OK, THATS A PLAN FOR SURE. PEGASUS IS WARMING UP NOW! KAY, WHERE ARE YOU AND THE RV??? COME ON BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!

good morning from the backwater of east texas;everybody is getting up and going to work.if its broke,they will fix it.its good to be alive today,its 55 degrees and the sun just came up;the honeysuckle in my front yard is blooming and it smells wonderful.ive been surveying the topography of kandahar,afghanistan for the last hour on google earth and it looks pretty rugged.we have some rugged marines going in there soon to clear the taliban out of the neighborhood.it will be decisive as far as afghanistan is concerned but there are 7200 foot mountains just across the pakastan border;not too bad,thats just above the elevation of hermosa colorado in the rockies;been there surveying for the colorado-ute power line and it was rough but im sure the marines can handle it;if the are allowed to.afganistan has been run over many times in history;some talking-heads say otherwise but they are wrong.turko-mongols ran through there like quicksilver;the greeks under alexander and a few others.the moslems have only been ther since about 700a.d.the marines can do that job.if the polititians get out of the way and let the talaban die then there can be a government in kabul which will overcome.millions of people are watching this one,some say its impossible,like the mountains of afghanistan are invincible.so were iwo-jima and okinawa,yeah;i was proud to be a marine,we depended on each other and there was never a doubt that we could "adapt and overcome".when the russians and chinese pumped money and arms into the muslim world,they opened up "pandoras box"and now its time to put a lid on it.the country out here has the nerve,lets see if our leaders do too.this is the one to watch;this is where the plots of alquida hatched out,this is where east meets west.afghanistan is important;the history of the steppe impires and the history of civilization revolve around this crossroad.wake up and pay attention.

burge

04/27/10 08:10 AM

#2505

Well Gang, guess I am just not one of those who favors the Hill Country. Could have married and lived there in Canyon Lake.....rode around one last time lastThanksgiving and decided it just wasn't for me. There is beauty to be sure, I think it really is rugged and really appeals to men, but to me, I see so much of the land is unusable and scrubby . Guess I'm where I am supposed to be!

Burge, that was a good and interesting post from you, thank you for that. Perhaps it will be changed. One thing to know about Life, ALL THINGS WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE, CHANGE IS INEVITIABLE!,

04/27/10 09:25 AM

#2506

thanks kay,i dont mean to preach so much as hope that we can stave off all that threatens us right now.its better to go to our enemies than for devastation to come here in wholesale form.our infrastructure is too fragile to bear an insurgency.we can solve our problems internally in time but i believe that the islamist will take every advantage they can.for those who dont have or have never seen google earth you can download a free version.the resolution is good enough to see topography and streets etc.a streaming co-ordinance and elevation at the bottem lets you see the lay of the land.its interesting and fun;you can go anywhere in the world or look at your own house from space.for those who do have it,find the 11,000 ft.elevation just north of kandahar afghanistan,fyi.

burge

04/27/10 10:39 AM

#2507

Richard Meek '65

Burge, I agree that it's better to take the fight to the enemy than to sit and wait to get hit. It's good to hear a different tone in your emails. It sounds like you're feeling much better. Keep it up. What you mentioned about the Marines sticking together. . .that's important for families and friends as well. We see the importance of that on this forum all the time.

Kay you may be right about men preferring the ruggedness of the Hill Country. I just get a kick out of the views you get from the Devil's Back Bone on RR32 (I think that's the number) going west out of San Marcos. It's not as dramatic as the Rockies but it is pretty dramatic. Makes me wonder what it was like when the Commanches were in charge. I think I prefer AC and indoor faciities. I also like places like the Blue Hole in Wimberley.You would be amazed how green everything is right now. The wet ,cold winter really had a positive effect on the vegetation. To each their own. I think it's good that most people think of where they live as God's country. In actuality it is isn't it? I like E. Tex. also. It's vey pretty particularly when the redbuds and dogwoods are in bloom.

Everyone have a good day,

Richard

04/27/10 11:21 AM

#2508

Teddie Jordan

My problem is I fall in love with every part of Texas I visit. If I were to win the lottery I'd be broke in a year because I'd buy places in East Texas, West Texas, Hill Country, Palo Duro Canyon area, Coleman area west of Ft. Worth, and more land in South Texas. Naturally you've got to have a place in the Big Bend area so you can see the Davis mountains, and of course you've got to have something on the coast, preferably the lower coast for me in that you can fish all day and only see a couple other boats down there. Anyway, I love it all!

04/27/10 02:35 PM

#2509

You are right Ted, so few years left and soooo much left to see! I could enjoy visiting throughout Texas. I'm a 1 house person, but an RV would be the mode I would use!

04/27/10 02:47 PM

#2510

Richard Meek '65

Kay and Ted, I think you both have great ideas. Now if we organize this correctly, maybe I can get Kay to drive me around the state to visit all of Ted's holdings. Sounds like a plan to me. What do you think? Maybe we can get the Duke of DuBarry to provide motorcycle escort!

04/27/10 07:25 PM

#2511

Robert Derrick

You guys are toooooooo much. And I want to be a part of that convoy. You actually painted a picture in my mind. Think about it. The Beaumister leading the way. Enjoy reading all your posts.

04/27/10 10:46 PM

#2512

OK, THATS A PLAN FOR SURE. PEGASUS IS WARMING UP NOW! KAY, WHERE ARE YOU AND THE RV??? COME ON BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!

What a great Idear!!! We could call it our whirld comeback reunion tour!!!! I have been trying to get together with a couple o bikers, and just take a tour of THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS! I think thats number 1 or 2 on my bucket list! Dont know where I put that bucket, but, dont really want to find it! I think I am gonna call AAA and get them to plan a MC trip around Texas! I would like to visit paris and Harrold and Quanah again, and lost maples and the davis mountains etc...Ok, I'm packed and ready!!! Hey Burge, we coming by to pick you up!!!

Well, it is confirmed by Dr Likovers PA...I have a brain cloud on all my joints!!! tsk tsk tsk, and I was so young too!!! Been sorta busy, and in pain, mostly in pain though! But what the heck you only live oncet...right??? Been working on putting a patio swing together...for a week! Damned if i didnt have to use algebra too!!! "Figure A, Take part 1 and connect it to part MM using the long #21 bolts and AA large washers with part 41 large locking nut...Lord help me!!!! It's almost done, but there does seem to be a slight problem, the swing part is sitting on the ground with the wrong widget from figure ZZ, which I cant seem to figure out where it is supposed to go!!!

Oh well, I'll get it one of these days! Both Coop and John Boy have been keeping watch and tallying up how many cuss words it takes to build one of these furshlerginer do lollys! Ever now and again, they get up and pace around looking at me and "it" and they wag their tails and go pee on the fence and then lay down in the shade and snore!!! Think thats what I'm gonna do! Seems to help them!!!! My beloved has offered her help, but I say, "no dear, I want to do it all by myself"!!! God, the instructions on this thing musta been written by a nuculer scientist!!! (I know nuclear is spelled wrong, just thought I'd do it that way)! DW is pretty good at reading the distructions, where as I am a visual guy! If I could get one of the Swedish bikini ski team girls to read the distructions TO ME, I think I could do just fine!!!

Oh, its Birds 0- John Boy 2, the scamp!!! I didnt scold him this time, or even say a word to him, I just hit him upside the head with a shovel!!! NAH, just funnin ya! I did give him a lecture on "cant we all just get along"! I think he understood, cause he was looking real intent at me and scratching behind his right ear with his back foot! I think thats a good sign...Right??? I fired off an email to the Dog Whisperer to see what he thought, but havent heard back yet!!!

Ok Boys and girls, I was almost in the 21st century for a day and a half! Got me one of them new fangled "touchy feely" phones! My hands arent extrodinarily large,(but they are manly hands) but when it rang the first time, I musta punched every button on the damn thing, and none of them the right ones, and having dropped it several times also! By the time I found the right button, they hung up! This wonderful excercise was repeated several more times over the course of the day and a half that I had it! A little technology goes along way with me! To me, the last great invention was the air conditioner, and then they should have stopped right there!!! Got my beloved to go back to Best Buy and exchange the "touchy feely" phone for one that Alexander Graham Bell carried! ONE FITTING FOR A MANLY MAN, THE DUKE OF DUBARRY!!!!!

I even got one of those jaba the hut wireless speakers for my truck, and couldnt figure it out! It was supposed to work over the truck speakers! WE took it back, and the people there, the "experts" wrestled with it for 20 minutes, before I told them, I DONT WANT THE DAMN THING!!The sales clerk, said in a whinny voice, "you dont want it"??? "No ma'am" says I," cause if you the experts are having this much trouble making it work, just think how much trouble I will have. And if I have that much trouble with something like that, people are gonna die"!!!!

So, finally got er all straightened out, thanks to my beloved! Returned the speaker system, got a new phone that I can handle, so I was feeling down right pumped! DW says," lets go to supper, and just get dessert"!!!" HELL DAMN DW, WHAT A FINE IDEAR" says I!!! So off we go, first to Lubys...struck out there, what they had wasnt quite what we wanted, plus it was liver and onion night, and the smell kinda turned us off!! So we stop in at IHOP, and they only have 3 desserts, and we didnt want them; struck out at Paneras; ditto Pappas and Jasons! Man, we were like two junkies lookin for a fix! When what did I spy, and rat across from Jasons on 34th, RANDALLS! Dw had the same Idear about the same time I did! LETS JUST GET A WHOLE CAKE OR PIE, AND GO HOME AND i CAN MAKE SOME OF MY WHIRLD FAMOUS COFFEE!!!!!! So, us, the two junkie nut jobs, are running through Randalls bakery both with an armload of assorted cakes and pies and eclairs OH MY!!!! Settled on an assortment of 4 different cheesecakes, and an all butter apple cinniminininon and carmel crumb cake!!! Ran through the check out lane, threw some money at the checker, and ran out to the truck and zipped on home to pure delight! (I know that the folks in randalls, after that display of "track and field", thought, "Hmmm, the moment musta been right" wink wink!!! Damn right, "right for some cheese cake and coffee"!!!

So, if any of you called me on my cellllluuullar phone, and didnt get an answer, call me tomorrow, then we will see just what a whiz I am at answering it! Ha!!! Make your eyes tear up just thinking about it! Need a sugar fix??? come by for some cake and some coffee!

Had lunch today with Billy "quick draw" Magraw and my friend Jerry! Billy is looking to buy Jerrys Harley, or at least check it out to see if he wants to buy it! We ate at a whole in the wall mexican restaurant on Washington Ave rat across from Wabash feed store! Billy and Jerry have a knack for finding whole in the wall eateries with great food! Being hispanic, and a caterer, Jerry knows em all! Billy can almost speak mexicanese as good as jerry can! Jerry will order something in mexicanese, and I just say, "same for me"! I dont know what it was today, but it was some kind of beef stew and potatoes and of course rice and beans and tortillas! Jerry and his wife Michaeline are so cool, and the best caterers in the whirld! They have catered several parties for us and the food was so most excellent and good too!!!

Me and Bill might go for a ride tomorrow if my schedule allows! Hmmm, lets see, what am I scheduled to do tomorrow, vacuum, wash clothes, etc etc...I think I can fit it in my schedule!!!(I've turned into a house keeper)

Hmmm, time to turn in! Or, just move to another room and toss and turn! Slept a little last night, and woke up this morning in a sea of pillows! Thought I had died and gone to pillow hell! But, they would have had to been on fire for that to be! I thought I had gotten rid of at least half of them last year! I couldnt get out of bed this moring because of all the pillows! DW says, "are you gonna get up today mr lazy bones"??? "Mmmmmpfh rmmmmpf mmmmmpf" says I, the ever witty husband! Finally kicked some of the pillows off and swung my feet over the side of the bed, and tripped on what??? yup, a pillow! Fell down, but luckily there were pillows there to break my fall! Dw says, "see there, youre always gripping about too many pillows, and here they saved you from a bad fall"! "Yes dear" says I! Wasnt worth arguing over, that it was BECAUSE of the pillows that I HAD fallen!!!

Oh well, what's a young man to do???

Keep the sun at your 6 and a pillow handy

your friend and brother, sweet tater beauregard, the duke of duBarry and all points in between

04/28/10 09:07 AM

#2513

Gracios me! You guys have been dreaming 'bout the good life touring around Texas.

Not a bad idea, maybe we could come up with a plan ..... and get group prices. The Geriatric Babyboomers of Waltrip Sr. High.....LOL.

Let's start mapping it going west and end up around the Mexican border and hop over for the last party. This World is crazy anyway, and only getting crazier! This Goldman Sachs fiasco is over the top....They should all go to prison. What jas happened to consequences!

It doesn't make it right to swindle investors, get caught and have the psychopathic gall to conjure up the right words to say it was just business, or whatever. Don't 2nd guess me as I haven't been totally listening, just shake my head knowing the World is going down to "Hell in a Handbasket"

Much more fun to invest in Tours around Texas. Beau, I have never been to Lost Maples? but I do hear it is beautiful and would really like to visit there someday, isn't there a lot of walking though? That would have to be a Fall adventure. Hope 'ole Larry Likeover can fix the brainfog before then.

When you talk about ole Washington Ave. it brings back memories...all mine...folks, my first inclination is to move back so I could travel all the old places in time, but probably a weekend would cure that one. I used to visit the Heights to my Aunt's on Columbia and always would venture around when I got older. I worked at the Kroger Corp. offices on old Washington, visited the SPCA on a regular basis throughtout my young adulthood. Animals have always been a necessary part of my life. Did some nightlife around those parts, worked for a Cable co. and Shipley's Donuts corp. office, worked at candy counter at the North Main Theatre there under a Mr. Gugenheimer, when I was about 16 yrs. , candy-striped at the Heights Hosp. where I was born. Went to All Saints and became a catholic there. Dated some Heights folks, Pat Sirvello and I ran amuck around there, Miller's, & Pig Stand, wrapped the Rice Hotel restrooms after skipping the Rainbow Girl's meeting, that was the end of my tenure in the Bapt. era. Took the bus and went shopping at Foleys and Sakowitz, Everett Buelow, what simple fun, and parked at the Martino's on 81/2 St. for years! Joe, Mary, and Steve and their parents from Italy were the greatest. Guess I'll stop ruminating....

04/28/10 04:42 PM

#2514

Jackie Crowe (Finch)

Okay guys - just back from God's country - the rolling hills of Austin, Driftwood and Buda!!! My son's wedding was awesome - they married at Thurman's Mansion in Driftwood. Rehearsal dinner was Friday night in Austin at Carino's and we stayed at a hotel in Buda. It was also Weiner Dog races in Buda (don't laugh - it's a very big event) looked like a lot of fun - will have to try and go next year.

Wedding took place last Saturday at 7:00 p.m. outside by the vineyards with the sun setting -- gorgeous!! Then dancing, dinner and celebrating in the Mansion. What can I say --- beautiful wedding, rolling hills and cool clear weather ----- fantastic!!!!! I love that country!!! I was born in Austin and grew up fishing on Lake Travis and riding the winding roads!! Austin is still in my heart!

Welcome back Burge - so glad to have you on forum again. And Beau - you are never boring - lots of laughs. I'm with Teddie, Paige and all - love all the stories and memories that everyone has contributed!

Speaking of memories, Foley's downtown was my stomping ground for lunchtime when I worked for Gulf Oil - those were the days for shopping and Woolworth's was another one on my route!

Remember that big revolving Gulf sign -- I was there!! And so was Glenda McDonald - she was working in Human Resources Dept. as it is called now --- put in my application and was hired for the steno pool. My little fingers have been typing for over 40 years now! Glenda and I have many fond memories of Gulf Oil ---

Oh, Beau did you see that IHOP has pancakes filled with cheesecake!!!! Must be only a couple of billion calories!!

Hugs!

04/28/10 11:11 PM

#2515

first i want to thank jackie for sending frank roffall's obituary.though it makes me sad to see another classmate and former marine go down;there is also a deep understanding and a prayer for his peace.i feel lucky that i have lived this long in spite of the negatives.sometimes the sleepless nights catch up with me and i feel sorrow and fear.marines are not known for fear but i will tell you,it sets in like a vapor long after the danger has passed,it colors the world with foreboding.i worry about things that i have no power to do anything about,see things that set my teeth on edge.its a form of "mission creep" that takes morale and twists it into doubt.how did we get to this point?we are like greece before phillip of macedon came down and spanked thier spoiled little butts.everything moral was abandoned as passe and quaint,people let fly to abandon and spoil;all the big ones.i pray and i hope and i see;i think we are about to get that spanking.no place to run,no place to hide.how many still know how to call upon god;oh how quaint.i think most of you see it,its well to understand it.how can our country take the moral stand that made us great?every day something strange but nothing new.help me out before my heart fails again;what i see is another political compromise that will have us pulling out of a war again and never being able to gain traction again;another failed experiment in the annals of man.rather than fearing god,we worry about what the rest of the world thinks of us;thats exactly what happened before and what will happen again if we fail in afghanistan.im still stigmatised from viet-nam,a subject i know so well and lament so strongly.i can still see the face of bella abzug sr. in my nightmares.

burge

04/29/10 08:29 AM

#2516

Well Folks, just read this eerie note on the '65 forum and thought I might make your day.....uugud. It is upsetting, and hopefully, a missed forcasting of the future. What do you all think?

Love the Forum!!

I'm going to make a comment that I learned from one of my senior insurance clients.

She said that if you are a year or two from retirement, take a year and live on what

your retirement income would be. Can't touch your savings. Practice being frugal or

money shock could be rough. She thinks that this current Administration could shower

us with VAT (value added taxes of 17-20% on all purchases). She has friends who have seen

their property taxes go from $2K per year to $6,000 per year. She believes that all States

will have an income tax. She believes that runaway inflation could devour our savings.

She believes that we will see sales taxes on our food and prescriptions. Our State and Fed

Govn't could take our 401K's and sell them and replace them with Treasury Bills that will

pay interest of 3 percent. Our Govn't is going to become unable to sell any more debt to

China or Japan and will be desperate for income. Illegal aliens will be given amnesty and

health coverage under ObamaCare. Your current health coverage will become unrecognisable.

She is not a lunatic. She is a retired teacher who says that this country is in for a rude

awakening. I, for one, am listening to her wisdom.

Perhaps I should start building the Old Folks Commune now, cows, chickens, eggs, farm veggies, and armed weapons to keep the unsavory out.

04/29/10 11:13 AM

#2517

Bj Brady '65

Hello Beau-

I also worked at Sakowitz after high school.

I worked with Linda Bode (class of '67) the summer of 1967 in "Will Call".

Had to dress up every day. At the end of summer I transferred from Univ of Houston

to Lamar Univ in Beaumont where I graduated in Jan., 1970.

My fellow '65 Waltripians have suggested that I have stirred up a hornets nest on the '65 Forum.

Would you in your wisdom and seniority take a look at the current thread and voice your opine.

I know that you are the Senior Spokesman of Waltrip - "64-'67..

Love ya brother,

Bernard

04/29/10 11:27 AM

#2518

Richard Meek '65

I think it is worth remembering what FDR told the American people in his 1933 inaugural address,

" the only thing we have to fear is fear itself".

Another mock-Latin quote from WWII worth remembering: Illegitimi non carborundum.

04/29/10 12:10 PM

#2519

well,that is a forecast that sounds like what communists do alright,on a tame day.its not like there hasnt been talk in the media about these taxes;a federal sales tax is on the way:and yes i am a lunatic,but one that cant help but take it very personally.i understand that the word 'communist is far overused and has lost its meaning but that is what rhetoric does.call it anything with an "ism" on the end.the machanation has been in the works for over a hundred years.it got nasty in the sixties and seventies with the break-up of the family,the cornerstone of any civilization.vietnam was the test of our resolve;we tried our best but it was "hell no-we wont go; hell no we wont go; hell no we wont go".it had to be made into a mantra so it would soak into the mind of the dense.oh people,say it aint so.everybody that thought they got a raw deal in this country turned against it and the daintiest of our flower was mowed down with the weeds.mabe its well that the takeover has been by election(the prefered way);there wasnt much of an alternative,was there.we love our skins too much to resist.i found out what it was like to not know who your enemy was in viet nam.papa-san,mama-san,little baby-san with no teats yet.its too late to turn our enemies against each other,they occupy our cities.clever rhetoric has turned them into something else but watch them come out of the woodwork.it will all be legal and "the right thing to do";thats what is meant by "social justice".i hope i can be stoic or mabe just laugh or something;it shouldnt matter.thats enough of the bad news;now the good news.we are still america.

humpty-dumpty

04/29/10 01:03 PM

#2520

Humpty-Dumpty is right! How appropo !

Don't worry BJ - I worked at Sakowitz too, in my senior year in the personnel office under Mr. Hampt. Maybe it is our link.....LOL.

04/29/10 03:32 PM

#2521

Paige Talley (Meek)

Hey ya'll... I have been hearing the rumblings again about the VAT... tax on everything that the Feds want to impose. I think it was Clinton that last brought it up.

Belize among other countries have the VAT. It has been a great contributor to the continued financial distruction of that small country.

Please learn about the V value A added T tax !

I have lived with it before and I am totally against the VAT. Inform yourselves and make your own decisions.

Paige

04/29/10 04:05 PM

#2522

Bj Brady '65

To all traveling Texans:

Susan and I just drove from below Nashville to San Angelo, TX. We went to an eleven day

visit to see my folks (aged 89 and 88). They are crippled up bad, but never ever complained once.

Tough as nails... We had a wonderful time.

The area of Texas from Ft. Worth to San Angelo is just gorgeous and loaded with widflowers.

We were north of the hill country but just enjoyed so many beautiful vistas. Like many of you,

we want to retire in Texas. There's just no place like home. Bernard

04/29/10 11:46 PM

#2523

Good eefenink yall! Finally got er done! Now me and John boy are justa swingin!!! Did have a few parts left over, but it works! Me and Coop went to class Wednesday night, and he did great, as per usual! But, when he gets home, he forgets everything he learned! Just like me! When school was out, my brain quit functioning! Didnt do too much in school, but I was awake, sometimes!!! Ol coop loves to eat all the "bribes" treats, and the instructor is just in love with him! SWELL! Meanwhile, youall buy oscar mayer stock, cause that boy can eat his weight in em!

Took dang near a whole package just to get him to go down from a sitting to a laying position! Oh well!!! He will sit for me though. I guess he figures if he sits in one place, it be easier for me to find him to GIVE him the treats! When John Boy sees that I have treats, he plants his behind smack on the ground, and quickly! Gets a real intense look in his glazed over eyes! I believe it'd be easier to train one of my cats...having said that and thought about same... NAH!!!!!!!

Hey BJ, your source is probably correct...unfortunately!

Me and pegasus are ready to hit the road! Got one big run down to Port O Connor witht he wounded warriors on May 21! So far, there are 180 bikes signed up! They are gonna cut it off at 200 bikes! The procession is already a mile long! Should make for an interesting sight and sound!

Been out on numerous patrols, and alls quiet on the western front! Cole crick is just a trickle now, and the stagnant water is not a pretty sight! But maybe we will get some rain tomorrow and saturday and sunday to help cleanse it! Ol Coop and John Boy walk very good on a leash! John Boy does have a way of mixing up the cadence, no matter how hard I try to either me stay in step with him, or him staying in step with me! Seems when he goes right, I go left, and WHAMO, right into my bum knee! I dont like letting him out on the end of his leash, I prefer him and or Coop at my left side! Coop is no problem, but JB just cant stay out of my knee!

Speaking of which, had to go back to sawbones and draw blood! Seems now they are checking my "AUTO IMMUNE" system! Hell, I coulda told em I'm immune to autos!!! They will let me know if my immune system also has a brain cloud!!! Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you!!! well, we will see what we will see!

Rode my MC yesterday and today, and it was wonderful...duh!!! I wish everyone could get out of something, what I get out of riding a motorcycle! Cant explain it...just an incredible feeling...

Very windy today, white caps on the cement pond! Watched the movie "Blind Side" or whatever it's called! pretty good movie! Kinda slow! But it ended well! My beloved says that Michael Oher plays for Baltimore Ravens, and that they won the superbowl! Didnt see the SB! So now Mr Oher has a SB ring! Good for him!!!! Wouldnt it be nice if everything came out like that??? I do have a bad habit of getting involved with and becoming a part of whatever movie I am watching! Takes me a while to get it out of my head! Glad I dont watch many!

The smell of Wax leaf lugustrum, is so thick it is almost surreal! Ever now and again, you catch a whiff of gardenia, honeysuckle, and that punctuated with fried chicken and hamburgers and BBQ! I remember my room on Madame DuBarry's street! Once dad took out the screen walls, and built a half wall and installed Jalouscy (sp) windows (crank out)! Since we didnt have Air conditioning, the windows were open most of the time! We had gardenias in the front yard, and the back under my windows! Use to make me sneeze, but they were oderiferous and smelled heavenly!

Anyone been on 34th st lately??? At Golf drive, looks like a Mayan temple being built! Did the Mayans come back??? Saw a documentary on them, and one of the people thinks they were all abucted by aliens...yeah right!!!! Me too!!!! Saw one on the Anasazis! They disappeared too, more from living in a drought area than from aliens...I think!!!! Had a girlfriend once that visited the ruins, and brought some "Anasazis Beans" back for me...yeah, thats what I thought too!

I cooked them I think, but dont remember anything spectacular, just beans!!! I'm sure they were real good a thousand years ago, but theyre just beans!!!

Speaking of beans, Had lunch at Angies Diner on old hempstead hwy and 34th st today. Had salisbury steak and gravy and fried okra and boiled cabbage and rolls and real butter! Ah!!!! So very excellent!!! Just a hole in the wall, but a goodun!!! Waitresses are so nice, "hon"!!! They also serve breakfast! I made a stop in Angies kitchen, on the way out! The food was so good, thought my Grandmother was cooking for them!!! Oh, and no one in the restroom wanting to wash your hands, thank goodness!!! Stopped this morn and had a cup of not very good coffee and a donut at Shipleys on 34th and Ella! Still make good donuts though! If you get the ones with the hole in it, you know the one that looks like a great big cherrio? Well, those arent bad for you! All the calories and fat and cholesterol fall out of the hole, and voila, health food! At least thats the way I'm gonna tell it!!!! SEE, dang it, now I'm hungry! And sleepy!

I thought I had a lot to say tonight, but my brain has decided to close down for the eenin! (my dad use to pronounce evening "eenin". dont know why, but he got me to doing it) Sooooooo, I will bid you good people all, a good night! Sorry for the above rather lame attempt at humor, but after a while, the ringing in my ears and the pain just about drive me insane...Which in my case would be a short drive! Probably a sandwedge or a moped, whichever comes first!

So without further Adieu or is it I do? or ah do, or maybe ah dont...say goodnight Duke...goodnight duke!!!

your friend and brother Beauregard, (gonna change my name to Rocky) the Duke of DuBarry

04/29/10 11:52 PM

#2524

lordy-be;im still on the forum so i must still have freedom of speech;so ill just enjoy that and other liberties until "they"come hual me away along with all the other veterans who still think socialism is a sham and a burn.i havent seen any secret concentration camps yet but im sure it isnt for the lack of planning.

humpty-dumpty

p.s.

so that i may not be judged as so highly opinionated as to be foolish;i propose a ballanced examination of what system of government has brought the greater good to the greater number.this opens up the possibility of discussion on the matter and invites an opinion from those who have been listening but not speaking.

04/30/10 08:42 AM

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Good morrow mine fellow waltripmoanians! Always feel better after I get my whirld famous coffee brewing! Hey Humpty, the government I most favor would be...Winnie the pooh and the 100 acre wood! Ok, I'm out of the closet now! I'm a winnie the poohian! I kind of liked the old system we had! Not so much any of the politicians on any side, but our system works when honest honorable non-megalomaniacal people are running things! It works beautifully when the masses participate, and not just one special interest group! But humans being what they are...what should they be??? Honest, honorable, hardworking, loving, caring, dark chocolate loving, homemade ice cream makin, chicken fried steak eatin, fried okra crunchin, fried green tomatos folks!!! Amen!!!

sometimes things arent as simple as one would like, but they certainly could be, and should be. YOU HAVE TO WORK AT IT!!!

Speaking of working at it, guess what I got in the mail??? No not another fruitcake...guess again...nope, wrong again...Ok, I'll give you a hint...ANOTHER JURY SUMMONS, THIS TIME FROM THE FEDS!!!!!!!!! I guess they heard about my superior intellect and how I straightened out the county jury system, so they wanted to see for themselves! Wow, I feel honored, I wonder if I'll get to go on okras show, or my all time fav THE VIEW!!!

Just a small caveat here, I accidently tuned to the view onect, everyone o them rhodes schollars were talking at the same time! Okras bunch were crying and boo hooing and blubberin all over one and other! Had to throw my TV out and buy another one and delete those channels!

The feds pay 40 dollars a day and 50 cents a mile and if you travel over 50 miles, you get 169 dollars a day for subsistence! Hells bells, with the way I drive, I instantly qualify for subsistence pay!!! I wonder how I should dress...HARDBITTEN REDNECK COWBOY, BOOTS HAT AND ALL??? or BIKER DUDE, ERIC VON ZIPPER! Went as the Marlboro Man to the county bunch!!! VERY INTERESTING!!!

You are also on call for a week, whether you serve or not, not just one day like the city and county! It's also in another part of town and building! OH JOY! I get to learn new stuff! I can just see the news now; "We are live in Houston, and we have what we believe is a jurist, lost and trapped in the underground tunnels below houston. Ever now and then we think we can hear him cussin a blue steak! We are going to roll tape so send your children from the room...5-4-3-2-1, roll tape...@##$$^#$#@^$%#%&&$&%$#@. there you have it meghan, frightening isnt it!!!" I believe it is at 515 rusk at smith street! I guess it could be a trap, just to capture a right wing extremist tea party guy!!! Well, they know where I live! LAZY!!! Thats what they are, they are lazy, just wanting me to come to them! Ha! I will be in disguise and they wont know it's me! Heck fire, half the time I dont know it's me!!! I wish they would let me bring my seeing eye dog Coop! Well, he is!!! Me and him, seeing eye to eye on treats and couch potatoing and all!!!

Havent been out on patrol this morn, kinda drippy...not me, the weather! Well, I'm sure there are a few that would opt for me being drippy, or dopey, one o them 7 dwarfs, oops kant say dwarf, uh, vertically challenged???? WOW just saw Rachel Welch on a commercial, she must be a hundred by now, but HOT, VERY HOT...sorta like me???? NAH!!! JUST FUNNIN YA! But she was looking great!

Guess I will sine (I know it's sign, just wanted to mess with your minds) off for now! Or, maybe I could Co-sine off...Hmmm

Well whatever, got to get DW off to work and then go out on patrol in this hurricane! Ol Coop dont care whether weather is good or bad!!! Howd you like me putting whether and weather together??? I thought it was very clever, expecially for early in the morn! Probably not grammatically correct, but what the heck, just throw caution to the wind! Sorry Mrs Simpson!!!

Be back later yall

your friend and brother, Rocky, the duke of du barry

04/30/10 08:46 AM

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Bj Brady '65

Hey Beau and Humpty-dumpty-

You guys are better than "Rick and Bubba in the Morning" or maybe they are only in

Tennessee. Humpster - you sound just like my younger bro Jeff who was in Vietnam 1967-1971.

Sorta twisted. But in a powerful way, you understand. You see right through the "fluff".

Thx for the confirmation Beau. I'm the Chevalier of Chamboard maself. You boys are

livin the dream. Love your rants, Bernard

04/30/10 11:11 AM

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