Originally posted by SuziannePerhaps you should move north, kitten. 😉
Does that mean it's Arizona's turn next?
Getting real, real tired of these 110+ days here... we're STILL under a Heat Advisory.
Edit: Now I wanna slap all these fools poo-pooing global warming. Just the other day I heard that they estimate temperatures to be 10 degrees higher by the end of this century. JUST what we need here in Arizona.
Now, back to your regularly scheduled thread. 🙂
Originally posted by MontyMooseWhen does John go back, Steve, and what will be his deployment?
If it smells like smoke in here, it's my fault. My son John is home on leave and wanted a BBQ. About a dozen friends and folks....chicken wings, hamburgers, hot dogs, Italian sausage, and all the trimmings. Working over the grill in the Texas heat for a couple of hours (cooled by a few Heinekens!) and now I have a bunch of fat and happy guests laying arou ...[text shortened]... eparate the men from the boys here....don't worry, plenty of Maloxx for the faint hearted. 😉
I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw Lampost back on top of page 1! Where will I be? Well....
The Comal County fair (for the past 115 years...yes, started in 1893....and I know certain New Englanders go back much more, but we are much more west and south, yes?) is this week and it often matches up with the birthday. I know it sounds corny (!), but the wife and I love it.
It is a simple pleasure where $50 American can buy you an afternoon of turkey legs, brisket tacos, beer, and funnel cake. For a few hours TV and the internet don't exist, but the sound and smell of live animals do. It is the best of summer tomatoes displayed, ripened in the garden of the guy next door, and jars of relish that your Aunt gives you and they still have the blue ribbon attached. You meet the lady that made that beautiful quilt and the kid who raised the hog that is going to pay for that first semester in college. Everything here is real. Someone built it, grew it, sewed it, canned it and you can talk to them over a cold bottle of beer.
And as the evening grows late and the Ferris-Wheel pauses at the top of its circle, Liz and I share a kiss. Fall and winter are coming on and the cycle starts again.
Originally posted by MontyMooseOctober 4: Might interest you to know that Richard Cromwell (1626), Buster Keaton (1895), Charlton Heston (1923), Jackie Collins (1937)
I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw Lampost back on top of page 1! Where will I be? Well....
The Comal County fair (for the past 115 years...yes, started in 1893....and I know certain New Englanders go back much more, but we are much more west and south, yes?) is this week and it often matches up with the birthday. I know it sounds corny (!), but f its circle, Liz and I share a kiss. Fall and winter are coming on and the cycle starts again.
and Anne Rice (author born in 1941) who wrote, "To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself," share your date of birth.
Happy Birthday, Moose!
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Originally posted by MontyMooseConfident you and your dear wife enjoyed the Comal County Fair and that this annual birthday event lived up to expectations once again.
I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw Lampost back on top of page 1! Where will I be? Well....
The Comal County fair (for the past 115 years...yes, started in 1893....and I know certain New Englanders go back much more, but we are much more west and south, yes?) is this week and it often matches up with the birthday. I know it sounds corny (!), but ...[text shortened]... f its circle, Liz and I share a kiss. Fall and winter are coming on and the cycle starts again.
In my childhood days the lamp post was the only place in town where we kids could play after dark. It was across the street from where I lived and my sisters and their friends used to gather "round it for games that we younger kids learned from them. Run Sheep Run, and the like. The lamp post was the base for all these games. As the town dwindled, so did the players, until my group of friends numbered only 8. But, those were the wonderful summer days. In the winter the lamp post was neglected as we spent only the daylight hours building snow forts from which the boys pelted the girls across the main street. We had more fun building the forts than we had packing and throwing those snowballs! Sledding was great, too. But we had to be inside after dark or else we would have completely frozen our fingers and toes!
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyJust two weeks left until I complete the last school term before they have six weeks summer break here. I will wait with patient impatience until early February when I can recommence my small contributionto the lives of these incredibly special children who happen to have needs. They have taught me so much. Never imagined I would be a bus driver at my age. 🙂
Lampost Corner
Lamp stays lit all evening long. How was your day, friend? What's going on...
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Originally posted by muppymanOf my four children, none gave me greater pleasure than my special needs son. He was perpetually innocent, guileless, and totally trusting and loving. He got teased when he started special ed and had to go out to recess with the "normal" children. But when he found out that it hurt me, too, he tried to keep it from me.
Just two weeks left until I complete the last school term before they have six weeks summer break here. I will wait with patient impatience until early February when I can recommence my small contributionto the lives of these incredibly special children who happen to have needs. They have taught me so much. Never imagined I would be a bus driver at my age. 🙂