The Late Night Review

[ka2008]

Thanks Stone.
I'll try to contact some of the people on their vendor's list and see if they're
interested. Can't hurt and just might be a really big help. I appreciate you folks
helping me out here. Can't thank y'all enough.


That's what friends are for nuny~ ...friends and fellow Americans ;)

Also if you need anything done down here in California that I can help you with... let me know~

[Wookinstien]

This is normally the part where wookie or NKT start breaking out all their pirate pix...

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/puppy-13.jpg

[Mr. M]

Don't really have the cash left for that sort of thing.
Right now it's just getting started and I'm simply sort
of passing the word as best I can.
I've got some in some of the local shops and watering holes
in my state, but so far only one guy that's out of state.
I only officially started up as a company on May 7th, so I
think it's moving along fairly well.
As more of them move I'll start building an advertising budget.
We basically did this out of our back pockets.
No real financing to speak of.
The only thing I did was to put up my bike for collateral for
a line of credit. Other than that, it's been back pocket all the way.

One thing the internet has been useful for...inexpensive access to mass markets. It let's "homespun" ideas have a place in the sun without having to burn through the life savings of you and your extended family to find out if an idea can succeed.

The downside is that it has generated a trend called "the long tail." Which means you spend very little but give away a lot for a long time...until it goes viral. Or at least finds a market niche.

Still, it offers one the opportunity to take acceptable risks. In another era, ideas like yours either got no advertising, or were sold cheaply to someone with the wherewithal to produce them. A bit of patience and some confidence in the idea might pay off well. And if doesn't...

at least you haven't spent the baby's whiskey money.

[nunyadb]

Yes that is unfortunate about the perception people have of the South... but don't worry about it ..its them that have the true problem.

Well you know ............Harley Davidson, Xyience and a host of other companies use a woman to sell the merchandise...
Just a thought... you know?

But you may not want to go that route with a woman selling it ..
Just present it from a mans point of view and that would work too :)

LOL, you have no idea.......ROFL......
Did you see the gal with the flourescent green shirt on
in the background of the video ?
That's my wife.
I don't really want a hundred thousand horny bikers
hunting up pictures of her on the internet.
I do hope you understand....*grin*

[ka2008]

Are you guys talking about the obama force ..is that the CDF?..Because that is what I thought it meant..

[StoneScratcher]

Thanks Stone.
I'll try to contact some of the people on their vendor's list and see if they're
interested. Can't hurt and just might be a really big help. I appreciate you folks
helping me out here. Can't thank y'all enough.

Also, (snow/water) skiing and snowmobiles too:

Look at the right under "Top Categories" (It won't let me put that link up).

http://skiing.addresses.com/yellow-pages/category:Ski+and+Skiing/location:laconia,NH/listings.html

[ka2008]

LOL, you have no idea.......ROFL......
Did you see the gal with the flourescent green shirt on
in the background of the video ?
That's my wife.
I don't really want a hundred thousand horny bikers
hunting up pictures of her on the internet.
I do hope you understand....*grin*


shoot I missed that post ..where is that link? .. lol
I didn't see it~

[Mr. M]

Startups are always slow K.
I honestly don't expect this thing to take off for
about a year.
We've been in business for about 3 full months and
have moved about 350 of them or so.
The only reason I brought it up here is because I wanted
to know from people I trust whether or not these things
would be marketable in the northern colder areas of the
country for other things than just mc's and atv's.
Right now, figuring out "how" to market them is the
tough part. After people see them, they pretty much
sell themselves if they're presented properly.
I do need to do a better youtube commercial though.
That one makes us look like dumb redneck hicks.
While that is true enough, it's not really the business
impression you want to leave someone with when they
first see your product demonstrated.
If you know what I mean......LOL
We just convinced everyone out there that their preconceived
notions of southerners was dead on accurate.
Funny, but not very professional.......ah well, we do what we
can.

lol...

You can skip my entire post about "long tails," n.

It sounds like you've thoroughly thought this out.

[Mr. M]

I found Chippy however, so the Kumbyya Army is still intact...
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/Chippytheattackgopher-1.jpg

He's back.


And he ain't happy.

[ka2008]

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/puppy-13.jpg


Oh My God........ROTF.............that is the funniest thing!!~

[nunyadb]

One thing the internet has been useful for...inexpensive access to mass markets. It let's "homespun" ideas have a place in the sun without having to burn through the life savings of you and your extended family to find out if an idea can succeed.

The downside is that it has generated a trend called "the long tail." Which means you spend very little but give away a lot for a long time...until it goes viral. Or at least finds a market niche.

Still, it offers one the opportunity to take acceptable risks. In another era, ideas like yours either got no advertising, or were sold cheaply to someone with the wherewithal to produce them. A bit of patience and some confidence in the idea might pay off well. And if doesn't...

at least you haven't spent the baby's whiskey money.

That's pretty much our thinking on this M.
If we're patient, it can't lose.
The biggest cost was the lawyers and getting the patent filed.
Now that that's done, we simply go slowly, take our time,
get the word out the best that we can and let nature take
it's course.
It's a winner, but people need to know it's out there.
After that, I can retire from the oil patch and never have
to get out on the water again if I don't want to.
At least, that's the plan......
If it doesn't happen, then I simply pay the bank note,
we keep it small and sell to whoever comes along and
make some small additional income while helping out
people with a useful product.
Either way, we win.
I kind of like that.

[StoneScratcher]

The sun is up and alive for Stone and nuny~ .....
My sun rise is behind the Sierra Nevada Mountains....that I will see in about 2 hours :)

Lucky you, it must be beautiful! Yes, here, the sun is up, but it is being clouded over by giant mosquitos the size of copters! We've had endless rain, and now we're in a heatwave, and all those bugs are hungry!

I'm off to walk my moose-dogs. I should buy a saddle so I can have them walk me, lol, it's like walking two meese, (I know, it is "moose"). But I do endearingly call them my "meese".

Have a great day everyone (rest of the early morning)! I'm off to do some of my "to do's"!

[StoneScratcher]

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/puppy-13.jpg

I want to hug this puppy! :hug:

[Wookinstien]

M.

The op of this thread could use your "special" touch ;)

http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=1454131

[nunyadb]

shoot I missed that post ..where is that link? .. lol
I didn't see it~

It's several pages back now.*grin*
When you find it, go to the website,
click on the video, and watch in the
background.
Then you'll see what I mean.
Nope, don't want all them men critters
leering at my bride.

[LindaLR]

Okay then, I asked for advice and I'm going to take it.
I'll have a couple of hundred made about 6 ft long and
see if they move. What the hell, in for a penny in for a pound, right?

Daytona Bike rally
Sturgis
Helen, Georgia, all spring and summer, bike heaven
Black Hills, any where, Needles highway in particular

Im sure there are lots of great bike gathering places, wherever there are beautiful rides and a place to stop nearby for brew....

We had that very thing happen, but we could not get the bike charged with the reg jumpers, ugh. so, I had to help push the harley up a little ramp onto the trailer.. omg, that beast started to roll back at the top of the ramp... Im an old lady, omg.. whew, we managed to find the muscle to make it happen.
Im imagining life now, had we had an easier way to connect it. . The car charger connectors we had were just not suited to the location and arrangement of the bike's battery.
Good luck with that nunya. I can appreciate it very well, and did any one throw in snowmobiles?
capitalist pig, may you grow fat!

[Mr. M]

Ok ... now that Ive read that and took a deepbreath~ .. you know me ...I can't help it .. lol..

Lets see ..what do I like about that era....
The decor...the iron, tapestries..castles...the clothes...the language...the chivalry... knights.....it would probably be easier if I told you what I don't like about it ..which would be ~ ... not one thing. Well maybe that I was not born in that era ..and that would be about it.

I'm not particularly fond of the Borgia's...or wouldn't be in historical context. But from the future looking back, even the worst of the Renaissance (okay, okay, I'm not all that fond of the liturgical forms and the instrumental music of the recorder either) makes for interesting study.

And any era that produces Shakespeare can't be all bad...

[nunyadb]

lol...

You can skip my entire post about "long tails," n.

It sounds like you've thoroughly thought this out.

No problem M.
I appreciate the thoughtfulness of all of you.
The advice, the help, the concern...it's all very
much appreciated.

[ka2008]

nuny~ I had your website up the whole time ..not realizing the youtube was via that..duh~... but I just viewed it and that was way cool! ..That was nunners!!!!!
You're cute as a button. ..and nice marketing ..showing that product in action!~ ... very cool.

[Mr. M]

Definitely.
I have a watch that says "water resistant to 300 meters" on it.
I hate to tell them this, but if I'm at 300 meters depth, the last
thing I'm going to be worried about is if my watch still works.
Actually, I figure at that point I'll be fish food and beyond caring.
So I have no idea why they'd put that on a watch.
Astonishing what people will do isn't it ?

lol...

I'm good with water resistant to thirty feet.


I wonder if they'll replace the watch if it leaks at two hundred and fifty meters?


I'm just guessing they don't get all that many returns,

[nunyadb]

Lucky you, it must be beautiful! Yes, here, the sun is up, but it is being clouded over by giant mosquitos the size of copters! We've had endless rain, and now we're in a heatwave, and all those bugs are hungry!

I'm off to walk my moose-dogs. I should buy a saddle so I can have them walk me, lol, it's like walking two meese, (I know, it is "moose"). But I do endearingly call them my "meese".

Have a great day everyone (rest of the early morning)! I'm off to do some of my "to do's"!

Have a good one Stone, and in the immortal words of Mr. Jinx, "love thems meeses to pieces". See you later on and thanks again.

[Mr. M]

Mittens for the CDF ..sounds good to me.

Knowing this administration they'd forget to add the thumb.


And tomorrow they'd issue a press release saying someone misspoke and that they're really socks.

[ka2008]

I'm not particularly fond of the Borgia's...or wouldn't be in historical context. But from the future looking back, even the worst of the Renaissance (okay, okay, I'm not all that fond of the liturgical forms and the instrumental music of the recorder either) makes for interesting study.

And any era that produces Shakespeare can't be all bad...


Well you should like it ..you'd be an excellent poet ..written and spoken~ ..:razz:

[nunyadb]

Daytona Bike rally
Sturgis
Helen, Georgia, all spring and summer, bike heaven
Black Hills, any where, Needles highway in particular

Im sure there are lots of great bike gathering places, wherever there are beautiful rides and a place to stop nearby for brew....

We had that very thing happen, but we could not get the bike charged with the reg jumpers, ugh. so, I had to help push the harley up a little ramp onto the trailer.. omg, that beast started to roll back at the top of the ramp... Im an old lady, omg.. whew, we managed to find the muscle to make it happen.
Im imagining life now, had we had an easier way to connect it. . The car charger connectors we had were just not suited to the location and arrangement of the bike's battery.
Good luck with that nunya. I can appreciate it very well, and did any one throw in snowmobiles?
capitalist pig, may you grow fat!

LOL, thanks Linda.
I just wish I could make it to all those places to show them off.
I'll get there with luck and timing.
Y'know, being a capitalist pig and all, may I suggest you get a set of
made for bike cables ??? hmmm.....???........LOL

[ka2008]

Bye Stone ..its great spending some time with you~ ...have a great day...:hug:

[ka2008]

Knowing this administration they'd forget to add the thumb.


And tomorrow they'd issue a press release saying someone misspoke and that they're really socks.

LOL that's for sure.

[nunyadb]

nuny~ I had your website up the whole time ..not realizing the youtube was via that..duh~... but I just viewed it and that was way cool! ..That was nunners!!!!!
You're cute as a button. ..and nice marketing ..showing that product in action!~ ... very cool.

Actually K, that wasn't me.
That was my riding brother Johnny.
I was behind the camera.
Being the handsome devil that I am,
I didn't want to take away from the product
like that.........LOL

[nunyadb]

lol...

I'm good with water resistant to thirty feet.


I wonder if they'll replace the watch if it leaks at two hundred and fifty meters?


I'm just guessing they don't get all that many returns,

Well, if they do, it's sure as heck not going to be from me,
I'll tell you that for free. What do these people think we do
with those watches ? Use them for fishing weights or something ?
Really ?

[ka2008]

Actually K, that wasn't me.
That was my riding brother Johnny.
I was behind the camera.
Being the handsome devil that I am,
I didn't want to take away from the product
like that.........LOL


lol ~ ok well I just got it all wrong then ... but he's still cute as a button too.. :)

[Mr. M]

http://www.lib-art.com/imgpainting/2/3/12832-allegory-with-wolf-and-eagle-leonardo-da-vinci.jpg

>Slaps forehead<

How in he world does anyone discuss the Renaissance and leave out Leonardo?


Looking at your link makes me wonder if it might not have been a source of inspiration for Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are."

[nunyadb]

Knowing this administration they'd forget to add the thumb.


And tomorrow they'd issue a press release saying someone misspoke and that they're really socks.

Ain't that the truth.
These people are the most incompetent bunch of lunatics I've ever seen.

[ka2008]

Ooooo I love that art work picture~

[Mr. M]

I never knew. So are we all in the Civilian Defense Force? :think: Do we get sunblock?

Either you're in it...or you'll get a visit from them. You'll recognize them by the muffled knock at the door.


You only get sunblock if you're the right age and in good health. Otherwise they have a pill that works every bit as well for preventing sunburn.


But you'll have to stand in line for either.


Don't forget your mittens.

[ka2008]

One of the pictures I have hanging in my living room is:

The Lady of Shallot

http://madrugaemmim.blogs.sapo.pt/arquivo/lady-of-shallot-L.jpg

[Mr. M]

Are you guys talking about the obama force ..is that the CDF?..Because that is what I thought it meant..

That's it, k. Although he may have called it by some other equally mystifying euphemism like the civilian national security force.

[jimjames418]

Ok ... now that Ive read that and took a deepbreath~ .. you know me ...I can't help it .. lol..

Lets see ..what do I like about that era....
The decor...the iron, tapestries..castles...the clothes...the language...the chivalry... knights.....it would probably be easier if I told you what I don't like about it ..which would be ~ ... not one thing. Well maybe that I was not born in that era ..and that would be about it.
No indoor plumbing, a bath every six months (if you need one), fleas everywhere, horse and cow **** on every street (no sidewalks), average life span of 35 years. Yeah, a whole lot of stuff to love about that era. :think:

When I wa growing up we did not have indoor plumbing, no electrcity, one of my jobs was to cut the fire wood for cooking and cloths washing. Another job, which I loved, was hunting for food for the table.

My dad delivered ice for the "ice boxes" and I got to chop the ice into 5 and 10 pound blocks. The ice was delivered to the Ice House in "logs" that were and 2 foot by 2 foot and 15 feet long. I learned how to use a saw and ice pick every early in life.

[ka2008]

No indoor plumbing, a bath every six months (if you need one), fleas everywhere, horse and cow **** on every street (no sidewalks), average life span of 35 years. Yeah, a whole lot of stuff to love about that era. :think:

When I wa growing up we did not have indoor plumbing, no electrcity, one of my jobs was to cut the fire wood for cooking and cloths washing. Another job, which I loved, was hunting for food for the table.

My dad delivered ice for the "ice boxes" and I got to chop the ice into 5 and 10 blocks. The ice was delivered to the Ice House in "logs" that were and 2 foot by 2 foot and 15 feet long. I learned how to use a saw and ice pick every early in life.


Well back then ...(assuming I had lived back then) ..I would not know of the luxuries of today...what you never had in the first place is something you wouldn't miss.
Of course I wouldn't like the icky parts of it though~...

[nunyadb]

lol ~ ok well I just got it all wrong then ... but he's still cute as a button too.. :)

I'll tell him he's got a secret admirer out on the West Coast.
He'll love that. It'll drive him crazy, but he'll love it.

Funny thing, that old bike that we cranked, it looked extremely familiar.
So I did some digging and got a copy of an old Texas title I had on the
one that model that I used to own and sold back in 95 when we'd first moved to La.
Turns out that project bike he'd bought was the exact same one.
Small world.

[ka2008]

I'll tell him he's got a secret admirer out on the West Coast.
He'll love that. It'll drive him crazy, but he'll love it.

Funny thing, that old bike that we cranked, it looked extremely familiar.
So I did some digging and got a copy of an old Texas title I had on the
one that model that I used to own and sold back in 95 when we'd first moved to La.
Turns out that project bike he'd bought was the exact same one.
Small world.


Yes tell him that .. get him going~ .. lol~....
Same bike? Wow ..is indeed a small world ..

[nunyadb]

I'm finally going to get to do what I stayed up all night waiting to do.
Talk to y'all again later on.
bye for now.

[ka2008]

nuny~ did you ever do the Sturgis Ride?...

[Mr. M]

That's pretty much our thinking on this M.
If we're patient, it can't lose.
The biggest cost was the lawyers and getting the patent filed.
Now that that's done, we simply go slowly, take our time,
get the word out the best that we can and let nature take
it's course.
It's a winner, but people need to know it's out there.
After that, I can retire from the oil patch and never have
to get out on the water again if I don't want to.
At least, that's the plan......
If it doesn't happen, then I simply pay the bank note,
we keep it small and sell to whoever comes along and
make some small additional income while helping out
people with a useful product.
Either way, we win.
I kind of like that.

It looks to me like you've done everything right. Identified a market. Patented a product. Produced a professional website. Kept costs and inventory low. Minimized debt service and haven't sold your soul to venture capitalists.

Low risk. Good potential for return. And the ability to be patient while building a market--something that's hard to do if you quit your day job and need to find enough money to make the mare go.

I'm sure you've thought of it, but make sure the partnership arrangement you have is as clear and unambiguous as possible (which is never clear and unambiguous enough). These things have a way of being friendly right up until the patent sells to XYZ manufacturing for a nice chunk of change.

[ka2008]

I'm finally going to get to do what I stayed up all night waiting to do.
Talk to y'all again later on.
bye for now.


Okays nuny~ ... great staying up with you all night....have a good day... :hug:

[Mr. M]

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/puppy-13.jpg

lol...


I knew that was coming.


And if NKT wasn't wet nursing a newborn, he'd probably put up the Ron Paul Pirate Picture to counter yours.

[ka2008]

Mr. M..I think I will head out too........I'm finally tired .. :rolleyes: <<< my eyes are drooping like that... lol~ ...
and like the rest ...it was good staying up with you all night as well.

Have a great day and I will hopefully see you all again sooner..than later. :hug:

[LindaLR]

LOL, thanks Linda.
I just wish I could make it to all those places to show them off.
I'll get there with luck and timing.
Y'know, being a capitalist pig and all, may I suggest you get a set of
made for bike cables ??? hmmm.....???........LOL
Thats your job, make me some!
im looking for the link to your vid, i was assuming the product's abilities with out actually knowing wth i was talking about.. lol
You get there, with your product in hand, and you will likely be glad you did. Just got back from Black Hills this summer.. we were out that way 3 weeks, it was awsome, and we were really enjoying all the scenery, lots of bikers... LOTS. All the attractions have special pricing for bikers.. its an incredible market to tap, if you had a mind to market to bikers. just sayin :)

[Mr. M]

Lucky you, it must be beautiful! Yes, here, the sun is up, but it is being clouded over by giant mosquitos the size of copters! We've had endless rain, and now we're in a heatwave, and all those bugs are hungry!

I'm off to walk my moose-dogs. I should buy a saddle so I can have them walk me, lol, it's like walking two meese, (I know, it is "moose"). But I do endearingly call them my "meese".

Have a great day everyone (rest of the early morning)! I'm off to do some of my "to do's"!

Cheers, S!

[ka2008]

((seems mr.m is very behind in the reading of posts... lol .. silly man...
See you laterssss.....

[Mr. M]

M.

The op of this thread could use your "special" touch ;)

http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=1454131

lol...

How did you find the time to wander through General Interest?


Apparently I need to stop by there on occasion.

[Mr. M]

One of the pictures I have hanging in my living room is:

The Lady of Shallot

http://madrugaemmim.blogs.sapo.pt/arquivo/lady-of-shallot-L.jpg

"Who is this? And what is here?"
And in the lighted palace near
Died the sound of royal cheer;
And they crossed themselves for fear,

All the Knights at Camelot;

But Lancelot mused a little space
He said, "She has a lovely face;
God in his mercy lend her grace,

The Lady of Shalott."

[Mr. M]

Well, if they do, it's sure as heck not going to be from me,
I'll tell you that for free. What do these people think we do
with those watches ? Use them for fishing weights or something ?
Really ?

More marketing than you'll ever need...


"This is a Rouchefoucauld. The thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design, hand-crafted in Switzerland, and water resistant to three atmospheres. This is *the* sports watch of the '80s. Six thousand, nine hundred and fifty five dollars retail! Look, it tells time simultaneously in Monte Carlo, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Rome, and Gstaad."

[Mr. M]

No indoor plumbing, a bath every six months (if you need one), fleas everywhere, horse and cow **** on every street (no sidewalks), average life span of 35 years. Yeah, a whole lot of stuff to love about that era. :think:

When I wa growing up we did not have indoor plumbing, no electrcity, one of my jobs was to cut the fire wood for cooking and cloths washing. Another job, which I loved, was hunting for food for the table.

My dad delivered ice for the "ice boxes" and I got to chop the ice into 5 and 10 pound blocks. The ice was delivered to the Ice House in "logs" that were and 2 foot by 2 foot and 15 feet long. I learned how to use a saw and ice pick every early in life.

FIRST YORKSHIREMAN:
You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt.
SECOND YORKSHIREMAN:
Luxury. We used to have to get out of the lake at six o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of 'ot gravel, work twenty hour day at mill for tuppence a month, come home, and Dad would thrash us to sleep with a broken bottle, if we were lucky!
THIRD YORKSHIREMAN:
Well, of course, we had it tough. We used to 'ave to get up out of shoebox at twelve o'clock at night and lick road clean wit' tongue. We had two bits of cold gravel, worked twenty-four hours a day at mill for sixpence every four years, and when we got home our Dad would slice us in two wit' bread knife.
FOURTH YORKSHIREMAN:
Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah.
FIRST YORKSHIREMAN:
And you try and tell the young people of today that ..... they won't believe you.

[Mr. M]

I'm finally going to get to do what I stayed up all night waiting to do.
Talk to y'all again later on.
bye for now.

Goodnight, N.


Cheers!

[Mr. M]

((seems mr.m is very behind in the reading of posts... lol .. silly man...
See you laterssss.....

lol...


I'm so far behind, I won't even have the time to ignore posts.



Night, K!

[jimjames418]

And you try and tell the young people of today that ..... they won't believe you.
How true that is. My grandkids think I am kidding them when I tell them I had to do my home work by lamp light, if we could afford to buy the fuel. And getting up at 4:30 am to milk the cows and put them out to pasture, and then feed the chickens and fill their water containers when it was my turn to do morning chores. My hands hurt just thinking about that. :think:

[Mr. M]

No indoor plumbing, a bath every six months (if you need one), fleas everywhere, horse and cow **** on every street (no sidewalks), average life span of 35 years. Yeah, a whole lot of stuff to love about that era. :think:

When I wa growing up we did not have indoor plumbing, no electrcity, one of my jobs was to cut the fire wood for cooking and cloths washing. Another job, which I loved, was hunting for food for the table.

My dad delivered ice for the "ice boxes" and I got to chop the ice into 5 and 10 pound blocks. The ice was delivered to the Ice House in "logs" that were and 2 foot by 2 foot and 15 feet long. I learned how to use a saw and ice pick every early in life.

I have fond memories, j, of the old ice house down the hill from my grandparents home. We used to "sneak" in and cool off when the summer sun was high. The old iceman knew we were there and would let us have ice chips to suck on.

How he survived in a small town in the 1960's is beyond me, but he and his ice house are both gone now.


And my refrigerator dispenses ice through the door.

[Mr. M]

How true that is. My grandkids think I am kidding them when I tell them I had to do my home work by lamp light, if we could afford to buy the fuel. And getting up at 4:30 am to milk the cows and put them out to pasture, and then feed the chickens and fill their water containers when it was my turn to do morning chores. My hands hurt just thinking about that. :think:

Recognizing that those were hard times, we have lost something as they have passed into a fading oral history.

In those times, things were done with "others" in mind. Perhaps those "others" were the chickens at feeding time, or cows that needed milked. Selfish wants got put on the back burner and the needs of something other than oneself were taken into account; more than that--they had to be taken into account.

Today we sit behind computers, manipulate data, crunch numbers. Speed is more important than, say, working with a piece of wood to see that the grain matches. Increased productivity has become the mantra of modern America, an entire economy depends on it.

Lost along the way is our engagement with the needs and nature of things other than ourselves.

[jimjames418]

I have fond memories, j, of the old ice house down the hill from my grandparents home. We used to "sneak" in and cool off when the summer sun was high. The old iceman knew we were there and would let us have ice chips to suck on.

How he survived in a small town in the 1960's is beyond me, but he and his ice house are both gone now.


And my refrigerator dispenses ice through the door.
The Ice House (that was its name) was still there the last time I visited in 2003. Sitting there beside the rail road tracks, still painted white. I think someone takes care of the place. And the town had about 500 residents, about half of which could afford the $1.00 for twice weekly ice delivery.

Ice day was almost a holiday in town. Everyone who was not at work, and I do mean everyone, came down to help unload the train car. Everyone who came down got a 5 pound block of ice and had a good cold drink with their dinner.

[Samm]

It looks like a little research project is in the offing... but my brain is as empty as my bourbon glass at the moment... it will have to wait unless you are up to it. We toasted him on November 16, 2008; the one-year anniversary of the thread.

In fact, I think retiring to my bed is probably the best decision at this time.

See y'all another night good people.

The deceased member in question was Div Con.

Cav Scout... Dive Con... kind of sounds the same to an addled mind. :neutral:

Sorry Cav. :redface:

[Samm]

LOL! I didn't see this post! I'll do that. BANG. I did try to give this to someone--and it is still in the box! They didn't want it because it didn't match (in color) the rest of their kitchen gadgets. :eh: Does the food taste better coming from a matched appliance?

The best thing to do with it is put it in the box, put it away and save it until you are invited to a wedding...

... sort of like the Christmas Fruit Cake. ;)

[Samm]

The best way to avoid getting seasick is stand at the back of the boat and look at the horizion. That will even cure the sickness if you already have a case.
I ran a charter boat on Lake Michigan for 5 years, and took many people, six at a time, fishing. Wonderful experience. Esp at night. A lot of people don't like night fishing on the big lake, but I did. :think:

That's a good way to run your boat up on the rocks. ;)

[Samm]

Okay. There's something in this I'm not sure you're of. :think: But, I'll try to answer. I didn't hang him, I divorced him, but not for his hangers. After divorce, I suppose he hung as he hung before, always with measurement. I continued to hang my hangers freely, as I've always done.

As for swinging? Even when married, he did swing, but I didn't. I didn't know he swung until after I divorced him. If I knew he swung while we were married, I would have hung him for swinging, but not for his hangers.

But you didn't answer... Was he hung or not? :shifty:

[jimjames418]

That's a good way to run your boat up on the rocks. ;)
You never heard of radar and depth sounders? Plus I fished this area of Lake Michigan for 20 years prior to getting my charter license. :)

And at this point Lake Michigan is 110 miles wide as well as being over 700 miles long with an average depth of over 100 feet. If I can't go that without running up on the rocks I shouldn't be on the water.

[Darkblade]

The deceased member in question was Div Con.

Cav Scout... Dive Con... kind of sounds the same to an addled mind. :neutral:

Sorry Cav. :redface:When did divecon pass? i thought he just left this forum because of differences with the way it was moderated now...:frown:

[Samm]

You never heard of radar and depth sounders? Plus I fished this area of Lake Michigan for 20 years prior to getting my charter license. :)

And at this point Lake Michigan is 110 miles wide as well as being over 700 miles long with an average depth of over 100 feet. If I can't go that without running up on the rocks I shouldn't be on the water.

If you are standing on the stern staring at the horizon the rock will find you. ;)

[Samm]

When did divecon pass? i thought he just left this forum because of differences with the way it was moderated now...:frown:

As far as I know he is alive and well. "Deceased" is simply a euphemism for having been banned.

[jimjames418]

If you are standing on the stern staring at the horizon the rock will find you. ;)
Silly, I didn't mean me. The only time I was seasick was on a troop ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on Thanksgiving Day. I lost my cool in a 10 gallon container of mashed potatos. I think the Navy personnel just scooped it out and fed the rest to the other Marines. I never did trust Navy food after that. :shhh:

[Samm]

Silly, I didn't mean me. The only time I was seasick was on a troop ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on Thanksgiving Day. I lost my cool in a 10 gallon container of mashed potatos. I think the Navy personnel just scooped it out and fed the rest to the other Marines. I never did trust Navy food after that. :shhh:
There probably was not much difference between the two anyway... :sick:

I've never been sea sick, but have come close. Back when I was in college I took an Oceanography class that included a field trip out into the Gulf of Alaska on the University's research vessel. I was reading temperatures on a string of retrieved Nansen bottles, which were racked up on the wall in the forward companion way between sides of the ship. The seas were quit rough and the ship was pitching and rolling 25-30 degrees side to side. The room was very warm and I had to bend over head down to read the thermometers through the anti-parallax eyepiece. I was about one thermometer short of losing it when I finished my job and went out the hatch into the cool air on deck. Saved!

There was only two of us in the class group that did not get sick, I and the professor. Everybody else spent most of the time in their racks or praying in the head. ;)

[jimjames418]

There was only two of us in the class group that did not get sick, I and the professor. Everybody else spent most of the time in their racks or praying in the head. ;)
To those who have never been seasick, just think of the worst hangover you have ever had, and multiply that by 10.

[nunyadb]

Thats your job, make me some!
im looking for the link to your vid, i was assuming the product's abilities with out actually knowing wth i was talking about.. lol
You get there, with your product in hand, and you will likely be glad you did. Just got back from Black Hills this summer.. we were out that way 3 weeks, it was awsome, and we were really enjoying all the scenery, lots of bikers... LOTS. All the attractions have special pricing for bikers.. its an incredible market to tap, if you had a mind to market to bikers. just sayin :)

Linda, check your PM's.
As to making them, dahlin, we're making them by the hundreds.
Never want somebody to call and have to tell them to wait.
The link to the vid is on the left hand side under
"watch our video" in red.
just click the text, it'll take you there.
I promise you never saw such a redneck thing in your life.
Well, maybe you have, but if you did it was on a show hosted
by Bill Engvall. LOL

Thought I'd go ahead and bring this thread back out for tonight folks.
I had to work some and then finally got some sleep.
So, I'm back again.
What's new in the world of semi-rational folks ?

[nunyadb]

To those who have never been seasick, just think of the worst hangover you have ever had, and multiply that by 10.

Yeah, when you feel that fuzzy clump hit the back of your throat,
swallow really really hard.
That's your ******* trying to come up and most of us need that
where the good Lord placed it originally.

[jwil59]

When did divecon pass? i thought he just left this forum because of differences with the way it was moderated now...:frown:

Divecon passed away? Geez that sucks if it's true

ETA - The last post on his board was August 5th, makes me wonder

[Darkblade]

Divecon passed away? Geez that sucks if it's trueno. they were speaking euphemstically about him leaving here after a ban.

[Darkblade]

i still see him popping in and out of Yahoo internet messenger.

[jwil59]

no. they were speaking euphemstically about him leaving here after a ban.

man that scared me a little cause I really like Dive. I wish he would come back

[nunyadb]

Yeah, Dives was one of the good guys.
He just let himself get carried away one time too many.
Miss having him around.

[nunyadb]

Mr. M., check your PM's.
I sent you a link to those car/truck jumpers I had mentioned to you.
I think that's what you're looking for.
Or at least something very similar to them.

[nunyadb]

After reading the tripe from the liberal defenders of destroying our economy all day,
I could really use a good stiff drink.
I honestly don't know how they can't see it and if they do see it, they just as
obviously simply don't care.
Anybody up for just a friendly chat yet ?

[mryukon]

lol...


If you keep showing up at six am MrY...



we'll have to change the thread title to the Very, Very, Very Late Night Review.

How about the OMG IT'S EARLY FOR YOU Review :))

Sheez, I head out a town for a few and 40 some pages of posts are added! I'm not a night owl by any stretch but this looks 'interesting'. Hope all is well, I'm going reading for a bit. OBTW, I enjoyed the Crescent City like a tourist, more importantly the time spent with my bro and sis in law. Did not score the Bulleit, but all is not lost. MTF

[nunyadb]

Did not score the Bulleit, but all is not lost. MTF

Then you missed a real treat. Hope someone takes mercy and sends you some.
Nothing like them.

[nunyadb]

Well, at this point it is now the Early Morning Review..........LOL
M, you missed Mr Yukon again, seems he snuck in on you.

[StoneScratcher]

But you didn't answer... Was he hung or not? :shifty:

No he wasn't hung, lol! Where I'm from, someone like him would be praised and given a high position in politics...:eh:

[nunyadb]

No he wasn't hung, lol! Where I'm from, someone like him would be praised and given a high position in politics...:eh:

Sorry to hear that you live in DC Stone.
Everybody's gotta live somewhere, but damn.....*shakes head sadly for friend*

[StoneScratcher]

The best thing to do with it is put it in the box, put it away and save it until you are invited to a wedding...

... sort of like the Christmas Fruit Cake. ;)

Good idea! Oh, not about giving it away for a wedding present, but FRUIT CAKES!

I'll plug that thing in and whip of brick-sized fruit cakes to build a retaining wall for my herb garden...:think:

[StoneScratcher]

Sorry to hear that you live in DC Stone.
Everybody's gotta live somewhere, but damn.....*shakes head sadly for friend*

LOL! No, I live in Massachusetts. I live where you see: "CAUTION: I BRAKE for DRUNK Kennedy's" bumper stickers (in your imagination) as you cross the border to Rhode Island.

[nunyadb]

LOL! No, I live in Massachusetts. I live where you see: "CAUTION: I BRAKE for DRUNK Kennedy's" bumper stickers (in your imagination) as you cross the border to Rhode Island.

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize. You'd probably be better off in DC......LOL
At least there the Kennedy's use a driver.

[StoneScratcher]

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize. You'd probably be better off in DC......LOL
At least there the Kennedy's use a driver.

LOL! I don't know. Patrick Kennedy (RI) may HAVE to have someone drive him. I think he lost his license from the accident he had because he took some (ahem) sleeping pill and got into a fender bender (in DC I think?). He just got back from some mysterious self-imposed leave so he could tweek his rehab and pop out fresh to vote on anything his dear dad (Ted) may want him to vote for. You're right.

[nunyadb]

What is it about Mass. and the Kennedy's ?
You'd think that they'd catch on to them by now.
After all, just how royal can the family of a guy
that made his money as a rum runner during
prohibition be ?

[StoneScratcher]

What is it about Mass. and the Kennedy's ?
You'd think that they'd catch on to them by now.
After all, just how royal can the family of a guy
that made his money as a rum runner during
prohibition be ?

I have no idea. People are in awe, still. If you mention Kennedy, they resemble Chris Matthews whenever he speaks of Obama.

And Barney Frank and John Kerry...I just can't figure it out.

Now you know why I'm here (cyberly). I'm pretty much the oddball in these parts. LOL

[nunyadb]

I have no idea. People are in awe, still. If you mention Kennedy, they resemble Chris Matthews whenever he speaks of Obama.

And Barney Frank and John Kerry...I just can't figure it out.

Now you know why I'm here (cyberly). I'm pretty much the oddball in these parts. LOL

You're our kind of oddball, so don't sweat it. We're glad you're here.

[StoneScratcher]

You're our kind of oddball, so don't sweat it. We're glad you're here.

Thanks. Same to you!

[Samm]

no. they were speaking euphemistically about him leaving here after a ban.

I think he left before he was banned... immediately before...

You know: "You can't kick me out of here; I've already left!" :evil:

[Samm]

man that scared me a little cause I really like Dive. I wish he would come back

That is... wish he could come back.

[Samm]

How about the OMG IT'S EARLY FOR YOU Review :))

Sheez, I head out a town for a few and 40 some pages of posts are added! I'm not a night owl by any stretch but this looks 'interesting'. Hope all is well, I'm going reading for a bit. OBTW, I enjoyed the Crescent City like a tourist, more importantly the time spent with my bro and sis in law. Did not score the Bulleit, but all is not lost. MTF

LOL... well you could always buy yourself a lap-top so you never miss a day here. ;)

What is with NO? I cannot believe you could not find Bulleit there. Did Nagen ban bourbon; only allowing the sale of Ripple, Boones Farm and Colt 45... and rename Bourbon Street 'Muscatel Ave'?

[mryukon]

LOL... well you could always buy yourself a lap-top so you never miss a day here. ;)

What is with NO? I cannot believe you could not find Bulleit there. Did Nagen ban bourbon; only allowing the sale of Ripple, Boones Farm and Colt 45... and rename Bourbon Street 'Muscatel Ave'?

Well in all honestly, I didn't look too hard, we did find some good cigars though. Pat O'Brien's wouldn't let is smoke them, so we went back to the hotel, out on the veranda overlooking Toulouse St., with a 12 pack o' beer. My bro and I laughed like kids for about 2 hours. What a blast we had.

Fortunately Nagin hasn't renamed the streets just yet...

So it's 0100 my time, is it still too early for the late night review?

[Samm]

Well in all honestly, I didn't look too hard, we did find some good cigars though. Pat O'Brien's wouldn't let is smoke them, so we went back to the hotel, out on the veranda overlooking Toulouse St., with a 12 pack o' beer. My bro and I laughed like kids for about 2 hours. What a blast we had.

Fortunately Nagin hasn't renamed the streets just yet...

So it's 0100 my time, is it still too early for the late night review?

Apparently...

[Mr. M]

Apparently...

It's never too early.

[Samm]

It's never too early.

Right, but you were too late... :razz:

[Cav Scout]

So I just finished straining over a gallon of wonderful Choke Cherry juice, and I have a little over a pound of pure clover honey on hand....

Hmm, what can I make with that?

Bwa ha ha ha.

[Cav Scout]

To those who have never been seasick, just think of the worst hangover you have ever had, and multiply that by 10.

I have never been sea sick and I rode a flat bottomed one through the med during storm season.

Worst hang over times ten...Wow one day I woke up around noon underneath a pile of field gear in the middle of the hallway wrapped up in 100 mile an hour tape (duct tape) and they were playing hallway bowling with me. Every time I rolled down the the hall I heaved...

[ERJohnson]

I have never been sea sick and I rode a flat bottomed one through the med during storm season.

Worst hang over times ten...Wow one day I woke up around noon underneath a pile of field gear in the middle of the hallway wrapped up in 100 mile an hour tape (duct tape) and they were playing hallway bowling with me. Every time I rolled down the the hall I heaved...

I hope there are photos...

[Cav Scout]

I hope there are photos...


God I hope not.

[ERJohnson]

Buffer Rodeo?

[Cav Scout]

Buffer Rodeo?


Oh hell, yep been in a few of those. :))

[Samm]

I hope there are photos...

God I hope not.

One of my old college buddies just sent me and all of our mutual buddies a photo of me wandering around the hall in the dorm looking for my pants... :redface:



I thought I had destroyed all the prints and the negative. :neutral:

[Cav Scout]

One of my old college buddies just sent me and all of our mutual buddies a photo of me wandering around the hall in the dorm looking for my pants... :redface:



I thought I had destroyed all the prints and the negative. :neutral:

Is that buddy on Facebook or MySpace or some such and what is his name...:))

[Cav Scout]

Good night all!

[Samm]

Is that buddy on Facebook or MySpace or some such and what is his name...:))

No Facebook; no MySpace... email.

And no... I will not forward you a copy. :snooty:

[Samm]

Good night all!

Good night? It's not night yet?!

[Physics Hunter]

Good night? It's not night yet?!

How long is night in the Great White North? (Big assumption there...)

[Samm]

How long is night in the Great White North? (Big assumption there...)

The night is the same length everywhere... just some places it is not as light or dark as others. :razz:

[ERJohnson]

The night is the same length everywhere... just some places it is not as light or dark as others. :razz:

It is getting to be the time of year when we flip the switch to night. Do you who was selected to do it this year?

[betwixt]

New here, make mine a double..

Aw hell, just leave a glass and the bottle

[Samm]

It is getting to be the time of year when we flip the switch to night. Do you (know) who was selected to do it this year?

Not me... maybe it's M.

[Samm]

New here, make mine a double..

Aw hell, just leave a glass and the bottle

Welcome... but you were misinformed. This place is BYOB.

[ERJohnson]

New here, make mine a double..

Aw hell, just leave a glass and the bottle

Is the bottle not made of glass?

<Going to the keg>

[betwixt]

Welcome... but you were misinformed. This place is BYOB.

hhmm, didn't know..be right back.

[betwixt]

on second thought, never mind not suppose to mix alcohol with these meds

[ERJohnson]

on second thought, never mind not suppose to mix alcohol with these meds

If you do mix them your posts will be a lot more fun to read tomorrow.

[Samm]

If you do mix them your posts will be a lot more fun to read tomorrow.

That probably explains why I enjoy reading your and Mr. M's posts in the light of day. :D

[Samm]

A bump for you languorous late nighters and then I am going to bed.

My glass is empty and I'm sleepy... see you another time.

[Samm]

What? No takers? And I was going to propose a silent toast to the Lion of the Senate... may he rest in peace.

... any excuse for a tumbler of bourbon rocks. ;)

Tonight it's Bulleit... tomorrow who knows.

[Physics Hunter]

What? No takers? And I was going to propose a silent toast to the Lion of the Senate... may he rest in peace.

... any excuse for a tumbler of bourbon rocks. ;)

Tonight it's Bulleit... tomorrow who knows.

To meet one's maker is a fearsome thing.

How is that for a taker.

[Samm]

Yes... good thing for me I am a self made man. ;)

[Wookinstien]

Yes... good thing for me I am a self made man. ;)

A couple of responses come to mind


1. How many parts did you have left over?

and

2. I think you have a screw loose.


:hug: :)

[Samm]

A couple of responses come to mind


1. How many parts did you have left over?
I don't know... they all went into my catch-all spare parts bin.

and

2. I think you have a screw loose.


:hug: :)

I really thank you for pointing that out. While I was tightening that I noticed I had a couple of loose nuts too. I can only imagine what would have happened if they had fallen off. ;)

[Samm]

Surely y'all can't be out playing golf at this time of night.

[rckirby]

Surely y'all can't be out playing golf at this time of night.

Not me.....I'm up waaaay past my bedtime.....I've been fighting a cold/flu for 2 weeks, and tonite is the first time I've felt decent.

I'll pay tomorrow though.

[Samm]

Not me.....I'm up waaaay past my bedtime.....I've been fighting a cold/flu for 2 weeks, and tonite is the first time I've felt decent.

I'll pay tomorrow though.

What you need is 3 or 4 fingers of good bourbon over ice to knock out that cold.

It is the tired and true kill or cure method of medicine. ;)

[tinydancer]

What you need is 3 or 4 fingers of good bourbon over ice to knock out that cold.

It is the tired and true kill or cure method of medicine. ;)

Some one gave me honest to goodness hill moonshine one time to kill a cold.

I lost 4 days.

But hell's bells that can happen with Nyquil too.

[Samm]

Some one gave me honest to goodness hill moonshine one time to kill a cold.

I lost 4 days.

But hell's bells that can happen with Nyquil too.

Well... did you wake up well? ;)

[tinydancer]

Well... did you wake up well? ;)

My dog and my husband still loved me.:hug:Worked like a charm.

Now that tequila moment in the late 60's not so much with that cold.

I vaguely remember being in LA at the opening of Space Oddessy: 2001 and something to do with Cuervo and cheap wine I think it was called Bali Red or something and it came in a jug.

That was not a good experience, lol.

[Samm]

My dog and my husband still loved me.:hug:Worked like a charm.

Now that tequila moment in the late 60's not so much with that cold.

I vaguely remember being in LA at the opening of Space Oddessy: 2001 and something to do with Cuervo and cheap wine I think it was called Bali Red or something and it came in a jug.

That was not a good experience, lol.

That is a great "how I met my husband" story. :razz:

[Samm]

3

2

1

Welcome Mr. Yukon. :hug:

[Samm]

Damn... the hyperlink must have failed! I hope his atoms are not lost in the ethernet. :neutral:

[Wookinstien]

Damn... the hyperlink must have failed! I hope his atoms are not lost in the ethernet. :neutral:

Wha.....Dangit Samm you had the wrong coordinates! :))

[mryukon]

Showing up now, is this considered fashionably late? :razz:

[Samm]

Showing up now, is this considered fashionably late? :razz:

Nope... just late. :razz:

But I'm glad your atoms are not lost. ;)

[Ardathair]

Showing up now, is this considered fashionably late? :razz:

So, are you going to tell us where Samm (mis)directed you to or would that be a TOS violation? :lol:

[WildRose]

Anything good goin on up north tonight Samm?

[Samm]

Anything good goin on up north tonight Samm?

Rain... rain and more rain.

I just hope we get some good dry weather before this rain turns to snow.

[WildRose]

Rain... rain and more rain.

I just hope we get some good dry weather before this rain turns to snow.Man I'd take all of it you can spare. We're in a pretty severe drought locally here.

[Samm]

Man I'd take all of it you can spare. We're in a pretty severe drought locally here.

No, we can't spare any. We had a very dry spring and summer through July. We were at about 2/3 of normal precipitation until the first week in August and are still more than 20% below normal in spite of it raining all month. Technically we live in a desert... about 10.5 inches annual precip including water content of snow. If it was not cold here for 8 months, we would be a desert. As it is though, there is no shortage of water either for nature or for man.

[Tom Bl]

Among all of the messages I have been reading in these groups I find minimal recommended action. No one that is willing to climb the steeple and hang out the lanterns. We mumble, grumble complain about the weather and some even set forth some very will considered words, but then what? They will ignore the tea parties and marches. Dictators have taken power over far more noise that what is now being heard. As we watch the president move around as far from DC as possible who’s watching what the others are doing back in the dark halls of government? Do we just go back to our overstuff chairs to watch our heroes complain on TV. So to start I say tonight, not tomorrow which never comes, we must all put pen to paper, forget email, and write our elected officials. It can be short such as “stop it or I will vote for anyone but you.” And then mail it. Even more important tell at least two friend that you sent your letters and convince them to do the same. Stay after them to do it. Point out they also must get two other to write. Have a lunch letter writing party. Scare them that if they don’t write they can't complain anymore. This can be the greatest mail campaign ever seen. If need be give them the stamps.

Think of this as a small individual step for America.

PS A paranoid person would see that when we are told every citizen needs to have a flu shot might mean that an epidemic will allow the president to declare marshal law to take power. Not that he now has enough unelected czars to do it.

[jwil59]

Among all of the messages I have been reading in these groups I find minimal recommended action. No one that is willing to climb the steeple and hang out the lanterns. We mumble, grumble complain about the weather and some even set forth some very will considered words, but then what? They will ignore the tea parties and marches. Dictators have taken power over far more noise that what is now being heard. As we watch the president move around as far from DC as possible who’s watching what the others are doing back in the dark halls of government? Do we just go back to our overstuff chairs to watch our heroes complain on TV. So to start I say tonight, not tomorrow which never comes, we must all put pen to paper, forget email, and write our elected officials. It can be short such as “stop it or I will vote for anyone but you.” And then mail it. Even more important tell at least two friend that you sent your letters and convince them to do the same. Stay after them to do it. Point out they also must get two other to write. Have a lunch letter writing party. Scare them that if they don’t write they can't complain anymore. This can be the greatest mail campaign ever seen. If need be give them the stamps.

Think of this as a small individual step for America.

PS A paranoid person would see that when we are told every citizen needs to have a flu shot might mean that an epidemic will allow the president to declare marshal law to take power. Not that he now has enough unelected czars to do it.


Welcome to the forum

[Samm]

Among all of the messages I have been reading in these groups I find minimal recommended action. No one that is willing to climb the steeple and hang out the lanterns. We mumble, grumble complain about the weather and some even set forth some very will considered words, but then what? They will ignore the tea parties and marches. Dictators have taken power over far more noise that what is now being heard. As we watch the president move around as far from DC as possible who’s watching what the others are doing back in the dark halls of government? Do we just go back to our overstuff chairs to watch our heroes complain on TV. So to start I say tonight, not tomorrow which never comes, we must all put pen to paper, forget email, and write our elected officials. It can be short such as “stop it or I will vote for anyone but you.” And then mail it. Even more important tell at least two friend that you sent your letters and convince them to do the same. Stay after them to do it. Point out they also must get two other to write. Have a lunch letter writing party. Scare them that if they don’t write they can't complain anymore. This can be the greatest mail campaign ever seen. If need be give them the stamps.

Think of this as a small individual step for America.

PS A paranoid person would see that when we are told every citizen needs to have a flu shot might mean that an epidemic will allow the president to declare marshal law to take power. Not that he now has enough unelected czars to do it.


Perhaps you have misinterpreted the purpose of this thread... ;)


You are welcome here, but PLEASE... use the default font. I couldn't even read that until I pulled it up in the quote text box.

[Samm]

G'nite folks... it's been fun. ;)

[WildRose]

G'nite folks... it's been fun. ;)Rest well my freind, my time too is nearing it's end.

[mryukon]

So, are you going to tell us where Samm (mis)directed you to or would that be a TOS violation? :lol:

I assumed front leaning horizontal prior to Samm's guidance. :lol:

No harm no foul, eh? So here I am a few days late. Ya'all doing alright or what? :)

[nunyadb]

Just wanted to pop in and say hello to all.
Been gone for a few weeks and wanted to say hi.
For those going to bed, sleep well.

[Samm]

Don't go away folks... I'll try to get back in a couple of hours. ;)

[WildRose]

Don't go away folks... I'll try to get back in a couple of hours. ;)Oh man another "drive by poster"....

[Mr. M]

Surely y'all can't be out playing golf at this time of night.

T'was the ritual hunting of the snipe.

[jwil59]

Oh man another "drive by poster"....

What's happenin.............:lol:

[Mr. M]

What's happenin.............:lol:

Top of the evening, J.


You're out a bit late tonight, eh?

[Physics Hunter]

T'was the ritual hunting of the snipe.

Y'all push this I will tee up three range balls and drive them down toward the low-lands.

No video allowed to protect the incapable. (Me)

[jwil59]

Top of the evening, J.


You're out a bit late tonight, eh?

A little bit....

I gotta keep up with you guys :lol:

Hope you and yours are well my friend

[WildRose]

What's happenin.............:lol:Just giving Samm a rash...
How's things on the JW Front?

[jwil59]

Y'all push this I will tee up three range balls and drive them down toward the low-lands.

No video allowed to protect the incapable. (Me)

Golf in Alaska???

[Mr. M]

Just wanted to pop in and say hello to all.
Been gone for a few weeks and wanted to say hi.
For those going to bed, sleep well.

Top of the evening, N!

[jwil59]

Just giving Samm a rash...
How's things on the JW Front?

My brother I am blessed beyond measure, I really am

:lol:

[WildRose]

Golf in Alaska???Hey in July and August you can play about 22 hours a day!

[WildRose]

My brother I am blessed beyond measure, I really am

:lol:I like the sound of that. Is your son still making steady progress?

[jwil59]

I like the sound of that. Is your son still making steady progress?

Slower than before but progress nonetheless. We are waithing for some test results.

All in all it is nothing short of a miracle

[jwil59]

Hey in July and August you can play about 22 hours a day!



I could go for that

[Physics Hunter]

Golf in Alaska???

Yep, it is great up here.

[Mr. M]

Y'all push this I will tee up three range balls and drive them down toward the low-lands.

No video allowed to protect the incapable. (Me)

lol...

Golf is empirical proof of Chaos Theory.

In fact, Poincaré's Putting Paradigm cost me two strokes on the back nine alone.

[Mr. M]

Don't go away folks... I'll try to get back in a couple of hours. ;)

"You can leave in a taxi. If you can't get a taxi, you can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff."

[jwil59]

Yep, it is great up here.

My wife's boss at our Church is trying to get us to go on one of those Alaskan cruises next year. His wife is a travel agent and they get a good price. The photos they have shown us are breathtaking. My wife says we are going so I guess we will cause she usually gets her way, it's just easier if she does

[Wookinstien]

T'was the ritual hunting of the snipe.

Thems good eatin'
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/snipe-1.jpg

[Mr. M]

Golf in Alaska???

24/7.

Three months only.

Polar Bear hazard Hole Seven.

You may lift, clean and place your ball on that hole only.

[Physics Hunter]

lol...

Golf is empirical proof of Chaos Theory.

In fact, Poincaré's Putting Paradigm cost me two strokes on the back nine alone.

"Golf is empirical proof of Chaos Theory."

Yes in a deep sense. +1

[nunyadb]

Top of the evening, N!

Howdy M !
How've you been ? Well I hope.

[Mr. M]

Hey in July and August you can play about 22 hours a day!

Shhh. Don't tell my Better Half.


She thinks I'm out drinking.

[jwil59]

lol...

Golf is empirical proof of Chaos Theory.

In fact, Poincaré's Putting Paradigm cost me two strokes on the back nine alone.

Drive for show, Putt for dough - Jack Nicklaus

[nunyadb]

Howdy PH, Wook, Yukon, Jwil, and everybody else I may have missed

[jwil59]

24/7.

Three months only.

Polar Bear hazard Hole Seven.

You may lift, clean and place your ball on that hole only.

That is reason enough to haul ass for the clubhouse

[Mr. M]

My wife's boss at our Church is trying to get us to go on one of those Alaskan cruises next year. His wife is a travel agent and they get a good price. The photos they have shown us are breathtaking. My wife says we are going so I guess we will cause she usually gets her way, it's just easier if she does

Make sure you get ample shore time...

[Physics Hunter]

Howdy PH, Wook, Yukon, Jwil, and everybody else I may have missed

Welcome to the party.

[Wookinstien]

Y'all push this I will tee up three range balls and drive them down toward the low-lands.

No video allowed to protect the incapable. (Me)

Make golf more entertaining.

Use the Patented Wookie Fun Golf Balls
They will improve your drive by 1000%

Look here at the testing done in our labs...
yes actual cats were harmed in the lab, we also laughed everytime it happened!, Oh and yes we are evil. :)
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/1183126833129.gif

[jwil59]

Howdy PH, Wook, Yukon, Jwil, and everybody else I may have missed

hey you.......

Hope you are well my friend

[jwil59]

Make golf more entertaining.

Use the Patented Wookie Fun Golf Balls
They will improve your drive by 1000%

Look here at the testing done in our labs...
yes actual cats were harmed in the lab, we also laughed everytime it happened!, Oh and yes we are evil. :)
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/1183126833129.gif

:))

[nunyadb]

24/7.

Three months only.

Polar Bear hazard Hole Seven.

You may lift, clean and place your ball on that hole only.

Uhhh, M ?
If you don't mind, I think I'd just take a drop and go around.
The bear can have the ball, I really don't want it all that badly.

[Mr. M]

Drive for show, Putt for dough - Jack Nicklaus

"It's not how you drive..it's how you arrive." anon


At least, that's what all my golf buddies tell me when I'm 290 yards out lying in the middle of the fairway.

[Physics Hunter]

Make golf more entertaining.

Use the Patented Wookie Fun Golf Balls
They will improve your drive by 1000%

Look here at the testing done in our labs...
yes actual cats were harmed in the lab, we also laughed everytime it happened!, Oh and yes we are evil. :)
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/1183126833129.gif


Anything that diminishes the number of Cats and causes explosions is good with me!!!

[nunyadb]

Welcome to the party.

Sorry I'm late, apologies to all.
Just thinking about that Polar Bear Hazard still.
Something just don't sound quite right about that.
Does the bear know what "fore" means ?

[Mr. M]

Thems good eatin'
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/snipe-1.jpg

I have stories.


Horror stories of the bad lab that wouldn't fetch a duck unless it had a donut around its neck, but, nonetheless, returned with a live snipe in its mouth one early morning.

The kind it's illegal to hunt in Alaska.


He's doing a 5-10 year stretch in the local shelter.

[nunyadb]

Make golf more entertaining.

Use the Patented Wookie Fun Golf Balls
They will improve your drive by 1000%

Look here at the testing done in our labs...
yes actual cats were harmed in the lab, we also laughed everytime it happened!, Oh and yes we are evil. :)
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/1183126833129.gif


I always wondered what would happen if mice were given small tanks in
order to even the odds.......hmmmm

[nunyadb]

hey you.......

Hope you are well my friend

Doing well my friend, glad to hear things are improving some for your son.
Prayer works, even if people don't believe it, it works and I know it.
I hope you guys get a chance to really see some of Alaska.
It's a beautiful place at the right times of year.

[Mr. M]

That is reason enough to haul ass for the clubhouse

I don't mind chipping over and around an Ursus arctos horribilis now and again.

But I can't stomach putting next to polar bears. They refuse to tend the flag.

[jwil59]

"It's not how you drive..it's how you arrive." anon


At least, that's what all my golf buddies tell me when I'm 290 yards out lying in the middle of the fairway.

290 ain't a problem......Just a foot wedge and a 5 wood away :lol:

[WildRose]

Shhh. Don't tell my Better Half.


She thinks I'm out drinking.Oh hell we wouldn't want her thinking you're developing VICES!

You're safe here my friend, I won't tell a soul!

[Mr. M]

"Golf is empirical proof of Chaos Theory."

Yes in a deep sense. +1

lol...


If I can't tie my golf shoes twice the same way...


what's the chance to consistently drive a dog leg left around a sturdy birch?

[nunyadb]

I have stories.


Horror stories of the bad lab that wouldn't fetch a duck unless it had a donut around its neck, but, nonetheless, returned with a live snipe in its mouth one early morning.

The kind it's illegal to hunt in Alaska.


He's doing a 5-10 year stretch in the local shelter.

No way you could spring the poor fellow ?
Hate to see a good lab get bad time like that.

[Mr. M]

Howdy M !
How've you been ? Well I hope.

I've been sequestered across the inlet for season opener.


Or was that bottle opener?


One and the same, I imagine my wife saying.

[WildRose]

Slower than before but progress nonetheless. We are waithing for some test results.

All in all it is nothing short of a miracleSorry got side tracked doing some discussing of Texas politics and doing some medical research...

Great news. The slowing is to be expected from time to time. Remember I know very little of the details here, but with neuro traumas you will often see dramatic recovery over a short period as swelling/shock subsides, then it slows because of the very slow regrowth of nerual tissues.

Due to an injury I had lost about 75% of the feeling in my right arm. Got about 20% back within days, but it took ten years to get it all back, but indeed, it all came back eventually. There were some very frustrating times in PT and OT, but I just refused to accept the loss of the use of it.

25 years later the only thing you can tell is that I have limited range of motion, and the muscle structure over the shoulder looks considerably different than the right, but then hey, things ain't where they used to be! HA!

[Ardathair]

24/7.

Three months only.

Polar Bear hazard Hole Seven.

You may lift, clean and place your ball on that hole only.

Three months only?

Don't they sell glow in the dark balls for playing the rest of the year?

[Mr. M]

Make golf more entertaining.

Use the Patented Wookie Fun Golf Balls
They will improve your drive by 1000%

Look here at the testing done in our labs...
yes actual cats were harmed in the lab, we also laughed everytime it happened!, Oh and yes we are evil. :)
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/1183126833129.gif

:))

1001 Uses For Kittens.

[WildRose]

I could go for thatI have several groups that come out here for a combo quail hunt and golf outing in Nov/Dec/Jan. We can golf here about 330 days a year or so and every little town of more than a thousand has a nice 9 or 18 hole course. The larger cities of course have numerous.

[WildRose]

Three months only?

Don't they sell glow in the dark balls for playing the rest of the year?Reminds me of something we did to a friend of mine at his bachelor part.... :)):)):))

[Mr. M]

Uhhh, M ?
If you don't mind, I think I'd just take a drop and go around.
The bear can have the ball, I really don't want it all that badly.

No, don't do it, N.


First you give them a hole.


The next thing you know they've taken your designated parking spot and want to borrow your 7 wood.

[Mr. M]

Sorry I'm late, apologies to all.
Just thinking about that Polar Bear Hazard still.
Something just don't sound quite right about that.
Does the bear know what "fore" means ?

Isn't that the number of Inuits he has for lunch?

[WildRose]

lol...


If I can't tie my golf shoes twice the same way...


what's the chance to consistently drive a dog leg left around a sturdy birch?Just bounce it off of the birch like a bank shot!

[Wookinstien]

At Wookie Industries we not only test for product safety, sometimes we get bored...
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/microcat4kd.gif

[Mr. M]

Anything that diminishes the number of Cats and causes explosions is good with me!!!

lol...


I just hope no golf balls were harmed in the experiment...

[jwil59]

Doing well my friend, glad to here things are improving some for your son.
Prayer works, even if people don't believe it, it works and I know it.
I hope you guys get a chance to really see some of Alaska.
It's a beautiful place at the right times of year.

Thank you my friend. This forum has been amazing through all this. It has been a humbling experience for me, it really has. It's still hard to talk about without chokin up. Yes prayer works and I now know why God directed my mouse to this site for the first time. You know we can do a lot of things here politically. I think the responce from this very forum helped to shut down that excuse for a immigration bill some time ago. But anything politically accomplished on this forum will only pale in comparison to the importance of what was done for us after my son's accident. It's humbling my friend

[WildRose]

Isn't that the number of Inuits he has for lunch?No wonder you can smell a bears breath from two hundred yards away. Have you ever been down wind of an inuit?

[Physics Hunter]

lol...


If I can't tie my golf shoes twice the same way...


what's the chance to consistently drive a dog leg left around a sturdy birch?

I **** off my pros since I can drive the ball 300 yards sometimes, or 400 yards if the 90 degree right is included.

[nunyadb]

No, don't do it, N.


First you give them a hole.


The next thing you know they've taken your designated parking spot and want to borrow your 7 wood.

Nope, don't let anyone borrow my clubs.
The parking spot might be negotiable, but asking to use my sticks is like
asking to borrow my toothbrush. Ain't gonna happen.

[Mr. M]

290 ain't a problem......Just a foot wedge and a 5 wood away :lol:

lol...


I may need to borrow one of your golf shoes.


Mine invariably leave me short.


I'm thinking of getting higher heels.

[jwil59]

Sorry got side tracked doing some discussing of Texas politics and doing some medical research...

Great news. The slowing is to be expected from time to time. Remember I know very little of the details here, but with neuro traumas you will often see dramatic recovery over a short period as swelling/shock subsides, then it slows because of the very slow regrowth of nerual tissues.

Due to an injury I had lost about 75% of the feeling in my right arm. Got about 20% back within days, but it took ten years to get it all back, but indeed, it all came back eventually. There were some very frustrating times in PT and OT, but I just refused to accept the loss of the use of it.

25 years later the only thing you can tell is that I have limited range of motion, and the muscle structure over the shoulder looks considerably different than the right, but then hey, things ain't where they used to be! HA!

That's encouraging cause one of his problems is his hands being numb. I love to read stuff like this man, thanks for posting that.

[nunyadb]

At Wookie Industries we not only test for product safety, sometimes we get bored...
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/microcat4kd.gif

Wook, I don't know where you get this stuff, but it's great.
As I'm not all that fond of cats in the first place, it's good entertainment.
By the way, did you know that if you shoot a cat off the roof of your car
with a .357 he'll leave so fast he doesn't scratch the paint ?

[WildRose]

At Wookie Industries we not only test for product safety, sometimes we get bored...
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/microcat4kd.gifA quick check of the dogs' turds for little jingle balls when scooping, always let me know how many cats are no longer in the neighborhood.

[Physics Hunter]

lol...


I just hope no golf balls were harmed in the experiment...


Never thought of Golf balls as lethal projectiles......

[jwil59]

lol...


I may need to borrow one of your golf shoes.


Mine invariably leave me short.


I'm thinking of getting higher heels.

Hell man just pick it up and throw it :lol:

[Wookinstien]

A quick check of the dogs' turds for little jingle balls when scooping, always let me know how many cats are no longer in the neighborhood.

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/funny-dog-pictures-no-cat.jpg

[Mr. M]

Oh hell we wouldn't want her thinking you're developing VICES!

You're safe here my friend, I won't tell a soul!

lol...

Men marry women hoping they won't change.


Women marry men hoping they will.


I've worked very hard at collecting all the interesting vices.


They're about all I have left from the last two marriages...

[nunyadb]

That's encouraging cause one of his problems is his hands being numb. I love to read stuff like this man, thanks for posting that.

Here's another one for you then.
Back in 2000 or so, my wife had a massive stroke.
The back left quarter of her brain is totally shot.
She was paralyzed for a long time, also couldn't speak.
It took better than a year for her to get some muscle control and speech back.
After a year of therapy ( in patient and out patient ) the insurance companies,
the doctors, the therapists, they all said that she was as good as she was
going to get. Still some minor paralysis on the left side, but able to hobble around.
Speak some, slowly, but not well.
She and I kept on working on it, together.
Now, it's 9 years later and the only way you'd know was if you listened
"very" closely and had known her before the stroke.
Some loss of fine motor skills in the right hand, but that's about it.
It takes time for neurological damage to heal and the neurons to reroute,
but they do it, and over time, with work and prayer, healing can happen.

[jwil59]

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/funny-dog-pictures-no-cat.jpg

:))

You're killin me :lol:

[WildRose]

That's encouraging cause one of his problems is his hands being numb. I love to read stuff like this man, thanks for posting that.if he has good mobility such as being able to direct them to the right place, his damage is specific to the periferal sensory nerves. That being the case I'd say the odds of an eventual full recovery are very strong because those are the nerves that tend to regrow the best over time. Right now just think of a bunch of little mechanics running around in there with jumper cables looking for the right terminals.

One of the very best things you could do for him therapy wise I'd suggest would be typing.

I had severe damage to my three top thorascic vertebrae, and ruptured the two discs between them in addition to basically ripping my left arm out of socket and spining it around about 400 degrees.

It took some time, but my only real problem today is that if I do a lot of heavy work, or repetitive motion such as typing with no support for my left elbow I get terrible spasm's between my spine and left shoulder blade.

Considering what I looked like when I first regained consciousness looking at the back side of my left elbow, with my arm wrapped around from behind my head, with six fragments in my shoulder, arm, neck, head and face; along with my left eye looking up my nose I'M PERFECT!

[Wookinstien]

Never thought of Golf balls a lethal projectiles......

I made a pneumatic golfball mortar that launched around 250 balls at once. It had a 200 yard range.

You see I got annoyed at the bad aim of the golfers who played the course across the road from my house in Seattle, so I collected the balls that would ping off my domicile and I returned them in kind.

Sometimes I wish I had the exploding variety. :evil:

[nunyadb]

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/funny-dog-pictures-no-cat.jpg

That reminds me of when my dog was young and the wife brought a cat home.
We kept having to pull the cat out of the dog's mouth.
Slobbery wet cat..........yuck

[jwil59]

Here's another one for you then.
Back in 2000 or so, my wife had a massive stroke.
The back left quarter of her brain is totally shot.
She was paralyzed for a long time, also couldn't speak.
It took better than a year for her to get some muscle control and speech back.
After a year of therapy ( in patient and out patient ) the insurance companies,
the doctors, the therapists, they all said that she was as good as she was
going to get. Still some minor paralysis on the left side, but able to hobble around.
Speak some, slowly, but not well.
She and I kept on working on it, together.
Now, it's 9 years later and the only way you'd know was if you listened
"very" closely and had known her before the stroke.
Some loss of fine motor skills in the right hand, but that's about it.
It takes time for neurological damage to heal and the neurons to reroute,
but they do it, and over time, with work and prayer, healing can happen.

I love it man!!! You guys are in my prayers. That is so encouraging

That is where we are at this point since they are giving him a break from therapy, doing it ourselves.

Thanks for that, thank a million

[WildRose]

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/funny-dog-pictures-no-cat.jpgA Griffon spitting up a hair ball with bells?

[Mr. M]

No way you could spring the poor fellow ?
Hate to see a good lab get bad time like that.

Well, it all worked out for the best. He met a beautiful bloodhound while holding down a cell in the graybar hotel.


The resulting "Blabrador" puppies are cute...


but they never stop barking.






Ok. That was awful.

[nunyadb]

lol...

Men marry women hoping they won't change.


Women marry men hoping they will.


I've worked very hard at collecting all the interesting vices.


They're about all I have left from the last two marriages...

Having had some experience at collecting vices, I can categorically state
that most vices are in actuality only considered as such by humorless women.

[Mr. M]

Three months only?

Don't they sell glow in the dark balls for playing the rest of the year?

lol...


They do.


And Arnold Palmer Prosthetic Fingers for frostbite victims.

[WildRose]

Never thought of Golf balls as lethal projectiles......When I was a kid we found out just how effective they could be fired out of a piece of if I remember right 1 5/8 ID heavy walled steel pipe, sleaved into a piece of heavy walled 2"pipe with a 1/4lbs of black powder and a small model rocket motor... :D

[jwil59]

I knew I stayed up tonight for a reason, Thank you guys for the encouragment and the laughs.

I'm off to bed, yall have a great night and God bless

[Mr. M]

Just bounce it off of the birch like a bank shot!

I do that often.


And unintentionally. Frequently in another fairway.

[Mr. M]

At Wookie Industries we not only test for product safety, sometimes we get bored...
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/microcat4kd.gif

That's cute.

I think he's doing the Wave.

[nunyadb]

I love it man!!! You guys are in my prayers. That is so encouraging

That is where we are at this point since they are giving him a break from therapy, doing it ourselves.

Thanks for that, thank a million

No problem Jwil, it's the kind of stuff people don't talk about all that much
but really happens and reminds us all that doctors don't know everything.
I think that's why the call it "practicing" medicine.
They're still hoping to get it right.

[Physics Hunter]

I made a pneumatic golfball mortar that launched around 250 balls at once. It had a 200 yard range.

You see I got annoyed at the bad aim of the golfers who played the course across the road from my house in Seattle, so I collected the balls that would ping off my domicile and I returned them in kind.

Sometimes I wish I had the exploding variety. :evil:

Since I pride myself on lethality I will have to go back to the drawing board.

[Wookinstien]

One more for the evening...
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Wookinstien/funny-dog-pictures-spin-cycle.jpg

[Mr. M]

Nope, don't let anyone borrow my clubs.
The parking spot might be negotiable, but asking to use my sticks is like
asking to borrow my toothbrush. Ain't gonna happen.

I do let them use last years clubs.


And I don't charge one cent more than the rental shop.

[nunyadb]

Well, it all worked out for the best. He met a beautiful bloodhound while holding down a cell in the graybar hotel.


The resulting "Blabrador" puppies are cute...


but they never stop barking.




Ok. That was awful.


But does explain why you call them Blab-rador pups........LOL

[Wookinstien]

Since I pride myself on lethality I will have to go back to the drawing board.

I got in trouble for that one. Silly me I forgot building a backyard cannon is against some idiotic city ordinance!

sheesh!


Although I think it was the satisfying BOOM it made annoyed the neighbors....

[nunyadb]

I knew I stayed up tonight for a reason, Thank you guys for the encouragment and the laughs.

I'm off to bed, yall have a great night and God bless

G'night J, same to you and yours.
See you again tomorrow I guess.
Till then , sleep well.

[nunyadb]

I do let them use last years clubs.


And I don't charge one cent more than the rental shop.

That's damn decent of you M, I guess I'm just not that charitable.
ahhh well, perhaps some day.

[WildRose]

Since I pride myself on lethality I will have to go back to the drawing board.
I had an experiment in lethality tonight. Using 110gr HP 6.8SPC on running coons in the dark at about 200yds.

Reminded me of popping prairie dogs with the .204...

I'm starting to like that little carbine!

Finally the mini 14 has become a true mini M-14 with that caliber!

[WildRose]

I knew I stayed up tonight for a reason, Thank you guys for the encouragment and the laughs.

I'm off to bed, yall have a great night and God blessRest well my friend and let Mitch know he's far, far from alone. He has a wealth of friends he's never known.

[nunyadb]

I got in trouble for that one. Silly me I forgot building a backyard cannon is against some idiotic city ordinance!

sheesh!


Although I think it was the satisfying BOOM it made annoyed the neighbors....

It's no fun without the "BOOM", I mean really, what do they want you to do ?
Return fire with stealth golf balls ? That's hardly cricket old man.

[WildRose]

I got in trouble for that one. Silly me I forgot building a backyard cannon is against some idiotic city ordinance!

sheesh!


Although I think it was the satisfying BOOM it made annoyed the neighbors....Hey if you just keep it pneumatic they shouldn't have too much room to complain as long as you don't use it on the neighbors HA!

[Mr. M]

Wook, I don't know where you get this stuff, but it's great.
As I'm not all that fond of cats in the first place, it's good entertainment.
By the way, did you know that if you shoot a cat off the roof of your car
with a .357 he'll leave so fast he doesn't scratch the paint ?

I ran over he neighbor's cat last week. I asked her if I could replace it...


but she didn't think I was capable of catching mice.

[Mr. M]

Never thought of Golf balls as lethal projectiles......

The natural enemies of Bentleys.


Especially the ones parked just to the right of the sixteenth fairway.

[nunyadb]

Since I pride myself on lethality I will have to go back to the drawing board.

You give me hope in the revival of the ancient art of decimating the enemy with
aerial bombardment when they won't let one play through.
By all means, do build some. However, I want the 1st dozen.
There's one particular alligator that keeps hanging out at the 8th hole.
As my balls seem to be akin to submarines in their affection for water,
he's beginning to be something of a nuisance.

[Mr. M]

Hell man just pick it up and throw it :lol:

What...


and put my caddy out of work?

[WildRose]

You give me hope in the revival of the ancient art of decimating the enemy with
aerial bombardment when they won't let one play through.
By all means, do build some. However, I want the 1st dozen.
There's one particular alligator that keeps hanging out at the 8th hole.
As my balls seem to be akin to submarines in their affection for water,
he's beginning to be something of a nuisance.Do you get a free drop if it lands in an alligator hole?

[Mr. M]

Having had some experience at collecting vices, I can categorically state
that most vices are in actuality only considered as such by humorless women.

S'truth.


I knew my current wife was the woman for me on our first date.


I asked her if she wanted to dance. She said "Sure!"...


and jumped right up on the table.

[nunyadb]

I ran over he neighbor's cat last week. I asked her if I could replace it...


but she didn't think I was capable of catching mice.

Silly woman, she didn't think it through. As women consider most of us as "Rats"
in the first place, she ought to know that no mere mouse is a match for us.
Hardly a challenge actually.
If I were you, I'd feel a bit slighted.