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Simply speaking and speaking simply

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A lifelong Midwesterner, I enjoy the simple and earthy language of rural America. We generally get right to the point and use unpretentious, expressive ways to get there. Linguists ascribe titles to the various methods we employ in our communication: aphorisms, axioms, proverbs, epigrams, maxims, etc. I’m not much concerned with what they are called; I simply like the way they communicate. Many of the humble and colorful phrases we hear in rural America came across the ocean with our immigrant ancestors. Growing up in an East Frisian family, I heard a number of Low German aphorisms ...

Time for a new ice fishing rod

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The ice fishing season gets closer every day. Many of us are going through our ice fishing equipment to see what we need or want to go fishing through the ice when the ice returns. I was looking at my ice rods and realized there were a couple of actions that needed to be added to my arsenal. ...

Has the truth finally been told?

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It was between doctor appointments (the only kind of appointments I have anymore.) I had ducked into a coffee shop for a few minutes of mental and physical relaxation. A small, elderly woman ̶ stooped, gaunt and shabbily dressed ̶ approached my table and asked if I would buy her a cup of coffee. An easy mark when it comes to food, I bought her a cup of coffee and a bagel. Without invitation, she pulled out a chair and joined me. I sat silently while she attacked the bagel. She obviously hadn’t eaten for some time. Picking up the last crumbs from the table, she said, “In ...

Appreciates local news coverage

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To The Editor: After getting the DFJ Newsletter for several years, I finally became a full subscriber and am glad I did. The local coverage is outstanding - much, much better than the local paper serving the much larger geographic area where I live now. The coverage of Lynx sports by Troy Banning is outstanding. Hamilton County residents are very fortunate to have the DFJ covering local news. Bill Matthew Los Osos, CA

Medicine ads on TV overwhelming

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To the Editor: It seems like network television is taking up more time in commercials these days.. Thank goodness for the mute button. But I got to noticing all of the meds they are advertising. As the British said when they watched the interview with Harry & Megan, "are all Americans sick?” In the last couple weeks or so I have kept a list of some of the names I have seen on TV. Here they are in alphabetical order: Austedo, Cabinuva, Coridan, Dovato, Dupixent, Eliquis, Fluzone, Goli, Humira, Ibrance Ingrezza, Kisqali, Nurtec, Otezla, Ozempic, Regeneron, Rinvoq, Rybelsus, ...

Walleye in rivers right now

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The autumn season offers many outdoor activities. Some folks like to go hunting and others know that ice-fishing is not far away. But there are some, probably more than you would think, that look forward to this time of year for open water fishing. They know that right now, in rivers ...