Someone posted this on Facebook, and I found it interesting.

They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor"

But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot......they "didn't have a pot to piss in" & were the lowest of the low

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:

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I came across this story, and it got me to thinking about how we live our lives. Maybe it's not too late for some of us to change.

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Just a list of my movies.

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It's been called "America's Music" by some. Others have called it junk, or even "noise." To my friends, I jokingly say I listen to "both kinds of music....Country and Western." No matter what you call it, everyone has an opinion.

I've listened to country music on and off since the early 1970s, and have had a love / hate relatonship as there's been some music I've enjoyed...and then there's the music I didn't.

After listening to country music in the early 90s, I fell back in love with it. The first reason is that I can actually hear (and understand) the lyrics. But listening to some of the music, many of my friends have decided it's not half bad. There are so many messages hidden in the music that apply to everyone - tales of lost love and new love, of happiness and sadness. Just listen to Faith Hill's "This Kiss" or Martina McBride's "Independence Day" and you may begin to understand.

I wanted to list a few of the Country music radio stations I've listened to in the past. They include:

Portland, Oregon

KUPL - Portland, Oregon

The rest of Oregon

KRKT - Albany, Oregon

KSHL - Newport, Oregon

Washington

KMPS - Seattle, WA (KUPL's sister station)

KMNT - Chehalis, WA

Other parts of the country

KSNI - Santa Maria, CA Sunny Country 102

KKCS - Colorado Springs, CO (Which appears to be off the air now)

And if you want some additional places that have information on Country music, try:

Country Music Home Page (CMT)

Emergency Weather Bulletin

This text is from a county emergency manager out in the eastern part of South Dakota after a severe snow storm ...

The Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD

Up here in the Eastern part of South Dakota we just recovered from a Historic event --- may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" --- with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds to 90 MPH that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to tens of thousands.

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My lead flight attendant came to me and said, "We have an H.R. on this flight." (H.R. stands for human remains.)

"Are they military?" I asked.

"Yes", she said.

"Is there an escort?" I asked.

"Yes, I already assigned him a seat".

"Would you please tell him to come to the flight deck. You can board him early," I said..

A short while later, a young army sergeant entered the flight deck. He was the image of the perfectly dressed soldier. He introduced himself and I asked him about his soldier. The escorts of these fallen soldiers talk about them as if they are still alive and still with us.

"My soldier is on his way back to Virginia," he said.

He proceeded to answer my questions, but offered no words.

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I received this an email and thought I'd share it with all of you.

In April 1986, following an attack on American soldiers in a Berlindisco, President Reagan ordered the bombing of Muammar Qaddafi's terrorist camps in Libya. My duty was to fly over Libya and take photos recording the damage our F-111's had inflicted.. Qaddafi had established a 'line of death,' a territorial marking across the Gulf of Sidra, swearing to shoot down any intruder that crossed the boundary. On the morning of April 15, I rocketed past the line at 2,125 mph.

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Number 10 Life is sexually transmitted.

Number 9 Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

Number 8 Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich .

Number 7 Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.

Number 6 Some people are like a Slinky-not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.

Number 5 Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals, dying of nothing.

Number 4 All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

Number 3 Why does a slight tax increase cost you $800.00, and a substantial tax cut saves you $30.00?

Number 2 In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

And The Number 1 Thought Life is like a jar of Jalapeno peppers--what you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow.

- - - and as someone recently said to me: "Don't worry about old age--it doesn't last long."

I received this as an email, and thought it was worth postging here.

At a time when our president and other politicians tend to apologize for our country's prior actions, here's a refresher on how some of our former patriots handled negative comments about our country.

These are good.

JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.

Rusk responded, "Does that include those who are buried here?"

DeGaulle did not respond.

You could have heard a pin drop.

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Always felt that old aviators were more than once lucky . . . at least me.

As copied from an email. According to the the thread, it that was written by:

Brian Shul, Retired SR-71 Pilot

As a former SR-71 pilot, and a professional keynote speaker, the question I'm most often asked is "How fast would that SR-71 fly?" I can be assured of hearing that question several times at any event I attend. It's an interesting question, given the aircraft's proclivity for speed, but there really isn't one number to give, as the jet would always give you a little more speed if you wanted it to. It was common to see 35 miles a minute.

Because we flew a programmed Mach number on most missions, and never wanted to harm the plane in any way, we never let it run out to any limits of temperature or speed.

Thus, each SR-71 pilot had his own individual "high" speed that he saw at some point on some mission. I saw mine over Libya when Khadafy fired two missiles my way, and max power was in order.

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