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AND WHAT ABOUT THE $27 MILLION GIVEN TO THE CITY A FEW YEARS AGO TO MAKE SURE THE LEVEES WERE STRONG ENOUGH? SEEMS THE MONEY WAS USED FOR OTHER THINGS. HINDSIGHT IS WONDERFUL. WHO NEEDS POLITICIANS? MARTY

ENJOY, STAN. MARTY

THANKS FOR THE ENCOURAGING WORDS, EVERYONE. STAN, MY WIFE DOESN'T SNORE, JUST MAKES FUNNY NOISES. LIN, I CAN'T KISS THE CAT. HE WON'T PUCKER PAM, IT'S NICE TO BE SELF SUFFICIENT. I JUST DON'T LIKE IT. NO ONJE IS YELLING AT ME. MARTY

VIX, EVEN BEFORE THE STROKE, I ALWAYS STARTED THE DAY WITH A "TO LIST". NEVER FORGOT TO DO ANYTHING, AND IT STILL WORKS. WHEN I WORKED FOR A LARGE CORPORATION, I WOULD SEPARATE ALL THE PAPERWORK INTO THREE PILES ACCORDING TO PRIORITY. I FOUND DOING THIS WAS NOT AS OVERWHELMING AS LOOKING AT ONE HUGE PILE. THIS MAY OR MAY NOT WORK FOR YOU, SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF WORK YOU DO. I REMEMBER RUNNING A BRANCH OFFICE FOR A LARGE COMPANY. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT MUCH PAPERWORK EXISTED. I USED TO GET QUESTIONNAIRES CONSTANTLY. I IGNORED THE FIRST REQUEST AND THREW THE PAPER AWAY. I DIDN'T ANSWER A SECOND REQUEST EITHER. HOWEVER, IF A THIRD CAME IN, I ANSWERED. YOU WOULD BE AMAZED HOW MANY TIMES ONLY TWO CAME IN. HAPPY MUDDLING THROUGH. MARTY

JANICE, YOU CAN AVOID DRINKING ALL THE GOODIES BY SIMPLY CALLING ROTO-ROOTER, OR THE SEPTIC SERVICE WE USE CAN CLEAN YOU OUT IN 3 MINUTES. HAVE FUN. MARTY CLEAN, GREEN, ALIVE, AND WELL.

EXTEND MT BEST WISHES TO RAY ON HIS BIRTHDAY. BEING NOT QUITE 2 YEARS POST STROKE, IT GIVE ME MORE HOPE KNOWING PEOPLE WHO HAVE SURVIVED A NUMBER OF YEARS. BEST WISHES TO YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR HIM. MARTY

VIX, BATHING IN THE HOSPITAL REMINDED ME OF GOING THROUGH A CAR WASH. IT TOOK ME ONE-HALF HOUR TO GET OUT OF THE JACUZZI THE FIRST TIME I TRIED IT AT HOME. I FOUND A GREAT SOLUTION FOR EXITING A TUB AND CONSERVE WATER AT THE SAME TIME. BATHE WITH A FRIEND. MAKES IT EASY TO EXIT BY HAVING SOMEONE TO HOLD ON TO. MARTY

THANKS STAN, I PASS. MARTY

HEY BONNIE, E-MAIL ME A PICKEL. I HAVEN'T HAD A HOMEMADE DILL IN YEARS. I ONCE DATED A GIRL WHOSE LAST NAME WAS DILL, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. SHE WASN'T HOME MADE, SHE WAS MADE AT HOME. MARTY

STAN, I LOVE BLACKENED CATFISH. WHAT TIME IS DINNER? HAVE A GREAT TIME. I'M JEALOUS. MARTY

CHARLES, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF HEART WARMING STORIES COMING OUT OF THE MISERY DOWN THERE. UNFORTUNATELY HEALING WILL TAKE A LIFETIME FOR MOST OF THESE PEOPLE. IT'S HARD TO WATCH EVERYTHING, GOOD AND BAD, WITHOUT SHEDDING A TEAR. MARTY

HI VIX, IF YOU WERE THINKING, YOU WOULDN'T GET MARRIED. JUST KIDDING. MAY I BE THE FIRST ON THIS NETWORK TO EXTEND MY BEST WISHES. I USE WALKING ON THE BEACH AS THERAPY. I FIND IT EASIER THAN BEING ON CONCRETE. BESIDES DID YOU EVER NOTICE PEOPLE WALKING ON SAND DON'T TAKE NORMAL STRIDES? WE LOOK LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME AND BRING BACK A STOREROOM FULL OF MEMORIES. MARTY

I'M VERY FLATTERED TO SAY THE LEAST. JUST ONE QUESTION: DO I GET THE DUES? MARTY

LIN, WHAT'S REALLY DEPRESSING IS SEEING SOMETHING IN AN ANTIQUE SHOP SIMILAR TO ONE YOU SOLD IN A GARAGE SALE YEARS AGO FOR $10. NOW YOU CAN BUY IT BACK FOR $300. JEAN, AVERY WILL BE BACK. IF THE HOUSE SALE GOES THROUGH, SHE WILL WANT TO TOUCH THE CHECK. MARTY

KIM, BEFORE I COMMENT, YOU CAN'T BE TALKING ABOUT ME? IF YOU ARE, HOW FAST CAN YOU GET UP HERE. MY WIFE JUST LEFT FOR A WEEK. MARTY

GEE STAN, AFTER LOOKING AT MOST OF YOUR POSITIVE POINTS, I COULD MARRY YOU. THREE PROBLEMS. I HATE TO GIVE UP WOMEN, I LIKE TO LEAD WHILE DANCING, AND MY WIFE WON'T LET ME. MARTY

KIM, I'M VERY QUIET.............................................................UNDER THE COVERS. HOWEVER MY CAT LIKES TO SING OPERA. DOES MEAN FIGARO MARTY

MY KINDA GIRL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MARTY

I, TOO HAVE BEEN WATCHING. WATCHING SO MUCH, I FINALLY HAD TO TURN IT OFF BECAUSE IT WAS MAKING ME SICK. THIS COUNTRY HAS MORE PLANS TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST THE ENEMY, BUT HAS NO PLAN AGAINST THE WRATH OF MOTHER NATURE. GRANTED, THIS WAS AN UNUSUAL HURRICANE WITH MULTIPLE CATASTROPHES, BUT LOOK AT SOME OTHER CATEGORY 5 HURRICANES THAT HAVE BLASTED OTHER AREAS. I COMMEND ALL THOSE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE TRYING UNDER THE MOST ADVERSE OF CONDITIONS TO SAVE LIVES. MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL THE FAMILIES WHO ARE SEPARATED AND DON'T KNOW WHERE MISSING RELATIVES ARE. I KNOW IT'S MUCH WORSE THAN EVEN THE TV IS REPORTING. THANK GOD OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVEN'T LAUNCHED INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO BLAME SOMEONE. THIS WILL BE A TOPIC OF INTEREST FOR A LONG TIME TO COME. I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE MARTY

MARY, A PSYCOLOGIST ONCE TOLD ME NOT TO THINK, COME TO ANY CONCLUSIONS, OR MAKE ANY DECISIONS, IF I WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. SO I WIND UP ON THE COMPUTER OR HAVE A GOOD BOOK TO READ. WHEN I FEEL TIRED ENOUGH AGAIN, I GO BACK TO SLEEP. I USED TO WORRY ABOUT THINGS OVER WHICH I HAVE NO CONTROL, OR TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF........................ I'M YAWNING, SO IT'S TIME TO MOVE THE CAT OFF MY SIDE OF THE BED AND GO BACK TO SLEEP. HE GOES THERE AS SOON AS I GET UP. MARTY

DRINKING TOO MUCH OR NOT ENOUGH? I QUIT IN 1990 AFTER A SUCCESSFUL CAREER OF DOWNING ABSOLUT ON THE ROCKS. SMOKING TOO. WITH ALL THE MEDS I TAKE MIXNG THEM WITH ALCOHOL WOULD SEND ME INTO NEVER NEVER LAND. BESIDES, WITH THE HIGH COST OF BOOZE, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY MONEY LEFT FOR GAS. MARTY

JANICE, TOLD YA SO, TOLD YA SO! SORRY, I COULDN'T RESIST. GLAD IT ALL WORKED OUT. MARTY

SCOOTERMAN, IT'S NOT AN OLD WIVE'S TALE. I THINK I LOST IT TO AN OLD WIFE WHO IS NOW DECEASED. THE CAR HAS BEEN CRUSHED, SO I GUESS IT'S GONE FOREVER. IT AIN'T COMING AROUND. MARTY

JANICE, BOTH MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER HAD ULTASOUNDS BECAUSE THE X-RAYS WERE MISREAD. IT'S AGGRAVATING AND FRUSTRATING. WE MALES GO THROUGH SOME UNPLEASANT TESTING TOO. JUST A PART OF LIFE. MARTY

LINDA, ONE DOWN, FORTY-NINE TO GO. AND I'M TRYING TO BE CONSERVATIVE. THE FIRST YEAR IS AN ABSOLUTE BITCH. CONGRATS MARTY