Ron G.

Dovey... Until you said "toss it in the air", I thought you were referin' to my huntin' buddies.

No electricity...no computer...perked coffee over a fire...this gets more enticing all the time. Can I build a fire outside if I make a stone fire ring, get the wood and do it all myself? Does anyone know of a better aroma than coffee and breakfast cooking over an open fire? Is there really anything better than biscuits baked in a Dutch Oven with coals on top? Cooking gear (skillet not shown)...all anyone needs for a gourmet meal uh...my huntin' buddies wanna know if they can come, too...we'll provide ALL the food.

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You got my vote! I sure have missed you.

It's quite the opposite here in the hills. On our highway, there may be as many as 50 vehicles a day...but if you're stuck, every one of them will stop and offer assistance. It's what we live for.

I didn't have you or your post in mind at all when I posted that. It was more in response to a piece (with pictures) I'd read about some incidents in the 3rd Reich involving mouthy Christians and annoyed SS troopers.

The ultimate irony of all this is that Phelps might very well live in a country where he and his followers could be lined up and shot for their beliefs were it not for the many thousands who did what Spc. Edward Myers did.

Phelps' Group Protests At Soldier's Funeral Fri Aug 5, 7:58 PM ET Members of the Rev. Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., are picketing military funerals, KMBC's Micheal Mahoney reported Friday. The group has made national headlines for traveling throughout the country to picket gay churches, gay weddings, and the funeral of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student who was murdered in Wyoming in 1998. Friday, about 15 members of the group -- some of them children -- picketed the funeral of a St. Joseph soldier who was killed in Iraq. Mahoney reported that the group stood across the road from the Grace Evangelical Church during the funeral of 21-year-old Spc. Edward Myers. "The first sin was being a part of this military. If this young man had a clue and any fear of God, he would have run, and not walked, from this military," said protester Shirley Phelps-Roper. "Who would serve a nation that is godless and has flipped off, defiantly defied, defiantly flipped off, the Lord their God?" One protester had an American flag tied to his belt that draped to the ground. He was holding a sign that read, "Thank God For IEDs," which are explosive devices used by insurgents to blow up military convoys. Protesters said America has ignored the word of God, and those who defend the nation must pay a price. "That's the first piece of solid evidence that you have that the young man is currently in hell," Phelps-Roper said. "The soldier is in hell now, you believe?" Mahoney asked. "Absolutely," Phelps-Roper said. 'Protesters Were Rude' About a dozen veterans stood across the road from the protesters, and Mahoney reported that there were some harsh words and insults traded between the two groups. However, sheriff deputies were stationed about 100 yards away and there was no violence. "The protesters were so rude -- were disrespectful," said veteran Jim Fields. "Do I like it? No, I don't. But what can you say, it's a free country," said veteran Dave Campbell. Veterans told KMBC that a member of the soldier's family shouted at the protesters to leave, and they left about 20 minutes after the funeral started. Mahoney reported that there was applause from veterans and other crowd members when the protesters left. After the funeral was over, one of the mourners commented on the irony of the protesters showing up at a soldier's funeral. "They shouldn't protest the funeral for a man who was out there dying to protect the rights that they're demanding they receive," said Marvin Russell. Russell said he thinks the soldier's family saw the protesters. "I think it saddened them. They didn't say anything outright, but you could tell by the way they looked down that this was a sad thing to do. They're already in mourning, they don't need people like this to make it worse," Russell said. Myers was buried with full military honors in Leavenworth National Cemetery. He leaves behind a wife and two children. One of the protesters said the group is planning to picket other military funerals.

http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=63452&pt=n FRIDAY 05/08/2005 12:54:46 Male brains 'not wired' to listen to women Men who are accused of never listening by women now have an excuse. Scientists have found that women`s voices are more difficult for men to listen to than men`s. Researchers at the University of Sheffield tracked activity in the brains of 12 men while playing recordings of different voices. There were startling differences in the way the brain responded to male and female sounds. Men deciphered female voices using the auditory part of the brain that processes music. Male voices engaged a simpler mechanism at the back of the brain. Researcher Dr Michael Hunter said today: "The female voice is actually more complex than the male voice, due to differences in the size and shape of the vocal cords and larynx between men and women, and also due to women having greater natural `melody` in their voices. This causes a more complex range of sound frequencies than in a male voice. "When a man hears a female voice the auditory section of his brain is activated, which analyses the different sounds in order to `read` the voice and determine the auditory face. "When men hear a male voice the part of the brain that processes the information is towards the back of the brain and is colloquially known as the `mind`s eye`. This is the part of the brain where people compare their experiences to themselves, so the man is comparing his own voice to the new voice to determine gender." The findings, published in the journal NeuroImage, may help explain why people suffering hallucinations usually hear male voices, say the scientists. It could be that the brain finds it much harder to conjure up a false female voice accurately than a false male voice.

I'll participate if you can help me figure out how to FTP with my Internet Explorer. I know it'll do it, but can't figger out how. I can get into my site, but can't see how to transfer files. I run MSIE on Wndows XP Professional.

Why yes, as a matter of fact. There's pipes, pennywhistle, bodhran and harp to go with the banjo, guitar, mandolin, and fiddle. Altan The Battlefield Band

For what it's worth, I concur wholeheartedly with Bluesman. Roy's putting a lot of time and effort into sharing something he's convinced will benefit others. If you don't like it, ignore it, but let it be. It doesn't hurt anyone. Post on, Roy!!

Happy Birthday Miss Krys!!! you're very much loved here at the Grease Spot!!

Since y'all rule out the gorgeous, comfortable, beautiful, pleasant and friendly Ozarks, how about near where LittleHawk lives in Kentucky. I hear he lives just a mile or so from Knob Creek and I've been wanting to do that some October, too. Just an idea.

Prayers for the Boy Scouts of America would be appreciated. I'm sure everyone has heard about the tragedy at the national Jamboree in Virginia where four Scout leaders were killed, and several Scouts got sick from the stifling heat later in the week, Another tragedy occurred this past Friday in Fresno, CA where a troop was camping and struck by lightning, killing one and leaving another brain dead. Several others were injured and one life was saved by Scouts who acted calmly, quickly and courageously. They performed CPR on one Scout for over an hour while others ran for 25 minutes to a ranger station to call for the helicopter that flew them out. Scouts is the best thing going anywhere for boys, building the character, strength and skills necessary to become men. ===================================== FRESNO, California (AP) -- Lightning struck a group of Boy Scouts taking shelter from a storm, killing the troop leader and leaving a 13-year-old boy brain-dead in the latest tragedy to befall the organization this week, authorities and the teen's grandfather said. Six others were injured when the lightning bolt made a direct strike on a tarp the Scouts had set up in a meadow in Sequoia National Park on Thursday. Ryan Collins, 13, was being kept on a ventilator so that his organs could be donated, the boy's grandfather said Friday. Collins was listed in critical condition at the University Medical Center in Fresno, but his family had given up hope. "He would never recover or anything else," grandfather Bill Collins said. The lightning strike came just days after four Scout leaders were electrocuted while putting up a tent at the National Scout Jamboree in Virginia. Dozens of Scouts were sickened by the stifling heat two days later at the jamboree. (Full story) At least one of the injured in the lightning strike was kept alive only because the troop managed to administer CPR for an hour, park ranger Alex Picavet said. It is not known which injured person that was. "That's amazing," Picavet said. "It's very difficult. It's probably because of their Boy Scout training." The assistant scoutmaster, Steve McCullagh, 29, was killed instantly when the bolt struck, the Tulare County coroner's office said. "He didn't even make it off the mountain," said Sue Collins, the boy's mother, crying along with her husband and younger son at the hospital. "It's horrible. It's a fluke." Teens ran 25 minutes for help One troop member was being kept for observation at the Fresno hospital, and all the others were treated and released from another hospital, authorities said. The scout group from St. Helena, which included five adults and seven teenage scouts, had been camping for a week as part of a nine-day backcountry hike along the John Muir Trail. A lightning bolt made a direct strike on one of two tarps they had set up in a meadow. Two teenagers ran 25 minutes to a ranger station after the strike, and five helicopters flew in to evacuate the group. "They did the best they could in the situation they were in," Picavet said. "They didn't have metal poles, and stayed away from high points." Collins said his grandson was a scout for more than three years and loved the outdoors. "He was a fabulous boy. He was doing what he loved to do," Collins said. "It's just a tremendous shock to everybody." Apology over accident Meanwhile, National Boy Scouts officials apologized Friday for remarks implying that four adult volunteers shared responsibility for their own deaths while setting up a tent beneath a power line at the national Jamboree in Virginia. Spokesman Stephen Medlicott said the group wanted to clear up "some confusion" about the scouts' position. The Boy Scouts have "not assigned blame" to the Alaska Scout leaders involved in Monday's deaths, national officials said in a statement issued Thursday. "We apologize for any statement we've made which might be construed as assigning blame." The statement came a day after Jamboree spokesman Gregg Shields said the Alaska group had ignored scouting teachings by putting the tent under a power line at Fort A.P. Hill, the Army base where the 10-day event is being held. He also said the group leaders had taken the "somewhat unusual" step of hiring a contractor to help with the task. "Boy Scouts are taught not to put their tents under trees or under power lines. I don't know what happened in that case," Shields had said Wednesday. The Virginia-based tent company hired for the job sent two workers to set up two dining canopies at the Jamboree, Alaska Scout officials said. The tent workers set up the first canopy while the leaders and Scouts set up sleeping tents, Bill Haines, a Scout executive in Alaska, said in a statement Thursday. The accident occurred when the contractors asked the Alaska leaders for help raising the second canopy, Haines said. Three adults, including the two tent workers, were injured. One of the injured people returned to the Jamboree after being released from the hospital. The Army is investigating the accident. The Boy Scouts are "cooperating closely," Medlicott said. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

I sometimes post things to get conversation going and to see where it ends up. I like to see opposing sides of an idea or situation...especially here because most arguements are typically well thought out. I appreciate Belles post since I've had a little experience with LEO's and have some first hand knowledge of what they sometimes have to deal with. This one was particularly interesting, however, because here in Arkansas, we had what was dubbed "The Blue Light" rapist. This guy dressed up like a cop, drove around at night in what appeared to be an unmarked squad car with a blue light mounted in the window and victimized young women for over a year, if I remember right. It was a very long time. His actions, covering four or five counties, created such havoc that not only were young women terrorized, the police were virtually powerless to enforce simple traffic laws. People started to refuse to stop on a regular basis. By the time the guy was caught, in several towns, local police were forced into a situation where they could no longer stop violators at night unless they escorted them to the nearest place with witnesses and then show their ID or they could summon another squad car. When LEO's fail to treat all citizens with respect and courtesy or when private citizens can no longer determine which is the law enforcer and which is the law breaker, then chaos must soon ensue.

Berkely is just full of buffoons like this clown, it seems.

Satori... I think somebody already came up with that idea. At Scout camp I got recertified for First Aid/CPR/AED and the instructor suggested that we should check wallets if the victim was unconscious. Nothing was mentioned about cell phones. Maybe I need to go get recertified again since I have no clue how to operate a cell phone well enough to retrieve that information. If people follow your suggestion, how can they become more reliant on technocrap instead of relying on themselves? Sometimes you think dangerous thoughts, sir.

And the kops have no clue why no one respects them anymore. http://www.wral.com/news/4779724/detail.html Woman In Trouble With Law After Questioning Officer's Identity 73-Year-Old Cited For Misdemeanor Obstructing & Delaying RALEIGH, N.C. -- What are you supposed to do when a police officer knocks on your door at night? Officials with the Raleigh Police Department say in a particular case, the answer was obvious, but an elderly woman who had her doubts got charged with a crime. Marie Venezia, 73, is in trouble with the law after she questioned a police officer's identity. Marie Venezia, 73, lives by herself in her Raleigh home. Last Tuesday night, a Raleigh police officer knocked on her door and asked her about damage to a neighbor's fence. "I said 'I don't know what you want me to say. I don't know who it was.' He said, 'You know who it was.' I said, "I don't know who it was." He said you do," she said. "And at that point, I began to wonder if this guy really was a policeman because I didn't think officers acted like that." Venezia told the officer she was going to call 911 to confirm who he was. "He said, 'Don't close that door.' I said I am going to close it and then I went and called 911," she said. When Venezia came back, the officer charged her with misdemeanor obstructing and delaying, issuing her a ticket. "The exchange that occurred between the officer and the resident was unproductive to the point that the officer felt the charge was necessary," said Jim Sughrue, a representative with the Raleigh Police Department. There have been a number of prior cases in Wilson and Raleigh about people posing as law enforcement officers. Plus, a WRAL investigation found a Web site selling badges. However, the Raleigh Police Department said those are unfair comparisons because in this case, the officer was in full uniform and his patrol car was in plain sight. Raleigh police officials say when an officer is in full uniform and the car is visible, just cooperate. WRAL checked with other agencies and most say it depends on the situation. The Chapel Hill Police Department actually encourages double checking.

I don't have a cell phone, and probably never will since they don't work in this area...no towers around.

Being the daddy of a boy who just turned 12, I find this image a little disturbing, but certainly worthy of note. I know not who, where, when or what except it's a modern photo and not some relic from the 3rd Reich. Maybe it's from a movie.

Hi Krys What do you mean "special water"? What makes it special? Is it yellow? Just wondering. Ron