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Re: Now the actors....................what are we going to do...
Gone are the days of only having 3 networks and only getting a very few broadcast stations. Funny that back then there was usually something worth watching. Now, I skim through a ton of channels and find absolutely nothing worth watching except the reruns of those old 3 network shows. Bob
Meet Rosie and Meatloaf
My son asked for a Maine * kitten for his birthday. So, I went on the hunt and found a local reputable breeder. While going through the process my husband decided he wanted one as well. So, here they are! Rosie comes up during the day while my son is at work….kitten play dates are the best. They are not brother and sister….she is two weeks older than our male. He has 6 toes on each foot. She is fearless and just might breathe fire one day…..he is a total Poo Bear.
Now the actors....................what are we going to do...
The Actors guild voted to strike along with the writers. Great news now maybe they will stop making stupid movies.
Re: D-Day
Ages ago, in the old Royal Drive In in Greenville, Texas, I used to have coffee with some D-Day vets. Old guys. Unassuming. Humble. They never bragged about their exploits. Often they appeared to be deep in thought. When asked about June 6, 1944, all they would acknowledge was, "I was there."
They are gone now, may they rest in peace.
Re: D-Day
I've mentioned before on here that Dad landed, I think it was day three, with a Thompson with one loaded mag. When he questioned this, he was told he could get more on the beach. Little did he know that it was meant he could scrounge from fallen brothers in arms. He, like a lot of others, never spoke much about it and when asked he acknowledged being there and changed the subject. It truly was the greatest generation and will probably never be equaled. Bob
Re: D-Day
I’ve heard the expressions, the longest day and day of days. These expressions could only come from people that witnessed the horror on such a large scale on that day. The debt they paid in are behalf, so that we may live a free life, I pry will never be forgotten.
Re: D-Day
...they were truly, the "greatest generation"...Dad landed on Utah Beach, June 6...quite the adventure for a farm boy from Pickton, Texas...he made it into France, Belgium, Germany...shot twice and frozen feet in the Ardennes...as a 12 year old I would pester him for "war stories"...he shared very little since he had been a sniper and it had been really personal for him, several years later I completely understood...too long a story to go into but I have a German Bayonet & a rosary a German sniper gave him as he was dying as my Dad held him...RIP to all the good men who didn't make it back and God bless the few who are still with us...
Re: Manwiches -
Just to be clear, I do not put beans in my Manwiches.
(That would just be wrong.) 🤔
Problems with the phone joke.....
For you younger guys, almost all homes had landline phones...
An elderly woman called the phone company to report that her telephone failed to ring when her friends called - and that on the few occasions when it did ring, her pet dog always moaned right before the phone rang.
The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see thispsychic dog or senile elderly lady. He climbed a nearby telephone pole, hooked in his test set, and dialed the subscriber's house. The phone didn't ring right away, but then the dog moaned loudly and the telephone began to ring.
Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman found:
1. The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire via a steel
chain and collar.
2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose.
3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the phone
number was called.
4. After a couple of such jolts, the dog would start moaning and then
urinate on himself and the ground.
5. The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus causing the phone
to ring.
Which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pi$$ing and
moaning.
I see you smiling.