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    Heres my take . Evert year all across the tornado belt houses are either torn apart by the twister or need tearing down from damage . Either way next time while watching the news about such storms and footage is shown of tons and tons of lumber ( no not treated ) are sent to land fills to rot . And when I see this happening without fail I think of BTUs ... all that lumber could be put to use to heat homes ! Texans have been known in the past to weather the storms but were woefully unprepared for the cold and snow of last week by not having an alternate source of heat  . Even firewood was in short supply and a lot of the homes had fireplaces so yes a “wood bank “ for any region is a great idea . But just think of this when you see video of truck loads of lumber headed out to the dump . I may have even been known to grab a pickup load of skids etc from work back in the day to use for heating the house , hell I still don’t take wood products to the dump ! 

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    1 hour ago, Adam said:

    the worst part is, there was a perfectly sound compromise offered that would be bipartisan and include public participation on the committee, unfortunately due to procedural wrangling and an apparent sense of fait accompli on the part of the majority, it will never even be entertained...and yes i have gone beyond complaining on Fb, and have reached out to a few Legislators for response/answers, below is an exchange with one, though public, i deleted their name just because i thought i should 

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       correct me if I am wrong but in that case the motion could have been tabled and new routing slip submitted with revised proposal, or enough "no" votes could have been cast, defeat the motion, again then allow the proposed changes be brought to floor at later date.
       
       
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       you are correct but that wouldn't have happened.
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    “ You were correct but that wouldn’t have happened “ ! Really ... please explain your reasoning would have been my reply to that ! 

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    Well said Chris ! Now here’s my thoughts . 
    I have , in my short 68 years , seen all these shows , my favorite being I Dumbo ! We all know the moral of this movie for all ages , right ? Okay , i’ll just remind those that may have forgotten ! 
    Dumbo , a baby elephant that was born with a deformity  ( oversized ears ) which made him different and made him the victim of bullying and ridicule , hurting his feelings , making him feel useless , different , until his wise mother gave him a magic feather . With this magic feather she told her baby he would be transformed and could , despite his being different , do anything , even soar above those that ridiculed him ! Now I ask you , are we anymore “enlightened “ now then back when those movies were made ? 
     Yes we are more enlightened, we have traveled to space , man has stepped on the moon ! But we still have not found it in our hearts to actually get the message from an animated movie with a moral in the story ! And this is just one such movie ! 
    I am coming into the latter part of my life ( not rushing things any ) and as I see all the changes being made to our /my past I find it difficult to accept that we have come so far technologically but have gotten so close to falling into what I see as a very dark abyss and thinking we are enlightened . 

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    Ice fishing ... a total riot ! Went only once to stop by Beaver Pond and talk trash with my youngest brother . Had my other brother with me and he not so trusting of any ice as we had a large pond where we lived as kids and as I recall he went through some thin ice there . So there we were talking trash and having a beer when that damned pond ice started to moan and that cracking sound heading right toward us , ice heaving just enough to make a little movement ! Now anyone that knows my brother “R” could picture the look on his face and that stance he took ! It didn’t take long for him to get from the middle of the pond to the truck and i’m thinking by the way he was walking kinda strange across that ice , he might have had a good reason ! 😉

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    Respectfully , while working to reset New York , could you please find some way to circumvent or better yet convince the Governor to rescind his Bail Reform policy ?!  
    Statics show that crime is down but statistics can be fudged . Non violent crimes are way up as there is no deterrent but being “ arraigned at a later date “ ! I am currently involved as a complainant in a non violent yet criminal case from September 2019 that still has not been settled ! 
    My belief is that this policy denies the Victim their Expectation of protection or recompense under the Law ! 
    And although I do understand this policy does not apply in all criminal cases , it only serves to “ slap the wrist “ of the perpetrators as most will not show up to the arraignment “ at a later date “ . 

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    Okay so , me not being the sharpest knife in the drawer ... 

    Please correct me here if I am on the wrong track . A virus ( pick one ) needs a vector I get that duh , but in this case it seems to have gotten on a plane from the UK and taken a joy ride to the U.S , or so it seems from media reports . Am I wrong to think that a virus can mutate at any time or anywhere and unlike the original  covid virus does not need to originate from one specific place . Like I said the media makes it seem to board a plane and joy ride , but I see it as here already mutating away unbeknownst to our scientific types . 

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    He will distribute the vaccine... eventually, in his own time , at his pleasure ! After he has heard his own voice enough .  Logical thinking begs me to ask , how is a virus racist , does it say to itself , “ oooh ooh theres a person of color lets get him first “ , or how does that work ? Caution , rhetorical question . 
     

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    My take on this , although they are pretty to look at yes I would take one if the opportunity came around . Why ,  I believe it’s a recessive gene and does not the serve the species well from a camouflage aspect . Now that said , during the 50s and 60s there was a small herd of piebald deer on East Hill that used to range from the East Hill fire department to the Sullivans Monument area . As a kid it was a treat to see them when they came down to Baldwin creek to water . As for superstition, one of my in laws family did take one from this herd and years later lost his eye and almost his life to a buzz saw blade that came loose from the rig , developed cancer , but lived to be an old age . 
    As far as I know , that herd hasn’t been seen for many years but some very large bucks have been taken in that area including  a  very large rack this year . And that picture is very nice specimen!!  

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    I need to brush up on cover songs but this one is my favorite by far ! Yes its a frog song but has some hidden messages . Here it is and you all must have heard it thousands of times ... okay 1000 +1 .

     

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