I had home made eggplant parmigiana Wednesday. Sherry knocks it out of the park. She adds extra eggplant and a bunch of cheese just for me on one end. Then you must wash it down with some good dry red wine.
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Sounds a bit like my Dad....and I'm sure thousands of others. He had (I think) 3 tanks shot out from under him.....2 of them he was the only survivor. Was shot in the latter stages of 'the Bulge', and was hit in the back from mortar shrapnel while giving a talk standing on top of a Jeep's hood. Sometimes life/death is only an inch or two the other way.
Agree. Love lasagna and I've had it at other places (including home) that is much better than Olive Garden.
Been a number of years, but I thought the lasagna at Fazoli's was better.
Is it just me (not an art connoisseur at all) .... I've always thought that ultra modern pyramid in front of the elegant old Louvre building not only didn't fit in, but was just flat out horrible.Good morning D-League. It's currently 66°, with mostly sunny skies and a high of 87° expected later today.
Everyone stay safe and have a great Saturday.
Name: William Francis Sittley
Service Info.: WOJG US ARMY WORLD WAR II, KOREA
Birth Date: 17 Sep 1919
Death Date: 27 May 2001
Service Start Date: 1 Feb 1941
Interment Date: 4 Jun 2001
Cemetery: Florida National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 6502 SW. 102nd Ave. Bushnell, FL 33513
Howdy D-League. Good discussion on D-Day. Some of you may know the book, "The Bedford Boys" but I'd recommend it to those who do not. It focuses on the small town in southwest Virginia of Bedford that through a chain of circumstances ended up suffering by far the most casualties as a percentage of the population of any place in America.
The writer, Alex Kershaw, is a a friend of mine. A Brit, educated at Oxford, but with a deep and sincere admiration and knowledge of America's sacrifice in WW2.
Amazon product ASIN 0306813556
The writer, Alex Kershaw, is a a friend of mine. A Brit, educated at Oxford, but with a deep and sincere admiration and knowledge of America's sacrifice in WW2.
Amazon product ASIN 0306813556
We was there for a week in 2000 and then again for a week in 2006......the last time we stayed for 16 days........I want to go back.......
Hello Sir,
Not knowing any details just offering ideas. (I get some back pain now and again but I don't go through the riggers of work you do now. (Me taking off 40 pounds several years ago has added years it seems to less pain and a lot of other areas.) I used to mow a little over an acre regularly. Do you wear a back brace/support while you are mowing? I found that stopped a lot of my agony. Now after doing some work and I feel my back tensing up I take a 500mg Tylenol. I have Ibuprofen but do not use that for my back pain. The Tylenol works to stop the agonizing pain though it doesn't stop it all. I have been blessed in that I usually only have to take a couple Tylenols a week and one or two Ibuprofen 400MG. Besides my cholesterol medicine (Most of that is hereditary as my cholesterol now stays at 150.) and the different vitamins I take, Oh, I do take an 81MG aspirin a day as prescribed by my cardiologist. I am thankful.
My darling and I just got back from running around town hitting the markets. I am studying for a certification and also for some critical items I have to address this week at work. Drinking a nice light cup of coffee and on my computer...
I will of course bother and pester all throughout the rest of this day...
Oh, God Bless you all and may God full-fill your desires in him. May you also all seek God in all you do and let him guide your path through your life.
It would be my speed, I would take one wrong step and that truck would pop a wheelie and in I'd go... That chump watching would be laughing his arse off too... (If I wasn't swallowing water or getting gator-bit, I'd be laughing too...)
Fried chicken, squash casserole, carrots and a salad here tonight!
I agree.......but from the inside it is one hell of a skylight........
The Mrs always tells me to wear a brace while I'm on the garden tractor....but I don't.
She also (always) tell me to take ibuprofen for the pain/swelling....but I don't.
Seems like a pattern 😄
I've always been the kind that I don't take any medication/pills unless I have to. Vitamins every day, but that's all. The older I get, the more I think that maybe a brace and Tylenol/ibuprofen might not be a bad idea.
Since you've been there that much, what do you enjoy the most? Me,
- Musee d'Orsay
- Rodin Museum/sculpture garden
- just staring at Eiffel Tower
- Sainte-Chapelle
- Notre Dame was good
- Sainte Etienne with stone carved railings inside
Florida National Cemetery is a couple counties over from me. a beautiful place. I do not have any relatives buried there that I know of but the father in law of one of my first cousins is buried there. I visit a few times a year. It is well cared for and a peaceful place to go. It is very close to I-75 and easy access
I visited twice during the 80s, not including PanAm stopover flights, for a total of 4 days. Plan on returning in the near future.
Went to a nearby restaurant yesterday where I usually get, uh, spaghetti and meatballs, but wife and I ended up sharing a big ole pizza.
We did an extended tour of Versailles.......Petit Palais........it was just us and a guide......who was a history teacher turned tour guide..........the first visit to Paris I climbed the steps of the Eiffel Tower...........wouldn't do it now if I could.........we always buy a Metro pass....you get to see the whole city........There were a lot of Bosnian women begging out in front of Notre Dame on the big open pavilion............I bet we had 30 try to hand us their begging cards.......a nice evening at Paradise Latin Cabaret......they have smoked salmon that is to die for.....Saint-Chapelle was really nice but as religious buildings go......not my favorite..............there is a pigeon race that is liberated just south of Paris.....they release 10-12K birds going all across Europe......the winner is instantly a millionaire...........I want to witness that liberation........also in 2011.....the level of homeless people on the streets was crazy.....whole families living on the sidewalk.....you couldn't find a bench to sit on any of the major boulevards........they were all occupied with homeless folks.......we enjoy walking around watching the people.....we like the outdoor cafes for this.........I am a time killer from way back.....
Sir, I have not kept up with the reporting of my reading but I do want to thank you. I slacked off from my daily devotional reading for a good while now though I had a daily devotional. Getting away from reading the Word regularly is/was a painful flaw in my life I had become religiously involved with accomplishing on a daily basis. (I had years previously read the bible at least once a year and the year before the China virus I read the bible twice. (You can never stop reading unless you have a photographic memory and can quote it from memory. (I cannot.)) Though I quit reporting my reading for unknown reasons, thank you for again bringing this most important daily action back to my life on a regular basis. What you DID MATTERS! Thanks again!
That's strange... I'm a common sewer...
It never fails for me. I go into an Italian Restaurant with intentions to buy some exotic Italian food and I always go to my favorite. Spaghetti and meat balls. And my wife has it down to a science. In addition to meat balls she puts the following in her sauce. Pork chops, Italian sausage and mushrooms (by my request). I am the big mushroom eater in the family. She likes the pork chops and Italian sausage
She got the recipe from my mother who got it from Italians who moved down here from up North and attended our church.
You are welcome, I was just asking as a friend if anyone wanted to join me, in my koble, cable, ah heck group!!!!
I am looking forward to Jeremiah, another great Prophet and another favorite. No matter how many times you read it, you always get something new and different.
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Pork chop recipe
Bread your chops good in some seasoned flour
Brown it in a cast iron skillet
Put chops in foil lined pan
Put water in the skillet get all that goodness that left all stirred up
Pour that in the pan with the chops, cover with foil real tight
Cook for 2 hours on 300, enjoy with mashed taters and biscuits!!!!
Bread your chops good in some seasoned flour
Brown it in a cast iron skillet
Put chops in foil lined pan
Put water in the skillet get all that goodness that left all stirred up
Pour that in the pan with the chops, cover with foil real tight
Cook for 2 hours on 300, enjoy with mashed taters and biscuits!!!!
We're making sticky ribs tonight. My secret to making them extra sticky, add a pinch of Gorilla glue to the sauce and serve on fly paper. Sticky as hell.
Listening to Pinetop Perkins. The man passed away in 2011 at the ripe old age of 97. I think he won a Grammy the year before. The man had good genes obviously:
“I thought (Pinetop) would live forever, and he came closer than anyone I’ve ever known,” Margolin said. He said Perkins had smoked every day since 1922, ate all his meals at McDonald’s and drank whiskey until he was 85 and ordered to undergo treatment after being arrested with an open container. “Jerry Portnoy (a Waters sideman) called me one day in 1983 and said he had some bad news. I thought that maybe it was Pinetop, but Jerry told me that Muddy had died. I thank God Pinetop had 28 more years of living to do.”
Listening to Pinetop Perkins. The man passed away in 2011 at the ripe old age of 97. I think he won a Grammy the year before. The man had good genes obviously:
“I thought (Pinetop) would live forever, and he came closer than anyone I’ve ever known,” Margolin said. He said Perkins had smoked every day since 1922, ate all his meals at McDonald’s and drank whiskey until he was 85 and ordered to undergo treatment after being arrested with an open container. “Jerry Portnoy (a Waters sideman) called me one day in 1983 and said he had some bad news. I thought that maybe it was Pinetop, but Jerry told me that Muddy had died. I thank God Pinetop had 28 more years of living to do.”
Been a decent day. Me and my Darling just got back from a couple mile walk around the neighborhood. I am thankful! Have a great evening and peaceful sleep...
(I am back at it hard for at least a couple more hours...have to meet my expectations...not an easy task.)
(I am back at it hard for at least a couple more hours...have to meet my expectations...not an easy task.)
Our boxer Maddie passed 3 years ago with DM (degenerative myopathy sp?). It's the canine version of Lou Gehrig's Disease. It started with the toes of her hind legs and slowly progressed forward. It's fairly common in German Shepherds, Boxers and a couple of other breeds. Jan thinks the shots required by law caused it. We took her to one of the top researchers in the field in Palm Beach Florida, but it did no good. Eventually she could only drag her hind legs, but I saw her run off intruding dogs even with no use of her hind legs, She was still very fast. She had a doggie wheel chair, but wouldn't use it. Boxers are very stubborn. You'd put her in the wheel chair and she would refuse to move. Eventually though, she couldn't move at all. You could tell she was ready and we had her put down. Jan gave her CBD oil and it helped calm her down and she coped with the disease better till the end.
Cut mine yesterday and used the weed eater to finish. 3 hours tops which normally takes me a little over 2. Marshy area in the back in my part of the easement where there is an underground spring that flows up during spring rains. If left alone and just cut around the area, cat tails will appear. So rubber boots and slow going to help keep in down. Neighbor to the back of me has that problem with about a quarter of his back yard during the spring.
Had that for dinner last night with MIL and BIL (vegans) so, she (wife) made sauce with meat and sauce without. Fishing did not go well this week or yesterday. BIL ate the sauce with meat. He quit the vegan thing this week.
Fishing report for yesterday: Warrior-Cat 1---Largemouth Bass 2. Hooked 3 bass and only landed one. Caught a channel cat with a white fluke which of course was a fluke. Heh, heh, he,.
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Unlikely though since the engine is up front unless that bed was made of lead.
Never went to Paris, did the French Riviera for a week once. We moved our way through St. Tropez, Cannes, Nice, on our way to Monte Carlo. Never made Monte Carlo, ran out of money and went back to the 4th USAFAD in Werl Germany. Had a soldier who's girl friend was Belgian and she spoke about 4 or 5 languages 2 of which were English and French. She set everything up for us and did most of the talking. We got better service when she was handling the orders.
Good morning D-League. It's currently 70°, with a chance of a thunderstorm and a high of 82° expected later today.
Today is the 77th Anniversary of D-Day.
Everyone have a blessed Sunday and stay safe out there today.
Today is the 77th Anniversary of D-Day.
Everyone have a blessed Sunday and stay safe out there today.
Always better when native or fluent speakers get involved. Our other French trip back then included a week scuba diving on Giens peninsula near Toulon the week 1986 World Cup final was played. All the French assholes cheering for Argentina over Germany were annoying as heck.
During the 90s, after border checkpoints disappeared and my location in Baumholder was so close, I made several day-trips into France and Luxembourg. Metz and Lux were pretty cool.
NEVER FORGET
I was 11 months old but I grew up with stories of this day and other significant battles during WWII. I am grateful for their sacrifice.
I was 11 months old but I grew up with stories of this day and other significant battles during WWII. I am grateful for their sacrifice.
Morning D, read Jerimiah 1, getting him ready.
Instead of carrots last night, we had stewed taters, I remember them from my grandmothers!
I hope the D has a great day and prayers!!!
Instead of carrots last night, we had stewed taters, I remember them from my grandmothers!
I hope the D has a great day and prayers!!!
Good morning from ATX. Currently 69°F, foggy and cloudy. Slight rain chance today. Our estimated high comes in at 90°F. We'll take it.
In memory of D-Day...... Always easy to remember for me because my second wife's birthday falls on that day as well.
After a morning walk, a few chores and grocery shopping on the agenda. Probably hit up Zaxby's for a late lunch.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
In memory of D-Day...... Always easy to remember for me because my second wife's birthday falls on that day as well.
After a morning walk, a few chores and grocery shopping on the agenda. Probably hit up Zaxby's for a late lunch.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Good morning D-League. Hope things are going well this weekend.
For those interested in reading and listening to some things about D-Day, here's some content I produced for AARP on the 75th anniversary a couple years ago, with the help of historian Alex Kershaw. It includes a few short video clips that are narrated by Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston reading letters of D-Day participants.
www.aarp.org
For those interested in reading and listening to some things about D-Day, here's some content I produced for AARP on the 75th anniversary a couple years ago, with the help of historian Alex Kershaw. It includes a few short video clips that are narrated by Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston reading letters of D-Day participants.
AARP Takes a Look Back at D-Day on Its Anniversary
It's been 77 years since the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy in the D-Day invasion. AARP looks at the stories and images of the historic day.
I used to work at the "atomic plant" near Paducah. The guy who trained me was Barney Ross. He was on a tank crew that got captured his first day in Africa and he spent the war in a German POW camp. He said the Germans didn't treat Americans to bad, but the Germans hated Russians. He said they'd make the Russians strip down to their underwear and make them crawl around in the snow. He also said most of their dreams were about food.
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