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I guess old habits are hard to break. It seems so many of you still feel the need to cross the hill to purchase certain products or services not previously available in Pahrump. Time for Gibbon's critics to put up or shut up Benjamin Disraeli, the 19th century British politician and author, wrote it's "much easier to be critical than to be correct." And Nevada's Democrats and liberals are taking the easy way out when it comes to the current budget problem. Letters to the Editor The truth shall make you modest WASHINGTON -- Summoned to remove a fish bone agonizingly stuck in a rich man's throat, British surgeon Joseph Lister did so. When the grateful patient asked the charge for this service, Lister replied: "Suppose we settle for half of what you would be willing to give me if the bone were still lodged in your throat." The point -- that the price one will pay depends on the urgency of the purchase -- is pertinent to the president's "stimulus" proposal. Coming soon -- simplification of PBJ sandwich assembly My son has eaten thousands of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. He takes two or three to school in his bag lunch. He also snacks on them when there is no cereal or popcorn left in the house. Of the thousands of PBJ's consumed by my child, I can count on one hand the number of times he has actually made such a sandwich. |
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