Cypress Sun

Incredible story! I find it hilarious that he painted the American "kill" on his plane.

They'll also outrun a human for a short distance (30' - 40').

Sale...on what? Brownell's doesn't have anything in stock anymore and hasn't for quite some time.

They were never, ever, that clean...never.

Really...which ones?

In my best Churchill writing... "We will throw them in the garbage, we will toss them from the pantry...WE WILL NEVER EAT BEETS".

Fried okra, breaded or not, when properly seasoned and cooked is pretty good. (Name your prefix) Gumbo has to have several pieces of okra in it just so everyone that eats it can say "You put that slimy **** in there"...."Damn, this is pretty good". Avocado belongs exclusively in Guacamole type dips. Green peas? Love those things, especially the Le Sueurs Peas. Mix then up with the mashed taters...mmm good.

Ah...it's Air Force One.

Does all the ice cream taste like Grey Poupon?

If you think that listening to it once was bad, the radio stations used to play the McKenzie version ad nauseum for years during the Christmas season. I had forgotten all about it (or maybe blocked it out) until Doc remembered it.

Ding, Ding, Ding. Folks, we have a WINNER!

I don't care one iota about diversity and think it's ridiculous to hire an employee based on race or sexual orientation rather than knowledge of the work involved and ability to perform the work. I've known too many people that got passed up for advancement of position and/or raises because of racial/diversity corporate quotas. If a grocery store handed me a survey concerning diversity at the store, that would be the last time I shopped at that store or stores if they owned more than one. I would damn sure let them know why also...in no uncertain terms. This wasn't Publix was it?

It happens about once every two or three years with the tv/sound bar in the master bedroom. For that reason, I keep them unplugged. I try not to think about that happening to the cooktop/oven. The cooktop is a dial type control but oven is touch control which I don't trust.

The power probably went out and came back on quickly with a surge (1 or 2 seconds max out). Sometimes that does strange things to electronics (and appliances) such as turn them on without anyone manually operating them. Most of the time, the power isn't out long enough to have to reset clocks or other programming so you never notice that the power was out.

Must have been the rich Corinthian Leather that helped them.

Christmas breakfast was as almost as big a deal as the Christmas dinner itself. Now I'm hungry again.

Bacon and eggs. Sausage and eggs, Ham and eggs. Meat and potatoes, no one ever says potatoes and meat. One exception to the rule is Dr. Seuss - Green Eggs and Ham by Sam I Am.

I can't remember if it was Hurricane Elena or a no name Low that came out of the Gulf in the Fall/Winter (after or before official hurricane season) but I replaced the receptacles in a house located on salt water that was flooded. It was owned by the original owner/builder of the house...a legit, multi-generational Floridian. Due to the number of dwellings that were flooded, I had worked on three or four same type replacements prior to his. He was the only one that wasn't in either a 'tizzy' or a 'snit' over the flooding. He was just sitting there on his front porch in a lawn chair. After a little conversation, he said "Just replace the ones below the watermark." I did. It wasn't a big house, maybe 800 sq. ft., so there were about 20 various devices to replace. When I finished up, I added up the bill, presented it to him and told him "Out of all the calls related to the storm, you are the only one that's been calm." He said "Son, when you live on the water...sooner or later, you live in the water."

I always check my tickets on a Florida Lotto scanner on the counter of the store that I buy my tickets at. The store owner has NEVER tried to cheat me. I check them because sometimes I didn't "read" them right and either won a larger prize or didn't win what I thought I did. There were several places around here that are now banned from selling Lotto tickets of any kind due to them cheating the customer's out of their winnings. Both places were owned by the same Sikh owners and clerks.

And I-75 in Georgia...just like they were for the last brood 34 years ago.

I wish it included plywood, chainsaws, water and the like...it doesn't. It does include the items below and some pet supplies. Still a good gesture to make people get somewhat prepared for what looks to be a busy hurricane season. Thanks for the post Linn Here’s what it includes: Self-powered lights of $40 or less. Portable self-powered radio, two-way radio or weather-band radio of $50 or less. A tarpaulin or other flexible waterproof sheeting with a sales price of $100 or less. An item normally sold as, or generally advertised as, a ground anchor system or tie-down kit with a sales price of $100 or less. A gas or diesel fuel tank with a sales price of $50 or less. A package of AA-cell, AAA-cell, C-cell, D-cell, 6-volt, or 9-volt batteries, excluding automobile and boat batteries, with a sales price of $50 or less. A nonelectric food storage cooler with a sales price of $60 or less. A portable generator used to provide light or communications or preserve food in the event of a power outage with a sales price of $3,000 or less. Reusable ice with a sales price of $20 or less. A portable power bank with a sales price of $60 or less. A smoke detector or smoke alarm with a sales price of $70 or less. A fire extinguisher with a sales price of $70 or less. A carbon monoxide detector with a sales price of $70 or less.

I wouldn't eat them either. Found out quickly that the family dog didn't like beets either.