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You bet. He was my high school friend, college roommate and life long friend. He died in August 2015 from cancer. He was also a distant cousin. The mentions that I have been making about a cemetery in Edmonson County is the burial plot of many of our common kin from a century ago.

Darryl got rich. The house in Cape Cod sold for $5.9 million. He owned it, the 400 acre farm in NH, property in Corpus Christi, TX, a 10,000 acre ranch in West Texas, a condo in Midland, TX and a bunch of oil wells in Texas. He also owned and started the best tequila brand, 'Blue Head Tequila'. check out the link: https://www.google.com/search?q=blue+head+tequila&sxsrf=ALeKk012FfKBXalA90LJpX044uM327oJnQ:1608234007345&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=6KQdixrQuWdXmM%2CXXlydHkOtXvieM%2C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kQyHWYHjG60ub3b1hk2bSnJ8aMXMg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjToeTF4tXtAhWGPM0KHcwJDlkQ9QF6BAgPEAE&biw=1920&bih=969#imgrc=6KQdixrQuWdXmM

Darryl lived big and he never forgot his old buddy. He visited five or six times a year and we would tell lies to each other.
That is a success story if I ever heard one..WOW
 
LBJ and JFK, November 4th, 1960 at Amarillo airport, 4 days before 1960 election. LBJ was yelling at the pilot to kill the engines. Others interpreted the photo differently.

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Same here...not a big fan. Years ago my 'ex' make some from a homemade recipe from a friend. Was delicious but you wouldn't want to drink too much if you know what I mean.

Checked their website and no one around me sells it, but I did notice quite a few Krogers in Ky and W Va do. Wonder why others don't, unless there's a problem with delivery that's too far from where they make it, like the old days with Coors Beer.
Good question. I may be wrong but I think all Fresh Markets carry them during the season. Their eggnog may have a short shelf-life so they can't expand too far. Also, the season is so short, Thanksgiving to Christmas, that it might not make sense for mass distribution. Just brainstorming.
 
Church's Fried Chicken is still going strong down here with more than 30 locations. There is a location in Clearwater that I first visited in 1970. I still go by and enjoy it. I love fried chicken and they have a good product.

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I have seen Church's locations at travel plazas and sometimes combined with a large fuel stop. I will have to try it.
 
I just heard on the radio all health care workers, doctors, nurses and support have all been vaccinated in our county. As have everyone in nursing homes. The vaccinations were not mandatory but it sounds like most people wanted them.

My son had one Tuesday. I will probably get one but my wife will not. But she drinks buttermilk every day.

We had a little action in the back yard. A very large bass died in the lake and these boys all gathered around to share a meal. They keep things nice and clean and it is against the law to harm one.

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MAN that is beautiful... yeah even the buzzards...
 
St Augustine. They say it does better in our zone (9a) along the Gulf Coast than Bermuda. It can be grown in full sunshine and shade. We have a lot of trees so that is important.

St Augustine may be a little more expensive to maintain. We have had good results with it. I had Bermuda in Georgia but the first frost tuned it brown and it remained brown until the Spring.

I have some Bermuda, and filled in with some St Augustine, which all have turned pale. I have overseeded with Rye grass so the yard still has some color. Our club's fairways and tees are Zoysia, and they have turned, as well. The way I see it, I would rather have some pale places in my yard than to have to water all summer.
 
Under Obama I remember filling up a big van at $4.09. I paid $1.79 this week.

Sleepy Joe will do ever thing possible to "protect the planet", so screw us.

Yep. I just saw that one of the women that was among the top brass in the EPA under Obama, just was appointed by Biden. I guess there are still some power plants that they didn't shut down that need to be taken care of. Plus, Joe has vowed to stop all drilling of any kind, so natural gas and oil will really go up, too. People hated Trump so badly, that they forgot the consequences of electing Democrats. Now they will get a reminder.
 
Controlling mole crickets is the key. About 40 years ago I had Bahia grass and fighting mole crickets was a war. We had street lights out front and at night you could hear them being squashed as cars drove by. It was a battle to control them.

I haven't had the problem with St Augustine but I have a regular lawn service that fertilizes and controls the weeds and insects. They do a good job. It takes about 4 treatments a year so it is inexpensive.

Mole crickets are just plain ugly and they can wipe out a lawn in no time

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They must not like winters, because I don't recall ever seeing one of those around here.
 
I just heard on the radio all health care workers, doctors, nurses and support have all been vaccinated in our county. As have everyone in nursing homes. The vaccinations were not mandatory but it sounds like most people wanted them.

My son had one Tuesday. I will probably get one but my wife will not. But she drinks buttermilk every day.

We had a little action in the back yard. A very large bass died in the lake and these boys all gathered around to share a meal. They keep things nice and clean and it is against the law to harm one.

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I don't trust that vaccine at all and will go down fighting before I would ever get it.
 
They must not like winters, because I don't recall ever seeing one of those around here.
I doubt they go that far north. You would know it if you ever saw one or 10,000 eating up your yard. They can wipe a lawn out overnight. St Augustine is not their favorite grass. Bahia seems to be their choice.

Another reason I like St Augustine is we do not have to bag it. Bahia and Bermuda should be for a clean look.
 
This is a cartoon but in my day you could take a few things away and it would be on the money. We required a quarter to bounce off of a made bed so that you could catch it in midair. If a trainee did not make it that tight they had to run a mile before mess.

You would not see a weapon (M14 Rifle) laying across a bed. It was either secured in the rifle rack or on being held by the trainee. On the range we would stack arms.

I have had trainees spend an hour to make sure their bed was made tight and then sleep on the floor rather than mess it up. Inspections of the barracks was at 6:00 AM

This is the footlocker lay out we used in basic training

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And here is a bivouac display for Basic Training. This photo was taken in 1966 at Ft Knox. The one of the left passed, the one on the right failed.

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Yep, for sure. Was for me too. Now days they live in one and two room billets in the RA and in AIT but still open bays for BCT. The regular units even pay people to clean their rooms for them if they want.
 
Yep. I just saw that one of the women that was among the top brass in the EPA under Obama, just was appointed by Biden. I guess there are still some power plants that they didn't shut down that need to be taken care of. Plus, Joe has vowed to stop all drilling of any kind, so natural gas and oil will really go up, too. People hated Trump so badly, that they forgot the consequences of electing Democrats. Now they will get a reminder.
I may have to go back to work under Obiden.
 
Yep. I just saw that one of the women that was among the top brass in the EPA under Obama, just was appointed by Biden. I guess there are still some power plants that they didn't shut down that need to be taken care of. Plus, Joe has vowed to stop all drilling of any kind, so natural gas and oil will really go up, too. People hated Trump so badly, that they forgot the consequences of electing Democrats. Now they will get a reminder.
True Ben, but people really didn't elect Biden, the deep state did.
 
Willie Nelson and Charley Pride, Soap Creek Saloon in Austin, 1975. Looking good.

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Would have Paid a small fortune back in the day to have been there. Unfortunately for me, that would have amounted to about ten bucks. Come to think of it, ten bucks is still a lot if you know what I mean. Things change, but everything stays the same. But I digress. Would have been fun.
 
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