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[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 56°F and cloudy. Our high may reach 64°F. Cold front moving in.

Taking our pup at 9:45 am to vet for post-op evaluation. Hopefully good news. Hell, she seems okay.

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

 

[awf]

Yeah it would be cool to have an Aunt Bea. My Aunts were pretty cool but my Great Aunts were another story. Aunt Vannie was psycho.

My favorite great aunt had a dairy farm.......all of us called her Auntie........she spent a couple of days helping me to catch a brown and white pigeon....it live in one of their barns.....I was just barely five years old........it made an impression on me.........60+ yrs later and I am still raising pigeons............

 

[Girthang]

Good morning, D-League!

Someone spiked a tree a friend had marked for cutting on a property, he threw a chain but didn't have any injuries from it. Thank God in heaven!

Gonna go help him with some things today since he's down a saw. Hope my body is up for it! My mind and heart sure is

It's rainy and colder than yesterday, gonna make some pancakes and enjoy some family time before we all go our separate ways for the day! Take care and may God bless each and every one of you

 

[Girthang]

Another tidbit from today. Talked with a guy who owns a Harley dealership. Said he had an order in for shirts (to sell at the dealership). Took forever 'cause they were coming from China (where else) and were stuck on a boat out in the Pacific that couldn't get ported/unloaded. (is Petey still on maternity leave? Is he sore from delivery?)
He finally got them...several boxes. All were mildewed, wet, nasty. Company he bought them from won't take returns. He's stuck with a load of shirts he can't sell.

Gonna be seeing and hearing this a lot more. Biden and his brown shirts finishing off the economy

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Good morning D-League. It's currently 61° and raining here in Eastern Kentucky.
This afternoon will bring more rain and a high of 61°.

Everyone stay safe on this Thursday.

 

[warrior-cat]

Morning Legionnaires!

A brisk 38° this morning with the high of 52° expected.

May not be Mr. Miyagi soon or it will have to be Mr. Miyagi plus one. My only student informed me Tuesday that a good friend of hers has lost her job and has just decided to not go back to work. Her husband makes enough for both and she just worked for her father (in his construction business) since old enough to work and he had to fold up shop due to the pressures of the time. He was close to retirement anyway they say. Apparently she has always wanted to do Karate and will be there today. We shall see. I need another student anyway so they can spar each other. My only student is 29 and this one 31 so they are comparable in age which will help them stay with it. Besides, I was getting tired of being her mobile kicking target anyway. Being a former gymnast she has strong legs and her kicks are getting stronger. Now I will let her friend be the target. Apparently she is pretty strong according to my student and tough as nails.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Good morning D-League.

The morning weather report for my neck of the woods is 63° with sunny skies. It may cloud up a little this after giving us a 15% chance of rain. Our high should come in around 75°. I'm headed back to the kitchen to fill up my coffee cup. It is extra good for some reason this morning. I trust all have a nice day and prayers for the ailing.

Read Mark 15. One of the most powerful chapters in the New Testament.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

@warrior-cat

I watched the D.I. with my daughter last night. She dropped by and I asked her if she had seen it. She said no but always wondered what a Drill Sgt was like in the military knowing I had been one many years ago. I told her I had no idea what it was like in today's Army but I could tell her about the Vietnam Era.

We watched it and her favorite scene was" DRUM ROLL: The murder of the poor sand flea and search for the remains to bury. LOL

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

Good morning all. It's a wet 40° out now in this part of the Buckeye State and only going up to 43°. But the little bit of rain overnight is all we're supposed to have for the day.

Not much on the docket. Maybe a little plumbing on a kitchen sink (replace an AAV....draining slow)....maybe a little outside work (still not totally finished up for Winter)...or maybe just lounging around watching some old westerns.

Y'all have a good day.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

Good morning D-League. It's currently 61° and raining here in Eastern Kentucky.
This afternoon will bring more rain and a high of 61°.

Everyone stay safe on this Thursday.

Read Mark 15. One of the most powerful chapters in the New Testament.

I fell off your guys 'reading wagon' back in the Summer when we had so much company coming in and out for a couple of months. But I had already read the first half of the N. Testament so I was ahead anyway. Was on a reading program for the year of just the N. Testament....and even though it was a yearly schedule...I finished up Revelation about 3 weeks ago. So I've decided to just spend the rest of the year studying Revelation. A couple of months of daily study with commentaries still will not be enough to understand that book.🙃

Been a long time since I've been in E. Kentucky and since you never caption your beautiful pictures...I assume they're all local 😉

 

[AustinTXCat]

Loving me some fall foliage near London..... Kentucky. 😁

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

Read Mark 15. One of the most powerful chapters in the New Testament.

Fell off the 'reading wagon' back in the Summer when we had so much company coming and going for a couple of months. Had been reading the New Testament anyway and was ahead of you guys when you got into it. Was on a reading program for '21 of just the New Testament, but even with all the company/chaos, I finished it up about 3 weeks ago. Wow...ahead of schedule. So I've decided to spend the rest of the year reading/studying with commentaries Revelation. Even with two months of study...I still won't understand that book 🙃

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Loving me some fall foliage near London..... Kentucky. 😁

Levi Jackson State Park ?

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Fell off the 'reading wagon' back in the Summer when we had so much company coming and going for a couple of months. Had been reading the New Testament anyway and was ahead of you guys when you got into it. Was on a reading program for '21 of just the New Testament, but even with all the company/chaos, I finished it up about 3 weeks ago. Wow...ahead of schedule. So I've decided to spend the rest of the year reading/studying with commentaries Revelation. Even with two months of study...I still won't understand that book 🙃

Speaking of the Book of Revelations, I once had a Presbyterian minister tell me he started to read Revelations but it scared him and he stopped reading. That puzzled me and I asked him what scared him? Why would you be afraid to read a Book of the Bible if you were a Christian? One would think you would rejoice reading it because it is Good triumphs over Evil. What is their to be afraid of? Weird

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

Speaking of the Book of Revelations, I once had a Presbyterian minister tell me he started to read Revelations but it scared him and he stopped reading. That puzzled me and I asked him what scared him? Why would you be afraid to read a Book of the Bible if you were a Christian? One would think you would rejoice reading it because it is Good triumphs over Evil. What is their to be afraid of? Weird

I've known a lot of 'Christians' (will not and do not question someone's faith...only One knows for sure) that are like that as well. Can see it from a regular 'ol pew sitter...but that is weird from a minister.
But there are a lot of 'ministers' of several denominations that I will question...when they embrace 'gay' and 'gay marriage'. They obviously skimmed over, or do not believe Romans 1 (among others).

 

[warrior-cat]

Good morning D-League.

The morning weather report for my neck of the woods is 63° with sunny skies. It may cloud up a little this after giving us a 15% chance of rain. Our high should come in around 75°. I'm headed back to the kitchen to fill up my coffee cup. It is extra good for some reason this morning. I trust all have a nice day and prayers for the ailing.

Read Mark 15. One of the most powerful chapters in the New Testament.

Oh man, I would like to be out on that throwing out a couple of lines.

Aahhhhrrrgggg, fishing.

 

[warrior-cat]

@warrior-cat

I watched the D.I. with my daughter last night. She dropped by and I asked her if she had seen it. She said no but always wondered what a Drill Sgt was like in the military knowing I had been one many years ago. I told her I had no idea what it was like in today's Army but I could tell her about the Vietnam Era.

We watched it and her favorite scene was" DRUM ROLL: The murder of the poor sand flea and search for the remains to bury. LOL

May not be the exact words, but close:

"Hillbilly, what is it that crawls across my manly face".
"It's a sand flea!"
"Kill it and we can say we found the sand flea Owens killed"
"I don't know man, the Drill Sergeant will Know"
"No he won't, Kill It!"
"SMACK!"
"OUW! I said kill it not me!"

 

[Sawnee Cat]

May not be the exact words, but close:

"Hillbilly, what is it that crawls across my manly face".
"It's a sand flea!"
"Kill it and we can say we found the sand flea Owens killed"
"I don't know man, the Drill Sergeant will Know"
"No he won't, Kill It!"
"SMACK!"
"OUW! I said kill it not me!"

Drill Sgt. "Is the sand flea male or female? Trainee: Male sir? DI, No, keep looking

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I've known a lot of 'Christians' (will not and do not question someone's faith...only One knows for sure) that are like that as well. Can see it from a regular 'ol pew sitter...but that is weird from a minister.
But there are a lot of 'ministers' of several denominations that I will question...when they embrace 'gay' and 'gay marriage'. They obviously skimmed over, or do not believe Romans 1 (among others).

He was not the first or only person who told me they were afraid to read the Book of Revelations, And I did not ask a question, he just volunteered it. We were playing soft ball so it wasn't in church. I would recommend a new baby Christian read the Gospels over and over before they get too deep in the New Testament. Once they master the Gospels then move on but always have a good commentary handy

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Morning folks. It is a rainy 44.4°F here. We have already received .48" of rain. We are supposed to get to 50° today but that sure does seem to be wishful thinking.

Went to see an ex-neighbor last night and really had a good time. Friends are special.

 

[Kai Slater]

He was not the first or only person who told me they were afraid to read the Book of Revelations, And I did not ask a question, he just volunteered it. We were playing soft ball so it wasn't in church. I would recommend a new baby Christian read the Gospels over and over before they get too deep in the New Testament. Once they master the Gospels then move on but always have a good commentary handy

You all are discussing probably my favorite subject here. I would also recommend starting with the book of John, Luke, then Ephesians and Galations. Have a Strong's concordance handy and good commentary. One of my favorites is the "Through the Bible" series by the late J. Vernon McGee.

As for the book of Revelation. I love to study and, in fact, it's the only book of the Bible where we are promised a blessing if we study it (Revelation 1:3). I've heard several pastors/church leaders say they shy away from it because of two reasons: One, is that they, themselves, don't understand it and haven't put in the time to rightly divide the Word of Truth; and two, they're afraid of "Scaring" the average church-goer who doesn't study their Bible.

Instead of being scared, we should dig in and study it and be encouraged. For all the wrath of God that it speaks of, not all that wrath is for us Christians. As stated in Revelation 3:10.....".Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth."

Us Christians will have been raptured out of this evil world by the time Revelation 4 happens and all the terror/wrath of the tribulation period begins.

 

[BBUK]

Speaking of the Book of Revelations, I once had a Presbyterian minister tell me he started to read Revelations but it scared him and he stopped reading. That puzzled me and I asked him what scared him? Why would you be afraid to read a Book of the Bible if you were a Christian? One would think you would rejoice reading it because it is Good triumphs over Evil. What is their to be afraid of? Weird

Sir,
That is a form of dainty I never really want to see. Ouch, ouch, ouch...

 

[BBUK]

You all are discussing probably my favorite subject here. I would also recommend starting with the book of John, Luke, then Ephesians and Galations. Have a Strong's concordance handy and good commentary. One of my favorites is the "Through the Bible" series by the late J. Vernon McGee.

As for the book of Revelation. I love to study and, in fact, it's the only book of the Bible where we are promised a blessing if we study it (Revelation 1:3). I've heard several pastors/church leaders say they shy away from it because of two reasons: One, is that they, themselves, don't understand it and haven't put in the time to rightly divide the Word of Truth; and two, they're afraid of "Scaring" the average church-goer who doesn't study their Bible.

Instead of being scared, we should dig in and study it and be encouraged. For all the wrath of God that it speaks of, not all that wrath is for us Christians. As stated in Revelation 3:10.....".Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth."

Us Christians will have been raptured out of this evil world by the time Revelation 4 happens and all the terror/wrath of the tribulation period begins.

"Fear not...." That is good enough for me. I have been in situations where my bones actually trembled knowing I was in the face of evil (I rarely use that word.) I wasn't afraid though as I have too seen God overcome the truly bad again and again. God is still in control. "Fear not..."

The key is to get rid of "self" and keep your eyes on Jesus...

I will stop for now... God Bless you all...

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Christmas time is coming and I am preparing a list and checking it twice. So I have a question for the D League

Drones

Do you have one and are you familiar with the brands and reliability. What would be a good drone up to $1,000.

Thanks I am a novice when it comes to Drones. Would love to have some input from those that may have them.

 

[Girthang]

Speaking of the Book of Revelations, I once had a Presbyterian minister tell me he started to read Revelations but it scared him and he stopped reading. That puzzled me and I asked him what scared him? Why would you be afraid to read a Book of the Bible if you were a Christian? One would think you would rejoice reading it because it is Good triumphs over Evil. What is their to be afraid of? Weird

People are sometimes afraid of things they don't understand. I had several pastors over the decades react with fear, arrogance, and even be patronizing when I brought it up to them. One of them laughed out loud and pretty much implied the Revelation was silly. I don't get it either.

Maybe like the rest of the world, some pastors are just too busy to contemplate it. I know there are some that are too busy to read the bible. Some think they know all of it and no longer need to do so. Some will say there's no point in reading it since you have Jesus. Some would rather read Left Behind or the Harbinger books than read their bible. But they're just people after all.

Our hope rests in God, not men. Every once in a while He reminds us why in our conversations with other people, if we forget some of our own thoughts and behaviors that have gotten the better of us at times.

 

[Girthang]

.... I would recommend a new baby Christian read the Gospels over and over before they get too deep in the New Testament. Once they master the Gospels then move on but always have a good commentary handy

Best advice I ever had was to reread the gospels, then 1-3 John and James, then the letters and such. If we don't ground ourselves in the words of Jesus and then those that knew him directly, before we move on to Paul and such, we may find what we're doing and saying contradicts the life and word of our Savior.

I know I've been shocked at the things I thought were there that weren't and weren't there that I thought were, because of someone else's interpretation of Paul that I had been taught growing up. I always see or learn something new every run through the gospels. Chipping away at my stone heart

 

[Girthang]

Christmas time is coming and I am preparing a list and checking it twice. So I have a question for the D League

Drones

Do you have one and are you familiar with the brands and reliability. What would be a good drone up to $1,000.

Thanks I am a novice when it comes to Drones. Would love to have some input from those that may have them.

Wish I knew more and will be following the conversation.

 

[Girthang]

You all are discussing probably my favorite subject here. I would also recommend starting with the book of John, Luke, then Ephesians and Galations. Have a Strong's concordance handy and good commentary. One of my favorites is the "Through the Bible" series by the late J. Vernon McGee.

As for the book of Revelation. I love to study and, in fact, it's the only book of the Bible where we are promised a blessing if we study it (Revelation 1:3). I've heard several pastors/church leaders say they shy away from it because of two reasons: One, is that they, themselves, don't understand it and haven't put in the time to rightly divide the Word of Truth; and two, they're afraid of "Scaring" the average church-goer who doesn't study their Bible.

Instead of being scared, we should dig in and study it and be encouraged. For all the wrath of God that it speaks of, not all that wrath is for us Christians. As stated in Revelation 3:10.....".Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth."

Us Christians will have been raptured out of this evil world by the time Revelation 4 happens and all the terror/wrath of the tribulation period begins.

Amen all the way up to thag last paragraph! I don't have a complete understanding of how things will happen at the very end of the corrupted earth, but one for me that's at best on shaky ground is when the rapture takes place and how. It's a long conversation to go with the long hours of putting the verses all together and side by side, so I'm not going to start what I can't finish here.

Maybe I'd have time next week with the time off I have then, but I've got to get back to work.

 

[Girthang]

Fell off the 'reading wagon' back in the Summer when we had so much company coming and going for a couple of months. Had been reading the New Testament anyway and was ahead of you guys when you got into it. Was on a reading program for '21 of just the New Testament, but even with all the company/chaos, I finished it up about 3 weeks ago. Wow...ahead of schedule. So I've decided to spend the rest of the year reading/studying with commentaries Revelation. Even with two months of study...I still won't understand that book 🙃

I understand a lot of it, since it ties in directly with Daniel, but there are still a few things that I don't have figured out.

 

[Girthang]

I just received an email from the UK ticket office. Oh yes

Bowl Ticket Requests Now Being Accepted

Hope it's the Outback Bowl and that it's not on the Saturday this year.

 

[Girthang]

That's the machine... (I guess I disliked their ability to just NOT provide updates any longer so you just have to chuck it and buy a new one.) My Darling actually uses hers to do Zoom meetings with her bible study group now.

It is nothing but a vulnerability...

Youre right, it is. I have lots of trouble with Chrome using certain sites, and I believe a chromebook doesn't do well if you don't use their browser. I was warned away from them by a few folks. Made a mistake buying a samsung tablet once when they were still fighting things out with apple and others. Barely got 6mos use out of it before glitches and "updates" slowed it down to a crawl.

I'm game to donate some funds if we want to chip in and get him something else that we can get set up and then send to him.

 

[BBUK]

Christmas time is coming and I am preparing a list and checking it twice. So I have a question for the D League

Drones

Do you have one and are you familiar with the brands and reliability. What would be a good drone up to $1,000.

Thanks I am a novice when it comes to Drones. Would love to have some input from those that may have them.

I like watching them zoom around. I never developed an interest in them as far as flying them. It may go back to flying with my Brother. I used to clean planes at metro airport when I was younger and my Brother would take me flying sometimes. I liked flying but he let me fly the plane once and I never felt comfortable while in control of an airplane (The single engine jobs). I never told him but it almost caused me to quit flying. (Only modesty keeps me from mentioning some of my Brothers passengers. I served for one of his passengers.) He is a retired corporate jet pilot with a large company. I never took up the urge and fly now only when it is required. I'd rather drive...

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

I like watching them zoom around. I never developed an interest in them as far as flying them. It may go back to flying with my Brother. I used to clean planes at metro airport when I was younger and my Brother would take me flying sometimes. I liked flying but he let me fly the plane once and I never felt comfortable while in control of an airplane (The single engine jobs). I never told him but it almost caused me to quit flying. (Only modesty keeps me from mentioning some of my Brothers passengers. I served for one of his passengers.) He is a retired corporate jet pilot with a large company. I never took up the urge and fly now only when it is required. I'd rather drive...

I used to fly. I loved it.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

I don't mind flying...did a ton of it in my working/career days. But was never comfortable in a small single engine or even two engine prop. Think it comes from back in my H.S. and college days. My dad went in with 3 of his friends and they bought a large farm on the shores of Lake Cumberland. Each family built cabins and we all chipped in to have a boat dock built in the cove. Since two of the guys had private planes...the property also had an air strip. One of them thought he was a real jokester. The first time he took me up in his plane (dad was with us) he thought it would be funny to get the plane up about as high as it could go....feign engine problems by cutting off the engine (with us not knowing what he was doing), and put it into a dive.
About took care of any thoughts of me wanting to have my own someday.
Give me a big 'ol jet with an experienced pilot.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

@BBUK ... here's a story you might like.
Was an old guy that lived out in the country from us (owned 2 or 3 farms) that had his own small construction company...I think to have something to do. Over the years he did a number of jobs for us. The last one he did (he was in his late 80s...he's now gone) I spent a lot of time talking with him. He had a private plane...what kind I don't remember. By that time he had heart problems and even though he still had his pilots license, the FAA wouldn't let him fly by himself. He told me that he basically had a plane (had several over the years) because he also owned a farm/ranch in Colorado (I think) and would fly out there 2-3 times a year. Come to find out his place out west....they filmed some of True Grit on it. And the final shootout where your hero The Duke rode across the plain shooting/killing Ned Potter and his gang was filmed on the ranch just down the road (or maybe next to his).

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

. . . .
Give me a big 'ol jet with an experienced pilot.

Those experienced pilots start out like I did in high school. You don't get your first 100 hours in a jet. Even when you go Navy or USAF you don't start out in a jet. You learn how to fly. All the fancy stuff comes later.

There is nothing wrong with a Cherokee 140 or a 150 Cessna. I bet I can still fly one and I have not been in one in 50 years. It is like riding a bike. (Plus the tail draggers are easier to fly than the tricycles.)

You don't forget. I can still see the instrument panel right now!


"clear the prop" I am ready to go.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I used to fly. I loved it.

If I didn't like flying I could not have done my job during most of my 40 year career. I was moved to Metro Atlanta because of the airport. I had several million miles with Delta and over a million with United. I flew dozens of other airlines but focused mostly on Delta and United. I still have a half a million FF miles with Delta 12 years after retirement.

I actually was more afraid driving to the Atlanta airport than flying in the planes. When my company told me I had to move there because of the airport (It could get me anywhere in the world fast) I started looking for a house. I wanted to live right next to the airport and not knowing anything about Atlanta I looked for house close by. After a day of looking I thought I was in a 3rd world hell hole. I called my boss in Philadelphia and asked him if he had been to South Atlanta. I told him I would get killed or kill somebody if he forced me to live there. His answer was " keep looking." So I got in my rental car and started driving. I got about 65 miles north of the airport and found Lake Lanier. I knew I could live there and like it but it meant an extra hours drive to the airport and if I had a 6:00 AM flight getting up at 3:00 AM. But it was worth it because of the quality of living out of Atlanta. I did that for over 20 years. I retired with everything on my body working and no bullet holes in me or holes in the side of my busted up head. I came close a few times. I once left my pistol in my carry on bag but caught it when I got on the parking lot bus. I took it back to the car. Saved me from getting arrested.

And so it goes.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

yep, I lived in the air working.

The professionals never killed me, but I would have felt better flying the plane myself.

I am stupid.

 

[BBUK]

@BBUK ... here's a story you might like.
Was an old guy that lived out in the country from us (owned 2 or 3 farms) that had his own small construction company...I think to have something to do. Over the years he did a number of jobs for us. The last one he did (he was in his late 80s...he's now gone) I spent a lot of time talking with him. He had a private plane...what kind I don't remember. By that time he had heart problems and even though he still had his pilots license, the FAA wouldn't let him fly by himself. He told me that he basically had a plane (had several over the years) because he also owned a farm/ranch in Colorado (I think) and would fly out there 2-3 times a year. Come to find out his place out west....they filmed some of True Grit on it. And the final shootout where your hero The Duke rode across the plain shooting/killing Ned Pepper and his gang was filmed on the ranch just down the road (or maybe next to his).

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

I wanted to live right next to the airport and not knowing anything about Atlanta I looked for house close by. After a day of looking I thought I was in a 3rd world hell hole. I called my boss in Philadelphia and asked him if he had been to South Atlanta. I told him I would get killed or kill somebody if he forced me to live there.

S. Atlanta, College Park, East Point.....yep....wouldn't live there for anything.
I knew a lot of people who worked for Delta, Eastern (in the day), at the airport....who lived in P'tree City. But I never saw the attraction myself.