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[Catman100]

Only 4 days until my daughter and son in law move from Memphis to Madison Alabama and it can't get here quick enough. She sent me a text last night and said there have been several murders and the victim then burned in the Memphis area recently. They think it's a serial killer apparently.

Jesus.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Good morning D-League. It's currently 36° and cloudy here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring a high of 37°, with a few flurries or snow showers possible.

Have a great day.

 

[BBUK]

Good morning all...

In the spirit of McClintock....

"Day off? Off day..."

But it is my day off.... Taking My Darling to dinner...

Great to hear from brother ATXC....keep us updated...

Going for coffee...

 

[BBUK]

Man this team has gone straight to ... Geez Cal have you no Honor... Get out in front of this instead of always waiting for anyone to call you on it and you respond looking off into the blue yonder..

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Only 4 days until my daughter and son in law move from Memphis to Madison Alabama and it can't get here quick enough. She sent me a text last night and said there have been several murders and the victim then burned in the Memphis area recently. They think it's a serial killer apparently.

I am praying she gets out of that place safe and sound. I can't imagine living under those circumstances. I just would not do it.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

I've never been fitted either but I do know people that have and they highly recommend it. I stopped playing about 20 years ago, not because I didn't enjoy the game but I just couldn't find the time anymore. I started playing at a young age too. 12 handicap in 2002.

I quit playing in 2004 due to an injury to my left shoulder. I never had clubs customized for me, but I was a duffer of the first order. My handicap was 18 and that was not using the pro tees.

Of all the sports that I have played golf is the best. Sherry and I for years played nearly every Saturday. For years my job paid for the Country Club membership so it was very handy to drive a quarter mile from the house to the club house and play. All I had to do was pay for the cart and of couse all the balls that I would lose!

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

I didn't eat supper today due to attending a chili judging contest during the lunch hour and beyond. (Had my fill) BUT,

My Darling made these: (I am about to eat them now...) (Two of them anyway.)

What are they? Mashed potato's combined with sweet rice flour, and stuffed with Mozzarella Cheese... (Just had my first bite. Never had these before...) Edible...

Fancy tater cakes!

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

You are at the top of my prayer list Austin. 🙏 God bless you and your family

For what good I can do him; he is at the top of mine also.

I fervently want Austin to get well. He is one of my friends that goes out of his way to visit me. Of course Sherry bribes him with coleslaw. I am just glad that I hugged him twice when he was here in November. Those hugs will help him out!

For folks that have never eaten a meal with Austin, he is like my dad. He eats one thing at a time. You could set my dad down to a feast and he would eat each vegetable serving off his plate, then the meat, then the bread. Austin is the same.

 

[berniecarbo]

I quit playing in 2004 due to an injury to my left shoulder. I never had clubs customized for me, but I was a duffer of the first order. My handicap was 18 and that was not using the pro tees.

Of all the sports that I have played golf is the best. Sherry and I for years played nearly every Saturday. For years my job paid for the Country Club membership so it was very handy to drive a quarter mile from the house to the club house and play. All I had to do was pay for the cart and of couse all the balls that I would lose!

I could shoot 70 pretty regular on a PUTT PUTT course, LOL. Never played real golf in my life.

Austin, be well.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Good morning folks. It is snowing like a son of a gun but it is 34 degrees so it will not stick

Yesterday we ended up with 1.19" of rain yesterday.

You all have a good day.

 

[BBUK]

I couldn't take My Darling to dinner today. She asked me to make some biscuits. Biscuits, ham, and coffee....

I feel like a human thang!!!

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

A FaceBook Funny:

 

[Sawnee Cat]

A FaceBook Funny:

There is a lot of truth to this. I had this happen to me this week but mine was trying to pay a hospital bill.

The billing people went paperless and you have to set up an account to make a payment online. I tried and their website froze up. I called (out of state) and they said they were having issues and didn't know when it could be corrected. She said keep trying over the next few days. I said no, send me a bill and no more E-mails. She said she could not do that.

This bill is going on ignore. If I can't get a hard copy of a simple bill then that is their problem.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

There is a lot of truth to this. I had this happen to me this week but mine was trying to pay a hospital bill.

The billing people went paperless and you have to set up an account to make a payment online. I tried and their website froze up. I called (out of state) and they said they were having issues and didn't know when it could be corrected. She said keep trying over the next few days. I said no, send me a bill and no more E-mails. She said she could not do that.

This bill is going on ignore. If I can't get a hard copy of a simple bill then that is their problem.

And in a court of law you would win.

 

[BBUK]

And in a court of law you would win.

Me and My Darling have several appointments over the next ten days... A pain for sure. I started this year with dental insurance. We haven't had dental insurance in a long while, we just paid as we went... My darling has some work that needs doing so I change it this year...(Open season and all...)

On the medical billing yeah, I had one specialty office that is trying to send me the total bill and told me I'd need to file with my insurance BUT, I worked that out in advance. This office seems to be a small shop and is not versed in billing insurance or at least not competent That is their issue, not mine. I did exactly what I stated I would do, beforehand...

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

And in a court of law you would win.

I got a "WOW" emoji to that post.

However, there are legal requirements that the U.S. Postal system must be used to give legal notice. Social Security, IRS et.al. must use the U.S. Mail service to give you "legal" notice.

Geeze when I worked we not only had to mail notices of legal action we had to put it in registered mail. Computers may be more reliable than the U.S. Mail but they have very little legal standing as far as "legal" notices go.

You can send a bill out via e-mail, but if it does not get paid you may want to send a real bill.

Sorry.

 

[BBUK]

I got a "WOW" emoji to that post.

However, there are legal requirements that the U.S. Postal system must be used to give legal notice. Social Security, IRS et.al. must use the U.S. Mail service to give you "legal" notice.

Geeze when I worked we not only had to mail notices of legal action we had to put it in registered mail. Computers may be more reliable than the U.S. Mail but they have very little legal standing as far as "legal" notices go.

You can send a bill out via e-mail, but if it does not get paid you may want to send a real bill.

Sorry.

No disputing you at all Sir. The WoW was due to the way things went.

To be fully accurate though and this is NOT in your case or brother SC's case but I have some bills that are mailed and some that are not.

For instance my T-Mobile phone bill is fully electronic and it is binding. (I DID agree to it as it gave me a $10.00 a month credit for choosing that option.)

You DO have to opt out of mailing by a binding agreement and then the electronic stuff is binding. Companies cannot just bill electronically without consent. I deal with this in part of my job functions.. Always a caveat but there are those that try exploiting it for their gain...

The above is in no way disagreeing with you. Just irks me to no end how companies try to play the electronic crap as an easy out. It is not unless agreed to by ALL parties.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

No disputing you at all Sir. The WoW was due to the way things went.

To be fully accurate though and this is NOT in your case or brother SC's case but I have some bills that are mailed and some that are not.

For instance my T-Mobile phone bill is fully electronic and it is binding. (I DID agree to it as it gave me a $10.00 a month credit for choosing that option.)

You DO have to opt out of mailing by a binding agreement and then the electronic stuff is binding. Companies cannot just bill electronically without consent. I deal with this in part of my job functions.. Always a caveat but there are those that try exploiting it for their gain...

The above is in no way disagreeing with you. Just irks me to no end how companies try to play the electronic crap as an easy out. It is not unless agreed to by ALL parties.

I totally agree.

Nearly all of my bills are paid electronically; however, I do get paper as a legal document. To agree to not get paper is really "TRUSTING".

Last year I have had a fight with a bank because they did not send me a paper 1099 for interest, so I could complete my taxes. They now wish that they had not done that.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I got a "WOW" emoji to that post.

However, there are legal requirements that the U.S. Postal system must be used to give legal notice. Social Security, IRS et.al. must use the U.S. Mail service to give you "legal" notice.

Geeze when I worked we not only had to mail notices of legal action we had to put it in registered mail. Computers may be more reliable than the U.S. Mail but they have very little legal standing as far as "legal" notices go.

You can send a bill out via e-mail, but if it does not get paid you may want to send a real bill.

Sorry.

We had to do the same thing Bert, send correspondence registered mail. Our reason was for fraud. If I sent say a million dollar Proof of Loss, we would require it be returned by mail. if the Proof of Loss was fraudulent we could forward to the USPS for investigation into using the USPS to commit fraud.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

We had to do the same thing Bert, send correspondence registered mail. Our reason was for fraud. If I sent say a million dollar Proof of Loss, we would require it be returned by mail. if the Proof of Loss was fraudulent we could forward to the USPS for investigation into using the USPS to commit fraud.

I lived in a world of commerce and law. I had an attorney assigned to me to keep me on the straight and narrow. He was supposed to answer the phone anytime I called. Every little thing we did was by the letter of the law. If I failed I would be fired.

What was even more incredible was my customers were the same way. Dealing with Shell Oil, Exxon, BP, Chevron was so easy because they had lawyers too and you just did things right. We knew the routine and we stuck by it.

 

[BBUK]

Mr. brother BH and brother WC hit a nerve today... I am not much on change as far as my equipment. (My computer and phone is equipment in many ways as it is most of my living.)

My work equipment (Most of my work equipment is new so that part is good BUT...) My personal computer that I use for personal enjoyment and my couple small businesses has seen it's better days.

It is a tall tower that I had built while I lived in San Antonio. It is a monster of a processing machine. It can do about anything a computer can do. (Won't go into all the options I have combined but suffice it to say my computer is a work horse, a race horse, and a plow horse combined.

This computer has been to Korea and back...

I know one day soon this computer will just................................................... Die. (I have my data backed up. No issues there.)

This computer though was built near the end of 2010 or the beginning of 2011... I dearly love the functionality of this computer and what it affords me capability-wise. I do not do a lot of what I used to do but I could in a pinch.

I am now in a quandary. Do I go to a high end laptop (Not much on laptops. No particular reason, just used to the functionality of a tower.) (I use My Darlings laptop in a pinch...)

Or a stick built mini-tower, a tower, or another tall tower....

I want to be able to burn DVD's Blue ray discs and such BUT, I have not burned a disc in years due to just creating ISO files and playing them in an electronic format.

I still want processing power that a tower provides but not sure I need it any longer as my work is trending in other directions...

Just irks me to no end.

It may be I go with a laptop but I have to check them out a lot first to see what is available versus even a small desktop computer. Things change but in this instance I have no need to change other than I know what is coming soon.... Darn, darn, darn...

 

[BBUK]

I totally agree.

Nearly all of my bills are paid electronically; however, I do get paper as a legal document. To agree to not get paper is really "TRUSTING".

Last year I have had a fight with a bank because they did not send me a paper 1099 for interest, so I could complete my taxes. They now wish that they had not done that.

Totally agree but for $10.00 bucks a month on a $55.00 bill it was a no brainer.

I usually log on and pay credit cards and other items every couple weeks anyway. I still get the paper but it is usually a zero balance. Those goofs should realize what they'd save if they offered incentives. Oh well.

Yeah I get ALL my tax documents on hard copies.

SPEAKING OF WHICH... DARN DARN DARN again.... Tax time.................................sigh...

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I lived in a world of commerce and law. I had an attorney assigned to me to keep me on the straight and narrow. He was supposed to answer the phone anytime I called. Every little thing we did was by the letter of the law. If I failed I would be fired.

What was even more incredible was my customers were the same way. Dealing with Shell Oil, Exxon, BP, Chevron was so easy because they had lawyers too and you just did things right. We knew the routine and we stuck by it.

I also worked in a world of regulations and law. If we did not follow the dictates of the Insurance Commissioners Office a complaint could be made and we would have to answer. We better have our ducks in order.

 

[BBUK]

Regulation, smegulation....

At least I got these.....

😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😁

 

[Sawnee Cat]

@Bert Higginbotha

Bert, here is the horse I told you I "foundered". That mule my grandpa had was smart but the horse not so much.

 

[BBUK]

Had Mackerel again this evening, along with rice.

Darn it, now I want some sausage.....

 

[warrior-cat]

Been holding off on these types of post since they tend to be sad/negative, but this last one has me thinking a lot. What am I talking about? Losing co-workers and friends and a dog to cancer. Since July of last year I have seen 6 people I used to work with or knew from the job die of cancer. All military retirees but one and all a bit younger than me except one. The older one died today. I did not even know he had it until I was told yesterday he was in hospice care and in a coma. Received a text late this afternoon of his passing. He was a retired sergeants major and my old supervisor in the Unit Movement section before I went to work for Passenger Travel at Ft Sill. He had just retired from civil service about a year after I did so, he had not been retired long.

Two others who worked with me in my last job died in October. One (a very good guy) died on Halloween. I used to sit in his office every day during breaks and we would just crack jokes and talk about anything/everything/everyone. All of this just had me in a bit of a funk this afternoon as it seems to be happening a lot lately. Don't mean to be a downer, just trying to get a handle on it.

I need a beer and a shot of scotch as I toast those gone too soon.

 

[BBUK]

Been holding off on these types of post since they tend to be sad/negative, but this last one has me thinking a lot. What am I talking about? Losing co-workers and friends and a dog to cancer. Since July of last year I have seen 6 people I used to work with or knew from the job die of cancer. All military retirees but one and all a bit younger than me except one. The older one died today. I did not even know he had it until I was told yesterday he was in hospice care and in a coma. Received a text late this afternoon of his passing. He was a retired sergeant major and my old supervisor in the Unit Movement section before I went to work for Passenger Travel at Ft Sill. He had just retired from civil service about a year after I did so, he had not been retired long.

Two others who worked with me in my last job died in October. One (a very good guy) died on Halloween. I used to sit in his office every day during breaks and we would just crack jokes and talk about anything/everything/everyone. All of this just had me in a bit of a funk this afternoon as it seems to be happening a lot lately. Don't mean to be a downer, just trying to get a handle on it.

I need a beer and a shot of scotch as I toast those gone too soon.

God Bless you brother WC....

Difficult times for sure ..

 

[BBUK]

Worth the watch...

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[starchief5]

Got to thinking about it today. I am 79 years old and have only had two overnight stays in a hospital in my life. I have truly been fortunate. Had a heart attack late one evening about 25 years ago. Took me to the hospital, inserted a stent early next morning and I was home before noon that same day.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Hope all is well. Typing on my phone. Gonna activate voice feature soon.

Cats visit volunteers at TBA this morning.. Believe or not I am watching. Go Cats !

Have a great day

 

[TheFrontRunner]

I have been honest about betting against Kentucky on the line...all year...

But we are 11.5 point underdogs against Tennessee. First time all year...I honestly have no idea what to do...I think Tennessee is going to win, but to give them 12 points...that is a lot.

I'm leaning towards Kentucky and the points.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I have been honest about betting against Kentucky on the line...all year...

But we are 11.5 point underdogs against Tennessee. First time all year...I honestly have no idea what to do...I think Tennessee is going to win, but to give them 12 points...that is a lot.

I'm leaning towards Kentucky and the points.

Maybe since Barnes and Calipari are good friends, Barnes will show some mercy and go into the Kentucky Grind offense if he gets up 10 points.

If he does you are safe. But if they play Tennessee basketball it might be 25 or 30.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Worth the watch...

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I sure enjoyed that BBUK. I am going to a Ricky Skaggs concert next Thursday night (Jan 19) at the Capital Theater in Clearwater. I saw him at the same theater last year. Great show. This video with Bill Monroe is one I can so relate to. My grandpa never made it too far out of the holler but if he had gone to New York that would have been him.

Next month Emmylou Harris comes to town. I am surprised she is still touring because she is about my age. She puts on a fantastic show.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Good Saturday Morning

It is a little cool at 33° with a freeze watch on over night. We will have plenty of sunshine all day and a 1% chance of rain. The high will be a blistering 48°. Something just ain't right.

Prayers this morning for @AustinTXCat and I am thankful he will be able to catch the game. It would be nice if the Cats could win this one for him against the hated Vols.

I have a few odds and ends to tie together this morning before making a big pot of Spanish Chick Pea Soup and enjoying some ball games. At least I hope I enjoy the UK game.

I trust all are well and in good spirits. We're gonna make it.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning D-League. I woke up a while back out of a confused dream with the words "rubber tree plant...silly old ram...hole in a dam..." running through my head. Why? Who knows. Of course, they are from the song "High Hopes" which came out before my time. I never liked the song even as a kid and always considered it rather silly. I honestly have no recollection of hearing that song in decades. Because I dreamed about it, I looked it up on Wikipedia. Do you realize that song won an Academy Award for Best Song in 1960? Yeesh. Bad year for songs.

But here's the point: It must mean something for me to dream about a song I never liked and probably hadn't heard or thought about in 30 years. I'm going to believe it means...the Cats win today!

High Hopes!

Wait...I live downriver from a dam on the Potomac. You don't think THAT'S what I'm being warned about? "Once there was a silly old ram. Thought he'd punch a hole in a dam..."

I did learn one thing about that song: It's not a good one to sing in bed around my wife before she's had her morning coffee.

Anyway, have a good day folks. Maybe I should go back to bed and try for a better dream.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Good morning D-League. It's currently 28° and cloudy here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will see the snow ending, giving way to partly cloudy skies and a high of 37°.

Have a great day.

 

[CastleRubric]

I'm quoting an old marine sgt as some of us downed a few beers. Well, they say life is a bitch and war is hell, but combat is a real mother f@@ker.

The Serbians lost more men (apprx 75,000 IIRC) during a retreat through elevated mountain passes --- than the US total deaths in Vietnam (~ 65-68,000)

That observation comes fm a great WW1 book I read -- about 10-12 years ago ....the vietnam #s may be slightly off?

Speaking of historical wars --- what is the US war that you've always been least informed on?

(eliminating smaller conflicts like The Boxer Rebellion, French-Indian Wars, Panama, Grenada & Yugoslavia)

Mine was either the War of 1812 or the Mexican-American War

"1812" was really kind of bizarre