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Old 12-05-2013, 15:39   #151
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Old 12-05-2013, 16:20   #152
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Old 12-05-2013, 17:18   #153
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Old 12-05-2013, 17:46   #154
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Old 12-07-2013, 17:09   #155
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Old 12-08-2013, 05:12   #156
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I have been so busy, I haven't been reading the site in about a month. I missed you, Dusty.
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Old 12-08-2013, 11:18   #157
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I have been so busy, I haven't been reading the site in about a month. I missed you, Dusty.
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While I don't have an answer to your question I do know this, the day physical conflict arises between sheepdog and shepherd, the shepherd will rue the day he meddled with the sheepdogs duties & sworn obligations.

And while one sheepdog may not be of any concern of the shepherd, twenty, united, would rock his world, two hundred would change the way he views it and two thousand sheepdogs would change the history of the world
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And this is my pick for quote of the day! Chef's are very, very wise sometimes!

Outstading post, IMVHO!

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Old 12-08-2013, 11:32   #158
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And while one sheepdog may not be of any concern of the shepherd, twenty, united, would rock his world, two hundred would change the way he views it and two thousand sheepdogs would change the history of the world.


And this is my pick for quote of the day! Chef's are very, very wise sometimes!

Outstading post, IMVHO!

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Old 12-10-2013, 22:12   #159
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Old 05-28-2014, 11:30   #162
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I was thinking of two that really resonated with me lately.

Life must be learned backwards, but lived forward.

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Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but empties today of its strength.
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Old 05-28-2014, 11:58   #163
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Old 05-28-2014, 14:06   #164
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First rate WW2 Quote

This is probably the funniest quote from WW2. William Ash, the American pilot who flew Spitfires for the RAF and became a serial escaper when shot down, tried escaping many times. The one time he nearly succeeded was when he made it to the sea but was too weak to launch a stolen boat. He decided to ask for help and walked up to a crowd of men in a field. They replied,(I must do this in a German accent to get the full effect) "Vee vould luff to help you, but vee are Sherman soldiers, ant you are shtandink on our cabbages." Ash has just died at age 96 and was the inspiration for the Steve McQueen character in the Great Escape.
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Old 05-28-2014, 20:43   #165
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Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but empties today of its strength.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
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