cash reward

$$$$ 3,000.00 CASH REWARD ... No questions asked LEADING to the return of a white cargo trailer and all contents stolen from Christis Cleaning downtown Mineral Wells across the street from the new first state bank & to the west of the index, between the hours of 7:00 pm 6/26 & 9:00 am 6/27. 940-325-3282

I like chicken

Always speak the truth............Just Love this kid

Our teacher asked us what our favorite animal was, and I said, "Fried chicken." She said I wasn't funny, but she couldn't have been right, everyone else in the class laughed. My parents told me to always be truthful and honest, and I am. Fried chicken is my favorite animal. I told my dad what happened, and he said my teacher was probably a member of PETA. He said they love animals very much. I do, too. Especially chicken, pork and beef. Anyway, my teacher sent me to the principal's office. I told him what happened, and he laughed too. Then he told me not to do it again. The next day in class my teacher asked me what my favorite live animal was. I told her it was chicken. She asked me why, just like she'd asked the other children. So I told her it was because you could make them into fried chicken. She sent me back to the principal's office again. He laughed, and told me not to do it again. I don't understand. My parents taught me to be honest, but my teacher doesn't like it when I am.

Today, my teacher asked us to tell her what famous person we admire most. I told her, "Colonel Sanders". Guess where I am now....

Memorial Day Parade in Granbury Texas

Able to attend the Memorial day parade in Granbury Texas today. My Dad and Sister were on floats representing veteran groups. There was also a young group on teens dress in WW2 gear I was impressed with their support and precipitation in the event. So were the judges, they got 1st place. Nice to get away from Natty Flatt for a while. Even went to the DQ for an ice cream...........

CENSES

Early reports from the censes the US government has confirmed that
3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the US population

A letter from a Nattyflatt kid at Marine boot camp

Hello Ma and Pa, I am fine. Hope you are too. Tell brother Walt and brother Elmer that the Marine Corp beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up before all of the places are filled. I was restless at first because you got to stay in bed until nearly 6am, but I am starting to like sleeping in. Tell Walt and Elmer that the only thing you do before breakfast is smooth your cot and polish some things. No hogs to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix, wood to split, fire to lay. Practically nothin'. Men got to shave, but it's not so bad, there's warm water. Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, bacon, eggs, cereal, etc., but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham, steak, fried egg plant, pie, and other regular food, but tell Walt and Elmer you can always sit by the 2 city boys that live on coffee. Their food plus yours holds you till noon when you get fed again. It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much. We go on "route marches", which the platoon sergeant says are long walks that will harden us. If he thinks so, it's not my place to tell him different. A route march is about as far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys get sore feet and we all ride back in trucks. The country is nice, but awful flat. The sergeant is like a school teacher. He nags a lot. The Captain is like the school board. Majors and Colonels just ride around and frown. They don't bother you none. This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep getting medals for shooting. I don't know why. The Bulls-Eye is near as big as a chipmunks head and don't move. All you got to do is lie there all comfortable and hit it. You don't even load your own cartridges, they come in boxes. Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat. You get to wrestle wlith them city boys. I have to be careful though, they break real easy. It ain't like fightin' with that ole bull at home. I'm about the best they got in this except for that Tug Edwards from over in Santo. I only beat him once. He joined up at the same time as me, but I'm only 5'6" and 130 pounds, and he's 6'8" and near 300 pounds dry. Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other fellers get onto this and come stampeding in. Your loving daughter, Carol

beware you very well may be being monitored

physics

THE POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF FEMALE HORMONES IN BEER

Last April 2009, Sydney University and scientists released the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer. Men should take a concerned look at their beer consumption. The theory is that beer contains female hormones (hops contain Phytoestrogens) and that by drinking enough beer, men turn into women .. To test the theory, 100 men each drank 8 schooners of beer within a one (1) hour period. It was then observed that 100% of the test subjects, yes, 100% of all these men:-
1) Argued over nothing.
2) Refused to apologize when obviously wrong.
3) Gained weight.
4) Talked excessively without making sense.
5) Became overly emotional
6) Couldn't drive.
7) Failed to think rationally, and
8) Had to sit down while urinating.

No further testing was considered necessary!!

The big 50 is here

Just in from Purdue University

In a Purdue University classroom, they were discussing the qualifications to be President of the United States. It was pretty simple, the candidate must be a natural born citizen of at least 35 years of age. However, one girl in the class immediately started in on how unfair was the requirement to be a natural born citizen. In short, her opinion was that this requirement prevented many capable individuals from becoming president . The class was taking it in and letting her rant, but everyone's jaw hit the floor when she wrapped up her argument by stating, "What makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to lead this country than one born by C-section?" Yep, these are the same 18-year-olds that just elected the new President of the United States.

sure is cold here

Another cold day. at least no snow to contend with.
01/09/10

MONKEYS

A worthy tale worth reading Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each. The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest, and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. He further announced that he would now buy at $20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer increased to $25 each and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it! The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on his behalf. In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. 'Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at $35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $50 each.' The villagers rounded up with all their savings and bought all the monkeys. Then they never saw the man nor his assistant ever again, only monkeys everywhere! Now you have a better understanding of how the stock market works

Another day of snow

This morning about 9 the snow started again. Making it hard on the wife to get out to feed the livestock. Took her most of the morning and she was nearly late getting my lunch ready. Life goes on...................................

segments

Every day I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive.

Good thing I'm not one of them senaters, might have been tempted to get some funding for some fences around here.

In criticizing the Senate's health care bill today, Sen. John McCain complained of the "Cornhusker kickback," the "Louisiana purchase" and the "Florida flim-flam." McCain was echoing Republican criticism that votes for the bill, as Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia said, "have been bought." But what exactly did he mean? Critics say the "Cornhusker kickback" was added to the health care bill to appease Ben Nelson, the Nebraska Democrat (pictured at left) who until this weekend was the final holdout keeping Democrats from getting the 60 votes they needed to overcome filibuster. The deal gives Nelson's home state of Nebraska "a permanent exemption from the state share of Medicaid expansion for Nebraska, meaning federal taxpayers have to kick in an additional $45 million in the first decade," as Politico notes. The "Louisiana Purchase," of course, is the name given to the United States' acquisition of a large swath of what is now the middle of the country in the early 1800s. But within the context of the health bill, it's the name critics have given the inclusion of $100-$300 million in added federal aid for Medicaid recipients in Louisiana, the home state of Sen. Mary Landrieu. (Notes Foxnews.com: "The actual Louisiana Purchase was considerably cheaper.") On his twitter feed, McCain described the "Florida Flim Flam" as "a deal to grandfather Medicare Advantage enrollees in Florida – apprx $5 Billion." That provision is tied to Florida Democrat Bill Nelson, who denies that he negotiated a special deal for Democratic south Florida. Not every provision that critics have deemed a giveaway has a special nickname. The New York Times details how Minnesota Democrat Max Baucus, one of the main authors of the Senate bill, included in the legislation an expansion of Medicare to cover people exposed to asbestos from a Libby, Mont., mine. (Said Baucus in defending the provision: "The people of Libby were poisoned and have been dying for more than a decade.") Also in the bill, the Times notes, is an item that increases Medicare payments to hospitals and doctors in states where half the counties are "frontier counties" -- which means they have small population densities. Those states? Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, meanwhile – who complained that the bill was not liberal enough – secured $10 billion to increase community health centers around the country, including two in his home state. Also in the bill: Additional Medicaid funding for Vermont and Massachusetts; Medicare Advantage protections for New York and Pennsylvania, in addition to Florida; and $100 million for a health care facility/medical school in an unknown state, possibly Pennsylvania or Connecticut. "You’ll find a number of states that are treated differently than other states," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid acknowledged over the weekend. "That's what legislating is all about. It's compromise."

Saw my cousin and family that moved up north this year. Asked his kid how school was going. He shared this with me.

My teacher asked us what our favorite animal was, and I'd said, "Fried chicken". My teacher said I was being disrespectful. She said I wasn't funny, but she couldn't have been right. Everyone else in the class laughed. My parents told me to always be honest and I am. Fried chicken is my favorite animal. I told my dad what happened, and he said my teacher was probably a member of PETA. He said they love animals very much. I do too. Especially chicken, pork and beef. Anyway, my teacher sent me to the principal's office. I told him what happened and he laughed too. Then he told me not to do it again. The next day in class my teacher asked me what my favorite live animal was. I told her it was chickens. She asked me why, just like she'd asked the other children. So I told her it was because you could make them into fried chicken. She sent me back to the principal's office again. He laughed, and told me not to do it again. I don't understand. My parents taught me to be honest, but my teacher doesn't like it when I am. Today, my teacher asked us to tell her what famous person we admire most. I told her "Colonel Sanders". She sent me to the principal's office again. This school stuff is really confusing

new pc

Looking to upgrade my PC Is this a good deal???

proof of global warming

Lipan basketball has a blog, check it out.

http://lipanbasketball.blogspot.com/

W.O.W. Band

About 100 years ago Lipan had a very active Woodmen of the World Band, can anyone place a name on any of these fine men from Lipan's history? click to inlarge

news from A&M

A & M Math department announces a breakthrough and solves an old math problem for first time in the schools history.

I am back

yep the nattyflatt is alive again. Crashed a PC and lost passwords and intrest for a while.

Will try and get some weekly updates

July 14th 1956

Roy and June Ator were married in a Navy Chapel at Anacostia Naval Station fifty years ago.

No. 404297 CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE
----------

I hereby certify that on this 14th day of July 1956, at U.S. Naval Receiving Station Chapel, Roy Earl Ator and Margaret June Wade were by me united in marriage, in accordance with the license issued by the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Signed: Rev. Barker C. Howland, Commander, U. S. Navy Chaplain Corps

Their sons Richard and Ronald and daughter Robin live in the Lipan community. Their first daughter, Carrie Ann, died as an infant in 1959 and is buried in Evergreen cemetery. They have several grand children.

Roy is a Lipan area native and attended school in Lipan prior to entering the U. S. Navy in 1950 and serving in the Korean War. June was born in West Virginia and grew up in West Springfield, Pennsylvania. She served in the U. S. Army as a driver in the Pentagon Motor Pool during the Korean War transporting families to Arlington National cemetery for the interment of their loved ones returned from the battlefields of Korea. Roy retired as a Navy Lieutenant in 1973 having served 22 years.

Roy and June are active with the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its auxiliaries. Roy is currently an elected trustee for the VFW National Home for Children in Eaton Rapids, Michigan representing the VFW departments of Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. They are active volunteers to the VAMC at Waco.

June has been a cancer patient for more than twenty years. Roy had a quintuple bypass early in 1998.

Roy served on submarines and qualified both as enlisted and as an officer during his last 12 years of Navy service. Following Navy retirement, he attended Tarleton State University graduating in 1977 with a degree in Business Administration. He went back to sea for several years as a marine geophysicist traveling worldwide conducting offshore seismic surveys.

They eventually “retired for good” in 1986 on Tuggle Road west of Lipan. Life is good when we can stay active!

Roy's Home Page royator.org

Flight 93 My thoughts

Without effective means of taking on the terrorists, they were doomed because the terrorists had deadly weapons and the passengers did not. The Nation should be thankful the citizen-militia was lucky to stop the airline cum missle, despite the disadvantage.

Now prehaps we should prepare for the next round.

These thoughts are my own and I am fully prepared to back them.

MSDS

In my dreams

Barrett M82A1
Features and Accessories - One ten round magazine - Carrying handle - Iron sights - Optical sight mount - Detachable bipod with adjustable legs - Air/Watertight carrying case - Cleaning equipment - Scope and Rings Priced Separately - Retail Price $7,775.00
And a rig to haul it in.

my pride and joy

Can't do a blog without a current picture of my
PRIDE and JOY

Overheard at Nattyflatt International Airport

A minister was seated next to a cowboy on a flight from Texas. After the plane took off, the cowboy asked for a whiskey and water, which were brought and placed before him. The flight attendant then asked the minister if he would like a drink. Appalled, the minister replied, "I'd rather be tied up and taken advantage of by women of ill-repute than let liquor touch my lips. "The cowboy then handed his drink back to the attendant and said, "Me, too. I didn't know we had a choice."

Nattyflatt VFD acquires water rescue equipment

Local firechief is very happy to report that funds raised in last months armadillo eating contest were put to use in buying much needed water rescue equipment. Their newest firefighter was chosen to test out the new boat and reported no problems at all.

Local contractor buys new equipment

Local contractor buys new equipment and gets major contract to replace lamps at the local mall downtown Nattyflatt USA. Just another case of investing in the future jobs for the local area.

Cut the waste to fix our schools

The problem in Texas isn’t lack of money for education. The problem is that the education bureaucracy has become too expensive. The bureaucracy sucks up school funds before they ever make it to classrooms, and then it asks for more. There are nearly as many non-educators (read: bureaucrats) in the system as there are teachers. Moreover, Texas schools are unable to meet easy spending goals such as spending 65 percent of all education funds in classrooms. The education bureaucracy has become a black hole, consuming any and all funds that are thrown at it.

Legislators need to stand up to education bureaucrats and lobbyists. Their wasteful ways are the primary problem facing Texas schools and Texas taxpayers. Once this waste is eliminated, improved education and lower property tax rates will soon follow.

Just another thought on illegal immigration

My research indicates the following:
Over sixty-six (66) percent of the cocaine and methamphetamines are smuggled across the Mexican border. The impact that these drugs have on our children can be devastating and is especially costly in the poorest neighborhoods where drug related violence is not uncommon. As someone who has experienced loved ones and friends struggle with these drugs, it is personally embarrassing and frustrating that our government refuses to address this issue at the border. I just don’t understand the effectiveness of our government issuing "arrest warrants" for 50 Columbian drug lords (who are not only hard to locate, but easily replaceable).The drug issue is the main one that I am concerned about and the fact that the government has continued to ignore the quantities of drugs that come across the Mexican border makes me wonder if there is a different agenda (e.g., big business). In my neck of the woods, there are so many illegal drugs, and they are so readily available, that most parents have no clue that their children are frequent users of “speed” or other relatively inexpensive designer drugs.
Fortunately, our bodies are very resilient and can generally bounce back from minor drug abuse. However, drugs such as “speed” contain so many chemicals, and have track records of materially impacting brain activity, that the consequences of using such “cheap” designer drug alternatives can be devastating and last for one’s life. Moreover, children that are not supervised by a parent all day (which is probably most children these days) are uniquely susceptible to these cheap designer drugs; especially given the fact that their own decision-making abilities are still developing and are very susceptible to peer pressures or just idol curiosity. AGAIN, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY OUR GOVERNMENT HAS NOT MADE A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT TO REDUCE THE IMPORTATION OF SUCH DRUGS AT THE MEXICAN BORDER. I KNOW IT WON’T TOTALLY REMOVE SUCH DRUGS, BUT IT WILL ELIMINATE A PORTION OF THEM WHILE DRIVING UP THE PRICES; AND THEREFORE, MAKING SUCH MUCH LESS ACCESSIBLE TO OUR CHILDREN.

Fire Department News

Nattyflatt VFD upgrades to a 2 HP fire truck.
This should have an effect on the surrounding insurance rates.