Posted on 09/26/2007 2:33:29 PM PDT by Fudd Fan
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I’m going to wait to sell before making an offer - depending on how things go, I might just pay cash for the house and wait for the Perfect Job rather than “settle”.
Mold is good for my wallet! They’ve had two deals flip, they think because of this. People down there are taking a bath selling houses at a loss - sounds like this owner is trying to take the hard line and not throw any more cash into it.
Which will be reflected in my offer.
Mark is now on live at www.sirius.com on Patriot 144 after Hannity.
Quack Fuddy,
This was posted earlier on FR
A reminder of the Americans who did not receive the honor they deserved.
Paddle-out a tribute to troops killed Vietnam ( Cardiff man org Sunday in Oceanside)
San Diego North County TIMES ^ | Sep. 08, 2007
ENCINITAS — In Jerry Anderson’s mind, Sunday’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial Paddle-out in Oceanside is all about remembering.
Exactly who and what participants will remember will be up to the individual, but Anderson said Tuesday he hopes many, many people will gather to recognize the sacrifices of 58,164 American troops who died in the unpopular war.
“We need to have a paddle-out, a remembrance of the men and women who died in Vietnam,” Anderson said. “It’s a traditional, Hawaiian way of remembering people who died. The paddle-out creates closure for people.”
In 1970, Anderson completed one combat tour as a grunt with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, stationed outside of Da Nang.
During Sunday’s gathering at the Oceanside Municipal Pier, he said he would devote his thoughts to Art Councill, a Marine and boyhood pal from Hawthorne, and to Rodney Todd, a Marine and close friend who suffered serious injuries in Vietnam and died from them 15 years later.
He said he also would reflect on Marines from his unit who were killed in action.
Everyday civilians can participate join in a remembrance of friends and colleagues.
Anderson said one man told him he felt guilty about avoiding the draft and would paddle on Sunday as a kind of catharsis.
Contacted by telephone Tuesday, Mark Fitzgerald of Carlsbad said he would paddle in memory of a father he never knew.
A helicopter pilot, 1st Lt. Mark Joseph Fitzgerald Sr., died when his son was 6 months old and his wife was 21, the younger Fitzgerald said.
Now 35, he said that more than ever — as their country is at war — Americans must recognize sacrifices by the troops.
“It’s not something you shake,” Fitzgerald said. “I was affected and have spent a lifetime trying to understand what’s going on.”
Anderson, who owns a graphic design firm in Cardiff, will add to that understanding Sunday by displaying 4-by-8-foot panels he has produced bearing images from the combat zone. He took some of the images; others are from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Museum Historical Society.
Thirteen of the 33 panels will bear the names of Americans who died in the Vietnam War.
The installation will fill the Oceanside Municipal Bandshell, just south of the pier, at 300 N. Pacific Street, where the event begins at 11:30 a.m. The paddle-out ceremony starts at 1 p.m.
Anderson said he chose Sunday for the event simply because the venue was available that day and not because Sept. 30 is a historically significant date for the war.
Participants are asked to pay $50 to register; the fee is $15 for children ages 6 to 14. The price includes lunch. Others can come for free to mingle and view the photo display.
Proceeds will benefit the following charities: Fisher House, Freedom Is Not Free, Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Museum Historical Society, Nice Guys of San Diego Victory Fund and San Diego Veterans Memorial Association.
Ceremonies will include a 21-gun salute, Marine Corps Color Guard and speeches by Medal of Honor recipients and other speakers. County Supervisor Bill Horn, a retired Marine, is scheduled to deliver an official proclamation. Anderson said he’s also trying to arrange a helicopter flyover.
He said he hopes “closet veterans” — the ones who lock away their feelings — will join in Sunday’s fellowship. Anderson became tearful as he considered their distress.
“The problem is the closet vets, and there’s a lot of them,” he said. “It’s an opportunity for them to participate.”
— Contact staff writer Adam Kaye at (760) 901-4074 or akaye@nctimes.com.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Paddle-out
When: 11:30 a.m. Sunday
Where: Oceanside Municipal Bandshell and Pier, 300 N. Pacific St
That explains yesterday’s subdued excitement about “new stations”.
Might hafta look into satellite now. How many conservative channels does Sirius carry?
Well, hope it works out well for ya.
If I had mold in the house, I’d rather either sell it and buy another or tear it down and start again. I wouldn’t want one trace of mold around. NOT ONE! But that’s just me.
Mr.FF is super-allergic to all molds. I am not but it’s still extremely unhealthy.
Thanks, I will add that to the daily ping posts.
Check out one of Clint Jr's tackles from last week's game on their brand new, literally brand new...they finished it that morning, field.
In, hoping TGO talks about this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902631/posts?q=1&;page=51
Could be the start of something big over there.
That paddle-out sounds great!! I never heard of that before.
This evening’s local ABC news had a piece about President Bush’s visit to a NYC school today (P.S. 76 in the Bronx). One of the kids they featured said [paraphrasing] “I saw him coming in the classroom and I got chills. I was so nervous! He shook my hand and I felt like SOMEbody!” It made my day.
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=our_schools&id=5675740
uh-oh...
“Charred martyrs”?
Patriot 144 Has Bill Bennett, Mike Church, Andrew Wilkow, Hannity, Levin, Reagan
FoxNews Talk 145 Brian and the Judge, John Gibson, Spencer Hughs, Hannity&Colmes, Bill O’Reilly, Greta, Cavuto.
woo hoo - jews doing the job american’s won’t (as long as democrats wield power)
Goodspeed to their brave warriors and may they be blessed to have His hand of protection shielding them from the barbarians
Sure was, 4 missiles have a tendency to do that.
Stupid Kid.
MISTRIAL FOR FREAKAZOID!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298090,00.html
And why do they look like the Barbie aisle at Toys-R-Us?
Things could be popping there soon.
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