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flipper35 · #1 (**permalink**) 06-21-2005, 02:37 PM

Wisconsin. Where I was born and raised before moving to the Republic of California to meet my wife.

hey,littlecobra · #2 (**permalink**) 06-21-2005, 07:14 PM

I have been gone for HOURS and all ya'll can come up with is Wisconsin??? (no offense, brent....)

I've been to Wisconsin. I was 4. My uncle's wedding. They are now divorced. Actually he's dead.

So. I'm really sad. My best friends' dad died last night.

Been over visiting her and her mom. My Dallas buddies know her. She comes to lots of events with me. Tried to talk her into coming to Ohio with me.... ya know, chaperone....

I'm sad for her. And her mom. Like a mom to me.

The funeral 'was' set for Friday at 2. Ohio????? Now it's Thursday at 2. Ohio. I'm still sad. We've been best friends since I was 3, her 2. None of our parents had passed on, and it's hard. I guess it's fitting, as her dad was the oldest....
oh well. ramble on. (have had a couple of glasses of wine in the meantime....) not much of a drinker.... I went to visit this evening..... If I can dig up a photo I will. say a little prayer for my buddy Joanne, and her dear mother, Ann.
(my oldest daughter is named for her.... Laura Joanne.....)

Kristen.

hey,littlecobra · #3 (**permalink**) 06-21-2005, 07:33 PM

no body on here to 'talk'???
bummer.

going to bed to read. bye.
k

G.R. · #4 (**permalink**) 06-21-2005, 10:19 PM

It's always tough to lose a friend or loved one, let alone a family member...my condolences to you, Joanne and Ann.

Have fun in London...be careful on the road

Ron61 · #5 (**permalink**) 06-22-2005, 04:52 AM

Kristen,

Sorry to hear about your best friends Dad. That type experience never gets easier. Just keep in mind that he is a far better place now. I think that is what got me through losing all of my family, and time does help, but it does not stop all of the hurt. Go to London and have a good time.

Brent,

Great, take some pictures of your home land and post them. We have the most toxic and dangerous mine in the world about 20 miles from here and they won't even let people get close to it. The Govt. has spent millions and years trying to figure out what to do to stop it from draining into the river. Even the rocks that stuff gets on are eaten away. Last attempt to go into it and see if it could be plugged was stopped way short of the end by 135 degree temperatures and starting to eat through the De-com suites. Now if they could drain that mine into your river, we would really have something. Have a great trip.

Ron

trularin · #6 (**permalink**) 06-22-2005, 05:10 AM

I've heard of those arranged marrages between people. Did you have to move to Cal. to meet her or was this a swap of photos??

So, how long have you been married?

I am at the 25 years mark. Man, that is a long time...now that I think about it.

So, what do you get your wife of 25 years? I mean isn't this supposed to be the silver year, or something?

Ron61 · #7 (**permalink**) 06-22-2005, 05:21 AM

BABIES,

Hillbilly Birth

Deep in the back woods,of Letcher County Kentucky a hillbilly's wife went into labor in the middle of the night, and the doctor was called out to assist in the delivery. Since there was no electricity, the doctor handed the father-to-be a lantern and said, "Here. You hold this high so I can see what I am doing!."

Soon, a baby boy was brought into the world. "Whoa there", said the doctor, "Don't be in such a rush to put that lantern down I think there's another one coming."

Sure enough, within minutes he had delivered a baby girl. "Hold that lantern up, don't set it down there's another one!" Said the doctor.

Within a few minutes he had delivered a third baby. "No, don't be in a hurry to put down that lantern, it seems there's yet another one coming!" cried the doctor.

The redneck scratched his head in bewilderment, and asked the doctor, . . .

"You reckon it might be the light that's attractin' 'em?"

Ron

hey,littlecobra · #8 (**permalink**) 06-22-2005, 06:01 AM

me and my hubby, 20 years in September. hmmm. yes, tru, 25 is silver. If she doesn't already have a nice silver charm bracelet, get one, and if you aren't at the last minute, give her a few charms to get started. James Avery is a really nice silver jewelry store. A charm with a heart, and anniversary date on it..... the two boys heads (silver charm heads with birthdates on them)...

hmmm. Mine is gold, got it a long time ago... I have an apple on it (teacher) I have a little whale tail charm from our honeymoon to hawaii.... all kinds..... Anyway, just a suggestion of something sentimental, silver, and not just more knickknacks lying around....

Of course, money backed by silver certificates is always good....

K

trularin · #9 (**permalink**) 06-22-2005, 07:35 AM

Well Ron, I think this is one of the better ones.

Kristen, she doesn't wear jewery. I tried that for other occations.

I am thinking a weekend away from the house and boys. Two or three days of pool, lazyness and loving. What do you think?

hey,littlecobra · #10 (**permalink**) 06-22-2005, 08:24 AM

a weekend away is always good.... yeah, can't remember the last time we did that..... eat when/what you want, watch what you want.... none of the "but I wanna go see batman...."!!! or eat t Chili's stuff.

I was just thinking about the bracelet because it is a nice, small, compact way of covering lots of events!!!
Even not wearing it much, it means a lot to me....

I lost it once.

Found in a restaurant parking lot. Got the clasp replaced immediately!

seeya
k

EarlsflyinCobra · #11 (**permalink**) 06-22-2005, 08:25 AM

Tru, Take her on a cruise...they are greeeeeat.....the wife and I did one for the 20th, the 26th is coming up in 8 days, and the grandaughters 2nd birthday in 3 days.

The Cobra is slowly progressing....mostly little things right now cause of the recoupin....have to be careful not to overdo it or the pain gets bad.

That was a good one Ron.

K, sorry to hear about your friends dad. My dad has been in and out of the hospital since Thanksgiving with strokes...in bad shape now....it is rough to see him go from healthy and active to this in just a few days....now they say we should take him off of the machines....tough decisions. And on top of it my wife's grandmother is going down hill rapidly....hospice says a week or so, and she was just active a few weeks ago.

K, on a positive note, enjoy London, embrace life, and have a safe and positive trip.............Earl

4RE KLR · #12 (**permalink**) 06-22-2005, 08:30 AM

Tru,
We love our two kids more than life itself. We spend every minute with them. We are around them most every day all day long. They have never been to a day care and have only been watched by my mother in law on few occasions. We simply don't leave our kids with anyone.

That being said. When they do go to grandma and grandpa's house. My wife and I sure enjoy just the two of us for a while. Ever how short that may be, it's quality time.

We have noticed the house sure gets quiet and lonely without them here though.

Kristen,
We are sorry for your loss. Words can never replace the emtiness you feel, but time will help you both to get through. You should still go to Ohio if there is any way possible to do so. The trip will do you good. Take Joanne with you.

The wife and I have been together for twenty years, though we only got married in 88. She is the love of my life and my soul mate. I would be lost without her. And no she is not looking over my shoulder either.

4RE KLR · #13 (**permalink**) 06-22-2005, 09:24 AM

WHASUUPPP

Where is everyone?

Somthing smells

"sum ting wong"

flipper35 · #14 (**permalink**) 06-22-2005, 09:41 AM

Pre-arranged by God! I was single and in a dead end computer job and through a series of odd happenings I was offered a job here in Brawley in June 1998. Met Jenny a few months later and now we will celebrating FIVE years this December. Time has gone fast and I would say it still feels like a honeymoon but our 3 year old reminds me it is not! I wouldn't trade how things worked out for anything.

Kristen, sorry for the loss of your friends dad.

Ron, pictures from vacation certainly! Sorry about the double post on the New River. The internet was all goofy (sorry for the highly technical terms) and dropped off right after I posted. When things were supposedly working the post wasn't there so I posted again. Now they are both there.

Also Kristen. There IS nothing better than Wisconsin. If any of you like water parks and are up that way, check out Wisconsin Dells. The whole town is a water park! And less you naysayers think water park and Wisconsin winters don't go together, the hotels there have the parks indoors including one 4 story waterslide. http://www.dells.com/

trularin · #15 (**permalink**) 06-22-2005, 09:59 AM

Although I drew a remarkable crowd as I was the only Cobra in a sea of Corvettes, I did not win any place. But those Corvettes did.

So, Kristen, I suppose you might be in London and Maybe you will not.

Five years is good. Is she older, the same age or younger than yourself?

flipper35 · #16 (**permalink**) 06-22-2005, 10:13 AM

tru, it's always tough to be an outsider

If I assume the older/younger was directed at me, she is several years younger. The first thing we did that didn't include our friends was to go for a ride in the Cobra after our softball game was over. A few weeks later she asked and got to drive it.

4RE KLR · #17 (**permalink**) 06-22-2005, 11:01 AM

Ahh caught by the cobra. Don't ya just love it when things go as planned.

When we went to Ohio a few years ago we stayed at a hotel that had a HUGE pool inside it. It had a very large Carribian pirate ship in the center of the pool and several large water cannons. The water was not real deep so the kids copuld play and have a great time. That was a neat pool for everyone.

Ron,

What the heck is in that cave that makes it so toxic?

Ron61 · #18 (**permalink**) 06-22-2005, 11:31 AM

Steve,

That is an old abandoned Gold Mine and I think that mountain has every element know to man kind in it. They call it the Iron Mountain Mine. There is iron, gold, silver, copper, and things that I don't even know what they are. When it rains the water comes doen through the fissures of the rock and into the mine and leaches out all that toxic stuff. They have spent millions and still don't have a solution. They did build a debree dam several years ago with the idea it would catch the water and the toxic waste would sink and the water would go over the overflow. First problem was they forgot that after so long that crap would fill up the holding lake and it started going over the overflow. They put some kind of steel in there to stop that and the steel was supposed to last for at least 75 years. They had to replace it in 3 years. They are still doing studies to try and figure out how to stop that. You should see the small river that is below that place where it has drained into it.

Ron

Ron61 · #19 (**permalink**) 06-22-2005, 11:35 AM

Brent,

This should look better than your river. I took it today while I was up at Redding on the Sun Dial Bridge.

Ron

flipper35 · #20 (**permalink**) 06-22-2005, 11:39 AM

Hey Ron, maybe diverting that mine water to the New River will work and they will cancel each other out. I found some pictures of the Salton Sea last night that a friend took from the air when I took him and his wife up for an arial tour of the valley. There should have been some arial shots of the New River and the Alamo but I haven't found them. I have some shots of the valley too, but everyone has seen dirt.