Don Newbury
Columnist and Speaker at Freelance
Retired univ. pres.; now syndicated columnist in some 200 newspapers. Humorist/public speaker 58 years.
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5 days ago |
oaoa.com | Don Newbury
When one nitpicks, there’s no end to it. We’re all frequently guilty, and I admit to being among chief sinners, particularly since the term’s initial usage began in 1956, the same year I finished Early High School. Sudden thought: Maybe I’m the guy who first justified the term. Like heat surging from “simmer to boil” on the cook stove, I’m revealing current “nitpicky” items that might confuse and confound, but reasons enough for me to expand and expound.
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1 week ago |
community-news.com | Don Newbury
When one nitpicks, there’s no end to it. We’re all frequently guilty, and I admit to being among chief sinners, particularly since the term’s initial usage began in 1956, the same year I finished Early High School. Sudden thought: Maybe I’m the guy who first justified the term. Like heat surging from “simmer to boil” on the cook stove, I’m revealing current “nitpicky” items that might confuse and confound, but reasons enough for me to expand and expound.
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1 week ago |
jacksboronewspapers.com | Don Newbury
Time to read 2 minutes tHe idle a It’s got to be a borderline miracle when Eastland--a town with fewer than 5,000 people--can lay claim to not one, but TWO “facts” worthy of the Guinness Book of Records recognition. “Facts” has quotation marks for a reason. It’s not certain that a horned toad named Ol’ Rip actually hibernated… For the rest of the story, login to your account or purchase a subscription today.
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1 week ago |
breckenridgeamerican.com | Don Newbury
Time to read 2 minutes The Idle American It’s got to be a borderline miracle when Eastland--a town with fewer than 5,000 people-- can lay claim to not one, but TWO “facts” worthy of the Guinness Book of Records recognition. “Facts” has quotation marks for a reason. It’s not certain… For the rest of the story, login to your account or purchase a subscription today.
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1 week ago |
oaoa.com | Don Newbury
It’s got to be a borderline miracle when Eastland — a town with fewer than 5,000 people — can lay claim to not one, but TWO “facts” worthy of the Guinness Book of Records recognition. “Facts” has quotation marks for a reason. It’s not certain that a horned toad named Ol’ Rip actually hibernated for 31 years in the Eastland County Courthouse cornerstone and found alive — sharing space with the Holy Bible and a bottle of whiskey — when the current courthouse construction began.
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