tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post4843634432616893620..comments2024-03-28T15:54:43.848-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Ceremony of the First MowingOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-17310608483789341162014-04-30T05:37:22.337-07:002014-04-30T05:37:22.337-07:00Heh, it's that green stuff which appears after...Heh, it's that green stuff which appears after all of the snow melts.<br /><br />Sometimes.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-30846257438227648612014-04-30T05:36:43.516-07:002014-04-30T05:36:43.516-07:00Thanks Cajun!Thanks Cajun!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27307509657427807802014-04-29T20:28:23.926-07:002014-04-29T20:28:23.926-07:00You actually have grass? Wow, what's that like...You actually have grass? Wow, what's that like??Michelle Morgan-Coolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03671529553739362752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-91459431788182061052014-04-29T17:54:44.062-07:002014-04-29T17:54:44.062-07:00Very funny! :-)Very funny! :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33373870129763319212014-04-29T16:13:16.885-07:002014-04-29T16:13:16.885-07:00I like the way you think Bill.
Sounds very, ya kn...I like the way you think Bill.<br /><br />Sounds very, ya know, NATO. And I mean that in a good way!<br /><br />(Nice to "see" you around here. For all you others, Bill is an old buddy from GK. Another Old AF Sarge as a matter of fact. We are legion...)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-35489248091902779252014-04-29T15:55:43.632-07:002014-04-29T15:55:43.632-07:00What if you and your neighbors all went in on the ...What if you and your neighbors all went in on the flame thrower together? Sorta like in my neighborhood where we go in on an aerator rental every year? That would 1. cut down on the cost. 2. result in a nice uniform charred look all through the neighborhood. and 3. Give you an excuse to bond with your neighbors. Use it as a very cool method for broiling hot dogs in what will no-doubt be the best block party of the year. Bill in CSpringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15221168104205818093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46012402136730201872014-04-29T15:51:10.266-07:002014-04-29T15:51:10.266-07:00Yeah. 0700 on a Saturday is not lawn mowing time.
...Yeah. 0700 on a Saturday is <b>not</b> lawn mowing time.<br /><br />I had a neighbor who used to do that. Used to...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-25216737078327067152014-04-29T15:49:55.319-07:002014-04-29T15:49:55.319-07:00I wouldn't argue with you.
(Bastards! I pay t...I wouldn't argue with you.<br /><br /><em>(Bastards! I pay them for a flyby and I get this. A Photoshop job. Damn!)</em>OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86299254507575091602014-04-29T15:43:43.714-07:002014-04-29T15:43:43.714-07:00Depends on...
-Never mind-Depends on...<br /><br /><em>-Never mind-</em>OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48612263606529032132014-04-29T15:42:55.267-07:002014-04-29T15:42:55.267-07:00Imagination I have in abundance.
It's flameth...Imagination I have in abundance.<br /><br />It's flamethrower tanks I lack...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-111920619017467102014-04-29T13:50:38.332-07:002014-04-29T13:50:38.332-07:00I just thought of another use.
I shall refrain fro...I just thought of another use.<br />I shall refrain from announcing it publicly ...or anywhere else it might be monitored.<br />Use your imagination.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36146054688619886412014-04-29T13:20:37.054-07:002014-04-29T13:20:37.054-07:00Good stuff. Very funny, and I can relate to the l...Good stuff. Very funny, and I can relate to the lawn mowing chore. It was my chore from age 8 to 62. The townhouse association takes care of it today. I only mind when they choose 7:00 on a Saturday to do it.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20091474534376196582014-04-29T13:08:29.294-07:002014-04-29T13:08:29.294-07:00Ok, Think I'm going to throw the BS flag on th...Ok, Think I'm going to throw the BS flag on the Flanker. Been staring at it all day, saying no way, got to be PShopped. He's have to be doing at least 400-450 to have adequate control, which would mean the engines would be putting out some heat distortion. He'd also have to have some AOA on the aircraft, not a level fuselage. Also, unless the photographer was using some extremely fast photography, either the flanker or the background would have been blurred. I think someone got a picture of a flanker taxiing out to the runway and PShopped the landing gear away. I could be wrong, but....juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9725349707441910262014-04-29T12:29:06.593-07:002014-04-29T12:29:06.593-07:00Where horses go, flowers grow.
[sorry - couldn...Where horses go, flowers grow.<br /><br /><i>[sorry - couldn't resist]</i>(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69269926252892236292014-04-29T12:11:45.492-07:002014-04-29T12:11:45.492-07:00Now I'll have to hire a different unit for the...Now I'll have to hire a different unit for the parade next year...<br /><br />Also, those horses crapped everywhere, just so you know.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-75134625751768875652014-04-29T12:05:31.249-07:002014-04-29T12:05:31.249-07:00I think the last time I mowed a lawn MIGHT have be...I think the last time I mowed a lawn MIGHT have been in 1995, before I moved outta Dee-troit. I had a lawn after I moved to Noo Yawk but I also had a lawn <i>service.</i> Sitting on the deck and drinking beer while the lawn boys went about their bid'niz was hard work but <i>someone</i> had to do it; oftentimes The Second Mrs. Pennington would assist me with this. Next year is our 20th anniversary of Independence From Yard Work so I guess I'll have to figger out some sort of celebration. You've given me ideers, so excuse me while I go place a call to the <i>Garde Républicaine</i> to check their availability for April of next year. We'll have fireworks, too!Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-54932409038803715222014-04-29T10:26:37.841-07:002014-04-29T10:26:37.841-07:00The chipmunks in your domain are obviously in a st...The chipmunks in your domain are obviously in a state of rebellion against your benevolent rule.<br /><br />Crush them without mercy.<br /><br />Benevolently, of course...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-53514566475314641822014-04-29T09:45:51.441-07:002014-04-29T09:45:51.441-07:00IATAT, me too.
(In Answer To All That)
I stepped...IATAT, me too.<br /><br />(In Answer To All That)<br /><br />I stepped badly in the same damn chipmunk hole twice.<br /><br />There was no band but the Sacred Band and they were the halt, the sick and the lame.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-5943926689180113402014-04-29T09:33:57.100-07:002014-04-29T09:33:57.100-07:00That's not a retirement village Joy. That'...That's not a retirement village Joy. That's a work camp for seniors!<br /><br />(Doesn't it amaze you how some people think all that work does itself?)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-6589846678442902202014-04-29T09:32:19.784-07:002014-04-29T09:32:19.784-07:00There you go Skip, two uses for the same tool.There you go Skip, two uses for the same tool.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34793115469939981102014-04-29T09:31:50.488-07:002014-04-29T09:31:50.488-07:00And I do like the looks of your "lawnmower.&q...And I do like the looks of your "lawnmower." (I really could have used that post hole driller some time back. We did it the old fashioned way!)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58015159844881869002014-04-29T09:30:35.694-07:002014-04-29T09:30:35.694-07:00Perhaps I could tow it to Little Rhody behind my f...Perhaps I could tow it to Little Rhody behind my flamethrower tank?<br /><br />When we first bought the place I told <em>The Missus Herself</em> that the lawn was big enough that I needed a riding mower.<br /><br />She assured me that I did not as she would be putting in many gardens, flower beds and other obstacles to straight-line grass cutting.<br /><br />She did. Now it's kind of like an obstacle course with no vertical obstacles but lots of weaving required. I almost said "all while pushing a lawnmower", but it truth, the lawnmower is self-propelled. So it pulls me around, sort of.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79357733154345109322014-04-29T08:15:47.762-07:002014-04-29T08:15:47.762-07:00I agreed (not in a nice way) to move to a RETIREME...I agreed (not in a nice way) to move to a RETIREMENT village for a reason. I envisioned Joe having so many things he did not have to do. He spent an entire day in 90+ sunshine, power washing the patio, pool concrete surround, pool screen, hauling patio furniture into the yard then back again, then CLIMBING to the roof so he could hand wash the aluminum gutters. <br /><br />I had my jobs too: pressing 9-1-1 every time I heard a "crash" outside. Luckily it was never HIM. <br /><br />The neighbors, as they casually stroll by in the evening, remark how pristine our house looks AS IF it's done by midnight fairies. I want to tell them "If you put 1/5 the work into your house that Joe does to this one.............." But he shoots me "THE LOOK" and I keep quiet.lotta joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742978845913126675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68540859649125130822014-04-29T07:43:39.597-07:002014-04-29T07:43:39.597-07:00I could use one of those tanks.
First off, I would...I could use one of those tanks.<br />First off, I would take care of the yard next door.<br />Then, I would just park it in front.<br />Just the sight of it alone would cause drivers to slow down to a reasonable speed for a residential neighborhood.<br /><br /><br />...at least for awhile. (not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-868427341419440442014-04-29T07:41:46.417-07:002014-04-29T07:41:46.417-07:00Dang, screwed up the HTML. Picture hereDang, screwed up the HTML. <a href="http://www.billstractor.com/package3.jpg" rel="nofollow">Picture here</a><br />juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.com