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I don't know that I would have handled that situation any better, KYTOP. Clearly your AG's actions were not kosher but they were very human. What kind of cold blooded, abstaction obsessed guy would have stood silent and let the cops haul in his family on a serious felony? No way I could let someone lock up one of my brothers if I had the power to block it. (OK, Lucky, you can let fire with both barrels but I'm just saying the truth the best as I can see it. No way, no how, ain't gonna happen. Ethics be screwed.)

In all fairness, I gotta say that the Rangers are plain out playing the Yanks. Maybe Steinbrenner, Jr., should just let those big salary old guys go and buy a whole new team in the off season. Lots of high dollar hitters and pitchers will be free agents this winter. Yeah, I know that's heresy but still it ain't what you did for me, it's what you will do. ---- Edit: well, its over. the fat lady done sung.

No choice here. My kinfolks are involved in local politics. If I haven't shown up at the polls by 1:00 PM or so, I start getting phone calls. And yes I'll vote Democrat.

This just out (too late to edit into the proceeding post): Buster Posey and Joe Garagiola (in 1946) are the only two rookie catchers to get 4 hits in a MLB post-season game. Impressive.

My thoughts exactly, Lucky. Oz has enough boys in Thailand to fill up whole rows of seats in the local movie houses & still he goes traipsing off to Brazil to collect some more! And will any of us get so much as a 'wish you were here' card from him, much less an invite to a roll in the hay? Not bloody likely! Sorry, OZ, but it had to be said.

Don't worry about Lucky's memory, Charlie. He only focused in on the Giants after Buster Posey's buttocks caught his attention last summer. Speaking of which, Lucky's boy Buster has been putting on quite a post season show. Who would have guessed that a 23 year old rookie catcher that started the season in the minors would be trusted to call payoff games for the Giants. He sure has stepped up to the plate big time. By the way, Lucky, those pics you posted don't do him full justice. Jogging out to the mound trying his best to look all serious and grownup, he's just heartbreakingly cute! Next up is a game 5 rematch of Halladay and Lincecum. I hope both our guys do well.

On average a girl's ass is somewhat less hairy.

According to the talking heads on ESPN, 11 out of the last 71 times a team went down 3 games to 1 in a playoff series, they staged a comeback. All is not yet lost! Or to quote Yogi, "It ain't over 'till it's over."

So where is that 'thumbs up' emoticon we have been asking for, TY?

Lucky, when even the guys at ESPN start laughing at the level of hype Cliff Lee is getting you know things are getting over the top. Still 13 K, 1 walk, 8 innings. And ready to do the 9th if it had been necessary. So far Lee is walking the walk. ---- On a happier note, your Buster called a nice game for my Timmy on their last outing. Would that all the boys here would play so well together.

See, TY, it's not just me that wants a thumbs up smilie!

beautiful, Lurker. We need a thumbs up smilie.

hahahahaha! Me too, TY. With the added drama that I lived in such a small town that every clerk knew me by name!

That's not what I heard, but likely that was one of those blog room rumors. No, no, best just to stick with your original story.

A group of us did this once. We sat around all night before a 4th of July slurping beers, gossiping and generally having a jolly ole time. It's a wonderful way of spending a holiday with friends and the results are every bit as delicious as this article describes. The best thing about this method is that it doesn't require any special cooking skills. Just be sure to keep the heat from the coals low to keep from charing the outside. The rest pretty much takes care of itself. ultimate holiday BBQ

The truth finally comes out! You had me fooled into thinking you were living somewhere down in Provence.

It's not about your intentions, Conway, it's about those of the government. The state is not, by nature, a benign entity. Sometimes it seems to me that our own relatively tame version of the state has spent the last half century quietly picking the locks on the cage we keep it in. But then I've always been prone to the occasional nightmare.

Does that include the tip?

OZ, you are an incurable gadget addict.

As usual, Lucky has his facts right. Your cells are contantly in contact with the carriers or the phone company wouldn't be able to forward your calls to you. Transmitting a copy of their database information to your friendly local constabulary is no great trouble. When you first power up the phone, it listens for an SID (system ID code) on the control channel. The control channel is a special frequency that the phone and base station use to talk to one another about things like call set-up and channel changing. When it receives the SID, the phone compares it to the SID programmed into the phone. If the SIDs match, the phone knows that the cell it is communicating with is part of its home system. Along with the SID, the phone also transmits a registration request, and the MTSO keeps track of your phone's location in a database -- this way, the MTSO knows which cell you are in when it wants to ring your phone. Taken from how things work. Not that anybody in the government would ever have any reason to track one of us.

Thanks for these posts from Brazil, OZ. I am really enjoying reading them. That bit about sending your date home to his wife was priceless!

Yep, that's your story and you're sticking to it!

Which raises the question, Lurker, of what search terms were you googling (& why?) that caused this image to pop up? hee hee hee

More vodka than blood?

Hahahahahahahahaha!