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Dan is the recently retired chief of Police of a small town nearby. We played recreation basketball together at least once a week for many years, until he was recently diagnosed with ALS. Prayers couldn't hurt. He asked my opinion of lyrics he wrote, and if I could help put them to a tune. It is aptly named "A Country Song". Here goes! I'm sittin' right here, drinkin' my beer, thinkin' 'bout my one-legged Wanda, How she stole my heart and my pickup truck and left me with her Honda Ya see I met her on the dance floor, she...

A Pakistani who borrowed a pick-up van from his friend and sold it to a third person in Sharjah via a used car dealer, was sentenced one year in jail followed by deportation by the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance. The victim told police that his friend AH, 31, borrowed his pick-up van registered in his sponsor’s name, saying he needed the vehicle just for ten minutes. “On July 11 last year at around 9am I was in Al Muhaisna area. My friend AH came to me and asked me to lend him my pick up, saying he needed...

Scratch Where it Itches I There was a gal named Ida Mae : When she was seventeen, She went to Atlantic City To become a Beauty Queen. She could sing just like an Angel, An’ her figger shore did please- But then she started scratchin’ Like an ol’ houn’ dog with fleas ! Chorus Scratch where it itches- Right down in yer britches; Scratch where it itches- An’ not where it looks the best ! II Oh, it musta been contagious , Or somethin’ in the air – ‘Cause all of them Contestants Started itchin’ everywhere ! They had to...