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brudd: the left-sided media will probably focus on Gustav and not anything the Gop is doing
funeralethics: Save Hillary for the Supreme Court. Sam
hrbeckham: Dems shafted Hillary
brudd: we're all screwed if Hillary makes it any further in Washington
Host_John: Hillary's problem is the media does not like her
funeralethics: I don't like her personally, but I think she'd be ok on the court
hrbeckham: I bet she bargained for the court too
Host_John: she treated media and staff poorly while Bill was pres
mactj2: news brought up a good point...he is 72...if something were to happen to him...is she really able to run the country
Sam_Moore: You have to give her credit she has come along ways from Arkansas
Host_John: He ain't gonna die
brudd: she and Mccain will surround themselves with a strong Cabinet
Host_John: nor is Obama
brudd: O'bummer
funeralethics: You aren't gonna die, either, are you, John? Lol
Host_John: the country needs a turn in a more prosperous direction
Host_John: the VP is a vote gainer
mactj2: romney was the guy to do that John
Host_John: Romney is a Corvette with no engine
mactj2: lol
brudd: Romney seemed to do well for Massachusetts, surprised he didn't make it
HustlerMI: Stop importing chineese caskets
funeralethics: Not just that, John, we have to be safer by a better image abroad. I don't think the saber-rattling Mccain will do that.
hrbeckham: no way would she be a good justice...too liberal...she would legeslate from the bench
brudd: agree hr
Sam_Moore: Either On Of Them Will Be Ok As Long As They Surround Themselves With Good Advisors
Host_John: I don't know what Romney did, he did not run for Re-election we thought it was just his stepping stone to he Pres
Sam_Moore: opps sorry caps/
brudd: Like John said - the country needs to turn to more prosperous avenues - less government - less government taking taxes and wasting the $$
Host_John: no caps on my end Sam
Host_John: no problem
hrbeckham: didn't Romney run against Ted Kennedy?
funeralethics: I would worry about losing a woman's right to choose with the current Mccain-palin ticket
Host_John: we need to get americans back to wrok
Host_John: work
brudd: and the baby's right to choose?
Host_John: stop the imports
Host_John: create hydrogen power
Host_John: sell the technology to the world
Sam_Moore: I wouldnt..worry we will always have the abortion states vs federal rights
Host_John: no more middle east power then
hrbeckham: Fair Tax would make America more competive with imports
mactj2: john you are a man with a plan
Host_John: we are over their for oil
brudd: drill on our own shores
hrbeckham: I like T Boone Pickens' idea
Sam_Moore: I like T. Boone Pickins
funeralethics: No, brudd... it's canceling an invitation to the party if there isn't going to be one. There will be another chance for birthing. Or that's what we spiritualists believe.
Host_John: never mind new space shuttles and stealth ships, discover new renewable energy sourses
mactj2: im all for that one
Sam_Moore: space program does provide jobs
hrbeckham: build a bridge that will buy us time to develope a new energy source(s)
mactj2: billions wasted everytime that thing goes up
Host_John: we can go back there sam
hrbeckham: we need a space program too
Host_John: we need their brain power to develop new energies
propilot1982: space program is a good thing for the funeral biz
mactj2: keep those brains on earth
Sam_Moore: spread cremains all over the sky
brudd: you lost me on that one funeral-ethics - - abortion "cancels" the life of a human being - a life that will never make it to a party due to being killed
Host_John: electric cars
Host_John: plug them in and charge them over night
Host_John: we can make them here
Host_John: sell to the world
funeralethics: but where does the electric come from, John?
Host_John: America is a bargin
Sam_Moore: takes oil to run the generators for elec John
hrbeckham: fuel cells.....hydrogen generators built right into the cars
Host_John: recently went to europe, a cup of coffee is 5 bucks
Host_John: a shirt 50 bucks
funeralethics: I'm waiting for the hydrogen technology to take off. I think that's the answer.
hrbeckham: use recycled water
Sam_Moore: yes and a liter of gas has been 7$ for years
Host_John: dinner for two 98bucks
brudd: we'll probably see more windmill farms
Host_John: lunch 60 bucks
hrbeckham: i went to J C Penney...dress shirt was $50.00
Host_John: glad to get home
Sam_Moore: did u take a jar of peanut butter to tie you over?
funeralethics: Wrong destination, John. Try Portugal.
Host_John: that was a T shirt
Host_John: sorry
Host_John: gas 12 bucks a gallon
hrbeckham: how many did you buy?
Host_John: america is a bargin
Host_John: I got one!
Sam_Moore: did you get me a new t-shirt? Great just put it in the mail
hrbeckham: sounds like the democrate have been won the elections in Europe...i guess we have something to look forward too here
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Sam_Moore: yes, tax and spend
funeralethics: gotta go keep my husband company. nite all
brudd: cya ethics
hrbeckham: night funeral
Host_John: Obama's trip to Germany was a laugh
Host_John: who does he think he is?
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mactj2: that turned me off
Sam_Moore: I see her broom still flies
hrbeckham: "king of The World"
brudd: what do the polls show as to who is ahead now that Palin has been named?
Sam_Moore: Mccane
Host_John: Polls are close last time I hear
hrbeckham: have not seen any poll since
Host_John: the only poll that counts is voting day
brudd: true
Host_John: signs don't vote
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Host_John: It will be an intersting 70 days
Host_John: I think 64 days
brudd: a lot of mud slinging between now and then
Host_John: I think they will hold mud until the last days
Host_John: Alaska is boasting 16 billion surplus
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Host_John: Howard are you guys getting ready for hurricane?
hrbeckham: we layed in supplies for Fay...we are pretty well off
brudd: they still saying this one could be worse than Katrina?
brudd: we don
Host_John: can you feel the winds there now?
Host_John: Howard is in Florida
brudd: we don't need gas & oil prices spiking again
hrbeckham: Gustaf is way west of us, though we will get some rain tonight I bet. Hanna is more of a concern for us
Host_John: anyone in the Hurricane area?
Host_John: I did not know of another hurricane
hrbeckham: Tuseday's update will let us know here what to expect
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jsmack5: evening all
Host_John: seasoned forcasters off for the holiday
Host_John: Hello JS
Host_John: same thing happpened last year
jsmack5: havent been here in a while....
Host_John: Government is closed for holiday
hrbeckham: still lots of tree limbs down and misc. damage from Fay...electricity was out for many for days from Fay...a strong storm will really put a hurt on us
Host_John: screw the tax payers, let the drown
jsmack5: my prayers are with those in the gulf coast areas
hrbeckham: bad news there
Host_John: Good thought JS
Host_John: I will keep them in my prayers too
hrbeckham: maybe the La corp will sell out befor the waves crash in?
Host_John: up here we can see the stars and it's 74f
jsmack5: except maybe for the sandwich store manager who said he wasnt leaving...
jsmack5: lol
hrbeckham: Katrina ripped it up...gustovf is more powerful
Host_John: did not know that howard
jsmack5: hope he has seafood sandwiches for his fishy friends...
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hrbeckham: alot of the rebuilding could be torn to pieces
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jsmack5: what a shame.....
hrbeckham: yep
jsmack5: ok... who has off for Labor Day...lol
cnmmnc: Day Off? lol
jsmack5: my point...lol
Host_John: I am off the weekend
Host_John: but I am an OLD BUCK
cnmmnc: Lucky John
brudd: back to work on Tuesday
jsmack5: work from yesterday to next saturday
hrbeckham: New Orleans still needs years and billions to be really prepared for major storms
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hrbeckham: welcome back Sam
jsmack5: welcome Sam
Sam_Moore: thank you and Aol
cnmmnc: lol
Host_John: AOL is way down.
Host_John: yesteryear it was great
Host_John: gave us a good start
jsmack5: they are feeling the effects of some tornadoes in the area right now..... have the weather channel on...
Host_John: age, gender, location check please
Host_John: 60, M, Happy Hampton Beach, NH
propilot1982: 26m ny
mactj2: 28/m/arlington ma
cnmmnc: 32, M,nj
jsmack5: 55/m/long island, new york
Sam_Moore: tired old woman at disneyland ca
jsmack5: are you the one that controls the rides Sam???
Sam_Moore: yep
Sam_Moore: my second job
hrbeckham: 53/ M / Ne Florida
jsmack5: feeling any of the winds hr?
Host_John: at home we are discussing diets
hrbeckham: after wife & mother?
Host_John: I want to drop some tonnage
Host_John: been a fun summer
Host_John: way to many BBQs
Host_John: I like to keep the cooks happy
Sam_Moore: take a lemon and squeeez it in hot water everymorning when you get up. it will set your metabolism for the day
hrbeckham: we discuss diets all the time....just having trouble finding one that works...the older I get
jsmack5: my daughter just started a diet.... one problem... she forgot to tell me... I do all the cooking in the house
Host_John: I should drink this Sam or bath in it?
Sam_Moore: sorry.....drink it
cnmmnc: I just do the overwork diet, I forget to eat and next thing you know the day's over...
Host_John: Hmm
Host_John: Ill consider it Sam, thanks
jsmack5: then again my daughter does not need to diet... she is a Nyc cop.... gets plenty of excercise
Sam_Moore: should give you more stamina for the day
jsmack5: exercise... yeah that looks better...lol
Host_John: jeese these cops can run like the winds
Host_John: was watching a lowell cop the other day run backwards with the local kids he was flying
Host_John: remarkable
brudd: my waist is like an old cotton t-shirt ----- anti-shrink
cnmmnc: How do you run backwards?
jsmack5: by accident...lol
Sam_Moore: very carefully cnnm
cnmmnc: apparently...lol
Host_John: he was coaching the kids and leading at the same time
Host_John: in full uniform
Host_John: cap and all
Sam_Moore: a photo moment
jsmack5: actually it is easy.... i coach kids in my spare time too.... track and baseball
cnmmnc: I'd run backwards into something..
Host_John: good guy JS
Host_John: it is remarkable how in shape the younger cops are these days
Host_John: my buddies love the donuts
Sam_Moore: Pog is midssing...any one hear from him?
jsmack5: played minor league ball a hundred years ago...... and was a pretty good sprinter in my day
cnmmnc: hey our cops have to park Behind the dunkin donuts now because there were a few complaints...lol
Host_John: well it will have you live longer if you just get out there for 20 - 30 min each day
cnmmnc: so now it has to be hidden
jsmack5: too many crumbs?
Sam_Moore: our cops have graduated no doughnuts now they eat crosants
Host_John: donut powder on uniform LOL
cnmmnc: I guess it was the looks of things, you know?
jsmack5: nah... my daughter still brings home dunkins....lol
cnmmnc: yeah powdered sugar for fingerprinting...lol
Sam_Moore: you must remember to eat two..so they balance on the hips
jsmack5: lol cn
Host_John: LOL OMG Cathoic Church Funerals certainly does fatten up the staff
Host_John: they come back with 20 bucks of junk food
jsmack5: anybody wanna buy a resident? all you have to teach him is where the prep rom is and how to make arrangements.... and that the phone is not his personal toy..
cnmmnc: I foot for coffee and eats during Masses
Host_John: it's gone by the end of Mass
Host_John: I think most do CNMM
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Sam_Moore: Hey Pog You Are Late
Host_John: Hello POG
POG70: Hello, Sam et al
jsmack5: hi pog
POG70: Late supper after working late
cnmmnc: I found it works better when I call in the order before so they run in and pick up and get the heck back
Sam_Moore: they have eavacuated New Orleans. land fall tomorrow nite west of the cityy
jsmack5: that is not good news sam
Sam_Moore: no it isnt
Host_John: one of the guys goes around taking order early morning
Sam_Moore: I have a house at ft. walton beach
POG70: sister in Houston
cnmmnc: right it saves time
Host_John: my only rule is all must be consumed
brudd: I went to college in Pensacola - close to Ft Walton Bch
cnmmnc: yeah I concur
jsmack5: she will be in my prayers pog
POG70: Vacationed a couple of times at ft. Walton Beach\
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POG70: before it became crowded
POG70: Thanks, js
jsmack5: anytime...
Sam_Moore: ok ganc, the kids are getting out of the pool and it is time to eat the dead chicken one more time
Sam_Moore: be safe and have a good week
Sam_Moore: gang
Host_John: U 2 Sam night
cnmmnc: au revoir
POG70: poor chickens
hrbeckham: Going to confrence in Destin in a few weeks
POG70: nite Sam
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Host_John: they were rich disney chickens
hrbeckham: God bless Sam
POG70: Lol
jsmack5: we have been fortunate up here on Long Island.... last big storm was Gloria in i beliexe 88......
Host_John: we have not had one in New England in years
Host_John: the 1980s in NE
Host_John: Gloria
jsmack5: do a lot of charity work for my church..... Pgk of Knights of Columbus... and understand what people go through in difficult times
brudd: let's keep it that way John
Host_John: good idea Brudd
POG70: Winter blizzards our nemesis here
cnmmnc: Worthy Past Grand Knight
jsmack5: did a three year term...
propilot1982: jsmack how many people r in ur kofc
Host_John: winters have not been bad here cold wise, we do get more snow than I remember
hrbeckham: we rarelly get storms here in northeast Florida...maybe we are due?
Host_John: we have better equipment to deal with the snow
jsmack5: nearly killed me... or maybe my wife did..lol
Host_John: better insulated homes against the wind
cnmmnc: I'm a 3rd degree Knight, Council 6572
jsmack5: on paper... about 160..... active... about 25
POG70: two inches here and we're paralyzed
hrbeckham: Folks up north have ruffer winters, down sout and on the gulf get the huricanes
Host_John: service organizations are on the dieing side
Host_John: TV is too good?
jsmack5: Council 2548... 4th degree... 3year Pgk
jsmack5: We are actually growing, John
Host_John: never been even asked to join
cnmmnc: I have 4th degree this nevenber down the shore
jsmack5: would you?
Host_John: yours is the success they should study
Host_John: would consider it
hrbeckham: I do Scouts...because I want to for years now...kiwainis too
Host_John: have no idea wha they do
hrbeckham: state association as well
jsmack5: are you a catholic gentleman in good standing?
Host_John: except for the neet hats and swords
POG70: Maybe it's like the Masons...you have to initiate joining
jsmack5: hats and swords come later
cnmmnc: thats 4th degree
Host_John: We see those guys at high mucky muck funerals
propilot1982: what is masons
POG70: Masonic Lodge
Host_John: Knights are cathoic Masons are protestant
jsmack5: Kofc is an organization of Catholic gentlemen designed to serve the community and the church based on the principles of charity unity and fraternity
POG70: right
Host_John: both good groups
propilot1982: they do same thing
cnmmnc: didn't you learn all of this in mortuary school?
jsmack5: there is a mortuary school???
hrbeckham: good point
jsmack5: lol
Host_John: Yep in Mortuary Management Class!
cnmmnc: lol
Host_John: we live in a very different world
cnmmnc: my teacher was a Roman Catholic priest, also a licensed funeral director
jsmack5: not that different...... degrees
POG70: slept thru that class, but I did go to summer school at Catholic Hs
propilot1982: pog wow
Host_John: meet people all the time that say honestly "no on in the family has ever died"
cnmmnc: well theyre young
jsmack5: no one??? hmmm... house must be crowded
Host_John: deceased 95, children in high 60s and 70's
Host_John: you folks must see this too
POG70: No one dies anymore...according to the obituaries
cnmmnc: well then either they live a solitary life or theyre lying
jsmack5: but take into consideration greats grands and such..... someone died...lol
Host_John: most often surrounded by their loving family
POG70: They pass on, pass away, go to meet Jesus, etc., but no one "dies"
cnmmnc: I tend to think theyre full of it
Host_John: hey we help invent that verbage
POG70: that, too
Host_John: how about "Dirt People"
jsmack5: brb
POG70: Saw one the other day that said the person "expired"
hrbeckham: good night alll God bless you all, and may God bless & protect America!
POG70: nite, hr
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Host_John: that is what the youger generation call the cemetery
Host_John: that is where the dirt people live
Host_John: Night Howard
Host_John: sometimes I just say YIKES!
POG70: Egyptian swimmers
Host_John: how do they mean that POG?
POG70: in de Nile
cnmmnc: just to the left of Denial
jsmack5: back
POG70: right
Host_John: Cremation is on fire!
Host_John: see more now than ever
POG70: growing everywhere
jsmack5: ]and will continue to see more
cnmmnc: well land is getting expensive
POG70: land is not the agent
POG70: less fuss and bother
Host_John: the savings of using the rental casket
jsmack5: matter of costs
cnmmnc: were getting $1,675 for an opening around here
Host_John: I can see opportunities for green burial with rental casket
jsmack5: not far off here cn... where you at
POG70: I did some green burials years ago
cnmmnc: the fabled Garden State!
Host_John: we are researching how we can do it in local cemeteries
jsmack5: oh.... next door...lol
POG70: family cemetery....no embalming....cloth-covered caskets no vaults
Host_John: take cover off casket
cnmmnc: it's okay the gas is cheaper here
jsmack5: cant see any of my cemeteries going green
Host_John: Y not JS?
POG70: get an uncovered casket
POG70: cardbaord
Host_John: I was in england and it is common practice to re use urns
Host_John: and sell casket lids!
jsmack5: hmmmm... New York.... major metropolitan area...... no room for new emeteries...... old ones will do business as usual..
cnmmnc: One muslim cemetery around here lets them bury uncasketed
POG70: casket lids? to cover uncased body in grave?
Host_John: it is their belief
cnmmnc: the cemetery looks like a dump... but it's there
Host_John: nope removed at crematory before placement
POG70: One cemetery in my area has section for uncasketed burials
Host_John: I asked operators, does family know, they answered OF COURSE NOT!
cnmmnc: seesh
Host_John: I was there for tour
cnmmnc: sheesh
Host_John: I was astouded
POG70: they should burn it, too
Host_John: Yes family purchased
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jsmack5: if the family is not notified... is thet not deception at the least
POG70: I've seen lid removed to expedite body reduction, but lid was burned in retort
Host_John: I was on tour
POG70: grey area ethically
Host_John: went to a funeral home and they would not give a tour
Host_John: strange
POG70: dirty prep room
Host_John: I presume things to hide
cnmmnc: yeah scared of an inspection
Purge_Lipps: maybe they had better things to do........
Host_John: usually no problem
POG70: or they thought you were inspector, competitor or activist
cnmmnc: then rescheule, right?
jsmack5: there are days i would not give a tour on those grounds...
Host_John: first time ever I got turned away, and I called the day before they said come on down!
Host_John: I got there
Host_John: they said you didn't call here
jsmack5: for the most part my prep room is presentable...... then there are days.... I have been busy...lol
Host_John: I showed the telephone number and they insisted I did not call
Host_John: no biggy
POG70: run=around
Host_John: disapointment for sure
Host_John: JS we all know what you are saying
Host_John: and I have seen many a less than clean prep room but I understand the issue
cnmmnc: yeah you only have so much time
POG70: have two prep rooms..one for working and another for showing off
cnmmnc: nice! lol
Host_John: most only have one
cnmmnc: we have a decoy prep room
POG70: one for the inspector, with the real one hidden away
Host_John: and it is usually very clean
Host_John: comeing up on time for fire works here
jsmack5: i deal with an owner... and a resident who has the same last name as the owner..... everything else falls on me.... first calls, arrangements, preps, dress and casket , funerals..... and anything i forgot to mention
Host_John: you folks all have a great week
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Host_John: Happy Labor day weekend, good night all