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Superfood Mushroom Coffee with Chaga & Cordyceps
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Instant coffee powder (100% Arabica), Chaga (dual-extract), Cordyceps (dual-extract).
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Reviews For Superfood Mushroom Coffee with Chaga & Cordyceps
Based on 61 Reviews
Superfood Mushroom Coffee with Chaga & Cordyceps
love this coffee just wish it came in more pkg in a box . my hubby and I drink it every day a bit pricey but its good for you
- louise
Love this coffee
The best mushroom coffee I've tried!!!
- Mary Jo
Surprisingly good
Mushroom coffee! Weird right, yeah I thought so as well. However upon first trying it, I was surprised on how much it actually tasted like regular coffee and not overpowrering mushroom; as I am not a huge fan. If you are a regular coffee drinker you might notice a slight unusual taste, not bad taste but unusual. I found it to keep me alert but some hardcore coffee drinkers might think it a little weak in the caffeine department. Overall satisfied and I will be purchasing again.
- David
So bomb
This coffee product has changed my life. Literally. Cut my caffeine consumption in half, improved my overall health & mood, has helped me elevate my workouts & therefore physique to the next level...love it. Switching to this from my usual morning lattes pre-workout has allowed me to workout harder, sweat cleaner (it's like waterworks now, rather than that slimy hot coffee sweat), avoid jitters throughout & after my workout even when I don't refuel on calories right after. It is so clear that this product is supportive rather than depleting. Provides a grounded lift, if you get me. This is a clear staple for me now, & Thrive offers it half-price even over local discount health food stores. LOVE LOVE LOVE.
- Tobbe J
Love Mushroom Coffee!
I love this stuff, slightly addicted. Wish more than 10 came in a box. Set out to only drink 1 a day but now I drink 2. My only issue with Thrive was they sent 4 tiny boxes of my coffee in a MASSIVE box with a TON of crumpled paper in it. I complained saying they need to be more earth friendly and they said it's all recycled paper - but on my end it was too much! They're lucky that I recycle, not everyone does.
- Tiffany
Easy and Effective
Super easy to make - very good flavor for instant coffee. Even froths a little bit. Would love to see the price come down on these but totally still cheaper than Starbucks :)
- Rebecca
Delicious Coffee in a Instant
I will admit I was a little reluctant to try coffee with chaga but wow, I'm so glad I did. This mushroom coffee taste delicious and mixes extremely well with hot water. I haven't tried mixing it with other liquids, but I imagine it's generally the same.
Don't let the price hold you back either! They are certainly worth it when you compare it to stopping in your local coffee shop or Starbucks!
- Chadwick
Love it.
I've just had my first cup and, wow. I added plenty of coconut cream and have fallen in love with the flavor of this coffee. I will definitely be getting this regularly.
- Laura
Worth the extra money
I can definitely feel the effects of this coffee. I feel more energized, awake, and ready without the caffeine crash. It's slightly expensive, but honestly, compared to buying individual drinks at Starbucks, it's a steal!
- Nicole
I ordered this after reading all the great reviews. They were right, this coffee is amazing. We will be ordering this regularly.
- Monica
Don't Hate It, Don't Love It
I'd say this coffee is"okay." I don't love the flavor, but it's better with a little creamer (I use full fat coconut milk). I do notice it makes me a little more productive, without the side effects of coffee. I received the free samples with an order, and I don't think I would purchase it.
- Ashley
Cleared up my head
Talk about a wake up call... this stuff cleared my mind and helps me focus at work really well. It tastes alright for an instant coffee, as well.
- Amanda Snelson
I will only use them on occasion. A bit to pricey to use often. Great for taking on a trips
- Debora
Sounds weird but give it a chance
I was a little hesitant at first to try this because I absolutely hate mushrooms, but I was pleasantly surprised. You really can'y taste the mushrooms at all. Apart from a slight earthy taste this tastes just like coffee. It doesn't give me a huge jolt of energy, but I also drink espresso regularly so that may be why. I usually drink this as a late afternoon pick me up. Love the benefits of the mushrooms without the weird dirt taste.
- Kelly
Great Coffee
I have this coffee nearly every morning. I love the supplemental benefits I get from the dual extraction of the mushrooms and find the coffee has an awesome flavor.
- Dawn
Mushroom Coffee? It's Good!
I'm hooked on coffee once again because of this brew. The mushrooms seem to lower the acidity allowing me two cups a day.
I only wish it was organic.
- Jennifer
Awesome! From a non-coffee drinker
This is smoother and more tasty to me than most coffees I have tried. The added 'shrooms is a bonus, for sure. I make so-called "bulletproof" versions by adding either butter or MCT oil. This is my new go-to when I'm rushed in the mornings.
- Diane
Great Way to Get Your Healthy Mushrooms
I love coffee and generally prefer to brew it for taste and aroma; but I also love chaga and cordyceps mushrooms for their great health benefits. I sometimes add a packet to some already brewed coffee to get the mushrooms. I also carry some in my purse to add to weak and not so good restaurant coffee when I travel. Great product!
- Raechel
Great price
I bought this similar product on sale at an event and still paid more than I did here. I have also been trying to find this at a reasonable price and Thrive Market is the best price I could find
- Elicia
I have gone through a few boxes now. I love it with my homemade almond milk, coconut oil and maca in the morning.
- Cynthia
Superior Coffee
This is by far the best coffee I ever had! They need to sell it in larger quantities~ Love it!
- Pamela
Mushroom Coffee
It taste like coffee and keeps me awake without the jitters!
- Sharon
not sure what you want here
I love this coffee. It is still on the expensive side even with Thrive. I love it and will treat myself to it occasionally. Thanks for having it.
- Bonnie
It's okay
I don't really enjoy the flavor of this. It's more earthy, which I guess is to be expected, but I was hoping for more of a coffee flavor. It's probably an acquired taste. I have not noticed feeling any different with this than with regular coffee, so I'll be sticking with my normal stuff. Not a product for me, will not buy again.
- Stacy
Tastes just like good instant coffee, no mushroom flavor.
- Amada
Love This Stuff
This tatses great and not really very shroomy! Tastes much better than instant coffe usually does....It has a pick me up effect but much milder than regular coffee. Doesnt upset my stomach as much as reg coffee eother.
- Heather
I can drink coffee!!!!
Absolutely addicted to this stuff! Love coffee but my adrenals do not! Problem solved! Delish with just a splash of coconut milk and gives me sustained energy with zero jitters or crash. I agree with another reviewer.....need bigger box!
- Georgianna
It was good!
I give it a 4 stars because of the price, I like it but its too expensive for me, other than that it's a good coffee and addicting.
- Venice
Yumm! and delightfully awake
It tastes delicious. I'm not sure what the mushrooms taste like, they don't stand out. If anything, it's slightly more savory coffee. It doesn't bother my stomach like regular black coffee and the "lift" is much more subtle than more caffeine. I feel awake without jitters.
- Alaina
love this coffee
This mushroom coffee is so good you don't miss the regular coffee
- virnalisa
Great taste
Already ordered two more boxes. Received free one and I love the taste. It is deep flavored but not bitter I also add to coffee for an extra punch. Will be ordering again. Wish they made bigger boxes
- Angela
Best Instant Coffee
Not kidding, this is a must. I absolutely love this product and will definitely be buying more. Can't start my day without coffee so I might as well get some nutrients in there.
- Aislinn
Love the idea of instant coffee to expedite my morning, and this stuff tastes great and makes me feel great! I wish it was more affordable.
- Madeleine
Pleasantly Surprised
I'm normally not an instant coffee drinker, but I decided to give this a try as a personal experiment. I was not disappointed! From the rich taste to the energy I had, I was hooked. This will have to be an "emergency" boost, as the cost is a bit high for every-day consumption, but it doesn't make me ill like energy drinks/shots do, and it's far more effective.
- Lindsey
Superfood Mushroom Coffee with Chaga & Cordyceps
we have not drank it yet but will soon , looks like itsgoing to be great for our bodys.
- louise
Best product of 2016
By far this is my favorite company on Thrive Market. I travel with these everywhere. Please add all the flavors! Instant Mushroom powders, yes please!
- Katelyn
Very Good!
Surprisingly this is quite good. I didn't think I would like an instant coffee as I'm a self-proclaimed coffee snob, however there's something earthy (the mushroom) with a deep roasted flavor that is just right. I enjoy this to have it be my go-to coffee and I feel like it's healthier. In any case, I'm highly enjoying this!
- Shanna
I like it
I would say it's an acquired taste, but I truly like it. It's easy to fix and since it's made with real arabica coffee it definitely satisfies the coffee craving. Plus I feel good about drinking it.
- Paul
Best Coffee
What a magical power combo in a super convenient packaging!
- Palma
Tastes surprisingly good
I didn't drink coffee at all for half a decade because of the nasty jitters I used to get. But now that I found the concept of mushroom coffee I'm back to enjoying the power of coffee. This product tastes like a very smooth black coffee and I love it the most with almond milk or blended with butter & MCT oil
- John
Mushroom Coffee
I absolutely loved everything about the Four sigmatic coffee . The taste is perfect no sugar needed. The benefits and the price is affordable.
- Helen H
Good Cup of Coffee
I love the taste and the convenience. It is not acidic like most coffee, so it is more gentle on my stomach. A little spendy, but a nice treat once in awhile.
- Regan
I have to say, I was skeptical being somewhat of a coffee snob, but after reading a review by another coffee lover about the flavor, I decided to try it. I love it - best black actually. Great flavor, and have been recommending it and giving packets away to introduce friends & family to it. On my 3rd box! Love the convenience of rushed mornings when I don't have time to make coffee & it's easy to travel with or stick in my purse. I thing a long thin more tube like packing would make it easier to use and reduce the mess but not anything that would stop me from buying it. Highly recommend!
- Kimberly
Love it, doesn't give you a crash
- Meredith
I like this coffee!
This is one of my favorite coffees! It still makes me jittery, but I love the flavor. Delicious!
- Lacey
Best coffee ever
Keeps me energetic without crazy caffein jitters! Good for the stomach, too. Good value for money.
- Jay
So awesome
I'm obsessed with this coffee. It's just straight up fantastic coffee, I enjoy it with a touch of half and half and nothing more. Hope they start producing larger boxes and/or canisters of loose coffee...until then I'll keep ordering several boxes at a time!
- Sara
Had better.
I love coffee, I love mushrooms... but the mix is just not that great. I couldn't get the cup down due to the old mushroom taste and smell. Would not recommend. :/
- Abbi
Most delicious powder coffee
My favorite powder coffee. I absolutely love the mushroom coffee.
- Margaux
Love it
This coffee has replaced my morning coffee because it gives me energy with no jitters. It does not trigger anxiety for me, which makes it a winner!!
- Meghen Sanders
Even better than I thought it would be
I'm a coffee snob. Having said that, I had to try this stuff, even if it was an instant powder. I was surprised how good it tasted, and thanks to having about a 1/4 of the amount of caffeine a cup of coffee has, I was able to enjoy later in the day without any guilt of the impact on my sleep. Packets are convenient to travel with as well.
- Tyler
Great morning boost
Love starting my day with this. I travel a lot for work and this instant combo of coffee and mushrooms is not always in my travel bag.
- Kier
I put a little collagen powder in this coffe and feel the best nutrient boost. It is so smooth and delicious! I love it!
- Erin
Great Stuff
Tastes great. Mixes well in hot or cold water and it gives you energy without the jitters plain coffee can give you
- Kenneth
Smooth & Tasty
Let me start by saying, I take my coffee with full fat, Organic, cream and no sugar. I almost instinctively added the cream to this without tasting first, fearing a bitter taste on my tongue...... Instead, I went for it. Black...... That is how I finished it too! It was smooth and not bitter at all. Don't fret. It tastes GREAT!
- Angela
Totally wonderful....
I am already back buying more.
smooth till the last drop
I love this coffee. I don't miss regular coffee blend it with some almond creamer and Oh My Gosh! delicious.
- Virnalisa
Delicious focus in a cup!
Mixed in a pinch of organic stevia and it was perfect! At least to me, that pinch makes a huge difference in flavor! This coffee is delicious in flavor without being bitter like most coffee. Keeps me focused without the jitters or crash. Now one of my favorite drinks!
- Sara
I love this mushroom coffee. it doesn't upset my stomach and it has a great taste. Especially when I put in a little So Delicious french vanilla creamer.
- Virnalisa
Great Stuff!
I was first exposed to four sigma via a quarterly box. It was cordyceps, which I found to be great. This combines two mushrooms with some good quality coffee. This product is great for convenience and works great as a pre workout drink. I recommend this product.
- Joshua
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Mitt's campaign in ruins after very serious bombshell bursts at Time
posted at 10:40 pm on June 27, 2007 by Allahpundit
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Note the byline. Looks like they save the really big scoops for their most esteemed reporters. What, no gratuitous sodomy reference?
We're all thinking the same thing so I'll just go ahead and post the clip.
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What does that say about a man when THAT is all they can come up with? By that account, Romney must be the most squeaky clean person around. I can't wait to hear how he once exclaimed "shucks" after stubbing his toe.
thedecider on June 27, 2007 at 10:46 PM
Classic. Both the video and Cox digging up 30 year old non-issues to attack Romney.
p0s3r on June 27, 2007 at 10:46 PM
How about "Mitt campaign in ruins after very serious failure to have supporters"?
Best line in the story:
Romney, of course, has expressed support for the use of "enhanced interrogation" techniques when it comes to terrorists; his campaign did not return repeated calls and emails about the treatment of his dog.
lorien1973 on June 27, 2007 at 10:48 PM
Hey, he built a windshield for the dog carrier, but they don't mention that in the Time piece do they???
ctmom on June 27, 2007 at 10:51 PM
Really big scoops – Haw, Haw!
So it's against the law to have a dog in an open bed of a pick-up truck? Never mind gay marriage – that has to be the biggest cultural divide between Massachusetts and Texas.
RushBaby on June 27, 2007 at 10:53 PM
Heh. Exactly the clip I was thinking Allah. Nice of you to just go ahead and preempt.
I think it is more of an embarressment that Cox is writing for Time.
Well, anyone writing for Time for that matter.
You guys are so SOOooo bad. I feel terrible about laughing but I can't help it…anyone have a tissue!!!
As for the Romney story, it's not a GOOD thing by I have to agree with decider…if that is all they can come up with then perhaps they're already building a new wing on the Mormon temple for him.
Well, there goes the Boston Terrier vote for Mitt!
csdeven on June 27, 2007 at 10:59 PM
By ANA MARIE COX
Entelechy on June 27, 2007 at 11:00 PM
It's clear to me now why I won't even browse through a Time magazine while stuck at the Dr.'s office. That's really a piss-poor excuse for a magazine.
commonsensehoosier on June 27, 2007 at 11:03 PM
You have got to be freaking kidding me.
And they tie it in with Romney's stance on interrogation techiniques?
That is pure comedy gold. I thought I was reading the Onion. Then again, TIME is really not much better most of the time, so who really cares?
Metro on June 27, 2007 at 11:03 PM
Still chuckling. And it's not even Friday! That Cox chick just doesn't have a good instinct for comic timing, does she?
RushBaby on June 27, 2007 at 11:04 PM
Romney, of course, has expressed support for the use of "enhanced interrogation" techniques when it comes to terrorists;
and their pets…
FireDrake on June 27, 2007 at 11:09 PM
Don't be fooled. It's not true.
A Mormon dog wears special underwear; thus, no poo on the car.
If that's the way he handles his dog, I can't wait to see how he handles terrorists. Go Get'm Mitt.
Makes the man real. This is one of those 'this ain't no ****' war stories you tell around the camp fire. What that video would be worth!
Limerick on June 27, 2007 at 11:15 PM
Okay…let me start off by saying (once again), I don't trust any politician that's drank from the water supply in Massachussetts. So, it's not like this story has a bearing one way or another on my support for Mitt. He'll get it ONLY if he's ultimately the nom…which I don't believe he will be.
With all that said…This story, no matter how ridiculous and VACATION-like it is, disturbs me. What kind of moron thinks its a good idea to strap a dog carrier to the roof of a car and drive with the dog in it?? There is retardation in that gene pool. Don't care HOW long ago it was.
tickleddragon on June 27, 2007 at 11:15 PM
Wonkette wrote this? But no one had anal sex with anyone else. I think this demonstrates the article lacks authenticity. I think the real scandal is that someone has written a attack ad, disguised as news, and substituted Cox' byline.
…it is commonsense that any dog who's under extreme stress might show that stress by losing control of his bowels: that alone should have been sufficient indication that the dog was, basically, being tortured."
Or, it just had to take a crap.
BacaDog on June 27, 2007 at 11:23 PM
The original info is from the Boston Globe. The link to terrorists is ridiculous, but
I agree with tickleddragon, this really disturbs me. It's unsafe to drive this way and it's cruel to the dog. An Irish Setter is a big dog.
I am no supporter of PETA, but we have a dog and a cat and I know how frantic either one of them would be in this kind of situation.
You can say what you want, but it does indicate something about the man that I don't like.
INC on June 27, 2007 at 11:27 PM
You can say what you want, but it does indicate something about the man that I don't like.
INC on June 27, 2007 at 11:27 PM
What kind of carrier was it? Was it an open cage, or a solid carrier? Does anyone have the facts, or are we just gonna condemn the man without any knowledge of even one detail?
I give him the benefit of the doubt and don't picture him as a crass, unfeeling animal abuser.
BacaDog on June 27, 2007 at 11:33 PM
I don't see the problem here. Lots of dogs travel in crates. Heck most humane societies/SPCA branches say that it's the only way to travel with an animal, to protect them in case of an accident/quick braking. If he had a windshiel, it wouldn't be that much different from traveling in the car (except cooler, and more fun for the dog). My dog would keep his head out of the window at a far higher speed than I liked to have the thing open, and my head was in the car.
Of course, my dog just didn't like crates and refused to use one at home (since we couldn't get him into one at home, we never tried with the travel ones, he just sat in the back seat… lots of fun keeping him there!). But many if not most dogs love crates (feels like a dog house). This is stupid and idiotic, but the by-line makes that description doubly redundant (being Time gets 1st redundancy).
libertarianuberalles on June 27, 2007 at 11:34 PM
now when I see Mitt on TV i'll be thinking Chevy chase the whole time.
jp on June 27, 2007 at 11:35 PM
The heck with the dog. It isn't like it had anything better to do, like build a hospital, or solve world hunger, or bring peace to the middle east.
I beat my dogs on a regular basis just so they know how good they have it when I ain't beatin em.
csdeven on June 27, 2007 at 11:43 PM
Ana Marie Cox writes for TIME? LOL, what a joke that rag has become.
WisCon on June 27, 2007 at 11:43 PM
Poor Mitt. He'll now have Pamela Anderson breathing down his neck.
My husband would do the same to a dog just to have that happen!
Geez! What a load of dog poo~
Fred! would know how to travel with a dog!
(hmmmm….that doesn't sound right either)
SouthernPride on June 27, 2007 at 11:47 PM
Our dog has a crate as well–but not on top of the roof of the car! Braking with the dog on top or being in an accident in likely to kill the dog.
The original article with the vacation info was written by Globe staff. Cox was just quoting it and PETA.
I went back to the Globe story.
The article says it was a summer vacation on a 12 hour trip and the carrier had some kind of windshield. Every crate I've ever seen has air holes all around it, but they'd all be hot and noisy–we're talking 12 hours here. Did the dog get any water to drink or did Romney just clean him off with water from the hose?
Sorry, but excusing this is just a dog that won't hunt!
INC on June 27, 2007 at 11:47 PM
Told you…you just can't trust those Mormon's. They are wild, I'm tellin ya, just plum wild.
Meanwhile, Peta kills dozens of dogs and throws them in a trash bin because they can't afford to feed them.
right2bright on June 27, 2007 at 11:53 PM
I beat my dogs on a regular basis just so they know how good they have it when I ain't beatin em.
csdeven on June 27, 2007 at 11:43 PM
Your dogs know just how the Fred? Groupies around here feel!
/couldn't resist
RushBaby on June 27, 2007 at 11:54 PM
Mitts! dog AFTER the twelve hour trip.
csdeven on June 27, 2007 at 11:55 PM
I seen a video of a guy who put a cat in a rabbit cage, poured gasoline on it and then lit it on fire.
Not pretty.
csdeven on June 27, 2007 at 11:58 PM
I think the bigger issue is probably that when the Boston Globe called some Mitt campaign staffer to get an anecdote in which Mitt demonstrated calm crisis management, the best they could do is "once Mitt hosed down the poop filled cage strapped to the roof of his car."
e-pirate on June 28, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Frankly, I'm a little surprised by some of the takes here.
Let me get this straight:
It's okay to CUT A DOG'S BALLS OFF, but not okay to put the dog in a crate for transport? Please, it's a dog. So what if it took a dump on top of the car? My dogs have taken craps in their crates before. In every animal hospital in American, dogs are crated all night long with nobody around for 10 hours or more. Perhaps there was somebody allergic in the car. Perhaps there was no room. Perhaps as the owner of the freaking dog, Mitt did what he thought was best. Perhaps eveybody should quit having a meltdown over this absurd story.
Metro on June 28, 2007 at 12:09 AM
Look, I have four four-legged kids, and two two-legged kids.
It was always a flip of the coin as to who got the crate.
Limerick on June 28, 2007 at 12:18 AM
John Edwards solicits campaign contributions so he can protect the abused pets of vacationing Mormons in 5..4..3..2..
kjspeedial on June 28, 2007 at 12:29 AM
"I can't speak for the accuracy of this case…"
Now that's great journalism.
Or dog doo.
profitsbeard on June 28, 2007 at 12:32 AM
I wonder if being in the belly of a Plane is more stress than the top of a car, heck, most dogs stick their heads out the window while moving at 60MPH, so why wouldn't they like being on top of the car?
WoosterOh on June 28, 2007 at 12:33 AM
Bite that ankle, Ana. GRRRR GRRRR!
You'll be a real journalist yet.
Squid Vicious on June 28, 2007 at 12:40 AM
Rudy has never tied a dog to the top of his car roof.
I'm just saying….
JayHaw Phrenzie on June 28, 2007 at 12:40 AM
I seen a video of a guy who put a cat in a rabbit cage, poured gasoline on it and then lit it on fire.
Not pretty.
csdeven on June 27, 2007 at 11:58 PM
Link? :)
JayHaw Phrenzie on June 28, 2007 at 12:41 AM
Dog on car top = criminal behavior.
Woman in sunk car = no big deal.
Limerick on June 28, 2007 at 12:48 AM
"a lesson in cruelty that was … wrong for [his children] to witness…Thinking of the wind, the weather, the speed, the vulnerability…the dog was, basically, being tortured."
Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Sounds like a motorcycle ride to me!
I must be a masochist.
if this is all they got on Mitt, he IS squeaky clean.
p.s. given the choice between sitting in back or standing, no, leaning out the window, which do you think dogs actually prefer?
OneEyedJack on June 28, 2007 at 12:52 AM
Wasn't granny also securely stashed away on top of the car?
danking70 on June 28, 2007 at 12:53 AM
There's something particularly hacky about a journalist (or in Ana's case, "journalist") whose first instinct in this story is to call PETA. Did she expect Ms. Newkirk would actually enlighten the situation any?
When I was a kid, I used to watch the TV news and wonder why tornadoes only seemed to strike in mobile home parks. They don't – it's just that base journalistic instints would always take the TV news crews to where they knew they could get the easiest payoff for the camera. Calling PETA on this story is the same damn thing.
Squid Vicious on June 28, 2007 at 1:12 AM
…it is commonsense that any dog who's under extreme stress might show that stress by losing control of his bowels: that alone should have been sufficient indication that the dog was, basically, being tortured."
So I had to poo at work today, can I sue? I was showing extreme stress, I've clearly been tortured!
Let's look at the different attitudes between then and now and you'll see it was no big deal then, I remember climbing under the hatchback of my moms Vega so that we could fit 2 adults and 5 kids in the car. That would be a jail term now for mom.
Wow, Time is pathetic. Have they really come to this? I bet Brownback forgot to take the trash out one time. It must be investigated!
AP, that video clip was perfect. Hilarious!
CP on June 28, 2007 at 1:21 AM
Dog on car top = criminal behavior.
Woman in sunk car = no big deal.
Limerick on June 28, 2007 at 12:48 AM
Mitt vs. Teddy
No need to say more
rahjr2k on June 28, 2007 at 1:51 AM
Told my dog about this and now she wants me to strap her crate on top of the car and take her for a ride. I think my Collie is leaning towards voting for Mitt now.
Buzzy on June 28, 2007 at 2:05 AM
This from a woman who had somehow established a career in the MSM by first gaining notoriety as the (nothing, no-talent) blogger who pimped for a prostitute in D.C. for high-level staffers of elected officials, getting her new contacts and johns.
Impressed by these edgy blogger bona fides, Time Magazine online hired the pimp to comment on GOP Presidential candidates, in between her own columns on issues relating to anal sex and masturbation with root vegetables.
Not your Father's Time Magazine.
Jaibones on June 28, 2007 at 2:25 AM
I beat my dogs on a regular basis just so they know how good they have it when I ain't beatin em.
csdeven on June 27, 2007 at 11:43 PM
LMAO at that (See; I DO have a sense of humor)
LegendHasIt on June 28, 2007 at 2:34 AM
Is that the best they can do? Wind blown dog shit? LOL!!
Egfrow on June 28, 2007 at 2:57 AM
Is that the best they can do? Wind blown dog crap? LOL!
Egfrow on June 28, 2007 at 2:58 AM
Just ridiculous.
Patriot33 on June 28, 2007 at 3:05 AM
You had me really worried for a second there Allah.
What's the deal with the enhanced interrogation techniques reference? What the hell does that have to do with a dog on a car roof?
JamesP on June 28, 2007 at 3:24 AM
Can picture the car traveling behind the Romney station wagon?
"Dear Gawd, Fred! Look at the size of that bug! You're gonna have to pull over and clean the damn windshild. And what's that awful smell?
You can tell she's still an amateur, she found no way to work in that his grandfather was a polygamist.
Veeshir on June 28, 2007 at 6:26 AM
Time cub reporters. Ha!
Dog poop on the windows of a Republican candidate must be more threatening to our freedom than stacks of FBI files in the White House office of the former First Lady's former law partner.
Zorro on June 28, 2007 at 7:03 AM
Dog poop on the windows of a Republican candidate must be more threatening to our freedom than stacks of FBI files in the White House office of the former First Lady's former law partner.
Zorro on June 28, 2007 at 7:03 AM
And, the dog poop doesn't stink as much.
BacaDog on June 28, 2007 at 7:30 AM
Where's the photo of Nixon holding Checkers up by his ears?
Hening on June 28, 2007 at 7:40 AM
This story is pure Bunk….. there aint no way in hell Romney ever owned a station wagon.
Alden Pyle on June 28, 2007 at 7:44 AM
JayHaw Phrenzie on June 28, 2007 at 12:41 AM
I CAN tell you that this morning, Fox and Friends is going to show video of a cat falling out of a 40 foot tall tree.
csdeven on June 28, 2007 at 8:04 AM
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This story is a disgrace:
You actually allowed his vacation from 1983 to be tied to torture? How desperate are you people? You should apologize and print a retraction and regain some dignity. Makes me glad I do not subscribe to Time.
On-my-soap-box on June 28, 2007 at 8:05 AM
Time is trying to use this old non-story against Mitt? This is the skeleton in his closet? It just shows how far they will go to try to smear the best candidate for POTUS.
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Rod on June 28, 2007 at 6:08 AM
Rod you win!!! That was a lung-seizing hoot! Good thing I wasn't eating anything or it would have been all over the place! Futhermore, I'l never be able to see a big bug hit my windsheild without laughing out loud.
Tissues, I need tissues….
JohnnyD on June 28, 2007 at 8:38 AM
If it's accurate, I don't care when or how it happened, it's a big black mark in my view,wind screen or no. I wonder if he'll bother to say anything about it? Supposedly, he's ahead in NH right now. I think it's an "almost a local boy" thing. He was not and will not be my choice in the R primary before or after this story.
jeanie on June 28, 2007 at 8:50 AM
Mitt's still got issues.
Malpaso on June 28, 2007 at 8:50 AM
How insinuating can one get without any witnesses, facts or actual evidence of something that may have happened more than a decade-plus ago?
The incident: dog excrement found on the roof and windows of the Romney station wagon
That's an "incident?" What does the word, "incident" mean you worthless journalistas?
How it got there: Romney strapped a dog carrier — with the family dog Seamus, an Irish Setter, in it — to the roof of the family station wagon for a twelve hour drive from Boston to Ontario, which the family apparently completed,
The poop's definitive, but the question of whether an alleged trip took place isn't.
despite Seamus's rather visceral protest.
Who's injecting opinion here? Dog's can poop without "protesting" anything. Digestive tracks – what goes in must come out. The bigger the dog, the bigger the you-know-what, and if it's that stupid corn-stuffed diet we insist on feeding our carnivores, then lots of you-know-what comes out. Dogs really don't digest corn well, if at all, judging from the copious quantites of … you know. How do we know the dog objected to anything? A dog on a car roof, head and shoulders about any other stinking dog in three states? Protest? The writerista don't know much about dogs.
Massachusetts's animal cruelty laws specifically prohibit anyone from carrying an animal "in or upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner or in a way and manner which might endanger the animal carried thereon."
Cruel according to who? Which is safer? Letting a large Irish Setter hang out the window unsecured to hang his drippy tongue in the wind to bark and lunge at every vehicle that passes, ESPECIALLY if there is a dog inside or better yet a cat, or sticking him in a cage where he has the best view in the vehicle and isn't bounding back and forth over the kids from one window to the other to bark at whatever strikes his territorial fancy? or sticking him in a crate and putting him on top? He can slobber all he wants up there, 360 degree view, no kids to trample on.
An officer for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals responded to a description of the situation saying "it's definitely something I'd want to check out."
Let's throw this "expert" opinion in from an unnamed source just to be able to write "Prevention of CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (you low-life bum!) with a worthless quote "something I'd definitely want to check out." "If it happened today, I could check it out, but I was 3 years old when the incident allegedly happened, and wasn't employed yet at the Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals." Course, "checking out" is neutral. What if he determined that it was a great way to carry a dog, "Why didn't I think of that?"
The overwhelming evidence in favor of the Romney's is if the dog survived the trip in good humor, good condition and lived many years fat and sassy. Course, with the way this thing was written, we are taking a lot on faith that there even was a dog, a trip and poop on the roof. The reporterista shows the Liberal bias: all concerned about the dog relieving itself in the crate on the car roof and absolutely NO sympathy for the hapless Romney kid who was tasked by his parents to hose it all off.
naliaka on June 28, 2007 at 9:15 AM
Torturing that poor dog is bad enough, but what about the reduced aerodynamics? Can you imagine what that crate did to the car's mileage?? Oh the humanity! Stop this maniac now! Who knows what he'll do next?
JWS on June 28, 2007 at 9:19 AM
Can you imagine what that crate did to the car's mileage?? Oh the humanity! Stop this maniac now! Who knows what he'll do next?
JWS on June 28, 2007 at 9:19 AM
Remember the timing! 55 mph! The law! No wonder it took 12 hours to get to Ontario.
naliaka on June 28, 2007 at 9:21 AM
My dog must be "tortured" every time a thunderstorm rolls into town, because he always empties his bowels when that happens.
PETA should ban thunderstorms! Thunderstorms are Torture! Precipitation is Cruciation!
What's the deal with the enhanced interrogation techniques reference? What the hell does that have to do with a dog on a car roof?
JamesP on June 28, 2007 at 3:24 AM
Cox seems to be insinuating that Romney might consider tying terrorists to the tops of station wagons and driving them to Ontario.
Hmmm. First time I've considered voting for Romney…
aero on June 28, 2007 at 9:35 AM
*gasp* He's got the devil in him!!
Grafted on June 28, 2007 at 11:18 AM
how mainstream leftwing news bias is expressed:
i defy any pprogressive democratic to link for us a hit piece this strained and trifling under any byline of comparable signifigance and expposure to "time in cooperation with cnn".
jummy on June 28, 2007 at 12:43 PM
Cox seems to be insinuating that Romney might consider tying terrorists to the tops of station wagons and driving them to Ontario.
aero on June 28, 2007 at 9:35 AM
And WITHOUT potty breaks!
csdeven on June 28, 2007 at 12:50 PM
Good Lord! This is a new low for Time. This is the sort of crap I would expect to read in Mad Magazine. What's next?
Romney Leaves garden Hoses on Lawn
Romney Joins In Brutal Pine Cone Fight (1953)
Romney Leaves Seat Up
I mean really…"Cruel Canine Vacation"???
whatthecrap on June 28, 2007 at 12:51 PM
Cox seems to be insinuating that Romney might consider tying terrorists to the tops of station wagons and driving them to Ontario.
aero on June 28, 2007 at 9:35 AM
And WITHOUT potty breaks!
csdeven on June 28, 2007 at 12:50 PM
Heck, if you're lookin for real torture…take them to Quebec!
I'm sensing a cultural divide here.
All over the midwest/south/mountain west dogs ride unrestrained in the open beds of a pickup truck. The dogs seem to love it (not a dog whisperer, so, can't say for sure) but they certainly don't seem to hate their owners.
Romney puts a dog in a crate and secures it to the roof of the car (in a time where the max speed limit was 55mph) and suddenly people are ready to crucify him as an animal torturer.
I don't know all the facts (certainly couldn't get them from that write-up where she's not even sure the family finished the alleged trip) but, it's entirely possible that the dog was at least as safe strapped into the crate up top as he would have been unrestrained in the car (which is how most people travel with their pooches at speeds much higher than 55mph).
If someone has evidence of actual animal cruelty or the fact that Romney's pets are terrified of him, I'd be happy to read up on it, but, as of now, this story is a non-story.
JadeNYU on June 28, 2007 at 1:37 PM
Dog on car top = criminal behavior.
Woman in sunk car = no big deal.
Limerick on June 28, 2007 at 12:48 AM
Good friggin' point!!
bernzright777 on June 28, 2007 at 2:45 PM
That has got to be THE most hilarious news story on a political candidate, EVER.
Mitt W. Griswold……LMAO
The Ugly American on June 28, 2007 at 3:12 PM
Using the dog incident to attack Romney- who has enough legitimate faults that I won't vote for him- is pretty lame.
That said, strapping your dog in a crate on top of your car for a 12 hour trip is completely F'd up, and I can't believe any dog owner would find it excusable. I'd never even consider doing such a thing to mine.
A dog won't crap in it's crate unless it absolutely has to- that's one of the reasons dog owners use crates in the first place. If the dog pooped in the crate, it was either in there far too long or was literally scared s*&tless.
And no, it's not the same as a dog sticking it's head out the window, not by a longshot.
Hollowpoint on June 28, 2007 at 3:30 PM
Typical Time "journalism". Someone gave me a subscription to this rag a few years ago as a gift. I didn't know, until I got the first issue. So I called to cancel it. They said you don't have to pay for it, it's free. Why would you cancel it?
I told them they should pay people to read it. And no matter if it was free I still wanted to cancel it. Short story longer. Somehow I got a check for forty-something dollars.
PowWow on June 28, 2007 at 4:26 PM
What gets me is there ARE some people who are labeling Romney a "sick bastard" because of this so-called "pet torture"… I just got accused of "sucking Mitt's c*ck" because I mocked the hysterical hyperbole
and it was NOT on a leftist blog either.
Remember, this is only a "description of the situation."
That would be "an unsubstantiated rumor" in other parlance.
How smart is it to waste time being irate over something we don't even know happened? How cruel is it to smear a man with lurid accusations based on projection, suggestion, innuendo and implication, so that he might be hurt in his attempt to gain political office?
Still see no sobbing pity for the child who would have been tasked with cleaning said vehicle had the "incident" occured, but then again, Liberals usually seem to be more concerned about animals than children, proof being this choice of sad sack animal pity story over an child tear-jerker.
naliaka on June 28, 2007 at 6:12 PM
So if Clark W. Romney becomes the nominee, it is expected that he'll name Marty Moose as his running mate.
Mitt is a decent human being. The concrete veracity of this story notwithstanding, it would be very difficult to convince me he is prone to animal cruelty. I rmember sharing the back section of a 1960 Ford station wagon with two brothers and a medium-large dog during a long vacation drive. I'm fairly certain that everybody, including the dog, would have been happier had she been in a crate on the roof.
Freelancer on June 28, 2007 at 6:50 PM
The problem in the Vacation clip is he forgot to put the dog in its crate. Even as a joke I don't see how it is really comparable.
I'm left wondering what exactly Mitt supposedly did wrong since the conventional wisdom (and even some laws!
) say it safer to have a dog in a crate then loose in a vechicle. The idea the crate must be situated with humans is also a nonsensical idea since that is not the case in any type of commercial transport of animals.
Resolute on June 28, 2007 at 7:38 PM
I'm fairly certain that everybody, including the dog, would have been happier had she been in a crate on the roof.
Freelancer on June 28, 2007 at 6:50 PM
YHa! During our obligatory cross-country trip our parents would have been delighted to put us kids in a crate on the roof. We were forced out somewhere in the Texas panhandle to march until our parents decided the trip would take too long if they had to drive behind us for the next thousand miles.
naliaka on June 28, 2007 at 8:13 PM
"Fonda" Cox.
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Toronto, ON - A new Ipsos Reid survey has found that Canadians believe locally grown food has many benefits over 'regular' food. Given a list of possible benefits of locally grown fruits and vegetables, Canadians are most likely to say the top benefit is that they help their local economy (27%) and that they support family farmers (22%).
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Owners and executives from Sadoff Iron & Metal Co., based in Fond du Lac, Wis., were joined by Lincoln, Neb., Mayor Chris Beutler, Lincoln Airport Authority Executive Director John Wood and representatives from the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Sadoff's new 13-acre site in Lincoln Airport West. The new location is a repurposed brownfield site previously used by the U.S. Air Force for fuel storage, the company says.
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Lasky added, "We have been in Lincoln since 1999, and this site, along with our Omaha location, will allow us to continue to provide the services that have supported our industrial and scrap metal retail growth in the region."
The site opened for business Oct. 14, 2013, and will hold a customer open house in the spring of 2014, Sadoff said.
The new Lincoln location was built in partnership with the Lincoln Airport Authority, which issued industrial revenue bonds to cover the cost of construction. Sadoff will repay bonds by fulfilling a long-term lease agreement, the company reports.
The site was engineered for "ease of use" ingress and egress traffic patterns, Sadoff says, and includes Department of Environmental Quality certified stormwater and environmental compliance features, security cameras and radiation detection equipment. The location is served by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad.
Sadoff was founded in 1947 and is a third-generation, family-owned scrap metal recycling company. The company first began operations in Lincoln in 1999 at the request of Deeter Foundry.


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The Town of the Mountain
A small, prosperous town sits in the shadow of a huge mountain. At the bottom of the mountain there's a dense forest which contains bugbears. These bugbears would have taken over the town if not for the efforts of the five hunters that protect it.
The hunters not only have to deal with bugbears, they also have to contend with an easily corruptible Mayor, family, each other and their own feelings.
Or something like that. It's a story I'm working on which I could use some constructive feedback
The roar made him spin round in anticipation. It was a sickening roar he'd heard many times before, but like most of roars that came before, the bugbear responsible didn't appear.
There's not much you can say about him, but the one thing most say is that he's aware. He won't let much get past him. He is Markus 'Trident' Groningen. The things he's done whilst being so aware were and are to this day greatly appreciated by the townsfolk.
'Trident', which was the town's and his fellow hunters nickname for him, was so called because he hunts with a wooden handled Trident with three extremely lethal prongs at its end. The considerable weight this creates doesn't stop him from handling it with same ease as the wind would handle a stray leaf. He is six foot two inches tall and there isn't an ounce of fat to be found on him. He along with each of the other hunters has a weapon of choice to the bugbears that ranged from gigantic in size to at their smallest man sized. None of the hunters was recognised officially as the leader but 'Trident' was treated as such within the five.
The hunters had only a few things in common, these included wearing the same smart shirts and cotton twill pants along with any footwear of their choosing. Eriden Grainger, who has the distinction of being the only woman hunter to date, stood at five foot eleven inch with a considerable amount of muscle herself. Though this muscle had been toned over the years so she kept her womanly figure and never strayed into the 'manly woman' category. I'm sure you know one of these and there not the best to look at. She carried two pistols which matched that of any gunslinger to have ever graced the Wild West. Although I doubt many of them wore a corset. They all covered up with the standard long dark brown coat which was closer to black but patches of the coats still remained there natural color. The shirt, pants and long coat combination was standard for a hunter and it always allowed them to keep their weapons concealed from the bugbears. The bugbears knew the hunters by their clothes more so than there facial features and in some instances a bugbear has been lured by a coat being put around something that resembled a hunter from the back and lured into a trap by the coats owner.
As we join 'Trident' we find him doing his daily rounds. Each hunter is required to walk the distance of the forest in search of bugbears each day alternately. Bugbears came out at night which was when all the hunters were scheduled to patrol the forest in shifts. Two would go on patrol for the night and then the next night another two would patrol. The remaining hunter would hunt with the Sheriff of the town the next night then they would switch partners the next night and so on.
'Come back in Trident. Seven times is enough for any
man. Even one as tireless as yourself.' Stuart shouted from the edge of the forest. Stuart Pinder-Marsh carried a fencing sword at one side of his six foot muscular frame and the other side was accompanied by a great sword who's blade stretched four and half feet and was three inches wide. It was the sharpest sword in the town and has been called a contender for sharpest in the country by some travelling blacksmiths and sword experts. His muscles are his pride and have enabled him to handle his great sword with ease just like Markus can handle his Trident. He now held the less taxing two jugs of water for him and for the now tried Markus. Marcus had reached the edge of the forest but was looking back one final time. After a few more minutes of cautious glances towards the darker parts of the forest, he turned and walked towards him. Stuart in turn held up the full jug of water which was swiped from his hand quickly.
'Polite as usual.' Stuart muttered.
'I heard that.' Replied Markus as he took a large gulp of his jug.
As they made their way back to the town they were soon greeted by a very smiley man with a slight pot belly and red cheeks. He dressed very brightly which usually included a yellow tartan waist coat and, unfortunately, a matching hat. He strode up and stopped in front of Markus. Markus would have walked right through him if Stuart hadn't stepped in to shake the man's outstretched hand. He didn't like the man very much. The only reason he ever gave was that he didn't like the feeling he got whenever he was near him. A sense of unease and general suspicion came over him and he could never get the other hunters to understand.
'I hope the daily round went well?' The man asked tentatively. He didn't answer until Stuart accidentally on purpose nudged him when he stepped back to the side of him.
'It did.' He replied whilst trying to look directly into his soul. After another uneasy silence, the man decided to break it.
'Well, as always, I'm happy to hear it. It soothes my soul to know that as Mayor of this town I have nothing to worry about. Hopefully anyway.' He said as he checked his pocket watch. It was getting close to darkness.
'Right. Well, Maybe I'll see you in the House tonight Mr. Groningen? I know I'll see you Pinder-Marsh.' The Mayor said as he turned and walked off towards the town. He walked a short distance before turning left and entering a large building with "Sheriff/Mayor" written on the side. This was away from the first row of four houses that started around ten feet from the forest. Each side had houses and buildings, used as shops or meeting areas, which stretched through the town. The middle was covered with either a slight covering of mud or grass. The Mayor's building was the second biggest building in the town and only housed five people. The Mayor Anton Brokeback, Sheriff Terrance Kelly, a stand up man around six feet tall and well built who always carried a pistol in his right holster and a sawn off shot gun on his back, deputy Elijah Grainger, brother to Eriden who became the deputy after failing to impress enough to become a hunter. That which his sister had no problems in doing and which has caused a rift between them ever since. Their parents are the only ones who enable them to be in a room together without arguing or physically fighting. The last two members of the oversized building is the Mayor's assistant Amanda Pinder-Marsh who was considered by many to be the most elegant woman in the town but some considered the other occupant to be as such. Darling Bloomflower was her name and she was the top saloon dancing girl of the town. This divided the town on numerous occasions but it really didn't wash well with her son Stuart who would frequently beat up anybody who showed an unnatural interest in her or discussed her in such a way.
'You coming to the House tonight Trident?' Stuart asked as they strolled through the town.
'Why the hell not?' He answered to the huge grin of Stuart. They arranged to meet later in the House along with the other Hunter who wasn't on patrol that night and made their separate ways to their houses. The hunters lived next to each other in five houses three of which were joined side by side on the left side of the town and the other two joined on the right. These were reserved for the hunters and every time one hunter died another replaced him. This unfortunate fact was known to each hunter but accepted as part of the job. The place known simply as 'The House' was the only entertainment venue of the town and also was the biggest building of the town. It has become quite famous outside of the town borders and travelers frequently flock to sample its delights.
It was very quiet at this time of day as most people were either getting ready to eat there evening meal or to go out to The House. The House boasted a huge stage which had dancing acts from the saloon dancing girls every night except for Sunday and fist fights between local and foreign fighters every night except Sunday. The bar stretched around the inside of the building and in total the whole place could fit all the townsfolk if needs must. The location was in the centre of the town on the right hand side and the shops opposite sold everything anyone needed and those next to it as well. Food, drink, clothes, weapons, pets, and basket's everything that was needed for a town to survive could be bought in close proximity. Some of the shops stayed open late on occasion and the townsfolk have had trouble returning there unwanted drunken purchases the next day. A horses saddle is always a good idea to buy once drunk and with a pocket full of gambling winnings, the next morning however the idea seems surprisingly below par.
Eriden and Owen were the selected hunters for this night's hunt. Owen Bernard Treeben carried a long bow and specially made arrows which packed a more powerful hit than normal. Standing at six foot six and having an athletic build allowed this to happen. Brian Oxberry joined Markus and Stuart in the House whilst they waited to either help the other two or buy them a drink once they had finished. Brian Oxberry carried with him two harpoons, one in a gun and the other by hand and was again athletic but was the shortest of the hunters and compensated for this with his amazing agility. His five foot nine inch frame was filled with muscle but without this it's said that he wouldn't be a hunter at all. His never ending ability to bound around and move to help the other hunters made him possibly on a par with Markus, though his lack of self esteem at times will always stop him from surpassing 'Trident'.
The door was in the fashion of a saloon and allowed anybody to believe they were entering a Wild West style environment. Fun was the name of the game for the House and if anybody took it too far the Mayor's "squad" would reject them immediately and deal with them appropriately. Usually by either a swift punch and a threatening glance. This squad consisted of five failed hunters who could easily deal with anyone, including the actual hunters providing each hunter stood still or was asleep. The squad is known for their brawn and definitely not for their brains. They were greeted literally seconds after stepping through the door by the Mayor and his assistant who was carrying a letter clutched close to her chest.
'You best not be looking at her untouchables.' Brian whispered as they waited for the Mayor and his assistant to approach. The letter Markus was gazing at had 'Hunters Records' written on it and was between two things Markus knew he shouldn't be staring at. Though a fine pair like that deserves a bit of attention he thought.
'Markus I see you've returned from the daily round unharmed. You know the rest.' The assistant said as she handed the letter to him. He quickly took the contents out and opening it to its full length to reveal a document that had 'Markus Groningen' written at the top and 'Wednesdays Report' written just below it. Each hunter had to document each days round and the next day the two night patrol hunters had to document their hunt for the Mayor's records. These were used to keep track of the Bugbears sightings and to prepare them if it seemed the sightings were becoming more frequent and a possible attack was on the horizon. This has only happened once before.
One hundred years ago when the town was in its infancy and were completely unaware of the inhabitants of the woods they had chosen to settle in front of twenty man-sized bugbears smashed the town's houses and surrounding buildings and killed half the inhabitants in a frenzied attack. They came out of nowhere in broad day light as the forest back then was so dense it was hard to pick anything out even with full sunshine. The bugbears were, as they are presently, vicious creatures who look like bears but move like humans. Sharp claws and teeth along with brutal strength meant the efforts to repel them by hand were useless. The settlers at the time didn't think to arm themselves as they were a peaceful folk but quickly became wise after rebuilding the city the following year. The town also decided to create a band of "Protectors" or "Hunters" as they were soon to be called who would be given the sole job to shield the town from the bugbears. They were paid very well for their services. They only did this one job and for long periods would consist of doing nothing but walking round the woods either at night or in the day. Though countless bugbears seemed to inhabit the woods, they kept themselves
well hidden and didn't attack very often.
After walking over to a table that was three rows back from the stage and comfortably sat five, Markus made swift work of the day's report. The report could be as long as the hunter wanted it to be. So long as it was clear and stated any happenings of any kind. The report read as follows;
"No sightings of the any bugbears of any kind.
No sighting of any homes made by them or places which they've been. The usual
evidence of them covering their tracks with piles of leaves and excretion
covered by mud was found at the dead centre of the forest. I followed the
tracks and they led to a dead end. Went round seven times in the
space of three hours to compile this report.
Markus Groningen
Markus Groningen(Hunter of the town) "
He finished his report as Stuart and Brian came over with three pints of beer each. They both handed one to Markus as they sat down.
'Back in a minute.' Markus said as he walked over to the Mayor's table to hand over the report in its envelope. The Mayor's table was always located at the centre of the front row in front of the stage and was big enough to fit more than its current capacity of four. Markus dropped the report down in front of the mayor's assistant.
'Thank you.' She replied gratefully. Markus was the only one who remembered to put the report back in its envelope to hand back to her each time. The others just completed and returned it in any form they chose. Folded, ripped, beer stained and so on. She appreciated this from Markus.
'Markus!?' She cried after him as he started to walk off. He turned back annoyed as he was very much looking forward to his fresh beer while it was cold. The House's home brewed beer was never tastier than when it was cold and fresh. He noticed the Mayor and the deputy looking back at him and then to the assistant. Markus always tried to avoid doing this as people are free to do as they choose without prejudice. He was one of only a few that thought this way so he spent a lot of free non hunting time annoyed.
'Yes Ms Pinder-Marsh?' He said feigning politeness. He did this a lot and was very good at it.
'I'd like again to say thank you for your promptness and neatness with regards to your report. You never disappoint.' She said proudly.
'I try my best.' He replied still thinking of his beer. He wouldn't think of it so much if it hadn't been two weeks since his last drink. A night of one too many at the House and a stage routine he'd rather forget he created started this current two week shun of his favorite, all be it only one in the town, beer. 'Thank you Ms Pinder-Marsh.' He said as he bowed and carried on walking. She ran up to him and touched him so he turned back around.
'Please, you should know by now you can me Amanda.' She whispered as she winked at him and returned to her table. This had happened the last god knows how many times he had handed his report to her. He knew what it meant but tried to forget it as she was always his fellow hunter and close friend Stuart's mother. He returned to his table and informed Stuart and Brian of what just happened.
'She likes you Trident. Go on, marry her and be Stuart's new dad.' Brian said through a suppressed laugh. Markus went straight for his beer and took a drink which lasted half the glass.
'You wouldn't would you?' A concerned and clearly worried Stuart said. He never did really get any kind of sarcasm and never knew when Brian was joking. Brian, knowing this, did it a lot.
'I was joking Stuart! Dear lord!' Brian said as he finished his first pint.
'Of course I wouldn't.' Markus calmly replied patting Stuart on the back. The reassured look in Stuart's eyes ensured the subject was dropped quickly and the night could continue.
The next half an hour past by quite quickly as they talked about nothing subjects like annoying people around them and waitresses falling out of there dresses until the lights slowly dimmed in the House. It was known in the town and in some of the cities nearby (nearby being at least ten miles away) that it was the one place where the party was always good. The first act was a group of saloon dancing girls who, whilst only just secure in their dresses, would come on wooing and laughing as they danced and transfixed there audience. The next was another set of chorus girls, who looked suspiciously like the first set in less clothes, with their own dance act which involved the crowd as well.
The rest of the night was devoted to either bear knuckle boxing matches or music from a piano and a space for people to dance in. This was known as "Clifton's Dance floor" but the Clifton part was dropped when any 'travelers' would tell their friends back home of the place. It is said the dance floor idea has taken off in the bigger cities. The House allowed them all to come out of their collective comfort zones and be as free as they liked. "Be free, no matter what." was the slogan of the place and it attracted travelers who took up the rooms which the House also provided.
The Owner and Bar manager Clifton Tomas always decided how much the charge would be for anyone wishing to sleep in the House. He was an excellent judge of character and was never wrong. He would talk to the potential occupant for ten minutes and no more before deciding how much to charge. Depending on how they acted, the price could go high up or low down. Clifton would never turn custom away, but he would make custom that thought deserved it pay a pretty penny for the privilege of the staying within his walls. He never used to judge people like this and was open and honest with all people he met until he returned from America. He seemed sharper and more aware and the story goes that he lived and worked in the St. Louis, Missouri with a distant cousin of some sort after said cousin had come to the town looking for him. Clifton was born in the town of the mountain and it took some persuading for him to leave. After the cousin had proved he was indeed a relation of his he convinced Clifton to work in his bar. Clifton was always a big man and could intimidate anyone he met was either by his size or his temper. He added muscles to his frame but even without them he would be big.
He lived and worked was there for five years and returned a five years ago to set up the House with the knowledge he'd gained from his travels. He tried to bring the cousin back with him and he was all set to succeed until his cousin's wife died giving birth to his son and he had to stay in St. Louis to look after him. Though he had planned to set up with his cousin, he quickly got the town involved. The town helped him build his dream saloon and within a few short months those who helped and the rest who didn't were there almost every night from day one. He also placed posters in the bigger cities to get their attention and bring in the 'travelers'. He would travel to the bigger cities and stay overnight and see if that city had the right kind of people for the House. He would then put up posters, making sure people spotted him doing so, and then talk about the House to get them to come which they always did.
'Quick, get the beers in.' Said Brian to Markus hurriedly as the first set of chorus girls were about to start. Markus reluctantly got up to do so as he knew he'd miss the grand entrance. As predicted as he was waiting for his beers to be poured when they made their glorious start to their performance. He could see it from the bar but the views always a lot better from a table.
The huge curtains of the stage opened swiftly and the saloon girls burst through. The crowd would go berserk and the saloon girls would indulge this for a while before stopping to wait for the place to become almost completely quiet. Then, one saloon dancer, the head of group, would slowly walk onto the stage high kicking with every step. As she gets to the centre of the stage she bows her head until the place is absolutely silent in anticipation. A swift lift of her head and, dressed in a red corset which sparkled along with her red high heels, she shouts 'WELCOME TO THE HOUSE!' and takes three steps back as the rest of the girls step forward and perform a breathtaking stage show. The girls would run in-between each other and high kick all the while. Jumping and wooing as if their lives depended on it. Some
girls would pair up and help each other do cartwheels and do many (so called by
the staff) suggestive dances.
The saloon girls of the house had seemingly unlimited stamina and could continue like this for thirty minutes straight. They would leave the stage for five minutes and return in different costumes and get the audience to join in with the some routines which were very simple but allowed each audience member to have fun with the dancers. Any audience member getting too friendly with a dancer was
quickly seen too by either Clifton or the mayor's squad. This happened rarely as the seeing too was unpleasant to say the least and had helped the House's dancers to become a tradition for the town and most people had no problems joining in as they were lucky not to have fun. It seemed almost impossible.
Whilst this was getting under way, in seemingly more extravagant style than usual, Markus was still waiting for his beer. A man in scruffy clothes that only needed to be tucked in to make him look smart was complaining about something. It was with passion but his speech was slurred and Markus could only pick out a few words.
'There not dam comfortable enough.' He said but only just. As he continued the barman kept his cool and poured Markus's beer's perfectly. As he took the last two over to Markus and received payment, the scruffy man came over to them to continue his drunken rant.
'You know you barman aren't anything to write home about. You're just miscreants. ' Once the scruffy man had said this Markus immediately recognised him. He didn't know his name but he knew that he was the assistant to the chief clothes supplier for one of the big cities the town had as a client. The town was self sufficient and made some of the best clothes in the country. Once the bigger cities got wind of this they struck deals with the town to sell the clothes as their own. The Mayor has many flaws but his thirst for money meant these deals allowed the town to prosper. This man was also solemn and uptight toward Markus whenever he came to town with his boss to do a deal and had no idea about how to let off some steam. The fact that his drunken ramblings were more garbled than most suggested that he mustn't drink very often. Although, most can't pronounce miscreant when sober let alone after a few pints of house beer. Markus took the beers back to the table and decided to go back and help the clothes assistant out before he got into trouble. He was too late.
'You're going on the street boy.' One rough looking squad member shouted. The house didn't have trouble that often so whenever there was a hint of it they seemed to pounce very quickly.
'Hey! Calm down!' Markus shouted as he got back to the bar. The hired gun had the assistant by the neck and pants ready to throw him out of the saloon.
'What do you want getting involved, Hunter man?'He replied. The clothes assistant was now completely off the ground and looking terrified.
'This man is the assistant to one of the town's top clients when it comes to clothes and provides a fair amount of profit for us. What do you think the top client will do when he finds out his assistant was treated in such a way at a House I've heard him deem "Safe for all comers."' Markus said but knew half way through that man had lost the plot and seemed to be frowning a lot. He quickly summed up.
'Put him down or the town will lose money.'
'Right.' He said dropping the clothes assistant on the floor. Markus quickly picked him up and sat him in a chair with a table on his own. The assistant put his head on the table and passed out.
'Sorry hunter. I just get so bored. I can't afford to leave as I've got a family to support back home. I'd try for a hunter job but my brain doesn't work well enough. Well, that's what he said.' He walked off solemnly to his post at the end of the bar and took up his position. Markus noticed he looked at the Mayor as he did this and Markus stared at the Mayor for a while. He had always despised the way that the Mayor conducted his affairs and manipulated five seemingly no brain thugs to protect the House. They follow orders and do nothing else for a more than likely bad wage depending on how stupid they were and would convince that it was good money they were being paid. This annoyed him to the extent that he actually considered attacking the Mayor as he sat in a crowded House surrounded by his friends. This was not the first time this had crossed his mind but he soon remembered that he was up for a good night before he entered the House and decided to drink more beer to forget about it until tomorrow.
Markus was due to meet the Mayor for a Sheriff focus group the following morning. The Sheriff was an excellent hunter but was unable to train to become one officially because of his bad knees. He fell and landed on said knees from the top of his house. He can walk normally but constant action over the course of a few days and they would buckle and he needed to rest for a least a week to regain his strength. The Mayor was always skeptical of the Sheriff and wanted his own assistant to have that job instead so he had almost completely control the town. The Sheriff had been voted in by the town members and, though Miss Amanda Pinder-Marsh was well liked, Terrance Kelly was liked more and got elected. The Mayor and the Sheriff have a good relationship in the open space, but behind closed doors the Mayor's annoyance was clear and the meeting he requested behind the Sheriff's back with the hunters proved this. None of the hunters agreed with the meeting but had to attend as per the terms of them becoming a hunter. As Markus continued to stare with shear contempt at the Mayor, he suddenly felt something and swiftly turned and left the House.


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This is a real, FUEL-INJECTED Corvette with factory drivetrain. It's also a rust-free California original car that has been fabulously restored to factory specifications. It's equipped with a 327/360hp engine and 4-speed transmission. It's featured in Ermine White over Roman Red with two tops, both are white. It runs great. This is a genuine, real, original-restored, 1962, born-at-the-factory-in-St. Louis, 327/360hp Corvette.


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Built area 230 m², 1000 m² plot size, 4 bedrooms (4 double), 3 bathrooms, kitchen, terrace, bbq, garage, heating, mountain views, swimming pool, sea views.
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