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05-26-2010, 07:07 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Collin County, TX
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Went to the PD tonight for an award ceremony. I received my third President's Volunteer Service award and was delighted to receive a gold medal this time as I was expecting a silver medal. The top two are bronze and the bottom one is gold.
There is one other medal above the gold, but I would have to go back to the PD and volunteer about nine more years. I think I'll pass and be happy with the gold.
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05-26-2010, 07:28 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,924
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Went to Farmers' Market, grocery store, bird food store; spent much money.
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05-26-2010, 07:31 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: At The Cafe
Posts: 6,873
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Congrats, bbbamI!
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05-26-2010, 07:36 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
Posts: 11,447
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bbbamI
Went to the PD tonight for an award ceremony. I received my third President's Volunteer Service award and was delighted to receive a gold medal this time as I was expecting a silver medal. The top two are bronze and the bottom one is gold.
There is one other medal above the gold, but I would have to go back to the PD and volunteer about nine more years. I think I'll pass and be happy with the gold.
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Congratulations !
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05-26-2010, 07:50 PM
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#4405
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Collin County, TX
Posts: 9,294
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Well, with all this talk about gold lately, I thought I'd show mine...
Thanks y'all.
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05-26-2010, 07:55 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,004
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That's some serious bling. Congrats!
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05-26-2010, 07:58 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 35,712
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How'bout a photo of bbbamI in a uniform with these medals?
You did wear a uniform while serving, didn't you?
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05-26-2010, 09:06 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern Illinois
Posts: 16,543
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Congrats bbbamI! - you volunteer to a great cause and its great that they recognize and appreciate your service.
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05-26-2010, 09:20 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Collin County, TX
Posts: 9,294
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Hmmmm....Didn't really have a standard uniform, just police shirts..... and I was armed with a whistle....
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05-26-2010, 09:25 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Collin County, TX
Posts: 9,294
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Thanks REWahoo and Ronstar...
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05-26-2010, 10:26 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
Posts: 9,037
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bbbamI
Went to the PD tonight for an award ceremony. I received my third President's Volunteer Service award and was delighted to receive a gold medal this time as I was expecting a silver medal. The top two are bronze and the bottom one is gold.
There is one other medal above the gold, but I would have to go back to the PD and volunteer about nine more years. I think I'll pass and be happy with the gold.
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Congratulations! Nice for you to be so well recognized.
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05-27-2010, 04:58 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
Posts: 25,302
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bbbamI
Went to the PD tonight for an award ceremony. I received my third President's Volunteer Service award and was delighted to receive a gold medal this time as I was expecting a silver medal. The top two are bronze and the bottom one is gold.
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That's great that they recognize the value of the time you donated. Congratulations!
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05-27-2010, 05:03 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
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Just on a whim, DW and I went to the booming metropolis of Mercersburg, PA just to see what was there (not much). I wanted to take the bike but she hates "helmet hair" so we took the car.
We did have a nice but overpriced lunch, compensated for by the pair of brand-new jeans with the paper labels still on she found in a consignment shop for $9.
Today another guy and me are taking a bike ride to Cumberland, MD.
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05-27-2010, 03:42 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Central MS/Orange Beach, AL
Posts: 9,067
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Retired 3/31/2007@52
Investing style: Full time wuss.
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05-27-2010, 03:57 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Collin County, TX
Posts: 9,294
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Those pics are beautiful...thanks for sharing!
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05-27-2010, 05:48 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 14,328
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I woke up early from a dream nightmare. In it, I was back at w*rk and was being forced to interview for my own job. All the other candidates were much younger and the interviewers smiled at them a lot.
Sure don't miss that world.
Then I went to the farmer's market and passed on $4/ pound organic tomatoes.
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05-28-2010, 12:11 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hooverville
Posts: 22,983
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Las Chicas Muy Lindas
Venezuelan Music: Venezuelan fiesta in London- 30/01/2010
No this is not what I did, (or at least not with these beauties) but I sure wish I had. Instead, this is Folklife Weekend, and some rhythmically challenged gringos will be presuming to teach other even more hopelessly lost gringos how to shake they booties. And I will be there, hoping to get whatever I can out of the process.
Ha
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05-28-2010, 03:36 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
Posts: 9,037
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I woke up today.
Today is gernanium planting day. Believe it or not, we can still get light frost in these here parts up until Memorial Day. NWS tells me that is not going to happen, so I'm going for it.
I have veggie plants hardening off in the porch. I need to expose them to some bright sunlight for a few days over the weekend. Then they will be planted.
I am way behind on my garden chores this year. Oh well.
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05-28-2010, 05:57 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
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I rode with a friend from work up to Cumberland, MD via WV Rt 9, a couple of back roads to Hancock, MD and then I-68 to Cumberland. We stopped at the Sideling Hill Cut for a brief break and took some pictures. My bike is the one on the left. Normally riding a motorcycle on an interstate is just boring but the scenery there makes me want to invest in a helmet camera.
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05-28-2010, 07:25 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawn chair in Texas
Posts: 14,183
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Quote:
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I rode with a friend from work up to Cumberland, MD via WV Rt 9, a couple of back roads to Hancock, MD and then I-68 to Cumberland. We stopped at the Sideling Hill Cut for a brief break and took some pictures. My bike is the one on the left. Normally riding a motorcycle on an interstate is just boring but the scenery there makes me want to invest in a helmet camera.
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"Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything." - Charles Kuralt
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