On Sunday, May 27, 2018 at 2:04:18 PM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
> you do know when you reply to him about these kind of postings that he
> is probably playing with himself and you are participating?
> Janet US

Oh! Now it's all making a lot more sense.

jmcquown wrote:
> On 5/27/2018 4:22 PM, wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 May 2018 05:30:11 +1000, Bruce >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 27 May 2018 15:13:30 -0400, wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 28 May 2018 04:18:53 +1000, Bruce >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I don't care what anybody here drinks, but your posts can be so crude,
>>>>> offensive and outrageous, that you automatically have to wonder.
>>>>
>>>> If that's how you feel you are within your rights to killfile me...
>>>> naturally you won't or RFC would lose its entertainment factor for you
>>>
>>> I don't have anyone killfiled, except the Boner Troll when his hatred
>>> becomes too repetitive. And just because you don't have someone
>>> killfiled, doesn't mean you have to read everything they write, right?
>>>
>>>> ... and since you don't cook my provocative posts are all you are
>>>> capable of gleaning from RFC.
>>>
>>> Maybe I should post a picture of the Moroccan preserved lemons I just
>>> made. I don't know if that qualifies as cooking though. There's no
>>> heat involved. And I made hummus the other day and am about to make it
>>> again. Also no heat though.
>>
>> It's about rec.FOOD.cooking so it qualifies... and acidifying is
>> indeed a form of cooking, same as pickling/fermenting. Go ahead and
>> post your pictures, but that doesn't necessarily let you off the hook
>> unless you actually did the prep yourself and not just something you
>> bought in a container or lifted a pic off the net as so many here do,
>
> How do you know this?
>
>> some have the unmittigated gall to post an URL from a store ad and say
>> that's my stove.
>
> Prove it.
>
>> To be perfectly honest some of the women who posted here
>> some twenty years ago would send me nudies of themselves, I ain't
>> saying who... every few days one gal would set her nekid crotch on a
>> scanner and send me the image. The net was new then, I suppose they
>> found it tittilating.
>>
> Oh pulleeze.
>
> Jill

He'll end up calling you a liar and a faggot.

And you'll fall for it again tomorrow

On Sunday, May 27, 2018 at 7:04:18 PM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
> On Sun, 27 May 2018 19:30:47 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
> >Show us proof of the lonely middle-aged women who were so very hot for
> >you when you were delivering their newspapers. No pics, didn't happen.
> >
> >Jill
>
> you do know when you reply to him about these kind of postings that he
> is probably playing with himself and you are participating?
> Janet US
>
>
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

On Sun, 27 May 2018 18:04:09 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On Sun, 27 May 2018 19:30:47 -0400, jmcquown >
>wrote:
>
>>On 5/27/2018 12:06 PM, wrote:
>>> On Sun, 27 May 2018 10:50:46 -0400, Dave Smith
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2018-05-26 10:48 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>>>> "Bruce" > wrote in message
>>>>
>>>>>> Aha, the story changed completely. Now you do drink. Your truth is
>>>>>> very flexible!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, when he called me an alcoholic, he said he hadn't had a drink in 10
>>>>> years, now we have "doesn't affect my thinking" as well as "I only drink
>>>>> at home." LMAO
>>>>
>>>> Sheldon is quick to accuse people of lying. I have long contended that
>>>> the reason people like him do so is that they lie so much themselves
>>>> that they just assume that everyone else does too.
>>>
>>> That's the same rationale as telling someone who posted something they
>>> don't like as saying they're drunk. As far as I'm concerned until you
>>> show proof of your outrageous barroom claims you are a lying braggart.
>>>
>>Show us proof of the lonely middle-aged women who were so very hot for
>>you when you were delivering their newspapers. No pics, didn't happen.
>>
>>Jill
>
>you do know when you reply to him about these kind of postings that he
>is probably playing with himself and you are participating?
>Janet US

You're an ignoranus... I was 14 years old delivering newspapers
and there were no computers... what a moroon you are.
Jill is a lonely old woman who got ****ed when I told her I was
happily married and I refused to **** her. Now she lives all alone on
a lonely island with her box wine for company. And she has no SO,
that was her fantasy vibrater.

> wrote in message
...
>I meant to say I've never driven when drunk.


I know, I was just joshing you.

Cheri

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/27/2018 4:22 PM, wrote:

>> To be perfectly honest some of the women who posted here
>> some twenty years ago would send me nudies of themselves, I ain't
>> saying who... every few days one gal would set her nekid crotch on a
>> scanner and send me the image. The net was new then, I suppose they
>> found it tittilating.
>>
> Oh pulleeze.
>
> Jill


Without pictures we know it didn't happen.

Cheri

On Sun, 27 May 2018 22:53:43 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>> On 5/27/2018 4:22 PM, wrote:
>
>>> To be perfectly honest some of the women who posted here
>>> some twenty years ago would send me nudies of themselves, I ain't
>>> saying who... every few days one gal would set her nekid crotch on a
>>> scanner and send me the image. The net was new then, I suppose they
>>> found it tittilating.
>>>
>> Oh pulleeze.
>>
>> Jill
>
>
>Without pictures we know it didn't happen.

Careful what you wish for.

I hope I can get more steel reserve HG tomorrow, it's not easy to find here.

wrote:
>
> I hope I can get more steel reserve HG tomorrow, it's not easy to find here.

That's because your local bums grab up all that cheap beer.
If you want strong beer, try Ice beer.

If anyone but me drinks steel reserve it must be women. I did drink milwaukee's best ice.

In article >,
dsi1 > wrote:

> My wife's mom was in a car that was driven by a drunk person. Heck, she could
> have been driving. My guess is that everybody in the car was drunk. Back in
> those days, the designated driver was the person that was still able to get
> the keys in the ignition. Anyway, there was my wife's mom, one other married
> guy, and a married couple in the car - when they drove off a cliff.
>
> This was in Montana back in the late 50's. They had big families back then
> so, near as I can figure, the number of kids that lost a parent or both
> parents approached 20. The rest is history - very likely of the worst kind.

I drove from SW to NE Montana in the late sixties with my father. West
Yellowstone through Billings and Miles City into Williston, ND was the
route. Everywhere along there, the state posted crosses wherever
someone had died. If many had, there were that number of crosses at the
point that the accident occurred. I'll never forget them.
That type of reminder is no longer politically correct.

leo

On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 9:51:32 PM UTC-5, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>
> I drove from SW to NE Montana in the late sixties with my father. West
> Yellowstone through Billings and Miles City into Williston, ND was the
> route. Everywhere along there, the state posted crosses wherever
> someone had died. If many had, there were that number of crosses at the
> point that the accident occurred. I'll never forget them.
> That type of reminder is no longer politically correct.
>
> leo
>
>
I see those crosses around here all the time. Politically correct??
Was that meant as a joke?

On 2018-05-28 11:13 PM, wrote:
> On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 9:51:32 PM UTC-5, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>>
>> I drove from SW to NE Montana in the late sixties with my father. West
>> Yellowstone through Billings and Miles City into Williston, ND was the
>> route. Everywhere along there, the state posted crosses wherever
>> someone had died. If many had, there were that number of crosses at the
>> point that the accident occurred. I'll never forget them.
>> That type of reminder is no longer politically correct.
>>
>> leo
>>
>>
> I see those crosses around here all the time. Politically correct??
> Was that meant as a joke?
>


There are a number of crosses and mini shrines at the locations of
fatal crashes. Unfortunately, the tend to be commemorating the victims
of their own misfortune, so they are more like monuments to stupidity.
For instance, a car whose drunk driver missed a gentle turn and hit
another car head on, a couple of incidents where cars travelling at
high speeds rolled on turns, a speeding motorcycle that wiped out on a
curve and slid under a truck, and one whose driver was texting when she
missed the curve and rolled in a ditch.

In article >,
"> wrote:

> I see those crosses around here all the time. Politically correct??
> Was that meant as a joke?

Do you live in Montana? If the signs are still maintained, good for
Montana. Otherwise, what's your point? I really want you to respond, so
I can explain to you what political correctness is in this case with a
few simple phrases. Bring it on!
But bring it on before I go to bed. Otherwise it'll be Thursday or
later before I respond.

leo

On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 10:49:30 PM UTC-5, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>
> In article >,
> "> wrote:
>
> > I see those crosses around here all the time. Politically correct??
> > Was that meant as a joke?
>
> Do you live in Montana? If the signs are still maintained, good for
> Montana. Otherwise, what's your point?
>
I'd like to know your point that you find crosses on the side of the
road not 'politically correct.' Why do they bother you?
>
> I really want you to respond, so
> I can explain to you what political correctness is in this case with a
> few simple phrases. Bring it on!
>
What are you so ****ed about concerning crosses?
>
> But bring it on before I go to bed. Otherwise it'll be Thursday or
> later before I respond.
>
> leo
>
Get it off your chest.

On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 10:31:26 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> There are a number of crosses and mini shrines at the locations of
> fatal crashes. Unfortunately, the tend to be commemorating the victims
> of their own misfortune, so they are more like monuments to stupidity.
>
>
Several years ago I was coming home from work one Sunday morning about
1:00 a.m. Along a stretch of a parkway I was on were a half dozen or
more police cars investigating a shoot out between a couple of officers
and a 25 year old dope dealer with a BRICK of cocaine in his vehicle.

Oh, the family was furious that this poor 25 year old dope dealer with
EIGHT (8) children with several different women and not a wife amongst
any of them was gunned down after trying to shoot it out with officers.
I can remember it like it was yesterday his aunty getting on TV and
whining how this 'child' (her exact words) was gunned down, just gunned
down.

For several years they placed flowers where the polyp was killed in his
memory. Every time I would see those flowers I thought that's the price
you pay for being a dunce.

On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 4:51:32 PM UTC-10, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>
> I drove from SW to NE Montana in the late sixties with my father. West
> Yellowstone through Billings and Miles City into Williston, ND was the
> route. Everywhere along there, the state posted crosses wherever
> someone had died. If many had, there were that number of crosses at the
> point that the accident occurred. I'll never forget them.
> That type of reminder is no longer politically correct.
>
> leo

Around here, the families and friends will create roadside memorials where loved one has died. There's far too many scattered around the roads. I suppose that they remind people to be careful on certain roads.

The locals will also put memorials on the rear window of trucks. This type of thing is also done in the Mexican culture. I can't say how that connection between Hawaii and Mexico came about.

In article >,
"> wrote:

> On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 10:49:30 PM UTC-5, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

> > Do you live in Montana? If the signs are still maintained, good for
> > Montana. Otherwise, what's your point?
> >
> I'd like to know your point that you find crosses on the side of the
> road not 'politically correct.' Why do they bother you?

You misunderstood me. I find crosses on the side of the road poignant.
I believe that they are constant reminders to drive carefully, and I
hurt for those families that the crosses constantly remind.
Here is the politically correct argument. Crosses offend Muslims,
Hebrews, Buddhists, Taoists, Hindus, Atheists, Animists and others...
To be offended by a cross as a symbol for everyone else is the
politically correct position.
I don't believe the argument that I just presented, but to be
politically correct, one must.
Hmm...more than a few phrases. I'd still like to know what
state/province/country you live in where crosses on the side of the
road are not bitched about.
Love ya Joan.

leo

In article >,
dsi1 > wrote:

> Around here, the families and friends will create roadside memorials where
> loved one has died. There's far too many scattered around the roads. I
> suppose that they remind people to be careful on certain roads.
>
> The locals will also put memorials on the rear window of trucks. This type of
> thing is also done in the Mexican culture. I can't say how that connection
> between Hawaii and Mexico came about.

Google "Montana roadside memorials" to see what I saw. It was fifty
years ago, but the crosses are well represented. I don't remember the
rods being red. There were a lot of them. Sometimes there was one, but
wait for a curve and see a lot. I've never forgotten the lesson. I
believe they were state sponsored at the time, because they all had a
similar and sturdy theme for a few hundred miles, and every one
represented a soul.

leo

https://wvexplorer.com/attractions/o...ffers-crosses/

On 5/28/2018 10:51 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

> I drove from SW to NE Montana in the late sixties with my father. West
> Yellowstone through Billings and Miles City into Williston, ND was the
> route. Everywhere along there, the state posted crosses wherever
> someone had died. If many had, there were that number of crosses at the
> point that the accident occurred. I'll never forget them.
> That type of reminder is no longer politically correct.
>

I saw a lot of those while driving through Maryland in the late 90s.
No idea if they're still there.

nancy

On Mon, 28 May 2018 21:58:49 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 10:31:26 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> There are a number of crosses and mini shrines at the locations of
>> fatal crashes. Unfortunately, the tend to be commemorating the victims
>> of their own misfortune, so they are more like monuments to stupidity.
>>
>>
>Several years ago I was coming home from work one Sunday morning about
>1:00 a.m. Along a stretch of a parkway I was on were a half dozen or
>more police cars investigating a shoot out between a couple of officers
>and a 25 year old dope dealer with a BRICK of cocaine in his vehicle.
>
>Oh, the family was furious that this poor 25 year old dope dealer with
>EIGHT (8) children with several different women and not a wife amongst
>any of them was gunned down after trying to shoot it out with officers.
>I can remember it like it was yesterday his aunty getting on TV and
>whining how this 'child' (her exact words) was gunned down, just gunned
>down.
>
>For several years they placed flowers where the polyp was killed in his
>memory. Every time I would see those flowers I thought that's the price
>you pay for being a dunce.

I tend to agree with you. I can think of several memorials around
here that are a tribute to stupidity. We also have white painted
bicycles. So you have those?
Janet US

I had to get natty daddy beer.

On 2018-05-28 10:58 PM, wrote:
> On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 10:31:26 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> There are a number of crosses and mini shrines at the locations of
>> fatal crashes. Unfortunately, the tend to be commemorating the victims
>> of their own misfortune, so they are more like monuments to stupidity.
>>
>>
> Several years ago I was coming home from work one Sunday morning about
> 1:00 a.m. Along a stretch of a parkway I was on were a half dozen or
> more police cars investigating a shoot out between a couple of officers
> and a 25 year old dope dealer with a BRICK of cocaine in his vehicle.
>
> Oh, the family was furious that this poor 25 year old dope dealer with
> EIGHT (8) children with several different women and not a wife amongst
> any of them was gunned down after trying to shoot it out with officers.
> I can remember it like it was yesterday his aunty getting on TV and
> whining how this 'child' (her exact words) was gunned down, just gunned
> down.
>
> For several years they placed flowers where the polyp was killed in his
> memory. Every time I would see those flowers I thought that's the price
> you pay for being a dunce.
>
Similar case in London recently where a senior stabbed a gypsy breaking
into his house.

On 2018-05-28 10:49 PM, wrote:
> On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 10:49:30 PM UTC-5, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>>
>> In article >,
>> "> wrote:
>>
>>> I see those crosses around here all the time. Politically correct??
>>> Was that meant as a joke?
>>
>> Do you live in Montana? If the signs are still maintained, good for
>> Montana. Otherwise, what's your point?
>>
> I'd like to know your point that you find crosses on the side of the
> road not 'politically correct.' Why do they bother you?
>>
>> I really want you to respond, so
>> I can explain to you what political correctness is in this case with a
>> few simple phrases. Bring it on!
>>
> What are you so ****ed about concerning crosses?
>>

Bit of a Bronze Age superstition, isn't it?

On 2018-05-29 12:58 AM, wrote:
> On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 10:31:26 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:

> For several years they placed flowers where the polyp was killed in his
> memory. Every time I would see those flowers I thought that's the price
> you pay for being a dunce.

Yep. Another monument to stupidity.

Let me guess. He was a good boy who never did nothing wrong, or the
other classic for cases like this... he was just starting to turn his
life around.

On 2018-05-29 1:02 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 4:51:32 PM UTC-10, Leonard Blaisdell

> Around here, the families and friends will create roadside memorials
> where loved one has died. There's far too many scattered around the
> roads. I suppose that they remind people to be careful on certain
> roads.
>
> The locals will also put memorials on the rear window of trucks. This
> type of thing is also done in the Mexican culture. I can't say how
> that connection between Hawaii and Mexico came about.


There are cemeteries for monuments commemorating the dead. I don't
think that they side of the road is the appropriate place. There are
sometimes innocent victims killed, but in most cases the victim was the
author of their own demise and some people are offended by the little
shrines they set up.

There is one locally that a lot of people resent. A car full of drunks
crossed the centre line on a gentle curve and struck and oncoming
vehicle. The car that was struck was carried two couples who were
returning from the airport and on their way home from vacation. They
were part of a large local family and I know a number of their
relatives. Luckily, their injuries were not too serious.

The drunks OTOH, we all killed. Their vehicle caught fire and they
burned to death. They had been out partying at the casino after having
attended the funeral of the younger brother of one of the newly
deceased. The younger brother had died of a drug overdose. The drugs
that killed him had been supplied by the older, now dead, brother.

Their memorial is offensive to the people in this town because the crash
victimized well known and very popular people, and the guys who caused
it, a bunch of low lives, are being commemorated.

On 2018-05-29 9:38 AM, graham wrote:
> On 2018-05-28 10:58 PM, wrote:
>
>> For several years they placed flowers where the polyp was killed in his
>> memory.Â* Every time I would see those flowers I thought that's the price
>> you pay for being a dunce.
>>
> Similar case in London recently where a senior stabbed a gypsy breaking
> into his house.


There are ongoing tributes up here for a native kid who was shot by a
farmer in a very rural area. The native community is all bent out of
shape over what they think was a racist incident and claimed that they
kid was just looking for help with a flat tire on his vehicle.

There are a few holes in the story. The same vehicle had been reported
to police by a farmer about 20 miles north of there. The complainant
claimed that they had tried to break into his truck. The kids showed
up at the other farm about a half hour later running on three tires and
a rim. One of the witnesses who identified the farmer as the shooter
hadn't really seen the shooting because she was passed out drunk in the
back seat. The driver who was shot turned out to have four times the
legal BAC. As for looking for help for the flat tire.... besides
having driven 20 miles on a flat or on the rim... no one went to the
house to ask for help. One of the passengers got out and went
immediately to an ATV and tried to start it.

To make matters worse, the native community was incensed and demanded
that the shooter be charged with murder. He was certainly guilty of
manslaughter, but not murder. He was also guilty of unsafe storage of
firearms,and was convicted of that. However, he was acquitted of the
murder charge.

Not bad.... get shit faced drunk in the afternoon, drive around looking
for vehicles to steal, and when you get killed committing a crime you
are suddenly a victim of racism.

On 2018-05-29 8:28 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-05-29 9:38 AM, graham wrote:
>> On 2018-05-28 10:58 PM, wrote:
>>
>>> For several years they placed flowers where the polyp was killed in his
>>> memory.Â* Every time I would see those flowers I thought that's the price
>>> you pay for being a dunce.
>>>
>> Similar case in London recently where a senior stabbed a gypsy
>> breaking into his house.
>
>
> There are ongoing tributes up here for a native kid who was shot by a
> farmer in a very rural area. The native community is all bent out of
> shape over what they think was a racist incident and claimed that they
> kid was just looking for help with a flat tire on his vehicle.
>
> There are a few holes in the story.Â* The same vehicle had been reported
> to police by a farmer about 20 miles north of there. The complainant
> claimed that they had tried to break into his truck.Â*Â* The kids showed
> up at the other farm about a half hour later running on three tires and
> a rim.Â* One of the witnesses who identified the farmer as the shooter
> hadn't really seen the shooting because she was passed out drunk in the
> back seat. The driver who was shot turned out to have four times the
> legal BAC.Â*Â* As for looking for help for the flat tire.... besides
> having driven 20 miles on a flat or on the rim... no one went to the
> house to ask for help. One of the passengers got out and went
> immediately to an ATV and tried to start it.
>
> Â*To make matters worse, the native community was incensed and demanded
> that the shooter be charged with murder.Â* He was certainly guilty of
> manslaughter, but not murder.Â* He was also guilty of unsafe storage of
> firearms,and was convicted of that. However, he was acquitted of the
> murder charge.
>
> Not bad.... get shit faced drunk in the afternoon, drive around looking
> for vehicles to steal, and when you get killed committing a crime you
> are suddenly a victim of racism.
>
>
That senior is now living in hiding and his house is boarded up as the
Gypsy community, of which the burglar was a member, has threatened
deadly revenge!!

Janet wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > On 2018-05-20, ImStillMags > wrote:
> >
> > >> Magnesium. If your body is low in magnesium that can be a big
> > >> cause. Take 500 mg of magnesium 3 o 4 times a day for a day or
> > so. >> You'll clean out.
> >
> > As a person who suffered mightily from thrombosed hemorroids, in my
> > youth, I NEVER use laxitives.
> >
> > > and fiber is more of a cause than a cure for
> > > constipation......lots of water, drink lots of water, doesn't
> > > hurt to put some electrolytes in there too.
> >
> > BTDT!
> >
> > When my system stopped being a digestive tract and became an
> > aquaduct, fer a week, I usta drink a lotta Gatorade. I got so
> > dehydrated, I went to the pharmacy and asked the doc which had more
> > electrolytes, Gatorade or baby electrolytes (fer infant diarrhea).
> > He sed Gatorade. Which was good, as the baby electrolytes were
> > insanely expensive. Now, I cannot drink Gatorade, as it has tons
> > o' added sugar. (did I mention I jes lost 30 lbs?)
>
> Too much too fast, even on a diet. If I went on a diet and lost 30
> lbs in 6 weeks I'd be asking my doctor for further investigation.
> Large rapid weightloss can be a symptom of serious problems.
>
> Janet UK

I think it depends on how much weight one is over by?

The reasonable standard is no more than 2% total weight loss per month.

Translated for me at 127lbs (yes, I really do average that), 30lbs loss
in 6 weeks would indicate extreme medical issues. So if i wanted to
trim down in a healthy manner, it's 2lbs a month max here. It's only
that I am 5ft1 that makes me a bit 'pluffy' and not hugely pluffy even
then. Reality, 1lb a month for a short time is smarter here and that's
because I'm not particularily overweight.

On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 4:10:02 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>
> There are cemeteries for monuments commemorating the dead. I don't
> think that they side of the road is the appropriate place. There are
> sometimes innocent victims killed, but in most cases the victim was the
> author of their own demise and some people are offended by the little
> shrines they set up.
>
> There is one locally that a lot of people resent. A car full of drunks
> crossed the centre line on a gentle curve and struck and oncoming
> vehicle. The car that was struck was carried two couples who were
> returning from the airport and on their way home from vacation. They
> were part of a large local family and I know a number of their
> relatives. Luckily, their injuries were not too serious.
>
> The drunks OTOH, we all killed. Their vehicle caught fire and they
> burned to death. They had been out partying at the casino after having
> attended the funeral of the younger brother of one of the newly
> deceased. The younger brother had died of a drug overdose. The drugs
> that killed him had been supplied by the older, now dead, brother.
>
> Their memorial is offensive to the people in this town because the crash
> victimized well known and very popular people, and the guys who caused
> it, a bunch of low lives, are being commemorated.

I can't comment on what other people do since I've never had a loved one killed on the road. All of those memorials will have a tragic story behind them and nobody knows what they'd do until it happens to them.

On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 11:51:41 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 4:10:02 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> >
> > There are cemeteries for monuments commemorating the dead. I don't
> > think that they side of the road is the appropriate place. There are
> > sometimes innocent victims killed, but in most cases the victim was the
> > author of their own demise and some people are offended by the little
> > shrines they set up.
> >
> > There is one locally that a lot of people resent. A car full of drunks
> > crossed the centre line on a gentle curve and struck and oncoming
> > vehicle. The car that was struck was carried two couples who were
> > returning from the airport and on their way home from vacation. They
> > were part of a large local family and I know a number of their
> > relatives. Luckily, their injuries were not too serious.
> >
> > The drunks OTOH, we all killed. Their vehicle caught fire and they
> > burned to death. They had been out partying at the casino after having
> > attended the funeral of the younger brother of one of the newly
> > deceased. The younger brother had died of a drug overdose. The drugs
> > that killed him had been supplied by the older, now dead, brother.
> >
> > Their memorial is offensive to the people in this town because the crash
> > victimized well known and very popular people, and the guys who caused
> > it, a bunch of low lives, are being commemorated.
>
> I can't comment on what other people do since I've never had a loved one killed on the road. All of those memorials will have a tragic story behind them and nobody knows what they'd do until it happens to them.

I suspect I'd avoid the location entirely. Here in the flatlands,
that's not difficult to do.

Cindy Hamilton

On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 12:39:55 AM UTC-5, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>
> In article >,
> "> wrote:
>
> > On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 10:49:30 PM UTC-5, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>
> > > Do you live in Montana? If the signs are still maintained, good for
> > > Montana. Otherwise, what's your point?
> > >
> > I'd like to know your point that you find crosses on the side of the
> > road not 'politically correct.' Why do they bother you?
>
> You misunderstood me. I find crosses on the side of the road poignant.
> I believe that they are constant reminders to drive carefully, and I
> hurt for those families that the crosses constantly remind.
> Here is the politically correct argument. Crosses offend Muslims,
> Hebrews, Buddhists, Taoists, Hindus, Atheists, Animists and others...
> To be offended by a cross as a symbol for everyone else is the
> politically correct position.
> I don't believe the argument that I just presented, but to be
> politically correct, one must.
> Hmm...more than a few phrases. I'd still like to know what
> state/province/country you live in where crosses on the side of the
> road are not bitched about.
> Love ya Joan.
>
> leo
>
Tennessee.

Hmmmmmm, if folks are bitching about them they must be doing it
secretly as I've never heard or read about anyone complaining.
My guess is a lot of the younger generation haven't a clue what
those crosses symbolize.

On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 7:52:07 AM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
> On Mon, 28 May 2018 21:58:49 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
>
> >For several years they placed flowers where the polyp was killed in his
> >memory. Every time I would see those flowers I thought that's the price
> >you pay for being a dunce.
>
> I tend to agree with you. I can think of several memorials around
> here that are a tribute to stupidity. We also have white painted
> bicycles. So you have those?
> Janet US
>
>
No, I've not seen those! What do the white bicycles symbolize??

On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 8:55:21 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> On 2018-05-29 12:58 AM, wrote:
>
> > On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 10:31:26 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> > For several years they placed flowers where the polyp was killed in his
> > memory. Every time I would see those flowers I thought that's the price
> > you pay for being a dunce.
>
> Yep. Another monument to stupidity.
>
> Let me guess. He was a good boy who never did nothing wrong, or the
> other classic for cases like this... he was just starting to turn his
> life around.
>
>
The standard response around here is "he dinnit do nuffin."

On Tue, 29 May 2018 12:07:46 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 7:52:07 AM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 28 May 2018 21:58:49 -0700 (PDT), "
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >For several years they placed flowers where the polyp was killed in his
>> >memory. Every time I would see those flowers I thought that's the price
>> >you pay for being a dunce.
>>
>> I tend to agree with you. I can think of several memorials around
>> here that are a tribute to stupidity. We also have white painted
>> bicycles. So you have those?
>> Janet US
>>
>>
>No, I've not seen those! What do the white bicycles symbolize??

place where people were killed riding a bicycle. How'd you like to
have one of those leaning up against your front yard picket fence.?
(forever)
I wonder if they'll start leaving Harley's at intersections and what
color they'll paint them?
Janet US

On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 7:09:02 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> I suspect I'd avoid the location entirely. Here in the flatlands,
> that's not difficult to do.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

One cannot go anywhere without seeing them on this rock. My guess is that I can probably go down the street to the hardware store. After that, all bets are off.

On 2018-05-29 3:15 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2018 12:07:46 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 7:52:07 AM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, 28 May 2018 21:58:49 -0700 (PDT), "
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> For several years they placed flowers where the polyp was killed in his
>>>> memory. Every time I would see those flowers I thought that's the price
>>>> you pay for being a dunce.
>>>
>>> I tend to agree with you. I can think of several memorials around
>>> here that are a tribute to stupidity. We also have white painted
>>> bicycles. So you have those?
>>> Janet US
>>>
>>>
>> No, I've not seen those! What do the white bicycles symbolize??
>
> place where people were killed riding a bicycle. How'd you like to
> have one of those leaning up against your front yard picket fence.?
> (forever)

About 20 years ago we had a motorcycle fatality two doors down from us.
The guy was an accident waiting to happen. It was spring and the
weather warmed up enough for motorcycles. I used to get home from work
around 3:45 and withing 5-10 minutes this crotch rocket would come
flying down the road doing about 90 mph in a 35 mph zone. It happened
every day for about a week and a half. Then one day an oncoming car had
moved over the line to avoid some geese crossing the road. He crested
hill at full speed and the bike blew about and he was killed
instantly... and then burned.

His classmates put up a little shrine and would show up 10-20 at a time.
The neighbour put a quick end to that. She took down several shrines and
told the kids to stay off her property.

On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 3:15:40 PM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2018 12:07:46 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
>
> >On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 7:52:07 AM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, 28 May 2018 21:58:49 -0700 (PDT), "
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >For several years they placed flowers where the polyp was killed in his
> >> >memory. Every time I would see those flowers I thought that's the price
> >> >you pay for being a dunce.
> >>
> >> I tend to agree with you. I can think of several memorials around
> >> here that are a tribute to stupidity. We also have white painted
> >> bicycles. So you have those?
> >> Janet US
> >>
> >>
> >No, I've not seen those! What do the white bicycles symbolize??
>
> place where people were killed riding a bicycle. How'd you like to
> have one of those leaning up against your front yard picket fence.?
> (forever)

They'd run out of white bicycles before I ran out of gas carrying them
to the dump in my utility trailer.

Cindy Hamilton

On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 3:19:41 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 7:09:02 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > I suspect I'd avoid the location entirely. Here in the flatlands,
> > that's not difficult to do.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> One cannot go anywhere without seeing them on this rock. My guess is that I can probably go down the street to the hardware store. After that, all bets are off.

I don't much care about other people's dearly departed. I was
commenting on what I'd probably do if mine was killed in traffic:
avoid the location where he was killed.

Cindy Hamilton