tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post4627635908138076924..comments2024-03-28T16:26:35.679-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Rumor Has It...OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70129535808820886462021-09-04T18:16:21.167-07:002021-09-04T18:16:21.167-07:00Yes, the New England of my youth is gone. Back the...Yes, the New England of my youth is gone. Back then the only thing you had to worry about was poison ivy. Nowadays? Nope, tick-borne diseases are out there and really no fun!<br /><br />I will finish the French and Indian War book, just not in the immediate future. (Knock on wood...)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88717613288617285352021-09-04T06:43:24.944-07:002021-09-04T06:43:24.944-07:00Now I feel bad for suggesting an idea to you. But...Now I feel bad for suggesting an idea to you. But the pre-colonial wars are an undertold story and I applaud you for starting that project.<br /><br />I live in New England and once enjoyed going off into the woods. Now, with Lyme disease (which I've had), Babeosis (not yet) and other nasty tick-borne diseases percolating into the area, it's just not as enjoyable.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22145447428817693062021-09-01T17:32:53.043-07:002021-09-01T17:32:53.043-07:00Thanks Suz, I can't believe how much water I&#...Thanks Suz, I can't believe how much water I've gulped down over the past few days, on your advice.<br /><br />It really does help!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-5362461808463905172021-09-01T15:02:06.554-07:002021-09-01T15:02:06.554-07:00My sisters both live in the San Diego area, the mi...My sisters both live in the San Diego area, the middle one discovered that it was cheaper to fly Wednesday to Wednesday...by like 50% cheaper...so guess what days they flew into Albany to rent a car, drive around the Capital District a few days before heading to Saybrook CT and "The Beach".?<br /><br />I feel your pain with the new kid on the block syndrome...I have a shadow myself these days. She is very nice, has had ABSOLUTELY no home care experience AT ALL, but says she is really having a good time (the last 3 weeks have been hell-on-wheels busier than I can remember being in a very loooong time, just nuts crazy) Now, if I could just get her to do the documentation correctly, so the agency (and I) can get paid...I would be a very happy camper. The only saving grace is that she has been a nurse for about 15 years or so, so at least she isn't completely green. When we precept we are supposed to only have 4 patients on the schedule tops....sure...as I have been doing 90-100 miles a day with 6 patients on, can you say kinda short-staffed?!?!! Darn vacations!! But she keeps coming back for more, so, hopefully I wont scare her off. I need to train up some new (younger) home care nurses so I can retire!! <br /><br />That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!<br /><br />Speaking of stories--Old NFO did his first book titled Vignettes--great read if you haven't read it yet, but you can take your individual Wilderness characters and fast forward through history...one reason you might feel a bit disconnected is that "warfare" then is a tad bit different than what you experienced, or what our grandparents experienced with the world wars. You have BEEN to Germany, wandered around Belgium, seen the battlefields, and cemeteries in Europe. I know ya grew up in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, but I think it's a bit different when it's right in your own back yard. Sometimes not as interesting somehow.<br /><br />It's been a couple of decades since I've been up to Fort Ti, but I have wondered around the Saratoga Battlefield, and have lunch sitting in the parking lot at the Philip Schuyler Mansion semi-often (they have toilets). You were kinda juiced up enthusiasm-wise when you went to that tank museum in MA. Maybe if you can get to a museum of the time period it would inspire the Muse. If you decide to come to Ticonderoga,let me know, and we can do a meal, or go up to Boston to check out the John Adams house--think it's in Quincy?<br /><br />Anyway, have a good flight, and come back safe...pictures are always nice. <br />And to fight the dry sandy eyes, throat, cough, etc DRINK your fluids...and by fluids I don't mean just beer and coffee...hydrating fluids like water/iced tea/lemonade, etc...that will help. :)Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117433684554337583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-314086336599102942021-08-31T18:59:16.092-07:002021-08-31T18:59:16.092-07:00Same here Mr G. Couldn't put my finger on it f...Same here Mr G. Couldn't put my finger on it for a while. But yeah, I can't really connect with the characters either.<br /><br />I don't know if I'll hit the Midway again. It could happen.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33196520596110818402021-08-31T18:09:23.171-07:002021-08-31T18:09:23.171-07:00Hey AFSarge;
I like many other readers had a ...Hey AFSarge;<br /><br /> I like many other readers had a connection to the WWII characters and the storyline, not so much with the French and Indian wars characters, the storyline is good, and you write a good story and it is well researched and put together, but for some reason it just don't "sing" like the other. *Sorry*. You gonna check out the USS Midway again when you go to Sandy eggo?MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-10086436245288759252021-08-31T17:38:09.749-07:002021-08-31T17:38:09.749-07:00Not a problem. Never cared for that holiday if the...Not a problem. Never cared for that holiday if the truth be told.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49570300164977744632021-08-31T17:34:11.379-07:002021-08-31T17:34:11.379-07:00I am sorry you have to work on Labor Day Weekend.I am sorry you have to work on Labor Day Weekend.SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90334957067432109922021-08-31T15:04:24.881-07:002021-08-31T15:04:24.881-07:00Yabbut, there is this.Yabbut, there is <a href="https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2015.191.1_MeetingAbstracts.A1537" rel="nofollow"><b><i>this</i></b></a>.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74870196450417952022021-08-31T13:40:35.578-07:002021-08-31T13:40:35.578-07:00Interesting article at https://www.spiritofchange....Interesting article at https://www.spiritofchange.org/nebulized-peroxide-a-simple-remedy-for-covid-19/<br /><br />But is IS on the internet, so....juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55348112633752720442021-08-31T12:24:42.781-07:002021-08-31T12:24:42.781-07:00Heh.
Good point!Heh.<br /><br />Good point!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37328043125264255462021-08-31T12:24:29.720-07:002021-08-31T12:24:29.720-07:00We might actually get more free time this trip! I&...We might actually get more free time this trip! I'll call you.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15296668090278801482021-08-31T10:39:47.849-07:002021-08-31T10:39:47.849-07:00"But if it ain't fun to write, why am I w..."But if it ain't fun to write, why am I writing?"<br /><br />Because we want something to read. Does it want the hose again?Stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14663293800162306859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-39127091073422970012021-08-31T10:20:06.387-07:002021-08-31T10:20:06.387-07:00Excellent news. If you can find 2 seconds of free ...Excellent news. If you can find 2 seconds of free time, I'll see you for sure.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70150963945193479892021-08-31T10:13:42.143-07:002021-08-31T10:13:42.143-07:00I'm seriously considering the whole ancestors ...I'm seriously considering the whole ancestors of somebody thing. Maybe...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38040296144729972172021-08-31T10:13:00.250-07:002021-08-31T10:13:00.250-07:00Wow, I didn't notice that you had a label on y...Wow, I didn't notice that you had a label on your Monday post.<br /><br />Seems somewhat apropos. 😁OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-35470214816634842812021-08-31T10:03:44.797-07:002021-08-31T10:03:44.797-07:00Even little old me added a label. Although I had t...Even little old me added a label. Although I had to switch out of Brave to Firefox in order to do so. Whatever the coding Google uses for Blogger apparently isn't supported in Brave.<br />juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-39291255541316756792021-08-31T09:57:45.759-07:002021-08-31T09:57:45.759-07:00My mother's ancestors on her father's side...My mother's ancestors on her father's side were Glovers from Marblehead who went to Halifax after the Acadians left. Her grandfather and his brother were born on Prince Edward Isle in the early 19th century. They built a schooner, sailed it to Scotland where they sold it, stayed long enough to procure spice (plural of spouse) and came to Providence by steamer. Old GunsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690195704568635237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40393406005477216162021-08-31T09:45:06.260-07:002021-08-31T09:45:06.260-07:00Sound wisdom Beans. As to the label...
I KNEW IT!...Sound wisdom Beans. As to the label...<br /><br />I KNEW IT!<br /><br />Wheels up on Friday.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-92196159952653448882021-08-31T09:30:32.910-07:002021-08-31T09:30:32.910-07:00What JB said. It's an interesting tale about ...What JB said. It's an interesting tale about a segment of American History that, sadly, hasn't been taught much at all in the last 50 years. I'm enjoying it as it has opened my eyes a lot.<br /><br />So don't worry about writing a book using the segments. That's one of the many deadly sins of new authors. Just leave it as a randomly serialized story that you write when you're in the mood and feel like it.<br /><br />Having the pressure of the WWII novel bearing down on you, revisions and editing being the worst from what I hear. I mean you can only read your own stuff for so long before you start getting overly critical and also so tired of it you start missing mistakes or making mistakes. Not everyone can keep multiple multiple storylines going at the same time. <br /><br />And maybe you'll get some time for more photo tourism in the San Diego area. Or at least a nice dinner or two with friends (hopefully Tuna will be in town this time.) <br /><br />Not every blog post has to be IMPORTANT STUFFS. Some of your best has been off-the-cuff stuff that you may have considered 'fluff' or 'not-serious.' I mean, how many people can write about a frog/fish/algae pond once or twice and then have people still reference it in many future comments even years down the line? You have the ability to make the little stuff seem neat and fun and your life is different enough from ours that it is interesting.<br /><br />Still waiting for the inevitable bookshelf collapse or random house ghost tossing books at you. Or the also inevitable request from The Missus that you weed your library. Or something. <br /><br />As to the label, you seemed to be not in a good frame of mind so I followed my mother's raison d'etra and left you worrying what I was up to or meant to do next (questions from her are never straightforward, they always have questions under questions and you play the guessing game of what is the actual question she's asking and then you try to answer said unasked but inferred or supposed to be mind-read that she meant to ask but didn't because....)<br /><br />When do you ship out?Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43907339595603928302021-08-31T09:30:05.614-07:002021-08-31T09:30:05.614-07:00Thanks John.
Your comment struck a chord as regar...Thanks John.<br /><br />Your comment struck a chord as regards the book, food for thought. I really like the idea.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7656821155346348742021-08-31T09:27:42.352-07:002021-08-31T09:27:42.352-07:00Most interesting...
Never heard of that before.Most interesting...<br /><br />Never heard of that before.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67257891830259922512021-08-31T09:24:46.646-07:002021-08-31T09:24:46.646-07:00The latest effort may be dead in the water. I'...The latest effort may be dead in the water. I'm not sure yet, but it's feeling that way.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-83541979359241000402021-08-31T09:09:02.630-07:002021-08-31T09:09:02.630-07:00I wasn't going to mention it, but I also had t...I wasn't going to mention it, but I also had that feeling. I felt I had a bond with the WWII guys (even some of the Germans). I'm not getting that vibe with these ones. I don't know why and didn't want to be a critic. So, I guess take it for what it's worth.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14503283466068389172021-08-31T08:57:47.522-07:002021-08-31T08:57:47.522-07:00Enjoy your trip, and thanks for your real job cont...Enjoy your trip, and thanks for your real job contributions to our national defense.<br /><br />On the colonial "book." It does not have to be a "book." Stand along segments, or a short series are also welcome and enjoyed. Maybe make some connections by introducing descendants who discover the past (doing genealogy research, finding an old family Bible or letters, visiting the family plot in the ancestral home town, kids stumbling into something on the internet, etc.)? Perhaps the heirs have some similar traits. Perhaps some are even distantly related to your WW2 characters. Molly sure has the moxie to breed later generations of nurses. Did any of the French/Indian folks mingle with the Acadians and later migrate to Louisiana?<br /><br />Damn good tales, all of them, by installment, chapter or book. Write to satisfy your own aspirations, and we can either like it or not, and I have no doubt readers will not be bashful about advising about.<br />John BlackshoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com