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Rain Forest #65

 
 
Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Sat 10 Dec, 2005 02:50 pm
Pfefferkuchen, Ul?
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ul
 
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Reply Sat 10 Dec, 2005 03:03 pm
No, Zimtsterne.
(Almonds, cinnamon, honey, eggs and sugar).
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Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Sat 10 Dec, 2005 03:05 pm
Delicious. Between you and ehBeth, you'll both be spoiling my appetite for dinner.
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Stradee
 
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Reply Sat 10 Dec, 2005 03:47 pm
Lovely Photos ehBeth and Ul ~

http://www.fancythatparties.com/images/photos/tea_Alianne_30.jpg
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danon5
 
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Reply Sat 10 Dec, 2005 06:17 pm
I think I've died and gone to heaven. I can smell the cookies - Mmmmmmm........ thanks ul and ehBeth.

We have the best international team in all the world...
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pwayfarer
 
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Reply Sun 11 Dec, 2005 09:52 am
yummie! Thanks.
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sumac
 
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Reply Sun 11 Dec, 2005 12:56 pm
Had a wee vacation from the computer due to a death in the family.

But I'm back now and happy to be clicking.
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Sun 11 Dec, 2005 06:26 pm
aktbird57 - You and your 284 friends have supported 2,140,523.2 square feet!

Marine Wetlands habitat supported: 87,603.5 square feet.
You have supported: (0.0)
Your 284 friends have supported: (87,603.5)

American Prairie habitat supported: 44,381.3 square feet.
You have supported: (11,072.8)
Your 284 friends have supported: (33,308.5)

Rainforest habitat supported: 2,008,538.3 square feet.
You have supported: (167,185.3)
Your 284 friends have supported: (1,841,353.0)

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1 Aktbird57 .. 1309 49.135 acres

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http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/holynameparish/ang.gif
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danon5
 
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Reply Sun 11 Dec, 2005 10:39 pm
Sympathies for your family, sumac.

All clicked.
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pwayfarer
 
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Reply Mon 12 Dec, 2005 06:35 am
Sad time - sympathies to your family,Sumac.
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danon5
 
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Reply Mon 12 Dec, 2005 09:36 am
Morn'n wayfarer,
I've been watching the TV news about the weather in your area. It must still be very cold and wet.

Morn'n all Wildclickers.............

Clicked

In the middle of Seoul, Korea there is a US Army base. Deep under ground in that area is a secret place that I can't say what it's purpose is. One night I was the officer in charge of "watching". At some time just before midnight - my NCOIC (sergeant in charge) excitedly handed me a slip of paper - it was a report of the North Koreans actually firing a surface to air missile at one of our aircraft. The aircraft fired on was an SR-71 Blackbird which at the time of the firing was travelling more than twice the speed of sound and high enough that the missile had little or no chance of hitting it. I immediately initiated the standard alert procedure for that action - and approximately 11minutes later was busy explaining the action to more than a dozen general officers (who all liked to be briefed individually) One of the officers was Gen. Winfield Scott IV - a descendent of the famous Gen Winfield Scott in Am. History. That was interesting. It was apparently Kim Jong Il - the current leader of North Korea - that had ordered the firing. Kim Jong Il had at the time - winter of 1980-81) been recently named the successor to the then North Korean leader, Kim Il Sung who was his father. The young man was named chief over the politburo, military and other positions. We, in the "basement" historically followed the activities of the son - Kim Jong Il - who really liked to have wild mixed company parties at all the "palaces" available to him and he was apparently a heavy drinker at that time. This all could have affected his decision to fire the missile at the SR-71 - but, that would be an assumption.

I still have a nice photo of Kim Il Sung - the father - inscribed to "all the guys in the INDIC". grin
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sumac
 
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Reply Mon 12 Dec, 2005 10:10 am
Neat story, danon.

I would like to "watch" all of the wildlife that actually exists in the DM zone. SUpposed to be quite something.
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Stradee
 
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Reply Mon 12 Dec, 2005 11:53 am
g'day wildclickers,

sumac, sending my condolences for you and your family.

Dan, good story.
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Mon 12 Dec, 2005 06:54 pm
aktbird57 - You and your 284 friends have supported 2,141,951.4 square feet!

Marine Wetlands habitat supported: 87,884.5 square feet.
You have supported: (0.0)
Your 284 friends have supported: (87,884.5)

American Prairie habitat supported: 44,451.6 square feet.
You have supported: (11,072.8)
Your 284 friends have supported: (33,378.7)

Rainforest habitat supported: 2,009,615.3 square feet.
You have supported: (167,208.8)
Your 284 friends have supported: (1,842,406.6)

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1 Aktbird57 .. 1310 49.168 acres
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danon5
 
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Reply Mon 12 Dec, 2005 08:45 pm
In 1962 - I had been working in the oilfields as a roughneck for a year - the crew I worked with and I were having a beer at a local country bar when a bunch of loud guys came in. We invited them to sit at our table. The men were part of a local rodeo in NW Louisiana. After a bunch of beers we were all friends. One of the men was the rodeo clown - that's the guy in makeup who protects the bull rider when he's bucked off. I mentioned that I had ridden bulls while in High School - Well, that led the clown guy to ask if I wanted to ride one that night at the rodeo. All my friends urged me on and I finally said ok. I had ridden bulls in rodeos in the past but not recently. At the arena, I - of course - drew a number and we all waited (bull riding is usually the last event at rodeos). When my turn came I eased down on the bulls back in the chute and the helpers tightened the bull rope around my hand just right - at that point I actually began to sit on the bull's back. That feeling sent a chill up my spine. I had ridden many pro bulls in the past but had never felt the muscles on any of them that this one had. Strong, tough, stringy muscles pulsed under my butt. At about that time I began to hear the announcer say over the loudspeakers that this bull had never been ridden in three years since it started on the circuit. I sat on a ton of quivering muscle and looked at the man waiting to open the gate. I nodded my head at the man, waited for the bulls head to swing toward the arena and held on. We jumped straight out from the gate two jumps - I sensed more than observed the bull shift left - I leaned that way - the creature kept going left in a spin. I knew that I could not fall into the spin - that would be dangerous. I kept my sight on the only thing that was not blurred - that was the bulls head and stayed aligned on his back. Somewhere in my brain I heard a buzzing sound - it was the eight second signal. I left that bulls back and never have touched another. I was the first man in three years to have ridden the bull for eight seconds. He was a huge red colored Santa Gertrudis.

Sort of like this one..........

http://espn.go.com/i/prorodeo/P2_fea_250x220_WSilcox.jpg

You guys have to tell me when to stop..... Shocked Very Happy Very Happy
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sumac
 
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Reply Mon 12 Dec, 2005 09:03 pm
Holy ****, Danon. Don't every stop.
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sumac
 
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Reply Mon 12 Dec, 2005 09:04 pm
Holy crap. Screwed up a perfectly good reply. Ever, that is, not every. Every, yes - ever, no.
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Stradee
 
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Reply Mon 12 Dec, 2005 11:47 pm
What a great story, Dan!

Nice chaps <grin>

You got my vote ta keep writing!
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Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Tue 13 Dec, 2005 03:47 am
You can't stop when you're on a winnning streak like that, Dan. Keep 'em comin'. You have a captive audience.
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sumac
 
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Reply Tue 13 Dec, 2005 08:34 am
Mornin' all. Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in the morr..er..ning. Sunny but cold here.

Going to click.
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