Beech Tree News Network

This and That; some opinions; some not.

-Why do young people talk so fast? Most sound like they have been to an auctioneer's school. I’ve asked this question for several years; I’ve finally found an answer: a young person said “they don’t want to sound like hillbillies. Now it is carried over to auctioneers.

-I like to see a riding horse with a Bissell (bosal)- bridle, it is more humane than a stiff-bit.

-Old men (I am one), you button your shirt up all the way. Your chest has fallen in your drawers.

-To movie and TV directors, a person does not pick up a hot coffee pot with bare hands!... in real life.

-Also, on TV and in movies a character should not always have the correct change, not real.

-Yankee, you fix breakfast, you also shuck corn- you do not “husk it”.

-You do not “catch up to somebody”, you catch up with somebody.

-Yankees do not say “suey” to call hogs, that “suey” scares a hog away.

-On Irish countryside dish scrapie, it takes the boat one minute to cross the tv picture, I have timed it.

-In the Greek, the words, belief, and trust mean the very same thing. If you believe in Jesus – you also trust him.

-An airplane wing has more lift on top, than the bottom, take it from and old ex – pilot. So, it is not correct to say, “you are the wind beneath my wings”, not a compliment.

-A 410-gauge shotgun is less powerful than a 12-gauge shotgun.

-A Curtis command do C-46 airplane (cargo) has twice as much power as a Douglas C-47(DC-3).

I have got to cut a choggie. I smell coffee brewing. 

Kindest regards… God Bless