2014-CLARKSVILLE, MICHIGAN OX ROAST

Every year on the second Saturday in August, we have an Ox Roast in Clarksville. In addition to the distribution of beef sandwiches (slow cooked and spiced with a recipe that was first used in 1929), we have a parade and various events for both children and adults. One of the things that happens...

OLD WOODIES

This is a forwarded E-Mail that Jim Morris sent me back in August. We tried to make it post at the time with no success, although Terry Falcon may have made it work in his Classic Car group. I finally got it figured out. As with the other article, the original author is unknown.Cars you will...

NEVER KNEW THIS

This article was sent to my E-Mail by my Uncle Rick. I've already passed it along to all of you who are on my E-Mail contact list, but I thought that it might be of interest to those in the Korner who are not. The author is unknown, but, to avoid possible problems with anyone's copyright, I've...

Weekend Festival

OK, I finally have the time to write this up (things have been a bit busy over the last week). As some here may already know, from August 8th to August 11th, the Gunny and his wife Joyce came to visit and to take in our local Ox Roast festival. This festival, going on since 1922, with time out...

Welcome to Our Newest Member (And Let the Party Begin)

Welcome, Jim, to the wackiest group on the internet. OK, so it's after noon and I just got up; MIL is up and fed and the grandkids are off to their mother's for the week (except Levi).You will find that this place is a blast much of the time. We party till the sun goes down (Ben and Aubrey are...

Instructional Videos

I'm sure that most folks are aware of these, but there may be some new members who haven't seen them yet. Perrie has posted a series of instructional videos that help you learn to navigate around the site. You can get to them through this link:Perrie's Videosor you can also find them at the top...

Deer Camp

Earlier, some of us were discussing the possibility of getting together and camping up at my deer camp in Michigan. Thought everyone might be interested in seeing what the place looks like, so here are a few pictures. Technically the shots are hardly artistic, but that's more than made up for by...

A Bit of Water

We have, over the last three days, taken a lot of rain in the Southern Michigan area. Last night was the worst. I found three inches of water in the basement this morning. Luckily, I've been through this one before (although not quite this bad), so nothing was on the floor down there that could...

GOOD STUFF FROM MY UNCLE

For those who aren't on my E-Mail contact list, here's another good one from my Uncle Rick for everyone to enjoy.Funny shorties A married Irishman went into the confessional and said to his priest, 'I almost had an affair with another woman.'The priest said, 'What do you mean, almost?'The...

AN EXERCISE WHEEL WOULD ALSO BE NICE

OK everybody, my last article was serious (and will be dealt with next week when I'm feeling a bit more human), This one is just plain funny.On November 10th my future daughter in law (I hope, a fine young lady) had a baby shower for little Levi, who was born in January. One of the gifts she...