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Join me this week on Wizard of iPhone Speaks while I discuss the latest from UPS -- They are going electric -- it's time to sell you UPS stock (if you had any), FYI/They are the second largest privately held corporation in America.
Also two late entries to Tuba Christmas -- Knoxville, TN -- Nov 29th Ebenezer Church & Huntsville, AL., Dec 14, 3:30 -- First Baptist Church. -- (If you love Tuba Christmas -- this one is special). -- Remember it ain't Christmas till Tuba Christmas says it's Christmas.

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“New Yorkers Desperate for REI Loo” Headline WSJ weekend edition 10 - 18/19 (20-25) page A/1 & p A/10.
Let me begin by reminding my listeners that I lived in Manhattan for 18 months. My first job was with the American Thread Company, located at 260 West Broadway. That’s so far downtown; REI in SoHo is actually uptown!

FYI/I looked in at Apple Maps and found that REI is also east of The Bowery, not exactly the most fashionable address in Manhattan.

As an aside, Apple Maps tells me that NYC has an “emergency” expedited passport office, which I guess is necessary in a “sanctuary city”, for illegals to become legal, but I digress.

Opening & closing music courtesy of a street musician -- Yes, I compensated him for use.
Trump Lands in More Hot Water,💦 (again), but no one really knows why, so put down your phone 📱 for a minute while I explain
James Madison (4th president) whitewashed the charred limestone to cover the soot-stained exterior and added architectural features to the north and south facade. Commonly called a portico.

Here’s where it all goes wrong — It’s not a portico at all, it’s a coach mar … or that’s French for carriage entrance.

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First, we'll dive into our initial topic:

1609 Project Busted, titled "There’s a thin line here somewhere."
Followed by
Miss Cornwall would have a 🐄 cow. The second-grade day explanation of the October “supermoon”
Join me on Wizard of iPhone next Monday when I tell you more about the world's first government contractor —

Christopher Columbus and how Oliver Stone got it wrong again!

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Join me on Monday when I explain the facts of voter identification to a News Channel Two democrat dimwit.
Here’s what Webster has to say:
“Pidgin supposed Chinese pronunciation of business. A mixed language uses words from one language and simplified grammar of another.”
P/480 Webster’s New Dictionary & Thesaurus
On the other hand, we have Lingua Franca, a technical term used to describe the ascendancy of French as the language of diplomacy in the 16/17/18 century.
The ascendancy of the French language in diplomacy continued until the establishment of the League of Nations or Société des Nations (Fr).
The United Nations (organization) skirted the language issue by establishing the Five Office Languages: Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, and Arabic, have were added later.
When in session, the General Assembly (or Security Council) uses simultaneous translators to translate the speakers in each of the six languages recognized.

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July/3, I got my instant ink bill from HP (June activity). I went 10 pages over my plan, and my bill was twice as high.
I decided to cancel Instant Ink and visited HP’s website. You have to do it by telephone — no two-click service here.
Here’s what I found out — first, they encourage you to “upgrade your plan”
I selected cancel, now they want the printer model number (this is a stall tactic). I suggested they look it up because I have only a single unit.
At any rate, I learned two things:

First cancellation is effective in August — I’m already into the July billing cycle, when I received my bill.

Second, I have to replace the cartridges in my printer after August 1st — they will no longer work.

Based on my experience with HP cartridges, I can expect six to eight months of service, which means a $38 cartridge is costing me about $8.50 per month vs the $9.25 in July.

Here’s a little hint for HP users — write the date of cartridge installation on the label with a Sharpie. Record the date taken out of service in a blank check register. That will track your usage.

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Heard on iHeart Radio, Nashville, Tennessee, more low-information weather forecasting. Here’s the offending phrase…
“Sunlight today will cause thunderstorms…”
“Sorry, Charlie StarKist wants tuna to taste good, not tuna with good taste….”
Sunlight does not heat the air, it’s transparent. What we call temperature is an illusion.
Sunlight heats the ground we walk on, which reflects into the air above, and that’s the temperature that we measure.
As the sun rises higher in the sky above us, more heat is reflected from the Earth. That’s why a sunny day in December is still cold; the sunlight is at a low angle relative to the Earth (ground) below.

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In this episode, Bill tells me about The Big Club, as Precision Spade is now called, by those who use it…

This interview was recorded live via iPhone at Vanderbilt Bridge Club and has been lightly edited — William is an engaging speaker, and it’s in my plan for us to hear from him again…
Join me later this week, when I explain the facts of life in 21st Century America to the publisher of Poets & Writers….
Here’s my title:
“There’s no Crying in Baseball … There’s no Crying in Baseball” —
I’m sure you recognize Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own…
In the opinion of this writer, probably the best baseball movie of this or any other era…