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« Reply #720 on: May 29, 2021, 09:17:59 AM »
love your stories  smiles

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« Reply #721 on: May 29, 2021, 05:35:24 PM »
...Why you CAN'T TRUST H.S. kids with a croquet set... :P

...In H.S., my three closest friends were the 'Brain Trust' of the school.  They all earned Doctorate Degrees in difficult subjects at U.C. Berkeley.  One was a Entymologist, (We called her the "Bug Doctor"), another became a Nuclear Scientist, the other was an Economist at B of A.  (I was the 'pet dummy', of the group...I became a Lawyer.   :P).  We all got interested in croquet, after taking it in P.E., and bought several sets.  We would meet at someone's house, setup the court, and play for hours.  We all got pretty good at it...but I WON most of the games.   ;D  (I practiced a LOT on my own, I had a court set up in my backyard, and would play by myself, all seven balls against each other...I was lonely as a child.)

...Anyway, one evening, while her parents were away, we were playing croquet at Marcia's (The Nuclear Physics Girl) house, and I got way ahead, and got bored, and decided to liven things up a bit.   ::)  So, when Marcia was standing, 'a bit zoned out', I snuck behind her, and set a sprinkler head behind her.  I then turned the faucet on... ::)  Marcia actually looked up, first, to see if it was raining, and then she looked behind her, saw the sprinkler, and ran away.   ;) ;)  I was clapping and laughing my ass off.  I turned off the faucet, and we got back to playing croquet.  After a while, I heard someone shout...

..."P-------!!!  LOOK OUT!!!!"

...I looked over my shoulder, and saw Marcia running towards me holding "The Mother of ALL WATER BALLOONS!!!!"

...I dropped the mallet, and raced onto the pouch, intending to run into the house.  In my excitement, I thought that the screen door was open, and didn't slow as I sprinted towards it.  Unfortunately...it was closed and I smashed right though it.   :P  I came out, a bit dazed, with the screen door hanging around my neck, and just stood there.  Marcia just stared at me for a moment, and then screamed my name...and 'gifted' me the water balloon...it broke against my face.

...We tried to fix the door, but it was all twisted up. 

...I came by the next day, and told her father that I would pay for a replacement, but he just waved me away.  I guess he figured that if the WORST that could happen, when his daughter invited friends over, was that one would run through the screen door...well, then things were OK.   :-[

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« Reply #722 on: May 29, 2021, 06:00:29 PM »
lol  can think of worse things that could happen with a croquet set smiles

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« Reply #723 on: May 30, 2021, 01:08:14 PM »
...Memorial Day...A Day for calm contemplation, and for Prayers for the Fallen and Their Families

I have attended several Military Funeral Services for Members of my Family, and as a musician for others.  They were all very moving, and inspirational.

At one, I had flown from CA to a base on the East Coast.  It was for one of my favorite Uncles, he had been a well decorated Captain in the Army during WW II.  My Mother came with me, and I held the box that held His Cremains in my lap during the flight.  We had scheduled the graveyard service, and had contacted his friends and other relatives.  We all met at a place at the Cemetery, and a Military Escort led us all to His Gravesite.  A Soldier took the cremains from me, and escorted all of us to the stone wall where the box would be interred.  The Leader of the Soldiers took my arm, and led me to sit in a certain seat, since I was the closest Blood Relative present

The Chaplain gave a nice Tribute, and then a Seven Gun Salute was fired.  The Leader then ceremoniously presented me with the folded American Flag, and recited a short speech, looking into my eyes during the time.  I was also handed a plastic baggie that held the spent shell casings from the salute.  I was tearful during the time, partly sad, but also proud of my Uncle and appreciative of the Honor given Him by the Military.

I then gave a short speech, describing his life, and how he had been with our Family.  The group all chuckled when I described how exited my brother and I had been, as children, when he visited.  He always brought us nice toys.  He was married, but had no children, and was nice to us and our cousins.  (He even let me beat him at chess when I was young.  I learned, when I got older, that he actually played chess VERY WELL...I rarely won a game against him, and I had been urged to join the Chess Team in H.S.)

I had spoken with one of his friends before the service, and I invited all of the people to join us for a nice brunch at a restaurant, as guests of my Mother and I.  The restaurant opened a back dining hall for us, and we had a nice time, a lot of people attended, and a lot of them described their times with Uncle Joe.   :)

I will say prayers for my Father and Uncles, they all served in the Military, and prayers for everyone else who served our Country.

..."Libera me, Domine, de Morte Eterna.  Libera me, Domine"...

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« Reply #724 on: May 30, 2021, 03:37:31 PM »
my condolences on your family members  and we owe much to those who gave their lives in service to defend this country

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« Reply #725 on: June 01, 2021, 01:02:52 PM »
...A nice, and true tale of an occurrence during WW II.   :)

...As I have reported, all of my Uncles on my Fathers side enlisted in the Military.  Joe was in the Army, Guy was in the Marines.  My Father, and other Uncles did cover the Army Air Corp and the Navy.  Frank flew a Corsair off an Aircraft Carrier, and did become an Ace.

...Joe was a Captain, and led men fighting in Europe.  One day, the Unit had stopped outside of a city, after defeating the Germans, and camped. I can't remember if it was in France, or another country, but the city had a Cathedral.  Joe went into the Cathedral, and stopped before the Altar, to say some prayers.  While praying, he heard a voice behind him, saying...

..."What the HELL are YOU doing in here?"


...Joe looked over his shoulder, and the man standing behind him was...

...His brother...GUY!!!! Joe didn't know that Guy was in the area.  .

...Both men told me about the encounter, it moved me, but I am sure that it moved those two Warriors much more.   :)

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« Reply #726 on: June 01, 2021, 05:28:33 PM »
wow such a coincidence that they would both be in the same town during a war

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« Reply #727 on: June 02, 2021, 12:31:29 PM »
...Oh man!!!!  I am beginning to think that we are in the latter days, reading news from around the globe.   :P

Scientists in Europe did create a human/monkey embryo, and it was living and growing until they terminated it.  However, looking at our politicians, I think that was done years ago.  I live in the Bay Area, and S.F. and Oakland went along with the 'Defund the Police' insanity, and...GUESS WHAT????  CRIME IS SKYROCKETING, and illegal aliens are SWARMING the State.  Gee, who could have predicted that... :o :P >:(  The Dem politicians are now, openly, saying, "Yes, we are coming for your guns."  (Of course, they have private guards, either hired, or provided by our Gov't.  We Citizens are being urged to report on our fellow citizens who we believe could disrupt our society.)  Police Officers are resigning, retiring, or moving to other States, and enrollment in the Police Academies is way down.  The idiot mayor of S.F. just made a public plea for Police Officers to return, and for more young people to enroll in the Academies...after she insulted the Police and placed severe restrictions on what they could do.  The Dems want to eliminate the "Qualified Immunity' that Officers have, so, any criminal who thinks he was 'roughed up' during an arrest can sue the Officer PERSONALLY.

...(More of a rant, later, I have to take my CPAP Machine in for testing.  Since returning to CA, I need it.  When I was living in Kansas, I didn't need it, and could walk for an hour at a time)

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« Reply #728 on: June 02, 2021, 05:56:53 PM »
...OK...I am calming down...I ate a HUGE chunk of chocolate cake.   ;)

...But, when my familial situation here in CA gets resolved, I think that I will move to Kansas...I liked that State.  And...

...I will BUY THIS HOUSE!!!!    ;D

...https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/503-N-2nd-St-Atchison-KS-66002/122704190_zpid/

...I am thinking of the clothing that I will HAVE to purchase, so that I will blend in well with the mood of the house...and I have a bizarre imagination.

...The neighborhood kids will refer to me as "The Insane Witch who lives in the Crazy House."  (And who drives the SHOCKING PINK Porsche 911)  Might as well go insane, and demonstrate it in public.  I don't have to support a husband and children, now.   ;D :o :o :o ;D

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« Reply #729 on: June 02, 2021, 06:28:51 PM »
the rant was justified and largely agrees   happy you calmed down at least smiles

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« Reply #730 on: June 06, 2021, 01:59:13 PM »
...We are being ruled by ABSOLUTE IDIOTS...I really mean it...they are ABSOLUTE IDIOTS!!!!!   >:(

...In addition to opening our borders, thereby letting drug dealers move more of their poison into our country, they now want to send Billions of our taxpayer dollars to South and Central America.  They claim that those Governments will use the money to 'provide for the poor', so that the poor will not want to come here.  I have very high class and educated relatives in Mexico, and they all say that most of the money gets diverted, and ends up in the Swiss bank accounts of the wealthy and the politicians.  Our "Rulers" must be as naive as a 5 year old, or they are getting kickbacks.

...Now, they REALLY want to take our guns.  The new guy, Chipman, who will run the ATF, was asked to define what he means by an "assault weapon".  He couldn't do it, but said that the AR-15 is one, and is in favor of confiscating them from the public.  Ah...I have a bit of information to impart to Chipman...many 'Sporting Rifles' are more powerful than an AR-15, and some are semi-automatic.  (Mine is "bolt action"...I don't know why, but twisting and pulling the bolt is part of what firing such a weapon means to me).  I have hit a deer with a 180-grain 30:06 round, and the wound was ugly, and the inside was even worse.  But, the meat tasted very good.  We hunt to gather food and to socialize...looking back at our history, humans do that.  Also, judicious hunting does keep the deer herds healthy.

...I am sure that, as it currently stands, that Congress won't pass a law confiscating 'assault weapons', despite what those 5 damn Dem Bitches are trying to do.  But, Biden has been issuing some very Unconstitutional 'Executive Orders', so I wouldn't put it past this senile old man to sign such an order.  Damn...why couldn't the Dems come up with a more qualified candidate?   Also, I think it is clear that Biden & Co are favoring China over us Taxpayers, Xi must be rubbing his hands together at the prospect of sitting across a table from Biden.  Our young children will be taught Mandarin in Elementary School, rather than Spanish.

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« Reply #731 on: June 06, 2021, 07:50:00 PM »
just figuring out we have shit leadership?  ::) ;D

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« Reply #732 on: June 06, 2021, 08:09:11 PM »
no arguments from me

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« Reply #733 on: June 06, 2021, 11:51:19 PM »
...Yeah, but both of you know me...I can be brilliant at times...but other times you need to point out the difference between a spoon and a fork to me.   :o  My mind goes off on it's own, a lot.  Usually, it is just fun to sit, and 'observe', but I need to be in a quiet place, and be alone.  I will start crying, or giggling, or laughing , and an observer would get worried.  But, I am doing a lot of all three lately...watching our GD Gov't.  Now, Biden and the MSM are announcing that they are sending the semi-literate bitch to solve the Border Crises...but...she isn't even stopping at the Border.??? :o :o :o  She is taking BILLIONS of our TAXPAYER dollars and handing them over to the thugs in Guatamala.  Gee...guess where that money will go...she will retire as VP worth tens of millions of dollars, I predict.  Somehow, she will get a $10,000,000 advance on a book..."The First VP of Color"...that will sell about 68 copies.   >:(  If I was VP. and handed the assignment, I would have a helicopter fly me along the border, and land at places where I saw Agents, so I could see the border and the wall, and then ask the ACTUAL AGENTS, who are protecting us, just WHAT TO DO...and then DO IT!!!!  Just HOW did the MSM decide that the bitch is a diplomatic genius now, who will stop the swarm of people, when she only got about 3% of the democrat vote in the primary?  It was clear, right from the start, that she is way over her head.  When she was assigned the task, she had no press conferences for several months, and now she is flying to Guatamala with a plane packed with 10 Billion dollars.   :P

...The Gov't and MSM thinks that we are all idiots, they think that we will believe that sending Billions of our TAXPAYER dollars South will stop the flood.  Hell's Bells...if I was a  politician there, I would pocket my share of the billions, and then load more buses with our poor, (And pocketing 5K to 7K from each), and drop them off at the US Border, and wait for more billions of dollars to show up, and grab my share.

...I am certainly not advocating ANY sort of violence, but we sane people need to vote the Dems and idiot RINOS out, and get responsible Leadership.  I am gently working with my elderly mother about the idea of moving.  Her friends are passing on, and California is getting dangerous.  We live in a nice area, but we don't even go shopping at the grocery store after it gets dark.  I walked a bit further in our nice neighborhood this afternoon, and passed several cars, parked in front of nice houses, that had the passenger side window broken.  When I was living alone, in Kansas, I felt safe, and a few times I drove to IHOP at 11:00 pm and had some pancakes and scrambled eggs...'cause I like pancakes with scrambled eggs.   ;D  I keep showing my Mother pictures of houses in Atchison KS, especially the photo I have posted, and at times she talks about moving...but it is a passing thought.

...She is happy, now that I am living with her.  She feels safe, and I keep assuring her not to worry about finances...I have some coin in the bank, and I insist on writing her a nice check each month for our utilities and groceries, she enjoys depositing a check.  At first, I would shop with her, but she would get obsessed over what "she" bought, vs what "I" bought, vs what "we" bought.  So, I let her shop, and just hand over a check at the end of the month. I feel comfortable about living like this, I need the companionship, and I am not 'sponging' off  her.  So, I will stay and support her, she wants to stay in this house that she and my Father had built.  She stays on the ground floor, and sleeps in what was my bedroom, and has the downstairs packed with her collector dolls and things.  I sleep upstairs, in the master bedroom, and have a study where my desk and exercise bike is.  So, we will stay here, as we are, and just see what Life has in store for us.

...*S* I did see the house being built.  I was in H.S., and had a "touring" 10 speed.  I made friends with a guy who also liked to ride.  We didn't get sexual...he came out as gay later, but we did "make out" a few times...and I let him fondle me...I liked it.   ::)  We rode our bikes at very high speeds all over the County.  When the house was being built, we would ride to look at it during the weekends.  We would walk around, and were excited when the stairs were installed.  We would get up on the half constructed top floor, and look around.  He asked if I would have my bedroom there, and I said I didn't know.  (I selected the large bedroom on the ground floor...I was at that age where female hormones...and my personality...were developing...and so I needed to be kept away from civilized people.  ::))  My Parents and Brother lived upstairs.  There are some 'things' in the walls of this house that only I know about...I stashed them when it was being built.  One is a small bag of silver dimes...but I CANNOT RECALL WHERE THEY ARE!!!  So, I suppose that, in a Century or two, a worker involved in the demolition of the house will be very pleased.  (But he will hear my voice, shrieking from above..."THOSE ARE MINE...MINE...MINE!!!!" )  Or, perhaps, in my dotage, I will be hauled off to an assisted living place, and the newspapers will report that the inner walls of my house had been mostly pounded away, and I was carried off, holding a hammer, screaming "I KNOW WERE THEY ARE...I KNOW WHERE THEY ARE!!!"

...Anyway, enough of my Free Association rant this evening...see everyone on the morning... :)

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« Reply #734 on: June 07, 2021, 02:54:53 AM »
...I am alone right now, listening to this... :(

...https://www.bing.com/videos/search?view=detail&mid=ADE36E90F5D6F76F7ED5ADE36E90F5D6F76F7ED5&q=gotterdammerung+orchestral+performance&shtp=GetUrl&shid=25941d6a-d7eb-4b5b-8257-12763baaa1a7&shtk=SmVycnkgSGFkbGV5ICYgQWxhbiBUaXR1cyAtIFRoZSBQZWFybCBGaXNoZXJzIGR1ZXQgLSAxOTg2&shdk=VGhpcyBpcyBKZXJyeSBIYWRsZXkgaW4gaGlzIHByaW1lLiBKZXJyeSBIYWRsZXkgKEp1bmUgMTYsIDE5NTIgSnVseSAxOCwgMjAwNykgd2FzIGEgc3R1ZGVudCBvZiBteSB0ZWFjaGVyIGZyb20gMTk3OCwgYWZ0ZXIgZ2V0dGluZyBoaXMgbWFzdGVycyBkZWdyZWUgaW4gbXVzaWMgZnJvbSB0aGUgVW5pdmVyc2l0eSBvZiBJbGxpbm9pcyBpbiAxOTc3LiBIZSB0aGVuIHN0YXJ0ZWQgdGVhY2hpbmcgYXQgdGhlIFVuaXZlcnNpdHkgb2YgQ29ubmVjdGljdXQuIEEgMTk5MyBhcnRpY2xlIGJ5IE5vw6tsIEdvb2R3aW4gaW4gT3BlcmEgbWFnYXppbmUgc3RhdGVkLCAiQWZ0ZXIgMTUgeWVhcnMgSGFkbGV5IHN0aWxsIC4uLg%3D%3D&shhk=uaJzoE61A7FuGAHm3AJt34zBhdtwKRdv%2FW9DutshEB4%3D&form=VDSHOT&shth=OSH.0NACHshTL%252B5o2P01Epy%252FPw

...I had listened to this Opera, "The Pearl Fishers", and just loved the music.  The theme of the Opera is simple, two best friends become enamored of a woman...and she loves them both.  In this, they sing of their love for her, but that they will remain 'Brothers'.   I was excited when our orchestra was going to perform this...I was the Principal Cello...and I led our section...and watched the singers.  There were a few parts where I was accompanying the Baritone.  I knew the Baritone, we had performed together in many productions, and had gone out with others for a couple drinks after a performance.  I would get teased, because everyone else left, but he and I were talking of various subjects.  We did kiss a few times, but they were the "I like you" kisses...not the "Haul me away and throw me onto the bed kiss".

...I was crying as we performed this part, but my hands were steady...I had memorized the part.  He sang the part better than I had heard before.  I tried to keep my eyes lowered, but my standmate got me to look up...and he was smiling at me.  He later told me...

..."Forget the bitch on stage...I was singing that to you."

...Nothing like performing music...