Heads Up Troops- new scam alert.

[George Lander]

Francis: I've been meaning to ask you, did you matriculate at Parris Island? If so, did they tell you about the alligators in the marsh? I hope that you can make the Southern.

Best Regards, George

[Old and Reliable]

That was Parris Island, also the Stanley Kubrick movie "FMJ" was shot there. Best "Grad' from PI in my beloved USMC and ops. area- Carlos Norman Hathcock- aka- L'ong Tran or White feather. No, I was on the Western side of I-75 or whatever N-S divisional meridian the USMC used back in the 1960's, so I was a "Hollywood Marine"- MCRD San Diego, Lindberg Field, the big bay and the USNRD across the water, the palm trees and the yellow footprints on the tarmac, the battleship grey WW11 era USN buses that brought us from Lindberg Field into 19 weeks of Boot Camp--

I'll send you a direct e-mail my friend, the other night I filled up my oldest daughter's Taurus for her, gas was $3.25/gal for 87 octane- today it is $3.65, and it's a drive from the GR area solo down to Sanford area- also got my invite card to the MI "Yooper Shoot" in june, price went up $25 from last year, that's a 12 hour haul from my locale, and bridge tolls.

This Lybia thing is another disaster pending for us- "From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli" but I hope those who are presently serving Our Country (including in my beloved USMC) don't have to repeat that history just to "stabilize" oil prices. My late Grandfather told me that the stock market was a "rigged game", so is OPEC-- Best regards my friend!!

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Francis Morin

(whatindahell is a Hotel Tango Tango Papa prefix mean?))-- :

If you really care--- its Hypertext Transfer Protocol -which of course still still means nothing to anyone with a life-

I saw an interview a few years back with one of the real internet founders (sorry Mr Gore). He was asked if he would do anything different if he had it to over again -he said he would get rid of all the worthless constant lead in characters that you need to enter but don't do anything for you.

[Old and Reliable]

[quote=Rick Losey;37755]If you really care--- its Hypertext Transfer Protocol -which of course still still means nothing to anyone with a life-

I saw an interview a few years back with one of the real internet founders (sorry Mr Gore). He was asked if he would do anything different if he had it to over again -he said he would get rid of all the worthless constant lead in characters that you need to enter but don't do anything for you.[I have an Edmund H. Osthaus print of "Sports Peerless pride"-- no other painter from his era, IMO, caught the intensity of a Setter or Pointer, and got their feet in correct detail- Percival Rousseau, Tait, others were also well known. And as Osthaus was curator of the Museum of Fine Art in Toledo Ohio for many years, perhaps that's where the OH comes in your Avatar- great choice indeed. My Grandfather taught me to try to learn something new every day of my life, and I have tried to follow his sage advice- the trick is, however, as you so properly pointed out, is to separate the useful data from the other misc. info- http-- OK, so now I know the answer, and I thank you. I might end up on a quiz show someday and that might be the big buck question, so thanks!!!

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Francis Morin

perhaps that's where the OH comes in your Avatar- great choice indeed.

not to completely divert the thread -

I have several Osthaus prints, love his work. However - Old Hemlock Osthaus is the senior member of my brace of Old Hemlock setters, on the way out the door to pick him up and we still didn't have a name, when my daughter looked at a large Osthaus litho on the wall and said "hey how about ..." and it was done.



in his younger days