Yes, I'm laughing! Knock it off at this time of night...I'll never be able to get to sleep...

That's great Joe. I know how releaved you must feel. What ever that thing was I had was different, it grew like wildfire, the Doc said that was one of the characteristics and made it a cynch on his diagnois. They sent it out to the lab anyways and it came back clean.

I'm too old for this, and it's much too late...

(Marine battery in Camp Fallujah)

Good Morning! ...I found a photo of Marine's Alarm Clock.

I saw a photo like this a couple of years ago, must have been some really high speed film to catch the projectile in flight.

I was stationed at a place called Camp Horno at one of my stops at Pendleton. It was underneath the flight path of shells for the artillery range. Hearing a shell whispering to you in transit is something you'll never forget the sound of.

Good morning everyone!
(or what ever 'tis where ever you is, eh?)

See we blew right by #1100 and're still goin' strong. Kudos to amy!

After finishin' our Girl Scout function last night was just too pooped to sign online, eh? We held our annual "Thinking Day" celebration for all the troops here in the lower Blackstone Valley to celebrate the 94th anniversary of the founding of Girl Scouts in America by Juliette Gordon Low. Times've sure changed!


Notice how our leader uniforms've changed a bit since the days of Juliette Low's time too?
'Course y'all realize that when folks finally realize 'tis just the old P&O terminals (warehouses and associated pier facilities) in these ports and not the ports themselves people'll realize that the news media did it to us again, eh? Methinks the heat's off Chicken Little on this one, there be plenty others out there yellin' the sky's fallin' to look like fools. Worked for the administration too, if the Bosun hadn't kept postin' stuff here to remind you methinks y'all woulda forgot all 'bout the VP huntin' lawyers in Texas without the proper stamp on his license.Mistep by someone, or maybe a new trend developin', eh?And me, bein' a good boy, ain't and won't go do and Socratic stuff to contaminate his sand box, eh? Besides, I'm still feelin' wiped, maybe from last night or maybe from this cold that's just hangin' on and on and on.

Well, here's hopin' the weathers good where ever y'all are at. Enjoy the day, be safe, stay well, get your fingers nimbled up for chattin' and remember to play nice!

You mean we actually see eye to eye on this one? Friggin amazin'

Yeah, I always heard that people would pay to hunt lawyers...

(but be nice Doc, my daughter's a lawyer...)

You do Socratic Method without even thinking about it- you're a natural. Itssa good thang, ya know.

Excuses, excuses!

Mid-70's here, not a cloud in the sky. Heavy rain to start on Tuesday- but we're about 7" behind so no regrets

I'd be guessin' you'd be the one that needs a haircut.

joe e

Duz this meen that we are almost at the end of our rope???

Need two, with nooses...

nope that his land line to osama

http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=8a954c15...deo_viralvideos

Actually methinks there's more'n you realize, or I'll admit to. I just gotta thing 'bout sayin' what you mean and meanin' what you say or someone should tweak you on it, eh? Methinks after a while folks recognize when I'm playin' devil's advocate.

Bein' concise makes it easy to be understood, imprecise leads to misunderstandin' and disagreement. 'Tis somethin' probably left over from my service days ('specially when General Chapman was my boss), but it don't stop folks from mistatin' or misrepresentin' what you say.By golly I do, don't I............

Actually I'm lettin' it grow for another few months, and then my Scouts get to shave it at our picnic. They always look forward to it, and have lotsa fun doin' it.

'Twould seem we're on our way to #1200, eh? Whose turn this time?

The Inheritance

When Dan found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly
Father died, he decided he needed a woman to enjoy it with.

So one evening he went to a singles bar where he spotted the most
beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath
away.

"I may look like just an ordinary man," he said as he walked up to
her, "but in just a week or two, my father will die, and I'll inherit
20 million dollars." Impressed, the woman went home with him that
evening and, three days later, she became his stepmother.

Women are so much smarter than men. (Don't let this go to your heads, ladies...)

Winston and Doc

I disagree with you substantially on the port issue. I wont have time to discuss at work so consider this more of an issue vote on my part than a debate

Unless Doc you saying that it is a tempest in a teapot because the American public has no attention span for issues? If that's what you mean, most all issues are tempests in teapots and I may agree with you.

What I don't get is why there are no Americans who can do this job ? But that's for another thread, I guess.


Okay, joe- you got me on your jokes ! Good thing I did not see them until this afternoon or I'd have been up all night laughing with Amy.

QUOTE

Women are so much smarter than men.

We knew this.


Vet: don't have the right software to view your link.

Okay, Doc has posted his photo in our house for all to see, so 'tis time for me to do the same.

This is the Bear and me after one of our daily runs/walks. We are doing a nightly ritual called Bear stand on dad time. The Bear is the one on top... joe e

Bein' a tempest in a tea pot's only part of what I think, but methinks I probably shouldn'ta even mentioned it here, eh?

Even though I try to steer clear of Cafe threads (IMHO if folks wanted to have serious discussions on them subjects they'd have 'em in the appropriate forum) 'twould seem I couldn't resist gettin' involved in one already today. That bein' the case methinks pissin' folks off in another won't hurt too bad. Let's do it there.
That ain't such a hot picture of me. Methinks it makes me look prettier'n I really am, covers up a bunch of scars and only shows two of my chins, eh?

Thanks for the hint on who's who, eh? Methinks I'd never've figured you for the more youthful lookin' one.

A youthful mid sixties...

Brookie, I think that's what we're both saying- although I certainly do not pretend to be putting words in Doc's mouth (as if anyone could). It will still be run by P&O. P&O will become a subsidiary of DPW just like Chrysler is a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar is a subsidiary of Ford. I guess that's what makes it so funny for me: of all the things in the world for his own Party to trash him with, they chose the most legitimate things he's done since January 20, 2001. But in my book, anything that throws egg on the Chimp is toward the good...

And Doc, you're right about the press: they got it wrong for all the right reasons!

I figure it has to be above 1,000th of a second, maybe 1/2000
and you have to have a bright day for it. The gas discharge and
the shell in flight...I was impressed...as an amateur photog.

The sound? If it's constant it can be very disconcerting...if
you rely on it for fire support to bail your OD green a*s*s
out - it sounds like a symphony of Western Democracy.

I remember well the love of firebase support...it was the finger
of God when your sh*t was in the wind as a company or batallion
when an enemy regiment moved up. The whistle of God's wrath.
Forward observers were gold ...them and radio operators were
those who were protected more than officers in my small world.

An update on my last letter to Senator McCain (Retiree Medical Care).

I received a very disappointing letter from the good senator yesterday. Seemed to be a boilerplate letter about TRICARE, and how hard he worked to give us TRICARE-FOR-LIFE; and didn't address my concerns about the proposed increase to annual fees.

To me, he just proved himself to be another politician...

joe e

Good night all... joe e

The pharmacist walks into the store to find a guy leaning heavily against a wall.

He asks the clerk "What's with that guy over there by the wall?"

The clerk responds: "Well, he came in here this morning to get something for his cough. I couldn't find the cough syrup, so I gave him an entire bottle of laxative."

The pharmacist yells: "You idiot! You can't treat a cough with a laxative!"

The clerk responds: "Of course you can. Look at him, he's afraid to cough."

Good Night....


I love your jokes!

Methinks, if folks read what you posted here, you've really covered all the bases 'cept one, and my druthers is to go back there than participate in the silliness goin' on in this thread in the Cafe. Definitely don't wanna do any more on it here, eh?



Seems maybe I managed to get involved in another one there in the Cafe anyway. I really gotta do better on that.

Have fun in chat tonight!

I don't know which thread you're referring to, but I know one of them has inspired me to do some more research in this Book.....

Doc said," Kudos to amy!" Thanks for the congrats...

(can you tell which one is me?) Yes, I can...do I get a prize? Hey Doc, you've got a great smile, kind of has an "impish" quality to it... like your uniform, too...but not as much as the smile..

Well, it's time for me to sign off here...

Good Night, to all..

Good morning everyone!
(or what ever 'tis where ever you is, eh?)

Y'all have a good time in chat last night? I saw the crowd was gatherin' when I checked durin' a Galactica commercial break.Actually was supposed to be a frown, but methinks twas defective and not workin' right that night, eh? One of my Scouts is dystrophic and snapped that with her digital camera when I went to pick her up to carry her out to the van while her mother brought her wheel chair out. Caught me unaware I guess, eh?

We ain't picked on the Army much here, methinks their time has come:



Giving sad news to a troop

The Captain called the Sergeant in. "Sarge, I just got a telegram that Private Jones' mother died yesterday. Better go tell him and send him in to see me."

So the Sergeant calls for his morning formation and lines up all the troops. "Listen up, men," says the Sergeant. "Johnson, report to the mess hall for KP. Smith, report to Personnel to sign some papers. The rest of you men report to the Motor Pool for maintenance. Oh by the way, Jones, your mother died, report to the commander."

Later that day the Captain called the Sergeant into his office. "Hey, Sarge, that was a pretty cold way to inform Jones his mother died. Couldn't you be a bit more tactful, next time?"

"Yes, sir," answered the Sarge.

A few months later, the Captain called the Sergeant in again with, "Sarge, I just got a telegram that Private McGrath's mother died. You'd better go tell him and send him in to see me. This time be more tactful."

So the Sergeant calls for his morning formation. "Ok, men, fall in and listen up." "Everybody with a mother, take two steps forward." "Not so fast, McGrath!"

Well, here's hopin' the weather's good where ever y'all are at and nobody's parade gets rained on. Enjoy the day, stay safe, be well and remember to play nice!

Doc...that was my drill instructor!

BTW it's raining here...and should continue
all day...but tomorrow, and for the next week the
forecast is:

Motorcycle Weather!

Yup ! Mighty fine. Topics included trifectas, freezes, temperatures, and oligarchies- not necessarily in that order. The west coasters were still going strong when I left at 2am Eastern time and it was a nice, diverse crowd with some new faces.


:mardi-gras: Glad to hear the weather in NOLA is going to be improving ! :mardi-gras:

Pie, aren't you forgetting a few things? 3somes. Freeze. 'Good Neocons' is not necessarily an oxymoron.

And, if Noonan is around, needa ask: did your daughter's fever break this morning?

Last nite was one of the most fun chats ever, agree?

EDIT: Oops, just noticed you'd already included Amy's nickname... ... my bad! and I don't remember any conversationd about betting horse races- or is that alluding to something else?

She's fine this morning, she fell asleep around the time I checked out. She, mom and grandma are getting ready to head to Disney on Ice as I type. Just me and the boy and the dog today.

Glad to hear it, noon- and have a great day batchin' it!

So sorry, Sandra. Hopefully the weather will lift soon and the fun can start again. MrPie remarked that he never got over to Mardi Gras when in college- it always rained...
not sure how good his memory is, though. At any rate, here's to better weather

Very good to hear that DaughterNoonan is feeling much better and off to see the skating. Kids are incredibly resilient ! Hope the noonan boys have a great day, too. Hey, noonan- you could use that rice cooker.

"Oops" is right, ws. I thought I was finely evasive in my description of chat.
'Twas one of the better chats - wide range of members and subjects. And poopop did not multitask too much, either.

MrPie is planning to hit the road again. He got b-ball tickets to the Duke-FSU game in Tally, so he wants to do the trailer bit again. If I go, I will be without computer from Tuesday until Saturday. Buddy and I are in a dilemma as to whether we want to go or not....

Off to see what's happening on the board today ...

Good day all... You all like my new-and-improved, and youthful-GLOW avitar? joe e

I find it profounding disturbing, and really funny!

HEY! How was Arlo?

I've raised him right, he'd prefer frozen pizza to rice or anything else I need to cook. Although, he helped with the French Toast this morning. Convince him that something can be done by dinosaurs, trucks, or trains, or that it's a Dirty Job and he'll help - not bad for 3

kentucky26 lsu24

You'd better
straighten up
joe e!

This is straightened up as I can get, IH...

Here is a beautiful avatar just for the taking. All I ask is that you move it to your own photobucket album... Enjoy, joe e

Love your new avatar Joe because it's so twisted sick; looks like a very young James Dean, don't it?

Sorry that I missed Friday chat last night here, the week before was a lot of fun!
Which reminds me that I have to send Michael my money so I can continue to be a member for another year.

KT

Wonderful to see KT checkin' in, eh? Who're we still missin'?

Today was the day to pick up our troop's cookies, sort 'em out and distribute 'em. Went reasonably smooth, but methinks 'twas one of them days that make me glad 'tis the kids and not the parents I deal with. Good, good, good, good! No jokes?Too bad you couldn'ta had our beautiful weather, eh? All we had was a little snow and wind, but it did get up to almost 30F! Tonight'll be nice too methinks, and it don't look like we'll get below 5F.Is he a Willie Nelson fan?

I just know you'n the wolf're really lookin' forward to it, eh? Tell 'im no more trailer trips unless you get your own laptop and see what happens, methinks, though 'tis probably dirty pool, it might work.

I still got my first laptop, a COMPAQ that probably didn't weigh no more'n maybe 40 pounds. Not sure why, but never got another one for me.

So who, who, who's gonna get #1200?