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interesting article in time magazine about rv motorhome living-- click on the title name link to read the whole article

FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

a few nights ago i saw LETTER FROM IWO JIMA-- several months ago i saw the campanion film of FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS-- these were two exceptionally brilliant films directed by clint eastwood on the battle for iwo jima - each film was told from the viewpoint of each side fighting over this island- american and japanese -- it displayed the cultural differences of each side and how these conflicts are viewed and ultimately how each side proceeds to act in this type of enviroment--there was definitely two viewpoints on display in films and in the end i thought both sides believed in what they were doing in the name of their country --that is the main theme of these great films but there were also many multifacet elements highlighting the social attitudes during this period of american/japanese history--- fascinating achievement by clint eastwood and surely worth the time to watch two classic films

this is always amazing to me that as eastwood gets older he seems to create even more brilliant films -- this from the guy who got his start in films starring in spaghetti westerns -- who would have believed it back then -- he also along with his son scored these films -- he cowrote them with paul haggis - there is not much more this guy can do


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PRESIDENT'S DAY

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CRAIGS LIST

ONE OF THE LINKS I HAVE ON THE RIGHT COLUMN OF THE PAGE IS FOR CRAIGS LIST-- THIS IS A FREE SERVICE THAT POSTS ALL KINDS OF MESSAGES FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO POST -- I REALY ENJOY GOING THROUGH ALL KINDS OF THINGS -- TONIGHT I CHECKED REAL ESTATE IN THE POCONOS SECTION --- LOW AND BEHOLD I FOUND 7 LISTINGS FOR LAKE ADVENTURE --- QUITE INTERESTING -- CHECK IT OUT.

IT'S FUN TO SEE ALL THE ITEMS FOR SALE -- WHATEVER YOU CAN IMAGINE IS LISTED HERE -- GOOD FUN.

WAITIN 4 SPRING

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week to think about

it sure has been a unusual week --- their were tragic killings and deaths all over the country and even locally -- the ice storm this week caused at least a dozen death here at home -- most of them were young people or individuals traveling through here on the interstates -- tough week!

on the other side most everyone celebrated one of the most significent holidays of the year - VALENTINES DAY -- a day to express your feelings for others -- from husbands and wives, other couples, to sons and daughters, even school children to one another of their peers -- i think back to 1st ot 2nd grade and remember how exciting it was to buy a bag of cards and envelopes for a few cents and give then out at school - to receive cards from other classmates was very thrilling -- i'm not sure the idea behind this practice was understood but the excitement and good feeling were real - it would be nice to express these fellings throughout the rest of the year--

then to top of the week there was UNO -- a real good feeling that a little beagle could come out on top was just what was needed to close out this week - a happy feeling for a beautiful dog!!

so here to celebrate UNO is a clip with a cartoon with SNOOPY -- as a young person i thought Schultz and the wonderful characters he created were practically my religion -- they were so inspiring-


enuf

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I CAN'T LOOK!

ARE YOU READY? UNO IS COMING IN THE RINK NOW

SHARING!

I TOLD YOU THIS IS UNO'S BONE!

BEST IN SHOW!

UNO -- yes a beagle has won the westminister dog show for the first time since the 1930's -- what a great looking mutt!


UNO got a standing ovation - the only dog to receive this honor---- i guess UNO won't have to beg for his food -- actually his owner will have to do the begging ---- yea really!



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LOVE!

TOLERANCE

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REPOST -- WELCOME

i'd like to extend a welcome to anyone who is new to this blog or the la community --this is a blog for anyone who wants to communicate with la members -- you can post messages and pictures regarding your winter activities, travels, hobbies, interests, pictures you found interesting and may want to share - pets, vacation spots or anything else including things you may want to sell, give away, barter - things you may be looking for- items of interest, services from local businesses or member recommendations of local service vendors, activites that other members may be interested in joining -- charity events, socials, bingo, local fire house events, carnivals, places you visited and found interesting or not, resturants good or bad -- just about anything you want to post

TO POST DIRECTLY TO THIS BLOG you will need to become a contributor -- to do this i will need a verifiable email address for you -- send it to me at lachipper@gmail.com that's it! then you can post directly to the blog -- upload pictures and see what kind of mischieve you can get into -- god only knows i get into it very easily--you can always post your comments to any posting by hitting the comment line under each entry

now the disclaimer:this blog is not associated with the la association or the la management or bod - i'm just another la member like you and i started this blog to allow us to more easily communicate with each other-something you can refer to when you're not at la and to want to keep up with what may be going on here in laso again welcome and let's see who's out there-- chipper

FORGIVENESS

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RESPECT

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TRUST!

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HOW ABOUT FLOWERS?

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GOTTA GET THAT CANDY!

NEW FEATURE -- POLLS (like presidential not polish)

i'm adding a new feature to the blog -- POLLS -- throughout the summer i will run various polls to see what may be of interest to la members ---i will alternate the questions - i will also keep track of the items and occasionally publish the results -- maybe i'll even rant if something sets me off and that has been known to happen--- now i can only run them for a duration of a week -- somehow you can increase the time cycle but right now i haven't figured out what to do to accomplish that - i'll work on it -- any one who has sugggestions for the questions can email me them at lachipper@gmail.com -- hope you find this feature interesting - chipper


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SWAN LAKE

WELL I DOUBT WE'LL SEE ANY OF THEM ON THE LAKE AT LA -- A FEW DUCKS AND CANADIAN GEESE FOR SURE

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really tired

well i was up half the night watching the election results -- in the end we were no further along then we were on monday -- oh well it goes on for another day and another primary - america at it's best! ----dive in for another round!

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more cowboy art

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DREAMING OF SPRING

THINKING ABOUT THE DAYS THAT WILL SOON ARRIVE AND THE FISHING ON THE LAKE AT LA ---- NOT!

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interesting pictures

came across the pictures on the internet -- anyone know who the artists may be -- sure are interesting

THE SLAYING GIANTS!

OH SO SWEET! -- AWESOME GAME! -- sorry pats maybe next time--------------------

THE BIG GAME

WELL IT'S TIME TO SEE IF THE GIANTS ARE DRAGON SLAYERS -- SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME -- ENJOY!

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what were they thinking?

with the super bowl on sunday we won't have the dallas cheerleaders to lead the troops -- oh well we'll get along ---- perhaps this is them in this picture

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SUPER BOWL GAME

GOT A REAL PROBLEM -- IF I WERE BETTING I'D PUT MY MONEY ON THE PATRIOTS-- BUT I HOPE THE GIANTS BEAT THEM -- HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

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relaxing in the trees

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YOU TUBE

the you tube feature has been removed because i found that the selection of topics that were displayed were inappropriate-- they definitely weren't suitable for family viewing - as a matter of fact i was shocked on their content-- i don't want to be the censor but i want this blog to be suitable for all family members and the selection didn't fit - i apologize for anyone who may have come across any of these videos and were offended -- in the future if anyone finds anything offensive i sure would like to hear from you at lachipper@gmail.com -- chipper