He was a surveyor to the east of the Mississippi, If I recall.
Somebody send him some sort of a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and whack on the tail for not posting here!
OK?
Nate
I thought he was from the Chattanooga Tn. area.
He was always a kind and wise voice.
James
I believe he is alive and well, but I have not spoken with him in many years.
A fellow TAPS member passed along a question he had a few months ago.
I miss his participation as well. I met him several years ago. He is a super nice guy. He lives in or around Jasper, TN, in the Chattanooga area.
Jasper, TN, which is 20-some miles west of Chattanooga
http://www.clemonssurvey.com/
Thanks Bill. I am on his web site now....
Nate
Exceptionally nice family man, with a lot of good survey advice. He is on top of the list of people I would like to break bread with some day.
Sam's a great guy. I talked to him a few months ago, and he just ain't into the board anymore, it seems, at least for the time being. I think it has a lot to do with no P&R on here. I miss it, too, but I don't miss the ya-ya'ing.
I think it's sad, though, that a person can't even share their faith or belief, whatever it may be.
I've wondered quite a few times where Sam was hiding. I met with him in the mid 2000s when he was working on a job about 35 miles from me. He's an outstanding example of a Godly man. Very serious about his faith. We had an enjoyable lunch and I hope to someday see him again. Glad to hear he's doing well.
"I think it's sad, though, that a person can't even share their faith or belief, whatever it may be."
The problem, of course, is that people have conflicting beliefs.
I agree that Sam is a wonderful guy and I don't disagree with him on very much.
Don
> The problem, of course, is that people have conflicting beliefs.
The problem, of course, has less to do with people having conflicting beliefs (which is pretty much a given in society); and much more to do with the fact that a certain percentage of people are, regardless of individual beliefs, arseholes.
> The problem, of course, has less to do with people having conflicting beliefs (which is pretty much a given in society); and much more to do with the fact that a certain percentage of people are, regardless of individual beliefs, arseholes.
My guess is 10 percent....
And with 8 Billion people on the planet; that's a lot of arseholes...:excruciating:
o.O
dougie
Where's Sam Clemons?
Just correcting the spelling of Sam's last name in the subject line...
Where's Sam Clemons?
Sam was not all that good at spelling... he won't mind! 🙂
Boy, are you an optimist.
Considering the least common denominator factor, I would place the percentage much higher and you could include me at times.
Y'know the Everyman principle and man begets man ad nausea.
James is the archetypical wizeazz and you are a chum of that force from the other place so you are guilty by association 🙂
And, happily so!
I'm not sure of the populace percentage that are true arseholes, but I do know that if they were all to fart at the same time the Earth would loose its orbital path and rush off into the galaxy. :excruciating:
> Boy, are you an optimist.
> Considering the least common denominator factor, I would place the percentage much higher and you could include me at times.
Too subjective. Now you have to decide what makes an a-hole, and the variety of opinions on that from Will Rogers who "never met a man he didn't like" to, I don't know, maybe Hub Northing who never met a man he did like....;-)
Anyway I enjoyed Sam. At first I thought he had a made-up name, from the Mark Twain's original name.
Dad and I ate dinner with him and his family at his home circa 2002. I agree with Stacy, a sincere and Godly man whom I have much respect for.
> Too subjective. Now you have to decide what makes an a-hole, and the variety of opinions on that from Will Rogers who "never met a man he didn't like" to, I don't know, maybe Hub Northing who never met a man he did like....;-)
>
> Anyway I enjoyed Sam. At first I thought he had a made-up name, from the Mark Twain's original name.
to extrapolate your thought and I am a big admirer of Will Rogers and even have done a pilgrimage to his home in OK.
I would to say that Rogers thought that politicians were 100% azzhols and they had to be voted into office by persons sharing similar traits. 🙂
:good: 🙂
