A dangling what?......

So. Shore Pop: 1248
So. Portsmouth Pop: 762
(as of 2000 census)

Lettuce spray.......I’d almost forgotten the way priests run their words together....’Course, if you don’t go to mass at least once in ever' blue moon or so, you’ll never hear ‘em anyway.....what brought it to mind was the Pope’s visit & the confirmation of Zoe....(Francisca’s g’daughter for those who don’t know)....One of the pundits (& I don’t have any idea which one) made the statement that while religion was waning in Yurrop, it was waxing in the good ol red, white, & blue ...so I imagine Il Papa had a good time in the States....at least, that’s what it looked like on the telly.....cheering crowds, obeisant politicos, & only poor ol snide Billy Maher to chide him......& I guess if Billy wants to keep working on HBO, he’ll have to apologize....sumbuddy on Fox news remarked that the mainstream media had ignored Maher’s remarks but it ain’t like Maher is a really funny mainstream comedian anyhow.......I dunno...maybe I’m jaded but I don’t give a durn if Maher don’t get noticed by the media....any media.....
The population figures at the top refer to a conversation I had with brother John about the size of South Portsmouth & South Shore back in the way back when time.....John’s mem’ry sez they were much larger then while I think they were a little larger but not much.
John thinks So. Ports was about 12 to 1500 & So. Shore was at least 2000.........of course, it’s a little different t’day....Fullerton, which abuts So Shore, is pretty much gone altogether while So Ports, which starts at the end of the US Grant bridge is missing just about the first mile of itself....and it ain’t filled in all that much at the bottom end.....the ‘hull conversation started when I remarked that Beattyville was almost gone & a few more floods would prob’ly take it away f’rever....”Oh well, easy come, easy go,” he shrugged.
Well, y’know it’s true. Towns are born, they live, they die.......like people, some live longer than others....a thousand years or ten or so is (maybe) a mere twinkle in God’s eye..
I paid $3.73 a gallon for regular gas t’day.....nuthin’ I c’n do about it ‘cept cut out unnecessary trips....McCain sez he’d like to cut out the federal tax on gasoline for the summer....’s a good idea but I don’t think anything will ever come of it....all our legislators will do is talk, talk, talk....but if they wanted to stimulate the economy, cutting $.40 a gallon off the price would do it far better and cheaper than a refund check. A similar plan might help in California....least we wouldn’t have to put up with media stories about students protesting cuts in education......Heck! Education is one of the places that needs to be cut drastically. Especially in the administrative departments wherein lies most of the actual waste. I just tho’t I’d phrase it thataway so’s I wouldn’t end a sentence with a dangling participle.......so there......Justin Other Smith