uncle phil

the cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven is approximately $ 16,400...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Ourcrazymodern?

(Probably true)

uncle phil has a serious problem.

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BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

murp0434

This life is not for complaining, but for satisfaction. (can a truth be pulled from a fortune cookie? methinks yes)

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These are the good old days.


How did I become upright?

CaliLivChick

Life is waaaaaaay too friggin short, every moment should be savored. You learn this when you learn that your grandmother died from throat and mouth cancer at 41, grandfather died from a heart attack at 56, four aunts died from breast or ovarian cancer, uncle died from liver cancer at 58, and mother is in her third year of ovarian cancer, and is predicted to have maybe another two years. Oh, and all this is on your mother's side of the family, whom you take after so much, it's uncanny.

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Don't trust anything that can bleed for a week and not die. Oh wait, that's me... nevermind... you can trust me.

uncle phil

the average number of people airborne over the u.s. in any given hour is 61,000...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

ring

I kissed my orchid blooms this morning.

BadNick

I'm happy to be home "sick" today and am thinking of making creamed chip beef on toast to make me feel even better.

uncle phil

a/k/a S O S...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

tru dat uncle phil

First time I ever ate, or even heard of, S.O.S. was when I was 11yo in the Boy Scouts and we had a "camping trip" to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, we slept in a barracks and had our own personal Marine Corp. drill instructor sergeant take care of us, we ate in the mess hall and that's where I tasted S.O.S. and almost gaged ....though now I love it. And that's the truth.

uncle phil

intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

If you rub pennies on your head, you'll have zinc and copper in your hair and according to uncle phil, that will make you intelligent. When I was born, my parents said "Oh, oh, trouble. Get some nickels." so they called me Nickeless but to fool the public I use Nicholas.

uncle phil

the first novel ever written on a typewriter was "tom sawyer..."

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

ring

I love Ourcrazymodern? with every cell of my being.

Jetée

I love you.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

Ourcrazymodern?

True enough for me.

I love you, too.

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BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

BadNick

No doubt I love you all, too. We're having a virtual love-in here. We shall freely frolic naked through the fields and forests.

uncle phil

i can feel it, too...

__________________
"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Jetée

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.


--'Tis true;
you must have felt it, too
'Twas none other than Lord Tennyson
Who uttered such words, so true.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

ring

Being highly aware, comes with a price.
I have decided it is priceless.

genuinegirly

We found our beloved Cuisinart coffee maker on the sidewalk by a trashcan.

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"Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq

"violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy

uncle phil

the san francisco cable cars are the only mobile national monuments...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

Today is Mother's Day. Honor thy mother with some love.

ring

Please tell me that it is possible to save another.
Despair is a dark and cold place.

Tully Mars

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make her drink. Sometimes your only hope is to make her thirsty.

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I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo

Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

ring

thanks, cool person you.

Ourcrazymodern?

This world's lighting is variable.

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BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

ring

OCM is God.

uncle phil

each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:



spades - king david

hearts - charlemagne

clubs -alexander the great

diamonds - julius caesar...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

ring

Matings cause procreation.

Ourcrazymodern?

I love seahorses.

I have a thing for ring.

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BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

CaliLivChick

I love being nekked.

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Don't trust anything that can bleed for a week and not die. Oh wait, that's me... nevermind... you can trust me.

uncle phil

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

ring

My dog's organic biscuit treats taste pretty good,
think I'll have another one.

BadNick

?...

On the other hand, I also recently discovered a new treat that I'm loving much. These are little olive tortas with a light sprinkling of sugar on top, also includes anise, a touch of roasted sesame seeds, not sure what else I can't read Spanish. They are very good with a cup of nice strong coffee. I bet a dog would like them, too, as well as ring.

Ourcrazymodern?

My younger son just told me to say "We don't need TV to entertain us," & laughed about me saying -ain us thereafter.
I didn't find it all that funny.

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BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

uncle phil

if a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the
air, the person died in battle. if the horse has one front leg in the air
the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. if the horse has
all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

ring

Dog days sound like fun.

BadNick

This thread could use a seeing eye dog or three to help it find the truth about love. Do any of you know if the answer is in one of these?
















OR

uncle phil

it was the accepted practice in babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month
after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all
the mead he could drink. mead is a honey beer and because their calendar
was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know
today as the honeymoon...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

Thanks, honey. That's a nice truth story.