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[BBUK]

What a great day this day. I woke up realizing who is in charge. It is my Darlings birthday. Yeah, I am thankful...

Oh, may Jesus become real to you in your every day lives. May God's grace cover yours and your families lives continually..

Yes Elizabeth, "I'd Rather Have Jesus..."

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[Girthang]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 79°F and mostly cloudy. 50% chance for rain after 6 am. Hope I can walk a few before drops come down. We should stay under 90°F for today's high.

Happy Hump Day!

Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.

Oh, DANG! You're killin me.... I'll be thinking about ice cream pie all day

 

[Girthang]

Morning Legionnaires!

80's for the next couple of days and then back in to the 90's Modified workout for the morning with the Total Gym (unless headache is gone by workout time) and then, couch potato workout for the rest of the day (series binge watching and naps). Have an online meet and great with home school teacher at 5:15pm today.

Praying for all of those families in Afghanistan who will be under the Taliban rule. The women and children especially. I know it is a fallen world but, it still saddens me that these people who by just being born there will be subjected to harsh treatment.

We for our families need to remind our younger ones just how good they/we have it here and I thank God I was born here.

Amen to all of that. What has happened in that country over 20 years flushed down the toilet in a week by the DC Dolt. The only good thing that might come of this is that opium poppy production might go back to pre-occupation levels.

The Taliban had nearly eliminated its production in 2000, only to have it surpass its greatest production ever during Obama's presidency. 90% of the opium products made from it sold and distributed on the streets of OUR COUNTRY through the work of our politicians and their contributors.

That epidemic is "home grown" right in DC.

 

[BBUK]

Amen to all of that. What has happened in that country over 20 years flushed down the toilet in a week by the DC Dolt. The only good thing that might come of this is that opium poppy production might go back to pre-occupation levels.

The Taliban had nearly eliminated its production in 2000, only to have it surpass its greatest production ever during Obama's presidency. 90% of the opium products made from it sold and distributed on the streets of OUR COUNTRY through the work of our politicians and their contributors.

That epidemic is "home grown" right in DC.

My Darlings birthday is today. My oldest daughter told me yesterday that the restaurant my daughter picked out is in DC, was that a problem? I told her yes it was... We are scheduled now to have supper in Centreville.

 

[berniecarbo]

I was stationed near Izmir (Turkey) in the late 60's. You could stand on base and see the poppy fields growing. It was always women working in the fields (some hard looking women at that), never the men. You could go down to the waterfront and see old looking men smoking it in their water pipe. They weren't even hiding it, smoking it in public on the sidewalks.

 

[Girthang]

Just got news from a guy that used to post on all of the UK forums years ago.

2 people that he knows directly affected by the shots. "Neighbor's brother passed away same day he got the first shot. Never made it to the follow up. No other health issues that contributed to the sudden death, early 40s. Docs refused to report it as v-related in spite of this.

Another person (who is VERY pro-v and would be the last to suspect them as a cause of anything detrimental) had a heart attack 2 weeks to the day after their doctor-recommended booster. Docs could not find any contributing health issues or heart issues that might have caused or led to the heart attack. Patient is the healthiest they've otherwise been in years. Nurses suspected the v and their doctors also refused to report it as v related." (This person was mid 40s)

I don't have the answers to whether anyone should get them at all or get follow ups on these things, as everything I've seen from animal trials and studies to peer reviews say this whole campaign is dangerous at the very least. I will only say it should be thought through very carefully with a lot of research, because NONE of these companies have a history of beneficent behavior towards consumers, IF they even have a history at all.

When this is looked at in the rear view, the people that have put this whole thing together need to be prosecuted and max sentenced. It's criminal what they've done to the elderly and everyone else they've pushed this upon, and they've duped health care workers that have no desire to do anything but care for people along the way. I see the pictures of Afghanistan and feel for those people, but I also feel for the people dying alone and abandoned by the industry that should have treated them early and often instead of sending them home to get worse first.

Praying for everyone here and abroad, invluding our military and our health care workers, that are being abused by this corrupted admin and system that refuses to seek justice for those without means to secure it themselves.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Good Morning D

And now for the local weather report. Current temperature is 77° and sunny. We have a 48% chance for rain by midafternoon. We should get to 87° for our high today.

I express my prayers and sympathies for all who lost a loved one in this awful Afghan war. If Biden had had a sound plan for evacuation maybe we would not have been as humiliated as we are. Who can blame the world for not haveing confidence in our State Department and administration. I sure don't. Be that as it may.

I trust all have a nice day.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Bright sunny 69.1°F on our way to a very warm 89°.

I got married 55 years ago today. She is still here! Wow.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning D-League. Back to hot and humid in the east. My son heads back to Lexington today. It's a bittersweet day for my wife and me. We've loved having him here, and he has worked hard, taken a couple trips to LA and Asheville and found a new girlfriend who goes to WVU. So a good summer for him. We'll miss him.

You all talking about the opium trade through Afghanistan have it right.

On the Afghan-Pakistan border west of the city of Quetta near a huge refugee camp, the Pakistani government has an area where they isolate opium and heroin addicts in a graveyard -- I guess they feel like that's an efficient solution and cuts down on transportation costs.

My photographer and I spent a night in that hell hole documenting the local costs of the opium trade that reached all the way into Europe and America. We were trying to make the point all the way back to 2001 that meddling in the area was going to be complicated.
An ugly scene for sure.

 

[Girthang]

20 years and 1 trillion dollars. What was accomplished? Really sad. I'm angry. I'm damn angry. God bless the brave men and women who put up the good fight.

Great question. Besides the boom in opium production there, I guess we gave the people there hope for a while before we abandoned them.

I watched and read a lot about the reasons for going there and staying, as I had friends that were choosing that tour, but also read a bit of independent journalism about it and related to it. A co-worker mentioned something I knew nothing of at the time that made a lot of sense when combined with the opium production. He worked in the oil and coal industry for most of his adult life.

Y'all know about the big oil discovery in the black sea region, I'm sure. It's really the source of the entire Ukrainian/Russian conflict. What most people don't know is that there are 2 main US competitors/combatants that have been fighting to get it to market. One wanted a pipeline through the east (afghanistan and such) while the other wanted a pipeline to the west. What was/is in the way? Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, or Turkey in one direction. Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, or India the other direction. Guess who got their deal done first and to which political party they were tied? Guess who didn't, but made the most of it through controlling opium production?

He's better at filling in the details of all of this, but that's the gist. Of course both parties profited from either direction the oil went and from the drug industry also, which is why the companies that hooked our country on opioids were protected and now are involved in the push to v everybody. Kinda strange that almost all of those countries have had such turmoil and instability since they found the oil in the black sea region is all I'm saying.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Congratulations Bert. 55 years - that's a remarkable accomplishment.

My wife and I will mark 25 years next week -- we're actually going to Philadelphia for the weekend to celebrate but the actual day is the 23rd. Married in Patsy Cline's hometown. My bride had every right to sing "Crazy" to describe her decision and I'm sure she expected me to sing "I Fall to Pieces" soon afterward. But it has worked out.

 

[Girthang]

Oddly enough, my wife went to the Commissary after work and bought one yesterday. We did not touch it last night after dinner but, as Rod said:

Tonight's the night, and it's going to be alright.

I beg you to please have a slice or two for me and my lady, warrior. Take one or two for the team here in KY without such deliciousness.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Just got news from a guy that used to post on all of the UK forums years ago.

2 people that he knows directly affected by the shots. "Neighbor's brother passed away same day he got the first shot. Never made it to the follow up. No other health issues that contributed to the sudden death, early 40s. Docs refused to report it as v-related in spite of this.

Another person (who is VERY pro-v and would be the last to suspect them as a cause of anything detrimental) had a heart attack 2 weeks to the day after their doctor-recommended booster. Docs could not find any contributing health issues or heart issues that might have caused or led to the heart attack. Patient is the healthiest they've otherwise been in years. Nurses suspected the v and their doctors also refused to report it as v related." (This person was mid 40s)

I don't have the answers to whether anyone should get them at all or get follow ups on these things, as everything I've seen from animal trials and studies to peer reviews say this whole campaign is dangerous at the very least. I will only say it should be thought through very carefully with a lot of research, because NONE of these companies have a history of beneficent behavior towards consumers, IF they even have a history at all.

When this is looked at in the rear view, the people that have put this whole thing together need to be prosecuted and max sentenced. It's criminal what they've done to the elderly and everyone else they've pushed this upon, and they've duped health care workers that have no desire to do anything but care for people along the way. I see the pictures of Afghanistan and feel for those people, but I also feel for the people dying alone and abandoned by the industry that should have treated them early and often instead of sending them home to get worse first.

Praying for everyone here and abroad, invluding our military and our health care workers, that are being abused by this corrupted admin and system that refuses to seek justice for those without means to secure it themselves.

My booster days are over. My wife and I talked about this last night and we decided there was no way we are going to roll up our sleeve for this. She also talked to our daughter and she said no booster for her.

The administration has changed courses so many times who knows what to do anymore. So we will sit this one out. Our governor is setting up monoclonal antibody centers all over the state to treat this. If I come down with COVID I will drop by one of these centers and get treatment, then go back to the house. It is approved by the FDA

https://thehill.com/changing-americ...ng-monoclonal-antibody-centers-to-fight-covid

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Bright sunny 69.1°F on our way to a very warm 89°.

I got married 55 years ago today. She is still here! Wow.

Congrats on 55 years with a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. You are blessed.

And Happy Birthday to Mrs. BBUK. And we wish you many more.

 

[BBUK]

Good morning D-League. Back to hot and humid in the east. My son heads back to Lexington today. It's a bittersweet day for my wife and me. We've loved having him here, and he has worked hard, taken a couple trips to LA and Asheville and found a new girlfriend who goes to WVU. So a good summer for him. We'll miss him.

You all talking about the opium trade through Afghanistan have it right.

On the Afghan-Pakistan border west of the city of Quetta near a huge refugee camp, the Pakistani government has an area where they isolate opium and heroin addicts in a graveyard -- I guess they feel like that's an efficient solution and cuts down on transportation costs.

My photographer and I spent a night in that hell hole documenting the local costs of the opium trade that reached all the way into Europe and America. We were trying to make the point all the way back to 2001 that meddling in the area was going to be complicated.
An ugly scene for sure.

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And I envisioned the streets of Detroit as I remembered them....

 

[Girthang]

My booster days are over. My wife and I talked about this last night and we decided there was no way we are going to roll up our sleeve for this. She also talked to our daughter and she said no booster for her.

The administration has changed courses so many times who knows what to do anymore. So we will sit this one out. Our governor is setting up monoclonal antibody centers all over the state to treat this. If I come down with COVID I will drop by one of these centers and get treatment, then go back to the house. It is approved by the FDA

https://thehill.com/changing-americ...ng-monoclonal-antibody-centers-to-fight-covid

When it is an option here, I will donate to those centers for people just such as you. Either that or I will head to Florida to do so.

 

[Girthang]

Congrats on 55 years with a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. You are blessed.

And Happy Birthday to Mrs. BBUK. And we wish you many more.

Happy anniversary!

And

Happy birthday!

And may God grant you many more, respectively

 

[blubo]

Good morning D-League. Back to hot and humid in the east. My son heads back to Lexington today. It's a bittersweet day for my wife and me. We've loved having him here, and he has worked hard, taken a couple trips to LA and Asheville and found a new girlfriend who goes to WVU. So a good summer for him. We'll miss him.

You all talking about the opium trade through Afghanistan have it right.

On the Afghan-Pakistan border west of the city of Quetta near a huge refugee camp, the Pakistani government has an area where they isolate opium and heroin addicts in a graveyard -- I guess they feel like that's an efficient solution and cuts down on transportation costs.

My photographer and I spent a night in that hell hole documenting the local costs of the opium trade that reached all the way into Europe and America. We were trying to make the point all the way back to 2001 that meddling in the area was going to be complicated.
An ugly scene for sure.

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Damn, looks as bad as san francisco.

 

[berniecarbo]

Good morning D-League. Back to hot and humid in the east. My son heads back to Lexington today. It's a bittersweet day for my wife and me. We've loved having him here, and he has worked hard, taken a couple trips to LA and Asheville and found a new girlfriend who goes to WVU. So a good summer for him. We'll miss him.

You all talking about the opium trade through Afghanistan have it right.

On the Afghan-Pakistan border west of the city of Quetta near a huge refugee camp, the Pakistani government has an area where they isolate opium and heroin addicts in a graveyard -- I guess they feel like that's an efficient solution and cuts down on transportation costs.

My photographer and I spent a night in that hell hole documenting the local costs of the opium trade that reached all the way into Europe and America. We were trying to make the point all the way back to 2001 that meddling in the area was going to be complicated.
An ugly scene for sure.

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Folks here don't realize how good they have it. There was a place in Izmir that took up several city blocks. It was a giant house of ill repute/women's prison where they could "work" their sentence off. If you were the male head of the household, you could force your daughter or wife to serve your prison sentence. People here cry about being disrespected. Some of them should live in places like that awhile.

 

[warrior-cat]

I beg you to please have a slice or two for me and my lady, warrior. Take one or two for the team here in KY without such deliciousness.

I have been known to do that without encouragement but, since you ask me to take one or two for the team and I am a team player, I will suffer through it. Looks like I will be working out extra long and hard tomorrow heart doctor be damned. Wife might be pissed though. Heh, heh, heh, old Viagra joke.

 

[warrior-cat]

Bright sunny 69.1°F on our way to a very warm 89°.

I got married 55 years ago today. She is still here! Wow.

 

[warrior-cat]

Good morning D-League. Back to hot and humid in the east. My son heads back to Lexington today. It's a bittersweet day for my wife and me. We've loved having him here, and he has worked hard, taken a couple trips to LA and Asheville and found a new girlfriend who goes to WVU. So a good summer for him. We'll miss him.

You all talking about the opium trade through Afghanistan have it right.

On the Afghan-Pakistan border west of the city of Quetta near a huge refugee camp, the Pakistani government has an area where they isolate opium and heroin addicts in a graveyard -- I guess they feel like that's an efficient solution and cuts down on transportation costs.

My photographer and I spent a night in that hell hole documenting the local costs of the opium trade that reached all the way into Europe and America. We were trying to make the point all the way back to 2001 that meddling in the area was going to be complicated.
An ugly scene for sure.

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No way to live. There are places in the world these crying libs need to see and have their eyes opened to real struggles and oppression before screaming about not being rich or even comfortable without actually working to achieve it. The entitlement culture is a cancer to this country and needs to see real poverty.

 

[awf]

My Darlings birthday is today. My oldest daughter told me yesterday that the restaurant my daughter picked out is in DC, was that a problem? I told her yes it was... We are scheduled now to have supper in Centreville.

HappyBirthday to the Misses from the AWF's........

 

[BBUK]

No way to live. There are places in the world these crying libs need to see and have their eyes opened to real struggles and oppression before screaming about not being rich or even comfortable without actually working to achieve it. The entitlement culture is a cancer to this country and needs to see real poverty.

Yes Sir NONE of them know what it is to be hungry OR thirsty. They should really have to endure it a while. The ONLY hunger or thirst they have ever known is not getting what they wanted to eat or drink at the time...

 

[BBUK]

HappyBirthday to the Misses from the AWF's........

Thanks brother awf and all for the well wishes. My darling is my all on this earth.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Yes Sir NONE of them know what it is to be hungry OR thirsty. They should really have to endure it a while. The ONLY hunger or thirst they have ever known is not getting what they wanted to eat or drink at the time...

If America continues it's downward slide that will change.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

I got married 55 years ago today. She is still here! Wow

Happy anniversary to you and yours.

My Darlings birthday is today.

Happy birthday to the your BETTER half.

 

[BBUK]

Happy anniversary to you and yours.



Happy birthday to the your BETTER half.

Sir, you "ain't" never lied...

 

[MdWIldcat55]

I hear through my grapevine that Joe Galloway, Vietnam era correspondent who wrote "We Were Soldiers Once, and Young," based on his experiences with the 1st Cav during the Ia Drang Valley battle, has died.

Joe was a terrific guy. I got to know him a bit, and worked with him on some assignments during Desert Storm. He was close friends with one of my best friends, and so I was in contact a bit indirectly through the years.

If you have seen that movie, you know Joe's story, for which the Pentagon awarded with the Bronze Star with V for Valor. He remained a strong advocate for Veterans Rights throughout his career.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Thanks folks for the kind wishes.
I turned poor Sherry into a drunk:

Also Happy Birthday to Mrs. BBUK.

 

[BBUK]

Thanks folks for the kind wishes.
I turned poor Sherry into a drunk:

Also Happy Birthday to Mrs. BBUK.

I'll drink to that Sir! (What else could I say...) Congrats for sure!

 

[starchief5]

Thanks folks for the kind wishes.
I turned poor Sherry into a drunk:

Also Happy Birthday to Mrs. BBUK.

"I turned poor Sherry into a drunk."

She apparently sucked it up and did what she had to do to survive..

Congrats on 55.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

We are having an official frog drowning. Nearly an inch of rain in 20 minutes. Wow.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

We are having an official frog drowning. Nearly an inch of rain in 20 minutes. Wow.

Now over an inch and it is still coming.

 

[BBUK]

 

[cordmaker]

Afternoon D, got rained out of staining, says we got .3" of rain, I think it was more like a foot!!!! If it dries out I should be able to finish all the staining except for a few rafters. Mrs. M loves the color, solid natural cedar. Happy wife happy life!!!

Happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Bert from Cord and Mrs. M!!!

Tell Mrs. BBUK Happy Birthday form Cord!!

Hope the D, has a great day and Prayers for the D!!! Oh finished Jonah!

D, please keep our daughter in your prayers, she was passing blood yesterday, went to the doctor today, they are going to run some tests. Thanks D!!!!

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Cord, I'm sorry to hear that worrisome news about your daughter's health. We'll certainly keep her in our prayers at my home.

 

[UK82]

What a great day this day. I woke up realizing who is in charge. It is my Darlings birthday. Yeah, I am thankful...

Oh, may Jesus become real to you in your every day lives. May God's grace cover yours and your families lives continually..

Yes Elizabeth, "I'd Rather Have Jesus..."

Happy Birthday to the Darlings!

 

[UK82]

Bright sunny 69.1°F on our way to a very warm 89°.

I got married 55 years ago today. She is still here! Wow.

Happy Anniversary to you and your lovely wife!

 

[UK82]

Good morning D-League. Back to hot and humid in the east. My son heads back to Lexington today. It's a bittersweet day for my wife and me. We've loved having him here, and he has worked hard, taken a couple trips to LA and Asheville and found a new girlfriend who goes to WVU. So a good summer for him. We'll miss him.

You all talking about the opium trade through Afghanistan have it right.

On the Afghan-Pakistan border west of the city of Quetta near a huge refugee camp, the Pakistani government has an area where they isolate opium and heroin addicts in a graveyard -- I guess they feel like that's an efficient solution and cuts down on transportation costs.

My photographer and I spent a night in that hell hole documenting the local costs of the opium trade that reached all the way into Europe and America. We were trying to make the point all the way back to 2001 that meddling in the area was going to be complicated.
An ugly scene for sure.

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What a horrible existence.