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Chihuahua was delighted with pickled herring

Echoes From the Loafers’ Club meeting I’m retiring at the end of the year. What are you going to do to keep busy? Not a ... Read more

by Al Batt, Wednesday, October 11, 2017 7:45 am

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Al Batt: What’s in a name

Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting Were you named after someone in your family? Yes, I was named after my older sister and brother. You ... Read more

by Al Batt, Wednesday, October 4, 2017 8:24 am

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Yesterday is experience, tomorrow is hope

Echoes From the Loafers’ Club I’ve taken up playing tennis. Have you lost any weight? No, but I’ve lost a lot of self-esteem. Driving by ... Read more

by Al Batt, Wednesday, September 27, 2017 7:55 am

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Al Batt: Reading the Waffle House forecast

Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting Remember when we were teenagers? Vaguely. We thought we could change the world. True. Now I’m lucky if I ... Read more

by Al Batt, Wednesday, September 20, 2017 8:13 am

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Al Batt: Exploring the economy’s sign posts

Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting What time do you have to be at work? Twenty after. Twenty after what? Twenty minutes after the time ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, September 12, 2017 8:32 am

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Al Batt: There are so many people in need

Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting: You’d be really tall if you weren’t bent over so much at the ankles. What size shoe do you ... Read more

by Al Batt, Wednesday, September 6, 2017 8:25 am

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Al Batt: I hear their voices as I do play-by-play

Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting This carpet is filthy. How can you tell? I saw a clean spot. Driving by the Bruces I have ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 29, 2017 6:00 am

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Mabel, what does a Gary look like?

Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting I figure our fishing trip to Alaska cost us $400 for every fish we caught. We’re lucky. How is ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 22, 2017 7:53 am

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Al Batt: Weary of fighting nature, I turn to commerce

Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting I was a Boy Scout once. Did you ever start a fire by rubbing two sticks together? No, but ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 15, 2017 8:00 am

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Al Batt: Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting

I have a pet spider. A pet spider? Where did you get a pet spider? I found it on the web. Driving by the Bruces ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 8, 2017 8:20 am

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Al Batt: Fixing my fixed income

Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting I’m on a fixed income. What does that mean? It means that my income is fixed, but I’m broke. ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 1, 2017 7:46 am

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Al Batt: Waiting for the chicken and dinner

Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting   Your chicken dinner will be a little late.   Why is that?   We have to wait for ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, July 25, 2017 8:02 am

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Follow politics … from a safe distance

Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting Politics drive me crazy. I hear you. Do you follow politics? Yes, but only from a safe distance. Driving ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, July 18, 2017 7:48 am

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Al Batt: In a vein of thinking, we’re bigger than the Mall of America

Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting You’re talking to yourself. I know. It’s annoying. I know. That’s why I do it. Driving by the Bruces ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, July 11, 2017 8:20 am

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Saran Wrap can keep birds from attacking windows

Echoes From the Loafers’ Club Meeting That guy is a born cowboy. Did he grow up with a horse? No, he grew up bowlegged. Driving ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, June 27, 2017 7:51 am

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