tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post2649499792125234942..comments2024-03-29T04:11:03.395-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: TiredOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40721808868535449082016-11-28T04:50:38.603-08:002016-11-28T04:50:38.603-08:00Now that is a great Psalm. (It's also quoted i...Now that is a great Psalm. (It's also quoted in the movie <em>Zulu</em> by Colour Sergeant Bourne.)<br /><br />I avoid TV but devour Netflix. I keep my hand in on koobecaF for the grandkids and the cat pictures.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-87829847361616109072016-11-28T04:44:42.950-08:002016-11-28T04:44:42.950-08:00Nice!Nice!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73447790286932545402016-11-28T01:03:09.606-08:002016-11-28T01:03:09.606-08:00I bought a Ford F-550 Attack Pumper.I bought a Ford F-550 Attack Pumper.SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88723170389141902882016-11-28T00:00:54.956-08:002016-11-28T00:00:54.956-08:00From time to time it is restful to consider Psalm ...From time to time it is restful to consider Psalm 46:10. Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.<br /><br />At least I find it that way. We watch almost no TV but enjoy NETFLIX and streaming Amazon. I look at my FB every six months or so for a couple of minutes and then abandon it for better things. I keep an eye on politics only to the extent of finding things about it to laugh at. Dinner with friends yesterday and NOT ONE WORD of politics. Dinner with other friends the night before and not one peep of politics. It was restful. We watched college ball and I got what I wanted so I'm happy.<br />HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-39732922034066361302016-11-27T18:38:09.856-08:002016-11-27T18:38:09.856-08:00Twitter. I've wandered over there from time to...Twitter. I've wandered over there from time to time, just can't get into it.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19123973686392322782016-11-27T18:37:01.316-08:002016-11-27T18:37:01.316-08:00Thanks Kris.
More joy, less angst, I'm all fo...Thanks Kris.<br /><br />More joy, less angst, I'm all for that.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86025719836795236922016-11-27T18:36:12.770-08:002016-11-27T18:36:12.770-08:00Ah, Matchbox cars. One of the simple pleasures of ...Ah, Matchbox cars. One of the simple pleasures of life!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52989601421631586002016-11-27T16:52:04.098-08:002016-11-27T16:52:04.098-08:00I'm with you on KoobecaF. Well, maybe a little...I'm with you on KoobecaF. Well, maybe a little ahead of you. They suspended my account some time back and would'd let me come and fix what they said was broken. I guess I could have gone hat in hand to beg them to let me back. Instead I decided I was done with them, and haven't really missed it. <br /><br />I'm with you on being tired of politics. I've spent most the day avoiding Twitter, talking head shows and reports of dead Cuban dictators and live liberals. Gives me something else to be thankful for. Mike aka Proofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08931553845065187278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-13175946937474406622016-11-27T15:51:37.987-08:002016-11-27T15:51:37.987-08:00With you Sarge, and ahead of you. Took the FB brea...With you Sarge, and ahead of you. Took the FB break over 2 weeks ago and while I lurk on my wall and still participate in my photography groups - I'm off it. Just need the break and it may be permanent. Like you - just populating my FB Wall with the things I love and slowly tuning out and turning off the things I don't. I've been a political wonk since I was 9 years old - and I'm done as well. Happy Advent my friend. May the peace of the season fill us all with more joy and less angst.Kris, in New Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185696221729269932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52077688768615737992016-11-27T14:56:03.725-08:002016-11-27T14:56:03.725-08:00Since us kids were inveterate package shakers, my ...Since us kids were inveterate package shakers, my Dad had a flash of brilliance one Advent in the late '60's. He said that Santa had an elf, the Advent Elf, watching us, and if we left the tree alone, the Elf would leave us a small gift for us at Advent Sunday breakfasts. It worked quite well, and was a yearly ritual until Dad went to his reward, in 1996. I think I shall leave for work early, tonight, and stop at WalMart, and buy me a Matchbox.<br />SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-18311715102733139772016-11-27T13:36:02.761-08:002016-11-27T13:36:02.761-08:00Thanks Andrew, the best to you and yours as well.Thanks Andrew, the best to you and yours as well.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44718222635226903112016-11-27T13:26:41.545-08:002016-11-27T13:26:41.545-08:00I love watching the Macy's parade, on the orig...I love watching the Macy's parade, on the original 'Miracle on 34th Street.' I refuse to watch a parade with more production numbers than the whole Wagner's 'Ring' series. And more overblown than that idiot dwarf could ever dream.<br /><br />My wife and I love watching the Rose Bowl parade. Real floats, real marching bands (especially the combined Marine Corps band) and they actually talk about the floats. We usually watch it on the House and Garden channel (bundled with my internet.)<br /><br />As to everything else, it is all 'Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing' as Shakespeare said. If he was writing today he probably would have said 'SSDD' or something equally vulgar and mundane.<br /><br />Never touched Farcebork or any other mainstream social media. Too many ways it could be used against me, as I worked for a government agency. I find that calling people and actually talking to them, or writing a letter, to be much more fulfilling.<br /><br />Enjoy the Advent season. May you and yours have a wonderful season of hope and rebirth. (And same goes for all y'all readers out there!)Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-89822103079045951972016-11-27T11:28:50.933-08:002016-11-27T11:28:50.933-08:00Roger that.Roger that.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-26021259615061293392016-11-27T10:26:53.833-08:002016-11-27T10:26:53.833-08:00The only reason I have cable TV is it is bundled w...The only reason I have cable TV is it is bundled with my high speed internet. Weeks go by without the TV being turned on. Loath the ads. My tech friends talk about something called TiVo. I hear a requirement to learn new ways of molesting electrons. No thanks.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-84112048742453399872016-11-27T09:47:06.126-08:002016-11-27T09:47:06.126-08:00I am slowly winnowing out the political stuff.
Gr...I am slowly winnowing out the political stuff.<br /><br />Grandkids, cats, and dogs. That's what I like.<br /><br />I count my blessings everyday.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20595215645162140812016-11-27T09:46:01.570-08:002016-11-27T09:46:01.570-08:00I have been making use of that. A lot.I have been making use of that. A lot.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40191355479166282832016-11-27T09:45:22.613-08:002016-11-27T09:45:22.613-08:00:):)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23428612352281104872016-11-27T09:22:47.067-08:002016-11-27T09:22:47.067-08:00Click the upper right hand corner arrow thingy and...Click the upper right hand corner arrow thingy and then choose to "see no more from this site." Eventually political comments begin to disappear.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-63451843781749817622016-11-27T07:45:55.216-08:002016-11-27T07:45:55.216-08:00Happy Advent, Merry Christmas, thank God for all t...Happy Advent, Merry Christmas, thank God for all that is, and is to come!<br />Thank you for a lovely post. <br />I have been hitting the block button on FB so often it smokes, and my feed has settled into much more quiet (although there is more to come.)<br />Each of us must determine what we can and will bear, and we should feel free to block anything in any facet of life, which doesn't lead to joy and peace in God's plan. <br />So enjoy the season...always. God bless you one and all. DL Reyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173243476018621697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-35368390661894058592016-11-27T07:25:34.180-08:002016-11-27T07:25:34.180-08:00I punched out of FF a couple years ago. Immediate...I punched out of FF a couple years ago. Immediately after that, I had more time to do things I enjoy. That's a win!STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-39410227958424258642016-11-27T06:54:14.459-08:002016-11-27T06:54:14.459-08:00And to you Skip!And to you Skip!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1102313749214556862016-11-27T06:44:02.763-08:002016-11-27T06:44:02.763-08:00Scott already took away my first thought, which is...Scott already took away my first thought, which is not exclusively Lutheran. <br />I shall continue to fire truck with FF because I refuse to let myself be sucked into the abyss that is politics. <br />Good post here, again, Chris!<br />All the best of the season to you. (not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-26480935383123140932016-11-27T06:04:07.748-08:002016-11-27T06:04:07.748-08:00"FF" - I rather like that.
I do believe..."FF" - I rather like that.<br /><br />I do believe we're on the same page in many areas. Not a big surprise.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68928463195613643782016-11-27T06:01:40.953-08:002016-11-27T06:01:40.953-08:00'Tis a wonderful reaction!'Tis a wonderful reaction!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20867482911174328692016-11-27T04:57:14.625-08:002016-11-27T04:57:14.625-08:00Great post, and one I'm heartily in agreement ...Great post, and one I'm heartily in agreement with.<br /><br />I've been done with FF for quite a while (the second F stands for that thing you call koobecaf. I'll leave it to you to determine what the first stands for.) <br /><br />I also agree with the whole sleeping thing. I don't care. I think it's wrong, but I'm not the judge. You can explain your actions to him when the time comes.<br /><br />Which brings us to the recently deceased. Again, I'm not the judge, but based on my beliefs concerning his laws, Fidel's in a very warm place now.<br /><br />Watched my first pro football game in a very long time on Thanksgiving. I didn't miss much in my hiatus. Think I'll go back to not watching.<br /><br />Merry Christmas, Sarge!juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.com