WOW - that was 2 months I wish I had back. Yesterday was literally the first day in 2 months where DJ and I could sit back and relax with no BIG worries.
Mel was put to rest Friday in a full military funeral that was outstanding for funerals. 150+ were in attendance with great food and wine and some fantastic funny stories.
Then at the graveyard there was a 15 gun salute (21 is reserved for very high dignitaries) but here was the amazing thing. There was no breeze and it was a little toasty. When the 15 gun salute finished all was quiet and then, way off in the distance came taps. Almost immediately a fresh breeze stirred and waved the flag. It was so surreal and very, VERY moving.
I tell ya - next time I need to be buried Gunderson Funeral home in Madison is where my money will go. They did a fantastic job.
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For sale. one 5x8 trailer in perfect condition ($2000) and one like new lawn mower with new blades, wheels, sharp blades and front drive wheels ($200).
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My brother who had a difficult operation last week with a backward herniated disc (2.5 hour operation which was successful) JUST had his narration of a book published. Oddly he got that herniated disc from building a sound studio for recording narrations.
Anyway - his first book was in is titled "American History, USS Indianapolis: The True Story of the Greatest US Naval Disaster: Incredible Secrets of WWII"
You can here an audio sample at the above link.
When talking to him a few things he has learned about this very complicated procedure. Paragraphs and periods in books are problems. When reading you see periods and paragraphs but when narrating they all blend together so you need to stop or pause or else everything runs together.
SO - his first book goes life on about the same day Mel pass's away.
Yesterday, 71 years ago, The USS Indianapolis was sunk, and thus starting 5 days of basically swimming for their lives (life vests were useless after 12 hours).
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58% of Americans are pro, transgender individuals serving in our armed forces, but of course America is split. Only 38% of Republicans (the same amount that are pro Trump oddly) are pro transgender while almost all Democrat's are pro transgender.
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Reince Priebus spent 189 days as Chief of Staff. Shortest ever for a hired Chief of Staff. Seems to be a "thing" for Trump, hiring "the best ever" and then firing them ASAP. Next up on the chopping block are national security adviser H.R. McMaster and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson who both have been talking about resigning. Everything is going great for the GOP. OH! and of course Attorney General Jeff Sessions is slowly being forced out and we know what happened to Shawn
Trump hires AND fires the best it seems. BASICALLY the GOP is getting booted from The White House in favor of family and military! What could possibly go wrong. YEA - Clinton would be SO MUCH WORSE!!
And if you missed it. YOUR tax payer money sent over 1 BILLION in a down payment for a Wall that will never be built. Bet you missed that one. That cash went to contractors Trump has business ties with. Coincidence? Yea - and Clinton was the bad one?
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Ford, who build most of their cars in Mexico, found 227 pounds of weed stuffed in the cars coming across the boarder. Ford sales have risen since this became known (no not really but . . . ).
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OK - after 2 months of no working out it's time to motivate again.
WEATHER - rain Thursday for sure. Maybe a thunderstorm Wednesday around golf time but the big news is what happens once this Canadian air mass flows through!!
COLD. High in the upper 60s Friday but I think it will be warmer, more near 70. After Wednesday 5 of the next 6 days have the word "rain" associated wit hit as off and on storms.
Saturday looks like the best day this weekend with a high of 72 and sunny unless ther is a T-Storm moving through.
have a great day
Monday, July 31, 2017
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
interim
Mel Jacob, my FIL, passed away early Tuesday morning peacefully. Anybody that has not seen The USS Indianapolis: The Legacy should watch it. The giant Navy cover-up of a disaster they created from incompetence from the top.
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interim - E.V. Melotte
there is a world where
clocks have no hands or faces
months are unknown
and the seasons
crowd in where they can
time moves around you
in a circle
always facing you
just out of reach
it's never any later
until
always suddenly
it's too late.
from the book - Snapshots along the way
The one thing I hope everybody does right now - is video and save your beloved ones. My dad passed away in a long illness and all I remember of him is what he was like in the final few months. a dying old man that I loved. I have fleeting 5 second memories of him younger and vibrant but that is all.
In times like this I wish I had "more".
Create "more" so you can remember when things were fun and wonderful, not sick and dying.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
interim - E.V. Melotte
there is a world where
clocks have no hands or faces
months are unknown
and the seasons
crowd in where they can
time moves around you
in a circle
always facing you
just out of reach
it's never any later
until
always suddenly
it's too late.
from the book - Snapshots along the way
The one thing I hope everybody does right now - is video and save your beloved ones. My dad passed away in a long illness and all I remember of him is what he was like in the final few months. a dying old man that I loved. I have fleeting 5 second memories of him younger and vibrant but that is all.
In times like this I wish I had "more".
Create "more" so you can remember when things were fun and wonderful, not sick and dying.
Monday, July 24, 2017
Life reduced.
My life has become so simple. I feel like I have a newborn and have nothing to talk about except a baby. I hate those kind of people. I don't care about your baby. It's like you don't care about my golf game, YET, I go on and on and on.
So I have Mel who is in a nursing home waiting to pass away. When you leave him at night he says " Good Night hope I die". The guy still has a sense of humor but sadly he is not kidding. We treat animals with more kindness in Wisconsin then humans. We can keep them well so they can suffer longer. Terminally ill? Deal with it. We all have our problems. But time is growing short for our war hero.
I remember waiting for my dad to pass away week after week.
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When I'm not trying vainly to help on that front I'm taking care of a baby named Gus who had an A+ weekend for behavior. He has learned to ring the bell 100% of the time when he wants to go out . . . . whether he needs to go potty or not . . . which is another problem.
Yesterday was a huge day for him as he got to play with two other dogs his size. Lola and Rocky.
He's been growing about a pound a week and we THINK he has a lot more Retriever in him then poodle as he is not getting any curly hair (we were thinking more wavy anyway). Still thinking 20-25 pounds. His legs are already longer then Blake had our Corgi that passed 5?? years ago.
Speaking of politics. Bad news for the GOP - no Clinton will be running in 2018. Voters that hated Trump AND hated Clinton turned red last year. No Clinton in 2018 so it's a HUGE problem for the party that can't get anything done.
Based on polls that ask people which party they would support in a congressional election the DNC leads 48% to 38%. The FOX News poll (an "A" poll) has it 47% to 41% . ABC News (a A+ poll) has it 52% to 38%.
With Trumps approval rating constantly falling and only 0.5% above 41 days ago (38.5% now, a weighted combination of 40 different polls) it's pretty embarrassing for a country that has become a joke around the world. The next worst President is Gerald Ford. There have only been two Presidents since 1945 who have had disapproval ratings higher the approval and the GOP, like lemmings just follow along and get nothing down. The Party of NO have no idea how to run a country.
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In other news - Hawaii has become the first State to start preparing for a nuclear bomb from North Korea.
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Ark Encounter, a bible-themed amusement park sold a piece of land to a non-profit affiliate for $48 million. The plan is to become non-profit by doing this - OH - they sold it for $10.
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The White House "Made in America" week kicked off with Trump's Mar-a-Lago club asking the government to allow them to hire 70 foreign workers in the fall as they can not find American cooks, waiters and housekeepers.
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So with me not having a real life at the moment and not able to play outside with my friends here is some repeat stories from my mom that I'm retyping.
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She was a child. She loved the farm where she lived. Not the house. The house had people in it and she was never very comfortable around people. In the house she always felt a little like she’d arrived uninvited and unwanted, and they’d like to send her back if only they knew where to send her. But the farm itself, the barn, the fields, the pasture, the grove and the deep woods, these she loved. These were her world. She almost never left them except to go to school.
She loved school. Not lunch hour or recess. There were too many people then. She didn’t know how to talk to them or play with them. Except for her older brothers, who ignored her, she’d never seen another child until she started school. She had never played, except imaginary games by herself. She had no idea how to relate to other children. During school hours it was different. She didn’t have to relate to anybody except the teacher and she knew the rules for that. He had told her the rules the first day of school, and he never once changed any of them. That made it easy.
She led an isolated life in a seriously dysfunctional family, but she didn’t know it then.
-E.V. Melotte
So I have Mel who is in a nursing home waiting to pass away. When you leave him at night he says " Good Night hope I die". The guy still has a sense of humor but sadly he is not kidding. We treat animals with more kindness in Wisconsin then humans. We can keep them well so they can suffer longer. Terminally ill? Deal with it. We all have our problems. But time is growing short for our war hero.
I remember waiting for my dad to pass away week after week.
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When I'm not trying vainly to help on that front I'm taking care of a baby named Gus who had an A+ weekend for behavior. He has learned to ring the bell 100% of the time when he wants to go out . . . . whether he needs to go potty or not . . . which is another problem.Yesterday was a huge day for him as he got to play with two other dogs his size. Lola and Rocky.
He's been growing about a pound a week and we THINK he has a lot more Retriever in him then poodle as he is not getting any curly hair (we were thinking more wavy anyway). Still thinking 20-25 pounds. His legs are already longer then Blake had our Corgi that passed 5?? years ago.
Speaking of politics. Bad news for the GOP - no Clinton will be running in 2018. Voters that hated Trump AND hated Clinton turned red last year. No Clinton in 2018 so it's a HUGE problem for the party that can't get anything done.
Based on polls that ask people which party they would support in a congressional election the DNC leads 48% to 38%. The FOX News poll (an "A" poll) has it 47% to 41% . ABC News (a A+ poll) has it 52% to 38%.
With Trumps approval rating constantly falling and only 0.5% above 41 days ago (38.5% now, a weighted combination of 40 different polls) it's pretty embarrassing for a country that has become a joke around the world. The next worst President is Gerald Ford. There have only been two Presidents since 1945 who have had disapproval ratings higher the approval and the GOP, like lemmings just follow along and get nothing down. The Party of NO have no idea how to run a country.
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In other news - Hawaii has become the first State to start preparing for a nuclear bomb from North Korea.
+++++
Ark Encounter, a bible-themed amusement park sold a piece of land to a non-profit affiliate for $48 million. The plan is to become non-profit by doing this - OH - they sold it for $10.
++++
The White House "Made in America" week kicked off with Trump's Mar-a-Lago club asking the government to allow them to hire 70 foreign workers in the fall as they can not find American cooks, waiters and housekeepers.
+++++
So with me not having a real life at the moment and not able to play outside with my friends here is some repeat stories from my mom that I'm retyping.
_______________________________
She was a child. She loved the farm where she lived. Not the house. The house had people in it and she was never very comfortable around people. In the house she always felt a little like she’d arrived uninvited and unwanted, and they’d like to send her back if only they knew where to send her. But the farm itself, the barn, the fields, the pasture, the grove and the deep woods, these she loved. These were her world. She almost never left them except to go to school.
She loved school. Not lunch hour or recess. There were too many people then. She didn’t know how to talk to them or play with them. Except for her older brothers, who ignored her, she’d never seen another child until she started school. She had never played, except imaginary games by herself. She had no idea how to relate to other children. During school hours it was different. She didn’t have to relate to anybody except the teacher and she knew the rules for that. He had told her the rules the first day of school, and he never once changed any of them. That made it easy.
She led an isolated life in a seriously dysfunctional family, but she didn’t know it then.
-E.V. Melotte
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