tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post2290952212539967280..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Ooh! You are so grounded!Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11565012222345813082011-06-02T21:22:53.040-04:002011-06-02T21:22:53.040-04:00I was 22 when my daughter was born and she was 22 ...I was 22 when my daughter was born and she was 22 when her daughter was born. Every time I sense any angst about advancing age (daughter is 39 now) I always remind her, "Remember, when Abby is your age, YOU'LL BE MY AGE!" (61) Standing by to be shot - with something - any moment now. Maybe she'll use the Glock 19 I gave her a decade ago. Seriously, what is happening to kids these days. By 20, I had become "qualified" on two different 637 class SSNs (plankowner on the first)and routinely handled "special weapons." You know, the kind that go fission-fusion-fission after the fuse is lit. Responsibility and accountability were not just words. No one was given extra points just to enhance his widdle self-esteem either. Kentucky Jones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72146408083494566052011-06-01T01:57:24.107-04:002011-06-01T01:57:24.107-04:00I was 20 when my daughter was born. I was also on ...I was 20 when my daughter was born. I was also on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier when it happened.<br />So far so good, none of my kids have ever tried to shoot me with a bow and arrow...or anything else, for that matter.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308171394825291900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2248119997081185052011-05-30T20:35:26.381-04:002011-05-30T20:35:26.381-04:00Steve: The Sasquatches have been breeding too ofte...Steve: The Sasquatches have been breeding too often with the locals.<br /><br />No kid, your real dad ain't the milkman ...Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43195755588312265352011-05-29T23:22:15.206-04:002011-05-29T23:22:15.206-04:00Others have noted Tahuya isn't a Seattle, '...Others have noted Tahuya isn't a Seattle, 'burb, so I'll content myself with suggesting it's more on the outskirts of Twin Peaks.<br /><br />No kidding, I live just across the Hood Canal from Tahuya. The only incorporated area of Mason County is Shelton, which I swear is the prototype for the series, even though so far as I know David Lynch never got out there. But I can't go to Shelton without the theme running through my head.<br /><br />Anyway, as one who lives there, yeah, that sounds like Tahuya. Or else, on my side of the Canal, Grapeview.Steve Skubinnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56038885388762630492011-05-29T23:05:31.167-04:002011-05-29T23:05:31.167-04:00Other Anonymous...the fact that 20 years of age is...Other Anonymous...the fact that 20 years of age is now seen as "too young" to become a father shows just how screwed up and stupid and immature our society has become over the years.<br /><br />In 1942, 20 years old was more than old enough to fly B-17s over Nazi Germany, or take on Japanese machine gun nests in the Pacific.<br /><br />Hell, a 20-year-old then would have been commanding the 17 and 18 year olds in the combat zone.<br /><br />But today, 20 is "too young" to become a father.<br /><br />How spoiled and indolent and idiotic we have become over a few decades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7094197760650032822011-05-29T23:02:39.742-04:002011-05-29T23:02:39.742-04:00Anybody who is willing to shoot her father with a ...Anybody who is willing to shoot her father with a bow because he took her cell phone away is psycho.<br /><br />Sociopathic. Pscyhopathic. Fucked up. However you want to put it.<br /><br />But anybody who is willing to use deadly force on her (or his) own father over a cell phone is nuts, or evil. Or both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59436873859433046402011-05-29T14:15:37.178-04:002011-05-29T14:15:37.178-04:00If it were in Pima County, the safety would have s...If it were in Pima County, the safety would have still been on.Crustyrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478587825608882510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21981081049792615342011-05-28T04:46:05.305-04:002011-05-28T04:46:05.305-04:00For Antibubba: I am minded of the old-fashioned ea...For Antibubba: I am minded of the old-fashioned easy-going American tales of eighty years ago, as shown in H.T. Webster's cartoons. <br /><br />Umm, Sir? Your Honor? I was cleaning my slingshot and it went off. I will be happy to pay to the glazier what he thinks is due to him, 'specially seeing that my Mom and Dad are standing right behind me in this here courtroom.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88510470286244881182011-05-27T17:02:53.961-04:002011-05-27T17:02:53.961-04:00I'm confused, was that kindness or nurturing?I'm confused, was that kindness or nurturing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-82357005042561242382011-05-27T14:05:04.210-04:002011-05-27T14:05:04.210-04:00I wouldn't say rural midwest...I have a house ...I wouldn't say rural midwest...I have a house for sale in Belfair, about 5 miles from where this happened.<br /><br />I would describe it as more of a meth-lab sub-rain forest feel...a lot of 2-5 acre lots with abandoned single wides. <br /><br />Glad the Mason County Sheriff's Department SWAT team got some practice.greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10282685892329599436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44569207616000244422011-05-27T14:00:38.994-04:002011-05-27T14:00:38.994-04:00Sounds like someone took "The Hunger Games&qu...Sounds like someone took "The Hunger Games" as a training manual.<br /><br />http://www.onlinemovieshut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/jennifer-lawrence-in-the-hunger-games.jpgMatthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414687981098467556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29633517979121250362011-05-27T13:59:04.343-04:002011-05-27T13:59:04.343-04:00According to her court-appointed lawyer, she was &...According to her court-appointed lawyer, she was "cleaning it, when without warning it went off".<br /><br />AntibubbaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71694786977325143402011-05-27T13:47:40.902-04:002011-05-27T13:47:40.902-04:00In a (for me, anyway) rare defense of Seattle, Tah...In a (for me, anyway) rare defense of Seattle, Tahuya could hardly be considered "the 'burbs." <br /><br />The odd thing is, he took away her cell phone, in an area with no signal...Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70340442187088649772011-05-27T13:07:10.880-04:002011-05-27T13:07:10.880-04:00@Tam.
Okay, you have a point. That part of Washin...@Tam.<br /><br />Okay, you have a point. That part of Washington is a probably more like mixing a couple doses of Angsty Punk with a dollop of Redneck Western Michigander. <br /><br />@Zdogk9<br />Truly. It's really damn weird out there. But it's also some of the best motorcycle riding outside of Northern California. I just make sure I have my carry piece in the tankbag.Adrian Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05966665618865037355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64878307338316292062011-05-27T12:45:15.795-04:002011-05-27T12:45:15.795-04:00So, High Schoolers have changed? Um, the President...So, High Schoolers have changed? Um, the President of my senior year was twenty-two. Got out of jail at the start of the school year from an armed-robbery jail sentence. <br /> <br />This was 1962-1963. And in a suburban community, not exectly inner-city, my memory comes up with only one on-campus fist-fight during those three yaers. <br /> <br />Have to admit, though, he seemed like a nice guy. Probably a lot more to his story, considering the place he robbed was his father`s store.John Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801684602403824157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52267609443355933782011-05-27T12:27:49.976-04:002011-05-27T12:27:49.976-04:00I'm certain the only reason there was no blood...I'm certain the only reason there was no blood shed at her apprehension and detention is that there were no family pets with her.Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09924556230506190220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-34720358904985070422011-05-27T12:06:58.769-04:002011-05-27T12:06:58.769-04:00Teenage girl? Bow?
... I blame Orlando Bloom.Teenage girl? Bow?<br /><br />... I blame Orlando Bloom.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682072668997410668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36849757190848122942011-05-27T11:58:54.512-04:002011-05-27T11:58:54.512-04:00Thomas F,
That volley of puns nearly caused me to...Thomas F,<br /><br />That volley of puns nearly caused me to take flight.Tam (remotely)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70644957136351702522011-05-27T11:57:23.375-04:002011-05-27T11:57:23.375-04:00You have to remember this is rural Mason County. T...You have to remember this is rural Mason County. Two hours and fifty years back from Seattle.Zdogk9https://www.blogger.com/profile/10377048350840426630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26252896882544471922011-05-27T11:35:12.590-04:002011-05-27T11:35:12.590-04:00I don't think that it is fair to always be noc...I don't think that it is fair to always be nocking the bow control movement, they are always getting the shaft, the NBA is always compounding the dangers of private bow ownership by quarreling with law enforcement while open carrying, all the while stringing along commonsense bow control legislation.<br /><br /><br />It's takes a lot of pluck to stand up to those bow rights fascist, it would make a grown man quiver.......Thomas Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29832607522934753022011-05-27T11:25:28.228-04:002011-05-27T11:25:28.228-04:00Anyone else react to the newsreader calling 35 arr...Anyone else react to the newsreader calling 35 arrows an "arsenal"?<br /><br /><i>"...and the NRA."</i><br /><br />I was about to make a letter replacement joke there but I don't think the NBA has much to do with bows.<br /><br />WV: puthyps.<br />Pushups for lisping pussies?Mikaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04894602732468692375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26529170242960082742011-05-27T11:13:52.836-04:002011-05-27T11:13:52.836-04:00New headline: "Devotee of Artemis Needs Mento...New headline: "Devotee of Artemis Needs Mentoring."<br /><br />Subhead: "Mistakes Dad for Orion"<br /><br />Seriously, a friend's daughter is a teenage archery champ, and I would not want her after me with her bow.<br /><br />Can't someone fit this girl with a skimpy action costume and teach her to be a superhero[ine]?Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44065522010967410882011-05-27T11:02:53.604-04:002011-05-27T11:02:53.604-04:00Adrian K,
Not weird enough for the rural Midwest,...Adrian K,<br /><br />Not weird enough for the rural Midwest, which is normally dull as dishwater except when it's very very not. ;)Tam (remotely)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52092589581091253132011-05-27T10:55:33.381-04:002011-05-27T10:55:33.381-04:00The only thing this story has in common with Seatt...The only thing this story has in common with Seattle is the newspaper covering it.<br /><br />Tahuya's far closer in culture to the rural Midwest than to any city in the country. And anything on the west side of Puget Sound might as well be on the Moon.Adrian Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05966665618865037355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44468780167040331362011-05-27T10:29:35.163-04:002011-05-27T10:29:35.163-04:00I mean.. over in the US, you can't beat your k...I mean.. over in the US, you can't beat your kids if they fuck up?<br /><br />What can you use? Nasty language is out too?<br /><br />I mean.. a good whack makes remembering what not to do a whole lot easier.. and I don't begrudge my parents any corporal punishments I've ever recieved..<br /><br />I almost set fire to our gas main once.. or dropped a CRT screen out of the car boot, or made a flamethrower and almost set some silly gazebo on fire..<br /><br />Amazingly, no one ever too away my lighter, probably out of fear I have another one and would then set fire to something more substantial..Laniushttp://lanius-e.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com