[flipper35]

My wife always tells me she married me for the Cobra. Doesn't matter to me why, just that she did.

We took the kids to see the new Avengers movie on Saturday and then took mom out for Chinese food to beat the rush on Sunday. Then we grilled red meat and chicken on Sunday and just kicked around the house.

D, sorry to hear about the gout flaring up. We try to stay away from organ meats and highly processed foods as well as anything with HFCS in it. It seems to be helping over all with how we feel. We don't have soda very often either way though and I think the last time I tasted beer was in the last century.

I would have a hard time giving up meat. We hunt and fish quite a bit and the fresh stuff is much better than store bought. Though we have friends that raise angus beef that is really good. We get that pretty fresh as well.

My wife has always lived outside of town out int eh desert and I grew up on the edge of town. When I was smaller we were the only house on the block and I could ride my minibike all over. When we moved here to Wisconsin we had just moved into the house and about 4:30am she wakes me up to ask what that noise is. I told her it was just turkeys, go back to sleep. I would take the wildlife noise over city bustle any day of the week. Our nearest neighbor is 1/4 mile away. Just far enough to not pay attention to but close enough we talk to them when we are out for walks or if the driveway has 5' of snow in it again. We trade surplus stuff out of the garden for fruit from their trees.