Learn from the Best

You'll provide the Rest

Nobody

reads this

Anymore?

A Day I Remember

You can have your Army Kakis…You can have your Navy Blues

For I’m a better fighting man,   to introduce to you.

My uniform is different…  The finest ever seen

The Germans called me “Devil Dog”

My real name is “MARINE”.

I was born on Parris Island, The land that God forgot

The sand is 18 inches deep,  The sun…  It’s blazing hot.

We wake up every morning,  Before the rising sun

To march 100 miles or more, before the day is done.

So listen all you ladies…  to what I have to say

Go get yourself a good Marine

For each and every day

He’ll love you and he’ll kiss you

He’ll never be untrue.

There’s nothing in this whole, wide world

A Marine cannot do.

And when I get to heaven, St. Peter I will tell,

“A Good Marine reporting Sir,

I’ve spent my time in Hell”.

And as I look around me…  Oh what do I see?

One hundred thousand more Marines.

All Standing next to me…

MARINES

Pay Day

I would Gladly Pay You Tuesday....

for a Hamburger Today.

I tried to sit and watch cartoons with Colin, my almost 4 year old Grandson the other night.

Did you ever try to watch "SpongeBob Squarepants". 

Now mind you he laughed for the full hour.

I spent 1 hour trying to do two things.

One...  Make sence of it.

Two...  See any humor at all in it.

Where did the funny cartoons of our Era go too.

They want me to Think Green

I've been saying for years that poor people were the original "green" people and we did it better!

Subject: How Wasteful the Older Generation Was! Ha

In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bag because: plastic bags weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have the green thing back in my day."

 The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment."

He was right, that generation didn't have "the green thing" in its day.

  Back then, they: returned their milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over.

 But they didn't have the green thing back in that customer's day.

  In her day, they: we walked up stairs, because they didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. They walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time they had to go two blocks.

  But she was right. They didn't have the green thing back in that customer's day.  Back then, they:  washed the baby's diapers because they didn't have the throw-away kind. They: dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts – wind and solar power really did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.

  But that old lady is right; they didn't have the green thing back in that customer's day.  Back then, they:  had one TV, or radio, in the house - not a TV in every room..  And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief, not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen, they blended and stirred by hand because they didn't have electric machines to do everything for you.

  When they packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, they: used a wadded up old newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.

  But, they didn't have the green thing back then.  Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power. They:  exercised by working so they didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.

  But she's right; they didn't have the green thing back then.  They:  drank from a fountain when they were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water. They: refilled their writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and they:  replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.

  But they didn't have the green thing back then.

  Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or rode the school bus instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service.

They: had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances.  And they: didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.

  But isn't it sad, that the current generation laments how wasteful the old folks were just because they didn't have the green thing back then?

Sun Rise... 

Sun set..

A walk on the beach

To get our feet wet.

Your hand in mine,

My heart you hold.

We walk along

As we get old.

Sun Rise

Sun set.

I thank the Lord

For the day we met.

So glad to have

 You by my side.

My love for you

 I shouldn't hide.

Sun Rise...

Sun Set.

I love you so

Don’t you know?

Walk with me along the sand.

Shoulder to shoulder

Hand in hand.

Sun Rise...

Sun Set.

I do recall

 The day we met.

Our life together that we have

Troubles and pleasures

And calculated measures.

All for our cause

Take a moment and pause.

Remember the day

You decided to stay.

Remembering too

When you said “I Do…”

Advice to an old guy...

                                   

An old guy was working out in the gym when he spotted a sweet young thing... 

 

  He asked the trainer that was nearby, "What machine in here should I use to impress that sweet thing over there?"

  The  trainer looked him up and down and said,  "I would try the ATM in the lobby." 



I support womens right to bare their chest.

There... Now I got that off of my chest.

School Visit

^{Subj: School Visit}

 
 
<sup>This one will make you chuckle!!!  
The following story is blatantly political and I know that you are fair-minded and a little sick of all the political blather. But just to show that you haven’t completely lost your sense of humor, read it anyway…it’s a hoot.


   Obama goes to a primary school to talk to the kids to get a little PR. After his talk he offers question time. One little boy puts up his hand and Obama asks him his name.   "Stanley," responds the little boy.   "And what is your question, Stanley?" 
   "I have 3 questions: First, why did the USA Bomb Libya without the support of the Congress? Second, why are you President when John McCain got more votes? Third, why are we so worried about gay-marriage when 1/2 of all Americans Don’t have health insurance?   Just then, the bell rings for recess... Obama informs the kiddies that they will continue after recess.  
    When they resume Obama says, "OK, where were we? Oh, that's right: question time... Who has a question?"   Another little boy puts up his hand. Obama points him out and asks him his name.   "Steve," he responds.  
   "And what is your question, Steve?"   Actually, I have 5 questions.   First, why did the USA Bomb Libya without the support of the Congress? Second, why are you President when John McCain got more votes? Third, why are we so worried about gay marriage when 1/2 of all Americans don't have health insurance? Fourth, why did the recess bell go off 20 minutes early? Fifth, what the Hell happened to Stanley?"</sup>

Thirsty Thursday Toast

Photo by Scott Moore

As Promised.

Raise your Glass and hold it high.

Turn your eyes toward the sky.

Now think of friends far and wide,

And happiness will coincide.

Brothers Sisters, Mom and Dad,

All contribute... good and bad.

Remember those from long ago

And your list of friend will really grow.

We've all moved on to live our life

Facing challenge and strife.

But the real constant that we face

is whom we choose to share our place.

Acquaintances come and go

Real friends will never... though.

So as we share this toast today.

Remember all the friends we met along the way.

Dedicated to Dawn

My oldest friend on face book