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davekathy

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42 minutes ago, island lady said:

 

Wow...read this one to Bucky as well.  Too funny...though I am sure was not at all funny at the time!  😮 

 

Yup, Bucky ran into the same thing at the same age.  Then his Dad forced him to join the Army, ushering him down to the recruiter.  Was that...or....  😳

 

Worst thing was he ran into the most grief when he returned from his 2 tours of Vietnam.  No hero's welcome for you guys...which is far worse.  The military coming home now are treated with praise and respect, which is good for them...bad sad for what you guys went through on return.  😞   

Kathy has told me before she's glad she didn't know me back then.😂 

 

Bucky is right and I know what he means. I remember rotating back to the world and was told to change out of our uniform and into civvies (sp?). Hearing about it and experiencing it was two different things. Talk about being dazed and confused. I never acknowledged I was ever in the military for a very long time. Only those close to me knew. Something I brought back with me, "it don't mean nothin', not a thing".  Crazy thing is I ended working for the DoD/U.S Air Force (on an AF Base)/Civilian (CSRS) for almost 40 years before retiring in 2014. Fantastic career for a dummy who didn't take advantage of most of his GI benefits. So I guess I turned a bad thing into a good thing. 

 

Enjoy you HH. Cheers to you both. 🍷

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Luckynana

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1 hour ago, h20skibum said:

I came in from a hard morning of yard work (where were all those people that love it?), and found my wife watching “Love at Sea” that was filmed on Harmony.  She said it really made her want to get back to cruising.  


Speaking of cruising, we got a friendly reminder email from our TA that they would be processing our final payment soon for our First week of our Oasis B2B. Not wanting to wish time away, but I am so ready for a cruise.  I am even back in to searching for other cruises next year. 

So a question for those who love mowing, raking leaves, etc.  Does anyone have an easy way for picking up acorns?   At our house, we are just entering acorn season.  This morning, I filled one of these 95 gallon carts about half full with them.  In bumper crop years, I will get over 600 gallons from my yard, and this will be a bumper crop year. 

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If anyone has found something that will pick these up, I would like to know. 

 

Sorry, I can't help you there.  Last year, the acorns started coming down early and continuously all Summer into Fall.  The first acorns were so small, they would fall through the net into our Koi pond and pool.  I spent every day using the leaf blower  to get the acorns off of our back deck....literally thousands.  We have woods behind our property, so I just kept throwing pails of the acorns over the fence.  I thought I was going to lose my mind.  I knew I couldn't go through another season like last year, and we had two of the trees taken down.  Good thing, since, as it turns out, the tree guy said they were in bad shape.  Same with the trees that were in our driveway...

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Lionesss "Live from...." Rare

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2 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

The wife is using waze.  The one thing I remember about Ohio is the speed traps.  It only took a couple of miles over to get busted.

 

 

Thanks for the clarification, yup it is WAZE.  

 

Like I said in Ohio, they ticket for minimal speeding over limit.

 

Stay safe

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John&LaLa "Live from...." Rare

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5 hours ago, Lionesss said:

I just noticed on the HOME Page there is a new section listing LIVE reports.  

 

Never knew it was here.

 

Had to recently just happen.

 

Just saying

 

Not sure I see it. Can you expand on where it is?

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Luckynana

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5 hours ago, BonTexasNY said:

We finally made it back home yesterday.  

 

Seeing the kids was wonderful but it really is good to be back home.

 

 

Glad you made it home safely, after seeing the kids.  Grandchildren are the best!!!!

3 hours ago, davekathy said:

Yep, "three 17 year old, skinny guys with hair down the middle of our backs wearing tie dye shirts, cut off jeans in a van" with pot hid up under the dashboard (which he never new we had, Looking back, I'm glad and proud I was part of the 60's movement. ✌️Our 2022 NY trip Kathy and I will head down to Bethel (hopefully) to visit the site and museum of Woodstock. Plan on taking the same route my friends and I did in 1969. I'll tell her when we get south of Cobleskill to watch out for the cops. 😂

Yup, the '60's were the best!!!!    Enjoy your nostalgic route to Bethel when you make your trip.

3 hours ago, DaniDanielle said:

Made it home from the Oasis Simulation.  Good time was had by all!  What a pleasure not waiting for elevators and the elevators being empty when they come😊

So glad you had such a great time on the Oasis, Marietta!

2 hours ago, Arzeena said:

We are back from the Equinox cruise.

Blessed to be able to do what we love to do.

 

Loved the Equinox.  We'll be on the Silhouette in February.

Agree 100% being Blessed to be able to do what we love to do!

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7 minutes ago, Lionesss said:

 

Thanks for the clarification, yup it is WAZE.  

 

Like I said in Ohio, they ticket for minimal speeding over limit.

 

Stay safe

Bunch of years ago, FHP hadd an airplane circling over I95 here, clocking the traffic through lines painted on the roadway.  I had a scanner turned on at home and could hear them talking.

 One day, just as they started the FHP pilot told the troopers on the ground  that the objective for the day   was to target vehicles in the 5 to 10 mph over the limit. 

 At the end of the day, he came on the radio that they didn't stop a single vehicle in that range. Too many cars going much faster. 

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11 minutes ago, mo&fran said:

Bunch of years ago, FHP hadd an airplane circling over I95 here, clocking the traffic through lines painted on the roadway.  I had a scanner turned on at home and could hear them talking.

 One day, just as they started the FHP pilot told the troopers on the ground  that the objective for the day   was to target vehicles in the 5 to 10 mph over the limit. 

 At the end of the day, he came on the radio that they didn't stop a single vehicle in that range. Too many cars going much faster. 

 

I was always told that New York State troopers will not pull you over if your within 10 mph of the speed limit.

 

Thru trial and error,  I find this to be mostly true.  😊

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Luckynana

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1 hour ago, island lady said:

 

 

Worst thing was he ran into the most grief when he returned from his 2 tours of Vietnam.  No hero's welcome for you guys...which is far worse.  The military coming home now are treated with praise and respect, which is good for them...bad sad for what you guys went through on return.  😞   

Yup...it was many years before the Vietnam Vets were recognized;  finally, a parade in their honor up Broadway in NYC.  Our 3 daughters and myself lined up to watch Jim march...

40 minutes ago, davekathy said:

Kathy has told me before she's glad she didn't know me back then.😂 

 

Bucky is right and I know what he means. I remember rotating back to the world and was told to change out of our uniform and into civvies (sp?). Hearing about it and experiencing it was two different things. Talk about being dazed and confused. I never acknowledged I was ever in the military for a very long time.. 

It certainly wasn't easy when Jim returned home.

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2 hours ago, h20skibum said:

So a question for those who love mowing, raking leaves, etc.  Does anyone have an easy way for picking up acorns?   At our house, we are just entering acorn season.  This morning, I filled one of these 95 gallon carts about half full with them.  In bumper crop years, I will get over 600 gallons from my yard, and this will be a bumper crop year. 

If you have a riding lawn mower, a lawn sweeper would work.  If it were me I would empty it when it’s half full or less. It gets heavy to empty when it’s full of leaves.  If you have never used one make sure you don’t let the pull rope get away from you.  When it gets wrapped up in the brushes, it’s hard to get out.

 

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1 hour ago, Luckynana said:

Yup...it was many years before the Vietnam Vets were recognized;  finally, a parade in their honor up Broadway in NYC.  Our 3 daughters and myself lined up to watch Jim march...

It certainly wasn't easy when Jim returned home.

I worked in wall st area starting in 1967 , one day I got out of the subway to head to my job at US Lines in one broadway and there were police shoulder to shoulder for blocks there was a draft protest scheduled , draft center was a couple of blocks away on Whitehall st.

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3 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

I read on one of the live threads there was something like 600 to 625 passengers on your test cruise.    Any under 1000 had to feel so empty, which is good and bad.   I like when the casino is hopping with good vibes.   did the casino give out certificates at the end of your sailing?

I don’t know if they did.  We didn’t gamble too much.

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