peter gartman

Retired. Living the dream.

[peter gartman @HappyPLG]

When feeling down, try celebrating what you have versus complaining about what you don't have.

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@GandP007 Well done!

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Silver - TA can make it incredibly clear & simple if you want it to. Back in July, so many were certain the low was in, but that was wrong (again).

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@CivilisedChaosX It depends where you live. The best advice is where crops are grown...warm/wet climate. We did this.

Can't miss going with Norway's 7. A few medical supplies and batteries would be helpful. Water takes up the most space. Dehydrated foods last a long time.

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@DavidDack I've got two photos from my racing career which lasted 15 years. One is from my first 10 mile and the other is from my last race...Boston Marathon. I have kept no medals.

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@ArbiterofCool I wish he would just stay quiet for the next 27 months. What a joyful pleasure that would be.

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@PaulinePlast @JeffMacke For sure. Fashion always matters more. So easy either by poor management or by shifting customer taste to bomb.

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@KatyKray73 Bizarre

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@TheRealDudja We had a pigeon that my aunt rescued with a broken wing. We had it for years. I finally convinced my mom to let me take George to Baltimore for his well-deserved freedom. It was the happiest day of both our lives!

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@unkonfined My measure of success is: did I chuckle while writing the post OR did Brenda when I read it to her?

YIPPEE! She chuckled. WOW! A double chuckle!

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@Evelyn001d OK

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@PaulinePlast I wish it mattered. Given the spending of the 25+ years, how do they control inflation?

OK. Lying is obvious possibility.

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@JimHawk67327371 Very informative!

[Samurai Shiba @SamuraiShibaJP]

My uncle fixed American warships for 41 years.

He was a welder at the US Navy base in Yokosuka. He started at 19. He barely spoke English. He didn't need to. He spoke steel.

Destroyers. Cruisers. An aircraft carrier, more times than he can count. If a ship in the Seventh Fleet had a seam, there's a decent chance my uncle welded it.

He never met most of the sailors who sailed on them. He just knew they came home safe. Because the seams held.

Last spring, he retired.

He expected a cake in the break room. Maybe a certificate.

Instead, when he walked out of the shop on his last day, there were sailors lined up on both sides of the pier. In dress uniform.

A boatswain raised a whistle to his lips.

My uncle had no idea what was happening. Someone had to explain it to him later.

In the US Navy, when a sailor retires after a long career, they "pipe him ashore." Sideboys line up. The whistle sounds. Everyone salutes.

It's an honor the Navy gives its own.

They gave it to a Japanese welder.

My uncle walked between them slowly. Every few steps, he stopped and bowed. They held their salute the entire time.

At the end of the line, the captain shook his hand and said something my uncle didn't understand.

That night, he asked me to translate it.

"Fair winds and following seas."

He made me write it down in Japanese letters, so he could say it right.

Now, every time we leave his house, he walks us to the door and says the only English sentence he knows by heart.

"Fair winds and following seas."

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@NorthstarCharts The charts and the real world are aligned!

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@rocketman6160 We went early because there are no lines/waiting

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@gypsynurse14 crazy

[Jules M #ALF #AnimalsMatter @Julesk23]

🙏

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@AuthorGFAllen Shoot the phone and enjoy the real world!

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@Niknakgirl23 Wow! You can smile even though you lost one of your legs!