Postal Workers at Christmas

A postal worker was sorting mail a week before Christmas when he came across a letter addressed to God. Since it would be destroyed he decided to open the letter and read it.

Dear God, I am an 83 year old widow, living on a very small pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had $100 in it, which was all the money I had until my next pension check. Next Sunday is Christmas, and I have invited two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with. I have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. Can you please help me? Sincerely, Edna

The postal worker was touched. He showed the letter to all the other workers. Each one dug into his or her wallet and came up with a few dollars. By the time he made the rounds, he had collected $96, which they put into an envelope and sent to the woman. The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of Edna and the dinner she would be able to share with her friends. Christmas came and went. A few days later, another letter came from the old lady to God. All the workers gathered around while the letter was opened, it read...

Dear God, How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your gift of love, I was able to fix a glorious dinner for my friends. We had a very nice day and I told my friends of your wonderful gift. By the way, there was $4 missing. I think it must have been those thieving bastards at the post office. Sincerely, Edna

Bill Clinton Interview

And here's one more reason to hate Bill Clinton...

Palatka Daily News - Bomb Scare Report

Bomb scare evacuates Interlachen post office;
turns out to be turntable player
By Ron Bartlett

The Interlachen post office was evacuated for more than four hours Friday morning because of a suspicious package, pulling in bomb squad units from the Alachua and Marion County sheriff’s offices, according to the Interlachen Police Department.
The briefcase-sized package, which turned out to be an old turntable record player, was discovered in the lobby of the post office just after 8:30 a.m. After inspection revealed no forwarding or return address, the post office manager notified Interlachen police, who locked down the building and evacuated all employees.
“It was a good size box and even the bomb squad, when they showed up, said, ‘don’t blame me for not wanting to touch it,’” said Palatka Postmaster Alan Foster, who was on the scene for most of the day.
After Interlachen police notified the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, PCSO Lt. Richard Harrell arrived on scene and notified the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, whose bomb disposal unit serves the area.
One bomb removal specialist arrived from the sheriff’s offices of both Alachua and Marion counties, who together used a bomb squad robot to investigate the parcel.
Over the course of several hours, the two deputies retrieved, removed and opened the package, which turned out to be an old-fashioned phonograph record player.
The scene was finally considered secure at 1:30 p.m.
A postal inspector was called in and will continue the investigation. Foster said that 24-hour surveillance tape active during the night will be scrutinized for possible clues.
Anyone with information should notify the Interlachen Police Department at 684-2164.

Jeffery Hen - Her Appetite Gets BIG

After Panda's first night on the perching rod, Roo got up and flew to the top of the tree to announce the beginning of another day. When the roosters came in from their hunt, Roo stopped crowing.

The first thing Jeffery Hen did was to go outside, as quick as she could, and start eating immediately. She was eating like never before.

Roo looked down from the tree, saw her and flew out to join her. He was wondering why was she there without Bear and Panda being with her.

Roo went into the hen-house and woke them up to join in for their morning meal. While they were out there they noticed Jeffery Hen was eating like crazy. Bear and Panda didn't know why she was eating so much.

But Roo knew that another one was on the way. He thought to himself, "Will there be room in the hen-house for another chick?"

Posted by Aunt Meaner

Some Halloween Links

Here are a few links to websites I've run across that may be fun for Halloween:

Pumpkin Carving Simulator - Carve you pumpkin online, less mess. Fun for the kids.

Haunted Places - Has a state by state listing of haunted places.

Here are a couple of haunted places I found in Kentucky:

Mt. Sterling - Old Windsor Nursing Home - The old Windsor nursing home is the old nursing home that is abandoned now. The story is that if you go up there late at night, you can peek in the windows and see the old wheelchairs rolling around. You can here moaning and screaming. This nursing home was shut down in the 80's because they had a large amount of patients dying and found out it was abuse. So their lost souls roam the halls.

Mt. Sterling - Stepstone Church - In an abandoned church on Stepstone. The church still stands but the inside of the church was gutted by a fire long ago. A few men hung 4 teenage girls on a cross in the loft and set fire to the church. If you go at night, it is said you can hear them laugh, cry and see the shadows of them flying around. It is also known that if you do something to upset the girls, you will find hear them scream in rage.

The last one has nothing to do with Halloween, except maybe for the fact it will haunt someone for the rest of his life. Check out the YouTube Video of the fellow who missed the first question on 'Who wants to be a Millionaire?"

Sign Me Up For Art Class

I happened across this news story earlier today:

WYNN POKES ELBOW THRU PICASSO LAS VEGAS (AP) - You know the saying: "You break it, you bought it." But for casino mogul Steve Wynn it's: "You break, you keep it." Wynn accidentally put his elbow through a Picasso painting which he had agreed to sell for a record $139 million. Wynn was showing the painting to friends at Wynn Las Vegas, when he gestured and hit it with his right elbow. The painting now has a silver dollar-sized hole in the canvas. Wynn paid $48-million for the 74-year-old painting. An aide says Wynn will keep it and pay to have it restored.

I was curious what a $139 million painting looked like, so I did a Google search and found several pictures of it:

I'm signing up for Art Class today.

Losing Something in Translation

When we were sitting on the front porch, listening to Dad's tales about riding the train on Road Creek, Jeffery was scribbling furiously, trying to get them written down so we could put them on The StalkerClan. The following are her transcripts of two of the stories Dad told:

Train Ride Lon Venters-engineer Dad, Teet, Estil asked to ride the train to the mouth of Road Creek. Lon told them that the brakes were not working right, but if they wanted to ride they could. They grabbed onto the sides of a coal gon and the train took off. Lon had told them to listen and if he blew the train whistle it meant he had lost control of the train and to jump off. When he got to the end of the bridge, he blew the whistle and set the brakes. The fire flew from the wheels and they jumped off and rolled down the side of the tracks on the gravels. Lon and the train went on down the tracks.

Train Story II Dad had gotten dressed up to go to town to see a show on Saturday night. They asked Lon of they could ride the train to the mouth of the creek. Lon told them to get them some cardboard and get up on top of the last coal car and ride to the mouth of the creek. They wouldn't get dirty that way. They did just what he suggested and waited for the train to move. The train engine took off and as the car in front of them moved forward they realized their car was not attached to the train.

Compare these versions to the video of Dad below and it's easy to see they lose a lot in the transition to paper. I guess it just shows what a 'Master Storyteller' can do with a good tale.

Ridin' the Rails

Dad's stories of riding the coal train out of Road Creek are too good not to be shared.

I am still learning how to work with video files and the quality of this one needs a lot of improvement. Pardon the distorted picture in much of it, and the language in all of it. Hope you enjoy it anyway...

Deer Hunting Video

Hunting season will be starting soon so here's a short Safety lesson for all those deer hunters heading out into the woods looking for Bambi.

Shakira - A StalkerClan Woman?

I had heard of 'Shakira' on the radio, she is apparently a popular singer with today's younger crowd. Like 'Cher' and 'Madonna' she is known by just her first name. Until I saw this video however, I had no idea how much she resembled the StalkerClan women. Could her last name be Stalker by any chance? The song says "Hips Don't Lie" and those hips are saying she is StalkerClan material.

Painful Photography

Thank goodness for digital cameras. I would never be able to afford the film to get a good photograph of my girls if I had to use a film camera. Here's what it is like trying to get a photograph of my 'Guinea Girls'...

Hey, I want a picture of all my girls together! This don't happen often. Traci , get off the phone for a minute.

Traci , get your hair out of your face. Cason , will you let Grandma get a picture of all her girls? Uhhh, Amber , I know you and Mindy are sisters but let's not get that friendly, OK?

That's OK Cason , go to Uncle Jesse. Yes, Emily you can stay, you're one of Grandma's girls. Traci , are you on that phone again? Mindy , what's wrong? Something stuck in your teeth?

Traci ! Get off that Dang phone! Crystal , what have you and Mindy been eating? Look this way Emily.

Traci , your hair is back in your face again. OK everybody, suck in your stomach and stick out your chest. Uhhh, not you Crystal.

Oh, never mind. I give up. I ain't never going to get a good picture this way. Photos from Proud Momma Jeff

Smoky Mountain Getaway

Here are a few photos from the trip Jennie and I took to the Great Smokey Mountains a couple of weeks ago.

Smoky Mountain Getaway

Funny Video - The Evolution of Dance

This is the funniest thing I have seen in a while. You will need

• a fast internet connection and
• Speakers

to enjoy it. Check it out...

Happy Birthday Video

Here's a few seconds of Emerson's Birthday Party this past Saturday...

A Birthday Boy Slide Show

My 'Mudder' Amber

My 'Mudder' Amber and Father Jevon took me and my little sister Caitlyn to see the Monster Trucks this weekend. My most favoritest part was when 'Mudder' won the big Dash for Cash thru the mud. She beat all them other wimmins. She is fast.



It kinda looked like this:


She didn't hardly get no mud on her at all. ---Caleb

( More photos at the Putnam County Speedway Website. )

We're In There Somewhere

I don't know where, but I'm sure most of the LooneyStalkers are in this video somewhere...

Dodge Commercial

This commercial may explain how Jim and Ted both ended up with those Big DODGE RAM Trucks they drive. Then again, maybe not.

via eMail from Traci

Leaving Davey in Charge

I am so afraid that someone will try to take our supply of homemade jam before Christmas that I always put Davey in charge of watching it for us.

I may have made a big mistake, I came back from Kings Island and it looks like our stash is down considerably.

( What is that I see ... Is that a strawberry ring around Davey's mouth? )

Well, I will know better for next year. Luci has given me this wonderful picture of Pat and I am sure that just a picture of him guarding the jam will deter anything from happening to it before Christmas.

Posted by Michelle

Fish Fry ?

Yoooooo-Hooooooo Papaw Hambone! Wanna come over for a fish fry?



Look at this mess of bass we caught at the little pond at our house.

And you went all the way to Florida and spent all that time on the boat and paid for all those shiners when you could have came here to our house and fished in our little pond and caught more bass.

Signed Jeremy and Jut

Wild Flower Weekend 2006

The wild flowers were in bloom this past weekend at Natural Bridge State Park. High on the mountain were the Pink Lady Slippers...

Farther down the mountain were several Yellow Lady Slippers...

Near the foot of the trail was a large Showy Orchid...

But the rarest sight on the trip was this big bunch of Bloomin' Iddgitts...

Video Test

This is a test. This is only a test. Do not be alarmed if it doesn't work for you.

Click on the image below to go to Clydes 'Photobucket' site and watch the sample video. It will help if you have speakers and have them turned on.

This is a very low-resolution version of one of the video's I am working on for this year's Christmas DVD. It is a 'work-in-progress' but will give you an idea of what I have in mind.

I know Lucille doesn't have speakers, Jeffery has a slow dial-up account and Michelle has barely learned how to turn her PC on, so I don't know if any of them will be able to watch the video or not.

If anyone else is able to watch it, please let me know and tell me if you think I should put any more effort into trying to post videos here.

Thanks - Clyde

Take a Bite Out of Life

"OK, now that I've got teeth I'm ready to take a BIG bite out of life."

Bad Hair Day

BadHairDay
Originally uploaded by C Stalker.

Poor Emily!

Bouncing on the trampoline must generate a lot of static electricity, if not she is sure having a bad hair day. And even at her age, like most women she doesn't look the least bit happy about it.

Panda Needs to Sleep on the Perching Rod

Jeffery Hen thought that Panda was getting too big to stay in the nest with her. She wasn't sure she was 'with egg' or not but she would take spells she would feel real good at times and then there were times she would feel so bad she couldn't even hold her head upright. Panda had grown so big that the nest was getting crowded. Jeffery Hen said, "Panda, you're a big girl now, why don't you sleep on the perching rod with your daddy and brother tonight."

Panda was thrilled, she got on the perching rod and sat there. When Roo and Bear came home they saw Panda on the perching rod. Roo said, "Why, she's a big girl now."

Bear said, "Do you suppose we will have enough room for her?"

Jeffery Hen said, "There was room on it for me. If I stay in the nest then she can stay on the rod." That night everybody seemed to have a very good night's sleep.

Posted by Aunt Meaner

A Luci Birthday

We have had a lot of fun at Luci's expense during the past year...

But then, she seems to have enjoyed it too...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SIS We all hope the next year, and many more, are just as much fun.

New Time-Share Location

Amber and Jevon are in the process of replacing their existing single-wide mobile home with a fancy new double-wide. This looks like it could become the prime time-share location for all the Stalkers, Looneys and others that visit from Kentucky.

Here are some photos of the display model for the home they have chosen:

Of course, we need to figure out how to move Hewitt Lake over to Hoot Owl Road so GrandPa Stalker won't have so far to travel.

Photos from Crystal

a quickr pickr post

Winter Snow Village

And Jeffery thinks I should go to Snowshoe when I have my own winter snow village right here, complete with snowmobiles. The boys have had a great time on their Ranger during this weekend in the snow.

Posted by Michelle

More Florida Photos

Here are a few more of my favorite Florida photos. These are from my most recent trip with Dad to visit Jeff and Randy.

Living down in a valley here in Eastern Kentucky we don't get to see many colorful sunrises or sunsets. Maybe that's why I enjoy them so much when we go to Florida.

"Thank You" to Randy and Jeff for letting us enjoy these views with them.

Must be the Mustache

One of the best things about my recent trip to Florida was that I got to meet and spend time with some of Jeff 's Grandkids that I hadn't seen before (Jennie is so jealous). Blair and Caitlyn are both precious and the best behaved babies I have seen in a long time.

Caitlyn seemed to take up with me right away. I could always get a little smile from her...

and sometimes a big one!

Randy, on the other hand, had a hard time getting her to warm up to him. Much of the time he got this kind of reaction ...

and sometimes it was worse!

He finally decided that the difference had to be the mustache. Caitlyn's Daddy Jevon has one and her Uncle Clyde had one too.

Randy may not have any Stalker blood in him but he showed that he has been around them long enough. He found a BandAid and 'Ootie-Rigged' his own mustache.

Believe it or not, it worked! She took up with him right away when he put it on. I bet he has her fighting monsters in the back pasture soon. Emily and Caitlyn will have to be his 'Warrior Girls'.

1,000 Words

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words so here are 1,000 words about our recent trip to Florida...



Enuff' said.

Florida Fotos

Here are a few of my favorite photos from past trips to Florida. This time next week I hope to have several more to post. I'm starting to look forward to our trip, I know Dad is chomping at the bit and wanting to get there as soon as possible. Tell Randy to leave a few fish in the lake for us.