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Speaking of coconuts, did you ever eat a fresh picked coconut while you were in Panama Ft. Sherman? I did and it is completely different than ones sitting in the store. The ones from the store are dry and you can only eat so much but, the ones fresh from the tree I could eat the whole thing. Jungle training in 81 or 82 we had a whole task force there for 30 days. There was a Staff Sergeant there who was Samoan and a big guy. He saw me throwing big rocks up into the coconut trees trying to knock one down and he said to me: "Let me show you how we do it." He commenced to climbing the tree bare footed using hands and feet to secure himself, picked a few off throwing them my direction. When he got down, he shucked them by banging them against large rocks and cracked them the same way. Dude was good at it. We drank the milk and at all of the coconut.
Another thing while I was there is I noticed that the animals were much more colorful than you see in the Zoo. Toucans were brightly colored and beautiful. Coatimundi's were mean too if you got around there areas.
Speaking of coconuts, did you ever eat a fresh picked coconut while you were in Panama Ft. Sherman? I did and it is completely different than ones sitting in the store. The ones from the store are dry and you can only eat so much but, the ones fresh from the tree I could eat the whole thing. Jungle training in 81 or 82 we had a whole task force there for 30 days. There was a Staff Sergeant there who was Samoan and a big guy. He saw me throwing big rocks up into the coconut trees trying to knock one down and he said to me: "Let me show you how we do it." He commenced to climbing the tree bare footed using hands and feet to secure himself, picked a few off throwing them my direction. When he got down, he shucked them by banging them against large rocks and cracked them the same way. Dude was good at it. We drank the milk and at all of the coconut.
Another thing while I was there is I noticed that the animals were much more colorful than you see in the Zoo. Toucans were brightly colored and beautiful. Coatimundi's were mean too if you got around there areas.
Our deck faces west......I have thought about a similar panel to block the sun and build a set of shelves on the east side of it for my orchids.......I was thinking of making a frame out of some teak.........just like a big window sash........Good looking deck.........the rise on the steps look kind of tall for some of us old people...........
The rise is not bad, hand rail helps!!! I got the plans for the steps and flower boxes off a site called Ana White, she has some good ideas!!!
I have had coconut right off of the tree many, many times. We had coconuts in our yard when I lived a little South of here. They do not do good this far North. You start to see them in abundance South of Tampa Bay around Bradenton, Sarasota and below.
As a kid I would climb the tree (barefoot) and knock off a few then take a machette to husk it. Once we have the coconut out we would take a Phillips screw driver and knock out the eyes then drink the milk straight from the coconut. Once the milk was gone we would take the machettte and split the coconut open to eat the meat.
A lot of roadside stands sell coconuts around here and for a treat we buy one and take it home. Always shake it real good to make sure it has milk and is not dried out. Good eating . Here is a quick video to show how easy it is
Yeah, I love coconut.....in just about everything. On my trips to Cambodia, we would stop everyday and a little fruit/veggie stand and pick up a big "young" green coconut; chop a hole in it and drink it up. it's one of the best things you can have on a hot/muggy day.
Fine looking deck cord. Did a really good job.
Ate fresh either down in Panama ('81) or Puerto Rico ('82). Honestly can't remember which. Yes, delicious as I recall.
Remember those monkey's down in Panama? Little pests.
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Had fresh coconuts in Panama when visiting my wife's aunt, who is doing the Ex-Pat thing down there. The monkeys are nasty, but I did get a kick out of the elusive tree sloth. We spotted a few of those weirdos. Also enjoyed more than I expected to transiting the canal. A touristy trip I'd do again.
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I'd so love a return trip.
Back then, I'd just graduated from basic. One of my drill sergeants had been stationed down there prior to going on the trail and becoming our drill. He told many stories about surviving out in the jungle. Took leave in sunny Florida at mom's FL house before reporting to my unit. Thought I was ready and acclimated for Panama. Boy, was I sure wrong.
Totally unprepared for the mosquitos despite loads of bug "juice", leftover insect repellent from Vietnam. Learned a valuable lesson after sleeping a few nights without netting. We were issued jungle fatigues. Seems like the bugs ate totally through our clothing.
Yeah, the monkeys. One buddy brought a slingshot. He shot one. Except for fights at bars, I'd never seen so much hell raised before and since. Nasty little jerks. Whole jungle came alive. They bombed the crap out of my squad. Seemed like hundreds, while in retrospect, perhaps 8-10.
Sweated my butt off. Yeah, ha ha, some cute Señoritas in town after we finished with JOTC rotation. Had fun. Good experience.
It’s an interesting place. If looking for a long but fascinating read, I’d recommend David McCullough’s Path Between the Seas about the horrific struggle to build the Panama Canal. What a desperate undertaking. The French lost thousands of lives before having to give up. America didn’t have it easy either.
If I remember correctly -- not looking it up -- Walter Reed became famous for his pioneering treatment efforts down in the old Canal Zone. John McCain was born there.
Years ago, I discussed travel back to USA with NCOs who actually drove from Panama to Texas. In those days, ports of entry by air were Miami and Houston for US military. I recall a couple gents mentioning the journey was an 10-12-day drive. All who discussed the trip with me were Spanish speakers. Crazy stuff.
Looks very good. I'm helpless on do it yourself things. Dad was good at it, but baseball was to important to learn how to fix things, or I thought so at the time. That kind of knowledge would come in handy these days.
Nice Deck Cordmaker. Looks like You definitely know what You are doing!
This is the picture Cordmaker sent me yesterday morning and I did not see it. Sorry Cord.
This is the picture Cordmaker sent me yesterday morning and I did not see it. Sorry Cord.
Fine work Sir...
Good morning from ATX. Currently 78°F, clear and calm. Today's high could reach 98°F.
Watched Ohio St. vs Minnesota last night. Buckeyes beat them Gophers up.
Wife watching Dragnet right now. Funny how I remember this particular episode from way back in the 60s.
Hopefully work is a quiet one today. 3-day weekend coming up.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Watched Ohio St. vs Minnesota last night. Buckeyes beat them Gophers up.
Wife watching Dragnet right now. Funny how I remember this particular episode from way back in the 60s.
Hopefully work is a quiet one today. 3-day weekend coming up.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Good morning D-League. It's currently 54° and foggy here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring a mix of clouds and sun with an expected high of 78°.
Everyone stay safe on this Friday.
Everyone stay safe on this Friday.
Good Friday morning D-League.
Looks like a nice day ahead just waiting on the sun to get up and rise It's currently 74° and skies are clear. We should hit 84° and rain chances are 20% late this afternoon. I am flying out this morning to go to my cousin's birthday party which will be held at Opry Land. It should be a nice day to fly.
I trust all have a nice day. I see Larry is now a hurricane so we will watch his journey to the states. The tracking shows him above Florida and headed to the East Coast. Wind speed 125 mph, CAT 3.
Looks like a nice day ahead just waiting on the sun to get up and rise It's currently 74° and skies are clear. We should hit 84° and rain chances are 20% late this afternoon. I am flying out this morning to go to my cousin's birthday party which will be held at Opry Land. It should be a nice day to fly.
I trust all have a nice day. I see Larry is now a hurricane so we will watch his journey to the states. The tracking shows him above Florida and headed to the East Coast. Wind speed 125 mph, CAT 3.
Good Morning all,
Been a weird couple days. Nothing bad, just weird. Won't even expound, just not a normal couple days. I am thankful.
Oh, My prayer is that all in this thread are well and content. I also pray that each have a good purpose in your days today to where your day is full-filling. I remember a line from an old George Burns movie, Oh God Book II...... "Think God"... God Bless you all...
Been a weird couple days. Nothing bad, just weird. Won't even expound, just not a normal couple days. I am thankful.
Oh, My prayer is that all in this thread are well and content. I also pray that each have a good purpose in your days today to where your day is full-filling. I remember a line from an old George Burns movie, Oh God Book II...... "Think God"... God Bless you all...
Morning all. Another fall like morning in the Buckeye State...55 out now heading up to mid-70s. Little cool on the porch so I headed back indoors.
Yesterday was the 81st anniversary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s official dedication! On September 2, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the park (formally established in 1934) from Newfound Gap. Over 10,000 people gathered late that afternoon to see the President and witness the Park’s dedication.
Not much going on today. Shampooed a few area rugs yesterday out on the driveway so they could dry out good while the Mrs cleaned the rooms they came out of. So kind of a flip/flop Spring/Fall cleaning. But she does the deep cleaning and rearrangement of furniture every Spring and then again in the Fall.
Also mowed most of the yard...little bit left plus trimming...so I'm free of that for the weekend.
Low country shrimp boil planned for the weekend. Get rid of company...and more here for the shrimp boil.
Y'all have a good day.
Yesterday was the 81st anniversary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s official dedication! On September 2, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the park (formally established in 1934) from Newfound Gap. Over 10,000 people gathered late that afternoon to see the President and witness the Park’s dedication.
Not much going on today. Shampooed a few area rugs yesterday out on the driveway so they could dry out good while the Mrs cleaned the rooms they came out of. So kind of a flip/flop Spring/Fall cleaning. But she does the deep cleaning and rearrangement of furniture every Spring and then again in the Fall.
Also mowed most of the yard...little bit left plus trimming...so I'm free of that for the weekend.
Low country shrimp boil planned for the weekend. Get rid of company...and more here for the shrimp boil.
Y'all have a good day.
Had never heard of Welsh Rarebit. Looked it up and basically looks like cheese on toast. Some variations.
Austin's picture looks a lot more appealing than some I looked up.
Austin's picture looks a lot more appealing than some I looked up.
Good morning D-Leaguers. It is 62.4°F and sunny. It was 61°F at 7 am and is supposed to top out at 81°. That is nice.
I got the house cleaned outside from the roof on down. The yard crew finished trimming the bald cypress, removed two blue rug junipers and finished the mulch. It sure looks better. They did wear out the yard as they used a bob cat to haul the mulch from the driveway to the back yard. They sure pissed off my moles! I will probably mow the yard to even it out.
You all have a good day and get ready for football tomorrow.
I got the house cleaned outside from the roof on down. The yard crew finished trimming the bald cypress, removed two blue rug junipers and finished the mulch. It sure looks better. They did wear out the yard as they used a bob cat to haul the mulch from the driveway to the back yard. They sure pissed off my moles! I will probably mow the yard to even it out.
You all have a good day and get ready for football tomorrow.
Good afternoon, D-L!
College football got back, temporarily, last night! Officials still ignoring rules for the conference favorites. Announcers still kissing their butts, too.... Ahhhhh... finally!
Hope y'all have a great weekend
College football got back, temporarily, last night! Officials still ignoring rules for the conference favorites. Announcers still kissing their butts, too.... Ahhhhh... finally!
Hope y'all have a great weekend
I swiped this post:
A kid had an old bike with no brakes and dented a stranger's car. A few days later the car owner surprised the boy with a new bike. Have you ever wondered how the world can be improved? Person to person, one kindness at a time! Whoever you are, sir, I applaud you!
Via Karen Carnes
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Via Karen Carnes
Used to throw their feces at us especially at night while we were in our screened tents.
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Slowest moving things outside of snails. Not the monkeys, the Sloths. Saw a few of them while there. Don't know what animal it was but, we were doing some night missions and wound up deep into some ravine, ran into a wall where we could go no further forward and had traveled a ways to get there so we did not want to backtrack and find a way around so we flashed our lights upward to see how far up it was. It was not so far up 15 maybe 20 ft. so we decided to climb. I got about half way up finding holes and crevices to grip and found a hole to my left and was about to put my left hand in when I saw these green glowing eyes. I quickly adjusted to another area to grab and sped up my climbing. As I said, did not know what it was and was not going to find out.
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When we went it was middle of January and freezing rain at the airfield at FT. Campbell as we loaded C141's bound for Panama. We all had on our winter gear. When we landed in Panama it was 95° in the shade with what felt like 100% humidity. Never seen soldiers undress so fast.
What the hell is a Rarebit? Is it a small piece of a Rabbit or a Hare?Good morning from ATX. Currently 78°F, clear and calm. Today's high could reach 98°F.
Watched Ohio St. vs Minnesota last night. Buckeyes beat them Gophers up.
Wife watching Dragnet right now. Funny how I remember this particular episode from way back in the 60s.
Hopefully work is a quiet one today. 3-day weekend coming up.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
All these stories of unruly primates: Here's mine. Early October 1990 after the Kuwaiti royal family was chased from Kuwait City by Saddam's army, they were living in a town in western Saudi Arabia called Taif.
A bunch of us reporters drove up from the Red Sea port of Jeddah to take part in a press conference where they talked about atrocities by the Iraqis blah blah. I was surprised to find the road wound up into some fairly stark mountains, unlike what I expected of Saudi.
We came to an area where you could pull off, and I saw a bunch of small baboons capering around! I had no idea there were baboons in Saudi. Way over on the other side of the pull off were a line of big white Mercedes, but no one was out of their cars checking out the baboons, and more importantly, what looked like a spectacular view over a precipice.
So, I get out of the car, trot over to where you can see across this stark cliff face. The little baboons start wailing and acting crazy, then they disappear over the edge of the bluff. As I get to the edge, I look down --- and spot these massive broad shouldered male baboons on a little ledge, snarling and baring their teeth.
I start jogging back to the car, but the baboons boil up over the cliff in a dead run coming after me. I managed to sprint full speed, and get back to the car -- my buddy who'd stayed in the car said the biggest male was right on my heels. The baboons screamed and yelled and bounced around, and after making their point went back over the ledge.
As I'm trying to catch my breath and calm down, one of the Mercedes rolls up. The driver cracks his window and says: "Do not leave your car. It is very dangerous!"
Damn, thanks Haji. I was thinking about doing it all over again.
By the way, the baboons around there are notorious -- they've been accused of attacking humans, and even towns. Here's a story I googled:
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Are you not sure that was not me? I got there (Saudi) October 4th 1990. Just saying.All these stories of unruly primates: Here's mine. Late October 1990 after the Kuwaiti royal family was chased from Kuwaiti City by Saddam's army, they were living in a town in western Saudi Arabia called Taif.
A bunch of us reporters drove up from the Red Sea port of Jeddah to take part in a press conference where they thanked America, blah blah. I was surprised to find the road wound up into some fairly stark mountains, unlike what I expected of Saudi.
We came to an area where you could pull off, and I saw a bunch of small baboons capering around! I had no idea there were baboons in Saudi. Way over on the other side of the pull off were a line of big white Mercedes, but no one was out of their cars checking out the baboons, and more importantly, what looked like a spectacular view over a precipice.
So, I get out of the car, trot over to where you can see across this stark cliff face. The little baboons start wailing and acting crazy, then they disappear over the edge of the bluff. As I get to the edge, I look down --- and spot these massive broad shouldered male baboons on a little ledge, snarling and baring their teeth.
I start jogging back to the car, but the baboons boil up over the cliff in a dead run coming after me. I managed to sprint full speed, and get back to the car -- my buddy who'd stayed in the car said the biggest male was right on my heels. The baboons screamed and yelled and bounced around, and after making their point went back over the ledge.
As I'm trying to catch my breath and calm down, one of the Mercedes rolls up. The driver cracks his window and says: "Do not leave your car. It is very dangerous!"
Damn, thanks Haji. I was thinking about doing it all over again.
By the way, the baboons around there are notorious -- they've been accused of attacking humans, and even towns. Here's a story I googled:
Well, I am enjoying the Panama and Baboon stories but alas, it is grass cutting time. 94° currently and supposed to hit 98 before the day is through. Fridays are my hard days. Worked out for an hour, ate breakfast, cleaned the house for the weekend, ate lunch and now, the grass.
Hot cheese-based sauce poured over toasted bread.
Kind of reminded me of a scene in the Beverly Hillbillies movie with Jim Varney. Some one mentioned that there was smog where they were moving to and granny ask: "What's a smog?" They all turned and looked at Jethro because he had all the learnin. Jeopardy music starts playing as he is thinking and at the end of the music he says: "I guess it's a small hog."
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