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My ancestor asked permission to marry his chosen lady, but she hadn't finished her indenture, so her master said no. George reacted in a way that seems to have been passed down to his descendents. They eloped, left Maryland with all they owned on the back of a horse, and ended up in The Chestnut Ridge area of Pennsylvania. He'd already scouted the area and they built a home not far from Fort Ligonier, a handy place to go during periodic indian attacks. It's quite a story :)

I'll try and remember that next time, I'll put it in a more primary obvious position, like atop my opening commentary.

Cool video. For some reason the URL doesn't show up when I'm looking at it from my phone. Thanks for the update.

Source URL, about an inch under the MEME. Here, I pasted below:
https://www.jibjab.com/view/make/rock...

Most welcome

First, this is why I LOVED Trump taking EXQUITY in INTC when it was promised billions (after doing the same crap).

Second, yes, there is a problem here. Every company (XEROX, KODAK) eventually fails because the world changes, and new companies come to replace them.

Third, this is forced on these companies because of the banking system.
Because "Cash is Trash", they are encouraged to take on and service debt.
And when the companies GROWTH >> INTEREST being charged, it makes sense,
Financially to borrow money and buy your stock back. Pay it back later with cheaper
money.

Finally, everyone is in it for the short-term hit.
Tax company stock buybacks?
90% Tax on C-Suite Bonuses?

Not sure, exactly, how to get people to think longer term.
But at some point... It's theirs.
The problem is, my 401(k) is forced to participate in this scam!

Thanks for all you have sent this year :-)

I too liked the unicorn. Probably because it reminded me of the joke of when God was going to recognize the older gentleman that given his life to helping others. When he asked the gentleman what would he like, the gentleman replied that he would like to have a bridge from the west coast to Hawaii. God replied that it would be a very difficult task because of the amount of concrete and steel required and really was wanting him to think about something that would benefit more people. The old man thought for a while and replied that he would like for the politicians to really do the right thing for people and quit just looking for ways to take their money. God then replied, "How many lanes do you want on the bridge?"

This was my feeble mind's best recollection of the original joke but I think it makes the point.

Where would I look for the link to the video?

My warped mind viewed today's submission as great Christmas cards.

Spot-on.
When companies fail at their jobs, the bosses, those who made the bad decisions in the first place, must return their salaries, if that doesn't work, leave.

Boeing: 100's of millions in compensation, yet they can't meet their production schedule, blaming the workers instead.

Pharma: protected from all liability, subsidizes every nation in the world then over-charges Americans???

Insurance companies.. where do I begin?
I pay more to insurance companies than on taxes, yet any claim is viewed as fraudulent until proven otherwise.

Energy sector: Change every penny they can until we bleed dry. Conspire with the government under "National Security Laws" to suppress each and every energy saving device, let alone technologies like Stanley Myers, Henry Morray, Nikola Tesla, (fusion, zero point energy...etc) all on the basis it would disrupt the flood of profits into the pockets of those robber barons who view us as little more than hamsters on their money wheel.

I noticed that, too, OUC. For the past couple of years, I've noticed more retailers saying Merry Christmas. And when I offer a Merry Christmas in response to their happy holidays, I get an approving Merry Christmas in return. I hope this trend continues.

Thanks, OUC, and a belated Merry Christmas to you and everyone else in the Gulch!

Let us never forget the Reason for the Season.

God Bless One and All.

Thank you, OUC, and Merry Christmas to you and yours! Same to all you Gulchers!

Uh, yeah... the unicorn!

I always called it "CRAPITALISM".

. . . and to all a good night

The unicorn tickled me dino the most.
The two on the bottom were the most Christmassy.
Especially the stable.
Just got back from quite a happy party with relatives.
Merry Christmas all!

Still, the beat goes on . . . not one funny look as I wished everyone a Merry Christmas this year.

Wow, didn't know that happened. Did they actually get some property at some point. Usually indentured servitude was for a specific period of time.

Amen to all you posted, tt. My ancestors arrived legally, except for my two many-times-great grandparents. They were kidnapped around age 9, and brought here as indentured servants in the late1720's. I demand reparations! 🤣

Thank you, OUC, and Merry Christmas to you too.

I was going to say what if she wore a hajib or burka?

By a very large amount - the Grinch only stole Christmas presents from a town - The Somali's stole from the US taxpayer in MN, ME and CO that have been documented!

Did a hospital in Lewiston ME back in ..... gosh it would have been in '04? - 05? and it was already overrun with Somali's as it was the indigent hospital...They did not have enough for the locals - they had to treat anyone that came through the door.

Goes back to what Milton had to say - you provide free stuff and people from all over will come to benefit and not provide anything in return.

Dino you are a lot of things..... but a poet? Not quite sure of that one.
But great post!!

Wonderful collection, again, OGC! Have passed several on -