exposure to two distinct cultures has impacted my life.
first, as a young blonde lad from the pacific northwest, i was catapulted into the hispanic culture of the rio grande valley in 1961. on the border, by the sea was the chamber of commerce slogan, but the change in venue was more dramatic than simply moving from a land of mountains and douglas fir to beaches, bougainvilla, grapefruit and beaches.
it was the warmth and closeness of the mexican families, the new sounds and flavors and , yes, the salon del reino that intrigued and humbled this know-it-all young pioneer.
Hey there! I remember segregated congregations kind of. Being very young at the time my stepdad married my mom and we moved to Fort Valley GA. Most of the way I remember was that this tiny little town had 2 tiny little congregations. I clearly remembering hearing the grown-ups refer to "the black congregation". And this was in the mid-70's.
Guess it took a while for that "new light" to blink on.
mike.
Expect nothing and you will never be disappointed,
hey danny i just wanted to mention not to use more than about 2 tablespoons of chivas for a big dish like a roast or brisket and for steaks, keep it to 1 teaspoon per steak.. right now, i'm learning how to cook beef brisket.
cooking one tonight i've been marinading since friday night.
i've been told you can marinade one in beer but haven't tried it yet.. mike.. expect nothing and you will never be disappointed,
Hey Danny I just wanted to mention not to use more than about 2 tablespoons of Chivas for a big dish like a roast or brisket and for steaks, keep it to 1 teaspoon per steak.
Right now, I'm learning how to cook beef brisket. Cooking one tonight I've been marinading since Friday night. I've been told you can marinade one in beer but haven't tried it yet.
mike.
Expect nothing and you will never be disappointed,
i had a message to call my mom this afternoon when i got home.
her voice concerned, she said "michael, please call us as soon as you can, we heard you may have been hurt".
i called back to find out what was going on.
yeah we hung out some 'till I figured out Isabel liked you. (I sure was mad about that) She was a total flake.
Expect nothing and you will never be disappointed,
i had a message to call my mom this afternoon when i got home.
her voice concerned, she said "michael, please call us as soon as you can, we heard you may have been hurt".
i called back to find out what was going on.
well, never watched the show. I stick with the History channel and Fox News channel unless its time for the x files or lone gunmen.
Bet you're still the same chris I'm thinking of. I was the nerdy skinny kid from perry with a short black sidekick. we both hit on a really fine chick named isabel at the quickbuild in perry.
sure you don't remember william smith? drove a gto judge and rode motocross?
mike.
Expect nothing and you will never be disappointed,
i had a message to call my mom this afternoon when i got home.
her voice concerned, she said "michael, please call us as soon as you can, we heard you may have been hurt".
i called back to find out what was going on.
Slayer:
CHRIS?! It's michael ganas dude! I knew van and steve, tall chick named rita, keith conklin and his sister jennifer (she was a hot one too!), alan weeks, and of course the world famous william smith!
I can't make out your pic too well but i do believe i remember your face. glad to see you made it out, bro. in case you didn't hear, william smith's wife and kid were killed in a car wreck a year or two ago.
sad to hear that happened to willie. i always thought the world of him!
who was the lucky guy who finally got becca?
Expect nothing and you will never be disappointed,
i thought i'd share a personal story with y'all tonight about when i was in the persian gulf war.. my squad was on a chopper a few clicks south of hanoi.
(did i mention there was alcohol involved?).
chopper got shot down and i was the only survivor of the crash.
I thought I'd share a personal story with y'all tonight about when I was in the Persian Gulf war.
My squad was on a chopper a few clicks south of Hanoi. (did I mention there was alcohol involved?)
Chopper got shot down and I was the only survivor of the crash. I made it out with a case of beer, a machete, the field radio, and my trusty M-60. So I called HQ to abort the mission and send a ride to get me out of the LZ. While I waited, I went to work on the case of beer.
While I was waiting on reinforcements and working on the case, 100 enemy troops suddenly appeared out of nowhere and attacked.
I grabbed up the M-60 and gave 'em hell. I took out 70 in a fierce firefight before the ammo ran out. I threw the gun down and retreated as the rest moved in on my position. All I had now was the machete. I snuck around the left flank and charged full speed with the jungle blade. Twenty fell to the swinging blade in my hands. Then the blade broke and I had to again retreat.
The ten surviving soldiers regrouped and immediately charged my position. I fought with every ounce of strength and determination I could muster. At last, a hundred dead enemy bodies lay strewn about and a Huey landed nearby to take me home.
The moral of the story: Don't mess with me when I've been drinking!
mike.
Expect nothing and you will never be disappointed,
i had a message to call my mom this afternoon when i got home.
her voice concerned, she said "michael, please call us as soon as you can, we heard you may have been hurt".
i called back to find out what was going on.
danny, anytime you want buddy. let me know in advance and instead of pork chops, i'll have a brisket marinating for 2 days in italian dressing with my secret ingredient. (ok, the secret ingredient is chivas regal scotch so now i'll have to kill you cause you know too much)
it's funny how you mentioned historic homes because when i left my ex-girlfriend in our "historic trailer" i got a cool apartment in a 175 year old house right smack dab in the historic district of macon.
Expect nothing and you will never be disappointed,
i've been thinking a lot about this board and the people here over the past few days.. as most of you know, i got pretty pouty and threw a couple of fits over what i saw as being a wrong direction for the board.
i claimed doom was near, etc.
etc.. i have come to think that this board is very real.
ok, I just couldn't resist this follow up.
Danny, please don't use phrases about cramming things down our throats in the same paragraph as references to homosexuality.
(snickering) just had to be at the HEAD of the line to make this thread suggestive. the opportunity was just STICKING OUT THERE.
better stop before this joke gets too LONG.
mike.
Expect nothing and you will never be disappointed,
i've been thinking a lot about this board and the people here over the past few days.. as most of you know, i got pretty pouty and threw a couple of fits over what i saw as being a wrong direction for the board.
i claimed doom was near, etc.
etc.. i have come to think that this board is very real.
Hey Joel!
The internet is the first ammendment in action worldwide. What other outlet do any of us have in our life to be 100 percent honest and open with every thought in our minds and still have the security of anonymity and isolation?
While that security sure does bring some strange, unpleasant, and sometimes downright evil thoughts into public, it also brings total strangers closer together.
We have to be mature enough and open minded enough to tolerate the fact that someone is going to say things we don't like in order to get to the good aspects of this board and indeed the good aspects of life otherwise the internet's arena of free speech and thought is doomed.
It would come as no suprise if we learned that the most aggressive on this board were very quiet and subdued in person. I'm sure people have said things on this board in anger, in humor, in flirtation, that they would never in a million years say to a co-worker, friend, or spouse.
You're not a scared little kid in the way you put it, buddy. If you're not scared, you're not alive. But let me say this. Life is much more enjoyable when you decide not to let what people say bother you and if it does not to give them the satisfaction of seeing it bother you. Sure you'll still have occasion to get pissed off, what's life without that? Sometimes it's best to rise above a situation and walk away. In fact most of the time that's the best answer. In the heat of the moment we don't really think about the other person, we just see how so-and-so is a total asshole and what they had to say becomes the worst possible insult we've had since just after lunchtime.
I'd bet that many a member has woke up the next morning and thought about a post made in anger and regretted it. Thought about how it could have been worded differently.
Well, Joel, the day arguments and flame wars end is the day the internet truly becomes boring.
Sounds like you're not leaving or anything and I'm glad cause you seem pretty cool.
mike.
Expect nothing and you will never be disappointed,
i had a message to call my mom this afternoon when i got home.
her voice concerned, she said "michael, please call us as soon as you can, we heard you may have been hurt".
i called back to find out what was going on.
Hey sixofnine, if her daughter's name is Georgia then it's shirlene toomer and if so give her a big hug for me. Is her husband George with her?
Slayer, I knew the Dyers family from Albany. Was totally in love with their daughter Rebecca.
mike.
Expect nothing and you will never be disappointed,
