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   Message 14,679 of 15,187   
   Jeffrey Rubard to Jeffrey Rubard   
   Re: Ted Widmer, *Lincoln on the Verge: T   
   23 Dec 21 06:08:38   
   
   From: jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 11:57:35 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:   
   > On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:19:10 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:   
   > > On Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 9:02:29 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:   
   > > > On Monday, December 20, 2021 at 7:19:17 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:   
   > > > > On Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:21:48 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard   
   wrote:   
   > > > > > On Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 9:38:14 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard   
   wrote:   
   > > > > > > Not a member of the Widmer family. (Maybe not even a member of the   
   "Ted" family!)   
   > > > > > The Widmer family that makes Hefeweizens.   
   > > > > > Furthermore, in the state of Ted Kulongoski and Ted Wheeler, Seth   
   MacFarlane's "Ted" almost stands out for probity.   
   > > > > > "Ted Widmer" is just some Adlai Stevenson-like fugmo by comparison.   
   > > > > NB: "Hefeweizen" is a German-style beer made primarily from wheat, not   
   barley.   
   > > > > The Widmer Brewery of Portland started making the style in... the late   
   1980s?   
   > > > So jet to the store, and buy the LP/while we continue to play at jive   
   CD's.   
   > > If'n you didn't know, 'Lincoln on the verge!' was a thing people used to   
   say to their   
   > > trusted Republican acquaintance who had a vein bulging in their forehead   
   -- including,   
   > > it must be said, in the era of *Women on the Verge of a Nervous   
   Breakdown*. A   
   > > tasteful form of "bipartisanism" among the people; however, in my personal   
   opinion,   
   > > there are actually few of those in "professional" politics.   
   > "Lincoln on the verge!"   
   > I.e., your Republican co-worker was about to kill you, and they had a point.   
      
   (Or they weren't, or they didn't.)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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