Posted on 08/31/2012 6:01:02 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcjLvWCOgb0
Liza Jane - Vince Gill
No rain yet, but I ‘spect it’s coming. Still processing pears in my spare time and spending too much pow-wow with lawyers.
Did you ever see “Young Winston” from 1972 with Simon Ward in the title role?
Thanks, Luv, for spinning tunes for the troops. ((HUGS))
When it comes to portraying Churchill, nobody could ever top Albert Finney in “The Gathering Storm.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhM21NjyauM
ZZ Top - Going Down To Mexico
Thanks, Drumbo, for spinning tunes for the troops. ((HUGS))
Howdy, Kathy! (((hugs)))
I’m honored to do it! Thank YOU for all you do for them AND for us! :)
Timothy Spall took a shot at it in “The King’s Speech”.
08/30/2012 - IWO JIMA ASHES - U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Andrew Thomasson is splashed by water as he fulfills his promise and lays his grandfather's ashes to rest on Iwo Jima's Invasion Beach in Iwo Jima, Japan, Aug. 28, 2012. His grandfather, Petty Officer 2nd Class Oscar Thomasson, survived the battle even though his landing craft was destroyed en route to the island. Thomasson, 80, died Dec. 22, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Daniel Sanford
08/31/2012 - COMPETITION CHAT - U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deanie, talk with a U.S. Army veteran during an archery competition at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, Aug. 30, 2012. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
08/30/2012 - AL MASAAK ARTILLERY - U.S. Army soldiers load a 155 mm artillery shell into an M777 howitzer on Forward Operating Base Al Masaak in southern Afghanistan, Aug. 21, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Daniel F. Bohmer
08/23/2012 - FINAL FLIGHT -U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kyle M. Taylor scans for enemy activity while manning a .50-caliber machine gun during the final flight of a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter over Afghanistan's Helmand province, Aug. 16, 2012. Tyler, a crew chief, is assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. James Mercure
08/22/2012 - RETURNING HOME - Caroline Scott embraces her husband, Army Sgt. Jerry Scott, during a homecoming ceremony at Pope Army Airfield on Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 20, 2012. Scott, a paratrooper, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
08/23/2012 - FIRST TOUCH - Navy Petty Officer 1st Class John Hagenbrock holds his 7-week-old daughter for the first time after USS Louisiana's return from a strategic deterrent patrol in Bangor, Wash., Aug. 20, 2012. Hangenbrock is assigned to the ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early
My favorite line came at the end: “I’m Winston Bloody Churchill, and I’m free!”
Yes, three days off here as well. I figure one day to clean, one to shop & run errands then one to rest & have some fun. It's a trifecta!:)
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