cometman

After the opening post, I skimmed most of the others to get to the end (my apologies to the authors.......I actually skim thoroughly). Old Dog, I have seen and heard nothing but good about you and I hope we meet some day. Not only did your opening post make me happy that you survived the ordeal, but it also gladdened my heart that one of our most popular members here was able to return. You see, since I joined and got to know some of the members, we have lost some good people for one reason or another. I'm grateful that you are not one of them. However, on top of the good news on your health, I'm also profoundly impressed with the friends that supported you throughout the ordeal. What an incredible circle of friends you have. You are to be commended......you, Old Dog, and all the people you mentioned.

Have to say new wave, although my heart is country. Pickup or car?

Watch out. Emily has heard about the shortage of washrooms on flights to Japan. LOL!!!!! Kidding, of course. Hope you have the BEST trip ever, Malika!

Beer. Dark or white rum?

Long ass day means my highlight is now it is bedtime, for tomorrow..........I owe, I owe, it's off to work I go.

Waking up two hours before the alarm clock and not being able to get back to sleep. Omg.....gonna be a long day.

Short. Nothing to get in the way and a hand on the back of a short haired head while DFK is decidedly erotic....but anything is okay, lol. Ice hotel or Cuba?

Not sure about yours, but I can switch from T9 to multi-tap. Or......you could make a phone call. LOL..you remind me of me, bud!

Happy belated birthday to a wonderful lady!!!

I ran into Emmet's dad at a meeting yesterday and we had a great chat, lol. I've know him for years and served on boards with him in the past. Once we got past BBC, we agreed we have to hit the open road this summer. You see, he's a Harley rider and is looking for inclusion into the biking fraternity. LOL (I thought you'd like that, Notch!)

A muffin from Robin's.....to go with the free coffee I won. 3 choices.....banana nut, carrot, something bran. Are they nuts? I'm hungry. I need cholesterol. I had 4 hours of chores left before supper. Hired man brought in home made cookies to go with my coffee, so I ruined my supper appetite. Yup, men are idiots.

My family has been through a couple of fires and, in one instance, lost everything material. So glad you're okay, Katherine. Material things can be replaced......you cannot be.

Dropping my phone in a pail of milk. The rice trick didn't work, so my new one gets here Monday. I resisted a smartphone once again, but it was close. On the upside, been the best effing week ever......NO PHONE INTERRUPTIONS, lol.

Aw, jeeeez.......you mean women fake orgasms? God love them! (as long as they're convincing). Orgasms are the coolest things out there and I love being a contributing factor.

I cannot believe how much more muscular I am getting without working out. ......plus, dementia seems to be setting in.

To meet fear head on, try snatching your teenage daughter's cell phone from her hand.

Sandblaster attachment for my 4000 psi high pressure washer. I was doing the "grunt" all day. "This is how real men should talk. It's simple and effective."

3 in one printer, after mine crapped out at T4 time. Then, I Ebayed a kit to fill the cartridges. Sigh......I know this is gonna be a messy experiment.

Hope things are going well for you, bud. Bottoms up!

One of the hired hands brought Greco pizza tonight and it wasn't half bad........washed down with Moosehead beer. Great thread here, folks. Gotta tell you, though......if I can't pronounce it, I probably won't order it. Redneck, much? LOLOL!!!!!

Police comb the area where human remains were found Friday in East Chezzetcook. (INGRID BULMER / Staff) UPDATED 9:15 p.m. Friday Nearly three years after Nadine Anne Taylor vanished, the man charged with murdering the Halifax woman took investigators to the site of her remains Friday. Just after noon, Steven Elliott Laffin led detectives to a spot in the woods off Inletview Road in East Chezzetcook, the RCMP said. Sources said the remains were under some brush but not buried. Police could not confirm that account. The remains looked to be about three car-lengths from Highway 107 at Exit 21. Police couldnâ??t explain why Laffin chose that site to leave the body. By late Friday, a blue police tent had been set up over the area. Scrubby evergreen trees only partially blocked the site from view of the highway or from the houses on the other side of the ditch. A line of police tape blocked access to Inletview Road. â??Well, thatâ??s a little close to home,â? said a man who lives just down the road. He said he didnâ??t know Laffin or Taylor. Several residents were shocked by the discovery of the body and described the rural community as safe and close-knit. Major crime investigators, forensic identification officers and a medical examiner were on the scene Friday afternoon and were expected to stay overnight, Const. Pierre Bourdages of Halifax Regional Police said in an interview. RCMP and regional police detectives working together on the case had been stymied in attempts to find the 29-year-old Taylorâ??s body. Sources told The Chronicle Herald that police had not expected to find the body because they thought Laffin had dropped it in the water. â??Itâ??s hard to talk about specifics, but there was some information ... (that) led investigators to believe (they) may never recover the remains,â? said Cpl. Scott MacRae of the RCMP. â??But fortunately in this case, especially for the families, we were led here today.â? MacRae couldnâ??t say why Laffin suddenly co-operated with police or whether he had volunteered the information. This latest development comes just days after it was learned that lawyers were in talks connected to Taylorâ??s murder and Laffinâ??s sentencing in an aggravated assault on another sex-trade worker. Both cases are slated to be back in Halifax provincial court next Thursday. Laffin, 38, of Dartmouth was set to go to trial next month for second-degree murder in Taylorâ??s death but he gave up his trial dates a few weeks ago and court was told he intended to plead guilty. On Feb. 21, while Laffin sat on the prisoners bench in a Halifax courtroom, there were repeated discussions between the Crown and defence. Laffinâ??s defence lawyer, Kevin Burke, declined comment at the time, but Crown attorney Rick Woodburn said the two sides were talking about â??sentencing and parole eligibilityâ? in the two cases. On Friday, Woodburn said he was pleased about the discovery of the body because â??it might help provide closure for Taylorâ??s family.â? He said he couldnâ??t say any more about the case until Laffin is back in court Thursday. An advocate for Halifax sex workers described Taylor as a â??force of energy,â? beloved by friends and family. Rene Ross, the executive director of Stepping Stone, an outreach and support group for sex workers, thanked police for their thorough investigation. She said sex workers are especially vulnerable because of the perception that those who hurt them will get away with it. Taylor was reported missing from her Fairview apartment on July 31, 2010, by her fiance, Gene Hape. Hape died last April 10. Laffin married his live-in girlfriend on the day Taylor was reported missing. Laffin was arrested on Sept. 21, 2010, and was charged with her murder on Oct. 27 of that year, the Mounties said. Police have said they believe Taylor was murdered in Dartmouth sometime around July 28-29, 2010. Investigators conducted an extensive search of Laffinâ??s home and reportedly seized several items of potential evidence. Laffin became a suspect in Taylorâ??s disappearance after he was charged with crimes against the other sex worker in a separate case. Last fall, he pleaded guilty to kidnapping, aggravated assault, forcible confinement and uttering threats in the August 2010 attack on that woman. The victim in that case ran to a nearby home to call 911 after she escaped from a moving car on Old Sambro Road in Halifax. She told investigators she had been attacked by a man who had driven her to a parking lot.

LOL...sometimes, ya just gotta go redneck!

February is not kind to me. 2 years ago, I broke my leg in February. 10 minutes ago, I missed a fricking step on a landing and took the last 6 steps sideways and upside down- landing on my head and wrist. I'm here, so I must be okay, but I still don't know how it happened. Frick, I hate being clumsy like a one-legged penguin. Cannot believe I was an athlete in my younger days. I'm just glad there were no witnesses........except a little dog that licked my face for me. LOL

Five men face charges for arranging to pay for sex with a person they thought was a 16-year-old girl. There was no girl, it was a four-day operation launched by the Halifax Regional Police and RCMP, the police forces said in a news release Tuesday afternoon. An officer exchanged hundreds of emails with adult men and arranged the meetings, where sexual services were expected, at local hotels. Police were waiting at the hotel rooms and arrested the men when they arrived. All of the men have been charged with using a computer to communicate with a person believed to be under 18 for the purpose of prostitution. All of them are due in Halifax provincial court on April 2. They have been released on conditions. The five men are: Mitchell Gary Kays-Rose, 25, of Halifax; Alan Tek, 29, of Halifax; Peter Lee White, 39, of Halifax; Donald William Moore, 43, of Shubenacadie and Pierre (Rick) Joseph Simon, 57, of Hilden. Kays-Rose also faces a charge of possession of a controlled substance. Simon was once the chief executive officer of the Shubenacadie First Nations. Additional Comments: I saw this one as it happened. Unreal that some would pursue this ad after the following post. "Chrissie is 16 years old (HALIFAX) BEWARE GUYS THIS GIRL IS ONLY 16 YEARS OLD!!!!!. DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT CONTACT HER.!!!! Here is a portion of her reply to me when I responded to her ad the other day. "Hi my name is Chrissie ! Im 16 years old and trying to make some extra cash to get a fresh start in life. I'm charging $X for a half hour and $X for an hour ! You would have to wear a condom. I dont do anal, or at least Im not very good at it. :) Chrissie" YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WARNED!!! I REPEAT DO NOT CONTACT HER OR ME!!! I AM JUST WARNING YOU GUYS. SHE GOES BY THE NAME CAREFREECHRISSIE." Additional Comments: For clarification, the first additional comment was a BP post- not my personal thoughts. Hence, the quotation marks.

Congrats to all three of you great contributors!