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My roof is sound; my head - not so good. LOL. Any ideas about getting a loan that I could repay once my home is sold? My credit is in the toilet - my bankruptcy just came through. There's gotta be some federal agency that helps people in my situation.
Or am I Dream-ing again? :confused:
Good morning folks. Thanks for your post Lizzie and we are one big Family here. Things are a big mess right now but there is hope for us all. I so much wish I could help Danny Toler walk again. The whole time he has been going through his illness he has been Praying for me. Like I said before he is helping me find God through Jesus Christ. I Love you folks here and that really helps me keep going!!! You all are a Great Bunch!!!
We had big wind and rain last night. Roof damage here with water coming in the north bathroom last night. I am awaiting my State Farm agent to come to work. Like a Good Neighbor State Farm Is There????? I need his help. I need a new roof I think. It looks like rain outside this morning. Peach.
Lizzie, just remember we are a big family here .
Peace
Dan
As a retired vet .it hurts when something like that happens. But as bad as it sounds they were doing their duty. And from the sounds of it their families are very proud of them. So look at it that way. I support the troops over there, but think the idiots in Washington has mismanaged both wars from the beginning. Too bad we can't make them pay for their f##kups!
Good morning, dear friends.
I want to thank everyone here who has posted recently (and everyone that hasn't because everyone has helped me at one time or another).
Yesterday, I was in total despair - until I read Kitty's post of Harri Georgeson's song; until I read about what Lou Gehrig's disease does; until I remembered the troops we just lost (all the troops we have ever lost and all of those who have ever served our country in the armed forces); remembering Nic's brave and positive attitude about his recurring illnesses, the love and trials of Pam; the words of wisdom that have come to us in the past from Jim.
Yesterday, I was in total despair. It seems that overnight, a different woman woke up (I hope she sticks around). Feeling sorry for oneself, expecting others to pick you up when you're down are traits that get you nowhere but deeper in the dumps. I pray this lasts.
The economy has taken a serious dive; London is in flames. This is really not the best time to search for a job, but I have to get off the pity pot here and at least try.
Thank you again for changing my perspective on things. I hope that today I can be a stronger person and start taking care of myself.
I love you all. My prayers are with all that suffer from economic distress and chronic illness. May life hand you a good cup of coffee.
I pray also for Gregg and Dan, the people that bring us the music that brought us together.
Well since you didn't serve in Vietnam, Nic, I retract everything i said. Just kidding...doesn't change a damned thing. I'm kind of surprised Raj didn't know I was kidding about my prior comment. I went back and reread that and thought it was obvious my tongue was poking all the way through my cheek.
Thanks Pinto. I did not serve in Vietnam, but I did serve 4 years of my active duty time during Vietnam. I never got the call of service there and I would not want to mislead anyone here about that. I did work for and retire from the Department Of Defense with almost 33 years of combined active duty and civil service. I am glad I choose this path and I have never looked back. I Love my Country!!!! Peach.
Nic, I am so proud of my daughter I can't even begin to conceal it. She is a dream come true both as a young adult and as my sweet darling little angel. I think about how she used to hug me so tight around the neck when I would carry her back to tuck her in every night. We'd go back and she'd get me to sing either Uneasy Rider or Devil Went Down To Georgia every night.
Unfortunately when a tragedy such as happened over the weekend occurs I really feel it now. It feels like they are taking my daughter from me and it's terrorizing. I can seriously imagine how those parents must be feeling and it is very easy to cry for them. Those people who were lost were some of the absolute finest people this Nation produces.
Nic, I didn't realize you were a Vietnam Vet, although you have so many character attributes that I see in soldiers all the time. Thank you and your family for the burdens you have born for me and my family. It's truly humbling to be able to associate with you on this website. You have taught me so much by your example - you are tough, you are a courageous fighter, but you are a loving, giving, selfless, devoted man. Hope you continue your amazing recovery and are restored to good health for the rest of your days. PEACH!!!
Pinto was kidding?
Have to read it twice.
Anja had not much time today.bt brought cake,sweet.
Thanks CanPeach!!! I know you were just kidding Pintobean but I think we are very close in many of our views. You must be so Proud to have a Daughter Serving at the Naval Academy. Just to get accepted is quite the accomplishment!!!
I do remember coming home on leave in 1971 and having people talk trash about the war to me. A lot of them were Vets. But you have to remember there was a huge draft back then and most who "talked to the hand" had been drafted. That is not the case today with a totally Volunteer Service. There is a whole new generation of Vets coming. We as a Nation need to take care of them. When these wars end there will be massive numbers of Veterans looking for work. If you are in a position to hire please remember our Veterans!!!! Peach.
Wishing you well brother Nic:cool:
Kitty, Nic and Capn: thanks for the kind words, appreciate it:clapping:
Here's another tune from that album with some great Alvin Lee pickin'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUNOJCHKDk&feature=related
HA! Just about EVERYTHING's on YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T32_k4QH95k
I don't know how to upload stuff to the site but if someone who does wants me to email a couple of mp3's from this cd I'd love to share.
Hey, Kitty! George Harrison produced an awesome album for Alvin Lee and Mylon Lefevre called "On The Road To Freedom." In the credits he is referred to as "Harri Georgeson." He plays what I think might be his prettiest slide guitar on a tune he wrote for the album called "So Sad." Have you ever heard this album? It's getting hard to find these days.
I'm glad Gregg is going to get some attention and some rest. Hopefully that will be just what he needs.
Thanks Kitty. You are so very Kind. I hope you are feeling better These Daze with your pain. The Dr visit went well. All the stitches are out and yes a couple were quite uncomfortable coming out to say the least. I need to schedule a visit with the Oncologist now and I am not looking forward to that!!
I am sorry to read more about Gregg being under the weather and ill. This would be a Goodtime for old Friends to reach out to him. Peach.
Some wise words from my beloved George Harrison:
Day turned black, sky ripped apart
Rained for a year 'til it dampened my heart
Cracks and leaks
The floorboards caught rot
About to go down
I had almost forgot.
All I got to do is to love you
All I got to be is, be happy
All it's got to take is some warmth to make it
Blow Away, Blow Away, Blow Away.
Sky cleared up, day turned to bright
Closing both eyes now the head filled with light
Hard to remember what a state I was in
Instant amnesia
Yang to the Yin.
All I got to do is to love you
All I got to be is, be happy
All it's got to take is some warmth to make it
Blow Away, Blow Away, Blow Away.
Wind blew in, cloud was dispersed
Rainbows appearing, the pressures were burst
Breezes a-singing, now feeling good
The moment had passed
Like I knew that it should.
All I got to do is to love you
All I got to be is, be happy
All it's got to take is some warmth to make it
Blow Away, Blow Away, Blow Away.
(((Nic))) Hope your stitches come out nice and easy. I know this is just a little bit of nothing to someone like you. You have dealt with so much. I admire your spirit greatly. You are an inspiration to me.
Peace and love, everybody.
And thanks again to CanPeach for the package I received this weekend. It will be shared with those who will appreciate it most. 😎
Thanks Capn
have to get myself together.
Photo is nice too,Tyler.
Missing you, Luke ,hoping for Amy´s good recovery.
Nic, thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. I was kidding with my comment but what I said is often the natural extension of the shrill rhetoric of those who play the blame game. I've been there and don't go there any more. You are 100% right in everything you said. As far as public policy is concerned, the only voice we have is at the ballot box. Minds are never swayed when political slurs go back and forth, but the tone gets more and more vulgar, and the divisions among people become galvanized over NOTHING. NOTHING any of us says about politics matters.
But the fact is, depite disagreements we are all just frail and flawed human beings. In the eyes of the Creator, we are all sinners who need forgiveness and acceptance. I find it impossible for me or "the Church" to discern between the sins of people of different sexual orientations and my own sins. Sin is sin and I know I am full of it.... more than enough to worry about here, so I'm finding it harder and harder to look at groups of people like gays, liberals, conservatives, republicans, democrats, blacks, mexicans ( I apologize if I left anybody out) with condemnation these days. I just find myself more and more aware of my own sinful nature and my own need for a Savior because I have so little power over any of my circumstances in the grand scheme of things.
I will die one day soon just like RedDog and Frankie Toler and everybody else who is born into this life. I find that what really matters to me are the people I love and the memories I share with them. The more we share with kindness and love the more we are blessed with those kinds of memories. I had a dear friend who died a few years ago of Lou Gherig's disease. When I would visit him in the later stages he couldn't move his arms or legs and he couldn't speak. He could only comminicate by spelling words by looking at them on a transparent board. I had to see what letters he was looking at in order to know what he was saying. But he had a wall in his home with hundreds of pictures from his friends and family and every night his wife would push him in his wheelchair in front of the wall and he would sit there and pray for all those people. He would pray for me.