Military Veterans and Patriots

Author: Chance

  • Energy Vampires

    Energy Vampires

    just a few examples to be aware of

    Energy vampires place their problems squarely on the shoulders of other people. They take no responsibility for their contributions to their difficulties.

    People who are sensitive and compassionate are prime targets for energy vampires. You offer a listening ear, a kind heart, and endless energy.

    In that way, energy vampires use your very nature against you, draining you of your vitality.

    Energy vampires often rely on guilt trips to get what they want. They know shame is a great weapon against people who are compassionate and caring.

    Likewise, ultimatums are an effective way to capture a person’s attention and coerce them into doing something they otherwise may not want to do.

    How I handle energy vampires?

    See the posted picture again

    Have I got your full attention now?

    Jim get’s it, he’s worth your time

    Right now, it’s so quiet, one could hear a hummingbird’s wings

    Chris says the same thing, just using different words

  • Can’t??!!!!! That right there is Stinking Thinking

    Can’t??!!!!! That right there is Stinking Thinking

    “If you want to do something, do it. Put it in your mind, put your body to it. That’s what I did… I always wanted to walk the Bridge, and I’m going to walk it,” a determined 87-year-old military veteran proclaimed six days before commencing the annual event off his bucket list. Oozing with confidence and eagerness, Tom Kennedy has wanted to walk across the Mackinac Bridge for nearly seven decades.

    A year and a half ago, Kennedy told his fitness trainer his goal to participate in the annual Mackinac Bridge Walk every Labor Day in Michigan.

    “I told him I’m going to walk the Bridge, and he said, ‘OK you’ll walk the Bridge. I’ll walk the Bridge with you,” the Army veteran shared in an interview. In preparation, his trainer changed Kennedy’s exercise to focus more on endurance and balance, two skills the veteran would need for this Monday’s walk. Before the big walk goal, the two have trained together already for over four years, about five days a week.

    “And based on everything I’ve seen so far, he’s absolutely going to do it this year. Despite whatever he’s going through, he’s going to come in here with a fantastic attitude and he’s going to do his best,” fitness trainer Adam Wray said.

    Meanwhile, the entire gym family lauded the veteran and expressed how Kennedy inspired them in one way or another.

    After over a year of preparation, is Kennedy ready for the five-mile walk?

    “Oh, I’m definitely ready,” he said enthusiastically to the reporter. Moreover, estimating that the walk might take him three hours to complete.

    It’s a custom of sorts for the govenor to walk the Mighty Mackinaw

    as the LOSER she is, she never showed up.

    With the proper Attitude, grit and determination shown by Armydog Tom

    saving America, just might fall upon our shoulders

  • Multitasking on Labor Day

    Multitasking on Labor Day

    Ever wonder how one acquires a bear headdress?

    being a damn nuisance is how

    it’s been 4 days that bear been messin around Armydog’s place. Dog went out there, fired off a warning shot in a safe direction, the bear just looked at him. It’s that time of years, bears are getting ready for thier long winter’s sleep. Time to fatten up. It’s only about a 100 pounder

    mama bear in mama bear lingo, ” get your ass out, time to learn of the world”.

    10 hour smoke at 135 using applewood

    reason your bacon and hams are pink in color Prague salt is used aka 1# salt
    I use maple cure and Kosher started with 11 pounds, ended up with 9.75 pounds

    leaving a smoker unattended for 11 hours knowing full well, Nothing will happen except come back to BACON! Some back story only because my cousin called last week. I was helping him move some stuff in his business basement, hea man, what’s up with this Univex? ” it’s junk, stopped working, take it, get it out of here” Took it home, dissasembled it. a corroded wire, fixed that, applied some food grade grease, works likes a charm. They sell for well over a grand, some models 2g. I’ll slice up the bacon tonight. He calls me up, hea man ” what you want” “My grand daughter”, what about her” “Birthday soon make her something”, like what? ” hell I don’t know” what she like do to do? ” well she like to draw”

    Not free cousin, stuff is getting expensive but I’ll work on something click, just like that, the bastard hung up me.

    Making her a sketchbook, 9×12 should be plenty big enough, LOTR map

    Sun dried to help it looked aged

    much work yet to be done

    now, an hour’s drive

  • Lord, I know it’s Sunday

    Lord, I know it’s Sunday

    A Sunday sort of ritual

    As a kid, did you hear ” how can someone go from his room, to the truck and walk to church and get so damn dirty” which was followed up with a tissue pulled from somewhere like magic, then spit on before applying to the face.

    Actress Jane Fonda says she has cancer

    Let me ponder that for a moment

    Get yourself a good bottle ready boys…won’t be long till we can celebrate this long overdue event

    Always with music playing

    Believe or not, there’s a song in this picture

    That church never caught fire when I entered, and it’s still there

    And the sign said everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray
    But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all,
    I didn’t have a penny to pay, so I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign
    I said thank you Lord for thinking about me, I’m alive and doing fine

  • When one Falls, another will stand in their Stead

    When one Falls, another will stand in their Stead

    Courage or who wants it’s more, both fit today’s situation

    To say everyone knows the story and the name would a false statement, not one coming across the border knows the story, they had no skin in the game, the schools are busy abusing the children with indoctrination.

    Captain Nathan Hale

    What was said about Captain Hale, could be said about every American who has skin in the game

    British officer Frederick MacKensie wrote in his diary, “He behaved with great composure and resolution.” He added that Hale encouraged the spectators to “meet death in whatever shape it might appear.”

    The Essex Journal reported: “He made a sensible and spirited speech.” They quoted him as saying, “If I had ten thousand lives, I would lay them all down in defense of this injured, bleeding country.”

    The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser reported him as saying: “I am so satisfied with the cause in which I have engaged, that my only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in its service.”

    Perhaps Edward Everett Hale, Nathan Hale’s great nephew, summed up his legacy best: “Because that boy said those words, and because he died, thousands of other young men have given their lives to this country.”

    I suppose my library is some sort of crime these days

    When the Patriot said

    ” yep, we came to the right place” he said that with a smile

    This fella would have fit right in in that bar

    So many people forget

    the first country Nazis invaded, was thier own

  • There comes a time when Autunm asks

    There comes a time when Autunm asks

    What have you been doing all summer?

    In Opole Poland, there’s a fella, which might view me as some poor luckless tourist totally lost as I approach him.

    ” Are you looking the main attraction, it’s down the road that way”.

    No, no sir, I’ve come to see you and your stump smoker

    Most unusual but effective smoker made from the stump of an old oak tree. This original set up has been in operation for 20 years. Smoker located on Poliwoda Fishing Grounds, Opole, Poland

    A sheet of metal covers the smoke delivery channel and the bricks lying on top provide stability. It is connected with a smoker by an underground pipe. Black item lying on the ground to the right of the smoker is an old potatoe burlap bag that is used as the smoker’s cover. Note that a potatoe burlap sack makes an excellent cover allowing just the right amount of smoke to sip through

    The fish is caught, smoked and eaten the same day. Smoked trout ends up on a dinner plate in a next door restaurant which is visited by German tourists.

    Thinking that would a fun conversation to have with that fella, until I said, since I cannot pronounce your name proper, can I call you ski?

    ” sure”

    well ski

    the U.N had only 2 goals in thier Charter, stop war, stop genocide they have failed miserably, knowing all about the attraction down the road, history may be repeating once again.

    ” Governments don’t live together, people do my friend”

    Ski, I detect a bit of Josey Wales in your squint. Ski,

    I gotta go see the Old fat guy, thing about Canadians Ski, they ain’t right in the head.

    Was snooping around for recipes when I found the Old fat guy, bout 5 years ago, I’ve jotted down his recipe, knowing what we know of the castro-boy and his treatment of Canadians, I have wondered how the Old fat guy is getting along these days.

    Liquid measurements Old fat guy? , what the hell is wrong with you and don’t blame me if the music sticks in your head all day

    After having crumbled and up fried, it’s really good on smoked pizza

  • I have a better idea, but then…

    I have a better idea, but then…

    Your choices are

    Starve

    rot from disease

    be eaten

    When Quinn was in the back of the town meeting listening to the Know-it-alls and sheriff Brody, his face expression was a smile, camouflaging utter contempt for such buffoonery.

    Ever see a bear-dog?

    well now you have

    The Moose on Isle Royal number around 1400. The population is too great for the land to support that number. So the wolf has been brought in from surrounding states and U.P. here to reduce the number. The winter tick =

    disease no food= starvation

    the wolf = eaten alive

    Wolves don’t eat as this

    They’ll take a chunk, like from the hind quarter, wound it just enough so the prey cannot run away, go about 10/15 yards, eat its chunk, go back for more until it’s had its fill. A pack will do the same thing. All the while, the cries of death hang heavy in air, echo through the woods. How do I know this, there are many wolves U.P here, to many.

    How about we try a more humane way, as in cull the herd of Moose on the island, so the land and wolf are in proper balance.

    Many hungry people could put that meat to good use

    that isn’t a choice offered

    (Think of Quinn’s smile of utter contempt)

    I did once go to a conservation meeting, place was packed, them do-gooders came up from lansing to explain stuff, the issue was about baiting.

    Already with Attitude from a previous encounter with the dnr, which is far far different than a Game Warden, after about 20 people before me, I had my say, turned around and walked out. Thinking I left those buffoons feeling like 2 cents waiting on change. Never had a standing O before, I did while I walked out, feeling damn good about myself.

  • Bacon & Women, much in common

    Bacon & Women, much in common

    Both look good, smell good , taste good and slowly they will kill you, although….

    she does have to look of

    “Ohh dear Lord”
    Man’s thinking exactly

    While out back of this eatery after having some excellent food, this guy about 35ish was picking up and dropping off buckets, Hogs I said?, ” yeah, this isn’t thier last meal but close he says” I grabbed a bucket to help him out

    The conversation went kinda like this

    ” I cannot believe how wasteful people can be, they order food then eat only half, the owner and I made deal, they get some hams while I get the scraps”. No use wasting it I replied.

    “They cannot sell the hams for it’s FDA approved, for personal consumption it’s fine”. Told him, when it’s time for slaughter, I’d like to buy a pork belly from you, ” sure”, we exchanged information and off he went.

    If you ever buy pork belly to make bacon, they come in around 11 or 12 pounds. Thinking back what the Armydog had made mention of


    The reason your bacon shrinks that you purchase from stores, is they pack it in water, and as a bonus, it’s spits at you while you are cooking it up, homemade bacon, don’t spit or shrink, low medium heat works just fine. I figure a 3/4 pounds will work as a Christmas gift for the Armydog.

    “Be your friend’s true friend

    return gift for gift

    repay laughter with laughter”

    Havamal

  • Table talk

    Table talk

    Once those grizzles calmed down alittle at the table because of my inter-service experiment

    it was all good…. kinda sorta and somewhat. Not being Army, I cannot speak from that point of view, what I can relate is, every Marine knows of the Chozen Frozen and what happened there, Marines may be a bit fuzzy about the details concerning the Army, when talking of the Chozen Frozen, Marines will always make good mention of the Army.

    Really the only difference between a conflict and war is location, location, location. I took a picture of those two, my Marine buddy has some salad of his own, shaking hands with the Armydog saying ” it’s honor to have met you”. Being of no relation, Armydog replied

    “welcome home Son”.

    We can laugh now at a situation, which was not a laughing matter

    May get the videos out of order

    it’s a small matter

    A local girl from down the road, has been working on her Nashville twang, following her dreams, she has a voice for singing

  • You see it played out everyday

    You see it played out everyday

    The U.S. Constitution now comes with a warning label, put there by the national archives, they did that last year.

    Every now & then the trail cams capture images that makes the mind see things as they really are.

    Which brings us to

     Sedgwick is the first city in the U.S. to free itself from the constraints of federal and state food regulation. Published reports say the town has passed an ordinance that gives its citizens the right “to produce, sell, purchase, and consume local foods of their choosing,” regulations be damned. The ordinance includes raw milk, meats that are slaughtered locally, all produce and just about anything else you might imagine.

    And what’s more, three additional towns in Maine are expected to take up similar ordinances

    Observers of the Sedgwick ordinance say it is much more than just “statement” legislation. Writes blogger David Grumpert, at TheCompletePatient.com:

    This isn’t just a declaration of preference. The proposed warrant added, “It shall be unlawful for any law or regulation adopted by the state or federal government to interfere with the rights recognized by this Ordinance.” In other words, no state licensing requirements prohibiting certain farms from selling dairy products or producing their own chickens for sale to other citizens in the town.

    What about potential legal liability and state or federal inspections? It’s all up to the seller and buyer to negotiate. “Patrons purchasing food for home consumption may enter into private agreements with those producers or processors of local foods to waive any liability for the consumption of that food. Producers or processors of local foods shall be exempt from licensure and inspection requirements for that food as long as those agreements are in effect.” Imagine that-buyer and seller can agree to cut out the lawyers. That’s almost un-American, isn’t it?

    I’ve shared this fella before, taking care of crippled horses up in the Canada, easy to tell, he has no time for soy boi’s

    I see Canadians can now seek political asylum in the U.S

    American refugees washing up on distant shores … looks at the lake

    it’s now how the America I know conducts themselves by running away