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It's been awhile since I have been in the forum. Much has happened since we got settled into our new place here in the States. We have our farm. We have 2 horses, 12 goats, 4 sheep, a dozen rabbits, turkeys, chickens and pheasants. We lost 4 sheep to coyotes but I since improved the fencing. The...

We left Alaska on 16 July. We had shipped my Wife's VW Bug all the way to Phoenix. We were driving my Brother-in-Law's 2013 Ford F-150. It rained, heavily, from the time we entered Canada until we got to Tacoma Washington. We visited with my youngest Daughter and her husband in Ft. Lewis for a...

We have just about a month before we move. When I first moved here, I never thought I would leave but circumstances change and Family is still very important. I first came here in 1989. I visited for 3 weeks that summer. It was a great vacation and as I was fixing to return to South Carolina, I...

Definition: An Alaskan finding him or her self trapped within the confines of Texas! Just for a couple of friends of mine in the Lone Star State!

I retired from the Submarine Service in 1995. I celebrated my 55th Birthday today. Monday June 30th, I retire the State of Alaska Court System. July 25th we begin our move to Arizona. I will be collecting 2 pensions, I'm only 55, a 70% Disabled Vet and now I am trying to figure out what to...

About my Granddaughter, Nina, from my oldest Daughter, Stephanie: "People tell me I should be so thankful for my intelligent daughter, and I am. I am thankful for the conversations we have. I am thankful for the patience I needed, but it's hard. Many nights I feel like I'm running into a...

I have noticed that many of us include Bacon when discussing beer, food, menus, restaurants, etc. I felt Bacon deserves its own thread. I have of course, eaten lots of bacon in my time but as I get older and learn more Ifind there are many kinds of bacon and bacon products which I have yet...

I have smoked cigarettes/cigarillos since my teens and tobacco pipes since my early twenties. I have smoked stogies off and on throughout my adult life. 2 years ago a buddy invited me over to watch some football in his new basement bar and he had this big hookah (waterpipe) with 4 hoses sitting...

I was surfing the channels last night, the wife wasn't feeling good so I figured I'd watch a little TV, rarely done in the Summer here. I hit a commercial for something called "here comes honey boo-boo" and they are offering scratch and sniff cards so that you can follow the season opener and...

Just curious if anybody is familiar with the area: Most likely the Sedona/Jerome, basically around the Prescott Valley area. Wife is finally fed up with our long cold winters here. She spent most of December with her family in Arizona and I went down for the last 10 days of her visit. She was...

My wife got 5 seasons of The Big Bang Theory on DVD. I hadn't seen this before, so I was surprised there were 5 seasons already. Anyway, I have to say I find some of their antics quite amusing. The thing that stands out at the moment is; last night we watched an episode where they explained Rock...

I noticed there appear to be more than a few Submarine Sailors on this forum. FTB/MT (Coner) Served on: SSBN618G USS Thomas Jefferson SSBN641B USS Simon Bolivar (Twice) SSBN658G USS Mariano G. Vallejo Joined in Dec 1976 I retired as an E-6, Oct 31 1995 due to Reduction in Forces and major...