On Friday, February 24, 2023 at 2:01:48 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> (in article<76ede85e-62f2-465c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 3:06:42 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > (in article<5c3e5d74-f610-4654...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 10:57:33 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > (in article<0113d399-b4cc-4e6c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 8:00:50 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > On Feb 22, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > (in article<5eebc079-bbed-4387...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 6:51:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > (in article<efef52b8-e25b-4708...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 2:24:57 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > (in article<d98b86a2-473a-49f9...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 5:04:48 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<e67c343f-d075-4631...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 2:26:54 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<c7602885-d383-450a...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 9:57:55 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<cc0b4405-e440-4aa6...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 6:32:13 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<2704dc9d-a034-40ad...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 1:57:35 PM UTC-6, Mike
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<92c4e07d-7b15-4bd5...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mad Magazine had this joke what it was Will elder like to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > put a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > little
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tiny
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jokes up in the corner of his panels and one of them was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > he
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > had a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > picture
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a bird house and underneath he had written "this is for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > birds”
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That was a joke for the birds as it was too small for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > even a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > humming
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bird.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I once had a hummingbird as a pet. It ran this prostitution
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > service,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > where
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > would give humm jobs to other hummingbirds.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But is too lazy to teach them the words.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you're right my uncle and his wife had a toucan that did know
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > words.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Aunt
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Martha had a distinctive voice, and she'd say pretty bird
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pretty
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bird
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that toucan would repeat that all day long and also
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > interestingly
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > enough,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they had a windmill with a brake on it when the wind blew it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > made
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > horrible screeching sound that the toucan imitated so if you
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > went
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > visited
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > them you got entertained with his horrible screeching sound.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you sure it was not his mother in law???
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > His mother-in-law was actually automotive in nature; they made
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TV
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > series
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > about it , "My mother-in-law, the car.”
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And here I had thought Back Seat Drivers were bothersome.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > to be a backseat driver wouldn't you need a really long extension
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > steering wheel?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > And if your legs are not long enough, extensions to the pedals.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > you're growing flowers in your car?
> > > > > > > > > > > I have to do it someplace as the trailer is full of mushrooms
> > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I saw a trailer that was full of mushrooms. The main movie was called
> > > > > > > > > > "my
> > > > > > > > > > brain is a mushroom”.
> > > > > > > > > That is because the protagonist in the movie was constantly kept in
> > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > dark
> > > > > > > > > and fed BS about the plot.
> > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > that sounds exactly like my 17 years at NASA.
> > > > > > > Nassau, Bahamas --- is it warm there now???
> > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > >
> > > > > > no, we raise Angus
> > > > > How high do you raise them and why??? Are their legs too short???
> > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > >
> > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > >
> > > > it's just like the story I heard about Lincoln. Supposedly somebody asked
> > > > Lincoln how long should a man's legs be and he answered long enough to
> > > > reach
> > > > the ground and to me it sounds apocryphal, but I read somewhere about it
> > > > and
> > > > it said something about there's more to the story then most people hear and
> > > > that it was actually more of a reasonable question.
> > > Or the time Lincoln was accused of being two faced, and he replied
> > > “If I had two faces, would I be wearing this one"
> > > Michael LeVine
> > > mle...@redshift.com
> > >
> > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > finding it everywhere,
> > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > Groucho Marx
> >
> > i've got a Carl Sandburg biography of Lincoln, and what amazes me about it is
> > what detail he knew of the man's life, practically like "then he went out to
> > the
> > well and got a bucket of water and then went over to slop the pigs, and then
> > he waved hello to Miss Bessie across the street", just about that detail.
> But detail’s he tells are to be taken with a large grain of salt.
> Michael LeVine
> mle...@redshift.com
>
> Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> finding it everywhere,
> diagnosing it incorrectly,
> and applying the wrong remedies.
> Groucho Marx

On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<b83c98bf-8d32-4d57-bacc-d5bcd0f58c0en@googlegroups.com>):

> On Friday, February 24, 2023 at 2:01:48 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > (in article<76ede85e-62f2-465c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 3:06:42 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > (in article<5c3e5d74-f610-4654...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 10:57:33 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > (in article<0113d399-b4cc-4e6c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 8:00:50 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Feb 22, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > (in article<5eebc079-bbed-4387...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 6:51:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > (in article<efef52b8-e25b-4708...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 2:24:57 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<d98b86a2-473a-49f9...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 5:04:48 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<e67c343f-d075-4631...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 2:26:54 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<c7602885-d383-450a...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 9:57:55 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<cc0b4405-e440-4aa6...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 6:32:13 AM UTC-6, Mike
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<2704dc9d-a034-40ad...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 1:57:35 PM UTC-6, Mike
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<92c4e07d-7b15-4bd5...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mad Magazine had this joke what it was Will elder like
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > put a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > little
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tiny
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jokes up in the corner of his panels and one of them
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > he
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > had a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > picture
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a bird house and underneath he had written "this is for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > birds”
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That was a joke for the birds as it was too small for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > even a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > humming
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bird.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I once had a hummingbird as a pet. It ran this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > prostitution
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > service,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > where
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > would give humm jobs to other hummingbirds.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But is too lazy to teach them the words.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you're right my uncle and his wife had a toucan that did
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > know
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > words.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Aunt
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Martha had a distinctive voice, and she'd say pretty bird
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pretty
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bird
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that toucan would repeat that all day long and also
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > interestingly
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > enough,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they had a windmill with a brake on it when the wind blew
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > made
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > horrible screeching sound that the toucan imitated so if
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > went
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > visited
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > them you got entertained with his horrible screeching
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sound.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you sure it was not his mother in law???
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > His mother-in-law was actually automotive in nature; they
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > made
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TV
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > series
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > about it , "My mother-in-law, the car.”
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And here I had thought Back Seat Drivers were bothersome.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to be a backseat driver wouldn't you need a really long
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > extension
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > steering wheel?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > And if your legs are not long enough, extensions to the pedals.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > you're growing flowers in your car?
> > > > > > > > > > > > I have to do it someplace as the trailer is full of mushrooms
> > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > I saw a trailer that was full of mushrooms. The main movie was
> > > > > > > > > > > called
> > > > > > > > > > > "my
> > > > > > > > > > > brain is a mushroom”.
> > > > > > > > > > That is because the protagonist in the movie was constantly kept in
> > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > dark
> > > > > > > > > > and fed BS about the plot.
> > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > that sounds exactly like my 17 years at NASA.
> > > > > > > > Nassau, Bahamas --- is it warm there now???
> > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > no, we raise Angus
> > > > > > How high do you raise them and why??? Are their legs too short???
> > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > >
> > > > > it's just like the story I heard about Lincoln. Supposedly somebody asked
> > > > > Lincoln how long should a man's legs be and he answered long enough to
> > > > > reach
> > > > > the ground and to me it sounds apocryphal, but I read somewhere about it
> > > > > and
> > > > > it said something about there's more to the story then most people hear
> > > > > and
> > > > > that it was actually more of a reasonable question.
> > > > Or the time Lincoln was accused of being two faced, and he replied
> > > > “If I had two faces, would I be wearing this one"
> > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > >
> > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > Groucho Marx
> > >
> > > i've got a Carl Sandburg biography of Lincoln, and what amazes me about it
> > > is
> > > what detail he knew of the man's life, practically like "then he went out
> > > to
> > > the
> > > well and got a bucket of water and then went over to slop the pigs, and
> > > then
> > > he waved hello to Miss Bessie across the street", just about that detail.
> > But detail’s he tells are to be taken with a large grain of salt.
> > Michael LeVine
> > mle...@redshift.com
> >
> > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > finding it everywhere,
> > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > Groucho Marx
>
> A grain of salt? What's that? The details he gives are created from whole
> cloth. They're false. Just like everything you know is false. The fire sign
> theater used to tell us that everything you know is wrong so everything you
> know is wrong you might as well just end it all. I have a shotgun here for
> you.

On Friday, February 24, 2023 at 10:01:34 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> (in article<b83c98bf-8d32-4d57...@googlegroups.com>):
> > On Friday, February 24, 2023 at 2:01:48 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > (in article<76ede85e-62f2-465c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 3:06:42 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > (in article<5c3e5d74-f610-4654...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 10:57:33 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > (in article<0113d399-b4cc-4e6c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 8:00:50 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Feb 22, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > (in article<5eebc079-bbed-4387...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 6:51:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > (in article<efef52b8-e25b-4708...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 2:24:57 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<d98b86a2-473a-49f9...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 5:04:48 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<e67c343f-d075-4631...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 2:26:54 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<c7602885-d383-450a...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 9:57:55 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<cc0b4405-e440-4aa6...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 6:32:13 AM UTC-6, Mike
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<2704dc9d-a034-40ad...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 1:57:35 PM UTC-6, Mike
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<92c4e07d-7b15-4bd5...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mad Magazine had this joke what it was Will elder like
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > put a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > little
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tiny
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jokes up in the corner of his panels and one of them
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > he
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > had a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > picture
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a bird house and underneath he had written "this is for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > birds”
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That was a joke for the birds as it was too small for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > even a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > humming
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bird.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I once had a hummingbird as a pet. It ran this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > prostitution
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > service,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > where
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > would give humm jobs to other hummingbirds.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But is too lazy to teach them the words.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you're right my uncle and his wife had a toucan that did
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > know
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > words.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Aunt
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Martha had a distinctive voice, and she'd say pretty bird
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pretty
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bird
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that toucan would repeat that all day long and also
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > interestingly
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > enough,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they had a windmill with a brake on it when the wind blew
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > made
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > horrible screeching sound that the toucan imitated so if
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > went
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > visited
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > them you got entertained with his horrible screeching
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sound.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you sure it was not his mother in law???
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > His mother-in-law was actually automotive in nature; they
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > made
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TV
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > series
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > about it , "My mother-in-law, the car.”
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And here I had thought Back Seat Drivers were bothersome.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to be a backseat driver wouldn't you need a really long
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > extension
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > steering wheel?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And if your legs are not long enough, extensions to the pedals.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > you're growing flowers in your car?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I have to do it someplace as the trailer is full of mushrooms
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > I saw a trailer that was full of mushrooms. The main movie was
> > > > > > > > > > > > called
> > > > > > > > > > > > "my
> > > > > > > > > > > > brain is a mushroom”.
> > > > > > > > > > > That is because the protagonist in the movie was constantly kept in
> > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > dark
> > > > > > > > > > > and fed BS about the plot.
> > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > that sounds exactly like my 17 years at NASA.
> > > > > > > > > Nassau, Bahamas --- is it warm there now???
> > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > no, we raise Angus
> > > > > > > How high do you raise them and why??? Are their legs too short???
> > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > it's just like the story I heard about Lincoln. Supposedly somebody asked
> > > > > > Lincoln how long should a man's legs be and he answered long enough to
> > > > > > reach
> > > > > > the ground and to me it sounds apocryphal, but I read somewhere about it
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > it said something about there's more to the story then most people hear
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > that it was actually more of a reasonable question.
> > > > > Or the time Lincoln was accused of being two faced, and he replied
> > > > > “If I had two faces, would I be wearing this one"
> > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > >
> > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > >
> > > > i've got a Carl Sandburg biography of Lincoln, and what amazes me about it
> > > > is
> > > > what detail he knew of the man's life, practically like "then he went out
> > > > to
> > > > the
> > > > well and got a bucket of water and then went over to slop the pigs, and
> > > > then
> > > > he waved hello to Miss Bessie across the street", just about that detail.
> > > But detail’s he tells are to be taken with a large grain of salt.
> > > Michael LeVine
> > > mle...@redshift.com
> > >
> > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > finding it everywhere,
> > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > Groucho Marx
> >
> > A grain of salt? What's that? The details he gives are created from whole
> > cloth. They're false. Just like everything you know is false. The fire sign
> > theater used to tell us that everything you know is wrong so everything you
> > know is wrong you might as well just end it all. I have a shotgun here for
> > you.
> I have not room in my car for you to ride shotgun.
> Michael LeVine
> mle...@redshift.com
>
> Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> finding it everywhere,
> diagnosing it incorrectly,
> and applying the wrong remedies.
> Groucho Marx

On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<84d71582-9928-476c-9897-51b83ec00598n@googlegroups.com>):

> On Friday, February 24, 2023 at 10:01:34 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > (in article<b83c98bf-8d32-4d57...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > On Friday, February 24, 2023 at 2:01:48 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > (in article<76ede85e-62f2-465c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 3:06:42 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > (in article<5c3e5d74-f610-4654...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 10:57:33 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > (in article<0113d399-b4cc-4e6c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 8:00:50 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > On Feb 22, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > (in article<5eebc079-bbed-4387...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 6:51:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<efef52b8-e25b-4708...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 2:24:57 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<d98b86a2-473a-49f9...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 5:04:48 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<e67c343f-d075-4631...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 2:26:54 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<c7602885-d383-450a...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 9:57:55 AM UTC-6, Mike
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<cc0b4405-e440-4aa6...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 6:32:13 AM UTC-6, Mike
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<2704dc9d-a034-40ad...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 1:57:35 PM UTC-6, Mike
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<92c4e07d-7b15-4bd5...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mad Magazine had this joke what it was Will elder
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > like
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > put a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > little
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tiny
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jokes up in the corner of his panels and one of them
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > he
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > had a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > picture
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a bird house and underneath he had written "this is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > birds”
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That was a joke for the birds as it was too small for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > even a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > humming
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bird.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I once had a hummingbird as a pet. It ran this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > prostitution
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > service,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > where
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > would give humm jobs to other hummingbirds.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But is too lazy to teach them the words.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you're right my uncle and his wife had a toucan that did
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > know
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > words.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Aunt
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Martha had a distinctive voice, and she'd say pretty bird
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pretty
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bird
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that toucan would repeat that all day long and also
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > interestingly
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > enough,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they had a windmill with a brake on it when the wind blew
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > made
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > horrible screeching sound that the toucan imitated so if
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > went
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > visited
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > them you got entertained with his horrible screeching
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sound.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you sure it was not his mother in law???
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > His mother-in-law was actually automotive in nature; they
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > made
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TV
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > series
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > about it , "My mother-in-law, the car.”
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And here I had thought Back Seat Drivers were bothersome.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to be a backseat driver wouldn't you need a really long
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > extension
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > steering wheel?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And if your legs are not long enough, extensions to the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pedals.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you're growing flowers in your car?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have to do it someplace as the trailer is full of mushrooms
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I saw a trailer that was full of mushrooms. The main movie was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > called
> > > > > > > > > > > > > "my
> > > > > > > > > > > > > brain is a mushroom”.
> > > > > > > > > > > > That is because the protagonist in the movie was constantly kept
> > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > dark
> > > > > > > > > > > > and fed BS about the plot.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > that sounds exactly like my 17 years at NASA.
> > > > > > > > > > Nassau, Bahamas --- is it warm there now???
> > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > no, we raise Angus
> > > > > > > > How high do you raise them and why??? Are their legs too short???
> > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > it's just like the story I heard about Lincoln. Supposedly somebody
> > > > > > > asked
> > > > > > > Lincoln how long should a man's legs be and he answered long enough to
> > > > > > > reach
> > > > > > > the ground and to me it sounds apocryphal, but I read somewhere about
> > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > it said something about there's more to the story then most people hear
> > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > that it was actually more of a reasonable question.
> > > > > > Or the time Lincoln was accused of being two faced, and he replied
> > > > > > “If I had two faces, would I be wearing this one"
> > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > >
> > > > > i've got a Carl Sandburg biography of Lincoln, and what amazes me about
> > > > > it
> > > > > is
> > > > > what detail he knew of the man's life, practically like "then he went out
> > > > > to
> > > > > the
> > > > > well and got a bucket of water and then went over to slop the pigs, and
> > > > > then
> > > > > he waved hello to Miss Bessie across the street", just about that detail.
> > > > But detail’s he tells are to be taken with a large grain of salt.
> > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > >
> > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > Groucho Marx
> > >
> > > A grain of salt? What's that? The details he gives are created from whole
> > > cloth. They're false. Just like everything you know is false. The fire sign
> > > theater used to tell us that everything you know is wrong so everything you
> > > know is wrong you might as well just end it all. I have a shotgun here for
> > > you.
> > I have not room in my car for you to ride shotgun.
> > Michael LeVine
> > mle...@redshift.com
> >
> > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > finding it everywhere,
> > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > Groucho Marx
>
> darlene and I are familiar with shotguns. Her father pointed one at me just
> before we started making wedding plans.

On Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 4:58:02 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> (in article<84d71582-9928-476c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > On Friday, February 24, 2023 at 10:01:34 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > (in article<b83c98bf-8d32-4d57...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > On Friday, February 24, 2023 at 2:01:48 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > (in article<76ede85e-62f2-465c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 3:06:42 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > (in article<5c3e5d74-f610-4654...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 10:57:33 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Feb 23, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > (in article<0113d399-b4cc-4e6c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 8:00:50 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 22, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > (in article<5eebc079-bbed-4387...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 6:51:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<efef52b8-e25b-4708...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 2:24:57 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<d98b86a2-473a-49f9...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 5:04:48 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<e67c343f-d075-4631...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 2:26:54 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<c7602885-d383-450a...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 9:57:55 AM UTC-6, Mike
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<cc0b4405-e440-4aa6...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 6:32:13 AM UTC-6, Mike
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<2704dc9d-a034-40ad...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 1:57:35 PM UTC-6, Mike
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in article<92c4e07d-7b15-4bd5...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mad Magazine had this joke what it was Will elder
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > like
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > put a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > little
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tiny
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jokes up in the corner of his panels and one of them
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > he
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > had a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > picture
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a bird house and underneath he had written "this is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > birds”
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That was a joke for the birds as it was too small for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > even a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > humming
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bird.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I once had a hummingbird as a pet. It ran this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > prostitution
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > service,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > where
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > would give humm jobs to other hummingbirds.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But is too lazy to teach them the words.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you're right my uncle and his wife had a toucan that did
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > know
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > words.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Aunt
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Martha had a distinctive voice, and she'd say pretty bird
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pretty
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bird
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that toucan would repeat that all day long and also
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > interestingly
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > enough,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they had a windmill with a brake on it when the wind blew
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > made
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > horrible screeching sound that the toucan imitated so if
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > went
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > visited
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > them you got entertained with his horrible screeching
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sound.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you sure it was not his mother in law???
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > His mother-in-law was actually automotive in nature; they
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > made
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TV
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > series
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > about it , "My mother-in-law, the car.”
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And here I had thought Back Seat Drivers were bothersome.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to be a backseat driver wouldn't you need a really long
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > extension
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > steering wheel?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And if your legs are not long enough, extensions to the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pedals.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you're growing flowers in your car?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have to do it someplace as the trailer is full of mushrooms
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I saw a trailer that was full of mushrooms. The main movie was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > called
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > "my
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > brain is a mushroom”.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > That is because the protagonist in the movie was constantly kept
> > > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > dark
> > > > > > > > > > > > > and fed BS about the plot.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > that sounds exactly like my 17 years at NASA.
> > > > > > > > > > > Nassau, Bahamas --- is it warm there now???
> > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > no, we raise Angus
> > > > > > > > > How high do you raise them and why??? Are their legs too short???
> > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > it's just like the story I heard about Lincoln. Supposedly somebody
> > > > > > > > asked
> > > > > > > > Lincoln how long should a man's legs be and he answered long enough to
> > > > > > > > reach
> > > > > > > > the ground and to me it sounds apocryphal, but I read somewhere about
> > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > it said something about there's more to the story then most people hear
> > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > that it was actually more of a reasonable question.
> > > > > > > Or the time Lincoln was accused of being two faced, and he replied
> > > > > > > “If I had two faces, would I be wearing this one"
> > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > >
> > > > > > i've got a Carl Sandburg biography of Lincoln, and what amazes me about
> > > > > > it
> > > > > > is
> > > > > > what detail he knew of the man's life, practically like "then he went out
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > well and got a bucket of water and then went over to slop the pigs, and
> > > > > > then
> > > > > > he waved hello to Miss Bessie across the street", just about that detail.
> > > > > But detail’s he tells are to be taken with a large grain of salt.
> > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > >
> > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > >
> > > > A grain of salt? What's that? The details he gives are created from whole
> > > > cloth. They're false. Just like everything you know is false. The fire sign
> > > > theater used to tell us that everything you know is wrong so everything you
> > > > know is wrong you might as well just end it all. I have a shotgun here for
> > > > you.
> > > I have not room in my car for you to ride shotgun.
> > > Michael LeVine
> > > mle...@redshift.com
> > >
> > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > finding it everywhere,
> > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > Groucho Marx
> >
> > darlene and I are familiar with shotguns. Her father pointed one at me just
> > before we started making wedding plans.
> Rather slow on the uptake of him. If he was really serious the preacher would
> have already been there.
> Michael LeVine
> mle...@redshift.com
>
> Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> finding it everywhere,
> diagnosing it incorrectly,
> and applying the wrong remedies.
> Groucho Marx

On Feb 25, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<b427c551-38fd-4646-8642-ee1d41a07ec1n@googlegroups.com>):

> On Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 4:58:02 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > (in article<84d71582-9928-476c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > darlene and I are familiar with shotguns. Her father pointed one at me just
> > > before we started making wedding plans.
> > Rather slow on the uptake of him. If he was really serious the preacher
> > would
> > have already been there.
> I miss spoke the preacher was there before we started making wedding plans.
> But then, the wedding was called off because of rain, so we're living in sin.

So you celebrated with a tall Sin and Tonic???

Michael LeVine
mlevine@redshift.com

Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
finding it everywhere,
diagnosing it incorrectly,
and applying the wrong remedies.
Groucho Marx

On Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 4:24:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> On Feb 25, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> (in article<b427c551-38fd-4646...@googlegroups.com>):
> > On Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 4:58:02 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > (in article<84d71582-9928-476c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > darlene and I are familiar with shotguns. Her father pointed one at me just
> > > > before we started making wedding plans.
> > > Rather slow on the uptake of him. If he was really serious the preacher
> > > would
> > > have already been there.
> > I miss spoke the preacher was there before we started making wedding plans.
> > But then, the wedding was called off because of rain, so we're living in sin.
> So you celebrated with a tall Sin and Tonic???
> Michael LeVine
> mle...@redshift.com
>
> Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> finding it everywhere,
> diagnosing it incorrectly,
> and applying the wrong remedies.
> Groucho Marx

Every sin that Darlene and I commit is a tall sin.

On Feb 26, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<9fcacdd0-300b-479f-8cb3-52639467e036n@googlegroups.com>):

> On Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 4:24:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > On Feb 25, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > (in article<b427c551-38fd-4646...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > On Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 4:58:02 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > (in article<84d71582-9928-476c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > darlene and I are familiar with shotguns. Her father pointed one at me
> > > > > just
> > > > > before we started making wedding plans.
> > > > Rather slow on the uptake of him. If he was really serious the preacher
> > > > would
> > > > have already been there.
> > > I miss spoke the preacher was there before we started making wedding plans.
> > > But then, the wedding was called off because of rain, so we're living in
> > > sin.
> > So you celebrated with a tall Sin and Tonic???
> > Michael LeVine
> > mle...@redshift.com
> >
> > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > finding it everywhere,
> > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > Groucho Marx
>
> Every sin that Darlene and I commit is a tall sin.

So she can only stand you when you are standing???

Michael LeVine
mlevine@redshift.com

Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
finding it everywhere,
diagnosing it incorrectly,
and applying the wrong remedies.
Groucho Marx

On Monday, February 27, 2023 at 4:30:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> On Feb 26, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> (in article<9fcacdd0-300b-479f...@googlegroups.com>):
> > On Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 4:24:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > On Feb 25, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > (in article<b427c551-38fd-4646...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > On Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 4:58:02 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > (in article<84d71582-9928-476c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > darlene and I are familiar with shotguns. Her father pointed one at me
> > > > > > just
> > > > > > before we started making wedding plans.
> > > > > Rather slow on the uptake of him. If he was really serious the preacher
> > > > > would
> > > > > have already been there.
> > > > I miss spoke the preacher was there before we started making wedding plans.
> > > > But then, the wedding was called off because of rain, so we're living in
> > > > sin.
> > > So you celebrated with a tall Sin and Tonic???
> > > Michael LeVine
> > > mle...@redshift.com
> > >
> > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > finding it everywhere,
> > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > Groucho Marx
> >
> > Every sin that Darlene and I commit is a tall sin.
> So she can only stand you when you are standing???
> Michael LeVine
> mle...@redshift.com
>
> Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> finding it everywhere,
> diagnosing it incorrectly,
> and applying the wrong remedies.
> Groucho Marx

Who was the Earth's first carpenter?

It was Eve.

She made Adam's banana stand.

Never heard that one, EH?

On Feb 27, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<93b898b2-ccb4-4535-8d35-221b7c7df595n@googlegroups.com>):

> On Monday, February 27, 2023 at 4:30:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > On Feb 26, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > (in article<9fcacdd0-300b-479f...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > On Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 4:24:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > On Feb 25, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > (in article<b427c551-38fd-4646...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > On Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 4:58:02 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > (in article<84d71582-9928-476c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > darlene and I are familiar with shotguns. Her father pointed one at me
> > > > > > > just
> > > > > > > before we started making wedding plans.
> > > > > > Rather slow on the uptake of him. If he was really serious the preacher
> > > > > > would
> > > > > > have already been there.
> > > > > I miss spoke the preacher was there before we started making wedding
> > > > > plans.
> > > > > But then, the wedding was called off because of rain, so we're living in
> > > > > sin.
> > > > So you celebrated with a tall Sin and Tonic???
> > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > >
> > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > Groucho Marx
> > >
> > > Every sin that Darlene and I commit is a tall sin.
> > So she can only stand you when you are standing???
> > Michael LeVine
> > mle...@redshift.com
> >
> > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > finding it everywhere,
> > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > Groucho Marx
>
> Who was the Earth's first carpenter?
>
> It was Eve.
>
> She made Adam's banana stand.
>
> Never heard that one, EH?

No, and I wish I hadn't seen this time either.

I don’t like bananas -- Once you skin them and throw away the bone there is
nothing left.

Michael LeVine
mlevine@redshift.com

Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
finding it everywhere,
diagnosing it incorrectly,
and applying the wrong remedies.
Groucho Marx

On Monday, February 27, 2023 at 12:05:48 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> On Feb 27, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> (in article<93b898b2-ccb4-4535...@googlegroups.com>):
> > On Monday, February 27, 2023 at 4:30:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > On Feb 26, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > (in article<9fcacdd0-300b-479f...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > On Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 4:24:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > On Feb 25, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > (in article<b427c551-38fd-4646...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > On Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 4:58:02 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > (in article<84d71582-9928-476c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > darlene and I are familiar with shotguns. Her father pointed one at me
> > > > > > > > just
> > > > > > > > before we started making wedding plans.
> > > > > > > Rather slow on the uptake of him. If he was really serious the preacher
> > > > > > > would
> > > > > > > have already been there.
> > > > > > I miss spoke the preacher was there before we started making wedding
> > > > > > plans.
> > > > > > But then, the wedding was called off because of rain, so we're living in
> > > > > > sin.
> > > > > So you celebrated with a tall Sin and Tonic???
> > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > >
> > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > >
> > > > Every sin that Darlene and I commit is a tall sin.
> > > So she can only stand you when you are standing???
> > > Michael LeVine
> > > mle...@redshift.com
> > >
> > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > finding it everywhere,
> > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > Groucho Marx
> >
> > Who was the Earth's first carpenter?
> >
> > It was Eve.
> >
> > She made Adam's banana stand.
> >
> > Never heard that one, EH?
> No, and I wish I hadn't seen this time either.
>
> I don’t like bananas -- Once you skin them and throw away the bone there is
> nothing left.
> Michael LeVine
> mle...@redshift.com
>
> Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> finding it everywhere,
> diagnosing it incorrectly,
> and applying the wrong remedies.
> Groucho Marx

You mean the part of the banana you eat is called the bone ? I have never heard that. I've heard of other non-bone things called bone.

On Feb 27, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
(in article<94b46f33-caa8-4a5a-b417-888b12393a07n@googlegroups.com>):

> On Monday, February 27, 2023 at 12:05:48 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > On Feb 27, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > (in article<93b898b2-ccb4-4535...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > On Monday, February 27, 2023 at 4:30:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > On Feb 26, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > (in article<9fcacdd0-300b-479f...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > On Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 4:24:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > On Feb 25, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > (in article<b427c551-38fd-4646...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > On Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 4:58:02 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > (in article<84d71582-9928-476c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > darlene and I are familiar with shotguns. Her father pointed one at
> > > > > > > > > me
> > > > > > > > > just
> > > > > > > > > before we started making wedding plans.
> > > > > > > > Rather slow on the uptake of him. If he was really serious the
> > > > > > > > preacher
> > > > > > > > would
> > > > > > > > have already been there.
> > > > > > > I miss spoke the preacher was there before we started making wedding
> > > > > > > plans.
> > > > > > > But then, the wedding was called off because of rain, so we're living
> > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > sin.
> > > > > > So you celebrated with a tall Sin and Tonic???
> > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > >
> > > > > Every sin that Darlene and I commit is a tall sin.
> > > > So she can only stand you when you are standing???
> > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > >
> > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > Groucho Marx
> > >
> > > Who was the Earth's first carpenter?
> > >
> > > It was Eve.
> > >
> > > She made Adam's banana stand.
> > >
> > > Never heard that one, EH?
> > No, and I wish I hadn't seen this time either.
> >
> > I don’t like bananas -- Once you skin them and throw away the bone there
> > is
> > nothing left.
> > Michael LeVine
> > mle...@redshift.com
> >
> > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > finding it everywhere,
> > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > Groucho Marx
>
> You mean the part of the banana you eat is called the bone ? I have never
> heard that. I've heard of other non-bone things called bone.

You do need to bone up on your slang.

Michael LeVine
mlevine@redshift.com

Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
finding it everywhere,
diagnosing it incorrectly,
and applying the wrong remedies.
Groucho Marx

On Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 3:34:58 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> On Feb 27, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> (in article<94b46f33-caa8-4a5a...@googlegroups.com>):
> > On Monday, February 27, 2023 at 12:05:48 PM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > On Feb 27, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > (in article<93b898b2-ccb4-4535...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > On Monday, February 27, 2023 at 4:30:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > On Feb 26, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > (in article<9fcacdd0-300b-479f...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > On Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 4:24:49 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > On Feb 25, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > (in article<b427c551-38fd-4646...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > On Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 4:58:02 AM UTC-6, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Feb 24, 2023, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > (in article<84d71582-9928-476c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > darlene and I are familiar with shotguns. Her father pointed one at
> > > > > > > > > > me
> > > > > > > > > > just
> > > > > > > > > > before we started making wedding plans.
> > > > > > > > > Rather slow on the uptake of him. If he was really serious the
> > > > > > > > > preacher
> > > > > > > > > would
> > > > > > > > > have already been there.
> > > > > > > > I miss spoke the preacher was there before we started making wedding
> > > > > > > > plans.
> > > > > > > > But then, the wedding was called off because of rain, so we're living
> > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > sin.
> > > > > > > So you celebrated with a tall Sin and Tonic???
> > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Every sin that Darlene and I commit is a tall sin.
> > > > > So she can only stand you when you are standing???
> > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > >
> > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > >
> > > > Who was the Earth's first carpenter?
> > > >
> > > > It was Eve.
> > > >
> > > > She made Adam's banana stand.
> > > >
> > > > Never heard that one, EH?
> > > No, and I wish I hadn't seen this time either.
> > >
> > > I don’t like bananas -- Once you skin them and throw away the bone there
> > > is
> > > nothing left.
> > > Michael LeVine
> > > mle...@redshift.com
> > >
> > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > finding it everywhere,
> > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > Groucho Marx
> >
> > You mean the part of the banana you eat is called the bone ? I have never
> > heard that. I've heard of other non-bone things called bone.
> You do need to bone up on your slang.
> Michael LeVine
> mle...@redshift.com
>
> Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> finding it everywhere,
> diagnosing it incorrectly,
> and applying the wrong remedies.
> Groucho Marx