straight we are at Nanepashemet Telecom?  Working tireless for hours on end to fulfill the 4th quarter push?  Then why were so many of you constantly pestering me today... asking my opinion on who won the Brown v. Warren debate????
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I don't have time to explain the obvious to you time after time, all day long.
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It is my fervent hope that some of you can be weaned from this Blog someday and actually form your own feeble yet pathetic opinions.... and not lean on me for continual  insight into every political aspect of this exciting Senatorial contest.
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And don't be baiting me with questions like whether it still bothers me that Warren claims she is a Native American (pc for Indian) and that her grandparents forced her mother and father to elope because of their hatred for the Red Man.  Liz should be credited for distancing herself from these racist relatives.
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By all things Nanepashemet, Native Americans are inspirational to me, but I regret to say that they seem to lose their cache by the time that the blood is diluted to the 1/32 level that Warren claims to carry around.
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I can't say who won the debate, but I can say that Elizabeth Warren is a liar, and liar's turn into losers.   Scratch that.... Scott kicked her lying ass.

Liberal Feline Bureaucrats

We've had cats all of our married adult life.... from Mingo who we got from a farm in Hadley, MA a month into our marriage, to Roenick pictured below in the driveway, who used to follow us to the neighbors houses up and down Beverly Ave. and wait for us outside to walk us home, all of our cats were healthy, happy and spent a lot of time outdoors.
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It is my considered opinion as an experienced and seasoned Feline observer that to keep a cat imprisoned in a house is cruel punishment and against the natural order of things.   Over the years, one cat got hit by a car, one was poisoned accidentally by the next door neighbor, one went away for two weeks only to crawl home with feline leukemia and die within hours, and a number saw their end at the Marblehead Veterinarian's Office after a full feline complement of years.
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Owning a cat is a pain in the ass, because you end up caring for them as much as a kid, and then you outlive them in 15 years or so.
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So when the Grandkids wanted us to get a kitten, Joanne and I headed over to the Marblehead animal shelter on Village St.  to adopt.   They were charging $180 bucks, but I figured that I was there so that was the deal.
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Then we had to fill out an application, and they wanted to check our references.  Then, they asked if the cat would be let outdoors, because they wouldn't allow any cat to be adopted that was subject to coyotes or cars on the street.  In other words. they are in control of these poor indigent felines, and they know best.
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I was polite though, as I sensed a certain "save the whales" essence starting to permeate the room.  We exited and I told Joanne that we wouldn't be supporting their little kitty fiefdom with a purchase and would find a cat elsewhere.
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Felt a little bad because I did like some of the cats and seemed to make a connection with one of them.
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Then last night, I get a call for my "interview to adopt".
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When I explained to the nice lady who seemed to know best all things feline that I felt that keeping a cat indoors was cruel, the conversation veered off quickly with a mutual declaration that "we have different philosophies."
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Indeed we do, and I bet cats are not the extent of it.
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If she doesn't have an Elizabeth Warren sign outside of her cat filled house, I'll be shocked.

Wayne Webster8:10 AM said....

Our basset hound is from the Salem shelter. They pull the same stuff but once you put down $250 for the free shelter dog that no one else wants well they become convinced that you understand the rules and will follow them. True Americans.