Looks like these two had fun back in 1920.
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Looks like these two had fun back in 1920.
Looks like they'd have fun today!
I have to brag on my neighbor. After our sewer re-route the yard is obviously a mess. While sitting out on the deck I kept hearing noises. Turns out he and his son, along with a wheelbarrow were gathering up bricks, rocks, broken pipe, etc. and hauling them away. Man I was speechless. Owe them big time.
I love engaging with good people. Me and my next door neighbor have some good sessions. Had one today. He is good people. We all have our crosses to bear as he does and I do but we get through it. (He is retired military and retired civil service.) I wish the neighbor on the other side of me had half his sense and he is a Major in the Army. Just dufuses and not nice people. I tried all I know to overcome it but a scuzz they seem to be in my thinking.
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The Golden Rule is still alive and well. I'll always have faith in people no matter how warped this country gets.
Most but not all people, but I do get and agree with your point.
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Good morning from ATX. Currently 77°F and mostly cloudy. Today's high expected at around 103°F. Triple digit heat forecast for the next 7 days at least. Heat advisory in effect.
Weekend went fast. Too fast. Co-worker out next three days so I'm manning without assistance. Hope we're not busy.
Monday, Monday.....
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Weekend went fast. Too fast. Co-worker out next three days so I'm manning without assistance. Hope we're not busy.
Monday, Monday.....
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Good morning D League
We have a temperature of 72° and winds NE 7 mph. Our high should be 84°. I am finishing up this cup of coffee and will take a day trip in my pick up. I am headed up and over to Trenton, FL and maybe do a little shooting while I am up there. Trenton is Old Florida with a population of about 2,000. It is the largest town in the county. Lots of natural springs and woods and beautiful scenery. I love small towns.
Trust all are well and in good health. Prayers for Star Chief and our other brothers and sisters who may be ailing.
We have a temperature of 72° and winds NE 7 mph. Our high should be 84°. I am finishing up this cup of coffee and will take a day trip in my pick up. I am headed up and over to Trenton, FL and maybe do a little shooting while I am up there. Trenton is Old Florida with a population of about 2,000. It is the largest town in the county. Lots of natural springs and woods and beautiful scenery. I love small towns.
Trust all are well and in good health. Prayers for Star Chief and our other brothers and sisters who may be ailing.
Good Morning all,
Not much to report... We shall see what the day brings. In any event, have a great day!
Not much to report... We shall see what the day brings. In any event, have a great day!
We are fortunate to have a Publix one mile down the road from us. I especially like their buy one-get one free deals. It also helps having my youngest son work there; he says it's a nice place to work.They follow the Chick-fil-A model in hiring personnel. Actually I think Chick-fil-A copied their model. The store was founded in Winter Haven, FL in the early 1930's. The employees are trained to be cordial with a smile. If you do not have that personality you will not last long.
I apologize for the length of this post but I have an affection for Publix and how they treat employees. Based on a lesson of life.
My first cousin's dad got sent to the federal pen in Atlanta and he and his four younger brothers were left without a father for 20 years. His dad's crime was a white collar crime involving finances. He was a brilliant person (IQ wise) but thought he could swindle old ladies out of their money. When they divided up the Old Home Place his wife, my aunt, got her 40 acres and my uncle decided to develop it. He got into a mess and The Feds put him in the Pen.
Anyway what is left of the family are 5 young brothers and a mama. So at age 14 one of the boys went down to Publix to apply for a job as a bag boy. This was in 1958. It was a small town and the manager of the store went to the same church and he knew the story of the family. He hired him and let him work after school. Time moves on and it is time to graduate from HS. Bobby is a straight A student. Publix kept him employed and allowed him to go to college at the University of South Florida in Tampa. They paid his tuition. He graduated with a degree in finance and economics and worked his way to the top, all the way to their headquarters where he retired. From a bag boy to the inner circles of a giant food store. Now that is the America I knew about when I was a youngster.
One Publix practice that was common and still is; during a rain storm an employee will hold an umbrella for you as you go to your car and the bag boy/ girl is trained to always offer to take your groceries to the car.
His niece is now with Publix and she told me they are expanding into Kentucky on a trial basis. First Louisville and then Lexington. I told her I was not sure it would go over in Kentucky because it is more Midwest than Southern and it caters to different food. But maybe it will. Locally we have a lot of transplant from the North who are of Italian descent. Publix caters to them and have a long aisle of nothing but olive oil and Italian food items. So you can get chicken and dumplings on one side of the aisle and olive oil on the other. They did the same thing for Spanish food. That is an example of understanding your customers.
Plus today's my second wife's birthday.
Good morning! I've been awake for 2 hours, been out of bed about 15 minutes. Got some yard work to do today before the gutter guys come tomorrow.
Why the rash of mass shootings? Are they truly unrelated? Is it possible that brainwashed leftys are attempting to bring about gun control with these attacks? Pay no attention, just trying to rationalize the irrational.
Why the rash of mass shootings? Are they truly unrelated? Is it possible that brainwashed leftys are attempting to bring about gun control with these attacks? Pay no attention, just trying to rationalize the irrational.
Speaking of WW2, here's an interesting pic. Check out this imprint of a Mitsubishi Ki-51 kamikaze dive bomber after striking the side of H.M.S Sussex. Thank gosh for armor belts.
Good morning folks. By this time on June 6, 1944, hundreds had already paid the ultimate price. Our eternal thanks to them.
Lovely weather in the east is still holding: bright, clear, cool. It can't last, which makes it more to be appreciated.
A long, dreary work Monday ahead. I hope it is a good day for all of you.
Lovely weather in the east is still holding: bright, clear, cool. It can't last, which makes it more to be appreciated.
A long, dreary work Monday ahead. I hope it is a good day for all of you.
There are copycats BUT there are also those funding these incidents as well to get their agenda enacted. Nefarious is a nice word for these Communists.
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I don't have much faith the apes are any smarter than when they chose Barabbas.
Sometimes I feel like that too. Then I'm restored.Good morning D League
We have a temperature of 72° and winds NE 7 mph. Our high should be 84°. I am finishing up this cup of coffee and will take a day trip in my pick up. I am headed up and over to Trenton, FL and maybe do a little shooting while I am up there. Trenton is Old Florida with a population of about 2,000. It is the largest town in the county. Lots of natural springs and woods and beautiful scenery. I love small towns.
Trust all are well and in good health. Prayers for Star Chief and our other brothers and sisters who may be ailing.
These R&N iron horse restorations sporting white walls!
I don't have much faith the apes are any smarter than when they chose Barabbas.
Sometimes I feel like that too. Then I'm restored.
These R&N iron horse restorations sporting white walls!
Barabbas in deed, at the egging on by the evil one, man is apt to choose the wrong, in many instances. At the behest of choice, God's spirit is still here though God's spirit will not always strive with man.
My consolation being that God's spirit still strives with man. Men show the appearance of "Seeking" God. God has still not moved. (Just some thought..) I am thankful for the Holy Spirit...
Coming up next...drones with tasers! What a world we live in. Ah, the technology. Just look at how it has simplified our lives. Now we have all the time we need to pursue happiness.
Yeah I love how complicated technology makes the un-complicated, complicated. It is a serious deficiency that needs to be addressed by some sane minds who are of the mind-set of profitability. Take profitability out of the equation and you have our current technology basis for a lot of current technology issues.
It does not have to be this way.
Vanishing Point
The numbers are stunning! Many will recover if not eaten first.
My little day trip today took me by the site of the filming of a 1961 Elvis Presley movie called Follow That Dream. The drive through Yankeetown to the end of the road is very scenic and today was a beautiful day. A joke when I was a kid was our forefathers didn't know what to do with all of the Yankees flocking down in the 1920's so they decided to try to contain they in this little town. It didn't work. They scattered every where.
County Road 30 in Levy County is called "Follow That Dream Parkway" It leads to the Gulf of Mexico and a few miles up at Bird Creek is where most of the movie was filmed.
If you saw the movie you may remember Elvis catching a large Tarpon with a safety pin while fishing on the bridge. This is the bridge facing east that crosses Bird Creek. The wooded area was cleared by the movie company and a white sand beach was put there. That is where Elvis and his family "homesteaded". They built a shack and claimed the land. Now 60 years later nature has reclaimed the land. The white sand beach is gone.
You can see by the fishing lines over the wires it is a still a popular spot.
And here is the end. This is a very popular fishing area. If you go due west you end up in Texas.
I love getting off of the beaten path and see a Florida most people don't know exists. It is peaceful, quiet and unspoiled.
County Road 30 in Levy County is called "Follow That Dream Parkway" It leads to the Gulf of Mexico and a few miles up at Bird Creek is where most of the movie was filmed.
If you saw the movie you may remember Elvis catching a large Tarpon with a safety pin while fishing on the bridge. This is the bridge facing east that crosses Bird Creek. The wooded area was cleared by the movie company and a white sand beach was put there. That is where Elvis and his family "homesteaded". They built a shack and claimed the land. Now 60 years later nature has reclaimed the land. The white sand beach is gone.
You can see by the fishing lines over the wires it is a still a popular spot.
And here is the end. This is a very popular fishing area. If you go due west you end up in Texas.
I love getting off of the beaten path and see a Florida most people don't know exists. It is peaceful, quiet and unspoiled.
@bertfan31
In the distance of this photo you may recognize the Crystal River Nuclear facility. It is decommissioned but I sure wish they would crank it back up. Nuclear Power could cure a lot of America's ills. If only people would wake up. Our gas prices are $4.73 around here and climbing to $5.00 you can bet your life on that.
In the distance of this photo you may recognize the Crystal River Nuclear facility. It is decommissioned but I sure wish they would crank it back up. Nuclear Power could cure a lot of America's ills. If only people would wake up. Our gas prices are $4.73 around here and climbing to $5.00 you can bet your life on that.
Pontification seems to be the "work" of the day by politicians of any persuasion. I watch some video's and they sure do talk well. Sure wish we could Clone Florida's governor and a few others. We really need some action as it is getting near midnight!
Back real quick to Follow That Dream here is a short clip that shows how Bird Creek Bridge looked for the movie. All man made.
Scarcity of resources (hunger) result in societal breakdown and mob behavior tends to digress to its lowest levels where the biggest, baddest dude is king for about a minute in chaotic brawls. Primates like most animals, love to play follow the leader in pursuit of that worm. It's 1st or fight.
Even if you don't jump in, the stampede of stupidity can sweep you.
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Here you can see the Palo Verde Generation Facility. The largest Nuclear plant in the US with 3 units. My understanding is that the site was originally to house 5, so there's room for expansion. Expand this site and sell the power to Californy.@bertfan31
In the distance of this photo you may recognize the Crystal River Nuclear facility. It is decommissioned but I sure wish they would crank it back up. Nuclear Power could cure a lot of America's ills. If only people would wake up. Our gas prices are $4.73 around here and climbing to $5.00 you can bet your life on that.
They were talking about D-Day on the radio today and what the troops had to face at Normandy. Then they got around to talking about today's 18-19 year olds and how they act tough on social media but that they wouldn't have shown up to fight the Nazis. This is why that generation is known as the greatest generation.
My dad fought in Italy. He brought back a WW2 German rifle. Actually it was used in WW1 and by 2, they gave them to the railroad police. Being a KY farmboy, he was a good hunter. All the guys liked him because he used it to supply them a lot of meat from what he called King Mussolina's deer.
One of my most prized pistols in my collection is the jewel captured in WWII. It has the Nazi Colonel's name and address inside the holster. The pistol has matching serial numbers with the clip and I have the special orders authorizing the soldier to bring it home.
I heard that story. What part of Kentucky are we speaking?
Aurora and Symsonia is where he grew up.
Just back from a 2.5 mile hike in this 100°F degree heat.
Notes:
- Passed a guy lighting a crack pipe at North Park Shopping Center. Just kept walking.
- Passed a cute brunette -- for this area -- walking shoeless on hot sidewalk pushing a child's bicycle. Near Valero not far from Chuy's. I said, "Ooo. No shoes. Are you okay?". She smiled and said yes. "May I help you?" asked I. "No thanks" said she.
- Found 41 cents. Life is good.
Notes:
- Passed a guy lighting a crack pipe at North Park Shopping Center. Just kept walking.
- Passed a cute brunette -- for this area -- walking shoeless on hot sidewalk pushing a child's bicycle. Near Valero not far from Chuy's. I said, "Ooo. No shoes. Are you okay?". She smiled and said yes. "May I help you?" asked I. "No thanks" said she.
- Found 41 cents. Life is good.
Eisenhower's D-Day speech.
Reagan's speech is playing in the background.
Reagan's speech is playing in the background.
Last year we were set up at a craft show next to a fellow who had served at the time of the Korean war. He said he met Ike at some kind of event while still in uniform. He kind of apologized for not going to Korea. Ike told him, "Son, you serve where they tell you to go."
In Atlanta, Kentucky, and Florida you can fry eggs on the sidewalks and roads. In SA and Austin you fry steaks. That heat is no joke.
Here's the guy that shot and killed a deputy in W.Va. Looks like he was uncooperative.
Shamelessly ripped from Cats Coverage. Heh.
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