Tree seen from back of friends houseboat. Back home. Hopefully there will be a return trip soon.
Tree seen from back of friends houseboat. Back home. Hopefully there will be a return trip soon.
I hope that was a calm time during your service so you could enjoy it somewhat. I think I'll just stick with the Appalachian mountains.I was stationed near Izmir at the foot of the Taurus mountains. Some of us would do an occasional hike into the mountains. Beautiful scenery and you would normally see a camel caravan or two. Another time, we went way up in the mountains For a week or so on a mission. the villages had no electricity and we would see sheep herders with their flocks and dogs. At night you would hear the wolves howling.
Like anything, there was both good and bad. I'm glad I was there though. It was a great chance to see and work with another culture and to see how good we have it here. In line with your old job, there was a lot of wild boar there. The big shots were always visiting and playing war games so they could go hunting.I hope that was a calm time during your service so you could enjoy it somewhat. I think I'll just stick with the Appalachian mountains.
A beer in a frosted mug?Good morning folks.
Hot and muggy in the east. Just finished a longish run and I’m sitting on my back porch eating a slice of ice cold watermelon. What is better than that first bite of a perfectly sweet and crisp watermelon when you are overheated and dehydrated.
Gotta get ready for a long work week. Hope all is well with you folks.
Or from Dr Hook, How much soul must a poor man sell just to rub two coins together?Good morning folks. Grinding away at another work day -- a very busy one. Got in at 7:45 and just looked up to see it is closing in on noon. "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace to the last syllable of recorded time." Or something like that. Maybe it's more what the Doors sang: "Trade in your hours for a handful of dimes."
Happy hump day. Another weekend glimmers right there on the horizon. I'm feeling like seeing the ocean. Maybe my wife and I will visit her brother in Rehoboth Beach. Sleepy Joe should still be locked in the basement so it'll be safe.
Have a good one.
Good afternoon. Just got finished frying up a pound of bacon. A friend brought over a bunch of home grown tomatoes and we are going to have BLT's this afternoon.
It has been cloudy and just now got to 80°F even though it started out at a warm 74°F . We are supposed to have rain but we have not seen any in two days.
Happy hump day folks. Even though I have been retired a long time, the weekends are the best. It does not make sense but that is just the way that I am wired.
Bert, as I understand, Evangelical Lutheran dominates at roughly 65% of the population. Catholic comes in at around 3%. Thanks.@AustinTXCat sorry to hear about the nausea. Nausea really bothers me. You have been one tough dude when it comes to taking chemo. Here's to you!
I am enjoying the pictures of Iceland. Keep them coming. Austin is the churches mainly Catholic or are there also protestant?
It is a partly cloudy 70°F on our way to 88°F and only 3% chance of rain. They had predicted a "frog strangler" @BBUK here this week and we have had one rain that gave us .38".
You all enjoy your Friday eve.
So it is the German influence I assume.Bert, as I understand, Evangelical Lutheran dominates at roughly 65% of the population. Catholic comes in at around 3%. Thanks.
I saw a Nixon interview from years ago. I was very impressed by his knowledge of world events and how certain actions and reactions would affect things.Good morning folks.
Busy day today. I talked with a 94-year-old former Life Magazine photographer for a piece I'm producing on the resignation of Nixon, which incredibly as it seems was 50 years ago in about 15 days. This guy took the famous photos of the family after Nixon made his speech that he was resigning. Biggest takeaway: The guy knew all the presidents from Eisenhower to Bush and he said Nixon was the nicest guy on a personal level, though Reagan was charming in his own right. Not the way many of us think of Nixon.
Things are moving along otherwise. Friday is within view.
Have a good one.
I don't know him. But I would like to read the letter!Bert, do you know, have heard of, or are a relative of Major General Geoffrey B. Higginbotham, USMC (Ret.) ? (I know, I'm questioning you on the witness stand.)
He's written a damning background letter on Kamala.
Major General Higginbotham On Kamala Harris' Background.I don't know him. But I would like to read the letter!
This ol' board is slowing down for the summer.
A fairly slow day for me, working from home.
Continue to battle with a horde of small wasps with sharp stingers -- at least according to my wife who has been hit twice and swelled up both times.
They seem to be everywhere -- I've knocked down a half dozen small nests under my porch after dousing them with poison spray. And I must have shot down two hundred out of the air with this foamy spray my wife bought, but I don't think you can beat them by killing them retail. That theory hasn't worked from the Chosin Reservoir to Khe Sanh to Fallujah. It looks like they've crawled or gnawed into a little seam between my porch and a new door I had installed into the house. I was going to seal that up with caulk, but I read that was a bad idea, that they would do more damage escaping from the tomb...Ah well. I'm very good at ignoring problems until they go away. We'll have a deep freeze here in 90 days or so. That'll take care of it.
Hope you all manage to ignore all your problems.