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g'mornin' all... finally have a chance to sit down at the computer, but not fer long... gotta a VA appointment at thefort this mornin'...

teachin' the welding class went great... gas and MIG welding... I enjoyed the young men and the personality of the classes... made me think of young Marines... these guys were hard werkin' tough young men, who mostly came from less than stellar homes... I'm used to that...

Had a chance to to talk about Jesus to a couple of the guys when one young man mentioned he'd seen The Passion... they had no clue what it was about... I spelled it out fer them in about 10 minutes... I could see the gears turnin' in their heads... then one said "my dad says Christianity is for the weak." I immediately drilled him in the solar plexus, doubling him over and asked "do I look like a weakling to you?"... he gasped out "no sir" as he fell to his knees... then I helped him up, clapped him on the back and growled at him to get back to work...

btw, we field-dayed theshop... I doubt the teacher will recognize it this mornin'...

btw, did you know there's a FReeper here in Lebanon? Goes by hexpoppy... mrsnad met her yesterday to sell her some eggses... very nice lady...

osage, didn't get to the Post Office yesterday, will do so tuhday...

winmag: continued prayers that the PO didn't do somethin stoopid and can locate theknives...

I immediately drilled him in the solar plexus, doubling him over and asked "do I look like a weakling to you?"... he gasped out "no sir" as he fell to his knees... then I helped him up, clapped him on the back and growled at him to get back to work...

Oh gosh...did you really do this? LOL!

Good luck with the VA appointment!

Nice to hear there are other FReepers in the area! Margaret is trying to convince some of us to move down there. Not really seriously, I don't think...but she was quite smitten with thegirl. Wants to give her fiddle lessons. ;-)

then one said "my dad says Christianity is for the weak."

Usually spoken by one of those folks who also say, "the world is made up of wolves and sheep." I've got news for him: there are sheepdogs mixed in among the sheep. Some help the shepherd herd the flock, some go looking for wolves to kill, while other breeds hang around and wait for wolves.

My personal style is the Ralph-the-sheepdog (from the Roadrunner cartoons) approach. Just lay back under a shady tree, take it easy, and then nail the wolf just as he thinks he's about to make a big kill. Broke his watch and everything.