Al Batt
Al Batt: Buttering that bread
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I’m in a rut. Sometimes I wonder what I’m doing here. Oh, yeah? Do you ever wonder that? Sure, ...
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Al Batt: When someone holding a flyswatter says, ‘Don’t move!’
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting My wife is always correcting me. I told her, “Judy, quit correcting me.” I thought your wife’s name was ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, September 5, 2023 4:22 pm
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Al Batt: Naming our mouse relocation program
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Hot enough for you? No, I wish it were hot enough to melt the soles of my shoes as ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 29, 2023 6:10 pm
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Al Batt: Picking up pebbles
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Do you have mosquitoes around here? Big ones. See that eagle over there? I do. Well, that’s no eagle. ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 22, 2023 7:56 pm
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Al Batt: Featuring Big Tiny Little, Jr. at the Piano
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I ate at the Eat Around It Cafe. They ran out of the special. I always order the special. ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 15, 2023 6:12 pm
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Al Batt: How did your hometown get its name?
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting It’s nice to meet you, Alan. Please, call me Allen. I just went to the movie theater to see ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 8, 2023 6:36 pm
NO PAYWALL
Lavern C. Torrens, 88
Lavern C. Torrens, 88, of Decatur, IL, passed away on Friday, June 23, 2023, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. Vern, as he was known ...
by Al Batt, Friday, August 4, 2023 5:19 pm
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Al Batt: People hate math until they get a receipt
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I didn’t catch a single fish on my trip to Ontario. How come? I couldn’t tell a single one ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 1, 2023 6:28 pm
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Al Batt: Sniffing the south end of a porcupine
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I’m glad it’s summer and not winter. Do you like hot, muggy weather? No, but think how terrible it would ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, July 25, 2023 6:11 pm
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Al Batt: I wrote this while not rubbing a potato on my eyeglasses
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I had a Great Uncle August. My mother talked often about his funeral. When was his funeral? I’m not sure ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, July 18, 2023 5:45 pm
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Al Batt: No treating the cast like a piñata
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting My dog can find anything I ask it to. What kind of dog is it? It’s a LabraGoogle. Driving by ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, July 11, 2023 5:34 pm
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Al Batt: A wish for rain
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I dropped my watch into the Le Sueur River and a year and a half later, it was still ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, July 4, 2023 5:00 pm
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Al Batt: Overwhelming photo labeling
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Do you still have that book I gave you for your birthday? Of course, I do. I just started ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, June 27, 2023 5:59 pm
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Al Batt: The honor of speaking at an Audubon event
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting My wife is mad at me and I don’t know why. Why don’t you ask her? I don’t want ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, June 20, 2023 4:54 pm
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Batt: Swooping on to Texas
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I talked with a guy the other day who reminded me of my father. How so? He told me, ...