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[FloridaDean]

Talk about Getting 'R Done:  Power restored to all but 1.7 million of the 6.9 million that lost service in Florida.

Line crews have been busting some butt, congrats to them!

And why don't we go underground with these lines again?

$$$$$$$$$$$$

it should be something to get underground lines wet during a flood.

[A Friend of Charlie]

So what's with BrownieIndianDave doing the morning In and Out?  Acting like Fishy or something...

TWSS

[Travellin Dave]

Talk about Getting 'R Done:  Power restored to all but 1.7 million of the 6.9 million that lost service in Florida.

Line crews have been busting some butt, congrats to them!

And why don't we go underground with these lines again?

$$$$$$$$$$$$

it should be something to get underground lines wet during a flood.

Can't be any worse than the pictures you attached.  I do think they've managed to successfully do it in other locations....don't see any telephone poles around the amusement parks....

[FloridaDean]

Talk about Getting 'R Done:  Power restored to all but 1.7 million of the 6.9 million that lost service in Florida.

Line crews have been busting some butt, congrats to them!

And why don't we go underground with these lines again?

$$$$$$$$$$$$

it should be something to get underground lines wet during a flood.

Can't be any worse than the pictures you attached.  I do think they've managed to successfully do it in other locations....don't see any telephone poles around the amusement parks....

oh, I agree. The least they could do is cut back trees well away from power lines. Most big cities nowdays are mostly underground.

[razgueado]

Morning, muchachos.

[razgueado]

Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives passed a twelve-bill spending package for the 2018 Fiscal year that includes the Agriculture Appropriations Bill that was approved by a subcommittee earlier this summer. This bill includes language that calls for a premium cigar exemption and predicate date change to August 8, 2016. The bill package now moves to the Senate.

The bill was passed with 211 votes in favor of the package versus 198 against it.

The central point of interest for cigar enthusiasts is that the proposed bill has language in it that says federal funding cannot be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce FDA regulations on premium cigars. The proposed bill also includes language to define what a premium cigar is.  The funding mechanism would be in place for the Fiscal Year 2018 that begins October 1st, 2017 and ends September 30, 2018.

The challenge will be on the Senate end. Currently, a premium cigar exemption is not a part of the Senate Bill. In order for the exemption and predicate dates to change, the same language must be a part of the Senate bill. However, passing today’s bill marks the first time an exemption or predicate date change has passed through one of the legislative branches.

But they're politicians.  So they'll screw this simple little thing up.

[razgueado]

North Korea proves it CAN hit Guam with fresh missile launch over Japan:

Tokyo on nuclear alert as Kim Jong-un fires missile 2,300 miles – 200 miles further than needed to hit US territory

North Korea has launched another intercontinental ballistic missile over northern Japan

Test missile landed 1,240 miles off the island of Hokkaido, just before 7am local time on Friday

It flew some 2,300 miles, which is far enough to reach the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam
Yesterday, North Korea threatened to bomb Japan after the latest round of UN sanctions

In response to the launch, the Japanese government said they will not tolerate more provocation


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4886026/North-Korea-fires-missile-Japan.html#ixzz4sjplTUU1

Yeah.  If there's any more provocation, Japan is going to write a sternly-worded letter to Kim Jong Un.

[razgueado]

DIL is a very thoughtful person, she went over to the new permanent condo yesterday and put some flowers on the door and a SC theme welcome mat at the front door for the Warden when we arrive.

What, no box of cigars for you?

[razgueado]

Final 230 miles of travel today!

getting there.

It is a long ass trip from central Texas to Myrtle Beach!   (+/- 1475 miles)

It's a long-ass trip from central Texas to anywhere.

[razgueado]

Thought for Today: "The lack of a sense of history is the damnation of the modern world." - Robert Penn Warren, American poet (born 1905, died this date in 1989).

"Don't look back, you can never look back..." - Don Henley.

[razgueado]

Heather Locklear was hospitalized Thursday after she drove her Porsche into a ditch.

Law enforcement sources tell us Locklear was involved in a single car wreck just before 6 PM in Thousand Oaks. We're told Heather crashed into a ditch but was alert after the accident.

The 55-year-old was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.

Cops say neither drugs nor alcohol appear to be involved in the wreck and Heather was not cited.

We've reached out to Heather's rep ... so far, no word back.

Blonde moment.

[razgueado]

Also one year ago today, Mayor Barry moved on to the big CigarFest in the sky.

Thanks for the reminder.  Now I'm bummed out.

[razgueado]

Florida men caught with stolen power pole strapped to SUV


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials in Jacksonville say two men are accused of trying to steal a $2,500 utility pole days after Hurricane Irma caused severe flooding there.

Jacksonville sheriff’s officials say 42-year-old Blake Lee Waller and 46-year-old Victor Walter Apeler were arrested on grand theft charges Wednesday after someone reported seeing them load the pole onto a sports utility vehicle.

A police report says an officer noticed a light pole missing from an area on top of a bridge and then spotted a vehicle driving with the pole on top.

He stopped the vehicle and arrested the men.

Coupla dim bulbs.

[razgueado]

Florida men caught with stolen power pole strapped to SUV


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials in Jacksonville say two men are accused of trying to steal a $2,500 utility pole days after Hurricane Irma caused severe flooding there.

Jacksonville sheriff’s officials say 42-year-old Blake Lee Waller and 46-year-old Victor Walter Apeler were arrested on grand theft charges Wednesday after someone reported seeing them load the pole onto a sports utility vehicle.

A police report says an officer noticed a light pole missing from an area on top of a bridge and then spotted a vehicle driving with the pole on top.

He stopped the vehicle and arrested the men.

What could they possibly want with that?  Nice to see they were concerned about safety and tied a flag on to the end of it.

Scrap metal

And a tidy amount of it will be copper.

[razgueado]

Telecommuting today.  Since no one's looking over my shoulder, time to post-whore my way over 10K.