Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles

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Entries Tagged as 'Humor'

Who Us? Gone Sailin’ – Part 2

November 20th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Humor, Perspective, Photos, Videos, Reflections, Stories, Tom & Me, Uncategorized

I ended last time with us getting to the boat to go sailing.  For one who was once a real sailor, I had somehow turned into a big scaredy cat.  Tom climbed all over the boat and around getting the lines to the pier off, getting the sails uncovered and getting those lines ready to [...]

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Who, Us? Gone Sailin’!! – Part 1

November 16th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Friends, Humor, Perspective, Reflections, Stories, Tom & Me, Uncategorized

I DID it!! I took the plunge Saturday and christened Tom’s sailboat – Item 7 – with my lovely presence.  I also officially christened it another way, but I’ll get to that in a minute. He’s only had the boat three years, after all.  I had to make sure he could handle it well and [...]

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Interesting Trivia: Fact or Fiction?

November 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Historical, Humor, Uncategorized

Hmmm, I wonder about some of the but they all seem logical: In George Washington’s days, there were no cameras. One’s image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms. Prices charged by [...]

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Let’s Hear It For The Dallas Cowboys!!

November 6th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Friends, Humor, Uncategorized

I’m stooping to a new low today.  Picking fun at Tom’s beloved Dallas Cowboys.  (Or, as he has been saying of late, “Stupid Cowboys.”)  He’s always been a big Cowboys fan.  Especially since after he lived in Dallas in the late 1960s and was in the Air National Guard with several of the top notch [...]

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How To Start A Fight

October 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Friends, Humor

Received these from a school friend today.  He & I lived on neighboring farms in west Texas and rode the school bus together, beginning in 4th Grade.  I dreamed about all of my school classmates last night and we were all young – high school age or just a bit older.  We were all thin [...]

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1955 FORD THUNDERBIRD and The Conversations That Went With It!

October 26th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Historical, Humor, Uncategorized

Comments made in the year 1955! (That’s 55 years ago!) ‘I’ll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it’s going to be impossible To buy a week’s groceries for $20.00. ‘Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won’t be long before $2,000.00 will only buy a [...]

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Signs You Are Too OLD For Halloween

October 21st, 2010 · 7 Comments · Humor

Halloween is drawing near and kids everywhere are all exciting about this fun, albeit “scary” holiday.  Thrills and screams and trick or treat.  That’s what it’s all about and it seems to me, of late, that adults all around get really excited about Halloween, too, ya know? I know, over the years, Tom & I [...]

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