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Here it was thought Indian Summer were those 2 days around the 20th.

OK: No work today, probly call some employers and find the optimists, or those with enough layback to be able to recruit and try top-line pre-screened skillsets. So much for the plug.

We have a guest columnist coming aboard soon. Please read their stuff and tell us what you think.

Checked the madder, it's doing pretty well, having caught the trellis and creepin on up. In 18 months should be able to harvest first of root.

Hunters: watch yur windage folks. and get a Positive sight picture before moving finger inside the trigger guard. Take a deep breath. let if half out and check your cheek weld. squeeze. ride that round home while bringing back up for the mercy round. Do not take your sights off the game, especially birds.
This is one of those points where muzzle discipline comes in. Your finger oughta be outside the trigger guard by now, Before you take your first step. Safe on. Now that you can avoid the supreme embarrassment of having shot yerself, secure the weapon and draw the knife for field dressing. Some folks like to stop and reload at this point, and it might be a good habit at that.
If your shot went off prematurely your trigger pull is probly set too tight. You'll be moving North to South most wise, so with the wind in your eyes it might do to have some glasses.

Fishermen: If anyone knows about November bass in impoundments, could ya tell this poor old Minnesnowtan? Have heard it can be done, and that balmy breeze lends to one's erroneous thoughts of hooky.

Bet the links will be crowded today. Any readers do golf? If you write and do golf, would you like a links beat?

Did you know that some families make an operation out of Halloween? Two early teen kids with good costumes can garner a little over 5 pounds of candy in less than two hours. And this despite poor market conditions: low percentage of porchlights means more ground to cover. The economy sucks and relatively few are fortunate enough to do the candy. Spectre of tainted goodies. (This columnist has seen and understands sadism, but they usually don't get to see the results- what is that?!!?).
Are you listening employers? These kids went out and produced. By motivation, of course.
Honey will get you a lot more than a whip. Ask Joe Coors.

It ain't real hard to find out what motivates employees and other types of labor: in the Ozarks the best way is walk up and ask 'em.

Just like communities, businesses need to have labor cognizant of the work to be done. American workers need to get up of our butts and give the man fair days. In return, "the man" needs to be responsible about providing work and its conditions. This is just an ideal from Adams' division of labor, but it might be what we need.

Oh yeah, if you would like to see the statistical model of rotating-crew on a "skilled" labor site, write in. Have about 30 years of non-dependable labor as graphed against movement in the economy. (You can pick up continuity by smoothing transitions yourself).
Trade you for a potential job opening for a vet. Trial for hire, train for hire, blue or white collar, pre-screened.


Well, the outdoors calls. Better get our little postage stamp of a lot squared away for Winter.

You folks have a Monday so good it feels like a Wednesday.


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HALLOWEEN: The writer was lucky enough to be a high-bottom drunk, but met some folks who weren't that blessed. Before you go out: drink, smoke, shoot, snort, or use as a suppository as per the Hippy Dippy Weatherman, and then intend to drive? Think about how you'd feel, even AFTER you got out of jail for manslaughter, about hurting that little kid. DON'T SCREW UP party in private and keep it that way Saturday. You'll thank yourself for the rest of your unwrecked life.
Dealers: It is your civic duty to protect your customer base. Throw a party!

That having been said:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=Springfield%2C+MO+%2B+Halloween&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g3
or if that huge link doesn't work, copy and paste
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into a search bar.

Yours truly will be escorting grandchildren around the block, because I know and therefore trust my immediate neighbors. Most of Them have kids and it's pretty cool.

Can't do candy? Try your local church if you can deal with being hit on. Parks? Even some local stores will have something going. Best bet: figure out what you like and do it at home. There'll be all kinds of stuff on the web at 4:00pm manana. and at the very least we should be able to stay in our own neighborhood.

The missus says we oughta put on Sounds of the Seasons and turn it all the way up to 8. That's our idea of living dangerously. It must be 2009.

On a societal note: The writer barely got an honorable in '75 and was home in Woodson Terrace. A high school classmate was a cop, and we stopped and chatted for a second. He had an X-ray machine and was x-raying candy so couldn't stay long.

Anyway, whatever else you do, be careful and don't hurt anyone.
Don't forget about DAV two bit sale Sunday morning, and MO Council forthe Blind at Kearney and Kansas (sort of) is having ½ price day today and tomorrow. Any other flea market promotions pls email here and I'll put you in.

Do this Friday like it's nothing, and have an OCTOBERFEST weekend.
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Carolyn and Tom ]]> 2009-10-29T15:16:59-05:00 en-us Copyright © 2009 craigslist, inc. http://springfield.craigslist.org/com/1443259057.html text 2009-10-29T15:16:59-05:00 http://springfield.craigslist.org/com/1443130582.html i am a single father and got my 19 month old daughter full time was living in a roommate sceme and they had issues with my daughter and turned electric off so im looking to rent a house trailer whatever in west plains area. im willing to do the work or cleaning if it need it. preferably between 2-350 a month tops. hopefully somewhere i can pay a lil of the deposit every month till its paid as the thing that happened left me scrapping this month. i got references and income so all thats no problem. please let me know if you have a house or know someone i should speak with THANKS EVERYONE]]> 2009-10-29T14:00:22-05:00 en-us Copyright © 2009 craigslist, inc. http://springfield.craigslist.org/com/1443130582.html text 2009-10-29T14:00:22-05:00 http://springfield.craigslist.org/com/1442709200.html
It's Thursday! It's gonna rain with a high of 67. Weekend looks great and it's almost here.
If anyone has last-minute PSA's, my deadline is the moment of irrelevancy. That is to say, if you send it at 1:00 p.m., I might edit into an earlier column, or next morning if it will still be relevant. SEE? Online has numerous advantages for a dilletante journalist.

Have seen a lot of trailers that could be easily fixed up for FEMA use in crises. If all I need to beat is that $50,000 for new trailers after Katrina...
So these trailers will have rudimentary (non-brass and copper) plumbing: did you hear that most residents ripped out the plumbing for salvage/re-sale when they left? That's a very good indicator of what to expect in the future (actually FEMA shoulda known because a lot of their people came from the old HUD/Section 8 pools).
My stepson can run unmounted PVC lines so fast it'll make your head swim.
The electric needs to stay intentionally low-possible-use, so we are installing 60 amp boxes.
The roof and floor are fairly inexpensive to fix cuz they were cheaply made in the first place.
The walls were a problem: some are corrugated, and others have variable thickness of sheet metal. So we are developing a very inexpensive patch for those situations. These patches are fire retardant (Bromine gives us the same delay as 5/8 sheetrock), and bug-proof courtesy of some serious respiratory poison that does not effect us except for the kids who eat it.

Do you remember that this painter sat for both the lead abatement course and the asbestos removal certification? It gets ludicrous at some point how much minority butt the gov't kisses. I refused the licenses because of the horrible morass created by some empire builder. Can you spell Permissable Exposure Level? Most of the other 32 people in my lead class were government employees and couldn't. The instructor did not know the difference between red and white lead.

So back to these patches: in real life they will function well. I've just got to find a cheaper source of Bromine and I'll be ready to produce and market. Water and Ice-proof was no hill for a painter. For cosmetics, it requires re-painting the whole side or section of the mobile home. Don't shudder: I usually bid around $50 to paint one side of a trailer ($150 for whole exterior with one color, trim is extra). The paint is an industrial waterbase metal primer that runs $40/gallon but I'm getting 450 sq feet per gallon where SW and BM competitors are advertising 250 sf. Any color, including camo if it's a hunting/fishing trailer.

So this writer is looking for 2 things:
1. Independent flatbed owners to store and deliver to crisis site. (Prime was not interested and I wouldn't do business with them anyway, after the way they treated a Native-American friend). Now if I had VETERANS for drivers, it would be excellent.
2. Landlords needing patches. (I will make the poison unobtainable to the kids with an extra sealing/bridging coat) so I can test durability.

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On my paint crews it was standing policy to open the cooler at noon if we were on or ahead of schedule. We can't do the beer thing anymore but I shut the jobsite down at noon if we are on schedule. Does your boss have the authority to do this? Is it reasonable? After I started this practice, I got a few schlock jobs but free-do-overs are part of the offer if my quality isn't there). 'Course, I always had good people.


Well, let's take off and have a productive Thursday. Maybe even get off a little early tomorrow.

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Today is the only day without rain so git yer runnin' around done.
Dog grooming, groceries, ....

Have always been curious about how housewives spend their days. Having been a de facto house husband recently, I found it ain't all chocolate bon bons and soap operas.

The chores take about an hour a day: dishes, litter box/water/cat fool, knock the dust off a few things and vacuum the floors. Monday is laundry day, Wednesday is trash day, and the missus is home on Fridays (so forget anything getting done).
When all's said and done, it's not a bad life if one takes steps to counteract the boredom. Kids would fix that real fast. For the writer, though, there's part-time painting, doing this column, and doing some cosmetic tasks for our house, as well as making jewlery and developing new faux.

So today is all about creating small streams of income.

There are a few salient factors we must account: What CAN one do, physically? A housewife is not a good candidate for the lead brush hogger.
Most guys go out and bring in a little money. Think they know how to handle it? Not a clue. Besides: have you noticed? There is a definite trend for the lady of the house to be the chief breadwinner. Not only are the ranks of company officers increasingly dominated by women (who run much better office politics), but there is also an increasing presence in retail, pro outside sales, and to a lesser extent, the blue collar trades.

These days, if a woman is at home, it is either disability or her choice. (There are other reasons, also, most of them specious).
The days of single-income families are almost gone. The traditional roles of men as hunter-gatherers and women as child-protectors and farmers are pretty much gone, thanks to corporania and the IRS. Most corporations won't admit that women are more malleable in supervised roles. They are far less pain-in-the-ass and less expensive to manage. Attendance is not as good among women, but it is acceptable in light of the fact that most of them do what they are told without wasting a bunch of management time. Admittedly, that is a late 70's and early 80's view because this writer has avoided corporations like the plague after having gotten fired for doing too good a job. Sure hope corporate featherbedding is waning, and I'd rather see a competent female than an unmotivated male making my paint.

Back to the main point: What are those small streams of income? How does one do them?
First of all, if you are asking those questions at this point, I'm surprised you can read this column.
YOU know what you can do. As the partner of the breadwinner, the first thing you do is support the main bacon-bringer. Right after that you look around their operation for ways to make money. If your other is self-employed, it's fairly easy. If they work for a company that does gov't contracting, forget it and go do your own thing. Those companies can never allow work (and thus data) out of their control.

So what's your thing? It can be OEM on a small scale. There is a whole industry built up around folks who do "crafts". That industry mostly preys on crafters without providing an outlet for their goods, so looking for anything but sales is usually pointless. BUT you can support other industries and make a few bucks. If you are going to make, mine, gather, or purchase tangibles, you need an outlet. Enter the flea markets and consignment shops. Both of those approaches have become almost untenable because of steep booth rents, which discourage newcomers by not letting them make a small profit, so negotiate your booth rent carefully. A 10x10 should go for $50/month plus 5% of your gross sales. Any higher than that and you are getting ripped.

If you wanna go whole hog: get a 10x10 EZ Up ($350 with sides), pay Springfield for a $10 mobile vendor license, then set up a colorful retail display noticeable from the middle lane of Glenstone. You need permission from the lot's business owner, but that is usually forthcoming if you are going to increase their walk-in traffic. Sometimes they want to get greedier and charge a nominal fee like $5 or $10 plus a percentage of your sales. RUN. Those people will eventually ruin your set-up and THEY DON'T CARE. Someone listed a 20% cut of your sales. Maybe they are just cynical, hoping for 10% (which is still too high because they don't have raw materials or transportation invested). That would fit the Springfield commercial attitudes. This painter has never seen such a variety of rip-off schemes. Big cities are not even this bad. Every chiseler and charlatan from miles around must come here to feed on the immigrants. One thing, though. If you set up, be honest. Pay the lot owner anything you contract for. Don't rip off the public - in addition to being extremely short-sighted, you might sell to someone like me who will come back and get in your face for substandard goods.

If you like the EZ Up idea, write in and I'll share security tips.

The next area to look at is services. This painter is qualified to speak on that subject. You would be amazed at the number of parvenues here who made their money by cheating. They assume you must do the same thing, so they plan and lay financial traps for you. I've gotten to the point of refusing almost 50% of my inquiries because something alerted my bs sniffer. I won't even go to Bentwater or Fremont Hills any more. So if you render a service, be very careful about to whom or you'll get stiffed. And you cannot easily recover service already provided. For tradesmen, it is not only homeowners, but also most general contractors and real estate people will rip you blind and discard you. I am 6 for 7 in small claims courts, but it is apparent in larger cities that those judges are for sale. Since Huey Long would be proud of Springfield, there's no reason to think the same does not apply here.

A side note here: A judge in one of my cases in Mpls hinted that $75 cash would probably make my suit go smoother. Think the FBI was interested? No way. Also recently tried to turn in a doctor who is cheating VA. Think the FBI was interested? No way. They told me to go to VA Inspector General (who also turned a deaf ear). The point I'm making is that we have no representation against crooks at the Federal level. That being the case, why would you pay Federal taxes on goods that the Federal gov't had absolutely no contribution to? This used to be called taxation without representation. Locally, you can avoid MO taxes by selling in a neighboring state, or on a reservation where the state of MO has no jurisdiction without a felony commission.

DO NOT accept credit cards. You are selling your customers into financial indenture: a great payback for buying your product or service, 'ay? Besides, their cost is too high (7%?!!). Better to take personal checks you can chase when they bounce cuz those credit card companies are super-lazy about challenges. PayPal isn't much better as a fiduciary, but they are a viable alternative to credit/debit cards. Banks will cheat you at every turn if they are allowed, and besides, putting your money in the bank is an announcement that you have it these days. Any sharp operator can check your balance, they are not protected as they should be. Since deregulation, banks have converted back to a strictly pecuniary base. Now they WILL tie you up on the railroad tracks and walk away. Once they have your money, you will never get all of it back.

SO: the conclusion is that small is beautiful, try to keep from reporting egg money, and stay straight with your customers - they are the base of your income.
Oh yeah: one last point. Do not buy insurance. A recent check on my contractor's liability and bodily injury claims disclosed that they paid less than 40% of their claims; and there is a law in Missouri that if an insurance company denies your claim, you are still responsible for damages. There are no usury laws in Missouri, either, and this is not a "loser pays" state so you can bring frivolous litigation against anyone you want with small risk, just as harassment. Unlike most other states, Missouri will not help you recover losses. The Attorney General does not issue writs of replevin, or even let a small business owner garnish wages after judgment.

I find this an impossible climate to do straight business in. I will not re-license this coming year, and apologize to all prospective customers for leaving you to the mercy of the gypsies.

However, I am gonna sell jewelry in OK, and continue surface mining in AR, and maybe see if I can't do something about the sorry paint stores here who contribute to the problem when they could be part of the solution. Your best bets for a square deal are Porter on Lark (cash only - they keep sloppy books) and Glidden on Sunshine. Shirley Williams comes in a distant third because of quality control problems at home. (I can't imagine how they might have made their minority employees angry enough to pee in the paint). They have a tendency to ignore complaints unless you are a 20k/year customer. You will not have to deal with an account rep. The one on St Louis has a tendency to manipulate contractors for his own laziness and convenience.

Did you know Kwal is made in Mexico? Allied (except for Rick in Nixa) has always given me extremely poor service. At wallyworld the quality is very low in a way that will not be immediately apparent to DIY. Write in for additives to this paint. I can longer speak objectively about Seminole, the HQ for the good ol boys here. They act like they are doing you a favor by selling you paint. Did you know that the hardware store in Marshfield carries B. Moore? The hardware store on AA or C, just north of town and east of 65, was grandfathered in for Valspar, and they carry the 1400 series waterbases that leave American Traditions in the dust for quality.
I do not paint cars very often, and get my coatings on-line when I do (I like the old Ditzler).

Sorry, advice turned into something else, but y'all got some useful information. As far as creating small streams of income: the fewer people who handle your product, the more you will make. Try to get your stuff into the hands of the end consumer directly.

OK! May your Wednesday be so good it reminds you of happy childhood days.
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Doors oughta be dry and set, but a few more hours is not going to hurt a thing. We should be getting depth of color on this round but we won't force anything. Probably Thursday will mark the start of the 2d color. Because this is a steel door, with no hard lines on the embossing, we will tape off the outside of each rectangle and then wet-blend the first color into the second along the edges while filling each "plant" with pure 2d color.

Also starting a job today where the photofinish panelling will be gesso'd and grounded, Final decision hasn't been made about colors, but it will be a fresco application. Inexpensive panelling will hold 1/8" to ¼ " of mud with no weight considerations, so we might even get to play with clears and semi-crystals to enhance the vertical lines instead of defeat them.

So much for painting.

How's hunting folks? MDC says 50% over last year for deer.
Turkeys are always hard to hunt, they are much smarter than their domestic counterparts. With all the wet, sound will not be as large a factor as motion. Maybe capturing one for a photo shoot would be fun. Should a live turkey be delivered to Boy's and Girl's Home?

Did you know that most edible roadkill used to be expedited to orphanages? It doesn't sound kosher, but freshly killed protein is always a treat where the writer comes from. Now, of course, you need a police report for the insurance companies, and just delaying that hour or so can make the meat unpalatable.

Fishing? Only if you are hardcore and mildly masochistic about fishing: the muskie will be running full strength on their pre-dormancy feed. You might also get the odd crappie with very small minnows way deep at the thermocline.

Did anyone catch the 25 cent sale at DAV on Glenstone? There's evidently some guy who thinks it's ok to grab a large pile of clothing (preventing access by everyone else) while he sorts. Think the clothes get put back on the rack? This guy must be a real horse's pattootie. Should we have some fun next weekend? This ol' paratrooper loves to deliver woodshed lectures to bullies.
Maybe just enough provocative patrolling to make him hit me first, and draw blood. That way assault charges could be preferred after having mounted a lively "defense".

Gardening: Anyone doing legal hydroponics?

SitRep on flea markets: SRTS. (situation remains the same). Someone needs to get off their butt and do something special for a booth.

Mater of fact: we will now open nominations for best booth in Springfield. Booth can be in any fleamarket that has a sign on its front door saying "flea market". Thrift shops are not eligible for this one.
Nominate by sending a digital photo and the address of the market. You may send a written description and booth # instead of pic. This poll will run for 3 days and the winner will be announced in this column on Friday.
Flea market owners may nominate.

Well, that's about it for today. Anyone want to see a special topic researched (non-political, please). If it has public merit the writer will be glad to go dig some stuff up for it.

Hope your Tuesday is so good you get a raise today.
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Will have to set up worklights today. Congrats to y'all underneath that flourescent lighting. You a framer? Hardcore, dude. It's 0914 and most of y'all are on your third cup.

Anybody look at the radar? The clear areas are most probably the jet stream and it's pretty early to have it as far south as Mexico. Uh oh. Hope that's wrong.

Last time conditions were like this was the Halloween Blizzard of '93. Was working nights on a nail salon and OD green was popular then (yecch). Finished a little after midnight. Had a vehicle with a clutch, the temp dropped so fast that pushing in the pedal yielded an ominous pop. Cluch cable busted. Commo hadn't collapsed yet so got a ride from girlfriend. But this was Mpls. Took 3 days but no fines to recover the beater.

Alberta Clippers come through here about every 3 to 5 years. They usually carry a boatload of wet snow or sleet, followed by the bottom dropping out on temps. Ice storms. Stay tuned.

So: all you folks out on the road for a living, most of you have enough common sense to duck.

Back to these worklights: they suck. If one is applying a color or effect, the quality of halogen heats it up quite a bit. So it winds up getting turned off for color checks (especially with a taupe or a buff on a cloudy day) frequently. Has anyone successfully changed a bulb in a cheap halogen worklight? Yours truly, on a good day, might get one in three to work. And that's slowing down enough to handle the bulb with a fresh rag.

On the other hand, they are awesome for working with glosses and textures, including super-smooth. That makes them pretty good for blading.

We played around with different lighting schemes several years ago. Flourescent, Gro-lux, incandescent, and the then new "reveel" bulbs. Everything throws something off. Combinatin' just multiplied instead of factoring out. Tried to do some ambient light magnification but that got expensive real quick. Best we've found so far is inexpensive blue-blockers in halogen. 's good for everything to the 4th chip down on a color deck, or 4th level of color density if you will.

'nuff painter talk. What color is your work environment?

Blues and greens pacify. Jails are usually some kind of institutional green, a boring but calming sage. High ticket closing sites are usually monochromatic blues and chrome.

Reds and oranges excite, although the wrong shades will be more irritant than focused alertness.

Commercial attention-getters are blue/red and yellow/black combinations, because the human eye can't see both at the same time, so the edges blur.

Now we get to the yellows. It gets tricky here because we see in daylight colors (red, blue, yellow). As a matter of economy, paint manufacturers will tint in their own scale, usually magenta, cyan, and yellow. Please to note that yellow is a standard in both color systems. How that yellow acts in different lighting is the key to keeping color true. As luck would have it, yellow is the "thinnest" color so it takes more yellow colorant to "overcome" any other color.

The actual application of all these principles in your office is specious at most. The cheapest white latex they could find is usually the order of the day. You'd think they'd get an extra 2 or 3 percent work from y'all so they'd put a nice finish in. Most of the time its: "make sure you are cleaned up and out of here by 6:00 a.m. How can I get my bill reduced?" Geez.
Well, this is starting to get long and some of you just ain't interested. Save this column, though. This type of info comes in handy later.

May you have a Monday so good that when you get home, you didn't feel a thing.



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But ya know what? Came across an old list, which was for those Mpls -30F actual (not wind chill) days. They could be life-threatening if you didn't take care of business.

This list assumes the possiblity of a power failure. It also allows for the fact that sooner or later you have to get on the roads and drive.

1. Candles keep a lookout all year for good deals and stash.
2. Flashlights with at least 2 sets of back-up batteries and light bulbs for the good ones.
3. Extra blankets, also in the car
4. Railroad flares
5. Food and munchies that do not require cooking or refrigeration
6. Matches in the bathroom 'cuz the exhaust fan ain't gonna work.
7. Extra dry socks and underwear. Was behind on laundry when the power went down once and did not like it.
8. If possible, a back-up heat source.
9. Buckets and bottles of water.
10. Warm clothing.
11. Provide for the pets.

So we don't have it so bad. Worst winter thing around here is some of the drivers. There were two kinds of drivers in Minnesnowta: Those that couldn't drive on ice, and those that thought they could.
On some of the two lane asphalt, especially on a Winter morning, the traction is unpredictable. And PLEASE do not gun your engine at stop signs when there is a possibility of ice.

Also onnacounta we're probly gonna get more ice, as backlash from global warming, be aware that ABS brakes are dangerous to those of us who learned how to pump brakes to stop. Anti-lock Brake Systems will not let you do that, so plan your stops well ahead of a stale green and you won't go sailing through the intersection.

Here comes Halloween. Reckon the candy is a bad idea. Check out local church stuff, city park stuff, and probly the "Y" for kid activities on the eve. We must be lucky 'cuz of no soaped windows or bags on the porch stuff. Thought it was everywhere. Let's hear it for motion detectors.

Looks like Friday finally got here. Wishing y'all a good day would be redundant.

]]> 2009-10-23T08:46:29-05:00 en-us Copyright © 2009 craigslist, inc. http://springfield.craigslist.org/com/1434015855.html text 2009-10-23T08:46:29-05:00 http://springfield.craigslist.org/com/1433934924.html KSWM 940 AM Aurora station:
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Partners, workers, singers, musicians are invited to participate.

WIll consider renting or selling the church building:
Monthly rent at $2500. Sale price $150,000.

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not bad at all for hump day: High of 70, and when it starts raining it won't quit for a few days. Tropical Storm Rick came ashore in Mexico yesterday. It was probly a problem until it tried to cross the very cold Humboldt current. We will get the spinoff later today, about dusk.

Good day to wrap up exteriors. Interior work is unaffected except for fine oilbase enamelling. It's too humid-add in a tablespoon of lacquer thinner or naphtha to your cut bucket and stir about every 20 minutes or so.

Hunting: the animals might not be going to ground until late afternnoon and they'll be on their fall feed-up. Try access trails to food patches until 10 am, then skirt those feeding places. City hunter? Please be a little extra cautious cuz the blowing semi-bare brush can fool the eye easily. Make sure of your target before you take the safety off. Animal move off too quickly? Gee. Too bad. Get off your butt and practice your woods and tracking skills.

If you think you can shoot another hunter and get away with it, because the law will deem it an accident, the victim's relatives might not take it so kindly. "Accident" might be a legal dodge, but it is far outside the hunters' code. (The writer never said he didn't know HOW to hunt).

Armament: On a day with 20 or 30 mph crosswinds, the writer would choose a heavier grain round. A 270 or a shotgun just won't cut it today unless you can sneak up on a deer. If you can do that, how come you are not on the managed bowhunt hunt at Fellows?

Well, it's time or a little past for the field burnings in Brown County, Indiana. The county is the home of IU (of Bobby Knight notoriety) and those fields were hemp plantations during the civil war and as late as the Korean War. Nobody told the plants to stop surviving. Every fall they must burn off acres and acres to prevent the illegal harvesting. Everyone grabs a picnic and a bottle of Boone's Farm and sits downwind. It was kinda like Woodstock musta been.

Do y'all know about the Fiddlers' Convention in N. Carolina? It is attended every year by such luminaries as Neil Young and YoYo Ma. The writer proposes that we start an annual Drum contest here.
We have a substantial population of Native Americans, who might know a thing or two about drumming. We could attract a major drum-maker to move production here. We could start stands of Swamp Oak. If we do it here, we avoid the Branson Snarl for professional musicians.
Somebody said "What's this WE white man?" Are you a drummer? Wanna play? Write in, the author will maintain coordination until it's on its feet.

Jobs for Vets: Have finally caught up with intake. This is a no-cost program for employers. We pre-screen your applicants to your qualifications, and most vets are eligible for subsidies if you have actual employment to offer, and we will help with the initial paperwork. If you work in any of several industries that cannot or do not offer employment as much as "work", we have experienced tradespeople and mechanics.
If you are a scam artist, you might think twice about utilizing this service. How would you like to have an angry Green Beret or SEAL on your butt? You can run but you can't hide. Vets: the service is free until you actually have income. You will also be invited to join a non-traditional social vets org. This is open to USAR and NG vets as well. A 214 is your qualification (regardless of discharge type).
The writer was a remington raider with the 82d, and built small operational teams.

Well, time to hit it. Can you have an extra cup of coffee this morning?
By the way, is music allowed on your jobsite or office? It is de rigeur for tradespeople and makes the day go so much better.

Hope your Wednesday is so good that you just drive home casually this evening.

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Riverview Antique Center
1009 W Jackson St, Ozark, MO

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Today's column is about the different pet rescue operations around here.
If anyone is aware of a rescue operation that does not charge "adoption fees" other than spaying and shots, please mail in.

We are discussing a "United Weigh" type of approach after the incident with some low rent people throwing the pit bull and the Newfy mix off of an overpass recently.
We have already decided to not fund any operation with national ties. When the writer joined a social fraternity almost 2/3ds of any monies we raised went to the national chapter (for "bookkeeping").
Besides, it is common knowledge among groomers and vets that almost every pet that goes out of some organizations for adoption has some sort of ailment, usually kennel cough among other things.
It's too bad Bob Barker discontinued funding for the Humane Society here. We're guessing that is either the reason or the result of insufficient care of too many animals.

After all participants are identified, we will have a sit-down and talk about how to proceed. Seeking funding during a depression and human health care "reform" is chancy at best.
The following rescue points were taken from "TAME" magazine, published here in town as a glossy for pet industry advertisers.

All Creatures Animal Rescue PO box in Bolivar (417) 345-5002
Boxer/Schnauzer Rescue of the Ozarks in Republic www.bsro.petfinder.org
Canines N' Cats Adoption Station 2012 W. Garton Rd in Ozark (417) 581-5088
C.A.R.E. Adoption Center 1328-A W. Sunshine here in town. (417)875-6565
Greyhound Pets of America
PO Box in Spfld (417) 883-8156
Home for Life Cat Sanctuary (417) 733-4608
Killuminatati Foundation 4812 N. 11th St. Ozark www.thekilluminatifoundation.org
Kitty Rehab and Critter Cradle Animal Sanctuary (417) 859-2481 www.hallhaven.org
Pet Connection (417)823-7387 www.thepetconnection.org

the Southwest Missouri Humane Society is at 3161 Norton Rd in town, (417) 833-2526
Dropping an animal by here is still way better than a trip off the bridge.

Did you know most Veterinary clinics keep one or two animals for adoption? They WILL have shots and neuter, and be a "pick" for whatever reason.

Some other contacts that might be handy are:
ASPCA: 424 E. 92d St NY, NY 10128
Emergency Vet Clinic of SW MO: 400 S. Glenstone (417) 890-1600
Animal Poison Control (888) 426-4435

Please send in any other rescue points (Joplin? Branson? Blue Eye?).

As soon as this list is stabilized and backgrounds are checked, the writer will "secret shop" these organizations to make sure none of them are scams. Invitations to join a loose organization and fundraising could happen after that. Backgrounding will be reported in this column if it can be substantiated.

If you have cats or climbing dogs that are not declawed, you can have formica on some sills for $10 ea plus cost of laminate. (Sills with complex profile or bevelled edges are slightly higher).


If you have experience in pet adoption here, please write in and tell us, whether it be negative, positive, or neither. The community poll will have an effect on selection of orgs to help. Beware: the bs sniffer is ON.

Isn't this great? We have real genuine freedom of the press in Craigslist! We can use proper names and say less than positive things about people without getting sued or a lecture from some editor that thinks he knows what is best for everyone in town. The writer was taught growing up that if you don't have something good to say about someone, you keep your mouth shut. The line is drawn at corruption and whistle-blowing. If we see it, and could prove it, we will print it.
This happy situation relieves the necessity for spin doctoring (a common practice for newspapers that editorialize on the front page).

Well, it's gonna hit 60 pretty soon, and about an hour later my metal doors will be warm enough to paint.
By the way, speaking of honesty in print, we do not accept money for mention or advertising in this column, nor do we use it for commercial re-contact. If you communicate with us, you will find our replies more social than business. (Unless you mention that you need some painting done, then Look Out.)

If you would like a topic or sector researched, just write in. Please be aware that the writer does not get along very well with some types of bureaucraps.

Well, it sure is lookin' good out there. Better get cookin.
YOU! Have a Tuesday so good that it makes you like your work.



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Excellent day for any oilbase, and will be a good day for waterbases after it hits 55F.

They say the deer "harvest" is going well. This hat's off to the bowhunters in Suburban areas. It takes more nerve than most have, to eat something when you don't what it's been eating. Trim the fat off those does, folks. You know where dioxin likes to live.

Anyone starting a physical regimen? Fall is the ideal time. It's cool enough that you don't sweat like a SEAL in Africa. The return of cool weather sparks our metabolism a bit, so this is the least amount of motivation it takes all year. Hey YO! Don't forget to stretch. 55F can cause some cramps that get real serious about hurting if you don't warm up.

Older or time restricted? Just a walk in this magnificent weather will do ya good. When's the last time you held hands with your wife, walking around the block?

Etiquette for Walking:
If you see a one-armed guy up on the ladder doing something, please don't wave. (If he set that ladder with one arm, you probly don't wanna mess with him anyway).
Know the difference between ducks, which rarely attack; and swans and geese, which frequently do.
If you are a city person recently located here, those people aren't crazy, they're just saying hi! It's OK here.
If you are downtown or near the courthouses, watch out for the Alpha males. Some of those guys are ruder n' heck.
Old ladies in grocery stores can be bullies too. Watch out for the cart on the achilles tendon trick.

While you are out walking, keep an eye out for animals you don't know. Are you from California? The squirrels here really ARE red! The writer has heard some horrendous stories about overly-aggressive fox squirrels in the Ozarks. Has anyone else heard these?

IO IO so off to work I go.
Y'all have a Monday so good, it reminds you of your best Birthday.
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