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The Apalachicola & Carrabelle Times

I actually seen this guy playing down at the Restaurant when I went to pick up some food. Also, bumped into him again when I went down to the docks to check out a computer for someone. All i can say is he has a very ambitious plan that's for sure. Seemed like a nice fellow, and i might check out his web page every now and then to see how he is doing. Here is a direct link to his page Some Guy On a Bike

YADBGAG #1

The above title stands for : "Yet Another Difference Between Girls And Guys"

Lavatory Activities when doing #1:

First for the Girl:
A girl will quietly enters the bathroom, possibly even turning on a fan or something to make more noise because she doesn't want anyone to hear her. When finished she will wipe, but will wipe in such a way that it's a one way trip.. meaning no up and down motion... its one way and let go as soon as possible cause this is gross! Now that she is yucked out, she will flush hoping that no one hears the toilet.. while toilet is flushing is when she gets re-dressed then she washes her hands with both water AND soap. Dries hands and TADA elegant and clean. As she exits the bathroom, fan goes off, light off. Done. PS. If this is Public location, addition step includes hovering... A task that can only be thought of by a woman, and is not even known to most men. I would attempt to enlighten you on this, but I'm pretty sure you can picture it... LOL

Now for the Guy:
Enters the bathroom possibly while finishing a conversation with someone in the other room. No need to worry about a fan or even a light for that matter, it's not going to take that long. Stand in front of the toilet usually using the knee or shin to make sure we aren't too close. At this point is when the difficult decision comes, lift lid or practice aim? This is typically a 70/30 choice... 70% of the time we practice aim, 30% we will lift lid. While peeing, make circles in the toilet because this is taken longer than we had thought and there are many other things we would rather be doing. Next, flush toilet because we find it fun to try "race" with the toilet to see who will finish first, this is usually when the fart gets released for that extra boost! Next, shake to make sure most of the liquid has made it, occasionally this is where the uncontrollable shoulder shake happens. Finally, flush again because the toilet won the race and deserves a victory lap. Next steps may vary depending on situations. If we are alone or with other guys, close shop and continue doing what ever we were before... If drips actually hit our hands, then wash but just with some water and dry on whatever is handy in following order: towel, dirty clothes, jeans, shirt, or shake hands vigorously. If girl is in another room, run water to give her the impression that we are clean.


This is the first post in a series of post that might include more of the differences between men and women :)

Letters to the Editor in "The Times"

Ok, time for some Carrabelle news here. Last week I noticed the following 2 letters sent to the Editor of "The Times" and it seems that no one submitted a rebuttal to this so I decided to :) :

1) There Ought To Be A Law

• "To the Editor: Hi, I’m not one to write letters and have them placed in the newspaper for everyone to read, but this time I can’t keep quiet. At last night’s Lanark Village Water and Sewer meeting, a member of the audience said that his son has been buying pornographic movies from a store in Carrabelle owned by water board commissioner Sharon Thoman. He was upset by this and asked why this was being done in the city limits of Carrabelle. Commissioner Thomas said that she had recently stopped doing that and had taken all of the pornographic material out of her store. The gentleman who brought this up then asked if he could bring all of the materials that his son had bought and rented from her and get the money back. She agreed. My god, what’s going on! Is this the kind of activities that our elected officials should be engaging in? Isn’t this against the law? Doesn’t this break some kind of ordinance in the city of Carrabelle? I have not heard of any arrests being made and Commissioner Thomas readily admitted that she had been selling pornographic movies. If it is not against the law, it should be. We should all call our local law enforcers and lawmakers and ask them to keep this kind of immoral filth out of our county. After all, it might be your child that gets corrupted.
  Sincerely,
  Bonnie Arnold
  Lanark Village"

2) Pornography Bad Influence on Our Children

• "To the Editor Hi, I’m writing today to talk about an ugly situation. I was at a water and sewer meeting in Lanark Monday the 22nd of January. At this meeting a man asked everyone in the crowd if they had children. Most raised their hands. This man then made the statement that his son had been buying filthy movies from a store in Carrabelle owned by the Chairman of the Lanark Water District Sharon Thoman. Chairman Thoman told this man that she had stopped selling pornography recently and had taken it off of her shelves. I guess it is not against the law or she would not have admitted it. To my way of thinking it may not be illegal but it certainly is immoral. Maybe our local pastors and church leaders could step up and ask that this not continue to happen in our community. Our children have enough trouble growing up without this kind of immoral influence. Who knows what this does to the minds of the young and vulnerable. Thanks for listening.
  Peggy Kight
  Lanark Village"

Let me start by saying in response to Letter #1 from Bonnie, There is a law against allowing minors to purchase pornographic material and since these young men were simply exercising their rights as young adults, what is the problem here? If I read the reports correctly these men were 18, hence the reason no Laws were broken. The Business that Sharon Toman is involved in really has nothing to do with her being an elected official, So what she owns a movie business and she is now forced to limit that business because you thought she sold porn to children???? As for corrupting our children; again since these gentlemen were of age according Law, it can't quite be considered corrupting our children now can it? All we can do is raise them to the best of our ability and hope they make correct choices later in life.

To Peggy in Letter #2, My issue with your statement has to do with the fact you bring up the issue of morality. You state that our local clergy men should get involved to set laws. I simply can not agree with you here. You've heard of the Separation of Church and State right? Hey, lets not stop with porn, lets get our clergy men to outlaw drinking too! Next, I suppose we could create a law to force people to attend church as well? That should do wonders to help our community as well as take some more of our Freedom away! I do agree with you about our children having enough problems growing up, but given this situation it pales into the comparison with the other issues like racism, free thinking, and rigorous tradition that they will have to also overcome on their way.

Just to make myself clear here, I do not support pornography. However, I do support our laws. And the law states that pornography can be purchased/rented by adults. It's also stated that a rental business can sell/rent porn to those of age. I'm sure these concerned citizens might have thought these "children" were actually children and probably reacted in writing their letters to the editor before getting the full story.

I'm done ranting for now ;)

Finally!!! I WON a Game!!

Since building the first poker table on 9/30/2006 and playing the first game on it 10/1/2006..... Today marks the First time I have won a game! Waahooo.. The cool part is not only did I win, but no one at the table even came close to having the chip lead i had :) Of course... that doesn't quite make up for the fact that i have lost every game since 10/1... that's alot of games lost... hehehe. maybe this is a change in luck? We shall find out next Sunday!

Cat's in the Cradle?

The other night as we were preparing for bed time... We walked into our bedrooms to find our wonderful kitty cat lying comfortably...

Comfortable there Cozmo?

Props for Originality!

I must give my wife big props for this one. Being a smoker, I have for quite some time heard every reason in the book. Everything from each cigarette takes 1 day off your life, to the descriptive black chunks of tar that are building up in my lungs, to the awful smell it produces on my clothing, and that I'm killing the ones I love with second hand smoke... the list goes on... But never has a phrase caught my attention as what I heard this past weekend.

I woke up the other morning and began my morning ritual of brushing teeth, taking a shower, ect.. Once dressed and ready for the day I moseyed on into the kitchen for a glass of sweet tea. It was an excellent morning, Not too cold outside, got plenty of sleep, I was feeling wonderful. Then I began to step outside to enjoy the freshness of the outdoors... and of course to have my morning smoke. Just prior to stepping outside the wife and i had said our good mornings and were just chatting about typical stuff... She looked up at me as I started to head for the door, and just as I opened the door to let out the dog she began with "Baby, What would it take to get you to quit smoking, Cause Ya know...... I really like the way you smell when you get out of the shower, so fresh, and clean; (insert momentary dramatic pause here while she puts her thoughts in order) But when you smoke did you know that your not very edible." Yup, it took me a few moments to process that as well... lol

Now I have been accused of many things, but never did I once consider the palatableness of myself very important, of course I also never realized the carnivorous nature in my wife! (ok, so maybe i might have had a clue about that one) but with this new knowledge, and after hearing the rather "tasteful" concerns of my wife, I've decided that it might be time to start seriously considering the edibleness of myself. Therefore from this day hence I shall strive to become smoke free in order to attain that pinnacle of delectable pabulum she so desires. On that note I bid thee a "Scrumptious" afternoon.

Hell Yea!

The new year is here, and i have to say... I had one hell of a 2006. Hope everyone else had a great new year, and I look forward to another awsome 2007