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April 25, 2021

So it would be too late for trump to do anything about it.

Seems a reasonable guess.

April 24, 2021

That is GOOD news!

I started, years ago, making it a habit to complain if I went into a business establishment - ANY kind of business establishment. And if they had Pox Noise on their TV in a waiting room area, I either asked to ha e the channel changed, or, sometimes I’d just do it myself (particularly if I was the only one in the waiting room/area).

Sometimes I’d even pull out the “I was a news reporter for years, and the lies they spread on that channel are seriously offensive to me as a professional truth-teller.”

I wouldn’t tolerate it back then, and I STILL don’t tolerate it now.

I’ve found that most proprietors are willing to accommodate a paying customer (or a perceived paying customer). The only time it failed was at a restaurant at the Camarillo Airport where the maitre d confessed that the owner insisted on keeping Pox Noise on the big screen TV on the wall in the entryway of the restaurant. It was the first thing you saw as you approached whoever was there seating people. And I thanked the maitre d and asked him to tell the owner how he lost a customer and all her friends permanently - for THAT one reason. CONSEQUENCES!!! CONSEQUENCES FOR BAD BEHAVIOR!!!

And for the record, I’ve always been polite about it. Always. With a smile. It can disarm, at times.

April 24, 2021

Yep. The Powell Manifesto.

The birth of evil.

April 23, 2021

Exactly.

No security is the whole point. You can cheat successfully that way.

April 23, 2021

New signs?

Okay, graffiti fans! That’s your cue!

April 23, 2021

Not good enough! 100%!

Accept no substitutes!

April 23, 2021

Ay-yi-yi...

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About calimary

Female. Retired. Wife-Mom-Grandma. Approx. 30 years in broadcasting, at least 20 of those in news biz. Taurus. Loves chocolate - preferably without nuts or cocoanut. Animal lover. Rock-hound from pre-school age. Proud Democrat for life. Ardent environmentalist and pro-choicer. Hoping to use my skills set for the greater good. Still married to the same guy for 40+ years. Probably because he's a proud Democrat, too. Penmanship absolutely stinks, so I'm glad I'm a fast typist! I will always love Hillary and she will always be my President.
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