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Ms. G, although unable because of her back trouble to actually renovate homes herself or do heavy work and much heavy lifting, is still a force to be reckoned with.
There is a particular unscrupulous contractor in this area who has managed to mostly fly under the radar and quick step out of the situations he's gotten himself into.
Then he conned some of Ms. G's very good (as in, since childhood) friends.
She is as competent as any private investigator in getting information and gathering evidence, is on the police-citizen liaison committee, and has friends and contacts everywhere, including many high places.
Ms. G is determined to get her friends back the deposit they gave that man, minus a reasonable amount for the work he actually did, and he is determined it will not happen.
He is starting to find out the hard way, you do not cross Ms. G when she's got your number, and I am enjoying watching it happen.
Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Cross.
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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!
Even a short bit of fence...
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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day! This week's image and my poem:
Dude, your breath!
What did you eat?
It really is rank!
Smells worse'n dad's feet!
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Angel Brian's Family of Brian's Home - Forever hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. It's time to share something for which i am thankful.
Today i am thankful the problem with the electricity/generator in the house has been repaired, and a lot faster and cheaper than the estimate.
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Today is:
Basketball Day -- birth anniversary of James Naismith
Birth of Tiamat -- Ancient Babylonian Calendar (mother of gods, goddess of primeval chaos; date approximate)
Constitution Day -- Dominican Republic; Tajikistan; Tatarstan, Russian Federation
Electric Razor Day -- Jacob Schick patented the first electric razor on this day in 1937
Finnish Swedish Heritage Day -- Finland
Green March Day -- Morocco; Western Sahara
Gustavus Adolphus Day -- Sweden
Halfway Point of Autumn
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict -- UN
International End Gossip Day -- the founder of this didn't want to be gossiped about, and left no trace
Marching Band Day -- birth anniversary of John Philip Sousa
Marooned Without A Compass Day -- internet generated; how's your sense of direction?
Men Make Dinner Day -- BBQ is not allowed, but you can go to menmakedinnerday.com for ideas
National Nachos Day / I Love Nachos Day
Saxophone Day -- Adolphe Sax birth anniversary
St. Illtyd's Day (Abbot, reputed cousin of King Arthur)
St. Leonard's Day (Patron of barrel makers/coopers, blacksmiths, captives, childbirth, coal miners, coppersmiths, greengrocers, horses, imprisoned people, locksmiths, miners, porters, P.O.W.'s, prisoners; Castelmauro, Italy; Conegliano, Italy; Kirkop, Malta; against burglaries, robberies/robbers)
Thanksgiving Day -- Liberia
Birthdays Today:
Ethan Hawke, 1970
Pat Tillman, 1976
Rebecca Romijn, 1972
Thandie Newton, 1972
Ethan Hawke, 1970
Kelly Rutherford, 1968
Lance Kerwin, 1960
Maria Shriver, 1955
Nigel Havers, 1949
Glenn Frey, 1948
Sally Field, 1946
Mike Nichols, 1931
Walter Perry Johnson, 1887
James Naismith, 1861
Ignace Paderewski, 1860
John Philip Sousa, 1854
Cesare Lombroso, 1835
Adolphe Sax, 1814
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Good Morning America"(TV), 1975
"The Phil Donahue Show"(TV), 1967
"Meet The Press"(TV), 1947
Today in History:
Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas, 1528
Spain grants independence to the Dominican Republic, 1844
Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work of fiction by the author later known as George Eliot, is submitted for publication, 1856
Canada celebrates its first official, national Thanksgiving Day, 1879
Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa, 1913
Colonel Jacob Schick patents the first electric razor, 1928
Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers (hello, FM radio!), 1935
Parker Brothers acquires the forerunner patents for MONOPOLY from Elizabeth Magie, 1935
Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility, 1944
The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation, 1962
Cuba and the United States formally agree to begin an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States, 1965
Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara, 1975
Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum, 1999
Sweibodzin, Poland announced the world's largest statue of Jesus, called Christ the King, has been completed, 2010
Tammy Duckworth becomes the first disabled woman and first person born in Thailand to be elected to US Congress, 2012
Officials crack down on foreigners working illegally in Saudi Arabia and over 16,000 are arrested, 2013
According to a UN report, ISIS left behind over 200 mass graves containing thousands of victims in the area they once controlled, 2018
According to a study of over 400 million records on Ancestry and published in the journal Genetics, less than 10% of human longevity is due to our genes, 2018
The US Powerball jackpot rises to a world record of $1.9bn, 2022
Thanx for another fence.
ReplyDeleteGod bless, Mimi.
Your poem today made us GIGGLE BIG! Hopefully that one pup didn't come away from his encounter with a bloody nose! Tee Hee
ReplyDeleteHugs, Teddy and Mom Pam
There are so many good contractors out there but the bad ones are really bad and it is great she is helping bust them and that she can help some of the people she knows.
ReplyDeleteNow that is a scenario, I would want to watch play out too!
ReplyDeleteWell now there is a funny poem for you. So sorry to hear that there's a scandal going on. People are so cruel to other people, and in different ways. Stealing money is cruel.
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