Ron G.

I think the french horn is probably the most difficult of all the brass instruments to play well. It was for me, anyway, but I had two strikes against me with it. The instrument is in a key that is terribly alien to me and I never could quite "get it" when the need to transpose arose and being mostly low brass (tuba, baritone and trombone) the embrochure was quite a challenge, although I played trumpet fairly well. I played in school, college, the Fort Worth Synphony, the Shrine Circus band, FW Lions club band and a few others...I was "utility brass" meaning I filled in where needed on different instruments, but the most fun and my very favorite was tuba. Pay no attention to Sudo's blather. He may be a nice guy and everything, but he's way off base here. Probably squeezin them notes out of that tiny mouthpiece in the key of F for so long has affected his judgement. Tubas rule!

I miss a lot of these folks, too, but unfortunately many of them get caught up in REAL_LIFE.COM and abandon those of us who still frequent the cyber world. Grizzy came back and posted regularly under another moniker and seems to have disappeared again. I THINK he might be posting under yet another name, but can't say for sure. There's a relatively new name in the poltical forum whose posts seem to have the aroma of bear. I'm sure Grizz had to disappear after his kin ate that animal rights guy and his girlfriend and then got scared when he learned I was getting into hunting with .50 cal muzzle loaders. I use 90 to 100 grains and that's enough to frighten ANY self respecting bear. It's no wonder he went incognito. I miss Satori's posts and many others as well. I don't recall ever seeing very many posts by Karl Kohler, so I don't know much about him, but I read the book and use Kohler faucets in my house. I REALLY miss PamSanDiego!! I guess she's still tooling around in her Chinook. Maybe she's still stuck in that snowdrift. I miss Robi a lot, too, but she might be really busy with her nursing...for all I know, she may have gone on and become an MD by now. She certainly was smart and knew her stuff! Although I didn't see eye to eye with Rocky on a lot of stuff, he, along with Dabobbada were fellow photographers and I never got to pursue that much with either of them. Others I miss are... DeeCline (GodsDee) Flysweets99 Odell Fiscus Foghorn (presidential candidate in 2000) LarryP (isn't he a lawyer?) and many others whose names seem to elude me at the moment...but I'll think of them. I seem to have some memory problems. think the about the only ones left from when I first discovered Waydale are Shellon, Pawtucketer, Groucho (I guess it's the same Groucho, tho I thought he lived in Houston) and....well....that's about all I can think of offhand. By the way, did I mention I seem to have some memory problems.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metrop...an/4208597.html Sept. 22, 2006, 10:38PM Residents beat man accused of showing porn Associated Press DALLAS — About a dozen residents of a Dallas neighborhood beat a man after reports that he had been showing pornographic pictures to children on a playground, police said. Brandon Scott Burke, 20, showed up Wednesday at an Oak Cliff apartment complex and was alleged to have shown a magazine with pictures of naked women to some of the children playing there, police said. When one of the mothers saw him and asked Burke what he was doing, he tried to run and the woman started screaming, said Elizabeth Williams, the mother of another child. According to a police report, Burke said about 15 men "jumped him and hit him repeatedly on the face with their fists." He suffered minor injuries, police said. At least four children saw the nude pictures, police said. Burke was arrested on suspicion of harmful display to a minor.

I might be a tad older than some of you. I remember the 60's a little differently The '60s began as a time of new promise with the election of a young new president who was a WWll war hero and ostensibly ushering in an era of "Camelot". I was twelve at the time. I hit seventh grade and discovered girls, but that's a whole 'nother thread. I learned fear in a big way when the radio and TV broadcast never ending reports on the Cuban missle crisis when that young new president faced down the venerable Nikita Kruzchev. I enjoyed the TV show "Twilight Zone" more than any other...and pretty much watched little else. I was 15...just 5 days before my 16th birthday... when I skipped school and went to Dallas to see the president. I didn't see much, but heard the shots ring out from Dealy Plaza...all four of them. Being in the HS band, I was a music snob, so the Beatles held little interest for me. I was into Maynard Ferguson, Bud Brisbois, Wes Mongomery and Doc Severinson...Maynard even came and held clinics and did concerts with our band...and Doc held a big band fest in Eastland, Texas, I think it was. I played, with my band, Hail to the Chief for LBJ at the opening ceremonies for the Astrodome in Houston when I was 17. Band trips were always such fun. I was 18 and in college when I first heard about hippies...but not much interest in that sort of thing in Lubbock, Texas. That was about when I got hooked on Star Trek. About the only TV I *EVER* watched was Star Trek and Twilight Zone. Voted in my first election in '68. Had to go for Nixon cuz I figgered ol' Hubert Humphery was just gonna continue LBJ and MacNamaras aggressive war policies. In '69, I changed schools to the University of Texas in Arlington. I took Russian language and had an instructor named George DeMohrenschildt. He and I became acquainted, carpooling for a while. Got WAAAAYYY too much information about things that were too much for a young guy like me. And thus ended my 60's experience. The only thing that really lasted from that era, as near as I can tell, was Star Trek and Twilight Zone which still air regularly on my Dish TV....and still about the only things I watch regularly besides movies.

That's a really cool pic!! Do they have any camel toe pictures?

The kid LOOKs normal, but can that kid EVER fill a diaper! Not just anyone can poop bronze and sell it on ebay.

Is that all? I thought it was further away than that....I better get crackin'.

Dooj...the same can be said..and should be said... of their opinions regarding music. and most other "worldly" artistic endeavors.

I really like Escher. I never heard anything particularly negative about his work while in TWI, but then I might not have been paying attention. I had a tendency to zone out when somebody got off on something really stupid. Maybe that was possesion...the adversary was putting me to sleep.

"There are some people who have the right to own a firearm that shouldn't." This is true, ex10, but the same can and should be said for automobiles, cell phones, computers, speedos and two piece bathing suits...all with equally lethal consequences of misuse. Garth... What Sudo said.

It matters little to me whether MaoMart sells firearms and ammunition or not. I prefer buying from individuals, that way they're unregistered...which is as it should be. I don't buy much of anything from MaoMart, anyway since they're overpriced on most things and seem to cater to the folks who like cheap junk...I only go there in extreme emergencies. As for ammunition, I can get that at my local pharmacy or the local supermarket. We're blessed to NOT have a MaoMart anywhere in our county...and never will.

OK. So the story begins with me promising a bud to help him paint the Scout equipment trailer, yesterday. Since the local Mao-mart has driven all of the local competition out of business, including the local paint and decorating shop and the Sherwin Williams, I am forced to head to Mao-mart for the paint. As you can sense, I have complete distain for Mao-mart. It just so happens that the sporting goods section is right next to the paint mixers. We pick the color he wants and off the mixing goes. As the paint is agitiating, in comes the local aged 40+ something hucklebuck in the oil stained ripped Metalica tee shirt. He promptly storms back to the sporting goods counter, slams a half ripped open box of .357 magnum ammo on the counter and demands to speak with the manager. Off goes the PA system with "manager needed in sporting goods," five minutes later the manager appears (what service). So the genius now screams at the manager: "I am returning this ammo and want a full refund, AND I am sueing Walmart for ruining my house!" Seems that the gentleman, Darwin award winner that he is, bought this ammuntion a few hours ago. He headed home, cleaned his revolver, loaded said ammuntion into the weapon and WHILE HE WAS INSTALLING THE TRIGGER LOCK ONTO SAID WEAPON IT DISCHARGED. No joke. Our eyes started welling up with tears of repressed laughter. I now interject into the conversation out of pure curiousity. "Sir," I state, "could I hear some details concerning this?" Surely such unsafe ammunition should not be sold to the public, and as a Scout leader myself committed to uphold the health and safety of our youth, I am concerned about the publics well bring (can you hear my id just rollin on the floor in hysterics?). Seems this gentleman loaded the gun, then cocked the weapon and then it discharged when he was placing the external lock to the trigger guard. God there are some damn stupid people around Mao-mart. He states that he has been doing this for years, YES YEARS, and never had a problem with all the other brands of ammunition he purchased at previously at Mao-mart. Damn sensitive primers. Who would have thought one would go off so easily when coming into contact with the firing pin? Hurry up CALL THE LAWYERS! This ammo is clearly defective. I think the Chinese are to blame for this cheap dangerous ammo (or at least he has been lead to believe). And that, no joke, truly is what happened at Walmart yesterday. Can say the manager had his plate full to say the least. PS. I had to go back and have the paint remixed, they failed to check the color after they added the dyes and the red had a nice blue tinge (go figure).

That pic could have been used for a great "Caption Contest"...althought no caption could have quite done justice to the real story.

You've got 308 days to learn to put the toilet seat down. Congrats.

Sudosuda... That may be a bit dated. Back in the '50's, Marty Robbins did a song called "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation". The in the '80's, I think, Jimmy Buffet did an album entitled "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean". I couldn't resist adding my 2 cents.

We got our water!!! It took longer than anticipated since the driveway was a little more than they thought. It's a quarter mile long and the water has to come up a hill, so my pressure isn't real good, but there's lots of it. The first three pics are a stroll down the driveway before they started working. Then a pic of the trench and backhoe and then a pic of Andrew sitting on some of the medium sized rocks they dug out.

No science can deny the truth of the REAL creation... On the first day, God created the dog and said: "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years." The dog said: "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?" So God agreed. On the second day, God created the monkey and said: "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span." The monkey said: "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did?" And God agreed. On the third day, God created the cow and said: "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves, and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years." The cow said: "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?" And God agreed again. On the fourth day, God created man and said: "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years." But man said: "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?" "Okay," said God, "You asked for it." So that is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Pirate, I see he's OA and earned his Arrow of Light as a Webelos!!! That is just SO COOL!!!!!!! He did it all!!! We of Troop 150, Leslie, AR salute Brian!!!

Ha ha ha This thing's a joke. It says I only have 18 seconds left. Isn't that silly? Why if that were true, I'd drop dead right about n

LG and Garth, How is what I said wrong? I have no dog in this hunt and I certainly don't follow fundamentalist theology. All I'm saying is that neither side can speak with "absolute authority" without a heaping amount of faith and faith is all either side has to go on unless they actually witnessed the events involved. One isolated crab incident doesn't prove OR disprove anything. Garth, I think it takes a great deal of blind faith on your part to talk down to people the way you do, presuming anyone who doesn't share YOUR narrow view to be unlearned or ignorant.

Science is essentially the recording of observations. If something hasn't been observed, then it's just a theory or hypothesis. Since no one has ever OBSERVED evolution or creation, then they are both theories. Science can't possibly prove or disprove either one. The theory, I suppose, is that an orchid or downtown Manhattan is just what you'd expect if a large cloud of hydrogen gas was left unattended for a few trillion years. Anyway, neither side can be proven scientifically. So Garth...you say at the end of each and every one of your posts "Rational logic cannot have blind faith as one of its foundations". Why do you accept that creation didn't happen as recorded in Genesis as "rational logic", when all you have is "blind faith" to support your view? Just curious.

A guy drove up in a dump truck, just now, and unloaded a big load of dirt and gravel to fill my driveway back in after they finish digging it up to connect my city water!!!! I'm finally gonna have WATER!!!! I always had water, just not enough...especially this time of year. Andrew and I'll no longer have to decide between flushing, bathing, laundry or washing dishes each day...we can do it all EVERY day!!! AND they're leaving my wells intact so I'll still have my wonderful, delicious fresh drinking water...I just have to go outside and get it, now...THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS!!! Fifteen years ago, I paid the $75 deposit for a water meter and connection. Then came years of fighting amongst the powers that be as to who was gonna do it, how they were gonna do it etc. etc. etc. The year before last they started putting in the main lines. That took quite a while due to boulders, layers of granite etc. Then, when they pressurized the main lines, they had to chase down leaks and other problems. FINALLY, they started connecting people. They had to connect over 200 new houses in our area. I never realized there were that many people around here. I'm starting to feel crowded. My connection will be a challenge since they have to come straight up my driveway which is about a quarter of a mile long, is quite steep in places and has quite a few buried boulders, but they insist they'll have it in today! I think I'll take some pics with my handy dandy digital camera and post them later.

I never let my vehicles get below half a tank...when they run. That keeps everything cleaner and inhibits condensation. In normal circumstances, I buy gas whenever I damn well please.