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Originally posted by cne32507:
The Royals hired a game keeper to shoot the gray squirrels. Cool to see him in his gamekeeper gear creeping around the grounds with a scoped, silenced .22 rifle.

Oh, yes, Carl. Previously employed at Bushwood Country Club.

I had a friend he passed awhile back, but in the summer months he would live in his camper at a campground just outside of town. I'd go visit every now and then.

He had a actual obstacle course built for the chipmunks off his deck. Rope ladders, swinging ropes, climbing walls and a maze. It was all arranged so that in order to get any peanuts they would have to use one or more of the obstacles. He was a clever and handy kind of guy. He could build and or fix anything.

He got hours of amusement and fun setting it all up. I would just look at him and shake my head and laugh while sharing a beer and watching those chipmunks!
I miss that man.

Having your shoelaces ironed is less expensive than replacing them to get that new-lace feel and grip.

Jerry Lewis went whole turkey and just wore new clothing every time. New everything, right out of the box and package. (tax write-off?).

A Walter Annenberg story of a couple decades ago described his closets as endlessly full of identical shirts and suits. After the interview, his butler brought out beverages and a bowl of (locally-made) chips. The reporter swears it appeared every chip in the bowl had been set there, one at a time. Arranged, as it were.

I only do that for special company.

My squirrels are happy enough, eating the illegally-grown peanuts in my flower bed.

Back in the Jerry Lewis Heyday, wearing all new clothes may have only cost him 10¢ on the dollar, and garnered him a sizeable tax deduction (dang it JALLEN, you would have answered that authoritatively.)

There is a reason why a 90+ Queen in poor health is not abdicating the throne. The nut case with nuts in his pocket, Prince Charles is next in line. It is my understanding that the Brits don't like poor old Charlie, and I think the Queen may agree.
Rod

It is, however, merely an infatuation. Rumors of more intimate emotional involvements are utterly unfounded. Or at least unproven. I would remind everyone that photos in this day and age can easily be doctored.

He's a slightly eccentric English nobleman. Lucky him that he has the time and means to indulge his eccentricities.

My first father-in-law (a very good guy) had a semi-tame squirrel buddy named Shorty. He'd go out in the front yard and feed him nuts.

Do you know who else liked to feed squirrels? Give you a hint, he lived in the White House from 1981-1989:

https://www.goliath.com/random...about-ronald-reagan/

President Reagan loved spending time on the White House lawn, and to the local Washington, D.C., squirrel population, he became known as a true benefactor. President Reagan loved feeding the squirrels, to the point where they’d come near. The squirrels became quite tame. This lasted until the end of his presidency, when George H.W. Bush won the 1988 election and moved into the White House in 1989. When Reagan departed, he knew the Bushs would be bringing their dog to the White House, so he left a farewell note to the squirrels: Beware of the dog. George H.W. Bush joked about this while eulogizing his former president.

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Originally posted by sig sailor:
There is a reason why a 90+ Queen in poor health is not abdicating the throne. The nut case with nuts in his pocket, Prince Charles is next in line. It is my understanding that the Brits don't like poor old Charlie, and I think the Queen may agree.
Rod

I thought the Queen had bypassed Charles in the line of succession for Prince William? Something to do with Charles's relationship to/with Camilla?

Maybe Tac can chime in on this one.

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Originally posted by OcCurt:
I thought the Queen had bypassed Charles in the line of succession for Prince William? Something to do with Charles's relationship to/with Camilla?

Maybe Tac can chime in on this one.

Pretty sure she can't. English law. The goofy fucker can abdicate 5 minutes after he's crowned, but he has to be crowned first before it can bump down the line.

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Originally posted by SirBeep:

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Originally posted by OcCurt:
I thought the Queen had bypassed Charles in the line of succession for Prince William? Something to do with Charles's relationship to/with Camilla?

Maybe Tac can chime in on this one.

Pretty sure she can't. English law. The goofy fucker can abdicate 5 minutes after he's crowned, but he has to be crowned first before it can bump down the line.

This is a persistent, but false rumor. The monarch cannot alter the lines of succession, even if she wanted to. From what I know of the Queen, she is very traditional, and not one to experiment with innovation. I don't think she would be inclined to skip Charles, even if she could. Which she can't.

Well, he's happier than most, I would guess. The real world does not intrude upon him. The advantages of a royal existence, eh, wot?

You begin to understand why Princess Diana had issues. His current mate seems well suited to his personality. It seems his two sons inherited the genes from their mother. The older he gets the stranger he becomes.

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Originally posted by RichardC:

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Originally posted by cne32507:
The Royals hired a game keeper to shoot the gray squirrels. Cool to see him in his gamekeeper gear creeping around the grounds with a scoped, silenced .22 rifle.

Oh, yes, Carl. Previously employed at Bushwood Country Club.

this made me chuckle

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“They come into the house at Birkhall and we get them chasing each other round and round inside,” he said. “If I sit there quietly, they will do so around me.”

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The heir apparent has long been an advocate for the environment, frequently speaking about conservation and climate change, and has even admitted that he talks to his plants, according to Time.

This is what happens when you surround yourself with ass-kissers who won't - possibly are afraid to - tell you your shit stinks and live isolated from the rest of the world. At least this is harmless, although I'd hate to be the maid that has to clean up the squirrel shit.

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Originally posted by SirBeep:
Pretty sure she can't. English law. The goofy fucker can abdicate 5 minutes after he's crowned, but he has to be crowned first before it can bump down the line.

There is no way he abdicates. He's 70 and has waited more than 10 years longer (for his mother to die) than his great, great, great grandfather Edward VII did waiting for Victoria to pass.

Unlike you know who, it really is his turn.

When I was in Walmart today I saw a stack of bags of squirrel food. All I could think about was why would anyone want to feed those damn tree rats. Not any homeowners I know want the pests hanging around.

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Originally posted by hberttmank:
When I was in Walmart today I saw a stack of bags of squirrel food. All I could think about was why would anyone want to feed those damn tree rats. Not any homeowners I know want the pests hanging around.

Let alone have them run around inside of your house!!!!! Prince Charles is a NUTJOB!

Prince Charles is a flaming leftist. Feeding squirrels is about the only thing I’ve read of him doing that I liked.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
Well, he's happier than most, I would guess. The real world does not intrude upon him. The advantages of a royal existence, eh, wot?

You begin to understand why Princess Diana had issues. His current mate seems well suited to his personality. It seems his two sons inherited the genes from their mother. The older he gets the stranger he becomes.

He has hardly had a normal existence. It isn't hard to understand why he isn't quite like the rest of us.