theoldlady

Sorry.

It is being reported here that Luis Echeverria, former President of Mexico, has died. Many of us have him on our lists. R.I.P.

We have magpies and sparrows who visit Daily. Swallows when in season. There are hawks and sea eagles that make fly-bys almost every Day. Swans are in the Bay. There are Wild/forest pigeons. A fox was spotted in our garden one Day while we were on vacation. There are deer in the woods by our road. Yesterday I looked up and there were geese flying south for the winter. (This is Southern Norway.) We also have a Forest Cat(skogskatt) that visits and asks for food each Day - have no idea where he lives - been giving him snacks for the past 4 Years.

But lots of birds killed by the windmills.

In Norway many have `hunting` rifles. You have to take a huge written test, the book has hundreds of pages, plus demonstrate your ablity to shoot, etc. Not easy. Those in the Home Guard used to have WWII German Machine guns in their homes. Not sure what they have now. Our police do not carry guns so a dip-shit was able to shoot and kill 69 youths and injure many others on an Island outside of Oslo in 2011 and the unarmed police did nothing for many hours - they held meetings trying to figure out what to do. It took real men and women to go out towards the Island on their small row and fishing boats to pick up the kids, many were shot at, that were swimming across the cold lake water. They defied police orders. I think many Norwegians finally recognized they are alone and our police are useless. They are excellent though at writing Traffic Tickets and asking for pay raises.

Excellent posting. Thank you. I lived in the Los Angeles area during the LA Riots. Those Koreans were/are a brave bunch. Luckily my Condo Complex had several Roof Fighters prepared to protect all of us. I will be forever greatful to those men. Then a short time after the riots our neighbor experienced an armed robbery while she was shopping at a store. My husband`s friend was murdered. We decided to move back to Norway. Our neighbor moved to upper State New York at the same time.

@WormfarmerI PM`d my August Team to you earlier today. Hope you had a lovely vacation.

I think he`ll die at the respectable age of 95.

My list for August: 1. Fernando Ricksen 3 PTS 2. Valerie Harper 3 PTS 3. Leslie Philips 5 PTS 4. Bob Dole 5 PTS 5. Robert Mugabe 5 PTS

It should be OK, just like Jose Jose is his stage name and many people used him as well last year. Xi Xi was on several lists last year as well.

Bernie Sanders refuses to pay his workers at least 15 dollars an hour! (They are averaging 13 dollars an hour since they are salaried and not paid for over-time. Part of HIS agenda is to increase the Federal minimum wage in the USA to that amount.)The man is a peach! The workers demand a liveable wage. Bye! Bye! Bernie! Socialism is a bitch when you yourself have to pay for it.

I have now sent you my team. Thanks for doing this!

I.M. Pei and John McCririck are hits for me and others her.

Johnny Clegg is a hit for several of us here. R.I.P. Current score: 1190.

@Wormfarmer With the sad passing of Johnny Clegg have I earned 5 points. R.I.P.