Posted on 12/06/2004 3:12:53 AM PST by BigWaveBetty
Disappearing email is over my pay grade. What email server are you using?
A full sized view of SSC
It was my hotmail account. The header to the email was still there, but there was no message, i.e., the text of my very lengthy story. I'm not going to worry about it. This job is not worth the stress level, I'll tell you that.
Could the demise of Rudolph Giuliani protegé Bernard Kerik end up helping Rudy's former antagonist Bill Bratton?
The Los Angeles police chief, whom the former mayor fired after he landed on the cover of Time magazine for leading the crime turnaround in New York City, has been a favorite of President Bush and outgoing Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge, who often point to the City of Angels as a role model for preparedness.
Bratton and his counterterrorism chief John Miller, who found Osama bin Laden and interviewed him when he was a TV journalist, have sent detectives to Iraq to work with the Marines to study Al Qaeda methods of kidnappings, attacks, device building and use of electronics. They have also built relationships with the CIA and FBI, and with the L.A. Fire Department (fire brass are invited to police intelligence meetings), which have been historically been strained in New York.
Not to mention that Bratton has lowered crime stats in L.A. the same way he did here - as the L.A. Times reported last week.
"Bratton would be the smartest, but not the most likely choice," said one law-enforcement source. "He's really apolitical, but he associated himself with former NYC Public Advocate Mark Green's failed run for mayor, so he's probably seen as a Democrat." http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/261986p-224157c.html
December 8:
It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses Print. So romantic we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!
December 9:
We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a more lovely place in the Whole World? Moving here was the best idea I've ever had. Shoveled for the first time in years, felt like a boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks.
This afternoon the snowplow came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life.
December 12:
The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a disappointment. My neighbor tells me not to worry; we'll definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have so much snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see snow again. I don't think that's possible. Bob is such a nice man, I'm glad he's our neighbor.
December 14:
Snow, lovely snow! 8" last night. The temperature dropped to -20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life! The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried everything again. I didn't realize I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish I wouldn't huff and puff so.
December 15:
20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4 Blazer. Bought snow tires for the wife's car and two extra shovels. Stocked the freezer. The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think that's silly. We aren't in Alaska, after all.
December 16:
Ice storm this morning. Fell on my ass on the ice in the driveway putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife laughed for an hour, which I think was very cruel.
December 17:
Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere. Electricity was off for five hours. I had to pile the blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess I should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit it to her. God I hate it when she's right. I can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own living room.
December 20:
Electricity's back on, but had another 14" of the damn stuff last night. More shoveling. Took all day. Goddamn snowplow came by twice. Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said they're too busy playing hockey. I think they're lying.
Called the only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower and they're out. Might have another shipment in March. I think they're lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the city will have it done and bill me. I think he's lying.
December 22:
Bob was right about a white Christmas, because 13 more inches of the white shit fell today, and it's so cold it probably won't melt 'til August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel, and then I had to piss. By the time I got undressed, pissed and dressed again, I was too tired to shovel! Tried to hire Bob, who has a plow on his truck, for the rest of the winter; but he says he's too busy. I think the asshole is lying.
December 23:
Only 2" of snow today, and it warmed up to "0". The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning. What, is she nuts!!! Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago? She says she did, but I think she's lying.
December 24:
6". Snow packed so hard by snowplow, I broke the shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch the son-of-a-bitch who drives that snowplow, I'll drag him through the snow by his balls and beat him to death with my broken shovel. I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then he comes down the street at 100 miles an hour and throws snow all over everywhere I've just been! Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas carols with her and open our presents, but I was too busy watching for the damn snowplow.
December 25:
Merry M*&#@% F&@!#$& Christmas. 20 more inches of the f*%#@%* slop tonight. Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. God, I hate the snow! Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I think she's a fricking idiot. If I have to watch "It's a Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going to stuff her into the microwave.
December 26:
Still snowed in. Why the hell did I ever move here? It was all HER idea. She's really getting on my nerves.
December 27:
Temperature dropped to -30, and the pipes froze. Plumber came after 14 hours of waiting for him; he only charged me $1,400 to replace all my pipes.
December 28:
Warmed up to above -50. Still snowed in. The BITCH is driving me crazy!!!!!
December 29:
10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in. That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?
December 30:
Roof caved in. I beat up the snow plow driver. He is now suing me for a million dollars; not for only the beating I gave him, but also for trying to shove the broken snow shovel up his ass. The wife went home to her mother. 9" predicted.
December 31:
I set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling.
January 8:
Feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed?
It's not quite that bad here, but I still would prefer a snowless winter.
Independent Media TV | 14 Dec 2004 | Evelyn Pringle
Prince Neil Bush - Far From Charming
By: Evelyn Pringle
Independent Media TV
Good Grief! I lost interest in that long post about a quarter of the way thru. Who needs to know this stuff?
On another matter: Congrats for cleaning up the Christmas Snow letter. I wasn't sure it could be cleansed in such a way that it was printable on a family site. But you did it, and I give you credit for that.
I don't really give a rat's patootey about Neil Bush. My elder sibling's behavior is disgusting and reprehensible, but I'm no more responsible for it than G. W. Bush is for his brother's.
I agree, but it just kept on and on and on with more unbelievable revelations about what a pos is Neil. Given his history, what sort of a woman would marry him and expect things to go any better for her?
Off to fight the paper-war battle before Mrs.L really becomes distraught with me.
HELP!
Do any of you all know whether I can still cross in and out of Canada into BC from Washington state with just a driver's license or do I need a passport?
I have a meeting coming up and one of the participants, who is my responsibility needs to be picked up in Vancouver and brought down to Washington state for the meeting. My passport is expired. Do I need one to go in and out of Canadia? (I haven't crossed the border since September 11th.)
send your snow to me. i love it.
My daughter and I went to Niagara Falls last summer and all I needed was my driver's license, although we had our passports just in case. Good luck.
To visit Canada you:
must be healthy. You might need a doctors examination;
must respect Canadian laws;
will need a valid passport, proof of who you are or other travel documents;
will need a Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) if you are from one of these countries; and
may need a letter of invitation.
***
That's from the gov's website...not the clearest reg I've ever read.
Just bring your driver's license and you birth certificate.
Be nice, declare everything in your car, don't smell of pot or booze, and you should be fine. :)
I cross at least twice a month into Canada and the only time I ever had a problem was when BigWaveBetty was in the car. She just HAD to have been born in England.
Dear Ms. Pringle,
Please learn how to use the English language correctly. If that happens, I might take you more seriously. You also might wish to report on a story that hasn't already been reported to death, or perhaps you should simply pursue a career writing daytime soap operas.
If you need any other tips on life, be sure to let me know. -- E
I don't know where my birth certificate is. I don't have it and my mother doesn't have it. That's never bothered the IRS.
No booze or pot? What will become of me? /sarcasm
No need to explain - we understand.
;^ )
You can write the county health department where you were born and get it from them.
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