First of all, we NEVER call it historic restoration. It's historic preservation. You owe everybody a cup of coffee, except for Ruth who gets Chai.  And me, who gets nothing.  I was quoting the newspaper article - at least the way it appeared in our local one.  But I may give you a coffee on the house anyway, cuz you're so curmudgeonly in a nice way.  Well, maybe with five gallons of milk and a pound of sugar I'd make an exception and have one of my five cups per year on you.  You could try one of our Snapping Turtles - caramel & mocha latte with an extra shot of espresso - extra sweet, extra caffeine really gets you going! Is the caffeine really necessary?  How about Kahlua instead?

 

Second of all, why in God's name are you reading, much less pasting, the Washington Times?  Or is ][<en not the only Republican Follett?  I went looking for the online version after reading it in the local rag.  Sure.  Couldn't find it in the John Birch Society Courier, huh?  That's a name I haven't heard in a very long time. Well, get used to it. You're gonna be hearing it more often after this last election.   Just talked to one of the 5 other Democrats in Summit, who says he's organizing a migration to New Zealand; he thinks Canada's too close, since they get American TV and the radioactive cloud might drift. (Sorry, Cuyler)  He says he's got jobs all lined up for us.  I told him we're Democrats: we don't need no stinkin' jobs. So he said, OK, we can go to France.  Ralph