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Early voting is in full swing down here and I have cast my vote. My wife will not vote early and always votes on election day. No exceptions. She said she does not trust mail in voting or voting early. I tried to tell her this is Florida and our elections are safe and accurate but watching states like Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona and few others in 2020 left a sour taste in her mouth. I can't change her mind.

I heard a report this morning the Gop vote is going 2 to 1 over Dems so far in Florida. That is huge because election day is when most of the Repubs show up. The Democrats pulled out financing for the Democrat governor's race and Senate a week or so ago and sent it to other places that are close.
Sherry and I voted today. I voted for one Dem. She is my city attorney's, when I was Mayor, wife and she is the County Attorney. I am in love with her and she was running unopposed. She needed the vote. She is this tall good looking woman who hugs and kisses me every time I see her. My definition of a good democrat!

I trust elections in Kentucky. They are nailed down pretty well. You always have had to show ID and be registered on the roll. Of course now the roll is in a computer but you must sign your name before you vote.

edit: by the way it took us about 5 minutes, in and out. Great system down here in redneck country. Things work in the sticks.
 
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Didn't know you were a Stan Musial fan. LOL. Bill James said Kaline's favorite player growing up was Musial.
My dad was a Cincinnati Reds fan but he was also a huge fan of Stan Musial. I may have told this story but my daddy was a semi-pro player for a coal company in Stone, KY.

About 7 miles down the road was Williamson, WVA and Stan Musial played minor league ball there for a short spell in early career. The Stone Red Robins worked out with them and played a few exhibition games with him. Daddy said he knew The Man was going to be good. Real good.

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This was where we voted today. We got there early as voting didn't start until 1PM. (We actually made two trips and were still early. We found two chairs inside and My Darling and I sat down. One lady came in, the blond you see pictured. We were told the line would start outside by a worker but we sat there until it got closer (No issues). When we went outside the lady stated she knew we were here first and should get in front of her. I told her thank you but there were only about eight or so people at the time so I stated; "as long as the others in line didn't mind", they all shrugged as if no big deal. I stated thanks again and My Darling and I were the first voters today. That is my big ole Dumbo ear. I used the selfie mode to take the picture. That blue tent in the background had some seriously invasive people in it. Just kept asking questions.

In fact one guy while we were sitting inside (After the poll-working leader (She told me that.) told us it was no issue to sit inside until it was time to vote, he came up and told me "after" we were already standing to go outside that we needed to go outside to vote. I looked him in his eyes and told him "We are good, I don't need you." (He heard what the poll leader told us.) It just irks me when you get these chumps that like to walk around and act like they are something more than they are.

Oh well, there was only one vote to make on our ballot but we did it...

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You are a dedicate voter sir. Good work
 
My dad was a Cincinnati Reds fan but he was also a huge fan of Stan Musial. I may have told this story but my daddy was a semi-pro player for a coal company in Stone, KY.

About 7 miles down the road was Williamson, WVA and Stan Musial played minor league ball there for a short spell in early career. The Stone Red Robins worked out with them and played a few exhibition games with him. Daddy said he knew The Man was going to be good. Real good.

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Stan started as pitcher and played outfield between starts. Got hurt and was going home to work in the coal mines, but Dickie Kerr talked him into giving the outfield a shot full time. That is the same Kerr who was a hero in the Black Sox scandal. Stan rewarded him later with a new home after Kerr had fallen on hard times.
 
My dad was a Cincinnati Reds fan but he was also a huge fan of Stan Musial. I may have told this story but my daddy was a semi-pro player for a coal company in Stone, KY.

About 7 miles down the road was Williamson, WVA and Stan Musial played minor league ball there for a short spell in early career. The Stone Red Robins worked out with them and played a few exhibition games with him. Daddy said he knew The Man was going to be good. Real good.

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I'm not sure exactly when things changed, but there was a time when players could make more money in the minors or on a company team than in the majors.. You'd have a job where you could stay at home and the crowd might pass the hat for you if you had a big game. Some guys turned down MLB offers because it would be a cut in pay.
 
I don't know why people stand in long lines to vote unless the states purposely reduce the voting locations to make it so. Years ago I got to the poll near closing & line was around 1/2 hr as I recall. Also nearly same in 2020 covid year. Otherwise, normally I go in between 10-11 or 1-3 election day and it's near walk right up & sign in. That's what I plan this year also.
 
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Just no idea how this game is going to play out today, Cats responded well after two straight losses with Miss St win, then Tenn game was an absolute debacle. All of Mizzou's SEC games have been close scores, 3 point loss to Auburn, 4 point loss to Georgia, 7 loss to Florida...3 point win again Vandy and 23-10 win against South Carolina. Hope the Cats play like the team we looked like against Florida and Miss St.
 
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I don't know why people stand in long lines to vote unless the states purposely reduce the voting locations to make it so. Years ago I got to the poll near closing & line was around 1/2 hr as I recall. Also nearly same in 2020 covid year. Otherwise, normally I go in between 10-11 or 1-3 election day and it's near walk right up & sign in. That's what I plan this year also.
For some reason, our county experienced reduced polling locations this year. Two locations I used during years past were no longer available this cycle. No biggie. I early voted last week around 4:30 pm. No line.
 
Good morning from ATX. Currently 54°F and mostly cloudy. Today's high expected around 73°F. Thunderstorms missed us last night.

Somebody rapidly fired perhaps 10 shots from what sounded like a semi-automatic pistol nearby about 15 minutes ago. Scared our pup, who was out back at the time. No siren yet. Life in the big city.

Game Day. Go Cats! Hopefully Cats end this skid, but Missouri gonna be tough.

Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.

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Good Saturday Morning

Another pleasant day with a current temperature of 64° and our high should reach 84° with clear sunny skies.

Lots of nice games to watch today, should be a fun day and I trust the Cats can get back to winning. A loss today would make this season a disappointment in my eyes and probably knock the Cats out of any chance for a Florida bowl. I hope the Cats can get it together.

My wife and I are headed down to St Pete to the St Pete Yacht Club for a luncheon and speaker. It is always nice to visit that area. I trust all are well and have a great day.

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This is how it looked about 65 years ago.

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Good morning everyone.

10 shots around here wouldn't even make anyone wonder what's up.

Wife and I will be working the polls again this year. It may be our last since it's just not worth it anymore and I think my buddy the County Clerk is about to retire.

Speaking of run, run, screen...do you all remember the early 80's 3rd & long draw play. Anytime 3rd & long came up the students (me included) would start chanting "Draw Play". We were seldom wrong.

I'm looking forward to the GA-TENN game. I hope ours is a good warm up.
 
Good morning. Wind advisory here with gusts over 40 mph. Should take care of those pesky leaves still stuck on the trees.

I think the Cats get their swagger back today after that demoralizing loss last week. Still a legitimate chance of a 9-win season with a bowl win. No way are they beating UGA. As a UK fan how can you complain about an 8 or 9 win season. Still work to be done though.
 
Good morning everyone.

10 shots around here wouldn't even make anyone wonder what's up.

Wife and I will be working the polls again this year. It may be our last since it's just not worth it anymore and I think my buddy the County Clerk is about to retire.

Speaking of run, run, screen...do you all remember the early 80's 3rd & long draw play. Anytime 3rd & long came up the students (me included) would start chanting "Draw Play". We were seldom wrong.

I'm looking forward to the GA-TENN game. I hope ours is a good warm up.
Yeah I remember those teams well. Class of '82 here. My final semester was the infamous 0-10-1 season. I can proudly say that I made all but 1 game.

Good news. My neighbor bought a pair of lower level UK/Kansas tickets and asked me to join him. Now I've given up on going to games ever since I started putting together a home theater but I'll make an exception in this case.
 
Yeah I remember those teams well. Class of '82 here. My final semester was the infamous 0-10-1 season. I can proudly say that I made all but 1 game.

Good news. My neighbor bought a pair of lower level UK/Kansas tickets and asked me to join him. Now I've given up on going to games ever since I started putting together a home theater but I'll make an exception in this case.
Yep, that was my first semester. Enjoy that game. I don't think I've seen a game in person since I graduated.

Edit: We probably saw each other (I most likely should be embarrassed). I don't think I missed a game.
Edit #2- Went back and looked at that season. 1. Wow, I was only 17 when I attended the first 2 games. 2. We averaged less than 9 points per game that year.
 
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Good morning folks. Back from a long hike which was enjoyable. Cloudy and cool -- a nice November day.

My sister-in-law stopped over and we were chatting about her husband -- my wife's brother. He was a fairly successful lawyer, retired in early 50s (they couldn't have kids) bought a place near the beach in Delaware, but was getting more and more bored.

So now he has gone back to technical school and passed his license as a HVAC tech. Good for him. I swallowed my instinct to joke, "finally doing something useful in life." (No offense to any lawyers in the D-League. My BIL by his own admission hated the kind of law he practiced which included getting rich A-holes off, and is why he bailed on it so young.)

Cats absolutely have to win today, but I have a bad feeling. A beating like last week is hard to reverse in a week of practice and the whole season may be about to snowball. I hope not.
 
For some reason, our county experienced reduced polling locations this year. Two locations I used during years past were no longer available this cycle. No biggie. I early voted last week around 4:30 pm. No line.
Since 2018 our voting process and locations have been changed. Instead of a computer printout that you sign in on at your assigned voting place, you now use a computer screen for your signature. You can vote anywhere in the country that has a polling place. The computerized system allows all country prencincts to vote at any of the 5 polling places. For this they now use large facilities, gyms etc, and it is walk in, sign in, vote and put your sheet in the scanner. All of the polling places have big parking capacity and they also have a separate section for the handicapped.

Yesterday no one was in front of Sherry and I. The total thing was about 5 minutes.
 
Since 2018 our voting process and locations have been changed. Instead of a computer printout that you sign in on at your assigned voting place, you now use a computer screen for your signature. You can vote anywhere in the country that has a polling place. The computerized system allows all country prencincts to vote at any of the 5 polling places. For this they now use large facilities, gyms etc, and it is walk in, sign in, vote and put your sheet in the scanner. All of the polling places have big parking capacity and they also have a separate section for the handicapped.

Yesterday no one was in front of Sherry and I. The total thing was about 5 minutes.
It took me longer to fill out the ballot than the wait in line to be processed.
 
Good Saturday Morning

Another pleasant day with a current temperature of 64° and our high should reach 84° with clear sunny skies.

Lots of nice games to watch today, should be a fun day and I trust the Cats can get back to winning. A loss today would make this season a disappointment in my eyes and probably knock the Cats out of any chance for a Florida bowl. I hope the Cats can get it together.

My wife and I are headed down to St Pete to the St Pete Yacht Club for a luncheon and speaker. It is always nice to visit that area. I trust all are well and have a great day.

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This is how it looked about 65 years ago.

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Had me thinking about Thurston Howell the third and Lovey always talking about the Yacht Club.
 
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