Comments on: Welcome, Cordelia [and welcome back]

by: David

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:28:17 +0000

wf,

Kudos on hanging with DU even though you haven’t been fowling of late. I knew you were a real sportsman, and regardless of any other consideration, all of the sportsmen I know are ardent conservationists.

Regarding the ice caps, they are melting. That is indisputable, so the wager would be comparable to betting on Whittier College against the Longhorns. The particular timeline is subject to debate, the reality of the melting is not. And as one scientist quipped, we don’t know how to re-freeze the Greenland ice cap.

On the national championship game, since my goddaughter lives in Alabama, attends Birmingham Southern (where her father is in charge of the theater program), and is a major Tide fan, I’ve got to honor family and root for the Tide, but I gotta say I admire Mack Brown and the Texas program, and the Longhorn quarterback is every bit the decent human being that Tim Tebow is. Should be a hell of a game. Condolences on the loss to Georgia, since I think I remember you saying you’re an Aggie fan.

by: waterfowler

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:02:58 +0000

Thanks David. I haven’t been fowlin’ in several yrs., but I still contribute to DU in order to conserve our wetlands.
As far as the ice cap, I’ll wager you a longhorn & a case of Shiner Bock that in 5 - 7 yrs., it’ll still be there, even in the summer.

by: David

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:34:28 +0000

Thanks, waterfowler. That would have been a great matchup. Glad to see McCoy and Tebow are great personal friends. Helps keep the fact that it is a game in perspective.

Wish Cincinnati weren’t in such disarray because of their head coach heading to Notre Dame after apparently telling the players he wasn’t leaving. Florida-Cincinnati was looking like about as good a consolation matchup as one could imagine, and in the Sugar Bowl, the granddaddy of bowls for SEC teams.

How goes the waterfowling? I hunted ducks once upon a time, but they were mostly safe when I was shooting.

As long as hunters continue to care, we at least have a chance of saving some of our wetlands. All the duck hunters I know are solid conservationists.

The polar ice cap, on the other hand…

by: waterfowler

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:52:15 +0000

Now, I’m the last to know. Beautiful…
Condolences David. I really wanted to see McCoy/Tebow.

by: David

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:31:55 +0000

I did, and it was…fun, that is. Thanks for the link, Aunt Sam.

by: Aunt Sam

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:56:18 +0000

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by: David

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:53:37 +0000

No, dee, now I’m the last to know. Trying to cope with the SEC championship game, so I thought What the heck - check on FA. What a pleasant surprise to find ADAM IS BACK. Remebered Susie was expecting. Great news, great picture, good on Clan Felber. Imagining some really big smiles.

Now, Gators, get back up and get ready for the Sugar Bowl, the granddaddy of SEC post-season prizes. Oh, and piglet, congrats on your guys winning the gridiron civil war. On to the Rose Bowl, the granddaddy of them all.

by: Kjell Mikkelsen

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:16:44 +0000

Wot a ja sure skjønn baby girl!!!

by: dee

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:39:24 +0000

No, cooper. I’m the last to know.

What a beautiful baby. Let’s hope she follows the Bard’s advice regarding sleeping through the night : “What shall Cordelia speak? Love, and be silent” (I.i.63-64)

by: Vinnie

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:03:31 +0000

Yo, Susie. Teach her ta make uh fist wit’ da thumb on da outside uv da finguhs. Babys like ta have da thum on da inside. Mom sed I broke my thum dat way punchin’ Guido when I wuz 10 mont’s old. Da left thum has always been crooked cause uv dat.