all we had ….(was) tin soldiers

weren’t they lead? I recall that we had to give them up for the war drive to make bullets =WWII

A Day for Rememberance – honoring our fallen warriors and a salute to those serving our country.

FloridaTed: great posting and I pray that war in whatever form beco0mes an obsolete word.

STEVEM: Posting from Vancouver – does that count? Saw the Island Princess pull out yesterday from our hotel. Tomorrow’s our day!

Happy Tuesday-is-a-Monday!

Agree with BG. The long weekend whizzed by too fast!

Have a great 4-day week erryboddy!

HiHo….

Kevin Laue, a 6-foot-10 center whose left arm ends at the elbow, was often told he would be an N.C.A.A. Division I basketball recruit if he had two hands.

It turns out the second hand was not necessary. Laue, who is from California, has accepted a scholarship to play for Manhattan College next season.

Since December, Laue said he had been contacted by about 100 people with similar disabilities. Some had lost limbs; others were born without them. One couple’s newborn daughter has a condition similar to Laue’s, and her parents told Laue he was a source of hope.

“Now that I’m going into a bigger pond, hopefully I can really touch some people,” Laue said. “If I can help anybody, that’s so great. But I also want to focus on playing ball.”

The Bears are not believed to have offered contracts to free agents Pisa Tinoisamoa or Rod Hood last week, but decisions could be looming for them this week.

It was originally reported that Tinoisamoa, who first visited the Buffalo Bills, would also take a trip to Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Daily News has disputed that, and right now the former St. Louis Ram has the Bills and Bears to choose between. The linebacker would likely shoot to the top of the depth chart quickly on the strong side for the Bears. He starred as a rookie in St. Louis under Lovie Smith and Bob Babich.

Getting Tinoisamoa and/or Hood signed by the end of the week would put them in position to participate in OTA’s that start again on Monday. The newcomer(s) would have 12 OTA sessions to get a crash course on the defense before the break before training camp.

i guess a lot of these were inevitable and some weren’t.