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Al Batt: It was like burying a new Harley
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I heard the mosquitoes are big around here. They are. See that ...
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Al Batt: It’s a hot and cold world
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting You’re from Minnesota? My cousin lives there. Maybe you know him. His ...
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Al Batt: Shimmy down the drainspout
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting How come the price of a roast beef dinner has doubled? It’s ...
Opinion
Al Batt: Thoughts of summer baseball
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Hello. Hello? You’re leaving. I know, but I’m terrible at goodbyes. Driving ...
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Al Batt: Relax, it’s a laid-back rush
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting My goal is to always be a nice person. There’s only one ...
Opinion
Al Batt: Highly invested in sitting
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I’m a triathlete. You are? Yes, I try to swim, I try ...
Columnists
Al Batt: Oh deer! On to work
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting What’s new? I saw four deer on the way to work this ...
Opinion
Al Batt: A scary good likeness
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I got a newspaper insert saying a big box store was having ...
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Al Batt: A serious mother-in-law
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Did you fix my car? I couldn’t. There wasn’t anything wrong with ...
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Al Batt: Overwhelming paperwork
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting It’s been a crazy morning. What’s going on? I worried I was ...
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Al Batt: Spring time, with winter close behind
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting We have a sale on rolling scones today. No, thanks. I’d like ...
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Al Batt: Frequent visitors to the outhouse
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting What does IDK mean? I don’t know. Nobody seems to know. Driving ...
Opinion
Al Batt: Of vaccines and hot dogs
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I’m thinking of a number between 1 and 10. Why? It takes ...
Columnists
Al Batt: It’s Wally, because that’s his name
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting What’s wrong? Nothing and everything. I’m a born worrier. Well, you were ...
Columnists
Al Batt: Memories of cold are cold
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Twenty below zero temperatures are one of those things that make memories. ...
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