A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....07-11-03...Welcome to "Les Verts Mont"

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[The Mayor]

[Mama_Bear]

Good morning, Mr. Mayor. Thanks for the coffee!

[Mama_Bear]

It's 6:00 AM here. Too early to be up. I think I will sneak back to bed for a little while.

I'll be back shortly.

[mhking]

How y'all are?

It's been a while, but I'm still lurking in the shadows....[g]

[.30Carbine]

You chose the right syrup, for sure, Mama_Bear! TigersEye and I just had French Toast:

Freihofer's Oat Nut bread...7 slices
Vermont farm-fresh eggs...5
Vermont farm-fresh (aka, "organic") milk...3/4 cup
Vanilla...2 teaspoons

Cooked and slathered in real Vermont butter, blanketed in the best maple syrup on earth! The nuts in the bread give it great texture and super added flavor.

[The Mayor]

Your welcome, on behalf of the Mayor...
He's off and running this morning -
I guess he's already had his first pot o' java.
Take care!

Mrs. Mayor

[.30Carbine]

Tiger and I were going to go camping but it finally decided to rain! We think instead we may visit the Hubbardton Battlefield. We've visited but never taken the walking tour of that Revolutionary War battlefield. Here's a synopsis:

In July of 1777, the American forces were retreating from the Battle at Fort Ticonderoga. Exhausted from the 23 mile march, they stopped to rest in Hubbardton, but British regiments were following them along the crude military road. The next morning of July 7th, 1777, the British came upon them and a battle ensued. From the British standpoint it was a victory, because they held the ground when the battle was over. But two-thirds of the American forces made it south to fight in the Battle of Bennington that August. Approximately 240 American soldiers were taken prisoner and another 100 lost their lives.

And a link:
Hubbardton Battlefield

[FreeTheHostages]

[FreeTheHostages]

You should see the Bennington battlefield too. Actually, every August 16th there's a reinactment in Bennington, VT.

[WVNan]

Lovely job MB. Vermont is a beautiful state for sure. I think the left-leaning politics of the state might originate from that motto. Freedom and unity don't mix. We conservatives know that freedom breeds independence and sometimes snippy neighbors. Freedom and "Tolerate as best we can" might be a better motto. LOL.

[.30Carbine]

Lt. Governor Brian Dubie is a Green Mountain Boy who flew missions over the site of the World Trade Center post 9-11. He was a professional pilot at the time he decided to run for office. He had previously served many years on his local school board. He is a wonderful Christian family man. After the divisiveness of the Dean years and the horror of Civil Unions, Brian's pledge to us has been to restore "Freedom AND Unity" to our state. As leader of the Senate he is the first Lt. Governor in my memory to bring the Legislative session to a timely close. I pray for him daily.

More information on this great leader here.

[Calpernia]

What a YUMMY post!

Goodmorning to all!

[Aquamarine]

Thanks for the beautiful tour through Vermont! Good job with the historical facts. I went through Vermont many years ago on the way back from Canada, it is a gorgeous State.

[Dubya]

Good morning. Another good thread.

[Dubya]

Tips for student pilots. From Dub.

1. Takeoffs are optional. Landings are mandatory.

2. If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull
the stick back, they get smaller.

3. Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is dangerous.

4. It's always better to be down here wishing you were up there than up
there wishing you were down here.

5. The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

6. The propeller is just a big fan in front of the plane used to keep
the pilot cool. When it stops, you can actually watch the pilot start
sweating.

7. When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No one has ever collided
with the sky.

8. A "good" landing is one from which you can walk away. A "great"
landing is one after which they can use the plane again.

9. Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to
make all of them yourself.

10. You know you've landed with the wheels up if it takes full power to
taxi to the ramp.

11. The probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle
of arrival. Large angle of arrival equals a small probability of
survival -- and vice versa.

12. Never let an airplane take you somewhere your brain didn't get to
five minutes earlier.

13. Stay out of clouds. The silver lining everyone keeps talking about
might be another airplane going in the opposite direction.

14. Reliable sources also report that mountains have been known to hide
out in clouds.

15. There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing.

Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

16. You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience.
The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of
luck.

17. Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed.

18. If all you can see out of the windscreen is ground that's going
round and round and all you can hear is commotion coming from the
passenger compartment, things are not at all as they should be.

19. In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminum going
hundreds of miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the
ground has yet to lose.

20. Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, experience
usually comes from bad judgment.

21. It's always a good idea to keep the pointy end going forward as
much as possible.

22. There are old pilots and there are bold pilots. There are,
however, no old, bold pilots.

23. Remember, gravity is not just a good idea. It's the law. And it's
not subject to repeal.

24. Always try to keep the number of landings you make equal to the
number of takeoffs you've made.

25. The three most useless things to a pilot are altitude above you,
runway behind you, and a tenth of a second ago.

And a bonus tip:

Helicopters can't fly; they're just so ugly the earth repels them.

[WVNan]

Good morning Free. I love Vermont. It's one of the prettiest states. But, I have to relate our Vermont experience back in the early 80s. The band booked a gig at a Holiday Inn in White River Junction for a two week run. Wow! Two whole weeks without having to drive 500 miles! The Inn owned a house where they stashed the bands, probably to keep them from trashing the inn. So, a house, a frig, two weeks. Time to go grocery shopping and stock up on all kinds of goodies to eat for those two weeks. Six band members me and the kid (son about 12, fiddle player). Things went pretty well for the first week. At the end of that week the manager of the club decided that we were not pulling enough crowd and canned our second week. One day to remove ourselves from the house. What to do with all that food in the frig for the second week? Eat it of course. One whole evening dedicated to consuming a week's worth of food. Gorging ourselves on pizza, bologna, cheese, ham, chips and pop. Groan......(p)To top off that experience, as we were driving through White River Junction with our trailer that advertized Lower Forty Grass, some pothead comes up to the window at a red light and says, "Hey man, want to sell some that grass?" Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

[.30Carbine]

One of the best day trips is a visit to the Coolidge Birthplace in Plymouth Notch. The site is the entire village as it existed during Calvin's lifetime...the store he helped his father run...the very bed he was born in is still there...the latern and Bible that were present when his dad, a Notary Public, swore him into office as our 30th President, August 3, 1923 at 2:47 a.m.