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1. 4 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   It had its ups and downs!

2. 6 days ago on ViewsBusiness

   The entire lower Rio Grande valley was grassland. The typical pattern of flooding was the big reason, that and a bit wetter climate at the time. The Rio Grande has since been dammed and channeled and run into irrigation systems. Many pecan orchards — no more grassland!

3. 12 days ago on ViewsBusiness

   Ha! You know how the big guy is often called Tiny? That’s how Bliss got its name! Not really! The post was named “Fort Bliss” in honor of Lt. Col. William Wallace Smith Bliss. Most recruits would dispute that, however!

4. 12 days ago on Get Fuzzy

   You don’t think that spelling “error” was purposeful? You do NOT want the Death card in Tarot at least not upside-down. Right side up it can indicate transformation.

5. 12 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   I’ve lived in the current house for 37 years and raised six kids here. When I die, my widow will probably sell the house. New owners beware! Till the back yard at your own risk. The sheer number and variety of pet skeletons could be startling, to say as little as possible.

6. 12 days ago on ViewsBusiness

   I live very close to El Paso.

7. 12 days ago on ViewsBusiness

   Here in the desert southwest we know that when it rains it pours. Southwestern rainstorms are notorious for dumping huge amounts of water in very short order. If engineers design for “the historical average” their design is useless in a place, like here, where average is between 48 weeks of “none” and 4 weeks of “deluge” every year.

8. about 1 month ago on Zack Hill

   My thumbs are almost useless from forty years as a bench jeweler.

9. about 1 month ago on Jeff Danziger

   Because that is what we do being the world’s foremost supplier of arms. Like your new Caddie? then shut your mouth about arms suppliers!

10. about 2 months ago on Cul de Sac

    64? All I ever got was the box of 24.