Kraft, Belichick, Brady and company lost.
Excellent.
Well, except for the company part. I like watching some of those players — lots of talent there.
But when Kraft, Belichick, and Brady have a chance to lose I love it when it comes true.
And congratulations to the Giants.
My son gave me 2 LED light bulbs recently, replacement for standard light bulbs as in table lamps, etc., and thanks to those as a beginning I stepped off a ledge and went into deeper water when the kitchen fixture failed again 2 weeks ago. I replaced it a few days ago — had two fluorescent circulars, one smaller than the other but off a common ballast, one bulb failed and an hour later it took the other and the ballast with it. Previously it took only the other bulb. GONE.
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Heh!! A yard and a six pack indeed!!
(Thanks to my sister traveling that 10 pounds of goodness the first 150 miles for me! It was a long enough driving trip already — Orlando to New Orleans via Baltimore.)
Posted here with permission, this was originally posted in 2010 by its author, Paratrpr, in the M1 Garand forum at forums.theCMP.org.
First a little background…
If you know the history of the Battle of The Bulge, and I’d hope you remember at least a little of it from school, when history actually meant something in our educational world, you know that Bastogne was an ugly and desperate scene in several ways, and that battle spanned the height of the Christmas season.
The news reports trumpet, “The war in Iraq is over! Our troops have left.”
BULL.
Yes, there was a ceremony to include casing of the pennant, but all the troops have not in fact left. We still have troops there. Home to the largest US Embassy in the world, with 16,000 people assigned at an estimated cost of $3.5 BILLION a year, are we supposed to believe there are no military personnel in-country?
The Saudi Gazette at
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=20111218114027
reports today ”The Chinese invent self-cleaning clothing.”
BEIJING – Efforts to create self-cleaning cotton fabrics are bearing fruit in China. Engineers have created a chemical coating that causes cotton materials to clean themselves of stains and remove odors when exposed to sunlight. The researchers say the treatment is cheap, non-toxic and ecologically friendly.
Guaranteed to get a maintenance guy a bill for a couple of cheeseburgers, fries, and a drink at the flightline grill, and more. Unfortunately, in this case I am one, and the other, or,… both.
Our flag flies at half staff on December 7
in memory and recognition of those who died.
|
Service |
Killed |
Wounded |
Total |
|
Navy |
2008 |
710 |
2718 |
|
Army |
218 |
364 |
582 |
|
Marines |
109 |
69 |
178 |
For the record, I’m 66 years old.
Talk about some great people!!
As Christmas rolls around each year, sometimes far in advance of it if conditions are right, I do my shopping for my three sons. They know from both experience and my word that they will be receiving tools. Yep. It’s tools, always tools, and usually ones I believe they wouldn’t’ have bought for themselves because they are tools that wouldn’t be used very often.
Today is November 10.
A committee of the Continental Congress met at Tun Tavern to draft a resolution calling for two battalions of Marines able to fight for independence at sea and on shore.
The resolution was approved on November 10, 1775, officially forming the Continental Marines.
From the Toledo Blade newspaper, about the life and death of Will Booth. Thursday’s memorial service is not going to be easy, but I’ll be there.
Wilbur Booth, 1927-2011: Principal, coach in hall of fame as track official
BY NOLAN ROSENKRANS
BLADE STAFF WRITER
My aquatic portion of therapy for me takes place in the fitness center therapy pool, so during non therapy-reserved hours the therapy pool is open to fitness center members; I am a member.
I remember Operation Babylift well. It’s nice to see that even after all the years, that disaster-filled effort paid off in the end for some.
Just in time before the Fall of Saigon, U.S. troops airlifted over 3,000 young children from Vietnam in a mission known as “Operation Babylift.”
At my second choice big box home improvement store because that’s where the specific color paint came from several years ago:
The orange-vested very nice paint guru is inputting the mix for “Burgundy Mist” as I jokingly comment that it’s the $5-more version of “Boxcar Red.”
Maybe it’s the meds, but I damned near fell out of the chair when I saw this one a few minutes ago:
A black guy, a white guy, a Christian, a Muslim, and a Communist walk into a bar.
The bartender says “What can I get you, Mr. President?”
I have a rule that if an online vendor doesn’t have a phone number I won’t deal with them. Email is fine, but not as a substitute for actually speaking to someone should the need arise. And usually, when the need arises, trouble has already reared its ugly head, which makes human communication even more important.
This morning as I was returning from the airport and my workout (no, 2 different things, just all in one drive), as I approached my driveway I saw a jogger headed for my driveway as she jogged down the sidewalk.
When in Vietnam I cut hair because it was something that needed to be done and I could do it. Had to do it early in the day because the above-ground piping got the water pretty hot by midday, but most of the time I was working nights, so that worked out OK.
After 40 years, Lt. David A. Thorpe is finally home. Welcome home, Sir.
Remains of missing Vietnam War serviceman identified
By the CNN Wire Staff
June 17, 2011Washington (CNN) — It’s been more than 40 years since Air Force 1st Lt. David A Thorpe was declared missing in action from the Vietnam War. Today, his family will finally receive some closure.
It was time again to order emergency preparedness items, one of which, and certainly the largest and most expensive of which, was food.
Missing since June 21, 1967, Captain Darrell J. Spinier finally comes home.
Welcome home, sir. It’s never too late.
Ah, it is now past midnight and the 15th of the month has arrived.
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was born in Paris, France on May 6, 1868. You may know of one of his works, Le Fantome de l’Opera. He wrote it in 1910.
by Lt. Col. John George.
Despite being stationed in Hawaii for several years and managing to spend some temporary duty time on a fair number of Pacific islands prior to and during that tour, most of my reading of World War II has involved the European Theater of Operations.
I pulled up the last few performances of the Berlin Philharmonic online (Sony Bravia TV) to catch up on when I’ve missed lately and selected the performance of March 18th.
When the conductor for the evening came on stage, he was accompanied by the philharmonic’s general manager, microphone in hand.
Thinking of buying from DR Power? Like those seemingly high quality products they sell? You may want to consider this:
When I bought a Neuton power mower (not cheap!) several months ago it arrived with a defect — it was inoperative. I could have returned it, but that would have been a pain, and besides, I was capable of troubleshooting it, especially after having done repair and recall upgrade work on my previous Whisper Lite mower from DR Power.
Today I received a thought provoking email from Dan. After I read it a couple of times, interest piqued, I did a little more digging.
Dan’s version had quite a few pictures that added to the impact, but the essence remains in the text. This is not a current piece, but I see no time constraint on the message or its meaning.
First a little background…
If you know the history of the Battle of The Bulge, and I’d hope you remember at least a little of it from school, when history actually meant something in our educational world, you know that Bastogne was an ugly and desperate scene in several ways, and that battle spanned the height of the Christmas season.
So in the midst of a long-running project of three M1 Garands, chronologically toward the end of it, comes the announcement from the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) that they would be releasing in five days a lot of previously rare M1 bayonets.
Wow! Shift gears pronto! That was last week.
