tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46490109041224922262024-10-07T00:03:07.897-04:00This Blog is really the Captain’s Log and it relates to the many departments that make up the overall navigation of the Ship of Fools.da-Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387861971454787423noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649010904122492226.post-65760861008960779052011-06-16T12:52:00.000-04:002011-06-16T12:52:15.003-04:00

Not everything that is written in the Captain's Log Book is written by the Captain himself, however when the Captain feels it needs to be there, it gets included.  This is one of those entries that just needed to be added to the record, since it pretty much stands for the reasons I served in the armed services and I can say that I would rubber stamp this as a Notice to All Hands. . . I

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The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Libya and the announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden, and have therefore raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved."  Soon though, security levels may be raised yet again to "Irritated" or even "A Bit Cross."  The English have not been "A Bit Cross" since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out

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After years of combat with pesky seagulls, the historic DeTour Reef Lighthouse found a way to use today’s technology to save a little piece of yesterday. The DeTour Reef Lighthouse is located at the head of Lake Huron in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Having been built in 1847 and moved to its current location in 1931, the actual structure is over 150 years old and serves as a testament to the

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 AccuWeather.com reports April 2011 has been a horrific month for severe weather so far with more than 600 reports of tornadoes, more than 40 tornado-related deaths and unthinkable destruction.As the wild weather pattern continues this week, the month's total number of tornadoes continues to rise. There is a good chance that April 2011 will end up being the most active April on record

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 AccuWeather.com reports severe thunderstorms, including tornadoes, are set to roam parts of the country yet again over the next couple of days, but these thunderstorms should spare most of the hardest-hit areas in last week's historic tornado outbreak.Severe thunderstorms which may spawn more tornadoes will erupt from the southern Plains into the Ohio Valley through tonight.

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State College, Pa. -- 25 March 2011 -- AccuWeather reports after being teased with spring warmth last week, people from the Upper Midwest to the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and Northeast have been thrown right back into winter. Now, many are wondering how long the cold is going to stick around.At the very least, it's going to stay cold in these areas through much of next week with highs

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State College, Pa. -- 18 March 2011 -- AccuWeather reports the same setup that brought a snowstorm to part of Japan this week could show up in the eastern U.S. during the middle of next week.While the budding warmth late this week in the eastern U.S. is tempting, don't put away the snow shovels or take the snow tires off the car just yet.A dip in the jet stream, known as a trough, has

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State College, Pa. -- 8 March 2011 -- AccuWeather reports for people from the Plains into the East who are hoping for an end to the stormy weather pattern that has yielded everything from heavy snow to flooding rain, tornadoes and wildfires, it may be a long wait.The AccuWeather.com Long Range Forecasting Team, led by Expert Senior Meteorologist Paul Pastelok, expects this active

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State College, Pa. -- 11 February 2011 -- AccuWeather reports following relentless shots of record cold in December, January and now early February, a much-anticipated warm-up is coming to much of the eastern two-thirds of the country over the next week or so.Temperatures in a few areas are set to jump as much as 90 or 100 degrees from this week's frigid levels.In the process,

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This came from a gent who runs a 2000 acre corn farm up around Barron, Wi.,not far from Oshkosh. He used to fly F-4Es and F-16s for the Guard andparticipated in the first Gulf War. His story: I went out to plant corn for a bit to finish a field before tomorrowmorning and witnessed The Great Battle . A golden eagle - big, with about a six footwingspan - flew right in front of the tractor. It was

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State College, PA January 20, 2011 -- For people who are sick of the cold and snow and hoping for a quick end to winter, AccuWeather.com Chief Long Range Forecaster Joe Bastardi may have bad news.More persistent cold is expected to hold strong through at least the middle of February across much of the eastern two-thirds of the country. Bastardi also expects wintry events to last into

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Attention all Hands - Grand Marais, Michigan needs our help badly and time is running short. There is not enough time to get this in our next print magazine because the deal ends on Feb. 13th, 2011.  Please read the letter I received today and act on this as soon as you can. As a boater, I assure you this project is more than important, it is vital to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. . . .

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"When I joined the military it was illegalto be homosexual, then it became optional.I'm getting out before Obama makes it mandatory.”   ~GySgt Harry Berres, USMC

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A man walks out to the  street and catches a taxi just going by. He gets into the taxi, and the  cabbie says, 'Perfect timing. You're just like Frank.' Passenger:  'Who?'Cabbie: 'Frank Feldman. He's  a guy who did everything right all the time. Like my coming along when  you needed a cab, things happened like that to Frank Feldman every  single time.'

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For the last twelve months we have been presenting two versions of columns written by Will Rogers from back in the day. This web publication carried the Daily Columns and our monthly print magazine carried Weekly Columns, as they appeared in newspapers across North America. We had received good feedback on these columns and enjoyed bringing them to you. Now, with the new year, it is time to move

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Every day it seems we learn more and more about how we are losing our country to others who to not hold our values of freedom. Gas pumps expected to top $5.00 a gallon within the year and that money will also be going to counties that don't really like us in the first place. I believe what is killing America, is world greed, and if things don't change fast, we need to learn new languages.  -

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Everyone: Merry Christmas, and enjoy . . . http://ak.imgag.com/imgag/product/preview/flash/bws8Shell_fps24.swf?ihost=http://ak.imgag.com/imgag&brandldrPath=/product/full/el/&cardNum=/product/full/ap/3166187/graphic1

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Here is a Christmas card from our friends Little John & Loni in Grand Rapids, MI 

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Here is the first notice of our design for the 2011 PPP T-shirt and there will be a special hat with it also as an add on. In the Jan. issue there will be the order form and special size ordering will be until March 1st, 2011. After that date we will be placing the production order and then there will only be limited sizes available. Items will be mailed in time for April Fool's Day use. The

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When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the Pre-Christmas pressure. Then Mrs. Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more. When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven

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So much to learn and no teenagers in the house. I have been learning to post on Facebook and how to delete the mess that showed up. My Lady Robin says someday I might be able to catch on to this simple Facebook thing. So the other day it was new camera time for Robin to take super photos for our publications. To make my life easier I got two of them, so when she learns how to use hers, she can

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Dear Readers: I received this e-mail this morning . . . As the Chalk Leader for my flight home from Afghanistan, I witnessed the following: When we were on our way back from Afghanistan, we flew out of Baghram Air Field. We went through customs at BAF, full body scanners (no groping), had all of our bags searched, the whole nine yards. Our first stop was Shannon, Ireland to refuel. After that,

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