tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83977313316469785602024-03-18T23:07:19.094-04:00Tennessee GranddaddyHappenings in my retirement years with my family, daily life, and a little fishing... including an occasional thought about the USA and with a little humor along the way... I'm glad you came for a visit!Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.comBlogger1527125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-43262234143372663182013-09-11T07:19:00.001-04:002013-09-11T07:19:14.173-04:00Catch Up<p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Atley James Rogers</font></strong> <br />Our great grandson is growing like a weed. He’s always got a smile. We got a good visit in August when Mandy, Alex and Sylvia came for a visit. Here’s a few pictures. <br /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" border="0"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zN586EcpNIo/UjBRmC62dwI/AAAAAAAAReU/XxZK5rR2kLs/s1600-h/IMG_5695%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5695" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5695" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6lmHRlWBypc/UjBRmv4VpnI/AAAAAAAARec/yNEbC80yn_U/IMG_5695_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="137" height="93" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="133"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VVVgIsWiY8s/UjBRnCArvXI/AAAAAAAARek/YKcGba4tb9k/s1600-h/IMG_5718%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5718" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5718" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-RRR9o8X5zq4/UjBRnjxyLmI/AAAAAAAARes/gTq2Oztsxdo/IMG_5718_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="137" height="93" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="133"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-t1BClXpRvkE/UjBRoEm8tAI/AAAAAAAARe0/jkVC0V8wxQs/s1600-h/IMG_5698%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5698" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5698" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NAHFkpWiasc/UjBRoQuOD8I/AAAAAAAARe8/mc_PGEerqUw/IMG_5698_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="137" height="93" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </font></font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Health Situation <br /></font></strong>I have been wearing a heart monitor the past few weeks (one more week to go). I saw the heart doctor a week ago and he told me I have Atrial Fibrillation. Now I have two more meds to take. The real danger of this condition is a stroke so I need to follow the doctors orders.</font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Fishing</font></strong> <br />The last two trips were not goo. One was bad and then the last trip was worse. We went to South Holston and only got 3 Lakers. So next week we decided to try Watauga lake and it was worse--No fish, not even a bite!</font></p> <p><font size="3">But before that we had some good days. On one trip I took Kevin and Zachary. We got our limit of 6 Lakers on South Holston and had a great day. <br /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" border="0"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-leCuae1tLCQ/UjBRo0TxV4I/AAAAAAAARfE/B22GdjbM7B8/s1600-h/IMG_2676%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2676" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2676" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-r3FSApMO7w8/UjBRpd3s5DI/AAAAAAAARfM/C7rrdiIMDZo/IMG_2676_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="199" height="296" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Dl_Lz43nEzE/UjBRp7ieXFI/AAAAAAAARfU/C7y91fSO1kI/s1600-h/photo%2525201%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="photo 1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="photo 1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-kpJ_QscEQr4/UjBRqV22peI/AAAAAAAARfc/7XC3pEjrgbA/photo%2525201_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="199" height="296" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Then when Mandy and Alex visited in August we went fishing one day. Here’s the results: <br /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" border="0"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_MFOz7CN_Vw/UjBRq-18F8I/AAAAAAAARfk/6fIqhivKcnI/s1600-h/IMG_2701%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2701" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2701" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TZAJuU9UWWc/UjBRrJHkMdI/AAAAAAAARfs/trYAey84zEY/IMG_2701_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="194" height="233" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-LDpprE8Fgao/UjBRrjRy1RI/AAAAAAAARf0/WJAi4EE3tcs/s1600-h/IMG_2696%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2696" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2696" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_Teyau60m50/UjBRsF6aSWI/AAAAAAAARf8/BewsLeW-rvI/IMG_2696_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="194" height="285" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Travel</font> <br /></strong>We had a nice little trip to Kentucky to visit Beverly’s relatives (mine too) and attend at McBrayer family reunion. </font></p> <p><font size="3">Coming up soon is our annual church convention which we always enjoy because we need the spiritual guidance and help.</font></p> <p><font size="3">We are also planning a trip to New Jersey to visit our daughter, Bethany. We have not had the opportunity to visit her in the Asbury Park area since she moved there over two years ago. It’s about time for Mom and Dad to show up, don’t you think</font></p> <p><font size="3"><font size="3"></font></font></p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"> </div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br />Someone said smile, things could be worse. So sure enough, I smiled, and things got worse.</font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">Just kidding!</font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. <br />Isaiah 51:6</font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"></font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">(Note from Granddaddy: <br />See in above that the earth was planned to get old and get worn out. We are thankful for eternal salvation. Help me see things now as I will one day see.)</font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"> <br /></font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">A man walked by a table in a hotel and noticed three men and a dog playing cards.</font></p> <p><font size="3">The dog, predictably, was losing.</font></p> <p><font size="3">"He would probably do better if he could read the cards," the man commented.</font></p> <p><font size="3">"Oh, he can read cards just fine," said one of the players. "But every time he gets a good hand he wags his tail."</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">~~~</font></p> <p><font size="3">For her 40th birthday, a wife told her husband, "I'd love to be 10 again." </font></p> <p><font size="3">So that Saturday, they had a heaping stack of chocolate-chip pancakes, her favorite childhood breakfast. Then they hit the playground and a merry-go-round. They finished the day with a banana split.</font></p> <p><font size="3">"So how did you enjoy being a kid for a day?" the husband asked.</font></p> <p><font size="3">"Great," the wife replied. "But when I said I wanted to be 10 again, I meant my dress size." </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">~~~</font></p> <p><font size="3">Seeing her friend Sally wearing a new locket, Meg asks if there is a memento of some sort inside.</font></p> <p><font size="3">"Yes," says Sally, "a lock of my husband's hair."</font></p> <p><font size="3">"But Larry's still alive."</font></p> <p><font size="3">"I know, but his hair is gone."</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span> <br /></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-18987811224739281302013-07-21T22:11:00.001-04:002013-07-21T22:11:54.954-04:00Things Are Happening and It Keeps Raining<p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Rain, Rain and More Rain</font></strong> <br />We’ve really had the rain. It seems like every day we have a shower or thunderstorm. Sometimes it is a struggle to find a time to mow the lawn or go fishing. So far we have managed to accomplish both, but it has required some effort keeping up with weather reports, weather radar and checking the sky.</font></font></p> <p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Fishing on South Holston Lake</font></strong> <br />Last week we made two fishing trips. On Thursday I went with a couple of my fishing buddies. We got our limit of lake trout and had a good day of fishing. Our 6 fish weighed a tad over 28 pounds and the largest was 6 lb. and 2 oz.</font></font></p> <p><font size="3">I returned to the lake on Saturday morning with Kevin and Zachary (son and grandson). We got the boat in the water early but then spent about an hour waiting out a thunderstorm that was threatening. I just don’t want to be on the water when there is lightening.</font></p> <p><font size="3"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CW751Y-KgAk/UeyU4IZb6jI/AAAAAAAARb0/ZDpbZPLYsKo/s1600-h/photo%2525201%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="photo 1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="photo 1" align="right" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-34l2VsAoHVI/UeyU4oy9heI/AAAAAAAARb8/1tvmAiu6QdA/photo%2525201_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a>After the storm passed we began a short run to the magic fishing spot where we troll for the lake trout. We got our limit of 6 nice lake trout by around 1 PM. We all had a fun day of not only fishing but catching. Our 6 fish weighed a little over 28 pounds and our biggest fish was 6 1/2 pounds and was caught by Zachary!  The picture to the right shows Zachary holding his monster catch. </font></p> <p><font size="3">Here’s two more pictures. And if you look closely you will see there are only 5 fish. We caught the 6th fish after we had taken the pictures below. As we were cranking in our trolling lures to end the day of fishing we got a bite on the way in. It was another nice trout that added over 4-5 pounds to our stringer.</font></p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" border="1"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ykYHXFQ8GgM/UeyU5AhNaYI/AAAAAAAARcE/3B7B0yfZlDI/s1600-h/IMG_2676%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2676" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2676" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Xp5sgQdw16E/UeyU5kd_jtI/AAAAAAAARcM/gWt6XkBDRl8/IMG_2676_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="194" height="289" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-x4z7uMttC94/UeyU6LcTWFI/AAAAAAAARcU/PXFJDmfIwh4/s1600-h/IMG_2677%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2677" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2677" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cfnc-OCLvlY/UeyU6dfuu7I/AAAAAAAARcc/P04rhRp5bwc/IMG_2677_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="194" height="289" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"> </div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"> <br />~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> </font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center" align="left"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#000000" size="3">A puzzle I received from a friend:</font></span></div> <blockquote><font color="#000000" size="3"></font></blockquote> <blockquote> <p><font color="#000000" size="3">You are on a horse, galloping at a constant speed.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="3">On your right side is a sharp drop off.</font></p> </blockquote> <blockquote><font color="#000000" size="3"></font></blockquote> <blockquote> <p><font color="#000000" size="3">And on your left side is an Elephant traveling at the same speed as you.</font></p> </blockquote> <blockquote><font color="#000000" size="3"></font></blockquote> <blockquote> <p><font color="#000000" size="3">Directly in front of you is a galloping Kangaroo and your horse is unable to overtake it.</font></p> </blockquote> <blockquote><font color="#000000" size="3"></font></blockquote> <blockquote> <p><font color="#000000" size="3">Behind you is a Lion running at the same speed as you and the Kangaroo.</font></p> </blockquote> <blockquote><font color="#000000" size="3"></font></blockquote> <blockquote> <p><font color="#000000" size="3">What must you do to safely get out of this highly dangerous situation?</font></p> </blockquote> <blockquote><font color="#000000" size="3"></font></blockquote> <blockquote><font color="#000000" size="3"></font></blockquote> <blockquote> <p><font size="3"></font> <blockquote><font color="#000000" size="3"></font></blockquote> <blockquote><font color="#000000" size="3"></font></blockquote> <blockquote><font color="#000000" size="3"></font></blockquote> <blockquote><font color="#000000" size="3"></font></blockquote> <blockquote><font color="#000000" size="3"></font></blockquote> <blockquote><font color="#000000" size="3"></font></blockquote> <blockquote><font color="#000000" size="3"></font></blockquote> <font color="#000000" size="3">Answer: Get off the merry-go-round.</font></p> </blockquote> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">You must welcome change as the rule <br />but not as your ruler. <br />~Denis Waitley</font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">There's an old sea story about a ship's Captain who inspected his sailors, and afterward told </font><font size="3">the first mate that his men smelled bad. <br /> <br />The Captain suggested perhaps it would help if the sailors would change underwear </font><font size="3">occasionally. <br /> <br />The first mate responded, "Aye, aye sir, </font><font size="3">I'll see to it immediately!" <br /> <br />The first mate went straight to the sailors berth deck and announced, "The Captain thinks you guys smell bad and wants you </font><font size="3">to change your underwear." <br /> <br />He continued, "Pittman, you change with Jones, McCarthy, you change with Witkowski, </font><font size="3">and Brown, you change with Schultz." <br /> <br />THE MORAL OF THE STORY: <br /> <br />Someone may come along and promise "<i>Change</i>", but don't count on things smelling any better.</font></p> <p><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-30868836492793467352013-07-17T14:25:00.001-04:002013-07-17T14:25:10.211-04:00Happy Birthday Atley<p><strong><font color="#c0504d" size="3">Atley Is One Year Old Today</font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6Zy9nhlaKMM/Uebhg0f4k_I/AAAAAAAARbM/54uDKgze-OY/s1600-h/photo%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="photo" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="photo" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dvnIVKItgyc/UebhhDKej5I/AAAAAAAARbU/0TB0X8y8Lyk/photo_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="404" /></a></p> <p>Picture by Mandy & Alex</p> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-77633280739677085822013-06-27T16:45:00.001-04:002013-06-27T21:31:45.542-04:00Fishing Update for 2013<p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Spring Crappie</font></strong> <br />We have ended our trips to Douglas Lake for crappie fishing for this spring. Here’s a summary for the ten (10) trips we made down to Swann’s Marina.</font></font></p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="297" border="1"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="210"><strong>Number of Fishing Trips</strong></td> <td valign="top" width="85"> <p align="center"><strong>10</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="210"><strong>Total Number of Crappie Caught</strong></td> <td valign="top" width="85"> <p align="center"><strong>1215</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="210"><strong>Total Number of “Throw Backs”</strong></td> <td valign="top" width="85"> <p align="center"><strong>913</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="210"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00">Total Number of Keepers</font></strong></td> <td valign="top" width="85"> <p align="center"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00">302</font></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="210"><strong>Percent Keepers</strong></td> <td valign="top" width="85"> <p align="center"><strong>25%</strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><font size="3"><font size="3">Our last trip to Douglas was on June 20 where we caught 17 “keepers”, and had 34 “throw backs”. A “Keeper” is a crappie 10” or longer. The “Throw Backs” were returned to the lake to grow larger. Overall a good and enjoyable year for us. But it’s not over…</font></font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Lake Trout</font></strong> <br />When the water get hot on Douglas and the fish are hard to catch, we change lakes and our target fish. We can usually find fish in the deep waters of South Holston and Watauga Lakes. Just to make sure we had not lost our “touch” we made a trip to South Holston last Tuesday to try for the Lake Trout. Doug and I had our limit by 1:00 PM. We lost several big fish earlier but finally recovered the knack for catching these big fish.</font></p> <p><font size="3"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CNvG-Uv_Gss/UcykWYv3lHI/AAAAAAAARZk/ot3rOXpDaKs/s1600-h/IMG_2647%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2647" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2647" align="right" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HLMOvt-YtoQ/UcykW2il_LI/AAAAAAAARZs/qbtUBbKaHKk/IMG_2647_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="115" height="172" /></a>Here’s a picture of our 4 keepers. The limit is only 2 per person per day and there is no size limit. The weights of the fish were 6 lb 3 oz, 5 lb 3 oz, 4 lb 7 oz and 2 lb 14 oz. That was a heavy stringer topping out at close to 19 pounds for 4 fish. Needless to say we were happy and smiling. Those are fun to catch. (You know, catching is  a little more fun that just fishing.)</font></p> <p><font size="3"><font style="background-color: #ff0000" color="#ffffff"><strong>NEWS FLASH</strong></font> <br />Just tonight, Kara and her partner, another Kara, won their tennis doubles championship match to win the girls double tournament at the Bristol Tennis and Racket Club. Here’s a picture of the victors who won in convincing fashion, 6-2, and 6-1.<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VWioDuj5frw/Ucznfvmp2AI/AAAAAAAARZ8/Sz-cyKUELEU/s1600-h/photo%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="photo" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="photo" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NLP0XI5rWzE/UczngJRlpuI/AAAAAAAARaA/2xgi-cuwV_0/photo_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="248" height="381" /></a></font></p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"> </div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br />It pays to keep busy. <br />Set goals. <br />Make a little progress each day. <br />Don’t let others discourage you. <br />Keep on, Keeping on.</font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer <br />~Author Unknown</font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Every time the man next door headed toward Robinson's house, Robinson knew he was coming to borrow something. "He won't get away with it this time," muttered Robinson to his wife. "Watch this."</font></p> <p><font size="3">"Er, I wonder if you'd be using your power-saw this morning," the neighbor began.</font></p> <p><font size="3">"Gee, I'm awfully sorry," said Robinson with a smug look, "but the fact of the matter is, I'll be using it all day."</font></p> <p><font size="3">"In that case," said the neighbor, "You won't be using your golf clubs. Mind if I borrow them?"</font></p> <p><font size="3">(Sounds a little bit like Herb and Dagwood in the comics)</font></p> <p><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-62336718700019556642013-06-13T11:25:00.001-04:002013-06-14T07:08:48.494-04:00Eagles, Proverbs and Fishing<p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">What I Saw Was Amazing!</font></strong> <br />We were fishing this past Tuesday on Douglas Lake. It was about 3:30 pm and the lake was quiet. We were trolling at about 1 MPH. It was a beautiful day. We had just caught another fish but it was not a crappie. Instead we had just caught a freshwater drum that we call a trash fish. After getting it unhooked we threw it back into the lake. I was in rear of the boat checking some fishing rods and I saw that old drum float by in the rippling wake of our boat. Then the most amazing thing happened when the fish was about 10-15 yards from the boat. I saw something in the sky. A big bird? At first I could not identify it, but as it got closer I could see it was an American Bald Eagle. The majestic bird circled and them swooped to the water and picked up that fish that we had just returned to the water. I was awed as I watched the bird circle over the lake and then fly toward the shoreline with his catch. I sure it was used to feed some eaglets in the nest.</font></font></p> <p><font size="3"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-714dvfIsZPw/Ubnj98Lzl1I/AAAAAAAARXM/Yc1mdtoAlSo/s1600-h/eagle%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="eagle" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="eagle" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1G8tdttLSCo/Ubnj-SG4kVI/AAAAAAAARXU/1csm96Y1Zy8/eagle_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="126" height="101" /></a>I turned to Doug and Ralph who also witnessed this event, and told them that if we had not caught a fish all day what we had just seen was worth the trip. I’m so thankful for what I saw and for the American Eagle.</font></p> <p><font color="#c0504d" size="3"><strong>Chinese Proverb and the Washington Way <br /></strong></font><font size="3"><strong>Original Chinese Proverb:</strong> <br /></font><font size="3">Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.</font><font size="3">Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. <br /></font><font size="3"><strong>2012 White House Revision:</strong> <br /></font><font size="3">Give a man a welfare check, a free cell phone with </font><font size="3">unlimited free minutes, cash for his clunker, food <br /></font><font size="3">stamps, section 8 housing, free contraceptives, <br /></font><font size="3">Medicaid, ninety-nine weeks of unemployment, free <br /></font><font size="3">medicine, and he will vote for Democrats the rest of <br /></font><font size="3">his life; even after he's deceased.</font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">The Crappie Fishing Summary for 2013</font></strong> <br />This has been an unbelievable year for our crappie fishing on Douglas Lake. We’ve had a full 2 months of good fishing. We’ve made 9 trips to the lake and not had a bad day of fishing. <br /></font></p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="414" border="1"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00"></font></strong><strong>Date</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center"><strong>Keepers</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="113"> <p align="center"><strong>Throw-backs</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="99"> <p align="center"><strong>Total</strong><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00"></font></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">4/9</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">19</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="113"> <p align="center">23</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="99"> <p align="center">42</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">4/16</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">45</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="113"> <p align="center">206</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="99"> <p align="center">251</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">4/18</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">30</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="113"> <p align="center">156</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="99"> <p align="center">186</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">4/23</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">45</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="113"> <p align="center">117</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="99"> <p align="center">162</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">5/10</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">33</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="113"> <p align="center">110</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="99"> <p align="center">143</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">5/13</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">30</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="113"> <p align="center">73</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="99"> <p align="center">103</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">5/21</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">34</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="113"> <p align="center">100</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="99"> <p align="center">134</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">5/28</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">26</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="113"> <p align="center">62</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="99"> <p align="center">88</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">6/11</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">23</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="113"> <p align="center">31</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="99"> <p align="center">54</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center"><strong>Total</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center"><strong>285</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="113"> <p align="center"><strong>878</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="99"> <p align="center"><strong>1,163</strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><font size="3">I’m not sure if we will go to Douglas again until this fall. My gut tells me it is time to put up the crappie rods and get ready to go to South Holston Lake and fish for the Lake Trout. We catch them very deep (40-70 feet) so the hot weather does not impact this type of fishing. <br /></font></p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"> </div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br />I have some advice for you today. It came from my own Dad. He told me once that if I ever thought I was indispensible to get a “glass of water”. Then put my finger down into the glass. Then he said pull out my finger and look at the glass. If it leaves a hole, then you truly are indispensible. I’ll never forget that important message.</font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">He also used the “glass of water” to teach me another lesson. When teaching me to drive, he told me to pretend there was a glass of water mounted on the dashboard. He said not drive so you will not spill a drop of the water.</font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">Earth and sky, woods and fields, <br />lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, <br />are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. <br />~John Lubbock</font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eFw0nQMxm2k/Ubnj-gqAewI/AAAAAAAARXc/Hqoomm6BRdg/s1600-h/Croak%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Croak" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Croak" align="right" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BAnS0OXpNis/Ubnj_GXVezI/AAAAAAAARXk/gianOMof51w/Croak_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="155" height="117" /></a>A six-year-old goes to the hospital with her mother to visit her Grandpa.</font> </p> <p><font size="3">When they get to the hospital, she runs ahead of her mother and bursts into her Grandpa's room.</font> </p> <p><font size="3">"Grandpa, Grandpa," she says excitedly, "as soon as my mother comes into the room, make a noise like a frog!" <br /> <br />"What?" said her Grandpa. <br /> <br />"Make a noise like a frog because my mom said that as soon as you croak, we're all going to Disney World!”</font> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-18578143108256264102013-05-26T18:11:00.001-04:002013-06-01T09:05:42.355-04:00A Good Year for Crappie<p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Douglas Lake Crappie Fishing 2013</font></strong> <br />As of this week we had caught over 1,100 crappie and had brought home 262 keepers (over 10”). It’s been the best year I can remember for catching fish even though the percent keepers has been only 24%. The table below shows the dates we went fishing the results. I can’t complain. It’s been lots of fun, we all have some good eating in our freezer. (Table Updated Through 5/28/13)</font></p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="400" border="1"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00"></font></strong><strong>Date</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center"><strong>Keepers</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center"><strong>Throw-backs</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center"><strong>Total</strong><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00"></font></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">4/9</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">19</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">23</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">42</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">4/16</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">45</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">206</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">251</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">4/18</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">30</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">156</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">186</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">4/23</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">45</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">117</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">162</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">5/10</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">33</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">110</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">143</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">5/13</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">30</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">73</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">103</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">5/21</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">34</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">100</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">134</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">5/28</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">26</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">62</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center">88</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center"><strong>Total</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center"><strong>262</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center"><strong>847</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="100"> <p align="center"><strong>1,109</strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"><font size="3">Here’s a couple of pictures from our May 21st trip. The view from off the back of the boat shows 7 rods we are trolling. We also have 5 rods off of each side giving us a total of 17 rods that we try to keep in the water. We keep the speed between 0.8 and 1.0 MPH and wait for the bites.<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-B6eazvNd7D4/UaKIbySbafI/AAAAAAAARU0/ZDtC9RZI8Og/s1600-h/IMG_25824.jpg"><img title="IMG_2582" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2582" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rf-swDQmCfs/UaKIcfndjUI/AAAAAAAARU8/SA5LcXmxZGk/IMG_2582_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="304" /> <br /></a></font></font><font size="3">Here I am holding the stringer of 34 crappie. I’m grinning! <br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aXVocXAy5IA/UaKIcjOz3fI/AAAAAAAARVE/cAlAp-da-yo/s1600-h/IMG_25914.jpg"><img title="IMG_2591" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2591" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FxEhPjMklvQ/UaKIdFqQlPI/AAAAAAAARVM/EV2rYo061-w/IMG_2591_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="271" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Monday May 27, 2013 is Memorial Day!</font></strong> <br />Take a minute to be thankful for this great country and the men and women who made it great, free & safe.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nsxBQHQPtRE/UaKIdvDoBFI/AAAAAAAARVU/cnxZrEMI2qo/s1600-h/MD01%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="MD01" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="MD01" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-33BanMIVWGo/UaKIdzOaAZI/AAAAAAAARVc/DjE02ElgGTo/MD01_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="215" /></a></p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br />Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.  ~Author Unknown</font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, <br />and the sheep of his pasture. <br />Psalm 100:3</font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"> <br /></font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">A fleeing Taliban terrorist, desperate for water, was plodding through the Afghan desert when he saw something far off in the distance. </font></p> <p><font size="3">Hoping to find water, he hurried toward the mirage, only to find a very frail little old Jewish man standing at a small makeshift display rack - selling ties. </font></p> <p><font size="3">The Taliban terrorist asked, "Do you have water?" </font></p> <p><font size="3">The Jewish man replied, "I have no water. Would you like to buy a tie? They are only $5." </font></p> <p><font size="3">The Taliban shouted hysterically, "Idiot Infidel! I do not need such an over-priced western adornment - I spit on your ties. I need water!” </font></p> <p><font size="3">"Sorry, I have none - just ties - pure silk - and only $5." </font></p> <p><font size="3">"Pahh! A curse on your ties, I should wrap one around your scrawny little neck and choke the life out of you but... I must conserve my energy and find water!" </font></p> <p><font size="3">"Okay," said   the little old Jewish man, “It does not matter that you do not want to buy a tie from me  or that you hate me, threaten my life and call me infidel. I will show you that I am bigger than any of that. If you continue over that hill to the east for about   two miles, you will find a restaurant. It has the finest food and all the ice-cold water you need... Go In Peace." </font></p> <p><font size="3">Cursing him again, the desperate Taliban staggered away over the hill. </font></p> <p><font size="3">Several hours later he crawled back, almost dead and gasped... </font></p> <p><font size="3">"They won't let me in without a tie!”</font><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span></p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-35753512753944938192013-05-19T13:40:00.001-04:002013-05-19T13:40:18.370-04:00Catching Up…<p><font size="3"><font size="3">I’ve been negligent in posting. So I’ll try to catch up.</font></font></p> <p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Mother’s Day</font></strong> <br />To celebrate Mother’s Day, Kevin invited us to a nice picnic at the Eastman Picnic Area. We had five mothers in attendance and a great meal. The food was BBQ from the world famous Original Ridgewood Barbeque in Bluff City, TN.</font></font></p> <p><font size="3"><font size="3"><font color="#c0504d"><strong>Cataracts <br /></strong></font>Beverly had cataract surgery on her right eye last Thursday. I have been amazed at her recovery and the results! She was noticing big differences in her vision on the afternoon after her surgery and on Friday morning she was reading the smallest type on her iPhone. Later Friday morning we went to the doctor for a checkup on her eye and everything was A-OK. The doctor gave us a CD with a movie of her complete cataract surgery. I watched it later that day, but Beverly has decided to wait until after her cataract surgery on her left eye on May 30.</font></font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Tennis</font> <br /></strong>We enjoyed watching our granddaughter, Kara, play tennis this year. She’s a freshmen and plays on her high school tennis team. Her improvement this year has been very impressive. She won quite a few (6-7) singles matches in competition. I noticed a dramatic change from when grandmother and I took her for her first tennis lessons a couple of years ago. Way to Go, Kara!!!</font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Band Concert</font></strong> <br />Zachary’s band concert was on May 9. And what a great concert it was! Zachary plays the percussion instruments and you can easily see that he enjoys it very much. He as right when he told us the concert would be “Awesome!”.</font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Upcoming Events</font></strong> <br />May 23 – Zachary’s Birthday. He’ll be 12 years old! <br />June 8 – Jim & Beverly’s 52nd Wedding Anniversary</font><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Fishing <br /></font></strong>It has been a good year for crappie fishing for us this year.Thus far we have made 5 fishing trips to Douglas Lake. In total we have caught <strong>784 crappie and 172 have been keepers</strong> (over 10”). The Keeper Rate is about 22% or about 1 out of very 5 fish is a keeper. The “keepers” are put on ice a brought home for the filet knife and freezer bags. (The 612 non keepers were gently released back into the lake to continue to grow.)</font></p> <p><font size="3">Our most popular lure this year has been the 1/16 oz. white Roadrunner tipped with a Crappie Slider. <br /></font> <p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="400" border="0"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-iEaHNTRFkqI/UZkOcJ-YFRI/AAAAAAAARTs/2NyxK_6j5eE/s1600-h/RR%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="RR" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="RR" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-URs5CY8mtQM/UZkOcrG-1jI/AAAAAAAART0/rFn0pKnyW4I/RR_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="139" height="134" /></a> <br />The White Roadrunner</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="200"> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ryI1Hq032J0/UZkOdTxPrmI/AAAAAAAART8/QYD7hNUVXeI/s1600-h/image2s%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="image2s" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="image2s" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lobhVJ9jsg4/UZkOd3IhuPI/AAAAAAAARUE/3W3qWn_FDRo/image2s_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="154" height="56" /></a> <br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gKt9EOi7GtE/UZkOet9r8WI/AAAAAAAARUM/M0wY21kv8Os/s1600-h/im2ages%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="im2ages" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="im2ages" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RMPn9axR5SQ/UZkOfMxMDKI/AAAAAAAARUU/I9spkPLULks/im2ages_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="154" height="60" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tnw48tvnDLU/UZkOfqUskBI/AAAAAAAARUc/ThVneWoY8ls/s1600-h/images%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="images" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="images" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZzU6KbzmEBI/UZkOgaWECoI/AAAAAAAARUk/ks_i9No6-Jg/images_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="154" height="55" /></a> <br />3 Crappie Sliders</p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </p> </p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"> </div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br />In the James 1:19 it gives us some good advice:</font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><strong>“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be <br />swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”</strong></font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">In the presence of eternity, <br />the mountains are as transient as the clouds. <br />~Robert Green Ingersoll</font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="3">Walking into the bar, Mike said to Charlie the bartender, 'Pour me a stiff one - just had another fight with the little woman.' <br /> <br />'Oh yeah?' said Charlie, 'And how did this one end?' <br /> <br />'When it was over,' Mike replied, 'She came to me on her hands and knees.' <br /> <br />'Really,' said Charles, 'Now that's a switch!   What did she say?' <br /> <br />She said, 'Come out from under the bed, you little chicken.'</font></p> <p><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-82492421649990333452013-04-28T17:25:00.001-04:002013-04-28T17:25:33.548-04:00Two Great Days Last Week!<p><font size="3"><font color="#c0504d"><strong>Last Tuesday</strong></font> <br /><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UFoXxKEEgiE/UX2Tv6kkHyI/AAAAAAAARPw/kDbjueoPmc0/s1600-h/IMG_2552%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2552" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2552" align="right" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LJN_XpPw8jw/UX2TwKZtH6I/AAAAAAAARP4/UF6atkXbUjI/IMG_2552_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="230" height="179" /></a>We went back to Douglas Lake and got our limit again! This is the second time in my life when we got our limit for crappie on Douglas Lake. It was a good day for sure. We use two fish counters (see picture). The one on the left shows how many under-sized crappie that we tossed back in the lake. The other counter shows the “keepers”. The limit is 15 per day and they have to be 10 inches or larger.</font></p> <p><font size="3"><font size="3"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aWBLh0CBwXs/UX2TwrhEc2I/AAAAAAAARQA/t0z_pt5D39M/s1600-h/IMG_2555%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2555" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2555" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2GDVKIZj3bM/UX2TyBz05vI/AAAAAAAARQI/JkeYau9QICk/IMG_2555_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a>This picture shows the two guys I fish with. Doug is on the left and Ralph is on the right. We make a good team. It takes all three of us to fish my boat since we are trolling with 16 rods with rear-drag spinning reels. Our primary bait is lead head jigs with plastic. However, this year we have caught the majority of fish with Road Runners  baited with Crappie Sliders.</font></font></p> <p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Last Thursday</font> <br /></strong>I went to a luncheon to celebrate a good friend’s 25 year anniversary with Eastman Chemical Company. His name is Arved and I remember the day we interviewed and hired him. He came to Eastman from Wise, Virginia and he had a Master’s degree in Statistics from Virginia Tech. It was a great to see Arved and many others that I had worked with when I was working at Eastman.</font></font></p> <p><font size="3">The picture below was taken a few months after Arved was hired. He is on the far left. This was taken when Dr. W. Edwards Deming came to Eastman in 1988. Dr. Deming is surrounded by all the statisticians who were working at Eastman Chemical Co. at that time.</font></p> <p><font size="3"><font size="3"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YXDafhDOZwM/UX2TypG2X6I/AAAAAAAARQQ/CFOG2TErcYo/s1600-h/photo%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="photo" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="photo" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-F5Dhuaozq0k/UX2TzCAFHfI/AAAAAAAARQY/eyH9J1dR7c8/photo_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="424" height="286" /></a>Yes, Tennessee Granddaddy is in the picture. See if you can find him. He turned 50 the week this picture was taken.</font></font></p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"> </div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br />During this path of life, be careful that you don’t burn bridges. It much better to build new bridges and lay stepping stones for others.</font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000"><strong>Quotes of the Day <br /> <br /></strong></font></span>Learn all you can from the mistakes of others.  You won't have time to make them all yourself. <br />~Alfred Sheinwold <br /> <br /> <br />Experience is not what happens to a man.  It is what a man does with what happens to him. <br />~Aldous Leonard Huxley</font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"> <br /></font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">A man walked by a table in a hotel and noticed three men and a dog playing cards.</font></p> <p><font size="3">The dog, predictably, was losing.</font></p> <p><font size="3">"He would probably do better if he could read the cards," the man commented.</font></p> <p><font size="3">"Oh, he can read cards just fine," said one of the players. "But every time he gets a good hand he wags his tail."</font></p> <p><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-30661744089072337632013-04-22T15:24:00.001-04:002013-04-22T15:24:45.419-04:00My Fishing Report<p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Crappie Fishing</font></strong> <br />Actually the fishing has not been “crappie” but very good for us last week on Douglas Lake. We went twice, and we don’t do that very often unless the the fishing is good.</font></font></p> <p><font size="3"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ewIwVLJ0YNo/UXWOdhXsOqI/AAAAAAAARPI/G674nOzCqQ4/s1600-h/IMG_2527-001%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2527-001" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2527-001" align="right" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7NnAhGG8ki4/UXWOeIWwieI/AAAAAAAARPQ/EExoaUfCwiU/IMG_2527-001_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a>On Tuesday, the three of us caught our limit of 45 crappie. The state allows 15 crappie per person provided they are 10” or greater in length. However, in order to get 45 keepers we caught a total of 206 fish. That’s only about a 22% success rate for keepers.</font></p> <p><font size="3"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5rlpOh0fo8U/UXWOel4_RDI/AAAAAAAARPY/LvPwzb5g6YI/s1600-h/IMG_2543%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2543" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2543" align="right" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xqLXozZ139A/UXWOfP4HHFI/AAAAAAAARPg/KWjq2Xodjw8/IMG_2543_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a>On Thursday we only caught 30 keepers out of 156 total fish. That’s a 19% success rate for keepers. </font></p> <p><font size="3">I call that some pretty good fishing and even though 4 out of 5 fish are too small to keep it is lots of fun and it keeps you busy. And on both days we caught some nice catfish to go with the crappie.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Now I’m ready for some fried crappie filets, with some fried potatoes, coleslaw, and cornbread or hushpuppies. Yum! Yum!</font></p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"> </div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">  <br /> Enjoy the beautiful weather. <br />Go fishing! <br />Then you will smile and relax.</font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">The gods do not deduct from man's <br />allotted span the hours spent in fishing. <br />~Babylonian Proverb</font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">During John's physical, the doctor asked him about his daily activity level. </font></p> <p><font size="3">John replied, "Well, yesterday morning, I waded along the edge of a lake, escaped from wild dogs in the heavy brush, marched up and down several rocky hills, stood in a patch of poison ivy, crawled out of quicksand, and jumped away from an aggressive rattlesnake." </font></p> <p><font size="3">Inspired by the story, the doctor said, "You must be some outdoorsman!" </font></p> <p><font size="3">"No," John replied, "I'm just a lousy golfer."</font></p> <p><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-14699929514645990852013-04-09T21:53:00.001-04:002013-04-09T21:53:53.434-04:00First Day<p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Of Fishing in 2013</font></strong> <br /><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vcu0sJqd1sg/UWTGLuXaTnI/AAAAAAAAROw/-EX_XOAfc7s/s1600-h/IMG_2518%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2518" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2518" align="right" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8Ip1896Alyg/UWTGMJ2zi6I/AAAAAAAARO4/63X5Z6asl84/IMG_2518_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a>We went to Douglas Lake today to fish for crappie. It was the first trip this year and the first trip to test the equipment (boat, motor, fishing gear) my new hip. Everything worked perfectly.</font></font></p> <p><font size="3">And we caught fish! We caught a total of 42 crappie, but only 19 were “keepers”. A good day.</font></p> <p><font size="3">That’s my friend Ralph holding the stringer and you can see Doug in the background.</font></p> <p><font size="3"><font size="3">We have had a late spring for sure. I was checking our fishing trips we made last year, and I was surprised that we had already made 3 trips to fish Douglas. The first fishing trip last year was on March 13!</font></font></p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"> </div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br />Our winter was not severe, but so long. The late Spring is here at last. Soon the redbuds will be blooming and the dogwoods not far behind. Ahhh!</font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. <br />~Benjamin Franklin</font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">A recently ordained pastor was invited fishing by two senior pastors. They rowed their boat out into the middle of a lake and started casting.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Suddenly, one of the senior pastors says, "I forgot my bait. I'll be right back." Then he hops out of the boat, walks across the water to shore. A few minutes later, he comes walking back and gets in the boat.</font></p> <p><font size="3">The junior pastor is astonished, but manages to keep it to himself.</font></p> <p><font size="3">A bit later, the other senior pastor says, "I forgot my sunscreen. I'll be right back." Then he hops out of the boat, walks across the water to shore. A few minutes later, he comes walking back and gets in the boat.</font></p> <p><font size="3">The junior pastor is now certain that these are two men of supreme faith and he doesn't want to appear less spiritual. </font></p> <p><font size="3">After a few moments, the junior pastor says, "I forgot my lunch. I'll be right back." He hops out of the boat and plunges straight to the bottom of the lake. </font></p> <p><font size="3">One senior pastor turns to the other and says, "We forgot to tell him about the stepping stones."</font></p> <p><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-10178623919557720982013-03-02T20:09:00.001-05:002013-03-02T20:09:02.830-05:00Last Weekend<p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-uCRWPrG078I/UTKiklbTurI/AAAAAAAARMY/cZzhr_lpvig/s1600-h/IMG_5528%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5528" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 14px 5px 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5528" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bNoHQuRWZeo/UTKilPqNtxI/AAAAAAAARMg/VuEEIRnujEo/IMG_5528_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="82" height="128" /></a>We Had a Visit from Atley</font></strong> <br />Beginning last Friday we enjoyed a wonderful visit from Mandy, Alex, Atley, and Sylvia. It was so good to be able to see the growth in Atley. He’s 7 months old now and really growing fast. He already has 4 teeth. Here’s a few pictures.</font></font></p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="400" border="0"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BC5mU5Zy7As/UTKil-8k_FI/AAAAAAAARMo/oXIfPe5QezY/s1600-h/IMG_5521%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5521" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5521" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ghkkZRJEaYc/UTKimQ5uslI/AAAAAAAARMw/O3KDUk6UZ_c/IMG_5521_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="137" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-VHSju2CxIBo/UTKinP9rEQI/AAAAAAAARM4/LmtiB7_e6os/s1600-h/IMG_5523%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5523" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5523" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-s4rfCsDDFRA/UTKindz9VlI/AAAAAAAARNA/Ogdml2sluko/IMG_5523_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="137" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DC79ag56cqE/UTKioHiY3uI/AAAAAAAARNI/0zRtvx3jazc/s1600-h/IMG_5539%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5539" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5539" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-B9JUaJH-PEs/UTKioRGARJI/AAAAAAAARNQ/qwP27OCuOwQ/IMG_5539_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="137" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RurrWvEA_rY/UTKio31ySoI/AAAAAAAARNY/MASbmvgw_3I/s1600-h/IMG_5529%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5529" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5529" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--ELjNSLi340/UTKipBoJ3OI/AAAAAAAARNg/S_6ECWp95tM/IMG_5529_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="137" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IEFq7fLNz1M/UTKipn8evDI/AAAAAAAARNo/8PHrSCWJpvg/s1600-h/IMG_5543%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5543" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5543" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BCYX9-keksY/UTKiqZGD_RI/AAAAAAAARNw/9iCgVFgzw8k/IMG_5543_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="137" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-CcG9WiY1i6s/UTKiq4kAgkI/AAAAAAAARN4/YWM0citf5GI/s1600-h/IMG_5552%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5552" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5552" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7JAbEmBJX4I/UTKirc-9nkI/AAAAAAAAROA/Fgh8hcHeP9Q/IMG_5552_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="137" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">A Great Explanation</font></strong> <br />This is a must to watch. It illustrates in simple terms what our government is doing to us by not cutting back spending and working to balance the budget. What would happen if we operated our households like the federal government? We have to live on a budget and our government should also!</font></font></p> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:1fd5bf56-f310-40bb-95fd-eadc2beb85fe" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div><object width="405" height="227"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Li0no7O9zmE?hl=en&hd=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Li0no7O9zmE?hl=en&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="405" height="227"></embed></object></div></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"> </div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br />The biggest trouble with bad habits is that <br />they often become a necessity.</font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">Nobody can do everything, <br />but everyone can do something. <br />~Author Unknown</font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"> <br /></font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">A newly married man, feeling a little insecure, asked his wife, "Would you have married me if my father hadn't left me a fortune?"</font></p> <p><font size="3">"Honey," his bride replied sweetly, "I'd have married you no matter who left you that fortune!" </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">-and-</font></p> <p><font size="3">A woman was sitting on the patio with her husband and sipping a glass of wine. Suddenly she said, "I love you so much, I don't know how I could ever live without you."</font></p> <p><font size="3">Her husband asked, "Is that you, or the wine talking?"</font></p> <p><font size="3">She replied, "It's me...talking to the wine."</font> </p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-86077047945648426952013-02-17T19:57:00.001-05:002013-02-17T19:57:38.811-05:00More Winter to Come?<p><font color="#c0504d"><font size="3"><strong>Prepare Yourself and Home for Icy Weather</strong></font> <br /></font><font color="#000000" size="3">While we hope that the harsh days of cold weather are behind us, it is possible we may have some bad weather in the next few weeks. That is why I wanted to share the following with you. I received it a few days ago and thought you might benefit from the suggestions like I did.</font></p> <p><font size="3">1) Stock up on batteries, flashlights and candles. Get a battery-powered radio and prepare an alternate source of heat, like a generator or enough wood to supply a wood stove.</font></p> <p><font size="3">2) Store extra clothes and blankets for when power and heat are lost.</font></p> <p><font size="3">3) Stock up on extra food and water. Keep a manual can opener and food that requires little or no cooking unless you have an alternate cooking source like a propane grill or camping stove with plenty of fuel. Keep at least one week's worth of prescription medication on hand.</font></p> <p><font size="3">4) Have a first aid kit, list of emergency numbers and a corded phone within easy reach. Cordless phones do not work when the power is out.</font></p> <p><font size="3">5) Fill up automobile gas tanks and have cash on hand because gas stations and banks may be out of service during an ice storm.</font></p> <p><font size="3">6) Unplug appliances to protect them from bursts of electricity, like the television, stereo, computer and microwave.</font></p> <p><font size="3">7) Install smoke alarms and test their batteries.</font></p> <p><font size="3">8) Properly insulate your home and seal windows and doors with weather-stripping to prevent cold air from leaking in.</font></p> <p><font size="3">9) Install storm windows or wrap windows from inside with plastic to add extra insulation against cold air.</font></p> <p><font size="3">10) Drain water pipes and consider wrapping them with blankets or newspapers to discourage freezing which commonly occurs during an ice storm. Alternately, let them drip but catch the water so that later it can be used for drinking, cooking or washing.</font></p> <p><font size="3">11) Turn off all major electric appliances if the power goes out.</font></p> <p><font size="3">12) Keep the refrigerator and freezer closed to conserve cold air and preserve food.</font></p> <p><font size="3">13) Use water sparingly; for example, flush the toilet with leftover cooking or washing water.</font></p> <p><font size="3">14) Eat and drink on a regular basis to stay hydrated and to help regulate you body temperature.</font></p> <p><font size="3">15) Listen to the radio for forecasts, warnings and further instructions regarding the ice storm.</font></p> <p><font size="3">16) Change wet clothing frequently to avoid losing body heat. Seek medical attention if you see any indications of hypothermia or frostbite.</font></p> <p><font size="2">Portions of these tips were retrieved from "eHow.com".</font></p> <p><font size="3"><font color="#c0504d"><strong>I’m Thinking Spring</strong></font> <br />While I give you all those winter tips above, I’m thinking spring time and fishing. I’ve started work on getting my fishing tackle ready for the fishing season. I’ve removed the old line from 10 spinning reels. Now I need to oil the reels and put new line on the reels. Then on some warm day I will go outside and put the reels on the fishing rods that we use for crappie fishing. I enjoy every minute of getting ready for fishing!</font></p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br />Smile!</font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. <br />~Proverb</font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"> <br /></font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Upon entering the little country store, the stranger noticed a sign saying DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG! posted on the glass door. Inside he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor beside the cash register.</font></p> <p><font size="3">He asked the store manager, "Is THAT the dog folks are supposed to beware of?"</font></p> <p><font size="3">"Yep, that's him," he replied.</font></p> <p><font size="3">The stranger couldn't help but be amused. "That certainly doesn't look like a dangerous dog to me. Why in the world would you post that sign?"</font></p> <p><font size="3">"Because", the owner replied, "before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him."</font></p> <p><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-81706175502331102962013-02-06T19:37:00.001-05:002013-02-06T19:37:39.792-05:00Doctor’s Report<p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Granddaddy Appointments <br /></font></strong>Yesterday I had 2 doctor appointments. The first was with my dermatologist, and the second was with the surgeon who did my hip surgery</font></font></p> <p><font size="3">The <u>dermatologist</u> found a little spot on my ear that needs to be watched to see if it is growing larger. It’s a small spot that I had never noticed, right on my ear lobe. They took pictures and I’ll be watching it.</font></p> <p><font size="3">The <u>surgeon</u> was pleased with my progress and lifted all restrictions for bending, twisting, etc. I can now tie my own shoes, sit in any chair, and just be what I was before the surgery. But I need to continue using the cane until I develop more strength in my left leg so that I can walk without a limp. He agreed for me to continue physical therapy for one more month. (Note to Alex: Sorry but it looks like you will not be able to get my favorite chair when you, Mandy & Atley come for that February visit.)</font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">The Home Place is Sold</font></strong> <br />Last week we closed on selling Dad’s house in Knoxville. I have been experiencing a mixture of emotions from knowing the house now belongs to someone else. We moved into that house about 57 years ago. Many memories on my Mother and Dad go with the surroundings of that wonderful home. That’s sad. At the same time we were glad to sell the property and remove the worry and expense of an unoccupied house. It had to be done, but my heart aches.</font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Marvelous Kites in the Wind</font></strong> <br />I think you will enjoy the following video showing Ray Bethell fly his kites. It’s an amazing feat and a thing of beauty. It brought back memories of my childhood when we would fly kites from our front yard. What fun. I would really enjoy flying a kite again!</font></p> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:b69c44ce-3bf9-4a83-b58a-7e92c29ce8ad" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div><object width="405" height="227"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nr9KrqN_lIg?hl=en&hd=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nr9KrqN_lIg?hl=en&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="405" height="227"></embed></object></div></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"> </div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br />It’s much better to understand a little <br />than to misunderstand a lot.</font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. <br />~Nathaniel Hawthorne</font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"> <br /></font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">A local business was looking for office help and put up sign stating the following: "HELP WANTED. Must be able to type, must be good with a computer and must be bilingual. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer."</font></p> <p><font size="3">A short time afterwards, a dog trotted up to the window, saw the sign and went inside. He looked at the receptionist and wagged his tail, then walked over to the sign, looked at it and whined.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Getting the idea, the receptionist got the office manager. The office manager looked at the dog and was surprised, to say the least. However, the dog looked determined, so the manager lead him into the office.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Inside, the dog jumped up on the chair and stared at the manager. The manager said "I can't hire you. The sign says you have to be able to type." The dog jumped down, went to the typewriter and proceeded to type out a perfect letter.</font></p> <p><font size="3">He took out the page and trotted over to the manager and gave it to him, then jumped back on the chair. The manager was stunned, but then told the dog, "The sign says you have to be good with a computer."</font></p> <p><font size="3">The dog jumped down again and went to the computer. The dog proceeded to open and use all the productivity software. By this time the manager was totally dumbfounded!</font></p> <p><font size="3">He looked at the dog and said "I realize that you are a very intelligent dog and have some interesting abilities. However, I still can't give you the job."</font></p> <p><font size="3">The dog jumped down and went to a copy of the sign and put his paw on the sentence about being an Equal Opportunity Employer.</font></p> <p><font size="3">The manager said, "Yes, but the sign also says that you have to be bilingual."</font></p> <p><font size="3">The dog looked at the manager calmly and said, "Meow."</font></p> <p><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-18795771702953045902013-02-05T05:02:00.000-05:002013-02-05T05:02:00.815-05:00My Sister’s Birthday<p><font size="3"><font color="#c0504d"><strong>Today is Mary’s Birthday! February 5…</strong></font> <br /> <br /><font color="#0000ff"><strong><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wxWW09OlKRY/URBoZ9N_wpI/AAAAAAAARK0/MBUZB9eTdKQ/s1600-h/birthday%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="birthday" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="birthday" align="right" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ah6mcnIqkvo/URBoaSgALpI/AAAAAAAARK8/bc5mBYueaOg/birthday_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="150" height="106" /></a>Mary, I hope you have a wonderful birthday. Sure wish we could be with you today, but glad for our time together on Saturday.</strong></font></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-CPn-fEn9HHc/URBobo-QcwI/AAAAAAAARLE/WBrEBj-oCsw/s1600-h/IMG_5499%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5499" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5499" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-tpTjYcEuoP4/URBocweNJFI/AAAAAAAARLM/cHuQYJaoYXI/IMG_5499_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="271" /></a> <br /><font size="2" face="Courier Prime"><em>From left to right: Karen, Beverly and Mary. Picture taken on Saturday, 2/2/13</em></font></p> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-55936712007808170632013-02-02T16:11:00.001-05:002013-02-02T16:44:00.893-05:00Family Birthday Celebration<p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">We Had a Grand Day!</font></strong> <br />Karen & Pat came up from Knoxville and brought Mary today so we could celebrate three birthdays. We enjoyed a wonderful lunch at Outback, then back to our house for cake and ice cream. And all the while it started snowing. Here’s some pictures:</font></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-81EbJM9iAqk/UQ2AyUC9DAI/AAAAAAAARI0/wceo5gSPNEk/s1600-h/IMG_5491%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5491" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5491" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-L5PlYhwLcvc/UQ2Ay-nDT-I/AAAAAAAARI8/xdg0y3CEyyc/IMG_5491_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="98" /></a></p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="400" border="0"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8lz03-3EfJM/UQ2AzZr4uDI/AAAAAAAARJE/ZLyLK33evvc/s1600-h/IMG_5498%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5498" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5498" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DJMGS-VILeM/UQ2AzjLVdrI/AAAAAAAARJM/jsIGeYwJKPw/IMG_5498_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="137" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9SQLWIdeYo8/UQ2A0t6expI/AAAAAAAARJU/mGGFy4_dOQg/s1600-h/IMG_5497%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5497" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5497" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UlgzDRNd1T0/UQ2A02XkmpI/AAAAAAAARJc/fpcgd_BStfI/IMG_5497_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="142" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xj1ztXR-neY/UQ2A1X65NFI/AAAAAAAARJk/7Lr5aiIv9bk/s1600-h/IMG_5492%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5492" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5492" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Zp0EWPh1ZWU/UQ2A3IXDEWI/AAAAAAAARJs/LiJDu_abtiY/IMG_5492_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="239" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KLc4fcZQWUA/UQ2A3fd94iI/AAAAAAAARJ0/nuJnuprE7TQ/s1600-h/IMG_5501%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5501" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5501" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Y7VrQwU8ThQ/UQ2A3_YEAyI/AAAAAAAARJ8/Spr0NAypzUw/IMG_5501_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="304" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p> </p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br />We were out in the car during the snow. Right now the roads are in good shape, but I wonder what will happen tonight. And I did not realize how cold it was. My car said it was 27 degrees but look at what I saw at the corner gas station. Now that’s cold!</font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kWMF5NM_1Bo/UQ2A4UnqPnI/AAAAAAAARKE/XPhF-hv9Y0k/s1600-h/photo%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="photo" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="photo" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XsbMXG7Lv64/UQ2A43i2L2I/AAAAAAAARKM/v7QoDrx3qWs/photo_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="271" /></a></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">The family is a haven in a heartless world. <br />~Attributed to Christopher Lasch</font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Mom and the kids had been up in the attic together doing some cleaning. The kids uncovered an old manual typewriter and asked her, "Hey Mom, what's this?"</font></p> <p><font size="3">"Oh, that's an old typewriter," she answered, thinking that would satisfy their curiosity.</font></p> <p><font size="3">"Well what does it do?" they asked.</font></p> <p><font size="3">"I'll show you," she said and returned with a blank piece of paper. She rolled the paper into the typewriter and began striking the keys, leaving black letters of print on the page.</font></p> <p><font size="3">"WOW!" they exclaimed, "that's really cool, but how does it work like that? Where do you plug it in?"</font></p> <p><font size="3">"There is no plug," she answered. "It doesn't need a plug."</font></p> <p><font size="3">"Then where do you put the batteries?" they persisted.</font></p> <p><font size="3">"It doesn't need batteries either," she continued.</font></p> <p><font size="3">"Wow! This is so cool!" they exclaimed. "Someone should have invented this a long time ago!"</font></p> <p><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-3142237340700693622013-01-30T19:35:00.001-05:002013-01-30T19:36:00.002-05:00Grandmother’s Birthday<p><font size="3"><font size="3"><font color="#c0504d"><strong>Age? I Won’t Say</strong></font> <br />However, I would suggest you check out the picture of her with a birthday card in her hand. The number was handwritten and did not stand out until I embellished it a little. (The devil made me do it.)</font></font></p> <p><font size="3">We had a grand time tonight at Kevin’s enjoying some birthday cake and watching Grandmother open a few gifts. She also received some nice gifts from Bethany in the mail today. The festivities for Grandmother’s birthday will continue the rest of the week, with a great day planned for Saturday, when my cousin Karen & her husband Pat plan to visit us and they are bringing Mary with them. We will be celebrating 3 birthdays of Saturday: Beverly-Jan 30, Karen-Jan 31 and Mary=Feb 5.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Here’s some pictures taken tonight at Kevin’s home.</font></p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="400" border="0"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OKrX5Daaep8/UQm8Xw3jCOI/AAAAAAAARHE/2ITwXnSHvHA/s1600-h/IMG_2511%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2511" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2511" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FvADYfikudA/UQm8YAu2vUI/AAAAAAAARHM/HvO_xQlJEFk/IMG_2511_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="150" height="152" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OUnbUDN1ewo/UQm8YuvcCNI/AAAAAAAARHU/qLm_n6qdk38/s1600-h/IMG_2510%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2510" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2510" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MaSOJqr6A6M/UQm8Y11rWII/AAAAAAAARHc/trNgCaf2jzg/IMG_2510_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="137" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-K63sK-0QyYw/UQm8ZkcvecI/AAAAAAAARHk/GB-OCffMVhc/s1600-h/IMG_2514%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2514" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2514" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wDqXfKoYaDg/UQm8Z3olh5I/AAAAAAAARHo/6_xyVUmHEac/IMG_2514_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="137" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1MerAoP-oao/UQm8abdSSBI/AAAAAAAARHw/vl1ky1RwMBY/s1600-h/IMG_2508%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2508" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2508" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JXSZn2Jheb8/UQm8a2MqVzI/AAAAAAAARH8/Tq-29JEu390/IMG_2508_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="137" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-UIX-Eej5g1A/UQm8bLxM-tI/AAAAAAAARIE/GflJ_YQ5EGo/s1600-h/BirthdaySnoopyHappyDance%25255B2%25255D.gif"><img title="BirthdaySnoopyHappyDance" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline" alt="BirthdaySnoopyHappyDance" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0esb4CyiFOY/UQm8bpivvzI/AAAAAAAARIM/lBxYplNX9EQ/BirthdaySnoopyHappyDance_thumb.gif?imgmax=800" width="98" height="146" /></a></p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"> </div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br />Don’t ever regret growing older. <br />It is a privilege denied to many.</font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">Grow old with me!  The best is yet to be. <br />~Robert Browning</font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Two elderly ladies had been friends since their 30s. Now in their 80s, they still got together a couple of times a week to play cards. One day they were playing gin rummy and one of them said, "You know, we’ve been friends for many years and, please don't get mad, but for the life of me, I can't remember your name. Please tell me what it is."</font></p> <p><font size="3">Her friend glared at her. She continued to glare and stare at her for at least three minutes. Finally, she said, "How soon do you need to know?"</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">~~~</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.  Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.</font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <p> </p> </span> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-39213103345585541732013-01-29T05:57:00.000-05:002013-01-29T05:57:00.639-05:00Some Peaceful Things<p><font size="3"><font size="3"></font></font></p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="400" border="0"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Birds</font></strong> <br />I enjoy watching the birds in the backyard. We have several bird feeders. They were getting empty because of my surgery, but with Grandmother’s help we got them filled to the brim on Saturday. Here’s a few pictures of a woodpecker that way going back and forth to this feeder on Sunday morning.</font></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-u50h_XpUmrw/UQcCYgEi7wI/AAAAAAAARFs/lmmYiGKWLMk/s1600-h/IMG_5485%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5485" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5485" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nF76FkyVIyU/UQcCZDjVGRI/AAAAAAAARF0/vv6Dia4n994/IMG_5485_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="304" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-eg4cVwjIfv4/UQcCZozJa6I/AAAAAAAARF8/Qsp5nxRmmXQ/s1600-h/IMG_5488%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5488" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5488" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gCbkImSHq_4/UQcCaTwdwwI/AAAAAAAARGE/1t1WWIYtlnU/IMG_5488_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="304" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-xAnQhxCNfNU/UQcCakCFtTI/AAAAAAAARGM/ro8_3MBLkx4/s1600-h/IMG_5489%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5489" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_5489" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GYILhpeuHcE/UQcCa9qROdI/AAAAAAAARGU/QkmuyBu3zoU/IMG_5489_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="306" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Return to the Ship</font></strong> <br />I wasn’t aware of this. I thought you might not be also. It’s very touching. I’m proud to be an American.</font></p> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:f2fcfc8e-e89a-4929-a898-d4de3193409d" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div><object width="426" height="239"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MgE2KiPd3xg?hl=en&hd=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MgE2KiPd3xg?hl=en&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="426" height="239"></embed></object></div></div> <p><font size="3"><font size="3"></font></font></p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"> </div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br />The only peace that we can ever achieve is the peace within our hearts and souls.</font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000"><strong>Quote of the Day <br /></strong></font></span>We seek peace, <br />knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.  <br />~Dwight D. Eisenhower</font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">An old man walks into the barbershop for shave and a haircut, but tells the barber he can't get all his whiskers off because his cheeks are wrinkled from age. </font></p> <p><font size="3">The barber gets a little wooden ball from a cup on the shelf and tells him to put it inside his cheek to spread out the skin. </font></p> <p><font size="3">When he's finished, the old man tells the barber that was the cleanest shave he's had in years. But he wanted to know what would have happened if he had swallowed that little ball. </font></p> <p><font size="3">The barber replied, "Just bring it back in a couple of days like everyone else does."</font></p> <p><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-25257576524339506682013-01-28T05:35:00.000-05:002013-01-28T05:35:00.274-05:00Dad’s Egg & Poultry Business<p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Ever Used a Blotter?</font></strong> <br />Or do you even know what a blotter is? They used to quite common when people used ink pens. I’m not talking about ball point pens, I’m talking about real ink pens. You know the kind you filled from an ink bottle. The blotter was a necessity to blot your writing so that it would not smear. Blotters were often used for advertising. I have picture of a real blotter that was used for advertising by one of my Dad’s first business ventures in Knoxville, Tennessee.</font></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mSx3IAh6ZsU/UQXU1R70UCI/AAAAAAAAREM/5jOpxVsvJRw/s1600-h/WPCblotter%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="WPCblotter" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="WPCblotter" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FOPdn65Miyw/UQXU1xh7SXI/AAAAAAAAREU/xqJtmPeB5XM/WPCblotter_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" height="155" /></a></p> <p><font size="3"><font color="#333333" size="3">The side I am showing was on slick paper, the reverse side was a absorbent paper that would blot the ink. It’s interesting to note the phone number which in those days was a five digit number and there were not any area codes.</font></font></p> <p><font size="3">In later years people did not use blotters, so other types of advertising freebees were provided. Here’s some examples:</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-W9U-XuvPDho/UQXU2OF01PI/AAAAAAAAREc/FDVNsDPQ0jc/s1600-h/Group%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Group" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Group" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vb0JrM22-EY/UQXU2_UEwCI/AAAAAAAAREk/vepq0uLAyiQ/Group_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="354" height="154" /></a></p> <p><font size="3">The main product of my Dad’s business during those years was eggs. His copyright brand was Pride of the Flock, and here’s a picture of one of the later day egg cartons:</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jfNCr10TgPw/UQXU3eGdOzI/AAAAAAAAREs/xZ4pyH2LRx0/s1600-h/PrideFlock2%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="PrideFlock2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="PrideFlock2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7Ka-KanORYI/UQXU3_k64cI/AAAAAAAARE0/DwnuTXib2jY/PrideFlock2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="134" /></a></p> <p><font size="3">I worked from my Dad on weekends and every summer during high school.  He made me start work in the most difficult part of the operation. My first year I worked in the chicken processing part of the operation. I was a trained killer of chickens and learned all the scalding, picking and preparation of the birds for market. </font></p> <p><font size="3">My second year I was promoted to work with the eggs where I was an egg candler. I held eggs to a light to learn how to grade the eggs so that only the Grade A’s would be packaged in that Pride of the Flock cartoon. </font></p> <p><font size="3">I was moved to truck driver for my 3rd year where I delivered eggs and poultry all over the city of Knoxville. It was one of the most educational experiences I ever had in dealing with the public and learning about human nature. I could share several stories about happenings with people in both small and larger grocery stores.</font></p> <p><font size="3">The last year I worked in the office where I did some of the bookkeeping, walk in sales and miscellaneous tasks. In all it was quite an experience. I enjoyed it very much and learned things that have helped me cope in life.</font></p> <p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">A President That Talked About God</font></strong> <br />This is an interesting video which is called a tribute to President Ronald Reagan. It’s amazing the things he said which I am sure would not go over with many people today. I really liked President Reagan and I still believe that there is a place for God in our government. Click here to watch the video: <a title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds7vnZWQh8A" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds7vnZWQh8A">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds7vnZWQh8A</a></font></font></p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center" align="left"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pWLJIYecxFM/UQXU4X5QOKI/AAAAAAAARE8/gWI6UmJUkmg/s1600-h/IMG_0138%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_0138" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_0138" align="right" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jRfMfIEXGHM/UQXU4y6U9cI/AAAAAAAARFE/5cJRMubU988/IMG_0138_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="79" height="79" /></a>I read recently where someone said “Bad decisions make good stories”. I guess there’s some truth in that because I can think of a few things in my own life where a bad decision resulted in a good story. Most of the time these stories are not very funny at first, but as time goes along there becomes more amusement in the story. But the main thing is we should learn something from bad decisions so that we don’t repeat them. That doesn’t always work because I have one story that is the result of 3 bad decisions that were the same decision. I might tell you about it some day.</span></div> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. <br />~Edith Sitwell</font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"> <br /></font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">A wife texts her husband on a cold morning: "Windows frozen."</font></p> <p><font size="3">Her husband texts back: "Pour some lukewarm water over it."</font></p> <p><font size="3">The wife texts back 5 minutes later: "Computer completely messed up now."</font></p> <p><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-4238893158181300862013-01-24T17:47:00.001-05:002013-01-24T17:47:59.846-05:00Thinking of Atley<p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">My Great Grandson</font></strong> <br />Our thoughts flow to middle Tennessee frequently because that’s were Atley lives. I’ve been getting some pictures from Mandy’s Facebook account that keeps us up to date. And sometime we will invoke Apple Facetime to watch Atley perform a new feat. If you’re not on Facebook you might enjoy the following pictures. (Thanks to Mandy & Alex for the pictures.)</font></font></p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="400" border="0"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-osardhhCy1g/UQG5_0Qb5-I/AAAAAAAARBw/7AbBkk2I3OY/s1600-h/IMG_1024%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1024" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_1024" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Wcl3Yg4EIEA/UQG6AuTGamI/AAAAAAAARB4/J426bKpL7O0/IMG_1024_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="204" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dO-C1LyC4BQ/UQG6BJeCUxI/AAAAAAAARCA/lPmLgpqtrKM/s1600-h/IMG_1021%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1021" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_1021" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zUKcNJYgBy8/UQG6BvXQwlI/AAAAAAAARCI/IGayTq-k5bQ/IMG_1021_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="204" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2yJ9kDRUc1c/UQG6CZTa5bI/AAAAAAAARCQ/zgOtqU4tmd0/s1600-h/photo%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="photo" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="photo" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0EoSz2WKnD4/UQG6C5M3xYI/AAAAAAAARCY/KuW-zk-BnG8/photo_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="117" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZR79G00g6DM/UQG6DYGilzI/AAAAAAAARCg/7yZNgMa-ViQ/s1600-h/IMG_1025%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1025" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_1025" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CWlAEmU8lUY/UQG6EKdOn1I/AAAAAAAARCo/BwFZXxo5WcA/IMG_1025_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="204" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Fw0nt1VR4NQ/UQG6EusRnaI/AAAAAAAARCw/HC0RJfaxyDE/s1600-h/IMG_1026%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1026" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_1026" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DTHdDePNDpk/UQG6FVxr4_I/AAAAAAAARC4/JamdEvMLq6U/IMG_1026_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="204" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Pi-vCsW0wmc/UQG6F84rwFI/AAAAAAAARDA/rDC_bNvIrXY/s1600-h/IMG_1020%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1020" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_1020" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZGaEKH_62gI/UQG6GfLwhHI/AAAAAAAARDI/HMsI2Mkasdw/IMG_1020_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="204" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d"></font></strong></font></font></p> <p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">My Recovery <br /></font></strong>All is going in the right direction. I had 2 sessions at out patient physical therapy. Very little change in the exercises: only one slightly modified. I will be going to physical therapy twice next week. I do the exercise twice per day at home. I feel stronger and more stable each day.</font></font></p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"> </div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br />Some thoughts : <br /></span> <br />  If the world were a logical place, men would be the ones who  ride  horses sidesaddle. <br /> <br />  What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free?</font></div> <p> </p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">I got the bill for my surgery.  <br />Now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for. <br />~James H. Boren</font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">How birds tell someone to SHUTUP! <br />Guess which one is female.</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OND4copAYzc/UQG6G2g95rI/AAAAAAAARDQ/bqWSfu6-OPU/s1600-h/ShutUP%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="ShutUP" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="ShutUP" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jeXjI7yUFp0/UQG6HjG916I/AAAAAAAARDY/87tWsVVoEfY/ShutUP_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="213" /></a> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-92220837713104416522013-01-21T05:36:00.000-05:002013-01-21T06:38:15.432-05:00Enjoy Life.<p><font size="3"><font size="3"><font color="#c0504d"><strong>Not much going on in Upper East Tennessee</strong></font></font></font></p> <p><font color="#c0504d"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="400" border="0"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="253"><font color="#333333" size="3">I’m still recovering from hip replacement surgery that I had 3 weeks ago. As I recover my thoughts have been going toward spring and fishing. I have lots to do during the winter months to get ready. I’ll be putting new fishing line on all my rods and reels that we use for crappie fishing in the spring. I also like to go through my tackle boxes and get things better organized. Will I be purchasing anything? I doubt it. I think I could fish for the next 20 years and not run out of fishing tackle.</font></td> <td valign="top" width="147"> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-yOFFt7jEN9o/UP0oQKsB7mI/AAAAAAAARBM/ZXl5hpma6jo/s1600-h/IMG_2187-00110.jpg"><strong></strong><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-yOFFt7jEN9o/UP0oQKsB7mI/AAAAAAAARBQ/9s-FLyb7nWY/s1600-h/IMG_2187-00111.jpg"><font size="3"><img title="IMG_2187-001" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2187-001" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-q3NK_MgDFtU/UPxVbe_liVI/AAAAAAAARAE/kLaEVmDx_50/IMG_2187-001_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="124" height="160" /></font></a></a></a><font size="3"> <br /><font color="#0000ff">The picture above was taken last year on Douglas Lake on March 27, 2012. I’m hoping we can be on the lake this year in late March</font>.</font></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </font></p> <p><font size="3"><font size="3"><font color="#c0504d"><strong>Today <br /></strong></font><font color="#333333">I start going to out-patient physical therapy for my hip today. I’m very pleased with the progress I have made to date. Last Saturday I took Grandmother to Wal-Mart and this gave me the opportunity for some exercise by walking through the store behind a shopping cart. It was good to get out of the house for a while. I was getting cabin fever.</font></font></font></p> <p><font size="3"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Special Musical Talent</font></strong> <br />Watch this man play Whispering Hope blowing on a leaf. It’s beautiful and amazing.</font></font></p> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:4682735e-702c-4a07-98b4-68297de1666d" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div><object width="428" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/McmWdYHblXc?hl=en&hd=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/McmWdYHblXc?hl=en&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="428" height="240"></embed></object></div></div> <font size="3"><font size="3"></font></font> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"> </div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)">~~~</span> </font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center" align="center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="3">Tennessee Granddaddy Says:</font></span><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> <br /></font></span><font size="3">Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. It’s alright to make mistakes as long a you learn something positive from your errors.</font></div> <p align="center"><font size="3">and <br /> <br />A truly happy person is one who can <br />enjoy the scenery on a detour.</font></p> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /> <p><font size="3"></font></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>~~~</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3">Happiness and sadness run parallel to each other.  <br />When one takes a rest, <br />the other one tends to take up the slack. <br />~Hazelmarie Elliott (“Mattie”)</font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"></font></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><font size="3"> <br /></font></div> <span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold"></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 130%"><font size="3"></font></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)"><font size="3">~~~</font></span><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 100%"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,153)">Joke of the Day</span></font><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3"> </font></span></div> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <span style="font-size: 100%"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oDq6Y_1b6iI/UPxVb1qvIVI/AAAAAAAARAM/NecP6_1NvTw/s1600-h/ColdDemocrat%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="ColdDemocrat" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="ColdDemocrat" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qg1zzE1ElHs/UPxVcb86CcI/AAAAAAAARAU/zNIjszM1In8/ColdDemocrat_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="354" /></a> <br /></span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(102,51,102); text-align: right"><span style="font-size: 78%">Add your thoughts & ideas to this blog by clicking on the "comments" below</span></div> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-29541222221787883012013-01-18T19:53:00.001-05:002013-01-18T19:53:44.428-05:00It WAS a Beautiful Snow<p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Yesterday’s Snowfall <br /></font></strong>The roads are clear now and the mess of the day after a snow fall is upon us. But it was beautiful. Those big flakes were so pretty. </font></p> <p><font size="3"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-YnD1aAiYzFE/UPnukMeFFAI/AAAAAAAAQ-8/a73aVUP41Xc/s1600-h/IMG_1016%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1016" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_1016" align="right" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-eYsBJUgrSBA/UPnukh4aRPI/AAAAAAAAQ_E/WNiTgL0-_5Q/IMG_1016_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="404" /></a>During the snow we received a picture from Lesley showing Kara and Zachary outside and playing in the snow.</font></p> <p><font size="3">I sure wished I could get outside and join them in some sleigh riding or even a playful snowball fight. That would have been fun!</font></p> <p align="left"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">More News!</font></strong> <br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vYN7zmZeyXA/UPnulfo5j6I/AAAAAAAAQ_M/qVifbUtVD4U/s1600-h/IMG_1017%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1017" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_1017" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wLvzNFa442Y/UPnul1NyRaI/AAAAAAAAQ_U/OQlO1FkNpqo/IMG_1017_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="271" /></a>I now have a granddaughter that is very, very happy and excited. Maybe the  picture will give you a clue.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Do you recognize what she is holding? It looks a lot like a Tennessee Drivers License, but I am pretty sure it is a Tennessee Drivers Learning Permit. She took the test and got the permit today. That’s a happy girl.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Quote of the Day <br /></strong></font>The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror <br />with a cop in it.  <br />~Dudley Moore</font></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><font color="#008000" size="3"><strong>Thoughts of the Day</strong></font></p> <p><font size="3">In 1866, Mark Twain said, “No man's life,  liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in  session.” Those words are true today! <br /> <br />It is good for us to remember “Talk is  cheap...except when Congress does it.”</font> <br /> <br /></p> <p align="center"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Joke of the Day</strong></font></p> <p><font size="3">    A very thirsty man goes into a bar. As he's sitting down, he hears the man next to him tell the bartender, "I'll have another waterloo." <br /> <br />    The bartender gives the fellow a tall, well-iced drink, then asks the newcomer what he would like to drink. <br /> <br />    Thinking the other man's drink may be a specialty of the house, he says, "I'll have a waterloo, too." The bartender gives him the tall, well-iced drink, and the customer takes a big drink. <br /> <br />    "Hey," he says, "this isn't any good. It tastes just like water!" <br /> <br />    The man next to him looks at the bartender and says, "Well, it is water. Right, Lou?"</font></p> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-29923518720038596072013-01-17T15:51:00.001-05:002013-01-17T15:51:51.646-05:00Snow Today!<p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Will It Be Gone Tomorrow?</font></strong> <br />Grandmother and I took a short trip out this afternoon to run a few errands. We stopped by the bank, the grocery, the post office and the pharmacy before returning home. Grandmother took this short video of the last leg of our journey home. The snow is beautiful!</font></p> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:1e0fe929-af7d-4c22-b447-609e38f72749" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div><object width="401" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fgRa_J7mUdY?hl=en&hd=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fgRa_J7mUdY?hl=en&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="401" height="225"></embed></object></div></div> <p><font color="#333333" size="3">Since we’ve gotten home we’ve been surprised by thunder while it continues to snow. Is this a thunder snow storm? Looks like we have a bout an inch or two on the ground now.</font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">The New Hip</font></strong> <br />It’s still doing good. My leg gets a little stronger each day. Today I had my last home physical therapy session. Beginning Monday I will be be visiting an out patient location for 2-3 weeks of Physical Therapy. </font></p> <p><font size="3">I’m gradually weaning myself from the walker and using the cane more and more. Today I went in the grocery store and pushed the cart for Grandmother. I think the exercise and walking will be good for my recovery.</font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">The International Space Station</font></strong> <br />A friend recently shared with me this follow video of a tour of the space station. I thought you might like to see it. It’s long… about 25 minutes. When I started watching it I thought to my self that this will be pretty boring and I will shut it off soon. Seems I never did. I enjoyed all of it. You might also.</font></p> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:07c717ba-f129-4148-ac3a-1ff0322fb290" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div><object width="406" height="228"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/doN4t5NKW-k?hl=en&hd=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/doN4t5NKW-k?hl=en&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="406" height="228"></embed></object></div></div> <p align="center"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day <br /></strong></font><font size="3">Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, <br />wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; <br />there is really no such thing as bad weather, <br />only different kinds of good weather. <br />~John Ruskin</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"></font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#008000" size="3"><strong>Thought of the Day <br /></strong></font><font size="3">A lot of people say they want to serve God, but they want to do it in an advisory capacity. <br />When praying doing give God instructions… <br />just report for duty.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"></font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Joke of the Day</strong></font></p> <p><font size="3">At a small zoo, visitors often ignored the many large signs that said, "Don't feed the animals!"</font></p> <p><font size="3">The zookeeper did not want to impose fines so he tried a different approach.</font></p> <p><font size="3">He posted signs saying, "Feed the animals for only twenty dollars!" and suddenly no one wanted to.</font></p> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-10499343741052398692013-01-15T16:50:00.001-05:002013-01-15T16:50:15.977-05:00Good Hip Report<p><font size="3"><font color="#c0504d"><strong>Hip Hip Hooray!</strong></font> <br />I saw the surgeon this afternoon. The X-rays looked good. He removed the staples. Here’s what I expect the next few weeks:</font></p> <ul> <li><font size="3">I can drive as of today, and I already have.</font></li> <li><font size="3">I have be extremely careful about bending, twisting and crossing legs for the next 3.5 months.</font></li> <li><font size="3">Continue my exercises at home, and began walking more with the cane and less with the walker.</font></li> <li><font size="3">I am to began out-patient physical therapy next week for 2-3 times per week for 3-4 weeks.</font></li> <li><font size="3">I need to continue wearing a compression hose on my surgery leg for the next 3 weeks to prevent blood clots.</font></li> </ul> <p><font size="3">I see the surgeon again in 3 weeks and I will give an update then.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"><em>All is well, and I am thankful.</em></font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">The Last Roll of Kodak Kodachrome Film</font></strong> <br />Here’s an interesting video about a professional photographer who asked for the last roll of Kodachrome film from Kodak’s production line. It’s a long video, about 30 minutes. However, it teaches us how to make photography more meaningful. <br /></font> <p> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:2aa20a3d-006d-4c51-b632-a8354d4a2003" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div><object width="423" height="237"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DUL6MBVKVLI?hl=en&hd=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DUL6MBVKVLI?hl=en&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="423" height="237"></embed></object></div></div> </p> </p> <p><font size="3">Photography has changed so much with the event of digital pictures. We just start snapping pictures because there is no dollar cost. But maybe there is a cost… the cost of not planning our photography. Instead we just hope to get lucky.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><strong>Thought of the Day <br /></strong></font><font size="3">Worry is the darkroom in which negatives develop. <br />Keep you worry in control by prayer.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"><font color="#008000"><strong>Quote of the Day <br /></strong></font>There is something self-defeating in the <br />too-conscious pursuit of pleasure.  <br />~Max Eastman</font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Joke of the Day</strong></font></p> <p><font size="3">"What did you do this weekend?"</font></p> <p><font size="3">"I dropped some hooks into the water."</font></p> <p><font size="3">"How was the fishing?"</font></p> <p><font size="3">"I wasn't fishing; I was golfing!"</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">~~~</font></p> <p><font size="3">After a quarrel, a wife said to her husband, "You know, I was a fool when I married you."  <br /> <br />And the husband replied, "Yes, dear, but I was in love and didn't notice it."</font></p> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-39896898151105702582013-01-14T08:07:00.001-05:002013-01-14T08:07:11.723-05:00All Going Good<p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">At Tennessee Granddaddy’s White House <br /></font></strong>This old hip seems a little better each day. For the past two nights I have been sleeping in regular bed which is upstairs and that has made a bid difference in my ability to get a good night of sleep.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Home Health comes tomorrow and I will likely learn some new things. And later this week I will be learning about riding my exercise bike again. Oh Joy!</font></p> <p><font size="3">I see the surgeon on Tuesday when I will get my staples out and hopefully an extension of things I will be able to do, like driving and walking with the cane instead of the walker. We’ll see what happens and live with it.</font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">Kevin’s Birthday</font></strong> <br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Ln7vscIdzTA/UPNM0j7a3mI/AAAAAAAAQ-A/a5ln90xLSbQ/s1600-h/photo%2525201%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="photo 1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="photo 1" align="right" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ToP2xxzAlsM/UPNM1cqbANI/AAAAAAAAQ-I/YF8S6B8hh9k/photo%2525201_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="153" /></a>Tomorrow my son Kevin is celebrating his birthday. We gave him his birthday gift a few days ago. We were surprised and excited to learn he and his family will be joining us here at our home for some of that cake ice cream that he likes so much. They should be here any minute… and they were here. </font></p> <p><font size="3">Here’s a picture of Kevin just before we destroyed the ice cream cake!</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-H8T2gx1xOdk/UPNM2DGPdUI/AAAAAAAAQ-Q/hKhXdtA3S8Q/s1600-h/photo%2525203%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="photo 3" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="photo 3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OGAejQeGU9A/UPNM2o8yBxI/AAAAAAAAQ-Y/yCIaUB0ihvw/photo%2525203_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="304" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p align="center"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><strong>Quote of the Day</strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">What a wonderful life I've had! <br />I only wish I'd realized it sooner. <br />~Colette</font> <br /></p> <p align="center"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><strong>Thought of the Day</strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">Man’s way leads to a hopeless end… <br />God’s way leads to an endless hope!</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font color="#008000" size="3"><strong>Joke of the Day</strong></font></p> <p><font size="3">New customer to Tech Support: “It says, hit any key and when I do that nothing happens'. <br /> <br />Tech Support: Can you try again and tell me what happens? <br /> <br />Customer: 'Tried but nothing” <br /> <br />Tech Support: “What key did you hit? <br /> <br />After a moment and some chick ling sound the customer replied: Well, first I tried my car key and just now my office key.</font></p> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397731331646978560.post-17354214135762450482013-01-10T13:17:00.001-05:002013-01-10T13:17:03.114-05:00Small Victories<p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">In the Hip Replacement Battle</font></strong> <br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DVENFAOBSXY/UO8FnLEigeI/AAAAAAAAQ9Y/4Pusp8Ok8vs/s1600-h/hipreplacement%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="hipreplacement" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="hipreplacement" align="right" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HH7W9ROmNXM/UO8FnlolUfI/AAAAAAAAQ9g/p6zOblt4QYw/hipreplacement_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="128" height="179" /></a>I climbed the wooden hill. I made it to the top, and back down. It was not difficult. </font></p> <p><font size="3">Home Health was here earlier today, so we made a trip upstairs to my bedroom. Since last Friday when I came home from the hospital I had been sleeping in a downstairs bedroom and using a walk-in shower. The trip upstairs was in preparation into making the move back to more normality in my life. While upstairs I tried using my normal tub shower and found that I can use it without problems.</font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#c0504d">The Surgery</font></strong> <br />I am quite amazed at my own improvement after the surgery I had just 9 days ago. A few days after I return home from the hospital I got out my laptop and searched YouTube for some videos of a complete hip replacement. Then I watched it. I’m glad I did not see it before the surgery, but it was interesting to watch the process while you are thinking “They did that to me! How will I ever walk again?”</font></p> <p><font size="3">The video helped me in several ways. It helped me see what competent medical procedures can accomplish. It also helped me appreciate the amazing recuperative powers of the human body. And lastly it impressed on me the importance of being serious about physical therapy following the surgery.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#ffc000"><font color="#ff0000">Quote of the Day</font> <br /></font></strong>”I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” <br />-- Winston Churchill</font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><strong></strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><strong>Thought of the Day</strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">Nothing ruins the truth like stretching it.</font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#008000" size="3"><strong></strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#008000" size="3"><strong>Joke of the Day</strong></font></p> <p><font size="3">It was just before Christmas and the magistrate was in a happy mood. He asked the prisoner who was in the dock, "What are you charged with?"</font></p> <p><font size="3">The prisoner replied, "Doing my Christmas shopping too early."</font></p> <p><font size="3">"That's no crime," said the magistrate. "Just how early were you doing this shopping?"</font></p> <p><font size="3">"Before the shop opened."</font> </p> <p><font size="3"> <br /></font></p> <p><font size="3"> </font></p> Tennessee Granddaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149020302258310360noreply@blogger.com1