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Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 17 May

Back in the day, and this was many years ago, there'd be two items on the shelf side by side. One made in Taiwan and the other made in the USA. The one made in Taiwan was 10 cents cheaper, and of course, this was a bit of a...

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Don't Get too Excited, Democrats—These Victories are Hardly Newsworthy

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 6 Nov

There's all this hype around New York City, Virginia and New Jersey. But folks, hold onto your britches. This isn't the news you were hoping for. Let me explain. New York City hasn't elected a true Republican mayor since Rudy...

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If You're Saving, You're Losing Money—Probably

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 4 Oct

When it comes to having a savings account, many people think this is enough, and many people believe they are actually earning on their money and growing it. But the reality is quite the opposite of that. Let me...

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Do you miss the old days?

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 20 Aug

If I respond to this, I will undoubtedly miss my time in school. I don't have to reflect about my life right now. I am receiving excellent care from my biological parents. Now that I am living without them, I have to face...

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Why So Quiet

kay lar @jaylar (3665) • Kingston, Jamaica 19 Aug

Rabid MAGAts who usually race into every discussion which mentions their Massa, have fallen silent. Perhaps they actually did their own research. Instead of howling lies learned how very close Trump was with Epstein....

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You Just Can't Tell Anymore

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 4 Jun 25

It used to be that Saturday Night Live created numerous laughs when they introduced the "Pat" character, which part of the joke was, no one knew if Pat was a woman or a man. Could they even get away with a skit or a character...

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Another Dumb Analogy That Probably Still Works

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 12 May 25

Sometimes you have to work harder to explain things, especially to explain why they are wrong. Life can offer myriad examples, of course, when you really take a step back from the anecdotes and try to see the bigger picture. When...

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What? I Couldn't Believe the Bill!

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 8 Apr 25

It was the strangest thing in the world to me every time it happened, but of course, sometimes strange things do happen. That's just life, right? You just go with it, I guess. Well, until it gets old, of course. So, get this. My...

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Be Careful When Biting the Hand that Feeds You

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 23 Oct 24

When I was in management, I was fairly successful at it. It didn't mean things went right all of the time. But things went right most of the time. And that was for one very simple reason. [i]I was well aware that I was not the...

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How Come People Understand the Consequence of a Tariff But Not a Tax?

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 21 Jul 24

The left rails against them, and Trump haters like to talk about them. Tariffs. "Don't you get it? A tariff doesn't cost the COMPANY anything. It's an added tax on US! They are just going to pass along the cost of the tariffs on...

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He Knew He Had Spiders

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 17 Jul 24

I remember when I was in pest control, I had a client who complained of having spiders in his finished basement. "No, problem," I told him. "I can take care of that for you." After some time, he came down to check on me, and saw...

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The Press Conference Did Biden No Justice

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 12 Jul 24

Whitey Herzog, the famous St. Louis Cardinals manager resigned in 1990, joking, "I came here in last place and I leave here in last place. I left them right where I started." He'd come full circle. But he also understood, even...

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All The While She Was Proving His Point

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 17 Mar 24

A woman was on her way to the grocery store. She was fit to be tied about the way of the world and how expensive it is to live. I mean, she worked hard, went to her minimum wage job and did all she could to stretch every...

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Just the Kind of Luck I Have

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 13 Mar 24

First of all, I had great plans to cook some pork butt steaks on the grill tonight since we have been enjoying some nice weather in the 70s with the heat off and the windows open. Except, after I got the meat seasoned up to cook,...

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Was It Wrong?

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 28 Feb 24

No. It wasn't. Not in this day and age. Even as tired and worn out that phrase happens to be in so many sorts of examples, in this example, it absolutely fits. My sister and I and my dad's wife took a break from visiting with my...

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Flat Surfaces

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 30 Dec 23

We have our family Christmas gathering on the 1st due to schedules, so of course we are cleaning up and sprucing up the house. One of my tasks was to clear off the hutch. An abomination with multiple flat surfaces, of which are...

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Be Careful What You Wish For

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 17 Dec 23

It's not the first time I have seen it happen, and you would think that any union worker would have more common sense to understand it is more likely to happen when they negotiate contracts and put up such big fights for...

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Saving Water is a Bit Ridiculous Actually

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 10 Nov 23

Water. It's an amazing thing. It has been on the planet since the beginning of time practically. And there is as much water on the planet as there was from the beginning. Because, you see, it is self contained. Sure, it moves...

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Is Child Hunger Really a Thing in America?

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 26 Oct 23

I am not going to say there aren't likely some suffering families. And I am not denying that it exists. What I am asking moreso is whether it is as big of a problem as some politicians will have us believe? We've seen what...

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Just wondering if anybody has ever met them!

Leighnyork Nyakundi Makori @leighnyork (1873) 20 Jun 23

Hello Today I have spent a lot of time on short videos on YouTube with various actors I was just wondering if random people have ever come around to ask you questions or to solve a puzzle. or have you ever seen them doing this...

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