Where in the World is Bob Saget?

[donaldtoo]

Finally home and bein' Half-day Friday lazy...!!!!!

 

[Gabe1]

What is it about glitches and stadiums during critical games. Football the lights go out, basketball without A/C.

 

[Cesar R M]

Cheetos robber (I was off with some of the details but the point is the same):

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/01/trail-of-cheetos-leads-to-store-robber/

I wonder how he didnt noticed the trail.
was he enjoying his cheetos too much that he felt hypnotized by Chester Cheetah's delicious poofs of flavor?

Shortly after my next door neighbor dude chose to go nightie night forever in his own home, I noticed late at night so many police cars in the driveway where his now widow was inside. I called over to see if she was OK. She was in the back of the house and didn't know the sheriff was on her driveway. Her house and her neighbors are pretty close together. I went over to be with her but the police were not telling us what happened.

The sheriff was taking photo's of the snow footprints and tire tracks. During the night a Birth Mom and her boyfriend got into the house through a window and stole a toddler that she no longer had lost custody of. It was fresh snow and they walked the tire tracks to where the twits and the baby were.

Always good to hear when something ends in the good way.
Too many news with the "murdered.. dead.. died.. assassinated" etc..etc.. ending

 

[Gabe1]

Too many of these could be my DS.

when you need this many alarms to get up…

 

[Gabe1]

This one always makes me sad......

 

[Gabe1]

My family room often looked like this after my DS has a party in our Gazebo.

 

[Cesar R M]

I just want to say.....I hate washing dishes.....grrr.

Specially when you touch wet soggy food.. ewww!
also.. anyone in the world really enjoys washing dishes?



In something completely different.. SUGARS ARE KILLING US

 

[Cesar R M]

Try explaining that to a dr. That reminds me of when I was younger and playing Atari for too long. Your hand would get cramped in the joystick position.

Now my hands gets cramped in the iPad holding position.

The SNES and NES used to give you these cramps too, but honestly.. my worst cramp and pain.. came from using a NOKIA "smart" phone with a single finger most of the day. (it had these mini joysticks in the middle to control the app selector)

 

[Gabe1]

I wonder how he didnt noticed the trail.
was he enjoying his cheetos too much that he felt hypnotized by Chester Cheetah's delicious poofs of flavor?


Always good to hear when something ends in the good way.
Too many news with the "murdered.. dead.. died.. assassinated" etc..etc.. ending

There is something about that house two properties down. The original owner was a butcher. When he retired he continued to sell meat out of the home. Weird Karma with the next 3 families that have rented that home. Glad the real owners moved in now.

My former next door neighbor is like you say, didn't end so well. When he decided to end it all with zip warning, his 20 something kid found Dad, I heard the screams and then by the time I got to the property sheriff cars and fire department. I wonder if he can see the mess he left behind.

 

[Cesar R M]

I'd like to finish paying off some loans before I consider this kind of shopping...

you could always invest a kidney and a liver

 

[Goofyernmost]

Just put my first person on "ignore".
Need to add a few more.

Please say it isn't me... I'm so lonely!

 

[Soarin' Over Pgh]

There is something about that house two properties down. The original owner was a butcher. When he retired he continued to sell meat out of the home. Weird Karma with the next 3 families that have rented that home. Glad the real owners moved in now.

My former next door neighbor is like you say, didn't end so well. When he decided to end it all with zip warning, his 20 something kid found Dad, I heard the screams and then by the time I got to the property sheriff cars and fire department. I wonder if he can see the mess he left behind.

Wow. That's terrible... especially for the kid.

:\

 

[acishere]

you could always invest a kidney and a liver

They don't want my liver, trust me.

 

[Soarin' Over Pgh]

They don't want my liver, trust me.

That smiley is my hero.

Aaaaand my mascot for the weekend.

And on that note, I'm off to the Three Rivers Arts Festival See you, and maybe two of each of you, later!

 

[donaldtoo]

My grandfather was in France/Belgium.

Both of my grandfathers were too young for WWI and too old for WWII. My father was 2 weeks shy of bein' shipped to Korea when the peace agreement was signed. He jokes that the enemy heard he was comin' and decided they better settle.
Anyway, I have known and met many WWII vets over the years. Just three instances off the top of my head...
1) The gentleman I used to work for at the go-kart track at my first job was a Navy Seabee (comes from CB -Construction Battalion) in the pacific during WWII. He was once even featured on the cover of Star and Stripes magazine 'cause he was cruisin' down an airstrip in a jeep on what they thought was a completely secure island (I believe either Peleliu or Saipan...?) and had a bullet from a sniper go right through his cap.
2) We went to the V+50 celebration in Fredericksburg, Texas in '95 (home of the National Museum of the Pacific War and hometown of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz). The (what was then known as the Confederate Air force - now, Known as the Commemorative Air Force) was there along with hundreds of vets. What a great time.
3) Then, in '05, myself and DS (DWifey and the girls were on a Girl Scout campout) traveled to Fredericksburg again for the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the invasion of Iwo Jima. The night before, myself and DS had watched a special on the History Channel about such. Interviews with Iwo vets were, of course, part of the program. The next day, as we were standing on the sidewalk on Main street waiting for the parade to start, my DS looked up at me and said "Daddy, that man standing next to you looks like (one of the vets interviewed on the program) Jim Reed." And yes, no joke, it WAS him!!! We politely let him know that we had just seen him on TV the night before and thanked him for his sacrifice. The next thing ya' know he invited us to lunch and out to the reenactment with his group...! What a great man with some truly amazing stories to tell. Unfortunately, he lost his brother on Iwo. Mr. Reed was with the 4th Marine Div. and his brother was with the 3rd that came in 3 days later.
The reenactment was just beyond belief. There is a ranch several miles outside of Fredericksburg that has a hill on it about half the size of Mount Suribachi (think famous flag raising picture (Joe Rosenthal)/statue) but looks very similar. They spent the week prior to the reenactment prepping (tearing up trees, making craters, scorching it, etc.) "Mount Suribachi". There were WWII reenactors from all over the U.S. and as far away as Taiwan. I have the whole thing on video tape somewhere. What an AMAZING experience!!!

P.S. I had to call DS (he was 12 at the time) because I could not remember the gentleman's last name for this
post. He did. It definitely made an impression on him, too.

 

[donaldtoo]

I think so too, but folks around here wrinkle up their noses if you walk into a supper club with your ridin' boots on - you can get away with it at the local bars though. Maybe it's because most folks by me are dairy farmers and they're not into horses?

Among other things, my grandfather on my moms side used to raise hogs. Lots of 'em.
He and my grandmother always seemed to be wearing rubber boots everywhere...!

 

[donaldtoo]

I was going to share this story I saw on the news last night, but forgot.

A Canadian D-Day veteran was being interviewed about that day. With tears in his eyes, he shared his memories of seeing so many of his friends mowed down. The gist of what he said is that they didn't cry out for God as they lay dying, every single one of them cried for "their mommy".

Made me cry too.

The interview was hosted by Tom Brokaw, so it may have been an excerpt from the new IMAX film, D-Day: Normandy 1944.

Have seen and read same so many times. Most of these soldiers were, pretty much, right outta' HS. More than you'd think were actually even younger than 18. Either signed for by a parent or guardian or by some other means.

 

[Gabe1]

Both of my grandfathers were too young for WWI and too old for WWII. My father was 2 weeks shy of bein' shipped to Korea when the peace agreement was signed. He jokes that the enemy heard he was comin' and decided they better settle.
Anyway, I have known and met many WWII vets over the years. Just three instances off the top of my head...
1) The gentleman I used to work for at the go-kart track at my first job was a Navy Seabee (comes from CB -Construction Battalion) in the pacific during WWII. He was once even featured on the cover of Star and Stripes magazine 'cause he was cruisin' down an airstrip in a jeep on what they thought was a completely secure island (I believe either Peleliu or Saipan...?) and had a bullet from a sniper go right through his cap.
2) We went to the V+50 celebration in Fredericksburg, Texas in '95 (home of the National Museum of the Pacific War and hometown of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz). The (what was then known as the Confederate Air force - now, Known as the Commemorative Air Force) was there along with hundreds of vets. What a great time.
3) Then, in '05, myself and DS (DWifey and the girls were on a Girl Scout campout) traveled to Fredericksburg again for the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the invasion of Iwo Jima. The night before, myself and DS had watched a special on the History Channel about such. Interviews with Iwo vets were, of course, part of the program. The next day, as we were standing on the sidewalk on Main street waiting for the parade to start, my DS looked up at me and said "Daddy, that man standing next to you looks like (one of the vets interviewed on the program) Jim Reed." And yes, no joke, it WAS him!!! We politely let him know that we had just seen him on TV the night before and thanked him for his sacrifice. The next thing ya' know he invited us to lunch and out to the reenactment with his group...! What a great man with some truly amazing stories to tell. Unfortunately, he lost his brother on Iwo. Mr. Reed was with the 4th Marine Div. and his brother was with the 3rd that came in 3 days later.
The reenactment was just beyond belief. There is a ranch several miles outside of Fredericksburg that has a hill on it about half the size of Mount Suribachi (think famous flag raising picture (Joe Rosenthal)/statue) but looks very similar. They spent the week prior to the reenactment prepping (tearing up trees, making craters, scorching it, etc.) "Mount Suribachi". There were WWII reenactors from all over the U.S. and as far away as Taiwan. I have the whole thing on video tape somewhere. What an AMAZING experience!!!

P.S. I had to call DS (he was 12 at the time) because I could not remember the gentleman's last name for this
post. He did. It definitely made an impression on him, too.

My grandfathers fell into that time-frame too.

My Dad went to occupied Japan, was released early because his Dad died but then they recalled him as Korea started so he went twice into the service.

My Mom one of 12 had 7 brothers, 3 of which enlisted after Pearl Harbor. None of them ever thought they'd come home while serving. All 3 did come home with horrible drinking issues. 2 went to Korea, one no branch of the military wanted and my youngest uncle only 10 years older than me went to Vietnam, he never had kids, he said he had seen to much in Nam to ever think of bringing a kid into this world. Yet out of that dozen of kids he was one of the few normal ones.

The 24 year old down the street is in his last year of 6 years in the service. He is in Cali now. Amen. He is a medic. They kept popping him back and forth between Irac & Afghanistan. He wants to be an EMT. Likely there isn't much training he'll need, he has about seen it all.

 

[Gabe1]

Hmpf. The roof of a building near the new rollercoaster at Six Flags Great America here had a small fire today.
What the heck, copying off of Disney's Under The Seas roof fire. So much for originality.

ABC

Second fire this Spring. Last one burnt down the Employees break house.

 

[Gabe1]

I should go outside and work some more on the yard. Joy.

Brain reset: I could be shoveling snow. Tootles