Holiday Eating Tips
1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.
2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. Like fine single-malt scotch, it's rare. In fact, it's even rarer than single-malt scotch. You can't find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an eggnog-aholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it. Have one for me. Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas!
3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy. Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat.
4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports car with an automatic transmission.
5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello?
6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog.
7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again.
8. Same for pies. Apple. Pumpkin. Mincemeat. Have a slice of each. Or, if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert? Labor Day?
9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards.
10. One final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Reread tips; start over, but hurry, January is just around the corner.
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 well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
Have an amazing Holly Day Season!
(can someone pass me a plate?) Think about this one (Ha Ha) from old Grandpa!!!
Monday, December 11, 2006
Friday, November 17, 2006
True" Friendship
None of that Sissy Crap
Are you tired of those sissy "friendship" poems that always sound good,
But never actually come close to reality?
Well, here is a series of promises that actually speak of true friendship.
You will see no cutesy little smiley faces on this card-
Just the stone cold truth of our great friendship.
1. When you are sad -- I will help you get drunk and plot revenge against
The sorry bastard who made you sad.
2. When you are blue -- I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
3. When you smile -- I will know you finally got laid.
4. When you are scared -- I will rag on you about it every chance I get.
5. When you are worried -- I will tell you horrible stories about how much
Worse it could be until you quit whining.
6. When you are confused -- I will use little words.
7. When you are sick -- Stay the hell away from me until you are well
Again. I don't want whatever you have.
8. When you fall -- I will point and laugh at your clumsy ass.
9. This is my oath.... I pledge it to the end. "Why?" you may ask;
"because you are my friend".
Friendship is like peeing your pants,
everyone can see it,
But only you can feel the true warmth.
Send this to 10 of your closest friends,
Then get depressed because you can only think
of 4.
None of that Sissy Crap
Are you tired of those sissy "friendship" poems that always sound good,
But never actually come close to reality?
Well, here is a series of promises that actually speak of true friendship.
You will see no cutesy little smiley faces on this card-
Just the stone cold truth of our great friendship.
1. When you are sad -- I will help you get drunk and plot revenge against
The sorry bastard who made you sad.
2. When you are blue -- I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
3. When you smile -- I will know you finally got laid.
4. When you are scared -- I will rag on you about it every chance I get.
5. When you are worried -- I will tell you horrible stories about how much
Worse it could be until you quit whining.
6. When you are confused -- I will use little words.
7. When you are sick -- Stay the hell away from me until you are well
Again. I don't want whatever you have.
8. When you fall -- I will point and laugh at your clumsy ass.
9. This is my oath.... I pledge it to the end. "Why?" you may ask;
"because you are my friend".
Friendship is like peeing your pants,
everyone can see it,
But only you can feel the true warmth.
Send this to 10 of your closest friends,
Then get depressed because you can only think
of 4.
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Only people who live or have lived in New Jersey will like this one!!! BUT I LIVE HERE AND THINK ITS FUNNY,,,
NO?? YOU DON'T???? Okay???
This might even be true about some other city in AMERICA!!! Some cities close to NJ (and I am not naming them) are like Bagdad,, as many killing in a day.
We all need to take more care of one another, not be doing these awful things to one another,, don't you think???? Any way that's what Grand Pa, thinks,,,,,,,,,take care!
PICKING ON LITTLE OLD NEW JERSEY !!!!
Jack was sitting in an airplane when another guy took the seat beside him.
The new guy was a wreck, pale, hands shaking, moaning in fear.
"Hey what's the matter?" Jack asked.
"Oh man. I've been transferred to New Jersey," the other guy answered. "There's crazy people in New Jersey. They have shootings, gangs, race riots, drugs, the highest crime rate.
""Hold on," Jack interrupted. "I've lived in New Jersey all my life.
It is not as bad as the media says. Find a nice home, go to work, mind your own business, enroll your kids in a good school and it's as safe as anywhere in the world.
"The other passenger relaxed and stopped shaking for a moment and said, "Oh, thank you. I've been worried to death.
But if you live there and say it's OK, I'll take your word for it.
What do you do for a living?"
"Me?" said Jack. "I'm a tail gunner on a Coca-Cola truck in Camden."
NO?? YOU DON'T???? Okay???
This might even be true about some other city in AMERICA!!! Some cities close to NJ (and I am not naming them) are like Bagdad,, as many killing in a day.
We all need to take more care of one another, not be doing these awful things to one another,, don't you think???? Any way that's what Grand Pa, thinks,,,,,,,,,take care!
PICKING ON LITTLE OLD NEW JERSEY !!!!
Jack was sitting in an airplane when another guy took the seat beside him.
The new guy was a wreck, pale, hands shaking, moaning in fear.
"Hey what's the matter?" Jack asked.
"Oh man. I've been transferred to New Jersey," the other guy answered. "There's crazy people in New Jersey. They have shootings, gangs, race riots, drugs, the highest crime rate.
""Hold on," Jack interrupted. "I've lived in New Jersey all my life.
It is not as bad as the media says. Find a nice home, go to work, mind your own business, enroll your kids in a good school and it's as safe as anywhere in the world.
"The other passenger relaxed and stopped shaking for a moment and said, "Oh, thank you. I've been worried to death.
But if you live there and say it's OK, I'll take your word for it.
What do you do for a living?"
"Me?" said Jack. "I'm a tail gunner on a Coca-Cola truck in Camden."
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Some of you might be too young to remember these "Good Old Days".
"Blast From The Past" What a great blast from the past! I haven't thought about "fender skirts" in years.
When I was a kid, I considered it such a funny term. Made me think of a car in a dress. Thinking about "fender skirts" started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from our language with hardly a notice. Like "curb feelers" and "steering knobs."
Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction first. Any kids will probably have to find some elderly person over 50 to explain some of these terms.
Remember "Continental kits?" They were rear bumper extenders and spare tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln Continental.
When did we quit calling them "emergency brakes?" At some point "parking brake" became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama that went with "emergency brake." I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call the accelerator the "foot feed."
Didn't you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come home, so you could ride the "running board" up to the house?
Here's a phrase I heard all the time in my youth but never anymore - "store-bought." Of course, just about everything is store-bought these days. But once it was bragging material to have a store-bought dress or a store-bought bag of candy.
"Coast to coast" is a phrase that once held all sorts of excitement and now means almost nothing. Nowadays we take the term "worldwide" for granted. This floors me. On a smaller scale, "wall-to-wall" was once a magical term in our homes. In the '50s, everyone covered their hardwood floors with, wow, wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.
When's the last time you heard the quaint phrase "in a family way?" It's hard to imagine that the word "pregnant" was once considered a little too graphic, a little too clinical for use in polite company. So we had all that talk about stork visits and "being in a family way" or simply "expecting."
Apparently "brassiere" is a word no longer in usage. I said it the other day and my daughter cracked up. I guess it's just "bra" now. "Unmentionables" probably wouldn't be understood at all.
It's hard to recall that this word was once said in a whisper -"divorce." And no one is called a "divorcee" anymore. Certainly not a "gay divorcee." Come to think of it, "confirmed bachelors" and "career girls" are long gone, too.
I always loved going to the "picture show". Most of these words go back to the '50s, but here's a pure '60s phrase I came across the other day..... "rat fink." Ooh, what a nasty put-down! Here's a word I miss - "percolator." That was just a fun word to say. And what was it replaced with? "Coffeemaker." How dull. Mr. Coffee, I blame you for this. I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to sound so modern and now sound so retro.
Words like "DynaFlow" and "ElectraLuxe." Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with "SpectraVision!" Food for thought:
What happened to "lumbago"? Nobody complains of that anymore.
Maybe that's what castor oil cured, because I never hear mothers threatening their kids with castor oil anymore. Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the endangered list.
The one that grieves me most - "supper." Now everybody says "dinner." Save a great word. Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts.
Someone forwarded this to me, and I thought some of us of a "certain age" would remember most of these.
"Blast From The Past" What a great blast from the past! I haven't thought about "fender skirts" in years.
When I was a kid, I considered it such a funny term. Made me think of a car in a dress. Thinking about "fender skirts" started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from our language with hardly a notice. Like "curb feelers" and "steering knobs."
Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction first. Any kids will probably have to find some elderly person over 50 to explain some of these terms.
Remember "Continental kits?" They were rear bumper extenders and spare tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln Continental.
When did we quit calling them "emergency brakes?" At some point "parking brake" became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama that went with "emergency brake." I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call the accelerator the "foot feed."
Didn't you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come home, so you could ride the "running board" up to the house?
Here's a phrase I heard all the time in my youth but never anymore - "store-bought." Of course, just about everything is store-bought these days. But once it was bragging material to have a store-bought dress or a store-bought bag of candy.
"Coast to coast" is a phrase that once held all sorts of excitement and now means almost nothing. Nowadays we take the term "worldwide" for granted. This floors me. On a smaller scale, "wall-to-wall" was once a magical term in our homes. In the '50s, everyone covered their hardwood floors with, wow, wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.
When's the last time you heard the quaint phrase "in a family way?" It's hard to imagine that the word "pregnant" was once considered a little too graphic, a little too clinical for use in polite company. So we had all that talk about stork visits and "being in a family way" or simply "expecting."
Apparently "brassiere" is a word no longer in usage. I said it the other day and my daughter cracked up. I guess it's just "bra" now. "Unmentionables" probably wouldn't be understood at all.
It's hard to recall that this word was once said in a whisper -"divorce." And no one is called a "divorcee" anymore. Certainly not a "gay divorcee." Come to think of it, "confirmed bachelors" and "career girls" are long gone, too.
I always loved going to the "picture show". Most of these words go back to the '50s, but here's a pure '60s phrase I came across the other day..... "rat fink." Ooh, what a nasty put-down! Here's a word I miss - "percolator." That was just a fun word to say. And what was it replaced with? "Coffeemaker." How dull. Mr. Coffee, I blame you for this. I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to sound so modern and now sound so retro.
Words like "DynaFlow" and "ElectraLuxe." Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with "SpectraVision!" Food for thought:
What happened to "lumbago"? Nobody complains of that anymore.
Maybe that's what castor oil cured, because I never hear mothers threatening their kids with castor oil anymore. Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the endangered list.
The one that grieves me most - "supper." Now everybody says "dinner." Save a great word. Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts.
Someone forwarded this to me, and I thought some of us of a "certain age" would remember most of these.
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Remember Sept 11 th,, here is a way to do that!
Subject: September 11th, 2006, an American flag should be displayed
Let’s do it!!!
Please join us in this FLY THE FLAG campaign and PLEASE forward this email immediately to everyone in your address book asking them to also forward it. We have a little less than one week and counting to get the word out all across this great land and into every community in the United States of America . If you forward this email to least 11 people and each of those people do the same...you get the idea.
THE PROGRAM IS THIS:
On Monday, September 11th, 2006, an American flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the United States Every individual should make it their duty to display an American flag on this fifth anniversary of our country's worst tragedy. We do this in honor of those who lost their lives on 9/11, their families, friends and loved ones who continue to endure the pain, and those who today are fighting at home and abroad to preserve our cherished freedoms.
In the days, weeks and months following 9/11, our country was bathed in American flags as citizens mourned the incredible losses and stood shoulder-to-shoulder against terrorism. Sadly, those flags have all but disappeared. Our patriotism pulled us through some tough times and it shouldn't take another attack to galvanize us in solidarity. Our American flag is the fabric of our country and together we can prevail over terrorism of all kinds.
Action Plan: So, here's what we need you to do...
(1) Forward this email to everyone you know (at least 11 people). Please don't be the one to break this chain. Take a moment to think back to how you felt on 9/11 and let those sentiments guide you.
Let’s do it!!!
Please join us in this FLY THE FLAG campaign and PLEASE forward this email immediately to everyone in your address book asking them to also forward it. We have a little less than one week and counting to get the word out all across this great land and into every community in the United States of America . If you forward this email to least 11 people and each of those people do the same...you get the idea.
THE PROGRAM IS THIS:
On Monday, September 11th, 2006, an American flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the United States Every individual should make it their duty to display an American flag on this fifth anniversary of our country's worst tragedy. We do this in honor of those who lost their lives on 9/11, their families, friends and loved ones who continue to endure the pain, and those who today are fighting at home and abroad to preserve our cherished freedoms.
In the days, weeks and months following 9/11, our country was bathed in American flags as citizens mourned the incredible losses and stood shoulder-to-shoulder against terrorism. Sadly, those flags have all but disappeared. Our patriotism pulled us through some tough times and it shouldn't take another attack to galvanize us in solidarity. Our American flag is the fabric of our country and together we can prevail over terrorism of all kinds.
Action Plan: So, here's what we need you to do...
(1) Forward this email to everyone you know (at least 11 people). Please don't be the one to break this chain. Take a moment to think back to how you felt on 9/11 and let those sentiments guide you.
Monday, September 04, 2006
Subject: The proposal
The older you are the funnier it gets...........
This is a story of two elderly people living in a mobile home park in Florida. He was a widower and she was a widow. They had known one another for a number of years.
One evening there was a community supper in the Club House, and the widower and widow made a foursome with two other singles.
They had a wonderful evening and spirits were high.
The widower sent a few admiring glances across the table, and the widow smiled coyly back at him.
Finally, he plucked up his courage to ask her, "Will you marry me?" After about six seconds of careful consideration, she answered, "Yes. Yes, I will. "
The meal ended with a few more pleasant exchanges and they went to their respective homes. The next morning, the widower was troubled. Did she say 'Yes', or did she say 'No'? He couldn't remember.
Try as he would, he just could not recall.
He went over the conversation of the previous evening, but his mind was blank.
He remembered asking the question, but for the life of him he could not recall her response.
With fear and trepidation, he picked up the phone and called her.
First, he explained that he didn't remember as well as he used to. Then he reviewed the lovely evening past.
As he gained a little more courage he then inquired of her, "When I asked if you would marry me, did you say 'Yes' or did you say 'No'?"
"Why, you silly man, I said 'Yes. Yes I will.' And I meant it with all my heart. "The widower was delighted.
He felt his heart skip a beat.
Then she continued, "And I am so glad you called because I couldn't remember who asked me." LORDY, I HOPE I NEVER GET THIS OLD!!!!!! FRAN
The older you are the funnier it gets...........
This is a story of two elderly people living in a mobile home park in Florida. He was a widower and she was a widow. They had known one another for a number of years.
One evening there was a community supper in the Club House, and the widower and widow made a foursome with two other singles.
They had a wonderful evening and spirits were high.
The widower sent a few admiring glances across the table, and the widow smiled coyly back at him.
Finally, he plucked up his courage to ask her, "Will you marry me?" After about six seconds of careful consideration, she answered, "Yes. Yes, I will. "
The meal ended with a few more pleasant exchanges and they went to their respective homes. The next morning, the widower was troubled. Did she say 'Yes', or did she say 'No'? He couldn't remember.
Try as he would, he just could not recall.
He went over the conversation of the previous evening, but his mind was blank.
He remembered asking the question, but for the life of him he could not recall her response.
With fear and trepidation, he picked up the phone and called her.
First, he explained that he didn't remember as well as he used to. Then he reviewed the lovely evening past.
As he gained a little more courage he then inquired of her, "When I asked if you would marry me, did you say 'Yes' or did you say 'No'?"
"Why, you silly man, I said 'Yes. Yes I will.' And I meant it with all my heart. "The widower was delighted.
He felt his heart skip a beat.
Then she continued, "And I am so glad you called because I couldn't remember who asked me." LORDY, I HOPE I NEVER GET THIS OLD!!!!!! FRAN
Monday, August 21, 2006
This is my gift to you, a laugh for the day!!
Will I live to be 80?
I recently picked a new primary care doctor.
After two visits and exhaustive lab tests, he said I was doing "fairly well" for my age.
A little concerned about that comment, I couldn't resist asking him,"Do you think I'll live to be 80?"
He asked, "Do you smoke tobacco, or drink beer or wine?"
"Oh no," I replied. "I'm not doing drugs, either."
Then he asked, "Do you eat rib-eye steaks and barbecued ribs?"
I said, "No, my former doctor said that all red meat is very unhealthy!"
"Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like playing golf, sailing,hiking, or bicycling?"
"No, I don't," I said.
He asked, "Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or have a lot of sex?"
"No," I said. "I don't do any of those things."
He looked at me and said,
"Then, why do you give a shit?"
I recently picked a new primary care doctor.
After two visits and exhaustive lab tests, he said I was doing "fairly well" for my age.
A little concerned about that comment, I couldn't resist asking him,"Do you think I'll live to be 80?"
He asked, "Do you smoke tobacco, or drink beer or wine?"
"Oh no," I replied. "I'm not doing drugs, either."
Then he asked, "Do you eat rib-eye steaks and barbecued ribs?"
I said, "No, my former doctor said that all red meat is very unhealthy!"
"Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like playing golf, sailing,hiking, or bicycling?"
"No, I don't," I said.
He asked, "Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or have a lot of sex?"
"No," I said. "I don't do any of those things."
He looked at me and said,
"Then, why do you give a shit?"
Sunday, August 13, 2006
TRUE STORY I CHECKED IT OUT!!
Checked this out at http://www.truthorfiction.com/ and it is true. D.
Subject: Fw: IWO JIMA
----- True story written by Michael T. Powers
"A Tale of Six Boys"
Each year I am hired to go to Washington, DC, with the eighth grade class from Clinton, WI where I grew up, to videotape their trip. I greatly enjoy visiting our nation's capitol, and each year I take some special memories back with me.This fall's trip was especially memorable. On the last night of our trip, we stopped at the Iwo Jima memorial.This memorial is the largest bronze statue in the world and depicts one of the most famous photographs in history -- that of the six brave soldiers raising the American Flag at the top of a rocky hill on the island of Iwo Jima, Japan, during WW II. (The statue is located in Arlington, VA. over looking the Potomac River and DC.) Over one hundred students and chaperones piled off the buses and headed towards the memorial. I noticed a solitary figure at the base of the statue, and as I got closer he asked, "Where are you guys from?" I told him that we were from Wisconsin. "Hey, I'm a cheese head, too! Come gather around, Cheese heads, and I will tell you a story."
(James Bradley just happened to be in Washington, DC, to speak at the memorial the following day. He was there that night to say good night to his dad, who has since passed away. He was just about to leave when he saw the buses pull up. I videotaped him as he spoke to us, and received his permission to share what he said from my videotape. It is one thing to tour the incredible monuments filled with history in Washington, D.C., but it is quite another to get the kind of insight we received that night.) When all had gathered around, he reverently began to speak. (Here are his words that night.)
"My name is James Bradley and I'm from Antigo, Wisconsin. My dad is on that statue, and I just wrote a book called "Flags of Our Fathers". It is the story of the six boys you see behind me. "Six boys raised the flag.The first guy putting the pole in the ground is Harlon Block. Harlon was an all-state football player. He enlisted in the Marine Corps with all the senior members of his football team. They were off to play another type of game. A game called "War." But it didn't turn out to be a game. Harlon, at the age of 21, died with his intestines in his hands. I don't say that to gross you out, I say that because there are generals who stand in front of this statue and talk about the glory of war. You guys need to know that most of the boys in Iwo Jima were 17, 18, and 19 years old.
He pointed to the statue) "You see this next guy? That's Rene Gagnon from New Hampshire. If you took Rene's helmet off at the moment this photo was taken and looked in the webbing of that helmet, you would find a photograph a photograph of his girlfriend. Rene put that in there for protection because he was scared. He was 18 years old. Boys won the battle of Iwo Jima. Boys. Not old men.
"The next guy here, the third guy in this tableau, was Sergeant Mike Strank. Mike is my hero. He was the hero of all these guys. They called him the "old man" because he was so old. He was already 24. When Mike would motivate his boys in training camp, he didn't say, 'Let's go kill some Japanese' or 'Let's die for our country.' He knew he was talking to little boys. Instead he would say, 'You do what I say, and I'll get you home to your mothers.'
"The last guy on this side of the statue is Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian from Arizona. Ira Hayes walked off Iwo Jima. He went into the White House with my dad. President Truman told him, 'You're a hero.' He told reporters, 'How can I feel like a hero when 250 of my buddies hit the island with me and only 27 of us walked off alive?' So you take your class at school, 250 of you spending a year together having fun, doing everything together. Then all 250 of you hit the beach, but only 27 of our classmates walk off alive. That was Ira Hayes. He had images of horror in his mind. Ira Hayes died dead drunk, face down at the age of 32, ten years after this picture was taken.
"The next guy, going around the statue, is Franklin Sousley from Hilltop, Kentucky. A fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. His best friend, who is now 70, told me, 'Yeah, you know, we took two cows up on the porch of the Hilltop General Store. Then we strung wire across the stairs so the cows couldn't get down. Then we fed them Epsom salts. Yes, he was a fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. Franklin died on Iwo Jima at the age of 19. When the telegram came to tell his mother that he was dead, it went to the Hilltop General Store. A barefoot boy ran that telegram up to his mother's farm. The neighbors could hear her scream all night and into the morning. The neighbors lived a quarter of a mile away.
"The next guy, as we continue to go around the statue, is my dad, John Bradley from Antigo, Wisconsin, where I was raised. My dad lived until 1994, but he would never give interviews. When Walter Cronkite's producers, or the New York Times would call, we were trained as little kids to say, 'No, I'm sorry, sir, my dad's not here. He is in Canada fishing. No, there is no phone there, sir. No, we don't know when he is coming back.' My dad never fished or even went to Canada. Usually, he was sitting there right at the table eating his Campbell's soup. But we had to tell the press that he was out fishing. He didn't want to talk to the press.
"You see, my dad didn't see himself as a hero. Everyone thinks these guys are heroes, 'cause they are in a photo and on a monument. My dad knew better. He was a medic. John Bradley from Wisconsin was a caregiver. In Iwo Jima he probably held over 200 boys as they died. And when boys died in Iwo Jima, they writhed and screamed in pain.
"When I was a little boy, my third grade teacher told me that my dad was a hero.. When I went home and told my dad that, he looked at me and said, 'I want you always to remember that the heroes of Iwo Jima are the guys who did not come back. Did NOT come back.'
"So that's the story about six nice young boys. Three died on Iwo Jima, and three came back as national heroes. Overall, 7,000 boys died on Iwo Jima in the worst battle in the history of the Marine Corps. My voice is giving out, so I will end here. Thank you for your time." Suddenly, the monument wasn't just a big old piece of metal with a flag sticking out of the top. It came to life before our eyes with the heartfelt words of a son who did indeed have a father who was a hero. Maybe not a hero for the reasons most people would believe, but a hero nonetheless. Let us never forget from the Revolutionary War to the current War on Terrorism and all the wars in between that sacrifice was made for our freedom. Remember to pray praises for this great country of ours and also pray for those still in murderous unrest around the world. STOP and thank God for being alive and being free at someone else's sacrifice. REMINDER: Everyday that you can wake up free, it's going to be a great day
Great story - worth your time. Please pass it along.
Subject: Fw: IWO JIMA
----- True story written by Michael T. Powers
"A Tale of Six Boys"
Each year I am hired to go to Washington, DC, with the eighth grade class from Clinton, WI where I grew up, to videotape their trip. I greatly enjoy visiting our nation's capitol, and each year I take some special memories back with me.This fall's trip was especially memorable. On the last night of our trip, we stopped at the Iwo Jima memorial.This memorial is the largest bronze statue in the world and depicts one of the most famous photographs in history -- that of the six brave soldiers raising the American Flag at the top of a rocky hill on the island of Iwo Jima, Japan, during WW II. (The statue is located in Arlington, VA. over looking the Potomac River and DC.) Over one hundred students and chaperones piled off the buses and headed towards the memorial. I noticed a solitary figure at the base of the statue, and as I got closer he asked, "Where are you guys from?" I told him that we were from Wisconsin. "Hey, I'm a cheese head, too! Come gather around, Cheese heads, and I will tell you a story."
(James Bradley just happened to be in Washington, DC, to speak at the memorial the following day. He was there that night to say good night to his dad, who has since passed away. He was just about to leave when he saw the buses pull up. I videotaped him as he spoke to us, and received his permission to share what he said from my videotape. It is one thing to tour the incredible monuments filled with history in Washington, D.C., but it is quite another to get the kind of insight we received that night.) When all had gathered around, he reverently began to speak. (Here are his words that night.)
"My name is James Bradley and I'm from Antigo, Wisconsin. My dad is on that statue, and I just wrote a book called "Flags of Our Fathers". It is the story of the six boys you see behind me. "Six boys raised the flag.The first guy putting the pole in the ground is Harlon Block. Harlon was an all-state football player. He enlisted in the Marine Corps with all the senior members of his football team. They were off to play another type of game. A game called "War." But it didn't turn out to be a game. Harlon, at the age of 21, died with his intestines in his hands. I don't say that to gross you out, I say that because there are generals who stand in front of this statue and talk about the glory of war. You guys need to know that most of the boys in Iwo Jima were 17, 18, and 19 years old.
He pointed to the statue) "You see this next guy? That's Rene Gagnon from New Hampshire. If you took Rene's helmet off at the moment this photo was taken and looked in the webbing of that helmet, you would find a photograph a photograph of his girlfriend. Rene put that in there for protection because he was scared. He was 18 years old. Boys won the battle of Iwo Jima. Boys. Not old men.
"The next guy here, the third guy in this tableau, was Sergeant Mike Strank. Mike is my hero. He was the hero of all these guys. They called him the "old man" because he was so old. He was already 24. When Mike would motivate his boys in training camp, he didn't say, 'Let's go kill some Japanese' or 'Let's die for our country.' He knew he was talking to little boys. Instead he would say, 'You do what I say, and I'll get you home to your mothers.'
"The last guy on this side of the statue is Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian from Arizona. Ira Hayes walked off Iwo Jima. He went into the White House with my dad. President Truman told him, 'You're a hero.' He told reporters, 'How can I feel like a hero when 250 of my buddies hit the island with me and only 27 of us walked off alive?' So you take your class at school, 250 of you spending a year together having fun, doing everything together. Then all 250 of you hit the beach, but only 27 of our classmates walk off alive. That was Ira Hayes. He had images of horror in his mind. Ira Hayes died dead drunk, face down at the age of 32, ten years after this picture was taken.
"The next guy, going around the statue, is Franklin Sousley from Hilltop, Kentucky. A fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. His best friend, who is now 70, told me, 'Yeah, you know, we took two cows up on the porch of the Hilltop General Store. Then we strung wire across the stairs so the cows couldn't get down. Then we fed them Epsom salts. Yes, he was a fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. Franklin died on Iwo Jima at the age of 19. When the telegram came to tell his mother that he was dead, it went to the Hilltop General Store. A barefoot boy ran that telegram up to his mother's farm. The neighbors could hear her scream all night and into the morning. The neighbors lived a quarter of a mile away.
"The next guy, as we continue to go around the statue, is my dad, John Bradley from Antigo, Wisconsin, where I was raised. My dad lived until 1994, but he would never give interviews. When Walter Cronkite's producers, or the New York Times would call, we were trained as little kids to say, 'No, I'm sorry, sir, my dad's not here. He is in Canada fishing. No, there is no phone there, sir. No, we don't know when he is coming back.' My dad never fished or even went to Canada. Usually, he was sitting there right at the table eating his Campbell's soup. But we had to tell the press that he was out fishing. He didn't want to talk to the press.
"You see, my dad didn't see himself as a hero. Everyone thinks these guys are heroes, 'cause they are in a photo and on a monument. My dad knew better. He was a medic. John Bradley from Wisconsin was a caregiver. In Iwo Jima he probably held over 200 boys as they died. And when boys died in Iwo Jima, they writhed and screamed in pain.
"When I was a little boy, my third grade teacher told me that my dad was a hero.. When I went home and told my dad that, he looked at me and said, 'I want you always to remember that the heroes of Iwo Jima are the guys who did not come back. Did NOT come back.'
"So that's the story about six nice young boys. Three died on Iwo Jima, and three came back as national heroes. Overall, 7,000 boys died on Iwo Jima in the worst battle in the history of the Marine Corps. My voice is giving out, so I will end here. Thank you for your time." Suddenly, the monument wasn't just a big old piece of metal with a flag sticking out of the top. It came to life before our eyes with the heartfelt words of a son who did indeed have a father who was a hero. Maybe not a hero for the reasons most people would believe, but a hero nonetheless. Let us never forget from the Revolutionary War to the current War on Terrorism and all the wars in between that sacrifice was made for our freedom. Remember to pray praises for this great country of ours and also pray for those still in murderous unrest around the world. STOP and thank God for being alive and being free at someone else's sacrifice. REMINDER: Everyday that you can wake up free, it's going to be a great day
Great story - worth your time. Please pass it along.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
THIS one you MUST READ!!!
Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!! (True Story)
Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields.
British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to the British engineers. When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's back-rest in two, and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin, like an arrow shot from a bow.
The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and begged the US scientists for suggestions.
You're going to love this...
NASA responded with a one-line memo -- "Defrost the chicken." (True Story)
Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields.
British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to the British engineers. When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's back-rest in two, and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin, like an arrow shot from a bow.
The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and begged the US scientists for suggestions.
You're going to love this...
NASA responded with a one-line memo -- "Defrost the chicken." (True Story)
Monday, July 24, 2006
What the heck are you doing????
To who ever is sending all the emails,, to my mail box,, please stop it!!!
You are wasting your time and mine, and they are just going into the junk box..
I am just doing this for a little FUN, nothing serious!!
I collect things, and have them here to sell if someone else wants them,
but to send 35 emails signed ANONYMOUS, one day and 35 the next,
is really stupid,
I have read some of the the other blogs and WOW, some are really something!!(laughing),
but I am just an old person having fun, and trying to give some one something to smile about
with the jokes,
So, go play some where else,, and don't do this any more,,I'd appreciate it,,
(and darn you made me go look up all these big words!!)
I still am old Grandpa!!
You are wasting your time and mine, and they are just going into the junk box..
I am just doing this for a little FUN, nothing serious!!
I collect things, and have them here to sell if someone else wants them,
but to send 35 emails signed ANONYMOUS, one day and 35 the next,
is really stupid,
I have read some of the the other blogs and WOW, some are really something!!(laughing),
but I am just an old person having fun, and trying to give some one something to smile about
with the jokes,
So, go play some where else,, and don't do this any more,,I'd appreciate it,,
(and darn you made me go look up all these big words!!)
I still am old Grandpa!!
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
GOOD ADVISE!!!
NOW, THIS IS GOOD ADVISE, DON'T YOU THINK??SO, FIND SOMETHING TO LAUGH ABOUT,,,, I'LL TRY KEEPING SOMETHING HERE TO HELP YOU DO THAT!!
GRANDPA.........
Thursday, July 13, 2006
WHAT DO YOU THINK???
I beleive this is AMERICA'S number one AMERICAN!! What do you think??? Grandpa!!
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
This is true about Grandparents!
What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure. ~
Gene PerretMy grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it, too.An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly.~
Welsh ProverbPerfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.~
Gore VidalNever have children, only grandchildren.~
Ogden NashWhen grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.~
Marcy DeMareeGrandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete.~
Lois WyseIf I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.~
Henry YoungmanMy grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses .. Drinks right out of the bottle.~
Mary H. WaldripGrandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old.
~ProverbYou do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.~
Dave BarryThe best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby's grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida.~
Alex HaleyNobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.~
Joy HargroveOne of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather.~
G. Norman CollieGrandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother.~
Authors UnknownGrandmother-grandchild relationships are simple. Grandmas are short on criticism and long on love.Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting.Grandparents are similar to a piece of string - handy to have around and easily wrapped around the fingers of their grandchildren.
Grandmothers are just antique little girls.It's amazing how grandparents seem so young once you become one.A grandparent is old on the outside but young on the inside
.Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies.
Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our hearts forever.
Gene PerretMy grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it, too.An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly.~
Welsh ProverbPerfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.~
Gore VidalNever have children, only grandchildren.~
Ogden NashWhen grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.~
Marcy DeMareeGrandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete.~
Lois WyseIf I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.~
Henry YoungmanMy grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses .. Drinks right out of the bottle.~
Mary H. WaldripGrandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old.
~ProverbYou do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.~
Dave BarryThe best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby's grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida.~
Alex HaleyNobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.~
Joy HargroveOne of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather.~
G. Norman CollieGrandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother.~
Authors UnknownGrandmother-grandchild relationships are simple. Grandmas are short on criticism and long on love.Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting.Grandparents are similar to a piece of string - handy to have around and easily wrapped around the fingers of their grandchildren.
Grandmothers are just antique little girls.It's amazing how grandparents seem so young once you become one.A grandparent is old on the outside but young on the inside
.Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies.
Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our hearts forever.
Monday, July 03, 2006
Happy 4th !!!
TO ALL YOU " GUYS AND GALS" OUT THERE,,
STAY SAFE ,
HAVE A GREAT TIME, with your kids,
BE HAPPY ,
HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES.
BUT NO DRINKING AND DRIVING !!!
WE WANT TO SEE EVERY ONE BACK FOR ANOTHER HOLIDAY!!
Some old time advise - from -- old Grandpa!!
STAY SAFE ,
HAVE A GREAT TIME, with your kids,
BE HAPPY ,
HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES.
BUT NO DRINKING AND DRIVING !!!
WE WANT TO SEE EVERY ONE BACK FOR ANOTHER HOLIDAY!!
Some old time advise - from -- old Grandpa!!
Sunday, June 25, 2006
EVER THOUGHT OF DOING THIS IN WALMART????
Our old friend, John, recently retired and, to help fill his days, now accompanies his wife on her shopping trips to the local Walmart.We know John and, therefore, can only speculate that extreme boredom has led to his recent disruptive behavior at the local WalMart...**********************************************************
Dear Mrs. Volo,Over the past six months, your husband, John has been causing quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this type of behavior and have considered banning the entire family from shopping in any of our stores.We have documented all incidents on our video surveillance equipment. Three of our clerks are attending counseling from the trouble your husband has caused. All complaints against John have been compiled and are listed below.
Mr. Wally WorrywartPresidentWal-Mart Complaint Department MEMORe: Mr. John Volo - Com plaints - 15 Things Mr. John Volo has done while his spouse/partner is shopping:
1. June 15, took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people's carts when they weren't looking.
2. July 2, set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals
.3. July 7, made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the rest rooms.
4. July 19, walked up to an employee and told her in an official tone, "Code 3 in Housewares..." and watched what happened.
5. August 4, went to the Service Desk and asked to put a bag of M&M's on lay away.
6. September 14, moved a "CAUTION - WET FLOOR" sign to a carpeted area.
7. September 15, set up a tent in the camping department and told other shoppers he'd invite them in if they'll bring pillows from the bedding department.
8. September 23, when a clerk asks if they can help him, he begins to cry and asks, "Why can't you people just leave me alone?"
9. October 4, looke d right into the security camera; used it as a mirror, and picked his nose.
10. November 10, While handling guns in the hunting department, asked the clerk if he knows where the anti depressants are.
11. December 3, Darted around the store suspiciously loudly humming the "Mission Impossible" theme.
12. December 6, In the auto department, practiced his "Madonna look" using different size funnels.
13. December 18, Hid in a clothing rack and when people browse through, yelled "PICK ME!" "PICK ME!"
14. December 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker,he assumes the fetal position and screams "NO! NO! It's those voices again!!!!"(And; last, but not least!)15. December 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door and waited a while; then, yelled, very loudly, "There is no toilet paper in here."
Dear Mrs. Volo,Over the past six months, your husband, John has been causing quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this type of behavior and have considered banning the entire family from shopping in any of our stores.We have documented all incidents on our video surveillance equipment. Three of our clerks are attending counseling from the trouble your husband has caused. All complaints against John have been compiled and are listed below.
Mr. Wally WorrywartPresidentWal-Mart Complaint Department MEMORe: Mr. John Volo - Com plaints - 15 Things Mr. John Volo has done while his spouse/partner is shopping:
1. June 15, took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people's carts when they weren't looking.
2. July 2, set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals
.3. July 7, made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the rest rooms.
4. July 19, walked up to an employee and told her in an official tone, "Code 3 in Housewares..." and watched what happened.
5. August 4, went to the Service Desk and asked to put a bag of M&M's on lay away.
6. September 14, moved a "CAUTION - WET FLOOR" sign to a carpeted area.
7. September 15, set up a tent in the camping department and told other shoppers he'd invite them in if they'll bring pillows from the bedding department.
8. September 23, when a clerk asks if they can help him, he begins to cry and asks, "Why can't you people just leave me alone?"
9. October 4, looke d right into the security camera; used it as a mirror, and picked his nose.
10. November 10, While handling guns in the hunting department, asked the clerk if he knows where the anti depressants are.
11. December 3, Darted around the store suspiciously loudly humming the "Mission Impossible" theme.
12. December 6, In the auto department, practiced his "Madonna look" using different size funnels.
13. December 18, Hid in a clothing rack and when people browse through, yelled "PICK ME!" "PICK ME!"
14. December 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker,he assumes the fetal position and screams "NO! NO! It's those voices again!!!!"(And; last, but not least!)15. December 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door and waited a while; then, yelled, very loudly, "There is no toilet paper in here."
Monday, June 19, 2006
GUYS,YOU REALLY NEED TO READ THIS ONE!!
This is on you will repeat I am sure !! From the old Grandpa!!
A young Nun who worked for a local home health care agency was out making her rounds when she ran out of gas.
As luck would have it, there was a gas station just one block away. She walked to the station to borrow a can with enough gas to start the car and drive to the station for a fill up.
The attendant regretfully told her that the only gas can he owned had just been loaned out, but if she would care to wait he was sure it would be back shortly.
Since the nun was on the way to see a patient, she decided not to wait and walked back to her car.
After looking through her car for something to carry to the station to fill with gas, she spotted a bedpan she was taking to the patient. Always resourceful, she carried it to the station, filled it with gasoline, and carried it back to her car.
As she was pouring the gas into the tank of her car, two men watched her from across the street. One of them turned to the other and said:
"I know that the Lord turned water into wine, but if that car starts, I'm going to church every Sunday for the rest of my life."
A young Nun who worked for a local home health care agency was out making her rounds when she ran out of gas.
As luck would have it, there was a gas station just one block away. She walked to the station to borrow a can with enough gas to start the car and drive to the station for a fill up.
The attendant regretfully told her that the only gas can he owned had just been loaned out, but if she would care to wait he was sure it would be back shortly.
Since the nun was on the way to see a patient, she decided not to wait and walked back to her car.
After looking through her car for something to carry to the station to fill with gas, she spotted a bedpan she was taking to the patient. Always resourceful, she carried it to the station, filled it with gasoline, and carried it back to her car.
As she was pouring the gas into the tank of her car, two men watched her from across the street. One of them turned to the other and said:
"I know that the Lord turned water into wine, but if that car starts, I'm going to church every Sunday for the rest of my life."
Thursday, June 15, 2006
HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL YOU GUYS , BE YOU,, FATHERS , GRANDFATHERS,
SONS , SON-IN-LAWS, UNCLES ,.GOD FATHERS,, ANY GUY WHO LOVES A CHILD!
OKAY NOW TIME TO FEED THE FISH!! HOW DO YOU LIKE MY FISH POND?
SINCE MY DOG DIED , THESE ARE THE ONLY THINGS I HAVE TIO THINK ABOUT FEEDING!!
OH, NO I FORGOT THAT STUPID PARROT !! HAVE A GREAT FATHERS DAY,,, FROM JUST OLD GRANDPA!!
SONS , SON-IN-LAWS, UNCLES ,.GOD FATHERS,, ANY GUY WHO LOVES A CHILD!
OKAY NOW TIME TO FEED THE FISH!! HOW DO YOU LIKE MY FISH POND?
SINCE MY DOG DIED , THESE ARE THE ONLY THINGS I HAVE TIO THINK ABOUT FEEDING!!
OH, NO I FORGOT THAT STUPID PARROT !! HAVE A GREAT FATHERS DAY,,, FROM JUST OLD GRANDPA!!
Monday, June 12, 2006
PROMISE,if you read this you will say-- YEH!!!!
Somebody definitely needs a raise!!!
A young guy from Minnesota moves to Florida and goes to a big "everything under one roof" department store looking for a job.
The manager says, "Do you have any sales experience?" The kid says "Yeah, I was a salesman back in Minnesota."
Well, the boss liked the kid and gave him the job. "You start tomorrow, I'll come down and after we close and see how you did."
His first day on the job was rough, but he got through it.
After the store was locked up, the boss came to see him, "How many customers >bought something from you today?
The kid says "One". The boss says "Just one? Our sales people average 20-30 customers aday.
How much was the sale for?" The kid says, "$101,237.65, and that included the proper taxes.
The boss says, $101,237.65? What the heck did you sell him?"
The kid says, "First, I sold him a small fish hook.
Then I sold him a medium fish hook.
Then I sold him a larger fish hook.
Then I sold him a new fishing rod. Then I asked where he was going fishing and he said down the coast, so I told him he was going to need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a twin engine Chris Craft.
Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department an sold him that 4x4 Expedition."
The boss said "A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a BOAT and a TRUCK? Is that right?"
The kid answered, "No, the guy came in here to buy Tampons for his wife, and I said,
"Dude, your weekend's shot, you should go fishing."
A young guy from Minnesota moves to Florida and goes to a big "everything under one roof" department store looking for a job.
The manager says, "Do you have any sales experience?" The kid says "Yeah, I was a salesman back in Minnesota."
Well, the boss liked the kid and gave him the job. "You start tomorrow, I'll come down and after we close and see how you did."
His first day on the job was rough, but he got through it.
After the store was locked up, the boss came to see him, "How many customers >bought something from you today?
The kid says "One". The boss says "Just one? Our sales people average 20-30 customers aday.
How much was the sale for?" The kid says, "$101,237.65, and that included the proper taxes.
The boss says, $101,237.65? What the heck did you sell him?"
The kid says, "First, I sold him a small fish hook.
Then I sold him a medium fish hook.
Then I sold him a larger fish hook.
Then I sold him a new fishing rod. Then I asked where he was going fishing and he said down the coast, so I told him he was going to need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a twin engine Chris Craft.
Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department an sold him that 4x4 Expedition."
The boss said "A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a BOAT and a TRUCK? Is that right?"
The kid answered, "No, the guy came in here to buy Tampons for his wife, and I said,
"Dude, your weekend's shot, you should go fishing."
Monday, June 05, 2006
THE LAUGH FOR THE DAY!! Fathers Day is coming soon!!
Two guys were discussing popular family trends on sex, marriage, and values. Stu said, "I didn't sleep with my wife before we got married, Did you?" Leroy replied, "I'm not sure, What was her maiden name?******
A little boy went up to his father and asked: "Dad, where did all of my intelligence come from?" The father replied. "Well son, you must have got it from your mother, cause I still have mine"-*****
"Mr. Clark, I have reviewed this case very carefully," the divorce Court Judge said, "And I've decided to give your wife $775 a week," "That's very fair, your honor," the husband said. "And every now and then I'll try to send her a few bucks myself," *******
A doctor examined a woman, took the husband aside, and said, "I don't like the looks of your wife at all. "Me neither doc," said the husband. "But she's a great cook and really good with the kids. ******
An old man goes to the Wizard to ask him if he can remove a curse he has been living with for the last 40 years. The Wizard says, "Maybe, but you will have to tell me the exact words that were used to put the curse on you. The old man says without hesitation, "I now pronounce you man and wife." ********
Two Reasons Why It's So Hard To Solve A Redneck Murder 1.. All the DNA is the same. 2. There are no dental records.*******
A blonde calls Delta Airlines and asks, "Can you tell me how long it'll take to fly from San Francisco to New York City?" The agent replies, "Just a minute.." "Thank you," the blonde says, and hangs up.*********
Two Mexican detectives were investigating the murder of Juan Gonzalez. "How was he killed?" asked one detective. "With a golf gun," the other detective replied. "A golf gun?! What is a golf gun?" "I don't know. But it sure made a hole in Juan." *******
This guy has been sitting in a bar all night, staring at a blonde wearing the tightest pants he's ever seen. Finally his curiosity gets the best of him, so he walks over and asks, "How do you get into those pants?" The young woman looks him over and replies, "Well, you could start by buying me a drink." *****
Moe: "My wife got me to believe in religion." Joe: "Really?" Moe: "Yeah. Until I married her I didn't believe in hell."*******
While shopping for vacation clothes, my husband and I passed a display of bathing suits. It had been at least ten years and twenty pounds since I had even considered buying a bathing suit, so I sought my husband's advice. "What do you think?" I asked. "Should I get a bikini or an all-in-one?" "Better get a bikini," he replied. "You'd never get it all in one.
A little boy went up to his father and asked: "Dad, where did all of my intelligence come from?" The father replied. "Well son, you must have got it from your mother, cause I still have mine"-*****
"Mr. Clark, I have reviewed this case very carefully," the divorce Court Judge said, "And I've decided to give your wife $775 a week," "That's very fair, your honor," the husband said. "And every now and then I'll try to send her a few bucks myself," *******
A doctor examined a woman, took the husband aside, and said, "I don't like the looks of your wife at all. "Me neither doc," said the husband. "But she's a great cook and really good with the kids. ******
An old man goes to the Wizard to ask him if he can remove a curse he has been living with for the last 40 years. The Wizard says, "Maybe, but you will have to tell me the exact words that were used to put the curse on you. The old man says without hesitation, "I now pronounce you man and wife." ********
Two Reasons Why It's So Hard To Solve A Redneck Murder 1.. All the DNA is the same. 2. There are no dental records.*******
A blonde calls Delta Airlines and asks, "Can you tell me how long it'll take to fly from San Francisco to New York City?" The agent replies, "Just a minute.." "Thank you," the blonde says, and hangs up.*********
Two Mexican detectives were investigating the murder of Juan Gonzalez. "How was he killed?" asked one detective. "With a golf gun," the other detective replied. "A golf gun?! What is a golf gun?" "I don't know. But it sure made a hole in Juan." *******
This guy has been sitting in a bar all night, staring at a blonde wearing the tightest pants he's ever seen. Finally his curiosity gets the best of him, so he walks over and asks, "How do you get into those pants?" The young woman looks him over and replies, "Well, you could start by buying me a drink." *****
Moe: "My wife got me to believe in religion." Joe: "Really?" Moe: "Yeah. Until I married her I didn't believe in hell."*******
While shopping for vacation clothes, my husband and I passed a display of bathing suits. It had been at least ten years and twenty pounds since I had even considered buying a bathing suit, so I sought my husband's advice. "What do you think?" I asked. "Should I get a bikini or an all-in-one?" "Better get a bikini," he replied. "You'd never get it all in one.
Saturday, June 03, 2006
SALE ! SALE ! FATHERS DAY SALE!
Hello to every one,,, glad you stopped by to check out my spot!!
I have , just in time for FATHERS DAY lowered the prices on my die cast cars.
I am clearing out my collection, they are all in boxes and not used.
i hope you all had a safe mmemorial day week end, "Old grand pa" stayed home.
best place for me!! (laughing) can get in no trouble here.
Well, I guess thats about all for now, you take care and check out the cars
you will be surprised at some of them. These are the ones you only see
at car shows now adays. But, back in the "DAY" They were the thing to have .
Have fun,,,, Grandpa!
I have , just in time for FATHERS DAY lowered the prices on my die cast cars.
I am clearing out my collection, they are all in boxes and not used.
i hope you all had a safe mmemorial day week end, "Old grand pa" stayed home.
best place for me!! (laughing) can get in no trouble here.
Well, I guess thats about all for now, you take care and check out the cars
you will be surprised at some of them. These are the ones you only see
at car shows now adays. But, back in the "DAY" They were the thing to have .
Have fun,,,, Grandpa!
Thursday, May 25, 2006
FATHERS DAY, JUNE 18 TH
FATHERS DAY JUNE 18 TH
LIKE FOR YOU TO CHECK OUT MY DIE CAST CARS, FROM THE PAST,,
ANY ONE WOULD BE A GREAT GIFT FOR THE MAN WHO REMEBERS THE 'GREAT OLD CARS FROM THE PAST'
EMAIL ME , AND I WILL MAKE ARRANGMENTS TO SELL AND SHIP TO YOU FOR FATHERS DAY ONE OF THESE BEAUTIES.
EVERY GUY THINKS ABOUT HIS FIRST CAR, MAYBE I HAVE ONE HERE JUST LIKE IT,,, CHECK IT OUT!!! GRANDPA!!
LIKE FOR YOU TO CHECK OUT MY DIE CAST CARS, FROM THE PAST,,
ANY ONE WOULD BE A GREAT GIFT FOR THE MAN WHO REMEBERS THE 'GREAT OLD CARS FROM THE PAST'
EMAIL ME , AND I WILL MAKE ARRANGMENTS TO SELL AND SHIP TO YOU FOR FATHERS DAY ONE OF THESE BEAUTIES.
EVERY GUY THINKS ABOUT HIS FIRST CAR, MAYBE I HAVE ONE HERE JUST LIKE IT,,, CHECK IT OUT!!! GRANDPA!!
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
ANOTHER STORY ABOUT THE 1950'S
Another Goody For The 50's Gang
My Mom used to cut chicken, chop eggs and spread mayo on the same cuttingboard with the same knife and no bleach, but we didn't seem to get foodpoisoning.
My Mom used to defrost hamburger on the counter AND I used to eat it rawsometimes, too.
Our school sandwiches were wrapped in wax paper in abrown paper bag, not in icepack coolers, but I can't remember gettinge.coli.
Almost all of us would have rather gone swimming in the lake instead of apristine pool (talk about boring), no beach closures then.
The term cell phone would have conjured up a phone in a jail cell, and apager was the school PA system.
We all took gym, not PE... and risked permanent injury with a pair of high top Ked's (only worn in gym) instead of having cross-trainingathletic shoes with air cushion soles and built in light reflectors. I can't recall any injuries but they must have happened because they tell us how much safer we are now.
Flunking gym was not an option... even for stupid kids! I guess PE mustbe much harder than gym
.Speaking of school, we all said prayers and sang the national anthem, and staying in detention after school caught all sorts of negative attention.
We must have had horribly damaged psyches. What an archaic health systemwe had then. Remember school nurses? Ours wore a hat and everything.
I thought that I was supposed to accomplish something before I was allowed to be proud of myself.
I just can't recall how bored we were without computers, Play Station,Nintendo, X-box or 270 digital TV cable stations
.Oh yeah... and where was the Benadryl and sterilization kit when I gotthat bee sting?
I could have been killed! We played 'king of the hill' on piles of gravel left on vacant construction sites, and when we got hurt, Mom pulled out the 48-centbottle of Mercurochrome (kids liked it better because it didn 't sting like iodine did) and then we got our butt spanked. Now it's a trip to the emergency room, followed by a 10-day dose of a $49 bottle of antibiotics,and then Mom calls the attorney to sue the contractor for leaving a horribly vicious pile of gravel where it was such a threat.
We didn't act up at the neighbor's house either because if we did, we got our butt spanked there and then we got butt spanked again when we got home.
I recall what was his name from next door coming over and doing his tricks on the front stoop, just before he fell off. Little did his Mom know that she could have owned our house. Instead, she picked him up and swatted him for being such a goof. It was a neighborhood run amuck.
To top it off, not a single person I knew had ever been told that they were from a dysfunctional family. How could we possibly have known that? We needed to get into group therapy and anger management classes?
We were obviously so duped by so many societal ills, that we didn't even notice that the entire country wasn't taking Prozac!
How did we ever survive?
LOVE TO ALL OF US WHO SHARED THIS ERA, AND TO ALL WHO DIDN'T-~~~ SORRY FOR WHAT YOU MISSED!!! I WOULDN'T TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING !!!!!
My Mom used to cut chicken, chop eggs and spread mayo on the same cuttingboard with the same knife and no bleach, but we didn't seem to get foodpoisoning.
My Mom used to defrost hamburger on the counter AND I used to eat it rawsometimes, too.
Our school sandwiches were wrapped in wax paper in abrown paper bag, not in icepack coolers, but I can't remember gettinge.coli.
Almost all of us would have rather gone swimming in the lake instead of apristine pool (talk about boring), no beach closures then.
The term cell phone would have conjured up a phone in a jail cell, and apager was the school PA system.
We all took gym, not PE... and risked permanent injury with a pair of high top Ked's (only worn in gym) instead of having cross-trainingathletic shoes with air cushion soles and built in light reflectors. I can't recall any injuries but they must have happened because they tell us how much safer we are now.
Flunking gym was not an option... even for stupid kids! I guess PE mustbe much harder than gym
.Speaking of school, we all said prayers and sang the national anthem, and staying in detention after school caught all sorts of negative attention.
We must have had horribly damaged psyches. What an archaic health systemwe had then. Remember school nurses? Ours wore a hat and everything.
I thought that I was supposed to accomplish something before I was allowed to be proud of myself.
I just can't recall how bored we were without computers, Play Station,Nintendo, X-box or 270 digital TV cable stations
.Oh yeah... and where was the Benadryl and sterilization kit when I gotthat bee sting?
I could have been killed! We played 'king of the hill' on piles of gravel left on vacant construction sites, and when we got hurt, Mom pulled out the 48-centbottle of Mercurochrome (kids liked it better because it didn 't sting like iodine did) and then we got our butt spanked. Now it's a trip to the emergency room, followed by a 10-day dose of a $49 bottle of antibiotics,and then Mom calls the attorney to sue the contractor for leaving a horribly vicious pile of gravel where it was such a threat.
We didn't act up at the neighbor's house either because if we did, we got our butt spanked there and then we got butt spanked again when we got home.
I recall what was his name from next door coming over and doing his tricks on the front stoop, just before he fell off. Little did his Mom know that she could have owned our house. Instead, she picked him up and swatted him for being such a goof. It was a neighborhood run amuck.
To top it off, not a single person I knew had ever been told that they were from a dysfunctional family. How could we possibly have known that? We needed to get into group therapy and anger management classes?
We were obviously so duped by so many societal ills, that we didn't even notice that the entire country wasn't taking Prozac!
How did we ever survive?
LOVE TO ALL OF US WHO SHARED THIS ERA, AND TO ALL WHO DIDN'T-~~~ SORRY FOR WHAT YOU MISSED!!! I WOULDN'T TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING !!!!!
Friday, May 12, 2006
Happy Mothers Day
Well, hello,, been a while since I have been here.
Been mowing, and working out side,, really enjoy doing that.
But, I would ike to take this time to wish all the Mothers out there,
A VERY HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!
Where would we be with out those gals?
Cooked and cleaned , raised the kids, and made us men happy to.
Bless them all, the wonderful Mothers,,
We love you gals ! from Grand pa !
Been mowing, and working out side,, really enjoy doing that.
But, I would ike to take this time to wish all the Mothers out there,
A VERY HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!
Where would we be with out those gals?
Cooked and cleaned , raised the kids, and made us men happy to.
Bless them all, the wonderful Mothers,,
We love you gals ! from Grand pa !
Monday, May 01, 2006
Something to think about!!
How old is Grandma???
Stay with this -- the answer is at the end.
It will blow you away. One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother about current events. The grandson asked his grandmother what she thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general.
The Grandma replied, "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before:'
television'
penicillin '
polio shots'
frozen foods'
Xerox'
contact lenses'
Frisbees and '
the pill
There was no: ' radar' credit cards' laser beams or ' ball-point pensMan had not invented:' pantyhose' air conditioners' dishwashers' clothes dryers' and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and '
man hadn't yet walked on the moon
Your Grandfather and I got married first, . . . and then lived together. Every family had a father and a mother. Until I was 25, I called every man older than me, "Sir". And after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title, "Sir." We were before gay-rights, computer- dating, dual careers, daycare centers, and group therapy. Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense. We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand up
and take responsibility for our actions.
Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a bigger privilege. We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent. Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins.
Draft dodgers were people who closed their front doors when the evening breeze started.
Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends-not purchasing condominiums. We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CDs, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings. We listened to the Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our radios. And I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey.
If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan ' on it, it was junk. The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam.
Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of. We had 5 &10-cent stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents. Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a nickel. And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards.
You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600, . . . but who could afford one? Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon.
In my day: ' "grass" was mowed, ' "coke" was a cold drink, ' "pot" was something your mother cooked
in and '
"rock music" was your grandmother's
lullaby. '
"Aids" were helpers in the Principal's
office, ' " chip" meant a piece of wood, ' "hardware" was found in a hardware store
and ' "software" wasn't even a word.
And we were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby. No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap... and how old do you think I am?
I bet you have this old lady in mind...you are in for a shock! Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same time.
This Woman would be only 58 years old!
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Howdy!! well, I found two great additions to the collection, this Black 1957 Chevy Truck, it has been "tricked out" a little but it is sure sharp,
Also found the Caddy that was in the Movie "GHOSTBUSTERS" , it even has the SLimer the Ghost with it, and all the attachments to go on top,, check these cars out,, they both are just new on the market,,, Well, enough, cars stuff , been out checking the flowers, the rain we got the other night sure made every thing pop,, GRASS also,, now tomorrow me and Grandma have to do some mowing,, so,, take care be good to one another,, I'm just your old Grandpa!!
Sunday, April 23, 2006
DAMN GOOD ADVISE!!!
NOT BAD ADVICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ONE DAY A FARMER'S DONKEY FELL DOWN INTO A WELL.THE ANIMAL CRIED PITEOUSLY FOR HOURS AS THE FARMER TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. FINALLY HE DECIDED THE ANIMAL WAS OLD, AND THE WELL NEEDED TO BE COVERED UP ANYWAY; IT JUST WASN'T WORTH IT TO RETRIEVE THE DONKEY.
HE INVITED ALL HIS NEIGHBORS TO COME OVER AND HELP HIM. THEY ALL GRABBED A SHOVEL AND BEGAN TO SHOVEL DIRT INTO THE WELL. AT FIRST THE DONKEY RELEASED WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND CRIED HORRIBLY. THEN, TO EVERYONE'S AMAZEMENT HE QUIETED DOWN. a FEW SHOVEL LOADS LATER, THE FARMER FINALLY LOOKED DOWN THE WELL, AND WAS ASTONISHED AT WHAT HE SAW. WITH EVERY SHOVEL OF DIRT THAT HIT HIS BACK THE DONKEY WAS DOING SOMETHING AMAZING. HE WOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND TAKE A STEP UP.
AS THE FARMER'S NEIGHBORS CONTINUED TO SHOVEL DIRT ON TOP OF THE ANIMAL, HE WOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND TAKE A STEP UP. PRETTY SOON, EVERYONE WAS AMAZED AS THE DONKEY STEPPED UP OVER THE EDGE OF THE WELL AND TROTTED OFF! LIFE IS GOING TO SHOVEL DIRT ON YOU, ALL KINDS OF DIRE. THE TRICK TO GETTING OUT OF THE WELL IS TO SHAKE IT OFF AND TAKE A STEP UP. EACH OF OUR TROUBLES IS A STEPPING STONE. WE CAN GET OUT OF THE DEEPEST WELLS JUST BY NOT STOPPING, NEVER GIVING UP!
SHAKE IT OFF AND TAKE A STEP UP! REMEMBER THE FIVE SIMPLE RULES TO BE HAPPY -
1. FREE YOU HEAD FROM HATRED.
2. FREE YOUR MIND FROM WORRIES.
3 LIVE SIMPLY
4. GIVE MORE.
5. EXPECT LESS.
ENOUGH OF THAT CRAP.... LATER THE DONKEY CAME BACK AND KICKED THE SHIT OUT OF THE FARMER WHO TRIED TO BURY HIM.
MORAL: WHEN YOU TRY TO COVER YOUR ASS, IT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO GET YOU.
ONE DAY A FARMER'S DONKEY FELL DOWN INTO A WELL.THE ANIMAL CRIED PITEOUSLY FOR HOURS AS THE FARMER TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. FINALLY HE DECIDED THE ANIMAL WAS OLD, AND THE WELL NEEDED TO BE COVERED UP ANYWAY; IT JUST WASN'T WORTH IT TO RETRIEVE THE DONKEY.
HE INVITED ALL HIS NEIGHBORS TO COME OVER AND HELP HIM. THEY ALL GRABBED A SHOVEL AND BEGAN TO SHOVEL DIRT INTO THE WELL. AT FIRST THE DONKEY RELEASED WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND CRIED HORRIBLY. THEN, TO EVERYONE'S AMAZEMENT HE QUIETED DOWN. a FEW SHOVEL LOADS LATER, THE FARMER FINALLY LOOKED DOWN THE WELL, AND WAS ASTONISHED AT WHAT HE SAW. WITH EVERY SHOVEL OF DIRT THAT HIT HIS BACK THE DONKEY WAS DOING SOMETHING AMAZING. HE WOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND TAKE A STEP UP.
AS THE FARMER'S NEIGHBORS CONTINUED TO SHOVEL DIRT ON TOP OF THE ANIMAL, HE WOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND TAKE A STEP UP. PRETTY SOON, EVERYONE WAS AMAZED AS THE DONKEY STEPPED UP OVER THE EDGE OF THE WELL AND TROTTED OFF! LIFE IS GOING TO SHOVEL DIRT ON YOU, ALL KINDS OF DIRE. THE TRICK TO GETTING OUT OF THE WELL IS TO SHAKE IT OFF AND TAKE A STEP UP. EACH OF OUR TROUBLES IS A STEPPING STONE. WE CAN GET OUT OF THE DEEPEST WELLS JUST BY NOT STOPPING, NEVER GIVING UP!
SHAKE IT OFF AND TAKE A STEP UP! REMEMBER THE FIVE SIMPLE RULES TO BE HAPPY -
1. FREE YOU HEAD FROM HATRED.
2. FREE YOUR MIND FROM WORRIES.
3 LIVE SIMPLY
4. GIVE MORE.
5. EXPECT LESS.
ENOUGH OF THAT CRAP.... LATER THE DONKEY CAME BACK AND KICKED THE SHIT OUT OF THE FARMER WHO TRIED TO BURY HIM.
MORAL: WHEN YOU TRY TO COVER YOUR ASS, IT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO GET YOU.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
HELLO EVERY ONE WELCOME BACK!
Well, hello every one,, hope you all had a wonderful Easter holiday,,,
thw temp. was 82 today here.. Lordy. I wonder what summer is going to be.
my Hostas are about 12 inches high, and my rose bushes are getting thier leaves,,, a good sign.!
I checked around today trying to remeber where I planted some of the flowers that will come up again this year,, I found some.
My youngest son Ed, a flat of Panseys (well, really for his mother) so I planted them around the fish pond, they look really nice. It is supposed to rain Saturday, and Grandma's not to happy about that she has a craft show,, so the rain will wipe that out,,,,,.
well, thats about all for this night, you all stay healthy and happy,,,, and be nice to others.
thw temp. was 82 today here.. Lordy. I wonder what summer is going to be.
my Hostas are about 12 inches high, and my rose bushes are getting thier leaves,,, a good sign.!
I checked around today trying to remeber where I planted some of the flowers that will come up again this year,, I found some.
My youngest son Ed, a flat of Panseys (well, really for his mother) so I planted them around the fish pond, they look really nice. It is supposed to rain Saturday, and Grandma's not to happy about that she has a craft show,, so the rain will wipe that out,,,,,.
well, thats about all for this night, you all stay healthy and happy,,,, and be nice to others.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
WELL, HELLO, EVERY ONE,, IT HAS BEEN A ROUGH WEEK, WE LOST A MEMBER OF GRANDMA'S FAAMILY HER UNCLE SAM, WHAT A SHAME BUT HE WAS REALLY SICK, HE WAS A GOOD MAN WOULD HELP YOU DO ANY THING,, YOU DO NOT FIND PEOPLE LIKE THAT AROUND ANY MORE.
THAT MAN COULD WELD ANY THING, WHAT I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE HE WOULD JUST "DO IT ", HE SURE HAD THE GIFT. I WILL MISS HIS LONG TALKS WE HAD,, BLESS HIM.
ALSO, HIS WIFE OF 65 YEARS, AUNT ESTHER IS NOT WELL, SHE HAS HAD A STROKE ,SO, SHE IS TAKING IT HARD. WE WANT TO KEEP HER IN OUR PRAYERS ALSO.
BUT, EASTER HAS COME, SO THAT MEANS YARD WORK IS NOT FAR BEHIND,,OH HAPPY DAYS !!
AND GRANDMA WILL WANT TO PLANT HER FLOWERS,, THAT WOMEN LOVES TO GET HER HANDS IN THE DIRT. "I SAY GO TO IT",WHAT EVER MAKES HER HAPPY (laughing)
SO, YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY HOW EVER YOU CELEBRATE IT,, JUST BE HAPPY WITH YOUR FAMILY'S,, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW, WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS,,
BE GOOD TO ONE ANOTHER ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, FROM YOUR OLD " GRANDPA"...
THAT MAN COULD WELD ANY THING, WHAT I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE HE WOULD JUST "DO IT ", HE SURE HAD THE GIFT. I WILL MISS HIS LONG TALKS WE HAD,, BLESS HIM.
ALSO, HIS WIFE OF 65 YEARS, AUNT ESTHER IS NOT WELL, SHE HAS HAD A STROKE ,SO, SHE IS TAKING IT HARD. WE WANT TO KEEP HER IN OUR PRAYERS ALSO.
BUT, EASTER HAS COME, SO THAT MEANS YARD WORK IS NOT FAR BEHIND,,OH HAPPY DAYS !!
AND GRANDMA WILL WANT TO PLANT HER FLOWERS,, THAT WOMEN LOVES TO GET HER HANDS IN THE DIRT. "I SAY GO TO IT",WHAT EVER MAKES HER HAPPY (laughing)
SO, YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY HOW EVER YOU CELEBRATE IT,, JUST BE HAPPY WITH YOUR FAMILY'S,, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW, WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS,,
BE GOOD TO ONE ANOTHER ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, FROM YOUR OLD " GRANDPA"...
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Hello,, Happy Spring!!
Well,,hello to every one,, the first of April,, what happened to winter?? The weather here is just great, my hyacinths are blomming, with the daffodils, I am getting the "itchy" to get the rototiller out. I know it is a little to soon.
You know reading the news papers used to be , some what pleasureable,, now it is just terriable,, people shooting one another for no reason,, College kids ,gone missing. wives killing their families.
I do not know what the world is come to,, Thank God we live in the "country", and I pray it stays that way. Am I the only one who would like to go back to the 1950's?? or maybe the 1960's life was so different then,, I know I was young at the time, but the world around us was calm. well, (laughing) enough of the preaching for this day.
. love one another,, be nice,, smile,, just a few words from Grandpa!
You know reading the news papers used to be , some what pleasureable,, now it is just terriable,, people shooting one another for no reason,, College kids ,gone missing. wives killing their families.
I do not know what the world is come to,, Thank God we live in the "country", and I pray it stays that way. Am I the only one who would like to go back to the 1950's?? or maybe the 1960's life was so different then,, I know I was young at the time, but the world around us was calm. well, (laughing) enough of the preaching for this day.
. love one another,, be nice,, smile,, just a few words from Grandpa!
Friday, March 24, 2006
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Another St. Paddy's day joke!!
Two men are sitting next to each other at a bar. After a while, one guy looks at the other and says, "I can't help but think, from listening to you, that you're from Ireland." The other guy responds proudly, "Yes, that I am!"
The first guy says, "So am I! And whereabouts! from Ireland might you be?"
The other guy answers, "I'm from Dublin, I am."
The first guy responds, "Sure and begora, and so am I! And what street did you live on in Dublin?"
The other guy says, "A lovely little area it was. I lived on McCleary Street in the old central part of town."
The first guy says, "Faith, it's a small world, so did I! So did I!! And to what school would you have been going?"
The other guy answers, "Well now, I went to St. Mary's of course."
The first guy gets really excited and says, "And so did I. Tell me, what year did you graduate?"
The other guy answers, "Well, now, let's see, I graduated in 1944."
The first guy exclaims, "The Good Lord must be smiling down upon us! I can hardly believe our good luck at winding up in the same bar tonight. Can you believe it - I graduated from St. Mary's in 1944 my own self."
About this time, regular Kathleen O'Neil walks into the bar, sits, and orders a beer.
Brian McGuire, the bartender, walks over to Kathleen, shaking his head and mutters, "It's going to be a long night in here tonight!!!!"
Kathleen asks, "Why do you say that, Brian?"
"The Kelly twins are drunk again."
The first guy says, "So am I! And whereabouts! from Ireland might you be?"
The other guy answers, "I'm from Dublin, I am."
The first guy responds, "Sure and begora, and so am I! And what street did you live on in Dublin?"
The other guy says, "A lovely little area it was. I lived on McCleary Street in the old central part of town."
The first guy says, "Faith, it's a small world, so did I! So did I!! And to what school would you have been going?"
The other guy answers, "Well now, I went to St. Mary's of course."
The first guy gets really excited and says, "And so did I. Tell me, what year did you graduate?"
The other guy answers, "Well, now, let's see, I graduated in 1944."
The first guy exclaims, "The Good Lord must be smiling down upon us! I can hardly believe our good luck at winding up in the same bar tonight. Can you believe it - I graduated from St. Mary's in 1944 my own self."
About this time, regular Kathleen O'Neil walks into the bar, sits, and orders a beer.
Brian McGuire, the bartender, walks over to Kathleen, shaking his head and mutters, "It's going to be a long night in here tonight!!!!"
Kathleen asks, "Why do you say that, Brian?"
"The Kelly twins are drunk again."
Monday, March 13, 2006
HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY
HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!!! HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR A FEW DAYS.. SORRY ABOUT THAT " OLD GRANDPA" WASN'T FEELING TO GOOD,,, MAN, THE WEATHER IS CRAZY 78 DEGREES HERE TODAY.
THE DAFFODILS ARE BLOOMING IN SOME PEOPLES YARDS, MINE ARE CLOSE TO IT..BUT, NOW THEY ARE SAYING ON FRIDAY IT MAY RAIN OR SNOW!!!! JUST WHAT WE NEED (LAUGHING)
WELL, GUYS AND GALS,, GUESS I'LL CALL IT A DAY. YOU ALL BE GOOD TO ONE ANOTHER,, DON'T FORGET TO GIVE THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE A BIG HUG! TAKE CARE,, GRANDPA,,,,
OH, AND CHECK OUT BOTH PAGES OF MY CARS, I THINK EVERY ONE THINKS THERE IS JUST ONE,,,NA, THERE ARE TWO,,CHECK THEM OUT, THANKS!!
THE DAFFODILS ARE BLOOMING IN SOME PEOPLES YARDS, MINE ARE CLOSE TO IT..BUT, NOW THEY ARE SAYING ON FRIDAY IT MAY RAIN OR SNOW!!!! JUST WHAT WE NEED (LAUGHING)
WELL, GUYS AND GALS,, GUESS I'LL CALL IT A DAY. YOU ALL BE GOOD TO ONE ANOTHER,, DON'T FORGET TO GIVE THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE A BIG HUG! TAKE CARE,, GRANDPA,,,,
OH, AND CHECK OUT BOTH PAGES OF MY CARS, I THINK EVERY ONE THINKS THERE IS JUST ONE,,,NA, THERE ARE TWO,,CHECK THEM OUT, THANKS!!
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
READ THIS AND LAUGH!!!
New Living Will Form
I, __________________________, being of sound mind and body, do not wish to be kept alive indefinitely by artificial means. Under no circumstances should my fate be put in the hands of pinhead politicians who couldn't pass ninth-grade biology if their lives depended on it or lawyers/doctors interested in simply running up the bills.If a reasonable amount of time passes and I fail to ask for at leastone of the following:
______a Bloody Mary,
______a Margarita
-----------a Scotch and soda
______a Martini_
_____a Vodka and Tonic
______a Steak
______Lobster or crab legs
______The remote control
______a Bowl of ice cream
______The sports page
______Chocolate
______Sex
it should be presumed that I am beyond all help
.When such a determination is reached, I hereby instruct my appointed person and attending physicians to pull the plug, reel in the tubes and call it a day.
At this point it is time to call the New Orleans Jazz Funeral Band to come do their thing at my funeral,
and ask all of my friends to raise their glasses to toast the good times we have had
.Signature: ___________________________Date: ___________________________
I also hear that in Ireland they have a Nursing Home with a Pub. The patients are happier and they have a lot more visitors. (Sounds like my kind of Nursing Home!)
I, __________________________, being of sound mind and body, do not wish to be kept alive indefinitely by artificial means. Under no circumstances should my fate be put in the hands of pinhead politicians who couldn't pass ninth-grade biology if their lives depended on it or lawyers/doctors interested in simply running up the bills.If a reasonable amount of time passes and I fail to ask for at leastone of the following:
______a Bloody Mary,
______a Margarita
-----------a Scotch and soda
______a Martini_
_____a Vodka and Tonic
______a Steak
______Lobster or crab legs
______The remote control
______a Bowl of ice cream
______The sports page
______Chocolate
______Sex
it should be presumed that I am beyond all help
.When such a determination is reached, I hereby instruct my appointed person and attending physicians to pull the plug, reel in the tubes and call it a day.
At this point it is time to call the New Orleans Jazz Funeral Band to come do their thing at my funeral,
and ask all of my friends to raise their glasses to toast the good times we have had
.Signature: ___________________________Date: ___________________________
I also hear that in Ireland they have a Nursing Home with a Pub. The patients are happier and they have a lot more visitors. (Sounds like my kind of Nursing Home!)
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
LOOK WHAT CAME TO VISIT !!
LOOK WHAT I SEEM SITTING ON MY BACK PORCH RAILING THIS AFTERNOON. CAN YOU BLEIVE IT,, I AM NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF HAWK IT IS, BUT IT IS SURE AROUND ALOT.SCARES THE HECK OUT OF THE BIRDS, WHO COME TO EAT ON MY BACK PORCH.. PH IT WILL BE BACK, AND I'LL BE WATCHING,,,, GRANDPA !!
Sunday, February 19, 2006
IFMY BODY WAS A CAR
> If my body were a car, this is the time I would be thinkingabout trading it in for a newer model.
I've got bumps and dents and scratches in my finish and my paint job is getting a little dull, but that's not the worst of it.>
My headlights are out of focus and it's especially hard to see things up close.>
My traction is not as graceful as it once was. I slip and slide and skid and bump into things even in the best of weather.>
My whitewalls are stained with varicose veins.> It takes me hours to reach my maximum speed.> My fuel rate burns inefficiently.>
But here's the worst of it --> almost every time I sneeze, cough or sputter.....either my radiator leaks>or my exhaust backfires! I received this in a email,, and thought GOD THIS IS ME (LAUGHING)
You better laugh or you might CUSS!! With this thought in mind I say,, Grandpas out of here!!
I've got bumps and dents and scratches in my finish and my paint job is getting a little dull, but that's not the worst of it.>
My headlights are out of focus and it's especially hard to see things up close.>
My traction is not as graceful as it once was. I slip and slide and skid and bump into things even in the best of weather.>
My whitewalls are stained with varicose veins.> It takes me hours to reach my maximum speed.> My fuel rate burns inefficiently.>
But here's the worst of it --> almost every time I sneeze, cough or sputter.....either my radiator leaks>or my exhaust backfires! I received this in a email,, and thought GOD THIS IS ME (LAUGHING)
You better laugh or you might CUSS!! With this thought in mind I say,, Grandpas out of here!!
Thursday, February 16, 2006
A "hi" to every one! whats with the "goofy" weather , today 50's and tomorrow going down to 30's for the week end???
I added some new cars tonight. One really pretty '60 Chevy conv, red..Boy were these beautiful looking cars. They were "girl catchers" if you remeber what I mean.
Summer at the shore riding with the top down,,, Lordy they were the "good old days" I wonder if kids today enjoy their cars as much as we did back in that time??
AH, yes just the remebering,,makes me smile!! I am a smiling Grandpa! LOL
I added some new cars tonight. One really pretty '60 Chevy conv, red..Boy were these beautiful looking cars. They were "girl catchers" if you remeber what I mean.
Summer at the shore riding with the top down,,, Lordy they were the "good old days" I wonder if kids today enjoy their cars as much as we did back in that time??
AH, yes just the remebering,,makes me smile!! I am a smiling Grandpa! LOL
Monday, February 13, 2006
BACK YARD SNOW !!
WELL, FOLKS, WE SURE DID GET THAT SNOW STORM,, THIS IS WHAT MY BACK YARD LOOKED LIKE, AND IT STILL DOES THIS MORNING,,, HOW ABOUT YOURS?
bUT, IT IS GOOD FOR THE GROUND TO GET SNOW, AND IT IS GOOD FOR THE KIDS. THEY GETOUT AND PLAY,EVEN WITH THEIR PARENTS. WHICH IS REALLY A GOOD THING,, WELL, GANG HAVE A GOOD ONE, GRAMPS IS GOING TO TAKE A NAP,, ALL THIS SNOW WATCHING HAS WORN ME OUT ha ha ...
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
I'm Back!!
Well, now how are you all, staying warm I hope. Darn this weather is something,, so warm now freezing your (you know what off) Ha! Ha !
Have you had a chance to check out any of the cars I have on here? If you are interested in them let me know.. I have a pretty good collection, and these are some I thought others would like. Some I have I would not part with , and some now are hard to find, so check them out.
When you look at some of these cars you wonder "what ever happened to FENDER SKIRTS " I always thought they made a car look great. But boy were they a mess when you had a flat tire. Especally if you were dress to go out on a date. Any one remember that??? But they were the "good old days" ?? well, take care and I'll be around, so come back and visit,, Grandpa.....
Have you had a chance to check out any of the cars I have on here? If you are interested in them let me know.. I have a pretty good collection, and these are some I thought others would like. Some I have I would not part with , and some now are hard to find, so check them out.
When you look at some of these cars you wonder "what ever happened to FENDER SKIRTS " I always thought they made a car look great. But boy were they a mess when you had a flat tire. Especally if you were dress to go out on a date. Any one remember that??? But they were the "good old days" ?? well, take care and I'll be around, so come back and visit,, Grandpa.....
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Grandpa's In Trouble!!
Hi, guess what Grandpas in BIG trouble!!! Ha HA!!
My wife of 45 years came in to see what I had put on here,,,oh oh
OLD GIRL! OLD GIRL!! She wanted to know who was an OLD GIRL???
So I asked how I should address her"OLD BAG"? "SEXY OLD GAL"?
Well, I did get a dirty look,, so now to keep peace,, we will not refer to GRANDMA
as any thing else but .....well I'll have to think about it !!
Got to have fun with her ! Ha Ha !!! Grandpa
My wife of 45 years came in to see what I had put on here,,,oh oh
OLD GIRL! OLD GIRL!! She wanted to know who was an OLD GIRL???
So I asked how I should address her"OLD BAG"? "SEXY OLD GAL"?
Well, I did get a dirty look,, so now to keep peace,, we will not refer to GRANDMA
as any thing else but .....well I'll have to think about it !!
Got to have fun with her ! Ha Ha !!! Grandpa
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
GOOD EVENING FRIENDS.........
WEL,, HELLO AGAIN!!! DID YOU CHECK OUT THE CARS??
THESE A JUST A FEW, I'LL ADD MORE LATER. I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING THESE FOR A FEW YEARS AND I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE LATEST ONES OUT.. LIKE THE 1950 FORD THEY HAVE JUST COME OUT WITH..
NOW GRANDMA,, NEVER KNEW THE DIFFERNCE BETWEEN THE 49 AND THE 50,,FORDS , HOW ABOUT YOU?? I HAD TO EXPLAIN IT TO THE "OLD GIRL"! YOU KNOW HOW THESE "OLD Girls " are???
WELL NOW, WE GOT THAT PROBLEM SLOVED... I GUESS I BETTER CALL IT A DAY, BUT YOU TAKE CARE NOW,, AND DON'T FORGET TO LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ,BUT PLEASE BE NICE TO AN OLD GUY LIKE MYSELF!!! GRAND PA
THESE A JUST A FEW, I'LL ADD MORE LATER. I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING THESE FOR A FEW YEARS AND I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE LATEST ONES OUT.. LIKE THE 1950 FORD THEY HAVE JUST COME OUT WITH..
NOW GRANDMA,, NEVER KNEW THE DIFFERNCE BETWEEN THE 49 AND THE 50,,FORDS , HOW ABOUT YOU?? I HAD TO EXPLAIN IT TO THE "OLD GIRL"! YOU KNOW HOW THESE "OLD Girls " are???
WELL NOW, WE GOT THAT PROBLEM SLOVED... I GUESS I BETTER CALL IT A DAY, BUT YOU TAKE CARE NOW,, AND DON'T FORGET TO LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ,BUT PLEASE BE NICE TO AN OLD GUY LIKE MYSELF!!! GRAND PA
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Good morning!!
Good morning!!! well it is always a good morning when we open our eyes!!!
This is a new place for me to have some fun,,,, we love the old cars,, and you will see some here,, so stop in a look see if you recognize any,,, let me know,, catch you later "" Grandpa''
This is a new place for me to have some fun,,,, we love the old cars,, and you will see some here,, so stop in a look see if you recognize any,,, let me know,, catch you later "" Grandpa''
Monday, January 30, 2006
Grandpa's Cars
Hey all this is my new page thought I would post some old cars to reminise about. They were the days when cars were cars. Muscle cars where cool.
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