Thanks for listening

 Photo of the day: 

You chocolate lovers can appreciate the street lights in Hershey, PA!

So for today:

We all have unique lives.  Every life with the right producer would make a great book or a movie. Lives are directed by our surroundings.  I was blessed with a wonderful family and friends.

January 17^th  1939 was my birthday. (the youngest of the 5 kids that survived)  it is 2024 and I am now officially 85 years old.  It doesn’t really seem that long.

Many of you have moved a lot over the years. We have lived in 6 states (I think, not counting a short stay at Pleasure Island, SC).  I have mentioned many times that we lived at Guantanamo Bay (GITMO) for almost 4 years. Those were some of the best years of our lives. The family loved it. It was like going back in time, and the weather was perfect.

I would really like to make one more trip around the USA, together we have visited about 26 countries, but for me, nothing compares to the beauty of this country.  Great country and as a whole good people who work love and live here. You and I have some good kids and grandkids.  They will use their heads and run this country; I am proud of the younger generation. 

When I was a teenager I kept hearing from OLD people that the country was going to hell in a hand basket and  these long haired hippies, duck tails, pegged pants people will ruin the USA. It didn’t happen. (Some people say, yeah, it didn’t happen YET!)

This is one OLD man who still believes in this country. I believe the majority of our congressmen (and salesmen) are good folk and want good for the country.  One day we will have another statesman rise up and help heal the wounds that bother a lot of folks.

(It pays to follow some directions)

You see, I remember a HS drop out, the 17 yr old boy who had dreams like everyone else, I took a lot of roads to get here but with the help of a sweet wife we own two homes and owe no one but the tax man and have the finances to pay him.

I am now a happy God loving man and fortunately still have that lovely girl I married when I was 17. I received a BD card from Marian and Corporal Dallas, we have been friends since USMC boot camp. Sherry and I have been married 3 weeks longer than those two.

Some signs in this world will confuse you. They might have used a mirror to paint this.

Thanks for stopping by the Shipslog.

Nite Shipslog

PS:  God has allowed us to meet some of the best folk on the planet; in person and here on the net.  Thank you all for being here… and being YOU!

I have probably told this. When we started seeing each other I asked, "When is your birthday?"

She, "Nov. 6th."

ME: What year?

She:  "Every year."  "Nuff said"""""  LOL