BigStewMan

Bruce ... does your bride miss the Philippines? Any plan on returning there? My buddy, whose story is similar to yours, has already bought a house there and they plan to split their time between USA and there. He retires in about five years.

Carl?

believe it or not, I do not own any genesis music. I can't even name a single song of theirs.

yeah, I passed the course and didn't get any points on my driving record.

smart household you have there. actually, I'm not a fan of crunchy most of the time. I can handle crunchy if I'm eating chips or something; but mostly I'm not a fan of the crunch. Lady I worked with loved crunchy French fries ... I hate them. Soft & wimpy fries dipped in ketchup and horseradish mixture -- love it. I rarely eat peanut butter; but I prefer creamy. Maybe that's why I'm so SMOOTHE.

I sometimes get comments on my attire, which I admit some of the items still think it's 1970; but I spent eight hours in traffic school sitting next to this cute gal that looked to be about 20 or so. At the end of the day, we're waiting for the course completion certificates and she says to me, "I like your style ... most men your age, oh, I meant most men older than me ..." I laughed and told her that she's already called me old.

sounds like a life-changing trip ... everyone needs hope.

yeah, I do the same. my jar or not ... joking, it's only my jar.

that is a nice looking pad ... too bad it is in Portland. 161 more days and I can shake the dust of this place off my shoes forever.

don't tell me you're a double dipper.

Nice to meet you Jesus.

yeah; but why would you want to? isn't the man losing his career and his reputation and all of that affecting his wife and children enough ... has he not suffered until he feels scorn on a public forum? I take no joy in the downfall of any person. They may be the vilest of people; but it is still a shame and I find no joy in celebrating that.

but why not form the wall downfield and let your return guy run an extra 10 or 20 yards before encountering those trying to stop him? I suspect teams would regularly have better field position than letting their return guy get nailed at the 10 yard line. Seems to me that the return team is surrendering ground needlessly.

COFFEE?

Given the option, I'll take bread (although I honestly can't recall the last time I ate a piece of bread ... been close to two years I'll bet -- flour tortillas replaced bread, any food you can wrap in a tortilla is a good meal). not a cracker guy either. Yeah, I'm kinda boring.

I knew this dude, met him several times. I was good friends with one of his former drummers and he introduced me to the Captain. Great storyteller. I could literally sit and listen to his stories all night. I don't "get" all of what he is saying; but I do get some of it.

you're kinda right. I'm a clog wearer; but I have regular shoes too; but, I tie my shoes once, loosely so I can just step into the shoe for the rest of the life of that shoe. I'm a guitarist, I can't risk damaging my finger tying a shoe! ha ha.

calm down Dino.

actually, I don't know who that is. should I know? I've never been one that has been accused of having his finger on the pulse of pop culture.

Deal. Better bring some strings though ... the other day, I busted one of the A strings and I haven't any spares. Need to put in my order to Sweetwater and get some more. Not sure how close you are to Ft. Wayne; but that is where I buy all my gear.

I was born in the shadow of the Oakland Coliseum. I didn't think he was a good coach to begin with; but, I'd like to know if those emails reflected who he "is" or who he once "was." Makes a difference to me, "am" I a drug addict and still should be treated as such, or was I "once" a drug addict that has changed his path in life? I think where a person is in their own life will determine how a they answer that question.

yeah, I know. I was just being a punk.

I've never tried it; but would. I like almond milk and the almond bros. used to put on a good show.

The price of going off topic ... the topic was Ginger vs Mary Ann and he mentioned Samantha, Jeannie, and Elly May.

Ha ... now you know that I may be the world's biggest doc Martin fan ... well, maybe not as others have traveled to port Issac to visit the filming location. Funny story though, I left all of my coast guard uniforms in my locker in my office when I retired. (sorry for the double prepositional phrases).