Monthly Archives: March 2010

Those Gannett sweeties

Posted on March 18, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell They’ve done it again. Honchos at America’s Number One Newspaper Chain surpassed themselves. I’m talking greed, of course. Who else does it as well as Gannett? Can you believe Gannett CEO Craig Dubow banked $4.7 million last … Continue reading →

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Offing and all that

Posted on March 17, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Peppermint Patti JOTR Columnist Can’t live with em, can’t live without em. Right, Sophie? One way or another, we’re stuck with our two-leggers. For better or for worse. But dog, there are two-leggers and then there are two-leggers. Know … Continue reading →

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Leave the renmimbi alone!

Posted on March 15, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell If you’d asked me a couple months ago to name the unit of Chinese currency, I’d have drawn a blank. It was all a big yuan. As near as I can tell, “renmimbi” and “yuan”can be used … Continue reading →

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At last, peace and quiet for JC

Posted on March 13, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell No question why Monica Conyers flunked the Michigan bar exam four times. The wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers, Democrat of Detroit, misbehaved so badly March 10, 2010 in U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn’s courtroom that you’d … Continue reading →

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Zenith’s one-of-a-kind ham receiver

Posted on March 12, 2010 by hro50ta1

Okay, folks, time to afflict you non-ham radio operators with some of my radio nostalgia. This story ran in November, 1998 QST: In the art world, when a “one of a kind” masterpiece surfaces, collectors battle for the right to … Continue reading →

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Can’t call it ‘bribe’

Posted on March 10, 2010 by hro50ta1

Any federal law that would impose a national 36 percent A.P.R. limit on our services, if enacted, would likely eliminate our ability to continue our current operations. — Advance America, largest payday lender in the U.S. By Joel Thurtell Can’t … Continue reading →

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A dog’s duty

Posted on March 9, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Peppermint Patti JOTR Columnist As a whole, Sophie, the Duties of a dog are divided into three parts. Personal Comfort. Security. Sleep. Personal Comfort and Sleep are the same? No, no, Sophie. Sleep and Personal Comfort are not the … Continue reading →

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Eighteen stories deep

Posted on March 6, 2010 by hro50ta1

A Short Story By Joel Thurtell The Old Man sat slouched in a tall-backed leather chair. He looked across his glass-topped desk at an array of toys that usually took his mind off anything that might trouble an octogenarian trucking … Continue reading →

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Bounce, Matty, bounce!

Posted on March 6, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Rubber. That’s what Matty’s bridge application was made of. And the Coast Guard bounced his request to build a new bridge alongside his decrepit Ambassador span right back to the Grosse Pointe trucking tycoon. According to the Detroit … Continue reading →

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CANADA ROCKS!

Posted on March 1, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I was sitting in the living room of Zoe and Burnley McDougall’s house on Vim Island in McGregor Bay on Sunday, February 21, 2010, the day the U.S. Olympic hockey team beat the Canadians in the quarter … Continue reading →

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