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Posted on 08/04/2003 9:43:18 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
LOL. Now, the Gaffer would've liked that one.
Can't wait to see it!!
Have figured out that the blasted smilie page I reference is the thing that keeps locking the computer up.
Hair, will it be too much Texas to send Frodo to me? I mean, I am of the opinion one can NEVER have too much Texas, but thats just my bias talking.
The Autobahn? YIKES!!
Whoops Rosie! I thought you were in the Army. I didn't realize you were in the AF. ;^)
I've seen kids like that on dirt bikes. I'd sooner give them a loaded M-60.
My dad was no fool, and figured God would have a little less work to do if he raised his own kids properly. That showed in his approach to teaching firearms safety.
I was about five years old when he'd take me for a short trip through the fields of my grandparents' farm for pheasant hunting. He took two pumpkins from the field, and put them on fence posts. He blasted it to mush with his old Remington autoloader.
Then he helped me hold the gun, and aim it at the second pumpkin. I got to squeeze the trigger, and see the instant pie-filling. He then said, "your head, or someone else's, would look the same way, although the brains would be grayish and bloody, and not orange." Then he had me clean up the mess, and dump it in the ditch.
He had very effective methods of getting the important stuff taught right, the first time.
Down here in MA too, Rosie! I've had the A/C on the last few days, not necessarily for the cooling, but just to remove the humidity. At the least, if the air were MOVING it would feel cooler!
No air conditioning here at work. No windows in my office. No moving air.
But thunderstorms are heading this way. I imagine it'll cool down quickly when those start to hit.
I'm a believer.
Many years ago I read a Sci Fi book in which the Free Republic of Texas was the last stronghold of freedom in a world overtaken by nasty aliens. I never understood the bravado or the swagger of Texans, so I really never got into the book.
When Dubya was once asked what the difference between him and his father was, he looked shocked and replied, "I'm a Texan" in that wonderful droll tone of his.
After watching Dubya these short years, I'm beginning to understand what "I'm a Texan" means. I suspect that many of our enemy are beginning to understand, too.
Myranda! If you're lurking! Watch out for flying underwear!
Under pants play havoc on autobahn
July 23, 2003Berlin - An unusual flying object caused an accident on one of Germany's notoriously speedy autobahns.
According to police, a pair of flying underpants landed on a driver's face and blocked his view on a highway.
A police spokesperson in the central town of Gotha said one of a group of naked men in a van threw the underwear into a Volkswagen Passat as they passed it on a busy stretch of the highway.
"The underpants landed on the driver's face, causing him to ram the truck ahead from behind," the spokesperson said.
He did not know why the men were driving along naked.
No one was hurt in the crash, but police are trying to track down the owner of the underpants for failing to stop at the scene. - Reuters
Some things are best left unknown.
Since you showed up on a third day in a row, perhaps it is time to tell you how crazy we are! I wanted you to see the first Hobbit Hole Webcam event. When and ~if~ Corin shows up on the pier, I will grab screen caps and save them so it is acceptable if you are at ~ahem~ work, and can't monitor all morning.
This is all stemming from our "Adventures of Flat Frodo" project. Earlier in the year Ruthy sent me a cardboard Frodo standee, and I love him dearly, but one day probably after too much drinking, we came up with this idea that it would be fun to take Frodo places and photograph him in surprising settings. Of course, that led to sending him all over the country to different HH dwellers, and with ecurbh's help.... We have the website where we keep the journal.
The Hobbit Hole : There And Back Again, The adventures of Flat Frodo
My favorite shot to date:
Corin has him now and came up with the idea of getting some shots with the webcam.
(anyone else watching who can also save some images - this would be a help and a failsafe backup just in case I screw up!)
I also find it amusing that a lot of British like to sneer at the wild cowboy ways of Bush, but they are totally fascinated by Texans. Just watch "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and listen to Chris Rhea's song "Going to Texas." Was told by a native Brit that Chris Rhea had never been to Texas, yet the song is written in such a way as to make you think he knew it like the back of his hand.
We're homeschoolers as well, so let me know if you have questions or need encouragement. Overcoming family resistence was perhaps the single biggest hurdle. But our 3 boys, I'm proud to say, have never seen the inside of a school classroom.
I'd enjoy an M&C thread, although likely wouldn't have time to post regularly as I'm up to my eyeballs in work between my job and launching my freelance writing and editing business.
Speaking of which, wish me luck on my next article. I've been asked to right a cover story on Christian faith and marriage for a national Orthodox Christian magazine. I got the assignment on Friday and need to have my first page and outline done by tomorrow. Eek! :-)
I sure as heck wouldn't ask!
LOL
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