Author: Don
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Show me the Cash!
My granddaughter Khadija is away at college at Boston University and from time to time she will hit her gramps up for some bucks. I am happy to help, because as I tell Grace, what exactly do I work for if not to help out my granddaughter! But that’s not the story, when Khadija asked…
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Dear Friends, I know it is getting close to the holidays as Hapy posted his list of beer pairings for Christmas songs. It is hard to know it is Christmas down here in Key West other than the houses with over-the-top lights and decorations and of course, the lighted boat parade coming up this weekend.…
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Almost all of the nearly 400 restaurants here in Key West will deliver their food. But for some reason, Grace and I do not take advantage of this service. I know that my employees here will have cups of coffee delivered as well as lunch but I must have lived in the boonies too long…
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Strong Women, Proud Women
Start Soapbox After hearing Geraldo Rivera say that the recent “perv of the day” revelations is ?? criminalizing courtship ??, I could not remain silent anymore. He clearly does not get it and to be honest I don’t think I can truly understand what it means to be sexually harassed without being a woman any…
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Dear Friends, I spent some time this weekend up on my roof, repairing the damage to my solar water heating system caused by Irma. I sure don’t have the stamina that I had as a youth, but I managed to get it done and even got Grace to climb the ladder and help me. Black…
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Joanne showed me her iPhone X and it just made me more anxious to get mine. Mine will not show up for another couple of weeks but Emily already got me a case for it. While I would love to carry it around without a case, I am just too clumsy and will certainly break…
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Apple Stomps the Street
I made a solemn pledge to my Kibbles & Bytes partner, Emily, that I would never make her write about Apple’s financial results. That’s all mine. I was on the road last week so I missed the opportunity to talk about Apple’s great quarterly results last week so that gives me some good material for…
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Dear Friends, We are mostly settled back in Key West with mostly vegetative damage from Irma. As we were driving down to Key West, though, the devastation just 10 miles north was astounding with mountains of debris still lining the road and so many homes, cars and boats wiped out. A lot of work left…