Veterans Day is a festive celebration by those who returned, married, had kids, worked and retired. We are the one who have reunions and share photos and stories.
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 @ 10:20 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Numerous documentaries examine waste management systems to turn waste into charcoal, reclaim burnt out farmland, compost 100 dead pigs, on and on.
Published: Friday, April 30th, 2021 @ 9:40 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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If my laptop research is correct, each Congressman has a $940,000 budget to hire 18 full time staffers.
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 @ 7:51 am
By: Ted McDonald
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I modified the Police Academy Qualifications for 70-year-old VN Vets at an indoor range. First, no time limits and second, hit the target anywhere. Third, bathroom breaks are okay.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 1:05 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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Texas and other States allow the sale of inspected feral hog meat. Many food banks welcome donations.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 3:18 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Having a carbine and a handgun chambered in the same caliber is an old tradition
Published: Friday, March 8th, 2019 @ 5:49 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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Rumor has it that Georgia fox hunters imported coyotes for year-round hunts with their dogs.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2019 @ 12:37 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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The good news...75% of gunshot wounds are not fatal; bad news...police are not required to offer medical assistance; doctors are seldom by-standers.
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 8:38 am
By: Ted McDonald
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The British Media apologized and rewarded the Professor with a large financial settlement.
Published: Monday, February 4th, 2019 @ 11:16 am
By: Ted McDonald
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My VN vet buddy, Hugh, allowed me to copy 30 CSA letters by his relative, young teenager Wesley. Most of the letters were mundane day to day sickness, winter camp, slow pay, asking for clothes, and the comings and goings of folks taking bodies home with KIAs and WIAs (Killed and Wounded in Action).
Published: Sunday, December 23rd, 2018 @ 3:55 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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The Keys are statements that favor victory (in the popular vote count) for the incumbent party. When five or fewer statements are false, the incumbent party is predicted to win the popular vote; when six or more are false, the challenging party is predicted to win the popular vote.
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2018 @ 5:24 am
By: Ted McDonald
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If you are assaulted or called as a witness, you will need a quiet room to remember all five senses involved with no interruptions or deadlines. Your memory will not be 'Total Recall'.
Published: Friday, October 5th, 2018 @ 10:01 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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First, this does not included local state elections like Governor. The timing is just a coincidence if they occur during the Federal Elections.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2018 @ 11:32 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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There was a time when the newspaper appeared once a week allowing 6 days for the journalist to research the facts and readers to study the previous edition.
Published: Sunday, July 1st, 2018 @ 1:26 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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TMc: New Possum Hunting Regulations 1935
Published: Monday, June 11th, 2018 @ 11:02 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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Dave's book is the manual for "How To" and "How to Avoid" School Shootings. After scanning the book, page 404 mentioned the FBI manual and also one by the Secret Service. I am a Cliff Note kind of reader and maybe this will help us both.
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 7:26 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Tribalism is the state of being organized by, or advocating for, tribes or tribal lifestyles.
Published: Tuesday, May 15th, 2018 @ 11:39 am
By: Ted McDonald
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The show was an ensemble piece revolving around key personnel in a United States Army Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) in the Korean War (1950-1953)
Published: Monday, May 14th, 2018 @ 8:56 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Happiness is an abstract emotion and property is a concrete measurable commodity.
Published: Sunday, May 13th, 2018 @ 10:21 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Thirty minutes on the laptop proves to me that friends, relatives, parents, and teachers know a long time in advance which unhappy teenage boys are in mental health trouble.
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 8:13 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Believe me that all men are not created equal and bathing was no fun even in the days of straight only guys. I am not sure how this works today.
Published: Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018 @ 7:32 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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Most of my stories to the grandkids start with believe it or not. In 1963, believe it or not, my school was segregated and the only confusion was with two ethnic Japanese sisters.
Published: Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018 @ 9:23 am
By: Ted McDonald
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You need to know that in the 60s censorship was such that even Girly Magazine models wore shorts and tank tops.
Published: Friday, April 27th, 2018 @ 5:26 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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The war with France in 1946 and a final war with Cambodia in 1978 are like book ends to 30 years of conflict. Maybe West Point studies this one.
Published: Saturday, April 21st, 2018 @ 5:26 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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In 1960s Jungle, you could not call a taxi. You could radio base for a Chopper ride and mark your clearing with Smoke.
Published: Tuesday, April 17th, 2018 @ 9:56 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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The Military has a simple 10 week method to determine mental health ... called boot camp.
Published: Monday, April 16th, 2018 @ 3:28 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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Cambodian Genocide (The Killing Fields) was the dream of Pol Pot to return Cambodia to an agrarian society by murdering the elite.
Published: Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 @ 6:17 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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Vietnamese are not fond of mixed children and I am told the Chinese offered to send troops but got a 'thanks but no thanks'.
Published: Sunday, April 8th, 2018 @ 9:08 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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Your state's entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2018 @ 9:04 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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Every now and then a Church Sign grabs my attention and fuels my belief that a picture is worth 1000 words.
Published: Sunday, March 4th, 2018 @ 8:44 am
By: Ted McDonald
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I decided to call this article Coach to simplify my thought process. Senior men can coach youngsters then get out of the way and let them succeed or fail.
Published: Thursday, January 11th, 2018 @ 8:38 am
By: Ted McDonald
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I bought a Kel-Tec. Why? For pocket carry, a Baby Browning 25 is too small and a Glock 42 380 is too big.
Published: Monday, September 18th, 2017 @ 7:58 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Federal Liberals are incapable of Nation Building. Today, one in four Americans in all states would vote to secede from the USA.
Published: Monday, August 14th, 2017 @ 6:09 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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These Silver Half Dollars sell for $80 today. You will easily find more information on laptops. Funds were raised in 1925 but real progress was delayed until the 60s.
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2017 @ 12:40 am
By: Ted McDonald
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