Comments on: Turning Minnesotan

By: carine

carine — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:22:07 +0000

insurance companies or credit card companies–which one comes first on the list called Public Enemy #1? I can’t decide! Think I’ll let Obama do it.

By: Christie

Christie — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:06:34 +0000

Bless your heart, Mellimel, thanks for laughing with me. I think I deserve a picture of you and your barrow.

I do think of that Keaton film and only wish I could yell “cut.”

I do wonder what is covered by insurance. It seems to me that along with banks charging us interest on our own money, its one of the most puzzling con jobs that we all subscribe too. I wonder who insures the insurance adjusters because its a very dangerous job.

Garrison Keillor is demonically sly in his humor and lands some great punches on the liberally-challenged. But, its too much to live here and listen to PHC. My sister hears it on the Beeb in England and thinks its fab.

By: beezersmom

beezersmom — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:49:40 +0000

When I was young, fully estrogenated and full of myself, I just didn’t “get” Garrison Keillor. Nowadays, I tune in every weekend to hear the news of Lake Woebegone. I also look forward to a daily dose of Keillor on his Writer’s Almanac, which airs twice a day on our local NPR station. This bite-sized program offers a little bit of heaven delivered in Keillor’s sonorous voice, which is second only to Walter Cronkite’s in trustworthiness.

By: Conz

Conz — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:22:53 +0000

Hey–Remember that wonderful Diane Keaton movie, Baby Boom? She moves to Vermont and anything that can wrong with a house, just goes wrong? That’s what your story reminded of, Christie. Just without the kid and the applesauce….I’m still chuckling.

By: alison

alison — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:53:47 +0000

minnesota is a special place. enjoy it. you betcha!

By: dearpru

dearpru — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:25:16 +0000

When our first floor was inundated with thousands of gallons of rising groundwater, an identical insurance adjuster appeared on the scene to tell us in the same chipper tones that none of the eventual $250,000 in damages was covered. None, zip, nada. Which begs the question: Does this guy go from state to state, disaster to disaster, to deny funds to premium-paying, besodden homeowners?

All I can say is that you handled your encounter with your insurance-adjuster-guy a helluva lot better than I did mine. I must admit that I went a little “California” on him.

By: Conz

Conz — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:33:06 +0000

Ahh–I only know too well the battle that ensues when the great outdoors decides to move indoors. Power outages, spiders, ants, mice, bats and critters of all stripe and hue, water, snow, mud, and with two dogs and three cats, we may as well live in a yurt. This all usually happens when Lee is on the road. Whaddayagonnado?