A Time To Remember

green1 · Post by **green1** » April 20, 2006 11:21 am

creeky wrote:
green1 wrote: To BF. May the fleas of 1,000 camels infest your crotch and may your arms be too short to scratch.
I need to remember this one!!!

It does paint a satisfying image deosn't it?

creeky · Post by **creeky** » April 20, 2006 11:24 am

green1 wrote:
creeky wrote:
green1 wrote: To BF. May the fleas of 1,000 camels infest your crotch and may your arms be too short to scratch.
I need to remember this one!!!
It does paint a satisfying image deosn't it?

Well, I dont exactly want to go "go there" with the image

conched · Post by **conched** » April 20, 2006 11:49 am

Congrats to Penny's parents. Wow!!! 48 years.

A Love Song

I’ll be loving you, always
With a love that’s true, always.
When the things you’ve planned,
Need a helping hand,
I will understand, always,
Always…

Days may not be fair, always,
That’s when I’ll be there, always.
Not for just an hour,
Not for just a day,
Not for just a year,
But always.

-- Irving Berlin (1925)

Thanks for the reminder of Columbine and Oklahoma and my prayers go out to all for continued healing.

Oklahoma! As soon as I saw this post I thought of Robert Earl Keen's song. I always think of music when reflecting.

SHADES OF GRAY

We made Oklahoma a little after 3
Randy, his brother Bob and my old GMC
We had some moonshine whisky
And some of Bob's homegrown
We were so messed up we didn't know
If we were drunk or stoned

Randy was a sad-sack, tall kinda frail
Bob was a raving maniac, crazy in the head
They been kicked out of high school several years ago
For pushin over port-a-cans at the 4-H rodeo
Since then they've done their little dance
Right outside the law
Popped twice in Oklahoma, once in Arkansas
And I don't know what possessed me
To want to tag along
Cause I was raised a Christian
And I knew right from wrong

CHORUS:
Right or wrong, black or white
Cross the line your gonna pay
In the dawn before the light
Live and die by the shades of gray

We stole two Charolais heifers from
Randy's sweetheart's paw
Sold them at the livestock sale
Outside of Wichita

We got $900 and never did suspect
The world of hurt we'd be in once
We cashed that check
Next day we heard the story
On the local radio
Made our plans that very night
To go to Mexico
I swear we would have made it
If it wasn't for that shine
I got sick about the time we crossed
That Kansas line

CHORUS

I was layin in the bar ditch
Prayin I would die
When a light come on above us
And a voice come from the sky
A half a dozen unmarked cars
Came screeching to a halt
They grabbed Bob, he started screamin
It was all my fault

There were men and dogs
And helicopter buzzin all around
They had the brothers on the
Pickup hood and me down on the ground
Bob flew all to pieces but Randy he
Held tight when a black man in a
Suit and tie stepped out into the light
He told his men to turn us loose
They put down their guns
He said these are just some
Sorry kids, they ain't the ones

CHORUS

They left us by the roadside
Down hearted and alone
Randy got behind the wheel
Said boys I'm going home
We turned around to face our fate
Downhearted but alive on that
Mornin in late April, Oklahoma, 1995

CHORUS

z-man · Post by **z-man** » April 20, 2006 11:58 am

Very Cool Penny, Congratulations to your parents!

the 50s must have been good for lasting marriages; my parents celebrated their 52nd a couple months ago!

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » April 20, 2006 12:29 pm

A Balding Fan wrote:no offence to anyone but OKC bombing had to happen, Timothy McVae Is an AMERICAN HERO. He showed our government how easy it was to kill a bunch of INNOCENT PEOPLE (aka WACO)

I am thoroughly offended. McSh!t was a totally useless wannabe who glommed on to a cause he barely knew about and took innocent lives, especially in a FREAKIN' DAY CARE CENTER, in the process.

Don't even get me started on the scum at Waco

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » April 20, 2006 3:42 pm

I could have lost my only brother in the OKC bombing, a simple twist of fate kept him from being any closer than he was that morning...

those killed were used as pawns to retaliate against the ATF, who had offices in the Murrah Building, for what happened at Waco...right or wrong, or indifferent, vengence is mine sayeth someone but not T. McVeigh...

Columbine...did we learn anything,...yet?

Congratulations Penny! how wonderful for you to still have your parents...relish each day

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » April 20, 2006 3:52 pm

Moonie wrote:I could have lost my only brother in the OKC bombing, a simple twist of fate kept him from being any closer than he was that morning...

those killed were used as pawns to retaliate against the ATF, who had offices in the Murrah Building, for what happened at Waco...right or or indifferent, vengence is mine sayeth someone but not T. McVeigh...

Columbine...did we learn anything,...yet?

Congratulations Penny! how wonderful for you to still have your parents...relish each day

I know I've been at BuffettNews too long when I read the above line (in red) as "prawns" and thought of Mings.

Seriously,
Congrats to you pholks, Penny. That's awesome!

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » April 20, 2006 3:58 pm

phjrsaunt wrote:
Moonie wrote:I could have lost my only brother in the OKC bombing, a simple twist of fate kept him from being any closer than he was that morning...

those killed were used as pawns to retaliate against the ATF, who had offices in the Murrah Building, for what happened at Waco...right or or indifferent, vengence is mine sayeth someone but not T. McVeigh...

Columbine...did we learn anything,...yet?

Congratulations Penny! how wonderful for you to still have your parents...relish each day
I know I've been at BuffettNews too long when I read the above line (in red) as "prawns" and thought of Mings.

Seriously,
Congrats to you pholks, Penny. That's awesome!

mmm no...that would belong closer to the chowder thread, I'd think....

mermaidindisguise · Post by **mermaidindisguise** » April 20, 2006 4:06 pm

Today is my daughters 11th birthday.... Thank goodness for her!!! It was hard to watch all the events taking place

For anyone who has lost a friend or relative in this these tragedies..
sometimes you can't cry hard enough......

I'm going to live my life
Like every day's my last
Without a simple good-bye
It all goes by so fast

And now that you're gone
I can't cry hard enough
No I can't cry hard enough
For you to hear me now

I'm going to open my eyes
And see for the first time
I've let go of you like
A child letting go of his kite

There it goes up in the sky
There it goes beyond the clouds
For no reason why
I can't cry hard enough
No I can't cry hard enough
For you to hear me now

I'm going to look back in vain
And see you standing there
When all that remains
Is just an empty chair

And now that you're gone
I can't cry hard enough
No I can't cry hard enough
For you to hear me now

krusin1 · Post by **krusin1** » April 20, 2006 4:17 pm

A Balding Fan wrote:no offence to anyone but OKC bombing had to happen, Timothy McVae Is an AMERICAN HERO. He showed our government how easy it was to kill a bunch of INNOCENT PEOPLE (aka WACO)

I was at the OKC bombing site just a couple of weeks after it happened. McVeigh was a terrorist and a murderer. The punishment he received was far less than he deserved, but was the maximum of which we are capable.

To you, "Balding Fan," please know this. You have offended me and many others. Someone who would praise McVeigh has no place in civilized society, and certainly has no place here.

Please leave and do not return.

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » April 20, 2006 6:18 pm

Angel Penny, pass on my congrats as well to your folks!