Rocky Mt. Joe

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Rocky Mt. Joe

Hey, Rocky Mt. Joe!

It occurred to me that you might be reading the postings here. So I just wanted to say the following.

Please come back to the forum because:

1) I sent you a PM but you haven't logged in so you probably didn't get it. Read that PM, okay?

2) I'm a former altar boy. I should be the one to say "Mea Culpa."

3) I'm sorry that I worried more about a perp than the survivors here. That was dumb. That was stupid. It will NEVER happen again. Can I get absolution already? :confused:

4)It's safe here. It's home. Everyone misses you. Am I right, guys?

5) I am driving everyone here crazy by posting constantly. It's the only thing I can do to distract myself from your absence.

6) Please come back--we all need your wisdom! And the rest of the guys need a break from my constant yammering.

7) You know how I told you Andy was supposed to get his order of baby chicks the other day? Well, the feed store screwed up. So we are not getting 10 light brahmin hens. We are now getting 27 feather-footed bantams, half of which will probably be roosters. They should arrive in about 3 weeks. Please advise: Should we plan a barbecue for September? :)

8) Okay, I'm begging you, buddy. Come home!

Still crying on my pillow,

Jasper
:rolleyes:
 
Howdy (that is hello in cowboy talk)

Been in a whirlwind not overly due to recent
events here but this is a busy week: family, friends are converging on our farm for BBQ, the lookie lookie at the Rockky Mountains and such.

So after I drive up Fort Carson to buy a BBQ
and after I assemble it I'll try and post later.

To bad your roosters are not mature but boys make tough birds anyway, :eek: Bantams? they be small and pretty" perhaps you will get gay birds?

Will look for the PM as well later.

Off for my $6 buck army haircut, etc.

Joe

PS

saw a post where some guy's Mrs. is deployed to the "sandbox", like "down range?" Iraq

Wish them both the best...
 
To bad your roosters are not mature but boys make tough birds anyway, Bantams? they be small and pretty" perhaps you will get gay birds?
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Yup! Bantams it is. But Andy figures at least he will be able to fit a lot more into the chicken coop.

Hope your haircut comes out okay. Tell 'em to use a new bowl! (Just kidding)

Welcome back, Joe! You made my day!!!

Jasper
:D
 
Waaaaay off topic, but I saw the bit about Bantam Roosters & just had to post.

I'm getting really weirded out - I always do during the few weeks leading up to July 12, which is when my beloved partner Dana died from AIDS-related cancer in 2001. Anniversaries are hell.

But then seeing this post about Bantams made me smile. Dana stood only 5'6" but he was a body builder, weighed 185 at his peak. And despite being a T-minus-minus Bear (that's the "Tallness" rating in the Bear Code, translated as "A Bear of Very Short Stature"), he had one of those incredibly forceful/expansive personalities that literally filled up any room he was in, even if it was a meeting of the College's Board of Trustees.

In addition to his presence, he had a very broad chest and was very long in the abdomen in relation to his height, which left him with short legs; taken together, all of this made him strut like - you guessed it - a Bantam Rooster ! :)

In fact, that was one of my nicknames for him. He liked it. :D
 
To celebrate u guys being back together i have:

the worst joke in the world!!!! I thot of it cos u guys were talkin about chicks (we call them peeps here):

Clem works in the tannery :( in Tyrone & his job totally sux. So he decides okay Im gonna start my own business, so he goes to the livestock guy & he buys a hundred peeps. He gets all the advice & stuff cos course u cant just let them run around they will all die from cold first night or get eaten by cats & foxes.

So a week later Clem hes hangin round the dealers place & the dealer sees him & says hey how u doin? (= hows it going with those peeps). So Clem is really embarrassed & he says their all dead. :( & the dealer hes like WTF!!!! & hes from the Seven Mountains so hes honest & he gives Clem another hundred peeps no questions asked.

So next week Clem hes back hangin around, & the dealer scopes him & thinks whats this. So he asks & Clem tells him those new hundred peeps, their all dead now too. So the dealer hes like WTF again, & he give Clem another hundred cos he thot maybe the first ones they had aspergilosis (kills peeps).

Soooooooo.... :) finally Clem comes back the third week & the dealer sees him & says please tell me yr okay with those new peeps I gave u. So Clem says no their all dead. & the dealer hes gutted & he says look dude, maybe its something yr doing?

& Clem says, yeah I was wondering about that. Do u think Im plantin 'em too deep?

Kev

(I told u it was the worst joke in the world :D )
 
Hello Kev:

That had me laughing pretty good. Wait till I tell Andy that one. :p Let me tell you, I really needed a good laugh today too! Thanks!

And ShyBear:

Thanks for sharing that story about Dana. I know how hard anniversaries can be!!! But I have a little ritual I like to do with friends on the day that their loved one passed. What I do is I light a candle on my bookcase and try to send good energy to the person who is grieving and send good energy as well to the person who passed. So I don't know what your own beliefs are about a higher power. I've got my own ideas which are kind of uniquely mine. But if it's okay with you, I'm going to mark down that date right now on the calendar. And light a candle for you both. Okay?

Take care,

Jasper
 
Kev - Oh, MAN, that is a BAD joke ! ROFL !

Jasper - I have a personal definition of a Higher Power that works pretty well for me, which *certainly* includes lighting candles for family, friends, etc. I would very much appreciate your candle and I know Dana would, too. Thanks.

("")Bearhugs("") to you both (but only if you want them),
ShyBear
 
Howdy all,

Really enjoyed the words from each of you.

My "stress" day for loss is August 17th. It was
the week before that I lost my best amigo in Vietnam we were nearby but I never got to him. It was bad for the next week as well, I am in some Nam book and will PM anyone who cares.

That Elton John song "Your Song" drives me in a
few seconds to a sobbing fellow. After all these years, it was 1969, the pain did wain each year and decade. That is why I am so hyper of the Iraq War.

So, not off-topic but give me a few seconds. ;)

Glad I came back, losey day, hot, sold out of the gas grill I wanted, the haircut (all Korean female barbers at Fort Carson) used a dull set of shears, so the sweat burned all the way home. Get home, the sheep dog (actually a Kuvasz) was left inside and dumped all over.

I learn more about folks here by the small things,
good to Mister J has a hobby, well his friend does, "folks like us need outlets". To many of this board are hurting sometimes, often because they feel emotions others have repressed.

Be around, be up and be down, avoid Korean barbers
not worth the $6...

Joe

PS

I love Koreans, it is he US Army haircut facility,
where "real men" take what is given and drive on!
Like in front of twenty uniformed soldiers I was gonna say "ouch, that hurts" :cool:
 
My Granddad's bad day is the 31st of January cos of Vietnam. He gets all serious & we go see him & stay with him even if its a school day. I sent u a PM about it.

Kev
 
The 31st was the first day of the 1968 Tet Offensive, Vietnamese New Years Day.

America lost thousands of men in the period,
it was if the Iraq war lasted a week, that many lost
in a few days.

I know that your grandfather is proud to have you all support him. It was a long time ago but just yesterday to us old soldiers,

God Bless and Do take it easy, Amigo!

Joe "Doc" Sarge

101st Airborne Division
 
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