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Al Batt: Editing the weather forecast
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I shouldn’t have eaten that fourth jelly doughnut. Wasn’t it just this morning when you told me you were ...
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Paul M. Heimsness, 84
Paul M. Heimsness, age 84, of Rochester, MN passed away Sunday, November 6, 2022 at Samaritan Bethany on Eighth in Rochester, MN. Paul Milford Heimsness ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, November 8, 2022 9:24 am
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Al Batt: Let’s not do anything to scare the warm weather
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Is your refrigerator running? Yes, it is. Why do you ask? I’m going to vote for it. Driving by ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, November 1, 2022 6:04 pm
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Al Batt: My plan for trick or treaters
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I don’t do anything without my lawyer present. You’re a lawyer. Then where’s my lawyer present? Driving by Bruce’s ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, October 25, 2022 5:40 pm
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Al Batt: Missing the service of full service
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I miss full-service gas stations. Why? When the guy asked me if I wanted my pickup truck filled up, ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, October 18, 2022 5:04 pm
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Al Batt: Loving the nice weather
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting What’s new? York, Jersey, Hampshire, England, Orleans, Mexico, Delhi, Guinea and Zealand. Why can’t your answer ever be “nothing”? ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, October 11, 2022 5:30 pm
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Al Batt: Animals begin moving south
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting How much do you want for that bucket of bolts you call a lawn mower? $50. Could I get ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, October 4, 2022 6:06 pm
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Al Batt: Can’t eat and sleep at the same time
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting My doctor told me I should sleep and eat at the same time each day. That sounds like good ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, September 27, 2022 5:31 pm
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Al Batt: Just how real is reality?
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting What are you watching? It’s a series about a man who decides to never clip his toenails again. Thank ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, September 20, 2022 5:17 pm
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Al Batt: Weeee — we hit 3 mph
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting The Labor Day traffic on I-70 to Denver was terrible. How terrible was it? Whenever I got my speed ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, September 13, 2022 4:41 pm
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Al Batt: Solving the mystery before us
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Have you figured out how that mystery novel ends? No, I started in the middle. Why would you do ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, September 6, 2022 8:39 pm
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Al Batt: It’s okay to smile for no reason
Echoes of the Loafers’ Club Meeting I have tendonitis. I have tinnitus, too. No, I have tendonitis. What? Driving by Bruce’s drive I have a ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 30, 2022 6:05 pm
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Al Batt: FEMA can’t account for toothpick bridge
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting What have you been up to? I’ve been building a ship in a bottle. Wow! How do you get ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 16, 2022 5:35 pm
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Kristine Kay Scott, 57
Kristine Kay Scott, age 57, of Lansing, Minnesota, passed away on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at her home in Lansing. Kristine was born June 27, ...
by Al Batt, Thursday, August 11, 2022 9:00 pm
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Al Batt: Living the days of yesteryear
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Do you know the difference between a shower curtain and toilet paper? No. Then please don’t use my bathroom. ...