Opinions,thoughts and ideas(some nuts)

Mood: tired
Listening to: my own thoughts

 When I first got this blog it was to tell my grandkids a little about the guy they called grampa.

Unfortunatly,I cannot be serious long enough to tell them about my life.Last Sunday at about 2.00am I had a massive heart attack and nearly died.So if I want them to know something about my life I think i had better shape up before Iship out.

I want to tell you where I was born and raised,about the jobs I've had and the things I've done.

I once had a job a few years ago were a woman ask what I done previously so I asked her did she mean my army time ,my shipbuilding days my pipelining or what?What she said my me think for a lond time.She said you have lived a very interesting life.Up until then it was just anordinary life as far as I was concerned,but the more I thought about the more I came to see her point of view.

So I want to share with you kids some of the things i've done because when I'm gone so is the storey.

To day while at work I thought of something my wife done when they were having a Legion parade to honour the vets on June 6 commenerating the landing in Normandy. She was in the colour party carrying the flags of the Legion in the town where we live. There was a reviewing stand set up where the branch president and some politicians were standing.Across the road were the Vets,some standing with walkers,some in wheelchairs. When the Colour Party approached the stand instead of calling Eyes Right as is customary she called Eyes Left.It was amazing what happened.The old shoulders and backs that where bent with age tried their best to straighten with pride. When the following Colour Party seen what happened they did the same. When they got back to the Legion my wife was told that it was a hell of a good idea but why did she do it and her reply was “This is the Vets day and the politicians could go to hell”. I must tell you I have never been so PROUD of my wife.

                                   The woodcutter

 One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above a
river, his axe fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord appeared
and asked, "Why are you crying?"
The woodcutter replied that his axe has fallen into water.

The Lord went down into the water and reappeared with a golden axe. "Is
this your axe?" the Lord asked.
The woodcutter replied, "No."
The Lord again went down and came up with a silver axe. "Is this your
axe?" the Lord asked.

Again, the woodcutter replied, "No."

The Lord went down again and came up with an iron axe. "Is this
your axe?" the Lord asked.

The woodcutter replied, "Yes."

The Lord was pleased with the man's honesty and gave him all three axes
to keep, and the woodcutter went home happily.

One day while he was walking with his wife along the riverbank, the
woodcutter's wife fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord in
appeared and asked him, "Why are you crying?"

"Oh Lord, my wife has fallen into the water!"

The Lord went down into the water and came up with Jennifer Lopez. "Is
this your wife?" the Lord asked.

"Yes," cried the woodcutter.

The Lord was furious. "You cheat! That is an untruth!"

The woodcutter replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Lord. It is a
misunderstanding. You see, if I said 'no' to Jennifer Lopez, You will
come up with Catherine Zeta-Jones. Then if I also say 'no' to her, You
will thirdly come up with my wife, and I will say 'yes,' and then all
three will be given to me. But Lord, I am a poor man and I will not be
able to take care of all three wives, so *that's* why I said yes this
time."

The moral of the story is whenever a man lies it is always for an
honorable and useful reason