Comments by Stan Deatherage | Eastern NC Now

Everyone needs a bit of "foolishness" from time to time.

My long suffering wife is the witness of far too much of it around here, and that is with all the children out of the house.

Commented: Monday, April 25th, 2016 @ 8:29 am By: Stan Deatherage

Ted, I hated computers then, but used them anyway.

I can't believe I am 61 years old, and understand "the cloud" far better than most people more than half my age. I guess I don't buy into just how "smart" all these youngsters are these days. Not in real terms.

Really, if these Kids were really smart, they would be very careful not to put all this personal, sensitive information about themselves in "the cloud".

Commented: Sunday, April 24th, 2016 @ 7:54 am By: Stan Deatherage

Thanks Bobby Tony on the list. I wish they let my father keep his weapon.

I do; however, have a Japanese infantry rifle and a Samurai sword from WW II.

Commented: Wednesday, April 20th, 2016 @ 7:37 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Hey B.T., sorry for the delay for everything here, but I have been dividing a big part of my 168 hours a week between the woods and here.

I heard that the M1 Garand could be purchased at shows and was not too expensive. I want one too ... if for no other reason to bring me closer to the memory of my father, and what he did as a WW II patriot.

Let me know what you find out.

Commented: Thursday, April 14th, 2016 @ 5:21 am By: Stan Deatherage

Absolutely, another one of your fine posts.

But, so much, so much to do, so little time.

Commented: Sunday, April 10th, 2016 @ 2:36 pm By: Stan Deatherage

One more thing, from a musical standpoint, "The Boss", has been lagging for about 2 decades. He is only still relevant, because people like me, and Governor Christie still forgive his Simple Liberal ass for the stupid stuff he often says or does.

If it were not for his first 3 albums: "Greetings from Asbury Park", The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle" and "Born to Run", all completed before 1975, who would care ... either way.

Commented: Saturday, April 9th, 2016 @ 4:22 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Bobby Tony, They could always just simply show their genitalia to enter. Eventually, it will always just come down to that.

Commented: Saturday, April 9th, 2016 @ 11:13 am By: Stan Deatherage

I remember this in the news during the Vietnam War.

My father used the M1 Garand, which he loved, and I wondered why they did not just reissue the M1.

Later I learned why: AK47.

Commented: Thursday, April 7th, 2016 @ 1:00 pm By: Stan Deatherage

You do see the real me.

Commented: Monday, March 28th, 2016 @ 9:03 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Bobby Tony, you come with the best stuff.

And, Good Easter my Christian brother.

Commented: Sunday, March 27th, 2016 @ 8:51 am By: Stan Deatherage

I met Jennifer Roberts years ago when she was a new Mecklenburg County commissioner. I'd been a county commissioner for a while, so I figured I could my own with any county commissioner from any county - even from the Great State of Mecklenburg.

Jennifer was forced to talk to me because we were the only two folks riding on a bus together in the downtown of one of North Carolina's biggest cities - it could have even been Charlotte (I can't perfectly remember).

I can do small talk - pretty well if I want to - but I generally prefer not to when I talk to other politicians. I think she would have rather that I stuck to the 'small talk'. She impressed me as just a young, and a bit bewildered politician.

Maybe that has not changed so much.

Commented: Saturday, March 26th, 2016 @ 4:24 am By: Stan Deatherage

What is our collective children, our greatest resource, learning at our centers of higher learning?

They are learning how to function in life as vapid crybabies.

This is straight out of the Democrats' Education Industry's playbook: Keep'em stupid, keep'em voting Democrat.

beaufortcountynow.com

Commented: Thursday, March 24th, 2016 @ 7:59 am By: Stan Deatherage

Great sarcasm Alex.

Hussein is truly a man of many words and very little action. When he speaks about coming together, I think he is just rallying Liberals for the next Global Warming or LGBT ... Q conference.

Commented: Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016 @ 10:50 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Good series. I like to know about this stuff, just like I like the Vietnam series.

We're about to come full circle TMc. And then we come back again.

Commented: Sunday, March 20th, 2016 @ 8:01 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Alex, I get that.

In fact, of all of us, I probably wax more pissed off than all of us, and, consequently, my wife is oft to remind me what an unredeeming trait that is, and Lord knows, I need to work on it.

I just think there are better prospects for the highest office, hence the unwary comment, and that is why I have supported Ted Cruz.

If Trump wins, however, I will pray for him to be that guy that proves me wrong, because, we really are on a bad road. I love my country, if for no other reason, for those of you that have done your good part to save the Republic. I will pray that Trump will be worthy to serve as your president, and I will vote for him should he be the Republican nominee.

It could never be Hillary B. or Bernie for me.

I can't see how any patriot could vote for either of them. War vets, for whatever reason they may choose to vote for one of these two non patriots, will always get a full pass with me. I would never try to rationalize the why of it. They get a life time pass carte blanche.

Commented: Sunday, March 20th, 2016 @ 2:09 pm By: Stan Deatherage

When I said I was a map maker, it was just my day job, where I would: go out in the field with my crew; record information; then reduce that information, by using math (mostly trig, algebra and even simple division, i.e. relative fractions reduced to a factor of 1 with various word problems scenarios); and then I would take that information to draw/draft plot plans measuring showing land situations horizontally and vertically in precise measurements, with descriptions weighted in script and line.

Long description here, but it feels good writing about something that I did about 40 years ago. I really do believe that I could go back to being a surveyor with just a bit of burnishing of the skills, including the math (which would not take long).

Computers would make it all really cool. Here below is the latest map that I made, after many decades and using the computer, by building upon some data that my buddy Hood supplied me (which is completely built upon a map that I initially drew and gave Hood) of my land that I am just now engaged in subdividing. The final map will depend upon the placement of septic systems and the house footprints.

I will not plot the official recorded maps, but I will use my maps, built upon the official maps, to promote the property because I like colors, which communicate as well.



These hand maps that you supplied regarding Vietnam War, by Wild Bill, proves how valuable the communication of drawings are. Who knows, Wild Bills maps may have kept some of your buddies alive.

Commented: Sunday, March 20th, 2016 @ 10:21 am By: Stan Deatherage

The United States Senate: Advise and Consent aka "The Biden Rule"

Commented: Saturday, March 19th, 2016 @ 6:09 pm By: Stan Deatherage