He rarely posts because his eye site has been failing him.
The good news is that his mind and his sense of humor are as sharp as ever.
Everytime I see that Obummer is on vacation in Hawaii I think of Mike and the headache he said that created for everyone there....
I didn't know him at all, except from on here, but there would be a man you could sit around a camp fire with for weeks on end and listen to his stories!!
You don't realize how many freedoms we have lost until you listen to someone like Mike tell stories of the things they did as kids and young adults..... Our kids would NEVER be allowed to do stuff like that today without being arrested....
Guys like Mike are slowly being taken away from us and that is truly a great loss. As I have gotten older, I have come to realize they truly were the greatest generation and we will never have another like them.....
We used to have three brothers in deer camp that were like Mike. We all loved to sit around the camp fire and listen to their stories for hours on end! I was proud of my son when he was little. He would go over to their camper and sit for hours listening to their stories and learning how to play cards and dominoes from those three brothers. He still talks about them and how he misses that! Not something you hear from most 22 year olds....
We lost one of them this past year. One has alzheimers and no longer knows anyone. The third one, who was always the most colorful of the three, is still going strong. Can't get out and go fishing like he used to, but hasn't missed a beat mentally. I told my dad at the ones funeral, I wish we lived closer, I'd love to go tie onto his boat and take him fishing regularly!!!
I'm sure I have listed only a small fraction.
Here's a few more:
Multiple doctorate degrees,
Has been on top of some of the tallest mountains in the world as well as at the bottom of some of the deepest oceans in the world,
Has been in over 100 countries.
Top Secret security clearance.
When I had dinner with him several years ago, I remember him telling me about going on military bases in a chauffeur driven Flag Officer's car. He got a kick out of the funny reactions he'd get when the base security guys would look into the car before waving them on base and see this American Indian with long hair and a pony tail sitting in the back seat instead of a General or an Admiral.
Grew up dirt poor on the Upper Michigan peninsula with no indoor plumbing.
Got admitted to Notre Dame long before anyone ever thought about affirmative action.
Yes, but even that's a HUGE understatement!
Absolutely!
You and your son are going to have an amazing evening!
Please pass on this request.
My offer to transcribe and edit still stands.
Love and respect from his home in MI.
Agreed!
I am very excited to meet him and Lynne.
When are you meeting them?
Give them both my love and my regards.
Get him to get in touch with Jack for doing a biography!!!!!!!
Mike always remained calm while destroying GJ's positions in a gentlemanly fashion.
I wish I could have met him last time he came to MI.
I'll bet if we all chipped in, we could buy him the best program available.
You're a very tech- savvy guy. What program would you recommend to do what you want to do re. helping you helping Mike write his biography?
I'm seldom jealous but ....
I would definitely contribute for that. One of the computer guys would have to find the right program. Dragon is actually for handicapped, arthritic, amputees, etc. You speak, it writes. Ojibwa would need a reader/navigator of sorts also, but I bet there are programs out there.
I'm doing some searching for programs for the blind.
I'll post what I come up with, but I'll need some help in evaluating what's available, as I'm the last person in the world you want advising you on computer technology.
Amazing four hours seemed like minutes. He's truly done most of it! Surgeon. Enlisted to commissioned office to colonel. Army rangers to Air Force. Game warden to hunter to mountain climber to oceanography.
Had buck fever. Hunter pronghorn. Elk. Whitetail.
Will write more when not on mobile.
I would love to do that and create a manuscript for publication. Lynn could easily provide photographs and other visuals for his bio.
Mike, being Mike, would provide a book that would be easy to find a publisher. At worst, I am sure that we on the CF could self publish should it come to that.
Light posting from me as I am down in FL visiting family and bringing my grandson to MI for a visit. Tablets are convenient, but a bitch to post from.
Could you recommend the best software for this project?
What is that?
Would that work for what you want to do?
If so, send me link and I'll buy it and have it sent to you or Mike.
as long as there is some type of audible indicators to let Mike know it's on, or not, it could work
regardless of method, this is a great idea and quite an offer from mouse
hope it works out, even if a short version is produced
Would it work best if both Mike and Jack had one? Could they then communicate electronically?
mike would just talk whenever he wanted, for as long as he wanted to, until he feels he is done with his story
then he could send recordings to mouse
OR
with the USB, his wife could periodically upload them as an email and send to mouse, portion or chapter at a time
I think.....
Lynn could easily send files via email or save to a shared Google cloud file.
Mike would have the easy part...telling stories of his life. Once transcribed, it would be a harder task to organize and put it into manuscript form...but an enjoyable one for the simple fact that in doing the transcription, I'd hear them from Mike himself.
I imagine that as the project progresses, Mike and Lynn could edit/review the manuscript as it develops and probably provide pictures.
I've mentioned this to Mike here and via email for a number of years. Seeking the interest in this thread, perhaps it will come to fruition.
I hope this can be accomplished as we have long known that Mike is our personal national treasure.
Thinking ahead: movie rights!!!!
The first priority is to not lose the information and stories, the the second could be to provide income for him and his wife.
Why Oliver North? You must know something about his professional background I don't.
I'm a fan of Ollie, but haven't kept up on what he's been up to lately for a very long time.
That said, if we could get a celebrity behind such a book that would be a very big deal!
I just went on to Orbitz to get an idea of what it would cost us to send Jack to Honolulu and back. The round trip airfare is a little under $1,000, which is very reasonable. Then we'd have hotel, meals, etc., which would add a bit more, but not a lot.
Kyle
Mike was laid up with a kidney stone the past couple of weeks, but is back on his game now.
The book project is still a GO!
