Some of my favorite things. What are yours?

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
And a dirty martini with two olives.
 
I am not touchy feely nor poetic. Although I am sure I and everyone else has small things in life that we like.
Probley odd to most everyone but me the most satisfied I get is simply driving! I have been that way all my life. I have always been at my happiest and most content driving anything. I use to fly, lived on motorcycles, now its ATVs when I can, but if nothing else just driving 50 miles to the next town for a sandwich!
This morning I pulled into loves truck stop and a old woman was pulling out driving a semi and I almost bawled! That should be me.
I would have been happy as a long haul truck driver or a airline pilot. Probley would have got killed and God saw to it I wasnt. I retired young with the idea that I was going to take the summer off, go to truck driving school in the fall and start driving the next january. Had it all planned out in detail. About september after I already retired and just before I was going to truck driving school, I got a pulmonary embolism and the doctor told me no way could I drive for a living! I trapped myself into retiring and under company rules couldnt go back on my job! I never would have retired when I did if I could have looked down the road at that time. Everything has a purpose I guess. There is another thread going this morning about a guy putting his mother in a rest home. As luck would have it the same happened to me and my dad. He came down with alzheimers and I had to go home and live with him and settle his affairs. I would have had to retire a couple months later anyway.
Anyway I love driving anything with a engine and going anywhere.
See what I mean?
 
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My wife.

The kids and grandkids.

My dog.

Classic firearms.

WWII aircraft.

Arizona.

U.S. military history.

Bombay Sapphire on the rocks with an olive (my personal recipe for the perfect martini). Jim Beam manhattans. Jose Cuervo margaritas. Heineken beer. Jack on the rocks. Rebel Yell on the rocks. Pina Coladas. Irish coffee.

Photography.

Mexican food.

Italian food.

Good and loyal old friends.

Comfortable finances.

First generation Sting Ray Corvettes.

Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck. Anything by Ernest Hemingway or Jeff Cooper.

Anyone who has served this country in uniform.

People loyal to the Constitution, with the integrity to state what they believe honestly, deliver on any promise made, and be on time.

And how lucky I have been to have had incredibly good parents to get me started out on the right foot in life.

Now if you had asked me to name the number one thing or person I DON'T like, I would get dinged by the moderators once again. I'll be good. Honest. Period.

John
 
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I guess my 3 favorite things in my life as it is now is my sweet Miss Pam, my gun collection, modest though it may be, and a warm bathroom.

Oooops. Guess I better slip the boyz in there somewhere. Cats just will not be ignored or left out. :rolleyes:
 
Bussomy women, who aren't the sharpest tool in the shed.
Attractive brunettes with blue eyes
Women in halter tops without bras (Whatever happened to this!)
A woman who knows exactly how much to move her behind when she walks
Sporty Fords from the 60s
My old 1979 GS1000E Suzuki
Very accurate bolt action .22 LR rifles
S&W hand ejectors
B-17s
Art Nouveau
Art Pottery, Art Glass
Good, sweet dogs
Traveling to new places
 
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In addition to the obvious things like family and friends, I like:

The beautiful area where I live
Freedom and liberty
Golf
70's and 80's rock music
My wife's roast (she slow cooks it all day in a crock pot. Mmmm)
My Shield 9mm
Steaks on the grill
Diet Coke
 
RonJ said:
Huggeling with my wife. (cross between a hug and a snuggle):)
Shouldering an old rifle and smelling the character in the stock. Does anyone else understand this?
A really great breakfast, fried eggs, sausage & bacon, milk gravy and good coffee.
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Yes, completely! :)
 
Sending a foster dog to it's forever home.

Road trips with my Cattle Dog.

People who say they don't like money usually have a lot of it. ;)

First cup of coffee in the morning.

Full contact tuna fishing.

Sitting under a tree by a lake waiting for a catfish to bite.

Gray light offshore.
 
Green-eyed blondes.
Rye whisky.
Redheads, real redheads, and the ability to tell the difference.
Sapphire on the rocks with an olive.
A well-made handgun.
A well-made knife.
Italian motorcycles.
German motorcycles.
Austrian motorcycles.
Australian Shepherds.
East European 2-strokes.
British motorcycles.
A good cigar.
The New York Times crossword.
A well-made cheap knife.
The Dakotas.
Off-road motorcycles.
A Raleigh DL-1.
Czech motorcycles.
Czech handguns.
Pasta.
Mussels.
Porketta.
Bacon.
Limburger cheese.
Cajun barbecued shrimp.
Banh mi.
Mi kho.
Pozole.
Rib eye steak.
Mexico.
Caesar with anchovies.
 
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Grouse hunting with my Italian OU 20 gauge.

Trout fishing with any kind of tackle.

My wife's cooking. She's got a fine hand with pastry, and
can make dinner out of not much at all.

The Upper Peninsula Of Michigan.
I have seen some of the world. I prefer the U.P. to
all of it, so far.

This post could go on and on and on...
 
Waking up and, while the house is quiet, sipping my morning coffee, reading the paper and doing the crossword puzzle/cryptogram.
 
Hot tub, 5am in the morning all by myself looking at God's beautiful stars...


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Marshwheeling said:
Green-eyed blondes.
Rye whisky.
Redheads, real redheads, and the ability to tell the difference.
Sapphire on the rocks with an olive.
A well-made handgun.
A well-made knife.
Italian motorcycles.
German motorcycles.
Austrian motorcycles.
Australian Shepherds.
East European 2-strokes.
British motorcycles.
A good cigar.
The New York Times crossword.
A well-made cheap knife.
The Dakotas.
Off-road motorcycles.
A Raleigh DL-1.
Czech motorcycles.
Czech handguns.
Pasta.
Mussels.
Porketta.
Bacon.
Limburger cheese.
Cajun barbecued shrimp.
Banh mi.
Mi kho.
Pozole.
Rib eye steak.
Mexico.
Caesar with anchovies.
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'Bout the only things you forgot are, Scotch whisky, good German-Danish-Czech-or Hungarian beer, dogs and lotsa garlic in the caeser.
 
Hiking up a mountain ridge to a breathtaking view. Maybe I'll tote my camera up there with me this summer so I can share it with the forum.
Doing things with my wife, hiking, mountain biking or floating down a lazy river on an inner tube drinking beer on a hot summer day followed by grillin' meat in my back yard drinkin' more beer.
It's beautiful out here. Can't wait for summer to get here and it's time to go out and play again.
 
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