http://gregparson.com Ramblings about my world as I travel through it Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:45:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This summer my oldest son Robert and five of his friends from Independence high school have undertaken a fantastic trip across Europe. At first they had planned to back pack across Europe staying in youth hostels, and this quickly went to riding bikes across the continent and staying in cheap ... http://gregparson.com/07/04/sons-trip/ We have made plans to have family come over and get the grill going with some burgers and hot dogs, then to let the kids play at the lake before we all get together to head to Percy Priest to watch the fireworks over the lake. After the fireworks we ... http://gregparson.com/07/03/plans-for-the-4th/ Is the phone call from a creditor during dinner the most hated call in the world? I think so and to combat these annoying calls I have found a site that give Reverse Cell Phone Lookups, that way you can make sure the no call list is enforced. No call ... http://gregparson.com/07/03/most-hated-call/ July is going to be a very busy month for us, the 4th of July festivities, vacation and less stress at work. Makes for a good time for all. We have given up one of our districts at work now we only have two a third less stress for us. ... http://gregparson.com/06/29/july/ As the price of gas is rising more and more people are resorting to stealing gasoline to simply get back and forth to work and take their kids to school. To prevent this at our warehouse we have installed a couple of security camera systems to keep the gas in our ... http://gregparson.com/06/23/gas-thefts/ We had a baby kitten show up at the house yesterday, it looked like someone had thrown it out of a car and driven off, anyone caught doing that should be thrown out of a moving car and if they live put in jail. Nothing makes me angrier than for ... http://gregparson.com/06/22/new-pet/ My best friend Buck and I are going to South Africa on a hunting safari this fall, I can not wait it will be the hunting trip of a lifetime, we have talked about this trip for years and finally we are going. We have always wanted to go on a ... http://gregparson.com/06/18/trip-of-a-lifetime/ As one of those people who though that you had to change your oil every 3000 miles I was excited to see the story yesterday that said, with the advances in oil and the better engines they have developed in recent years that it is not required to change your ... http://gregparson.com/06/18/oil-changes/ All the time I have lived in Nashville I have not owned a new pair of cowboy boots, until today that is, I just bought me a new pair of Lucchese boots from Cavender's Boot City the selection there was outstanding and their price was very competive with the local ... http://gregparson.com/06/18/new-boots-2/ Today the skies opened up and drenched us as we tried to collect, and on top of the torrential downpour the windshield wipers on the Tahoe quit in mid stroke, right in the middle of the windshield. So not only could we not clear the rain from the windshield but ... http://gregparson.com/06/14/rain-and-more-rain/