Posted on 10/26/2001 4:29:08 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society
I want to put in a plug for Billies USO Canteen thread. I just went there and not only are there lots of neat graphics, there is a note from Snow Bunny that she has sent the url to BOB HOPE and he is lurking!! Also many USO groups are giving Free Republic's address on their bulletin boards.
ANd, Billie has hooked up some great old songs that one can play! I am currently listening to "I'll Be Seeing You." Stop by and visit if any of you have time.
He still has his "Blasting Handbook" from college. One of my FAVORITE old books! Ha!
I would like a heavy magnification of the top of the dust plume. I think The Evil One is indeed there.
If only!
President Bush signed the anti-terrorism bill and gave a short speech. It was very strong, and very serious. He appeared to link the anthrax to the 9/11 events. Cheney was there and Tony Snow said he had been a driving force in getting this through Congress.
And speaking of Manchester, TN, kachina, that's where he lives. And that's where I may live some day. My mom told me about another house that is for sale there. Not quite the bargain basement price that other one was, but it's bigger and probably more suited for our family. When my niece's husband is well, I'll ask him for input on the rental market as we'd need to rent it out for a while.
b4 - I doubt very much whether the Yankees need my support to win yet another World Championship.:^).
Chairman - Understand your wish for a break and getaway.
The first 2 weekends in Nov, I should be okay to at least start the threads, if you would like.
Then, for Thanksgiving time, ditto.
In between is my surgery which will put me out of commission for a few days....
If you decide to build a house.......I know somebody that can get the foundation dug.......quick!
"I also want to do it because the Mayor and the President have told me that this is the way to go, and what, who am I to argue with that? Let's listen to the bosses, for one. Let's show some respect. I think the day it happened I heard someone say, 'Well, we got this knucklehead for a President.' I said, ‘Okay, listen to me, stop there. Yesterday he might have been a knucklehead. Today he's not. Listen to me, he's your President. Get with it.' And you know, I'm not normally that political, but I think that you've got to do that in these circumstances. You certainly don't want the Indians fighting the Indians. I mean, people have got to rally. So I'm doing it and if one or two people might think it's cynical, so what? You know, I don't care. I'm doing it for reasons I know are good reasons. And it will help people."Alright, alright, not the greatest pro-Bush quote, but I like the fact that he did defend him and urged others to get behind him.
LOL!
Sorry, Yank, I don't have a clue. He just said it was in Manchester. He's got some great stories about learning to do this. It is VERY precise and not just a matter of shoving some ANFO down a hole and making it blow up.
Shortly after Guy (his name) started there, one of the old-timers miscalculated, and blew a rock of about 20 tons up in the air where it promptly landed on another workers pick-up truck! Fortunately, no one was in it at the time.
Guy has become so skilled at it that now many of the quarries around central Tenn. request that he design and execute the job. I've seen some videos of some pretty amazing things he's done with explosives.
Found your December essay fascinating.
And it's not only the Chinese who've failed to come to terms with the country's past.
How about America's leftists??
And a friend of mine, liberal & confused to the core, the daughter of Chinese missionaries, she was a girl there in the 20s and into the 30s when they were forced to return here.
She justifies the killings, and the forced abortions, family control, on the need to prevent over-population!!
I am now the absolute most upset, more upset than I could have ever conceived humanly possible.
My favorite Chinese food takeout place - the last one in the neighborhood of the office - closed!
Ugh! What am I to do?
Guess it's Subway!
Sushi. There is a great place on K street.
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