I like this time at night on HBT

[Dan]

The forecast was from Tuesday. We almost had snow! We rarely have slightly cool.

LRB, Happy New Year Brother!

I was talking to my son down San Diego way.. They had snow there too! Crazy.


I do know what it is though. God, saying. I love you guys. Here's a little thing unexpected to make you stronger. What dad, wouldn't challenge their kids?

Haha.. Me. I've probably convinced some folks across this thread I don't believe in God. But I do. Probably not the traditional thoughts but ...

erhg.. I started getting religious on this thread... NOPE! Done

 

[Jaybird]

NOPE! Done

Love it!! Class ACT!

You know were gonna drink together some day. right? Relax with a Cigar and a nice "drink of choice" Laugh our asses off and just watch the worlds problems go up in smoke!

Cheers Brother!

Jay

 

[sfgoat]

Had the oldest son's 7th birthday today. Had loads of fun. Did it at the pizza machine (like Chuck E cheese on steroids). Played for about 7 hours after the party was over. Good times. Too bad winter break is over Monday.

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[LabRatBrewer]

Looks like a fun party. We drove up to see the Griffith Observatory and the Space Shuttle Endeavor

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[Dan]

Love it!! Class ACT!

You know were gonna drink together some day. right? Relax with a Cigar and a nice "drink of choice" Laugh our asses off and just watch the worlds problems go up in smoke!

Cheers Brother!

Jay

Absolutely My friend Jay!

DJ, & MasterChief Coastie 😊

Thank you both for the long thoughtful posts; understanding, and encouragement. Thanks to all on this great thread.

New Year's Eve was great. A time of remembrance and thanks.

My wife and I watched fireworks ( fireworks of July 4th fail in comparison to NY eve fireworks in hawaii, don't ask me why because it will sound Asian racist)

I received a text wishing me a happy New Years. I didn't recognize the number so I called it. Turned out to be a guy I served with. He was the assistant Department Head in my outfit during our tour in Iraq. A really good guy, a brother from a different mother, so to speak. We talked of glory days😄. We talked of future days. He has done a better job keeping up with some of our old Shipmates than I have. Two of them are right here in Hawaii. One of them is my old friend DBs, I'd lost contact with him. He's still on the Navy and right here in Hawaii. A MasterChief now. The other is a guy retired from the Navy like me. I used to call him First Sergeant! He was a SeniorChief as I was. The title suited him well. Found out he is working at Pearl Harbor base.


I look forward to getting together with them soon. You spend a lot of time with people, nearly every hour. You get really close and form s lifetime bond. Then don't see them for years on end. Once you do. It's just like you saw them the day before. That's the closest I come to having best friends.

Cheers to you all
Dan

 

[Jaybird]

Absolutely My friend Jay!

You spend a lot of time with people, nearly every hour. You get really close and form s lifetime bond. Then don't see them for years on end. Once you do. It's just like you saw them the day before. That's the closest I come to having best friends.

Cheers to you all
Dan

Brother that is EXACTLY what REALLY good friendships are all about! By best friend and brew buddy, DC moved away several years ago. When ever we see each other its like yesterday!

Cheers Brother

Jay

 

[Dan]

Yep.

Edit

Wait please

 

[Dan]

In my little piece of paradise, right out my yard a person got hit by a car and died today. This hill I live on is the homestretch at the end of a workday. In the 8 months iced lived here my wife and I have had car accidents within 1/2 mile of our home and now some guy was killed. There is no reason for it other than haphazard actions, impatience and complacent minds. I think that's a reason roads are sometimes intentionally designed to be challenging. People drop there guard when all is easy

 

[Dan]

Math is like a card game. Rules and more rules. Once they are memorized through repetition; they become intuitive. Then you use that to win.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Sorry to hear about the accident. Even if he was a stranger it's always uncomfortable to be near a fatal accident.

 

[Dan]

Sorry to hear about the accident. Even if he was a stranger it's always uncomfortable to be near a fatal accident.

Yes.

 

[Dan]

in regards to the song I posted above. Cowboy.

I like the young man singing it. I like the song. I'm old but will only grow older if youth is not part of my life. The day I tell you I don't like the sounds of music, no matter the genre, is the day you can say, Dan, is dead.

Probably the song I'm going to post is pretty obvious.. But it is a classic and should never be forgotten.

 

[passedpawn]

I like Don McLean Dan. Great story teller.

I think there are two brands of music: 1) music that tells a story, essentially modern poetry, and 2) music that conveys a "feeling" through a beat or rhythm, maybe also in conjunction with colorful lyrics.

Both kinds are great. Maybe there's a grey area between them. I dunno. It's an idea I'm working on in my head, not fully thought out

Anyhoo, here's a tune for your late night soundtrack. You figure out which brand it is. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Kiss the Sky.

 

[Dan]

Pappy

I'm not good at defining.

The video you posted

The eyes!

Determination brought upon by pain

That's best I can do

Cheers and Happy New Year to you brother!

Dan

 

[Jaybird]

I cry every time I listen to this song! Tonight was no different! He was 38 when he died in a car accented.... I often wonder if the people that played with Harry knew they were recording such a powerful and timeless song during that time?

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Have a good night..

Jay

 

[Dan]

Jaybird!

You just posted the ultimate Dad song. Perfect.

I haven't read recently but 10-15 years ago I was a huge fan(I still am) of "James Herriot", a pen name.

He was an veterinarian in England during the early to mid 1900s and wrote stories.
Yeomen fails me but what I do remember today were some of his book names. I think they each got a name from a poem. I'll try to write that

All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
The lord God made them


Erg. I've forgotten the poem.

James Herriot didn't though. He wrote books for each line of the poem.

If you want an uplifting story and you like animals and you love a beer. James Herriot stories are heart warming, funny, real and humanly

 

[Dan]

I could be am probably am wrong

The poem i mentioned above goes.

All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
All things wise and wonderful
The lord God, made them all

I think I left a line out.

 

[Dan]

I mentioned the other day somebody was hit by a car snd killed right in front of my house. Today I went to the store and along the way thought I would buy flowers and place on the corner where the girl lost her life. I wanted to get some Rosemary for remembrance, a tulip to express life and a red rose to show love. No good flower shops around here though so I bought some pretty flowers and placed them with the others.

I was on my bike, pulled over to the side of the road. All the sudden a policeman pulled up behind my bike. (I was parked illegally) and I thought oh crap. I'm gonna get a ticket. He waved me over. We talked.

Turned out he didn't have any intention of ticketing me. He was the first responder at the mishap, the girl's death. He saw me laying flowers and stopped to find out if I knew the girl. Apparently he has been driving past this intersection hourly to try and find somebody who knew the girl who died. He told me he's been a policeman for 17 years and has seen tragedy over those years. But this one is haunting him.

We talked a while longer. I gave him my phone number and email and told him if he needs to vent, talk; give me a call. The guy's life was obviously affected by the tragic death of this girl. Looked as though he hadn't slept since the accident two days ago. The whole thing is senseless and so effing sad. This didn't need to happen.

 

[DrunkleJon]

He is one of the good ones. Anyone who has seen the worst of their fellow humans for 17 years and still feel compassion for the loss of someone he has not even met is one of gods own people.

 

[Dan]

He is one of the good ones. Anyone who has seen the worst of their fellow humans for 17 years and still feel compassion for the loss of someone he has not even met is one of gods own people.

Yes!

 

[Dan]

 

[Dan]

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[hunter_le five]

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[LabRatBrewer]

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[passedpawn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUB7vfWUtvM

Thank you for that Dan!

I love classical music. I have listened to a lot of it. I'm no expert, but as with a lot of things I think I could say a lot. But I'll just repeat thanks!

 

[passedpawn]

Hey Dan, ever hear this one (you probably have, recently):

I hold my head up just enough to see the sky
And when we go we won't go slow we'll put up such a fight
When they fade into the dust and into ash
But all children know this pain will surely pass
Strong and wise and you are love
And When the tide it come you will float above and
And you will be one day exactly what you are
Just keep your head up high kiss your fist and touch the sky

Too late to keep the world from dying this time
Too late to spread the love you have
One day when we are ready for crying
One day I know that we'll be there

Too Late

The sound we hear it is our hearts they are the time
They're marching clear and swift the beat forever in our mind
It gives us hope it gives us strength you know to carry on
Keep fighting till the end and past the end you will be strong

Too late to keep the world from dying this time
Too late to spread the love you shared
And one day, ooh, we'll all be there

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yes we will ​

 

[brewingmeister]

Oregon sucks, osu showing how overrated they were.

O H

 

[lschiavo]

Math is like a card game. Rules and more rules. Once they are memorized through repetition; they become intuitive. Then you use that to win.

I almost always win at poker. It's intuitive. It's math I guess. If I really had to think about it, it wouldn't be any fun at all. I graduated Michigan Tech. I didn't have a term without a math class. I guess it's ingrained. I was about the worst math student in high school. I learned algebra because I had to pass calculus and once I was there I was like this **** is cool. I am not the superhero mathematician I could have been but who is afterall? Actually, I really suck at math and have to cheat to help my son with his multiplication table.

Oregon sucks, osu showing how overrated they were.

O H

Green bay is more relevant.

 

[brewingmeister]

Green gay? Bawa haha hahaha
Negative ghost ryder pattern is already full of crap

 

[LabRatBrewer]

I can't sleep knowing that this thread is not on my first page of new posts.