Sometime ago I replaced the Becker Sound 5 radio with a Sony. The Sony had blue tooth and I had used one before so I thought it would be ok. Technically it was. The Sony did just as it should but visually it was not good.
The Becker radio is much larger when it comes to the buttons and dials. It is a much better fit for the dash board area of the Sprinter - guess that’s what happens when you are designed in from the get-go. The Sony was lost. You could hardly see the buttons.
At the same time I reinstalled the Sound 5, I added an auxiliary option so I could play the Zune and I added Blue Tooth functionality with a Parrot 3100. It all looks much better and functions perfectly.
Pictures and the write up on how to install the auxiliary line and Parrot 3100 are here and here. The instructions with pictures are detailed and correct. If you don’t check The Sprinter Source dot com from time to time, you should.
Bamm Bamm, one of our cats (the other is Pebbles) has always been a hunter. He likes to bring mice in (alive) and then let them go. Grasshoppers, a Praying Mantis - you never know what you will find. Once he brought in a piece of pink chalk the kids across the street were using to mark the pavement for hop scotch. He’s watching a bug in the picture to the right.
If he can’t find a mouse, he’ll bring shoes from upstairs to downstairs or vice-versa. I even saw him carrying a box of Kleenex hanging from the tissue he had in his mouth!
We have some stuffed toys in the game room and lately they have been his target. This is what the entrance to our bedroom looks like after a couple of days. We pick it all up and it starts all over!
There are nine toys here and one shoe. Wonder where the other is? Probably downstairs. If I could just teach him to bring home $20 bills.
To me it seems that most forget or put into the very back of their mind the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nothing new actually as I think most have been doing that since the beginning.
I don’t think those that have served and their families will ever forget and if you watch this clip (which came via the Special Forces network) and help with some supplies, you won’t forget that you personally helped people in Iraq. It will make you stand just a littler taller - I promise!
This is a volunteer clinic, staffed by military and civilian contractors in their off time. It is known as a premier location for the treatment of burn injuries, with patients coming there from many areas in Iraq. That in itself is no small feat. Many times Iraqi hospitals lack the supply of painkillers and antibiotics and other equipment that the clinic offers but the clinic can use your help.
It is real easy to send US mail to Iraq. Go to the post office and pick up several of their flat rate boxes. They are free. You pay when you mail. You can fill this with as much weight as it will take (cost is the same no matter how much weight), seal it, address it and take it back to the PO. Fill out a very short customs form and that is it.The list of what they need is at the end of the film. No checks or cash and please send supplies to:
Jimmy Compton SOC CSC Scania APO AE 09331
for more information email jimmycompton@gmail dot com
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