Kevin,

Provide links here to your site and your blog please...

Thanks!

I don't think our kids know what an apron is.

The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress
underneath, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing
hot pans from the oven.

It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even
used for cleaning out dirty ears.

From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy
chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming
oven.

When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.

And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.

Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot
wood stove.

Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.

From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had
been shelled, it carried out the hulls.

In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from
the trees.

When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how
much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.

When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her
apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to
dinner.

It will be a long time before someone invents something that will
replace that "old-time apron" that served so many purposes.

REMEMBER.........

Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool.

Her granddaughters set theirs on the kitchen counter to thaw.

Hiya OleJeb, I sent you an email, did you get it?

Free will, wow, some folks here know exactly what they are talking
about, great educational thread!

I have to agree with netuser on the connection of all things and that
expands to include the universe. The God of our creation is truly a God
of love. In giving us what is referred to as "free will" our paths in
life lay before us, unknown to us. But as He is an all-knowing God, He
truly knows our hearts and therefore our choices before we make them.

I am going to leave off here for now and keep reading your comments
before I post anymore of my own beliefs. I am not sure I can explain
yet. I have to find the right words (and not write a book) to reveal my
thoughts.

Have a blessed day tomorrow.

YEA!!!! I had NOT heard these!

LOL.

Heard those... but...

I can't believe a guy told this joke.

Heard it though.

It is still goooood.

Really good one.

Maxine stole my line though.

Heard it, but it is always funny.

The fine in Kansas is $10.00 to be caught without your seat belt
fastened.

I wear mine (as I think it is necessary) and I would like to keep the 10
bucks in my pocket too.

netuser! Love the Linux pic... kewl.

Leo here.
Leo is the Lion.
My brightest star is Regulus
My Element is Fire
My Quality in astrology is Fixed
My Ruling Body in astrology is the Sun
In the Chinese Zodiac I was born in the year of the Tiger.

I have been married twice and both times to Pisces men. According to the
charts I should have married men born under the Sagittarius sign.

Maybe that explains the two divorces.

uh,oh a word got changed... YIKES! I did not use any asterisks. Guess
what the word was? LOL.

uh... I was an adult, married and with a son when all those movies came
out so I got to live through them "like" a child.

I loved the Indy movies and all the rest. If my son was thrilled, I was
too. I will love to see Harrison Ford as Indiana again with that
cool/****y attitude and the hat and aaaallll that. He was HOT! LOL.

uh... I suppose that is NOT what you are looking for in the way of
responses though.

AHA!
OK - got it...
WoW
Walk on Walls (Jedi Knight game mod)

Whew! Very kewl.

Well this is not an acronym but the WOW factor is a part of the new
Vista campaign...

Is that what you mean?

I'll take the cokehead. I liked his hat.

Duffy! You kill me too...

I am not sure it is all propaganda...
Sometimes the numbers tell the story.

Halliburton
In 2005 Halliburton employed 106,000 operating in over 120 countries.
This did not include all subsidiaries.

Schlumberger
Employs over 70,000 people in 80 countries.

Bechtel Group, Inc.
Employs 40,000 in nearly 46 countries. (what does nearly mean?)

Kohler Co.
31,000 associates worldwide. (associates ?)

Technip ADS
Employs 22,000 people worldwide.

I doubt the US Gov could employee itself legally, however I do think
some of the numbers above are inflated for appearances. Propaganda?
Possibly, but truly, I question that too.

I am not trying to poke holes here. Just interjecting some of the
possible reasoning behind not taking bids.

Only "the shadow" knows. LOL.

You GO rambill...

lol