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    Default Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US. :)

    Happy 4th July Independence Day to you all in the US. I hope you all have a great day.
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    Default Re: Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US. :)

    Thanks, Chrissy. Got our red, white and blue clothes on, going for some red, white and blue food later. 😜
    My other pen is a Montblanc.

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    Default Re: Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US. :)

    Thomas Jefferson had to overcome certain issues when he presented his draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Committee of Five:


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    "When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
    and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."

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    Default Re: Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US. :)

    Nice one, Jon!

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    Default Re: Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US. :)

    Orange cat stealing food.jpg

    I'll just be stealing this, thanks.
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    Default Re: Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US. :)

    Hey, thanks, Chrissy. My wife and I spent the day in a cabin on a lake in New Hampshire. I chased fish away with my lures while she climbed a mountain.

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    Default Re: Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US. :)

    Here in a back of beyond, our RWW neighbors were shooting off really loud fireworks and blazing away with their assault rifles.

    What price, freedom?

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    Default Re: Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US. :)

    Quote Originally Posted by Chip View Post
    Here in a back of beyond, our RWW neighbors were shooting off really loud fireworks and blazing away with their assault rifles.

    What price, freedom?
    Just the type of neighbours you don't need. Sad to hear that.
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    Default Re: Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US. :)

    Quote Originally Posted by Chip View Post
    Here in a back of beyond, our RWW neighbors were shooting off really loud fireworks and blazing away with their assault rifles.

    What price, freedom?
    I hope alcohol was involved.... it may lead to a win for natural selection.

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    Our original neighbors, who grew up here or had lived here for years, were a decent lot.

    Recently, there's been an influx of suburban refugees, many ex-military or ex-cop, who likely come here because of Wyoming's rightward political tilt or the lack of black people.

    They tend to be propertarians (This is My land, My road, My riverbank, etc.) Lots of new fences, gates, and PRIVATE/NO TRESPASSING signs. They also seem to think this is the wild West, where they can do crazy stuff they'd be arrested for back home: turning their drunk kids loose on ATVs. Three hours of semi-auto target practice in a residential area, with refreshments.

    Rich White Trash. There goes the neighborhood.

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    Default Re: Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US. :)

    Quote Originally Posted by Lloyd View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Chip View Post
    Here in a back of beyond, our RWW neighbors were shooting off really loud fireworks and blazing away with their assault rifles.

    What price, freedom?
    I hope alcohol was involved.... it may lead to a win for natural selection.

    Typos courtesy of Samsung Auto-Incorrect™
    Wow. Just wow.
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    Default Re: Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US. :)

    Would you put a box of fireworks under the rear bumper of a car (where the gas tank is)?

    I don't think they qualify for a Darwin Award, since no one died.


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    Default Re: Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US. :)

    OMG. Shocking!!!
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