Lonnie Utah

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when Britain attacked the French navy in WWII.

---one of the most controversial battles of the entire war.

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It's not like the Britts gave them all sorts of options NOT to get fired upon...

Churchill gave the right order.

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Not a single South Carolina fan on here bragging and you come post this shite. We've got some idiot fans.

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If you think that was bad let me introduce you to the battle of Mers El Kebir when Britain attacked the French navy in WWII.

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Dammit Lonnie, I'm at work

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My buddy I spoke of in the post above tells a story about a kid that came 10-15 years ago. He was blind and it was a similar situation, but I think he was more high functioning with his blindness. The kids get 1 "free" fish but can fish for real afterwards for as long as they want. Anyway, my buddy was working with this blind kid and was doing very well dead lining. The next year, the kids mom came up to my friend and said, "THANK YOU so much for teaching my kid to fish!!" Turns out, with his blindness, he was able to pick up the most sensitive strikes due to his heighten since of touch. He finally had an outdoor activity that he and his family could participate in. They have a saying, "Taking a kid fishing won't change the world, but it might change the world for that kid."

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Awesome and good on you!

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Two kids from yesterday stood out to me. The way the process works (or should work) is the kids come and sit in the chairs. This is to keep them from accidently getting too close and falling in the pond (which happened to a kid in a wheel chair in the early years of the event. Two big guys went in and pulled him out chair and all). One person "pre-hooks" a fish and slips it into the pond and spools out the line. Then you carry it over to one of the kids and hand it too them and tell them, "If you feel a tug, reel it in." Kid #1 had his head down and wouldn't make eye contact, which isn't unusual. He just held out his arms. I moved the rod toward him and he stayed in the same position. It was then that I figured it out. The young man was blind. So I handed him the rod and in a few seconds he felt the fish and reeled it in. I was unhooking the fish and put it in his bag. Most kids are a little timid and don't want to touch the fish. But I asked this kid and he shook his head yes. He stuck out his hand and I lifted the fish up to him. The look of surprise and joy on his face was overwhelming. His teacher said, "Oh, he's blind". And I said, "Yup, I figured, that's what I wanted him to touch it." Tears welled up in her yes and she said, "Thank you for that, it's how he learns. That will mean more to him than anything else today" Dang. :wah:

The other was what I assume was an autistic, non-verbal verbal kid there with his mom and dad. It was fairly simple exchange of the rod and fish but the young man got so excited. He was hopping up and down in his chair smiling from ear to ear clapping his hands in delight. At the end of the day as I was walking to my truck I saw the family again and asked the young man if he had a good time and his mom thanked me and all of the volunteers for helping out. I thanked her for the gesture and told her "Mama, it was my pleasure. I get WAY more out of it than I put into it." And that's the truth.

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It kinda defeats the purpose when it’s 2 35 year old career people that lived together for 6 years. Buy your own toaster

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Adjust your gift(s) accordingly.

(I'm not disagreeing with you)

The registry is just a suggestion. Here's a concept, you don't HAVE to get then something on it.

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won’t take too long to replace cone,

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Obligatory comment about taking a dump in the urinal...