Morning coffee

[wrbones]

Well, it's still mornin' here! Mornin' folsk! Come on in and set if ya wanta! It's a new day!

Maybe Admin can figure a way to keep from shuttin' down the site when I'm due to fix coffee. Ya think! Seems they do this to me a couple times a week anymore! Then I get to hear about it!Somewhere around 00:30 and 01:30 mountain time they shut her down. I can cruise the internet but I can't get in here! Oh well. Life is. Maybe they're just thinkin' I need my sleep! LOL. I'll sleep when I'm dead, boys! ;) Don't worry about me!

Coffee's coffee, so it don't matter as long as I get some, I guess.

Let's see....what were we visitin' about yesterday....

Oh, yeah...among other things, we were talkin' about Spiderman. I'll save him fer another time. I know you folks are jonesin', so I'll make this the quick way....

I've said a lot of stuff about Marines and honor and such. I believe that no matter how much the Corps hammered one or all of us, we still got those values deep down inside where they just ain'y gonna go away, no matter what we do. I spent a lot of years myself tryin' to forget. Well, it didn't work. Just as well stop fightin' adn realize that what the DI said was true, I guess. "You'll never be civilians again! From now on, you'll be Marines. Once a Marine, always a Marine." He also said something about not seein' our names in the paper under "Ex-Marine does" this or that either, 'cause he'd hunt our raggedy ass down if he did! LOL.

The values are good and true. However much we suffered, those values hold true. They are timeless in their essence. Honor, courage, committment. Take care of your people. Take care of each other. Get the mission accomplished. Take care of your stuff.
Take care of yourself. Teamwork. Self-discipline. Responsibility. The importance of history and it's effect upon our present times.

There is so much to list...God, Country, Corps. Patriotism. Freedom. Liberty. and their cost.....

And if nothing else....I learned how to fold my clothes......

Warm up yer coffee folks! It's a good day! A new beginning! We get new opportunities every day toi get it right....one day we might just take advantage of it and get it all done better maybe! LOL.

Paper's here! I got the comics!

[Barndog]

Had mah lifer juice a long time ago. I don't know whut yer talkin about 'admin'..... I was here at 0500 MY TIME..... what's yer problem again? Operator error? LOL

If I wasnt about to put a pork roast into the oven, I'd go into some of this stuff, Bones. It's 1550.

And, I fold my damm clothes when I feel like it.

Semper FI

[wrbones]

Mornin' Coffee! Ain't nothin' like it is there! LOL. Bleary eyed, ass a draggin', wanna go back to bed....LOL. I'll stop there! I ain't a mornin' person myself, really!. Spent too much time workin' the swing shift over the years! LOL. Coffee's on folks! Grab a cup before ya fall asleep where ya stand! Find a sit while yer at it! Paper'll be here directly!

Wake up before ya start yer day! Hope ya got things planned out! Hell ya gotta have a plan, even if it all goes to hell when ya walk in the door at work! LOL.

It's a new day, folks. A new beginning! A new opportunity to screw it up...I mean... get it right! LOL. What I'm sayin' is, don't go lookin' fer trouble. It'll be along soon enough! Just make sure ya got a plan to start dealin' with it! That's where beginnings start. That's where you'll find the best opportunities. Right smack in the middle of a **** storm! So when it's lookin rough on ya, that's when ya start lookin fer openings to get yer licks in. Just keep yer head is all. Just like fightin'.

Life is a struggle most of the time in one way or another. Dealin with loss, disappointment, bad feelings...whatever. I've known rich folks that had troubles. Wasn't money fer most, but they had troubles. I've known celebrities couldn't figure a way to get away from it all. It destroyed more than a few I know. It Killed one or two I once ran with years ago. We all got troubles. One thing is hard for one to deal with, it's another thing for someone else.

When ya lookin at someone else and their life, think it all through, step by step....look fer the good and the bad in it. Pluses and minuses. Whether it's pure ignorance or knowing too much without the experience and wisdom to go with it! Whether they're rich and foolish or wise and poor. Whether they're drunk or crazy or a weird combination of all or some of it. It gets hard to judge folks when ya know what they might be goin' through. Sometimes these folks can't see the opportunities in the midst of their distress and hard times. Some are so busy just tryin' to survive, they ain't got time to look up and see the opportunities in front of them.

I know there's somethin' in the Book that says somethin' about that, but I ain't preachin' here. Just thinkin' out loud is all....

We all need to stop and take a deep breath from time to time. Take a look around and see things a bit differently than we did before. Maybe take a minute and just wake up a bit before we start our day. That's why I try to get the coffee goin' for ya in the morning when I can.

I get a semi-captive audience who can't abide not seein' what my next train wreck's gonna look like, and you get a chance to wake up a bit! LOL.

Warm up yer coffee folks! We got another chance to get it right! Hell, if we pay attention to what's goin' on around us, we might even see another opportunity to do it better next time!

[thedrifter]

Goodmorning

Thanks for the coffee.....Sure could use it today......

Well you have narrowed down me pretty well....I'm that crazy poor guy.....LOL.....but happy......

I don't look for trouble, but you are right it sure can find you....LOL...

I work hard to try to make things right....but I don't get that right all the time....but I never lose hope....I will keep trying till I do get it right in my book.....

Lots of work to do......
Hope all have a good day...........

Sempers,

Roger

[wrbones]

Mornin' Folks! How ya doin' this mornin' anyway! Coffee's on,folks! Come on in and shut the door! I'ts nasty outside! Got a bit of snow and some wind today. Not enough of either to holler about, but it dropped near forty degrees again! It was over 60 yesterday mornin! Grab yerself a cup of coffee and warm up! Find a seat! get comfortable! Day ain't started yet!

I was thinkin' about somethin' this mornin'. Yeah, yeah, yeah! But what the hell! Ya gotta do somethin' with yer spare time! LOL. Anyway. It might seem a little nostalgic fer some, but I was thinkin' about change. My maternal grandparents were dang near nintey, or close enough as to make no never mind. I think about the changes they saw in their lifetimes now and then. I've visited with other folks as well over this. Usually about all they can do is to shake their heads, look off into the past as if you weren't there in front of them and say, "Yes. It's changed a lot."

Traveling in wagons, trains from the turn of the century, automobiles were a relatively new thing. Politics, society, even the trades that they were once engaged in. Towns became cities, cities became something else altogether. More people in America now than they could have imagined in the twenties or thirties when they were young and just getting started in life. From wagons and mostly horses for heavy labor to men on the moon and computers to give them direct access tothe world's information when an education when they were growing up was nearly optional for many.

Changes. Some hard to endure. Some welcomed with open arms! Who wouldn't like a dishwasher after washing dishes by hand fer a large family for years! Clothes washers and dryers instead of a washer that you have to push and pull and fill by hand and all that went with it. Vacuums that worked! Calculators, though most could do whatever math they needed by hand. Lots of changes. Nearly inumerable in their numbers, scope and impact on us all. Nearly ninety years of such changes.

Some of us have seen changes that we, at times find hard to believe. Some we don't understand. Some leave us scratching our heads! LOL. But what we've got to look forward to!
Cars that don't run on gasoline! Automated cars and roads maybe! Medicine that even now would appear to be magic to those who lived in the 1920's! The future of medicine! Who knows for sure! biomechanical miracles of some sort or another. Nano-technology! Men on Mars!!!! Airplanes that can take us to the moon and back in a day or two! Computers that can be implanted in our brains with the use of holographic keyboards or vocal commands! Ram jets that can take us to the nearest star and back in eight years! What will it be like, the future!

As vast the changes that our parents and grandparents saw in their lifetimes, so much more will the future be for us!

We've paid for it! We fought for it! Let's look forward to it and try not to have it leave us scratchin' our heads, wondering what happened.

It's a new day folks! Warm up yer coffee! We got another chance to get it right! Hell, lookin' back, we'll do it better this time!

[wrbones]

Mornin' folks! How the hell are ya this mornin'! Coffee's on! Grab a cup and get some! Paper'll be here directly! I got the front pages and the comics first! Well, hell, find a squat and take a load off!

Middle of the week ain't it? I'll try to take it easy on ya! What's the matter! Did I make ya think too much yesterday! LOL. Surely not! Actually, I don't have much today of any note. Weather's got nasty around here. cold snow, warm pavement, dropping temps...throw in a little snow...It's a blast to drive on though! LOL.

Pretty pictures everywhere ya look! Post card type, ya know. icicles and snow on the trees...dark overcast skies. That flat, grey-blue color ya see sometimes. Then, even as overcast as it is, I can see for miles from here...the city lights have halos around them....sounds are muted.....

There's always beauty around ya if ya take a sec and look for it.
Sometimes we gotta stop and take a look around us, take a deep breath, and see...

It's the middle of the week, when ya might consider stoppin' fer a minute and remembering the beauty on yer kid's face when ya give her that present, or the light in yer wife's eyes when she's lookin' at you and doesn't think you see her lookin'....when ya leave the house this morning and look back over yer shoulder or through the windshield of the car and consider how much it all really means to you. Remember why yer workin' so hard and take a minute to look around you at the beauty of it all. It's worth it. It really is.

Enjoy every minute folks...they go too damn fast if ya don't.

Ya might miss somethin' if yer not payin' attention.

It's a new day, folks! Another opportunity to get it right! We got another chance to do it better this time!

Warm up yer coffee and get yer head sorted out before ya get goin! Coffee'll be here when ya get back!

[JAMarine]

Hey, thanks for the cup of coffee Bones. Sure am glad ya got an extra cup this morning. Just got back in from the Tarmac on the field. I was checkin out a problem on one of the birds out there. The wind is light but the mist is kinda heavy. Not sure if its mist or just really low fog. I do know it cuts into you like a cold-steel blade. Cuts right through to the bone.

Seems I get colder quicker as I get older. I don't like being cold. I can remember runnin around in a T-Shirt in the snow when I was younger. Not anymore. I wouldn't mind having one of those new butt-warmers around.

The coffee's good this morning Bro. Can ya spare another half a cup? Thanks! You wouldn't happen to have a snack hidden around here anywhere. I hear tell you make a mean cinnamon roll some mornings. NO? Well, maybe next time.

The planes are callin again. Thanks for the break time. See ya soon.

Your Friend.

[Norton1]

I've been really busy and unable to keep up - glad to see Bones is still keeping the traditions alive. Had my Joe for the day and trying to get my paperwork caught up - tis the season you know?

You are all in my thoughts -

Have a superb day -

[thedrifter]

Goodmorning

Bitter cold here......and a snow storm tonight......Just love all the folks running around to get supplies believing they will be in for the winter.....

Still trying to put lights up....been fighting the cold, wind, and me....I'm getting to old for this stuff.....LOL.....
One thing I say that is beauty...whenever I get.....done with the house............

Well lots of work to do.......

All have a good day.............

Sempers,

Roger

[radmaw]

What!!!!!!! no cinnamon rolls. Thanks for the coffee, better than nothing I guess. Bones, I guess we got the same storm you did. We have about 5 inches of the white stuff on the ground. The nice thing about living here is that it probably should be gone in 3 or 4 days and then its back out on the golf course. I do think you are right Bones when you say its beautiful to look at, especially the warmth of your home. Aging is interesting, seems the body ages faster than the mind. I still think I can do more than I actually can. Well gotta go workout to keep the old ticker moving. Have a great day all.

[Barrio_rat]

Morning all... I have stopped in a couple times but basically only had time to check out what y'all put down... Had a 2 day/3 shift weekend. That means I went to work on Saturday at 2:30 pm and came home Sunday at 6:30 am, got a few hours sleep and went back to work on Sunday at 2:30. Weekend went too fast, they always do. Now it's Monday again and I got another one of them doubles coming up this Sat/Sun. Well, it got me some time off over Thanksgiving and some more time over Christmas. It's worth it to be with the wife and kids. Been cold here but no snow. Heard that some of the 'old timers' are saying it will be a snowless winter but just real damn cold. Don't know... Figure we'll get some snow by Christmas. Usually have it by Thanksgiving. Snow sure is pretty but I can live without it too. Nice thing about this area is, when it snows it's off the road by the next morning. I don't mind that a bit! Wife got it right this year. Rather than going through the pain of puttin up the lights outside she put 'em up in the windows. Looks good. Was easy to do and all I had to do was watch! How can ya beat that? Y'all have a great day, Semper Fi!

[wrbones]

Morning folks! How the hell are ya! Coffee's on and it's hot! Better grab a cup and get warmed up! It's a good mornin' er oatmeal or cream of wheat as well! It's warmed up a bit! All the way to 3 degrees! Find a squat. Paper'll be here directly.

Got my Christmas lights put up yesterday! The ones that don't work, I leave fer the old lady to fix! Don't worry! I don't put them up very high! Besides. I don't have the patience fer it. If it were me I wouldn't mess with them, but she likes them, so up they go! LOL. She'll ooh and ah over that stuff every time. Come to think of it....maybe I oughta start wearin' Christmas lights....

I guess it all depends on what motivates ya. What a segue, huh! LOL. Any number of ways a man could go with this one! Kinda like me doin' coffee in the mornin'. What would motivate a man to do such a thing....and any number of ways to go with it.We all have our reasons fer doin' stuff. Everything we do has one motivation or another behind why we do it. Sometimes it's not as easy as you think to discern those motivations even, or especially, in yourself.

I do this ramblin' for any number of reasons, really. Most fer myself, I figure. I like to think I do it fer others, but...that's ego talkin'. We all got that fer motivation behind much of what we do in life. Even many of the things we do for others we really do for ourselves. It makes us feel good. Why else get mad when the other guy don't thank us fer what we did for him! There's common courtesy of course, but yet....if we're doin' somethin' fer the other guy as a free gift, it's free, there is no price for it, not even the thanks required by most of us as a form of courtesy. We did it for them after all! Gifts should not have any price. There is no recognition required for it.

I get to ramblin' here inthe mornin', I pretty much say what comes to mind. There's no art in it as far as literature or even good english and grammar to speak of. I just visit fer a bit, extemporaneaously takin' a look at things I wonder about. I do it out of curiosity, wonderin' where one particular path of thought or another might take me. Along the way, if it gets some else to considerin' things they maybe never thought of, or haven't considered in awhile...well, that's good, too. If it helps to get yer day started a bit better than it might have otherwise, I've done more than I expected. I haven't really looked at why I do this. Pure ego I guess! Hopin' that I might be of some little difference in the life of another here or there. Hopin' to...well..that'll get a little heavy, so I won't go there! LOL.

Maybe...maybe I'm tryin' those Christmas lights on to see if they'll light up the dark a bit fer all of us. Hope is a powerful motivation all it's own. That season's on us again. The one about hope. New beginnings. A chance to do it over again. An opportunity to get it right, maybe even do it better this time around.

I try on those lights fer the old lady alla time...maybe one of these days she'll get it....and it won't be a matter of seeing the lights as just something pretty to look at.

I suppose that is my hope here. That I've brought a little light into the shadows for some of you. Maybe a little comfort. Maybe a slightly different way of seeing things. An arrogant thought, but still...one of my motivations....

I wonder if I get naked when I try those lights on fer the ol lady...she might get it then, do ya think? Naw. She'll probably think I want somethin' fer myself!

Well....maybe....

Warm up yer coffee, folks! Set a spell. It's a new day! Get yer head sorted out before ya take off fer work. I'll have coffee on all day. Drop by anytime.

[Barrio_rat]

"I wonder if I get naked when I try those lights on..."

Thanks bones, just the visual I needed to come into! LOL

Let's just see where these thoughts lead us today.

Cold here but not near as cold as where you are bones. Still no snow. I'm hearin that snow is should be startin up around mid December. Hope it don't come on too strong... Plannin a Christmas tree huntin party mid month. You know it can't be all bad when all ya got to report on is the weather conditions!

Bones, man, let that ego swell... Ya got it comin'. Ya do brighten the day and this has become a constant - something to look forward to - to help the day get by or, at least, start it off with a thought and a smile.

Thanks man... If'n it ain't said enough... ya got that comin too!

Semper Fi!

[Sparrowhawk]

Naw, don't try the naked Christmas light thing, they get hot after awhile. LOL

The large red ribbon that needs unwrapping works though. LMAO


I usually just stick one of those MasterCard or visa card stickers that come in the mail; I take and paste them on at certain places on meself. Women always want to remove those stickers for some reason.

Just received a batch v veterans stickers for Christmas, you know those address labels that come free for a donation. Always feel guilty for not sending in a contribution but cant get myself to just throw them away without using them. But some of those patriotic stickers are pretty good when you play the Star Spangle banner in the background and ask for them to do their patriotic duty.LMAO


I better stop; this may give the young ones here like little Jerry too much to think about.

LMAO

Don't let CAS read this note; she may want to try it for her hubby. LMAo

Giving away too many secrets here...

Thanks for the coffee its always good

[Art Petersn]

Coffee taste great today. Been away for a few days and missed your morning mail Bones.

Stoped off at Lejeune while down south. I do not think we have to worry about the new marines. I got tired just watching them doing all that running to stay in shape. I can not remember anybody I was stationed with that went out running every day. If it did inter my mind I just laid down till the tought passed.

Got the hell out of there early yesterday morning and beat the storm. Had good weather all the way home.

Had a little trouble getting aboard base. Supose to have a sponsor to get aboard. We did a little begging and sure enough it worked. Both Gieger and Lejeune have sure change alot. What a PX. You don't have to go off base for anything.

[thedrifter]

Goodmorning

Great to see everyone is bright eyes and ready for work.......LOL

Sure can use that coffee....

Its cold.....and snowy.......
What a way to wake up........
Looking out the window I see that Most folks are playing hooky.......
It is going to be snowny all day.....All my children.....woke up looked out saw the snow and then called out of work.....They were told we will add you to the list........LOL......
When we get storms here......Not to many folks move......Hell we can't.......LOL.......Yea the might clean the main roads that the folks can move, but they don't get to the sides streets to the next day......So why fight mother nature......So we all stay home and watch the snow fall.......

Well I guess I won't continue to put up the lights today......
there is always tomorrow.......

Well need to do a few things........
All have a good day........
Yo Guys.....Stop giving out all those little secrets.....it gives Ellie ideas.......LOL

Sempers,

Roger

[jerry wozny]

MORNING TO ALL, ON MY SECOND POT OF COFFEE SO FAR THIS MORNING AND TRYING TO STAY WARM. HOPE YOU ARE ALL HAVING A GREAT DAY. SEMPER FI

[radmaw]

Hey Drifter, I guess we are of the same philosophy, "never do today what you can put off until tomorrow". Manana is another day.

[Barndog]

Had that a long time ago. 0430. Ain't been here in a couple daze - had too many other things around here to attend to. Funny being ADHD, I tend to hyperfocus sometimes.
Bone's even had to email me to see if I was okay.... Damm Marines - always checkin up on things. What IF a guy wanted to be left alone????? Not that it's a bad thing. I aint depressed or anything.

Probally do the tree & lights thingie this weekend. I gotta plug in the 35' Spruce out front, to see how many work this year (why bother takin' them down I say...) LOL
See....... we like doing the tree bit, and all that jazz. The real problem is the cats. We have 3. Now, 2 of them really aren't a bother, but the oldest is. Snookie, being 13 now.... believes it's her mission (all calicos by the way) to just play with everything within reach on the tree.

Fair game she sez. I don't have the heart to put lights down that low.... So..... we buy some cheap-o plastic bulbs and stuff and she knocks them down, we put them back up..... yada yada.

Enuf. Gotta run and get some more plywood to finish the new dog condo. They be hating the old one.

Semper FI

[Norton1]

Thanks for the coffee - got to go -

Semper Fi
Steve

[wrbones]

'Mornin' Folks! How the hell are ya this mornin'! Coffee's on! Ya better grab a cup and get yer eyes open! It's gonna be a beautiful day! Paper'll be around shortly! Now I don't have to walk down in the yard to get it! LOL. They gave me a little box for it and said mount it outside. I did! Right at the top of the steps, just outside the door! Hell, maybe the kid's old enough to drink coffee!


Well, after yesterday it looks like I gotta use the words nekkid and electricity together more often! LOL.

Beautiful day yesterday. Got in the thirties, sun a shinin'. Some of the snow melting on the northern slopes. Southern slopes still white with snow. Roads dry where the sun hits them, snowpacked where it doesn't. Makes things interesting going around a curve on the highway at 60 or so.....

I could use that and get real cheesy with it, but I won't. I'll let ya do your own thinkin' on that one fer once.LOL.Hey! I was thinkin' about how Life Is. ok! LOL.

I got to play with the VA again today. Five appointments in two days! Ya think they like my company or what! LOL. I fool them. I bring a book along to read while I'm waitin'. I don't get bored that way. Some of those magazines suck. I will give them this, overall, they treat a person a bit better than they used to and they seem to get ya out a little quicker than they used to...overall....

Get to visit with a few folks here and there as well. That's probably the best part. Yer all in the same boat together when ya get there. Some folks aren't willin' to talk, or they're worried a bit about things. Most'll open up if ya start a converstaion with them.
I've sat and visited with Colonels and combat vets and men and women from most of the wars and such we been involved with as well as every branch of the serivce when I been visitin' VA hospitals for whatever reason. There's a comradeship there if yer willing to break the monotony. Might even lighten up their day fer a bit if ya ain't careful. Hell, I even had an ex-ray tech bustin' up laughin' once, then got the dour middle-aged receptionist to actually smile a bit. Maybe they'll be a bit more willin' to smile and joke a bit when the next vet walks into their area. Ya gotta cover all the angles, ya know! Sometimes., if I ain't real careful, I ferget about the stuff I'm dealin' with fer at least a little while when I'm there. Who knows. Next time yer there, ya might run across an old buddie or somewhat. Hell, we don't all look nineteen anymore ya know! LOL. I've seen it happen a time or two. Can't describe it. Two old war dogs collapsin' in tears in each other's arms....

There's joy to be had in our comradeship. Eat the same dirt. Stomp the same ground, or in my case, breathe the same JP-5 fumes and walk the same tarmacs, work the same hangars. No one else quite fits us like that, but someone who's been there with us. We've all felt out of place in our lives without that comradeship. That brotherhood. Those shared experiences. Shared lives mean a bit more than we sometimes think, no matter how much we try to overlook those times, those buddies, those experiences. Never forget. You can't anyway. Embrace it. It is who we are.

United States Marines.

Warm up yer cup, folks. It's a new day. Weekend's nearly here. Get rested up when today's over with, and you have another chance to do it all better and get it all right next week! We're all in it together. I'm here for ya, Marine.

[Barndog]

DAMMIT *pours a cup* My eyes are open. First thing I remember this morning is....... I can't remember. Must be age creeping up on me. Either that or it's this medication I ain't sure LOL.

I got to play with the Friend of Court ( I would change that but I don't want to offend) AGAIN. Man, I took care of that back in April/May. Got rid of the EX once and for all. Or so I thought. But, in their infinite wisdom and knowledge - they send me a letter, on my birthday (which sent me thru the roof) sayin I owed them still. WRONG ANSWER.

This moron atty they have for the 'Referee' now (sees you before you see the Judge - in effort to help expedite the process), and I had a few words last time I was there. I in no uncertain terms, told him I was going to get my due process rights - and that the conversation we were having at the present time, was - in effect OVER. I threw my pocket constitution on his desk, and then picked up my cell phone and called my atty. ( those county atty's HATE THAT) He looked as if he would have come unglued if given half a chance. This was in April.
*Fast-Forward to December*

So, I go in yesterday....... if any of ya know what 'hurry up and wait' means - when it comes to County or State agencies, the Corps holds not a candle. 45 minutes of milling around, I go back to the window. I nicely explain to the lady, that we can rectify this in about 2 minutes. I show her my paperwork. She says, 'you'll have to show this to the Referee, Sir - or you could have contacted your Case Worker". "Well, (I said)..... I tried to contact her, except I can't get a phone call returned, heres the dates and times I called and left messages. Secondly, theres about 50 people standing in the hallway, and 2 chairs. You've wasted 45 minutes of my time so far, and at $47 per hour of my time, thats roughly, $35.00.... whom in your office do I bill for my time?"

She looked at me with a completely dumbfounded expression, and says 'you are number uhh...... 6' - I said "huh - thats funny...... why is my name at the top of your list then, and you are telling me I'm #6? Is this an arbitrary decision on your part, Ma'am? Would that be based on the fact that maybe I stepped up here and attempted to rectify this in an orderly fashion to save time and money? Because if I find out what that procedure is, and I will....... I will be back, only this time, with my attorney".
(I prayed that the Friend of the Court himself would step out of the back - but they know who I am already - I read them the riot act back in April, and they didn't like it LMAO)

Needless to say, when I sat down with my caseworker, I showed her my figures, and facts. She had the gall to say ' I don't care about those'. (man I think they were trying to pi$$ me off) I said... "well Rose, you should, because the office here can't keep it straight, and if you think anyone would have it in order, then it would most likely be me, right?" "Yes" she replies . I sit down with her, and told her my figures were accurate to within a buck.
We combed thru the facts and numbers... turns out I was right and they were wrong.

I was off .44 cents. Only because of an internal accounting error on THEIR part. I paid the next weeks support + the .45 cents and told her I would bill her for the penny.
You don't think they'd bill me? OR YOU????? Ya rite.......

Semper FI

p.s. Cook - I didn't take a page from your notebook. I started this war on my own back in 1988 when my ex-wife took our Daughter and hauled for Arkansas - right after our Son died. She kept her hidden from me for almost 3 years - and the 6 years it took me to force her back, I had a sum total of 11 days of visitation.

You know what happens when you pi$$ off a Marine. So does that Judge. He found out. I spent quite a few days in the GrayBar Hotel.

Not one regret. OOHHHHHH RAHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Art Petersn]

Bones

this is a small town and the VA offices here are really something. So far I have been treated great, a lot better than I have in our local hospital or Midical center. It must have something to do with the people that staff the different offices. Fake a heart attack and see if you get in faster.

[thedrifter]

Goodmorning


Its cold outside with 8 inches of snow......What a way to end a week....Slipping and sliding.......must joys in life...........
At least the driveway and the cars are clean.......might not be going anywhere but they are clean.....LOL.........

Still decorating the house....but I don't know if I will go out and try to finish up the work....I might just wait to tommorrow since we are going to be in a heatwave.....Near 40 here tomorrow.....

Well I live in a big city....and the VA here forget.......Enough said there.......

Well work to do........

All have a good day.......and a great weekend..........

Sempers,

Roger

[wrbones]

Mornin' folks! How the hell are ya! Coffee's on! Better grab a cup! Paper'll be here shortly! I don't kow what the hell yer doin' here. Ya oughta be curled up next to the ol' lady fer a bit longer! It's Saturday! Give her a big hug and a kiss and tell her how much ya love her! Hell, if ya won't kiss her fer yerself, kiss her fer me and tell her I said Hi! LOL.

I ain't been to sleep yet. Been "blowin' out the pipes" a bit. I'll be sleepin' in when I get to bed, so don't be lookin' for me before ten or thereabouts. My time. Hell, you East Coasters get up too damn early anyway! What does an east coaster look like anyway? It's one o those things ya put on the coffee table to keep it from getin' nasty, right? Hell. I thought we were all Americans anyway....

I been thinkin' about Christmas today. Got to playin' on another thread and the thought struck me,"Bones, you don't have a thing in mind fer Mornin' Coffee. What ya gonna visit about anyway?"
I thought, "Hell, I don't know. Might just as well be Christmas! It's early, but what the hell, I'm a man! I can do it. Might get these folks in the spirit."

Well, I was thinkin' somethin' like that anyway....between drinks....and yes...I mixed it with coke! Can't afford scotch. Scotch worth drinkin anyway! LOL.

So that's our topic fer the day, and probably will be fer the next couple weeks. Get ready! We're gonna touch on that religious stuff! I prefer the word spiritual, but fer you organissed types, I'll use the word religious, just so we're in the same neighborhood!.
Hell, if it was good enough fer Thomas, George and folks like that, it oughta be good enough fer you! ;) Besides. I don't see yer name on the constitution... though I see the blood of many a man and woman who fought to uphold it.

We don't have to like the way some folks go about it, but judeo-christian values are what was behind it all. Christmas is a religious holiday. Remember that, will ya! We don't have to like what each other thinks, or believes. We fought for the other feller to believe what he wanted. Whether we like it or not.

Remember.. this isn't a god damn religious or governemt ***** thread. It's about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It's about Christmas. Giving and loving. Think outside yer troubles and problems fer a bit.

Some of you folks SEEM to miss the point of what I often say here. I don't even want you to begin to misconstrue this!

Christmas was originally a spiritual celebration of the birth of Christ. Consider what he stood for before you go spoutin' off outta old hurt and less coffee than ya need before yer BHG is in gear would ya!

Remember what most of those who started this country believed. Christmas is family time. A time of rememberance., of celebration, of hope for peace on earth. A time of giving. A time of remembering the love that was given fer you.

Otherwise, why celebrate it at all.....in any fashion.

Dang. I got on a rant. Sorry, folks. Warm up yer coffee. Think about what ya got. Consider. We'll get it right if we remember why we're doin' it to start with. Hell...we just might do it better!

Coffee tastes good...needs some whiskey, though.....

[Barrio_rat]

Morning all... Hey, it's still morning! Bones, if'n ya wanna kiss my wife ya get to keep her too! I'll send her over directly (with the bills!) LOL

Rest of the family went off to Boise for some church, it's a strange set up but we have no pastor, just a tape of a pastor giving the sermon as the congregation here is about 10 people and they need at least 40 to get a pastor. Anyway, today is one of the few days a year that a pastor makes it out this way - so they had to go early. I don't tend to go as I've got a 16 hour day ahead of me and when the wife gets out to Boise, she likes to shop. Well, that cuts into my time way too much. I don't mind the church part so much, but an hours drive there, and hour + for the sermon and an hour drive back. Then you throw in shopping... well, the day is just shot! My mother-in-law is Inglesi ni Cristo (Church of Christ out of the Philippines). Ain't exactly used to it. They dog everyone though. Catholics and prodistants. They think, believe and use scripture to show how they are the one true religion. Thing is, I don't need to hear that, I'm already there so I'm of the mind that I wanna be taught something, don't tell me how you are right and everyone else is wrong. They are very exclusionary as well. Kicked the wife out due to our daughter being born out of wedlock and that she married me, a non-member. Then again, stubborn Swede and Marine that I am... raised Lutheran... It's all good though. Wife and I have started going to a local Lutheran church. Not as many waves cast as I thought there'd be. With the drive to Boise, wife told her mom that we'd only make 2 trips a month out there - perhaps less in the winter in the event of bad weather - and on the days we don't head out to Boise, we'd go to church here. Hell of a mess. Figure it will give the kids a good round view of religion. Let 'em make up their own minds when they're older.

Damn bones, see what you went and did? LOL

Oh yeah, the MIL's churck doesn't celebrate Christmas because Jesus wasn't born in December. Well, it ain't about when he was born, it's that he was born and what he did etc. However, she does like the decorations and the family fun and all the gifts (kid especially likes the gifts). She's been a good sport about it all. She has her beliefs but doesn't ram 'em down our throats - nor do I mine towards her. As anyone can tell you, Lutherans have it made - half Catholic and half Prodistant, which ever is right, we're in there! LOL

Y'all have a great day... been foggy here for some reason, God's way of making us appreciate the sun.

Semper Fi!

[wrbones]

'Mornin' folks! How the hell are ya this mornin'! Coffee's on! Ya better grab a cup! Paper'll be here pretty soon, I think. I got the comics first!

Well, let's see....what were we visitin' over yesterday anyway! LOL. Kinda scared some of you folks, I think! Well, that's me on whiskey! LOL. Ya oughta se me on Wild Turkey! I don't do that much, just a few times a year is all. Thank God, eh! LOL.

Christmas, wasn't it? Well, like it or not, it's that time of year. Family time. Another time of remembering and bein' thankful fer what ya got in yer lives. The love of family and friends. A warm, dry place to sleep. Food in yer house. Clothes on yer back.

A religious celebration. A uniquely Christian celebration. Most all the trappings come from other times and places. Most of them having been borrowed from older "heathen" religions. One person accepts one thing, another person accepts another...as far as those trappings are concerned.

Christmas is to celebrate the birth of a man, whether or not he was born in January or December, who claimed to be the son of God...actually, if you read pretty close, he claimed to be God....Unity. There's fancy words for it, but that's what I'll use now. Unity. Something we know a little about, bein' Marines and all. Working together as one unit. Yeah, I know it doesn't always work that way, but we're humans. We make mistakes.


One thing we see, that we get a small taste of this time of year, is the potential for unity on this earth as he would've liked. Unity among believers, in any case. We know what it is like to be believers as Marines. We have to be believers in the things that this nation has traditionally stood for if we are to do what we are trained to do.

A quick change here, if you will allow me. That's what we celebrate as well during this time of year. The chance to be ourselves. To be happy fer a bit. To be free to think and and to do pretty much as we wish. The liberty to take responsibility for our own actions, words and deeds.

So was this man called Christ. He believed in such freedom. Not all were healed when he was on this Earth, not all were made rich. Not all were made comfortable or fed or clothed or anything else. We were not required to believe in him. We were never allowed to think so. He made some suggestions. Spoke to those who would listen, and moved on when they did not. Nothing was forced. Our freedom to do as we would remained. There is liberty in that Book, and in his life, to do and to think as you will.

Christmas is a celebration of this liberty. A celebration of this love.

When we forget this, we forget all that helped to make this nation great. Much that we espouse in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution is based upon this.

Self-determination.

This is why Christmas is special. Many around the world do not get the opportunity to spend holidays with their families, without fear, warm, comfortable, clothed, well fed. We do because of all the things I've listed and more.

Hold your family tight this year. Keep a roof over yer head, but be lavish in your affections, in your giving, in your peace!

Remember our brothers and sisters who cannot be with family this year, for they are doing what some of us once did. Keep this nation safe to believe and to do as we wish. In safety and in freedom.

Remember. We have to let the other guy celebrate his freedom as well. When we forget this, we have taken another's liberty, and replaced it with tyranny. There's no celebration of Christmas in that.

Warm up yer coffee, folks. It's a good day! Sunday! Hope ya had a chance to sleep in! LOL.

We'll get it right one of these days. Might even get it done a bit better if we're not careful! ;)

[firstsgtmike]

I can't figure it out. Everyone in the parade is out of step, except me. When you guys are in the Slop Shute, I'm having my morning coffee. When you guys hit Pap's Place for your morning after eye opener, I'm just getting started to rock and roll.

That's been the story of my life.

DID YOU KNOW that when the previous pope died, and, naturally went to heaven, he was escourted past the Marine sentrys at the Pearly Gates by a Marine Honor Guard?

When he was welcomed by St. Peter, he asked to meet the Blessed Mother. He asked her, "Mother Mary. I worshipped you, I prayed the Rosary every day of my adult life, I spent a lifetime learning all I could about you. I have a question."

"In every painting I have ever see of you, you always appeared o be so sad, never smiling, just sad. Why is that?"

And Mother Mary honored him with a wistful smile and said, "Because, to tell you the truth, I really wanted a GIRL".

[Art Petersn]

When I went into the Marine Corp on Oct 30 l955 I became very confused. On christmas eve our DI kept talking about the true supreme being, was some guy named Chesty. For the last couple of months I thought the true supreme being was him.

[firstsgtmike]

Art,

The D.I. was right.

I've never read, or heard, any inconsistency concerning Chesty.

And he doesn't have or need a variety of followers giving different interpretations to his words.

And, nobody apologizes to say, "Yes, but the world is different now."

[wrbones]

'Mornin' folks! How are ya this mornin'! Coffee's on! Ya better grab a cup. I'm wachin' news right now. Paper'll be here inna little bit. Hope ya had a good day yesterday! Ya got yer eyes open yet! LOL.

It's a new day, folks! A new week! Ya got another chance to get it right! Might even have a chance to do it better next time! LOL. Hope ya got yer week planned out! Hell, ya gota have a plan! Speakin' of plans.....

Have you folks get yer tree yet? How about those pesky lights? Ya got any up? I spent about two hours getting three strings sorted out. Made some progress finally. Two of those strings of lights have been waitin fer two years to get sorted out! LOL. Only took me three hours......I didn't have anything else to do at the time! It's cheaper to by a new string of lights anymore than it is to get bulbs for the old straings sometimes! I cannabalized one string of lights to get two workin'!

I tried that Christmas light trick with the ol lady, too. She smiled fer some reason....Dang lights were gettin hot, by the way. I wouldn't recommend it for any long term romancin'....

That's our topic fer the day. Was wonderin' how many of you folks remember the first time you helped or saw yer parents decorate fer Christmas. Where ya got the tree, carolin', presents for other folks, doin' the charity thing fer someone else. That sort of thing. School programs, church programs. Anything like that.

I remember stringin' popcorn fer Mom one year for the tree. Makin' those paper chains outta different colored paper. A string of those old lights they had back then, plus a splurge. She bought some tinsel. It was her job to put the tinsel on the tree! We had some homemade decorations on the tree. Other stuff like that around the house. A homemade Christmas. We did OK that year fer presents as well, if I remember right. Mom was no Martha Stewart, but she made do. She's still pretty clever that way now with some firty years of doin' things that way...some things I figure she might outdo Martha Stewart anymore. On the other hand....Mom ain't lookin' at a possible conviction and hard time either! ;).

Yep. Christmas memories fer the next couple of days. Nuthin' wrong with that. Christmas is also memories and nostalgia.


Warm up yer coffee, folks! Get yer eyes open a bit before ya walk out the door! Ya got a chance to think about what yer gonna do for the family this year. Do yer job, but think about creatin' some memories fer yer kids and grandkids. Think about the other feller fer a bit.

...don't forget those who are where we once were...and that other set of Christmas memories.....Most of those aren't all bad...even if some of them are pretty tacky! LOL. What the hell. we were young, too. What did we know about scroungin' Christmas decorations fer the barracks!

[Barndog]

*pours a cup*

Yeah, but Martha Stewart is on crack too!! Anyone who has enuf time to take a jig ($38.00 at Hudson's) and crack just the freakin top of an egg to empty it's contents out - scramble them slightly.... put them BACK INTO THE SHELL - and then serve them...... IS ON CRACK!!!!!

Got our tree up this weekend. Got the 35' Spruce out front lit up too (yeah Bones, when ya come..... look for the big-ass Christmas tree on the left side of the road LMAO)
The cats seem to be less interested this year (so far). I think they're planning a flanking maneuver myself. When we're not home of course...

Back to Martha - I think the only reason she's lookin at hard time is because the House didn't want to pin anything on Enron or Worldcom - or the family they took away in handcuffs on TV awhile back.

They went after someone the american public could relate too. Someone who is 'more like you and me' - so to speak.
The sh!t sandwich is running out of bread fast for the politicians. Yawl seen what happened in Lousiana this weekend din't ya?

Semper FI Devil Dogs

[Art Petersn]

Our great politicians

Subject: SOCIAL SECURITY AND CONGRESS
This MUST be an issue in 2004. A

Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during
election years. Our Senators and Congress men &
women do not pay into Social Security and, of course,
they do not collect from it.

You see, Social Security benefits were not suitable
for persons of their rare elevation in society. They
felt they should have a special plan for themselves.
So, many years ago they voted in their own benefit
plan.

In more recent years, no congressperson has felt the
need to change it. After all, it is a great plan.

For all practical purposes their plan works like this:
When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay
until they die, except it may increase from time to
time for cost of living adjustments. For example,
former Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their
wives may expect to draw $7,800,000.00 (that's Seven
Million, Eight-Hundred Thousand Dollars), with their
wives drawing $275,000.00 during the last years of
their lives. This is calculated on an average life
span for each.

Their cost for this excellent plan is $00.00. Nada.
Zilch. This little perk they voted for themselves is
free to them. You and I pick up the tab for this
plan. The funds for this fine retirement plan come
directly from the General Funds-our tax dollars at
work!

From our own Social Security Plan, which you and I pay
(or have paid) into-every payday until we retire
(which amount is matched by our employer)--we can
expect to get an average $1,000 per month after
retirement. Or, in other words, we would have to
collect our average of $1,000. monthly benefits for 68
years and one (1) month to equal Senator Bill
Bradley's benefits!

Social Security could be very good if only one small
change were made. That change would be to jerk the
Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from under the Senators
and Congressmen. Put them into the Social Security
plan with the rest of us ... then sit back and watch
how fast they would fix it.

If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of
awareness will be planted and maybe good changes will
evolve.

How many people can YOU inform about this?

I did my part

[Sparrowhawk]

Now, they will take a vote to add SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS to their CONGRESSTIONAL PAY!

You shouldn't gone and said anything...

Remember the last time they tried to help ordinary people with the obstacles of life?

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Morning Folks, its a nice clear day in Sunny California, suppose to be in the High: 68°F and Sunny.


Barndog, Martha Stewart is already adjusting, to her new life. LMAO

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Bones, u needs to use those small bulbs that twinkle at just the right time. LOL

They don't burn and if you have one that's burned out, the Ms can unscrew it and put in another one for you. Makes the Holidays special, like putting up the lights, sort of an annual event to look forward too.. LMAo

Good coffee...


Cook

[thedrifter]

Goodmorning

Well it down right cold again.......Yesterday it just tease us with the temperture going to 40.....Today aI wake up....we are in the low teens....and we will struggle to get to 31.....Well I can see the snow/ice will not melt.........I hate winters.......LOL.....

Great to see you Cook......I know you have been running around town making sure the town knows your name.....and I was told you are doing a good job of that......LOL.....Keep Up the good Work............
Well how the Hell are you.....????.....You getting any work done on your book.......??????.....

Lights....I see lights in my dreams.....The outside is done...Barndog we all are going to know your house......LOL......Ellie is still working on the inside.....Hell my oldest son has lights on his car...LOL....He gets into the spirit.....with this Holiday.......
Bones....haven't tried the lights trick with Ellie yet......but thanks for the warning......;) ...

Art you are given them guys more to think about......

All have a good day........

Sempers,

Roger

[wrbones]

'Mornin' folks! How the hell are ya! Coffee's on, grab a cup and get some! Paper'll be here directly!

Well, I got the yard raked up and cleaned out under the deck yesterday! It was 57 degrees here! I put it off, cause the snows we got over a month ago froze the leaves on the trees! LOL. Well, the leaves all came down of course! I waited fer a nice day that wasn't windy and got it done. Sometimes procrastination works pretty well. 'Course, now I got no excuse fer not puttin' up the rest of the Christmas lights.....

I remember...yeah, yeah, but what the hell, ya gotta start somewhere! I remember one winter when I was a fourteen year old kid in Illinois about this time of year, we got a helluva blizzard blow in. Well, earlier that afternoon, I decided to go for a walk in the woods. One of my siblings knew where I was goin', can't remember which one right now, but anyway, it was after lunch ( we called it dinner). It was just a little below freezin' so I got my winter duds on and went fer a walk. Had to walk over a quarter mile to get to the woods there. Got back in amongst the oaks and hickories and maple...and it was beautiful. Fresh snow from the day before. Tracks from all the critters running here and there. Racoon, deer, squirrel, that sort of thing. Snow glintin' in the sun. I got carried away by it all! Just awesome. Now I could live in those woods back then. It was no big worry to anyone for me to be out there by myself. I was something of an amatuer naturalist then. Most folks around there were and still are. I knew how to set a trap. Where to find nuts and roots and where and how to hole up in weather like that if I got hurt.

It started gettin' colder. Then colder still. I was startin' to get a little chilly. I found a clearing and looked at the sky, and yes, it was gettin' darker. By my calculations, it wasn't four o'clock yet! I figured I better head fer the house. I got back on track fer home and then I got kinda sluggish. Well, I thought I was just gettin' cold is all...til I saw this snow drift. It looked real comfortable, ya know. I was warmin' up. Gettin' tired all of a sudden. I looked up and the house was only a few hundred yards away, and somehow the woods were behind me. How'd that happen? Well, thoughts of layin' down in that drift and takin' a nap kinda worried me. I figured I was so close to the house, I just as well keep walkin' fer a bit. That snow drift was an awful temptation.

It was plumb dark out and I knew it wasn't four o'clock yet. A winter storm was blowing in.

I got home, Dad had already gone to town to get a search party to come get me. Mom was kinda anxious fer some reason. Made me strip and wrapped me in hot blankets off the stove. Put my feet in luke warm water. Felt scalding hot to me. Scolded me, but I told her the weather caught me by surprise.


We got a blizzard that night. Dropped three foot of snow on us and blew it into six foot drifts. Found out later the temp had dropped more than forty degrees between two and four o'clock PM, then warmed up the next day. I was out building igloos fer my brothers and sisters that next day. The following day, Monday, my cheeks, nose, parts of my throat and my toes started turnin' black and peelin'. Cold weather still bothers me, and my beard never has come in right. Kinda patchy. Christmas was just a few days away.

That Saturday afternoon was the first time I really looked at death. I never forgot that lesson, or the others like it I've learned over the years. As hard as it is to kill a person, sometimes it doesn't take much...and it can sneak up on you sometimes. Life is precious in it's own unique way...and incredibly fragile.

Christmas is a celebration of life.

Hold yer loved ones dear, folks. Hold them dear indeed.

Warm up yer coffee, folks! It's a new day! We got another opportunity! Another chance! Don't waste it!

[Art Petersn]

Boes thats pretty heavy stuff for this time of day. It's the truth through. The older you get the more you learn to enjoy every day of your life. Some days are better than others but just being alive is a plus.

It was 5% yesterday morning here. It's supose to warm up a little today. The skiers are happy. They claim that the bigest weekend for skiers is the weekend in between Chrismas and New Years.

[NamNuts]

MORNIN MOWWEENZ

NOW wherez that special blend...no not that Mrs. Olson crap need some mud...brewed over C-4 and ready ta whoop assh!

Damn the frozen tundra be frozen Monday Night...Poor Purple a$$wipes...NOW that weather guy threatnin us with mid 40's today...WTF OVER...damn liberals...global warming...!

Ah the hell wit it just give me one dem shots from the Doc...yeee haaa ma shot cards upta date...LIBERTY LIBERTY LIBERTY...time to hit Rosies Bar!

[Norton1]

We've had a total of 4.5" so far this year. Dryest year in 136 years. My pasture is a piece of brown dirt and we're looking at buying more hay to get the horses through the Summer. Forecast is for rain all this week, maybe snow, but I'm sure hoping.

I certainly enjoy the live today attitude prevailing in this little hangout. The older I get the less patience I have for time wasted. Seems like I want to just enjoy the time and stand clear of disruptive behavior. I understand that it is part of the growing up process - but I'm really enjoying the weekends with my Son hunting the elusive Coyotes. Last Sunday we were sitting in an ambush amongst some rocks. The sun broke clear and both of us thought that a nap might be in order!

Gotta love the life we have - our duty is to live fully in memory of those who cannot. Thanks all - have a superb day -

[Barrio_rat]

Mornin' all... been busy 'round here. Not too bad, just stuff. Got about 20 ornamental type chickens from a buddy. He can't kill 'em cuz the kids won't eat 'em. So he put 'em in boxes and I picked 'em up yesterday morning. Wife and mother-in-law spent the day bleedin' 'em out, boilin the feathers off and then guttin' 'em and getting 'em ready for the freezer. Wife had one of 'em in a soup. She said it was sweet. They'd been fed well.

Hey NamNuts... That ain't global warming... It's God lookin after them Packers... Some would say, they need all the help they can get! ;)

I hear ya on the rain, Norton, but part of the reason I moved out this way was to get away from the rain. If'n ya want rain, go to the West side of Oregon or Washington. More'n enough for everyone. Back in '92, the first 2 consecutive days without rain wasn't until the 1st week of August. I know the farmers and ranchers out here need it though. As long as it rains during my work week and not on my weekends - better yet, let it rain at night - I'm okay with it. Good luck with them dogs. I got a buddy who patrols a ranch and says he shoots 'em every now and then. I'm trying to get on with him for a couple a hunts. Got another buddy who is an avid varmit hunter. Takes it real seriously. Camos up, sent, calls - even got himself a digital call.

Well, y'all take care and have a good one. Semper Fi!

[wrbones]

Mornin' folks! What's goin' on this mornin'! Coffee's on! Ya better grab some. We'll get another pot goin' pretty quick, I figure. Paper'll be here in a little bit. Don't fret.

Seems I get you folks to thinkin' too much inna mornin' sometimes! LOL.Two times to do that kinda thinkin'. Just before ya got to bed, unless yer otherwise distracted fer the evening...and right after ya get up in the mornin', just about sunrise! Don't mean to be bringin' ya down. Just thinkin' is all! I know I don't always get it said right or in proper english or grammar, but what the hell, I figure I'll give it my best shot til someone better comes along. Hell, I sometimes don't make much of an arguement fer anything I consider here! LOL. Just thinkin' out loud....It's all extemporaneous...meanin' I say it soon's I think it! LOL. Might get me in real trouble one of these days doin' that! LOL. But I think that we cover some things here that most don't. Take a look at things both good and bad and see what kinda real meanin' we can shake outta them, if we can. Gotta solve the problems of the world sometime durin' the day don't we! LOL. Just as well be now! LOL.

I don't have all the answers at all. I just think about them. Try to turn some things on their ear and look at them from a different angle, maybe. I'm not much good at describin' the things around me as well as some. I'm not much at much of anything really, but I have some glimmering of an idea of what makes some folks tick. If I can address that, and help the other guy see things, maybe learn something the easy way, then I'm happy. If I can get someone to chuckle a bit durin' the day, or to think a bit during the day about what he's doin and why...I've accomplished a lot. My day is then full and complete. I've done something constructive. I've done a lot of 'destructing' in my time. I still have the temper to prove it! If I can help someone, even a bit, with some of these little abstract bits of thought, I've done some good inna world. Maybe I've sorted a few things out for myself as well.

Like most of you, there's some things I won't share or can't share or don't share ( I'm still waiting on the statute of limitations on some things....;)), and I've managed to ease that load for you for a bit, then I've done something constructive with my day's time.


One of the things Christmas is about...doin' what little ya can to help the other guy fer a bit. Lighten his load. Share a bit of what ya got. Give of who ya are and what ya know to be true and right and just. This is our celebration. Not the outward trappings of lights and trees and shopping, and wrapped gifts, but the inward light...the light that says we've learned something that has nothin to do with programmin' that blasted VCR or firgurin' how a DVD actually werks! LOL. And I know I got my home theater system hooked up wrong somewhere....Every time I try to figure it out, I get to cussin', so I know I haven't got it all figured out yet! I'm just thinkin' out loud is all....

Warm up yer coffee, folks! Take a bit of time and get yer day sorted out before ya get rollin'. We got another chance to get it right! We got a new opportunity to do it better this time! Go out and take that ****ing hill, and make sure they know why ya takin' it.

That's why I keep makin' coffee inna mornin'. I'm takin' that hill.

[Art Petersn]

Bones Coffee is great this morning.

You get my day stated on the right track. After I have read your morning posting I know the day should get a little better. At least in won't be as complecated.

Thank you . Art

[thedrifter]

Goodmorning

It's cold......and right now we are having an ice storm.......What a way to start the day out....Slipping and sliding to get to where you have to go.......

Well did a little Christmas shopping last night with the family.......buying this and that.....dodging the folks that are always in a rush and never looking.....Ellie hollering at the two boys....because they are in the toy isle playing with all the toys.....She had more control with them when they were younger....LOL.....The girls deciding what will look better on them....and then throwing what they want in the cart.....I did go around and pick up a few things up for Ellie....Did bang into a Vietnam Vet....a Marine at that.....Welcomed him Home and started to talk......We always know our own.....Well that passed the time for awhile while the crew still did there shopping....Almost 4 hours later.....a cart full of gifts.....we headed home......my wallet a little lighter....:eek: .....but the best part....I know some of my gifts.....That little kid is still in me...I need to know.....LOL......

All have a good day........

Sempers,

Roger

[NamNuts]

Mornin Marines

Damn the coffee needed today...although not for warming the inner self...damn i sound like a liberal..:no:

The weather up here all week long above normal...43 yesterday 30 already this AM...must be that God thang Bario talking bout...OR those that say they(Packers)need all the help they can get...WE'LL take it...tanks...course those saying most of that $hit won't be playing in any playoffs this year...like the VIKINGS, DAH BEARS unt LIONS..!

I see the actors who know ALL, especially the little A$$ thats plays a President on TV, so upset about prospects of defending ourselves..have published a letter stating they want to be struck down by NBC...(okay, fine, thats not what they wrote...but might as well have)were all over the tube yesterday whinning..FORK the bastards!

Well, now that i've inhaled ma coffee time to hit the chow line!
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[Art Petersn]

Hooter's has just opened a new place at Jacksonville, N. C.
I was spending a couple of days at Lejeune last week and we stoped in for the grand opening of the new Hooters a week ago yesterday. A day that will go down in history Dec. 3, 2002.
We also stoped in to Swanpy's to look at all the Marine Corp history displayed there. We were told that we had just missed the Sgt Major by 10 minutes. It would have been great to meet him. That was my second time there and I am still spellbound with what he has accomulated . The bar tender said that he had the place up for sale for 2.3 million dollars. I don't know if she knew what she was talking about.

Still can not get over the fact that marines aboard base are not allowed to drink till there 21.

[Barrio_rat]

Mornin all... Kinda forgot to mention yesterday we had a light powder of snow in the morning. It was gon by afternoon. Late in the year for gettin snow. Seems to have rained some last night and warmed up a bit. First day in a long time I didn't have to scrape ice off the windshield. Hell, other than that, ain't a whole lot goin' on. Got work today. Gonna try and get some OT this week and next. Don't much like doin' it but if I can get a few days I might be able to afford a new compuker as mine is dying.

Y'all have a good one,

Semper Fi!

[wrbones]

Mornin' folks! How the hell ya doin' today! Coffee's on! You know where the cups are at! Ya better grab a cup before the rest of the gang show up! LOL. Paper'll be here directly. We can see what the news was yesterday! LOL.

Coffee time. I likes my coffee in the mornin'! Can't think at all til I've had a couple of cups anyway! Christmas thinkin'! Good things. Sometimes things we don't always want to think about, but we can handle it. We're tough! Besides, as my Dad says, "It's all in yer head." 'Course, he wasn't the one with the busted collarbone at the time, but what ya gonna do! LMAO.

Christmas....I remember one Christmas, we had the whole family...Mom's side...in the house at my Grandparents. We had a good Christmas. Grandpa hadda cut branches off the tree so all the presents would fit kinda sorta under it. I was just a kid then. Wasn't more than four or five. Opened presents Christmas eve, then woke up before the sun was up and everyone opened the rest of their presents. Folks havin' a good time all over the house. Us kids got to go play in the snow by the creek a few yards away. Snowball fights and snowmen. Big dinner, played in the house. Took naps. The good stuff. We went our separate ways over the next couple days. Just what I remember of it. Great grandma's house was across the street.

Great-Grandma's long gone. Grandma and pa later sold the house and retired. They started travelin' off and on, and became snowbirds! They went out together this last summer, 87 years old, and still travelin'! The way they wanted it, really. Mom and Dad ain't real healthy, but they're still motivatin'. They just went on a trip to Montana to visit family!

Their houses are gone now. There's a tennis court there, they flood it in the winter for skating, and where the neighbors house stood is a museum for the railroad that used to run through just a few yards away. The railroad is gone. Now there's a trail, they call it, named after a dead governor. Across the creek is a small park/playground for local kids. It even has a few hooches fer barbequein' in the shade! That little street is closed off a couple times a year for a carnival and later for one of those little affairs where everyone gets to sell the crafts and artwork they did over the winter. They got some quality stuff there, I ain't ****tin!

People are still having fun and building memories there years later. Kids are still playing in the creek, too. They even put up a few Christmas lights here and there.

Christmas. You can find the good things in a situation...if ya look for them.

Warm up yer coffee, folks! It's a new day! We got a new opportunity to get it right! One of these days, we just might figure what it's all about, won't we! ;)

[Earle Comstock]

Mornin Marines. Got a story for you . I'm out riding my tractor last night ,like always to make sure there 's no break in the fence and none of the cattle has gotten out, when I come apon this city slicker. Now I know he's a city slicker cause he talks and dresses funny. Any ways I can just tell he don't belong. Well hes jumpin the fence onto my property. I say "hold up there mister, just what do you think your doin?" he says hes been out duck hunting and he shot him a duck and its landed on my property. Hes just going to claim his duck. I say , hold up , if that ducks landed on my property ,then that duck belongs to me. He says if I dont let him go get that duck , he'll take me to court and sue me for everything I own , plus some. That he's some big city lawyer and even if I did win It would cost me more money then it was worth to win the case. I says no, I dont think your gonna do that , around here we play the 3 kick rule.He says 3 kick rule , whats that? Well I kick you three times , then you kick me three times. We keep doing this til the last mans standin. If its me , I keep the duck , If its you , you keep the duck. He says fair enough, I says ok ,I go first. My first kick , I get him square in the nuts, he drops to the ground like a sack of potatoes. My second one gets him square in the kidneys, and he lets out this god awful squeal, with the 3rd kick I get him in the head , it sounds like i just kicked a pumpkin with steel toed boots. This kick is so hard and direct that he almost passes out and I dont know how he doesnt. It takes him about 5 minutes but he manages to make it to his feet. He says ok motherfvcker, now its my turn. I say na thats ok you can have the duck. Today is gonna be a fine , fine day . Just now drinking my first cup , planning on my days adventures . Plan well and make the best of each and every day. I try and god knows Im not perfect , but Im close enough cause I was a Marine Dammit. Semper Fi Marines, Cpl Commie , Kill A Commie For Mommy

[Earle Comstock]

Ok drink your coffee and ponder this one. I'm a bartender sometimes. Dont pay all that great but the bennies make up for it. The other night I was bartendin when this beautiful gal comes in and orders a 7 an 7. I grab a glass ,a hand full of ice and I make her a drink. I set the glass in front of her and tell her that will be 5.00. She says excuse me , but could you make me another drink , only this time use the ice tongs. She says she doesnt like to put anything in her mouth that someones had there hands on. I say sure no problem. So I grab a fresh glass , and I grab the Ice Tongs and fill her glass with ice then I make her drink. I tell her that I'm kinda like her . I dont like anyone touching anything I gotta touch or anything like that. As a matter of fact , I got this string tied to my penis so when I go to use the head all I got to do is grab that string so I dont have to touch it.Then I go down to the other end of the bar to wait on another patron. About 5 minutes go by and she calls me back down to her. She says if you reach in and grab this string so you dont have to touch your penis , how do you put it back in your pants. I tell her ,thats easy, I use the Ice Tongs. Good mornin Jarheads! Semper Fi , Do or Die , Cpl Commie says Kill A Commie For Mommy

[Sparrowhawk]

A bit chilly this morning, almost finish puttting up the the Christmas lights, didn't use any particular pattern this time, just threw them up and they got caught in the staples I never took out last year.

Daughters say, its a, a different.

Coffee's good, this morning...


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[Barrio_rat]

Morning all... warmed up a bit here... heat wave even... in the mid 30's. You say yer cold, Sparrowhawk? What is it down there? 'Bout 75... 80? LOL

Last year, the holidays weren't so great around the house. My daughter, who I had never seen, had arrived to our house in mid October and these holidays that she did not celebrate were thrust upon her. She still had close ties with her grandmother (who also lives with us) who did not see the significance in the holidays - her religion does not celebrate Christmas. This year things are coming together a little better. The kid is understanding more and there's more celebrating around the house. New family - new family traditions... and some old. This year I plan to bake the goodies that I grew up with. We'll have Swedish meatballs for Christmas eve dinner (a recipe that came over with some of my great grandparents), some krumekaka (crumb cookie-the first ice cream cone), yulekaka (Chirstmas bread), fatiman (poor man cookie) and for Christmas breakfast I'll make some Finish pancake.

We should be having a great time - hope y'all have a happy one too!

Take care and Semper Fi!

[wrbones]

Mornin' folks! How ya doin' this fine Marine Corps mornin'! LOL. Coffee's on! Come on in and grab a cup! You know where the cups are!

Christmas. Bah. Humbug. That's my normal response. Some folks like it. Some don't fer various and sundry reasons. I've always been disappointed myself. I figure I expect too much fer gimmes and too much from others this time of year. I do like the idea, though. There's always hope folks'll get their heads outta their butts one of these days...


Like I said before, lights and trees and gifts and such are good, but they ain't all there is to it. Now don't get me wrong. I been down the road some. I know how people can be, both good and bad. I know how life can be. I like that sayin' I've heard lately. Sometimes yer the windshield and sometimes yer the bug. Lots of folks haven't had the pleasure of bein' the bug is all. Hell, we always act surprised when it's our turn. Good things and bad come at ya durin' the year. If yer lucky, ya had mostly good things comin' yer way. Christmas can be a delight though. It surely can.

I like drivin' around and lookin' at the lights folks put up fer decoration about this time of year. I like the looks on kid's faces at different times durin' this part of the year. Got the Ol Lady some cheap diamonds last year. It was all she got, but she was happy. Look on her face was worth it. She wore them to bed with her every night fer quite awhile there.

Other folks didn't get that much, I'm sure. There's more of them out there than you might think. Folks whose whole life is a struggle from one day to the next, one week to the next...one year to the next. Fer some of you, they're the bugs on yer windshields. Ya might pay attention, cause one of these days you'll be the bug on someone else's! ;) Remember what it's like. Make sure ya do somethin' fer someone else this year. Sometimes the look on their face will be worth it...


Warm up yer cup folks! Saturday's nearly here. We got another chance to get it right, maybe. Might even do it better this time. Every day is an opportunity to get it right next time!

Don't ferget...we got brothers and sisters a long way from home doin' their jobs...makin' sure we have the chance to sit and have a happy holiday with our own families. Tip one fer them if ya can't do nuthin' else!

[Art Petersn]

Thanks for the coffee and your thoughts.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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Long ago when men cursed and beat the
ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft ...
Today, it's called golf.

[mrbsox]

In the immortal words of Paul Harvey...

"IT'S FRIDAY"

0600 here, coffee's good . 'course, after drinking coffee from a steel pot, made from a mud puddle, ANY coffees good. :D

The Boss's Boss is gonna be in today. I've been lucky enough to stay away from him most of the time, hope I don't shoot my big mouth off with the wrong stuff!!!!

But, nice to be here guy's, thanks for the coffee 'bones, and the words of wisdom. Even if you do copy this stuff from somewhere :D else.... thanks for thinking about us, and putting it here.

Low 30's, drizzle, yucky day ahead. But .... "IT'S FRIDAY"

I flew in from B'more last night, the C.O. flew out yesterday AM, but... "IT'S FRIDAY"

Ya'll have a good one, drive careful. Sempers all around.

Terry

[Sparrowhawk]

Busy day today, wife and i have been in charge of the food distribution in our communities for gee I don't remember when, probably since before Santa Claus came along, so it's gona be a busy day for us today.

at 4:00 we gather at the school gym with the Band kids that come in to help and we sort through all the donated canned food, seperating them into differnt table, corn, peans, meat products, tuna, carrots etc. all get their own seperate table, etc, etc.

We'll be out of there by midnight, clothing and toys are piled roof high.

Saturday morning the people come in, over 300-400 families to get their two-three bags of food, clothing, toys, etc.


Like Bones said, some become greedy (bad), others why, seeing the broad grin on a kids face to have food in his belly iand a toy at the same time is a great reward.

So for the next two days we're busy, then afterwards, my wife and I go out to dinner and a movie to relax, and enjoy life and be grateful for what we do have.


sempers

Cook

[thedrifter]

Goodmorning

Well we are getting a little touch of fall again today....Woke up with frost on windshields.....but it is suppost to be in the 40's......and they are saying for the next few days......This weather can't make up it's mind.......Summer didn't want to leave us....then jumps in a week of fall...then winter snow, ice, and cold....and now fall......I don't know how to dress anymore....

Lights are done outside..inside Ellie has a little more to do.....Cookie are started.....next comes the candies, cakes, and brownies......YUMMM.......This time of the year I forget my waist line.....LOL.....and it's the only time I see my children even though they live in the house....The boys are always getting into trouble with the girls.....They are always stealing some cookie dough..or taking the cookies right after they come out of the oven......You see I never do that.....LOL........

Ellie is going shopping soon......and I know the wallet is going to be a lighter again.....I'm glad it is payday.......LOL......

All have a good day.........

Sempers,

Roger

[wrbones]

Hell, Sox. Everything I talk about here is from my own BHG!


Kinda scary, huh! LOL.

[jerry wozny]

Good afternoon all, hope every one is haveing a fine and uneventful day. Just haveing my afternoon coffee and thought I would check out what is happening. Some good stories and jokes in here. Great place to visit, especially when things are going bad and I need a break. Being with my Marine Brothers and Sisters is a great help. Until later SEMPER FI

[wrbones]

Hell, Jerry, you folks are welcome to stop by and visit anytime! Coffee's always on around here. This is where I hang most of the time. When things are goin' to hell in a handbasket, this is the place to be.

Ain't nuthin' but a thing, bro.

[wrbones]

Mornin' folks! How the hell are ya! Coffee's on, come on in and grab a cup! Paper'll be here in a bit. You know where the cups are!

Christmas. Bah. Humbug. lol. It's just another day really. Ya got an excuse to overeat maybe. Act like a little kid fer a bit. A chance to relax and enjoy yerself fer a bit. Maybe visit with family or watch a game on TV later on. Don't ferget the kids'll be wantin' to watch those parades after they open their presents. Christmas Eve is ten days away now! Hope ya got your shoppin' done and yer decorations up by now. Is there anything you fergot? Just wonderin'. Don't want to see ya doin' all that last minute runnin' around unless that's one of yer traditions, ya know! LOL.

Now I don't have too many, if any at all, Christmas traditions myself. Some folks do. Good for them. It's all what works for you in stuff like that.

Fer me, I don't really believe in Christmas as it's traditionally celebrated. I go along with folks, and I know that the memories of this time of year are important and mean much in our lives. It really goes back to that one man eatin' meat and the other eatin' veggies thing. One thing fer one feller don't necessarliy werk fer another. Religious freedom provided for in the new version of the Book. ( That's the New Testament fer you folks that don't read much[See Romans 14 I believe]).

Myself, I figure it don't really matter except as symbolism so that it get's thru our thick heads what it's all about anyway. The symbolism in the feasts of Isreal mean more than the 'traditional' holidays fer spiritual meaning and symbolism.

One man eats meat, and another eats veggies......

You can have yer veggies...or yer meat...or whichever one you figure yer eatin'....long as you don't ferget the real meaning of what this holiday is supposed to be about.

Now it hasn't been my intention to get all religious the last few days, but it would seem that in order to celebrate Chrismas in any fashion is to acknowledge the spirtual significance of certain events. Primary being one Man's birthday some 1969 years ago.
To not aknowledge this is to lead me to ask you, "Why celebrate Christmas at all if you don't acknowledge that one event?" Where's the sense in celebratin' somethin' you don't believe in? Kinda like celebratin' the Fourth of July without believein' in Liberty or Freedom. It would seem that those whom we acknowledge on the Fourth of July as havin' originally procured our own freedom did so under the impression that a real Man was once born on Christmas, and that his Daddy was some form of higher spiritual power.

So we have two hoildays we celebrate here, both based on freedom and a Book of spiritual knowledge and wisdom that espouses freedom. Freedom from enemies. Freedom from oppression. Freedom to celebrate. Freedom to become who we will.

There is love in freedom. Christmas is a celebration of that love. Share it with yer familes. Share it with others. Believe. Or why celebrate at all? ;)

Warm up yer coffee, folks! It's a good day. We got another chance to get it right. One of these days, maybe we'll get it all sorted out enough we do it right the first time around! LOL. It's a new day. A new opportunity! Of course it's Saturday, so I reckon some things can be put off fer a bit.;) LOL.

[Earle Comstock]

Ok so I got another story ,wanna hear it? Here it go , My dad asks me where I'm going to spend the holiday's, And seeing as I'm single this Christmas , I'll be spending them by myself. He says , well now I guess that right arm is gonna be mighty big by the time its all over. I say yea It is, but you know dad, I really hate it when she falls asleep on me. And its getting worse now ,cause shes starting to snore. She snores so loud that the other nite she woke the neighbors in the apartment downstairs. And yea she was drunk , hell it dont take much. When she gets drunk she gets loose, the other night she was doing the guy sitting next to us at the tavern , the *****. Never let your left hand know- George Carlin. Semper Fi Bros , Cpl C:p Ok , this ones about Masterbation

[Earle Comstock]

My dad asks me what I want for Christmas? I said "I Wanna Watch For Christmas , Can I " Semper Fi , Do or Die:marine:

[NEWB]

Lucky Guys,
My mornings start at 3 to 4PM. Usually wake up, swallow instant coffee, chase it with water, BELCH. Then try to stagger to the shower and be ready to do battle with the incompitent individuals as work. Get off work at around 1 to 3 Am. Go home and have a few beers. Neighbors think I am some kind of Alcholic Pervert. Maybe, cause I am standing looking out the front door with beer in hand, wearing como colored sleep pants. Oh well, I guess everything is Realitive. LOL

[wrbones]

Hey NEWB! 'Mornin' Marine. I worked swing shift most my adult life I think. I kinda liked it, but yer right. Other folks figure you fer bein a bit crazy!

Earle, Sometimes I don't understand a thing yer sayin', Marine, but as long as yer havin' fun, that's what's counts!

Welcome home, Marines. Glad to see ya!

Have another cup of joe...or a beer.....;)

[Earle Comstock]

Maybe its just a little early or a little late depending where your at in the country. Or maybe its because i cant say things the way I want to because we get monitored on this site like we are a bunch of little kids and not the Marines that we are. So maybe I'll just take my time from now on and word it better so everyone understands. Because if you dont get it there are more that dont get it, Semper Fi , Cpl C

[wrbones]

Naw. Hell, Earle! Ask anyone! I'm a little slow on the uptake sometimes! I kinda like yer sense of humour, but sometimes things don't translate well without tone of voice, expression and body language. I still have some trouble with that myself! LOL. I tend to get folks fired up when I'm just ****tin' around! LMAO.


On the other hand, I have had my nose busted a few times.....So maybe I'm doin' somethin' wrong alla way around, huh! LMAO!

[Earle Comstock]

Yea I've had mine busted on occasion , Things just didnt come out right or my voice was a little loud getting the point accross. I've even been sucker punched on 2 occasions. But my brothers had my back on those 2. Some people know when I'm fvckin around some people dont. Its a communication problem. In the end we are all friends and Brothers , then we have another drink and wonder what are we fighting for. Life is to short , but dont get me wrong , there are some things I will fight for . Semper Fi , Do or Die. Kill a Commie For Mommy:marine:

[Earle Comstock]

I got a question for you Bones. How do you like early August in Rapid City? I've been quite a few times , and I'll probably go quite a few more.I'm a Harley nut , by the way. That may explain my humor. A Biker , Marine How American is that?

[wrbones]

American enough! I got rid of my Harley quite a few years back. Get ten bucks in my pocket and that *****'d take me down the road every time! LMAO. Rapid City's alright in early August. 200,000-300,000 residents in the Black Hills, the same number of tourists and the same number or more of bikers...I stay away from downtown Sturgis, though. Too crowded and too commercial fer me anymore...besides, someone might recognise me! LOL.

The area's still boomin'. It don't hardly look the same as it did even five years ago, let alone ten or more. Still don't pay ****.

Oh. That Harley shop that was on Omaha in Rapid City is now over by Piedmont on the west bound side of I- 90 on the way to Sturgis.

Next time ya get out this way, we might oughta have a drink or three.

[Earle Comstock]

Bones I would like that very much. Next year I'm going to Milwaukee for the 100th , If I don't stop on the way there, I'll try to make it on the way back. Dont like to commit myself yet cause I dont know what kind of female I'll run into , or where the road will take me. The open road kind of has that effect on me. I will deffinately get your address as the time draws closer.

[wrbones]

Yep. I know how that goes! LOL. I'll be lookin' forward to it. Those damn bikes got minds of their own as far as I'm concerned! Ya never really know fer sure where you'll end up!

[firstsgtmike]

Hey,

You guys talking about Sturgis reminded me of something.

1995, "retireds w/RV" working @ Yellowstone Park. Motorcyle caravans coming through, on their way to Sturgis.

For many, motorcylists meant, "The Wild One" or Hells Angels, or "head for the hills".

Comments I heard, about cyclists stopping off were all positive, all amazement. Stockbrokers, doctors. lawyers, electricians, carpenters, plumbers, computer techs, etc. all heading to Sturgis.

On a day off. we were going from here to there, stopped off to gas up, there was a logbook/sign-in book for Harley owners.

I didn't qualify to sign in, but I read it, and was amazed.

"First Harley was a xx, then an xxx, now an xxxx. Been driving Harleys since ( 50 years)." The page was loaded with comments like that.

I could never understand why they didn't use those log-books as a basis for their advertising and tv ads.

[Barndog]

Dammit.... Bones sent me the Mornin Coffee post - cause the site was down. Something Microsoft happened..... (I use that term frequently) and now I have Outlook 6. The remanants of my mailbox have ceased to exist.

I can't post the damm thing either - until my computer software designing wife gets outta the rack to unfVck it. Oh yeah FYI: DO NOT - I say again DO NOT download that 'HOTBAR' prompt from Microsoft. You will get even more unsolicited email and crap than you do already. It writes itself all over your hard drive and into every Microsoft application and program. GOT IT? In other words.... you'll never get rid of it. BEWARE.

So.......... have a nice Sunday. I'll be watchin the Lions get the snot pounded outta them by Tampa Bay, until the pain gets too hard to watch.

Semper FI

[Sparrowhawk]

Morning

Now you tell me, BarnDog

Heck I was a wondering how come all those new type of emails were now showing up.

And having a date for restoring before adding that feature does not help it at all. It seems like Microsoft left the window open for it to be able to mingle with our systems but others quickly found it and invited their freinds..

bah Humbug....


Coffee time.....

[wrbones]

‘Mornin’ folks! How the hell are ya! Coffee’s on! Ya better grab a cup! Paper’ll be here directly.

Got something’ for ya. What? LOL. Don’t ya trust me? How about a Christmas song or two? LOL. Hell, you never heard me sing did ya! LOL.

LET IT SNOW
Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne

Oh, the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
It doesn't show signs of stopping
And I brought some corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
When we finally kiss goodnight
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight
All the way home I'll be warm
The fire is slowly dying
And, my dear, we're still goodbye-ing
But as long as you love me so
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!



All copyrights reserved by: Kristine & Company, Unlimited,

I figured I better put the copy right in there so you wouldn’t go off and try to do yer own Christmas album without payin’ fer the privilege first! ;)

Don’t get any ideas! Kinda funny how one of the best know Christmas songs is also a love song ain’t it!

One of these days we’ll figure it all out. Then we’ll have a chance to get it right. Hell, we might even do it better next time! It’s a new day folks. Hell, it’s Sunday. Go to church. Sleep in. Hug the ol’ lady and kids and tell ‘em you love ‘em. If yer doin’ without that way, it ain’t much satisfaction sometimes. Sometimes it’s short shrift at best, but that’s what ya did it for. So that others might have the chance to spend some time with their families durin’ the holidays. Be happy fer them, ‘cause that’s what ya did it for. That’s what ya did it for. So that others might have a chance at freedom to have some passing chance at happiness without having to worry about their safety in the process. They’re responsible fer burnin’ down their own damn Christmas trees, though! They’re free to do that, if they want, too! ;)

Warm up yer coffee folks. It’s a good day. I get the comics!

[Sparrowhawk]

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[Earle Comstock]

Ok I got a good one to ponder while your having your morning cup. Why do they call them dounuts? Doe's don't have nuts , bucks do. Shouldn't they call them bucknuts? Like , go to Dunkin Bucknuts and get me a dozen cream filled , will ya? Cream filled doughnuts will never be the same. Semper Fi ! Cpl C. Kill A Commie For Mommy:rambo:

[wrbones]

'Mornin' Earle! Bucknuts, huh! LMAO ROTF! I ain't eatin anymore cream filled donuts now! LOL. Dunkin' Bucknuts. Seein' a cop eatin' a donut'll never be the same, will it.....

Mornin' folks! Coffee's on! Better grab a cup before Earle figgers out what's wrong with coffee! LOL. That's some funny ****!
Paper'll be here directly. I got the comics!

What the hell can ya say after that! LOL. It's a new day folks! We got another chance to get it right, maybe....might even do it a bit better this time!

Oh, hell, I can't stop laughin'!

Warm up yer coffee and get yer head right before ya start yer day... Stay away from them cream filled donuts, will ya! LOL.

[Earle Comstock]

Good mornin yourself , I don't know why I think up all this weird sh*t . Maybe Its lack of sleep. I always feel like Its my turn for fire watch. I got caught once sleeping on fire watch. My first and only time sleeping on watch. I gotta admit that was a stupid thing to do. But that wasn't the first or the last stupid thing I've ever done. If Yoko Ono married Sonny Bono would she have been Yoko Ono Bono? Thanks for making the coffee , but I'll have a plain doughnut , thank you. But what about the doughnut Holes? Semper Fi

[wrbones]

LOL. I don't even want to think about it!. If they're little round balls of cooked dough, why are they called donut holes? I've always wondered about that myself.....

Firewatch. I never screwed up on firewatch. I've screwed up about everything else one time or other, though! I never screwed up the same way twice, though. I always found a new way! LOL.

Stickin' to plain donuts, huh? What? No cream in yer coffee?

[Earle Comstock]

Friday was my girlfriends birthday , so one of the presents I got her was a cell phone. Well today she goes shopping and shes gone for a couple hours. I decide to call her and see if her phone works and if she likes it. She answers and is really excited because I'm her first call. She tells me she really loves her phone, its so small and the sound is chrystal clear.Then she asks me , "how did you know I was at Walmart?" Yea shes blonde! Cpl Commie:rambo:

[Earle Comstock]

Think I just better stick to black coffee. I use to tell my dad ,that I like my women like I like my coffee, and I guess you can tell by looking at her , she sure is...........STRONG!Well my dad thought it was funny.

[Earle Comstock]

I was driving this truck one day and I stop for a red light. Theres a knock on my window so I roll the window down. Outside is this woman , she says ,hi , my name is Michelle and your loosing part of your load. I ignore her , the light turns green and off I go. I get to the next red light and theres a knock on my window, once again. I roll down my window and this same girl says , hi , my name is Michelle and your loosing part of your load. Just like she had never seen me before. Again I ignore her. This time when the light turns green , I haul butt to the next light. It turns red and I hop out of my truck , I run back to her car , and I make it just about the time she comes to a stop. I knock on her window. She rolls it down and I say , Hi my name is Earle , we are in New York in the middle of a snowstorm and Im driving the salt truck. Yea , she was blonde too. Cpl Commie:rambo:

[Earle Comstock]

So I'm full of sh*t most of the time , but I just like to keep a smile pasted on friends faces. This is a pretty funny story , but this one is true. I got this buddy , he was in the Navy , but hey I don't hold that against him. And for the most part he's a stand up motherfvcker. His ole lady (notice I didn't say old) was my apartment manager , he was the maintanence man. I turned him on to Harleys (he was riding Suzuki) ,told him riding a Jap bike was like fvcking a queer. It feels good til someone sees ya. Anyways Dave has a son , at the time of this story ,his son was 15-16 , somewheres in there. So Dave , his son Mike , the neighbor , his name was Dave also , (good Friend) and myself were all sitting around shooting the bull . Somewhere along the line we got talking about jackin off. So I tell Mikie sh*t like you dont have to worry about takin her home to mom , moms already seen her , she never has a headache , she never says no , shes tight , and we went on and on fvckin with this kid , well me bein a Marine and Dave bein in the Navy we fvcked with him for quite awhile. Then I tell him , just do like I do and shoot yer load in your sock and throw it under your bed. Well we all had a laugh and the kid took it pretty good. A couple months go by and the kids mother calls Dave. Told Dave he needs to have a talk with Mikie about sex. Dave says what the h*ll for , what can I possible tell him that he aint learned in school or from his buddies. She says , well the other day I was cleaning his room and I moved his bed , found all these socks under the bed. Dave says that Fvcking Earle, she says , whats he got to do with it? He says never mind , I'll have a talk with him. So he calls me over and tells me the story , Me I laugh my *ss off. So I tell Dave , we need to get Neighbor Dave , Navy Dave , Mikie , and myself together , rent a porno ,then send all the women out shopping. Now before we plug in the porno , we all look at Mikie , then ask , is every body ready and pull out our socks from our back pocket. Then Navy Daves new wife Tammi wants to know what to get mike for christmas. I tell her to make him a quilt with 365 socks. After the years up ,he can flip it over and use the other side. TRUE STORY. Semper Fi , DO OR Die ! Kill A Commie For Mommy:rambo:

[Earle Comstock]

Back in my drinking days I got pulled over by a female cop for drunk driving. She said any thing you say can and will be held against you. Tits I said! Cpl Commie:rambo:

[Earle Comstock]

So the other day I see this good looking gal at the Harley Shop. I'm staring at her for awhile when she says , can I help You? I said yes I'm looking for your pricetag , cause I want to buy you and take you home. She thinks thats cute so we get talking for quite awhile. Then I ask her If she would like to see me watch . She says sure , she would like that very much. So I wip out my dick, she says , thats not your watch , I said It could be , alls it needs is two hands and a face on it! Semper Fi , Cpl Commie:rambo:

[Earle Comstock]

This gal , during our conversation says, Damn Earle , you smell good what do you got on? I said , I got a hard on, but I didnt know you could smell it! Cpl C.:marine:

[Art Petersn]

Do you realize what time it is for these jokes. I feel like I'm Los Vagas.

This just in
YOKOSUKA, Japan -- A high-tech Japanese warship has left for the Indian Ocean, a move some analysts say could signal support for a possible U.S.-led attack on Iraq.

The 7,250-tonne Kirishima, equipped with a high-tech Aegis missile detection system, left its home base of Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, on Monday, with riot police lining the shore.

Never thought I would see this happening.

[firstsgtmike]

Geting back to the donuts:

I complained about a hair in my hamburger. They took me back to the kichen. I watched the cook reach into a vat of ground beef, roll a handfull into a ball, shove it up into his armpit, bring his elbow down, and produce a perfectly round hamburger patty.

When I commented on it, I was told to wait, and watch how he made the holes in donuts.
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I'm a vegetarian, NOT because I love animals, but because I hate vegetables.

[wrbones]

LOL. Somebody around here has brown eyes! And it ain't me!

[Barndog]

Mine are hazel.

You guys are warped. LOL

And I love it.

Semper FI

[wrbones]

Warped is good!

Just don't call me Capt. Kirk!

[firstsgtmike]

And mine are blue. That means barndog and I are each a quart low.

[Barndog]

Guess we better start drinking heavily, Top.

First round is on me.

[Earle Comstock]

Ok who drank the last cup , and didnt make a fresh pot? You heard the old saying , he who hits it goes and gets it. Well make a fresh pot , before I find something wrong with it. Reminds me of the hidden video shows , where there was this guy going into work each morning and after he punches in he pours himself a cup of coffee. Well the coffee taste a little funny and he thinks one of his co-workers is doing something to the coffee. So he gets a cam corder and points it at the coffee pot. Lo and behold they catch this bung wipe p*ssing in the coffee pot. And they got it on tape. I dont know what you guys would do , but I would give him a blanket party. Probably worse than that , but I would make it his choice. Suggest a few options from the rest of the employees affected by his actions. I bet they could come up with some good ones, let him pick his poisin , and record the event. Then show his boss the tape of him p*ssing in the coffee pot and let sh*t happen. Told you guys I don't get enough sleep. Cpl Commie , Kill A Commie For Mommie , Semper Fi , Do Or Die:rambo:

[Earle Comstock]

No I didnt p*ss in the coffee , Trust Me ! But I did go get the creamed filled Bucknuts. Much Love Bros LoL:D

[Sparrowhawk]

Nice rainstorm came by last night. I've always enjoyed the rain, keeps me indoors and working.

Not that I work much now, since retirement, to me everyday is Saturday.

Will be taking daughter to the train station in a few minutes, our daily trip.

Across the street there is a full moon hanging over the red haired lady's home who will leave for work in about twenty minutes, she's regular as clockwork.

Then at the corner house the guy that owns a 67 VW bug, will start it up, let it warm a bit and I always hear the sound of its motor as it makes its way up the street.

Then a few minutes later my neighbor Dave will pull out his truck, pick up the newspaper, toss it into his garage, and off he'll go. He'll tap his horn as he passes my house.

It's all a daily routine, me? Well, I'll be standing there drinking y fresh cup of coffee looking at he sky and smelling the fresh morning air, listening to sounds of silence in the morning, and if that old black and white cat comes around to do his business in my back yard, I have my pellet gun in hand to tap him a bit.

You all have a Marine Corps day, and as Bones would say, maybe we'll all get it right this time.

Sempers

Cook

[thedrifter]

Goodmorning

A cold front came through again yesterday.....Last week was just a little tease for us....Well they are saying this cold air is with us for only a few days.....We should be back in the 40's by the end of the week.........

Still have a little Christmas shopping left to do.....I hope to get that done in a few days.........

Still have to get the tree......need my sons to help.....I'll send them out with Ellie to get the tree....It's too cold for me to stand outside and look for it.........LOL......

Well all have a good day.........

Sempers,

Roger

[wrbones]

Mornin' folks! Blasted server was down fer maintenance! I called and complained. Told them I had an intenational audience here! Told them next time they need to let me know when they're workin' on their equipment! I see you fellers got coffee goin'! LOL. I knew you could do it if ya hadda.....

I don't have much this mornin', myself. It's 34 here. Gonna hit fifty again I reckon. Yep. It gets cold in the Dakotas....can't hardly stand it!

I keep thinkin' of Christmas songs fer some reason. I'm not much fer Christmas, myself. Just another day in the neighborhood to me, really. Well, I worked too many Christmas' and holidays over the years for it to matter much to me to begin with. A number of years ago, I got to thinkin' about it and wondered why we just acted good during a few days or weeks of the year when we oughta be doin' it that way alla time. So, Christmas is an alla time thing with me... as much as possible fer anyone who ain't perfect that is. I don't like all the rimmings, though. Lights and trees and such. A lot of work that could be put to other uses. Not that I'm lazy or anything about that kinda stuff. LOL...Ya give someone what they need if you got it extra. Ya help the next person out when ya can, if ya can. Buy the Ol Lady and family gifts just because. Not just fer holidays and birthdays and such. Try to treat the other person kinda like you wanta be treated. You know. All that sort of thing. I ain't got it quite right yet, but I'm workin' on it.

But this year, I got them blasted Christmas songs in my head and they won't leave me alone fer some reason. I always did like some of those songs anyway. Good music, well written, and if ya got someone who can sing, they ain't bad at all. Some folks who couldn't carry a tune in a big bucket are fun to listen to as well, as long as they be singin' like they mean it! Makes it kinda fun, sometimes.

Yep, Christmas ain't too bad, if ya doin' fer the right reasons, that is.....

Warm up yer cup. folks. It's still mornin'...at least where I', at. Hell, coffee's always on here anyway.

We'll get it sorted out one of these days. Might even get it done a bit better next time, won't we? It's a new day, folks. A new chance. A new opportunity. Take advantage of it.

Earle and his blasted donut jokes. I'm still laughin'!

[Barndog]

Mornin? Damm near NOON here. Oh I forget, you don't get up until noon anyways. Some NCO you musta been with that type of Leadership by Example. LOL
Bones I hope ya know I'm yankin yer chain. Only because I can, and do - as often as possible. That's so it helps ya keep yer balance. I'd expect you do the same, but I ain't seen much yet.... Is it because theres too much a$$ to move? lmao - reminds me of one mid-day a couple weeks ago when Rat and I were PM'ing Bones - tryin to badger him into chat..... he finally came in - and sezs "which one of ya wants yer a$$ kicked first" .. - I had to step up and tell him my Dad told me "if a Marine ever asks you to fight, you better not decline" - in which I wouldn't. Only because my Dad told me not too.
His standard - my Fathers that is, being the Marine standard of which I am expected to carry. Korea. And believe me, if I get out of line - I get corrected. But, the same goes for him - if he gets out of line, I correct him. That's our relationship. We enjoy that about ourselves. Marbe too much sometimes.

This is a tough one.

Man, I dunno..... ya'd think at 71 he would have learned by now of taking his ex-old lady's back. Hell I don't wanna see him alone either, but theres a point where ya just gotta say ENOUGH. How do ya say anything after you figure you've said it all already? One time we came to blows - he pi$$ed me off and goaded me into takin 'my best shot' (as he called it - I broke his jaw). He laughed, got up and knocked me colder than a mackerel. That was enough of those lessons, we agreed. Stubborn does not fit this old Jarhead.
He has his own definition.

Any suggestions?

Semper FI

[wrbones]

Hell, Tony, I spent most of my time in the Corps workin' night crew. Anything else was usually preflight or Maintenance Control, so I was there in the middle of the night alla time anyway! LOL.

A man makes his own decisions. All you can do is all you can do. After that, ya just have to stand back and let him take the hit and the responsibility for it. It's hard to watch, I know. Life is. Sometimes, no matter how much ya want things to be different for someone, ya just do the best ya can, and move on. Be there when they fall on their ass, maybe, but that's about all you can do that I know of.