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  1. JB

    O.K.?

    Who can tell me, without Googling it, where the expression, O.K. came from?
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    December 7, 1941

    64 years ago today I sat by our family radio with my family and listened to news reports of thousands of Americans dying at Pearl Harbor.<br /><br />51 years ago today I stood on a platform built over the hull of the USS Arizona. My companion and guide had been there, in the tower on NAS Ford...
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    Senior moment?

    Well, no. I wasn't actually boating or fishing, but I was thinking about fishing. Doesn't that count?<br /><br />Time to eat something. So I got out a bowl of venison stew and popped it in the MW. While waiting for the buzzer I started thinking about my fishpond and the need to catch some...
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    The rest of the story

    On this past Wednesday, CNN gave 10 seconds to: "Another convoy ambush in Afghanistan. Four US soldiers injured."<br /><br />Airman Charles Neilsen, Jr. (USAF Special Forces)was driving a Hummer in that convoy. His vehicle was hit by an RPG at high speed and crashed, rolling several times and...
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    Actors

    It is often hard to seperate a performer from the character played. The more skilled the performer, the harder it gets.<br /><br />Most of my life I believed that H. Bogart was the most skilled actor I had seen.<br /><br />Now I have studied another one that is magic at conveying the character's...
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    Happy Birthday, Mattttt!

    Almost missed it. Big three oh, huh?<br /><br />You are now officially in mid-youth. :)
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    Ladyfish, BD Tub Toy: Where are you?

    Haven't seen any activity from either of our two lady friends lately.<br /><br />Really glad Bassy is still around, but where are the others? :confused:
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    GAS!

    Yesterday the US natural gas production went up by some fraction of a percent.<br /><br />The well on the property adjascent to The Hideout "came in".<br /><br />The next well will be on The Hideout.<br /><br />I may get to own another Boston Whaler before I croak after all. :)
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    Help me find this cosy.

    I drink one or two beers a day. I like them cold.<br /><br />Sometimes it is a Heini in the "keg" can, sometimes a Heini light (long neck), a Heini in a bottle and sometimes a Becks.<br /><br />None of the cosys I have found fit all of them. My grandson brought me one when he came to visit. It...
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    My fellow veterans. . .

    I thank you, my children thank you, my grandchildren thank you and my greatgrandson thanks you for your service to protect and preserve Liberty all over the world.<br />
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    Natural disasters.

    In the past 12 months we have had a tsunami in the southwest Pacific and southeast Asia, several hurricanes in Central America and the US Gulf states, earthquakes in Asia, several tornados in central USA, and other natural disasters in other parts of the world. Hundreds of thousands, if not...
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    Don't feel like I expected to.

    I haven't thought of a birthday as a big deal since I turned 21. This is different.<br /><br />I can't explain what I thought I would feel like, but I do know this isn't it.<br /><br />Old? Well, my body is certainly deteriorating. . . .eyes and ears don't work well anymore and I haven't the...
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    How to (HAHAHA) train your man (BWAAAAAAhahaha) to behave.(Heeeehehehehee).

    Just saw this on CNN.<br /><br />There is a show on BBC teaching women how to "train" men to behave as they wish.<br /><br />They teach women how to behave so their men will treat them as they wish to be treated. They compare it to dog training.<br /><br />The women then behave as a woman should...
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    Philosophy 101

    Truth is.
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    Say, Brit friends. What does PROMS mean?

    Watched a replay of the final 2004 concert last night. Very impressed.<br /><br />PROMS appears to be an acronym. What does it mean?
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    So you think you had a bad night?

    My twice-a-month houskeeper told me this story about another one of her clients and swears it is true.<br /><br />Let's call this young couple John and Marsha.<br /><br />On this night John, who sleeps bare, got up to go to the bathroom.<br /><br />The family cat follows him. She spies his...
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    Historical documentaries. Written by Hollywood?

    Noticed a few simple but important errors recently. As a student of WWII in the Pacific and of US Naval Aviation they really annoyed me.<br /><br />The errors appeared deliberate attempts to heighten the drama of the stories. That is what Hollywood writers always do to history.<br /><br />In a...
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    RATZAKRATZA!! ROWRBAZZLE!! (rant)

    I have one of those big leather recliners with the engineer's nighmare mechanism underneath.<br /><br />Last week, POW!. One of the two springs that "balance" the back snapped.<br /><br />Dug it out of the innards and took it to NAPA, where I found one pretty close. A little time with the big...
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    Facts of life, '40s style.

    Friday and Saturday were date nights.<br /><br />$.25 worth of gas was enough for a double date.<br /><br />You went to the girl's door to pick her up. Lot's of "Yessir and Yesmaam" were required or you left alone.<br /><br />$1.00 per carload got 10 of us into the drive-in.<br />Billy Walker...
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    It's 100 degrees out there, but. . . .

    My tiny friends have left for Mexico.<br /><br />Last week there were about 100 hummers clouding around my feeders. They have been a source of endless entertainment all summer, sucking up about 25lb of sugar.<br /><br />My winter resident flocks of finches wont be here for another month. They...
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