There is just not much going on in my life this weekend. Carolyn is getting back to a more normal life; she is doing some cooking and washing clothes, but she still tires easily. Time.
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Another city employer is closing their factory and consolidating it with their headquarters unit in Pittsburgh, Penn. Two-hundred area people will lose their livelyhood from Traco, and more local businesses will be negatively affected. Meanwhile, old farts from up north and Florida are still moving to the area and keeping prices high. Some people whom have lived here all their lives are leaving for South Carolina and other places where housing prices are not so steep. Carolyn and I are still thinking of moving to North Georgia or somewhere in Tennessee or Alabama near Chattanooga. Sales taxes in Tennessee are too high; we do not have a state income tax, and the wealthy will not allow one to be enacted. Taxes on property, groceries and other necessary commodities are placing a big hurt on the unemployed and other people whom are living just above the poverty level. The poor receive aid from various government agencies and charities, but the near-poor can get no help.
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One of my Flickr friends posted a photo of some Jack Daniels whiskey. He pays just over $26 for a 70cl bottle in London, England. Our local stores charge $33+ for the same size bottle. It is made here in Tennessee. Something is just not right!
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On this date in 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II.
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The Smoking Gun's Mugshots of the Week!
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Another city employer is closing their factory and consolidating it with their headquarters unit in Pittsburgh, Penn. Two-hundred area people will lose their livelyhood from Traco, and more local businesses will be negatively affected. Meanwhile, old farts from up north and Florida are still moving to the area and keeping prices high. Some people whom have lived here all their lives are leaving for South Carolina and other places where housing prices are not so steep. Carolyn and I are still thinking of moving to North Georgia or somewhere in Tennessee or Alabama near Chattanooga. Sales taxes in Tennessee are too high; we do not have a state income tax, and the wealthy will not allow one to be enacted. Taxes on property, groceries and other necessary commodities are placing a big hurt on the unemployed and other people whom are living just above the poverty level. The poor receive aid from various government agencies and charities, but the near-poor can get no help.
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One of my Flickr friends posted a photo of some Jack Daniels whiskey. He pays just over $26 for a 70cl bottle in London, England. Our local stores charge $33+ for the same size bottle. It is made here in Tennessee. Something is just not right!
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On this date in 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II.
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The Smoking Gun's Mugshots of the Week!
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