Forty Rod SASS 3935

What is a great knife sharpener brand. I see tons with all sorts of promises, but no warranty or negative customers comments. Don't need a razor sharpness. I prefer a chef's sharpness Don't want any stones, ceramic sticks, or other such. I already have all of those I can use but none do a really great job. I'd like to keep the price under $100.00 if possible. What say you all? Thanks. 4T

Why can the Navy shoot down drones and I can't? That's a form of elder abuse. (I use that line a lot.)

Take one into a Burger King and try to spend it. They'll call the cops. I had them call the police because I had a two dollar bill and they thought it was a counterfeit. The officer said it was a real bill and they still wouldn't take it, but I got my meal for free.

Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Venison.

Don't give Alpo a job until he learns how to spell JOB!

A-10 is a magnificent machine and does some things that sooper dooper fast fighters just can't

Too fast, too big, too complicated. Need something slower and more maneuverable, small enough to be agile, but big enough to haul a lot of ammo, and as simple as possible. Something that can get right in the middle of a fray and start delivering scatter hell at relatively close range.

Oooops! Can someone move that to the Dragon ship site?

WELL NOW, I'LL JUST BET THAT SPOILED HIS DA Y.

About 48s into the video there are "North Vietnam" soldiers in shell boats. Really? I didn't know the NVA, VC, and their ilk had BARs, and M-1 Garands. I first saw Spooky (I never heard them called Puff until almost a year later) in action my fifth night in 'Nam. Charley had fired a bunch of rockets at us and Spooky came down from Nha Trang. I'm not easily impressed but that night had me being VERY impressed. They had two planes, one behind the other by about five minutes, each emptying their guns onto that little rock. They flew in a circle until they shot up all their ammo.....and they had a boxcar full of ammo. Turned out the VC had set up a bunch of really primitive launchers in an overhang on an island a mile off shore a fired them with timers. They were gone by the time the rockets went off and no one was hurt...on either side. Damage was slight, a few vehicles parked outside a motor pool were destroyed and and the top brass at the depot HQ lost their latrine. Side note: you don't want to be around a bunch of brass when they get off their feed and timing. It makes them irritable. We went out to look at the place the fire had come from. Imagine a 3/4 acre island plated from every angle with lead and cupronickel jacketing. NOTHING could have survived that. NOTHING! Even the inside of the overhang had been hit by ricochets. Yay, SPOOKY!

I only have about a dozen DVDs....and a Library Card which gives me access to over a thousand libraries across the country...public, school and college, a few private parties, etc.... and a total of a about hundred thousand titles, maybe more. The card comes with a staff of people to help me navigate the whole shebang. I'm waiting for the whole collection of Charlie Chan movies, a bunch of old westerns, a few comedies (The Great Race, Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines, Convoy, etc.) Some I watch from stem to stern, some I watch for a few minutes and take them back. I have The Incredibles and Monsters Inc. in the queue right now. Just sent The Tic back and the last version of that idiot French inspector.

Take it back and make them either show you how to charge it or give you new one.

Christmas has never been my favorite holiday and since my wife passed away over eight years ago I haven't done much to celebrate it. It was her holiday (and most of her days were holidays. She just loved life.) My only decorations are a 1950 something O gauge wind up train on the mantel with Santa, Grumpy, a snowman, elves, a grinch, and some cars full of miniature gift packages and one car with small glass tree globes. I have three stockings hung out for decorations. Daughter and son-in-law are way across the country from me in Flat Rock, NC and still recovering from the hurricane damage in their area. They will be here in mid-February for a few days. They call once a week though. My son and his wonderful wife are in Las Vegas and don't travel much. Can't drive at night and some other problems. They're going to try to get here at the same time that his sister will be here. My son seldom calls but his wife checks in frequently. My grandson also lives in Vegas and is working full time, going to school to become a radiologist, caring for his invalid mother (son's first wife), and trying to do all that and take care of his girl friend as well. He's not heard from very often. Just busy with his own life and he's a good kid so I don't mind. I do hope he can get free to come up when the rest are here. Having a Christmas breakfast with some friends, then the dog and I will spend a day much like any other except I expect visitors throughout the day (I have lots of friends out here. Turned down several invites for dinner. They have families of their own and things to do so I won't interrupt any that for a second) and eating stuff all day long. Gonna blow my hard earned loss of weight all to hell. I'll get back to it later. Got a pile of old movies on DVDs. Got some turkey (don't like turkey much but will bow to tradition a few times a year Have smashed taters and some good rich gravy, corn bread, candied bacon (never tried it before but my neighbor says it's really good), pickled beets, sauteed in butter mushrooms, popcorn, sweet corn "burned" in butter and pepper, peach pie with ice cream, and other goodies. We have egg nod, Christmas candy (I'm going to try making divinity for the hundredth time.) peach pie, sarsaparilla, coffee, and all kinds of fattening stuff and about 60 hours of DVDs to keep us busy. Doesn't sound like much, but I don't need much either, and it'll do. I'm warm, fed, well clothed (even though I've lost a lot of weight and much of doesn't fit, loved, and happy.....and a dog who is my best friend..... and we live in central Arizona. I've had a lot worse over the years. Who can ask for more? Y'all have a great Christmas. I sure will. By the way, my kids bought me a 10 inch super duper electric "chop saw". 45 degrees to either side, 45 degrees side ways tilt, up to 8" boards up the three inches thick, laser aiming light, dust collector (I doubt it will work any better than a dozen before). I may go out and ruin some lumber by making chips and saw dust for awhile. Tom

Damnit Bertha, I'll get to it when I get to it. Stop bugging me.

I don't really like coffee but I drink several cups a day with three spoons full of sugar. in each one. The coffee makes it easier to get sugar into my system.

One of my nephews married a Scottish lassie. For the first six or seven years we'd go up to Utah to visit and he'd translate for us. Now some 25 years later she speaks American better than he does.....unless she gets riled up and then the brogue comes back in spades.

Depends on where you are. I can't understand people from Scotland, some Englishmen, Aussies, and folks from the Ozarks, Appalachians, NYC, and Los Angeles now.

I had a 1968 (?) Corvair Corsa 140T that had only two faults: 1. I was living in northern Utah and the heater was nowhere close to being adequate in the winters there. A guy named Yenko had worked on the suspension and tuned the turbocharger. I addition to being a beautiful little coupe (a factory version of candy apple red with black and white interior) the little bugger was very fast and handled beyond anything else I had ever owned. 2: the interior was small and cramped, not a great car for a family of four, a dog, and a week's worth of groceries.

I discovered this about two years ago. It is now on my desk waiting for a suitable frame and a space on my wall.

I gave California the bird 10 years ago when we moved to Arizona.

Cracker barrel has a few dozen different old time candy bars and a place in Prescott has even more. Big Hunk, Idaho Spud, Merry Cherry, Black Jack gum and a whole herd more. Both places also sell old timey soda pop. I get all my sarsaparilla from Cracker Barrel.

That's the one. The one in the picture I saw way back when was a dark cherry red that just popped out and told me I needed to get one. I never even saw a real one.

That ain't a couple, that's a triple.

Found a 1968 Holden HK GTS Monaro that is very close to my memory.