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Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that swears we saw the sun for a few hours Tuesday. But then we were told by some cop we were obviously hallucinating and we got arrested for loitering.
It's been that kind of spring.
Let's get into the correspondence, shall we? First up, we have someone who took issue with our assertion recently that we really liked the fancy red jacket worn by Prince William on his wedding day:
“Just a friendly reminder: We fought a war around 236 years ago to keep those red coats (NOT jackets) outta this here country of our'n. While I'm happy that the Brits are now our allies and having personally earned British jump wings waaay back in 1986 while training with One Para in Aldershot, England (by jumping out of a Wessex helicopter, 2x C-130s and 2x hot air balloons …) AND having been the lone American as part of an Afghan Positive Identification Team assigned to Whiskey Company 45 Commando British Royal Marines in 2002 … AND having a lot of friends on that side of the pond… I wish you had remembered about that lil' skirmish back when.”
— A Patriot, Veteran and Retiree
“P.S. If you do happen to get yer history forgetful mitts on one of them thar red coats, I have a British Parasmock and I might consider a trade.
“P.P.S. I wish the Prince and Princess better luck this time ‘round!!”
Alrighty then! We hadn't really thought about the red coat connection, given that it's been a little while since any Brits so attired hassled us, but we suppose Patriot has a point. Plus, you probably get hassled by cops more if you wear a bright red coat like that anyway, right?
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Our old friend Random Ric writes in with an appropriately titled Random Thoughts Alert! Random Thoughts Alert! which reads thusly:
“A rowboat is a poor choice of watercraft for a drug smuggling operation.
“Memo to Donald Trump: I never thanked Al Gore for inventing the Internet so let me thank you for getting Barak Obama to admit he was born in Honolulu. Good job and you didn't have to resort to waterboarding. Nice haircut, too.
“On Sarah Palin: Is ‘she's a babe' a qualification for leadership of my favorite country? Donnie, I'm talking to you among others. Are we talking about a prom date or national decision maker? Gents, if all you can say is ‘she's a babe,' may I politely inquire ‘How's that GED thing workin' out for ya?'
“For some reason in the last few weeks I've heard the Royal Family referred to as ‘a dignified hole in the atmosphere.' Doesn't sound like praise.
“Hola Charlie Sheen, when you gonna take your ‘winning' game to the next level and start dating Lindsay Lohan?
“'Kay, pau hana. Try have a beer. Punani patrol later.”
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Speaking of the Royals, Hendo wrote in to say this:
“While watching the Royal Wedding I am sure I saw Scoop in the gathering on the mall by the Palace. It was just before the kiss. Or maybe the wave good-bye.”
We don't doubt it. We saw the face of Scoop in our Eggo waffle just the other day, and it looked like the mountains of Paraguay in the background. Weird.
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Here's a massive Scum Alert! Scum Alert! from Jerad Dow at Copper, who made the mistake of not using the Summit Daily classifieds. He writes as such:
“I bought a Jeep Grand Cherokee from a private party down in Colorado Springs, I found the ad on Craig's List. The ad showed pictures of the vehicle and sounded like a really good deal. I decided to drive down to Colorado Springs from Copper Mountain. Everything seemed tip top. He said he would sell it to me for $1,050, and I thought that was a great deal, it also was all the money I had. When I got home, the transmission blew on me.
“I tried getting a hold of the guy who sold it to me after the fact and he won't answer my phone calls, or text messages. He hosed me, and now I'm stuck with a car that won't drive, and it's going to cost around $3,000 to fix the transmission.
“I know it's my own fault for buying a used car from a private owner, but I feel scammed and I can't go to the police because it was a private owner, and i just don't know what to do?”
Wow, that sucks Jerad. We're not sure what kind of recourse you have with something like this other than trying to go through small claims court, which is a big hassle. Anyone got a used Cherokee tranny sitting around Jerad can use???
Well folks, we've gotta run. Go get your free pie at Village Inn and enjoy your Wednesday. We out.
It's been that kind of spring.
Let's get into the correspondence, shall we? First up, we have someone who took issue with our assertion recently that we really liked the fancy red jacket worn by Prince William on his wedding day:
“Just a friendly reminder: We fought a war around 236 years ago to keep those red coats (NOT jackets) outta this here country of our'n. While I'm happy that the Brits are now our allies and having personally earned British jump wings waaay back in 1986 while training with One Para in Aldershot, England (by jumping out of a Wessex helicopter, 2x C-130s and 2x hot air balloons …) AND having been the lone American as part of an Afghan Positive Identification Team assigned to Whiskey Company 45 Commando British Royal Marines in 2002 … AND having a lot of friends on that side of the pond… I wish you had remembered about that lil' skirmish back when.”
— A Patriot, Veteran and Retiree
“P.S. If you do happen to get yer history forgetful mitts on one of them thar red coats, I have a British Parasmock and I might consider a trade.
“P.P.S. I wish the Prince and Princess better luck this time ‘round!!”
Alrighty then! We hadn't really thought about the red coat connection, given that it's been a little while since any Brits so attired hassled us, but we suppose Patriot has a point. Plus, you probably get hassled by cops more if you wear a bright red coat like that anyway, right?
***
Our old friend Random Ric writes in with an appropriately titled Random Thoughts Alert! Random Thoughts Alert! which reads thusly:
“A rowboat is a poor choice of watercraft for a drug smuggling operation.
“Memo to Donald Trump: I never thanked Al Gore for inventing the Internet so let me thank you for getting Barak Obama to admit he was born in Honolulu. Good job and you didn't have to resort to waterboarding. Nice haircut, too.
“On Sarah Palin: Is ‘she's a babe' a qualification for leadership of my favorite country? Donnie, I'm talking to you among others. Are we talking about a prom date or national decision maker? Gents, if all you can say is ‘she's a babe,' may I politely inquire ‘How's that GED thing workin' out for ya?'
“For some reason in the last few weeks I've heard the Royal Family referred to as ‘a dignified hole in the atmosphere.' Doesn't sound like praise.
“Hola Charlie Sheen, when you gonna take your ‘winning' game to the next level and start dating Lindsay Lohan?
“'Kay, pau hana. Try have a beer. Punani patrol later.”
***
Speaking of the Royals, Hendo wrote in to say this:
“While watching the Royal Wedding I am sure I saw Scoop in the gathering on the mall by the Palace. It was just before the kiss. Or maybe the wave good-bye.”
We don't doubt it. We saw the face of Scoop in our Eggo waffle just the other day, and it looked like the mountains of Paraguay in the background. Weird.
***
Here's a massive Scum Alert! Scum Alert! from Jerad Dow at Copper, who made the mistake of not using the Summit Daily classifieds. He writes as such:
“I bought a Jeep Grand Cherokee from a private party down in Colorado Springs, I found the ad on Craig's List. The ad showed pictures of the vehicle and sounded like a really good deal. I decided to drive down to Colorado Springs from Copper Mountain. Everything seemed tip top. He said he would sell it to me for $1,050, and I thought that was a great deal, it also was all the money I had. When I got home, the transmission blew on me.
“I tried getting a hold of the guy who sold it to me after the fact and he won't answer my phone calls, or text messages. He hosed me, and now I'm stuck with a car that won't drive, and it's going to cost around $3,000 to fix the transmission.
“I know it's my own fault for buying a used car from a private owner, but I feel scammed and I can't go to the police because it was a private owner, and i just don't know what to do?”
Wow, that sucks Jerad. We're not sure what kind of recourse you have with something like this other than trying to go through small claims court, which is a big hassle. Anyone got a used Cherokee tranny sitting around Jerad can use???
Well folks, we've gotta run. Go get your free pie at Village Inn and enjoy your Wednesday. We out.
