Rattlesnake Dilemma

jack: 9th Mar 2006 - 16:20 GMT

WELL ACTUALLY ITS NOT FOR HUMAN USE IT IS FOR DOGS. PLEASE SEE SIGN.
you are to walk your dog over to the table and sit the animal down. you can only use real plates because there is no disposable waste baskets around. you see today, we treat animals better than we do humans. look at the homeless and people drifting around aimlessly, no, not you, i mean the hobo's, the lost people, we should bring then home as we would a lost dog and feed it and give it a blanket and cushion to sleep on and in the morning put a leash on the person and take them out for a walk. i mean, thats what my wife does for me so we can do it also.

jack: 9th Mar 2006 - 16:30 GMT

by the way, thx evil for the pic, i feel its important to see places of history and the people who died there. its as if their spirits are calling to me and saying, "look, here, i died here, my life ended on this day, in this manner, come look". history teaches us so much yet we ignore the warnings as we historically step into another day. i always get historically and hysterically mixed because i feel they can be used ,so well, together. think of the many ways you can use the words.

jack: 9th Mar 2006 - 16:32 GMT

i could'nt understand why elaine said 'stilts' until i read the second sign and noticed the title. i'll be allright, someday, i hope, when i grow up, maybe.

EvilGentleman: 9th Mar 2006 - 16:49 GMT

For you, jack...

The white markers are the actual graves of the 7th Cavalry soldiers, who were buried where they fell. The marker with the black shield is where General Custer died, but he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

jack: 9th Mar 2006 - 17:05 GMT

thank you so very much. i can feel the battle and only think of all those whom died on both sides.

Peter: 9th Mar 2006 - 17:45 GMT

i had a similar death/history epiphany when i visited the gettysburg battlefield, jack.

www.nps.gov/getc/index.htm

elaine: 9th Mar 2006 - 18:33 GMT

i got a creepy feeling when driving in scotland and it turned out we were in glencoe www.electricscotland.com/history/glencoe/ and then later i had that same glum shiver in france as well - i don't know where we were at the time but driving north to south from dover, my guess is you are going to go through some very grim battlefield sites

GGP: 9th Mar 2006 - 21:26 GMT

even the poor rattlers are under surveillance these days, it seems.

EvilGentleman: 10th Mar 2006 - 00:25 GMT

I still have not figured out a safe way to use that picnic table...

jeeff: 10th Mar 2006 - 01:28 GMT

it's perfectly safe to use if you're a rattlesnake.

EvilGentleman: 10th Mar 2006 - 01:43 GMT

I dunno, jeeff. If a poor old rattlesnake were to fall off the table surface onto one of the seat parts, it could result in a bent rattle, or possibly even a fractured fang.

jack: 10th Mar 2006 - 03:28 GMT

europe was at one time one big battlefield. i walked thru the black forest at 3:00am one summer night and i was a little lost. my platoon and i were separated due to an attack from enemy forces and i was walking alone. in the darkness and deafening silence, (where you can hear your heart beating loudly) i saw a faint figure in the distance. i was able to see the figure because approx 500 feet or so ahead there was a clearing and there was soft light from the opening in the woods. as i continued to walk toward the figure, i reached down to my bayonette which was handily strapped to my calf and i placed it on my m-14. i advanced ever so slowly until i was in hearing distance and i yelled out to the figure, "halt, who goes there". the figure said nothing and we continued to move toward each other. i yelled again, "who the hell is it". (at that point i lost all military proprieties) and a voice yelled back and identified himself. he was another lost soldier. well i was relieved! i thought it was a ghost. he was as white as a ghost and he was a black guy. we were both scared. finally we said thats it lets rest and we laid down under a tree and back to back we slept thru the nite. so i saw no ghosts and the woods are very quiet at night.

spygirl_t: 27th Mar 2006 - 21:56 GMT

I've had that oevrwhelming feeling of loss, sorrow and pain when in Cambodia, particularily when walking through the killing fields. It was a very overwhelming experience... tears and all. Strange though, as Cambodia is an amazing place, where one can fully understand the beauty of life and of culture. I have never encountered humanity, joy and freedom like I did when I was there a few years back. People may not have much in term of material concerns, but from what I experience, people live every moment!