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   Message 14,878 of 15,187   
   Jeffrey Rubard to Jeffrey Rubard   
   Re: Ted Widmer, *Lincoln on the Verge: T   
   03 Jan 23 16:52:42   
   
   From: rehashedrubard@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, January 2, 2023 at 9:55:31 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:   
   > On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 6:08:38 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:   
   > > 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.)   
   > "Did you like the book?"   
      
   "Didn't read it."   
   That's pretty normal, even for something on a topic of interest.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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