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Tuesday 11 Mar 2008
Great American Comeback’s
When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the
Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire
building by George Bush. He answered by saying, ‘Over the years, the United States
has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom
beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return
is enough to bury those that did not return. It became very quiet in the room.
is enough to bury those that did not return. It became very quiet in the room.
At a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American engineers. During a break one of the French engineers came back into the room saying ‘Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?’ A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: ‘Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck… We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?’
Once again, dead silence.
Once again, dead silence.
A U.S Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from
the U..S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navy. At a cocktail reception, he
found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their
drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, ‘whereas Europeans
learn many languages, Americans learn only English.’ He then asked, ‘Why
drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, ‘whereas Europeans
learn many languages, Americans learn only English.’ He then asked, ‘Why
is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than
speaking French?’ Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied ‘Maybe it’s
because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you
wouldn’t have to speak German!’
You could have heard a pin drop…
speaking French?’ Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied ‘Maybe it’s
because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you
wouldn’t have to speak German!’
You could have heard a pin drop…
And this story fits right in with the above
A group of Americans, retired teachers, recently went to France on a tour.
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.
“You have been to France before, monsieur?” The customs officer asked sarcastically. Mr.. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.”Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.”The American said, “The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.” “Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in France !” The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained. “Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D- Day in ‘44 to help liberate this country, I couldn’t find any damn Frenchmen to show it to.”
WE MAY NOT BE PERFECT, BUT WE’VE GIVEN MORE TO THE WORLD
THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY AND MORE THAN ANYONE HAS GIVEN US.
Tuesday 11 Mar 2008
REDNECK Barbecue Art
This guy gets inspired to paint while eating BBQ ribs. He is really good and you have to check this out.
Tuesday 11 Mar 2008
Bear Rescued from Bridge
This bridge is on the Old Donner Pass Highway. It has a spectacular view of Donner Lake and Donner Pass on Route 80.
A bear was walking across Rainbow Bridge ( Old Hwy 40 at Donner Summit,
Truckee) on Saturday when two cars also crossing the bridge scared
the bear into jumping over the edge of the bridge. Somehow the bear caught the
ledge and was able to pull itself to safety. Authorities decided that nothing
could be done to help Saturday night so they returned Sunday morning to find the bear sound asleep on the ledge.
After securing a net under the bridge the bear was tranquilized, fell
into the net, lowered, then woke up and walked out of the net.
Monday 11 Feb 2008
Valentine’s Day - Love between a Moose and Bison Statue
when you’re in love, you’re in love
We need to tell you that there was some damage to the statue of the American Bison located in the Colorado Rockies .
The attacker could not be dissuaded, and kept up his assault for eight hours.The incident even caused a traffic situation - gawkers!
We need to tell you that there was some damage to the statue of the American Bison located in the Colorado Rockies .
The attacker could not be dissuaded, and kept up his assault for eight hours.The incident even caused a traffic situation - gawkers!
The damage consisted of:
1) The loss of about two inches from the left horn.
2) Hoof scratches on the side of the Bison.
3) Some chips in the right rear hoof.
4) Blood stains behind the Bison. The statue was also moved eight inches forward.
Attempts to center the statue on the pedestal were made.
Go Bullwinkle
Saturday 09 Feb 2008
Berkeley to Marines: You’re ‘not welcome in our city’Story Highlights
Being a former U S hard charging Marine this title caught my eye…. It is from CNN and here is the link to it. Yes, I know our country is a wonderful place because all sides get to express themselves. BUT ! to even suggest that a branch of our military is not welcome in a town is ludicrous. Buzzerkeley has pulled some crazy things in their time. But that was before my time… I do love the fat lesbians sign though… check it out! Our first general order should have something to do with Buzzerkeley. Contact your congressman, they get $2 million dollars of our money each year and yet when our young troops are putting their lives on the line for them they pull this shit. Some people are alive only because it is against the Law to kill them.
Tuesday 29 Jan 2008
Oldham Brothers GIT-R-Done on the water and ice
This is my old Marine Corps buddy Danny Oldham and his brother Dennis with some big Hooiser Bluegill they caught ice fishing. As you can see they used a familar item to show the size and length of the fish. Some people have been known to use a tape measure for this purpose; but leave it to the Oldham’s to use a Bud bottle. They may be looking for sponsorship money for the JON Boat they used to win The US Tobbaco Bass Fishing Tournament so Bud or Busch needs to take a hard look at them. Although these boys would settle for free beer in lieu of money I am sure, so it will be a serious negotiation if you call them. I also heard from a little bird that the ice fishing was cut short by a DNR official letting them know their cousin no longer owned the pond they were fishing on….. I would have loved to have had that conversation taped. I am sure Danny had an out of state fishing license as he lives in Tennesee and thought he was fishing on a family pond 
These fish were released after the photo op. Thus the look on Danny’s face as he gives them CPR if they need it to revive them. Great job fella’s!
Wednesday 23 Jan 2008
This 8 point buck is 12 yards away
Bow Hunting from the ground has it’s challenges, doing it from a wheel chair adds a little more of a challenge to it. This last bow season brought me several chance’s at bucks; but they were not the buck I was looking for this year. I had some very successful hunts though, like this one with this 8 pointer in the picture. To scout and find the deer sign and the perfect stand placement is to me one of the most fullfilling things about deer hunting for me. You take a 5,000 acre woods like I hunt and then narrow that down to the place to sit and observe deer within 20 yards of you is just awesome. This stand is a funnel point where three ridges drop off and empty into a creek bottom. There are several rubs and a couple of scrapes here along the side of the main ridge. Those logs have washed down due to a heavy rain at some point. It is very thick during bow season before the frosts have arrived so the deer will be very close for a bow shot. Chances are like that you will see deer within yards of you like this one and no shot will be available. Yes , you can find places for a stand that offer 50 or 75 yard shots but that is not where the deer are at so what good is all that open really doing you? Another thing is that you always have to be alert and watching and listening to the woods. A deer does not have flashing lights or sirens on it to make sure you see him. Allot of people go hunting I know and have deer pass close to them and they never had a clue it was there. Look at this buck in the picture and I bet it takes you a minute or so to see him. What perfect camo? He is exactly 12 yards away and yet if you do not know what to look for you will never see him. You rarely see a whole deer where I hunt. You must look for a ear, a nose, a white patch of hair or their eyes. A leg moving where there should be no movement or just the noise of the buck’s footsteps. I am not naive enough to even begin to think I see all of the deer that pass by my stand, but I know by concentrating as much as I can and looking for all of the clues I greatly improve my chances. The buck is top right about three inches left of the right hand side of the screen in case you can’t see him. Not a shooter for me, but it was great to watch him make rubs and browse along that trail.
Tuesday 22 Jan 2008
Snow brings up December morel Mushrooms!
This may have happened somewhere before but I had not heard of it. These two white morel honeycomb mushrooms came up after our first snow this December. Mushroom hunting is such a big deal here the local paper came and photographed it and ran a story on it. If you have had this happen before of know of it then please comment and let us know. Here is the picture of them as ran in the Salem, IN Leader Newspaper.
Wednesday 02 Jan 2008
Jim Zimmer and one of his 2007 buck’s
I have known Jim for too many years now. Time has flown by it seems to me. Jim and his brother Ron as well as his son Russ hunt with me each fall. There are no better people to share a hunting camp with or a deer stand with. This year again all fo the Zimmer’s harvested trophy bucks. This is one of Jim’s deer. Congrats Jim!
Wednesday 02 Jan 2008
Chet Handle harvests a beautiful Virginia Buck
My friend Michelle Mcphereson’s Dad harvested this buck in Virginia in the Nov 2007 deer season. Congrats on the buck Chet. This was a good buck for the area and will make for some great eating.
