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Al Batt: No coupons? What are you, a billionaire or something?
What do you call someone born on Leap Day?
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Al Batt: The lasting legend of a larruping good lick in Ledyard
I played in a baseball game at the Field of Dreams near Dyersville, Iowa.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, February 27, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: A post turtle comes to a fork in the road one day
“Tell me about yourself.” That’s what the fellow seated next to me on the airplane said.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, February 20, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: That’s no weather vane; it’s Tula the wild turkey hen
A friend stopped by to tell me there was a turkey on the roof of my house.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, February 13, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: In search of the holy grail of greeting cards
My wife, The Queen B, was searching for chocolate-covered radishes or radish-covered chocolates. I forget which.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, February 6, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: Fighting over a thermostat should be an Olympics event
Iowa is a tropical paradise.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, January 30, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: I’d been prepared to perform mouth-to-bill resuscitation
A guy I used to know said, “Morning.” No adjective added.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, January 23, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: It might have been better but it could have been worse
It was 4 a.m. on a 14-degree January day.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, January 16, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: My winter bucket list is a short one: Stay warm
Into the mouth of the wolf, we go.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, December 26, 2023 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: This is the year I’m getting off of the naughty list
Everything had been nearly copacetic. It was practically all rainbows and unicorns.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, December 12, 2023 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: It was ice to be there if Juneau what I mean
Alaska eats more ice cream per capita than any other state.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, November 28, 2023 8:45 pm
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PUBLIC NOTICE ALBERT LEA AREA SCHOOLS Albert Lea, Minnesota Study Session SCHOOL BOARD MEETING 5:00 p.m. – November 6, 2023 Summary of School Board Minutes ...
by Al Batt, Wednesday, November 22, 2023 1:47 pm
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Al Batt: You know Thanksgiving ran long when Santa shows up
No jiggling of a handle was required. To prepare for the feast of feasts, the outhouse had been equipped with store-bought toilet paper and comforting peach ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, November 21, 2023 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: Halloween is a sugar-coated day until you lose a nostril
I remember the scariest Halloween of my life.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, November 7, 2023 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: I walked 10,000 steps; now I’m stranded 10,000 steps from home
The “normal” ship has sailed and it didn’t have many passengers. I wasn’t on board.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, October 31, 2023 8:45 pm
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