ExiledInIllinois

"Hey mom, can I have some money? The ice cream man is coming!..." "...And since we all came from a woman Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman I wonder why we take from our women Why we rape our women, do we hate our women? I think it's time to kill for our women Time to heal our women, be real to our women And if we don't we'll have a race of babies That will hate the ladies, that make the babies..."

"Lay me down in a field of flame and heather Render up my body into the burning heart of God..." "...I wanna rock your gypsy soul Just like way back in the days of old Then magnificently we will float Into the mystic..."

And at that time they most certainly took pennies. They may still do. Maybe not. They were the last. There is only ONE Illinois. LoL...

Illinois Tollway. I think the baskets still take pennies. Fun times watching it count 100 pennies. People going wild behind you. @BringBackFergy @Cripple Creek That's what they do with their rolled pennies. LoL ?...

Should have just been diligent since step #1: Get an E-ZPass. $.95 x 13 = $12.35. Start with $15.00 Automatic replenish @ $10.00 What a a shame. What did you do? Speed thru booth? Anyway they sent me a new E-ZPass and the thing was getting hit on the Ohio and Indiana Turnpikes in back of mail truck. They reversed the charges Came from the service center Downstate. Hit on a bridge ? in NYC too. They didn't ship it in a foil bag. If you ever do mail yours back, wrap it in aluminum foil. I never had an issue with the G.Island bridges. Sister used to live there. I have had E-ZPass since like 2004 or so. Residents only pay $.09 per.

The Jr. Team may be a giveaway...

I don't know when to stop. So I encompass the whole thought. It's probably too much. I guess... multiple good lines in one stanza.

"First to fall over when the atmosphere is less than perfect Your sensibilities are shaken by the slightest defect You live you life like a canary in a coalmine You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line You say you want to spend the winter in Firenza You're so afraid to catch a dose of influenza You live your life like a canary in a coalmine..." ~Canary in a Coalmine, The Police "...Hide my face in my hands, shame wells in my throat My comfortable existence is reduced To a shallow, meaningless party Seems that when some innocents die All we can offer them is a page in a some magazine Too many cam'ras and not enough food Cause this is what we've seen Driven to tears..." ~"Driven to Tears," The Police

"So their eyes are growing hazy 'cause they want to turn it on so their minds are soft and lazy Well, hey, give 'em what they want..." ~"Candy Everybody Wants," 10,000 Maniacs

You gotta a gallon of bleach?

With all the sun... It looks like its 80°... Then you see the winter hats and coats and realize that it's only the third week of October in Upstate New York. @Gugny @BringBackFergy https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2018/04/10/11-maps-upstate-new-york-make-you-mad/502540002/ LoL...

Let's not be hypocritical and just view it as it is. You said we, as in "why we fight"... I understand that. What about they, why they fight. Why we, they fight... Can we view it both ways, can't everybody say the same thing: https://lastrealindians.com/news/2014/12/20/dec-20-2014-defining-genocide-and-americas-selective-memory-when-it-comes-to-atrocities-committed-against-american-indians-by-gadudage Is that tit for tat justification for the Patton pic above. I could go on, but I won't, this is our tribe's day to honor its war dead.

Good question. Is 11/11 just for living Veterans? Is there a dead Vets Day? I guess Memorial as name implies, fits. I tend to lean this way. When is dead Vets Day? 11/11?

The cages will go in pine tree too... They don't touch them there. Don't leave them in open. Anyway... Suet is just in winter. Coldest part of year. Our bucktooth squirrels are in torpor. They don't risk running around and getting plucked by a hawk sans no ground cover to help. It's a tough ? world ? out there! Wow! LoL... Nice... I wanna party ? with your squirrels! ?

Put the suet cakes in a cage and hang them where they can't get to them... like under an eave.

What part of: These boats used to pull, don't you understand. They still tow on large bodies of water. Now they mainly push on canals and rivers. They were always called towboats. They became pushers. When on rivers and canal thanks to the invention of the internal combustion engine. They are still called towboats. Sheeesh... I am trying to help GBiD... and you two clowns ? ? are hung up on words trying to derail this thread. "WordPlayGugny and his sidekick Hopalong Ferguson ." /smh. Mods... Can you send @Gugny back to the slammer. He's violating the terms of his parole. @Chandler#81 @\GoBillsInDallas/ needs our help.

The barges are towing each other too. No. But tow boats came before tow trucks. You drive an automobile. Run a boat or train.

Towed.... It's a rowboat that is pushing the barges. It can flip around and tow the other way too. It's using it's push knees @ bow It has tow knees @ the stern.

Yeah, all the time:

Because he's out on a boat not in cell range. Geeesh!

Classic example of "type cast." I guess the mustache didn't help that much as an LA cop. RIP.

2002 birth year. My daughter. Conceived pre-911. Born post-911. Now that class of 2020... doesn't get to walk as high school grads. No prom. Virtual graduation. It does really suck. For now... College is on hold. Who knows what will be.

I heard this on The Coffeehouse: Ha... the Quarantine Song. Anybody post it yet. Who's ready for a good tear-jerker??

You sure? My calendar says May and the Michigan Miltias are throwing a: "Terrible Two's Party." Nothing spells "Summer", apple ? pie and Chevrolet than that. I think you're hoaxing me!

Would you say the "Silent Generation" has PTSD too. I would say yes! Yet. The Great Depression, living through it at a young age allowed the trauma of the eventd to channel the PTSD in positive ways... MORE positive ways. Just like now. The ability to save money and hunker down away from the trappings of rampant consumerism. My inlaws are a classic example. NOT missing a beat during these lockdowns. Same here. Its how I was raised. So... Basically, what I am saying... Channel the so-called "negatives" into positive. Everything in life can be PTSD.