And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I got rock salt in my ass when I was six. Best watermelon I've ever had. My aunt sat me on a pillow on the back porch, and handed me a knife. "You earned it, boy."
My father grew up in Texas in the 1930s. He told me they'd bust them open and only eat the heart. That man could pick a good watermelon from a pile better than anyone I ever met.
Opie's still alive so I hope the DOJ sends a heavily armed FBI SWAT team to hogtie him and haul him into a lock up. Oh wait. He's a Liberal so that's his get out of jail card.
that is an olympic event in our part of the world : ) a time honored tradition. and yes, all of our kid's in this area still climb trees, know how to clean a fish and get skinned knees.
Something about this senario isn't quite correct. Maybe the Black & White photo contrast needs some adjusting.
ReplyDeleteI got rock salt in my ass when I was six. Best watermelon I've ever had. My aunt sat me on a pillow on the back porch, and handed me a knife. "You earned it, boy."
ReplyDeleteMy father grew up in Texas in the 1930s. He told me they'd bust them open and only eat the heart. That man could pick a good watermelon from a pile better than anyone I ever met.
ReplyDeleteThey tasted better because they weren't grown on a production line with chemicals. Also look for the sugar spots.
Delete"Did you hear that porch door spring just now ?"
ReplyDeleteThat’s Ron Howard.
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Opie's still alive so I hope the DOJ sends a heavily armed FBI SWAT team to hogtie him and haul him into a lock up. Oh wait. He's a Liberal so that's his get out of jail card.
DeleteAnd his friend is Tommy Lee Jones
DeleteNeither one of those kids is Ron Howard
Deletethat is an olympic event in our part of the world : ) a time honored tradition.
ReplyDeleteand yes, all of our kid's in this area still climb trees, know how to clean a fish and get skinned knees.