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Trusts are usually used to bypass the local sheriff/CLEO. === How does that work? |
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On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 12:42:48 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 11:48:55 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:25:20 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:07:28 -0500, wrote: Isn't it amazing how easy it is to push Americans to vote for Republicans against their own interests when the only thing the GOP has to offer is fear and hate? Yeah Fear of an over reaching government and hate of wasteful spending. === Well said. Vast government over reach is what I'm seeing. Tried to build a pier huh? === No, I fought that battle 10 years ago and won but it took 6 months when it should have taken 6 days. Frankly the Corps shouldn't have been involved in that decision at all since the plans met all existing regs and CC canals are not exactly federal water ways except in their bloated bureaucratic mind. Right now an organization that I belong to is trying to make some relatively minor improvements to some land we own and the red tape, stalling and delays are unbelievable. The Corps is once again involved even though the land is many miles from anything that resembles a waterway or anything else. The twisted government logic is that even though the Feds and the State may not have jurisdiction, they still need to process the permit and certify that they don't have jurisdiction before the county, that does have jurisdiction can proceed. These days it is the small tooth sawfish that is holding up permits. They can spend 6 months surveying a spot and give it the OK. The next day after the first permit was applied for, if another application is filed it goes on the stack and the process starts over again like they had never looked at the first one. The states and the feds have to sign off on the sawfish even in county controlled canals. === That is the kind of ridiculous nonsense that I'm talking about. These government agencies have all been co-opted by obstructionists that want no development anywhere. The agencies seem happy to go along with it because it increases their span of control and relative importance. Is there any legitimate scientific evidence that shows harm to small tooth sawfish by homeowner docks? I don't recall ever voting for that piece of regulatory power. I wouldn't even know who we had to vote out of office to get it changed. The whole regulatory business has taken on a life of its own with no end in sight. |
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On 2/2/15 1:35 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 12:41:35 -0500, wrote: Trusts are usually used to bypass the local sheriff/CLEO. === How does that work? Greg is incorrect. Trusts may be used to bypass a sheriff who won't sign off, but that is not a problem in our county. There are advantages to a trust that have to do with use of the items and succession of ownership. -- Proud to be a Liberal. |
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On Monday, February 2, 2015 at 1:36:22 PM UTC-5, Wayne. B wrote:
On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 12:41:35 -0500, wrote: Trusts are usually used to bypass the local sheriff/CLEO. === How does that work? http://199trust.com |
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On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:46:49 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:16:10 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 12:42:48 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 11:48:55 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:25:20 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:07:28 -0500, wrote: Isn't it amazing how easy it is to push Americans to vote for Republicans against their own interests when the only thing the GOP has to offer is fear and hate? Yeah Fear of an over reaching government and hate of wasteful spending. === Well said. Vast government over reach is what I'm seeing. Tried to build a pier huh? === No, I fought that battle 10 years ago and won but it took 6 months when it should have taken 6 days. Frankly the Corps shouldn't have been involved in that decision at all since the plans met all existing regs and CC canals are not exactly federal water ways except in their bloated bureaucratic mind. Right now an organization that I belong to is trying to make some relatively minor improvements to some land we own and the red tape, stalling and delays are unbelievable. The Corps is once again involved even though the land is many miles from anything that resembles a waterway or anything else. The twisted government logic is that even though the Feds and the State may not have jurisdiction, they still need to process the permit and certify that they don't have jurisdiction before the county, that does have jurisdiction can proceed. These days it is the small tooth sawfish that is holding up permits. They can spend 6 months surveying a spot and give it the OK. The next day after the first permit was applied for, if another application is filed it goes on the stack and the process starts over again like they had never looked at the first one. The states and the feds have to sign off on the sawfish even in county controlled canals. === That is the kind of ridiculous nonsense that I'm talking about. These government agencies have all been co-opted by obstructionists that want no development anywhere. The agencies seem happy to go along with it because it increases their span of control and relative importance. Is there any legitimate scientific evidence that shows harm to small tooth sawfish by homeowner docks? I don't recall ever voting for that piece of regulatory power. I wouldn't even know who we had to vote out of office to get it changed. The whole regulatory business has taken on a life of its own with no end in sight. The problem is this is the 4th branch of government, US Civil Service. There is no way to vote them out. A lot of these things are simply administrative rules, not laws. The revolving door works the same at EPA as it does at DoD. === We have to start defunding them so they're forced to focus on what's important. |
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On 2/2/2015 3:53 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:47:07 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:42:59 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/2/2015 11:43 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: Are home buyers out and about in your area this winter? We've had about 6 private showings. Two are looking into the financing part. Usually the women love it but the guys think it's too big or find reasons it won't work. (horse sense). Another couple wanted to visit last Wednesday, the day after the 28" of snow. I had to laugh. You know the length of the driveway. Told them they'd have to ski or snowmobile up until I could get everything cleared. They rescheduled for this week except as of right now we've had another 10 inches or so and it's still snowing. Winter sucks. Yeah it is tough here too. It rained a few minutes today and it may drop down in the 60s. ;-) === Dayumm, another cold wave. You guys are very funny. I am running out of places to pile the snow: http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/DSC_0473.jpg |
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On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 16:40:50 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 2/2/2015 3:53 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:47:07 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:42:59 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/2/2015 11:43 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: Are home buyers out and about in your area this winter? We've had about 6 private showings. Two are looking into the financing part. Usually the women love it but the guys think it's too big or find reasons it won't work. (horse sense). Another couple wanted to visit last Wednesday, the day after the 28" of snow. I had to laugh. You know the length of the driveway. Told them they'd have to ski or snowmobile up until I could get everything cleared. They rescheduled for this week except as of right now we've had another 10 inches or so and it's still snowing. Winter sucks. Yeah it is tough here too. It rained a few minutes today and it may drop down in the 60s. ;-) === Dayumm, another cold wave. You guys are very funny. I am running out of places to pile the snow: http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/DSC_0473.jpg The pasture? -- Guns don't cause problems. The behavior of certain gun owners causes problems. |
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On 2/2/2015 4:40 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/2/2015 3:53 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:47:07 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:42:59 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/2/2015 11:43 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: Are home buyers out and about in your area this winter? We've had about 6 private showings. Two are looking into the financing part. Usually the women love it but the guys think it's too big or find reasons it won't work. (horse sense). Another couple wanted to visit last Wednesday, the day after the 28" of snow. I had to laugh. You know the length of the driveway. Told them they'd have to ski or snowmobile up until I could get everything cleared. They rescheduled for this week except as of right now we've had another 10 inches or so and it's still snowing. Winter sucks. Yeah it is tough here too. It rained a few minutes today and it may drop down in the 60s. ;-) === Dayumm, another cold wave. You guys are very funny. I am running out of places to pile the snow: http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/DSC_0473.jpg Nice frekin' house... We had fun getting to and from work today, they let us out early though... Had to follow one of our peers home and drop his car so he can stay here and get to work with us tomorrow.. I am not invincible but I do have fairly new, and moderately aggressive tires on my Jeep, I get around pretty well in the stuff. |
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On 2/2/2015 5:30 PM, KC wrote:
On 2/2/2015 4:40 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/2/2015 3:53 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:47:07 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:42:59 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/2/2015 11:43 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: Are home buyers out and about in your area this winter? We've had about 6 private showings. Two are looking into the financing part. Usually the women love it but the guys think it's too big or find reasons it won't work. (horse sense). Another couple wanted to visit last Wednesday, the day after the 28" of snow. I had to laugh. You know the length of the driveway. Told them they'd have to ski or snowmobile up until I could get everything cleared. They rescheduled for this week except as of right now we've had another 10 inches or so and it's still snowing. Winter sucks. Yeah it is tough here too. It rained a few minutes today and it may drop down in the 60s. ;-) === Dayumm, another cold wave. You guys are very funny. I am running out of places to pile the snow: http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/DSC_0473.jpg Nice frekin' house... We had fun getting to and from work today, they let us out early though... Had to follow one of our peers home and drop his car so he can stay here and get to work with us tomorrow.. I am not invincible but I do have fairly new, and moderately aggressive tires on my Jeep, I get around pretty well in the stuff. That's the barn. I took the picture from the house. |
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On 2/2/2015 6:00 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/2/2015 5:30 PM, KC wrote: On 2/2/2015 4:40 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/2/2015 3:53 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:47:07 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:42:59 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/2/2015 11:43 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: Are home buyers out and about in your area this winter? We've had about 6 private showings. Two are looking into the financing part. Usually the women love it but the guys think it's too big or find reasons it won't work. (horse sense). Another couple wanted to visit last Wednesday, the day after the 28" of snow. I had to laugh. You know the length of the driveway. Told them they'd have to ski or snowmobile up until I could get everything cleared. They rescheduled for this week except as of right now we've had another 10 inches or so and it's still snowing. Winter sucks. Yeah it is tough here too. It rained a few minutes today and it may drop down in the 60s. ;-) === Dayumm, another cold wave. You guys are very funny. I am running out of places to pile the snow: http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/DSC_0473.jpg Nice frekin' house... We had fun getting to and from work today, they let us out early though... Had to follow one of our peers home and drop his car so he can stay here and get to work with us tomorrow.. I am not invincible but I do have fairly new, and moderately aggressive tires on my Jeep, I get around pretty well in the stuff. That's the barn. I took the picture from the house. #HOLY****IN**** LOL!!! |
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On 2/2/2015 7:23 PM, KC wrote:
On 2/2/2015 6:00 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/2/2015 5:30 PM, KC wrote: On 2/2/2015 4:40 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/2/2015 3:53 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:47:07 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:42:59 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/2/2015 11:43 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: Are home buyers out and about in your area this winter? We've had about 6 private showings. Two are looking into the financing part. Usually the women love it but the guys think it's too big or find reasons it won't work. (horse sense). Another couple wanted to visit last Wednesday, the day after the 28" of snow. I had to laugh. You know the length of the driveway. Told them they'd have to ski or snowmobile up until I could get everything cleared. They rescheduled for this week except as of right now we've had another 10 inches or so and it's still snowing. Winter sucks. Yeah it is tough here too. It rained a few minutes today and it may drop down in the 60s. ;-) === Dayumm, another cold wave. You guys are very funny. I am running out of places to pile the snow: http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/DSC_0473.jpg Nice frekin' house... We had fun getting to and from work today, they let us out early though... Had to follow one of our peers home and drop his car so he can stay here and get to work with us tomorrow.. I am not invincible but I do have fairly new, and moderately aggressive tires on my Jeep, I get around pretty well in the stuff. That's the barn. I took the picture from the house. #HOLY****IN**** LOL!!! Here's the house: http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/House.jpg and here's the barn and house in a better season: http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/HouseandBarn.jpg It's up for sale ... :-) |
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On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 21:53:36 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 2/2/2015 9:37 PM, wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 18:00:16 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: That's the barn. I took the picture from the house. My wife says since it is "her" horses the barn is probably nicer than the house ;-) For a couple of horses they are definitely pampered. I gave up trying to talk her into getting rid of them. She'd get rid of me first. === Does she show them or ride in competition? |
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On 2/2/2015 10:25 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 21:53:36 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/2/2015 9:37 PM, wrote: On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 18:00:16 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: That's the barn. I took the picture from the house. My wife says since it is "her" horses the barn is probably nicer than the house ;-) For a couple of horses they are definitely pampered. I gave up trying to talk her into getting rid of them. She'd get rid of me first. === Does she show them or ride in competition? She did at one time but they are both "retired" from competition now. Just big pets. |
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On Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 4:09:28 PM UTC-8, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/1/15 6:53 PM, Tim wrote: On Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 3:39:57 PM UTC-8, Keyser Söze wrote: On 2/1/15 6:23 PM, Tim wrote: On Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 5:57:16 AM UTC-8, Keyser Söze wrote: On 1/31/15 10:18 PM, Tim wrote: On Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 6:16:24 PM UTC-8, Wayne. B wrote: On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 20:55:23 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: On 1/31/15 7:50 PM, Tim wrote: On Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 4:28:42 PM UTC-8, Keyser Söze wrote: On 1/31/15 6:03 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 16:49:29 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: 3. Three of the times I "stood up to authority" to help the oppressed resulted in me getting shot at, once while reporting on and participating in a black voter registration drive in the 1960s in the deep south, once while working for land reform in Central America, and once while helping organize oil rig supply ship crews. === Tell us more about this "land reform" in Central America. Does that mean that you were trying to take land away from whom it legally belonged and give it to someone else? That sounds like some kind of Robin Hood adventure to me although it's hard to imagine your fat ass in green tights and carrying a bow and arrow. Sounds like you were ahead of your time and should have waited for Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. His little adventure in socialism and seizing the assets of others isn't turning out very well though. Legally belonged? That's funny. In much of Central America, land was stolen from the indigent people by the oligarchy, aided by the military and sometimes aided by the good old USA, not unlike it was done in this country, eh? Tell me all about it, white eyes... So, you have no compassion for these abused indigent people? Sad. === Whoosh... :-) yeah. woosh... I had no idea you were a Native American, Tim. Are you the last of the Mohicans? -- Proud to be a Liberal. Harry, that's not worth a reasonable reply. Tim, I have no idea what your ethnic background might be, nor does it matter to me. I was wondering about your "white eyes" comment, though. -- Proud to be a Liberal. Speaking of championing 'injustice' - Well lets just say that there's probably a good chance that you are living freely on land stolen from my ancestry. Well, in the early 17th Century, John Smith wrote that the few "native Americans" he encountered were Pawtuxunt, Mattapenient and Acquintanacksnak, but there have been very few excavations that have yielded definitive results. Apparently some of the earlier tribes considered ancestral bones sacred and moved them when they moved. The sites near where we live might be underwater, because the sea levels in the Bay and other shorelines have risen dramatically in the last few thousand years. There doesn't seem to be much evidence of displacement by "white eyes" of native peoples right around here. -- Proud to be a Liberal. http://33.media.tumblr.com/67dc95685..._1280.jpg?.jpg |
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On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 05:46:34 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:
On Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 4:09:28 PM UTC-8, Keyser Söze wrote: On 2/1/15 6:53 PM, Tim wrote: On Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 3:39:57 PM UTC-8, Keyser Söze wrote: On 2/1/15 6:23 PM, Tim wrote: On Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 5:57:16 AM UTC-8, Keyser Söze wrote: On 1/31/15 10:18 PM, Tim wrote: On Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 6:16:24 PM UTC-8, Wayne. B wrote: On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 20:55:23 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: On 1/31/15 7:50 PM, Tim wrote: On Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 4:28:42 PM UTC-8, Keyser Söze wrote: On 1/31/15 6:03 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 16:49:29 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: 3. Three of the times I "stood up to authority" to help the oppressed resulted in me getting shot at, once while reporting on and participating in a black voter registration drive in the 1960s in the deep south, once while working for land reform in Central America, and once while helping organize oil rig supply ship crews. === Tell us more about this "land reform" in Central America. Does that mean that you were trying to take land away from whom it legally belonged and give it to someone else? That sounds like some kind of Robin Hood adventure to me although it's hard to imagine your fat ass in green tights and carrying a bow and arrow. Sounds like you were ahead of your time and should have waited for Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. His little adventure in socialism and seizing the assets of others isn't turning out very well though. Legally belonged? That's funny. In much of Central America, land was stolen from the indigent people by the oligarchy, aided by the military and sometimes aided by the good old USA, not unlike it was done in this country, eh? Tell me all about it, white eyes... So, you have no compassion for these abused indigent people? Sad. === Whoosh... :-) yeah. woosh... I had no idea you were a Native American, Tim. Are you the last of the Mohicans? -- Proud to be a Liberal. Harry, that's not worth a reasonable reply. Tim, I have no idea what your ethnic background might be, nor does it matter to me. I was wondering about your "white eyes" comment, though. -- Proud to be a Liberal. Speaking of championing 'injustice' - Well lets just say that there's probably a good chance that you are living freely on land stolen from my ancestry. Well, in the early 17th Century, John Smith wrote that the few "native Americans" he encountered were Pawtuxunt, Mattapenient and Acquintanacksnak, but there have been very few excavations that have yielded definitive results. Apparently some of the earlier tribes considered ancestral bones sacred and moved them when they moved. The sites near where we live might be underwater, because the sea levels in the Bay and other shorelines have risen dramatically in the last few thousand years. There doesn't seem to be much evidence of displacement by "white eyes" of native peoples right around here. -- Proud to be a Liberal. http://33.media.tumblr.com/67dc95685..._1280.jpg?.jpg Thanks, Tim. I'm very appreciative of my little one-third acre! -- Guns don't cause problems. The behavior of certain gun owners causes problems. |
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