D-League

[cordmaker]

Cord the first twenty years my wife was a respiratory therapist she put the limit into the 401K + the 5K make up.......it has done very well......we always saved for the "rainy day"........we still do.......it is a habit that is hard to break.......hell......I have friends my age that don't even have life insurance........but the always have the latest phone and a new vehicle every two years........we have been financially liquid for about twenty yrs now.......but we still stretch our money out......a couple of yrs back the Director got a substransial raise...($11.50 an hour)....we save the whole raise.......a couple of the people that she works with bought new cars or moved........we have save our's for what if..........there is no shame to live a low keyed life style.......I have a friend that makes several hundred thousand dollars a year from his businesses.......he has a debit card and nothing else.......no savings....nothing........he is a great guy and very intelligent........and very successful........but I feel sorry for him.......

We are the same way awf, Mrs. M is getting ready to call it quits(when they ask her when she is going to retire, she says in less than 52 weeks) I am the only one who knows!

She is very conservative (Berg slang for cheap), but we are ok, we don't need, but we buy what we want. She has gone over everything and says we are going to be ok, I trust her with that! I am looking forward to her quitting. Her only problem is she has no hobbies, I am hoping to get her to help me with my stained glass. I wish I could send my D friends a Christmas ornament.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Shrimp scampi. I am now fixing it.

Butter (3 tablespoons), extra olive oil (3 tablespoons), five or six cloves of garlic minced or all you want, a lot of black pepper, a couple teaspoons of salt. Cook this in a large skillet for a few minutes at a robust heat; until you want to eat anything that smells as good as garlic.

Pour in .75 cup of dry white wine, the juice of one large lemon, and red pepper if you like it. Cook the wine and lemon juice down to 1/2 it original size. Add 2 or 2 1/2 pounds of cooked shrimp with tails on, or off if you so choose. Warm up the shrimp, or if the shriimp is not cooked cook put them in as you cook down the wine and lemon juice, until the shrimp turns pink. Sprinkle parsley all over it, if you like parsley.

It is done. Quick easy and wonderful.

Serve over pasta, bread or rice; that is all up to you. I prefer rice my wife like pasta. We both like it over bread.

Shrimp scampi is good stuff. I just hope that I did not leave out some good stuff because I am typing this off my memory; however, that is usually the way I cook.

Very few things are better than shrimp scampi. It is so simple that you can't understand why it is so easy to fix.

Shrimp scampi is like women; God perfected a few things, and those two were perfected. 😁

I'm with you on the shrimp scampi Bert. For a fast food restaurant, Long John Silver's has pretty good scampi.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

Shrimp scampi. I am now fixing it.

Wow! So are we. The Mrs about an hour ago asked if I wanted it for dinner tonight. That was a big 'yes'.

I love foods from the gulf. Cajuns were dumped into the swamps and were supposed to die. Instead they invented some of the best food known to man.

Used to travel to New Orleans twice a month. People in the office knew all the good local restaurants to go to....and the 'tourist traps' that were good (some aren't). Absolutely loved the food. Best city I think for eating.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

All this talk of shrimp reminds me of when I was a kid of 21 in the late 1970s, living in Pompano Beach, Fla.

There was a pier that stretched out a ways, and twice a year as I recall (not clear on that part), the shrimp would run up the coast, and come in at night close enough that you could go out, hang a lantern on a rope just above the water, and scoop them with a long pole with a net on the end.

Anyone else ever do that? The young woman I was living with in those days was a native of South Florida and her brother had the gear and we'd get enough to boil them up and have them with a sauce she made.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

...a couple of yrs back the Director got a substransial raise...($11.50 an hour)....we save the whole raise.

My Dad was like that. He made very good money, but his whole career he did that...get a raise and he would save it. Philosophy of we lived OK before it....so we don't need it now.
He also dealt in mostly cash. Of course back in his time very, very few people had credit cards. Some had 'store cards' but even when credit cards became more popular, 60s, 70s, he may have had one and that's it. And no balance.
We had quite a lot (material things)...but no debt.

I don't owe anyone a single penny. I own my home, the building my business is in, my vehicles, a little land, and some savings. I've never been one to make payments

Same here. Don't owe a penny to anyone or anything. Great feeling.

 

[*CatinIL*]

I'm watching some recordings of the History Channel's Mountain Men. I love this series.

 

[*CatinIL*]

Don't do shrimp. I guess it has never been prepared right for me. I will eat the breaded and baked or deep fried kind and that is about it. Never did shrimp off the Barbie, Creole, scampie, cocktail, or any other than what I post above.

Im just the opposite...I'll eat shrimp just about anyway it can be prepared.

 

[cordmaker]

I'm watching some recordings of the History Channel's Mountain Men. I love this series.

I have a very serious question for you, if we are making movies about aliens, are they out there somewhere making movies about us? Asking for a friend!!!!!

 

[*CatinIL*]

I have a very serious question for you, if we are making movies about aliens, are they out there somewhere making movies about us? Asking for a friend!!!!!

Yeah...it's a comedy series...

 

[MdWIldcat55]

I have a very serious question for you, if we are making movies about aliens, are they out there somewhere making movies about us? Asking for a friend!!!!!

Yeah, they are like the Nat Geo documentaries humans make about the monkey colonies on Borneo...

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Breaking News: Haiti asks for US troops. Can we just send Black Lives Matter instead?

Joe Biden is dumb enough to get sucked into this by the Congressional Black Caucus. And -- like last time when I was there in 1994 -- the US troops will have rules of engagement that prohibit them from doing anything but standing around.

The Americans sat inside Sheridan light tanks at intersections while murderous gangs of FRAPH paramilitaries gunned down Lavalas protestors with surplus US M1 Garands from five feet. I talked with soldiers who were frustrated to tears to be there, but unable to do anything because of the ROE.

As seen in that photo I posted the other day, journalists were caught in the middle of the cross fire, and it was left to us to try to get the wounded and dying to a hospital.

 

[warrior-cat]

Yeah...it's a comedy series...

Yep and they call one of theirs area 15.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

That good Ole Kentucky Mud. This trainee took a wrong turn. Must have been from Florida.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

That good Ole Kentucky Mud. This trainee took a wrong turn. Must have been from Florida.

Did he try rocking it back and forth? That usually works.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

All this talk of shrimp reminds me of when I was a kid of 21 in the late 1970s, living in Pompano Beach, Fla.

There was a pier that stretched out a ways, and twice a year as I recall (not clear on that part), the shrimp would run up the coast, and come in at night close enough that you could go out, hang a lantern on a rope just above the water, and scoop them with a long pole with a net on the end.

Anyone else ever do that? The young woman I was living with in those days was a native of South Florida and her brother had the gear and we'd get enough to boil them up and have them with a sauce she made.

Yes, when I was younger we would wade out into Tampa Bay from the Pinellas County side and net shrimp. 90% of the ones we netted were used for bait. The area we netted was Allen's Creek which runs into Tampa Bay on the west shore of the bay.

Very few people knew of the place unless they were natives. Another hidden secret where the oyster beds that were under the U.S. 19 bridge over Allen's Creek. The oysters were delicious and only harvested by individuals who knew about them and they were very few of them. No commercial.

I went to the internet to try to find a net like the one we used. This was very close to it. This one can be used for blue crabs, crayfish and shrimp.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

I know we all can/do make mistakes. But you would think a reporter, editor would review their work multiple times before publishing....quite the headline....wrong building.....

Evacuated residents of collapsed condo can retrieve essential items

Residents of a South Florida condo who were forced to evacuate over concerns about the building’s structural integrity will be allowed to return to retrieve essential items on Friday, officials said.

www.foxnews.com

 

[UK_fan_41102]

 

[berniecarbo]

We went out to eat today. Businesses everywhere had "now hiring" signs. We saw a man holding up a "hungry for two" sign. I saw the same man a few days ago at a traffic light. I was about 4 cars back, but the lead car was caught at the red light. The man was in the street waving his arms and screaming at the car. I had the air on and the windows up, so I couldn't hear what he was saying. Maybe someone told him where he could find a job?

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

I'm not too old to be a fan of the German Olympic team. Alica Schmidt will run the women's 4x400.

 

[awf]

We are the same way awf, Mrs. M is getting ready to call it quits(when they ask her when she is going to retire, she says in less than 52 weeks) I am the only one who knows!

She is very conservative (Berg slang for cheap), but we are ok, we don't need, but we buy what we want. She has gone over everything and says we are going to be ok, I trust her with that! I am looking forward to her quitting. Her only problem is she has no hobbies, I am hoping to get her to help me with my stained glass. I wish I could send my D friends a Christmas ornament.

The Director was going to retire last December…….except she had a year left on her license……. so, now she is saying she has 13 CEU,s towards her license renewal….so now she is saying she is going to renew………just in case she decides to work part time…….I told her to do what makes her happy………my bet is on she doesn’t retire

 

[awf]

itIm just the opposite...I'll eat shrimp just about anyway it can be prepared.

The Director is allergic to shell fish……..I think it is because she was born so far up in the mountains that shell fish were alien…..

 

[AustinTXCat]

Breaking News: Haiti asks for US troops. Can we just send Black Lives Matter instead?

Joe Biden is dumb enough to get sucked into this by the Congressional Black Caucus. And -- like last time when I was there in 1994 -- the US troops will have rules of engagement that prohibit them from doing anything but standing around.

The Americans sat inside Sheridan light tanks at intersections while murderous gangs of FRAPH paramilitaries gunned down Lavalas protestors with surplus US M1 Garands from five feet. I talked with soldiers who were frustrated to tears to be there, but unable to do anything because of the ROE.

As seen in that photo I posted the other day, journalists were caught in the middle of the cross fire, and it was left to us to try to get the wounded and dying to a hospital.

Holy Dominican Republic ca. 1965. How many more times must we babysit Hispaniola?

My former SGM years ago deployed there during the '65 intervention. I recall he said things became fairly intense at times. He redeployed to Vietnam within a year after.

By the way, US also occupied Haiti between 1915-1934.

 

[AustinTXCat]

That good Ole Kentucky Mud. This trainee took a wrong turn. Must have been from Florida.

I stuck an M113 about as bad at Hohenfels MTA once. Called in an M88. Easy recovery for those beasts.

 

[AustinTXCat]

We went out to eat today. Businesses everywhere had "now hiring" signs. We saw a man holding up a "hungry for two" sign. I saw the same man a few days ago at a traffic light. I was about 4 cars back, but the lead car was caught at the red light. The man was in the street waving his arms and screaming at the car. I had the air on and the windows up, so I couldn't hear what he was saying. Maybe someone told him where he could find a job?

Now Hiring signs posted at nearly every business I passed this trip to Middlesboro. Smithfield meat processing advertising at $14/hr.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Holy Dominican Republic ca. 1965. How many more times must we babysit Hispaniola?

My former SGM years ago deployed there during the '65 intervention. I recall he said things became fairly intense at times. He redeployed to Vietnam within a year after.

By the way, US also occupied Haiti between 1915-1934.

Top three places I’ve reported on US Troops that the US should never set foot in again, but probably will: 1. Somalia 2. Afghanistan 3. Haiti

 

[berniecarbo]

Now Hiring signs posted at nearly every business I passed this trip to Middlesboro. Smithfield meat processing advertising at $14/hr.

A chicken processing plant here is paying more than that AND a two dollar an hour bonus for each week with perfect attendance. Times sure have changed.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Now Hiring signs posted at nearly every business I passed this trip to Middlesboro. Smithfield meat processing advertising at $14/hr.

They hired some temp-to-hire workers at my job 2 weeks ago, one has already quit, and the other has a foot out the door. Sitting home and drawing unemployment all these months has made people lazier than ever.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Something that is getting to be a thing of the past is canning. People would can corn, green beans, pickles, hot green tomato kraut, tomato juice, blackberry jelly/jam, etc. One of my favorites was, pickled corn. Fix some soup beans, fried potatoes, and pickled corn, and you had a good country supper. Pickled beans were also good also, but not nearly as good as pickled corn.

 

[UK82]

I'm not too old to be a fan of the German Olympic team. Alica Schmidt will run the women's 4x400.

If the Americans don't win I'll be pulling for the Germans.

On an Olympic note, my junior year roommate was on UK's swim and water polo team. Hell of an athlete. His brother broke the world record for the 100 meter butterfly and I believe it stood for over a year. He was on the 1980 Olympic team that boycotted the Moscow Olympics and swam for the 1984 Olympic team (no medals). Sadly he died in 2004 in a head on car crash.

 

[warrior-cat]

I'm not too old to be a fan of the German Olympic team. Alica Schmidt will run the women's 4x400.

She wins no matter what. Publicity will have her on TV and sponsorships.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

I interviewed once for a job that would have been Haiti related. Was a ministry (don't recall the name) that worked in Haiti...had a fleet of planes...don't remember now exactly what they did. Ship in supplies, fly in missionaries, etc I think. It was for a National Director of donations....visit deep pocket people to try to get them to donate, etc. Didn't get the job and was glad of it, even then. Wasn't looking forward to many, many trips there.
But I did get a nice vacation out of it. For the final interview they wanted to visit with both me and my wife. So they flew us to L.A. The company was on a retreat in the San Bernardino Mountains up fairly close to Big Bear Lake. Were there a week...couple of interviews...rest of the time was ours to do what we wanted. All expenses paid so it was nice all around.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

Something that is getting to be a thing of the past is canning. People would can corn, green beans, pickles, hot green tomato kraut, tomato juice, blackberry jelly/jam, etc. One of my favorites was, pickled corn. Fix some soup beans, fried potatoes, and pickled corn, and you had a good country supper. Pickled beans were also good also, but not nearly as good as pickled corn.

Last year you couldn't find canning supplies. We don't can a lot, but the Mrs always wants to...especially now that she's retired. It took her forever last year to find jars and lids. The panic I guess caused a lot of people to start gardens.

 

[warrior-cat]

I stuck an M113 about as bad at Hohenfels MTA once. Called in an M88. Easy recovery for those beasts.

Had to be pulled into battle by an M88 during our trek across Iraq. I was on the top of the M88 as we crossed the Saudi-Iraq border. The fan tower on my M110A1 Howitzer froze up in route because of sand. Quickly got it replaced in our first position. Amazing how quickly maintenance can work when you really need to move. Below is my howitzer awaiting maintenance.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Had to be pulled into battle by an M88 during our trek across Iraq. I was on the top of the M88 as we crossed the Saudi-Iraq border. The fan tower on my M110A1 Howitzer froze up in route because of sand. Quickly got it replaced in our first position. Amazing how quickly maintenance can work when you really need to move. Below is my howitzer awaiting maintenance.

Yeah, sand is always a scourge. Maintenance during Desert Storm was a constant challenge. I TC'd an M577 command track. As luck would have it, our fan tower froze shortly after cease fire. What a mess.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Top three places I’ve reported on US Troops that the US should never set foot in again, but probably will: 1. Somalia 2. Afghanistan 3. Haiti

I transferred from 2AD FWD to 1AD in 1992 during drawdown/realignment. A Stars and Stripes Europe headline from 1993 mentioned my unit might receive alert for deployment to Somalia. Glad I missed that one.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

I transferred from 2AD FWD to 1AD in 1992 during drawdown/realignment. A Stars and Stripes Europe headline from 1993 mentioned my unit might receive alert for deployment to Somalia. Glad I missed that one.

It was brutal. I went into Mogadishu with a couple other guys about a month before the Marines came in. The clans spent that time in constant firefights trying to control as much of the city as they could before forced to cease fire when the UN intervened. We had no clean water, power, or plumbing and were eating rancid camel meat. I got dysentery and lost 38 pounds. In short, you didn’t miss a thing.

 

[BBUK]

I'm with you on the shrimp scampi Bert. For a fast food restaurant, Long John Silver's has pretty good scampi.

We ate at Long Johns today about 6 or so. They only have one fish restaurant of the fast food variety in Woodbridge and we were out and about and decided to again try the Long Johns (At least drive by it as back in 2018 or so it was a dump I'd NEVER eat at again BUT they totally remodeled it.) It was some decent change of pace food. My darling and I got eight pieces of fish, a small green beans, and a small corn. My Darling nearly peels all the batter off the fish and I love the hush puppies but to save on the grease I didn't get the hush puppies. Used my military discount and it was still 17 dollars. It was seriously just fried and a good taste.

 

[BBUK]

All this talk of shrimp reminds me of when I was a kid of 21 in the late 1970s, living in Pompano Beach, Fla.

There was a pier that stretched out a ways, and twice a year as I recall (not clear on that part), the shrimp would run up the coast, and come in at night close enough that you could go out, hang a lantern on a rope just above the water, and scoop them with a long pole with a net on the end.

Anyone else ever do that? The young woman I was living with in those days was a native of South Florida and her brother had the gear and we'd get enough to boil them up and have them with a sauce she made.

My darling and I used to shrimp that way in South Carolina a lot, plenty of small piers to park and walk about dark thirty. A light and a small cast net and we were shrimping.

 

[BBUK]

My Dad was like that. He made very good money, but his whole career he did that...get a raise and he would save it. Philosophy of we lived OK before it....so we don't need it now.
He also dealt in mostly cash. Of course back in his time very, very few people had credit cards. Some had 'store cards' but even when credit cards became more popular, 60s, 70s, he may have had one and that's it. And no balance.
We had quite a lot (material things)...but no debt.

Same here. Don't owe a penny to anyone or anything. Great feeling.

I owe some but I could pay it all off so I am good. We have credit cards but never carry a balance, pay them as we go. We keep some assets liquid to assist our kids or buy another property if the opportunity comes around that we like. (Just made an offer on a piece of property a few minutes ago. I hope we get it.)

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

Does waiting for the shrimp boat(s) to arrive at the dock and buying fresh shrimp count as shrimping?
If so, count me in as a shrimper. Lot less work.
Knew of a place in Thunderbolt (I believe) outside Savannah where you could do that. Plus just up from the dock was an old seafood market and seafood restaurant that I would eat at when I was there. Been there a long time...tables had a hole in the middle (threw your shrimp shells there...trash can under the table). Good food.

That's my extent of shrimping.