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Al Batt: Potholes prey upon drivers aged 35-44 who have good teeth and poor eyesight
I’d had an unpleasant experience. The store’s cashier was slow and rude. I tried to overlook his imperfections. ...
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Al Batt: There was a lot of name-calling during the graduation ceremonies
Welcome students, parents, teachers and staff of High Falutin High School.
Columnists
Al Batt: Does a mother sleep or just worry with her eyes closed?
I’d started working a summer job at a large factory.
Opinion
Al Batt: This rite of passage involved a right, a left and another left
It was rush hour in a small town. I waited for the only other moving car to find a ...
Columnists
Al Batt: Why do cardinals hate me, and who is that owl calling?
Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt I was in the grocery store. A man, holding a cellphone ...
Opinion
Al Batt: You know spring has sprung when the snow has gotten warmer
Spring is right around the snowbank.
Opinion
Al Batt: Remembering the good old days and the good cough drops
A friend grumbled about his bother-in-law.
Opinion
Al Batt: Why do men wear hats? Hatters gonna hat.
Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt A friend is fond of saying he’d forgotten where his head ...
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Al Batt: My neighbor nearly got a DOI ticket — driving on ice
Buying used underwear. That has nothing to do with this column, but I had to start it some way.
Opinion
Al Batt: He said there would be whooshing and I heard it
No one is fully prepared to become a year older in just one day.
Opinion
Al Batt: Cargo pants — gateway to adventure or man’s purse pants?
I felt like I should be pulling a semitrailer.
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Al Batt: Mother turned tying necktie into a team roping event
I took a sales course early in my life.
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Al Batt: I raised a stink by kicking a skunk with my bare foot
I kicked a skunk with my bare foot. In retrospect, I’d rather have had someone else kick the ...
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Al Batt: Do you put on shoes and socks or socks and shoes to eat popcorn?
It’s good to shake the cobwebs off occasionally.
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Al Batt: Wobble stoppers and dangerous restaurant booths are no yacht party
The day had a wobble in it.
