Don't get uppity like Sawnee. It's a screened-in porch.
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Don't get uppity like Sawnee. It's a screened-in porch.
Sorry pal, I'm back in my lane. At least I didn't call it a solarium.
cordmaker I was graduating H.S. along with FCC in 1971. Yes I know were Grahamville is but my Little buddy FCC is more familiar with the area than I am. One place I can buy a suit that fits, sport coats, slacks and dress shirts, at a reasonable price. Store has been there a long time. Yes the bridge is in very good standing( very well built)
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Well, a good note to end the afternoon. My freshman at UK son just home from Lexington got a job. I don't know if this is a regional or national company, but he's now with "College Hunks Hauling Junk." He's thrilled because the minimum wage in Maryland is $10.10 - he'd been working in Lexington for $7.75.
I told him I worked heavy construction when I was 16 for $1.10 an hour, but then he pointed out that was the first half of the 1970s.
I told him I worked heavy construction when I was 16 for $1.10 an hour, but then he pointed out that was the first half of the 1970s.
Just found out that we're going to the My Old Kentucky Dinner Train on Saturday. Should be fun. 2.5 hour ride through Bernheim Forest and the Jim Beam distillery. My wife told them I knew Bert and they agreed to let me drive for a bit. Gonna blow the horn for the diner if I get a chance.
Y'all seen warrior's new truck?
Nice truck Warrior! Is that a Lariat or did you go Platinum?
Well so much for our Derby winnings. $1,500 in car repairs wiped that out. Easy come, easy go.
I worked for Dixie Beer Distributing during my college summer breaks. Grunt work mostly, occasionally I'd load trucks with a fork lift. The biggest perk was that we'd get cases of dented beer cans that they couldn't sell to retailers for 4 bucks. I was underage but they looked the other way fortunately. I was definitely a popular guy within my circle those years.
We rode the train years ago and enjoyed it. Big ass steak.
We pre-ordered and I just found out I'm having a hot brown and some chocolate mousse. And bourbon. Not in that order. We're taking the afternoon trip.
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Good morning from ATX. Currently 60°F and windy. More beautiful rain expected today and tomorrow. I'll take it.
Our English Shepherd woke me up early. Not ready for this. Post office left a notice and tried to deliver a certified letter yesterday. Guess I'll pick up tomorrow.
Happy Friday!
We'll check back later. Y'all behave.
Our English Shepherd woke me up early. Not ready for this. Post office left a notice and tried to deliver a certified letter yesterday. Guess I'll pick up tomorrow.
Happy Friday!
We'll check back later. Y'all behave.
Basically had to do that with my wife's mother a few years back. She stayed 2 years and had still her own home (rental). Electricity went out and she would not let anyone fix it for her (house full of cats) so, she stayed with us. Was afraid owner would kick her out. Continued paying rent to let cats have a home. Did nothing in ours but eat, sleep and watch TV. No cleaning or cooking. Both me and my wife worked and had to clean up after her when we came home. Caused many arguments between wife and me in which her mother would get involved and of course take her daughters side. After several attempts to get wife to kick her out, I was packing my bags to get out for a while when wife realized I was serious. She then told her mother it was time to go. She actually drove my wife crazy too.
Her mother now lives with her son who is 30 and unmarried in an apartment but, still pays for the rental for those cats. Problem is, he no longer works and has enough money left to pay the bills for three more months. Wife's mother only has enough social security to pay for the rental house with a few hundred left over each month (social security). They were in this spot before and my wife paid their bills until he got a job. Now injured (back problems and trying to get disability.) he will not work. Wife will start paying their bills again shortly. Two other sisters (one on the government dime in Florida with three kids) and the other living with life long boyfriend in his mothers house can/will not help.
You would be welcomed if you ever came out this way.
Those weren't sardines, they were freshly canned minnows. Nothing but the best for my D-league family.
I wish.Y'all seen warrior's new truck?
Would have to stay away from Platnidumb, not sure he could handle the ride.
duPont Manual 69er
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Good morning. Taking my car to the shop this morning and then dropping my wife off at work and going back to the shop to have something minor fixed on hers. Guess I'll come back home after that and see what the weather will let me do.
Have a good'n!
Have a good'n!
I had two close friends who attended Manual in the 60"s. Pat Coomer and Mickey Coomer.
Good morning D Leaguers
Still away from home and on the road. Life is good and I trust all have a great day
Need more coffee
Still away from home and on the road. Life is good and I trust all have a great day
Need more coffee
Warrior, you have my sympathy. Ejecting my wife's friend in a few more days after she has thoroughly shredded that friendship will be child's play compared to what you dealt with.
Good morning D-League.
When I was in Kentucky last weekend I was going through some old boxes in my parents' attic and found a book I had read when I was about 14 - Audie Murphy's autobiography "To Hell and Back."
I didn't expect much out of it but was bored and started reading a few pages. It's a remarkable story. And not the extravagant acts of heroism for which he won so many medals. What he really captured is the daily misery, tedium and terror of being stalemated at Anzio for four months. In that period he wasn't winning major medals. But what every man in his squad endured was heartbreaking.
The book just has his name on the cover, but it feels professionally written, so I researched it a little. He had a ghost writer, of course. They went back and retraced all the places Murphy fought, and the writer took reams of notes about what Audie could recall and fashioned it all into a very vivid account.
As I read this book I keep asking myself how I'd have performed under the same circumstances, and that's not an easy question to answer. And I'm not talking about winning a box of medals, just sticking it out and not cracking. I have a son the same age as Murphy was then. He's got a strong character and I think he's tough enough. But man am I glad he's not facing what those guys faced.
When I was in Kentucky last weekend I was going through some old boxes in my parents' attic and found a book I had read when I was about 14 - Audie Murphy's autobiography "To Hell and Back."
I didn't expect much out of it but was bored and started reading a few pages. It's a remarkable story. And not the extravagant acts of heroism for which he won so many medals. What he really captured is the daily misery, tedium and terror of being stalemated at Anzio for four months. In that period he wasn't winning major medals. But what every man in his squad endured was heartbreaking.
The book just has his name on the cover, but it feels professionally written, so I researched it a little. He had a ghost writer, of course. They went back and retraced all the places Murphy fought, and the writer took reams of notes about what Audie could recall and fashioned it all into a very vivid account.
As I read this book I keep asking myself how I'd have performed under the same circumstances, and that's not an easy question to answer. And I'm not talking about winning a box of medals, just sticking it out and not cracking. I have a son the same age as Murphy was then. He's got a strong character and I think he's tough enough. But man am I glad he's not facing what those guys faced.
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My Mom is a Manual grad. Class of '51.
Lots of my cousins graduated from Reidland, do you know anybody from there? My guess is that they started graduating around 1964 till 1980?
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Good morning D, Class of 1969 here from Muhlenberg Central. Must be black strawberry winter here this morning, dang it cool!!!!! Went out to get the paper this morning 49 degrees. Oh well I was going to be lazy today anyway! Doing a little house work
Dawson Bridge Co. built that bridge, I did a little bit of everything working on it! They even showed me how to tie steel, was making 3.83 an hour and I thought I was getting rich!!!!If it's the store I am thinking about I bought a suit there to get married in. Funny story about that bridge, we were laying plywood down on the beams crossing the highway (they had to stop the cars at times when we were doing that) and the guy I was working says WOW did you see that! What, I said, that woman had a pair of 38's in that car! She did, I answered (Remember I was thinking of guns) were they laying in the seat next to her?!!!!! He just about fell off the beam laughing! Needless to say I never lived that down and he told everybody!!!!!
Thank you Mr. Rooster for the CSX pics, brings back good memories of my dad! Have you already been through ICRR pictures? He worked for both. I remember him studying when they went from steam to diesel!
Ernie Pyle was at Anzio and wrote a riveting account of the experience.
I'm a big Ernie Pyle fan, Chief, and have read all his books, and a biography about him. Yeah, he had lots of experiences at Anzio - including having a German aircraft land a direct hit with a bomb on a house where he was living. Very nearly killed him. His Captain Waskow column from the Italian campaign before Anzio is an extremely well-crafted piece of understated writing:
https://sites.mediaschool.indiana.edu/erniepyle/1944/01/10/the-death-of-captain-waskow/
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