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Dec 26, 2022Liked by Ken Tingley

That's awesome! Keep it going!

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Dec 26, 2022Liked by Ken Tingley

Loved your writing of your rare indulgence. I can't resist to point out your love of things full of hot air. Merry Christmas Ken.

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Got me there.

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As obsessions go, that sounds like a safe one. You mentioned duct tape. Not sure if that was literal duct tape because if you haven’t tried it there’s a Gorilla Glue version that’s incredible. It’s what Red Green would be using today.

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Too much damage for glue.

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He's talking about "Gorilla Glue" BRAND DUCT Tape. It is just like Duct tape but it is really really sticky.

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Gotcha! Still too much damage.

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Dec 26, 2022Liked by Ken Tingley

That was a perfectly delightful description of the UPS and DOWNS of blow-up holiday balloons in the Tingley household....LOL

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Perfect metaphor.

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water bottle

we sometimes

think

of things as friends

and in the abstract

they are

like a waterbottle

representing a history

of reminiscences

sips after shoveling

a snowfall

caged to my bike

on trails around

the adirondacks

sitting on the bluffs

in moab watching

the sunset

dropped in a parking garage

in ottawa on a getaway

and those intimate moments

with a lover

those are the memories

we drink from

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Dec 26, 2022Liked by Ken Tingley

Hope I get to see it this year. Is it located in Glens Falls or Queensbury? I’d like to know where it is but I don’t think you should tell your location.

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Dec 26, 2022Liked by Ken Tingley

Well, Ken, everyone has a weakness. Unfortunately, yours is an expensive habit to get into. But I guess it's okay as long as your wife loves you all the more for it. It's probably not as dangerous as compulsive gambling, binge and purge eating, or swimming in the Erie Canal when the temperature dips below 8 degrees. Have you had to build a bigger garage to store your blow up yard ornaments yet?

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Not yet, but basement is getting crowded. My wife has 2 life-sized deer in dining room.

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