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    @Got my home in my hand......
    Well that was quite a buzz kill... Hope all turns out well.... Do you still say your prayers little darlin' do you go to bed at night Prayin' that tomorrow, everything will be alright But tomorrow's fall in number in number one by one You wake up and you're dying you don't even know what from Well they shot you point blank you been shot in the back Baby point blank you been fooled this time little girl that's a fact Right between the eyes baby, point blank right between the pretty lies that they tell Little girl you fell You grew up where young girls they grow up fast You took what you were handed and left behind what was asked but what they asked baby wasn't right you didn't have to live that life, I was gonna be your Romeo you were gonna be my Juliet These days you don't wait on Romeo's you wait on that welfare check and on all the pretty things that you can't ever have and on all the promises That always end up point blank, shot between the eyes Point blank like little white lies you tell to ease the pain You're walkin' in the sights, girl of point blank and it's one false move and baby the lights go out Once I dreamed we were together again baby you and me Back home in those old clubs the way we used to be We were standin' at the bar it was hard to hear The band was playin' loud and you were shoutin' somethin' in my ear You pulled my jacket off and as the drummer counted four You grabbed my hand and pulled me out on the floor You just stood there and held me, then you started dancin' slow And as I pulled you tighter I swore I'd never let you go Well I saw you last night down on the avenue Your face was in the shadows but I knew that it was you You were standin' in the doorway out of the rain You didn't answer when I called out your name You just turned, and then you looked away like just another stranger waitin' to get blown away Point blank, right between the eyes Point blank, right between the pretty lies you fell Point blank, shot straight through the heart, Yea point blank, you've been twisted up till you've become just another part of it Point blank, you're walkin' in the sights, Point blank, livin' one false move just one false move away Point blank, they caught you in their sights Point blank, did you forget how to love, girl, did you forget how to fight. Point blank they must have shot you in the head Cause point blank, bang bang baby you're dead.
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    So long, farewell...
    until we meet again, Happy Trails! Home is currently the problem, need a new one stat! HOA can kiss my white ass!
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    @there's no place like home.....
    Night Trixie..... Wendy: Peter where do you live Peter pan: It's a secret place. Wendy: Please, tell me! Peter pan: Would you believe me if I told you? Wendy: I promise. Peter pan: For sure. Wendy: For sure! Peter pan: I have a place where dreams are born, And time is never planned. It's not on any chart, You must find it with your heart. Never Never Land. It might be miles beyond the moon, Or right there where you stand. Just keep an open mind, And then suddenly you'll find Never Never Land. You'll have a treasure if you stay there, More precious far than gold. For once you have found your way there, You can never, never grow old. And that's my home where dreams are born, And time is never planned. Just think of lovely things. And your heart will fly on wings, Forever in Never Never Land. You'll have a treasure if you stay there, More precious far than gold. For once you have found your way there, You can never, never grow old. And that's my home where dreams are born, And time is never planned. Just think of lovely things. And your heart will fly on wings, Forever in Never Never Land
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    please wave your magic wand and make it disappear.... Salagadoola mechicka boola Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo Put them together and what have you got Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo Salagadoola mechicka boola Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo It'll do magic, believe it or not Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo Yes, salagadoola means Mechicka booleroo But the thing mabob that does the job Is bibbidi-bobbidi-boo Salagadoola menchicka boola Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo Put them together and what have you got Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo Yes, salagadoola means Mechicka booleroo But the thing mabob that does the job Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo Salagadoola menchicka boola Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo Now you put them together [?] what have you got Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo Bibbidi-bobbidi, bibbidi-bobbidi Bibbialta do-do-do-do-boo
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    @ Illegitimi non carborundum......
    Power to the peoplePower to the people Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people, right on Say you want a revolution We better get on right away Well you get on your feet And out on the street Singing power to the people Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people, right on A million workers working for nothing You better give 'em what they really own We got to put you down When we come into town Singing power to the people Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people, right on I gotta ask you comrades and brothers How do you treat you own woman back home She got to be herself So she can free herself Singing power to the people Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people, right on Now, now, now, now Oh well, power to the people Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people, right on Yeah, power to the people Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people, right on Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people, right on Here comes the weekend......
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    @ Trainwreck
    How the hell did one email derail my entire day? I despise power hungry people who enjoy playing with other people's lives. I caught the train, I met a dame, She was a hipster, well and a rock of dame, She was pretty, from New York City, Well and we trucked on down in that old Fairlane, (Goin' on,) With a heave and a ho, (Wo,) Well, I just couldn't let her go. (Yes I did,) Get along, sweet little woman, get along, Be on your way, Get along, sweet little woman, get along, Be on your way, With a heave, and a ho, (Love the way you walk,) I just couldn't let her go. (Yes I do now.) Well, the train kept a-rollin', all night long, (Sweet little woman, get along,) The train kept a-rollin', all night long, ([You're my queen?]) The train kept a-rollin', all night long, (Sweet little woman, get along,) The train kept a-rollin', all night long, (You're my queen) With a heave, and a ho, (Love the way you walk,) Well I just couldn't let her go, (Yes I do.) We made a stop at Albuquerque, She must have thought I was a real gone jerk, We got out the train in El Paso, Lookin' so good, Jack, I couldn't let her go. Get along, sweet little woman, get along, (Oh, right,) Well, the train kept a-rollin' all night long, The train kept a-rollin' all night long, The train kept a-rollin' all night long, The train kept a-rollin' all night long, With a heave and a ho, Well I just couldn't let her go.
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    @Harvest Time.....
    Did I see you downin a young girl's town With your mother in so much pain? I was almost there at the top of the stairs With her screamin' in the rain. Did she wake you up to tell you that It was only a change of plan? Dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup With the promise of a man. Did I see you walking with the boys Though it was not hand in hand? And was some black face in a lonely place When you could understand? Did she wake you up to tell you that It was only a change of plan? Dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup With the promise of a man. Will I see you give more than I can take? Will I only harvest some? As the days fly past will we lose our grasp Or fuse it in the sun? Did she wake you up to tell you that It was only a change of plan? Dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup With the promise of a man.
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    The wildwood flower grew wild on the farm,And we never knowed what it was called. Some said it was a flower and some said it was weed, I never gave it much thought ...... One day I was out there talking to my brother, Reached down for a weed to chew on, Things got fuzzy and things got blurry, And then everything was gone! Didnt know what happened, But I knew it beat the hell out of sniffin burlap. I come to and my brother was there, And he said, Whats wrong with your eyes? I said, I dont know, I was chewing on a weed. He said, Let me give it a try. We spent the rest of that day and most of that night, Trying to find my brother, Bill. Caught up with him, bout six oclock the next morning, Naked, swinging on the wind mill! He said he flew up there. I had to fly up there and bring him down, He was about half crazy ..... The very next day we picked a bunch of them weeds, And put em in the sun to dry. Then we mashed em up and chopped em up, And put em in the corncob pipe. Smokin that wildwood flower got to be a habit, We didnt see no harm. We thought it was kind of handy, Take a trip and never leave the farm! All good things gotta come to an end, And its the same with the wildwood weed. One day this feller from Washington came by, And he spied it and turned white as a sheet. Then they dug and they burned, And they burned and they dug, And they killed all our cute little weeds. Then they drove away, We just smiled and waved .......... Sittin there on that sack of seeds! Y'all come back now, hear?
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    @One of the Butt sisters......
    Well, my mama, she didn't 'low me just to stay out all night long, oh LordWell, my mama didn't 'low me just to stay out all night long I didn't care what she didn't 'low--I would boogie-woogie anyhow When I first came to town, people, I was walkin' down Hastings Street Everybody was talkin' about the Henry Swing Club I decided I drop in there that night When I got there, I say, "Yes, people" They was really havin' a ball Yes, I know Boogie Chillen' One night I was layin' down I heard mama and papa talkin' I heard papa tell mama let that boy boogie-woogie It's in him and it got to come out And I felt so good Went on boogiein' just the same
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    hehehehe... Bum bum bumadum... The party was jumping When Bertha got off of her stump The whistles were blowing And everybody did the bump But all the time Bertha Had been working on a goodie Now folks call it the Bertha Butt Boogie When Bertha Butt did her goodie She started the Bertha Butt Boogie No question Bum bum bumadum... When Bertha got moving Her hips were humming in the wind The ground started shaking No grass grew where she'd been The music was popping The crowd had formed a ring Her sisters yelled, boogie, Bertha Do your thing Oh, for your information Bertha had three sisters Betty Butt, Bella Butt And Bathsheba Butt When Bertha Butt did her goodie She started the Bertha Butt Boogie I said no question Bum bum bumadum... Hey Leroy, get away from that woman That boy'll never learn Uh oh, here comes the troglodyte Come here, sock it to me Bertha stood back and yelled Betty, Bella, Bathsheba And the Butt sisters backed her up When she yelled, I need you The troglodyte, Leroy, Luther And the Butt sisters all knew That the Bertha Butt Boogie Was now the thing to do When Bertha Butt did her goodie She started the Bertha Butt Boogie No question Bum bum bumadum... I'll sock it to you, daddy Me like, me like Come here, woman, woman Come on I'm calling you ma'am Yeah, the boogie
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Preach it girl... My better half is along for the ride.....and that's it..... As are Id say 80% or so just of our merry band of 35 or so Give or take a spascarella.... If he ever shows up for his welcome package........ Hey Steve? Where's you at brah? Seriously Geeky if only true heads had tix.....there would be 40% more miracles..... I like math.... but I miss Jerry!
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Hey maybe we can do something nice for those widowed by the Dead? Even a pretty card with some tie dye wonderment and a little thank you special one sentiment... I think tie dye would look very cool on a vellum...for you guys that's a paper!
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I second that emotion, spouses, friends, soul mates who love US more than we love ourselves....!!!!!! We need an artist and ideas..... Volunteers????? On behalf of the congregation....Yay we say!!!!!! Klang I'm voting yes for you, mmmm ok? Tony we need boxes and columns and a subcommittee.... Somebody take the wheel....I gotta go opine a minute.....
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OMG folks....my guess is virtually all of our beloved and patient spouses are on that same bus. It was last week I think when Klang had a great idea that we should create a t-shirt for them. I ran it by my wife and she came up with this: "MY MARRIAGE SURVIVED THE FTW-GD 50th !!"
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Have totes make them a flag that says I'm with Buzz..... We need rails shined, we need digital countdowns, we need pontification, we need Canadian bacon, we need Florida Sunshine, Cuban spice, Texas hospitality, California Fun, Horses, Chicago BBQ, #88,Rochester soul, Buffalo snow, that grass growing in Saundra's state....and whatever else it takes to make this happen....we need drums and space and Bieber....And we need Stella! Klanger, I'm your proxy here.... Unanimous..... Hey I still miss Jerry here, focus please..... Don't leave me hanging..... Can I get an agnostic. "I know"?
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Sorry, responded to your nice emails. Ready for the welcome package and ordered my t-shirt already. My girlfriend will not be coming. Tried to convert her but she's not interested. Played her all of the Dead's country tunes but to no avail. Oh well. Steve
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On behalf of Munchkinland I speak for Mayor Klangstone as well... SO GLAD YOU MADE IT....... Coffee is on, shuggah in the house.... Roll on up to the bar, and smoke em if ya got em.... This is a free form forum for the most part.....kinda performance art with soul... We are all one in Jerry and all you need to say to us to complete initiation is.... Confess you are a deadhead and you miss Jerry... Fate will decide the rest.....
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Steve welcome. my wife is along for 1 show. kids along for the rest. big debate whether wife should attend 4th of July...we "feel" this will be the rocking-est; or the Sunday shows, which "could" be more emotional. So far, she picked Saturday, anticipating US Blues and Jack Straw. Oldest son's job on Sunday is too keep me from completely melting down at the last song. Good luck with that, son. grrrr...what happened to your buh-wheat post?
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Not sure how I feel about Mondays. "I like it, but it doesn't like me" or something similar to that Jimmy Stuart said in the best Philadelphia Story. Want to drop out but also want to patch those sails... I once heard that political correctness was invented by the right. Without making a judgement call on directional leanings, the nature of each make political correctness a farce and parody of itself. Nothing wrong with consciousness, inclusion, awareness, tolerance, and respect though. I'm all about that. I have ten fingers and ten toes and I miss/ed Jerry. My sister is not coming to Chicago but she's along for the ride in Santa Clara. I ask if she wants to come just Saturday or Sunday and - bless her heart - she says "I want to go Saturday. That way if I want to go Sunday too I can." She's got a spark of faith she do. Know telling how far she'll go down the road ;) "And nobody knows it like you do babe, nobody knows it like you do Nobody knows it like you do babe, the lengths we will go to" - Shovels and Rope Everyone get enough coffee? I'm tempted to make another pot.
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Most likely you go your way and I'll go mine.... Love 75 Rolling Thunder Dylan.... Have one more cup of coffee...for the road.... heavy cream n sugar is flowing like wine.... ....dogs begin to bark now...HOUNDS begin to howl....watch out stray cat people....little red roosters on the prowl ..... just cuz I could.... and we know, all of our respective digits know....
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Okay I am slow on the uptake but as I was reading about your wife's t-shirt idea - grate idea BTW -it finally hit me that when my husband is saying WTF?!?!? He is just spelling FTW backwards right? He is actually, subconsciously, calling on all Freudians here, expressing his joy about the shows! Am I right?
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Sigmund at your service... 4 years of psychoanalytic training....... Zo you dreamed of a tunnel unt a banana? Shirts are good.... Or thank you cards.... Gift baskets... Party favors..... Little baskets with seashells and sea horses..... Gotta do something... How about we just tell our significant others we love them and appreciate their co dependence of our addiction....I will..........just sayin' Or have Klangman preside over divorce court at the fountain.... Your mileage may vary..... Follow your arrow wherever you go.....
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But what a hoot to read :-) Mama Bear's making home made Za for dinner tonight - yeah baby !!!!!
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And make lots of noise n kiss lots of boys or kiss lots of girls if that's something you're in to.....if the straight n narrow gets a little to straight... Roll up a ..... I would! And follow your arrow wherever you go.. White chili here..... goo goo g' joob yo!
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Baltimore is in chaos.... Prayers for you guys.... to quote the Tragically Hip.... New Orleans is sinking and I don't want to swim..... All we are saying is.... Give peace a chance....
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Roger that, rrrrrgrrrrr. Bal'more on fire - literally. Ugly, ugly scene... O's cancelled their home game too. Trust our peeps are home and safe. STAY HOME !!!
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"If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously." Jerry Garcia
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Cuz the vandals took the handles. When will we learn this never works. Just sucks and riding out the rage. This town had a chance for a few days to make a statement that would have been heard. There was a lot of sympathetic ears to the story of a young man dying in police custody with a broken back. Even the proper folk round here looked beyond a criminal record to see things went too far. All that gone. Pleased to meet you. Hope you guess my name
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..how early the first pick-ups are on this bus route.I recall hearing bold talk about a 4:30 am shift.
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Bro, I hear you... From Ferguson to Baltimore, protesting is one's 1st amendment right; but looting and destruction of property are crimes. Extremely sad societal statement. Don't blame your great city - the issue is much, much larger.
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Better than Monday.... Coffee on.... Ready to face today's challenges.... Hi ho, hi ho.....back to the mines I go..... @baltimore..... ....I pity the fool who doesn't let there be peace in the valley...... Mr. T don't dance with Mr. D......
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Tie down the deck, a huge storm is coming my way off the Gulf of Mexico. Sorry California, keep patching those sails, and if it's clear, leave it there! 61 days to SC. 67 days to CHI. Watch those skies fontsman, it might be coming your way!
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Yeah baby - I'm getting weather advisories now...looks like mama nature gonna put a bit of a hurtin' on us today. Hey bro, as you know, it's the price we pay to live in paradise :-) How's your flip-flop tan lines looking today? Patch-em' !!!
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we pay a different price for a different form of paradise up in the northeast, Eh rrrgrrr? Beautiful day today, nothing but blue skies and mid 60's, could use 10 more degrees, but this ain't bad at all, not after this winter. So nice out I had to break out the bike, nothing like pedal power..pass the java if you would be so kind, maybe one of those scones...
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Right you are Boo buddy..... 65 and sunny here, no wind and cloudless blue sky..... Guess us Nor'easter's adapt to it...we have all 4 seasons, past 2 winters proved to be a harsh mistress, but Spring, Summer and Fall in the Buff and Rachacha are the cats ass..... Assuming Toronto weather is similar, eh? Nanuk?? Fresh pot of coffee is on, scones out of the oven.... cream and some sugar on the table.... back to work on the southernmost regions of mental health.....
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Yo Boo, cool cat dude !! And bro, I grew-up in Philly. You can keep your "four seasons" and frozen tundra, and mountains and mountains of snow. I paid my dues. Kinda like it where the weather suits my clothes :-) (although we're gonna get slammed in about 15 minutes with a big ass storm...lol) Later !!
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That is one of my boys, Black Bart, he's a Bombay and he likes to greet me when I arrive at home, that is him with front paws up on my thigh, he is quite a character. It isn't the 4 seasons that are so nice, but living through a winter up here makes you really appreciate the nice weather, and when it is nice here, it is fine! and a little snow doesn't bring down the house......
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Yo T, I know...... somebody help a brother out....that avatar was a nice memory of Philly but we are done with the past....tear that old building down...btw great run in 09.....saw it with JeffTOO @Boo... Where you been living, son. West Seneca NY had 7 feet of snow in 3 days November 2014...... Now that's a lot of melting....
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anywhere but south Buffalo..............here to the east we got an inch that November ah Philly the (sp)rectum, which year did they bring out the teargas, '87, '88????
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reading that title over again....mmmmm...let it be...might spur new interest in our mindless banter..... I remember being there in the 70's for a Rangers Flyers Stanley Cup Game....Eddie Giacomin vs. Bernie Parent.... Great memories of an old careworn barn..... I would tear that old building down.....
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Hey now brother, don't you be messin' with the Spectrum. Most famous and MOST PLAYED building in the entire east coast. We were nice enough to let you "up to Buffalo" folks even come down for a few shows :-) Sat row 2, sect 102 (dead center) for the last show in '09 (The Dead") with they unveiled the tie-die 53 banner in the rafters. What a moment.... If I had my way, I would tear this ole' building down... And with that they closed and after that came the wrecking ball on the old gal.
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Nanuk from the North reporting blowing winds.May on its way...sell in May and Go away? Taxes on my Mind. Can't complain, at least the health care is Covered. Right doc? By now my mental health bills would have made me house poor. Socialism communism canadian ism. All I am saying is give peace a chance.
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I've jumped thru the avatar hoops too, and the solution seems to be to do the following: 1) Remove picture from profile. 2) Do not add new picture. 3) Close your computer down. 4) Click your heels three times. 5) Turn your computer on again. 6) Wait 48 hours. 7) Add profile picture. It appears there are avatar gremlins and trolls lurking about, and they quickly replace all new pictures with the old one. The trick is to wait a couple of days, using no picture at all when you post. When you finally do log on and decide to add the picture, the gremlins and trolls have partied, slept, have awoken with groggy minds, and have forgotten about the old picture, allowing your new picture to appear in its rightful place. Good luck...btw, Item #4 is not mandatory, but if it feels right, do it anyway. Disclaimer: Void where prohibited, not valid in states with snow, results may differ, and objects in mirror may be closer than you think...allow 46 weeks for delivery. all the best....and good luck geo
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I overrule... Foul I say... There may be many paths And only one way to rock..... but.... It's the only way back to Kansas, ask Dorothy...the meek.... there's no place like home..... rrrrrgrrrrr out!
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I didn't mess with the spectrum, it messed with me,har har, saw many a show there.
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public service announcement brought to you by geothere'snoplacelikehomemeister. ;D
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LMFAO....... way to bring it.....
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All hail the geotechweeniemeister !! Thank you my brotha !! I will now go avatar-less for a brief spell.... Click... Click.... Click....
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A lost little kid up here named Frank..... Anyone missing a little kid named Frank......? sorry....carry on.... you know it's gonna get stranger....... Tony click them heels thrice....
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And Frankly, I've always wanted to be a weeniemeister.... but methinks I've created a monster...or a legend in his own mind...or a lone ranger...or maybe just a silly signature that strikes a G major chord on the wayfaring dus ribing friends who are whiling away their valuable work and play hours thustly engaged... Thanks guys... geohotdiggitydogwe'rehavingfunnowmeister
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Shirley just got the 3:10 to Yuma... I'll be waiting at the Marriott with Jesus n John Wayne..... RIP Warren Zevon..... almost miss you as much as Jerry......
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Peace and prayers go out to those in chaos. Don't understand the mindset of destruction of property and disruption of innocent lives to make a point "against" the establishment. You are defending the rights of individuals against such crimes by committing worse crimes. Senseless! Violence begets violence. When will people ever learn...(super sad)
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Yessir, despite all the chaos here, you drove the point home.... mean people suck..... just give peace a chance....John Lennon sang that at that Live Peace thing.....eh? Montreal, Ottawa, Saskatoon? Nah that place with Yonge Street, Bay n Bloor.....and all those cool record stores back in the day...... anyway welcome back Mr.Mayor....