OM45GE - Posted - 05/19/2022:  03:43:39

caused  by whiny guests

Edited by - OM45GE on 05/19/2022 03:43:58

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/19/2022:  05:05:22

who’s veiled self-promoting goals

chuckv97 - Posted - 05/19/2022:  09:16:24

are typical of late

OM45GE - Posted - 05/19/2022:  10:13:10

blooming narcissists who regard

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/19/2022:  15:46:56

talk-shows as their platforms

chuckv97 - Posted - 05/19/2022:  16:20:00

for selling K-Tel records

OM45GE - Posted - 05/19/2022:  18:09:44

and secret beauty tips

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/20/2022:  06:09:01

and Popeil Pocket Fisherman

chuckv97 - Posted - 05/20/2022:  09:21:47

for catching giant carp

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/20/2022:  10:53:48

which can be smoked

OM45GE - Posted - 05/20/2022:  18:22:14

even though it smells

chuckv97 - Posted - 05/20/2022:  21:14:04

like a streetwalker’s undergarment

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/21/2022:  04:10:47

on hot humid days

OM45GE - Posted - 05/21/2022:  07:08:48

which bring out the

chuckv97 - Posted - 05/21/2022:  09:23:18

worst in some folks

OM45GE - Posted - 05/21/2022:  17:43:28

and the best in

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/21/2022:  18:41:16

everyone, said no one

chuckv97 - Posted - 05/21/2022:  19:01:11

back at the ranch

OM45GE - Posted - 05/22/2022:  04:21:41

who were wearily blasé

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/22/2022:  06:30:01

about having Sundays off

chuckv97 - Posted - 05/22/2022:  08:27:40

due to union regulations

OM45GE - Posted - 05/22/2022:  14:15:39

and his parole conditions

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/22/2022:  16:32:48

which are loosely enforced

OM45GE - Posted - 05/23/2022:  02:55:35

because of excessive caseloads

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/23/2022:  05:06:21

and massive understaffing issues

chuckv97 - Posted - 05/23/2022:  09:52:12

remedied by hiring drifters

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/23/2022:  12:47:35

with no particular qualifications

OM45GE - Posted - 05/24/2022:  04:05:14

except a willingness to

chuckv97 - Posted - 05/24/2022:  08:26:52

cash paycheques without guilt

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/24/2022:  10:47:29

and asking no questions

OM45GE - Posted - 05/24/2022:  17:23:13

when the amount is

chuckv97 - Posted - 05/24/2022:  18:14:38

enough for a bottle

OM45GE - Posted - 05/25/2022:  02:41:01

of fire breathing moonshine

Edited by - OM45GE on 05/25/2022 02:41:13

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/25/2022:  06:39:05

suitable for long evenings

chuckv97 - Posted - 05/25/2022:  10:20:31

around the water tower

OM45GE - Posted - 05/25/2022:  11:28:54

where the locals gather

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/25/2022:  15:32:12

when sweltering summer temperatures

chuckv97 - Posted - 05/25/2022:  15:46:38

render freight-hopping too strenuous

OM45GE - Posted - 05/25/2022:  17:27:38

leaving them stranded in

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/26/2022:  09:14:23

limbo for undetermined periods

chuckv97 - Posted - 05/26/2022:  10:54:26

waiting for welfare cheques

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/26/2022:  11:29:30

with which to buy

(Chuck, Would the long suffering Ms. Lindsay approve of my syntax?)

OM45GE - Posted - 05/26/2022:  18:28:05

Strunk’s Elements of Style

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/27/2022:  03:23:59

with hopes of improving

chuckv97 - Posted - 05/27/2022:  10:49:07

their best seller ambitions

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/27/2022:  14:06:19

instilling delusions of grandeur

OM45GE - Posted - 05/28/2022:  03:16:21

untempered by bitter reality

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 05/28/2022:  04:59:48

of being life-long losers

chuckv97 - Posted - 05/28/2022:  10:47:08

in the proverbial game