Fleckjohn65 wrote:
Grasses from a flood perhaps.
That's what I was thinking.
GREAT T***HS
1. In my many years I have come to a
conclusion that one useless man
is a shame, two is a law firm,
and three or more is a congress.
-- John Adams
2. If you don't read the newspaper
you are uninformed, if you do
read the newspaper you are
misinformed. -- Mark Twain
3. Suppose you were an i***t. And
suppose you were a member of
Congress. But then I repeat
myself. -- Mark Twain
4. I contend that for a nation to try to
tax itself into prosperity is like a
man standing in a bucket and
trying to lift himself up by the
handle. --Winston Churchill
5. A government which robs Peter to
pay Paul can always depend on
the support of Paul. -- George
Bernard Shaw
6. A liberal is someone who feels a
great debt to his fellow man,
which debt he proposes to pay off
with your money. -- G. Gordon
Liddy
7. Democracy must be something
more than two wolves and a sheep
v****g on what to have for
dinner. --James Bovard , Civil
Libertarian (1994)
8. Foreign aid might be defined as a
t***sfer of money from poor
people in rich countries to rich
people in poor countries.
-- Douglas Case ,
Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University
9. Giving money and power to
government is like giving whiskey
and car keys to teenage boys.
-- P.J. O'Rourke , Civil Libertarian
10. Government is the great fiction,
through which everybody
endeavors to live at the expense
of everybody else. -- Frederic
Bastiat , French economist(1801-1850)
11. Government's view of the
economy could be summed up
in a few short phrases: If it
moves, tax it. If it keeps
moving, regulate it. And if it
stops moving, subsidize it.
--Ronald Reagan (1986)
12. I don't make jokes. I just watch
the government and report the
facts. -- Will Rogers
13. If you think health care is
expensive now, wait until you
see what it costs when it's free!
-- P. J. O'Rourke
14. In general, the art of government
consists of taking as much
money as possible from one
party of the citizens to give to
the other. -- Voltaire (1764)
15. Just because you do not take an
interest in politics doesn't mean
politics won't take an interest
in you! -- Pericles (430 B.C.)
16. No man's life, liberty, or
property is safe while the
legislature is in session.
-- Mark Twain (1866)
17. Talk is cheap, except when
Congress does it. -- Anonymous
18. The government is like a baby's
alimentary canal, with a happy
appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other.
-- Ronald Reagan
19. The inherent vice of capitalism is
the unequal sharing of the
blessings. The inherent blessing
of socialism is the equal sharing
of misery. -- Winston Churchill
20. The only difference between a
tax man and a taxidermist is that
the taxidermist leaves the skin.
-- Mark Twain
21. The ultimate result of shielding
men from the effects of folly is
to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer , English
Philosopher (1820-1903)
22. There is no distinctly Native
American criminal class, save
Congress. -- Mark Twain
23. What this country needs are
more unemployed politicians
--Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
24. A government big enough
to give you everything you want,
is strong enough to take everything
you have. -- Thomas Jefferson
25. We hang the petty thieves and
appoint the great ones to public
office. -- Aesop
FIVE BEST SENTENCES
1. You cannot legislate the poor into
prosperity, by legislating the
wealthy out of prosperity.
2. What one person receives without
working for, another person must
work for without receiving.
3. The government cannot give to
anybody anything that the
government does not first take
from somebody else.
4. You cannot multiply wealth by
dividing it.
5. When half of the people get the
idea that they do not have to
work, because the other half is
going to take care of them, and
when the other half gets the idea
that it does no good to work
because somebody else is going to
get what they work for, that is the
beginning of the end of any nation!
Can you think of a reason for not sharing this? Neither could I.
rightxposure2193 wrote:
This is a self portrait using window light where do I need to improve
Both are great. I think the black and white is exceptional.
Burtzy wrote:
And what ever happened to the word much? Nowadays, people say "That was so fun!" We used to say "That was so much fun." That usage turns the word fun from a noun into what, a verb?...an adverb? I can't even figure it out.
I agree. They also use funner. It makes you sound uneducated.
LFingar wrote:
Bought a boat a couple of months ago to get out on the Hudson River to shoot river traffic and wildlife. Just a 16' fishing boat. I don't fish but it is perfect for running the river and poking around the shallows. Had a beautiful day yesterday so, while getting used to the boat (First one in 45 yrs) I did manage to get a few shots. A couple of tugs bringing a crane up-river at Germantown, NY. Sure beats sitting at home!
Seems like getting a boat is an excellent idea. We have a nice river here also for shooting wildlife. Used to go out quite a bit with a friend who had a boat to go fishing. A boat is a great way to also just relax. Good shooting.
twodogs wrote:
I liked the colors, light and shadow, and the lines of this deserted gas station. Yep...I know, it's just a gas station..."Why the hell would you take pictures of that?"
I don't know why you did, but I like them. Nice set.
Rineal wrote:
The community that I live in (Camphill Village Copake) supports several communities in India. Those communities, like us, create dignified life situations for people of differing abilities. My wife and I visited in January and I thought to show two photos here. The first is a gentleman who tore all of his clothes, picked everything in the house apart for years until a clever colleague gave him palm fronds and said:"you can make brooms." Now he sits on the front step of the house all day, content and happy, picking palm fronds apart which are then turned into brooms for the community. He is very proud of his brooms.
The second gentleman has Downs Syndrome and lives in a very impoverished village that receives support from one of our communities. He is sitting in front of his family's house, that is his father at work on the left - but look at that smile! That is how he greets everyone and invites them in for tea.
In these strange times I thought it might be nice for more people to see that smile.
Richard
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Wonderful story. Nice shots
rusty nails wrote:
Actual Shot not a Composite, taken at Oshosh 2017
That one is a keeper. Nice shot.
SonyBug wrote:
Having a small interest in geneology, I took the 23&me dna test. I noticed a 2nd cousin that did not fit into the gene pool well, so I contacted him. He did not respond for two years and last week he did. Here is what he said.
I recently had my 3 sisters take the 23&me dna and I found that I am only half related to them! So my father is not my biological father. He and my mother are now passed, and I am looking for any connection to who could be my real father.
I investigated all the scenarios as to who could be his biological father based on age, place of birth, etc. Now it is interesting to note that my grandfather had 7 siblings, but they all had fallings out and I never knew any of my second cousins, although I have many, maybe 50. But I had made contact with one who had the website of my last name. He was in South Africa, and was killed shortly after I made contact with him, so I took over the domain name.
In looking at place of birth, dates, and how the genes lined up, it was determined that he is the half brother to the guy I contacted for the website, and we determined how his father and mother met and separated. Of course, his father left his mother with a little gift, him, who was raised by another man as his own.
What is so strange about all of this is that it only took 3 days to make all these connections! He commented, "do you think that if our forefathers knew we would track all these genetics down they would have moderated their behavior?" Haha, of course not! What a thing to find out when you are 70 years old...
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I learned that my wife's cousin's daughter is my 5th or 6th cousin. My wife's cousin was married to my 4th cousin, or something like that.
SteveR wrote:
It works every time
I resemble that remark or color or what ever.