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Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) March 6, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "Sleeping Beauty" by The Brothers Grimm. https://tinyurl.com/ybkcrat7 Thanks to pajohn for this recommendation Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Prep: 10 mins Cook: 6 hrs 10 mins Total: 6 hrs 20 mins Servings: 6 Ingredient Checklist 1 pound lean ground beef salt and pepper to taste 3 (15 ounce) cans dark red kidney beans 3 (14.5 ounce) cans Mexican-style stewed tomatoes 2 stalks celery, chopped 1 red bell pepper, chopped 1 medium potato, peeled and chopped to suit 1 cup chopped red onion ¼ cup red wine vinegar 2 tablespoons chili powder 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon dried parsley 1 teaspoon dried basil 1 dash Worcestershire sauce ½ cup red wine Step 1: In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook ground beef until evenly browned. Drain off grease, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Step 2: In a slow cooker, combine the cooked beef, kidney beans, tomatoes, celery, red bell pepper, onion, potato and red wine vinegar. Season with chili powder, cumin, parsley, basil and Worcestershire sauce. Stir to distribute ingredients evenly. Step 3: Cook on High for 6 hours, or on Low for 8 hours. Pour in the wine during the last 2 hours.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) February 28, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "Keepy Uppy" by Roger Haydon. https://www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2021/02/keepy-uppy-by-roger-haydon.html Roger Haydon tells the story of a thirteen-year-old lad from the estates with one eye on his football and the other on his future. Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) February 20, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of “The Biggest Watermelon Anybody Ever Saw” By William Saroyan. William Saroyan was hailed by Kurt Vonnegut as the “greatest of all the American minimalists” for his simple stories about childhood, the immigrant experience, and Fresno, California. Saroyan won both a Pulitzer Prize and an Academy Award. He wrote plays, novels, and short stories based on his travels across Eastern Europe and his experience of living as an Armenian immigrant in Northern California. Saroyan’s stories elicited hard-to-come-by optimism during the Great Depression, and he maintained a prolific, celebrated career until his death in 1981. Originally published on September 11, 1965 https://tinyurl.com/y9cu3btm Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) February 06, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of: Mama's Biscuits by Ronald Paxton. http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/MamaBisc1184.shtml Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

If your PC has a button like this, I strongly suggest you do not touch it PC Power Button on my Keyboard

China should have it under control, they designed it.

I'm not convinced that we have 400,000 deaths from COVID-19 alone. I don't believe anything the Government says anymore.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) February 06, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "Rubble" by Andrew Mitchell. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2015/10/rubble/ “Recently abandoned by father and husband, a boy and his mother bond while searching a deserted house for a ghost.” Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Yes, on that website they show recoveries, however, the news sites never do, they focus on cases and deaths, just to inspired fear, so we follow the monkeys, foolish instructions.

Something I have been thinking. Why does every report we read focus on Fatalities and never mentions the Recoveries? This image is from Texas a week or so back, They have totally stopped showing Recoveries. Is this simply to keep us as fearful as possible? Feel free to reply and tell me what you think below.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) January 23, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "Possibilities" by Bill Pronzini https://strandmag.com/the-magazine/short-stories/possibilities/ A primer on dealing with nosy neighbors and other possibilities. Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) January 16, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "Donny Clatterbuck" by Robert Boucheron. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/08/donny-clatterbuck/ “When people ask if you’re black or white or what, tell them you’re a Clatterbuck.” Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Don't mess with us old farts.

Yep, sure is, we ended with about 8 inches (20.32 cm).

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Nice

Sounds like a plan.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) January 09, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "It's Just A Start" by David B. Barnes. The story is available online at: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/ItsJust1178.shtml Wishing all of you a much happier and more prosperous New Year. Sorry, the choice for our next chat is a bit longer than those I normally pick. However, this is the third story we've done by David and since we have two weeks, I felt it was a good time for a longer read. Mr. Barnes was a Police Officer in North Carolina for (I believe) thirty years or so and has a great feel for the seamier side of life. There is also a moral in his stories that we sometimes must seek out, but it's always there. Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

I caught this guy wandering on one of my backyard security cams about 1 Am this morning. [2020-12-21T005848]-#3-Motion.mp4

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) December 19, 2020 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry. The story is available online at: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/GifMag.shtml This is one of my all-time favorite stories by one of my favorite Early American authors. I hope you all enjoy this as much as I have over the years. Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.