Memorial Day - what are you doing?

[IassaFTots]

Before his demise, I started all my swimming excursions by stowing away in Teddy Kennedy's car. Is that wrong ?

Bad Man.  Heh.

[Toastedturningtidelegs]

Memorial Day - what are you doing?

My girlfriend and Summer Shandy!

[Gina]

My girlfriend and Summer Shandy!

[njpines]

Before his demise, I started all my swimming excursions by stowing away in Teddy Kennedy's car. Is that wrong ?

Oh shiznit!!!   

[Danglars]

Before his demise, I started all my swimming excursions by stowing away in Teddy Kennedy's car. Is that wrong ?

U can has the Kopechne Crawl?

[Airwolf]

Got screwed out of my vacation to Kentucky this year so I;ll be staying home.

[Mike220]

Working, like usual. My job doesn't close except Thanksgiving and Christmas, and I know the management just hates that. If they could get us to work those days, they would. 

[Chris_]

Working, like usual. My job doesn't close except Thanksgiving and Christmas, and I know the management just hates that. If they could get us to work those days, they would. 

That sucks.  I get five or six holidays a year... the calendar is pretty sparse where I am, but that just sucks.

[obumazombie]

Working, like usual. My job doesn't close except Thanksgiving and Christmas, and I know the management just hates that. If they could get us to work those days, they would. 

I vote with chris, definitely sucks.

[Mike220]

That sucks.  I get five or six holidays a year... the calendar is pretty sparse where I am, but that just sucks.

My job is pretty bad. They could care less about their employees, cause it's a simple enough job that they can get rid of people and replace them immediately. But as much as it sucks, 9.50 an hour at a shitty job beats 0.00 at no job.

Hopefully one of these PD or FD apps I'm putting out turns into something.

[Chris_]

You're right, 9.50 is better than zero.50

[Chris_]

Good luck.

[debk]

Going to work in an hour until noon. Have to work tomorrow night 10-4 and Monday night 8-12. And I have 7 reports due.

For fun? I think we're going to the movies and I know we'll be watching the Indy 500 and Charlotte Cup. Going to do some baking. Read and catch up on some sleep.

[Zeus]

What Happened To Our Founding Fathers ?

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.

They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.

Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.

Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.

John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.

Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot of what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn't just fight the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government! Perhaps you can now see why our founding fathers had a hatred for standing armies, and allowed through the Second Amendment for everyone to be armed.

This is usually recalled on Independence day but it's also fitting for Memorial day.

[Skul]

What Happened To Our Founding Fathers ?


This is usually recalled on Independence day but it's also fitting for Memorial day.

Yes, it is.
Many years ago I had the honor to walk the Yorktown battle field.
Parts have been eroded by the bay waters.
Some still exist.
I went back into the wooded areas where preperations of battle were made.
For the life of me, I can not comprehend the deprevation and hardships those men undertook.
It was a very moving experience.

[RobJohnson]

We are having some very mild weather so far this weekend. 70's during the day & 50's at night.

It won't last, but it is a good day to get some things done. I just doubt I get them done. 

Company will be here tomorrow before they leave Nevada for the summer. They head North East.  I will be cooking.

[Chris_]

It's 90+ degrees here.  I'm hiding inside.

[Gina]

I slept through Memorial Day. Woke up at 1am Monday morning with the most horrible backpain and then spent the rest of the day throwing up from the pain. I am better today but it was horrible.  I was moaning in my sleep hubby says. 

[RobJohnson]

You're right, 9.50 is better than zero.50

I know a lot of people that would take a $9.50 an hour job right now. Unemployment in my county is 19%

I also know a lot of people that would take the job, work a day, and never show up again. Lazy bastards...

[obumazombie]

I got a call to fly the JetRanger Saturday. Took 4 loads of passengers. It was in support of a fund raiser dinner for a local hospital. Got to log 3 hours, 2 day, 1 night. One of my passenger's wanted his wife to come, but she was afraid her nerves would make her nauseous. We got into an interesting conversation about comfort zones stemming from the fact that we were both pilots. We were talking about how flying was out of her comfort zone, but if anyone were to tell us we could never fly again,we would be displaced out of our comfort zones.

[DefiantSix]

Had a good time with the family and some friends, culminating in some swimming time with Da Boy.  Then we drove up to Ft. Collins to decorate a couple of graves of family (They didn't technically fall into the classification for Memorial Day (they each reported to St. Peter from their beds, and not from their respective battlefields), but it was still a good experience for my son.)