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2025
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I doubt my kids (ages 23 and 24) know the expression, Here's Mud in Your Eye. It was common in my 20's when toasting at the bar.What is the origin of Here’s Mud in Your Eye?This expression is more common in British English than in American English. It is informal and originated around the 1930s.T...
06/30/2025
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Sometimes it is hard to get a good night's sleep. Last night Carol and I were at the train station seeing someone off. Amtrak leaves Minot at 11:00 PM when it's on time... that is an hour later then when I usually start sawing logs. An interruption from the normal schedule of things can really le...
06/27/2025
Cold call prospecting can be like yelling into a dark hole. You don't know what will happen and most of the time nothing at all happens.I'm old school so when I think of cold calling I think about going door to door and introducing myself to who ever (if anyone) answers the door. It may not be th...
06/26/2025
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Thus it would only fitting to use them to purchase time.This post is an answer to the June 2025 challenge by Debe Maxwell, CRS and Anna "Banana" Kruchten asking us how we would "cash in" the points we have earned on Active Rain if we could. Doing so is a fantasy and thus bare with me as I expose ...
06/25/2025
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Gee whiz, I hope my dog, Baby, Doesn't think I smell as bad as garbage. 🤥 One advantage to living as far North as we do is that one half of the year we can set our garbage out side and we don't have to worry about flies or any other insects.Obviously there are many wonderful reasons to live in No...
06/25/2025
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Looks like Joe is ready to go out and lay in a hammock or sit in a nice camping chair. I'd like to join him but so far this year if I'm outside I'm doing chores and don't have time to relax.That being said I finally found an item to use the gift certificate my daughter gave me for fathers day.I'm...
06/24/2025
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I'm very self-conscious about my looks and I am always hoping my wife will let me know if I am miss dressed or am poorly groomed. Regretfully my spouse is totally blind to such things. It can be fun at times however as I may count the days before she realizes I shaved my head or my beard off. Thu...
06/23/2025
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Unfortunately bursting bubbles often goes along with being a Real Estate professional. This includes lenders. All real estate should start with a visit to a lender (why look at homes you may not be able to afford?).Once you start looking for homes there is always the possibility your dream home i...
06/20/2025
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Sorry but the first day of Summer is always depressing to me. We have hardly started our growing season here yet I know starting tomorrow the amount of daylight we receive will start shrinking.Timmothy's love of rhyme comes through with this cartoon. This is an example of a couplet type of rhyme....
06/19/2025
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Believe it or not I never learned to spit... really, not even in the dentist's office. When I try to spit it just goes out like a shower. You would think that after brushing my teeth a zillion times I'd know how to spit without getting it all over myself and the entire sink. I'll never be the guy...
06/19/2025
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