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Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 16:57 in Navy, shellback, humor too, pollywogs, crossing the equator ceremony, shellback initiation, shillaly, shillely
A very long time ago, and far, far away, out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, we crossed the Equator, and engaged in the time-honored tradition of sailors everywhere, and became Shellbacks. Below is a photo from 1982. I am the guy with the sne...
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Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 11:02 in family, Cancer, breast cancer, mammogram, cancer awareness, fitness nutrition and health, losing friends to cancer, breast cancer self-examination
Breast cancer remains a significant health concern for women in the United States and throughout the world. In the U.S., it is the most common form of cancer in women. After lung cancer, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in ...
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Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 14:20 in Culture, patrick swayze, boomer generation stuff
Few stories have so moved the American public during the past year than Patrick Swayze's determined struggle for survival....
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Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 13:15 in lifestyle, grumpy old man, old man, boomer generation stuff, humor too, crabby old man, crass old man, old-fashioned man
I am, in many ways, old-fashioned, with habits and dislikes fairly common to people in their sixties, particularly men, I think. We seem less tolerant of other people's quirks and habits than do women....
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Posted on Tuesday September 8th, 2009 at 19:33 in family, lifestyle, outdoor recreation, camping with kids, humor too, campground behavior, camping with older folks
All I can say is how much I appreciate enforced Quiet Hours in a campground where the Host is actually On-Duty!...
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Posted on Thursday September 3rd, 2009 at 18:12 in Culture, Navy, filipino food, lumpia, balut, pancit, fitness nutrition and health, duck embryo
Yes, there are bones and yes there are immature feathers. A beak. A foot. Just poke a hole in one end of the egg and suck out the "amniotic fluid." If that doesn't get you, you might enjoy balut with a dip of chile sauce and vinegar, then sprinkle o...
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Keep up the great work Doug....will be back to check and see what you are up to! :)
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