Off Topic Snarks are friends, not food!

ac700wildcat said:
We could use some rain up here, so if you guys don't want it send it this way. I don't think we've had any significant rain in over a month.

Sorry for your loss Dubz. I remember you mentioning him in a lot of your posts over the years and it seemed you were very close. Losing someone like that is never an easy pill to swallow. I hope you and your wife are doing well.
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We've had quite a bit of rain here.

Thanks man. Missing him terribly already.
 
DunkEm said:
Rain? I've heard of this mythological thing but no longer believe it exists. Our lowest high temp for the next 10 days is supposed to be 101 - 9 days from now.

I do believe that I need to suffer a bit to feel like summer actually happened, but I hit that point mid-July. Now I'm counting the days until mid-October arrives with it's first, real cool front.

Also kind of hoping for a Cat 1 hurricane to quickly blow through and bring a little relief.
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I'd melt in those temperatures. We just aren't made for that up here in ND.
 
Thursday's mythical chance of rain evaporated from 43% to 17% ... :rolleyes: figures. Temps have dropped though from the century mark to the high eighties. This week only!! (Sounds like a sales pitch...) Next week it'll be rat back up to a hunnert.
 
Had yet another reign of rain for a short range of rain. OF COURSE it had to be the time I was working out side...

Got the BK72 to day, great knice knife! The Dogwood Fire Fly Clear with Green Glow Stone scales going on it, the scales on it are going to the other BK2.

Edicus: The number lock was off...
 
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Got Pop buried today. It was a nice service. Fully military honors from the local VFW, as well as the 101st Airborne Division. After the the folding of the flag, presented to my wife, the 21 gun salute, and Taps, the101st Airborne Division sang Blood on the Risers, Pops favorite song to sing at all the military events he attended. He had his own version, where he added more verses to it. The wake last evening went well too. After everyone had left, there was just family left over, plus about 12 people that came from Holland and Belgium. We gave a toast to Pop, with his favorite Scotch, Johnny Walker Red, then all sang his version of Blood on the Risers. Pop would have approved.
 
The Warrior said:
Got Pop buried today. It was a nice service. Fully military honors from the local VFW, as well as the 101st Airborne Division. After the the folding of the flag, presented to my wife, the 21 gun salute, and Taps, the101st Airborne Division sang Blood on the Risers, Pops favorite song to sing at all the military events he attended. He had his own version, where he added more verses to it. The wake last evening went well too. After everyone had left, there was just family left over, plus about 12 people that came from Holland and Belgium. We gave a toast to Pop, with his favorite Scotch, Johnny Walker Red, then all sang his version of Blood on the Risers. Pop would have approved.
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Well done. These ceremonies are important.
(he says having recently missed one)
 
The Warrior said:
Got Pop buried today. It was a nice service. Fully military honors from the local VFW, as well as the 101st Airborne Division. After the the folding of the flag, presented to my wife, the 21 gun salute, and Taps, the101st Airborne Division sang Blood on the Risers, Pops favorite song to sing at all the military events he attended. He had his own version, where he added more verses to it. The wake last evening went well too. After everyone had left, there was just family left over, plus about 12 people that came from Holland and Belgium. We gave a toast to Pop, with his favorite Scotch, Johnny Walker Red, then all sang his version of Blood on the Risers. Pop would have approved.
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Sounds like a good send-off surrounded with family and friends.
 
Thanks guys. Here's a long story I'd like to share:


Thanks guys. Pop was in the Battle of the Bulge. He returned to Bastogne in 2009 with my wife, after 65 years. It's such a long story, but here goes. Pop and my wife were walking downtown in Bastogne. They came across a military museum, where my wife had to urge Pop to go into. There were two people that ran the small museum, Marco and Johnny, who were war buffs. They couldn't believe there was an actual veteran that fought in the bulge, that just walked in. They became life long friends, from then, until his death. They took them to see his actual foxhole in the Ardennes, and other places. Pop, being a very gracious man, took the museum curators out to lunch. While there, Pop related a story to them, that happened during the battle. There was a church in Bastogne, that the Americans used as a make shift hospital, because of the thick walls. Pop's friend Joe, who was wounded, asked Pop to see if he could find him a drink. Pop went into town, of course most building having been bombed, and came across a tavern. He entered, and was amazed that the tap still worked. He tried finding something to pour the beer into. Unsuccessful, he took off his helmet, and filled it full of beer. He brought it back to the church, and gave Joe, and other wounded warriors, a drink. He even went back for a second helmet full. When the senior sawbones saw what happened, Pop got into trouble, because they were wounded, and giving them alcohol wasn't the best idea. Pop had told me this story 3-4 times before returning there. Anyways, the two museum workers didn't say a word. Johnny invited Pop and my wife for dinner that evening. After dinner, unbeknownst to Pop, Johnny walked out with a bottle of Airborne beer, with a cup shaped like a helmet. On the bottle, is a soldier walking, hand extended, carrying a helmet full of beer. That story had circulated for 65 years, and it turned out to be Pop that was that man. He became "famous" in Europe, because of that event. You can Google Airborne beer, and see a photo of Pop at home with some Airborne beers lined up in front of him. If you want, you can either Google Vincent J. Speranza, or go to youtube, enter his name, ans see many videos of him in Bastogne, and around the world. He was an extraordinary man, and I feel more than honored that he was my father in law, aka Pop. He wrote a book called "NUTS!", starting with his mother and father coming to the US from Sicily, up through his war years.
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Thanks man, he was an amazing man.
 
Cool. There's a wildlife sanctuary about 10 miles from me, that we visit often. Saw 40 deer there a few days ago. Our record is 130, about 75 of those all around a pond.
 
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