smithers joe

i think deb would be a good player's moll. cowbell and all.

once upon a time in the west by patricia janeckova.

8 hours ago, Curmudgeon said:

When I was a kid there was nothing I wouldn't climb. Trees, up onto rooftops, tightrope walking on top of chain link fences. Those were precarious enough, but the dumbest thing I ever did was when they were building Swangard Stadium in Burnaby. The back of the roof structure is supported by massive cement girders that rise at a 45 degree angle and are topped with a square block of concrete that has four massive bolts and nuts to anchor the steel girders. The bolts are probably 15 metres off the ground. So I climbed up to the top, then, like an idiot, stood on top of the bolts. Even thinking about it now makes my stomach flip.

carleton school boys could do a lot of crazy things.

i'ld rather have suter as my 3rd line center. blueger as my 4th line middleman.  poolman for a 7th round pick maybe.

this masquerade by the carpenters. so love karen's voice.

4 minutes ago, Ilunga said:

 

I am really sorry to hear this Joe. 

 

What I can tell you is that " blood " doesn't mean much.

 

My " real " father, the man who chose me to be his son- I am adopted - was an Englishman, veteran of the D-day landings.

He was told, if he moved to a warmer climate he might live into his forties, due to the severity of his wounds.

He made to 87.

He taught me about strength of will.

About giving 100% and believing in yourself.

He has been gone ten years and I still miss him.

 

My biological father was an Australian WW2 veteran.

According to my sister, he beat the crap out of mum and my siblings

My siblings ended up institutions, my mum went back to her parents. 

She had to give me up.

 

My son is an IVF child.

My ability to create life was taken from me on a football field when I was 16 years old.

A knee to the groin.

 

Every single person I have loved dearly has had no biological connection to me.

It's the bonds we build by our actions, that builds love. 

i still love my father even though i never knew him. apparently he lived for 7 years, homeless. no one should have to live like that. i use to help an old native, homeless man in smithers. i was too late to help my father but i substituted. i wrote my dad a letter even though he had been dead for years.

i mentioned that i forgave him for leaving us and about meeting him when i was 16 for 10 minutes. i wrote i knew i was a stranger to him but i hoped that if he knew my longer that he would have hugged me and told me, he loved me. 

2 minutes ago, smithers joe said:

isn't he mrs petey's boy?

don't they just have hack ribs info?

1 minute ago, Bob Long said:

 

Depends, do we really know who Petey is?

isn't he mrs petey's boy?

3 minutes ago, Canuck You said:

Tons of stuff that I shall take with me to my grave.

at least none of them put you the grave early.

if anyone knows the malahat, they know cliffs up on one side of the highway and cliffs down on the other side. 4 of us navy boys were headed back to the base from ladysmith. we had all been drinking. the driver was from ladysmith. it was night,dark and other than the moonlight, you needed headlight to see the road clearly. the driver said i've driven the highway so often, i could drive it blindfolded. we laughed and said BS. so he turned out his headlights and drove the malahat with just the moonlight. when we sobbered up, we shook with fear at what could have happened.

have you ever done something so stupid and life threatening that you can honestly say, you're lucky to still be living?

5 minutes ago, smithers joe said:

r.i.p. peter marshall.

pete was the only one that  had peter.

r.i.p. peter marshall.

bette midler's version of under the boardwalk.

6 hours ago, Ilunga said:

 

 

Gentleness is the best trait there is Joe.

 

My father was the most gentle man I have ever known.

The best man I have ever known. 

I wish I could be more like him.

 

 

 

 

It's hard to judge oneself however I have always been told I have a great deal of empathy for others. 

 

I believe that my greatest strength is my determination, to to never give up.

 

I have tried to teach my son many lessons, I tell him if he only remembers two things I have taught him, first always treat others the way you want to be treated yourself, with respect, kindness and compassion.

 

And never, ever give up.

sounds like your son has an excellent role model. my greatest regret is that i never knew my father. he put us in a foster home when i was 20months old.

we found out that he died a homeless man in 1960 in los angeles.

27 minutes ago, StrayDog said:

I don't really see it as a negative trait. That snark has defused more situations than I can count, and has gotten people through some stressful moments by changing their focus. It has it's negative side as well, but I think that's true of any trait. 

I think as a trait, I would describe it as Optimism. 

i stand corrected. you know yourself better than anyone does.

r.i.p. gena rowlands died at 94.

4 minutes ago, Allegend said:

Honesty and loyalty.

both great traits.

1 hour ago, smithers joe said:

i got mine from my mother. it may not be a great trait, but she was the most gentle person i've ever known. so mine is gentleness.

i'm honest and genuine too, but through all my work with others, my gentleness has served me the most consistant.

41 minutes ago, Canuck You said:

Laziness.

dig deeper, lad. think of positive traits.

49 minutes ago, StrayDog said:

My wife says Snarkiness

that's more of a reaction. you most have a positive trait. we all do.

31 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

Laid back. I'm like a hobbit, takes a bit to get me going, but once I do I see the job through. 

sounds like consistancy to me.