PeachesandRay Forum Posts (1,358)

April 22nd...Earth Day

Just getting a moment to check in...then back to work...Thanks for the well wishes for my daughter .....she's Precious!

Also good to see that we are all taking the time to make a difference in the health of our Earth...although the black bag over someone's head for 15 minutes and then adding to the compost pile seem to be overdoing it a bit

HUGS TO YOU ALL!!!
Peaches

April 22nd...Earth Day

What changes are you making to preserve our lovely Earth

Oh yeah, and it's my daughter's B/Day

One of the changes I'm making is composting for our vegetables, and I'm being more cautious about using pesticides in my yard.

Peaches

RE: Feel Like....

Morning Lola..Hope all these computer hugs can somehow get through to you and you'll feel better soon

Peaches

RE: Rate the person above you from 1-10

You're Welcome only wish we were all a little more geographically closer so we could do more for one another...seems some of these crazy CS'ers are family of mine & Earl's....wait, at least one is (Dknew - Earl's brother)

Peaches..got to get back to work!

RE: The rillyniceguy acting normal thread!

Hard to believe you RillyNiceGuy could ever be "normal"..... anything but normal..but always witty, sweet, and so unpredictable

Hope your day at work was an easy one
Peaches

RE: Rate the person above you from 1-10

Thank you Lovely Lady...we lovingly drive each other nuts everyday of our beloved married life

Peaches

And a "10" for you too!!!! You've showed much strength and wit with some of the past posts which I've enjoyed very much

RE: Rate the person above you from 1-10

A "10" for that beautiful smile

It's good to see someone so happy...life sometimes is exactly what we make it

Peaches

RE: Obama for President.....The Fifth!

Seems to be all he's good for, especially when he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about when it comes to this (USA) or any other country

RE: Obama for President.....The Fifth!

RE: Obama for President.....The Fifth!

Goes to show how ignorant some people are. Guns don't make people shoot at each other, it's those who have no regard for the laws that are in place.

If I were to wait on the police when there is someone in my house with some sort of weapon, the odds of myself or a loved one being harmed have jumped drastically. By blowing them away, I save myself and my loved ones from being harmed. Also I would be saving the taxpayers from having to pay for their legal fees and incarceration.

RE: Happy years of your life

Wise Man

Morning Don....
Shelia

Hope all is well with you and your lovely Lady

RE: Describe Yourself With One Word

BLESSED

Peaches

RE: Happy years of your life

Hi Beautiful Lady

I believe it's not until we've lived a few years that we really know what even makes us happy, heh?

Great to see your smiling face...hope you and your Son are doing well

Shelia

RE: Happy years of your life

Me too...they've always been "Happy Years" all of them...just for different reasons through each of the "seasons" of my life...can't really choose one time period in my life...younger or now that seems anymore happier

Does that mean life has not dealt me lemons...oh yeah, enough to make much lemonade to share with those whom I Love So Dearly...it's just that life itself is so precious to me...everyday I want to embrace it as a gift...for when we die, we won't be able to smell a newly opened rose, feel the breeze on our skin, hear the robins who wake us up in the beautiful spring mornings or the oceans crashing on the white sandy beaches, or taste Grandma's delicious Apple Pie...hold our babies in our arms, feel our lover's touch....all this and so much more will be gone forever....it's a shame we waste so much time...never to get the time back ever again...Let's try to live each day as if it were our last...for we are not certain that it's not

Tell those whom you Love what they mean to you today Be Grateful for Life ever it be not always perfect or always Happy...much of how we feel is so much of our choosing and not just what circumstances that Life has dealt us..

Peaches

RE: Best concerts you've seen? Yep, I still go to concerts :)

I have to say the first concert I ever saw................Bad Company in '79 (awesome laser show)

Eagles

Police w/The Go-Go's - The Go-Go's rocked the house better thanThe Police

Joan Jett

Pat Benetar

Simon & Garfunkel in Central Park (month later was aired on MTV)





Earl

RE: Why is so difficult to find the right one?

This may not relate to you directly, but in some cases...perhaps many cases, I personally believe many men and women are missing out on love because he or she is looking for perfection, and is bypassing a lot of excellence in the relationships they've had in the past. Look, no one is perfect, but an excellent mate with a few flaws is much better than spending a lifetime alone while still searching out for just the perfect person we think we all want to have as a soulmate.

JMHO....Peaches

RE: What is the first thing you do when you wake up?

Missing another option...I lean over and kiss my Hubby's bald noggin

He looks so "sweet & innocent" when he's sleeping, but he's really a

Morning Everyone
Peaches

RE: Pick Me Up

ADORABLE...but then again...I Love Froggies

RE: Randomly post the first things that comes to your head

Joanie, adorable chicks in your profile
Shelia

RE: What was your most memorable personal scary moment?

My Husband He makes me so Proud

He's my Hero
Peaches

RE: What was your most memorable personal scary moment?

1) Doing a hoist from a helicopter to a sailboat is a nightmare because of all the lines to the mast

2) I had the door still open (with a strap going across the opening) and the husband got out of his seat to see what was going on when I started to prep his wife for delivery. I never gave him a headset when I strapped him in his seat but did the second time

3) My first time having to deliver a baby

That baby is now somewhere in her late 20's



Earl

RE: Mother refused organs from daughter

It would seem that a family member would have a priority over a complete stranger especially when the daughter had expressed the wish to help her Mom out in this sad situation

Peaches

RE: What was your most memorable personal scary moment?

I've had a few but the one that stands out the most is having to deliver a baby while I was in the USCG.

A couple went sailing with some friends. They figured that with the due date still a couple of weeks away, they'd be ok. Didn't work out that way. They were too far from shore when she went into labor, so they got on channel 16 for the Coast Guard at which point we had to launch a rescue helicopter. I was the #1 crewman and duty emt that day.
To make a long story shorter, I placed a healthy baby girl in her mothers arms just minutes before arriving at the hospital.

RE: Should we continue with the olympic games in China?

I am sad to say I've personally chosen to not watch the Olympics this year because of so much turmoil has surrounded this once celebrated event. Much heartache in China with dislocating many shanty housed families just for the media's sake, the drama about getting the torch even to the event has already put such a black cloud around it also, and so much negativity, I will not be watching and hope a boycott or something is done to keep this type of turmoil from ever affecting the games again when they come back in 4 more years

JMO....Peaches

So many athletes have worked so hard, such a shame to be going through all this heartache.

Young@Heart

Cilman says, "I think it keeps them interestingly old. The point is to be gracefully old. And I think they are a really interesting version of what you can be as an older person."

And a blazing example of what old age can be like.

Schnepp says, "When we come out and do some of these jumping songs, they're just amazed. They'd say, 'Gee ,I wish I could do that.' And what we're trying to do is tell them, 'You can. Just get out here and do it,' and that's what we're doing."

The music festival that invites them to perform pays for the travel. This October, the chorus is on its way to London.

Young@Heart

The Young@Heart chorus delights crowds the world over: Rotterdam, Munich, London, Hawaii, and even Australia. They are performing at music festivals where folks treat them like rock stars.

Asked if she thinks her group inspires others, Hall says, "Oh, I think so. Oh, absolutely. They say so. People come up to us afterwards."

But as her son notes, perhaps this group is most inspiring to its members.

Richard Hall says the group keeps his mom young. "It's rejuvenating for her, and it gives her a purpose and a mission."

Eileen Hall's health has been failing a bit, and the thought of moving away from the group to be near her son is heart-wrenching.

She gets emotional thinking about it, Eileen Hall says.

Schnepp says, "We understand the problems that we've all gone through getting to this point, through age. And when people have a problem, we're there to be with them, to understand them. It is like a big family at this point."

The friendships keep them grounded, the music keeps them challenged.

The day Murphy visited, the group was learning Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side," which in some ways is apropos.

Young@Heart

Usually when you hear, "oldie but goodie," you think about a favorite song, but Melinda Murphy has discovered that sometimes it's not about the song; it's about the singer.

The Young@Heart chorus is no nursing home choir, the The Early Show correspondent reports for the Young at Heart series.

Its repertoire is familiar to most teenagers. In fact, these seniors are now singing the same songs they used to tell their kids to turn off the radio.

"Turn it down at least so your mother and I can at least talk," says Jack Schnepp, recalling what he used to say to his kids. So what do his kids say now? "They're amazed," Schnepp says, "They come and say, 'This is fantastic. I'm so proud of you.' I'm doing songs that they enjoy."

Some of the songs they sing are fun, like Outkast's mega hit, "Hey Ya." Others are a bit sad like, "Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday." The Rolling Stones never sounded like the Young@Heart chorus, and that's the thing: Their voices make you hear lyrics in a way you never have before.

Choir director Bob Cilman explains, "These guys make you really tune in to the lyrics, and you find that they can really be interesting coming out of their mouths."

At 91, singer Eileen Hall is the oldest member of the group. The youngest member is 73.

Singer Elaine Fligman notes, "We seem to have a particular impact on the audience. I tell you, the first couple of times I'd say to myself, 'Are they hearing what I think we're doing?' Because the response was so intense. It was wonderful."

RE: I Will Never Understand How or Why They Do It.....

You are Wrong...this has nothing, nothing to do with the Love of God

Unless you serve a different God than I do. He is not responsible for the wrong the catholic priests have done or any other religious persons who've committed haneous crimes and tried to hide under the umbrella of religion.

Peaches

RE: should all americans hand in their guns now that Charlton Heston is dead ? no more guns in houses ?

Be careful what you ask cause my hubby is "king of the internet research"

Love U Honey

RE: should all americans hand in their guns now that Charlton Heston is dead ? no more guns in houses ?

The tomahawk in modern times

Tomahawk throwing is a popular sport among American historical re-enactment groups, and some martial arts enthusiasts are attempting to revive tomahawk fighting techniques used during the Colonial era. Today's hand-forged tomahawks are being made by master craftsmen throughout the United States.

Modern-day Tomahawks have gained in popularity with the re-emergence of the "Vietnam Tomahawk" by American Tomahawk Company in the beginning of 2001. Modern-day Tomahawks designed by the late Peter LaGana included wood handles, a hatchet-like bit and a leather sheath and were used by select U.S. forces during the Vietnam war and are called "Vietnam Tomahawks". The wood handle "Vietnam Tomahawks" are still being produced today by Cold Steel. The tomahawk was later redesigned featuring synthetic hafts by American Tomahawk Company and named "VTAC"'s ("Vietnam Tactical Tomahawk"'s) and are currently being manufactured by Fehrman Knives. SOG has also entered the field with its own version of the "Vietnam Tomahawk", the Fusion Tactical Tomahawk. The original "Vietnam Tomahawks" are rare and quite expensive.

Todays Hand-forged tomahawks and Modern-day Tactical Tomahawks are in use today by the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps.

The American Tomahawk Company's "VTAC" ("Vietnam Tactical Tomahawk") is in use by the US Army Stryker Brigade in Afghanistan, the 172nd SBCT Team based at Fort Wainwright, the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division out of Fort Lewis, a Recon Platoon in the 2-183d CAV (116th IBCT)(OIF 2007-2008) and numerous other soldiers. The National Stock Number is 4210-01-518-7244.This design is enjoying something of a renaissance with US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan as a tool and in use in hand-to-hand combat.