tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post6050604612102226235..comments2024-03-07T00:23:26.870-08:00Comments on Croft's Wanderings: I Thought I was Going To JailCrofthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17634815881045387152noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-50907548964824515642018-04-13T08:54:37.726-07:002018-04-13T08:54:37.726-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.cintiyashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117697702486879359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-10506433789823956112018-03-30T09:13:06.921-07:002018-03-30T09:13:06.921-07:00The Statute of Limitations has expired so I am hom...The Statute of Limitations has expired so I am home free!Crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634815881045387152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-33268423193642596802018-03-30T09:05:12.894-07:002018-03-30T09:05:12.894-07:00Oh, you scoundrel, you! I'm going to have to t...Oh, you scoundrel, you! I'm going to have to take you off my blog roll after all! <br /><br />Tsk, tsk...<br /><br />Haha...<br /><br />Saludos,<br /><br />Kim G<br />Redding, CA<br /><i>Where we have committed far graver accounting errors and lived to tell the tale.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-89183555284459054412018-02-26T17:40:46.297-08:002018-02-26T17:40:46.297-08:00I just kept staring at those two figures that did ...I just kept staring at those two figures that did not match. To me, it didn't matter how much they were out, all I saw was they were out! I guess accountants go through this every day but I don't and at the time it really bothered me.Crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634815881045387152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-79596436066914073792018-02-26T12:32:53.134-08:002018-02-26T12:32:53.134-08:00Once again we have proof of how Democrats will lie...Once again we have proof of how Democrats will lie and steal!<br /><br />Just kidding Croft! Amazing you worried for so long about it.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501973193828340382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-63258195876893947932018-02-24T09:23:04.407-08:002018-02-24T09:23:04.407-08:00No question, he was one of the good guys.No question, he was one of the good guys.Crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634815881045387152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-89220429779855142752018-02-23T22:11:11.783-08:002018-02-23T22:11:11.783-08:00Jim Fulton died too young at 58. Just think of wh...Jim Fulton died too young at 58. Just think of what he could have done as an environmentalist and protecting the indigenous people of Canada if he had lived longer. Dee Tillotsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602508098099644096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-87942929246555515472018-02-23T09:43:40.437-08:002018-02-23T09:43:40.437-08:00What great stories you have about your polling sta...What great stories you have about your polling station adventures! I loved reading them! Someday I will have to do a post about some of ours!Crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634815881045387152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-22406563994021010182018-02-23T09:36:18.872-08:002018-02-23T09:36:18.872-08:00That is the candidate, Jim Fulton. He was a young ...That is the candidate, Jim Fulton. He was a young probation officer from the Queen Charlotte Islands. Never lost an election!<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fulton_(Canadian_politician)Crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634815881045387152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-76525254685320649912018-02-23T01:52:13.671-08:002018-02-23T01:52:13.671-08:00Love the picture of you and Norma. Never knew tha...Love the picture of you and Norma. Never knew that you wore a mustache; Beach also wore one in his younger days along with mutton chops; eventually, the military said no more mutton chops. <br /><br />You really are very honest if you fretted over 40 cents! <br /><br />Your experiences in politics was little more sophisticated than mine. I had to work three election poll locations on Election Day over a seven-year period as a Poll Manager. Each location was uniquely different. For the polls in Rosinville, I had to travel early in the morning about 40 miles to open the door at the elementary school for the polls to open at 7:00 AM. Election Day was a really big deal in this very, very rural community of farmers and moonshiners. Before I could allow the men to walk through the door, I had to relieve these fellows of their containers of corn whiskey (which they were going drink with the other guys in the parking lot after they all voted). Also, I had to relieve them of their hunting guns for turkey hunting (it was the season.). You probably would ask where I put all that stuff; I found a nearby cloak room with a key still in the lock and some construction paper to write their names to hang on the hooks. At the second poll in Ridgeville, SC, we couldn't get the public school for the polling place, but the pastor of Harvest Baptist Church offered to let us use the congregation's church. I thought that was very nice of him, until I opened the church recreation center door to prepare for voters. All through the main hallway leading to the register tables just before you entered the voting booths were photos of aborted fetuses of varying ages of gestation. Was this simply a coincidence that these photos were there at the same time a referendum was on the ballot regarding whether our state should continue to fund family planning centers for young women? So I had to call a couple of members of the county election commission to handle the matter. The third polling place, King's Grant, was not so bad; it was near where I live and where I vote. However, this poll precinct is densely populated, and its voters bridge the town of Summerville and the city of North Charleston. When I arrived before the polls opened at 7:00 AM, the lines had formed to the highway. The day before Election Day the mayors of Summerville and North Charleston had phoned and asked if we could put policemen, firemen, rescue workers, doctors, and medical personnel to the head of the line since they were needed for emergencies and traffic control in the areas while people were traveling to the polls. Of course, we said yes. But instead of punishing the mayors, I was punished by others in line with name calling and, of course, the ever present finger. Croft, I would have taken your job in a skinny minute. After a while, you just get burnout. Dee Tillotsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602508098099644096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-39428793032306898322018-02-21T20:37:01.956-08:002018-02-21T20:37:01.956-08:00And I got away with it!And I got away with it!Crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634815881045387152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-68544395472600634342018-02-21T18:51:08.299-08:002018-02-21T18:51:08.299-08:00The big 40¢ lie caper.The big 40¢ lie caper.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10426646958382800630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-72363760944519435552018-02-21T17:07:07.056-08:002018-02-21T17:07:07.056-08:00Basic honesty should be more important than a few ...Basic honesty should be more important than a few dollars here and there.Crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634815881045387152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-71869079775986754702018-02-21T16:53:28.000-08:002018-02-21T16:53:28.000-08:00Being a foreigner in Mexico I have always worried ...Being a foreigner in Mexico I have always worried about paying taxes. My accountant has assured me many times that they aren't interested in a free lance consultant/teacher, they're keeping tabs on the ones who make the big bucks and have excessive deductions. I alway receive my Mexican tax refund yearly without issue and Lolita (Mexico's Uncle Sugar) has never taken an interest in me after 30 plus years.living.boondockingmexicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157433834193440923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-52865893343454628012018-02-21T15:02:00.615-08:002018-02-21T15:02:00.615-08:00Any time Peter!Any time Peter!Crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634815881045387152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-13667700162918832112018-02-21T15:01:26.131-08:002018-02-21T15:01:26.131-08:00Go figure! Go figure! Crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634815881045387152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-50534515696194664662018-02-21T14:27:05.857-08:002018-02-21T14:27:05.857-08:00My accountant always said "figures lie, and l...My accountant always said "figures lie, and liars figure"...Kevin Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05795747155781311686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-79704264050326294252018-02-21T14:07:37.034-08:002018-02-21T14:07:37.034-08:00Well, thanks for putting a smile on my face!Well, thanks for putting a smile on my face!Peter Kouwenhovenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10197113786491782884noreply@blogger.com