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Forty Rod SASS 3935

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  1. And my son-in-law would take personal offense at that. That makes a quorum and you're officially asked to leave the room.
  2. I take a vast amount of personal offense at that.
  3. When stationed at Iwakuni, Japan my Lieutenant found I'd been a school teacher and recruited me to help him teach a conversational English class every Friday at Peace Park in Hiroshima. We used comic books, magazines, newspapers, product labels, anything with English written on it. We had the students read it out loud and if they hit a snag we stopped and helped them out. Around thirty students from 16 to 94 were enrolled and we had as many as a dozen volunteers, and a few as five, instructors. After each class we went around Hiroshima and surrounding areas and saw sights that most Americans would never believe existed.....and always insisted on speaking English when we could.. If someone got stuck we'd ask another student to help them out and if that failed one of the instructors would step in. Great experience and we were successful most of the time.
  4. The first rule in a gunfight, according to my dad, is to have a gun. His second rule was know your gun intimately and completely.
  5. Know this: honest gun owners will be blamed and punished for this!
  6. I buy full, half, and quarter sheets all the time. Just have to look carefully at what's on the shelf. My complaint is sizes. I live alone and almost everything comes in large, family, gigantic, and humongous sizes. Some doesn't keep well, almost none fits my tiny little pantry closet, and I throw away lot because I just don't want to keep it around any more.
  7. I was reading a report of the Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi's assassination and it reported he was shot with a "seven bore" pistol. I thought it may be a different caliber in British jargon, but can find no reference of such a thing.
  8. My "birth certificate" got me through 79 years of government and civilian jobs, security clearances up to and including Top Secret, and number of background checks for jobs, etc. I wanted a "Real ID" Driver's License with a little gold star (even though I will never knowingly get on an airplane again) that requires a copy of a birth certificate, and was told that my "birth certificate" was NOT a real birth certificate at all, but a document that told me that the State of Oregon, where I was born, had a real one on file in Portland....not even in the state's capital of Salem. I called and the nice lady asked me questions and said it might take a while, maybe a month or so, because these older certs were still on microfiche and hadn't been added to the computer data base yet. I sent a check for the copy and five more just in case I ever needed them, and settled in to wait. Cost me about $40.00. I got them ten days later and decided I didn't want a Real ID after all. A friend pointed out to me that I had done in less that two weeks what Barak Obama couldn't do in two terms as President with all his resources: locate and produce a real live Certificate of Birth. I still may frame them together with an explanation just for bragging rights. Oh, yeah. Both Mom and dad had to sign the original confirming that they were my parents and were legally married. WHEEEE! Proof positive that I am NOT the bastard that so many people have called me over the years
  9. and they would have to look around at the world as it is, not as some idiot made it to fit a game.
  10. y only problems have been with USPS. I get everyone's mail with a house number like mine regardless of the street name. Complaints are useless. They leave my mailbox door open, sometimes don't pick up outgoing mail when the flag is up, and have refused to deliver to my box (one of three) because there is a dog in the yard and they never get out of the truck to put the mail in the box. I have had, but no longer since I raised particular hell, my gun magazines absolutely destroyed by the carrier.
  11. The Native American Nations of The United States of America have awarded what is called the Warrior Medal of Valor to active duty or honorably discharged veterans for several years. I received one five years ago and they are still doing these ceremonies as of last Saturday. I'm told that they have added an award for spouses now, but haven't been able to confirm that yet. If you are interested contact your local VFW, American Legion, Marine Corps League or other Veteran's group for information. If you are local to Prescott Valley, AZ or the surrounding area, you can contact me by message right here. I'll get you to the right people. You don't have to join any of the groups, (but expect to be facing some attempts to recruit you . Check them out and make your own decisions), but you do have to show proof of your service. I used my VA card, but a DD-214, some handicapped documents or some driver's licenses will suffice. (but It's a simple ceremony, probably in some language you don't understand (with some English translations thrown in), some sage smudge burning, some prayers, and a song or two. It's a fun and somewhat moving service and you'll meet some wonderful people.
  12. I've never tried a Pop Tart. Maybe it's time I did.
  13. I'M NOT DEMANDING A DAMNED THING! I'm stating an opinion. I have a right to do that and you have a right to your opinion, too, no matter how stupid I think it is. And I will point out that YOU are the one demanding something from any one in this conversation, from "our citizens and leaders", so maybe I am expected to agree with you and your high and mighty comments. I didn't post this to start a fight but if that's what you want.....! I don't try to palm muself off as an authority. That seems to be your intent.
  14. 'Tain't funny. It's sadly quite accurate and very reasonable.
  15. 1966 I was stationed on Okinawa. I was walking back to the barracks one evening and took a short cut across a baseball diamond where I found a Imperial Diamond Edge three bladed stainless steel pocket knife with artificial stag scales. I posted a couple of notices int the clubs and PX around the base. No one every came forward to claim it. About five years ago I broke the longest blade and it took me a month to find an exact replacement for it. I still have the one I found but I carry the replacement everywhere I go. I also carry two Kershaw pocket knives and a side lever switch blade (Sorry. "Automatic" knife!) most of the time. I have also been known to carry one or more of several belt knives. Never know when I might want to cut a piece of sting,
  16. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisable with liberty and justice for all. The words are right but the tempo is wrong and is very annoying. It was broken down in short bursts to teach children the Pledge and most of them never did it any other way. No one, or very few people, talk that way. How about doing it this way, like my parents taught us: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one nation under God, with liberty and justice for all. This will express feeling and sincerety and stop being just a sing-song memorized children's chant. And I swear that one of these times when I see a man not removing his hat when a flag goes by, during the playing or singing of National Anthem, or during the expression of the Pledge of Allegiance I'm going to slap the hat right off his head.
  17. And for the love of God, sing it the way it's written. I am offended no end by some of the frills and yodeling that gets added most of the time.
  18. My across the street neighbor died about two years ago. His name was Howie Rocks (professional name...real name was Howard Sheldon). Professional musician of some fame. Any relation?
  19. I use Amazon a lot and I think your estimate is low. I don't watch many of their videos (get most of mine from the local library network) and once in awhile they charge only what a particular supplier charges for shipping. That charge is always from a foreign source. Having an Amazon hub warehouse four miles from my house has seen me get a lot of next day deliveries. Not often but often enough I see no reason to order things for other sources....like Walmart, Home Depot, etc.... who take from three or four days and more to get a shipment from Phoenix, which is only ninety miles from here.
  20. Well, ain't that just wonderfully politically correct of them. I haven't wasted a nickel on Disney in years.
  21. Universal Cinema Classic DVD. Came out in 1943, but I just got it yesterday, Never heard of it before and it's an early BD gift from a friend Lots of big name stars, based on the true story of nurses during WWII from before Pearl Harbor until they were sent home after Bataan and Corregidore, and after MacArthur went to Australia. I recommend it as one of the best unknown movies I've ever seen. I'll watch it again later on.
  22. I need something like that about as much as I need a case of mumps.
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