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7/3/09 The Black Hills and Independence Day Grace and I are spending the 4th of July in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Read more

7/1/09 One Solution to Payer Problems - In response to our email report about ChiroCode Audit & Refund Protection, one subscriber wrote: All of these problems could go away if doctors LEAVE the networks and refuse assignment. Read more

6/26/09 Seats at the Table This phrase is often heard nowadays, but are there any seats? Read more

6/22/09 47th Anniversary On this day 47 years ago Grace and I were married. Read more

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You Gotta Love the South

ALABAMA: A group of Alabama friends went deer hunting and paired off in twos ᅠfor the day. That night one of the hunters returned alone, staggering under the weight of an eight-point buck.

"Where's Henry?" the others asked.

"Henry had a stroke of some kind.. He's a couple of miles back up the trail," the successful hunter replied.

"You left Henry laying out there, and carried the deer back?" they inquired.

"A tough call," nodded the hunter, "but I figured no one is going to steal Henry!"

TEXAS: The Sheriff pulled up next to the guy unloading garbage out of his ᅠpick-up into the ditch.

The Sheriff asked: "Why are you dumping garbage in the ditch? Don't you see that sign right over your head?"

"Yep", he replied; "that's why I'm dumpin it here... it says 'Fine For Dumping Garbage'."

LOUISIANA: A senior at LSU was overheard saying... "When the end of theᅠworld comes, I hope to be in Louisiana ."

When asked why, he replied he'd rather be in Louisiana because everything happens in Louisiana 20 years later than in the rest of the civilized world.

MISSISSIPPI: The young man from Mississippi came running into the store and said to his buddy: "Bubba, somebody just stole your pickup truck from the parking lot!"

Bubba replied: "Did you see who it was?"

The young man answered: "I couldn't tell, but I got his license number."

GEORGIA: A Georgia State trooper pulled over a pickup on I- 75. The trooper asked: "Got any I.D.?"

The driver replied: "Bout whut?"

NORTH CAROLINA: A man in North Carolina had a flat tire, pulled off on the side of ᅠthe road, and proceeded to put a bouquet of flowers in front of the car and one behind it. Then he got back in the car to wait.

A passerby studied the scene as he drove by and was so curious he ᅠturned around and went back. He asked the fellow what the problem was.

The man replied: "I have a flat tire."

The passerby asked: "But what's with the flowers?"

The man responded: "When you break down they tell you to put flares in the front and flares in the back. Hey, it don't make no sense to me neither."

SOUTH CAROLINA: You can say what you want about the South, but I ain't never heard of anyone wanting to retire to the North.

 

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