Let it snow,let it snow,let it snow

[westgrandboulevard]

Is that Senior Citizens concession day?

[Jerry Oz]

You have nothing to worry about, amigo. My cousin L'il Jinxie works for renowned attorney Johnny Cockroach. He can have your sentence reduced to 40 years minus time served if you're one of the first 10 callers on Thursday morning.

Actually, that's 'If we don't get clients soon, they're going to turn off the lights' day.

[westgrandboulevard]

It's likely that the locks have already been changed.

[Jerry Oz]

It's also likely that I quoted a post in error in #2852. That's what happens when the price of crack cocaine is so low that even I can afford it.

[westgrandboulevard]

Better not use it, but stockpile it for when the price goes up again.

Arr&bee has 'the connections'; get him to sell it for you...if you dare.....

[Jerry Oz]

I dunno. Crack is so available in DC, some folks serve it up with Sunday dinner. I'm probably going to get a good price there unless he can sell it to a congressman. And from their behavior if late, they need [[more) drugs like I need a hole in my head.

[westgrandboulevard]

I'll stick with tea and sympathy.

[144man]

We shall just have to wait and see if he's that kind of guy, too.

I'm not that kind of guy.

[westgrandboulevard]

No, I didn't think you were.

Spending a lot of your money simply to see a property named Jerry Oz 144mansion wouldn't really do anything for you. There would be no interest on the investment, and the property would never be yours.

[arr&bee]

Hey guys hate to disappoint you but crack is no longer the drug of choice in d.c.[and hasn't been in some time]i'll get you any kind of drink you need but no drugs[not even as a joke].

[westgrandboulevard]

There speaks the voice of experience.

[Jerry Oz]

I think you're right. Did you notice that he said he'll get any kind of drink we NEED? I may want one, but I think there was a subtle cry for help in that post and our buddy is taking the first step toward recovery: Recognizing that he has a problem.

Or maybe not...

[westgrandboulevard]

While Arr&bee likes it to be known that he enjoys a drink, those of us who pretend we don't drink may have a greater problem...

[arr&bee]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa,not a chance the only recovery i'm looking for is the money owed to me by anyone stupid enough not to pay upi have eyes everywhere in da hood.

[westgrandboulevard]

I thought you had ice everywhere in da glasses.

[arr&bee]

Even i can't be everywhere,and some take advantage of my kindness,i mean where else can you work 200hrs a day for minimum wages no union to bug ya and i even give em five minute breaks per day,i' m just too nice.

[westgrandboulevard]

You're all heart.

[arr&bee]

Ain't it the truth,but i'm gonna get tough with em.

[westgrandboulevard]

Some people just don't appreciate what is done for them.

[arr&bee]

Or to em,i'm putting people to work,where's the love

[Jerry Oz]

There are hard lessons in life to be learned. Tell 'em to trust you so that they can learn that everybody can't be trusted. That's worth more than a fair paycheck for honest work, right? As a matter of fact, I'll do it for you if you want to pay me in advance. You know that you can trust me.

[westgrandboulevard]

As an exercise in learning that 'everybody can't be trusted', I am sure it would be invaluable.

[Jerry Oz]

And it's one that we all eventually learn. The tough part is avoiding the cynical response of becoming deceitful because the rest of the world appears to be that way.

[westgrandboulevard]

I don't seem to need to go around telling myself I'm better than others, but it seems all too easy to sense that others often appear to have a different perception and different values from myself.

I just need to make sure I'm consistently upholding whatever standards I've set myself. The standards themselves aren't tough, as they have become second-nature. Keeping faith with myself by being consistent is the toughest part, especially at the times when I could willingly chuck it all over the side....!

[Jerry Oz]

If you do it once, you'll do it again.

[arr&bee]

I hate to interrupt this brilliate post with something as trivial as snow,but that's what we got and it's still comin...yikes!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

You're surely not too surprised, are you...?

[arr&bee]

Hey west,as soon as i can get to it i'm shipping some over there.

[westgrandboulevard]

I'm not paying carriage.

[Jerry Oz]

We got an inch. Less than 100 miles away, 10 inches fell. Sucks to be them. And I guess < ummm > you too, arr&bee.

[westgrandboulevard]

Aint' it a shame.....

[arr&bee]

Hey west i got a giant wind blower pointed towards the uk,and it's cranked on high...hope you got a parka,hehehehehehe.

[144man]

And we've got our politicians pointing right back at you.

[westgrandboulevard]

A cold front, being met with a frosty reception.

[Jerry Oz]

I was thinking you were going to meet the cold front with a lot of hot air. That's what our politicians provide to us.

[westgrandboulevard]

We're starting to get a lot of hot air from our own politicans, as a run-up to the forthcoming General Election [[Gen. Election seems to have strayed over here from the 'Cancel' thread....)

Not being someone who routinely takes a great deal of interest in political affairs, I'm starting to feel I've had enough of it already....

[Jerry Oz]

I'm surprised if the Scottish independence referendum didn't burn you out already. It wasn't that long ago.

[westgrandboulevard]

I didn't have a personal interest in that [[at least, not one which I was aware would have a direct influence on me) so let it go on at its own speed. The result was the only sensible option.

Our General Election should see the Conservatives re-elected, if only because the other parties are not strong enough to prevail.

[Jerry Oz]

'Only sensible option'? For whom? I'm on neither side of the debate, but it's odd that you had no dog in the fight but you apparently had an opinion on the matter.

[westgrandboulevard]

It is not economically viable for Scotland to be independent, and may never be.

It was just that some Scottish people found the idea of Scotland being an independent country to be an attractive one. Almost like a child, or someone older acting like a child, running away from home, saying "I hate it", but without thinking the whole thing through. Those who pressed for the Referendum might be viewed as acting on an emotional, even fanciful notion, without giving any real practical considerations of Scotland's finances and revenues.

So, the majority of Scottish voters voted for Scotland to stay as it is [[as most of the rest of us in the UK knew they, in real terms, were obliged to do)....but the exercise has led to Scotland being given some concessions, so there was a positive outcome.

The result of the Referendum was one borne of common sense and so, yes, it was the only sensible option, based on circumstances at the present time.

[Jerry Oz]

Never underestimate old hatred between people fixated on historical disputes. When the French left Rwanda, centuries old hatred between the Hutus and the Tutsis resulted in attempted genocide by both parties. And after decades of dealing with Tito's iron rule, the Serbs, Croats, and Bosnians remembered what mattered the most to them - centuries old feuds.

Sometimes, enough people can find enough 'reason' to hurt themselves in the process of hurting someone else. Emotion of the angry few often works against the common good.

[westgrandboulevard]

Hutus, Tutsis, Serbs, Croats......

You've really wobbling off-point there, Jerry, when the point you made referred to 'Scotland'....LOL

There isn't time for me to become involved in deep debate, but you could try googling 'Scotland should not, and will not survive alone' - an article in UK newspaper 'The Telegraph', which might illustrate for you in greater detail what I have already stated.

[Jerry Oz]

I'm not wasting a Google search on that. I was trying [[unsuccessfully) to make a point that nationalistic forces transcend generations and are seldom reasonable. I'm sure their were thousands of would-be William Wallaces who voted for independence.

[arr&bee]

Well it ain't my fault,i voted for bullwinkle j moose.

[Jerry Oz]

If he's Scottish, shouldn't his name by MacMoose or something?

[westgrandboulevard]

No Moose to be found in Scotland. Largest mammal is the Red Deer, well known for their stag parties.....

[Jerry Oz]

In a generation, the largest mammals will be found in the drive-thru lanes of McDonald's.

[144man]

I didn't have a personal interest in that [[at least, not one which I was aware would have a direct influence on me) so let it go on at its own speed. The result was the only sensible option.

Our General Election should see the Conservatives re-elected, if only because the other parties are not strong enough to prevail.

I think we're heading for another coalition, but it's going to be a bit of a lottery. The Tories might lose a handful of seats to UKIP and a larger number to Labour, but it looks like this could be offset by major Labour losses to the SNP. The election result could hinge on which party gains the vulnerable Lib Dem seats.

[westgrandboulevard]

The Conservatives might confound the pundits, with more voters than forecast going for the 'better the devil you know' vote...but it certainly is very unlikely to be a decisive victory for any party, and so bad news for many.

[144man]

George Osborne's joke comparing Ed Miliband to Wallace & Gromit could yet backfire and end up endearing him to the electorate.