Galen

Not as much as how I love you.

So did you think that this was a nice thread - and wanted to bring it back up as there are a number of new people hanging out in the Cafe since the last post?

Rick Brown is alive and well. :) He is the current limb Coordinator for the state of Maine. I had a long talk with him on the phone :)

I have not seen your movie. I guess that we live in a 'small town'. The last census says that we have 152 people in our township. One road: 20 miles long, with no intersections, no stop signs, and no speed limit signs. We do have one side street that intersects our road but it is not named and is not painted. The state Fish and Game folks say that we harvest only around 20 moose and 30 deer each year [but since a somebody would have to haul their meat out of town to tag it, I figure that the game wardens only know about the game that hunters from other townships shoot.] If we had a radio station, I would think that folks here would listen to it. We do get two TV stations. So I know that folks here are pretty much lock-stepped in what they watch. Either ABC or PBS.

Yes I do. :)

Today my Bonnie was able to go with me I attended "Growing Peach tree farms in Maine", while she attended "Organic Certifications". Then I attended "Rodale Research Institute", and she attended "Shaker Herb Gardens". Then I attended "Solar Power", while she attended "After Butchering Poultry". Then I attended "Your Thyroid", while she attended "Growing Hot Weather Plants in Cool Climates". Then we together attended "Organic Livestock Management". Then we both attended "Colony Collapse and Honeybee diseases". Bonnie had entered a basket of coloured soap eggs in the fair competition for which she got a red ribbon. And she entered a basket of seashell shaped oatmeal soaps that got another red ribbon. And she entered a dozen scented and coloured eggs in an egg carton which got a blue ribbon. And I entered a dozen of my chicken's brown eggs which got a blue ribbon. :)

Yes, I am having a lot of fun and learning a lot. Today I did one workshop on "Edible Landscaping", then "Drip Irrigation", "Low Hoop houses", "Medicinal Fungi", "Homeopathy for animals", and finally "how to build your own cider press". :)

Whew what a busy day! A big crowd too, lots of children wow. I entered some soap that Bonnie made into the competition. I attended a workshop on USDA requirements, then one on Fruit tree orchard basics, then fruit tree orchard advanced topics, then farming raspberries and blueberries, then one on building the natural defenses of trees, and finally one on legislation of farm crops.

I will be there tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday.

Gross, Net or AGI? We have focused a great deal on tax-sheltering investments for years now. Which keeps our AGI very low.

I can see the issue over a female trying to fix-me-up into something else. I can not say that I have ever experienced such, but I can see where it might not be comfortable. However the attention might be nice. As for being judgemental, I guess that I was fortunate in finding a female who has mostly the same set of beliefs that I have, so generally our viewpoints are the same. I think that we all need to be willing to give a little, to consider that we might just be wrong, and to give each other a little nudge every now and again. I can also see the idea of having similar interests. But we are two separate individuals with separate interests. So long as we can agree on common goals, that is important. Neither of us plays golf, neither of us watches much TV, we can be separate yet working towards a common good. There is only one thing that we argue about, there is only one thing that I feel to be a real need in marriage. I can and do cook, I can clean, I take children to school and the doctor, I do most of our laundry, ... When I worked fulltime in my career I was focused on that, and she did the more domestic stuff. Now that I have retired, she has picked up a nearly fulltime career and I have taken over the more domestic stuff. Which remains there is still just one topic about which we disagree. And it does become a large cloud hanging over us. I do not see where a 'nymphomaniac' is very realistic, or plausible. I would like to think that I would be happy with a wife being in the mood monthly. Not just the regular PMS 'she-bear' mood swing that comes through every two to three weeks, but a kinder gentler wanting to cuddle and be held kind of mood. :)

Ah yes the inner child our Id, my Ego molested the little guy. :)

Very nice

Well there was a strong link. Every terrorist attack has been performed on specific anniversarys, for reasons. To them it must all be very symbolic, tha tis a large part of the message that they are trying to send. Our culture commonly misses the symbols.

Wow. and I hardly even know you. I usually do not profess love until at least the second date. ;)

Sometimes. Usually on payday.

Happy Birthday!

I will likely be wearing a straw cowboy hat and bib-overalls. I have joked about going one year wearing a tin-foil hat, but I do not know if I am up to the challenge.

This year's fair is 21, 22, 23 September http://www.mofga.org/TheFair/tabid/135/Default.aspx We will be attending many of the workshops all three days. And we hope to see as many of you guys as possible. :)

Thank you, I did not know that such had changed. I suppose that time does march on. I stand corrected. I was not aware that LDOs could go beyond LCDR. Thank you for your service as well. May God bless you and keep you. :)

I have never served in a Division or Department on any sub, that had a LDO in it. The only LDOs onboard that I recall were the Supply Officers, and they insisted on being called 'Chop'. To call them by their rank, was only done when they were bieng 'dressed down', or being chewed out by a line officer. I have served at two Navy Base Police Departments that each had an LDO serving in the position as 'Base Security Officer', they were commonly called 'Security Officer' or 'LDO' [rather than 'JG', or 'LT']. 'sir' implies that you dont know their proper title, or that you are upset with them and refusing to use their proper title. I agree. :)

One question for you Senior, what about the MCPON? Isn't there one enlisted rank or position above a regular Master chief? :)

:) We have very few LDOs on subs. My understanidng was that the target fleet had set limits on how high an LDO can advance in rank. As to beards, I have wore a beard for the majority of my active duty career. [1976 to 1983, and 1987 to 2001] During both of my shore duty tours working Law Enforcement, I shaved. However once back onboard subs, obviously I wore a beard as has been the norm on subs. I retired wearing a beard. Wonderful photos of my ceremony. Yes I do wear a beard today. It is currently longer than Navy regs actually calls for, and I do wear it when I am in dress unifrom. Just as I did while I was still serving on active duty. Granted when I was on active duty, I maintained it to the proscribed length. :)

That could well have been my mistake. Being a servicemember of the US Navy, the phrase LDO is a very common phrase and designates a small section of lower ranking commissioned officers. So when I read 'LDO USN' I just assumed as much. For years, I have commonly signed things ET1(SS), since that was my title among fellow servicemembers. And I have spent a lot of time being called 'ET1'. Likewise I have known men who were commonly called: "LDO", generally not on subs though, mostly on target ships [you know the ones that float up on the surface and make lots of noise in the water as they stir it up]. :)

LOL I was rather scratching my head over that too :) An LDO and a Senior Officer are entirely two different things. LDOs by the nature of their commission could never even become a senior officer. At least that is my understanding, being a lowly E-6 of 20+ years active duty. ET1(SS) USN (retired) Galen Young