http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/hawkslayer/?pid=f7780 [COLOR darkblue][center][B]A little Brit different.[/B][/COLOR][COLOR blue][I]Words are things; and a small drop of ink falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. - Lord Byron, poet (1788-1824)Welcome to my Blog. This is my little haven from those bloggers who insist on Cutting and Pasting, Copying and Pasting, Plagiarizing and constantly regurgitating emails, time after time, after time. In this blog, unlike those of some C&P bloggers who profess to have deep religious convictions, I abide by the eighth commandment. You all know how that goes, don't you? - "Thou Shalt not Steal" I don't promise you erudition or Pulitzer prize winning literature, but I do promise you originality and sometimes, even controversy. I may not post blogs daily, or weekly, but when I do post, I will be posting original material, that is the one thing you can be sure of. Thanks for visiting.[/I][/COLOR] http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_96267.html?pid=f7780 Why is it that folks like me and Ann, people who have reached a certain age at which we can be considered mature, are referred to as boyfriend and girlfriend? Surely there must be other titles much mo Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:00:38 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_96267.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_96041.html?pid=f7780 Ann and I sat eating dinner the other night when something from the long ago suddenly popped into my head out of nowhere. It was a memory from many years ago when I was a child living in a coal mining Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:02:49 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_96041.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_95775.html?pid=f7780 I’d just got home from my recent six monthly visit to the doctor for a checkup and told Ann about how he has me stand before him with my pants around my ankles and placing his hand under my testicles, Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:58:16 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_95775.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_94718.html?pid=f7780 Cough! Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:09:54 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_94718.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_94634.html?pid=f7780 I first posted this blog last year at this time. It is just as pertinent and relevant today as it was then. So I have taken the liberty of once again posting my tribute to all those who serve their co Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:04:35 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_94634.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_94423.html?pid=f7780 Click on and examine the picture with this blog. It is a picture of a sign we have attached to the wall beside our front door. It may seem strange for anyone to be confronted by such a sign when they Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:50:10 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_94423.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_94207.html?pid=f7780 I reckon I was a lad of about six or seven years old when I was sent to stay with my Aunt Nellie, who lived in one the loneliest places beside the old dark lake. Aunt Nellie had a big family, though m Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:08:19 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_94207.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_94159.html?pid=f7780 Ghosts Ma'am? Why, the old lake's full of them. The best time to see them is during what we call the chiming hours: eight in the evening, twelve midnight and four in the morning. Have I seen any of t Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:55:05 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_94159.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_94108.html?pid=f7780 Haunted houses Ma'am? Yes, there are some around the old dark lake. Have I ever lived in one? Well, yes, I did once. I rented one of a pair of thatched agricultural houses called Fosdyke Cottages that Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:02:46 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_94108.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_92717.html?pid=f7780 Way back in 1944 I was a boy of nine years and Christmas was approaching. Do you remember when you were that age? The excitement was electric! Santa Claus was going to come down the chimney on Christm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:21:21 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_92717.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_92714.html?pid=f7780 Way back in 1944 I was a boy of nine years and Christmas was approaching. Do you remember when you were that age? The excitement was electric! Santa Claus was going to come down the chimney on Christm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:29:33 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_92714.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_92020.html?pid=f7780 Last week while we were in the North Georgia mountains I saw roast duck on the menu in a restaurant. I am totally unable to eat duck and the very thought of eating one makes me sick. There is a justif Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:37:00 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_92020.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_91533.html?pid=f7780 Like the title of this piece says, I didn't welcome Ann home last night with a big, big bunch of red roses, but I did give her something else that she loved and enjoyed. Can you guess what it was? Nee Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:12:01 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_91533.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_91317.html?pid=f7780 I was sitting drinking coffee and reading the Macon Telegraph this morning and I noticed that I was doing something I have only recently began doing. When I got to the page containing Births, Engageme Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:08:40 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_91317.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_91269.html?pid=f7780 This is a story about my Australian army buddy, Lofty Henderson; it is also a love story and by way of being a long delayed tribute. It was fifty six years ago today that the events I am going to rela Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:43:11 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_91269.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_91138.html?pid=f7780 On the 15th of August last, I wrote a blog about the Fish vault in Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville and explained there were plans to refurbish the vault, which is in very bad condition. Milledgev Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:50:23 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_91138.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_91018.html?pid=f7780 Even though I’ve known for some time that this was going to happen, it doesn’t make it any easier when the time finally arrives. Even though I had known this day was coming, I was still overwhelmed by Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:31:54 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_91018.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_90819.html?pid=f7780 Aah, that got your attention didn’t it? Shows where your mind is when you’re reading blogs, doesn’t it? And it isn’t in your brain, it is most likely scurrying around in the lower reproductive organs Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:29:57 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_90819.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_90744.html?pid=f7780 Today is Grandparent’s Day and during the service this morning, Joel our minister told a story about when he was a child staying with his sister at their paternal Grandparent’s house.They wanted to ca Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:51:47 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_90744.html?pid=f7780 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_90365.html?pid=f7780 I awoke this morning thinking about what we were going to do to celebrate Labor Day. We haven’t been out to eat in a while, so I though we might go out to lunch somewhere. Around 10.30am I asked Ann i Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:04:49 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2545/post_90365.html?pid=f7780