Posted on 12/17/2004 8:04:44 PM PST by MoJo2001
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LOL! Yep, they are just a little bigger.
That's cruel!
Not much longer, at least, and you'll be able to enjoy the Canteen Tunes. :-)
yeah...
its because of the lack of bandwidth we have up here. I dont like it, but I understand there are other priorities....
Besides the Army firewall is always pretty ruthless when it comes to things like that...
How ya doin' this whatever-it-is-right-now over there, JJ? I'm not sure of the time difference.
Still finding reminders of Gandalf? :-)
That makes sense, but doesn't make it any easier to live with, I'd say.
I've heard from others over the years about the military's firewall. Ruthless is a good word for it. But it's necessarily so.
It's is evening 5:30 p.m. I will be stepping out shortly to get some dinner.
Found 2 more long white hairs today. :o)
Oh man, sorry about that. OK, 23 days then. We play tunes every day, but the Saturday Jukebox has LOTS of tunes. Is it 11:30am there? I think I am 12 hours behind you.
Okie dokie....got the time difference set in my mind now. It's 2:30 a.m. here.
You only found 2 hairs? You're doing good getting them cleared off your stuff. Cat hair - - the gift that keeps on and on and on giving. LOL!
Enjoy your supper!
Thanks. I will catch up with you later.
*HUGZ*
Enjoy supper.
off my e-mail...
Sending Old Men off to War.
If I could, I'd enlist today and help my country track down those responsible for killing thousands of innocent people in New York City and Washington, DC.
But, I'm over 50 now and the Armed Forces say I'm too old to track down terrorists. You can't be older than 35 to join the military. They've got the whole thing backwards. Instead of sending 18-year-olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join until you're at least 35.
For starters: Researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy. Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier.
If we can't kill the enemy we'll complain them into submission. "My back hurts!" "I'm hungry!" "Where's the remote control?" An 18-year-old hasn't had a legal beer yet and you shouldn't go to war until you're at least old enough to legally drink. An average old guy, on the other hand, has consumed 126,000 gallons of beer by the time he's 35 and a jaunt through the desert heat with a backpack and M-60 would do wonders for the old beer belly. An 18-year-old doesn't like to get up before 10 a.m. Old guys get up early (to pee).
If old guys are captured, we couldn't spill the beans because we'd probably forget where we put them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser.
Boot camp would actually be easier for old guys. We're used to getting screamed and yelled at and we actually like soft food. We've also developed a deep appreciation for guns and rifles. We like them almost better than naps.
They could lighten up on the obstacle course, however. I've been in combat and didn't see a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after training. I can hear the Drill Sergeant now, "Get down and give me...er...one." And the running part is kind of a waste of energy. I've never seen anyone outrun a bullet.
An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to shave, to actually carry on a conversation, to wear pants without the top of the butt crack showing and the boxer shorts sticking out, to learn that a pierced tongue catches food particles, and that a 200-watt speaker in the back seat of a Honda Accord can rupture an eardrum. All great reasons to keep our sons at home and to learn a little more about life before sending them off to a possible death. Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten cowards who attacked our hearts on September 11. The last thing the enemy would want to see right now is a couple of million old farts with attitudes.
Great story. Thanks, MEG, for the link.
Good early morning, ladies:
Great tunes, MoJo!
I thought I was the only Cheiftains fan at the FReep.
The Dixieland and Brian Setzer are as good as ever.
Even Larry The Cable Guy... Outstanding!
Jack.
That's a cool site! Thanks for the link, Kathy!
Bookmarked.
Good Morning, Kathy and Mojo!
Ya know what? The only thing wrong with sleeping on the keyboard is missing all the good Canteen times on Friday nights!
While I got ya here,Kat, do you know how to get keyboard impressions off my forehead and the bridge of my nose?
Is this the 'mark of the beast' I was raised up hearing about? Dang you Al Gore!
GeeMonetta, I gotta be at my Mama's at noon tomorrow and she'll freak to see me like this. I really don't need my 84 year old Mama hyperventilating and getting her blood pressure out of whack! Then my sisters will all be jumping on me like, "What'd you do to Mama?"
Sheesh!
LOL! If I was trying, I'd never get one!
Hw are ya this evening/morning, Fawnn?
Tired. I think I'm about to head to bed early. I really should unload the dishwasher on my way through the kitchen, but I don't think that's going to get done tonight. ;)
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