Ray,

We colonialists send our fondest regards to you for the speediest of recoveries.

Guess you have to give up dirt biking and must settle for a comfortable Aston Martin.

Best to you.

" All kidding aside, this is the listing of the 1983 Uechi Hall of Fame. "

Like the children's picture quiz: Where is WALDO .....I mean WALTER Mattson?

And Charlie Earl?

"Nostalgia is not what is used to be."

Jim,


What a wonderful paean to a wonderful people. To see Sensei Tomyose in particular was inspirational.

I hope that 25 years from now I can see such a video tribute to GEM, Van, and Walter.

"....and where does that power in the wall socket come from? Could it be, fossil fuels? " My Uechi brethren, you are the first to be invited to my SAVE THE EARTH scheme, I mean, movement: Repeal the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics! With enough funds we can legislate away this useless restriction...

Glenn, Thank you for passing on the Bon Mot of the day: "Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world". It was a cheery read starting this sunny New ...

Vicki, yesterday we celebrated Easter at my mother-in-laws home. My sister-in-law who is Greek and I greeted each other with the "Christ has risen" in Greek. In my inimitable irreverent fashion I announced to my wife's family that " ... of course the REAL Easter is next week ... Easte...

Attorney General Holder has exposed Americans cowardliness in talking about race. So, any site that is expressing the expressive bravery that the esteemed Holder wants can ergo no longer be racists. Now the only racism allowed is from HUMAN-RACISTS. :) Ah, the freedom to come out of the DARK era in ...

Laird, the picture you posted reminds me of the riff that Andrew Dice Clay does with nursery rhymes ...

especially about "Little Boy Blue ...." [grin ++++ ]

Retort with levity I say.


Merry Christmas and all the other avowed parallel holidays.

Sent a family friend this whole thread ... he is 'in country' with a select team. I, having spent a semester in 1960's at the best 13th century university in America, Yale, department of philosophy, I extrapolated to him with: "How many Islamo Fascist Terrorists can dance on the head of a pin?&...

Glass Jaw: term used in the 1940's for a boxer who could not take a punch. Rock Marciano seemed to be invulnerable to being hit with anything up to a 5 pound sledge hammer. "Rocky Marciano is the ONLY undefeated champion in ANY weight class in the history of gloved boxing. Considering how many ...

George, there is another answer to a person who says they never get disease X when all others around them do not:

They are #&$*&)# carriers! [ grin ++++++ ]


Keep healthy, old friend.

Gene, I was dial switching and passed through either MSNBC or CNN,which kept my interest for only one femtosecond, when I heard the snippet. I will ask my cohorts around the country for a specific reference and gladly post it. As for me, I still sing the 'racist' SOUTHIE IS MY HOME TOWN" :) :) ...

"You see, John, the only people who are using his full given name are those people who are trying to equate him to others who are named "Hussein" or names from similar ethnic or cultural extraction who, by coincidence, are also implicted in terrorist acts against the US and its intere...

George, I got the first flu shots when I was a teenager [ being 6 months younger than you should tell you when]. In 1972 my wife told me that she never took the shots and never came down with it so I tried. I came down with the most viscous flu and got pnumenitis (sp?). Was on erythromycin for a wee...

Thank you, Jason, for " ... udderly rediculous notion of mass milking women". We rare but intelligently witty punsters must acknowledge each other when others groan and moan at us. :) PETA is not a fun loving kitty petting, dog hugging group. As many on this forum express they are a home g...