Remember the memorable 1997 sequence at the beach, when Gene’s friend Mary Lou is expecting a baby? Of course you remember it; it’s memorable! Well, the above is the lesser-known final cartoon in that storyline; the family is back home, and Mary Lou is forgotten. Or so it seemed at the time. I guess you would equate this one to the little skit they would tack on the end of television sit-coms, little jokes that stood apart from the basic plot. You know, the last minute or so that was always dropped when a show went into syndication, to make room for another commercial.
Letter of the Law
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236 responses to “Letter of the Law”
Both Minnesota and North Dakota have county Veteran Services Officers. I guess I assumed it was the same throughout the country. I know they are the right place to go around here.
Right Wayne!
A good Veteran Services Officer is worth his/her weight in gold. I have been involved in a claim since 2005, and although I moved to another county in the same state I got permission to keep my same VSO. So far I have won 100% service connected (despite them at first saying 7 months in hospital during service meant nothing), am working on back pay now. Big thanks to my VSO and to the VFW.
Thanks, gentlemen! For your help here and service before…..
Thanx for the advice, Norm, but I think I’ll wait and see what happens before going that route. And yes, I do have a Service Connected hearing loss, but that’s from too much outbound on the Gun Line in ’72, and I’ve had my rating for seven or eight years.
Also, Norm, my Representative is on the House Committee for Veteran’s Affairs, and is the ranking member on the Subcommittee for Health. I would hope that her people know something about working with the VA!
Had my second interview with a prospective employer. Same type of work, but radically different environment. I think it well, but not going to count Debbe’s Miss Prissies just yet. 🙂 Keep fingers crossed for me. You guys will be the first to know.
Jerry – I agree. My diva knows more human then she lets on. And I know more cat than I should.
Mindy: fingers crossed and prayers said!
Update on my job meeting today: Round one of negotiations complete. As suggested, I was upfront with recognition of my age and suggested an interim situation to relieve the current pressure and allow time for long-range planning. The interviewer said she thinks that is an excellent idea. She will talk with the CEO and… Guess I will find out sometime!
Gal – The favor is returned in kind. Hope it works out well for you!
Gah! *than she let’s on
Mindy and Galliglo, hope things work out better than you expect for both of you.
“…than she lets on.”
{I couldn’t resist; once a teacher, always a teacher.}
Here’s hoping all those seeking employment will find success, most notably, our villagers.
“Greengrocer’s apostrophe strike’s again.”
Peace, emb
I saw this and realized Ghost would like it:
http://www.thegeektwins.com/2014/02/kate-upton-in-bikini-in-zero-gravity.html
Seeing a lot of you over on the two Facebook pages I am working now and enjoy that so much. When things slow down I will have to get busy on the other two who I work for. But I am having so much fun but not much sleep.
Picked up my little micro cruiser yesterday and she is beautiful girl. The Pacific Northwest is dangerously dry, they need rain. Do any of you have extra you can send them?
Going back to the pony farm and see if I can go to sleep early!
Dear emb, I never saw the “greengrocer’s …” before but I got the idea right away. Most appropriate.
Charlotte: That’s the Brit. expression, and we saw “lot’s” of them in London in the ’80s, back when fruits and veggies came in lb. and oz. and went for 6/5 = 6s/5d = 6 shillings 5 pence.
All: URL for a site that maps methane [CH4] leaks in Chicagoland: CH4 is a more effective greenhouse gas than CO2. Note my old fashioned use of “effective” rather than the recent, gross “impactful”. Nuts. Have to go back and cc. the URL again. Peace, emb
Here: http://www.edf.org/climate/methanemaps
I prefer my late wife’s center of gravity [ages 21-80] to Kate Upton’s. De gustibus … . emb
Denise
Poor Burgess Meridith in the Twilight Zone
(Met him 55+YA at a horse show)
@9CWL
Does everyone get the Coney Island Baby reference?
Almost fell off my chair when I first read it.
No, emb, perpetually out of touch with [most] popular culture, doesn’t get it. Peace, emb
The song goes back to the ’30s, at least. I also do not see its connection to the current 9CL. Much as I enjoy that comic, that apparition should be permanently lost.
Oh for crying out loud! Stupid auto correct got me. I hate the greengrocer’s apostrophe too. (And lets was correct the first time.) The auto correct on this tablet hates me.