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Thoughts on snow from a guy who's now enjoying white sand
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To the best of my knowledge: — Not all city snow removal is created equal. A couple of local outposts apparently believe that if God put it there, God will take it away. — No man knows more about women than I do, and I know nothing. — There are three levels of pain. 1. Pain. 2. Pain so bad you ask for your mother. 3. Pain of stepping on a Lego or stubbing your toe on an Isabel Bloom statue in the middle of the night. — Cities — are you listening, Davenport? — should stay out of the gambling business. — It's not being lazy, it's being selective in one's participation. — If they made it illegal to drive in the passing lane and not pass, 97 percent of the state of Iowa would be under arrest. — Sixty-five should be the new 50 for those of us who like the boss we work for. — Cordova has become the drama capital of the world. Apparently I'm the only one who has always had a good time in C-town. — Six inches is NOT a lot of snow. — The girl who got away is better than one who won't go away (shared with me by a local problem-solving, coffee-drinking group). — The Flu Season Fist-Bump is a perfect winter replacement for the handshake. — Florida in the 60s is better than home in the 20s. As you read this, I am up to my ears in white sand, spring training and Wolfgang Puck sesame chicken. — Not even millions made and a couple of Oscars can buy Ben Affleck a good hairpiece. — There's not much better than responding to a three-page, drawn-out, detailed-oriented text with a "K." — You can build all the Titanics you want. Last time I looked, they still made icebergs. — Standing next to a plowed snowdrift in a Galesburg parking lot will not make a weather-related TV report look any more dramatic. We know it snowed. — You are more likely to die on the way to buying a lottery ticket than you are to win the lottery. You also have a great chance of being behind the dude who wants two dozen Powerball combinations when all you want to purchase is a soda. — Just because I don't like the "Twilight" saga doesn't mean I don't get it. I get it; I just don't like it. — We don't like or trust North Korea, so we send them Dennis Rodman? I hope the entire country thinks we all are just like him. — Big-box shops have a place in our world, but there MUST be a place for the independent who knows his or her customers by name. Columnist John Marx can be reached at (309) 757-8388 or jmarx@qconline.com. 
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Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.
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