60+ year old thread.

Good morning all. Need to go get blood work for my upcoming physical, then breakfast. Meeting some family and friends for a Jingle Bell Crawl around lunchtime. Should be a fun day.

 

here's to all who gave everything at Pearl Harbor 12/7/1941

 

Good Morning Kurt. Puppy looks quite at home . Have you thought about calling him Kurt Jr ? He might like that because everytime your wife calls you he'll come as well . Have a good day and it was one hellva Lions / Packer game. Well played with the clock at the end .

Good Morning Mark . The pictures from your Celebration on the beach were amazing. Life sure is good. You need another vacation to get away from the cold . Have a good one.

Good Morning Jim . Hope you don't have anymore snow coming in. Watching what is going on in the different areas with the snow makes me glad I don't live near there.
Please stay warm and safe.

Good Morning Bill .

LOVE the shirt . We watched the movie Thanksgiving weekend upstate because we don't have TV or cable reception just DVD's. One of the wifes all time favorites. Can I ask where you got the shirt. I would love to get one for her for Christmas.

Have a great day and stay warm and safe.

 

Good Morning

 

Sadly Gen whatevers are starting to forget. Sad that. I guess it's somewhat normal for mankind, you know forgetting the past.

 

Always remember December 7th

 

Tom: My condolences to you and your family.

Good morning. 26 degrees here at 08:15 this morning. Slept in a little bit as we were up late last night. Finished streaming The Penguin last night. Not a bad show but not for everyone, I am sure. Going to visit my cousin in the hospital today. I did not hear is she had her bone marrow sampled yesterday. She was supposed to have that done but doctors are pointing fingers as to what needs to be tested.

 

Good Morning Chuck . Enjoy breakfast with your friends

Thanks for posting Murph. So many folks don't remember Pearl Harbor and the many lives that were lost. RIP for all that were lost on that day and days after. .

Good Morning Chuck .

Good Morning Paul .

I don't remember the exact wording but it was said that...
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana.

Hope and pray this never happens again.

Hope Everyone has a good Saturday

 

Odd 50°F, windy, rain came in last night. Seems.............warm.

Last night was Christmas concert, went well. Today is pork chops. Not sure how I will cook them. Brine, smoke cold, then quick fry.....

 

Ever visit your Grandkids and give them a show???

 

My condolences to you and your family, May you find peace with her memories.

My wife and I loved going to Sunset Beach in Cape May NJ (she grew up there) The gentleman that owned the gift shop was a Pearl Harbor survivor (Marvin Hume) and I would spend hours talking with him, it was like standing on the pier with him! He began flying flags for fallen veterans families at Sunset Beach over 40 years ago and the tradition continues with his family to this day ( Google Sunset Beach flag ceremony) I was so moved by him that during my last deployment to Afghanistan I flew a flag for him over our compound and made a certificate to go with it. When I returned home and presented it to him you would think I had given him a million dollars! As I am typing this the emotions of that day are filling my eyes, he was one of the nicest gentleman I have ever met. He has since passed and the last time I spoke to his son he told me that the flag was one of his most prize possessions. If your ever in Cape May NJ in the summer I recommend a visit to Sunset Beach, It's one of the most beautiful places I know

 

Good Morning Porch Pals & Sue! Cold, wet, with thunder and rain - almost an inch since overnight. Great day to watch college championships, stay warm, and call the pup names! Sloppy joes for sure. And,
HOOK 'EM HORNS!

 

Only a Grand parent could do that,

Very respectful Anthony. Thank you for posting about your experience with Marvin and what you did for him .

 

12/7/1941 “a day that will live in infamy “. Fly your flag today to honor the brave men and women who saved the US and the world. God Bless America.

 

Sorry for your loss.

Thoughts & prayers for you and your family.

 

Evening all:

Just read that 3 bridges in our area that cross the Delaware river are going cashless in Jan., either going to be EZ pass or toll by plate.
EZ pass has a yearly fee, toll by plate has no fee, but the toll by plate toll is double that of the EZ pass!

 

That sucks! PASS for tolls should require NO annual fee. Even in Texas, they are free to get the sticker. Now, granted they are administered terribly. But, 99% they work work for me. Write you congressman!

 

Question; have you shopped around? There are multiple E-ZPass authorities around the country and not all of them have an annual fee. I've had E-ZPass since the late 1990s and have never paid an annual fee; I got mine from New York even though I didn't live in that state.

 

Since we are talking about financial matters... I just got my house insurance bill.

We bought this place intending to live here till we died. Everything set up to live easily on what we make on social security. The insurance has quadrupled and so have the property taxes. By now, as a monthly amount, both are about half of a monthly house payment had we financed. And the water/sewer/garbage collection bill has tripled and is more than what we would have paid had we financed. Of course SS hasn't kept up. Not even close.

The problem is that real estate prices have gotten unreasonably high. We used to have the ability to insure for what we bought the place for. But now we are required to insure for "replacement value". And worse, home contents are tied to replacement value as a percentage, so now our personal possessions are valued at over $30K more than we paid for the house, and the only furniture we've bought new was a $700 couch. Basically our personal property insurance is priced to us as though we are wealthy people that buy everything new and replace it constantly.

I understand that **it happens. But the insurance rankles. I can't find a way to justify it.