BIKE UPDATE

WELL, I HEARD BACK FROM THE GUY WHO WAS TRYING TO SCAM ME. I ASK FOR HIM TO SEND ME HIS PHONE NUMBER SO WE COULD GET THE DEAL GOING. THIS IS WHAT HE REPLIED.

I suffered an accident and I'm deaf of both ears.I'm glad that you are interested...please provide me the requested details (complete shipping address) and you will be informed by Autotrader during the next hours with details about your purchase.You will find 90% of answers in that notification from them.

You Messed Where the Big Dawg!!!! Dude....

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DON'T MESS WITH ME BECAUSE I WILL HAVE TO MESS WITH YOU.
Not to long ago I was confronted by an angry person. Not my fault I guess he was just having a bad life that day. Now in my business you can be seem as the man or as the guy who want others to think he is the man. Trust me the first is the best. You can influence a lot of folk if they know you are the man and experience is the key. Well anyway, things had gotten out of hand between a young man and some one who should have known better professionally. Who comes to the rescue but... TA Daaaaaaaaaaaa... ME. Where is security when you need them. I found myself willingly in the middle of something that was getting worst real fast. Here's is where experience comes in. I looked into the young man's eyes and asked him this, "Are you going to kill me?" Well that got his attention as well as the attention of everyone around including the security that had arrived. He couldn't speak, wonder why? I continued with this, "If you are planning on killing me go ahead and get started, but if you start something then you better be prepared to kill me or be killed." Well that sounds pretty harsh but I've never had someone take me up on it. Especially when I have 6 security guards that are retired cops behind me. You see, I think that most folk just loose control of themselves and are afraid to face that they screwed up. When two kids would get in a fight we used to say that they weren't fight but one was scared and the other was glad of it.
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BUT, there are those who mess with folk and deserve to be messed with. Now I can't tell you the rest of the story but I'm going to share with you over the next few days how some people need to be careful of WHO THEY MESS WITH. WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.
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This is going to be great!!!

THERE AREN'T TO BE A LAW

It hasn't been a long time that I have been "making groceries." That means gong to the Walmart or Krogers for groceries for some of you. Any way, I decided to participate in the ritual years back because I discovered that I could save money by not getting the name brand and getting the store brand. It's the same, right.  It can be fun sometimes but I kinda lost track with it when I was loosing weight but now I have taken it on again.  Yesterday I went to get groceries.  The only way to describe it was "hell." Why is it that folk cannot be curious. good grief, how about moving that darn cart out of the way so some of the 6 folks wanting to get through can get through. There is only so much a person can read off the soup cans! I mean I'm not expecting you to move completely out of the isle, just move to the side for a split second to allow the growing crowd to move through. GOOD GRIEF! Just take a nap or something why don't you, take one of each and keep what you want and leave the rest at the check out!  How bout the wider isles. WIDER???? good grief you can get one cart in there but two? Sure you can if you wedge them together and there not kid in in the cart. I believe we should start issuing grocery cart license before you can shop with anything on 4 wheels. All children should not be allowed to select a toy and carrying it throughout the store until they get tired of it and then leave it where someone has to go over or around it but cannot, should not move it out of the way because  it would be wrong to give someone an opportunity to get to the check out before you. Maybe we should put up stop and go lights. Let's limit the use of those little electric tricycles to those with handicap stickers. We need to issue fines for those who open the freezer doors and fog up the window so you can't see in. I think that the best thing to do is make groceries early in the morning, say 2:00 AM. At least the kids won't be there.

A NEW IDEA FOR CHRISTMAS!!!

One of the things I hate about Christmas is the buying of the gifts. With Thanksgiving coming up everyone will be looking for the "Black Friday Lists" to get the best prices on "STUFF". I hate the crowds but you gotta do what you gotta do. Every year I "pine" over the what should I get this and that person at work and how much should I spend. OK, so I came up with this idea. I'm going to make the suggestion that no one give anything to any one else FOR CHRISTMAS.. Wait! I'm not suffering from a case of "Scrooge." I think we should have a "GIVE FOR CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS." This is how is will work: instead of spending money on gifts we will give the money we would spend to purchase food for two local groups that feed those who are hungry and in need. We will produce a list of items and the cost of each, like a gallon can of beans is $2.89. instead of buying a gift you put the money in an envelope with a Christmas card. We open the envelope and keep the money. We put the cards on a tree for all to see. Wam Bam!!!! Killing two birds with one stone!!! We don't have to sweat the purchases and we all do something good for those who are needy. Evan the BOSSES DON"T GET GIFTS. OPPS! Maybe I should think about that. YES evan no gifts for the Boss. So I'll let you know if folk go for it. I THINK IT IS THE BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"I didn't know that..."

Recently I've heard several reports on TV that might indicate the President elect Obama might see some thing differently now that he has been briefed on some of those things the only "presidential folk" know. Maybe but i do know this, There are all kind of things being said that are not only stupid but straight out stupid. I over heard someone at work today say "... president Obama is going to do that for us and he wants to do it before Christmas." Well, good luck. Just because somebody thinks that Obama said it and it sounds good for you, doesn't mean that Obama said it or will do it. Poor Obama, stupid folk saying stupid things that would be great for some but impossible for all. Well, they voted with these miracles in their minds and now they expect the miracles. Good Grief! Give the man a chance before you start asking him to part the waters. If i were the president elect the first thing i would check into would be the Roswell thing and that area 54 stuff. OH YEA! There's got to be a lot of neat stuff about that. Then I would want to see the stuff about the killing of JFK and Bobbie Kennedy. Oh well, Obama is and I'm not so, good luck in putting out all the fires created by those stupid folk that didn't hear with their ears but heard what other folk thought they hear from a friend of a friend of a friend.

Say No Once... it will make a difference.

I hate it when people ask me to donate to their cause or buy something for their kids fund raiser, I HATE IT. OK, I feel a little guilty but it really adds up when you have 30 plus staff members and they all have kids or grand kid. II really hate it when the boss ask you for something. It's like they really say, "I'm the boss so come up with the cash." More that a few years ago I decided to say NO and let folk talk about me and talk about me they did, like a "dawg." It was like I had an abundance of money to give away. I made a pledge that I would not ask them for any money if they did not ask me. The word kinda gets out and you don't have the constant digging at you. I'd say "just say NO to fund raisers." Most people respect that. OK, I know what you are saying and no I don't have my first penny, but I will go to the trouble to pick one up. God has blessed me with great abundance and allows me to help finance a lot of causes. See Libby, the most wonderful wife on earth, and I tithe our funds to our church with the trust that those funds go to the right things. Based on what our church does for many, it is money well spent. We don't have to give to the church but we do because we feel it is right. The church is God's organization. If we didn't tithe we wouldn't go to hell or something like that but we tithe because Christ loves us and we honor that love with our giving. We don't boast about our giving but we have given more every year we have been married that the year before. That's with two daughters to take care and send to college too. Why if we didn't tithe I'd have a boat, a big motorcycle, a recumbent trike, and a bunch of other stuff. We give and the amount is not important. What lives in our heart governs what we spend our money on or where we spend our time or... i think you get the idea. Any way I don't put a lot into fund raisers but I do put a lot of what God provides into other sources. That's how they provides for a lot of people.

Wish I were there, MAYBE.

When I was a kid the neighborhood gangs would play "war" with sticks for guns. I loved it and could play till dark any day. I thought of being in the army some day because I had played so much "war" that I had to be good at it.

War didn't seem a serious thing because the only real war to me was the WWII and it had been glorified so much by my uncles and dad. It was like being a part of the boy scouts.


Veterans Day seems to take on more and more for me each year. My Uncles were all in WWII and my dad was there too. My dad would tell me stories when I was growing up and we would watch War Stories on TV together. It was bigger than life for me but... then I went to high school and began to hear of VietNam or just plain "Nam", stories became bad dreams of my friends who had been drafted or stupid enough to join up. The stories I got then were from the guys who were friends of friends who had survived, if you can say that, and made it home to live another day made the Viet Nam War real life. Viet Nam seemed like the other side of the world till someone brought it home to you. The movie dramatics seemed all to real after hearing someone confess to you the real thing. Things like not being able to tell who was the enemy, "Charlie", and who the friendly folk were because it seems that it was like everybody in the entire country was kin or looked kin. Stories of weapons that didn't just kill, they'd just screw you up big time and then you were mostly dead and/or just waiting to die.

VietNam, a different war than the one my dad and uncles were in. Nam had helicopters to get you any place, "Napom" that didn't just burn the enemy but stuck to him like burning glue, wow what a way to die. My uncle told me once that the forests of Germany looked just like those in Tishimigo County, but you couldn't say anything like that about VietNam.

Now I know that there have been other wars since then but Viet Nam will be my war. The one that affected me the most. The one that brings tears to me any time some one talks about it. The one that burns in my heart because of the hurt that it caused.

So I'd like to say thanks to John David Crow, a friend, Robert Smith, CHS class of 67 and a Football Tiger, Jeff, Bill, Earny, Jeno, Derek,... and many more whose names I'd rather not write but are listed on the VietNam Memorial in Washington. I honor you with this short posting but carry memories in my teary eyes. To those who went on to not just play war, I'm sorry I wasn't there for you but I'm not sure I could have made it.

WHO AM I?

Seems that there have been several times in my life that I have asked this question. Who am I? Paul from the Bible makes an unforgettable statement when he says "I want to do right but when I try to do right I surely do wrong..."(Walden Paraphrase). Believe it or not I was at one time a sorta famous person. Playing football in college, setting records in track during high school, and championship coach. I remember once when I was playing softball on a church team we had a young guy come and join us. Now, it was only a couple of years after I got out of college and i was the bomb, the big stick, the oh no not him guy. This team had decided to embrace others who did not know Christ to be apart of our team as a means to lead them to Christ. This guy was a little wild and the coach thought it would make him feel more apart of the team by letting him play some. So who does he want him to play for????? ME. THe big boy, the rampster maniac. It was like the coach had gone nuts but was saying I'm sorry, but do you think it would be OK if I let this boy play in your spot. Well I didn't think much of it but the coach was kinda blown back when I told him it was fine because I had had my day in the sun. After the game the coach came back to me and asked what I meant by that. See, the coach had never been on Memorial Field, never had thousands of people yelling for him, never had newspaper articles written about him, never received trophies. I guess I was different from most but that stuff never impressed me a whole big bunch. When I explained to him that there are bigger and better things in life than showing out in front of a handful of girls and old folk at a softball game, he still didn't understand. I was just different than most guys I guess. There was another time this was in college when I spent a lot of time dating. I know you don't find that funny, seeing I was a star football player and not bad looking. It was the number of girls and the particular girls I dated that might have shocked you. These girls were not knock out beautiful looking peopleor the soroity girl types. They had two things going for them. One was that knew my LORD and Two they were nice girls that didn't get to go out a lot. Best times I had in college was spending time with the Christian sisters. NO smacky mouth or huggy bear just FUN FUN FUN. Most guys thought that was pretty stupid but I was different from most and i didn't miss many date nights. I'm still close friends with some of those girls. Once I had an opportunity to help at a local church's sports camp. Jay Barker, Alabama QB was going to be there and I thought it would be nice to meet him and spend some time with him. The Chief of that camp was a guy that I could not tell you his name for anything. He seemed OK but he had that swollen head problem. Oh yes, he was a Christian brother but the way he behaved gave me pause not to spend a lot of time with him. I've always stuck out in a crowd but I'm 6'4", this guy had to be the center of attention and I didn't know anything but his accomplishments in life. Don't take me wrong, he had purpose. Heck, he was planning on taking a group to China. A Christian Basketball team. The guy even asked me to go along. I didn't have the several grand to "PAY" him and didn't think it was for me. I hate basketball. I guess I was different from him in a lot of ways, different in most ways. My point is this." I urge you brothers and sisters to not be like the world wants you to be but be the man or woman God's wants you to be. Don't follow the world's way but let God's Spirit work in you to make you like Christ in EVERY WAY." ROMANS 12:1,2 (Walden Paraphrase). Man, the world offers a lot of stuff but God offers the best and that means that waiting for the best, no matter what it is will be worth it. Buying or getting something may just cost you a lot of cash. It maycost you a lot of time and effort and you just get something of lower quality that what you really deserve. I'm kinda different than most. I don't buy a lot of stuff. I see the value of others having and getting because it makes them "happy" or "safe" or maybe even "fulfilled". It don't take much to make me feel fulfilled. " They that wait on the LORD will mount up with wings like eagles... they will run and not be weary, they will walk and not POOP out... " Isa. 40 (Walden's Paraphrase of course.)

I guess I'm really trying to say BE YOURSELF, but remember whose you are, what you are inside, and how silly you look when you mess up but even then laugh at yourself.

Andy says best!

Andy Rooney said on '60 Minutes' a few weeks back: I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers.. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens...Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door. Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game. I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, which is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE ? I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion. I have the right 'NOT' to be tolerant of others because they are different,weird, or tick me off. When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling; it is the Law of Probability. I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English! My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours. I think the police should have every right to shoot you if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word 'freeze' or 'stop' in English, see the above lines. I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store, or any other business. We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their interpretations. I don't hate the rich I don't pity the poor I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That doesn't stop you from watching them. I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building. It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take apparent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when necessary,and say 'NO!' I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries! I am sick of 'Political Correctness.' I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa ; so how can they be 'African-Americans'? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be from America and nowhere else And if you don't like my point of view, tough... I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL! I was asked to send this on if I agree or delete if I don't. It is said that86% of Americans believe in God.. Therefore I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a problem in having 'In God We Trust' on our money and having 'God' in the Pledge of Allegiance. Why don't we just tell the 14% to BE QUIET!!!

He wasn't so bad!

The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace

What must our enemies be thinking?
By JEFFREY SCOTT SHAPIRO

Mr. Shapiro is an investigative reporter and lawyer who previously interned with John F. Kerry's legal team during the presidential election in 2004.
Earlier this year, 12,000 people in San Francisco signed a petition in support of a proposition on a local ballot to rename an Oceanside sewage plant after George W. Bush. The proposition is only one example of the classless disrespect many Americans have shown the president.
According to recent Gallup polls, the president's average approval rating is below 30% -- down from his 90% approval in the wake of 9/11. Mr. Bush has endured relentless attacks from the left while facing abandonment from the right.
This is the price Mr. Bush is paying for trying to work with both Democrats and Republicans. During his 2004 victory speech, the president reached out to voters who supported his opponent, John Kerry, and said, "Today, I want to speak to every person who voted for my opponent. To make this nation stronger and better, I will need your support, and I will work to earn it. I will do all I can do to deserve your trust."
Those bipartisan efforts have been met with crushing resistance from both political parties.
The president's original Supreme Court choice of Harriet Miers alarmed Republicans, while his final nomination of Samuel Alito angered Democrats. His solutions to reform the immigration system alienated traditional conservatives, while his refusal to retreat in Iraq has enraged liberals who have unrealistic expectations about the challenges we face there.
It seems that no matter what Mr. Bush does, he is blamed for everything. He remains despised by the left while continuously disappointing the right.
Yet it should seem obvious that many of our country's current problems either existed long before Mr. Bush ever came to office, or are beyond his control. Perhaps if Americans stopped being so divisive, and congressional leaders came together to work with the president on some of these problems, he would actually have had a fighting chance of solving them.
Like the president said in his 2004 victory speech, "We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us. And when we come together and work together, there is no limit to the greatness of America."
To be sure, Mr. Bush is not completely alone. His low approval ratings put him in the good company of former Democratic President Harry S. Truman, whose own approval rating sank to 22% shortly before he left office. Despite Mr. Truman's low numbers, a 2005 Wall Street Journal poll found that he was ranked the seventh most popular president in history.
Just as Americans have gained perspective on how challenging Truman's presidency was in the wake of World War II, our country will recognize the hardship President Bush faced these past eight years -- and how extraordinary it was that he accomplished what he did in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
The treatment President Bush has received from this country is nothing less than a disgrace. The attacks launched against him have been cruel and slanderous, proving to the world what little character and resolve we have. The president is not to blame for all these problems. He never lost faith in America or her people, and has tried his hardest to continue leading our nation during a very difficult time.
Our failure to stand by the one person who continued to stand by us has not gone unnoticed by our enemies. It has shown to the world how disloyal we can be when our president needed loyalty -- a shameful display of arrogance and weakness that will haunt this nation long after Mr. Bush has left the White House.

Look into my eyes

The picture of the dog above is a special pup new on the seen. He has the ability to get your attention with his unusual eyes. He has the ability to say things with those eyes that may not be totally true but cause you to want to see his thoughts as absolutely the truth. The thing you need to understand is that no matter what his eyes say he is still a dog and has the potential to pee on the carpet just because he can. His name is Obama.

One Baby or Two??? Your Choice?

Got this from a friend. It tells a truth with a strong mental picture. Think through it as you read, maybe even put yourself in the lady's position. I think the doctor's name was Dr. Solomon


A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said: 'Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even 1 yr. old and I'm pregnant again. I don't want kids so close together.'

So the doctor said: 'Ok, and what do you want me to do?'

She said: 'I want you to end my pregnancy, and I'm counting on your help with this.'

The doctor thought for a little, and after some silence he said to the lady: 'I think I have a better solution for your problem. It's less dangerous for you too.'She smiled, thinking that the doctor was going to accept her request. Then he continued: 'You see, in order for you not to have to take care of 2 babies at the same time, let's kill the one in your arms. This way, you could rest some before the other one is born. If we're going to kill one of them, it doesn't matter which one it is. There would be no risk for your body if you chose the one in your arms.

The lady was horrified and said: 'No doctor! How terrible! It's a crime to kill a child!'

'I agree', the doctor replied. 'But you seemed to be ok with it, so I thought maybe that was the best solution. The doctor smiled, realizing that he had made his point.

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వెన్ ఐ స్క్రెవ్ అప్ ఐ రియల్లీ స్క్రెవ్ అప్. ఐ పోస్తేడ పిచ్తురె అఫ్ అ డాగ్ విత్ , లేట్'స సి హుంతింగ్ ఎఎస్. సీంస్ లికె ది ఎఎస్ అఫ్ సోమేఒనే వ్హో'స నేమ్ ఇస్ బరాక్ ఒబామా. ఐ సి సొమెథింగ్ ఇన్ తోసే ఎఎస్ ఐ డాన్'త లికె సో ఐ ప్రి ఒబామా దోఎస్ నాట్ గెట్ ఎలెచ్తెద్. గ్లోరీ తో గాడ్ బెకాఉసే హి ఇస్ ది ఓన్లీ ఒనె తాత ఇస్ ఇన్ కంట్రోల్.