Ron G.

Maybe you and Sushi should sit down and come up with some snappy one liners (Sushi's good at that) to use in the event of various situations, and practice them. Ya just never know...that guy may have been from some teevee show and because you didn't come up with some entertaining comeback, you missed your chance for your fifteen minutes of fame. Ya just never know.

This summer there'll be special concerts and events honoring the legacy of Jimmy Driftwood and his contributions to our Ozarks. Check it out here... http://www.jimmydriftwoodlegacyproject.com/ Maybe y'uns can come pick and grin with the old timers.

I never had anything like that happen, but I've had a few other disasters like hailstorms trashing my newly planted seedlings. I get a fair recovery rate with a tablespoon of fish emulsion at the base of each plant, although I seriously doubt it's worth the cost and effort since the remaining 80 plants should produce enough tomatoes to feed the entire Chinese army for a month or two. Are your cherry tomatoes "heirloom" or some hybrid like "Sweet 100" or something? The heirlooms are a bit bigger...like walnuts, but they have SUCH a wondrful flavor, much more prolific, and very much in demand here. Let me know. If they're heirlooms, I'd be interested in swapping seeds or buying some seeds.

This is why I HAD to quit watching PBS. When they have their "begathon" fundraisers here, they seem to play a lot specials of old washed up rock stars and it gets rather depressing. Crosby, Still and Nash, Bob Dylan, The Moody Blues, and Judy Collins all look like they missed their last dose of Geritol and Joni Mitchell looks like my mother. The only one who seems to be aging gracefully is Eric Clapton, but then we all knew he was ageless. I don't think Paul is losing his hair, but with the miracles of modern technology you just never know. Anyway, just letting you know I commisserate with you.

"Fireflies, crickets and shooting stars..." Here in Arkinsaw we have fireflies and shooting stars and we brave the mosquitoes, ticks and chiggers to enjoy them. Unfortunately, the copperheads ate the crickets. As a Scout leader, I gotta pitch that tent anyway...but I love every minute of it.

What exactly are you wearing right now? Green tshirt and Levis What is your current problem? Cash flow What makes you most happy? making people laugh If you could go back in time and change something would you? Maybe...not sure...I like the ultimate results Name something obvious about you: shrinking What's the name of the song that you're listening to? When the Moon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie...etc...from an eCard with a dancing skeleton I have in another window right now. Any celeb you would marry? Sandra Bullock Name someone with the same birthday as you? Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Lee, Caroline Kennedy Do you have a crush on someone? yep Ever sang in front of a large audience? no, but I've played tuba solos on stage What do you usually order from Starbucks? Never been to Starbucks...don't have them here Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity? Grizzly Adams Do you still watch kiddy movies or kiddie TV shows? Pretty often with Andrew Do you speak any other languages? Some Russian, Latin and some Tex-Mex Have you ever ridden in a Hummer limo? No Has anyone you've been really close with passed away? Yes Do you ever watch MTV? No What's something that really annoys you? Bunny rabbits eating my strawberries Chapter 1: Nicknames: Mr. G Current location: The Ozarks Eye color : blue Chapter 2: Do you live with your parents: no Do you get along with your parents: Yes...Mom. Dad is deceased Are your parents married/separated/divorced: married..but Dad is deceased Do you have any siblings: sort of...long story....my dad was quite busy during WWll, it seems Chapter 3: Favorites Ice cream flavor: Mississippi Mud Pie Season: Spring and summer Shampoo/conditioner: I dunno....it's green and smells good Chapter 4: Do You Sing in the shower: Only if it's a group shower sing along write on your hand: I might when I learn to read Call people back: usually always Believe in love: yes Sleep on a certain side of the bed: both Have any bad habits: Lord yes...but I try not to consider them bad....just are... Chapter 5: Have You Ever Broken a bone: no Gotten stitches: no Taken painkillers: Yes Gone SCUBA diving: No, but occasionally fart in the bathtub making bubbles Been stung by a bee: Yes Thrown up in a restaurant: no Sworn in front of your parents: Yes Had detention: yes Been sent to the principal's office: yes Been called a hoe: No Been called a stank-foot mongoloid elf-tit lookin' sonofabitch? most likely Chaper 6: Who/What was the last Person to text you? text me? What did it say: n/a Person to call you: Kevin, the Scoutmaster Person you hugged: Andrew Person you tackled? Andrew Thing you ate: chicken breast Thing you drank: coffee Thing you said: Put your plate in the sink. (to Andrew)

My check is in the mail.

Isn't it amazing what you can get done when you step away from the computer for a while? I was wondering what happened to you...now I know. Congrats!

Those things were quite popular here for hauling feed and general chores. They're very economical to operate and are pretty durable. In the past few years, they've been replaced by "Pugs" in popularity since the Pug is cheaper and some have 4 wheel drive. Unlike a 4 wheeler, which is essentially a 4 wheeled motorcycle, Pugs and Cushmans can carry a passenger or two, lots of camping and hunting/fishing gear and go almost anywhere.

This thread is far to long to really follow properly...at least for me it is. I just want to toss in some facts that no one can deny. 1. Western culture sacrificed enough treasure and human life to overthrow the Third Reich that any guilt associated with the holocaust should be thoroughly assuaged. We owe the Jewish people NOTHING in that regard. 2. Russia is not now, nor has it EVER been "Jew friendly" except for when political expediency demanded it. This may not seem germane, but it is, as more died unspeakable deaths at the behest ofthe Czars and Joseph Stalin than the Third Reich could possibly have done...yet there are no memorials. 3. Atrocity has always been, and always will be a part of war and conquest. If we could look past the shroud of history, we'd find, no doubt, that the holocaust was just one of many, many such incidents involving all ethnicities and religions and political persuasions through the ages. I doubt seriously if the Third Reich had anything on the old Roman Empire. 4. History is always written by the victors. I have no doubt that had the Germans defeated the Soviets and prevailed against the European Allies, a truce or armistice would have been signed (since it would have been impossible for the Wehrmacht to have invaded the American continent) and we Americans would have entered into an era of cold war with the Third Reich and holocaust museums would honor the Jews who died at the hands of the Russians. For these reasons, we should NEVER take any historical occurence as an article of faith but always question...always be cynical and weigh any and all evidence and information with total objectivity. All those from Kaiser Wilhelm to Hitler to Churchill to Truman to Stalin to Elie Weisel to Golda Mier to David Duke to VPW and LCM have an agenda...to mold the minds of as many people as possible to their view in order to gain some hegemony to that view...in other words, political expedience.

That's so great!!! It makes me really happy!! I'd know those eyes anywhere...I didn't need to be told which girl was yours :)

I live in the Ozark mountains of northern Arkansas, which by most peoples standards, are somewhat backwards. It's not exactly paradise as the grocery stores only sell the same junk here that everyone else gets. The old ways are dying off due to the younger people being suckered by contemporary media culture and the public school systems. The old timers are dwindling by attrition and not as many live to be in the 90 to 110 year old range any more due to the modern ways encroaching upon our culture. More and more kids here, especially "townies", do what kids do everywhere and play video games and watch television in central heat or air instead of playing outdoors and working, hiking fishing etc. While leading somewhat sedentary lives, they eat and drink the chemical soups and substances that pass for "kid food" and just like their city counterparts, the parents are too sorry or too uninvolved to do anything about it and rely on psychotropic drugs to deal with the resulting chemical imbalances. That's one of the very first things you learn as a scoutleader. Fortunately, Andrew takes after me and enjoys the outdoors and would rather go out with his .22 and shoot a couple of squirrels and clean and cook them outside than play video games. We have a tripod set up over a fire ring out in the front yard where we cook a lot of our meals, especially in the spring, summer and fall months, but not so much in the winter...although you haven't lived until you've eaten a big bowl of deer chili cooked in an iron dutch oven over a fire in the woods in the snow...after spending the day killing, cleaning and cooking the deer. I digress. Not only are those free range eggs better and better for you, the meat of free range birds is infinitely better and much more flavorful, although quite a bit tougher. Not only is a free range chicken or turkey much better than store bought, it's much more nutritious and much more satisfying. Since the grocery store sells Tyson chicken leg quarters for 39 cents per pound, I buy them and hang them out by my chicken yard to lure predators while I wait with my shotgun...they're real good for that...and smoked racoon is delicious. Anyway, this isn't exactly paradise, but after many years in Ft. Worth, Dallas, Houston, Florida, San Antonio and California, I wouldn't and couldn't live anywhere else.

Something I need to add to my above post. All the meat Andrew and I eat, we either raise it ourselves or aquire it by barter from friends or neighbors. This is why I can get grass fed beef rather than grain fed beef...all commercial beef is grain fed. All our dairy products are obtained the same way. Our milk is NOT homogenized or pasteurized and I get fresh cream and do my own butter. Goat milk and goat cheese are wonderful. At least 50% of the meat we eat is wild game which we kill and butcher ourselves. Wild game and grass fed beef are rich in conjugated linoleic acid. With the exception of coffee, tea, salt, Ro*tel tomatoes, Claussen pickles, Earl Campbell hot links, Mexican chorizo, Pace Picante sauce and a few spices, my general attitude is that if I can't produce it myself or obtain it locally, I don't need it.

I haven't been online much lately, but I have been following this thread with some interest. After following doctors orders faithfully for a number of years and not doing as well as I'd like to, I made a decision about 3 1/2 months ago to learn what I could to take responsibility for my own health and see what would happen. First off, I have some cardiac issues. I have a condition from birth called IHSS which means the aorta is constricted and this in turn causes the other valves to not operate correctly. That's an oversimplification, but essentially the jist of it. The docs pretty much suggested I should lead an almost sedentary lifestyle (which as anyone who knows me will know it's totally anathema to all that I am) and take certain meds to keep me going. Well, I became quite overweight and terribly uncomfortable. Last year at summer Scout camp, I had to get special consideration to get rides all around instead of walk like everyone else. I did walk some, however, to the horror of my GP doc. Around Christmas I made a decision to be in some sort of shape besides round by the time camp in July rolled around this year, so I wouldn't have to be rolled around. Here are some changes I've made due to new information I've gotten. 1. I only eat real butter...and lot's of it...on everything...no more margarine or any of that crap. 2. I only use olive oil for cooking...and occasionally lard. 3. I gave up soda pop....both regular and diet. 4. I usually eat 2 to 5 eggs per day...many raw mixed in drinks. 5. Cut out everything white...potatoes, rice, flour, sugar etc. 6. I enjoy lotsa beef...GRASS fed and never grain fed. 7. Eat salmon at least three times a week....usually more. 8. Eat grapefruit or cantaloup every day. 9. Cut out oranges and apples. 10. I keep a little journal writing down everything I eat and the portion size. 11. I always did eat a lot of chicken and hot link sausages, so that's not a change. 12. Avoid ALL soy products 13. I break it all up into 5 meals per day, never allowing myself to feel hungry. I'm taking the following supplements along with my regularly scheduled heart meds the cardiologist prescribed... 1. Co Q 10 (Goey should know what this is) 2. Fish oil 3. Alpha Lipoic Acid 4. Chromium 5. "Vitamin Research Co." liquid multi vitamin 6. Drink a milk shake daily of 1 cup milk, 2 raw eggs, 1/2 cup plain yogurt and 6 ounces of whey protein every day. 7. I drink a lot of water with a squirt or two of apple cider vinegar. I exercize about an hour each day with sit ups, push ups, and walk a mile every day. Results?????? 1. I've lost 52 lbs since Feb 15, 2006 2. I can walk all over my property without getting out of breath. 3. I have too much nervous energy to sit for great lengths of time at the computer. 4. I no longer wake up with my hands "asleep" nor do they fall asleep while I'm driving. 5. After running a number of tests, my cardiologist has taken me off two of my meds, reported my heart function has improved about 20% and has told me to continue with what I'm doing. 6. I'm wearing clothes I haven't worn in over a decade, having lost 8 inches off my waist. 7. My muscle to fat ratio has improved by 12% 8. Cholesteral dropped from 190 to 170 (This is really meaningless because, as Goey has shown, that whole thing is bogus...soon the medical profession will have to acknowledge this, even tho they've known it for many years, now) I'm not suggesting anyone do what I'm doing...I'm suggesting each of us should gather all the information we can...learn, learn, learn...all about yourself, your food, your body etc etc etc and make your own informed choices accordingly. And YES...I manage to have a LOT of Ro*tel tomatoes...and I discovered cottage cheese covered with Pace Picante Sauce (hot) is a wonderful treat beyond words!!

A woman pregnant with triplets was walking down the street when a masked robber ran out of a bank and shot her three times in the stomach. Luckily the babies were OK. The surgeon decided to leave the bullets in because it was too risky to operate. She gave birth to two healthy daughters and a healthy son. All was fine for 16 years, and then one daughter walked into the room in tears. "What's wrong?" asked the mother. "I was taking a tinkle and this bullet came out," replied the daughter. The mother told her it was okay and explained what happened 16 years ago. About a week later the second daughter walked into the room in tears. "Mom, I was taking a tinkle and this bullet came out." Again the mother told her not to worry and explained what happened 16 years ago. A week later her son walked into the room in tears. "It's okay" said the Mom, "I know what happened. You were taking a tinkle and a bullet came out." "No," said the boy, "I was playing with myself and I shot the dog."

Did the guy put it on his app? That in and of itself should be very telling to you. In my lodge, we wouldn't check the backgrounds that seriously or really even care. It's not who or what they were 20 years ago or anything like that....20 years ago, I hosted a number of TWI activities in my home. That was then....this is now. We have a Klan presence here that comes out of the woodwork from time to time and does things...I don't know who they are or especially care. A few years back, a guy got really drunk and beat his wife and stomped up and down on his 18 month old daughters back until it was broken and she'll be paralyzed from the waist down for the rest of her life. He went to jail, as all good abusers should, but the trial venue was changed to Little Rock where he drew a liberal judge. This judge decided that since he'd been abused as a kid himself, he wasn't responsible for his actions and gave the guy a $1000 fine plus time served. He came home smirking and smug. The local Klan got together took up a collection to pay his fine so he could come back home, then took him out one night when he was nice and drunk...then had a terrible accident with a baseball bat...now, like his daughter, he'll never, ever stand or walk again. The guy is quite white. I'm not defending anyone, necessarily, but I wouldn't judge someone by any other criteria than who they are right now.

I lost my last thtree hens a few weeks back...after they left me 9 eggs. They all disappeared at the same time, and now I'm looking around for replacements. My neighbor has a dog that comes up from time to time, but he never bothers anything...except he's the daddy of all the puppies for a mile radius. The problem we have is this is the "end of the road" where city dwellers dump their unwanted cats and dogs...I think they must come from as far away as Little Rock and Springfield, Mo. I guess they think we have nothing better to do than feed and take care of their discarded pets. It seems I have to shoot one or two every month or so and I'm getting damn sick of shooting dogs, although Andrew and I are getting pretty good with my .38 spl revolver. The poor animals don't know anything, having grown up in a home, then they're dumped out here to fend for themselves. It's kinda sad to have to kill some poor dumb animal whose only offense was being dumb and hungry, but we gotta do what we gotta do. We have plenty of predators as it is with racoons, possums, bobcats, bears etc. etc., and it's not so sad shooting them...actually, possums NEED killing just out of general principles...they can devastate a garden, too and a racoon is pretty good eating, especially if you smoke it real good. Anyway, the dumped pets are probably our biggest nuisance. I commiserate with your situation and if you lived a little closer, I'd take you to the chicken and small livestock auction where you can get some pretty good deals on stuff if you hit it right.

Another camp favorite...Breakfast Burritos. A bout 1/2 cup chorizo (Mexican sausage obtainable at most Wally Worlds) cooked up real good with about half an onion diced up. When that's done )onions properly cooked), add a can of drained Ro*Tel maters, then add some cumin to taste. Let all that cook up for a little bit until it kinda dries out, then add 6 eggs and scramble them in it. Take some and wrap it up in a flour totrilla, burrito style, and then fry it in a pan of grease like a little fried pie. Top with grated cheese and serve with some fresh sliced tomato garnished with cilantro and some freshly chopped jalapeno. Makes a wonderful breakfast, For lunch, do the same thing, only instead of eggs, use frijoles refrito (refried beans) mixed with grated cheese and top with sour cream. The breakfast burritos won't make your cat fart, but I don't know about the lunch recipe.

Wingnut exclaims... Ron G. agrees... Yessir, you're absolutely right! That's what kids are for...to blame stuff on them....especially babies.

My cat seems to have gotten past her emission control problem. She's only 4 years old and she goes outside, runs around in the woods, and gets into all sorts of trouble. When she was only about a year old, she put her eye out with a 3 inch thorn from a wild plum tree when she was veing chased by coyotes.. She thanks you for all your attention and sez "Hey!".

Superman used to change that fast all the time.

My dear old 20 lb. one eyed cat now thinks she's my lap cat. When I sit it at the computer, she leaps into my lap and purrs. She ate a bad mouse or something last night and my nose hairs are already burnt. She must have laid a half dozen on me in the last few hours. Nothing like a cat fart to sober you up. Only cat I ever had that farts. She likes me so she saves them up. Worse than my old college roommate who drank Falstaff and lived on pickled eggs. I could just break off a couple cigarette filters and stuff them in my nose, I suppose She just 'blessed' me again. Once the gas rolled out she ran to the door to go outside. Trust me, digested mouse does not smell good. She keeps it up and I'm buying diapers and pouring Old Spice in them for her! Does anyone else have this problem? What do you do about it?

Just sniffin' around this thread, I detect the distinct odor of a lawsuit forming. I'll be prayin', Dot.

KARL MALONE BULLDOZES OVER KATRINA RED TAPE: NBA star brings trucks to haul away debris despite resistance from FEMA. *When former Utah Jazz all-star Karl Malone brought his logging company in Arkansas into Pascagoula, Miss. to clear out debris left behind by Hurricane Katrina, his team was met by a brick wall named Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)! and orange cones nicknamed the Army Corps of Engineers. Both said Malone wasn't authorized to bring his machinery into the area to clear private property. Bob Anderson, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers, said FEMA and the corps by law could only allow approved contractors to clear debris and that only government agencies could work on "public rights of way." The Mailman wasn't trying to hear it. "There was a lot of red tape, and I ain't got time for that," he told AP. "I found out that if you're going to do something good, just go ahead and do it. Once I get in my machine, no one is going to get me out. We just said 'the hell with it.' FEMA didn't approve, but we did it for the people." Malone, an experienced truck driver and logger born in Bernice, La., spent 12 hours a day behind the wheel of his heavy machinery clearing 114 lots via the 18 vehicles he brought into Pascagoula, including a backhoe, three bulldozers and several RVs for him and his crew. "We were totally self-contained with our own food and everything," said Malone. "We didn't want to take even one bottle of water away from these people. When we told them we were doing this for free, they looked at us like we were crazy or something." Malone said landowners were told that debris had to be moved out to the street before it could be hauled away. "How is a landowner who just lost everything going to pay $15,000 or $20,000 to have a lot cleared?" he asked. "I mean, there were two or three houses on top of one another in some places." The one-time power-forward, who spent 18 seasons with the Utah Jazz and one with the Los Angeles Lakers, said he was moved by the indomitable spirit of the people who vowed to rebuild. "Everything about this just felt right," the NBA vet tells AP. "My mom died two years ago, and in our last conversation, she told me that one day I would have to step up on a grand scale and help people. I knew this was it."

Anybody here want to do a Greasespot seed exchange? If so, I have some seeds to swap. Mesclun salad mix...Seeds of Change....certified Organic Snow white ivory colored cherry tomatoes...Tomato Growers Supply....may be hybrid, I dunno Black Plum cherry tomatoes..."....." Red Pear cherry tomatoes...."....." Yellow Pear cherry tomatoes...."....." Mesclun mild mix....Park Seeds A couple of years ago, I tried an experiment to offer some unusual tomatoes for sale, but the experiment failed as nobody was impressed with the funny looking tomatoes. They are quite low in acid...maybe acid free... and therefore taste different than regular tomatoes and don't can as well. I want some Paw Paw seed and some organic Burley tobacco seed (if such a thing exists). Let me know. I gotta get busy, now. My seed taters are dry, the ground is moist and the moon is waning.