Saturday, January 26, 2008

Still Good Advice Even Today

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This quote is from The Gene Autry Show, "The Fight on Peaceful Mesa." Gene Autry's answer to his sidekick Pat Buttram's qu...

When The Navy Had Iron Men And Wooden Ships, And Their Priorities Straight.

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Some little known naval history: The U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat vessel, carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for he...
Thursday, January 24, 2008

Who Would Have Thought

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Today I was sent to the bookstore to find a novel for my "Sweetheart Face" who is recovering from back surgery. After scouring Boo...
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Monday, January 14, 2008

C&R License Application On Its Way

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Today I sent my Curio & Relic Collectors License Application to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. For a fee of $3...
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Those Who Seek To Be Leaders May Wish to Remember These Words

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"Leadership must be based on goodwill. Goodwill does not mean posturing and, least of all, pandering to the mob. It means obvious and w...
Sunday, December 30, 2007

It's A Beautiful Thing

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This is a beautiful thing for digital camera lovers. With a 1 gigabyte card in it I have over 400 pictures on it and have used 512 megabytes...
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Things To Look Forward To In 2008

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I will update this list as we go through the year as more things to look forward to occur to me. These fine collectable books are available...
Saturday, December 15, 2007

A Motto For Consideration

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Remember this motto to live by: "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and w...
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Men's Rules

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Here are the rules from the male side. These are our rules! Please note these are all numbered "1" on purpose! 1. Men are NOT mi...
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Monday, October 29, 2007

It Was Pumpkin Patch Time This Weekend

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Friday, October 26, 2007

Blue Daddy Got Home In August

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Isaac's "Blue Daddy" is finally home. Isaac was very excited and somewhat anxious. He was running laps around his parents a...
Monday, October 22, 2007

The Cowboy Code

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Gene Autry created the Cowboy Code or Cowboy Commandments in response to his young radio listeners aspiring to be just like Gene: 1. The Co...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

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This is the South side of the house, Maudie is getting her plants installed nicely. The lawn is centipede grass, that is supposed to be shor...
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Thursday, August 16, 2007

The Other day

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Author Unknown, this was passed to me by a pal of some 40 years: The other day a young person asked me how I felt about being old. I was tak...
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007

A Challenge For My Peeps And Others

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RULES: Post these rules before we give you the facts. Players start with 8 random facts/habits about themselves. Those tagged need to post t...
Friday, July 20, 2007

An E-mail Hoax, With A Message I Like

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SLOW DANCE Have you ever watched kids On a merry-go-round? Or listened to the rain Slapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's e...
Tuesday, July 10, 2007

We Have A Yard

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This is the front or South side of the house. $2K worth of sod does not cover a half acre lot. We put the sod around the house to cut down o...
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Sunday, June 17, 2007

Reflections of a Blackshoe by Vice Admiral Harold Koenig, USN (Ret), M.D.

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I WAS A SAILOR ONCE I like the Navy, I like standing on the bridge wing at sunrise with salt spray in my face and clean ocean winds whipping...
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Why Men As A Group Are Seldom Depressed

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Men Are Just Happier People What do you expect from such simple creatures? Your last name never changes. The garage is all yours. Wedding p...

What Made Me, Me

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Long ago and far away, In a land that time forgot, Before the days of Dylan, Or the dawn of Camelot. There lived a race of innocents, And th...