My Name is Nick K.D. Chaleunphone. My full give name is Nick (Nilavong) Khamhou Dethoudom Chaleunphone. Iโm sometimes called Nicky around my family and friends. My Laotian given name is Nilavong, which is a Laotian girls name and it was given to me at birth by my parents in a refugee camp in Thailand. Iโm from the state of Connecticut, USA. I am 48 years old. Iโm from Laos but was born in Thailand in a refugee camp where they escaped Laos during the Vietnam war. I am a Firefighter/EMT. I am a member of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary
Songwriter Commentator
"The pioneers get all the arrows"
My first calling was as a musician and songwriter...I was fortunate enough to have a good run...Some songs from a friend of mine you never heard but might like...
https://open.spotify.com/album/0HVKSyCJgDvdt3HwhocXen#login
Friend of mine once told me this lyric should be stitched on a pillow:
"I believe that life is for living and love is the axis on which we turn
We bare our souls till all is forgiven
and clothe ourselves with the lessons learned"
---KH
A favorite quote from a favorite author:
โA human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.โ
โ Robert A. Heinlein
...and one I saw on a studio wall in Nashville:
โNever attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.โ
โ Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
OK...one more...
โA dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.โ
โ Robert A. Heinlein, Friday
Here's To Civility...Cheers and Thanks to @arkos, @starhammer, @Hemlocko, @delastman, @Willieleev1971, @Milica42, @Secftblgirland, @AmericanEric, @Amberflamezzz, @pineandpalmand, @TheGypsyThread, @KenClark, and @TheStrike for the wires...much appreciated!
A curious Mind.
In the antiautorian right quadrant of the political compas
Lover of the outdoors, especialy montains.
Passionated about nitro chemical metal acceleration.
It follows now the qoutes section:
โEveryone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individualโs conscious life, the blacker and denser it is. At all counts, it forms an unconscious snag, thwarting our most well-meant intentions.โ
(Carl Jung)
"Political correctness is facism disguised as politeness."
(George Carlin๏ปฟ)
โMoral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity.โ
(Marshall McLuhan)
"Strong people are harder to kill and generally more usefull "
(Marc Ripetoe)
I would like to see every woman know how to handle guns as naturally as they know how to handle babies.
(Annie Oakley)
"Si vis pacem parabellum"
(Roman proverb)
"Gravity never fails"
(Unknown)
"A gruesome war that just finished has again spared our dear Switzerland, as if by a miracle, not least because in 1939 we were able to count on 300'000 trained and well minded shooters.
We always want to think about that, because there will be times when our riflemen are smiled at or even are molsted"
(General Henri Guisan, Mai 1945)
I am an older gentleman now in retirement. I have paid my dues to the thieves in suits and hope that I can survive my remaining years while retaining whatever human(e)ity I have left. I don't take vaccines or meds and have not seen a Doctor in over 20 years and surprise, surprise, I am still very much alive and kicking.
Still alive, not jabbed, never tested never masked - English born, living in Ireland, watching the world implode due to stupidity and blind faith in "The Government".