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Good morning,TTGlad you got that cleaning done.
Hiya Sweet Fran!
Yeah, I just hope those water hoses will reach upstairs so I can finish the house cleaning.
Or I guess I could just nail the upstairs door shut.
Heading for 78* today and then right back into the deep freeze....It's like the weather is taunting me......
I was married from 89~92...This little story fell somewhere in this time frame....
My wife's family and a family by the name of Martin were friend's....The Martin Motel in Maggie Valley, NC was their place of business....The old cinder block, straight out of the 50s, moldy smelling Martin Motel....and hell no there was no discount involved....The best thing about that place was the road between Cherokee, NC and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee..That was some beautiful country save for the single wide mobile homes....one block high foundation on one end and a tower of blocks on the other...always and I mean always the underside of those trailers was like a garage of sorts under the high end..and junky!!!! Well we were done touring the tourist trap stuff for the most part and hell yeah the wife wanted to see all that sheet for the seventy fifth time...So we're back near the Martin and there is a huge antique store almost directly across from the Martin....also constructed of cinder blocks and also painted white as was the Martin...The wife wanted to go in and we did.....I flipped a couple three price tags and saw that the owner would likely be keeping most of his antiques unless a sucker wandered in....My nicotine level was dangerously low so I left the wife and went outside for a smoke or three...Now country boy that I am the car was parked out back in the only shade I saw when I pulled in...Lucky for me there was a picnic table with a small stream rolling by...I sat down and lit up...A little while passes and a Model A pick up pulls up between the picnic table and the back door of the antique shop..Out pops a 120lb soaking wet man with a full on beard and he right off the bat he bums a smoke and sits down beside me...Whatever was keeping the wife I don't know but the old man had time to be on his third or fourth cigarette...He felt comfortable with me and the conversation had drifted into the many things we had in common...Bootlegging was his occupation...picking me up as a customer his sole intention...Given my background I wasn't exactly gonna pay for something I could get for free now but I was a good little piece from my crib so I got a quart off him...That made him happy as hell...Well I figured Outlaw's all like about the same thing so I pulled out a little of the mean green from down on the farm and asked old boy if he wanted to trade out that quart....Oh hell no!!!! He quickly judged me for sinning differently from him....About that time the owner of the antique store came out and handed the old man a pretty hefty sum of cash....Without so much as a see you later the old man hopped into that Model A and hauled ... outta there...I looked at the antique seller and asked if the little old man was for real or just full of sheet....Oh Yeah....He's the real deal was the reply...The wife soon appeared out the back door and off we went again....Later that night we tested out the Shine and it was the real deal for sure.....smooth and very powerful....The marriage ended pretty soon after....We just decided to go our separate ways and everything was fine once things were settled....Basically a gold mine and the shaft deal but I had to go and I did...I figured best save that lawyer money for another day...Spending big to gain little didn't make much sense to me and in hindsight it worked out OK...Well it had been a decade since that trip too Maggie Valley....The History Channel had a special on Hillbillys hosted by Billy Ray Cirus...Sounded interesting and I was waiting for it....Well as the show progressed they went into the long history of Shine in Appalachi....They were centering on this little old man who just happened to drive a Model A pick up....I had the strangest feeling of Deja Vu when it came to me where I'd met this little old man...that day outside that antique shop....the little old man....Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton...The show made him world famous....I figured he deserved that..Sadly he was busted and found guilty...As the sentencing date loomed he pulled his wife's car out back and ran the vacuum hose from the exhaust into the interiorThat was the end of Popcorn's story and this one as well....
I gotta chauffeur Mom too the doc here in a few and had come too the end of the internet....Hence the story of two Outlaws coming together..Just killing time ATM....I don't agree with Popcorn's decision to commit suicide but I don't really think the money spent by the government to capture and convict him was wisely spent either...We are in a county far from the big city and yesterday I watched as our local sheriff's department conducted an assault on an old school by my house...Full military gear....big bombs and everything....I was rolling a coil when the first bomb went off and that's when I rode out to see what the hell had blown up....I seriously doubt ISIS is gonna show up here and feel the money could be much better spent training Lawdogs how to solve a breaking and entering or something similar....Those Lawdogs don't like me much and the feeling is very mutual....
I was married from 89~92...This little story fell somewhere in this time frame....
My wife's family and a family by the name of Martin were friend's....The Martin Motel in Maggie Valley, NC was their place of business....The old cinder block, straight out of the 50s, moldy smelling Martin Motel....and hell no there was no discount involved....The best thing about that place was the road between Cherokee, NC and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee..That was some beautiful country save for the single wide mobile homes....one block high foundation on one end and a tower of blocks on the other...always and I mean always the underside of those trailers was like a garage of sorts under the high end..and junky!!!! Well we were done touring the tourist trap stuff for the most part and hell yeah the wife wanted to see all that sheet for the seventy fifth time...So we're back near the Martin and there is a huge antique store almost directly across from the Martin....also constructed of cinder blocks and also painted white as was the Martin...The wife wanted to go in and we did.....I flipped a couple three price tags and saw that the owner would likely be keeping most of his antiques unless a sucker wandered in....My nicotine level was dangerously low so I left the wife and went outside for a smoke or three...Now country boy that I am the car was parked out back in the only shade I saw when I pulled in...Lucky for me there was a picnic table with a small stream rolling by...I sat down and lit up...A little while passes and a Model A pick up pulls up between the picnic table and the back door of the antique shop..Out pops a 120lb soaking wet man with a full on beard and he right off the bat he bums a smoke and sits down beside me...Whatever was keeping the wife I don't know but the old man had time to be on his third or fourth cigarette...He felt comfortable with me and the conversation had drifted into the many things we had in common...Bootlegging was his occupation...picking me up as a customer his sole intention...Given my background I wasn't exactly gonna pay for something I could get for free now but I was a good little piece from my crib so I got a quart off him...That made him happy as hell...Well I figured Outlaw's all like about the same thing so I pulled out a little of the mean green from down on the farm and asked old boy if he wanted to trade out that quart....Oh hell no!!!! He quickly judged me for sinning differently from him....About that time the owner of the antique store came out and handed the old man a pretty hefty sum of cash....Without so much as a see you later the old man hopped into that Model A and hauled ... outta there...I looked at the antique seller and asked if the little old man was for real or just full of sheet....Oh Yeah....He's the real deal was the reply...The wife soon appeared out the back door and off we went again....Later that night we tested out the Shine and it was the real deal for sure.....smooth and very powerful....The marriage ended pretty soon after....We just decided to go our separate ways and everything was fine once things were settled....Basically a gold mine and the shaft deal but I had to go and I did...I figured best save that lawyer money for another day...Spending big to gain little didn't make much sense to me and in hindsight it worked out OK...Well it had been a decade since that trip too Maggie Valley....The History Channel had a special on Hillbillys hosted by Billy Ray Cirus...Sounded interesting and I was waiting for it....Well as the show progressed they went into the long history of Shine in Appalachi....They were centering on this little old man who just happened to drive a Model A pick up....I had the strangest feeling of Deja Vu when it came to me where I'd met this little old man...that day outside that antique shop....the little old man....Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton...The show made him world famous....I figured he deserved that..Sadly he was busted and found guilty...As the sentencing date loomed he pulled his wife's car out back and ran the vacuum hose from the exhaust into the interiorThat was the end of Popcorn's story and this one as well....
I gotta chauffeur Mom too the doc here in a few and had come too the end of the internet....Hence the story of two Outlaws coming together..Just killing time ATM....I don't agree with Popcorn's decision to commit suicide but I don't really think the money spent by the government to capture and convict him was wisely spent either...We are in a county far from the big city and yesterday I watched as our local sheriff's department conducted an assault on an old school by my house...Full military gear....big bombs and everything....I was rolling a coil when the first bomb went off and that's when I rode out to see what the hell had blown up....I seriously doubt ISIS is gonna show up here and feel the money could be much better spent training Lawdogs how to solve a breaking and entering or something similar....Those Lawdogs don't like me much and the feeling is very mutual....
And another great "slice of life" story El Dee!
I enjoy hearing these, mainly because their about real people who make enough of an impact on us that we remember them forever. And to me that makes them special.
LOL, on the subject of weather! We're at 73 degrees right now and by tomorrow night we'll be down to 22 degrees. I have a feeling this will be about our last cold spell for the year. And I'm glad of that. Of course, it won't be long and I'll be moaning about the heat, humidity and all the mowing I have to do.
I enjoy hearing these, mainly because their about real people who make enough of an impact on us that we remember them forever. And to me that makes them special.
LOL, on the subject of weather! We're at 73 degrees right now and by tomorrow night we'll be down to 22 degrees. I have a feeling this will be about our last cold spell for the year. And I'm glad of that. Of course, it won't be long and I'll be moaning about the heat, humidity and all the mowing I have to do.
Dang Tex. Those are the things that make life worthwhile. I mow close to 25 acres about once a week all summer plus a lot of bushogging.
Morning, afternoon and early evening
Had a full day, starting with being on hold with DSS for an hour and a half. Finally got someone to talk to, problem halfway straightened out, but I get to look forward to spending another ungodly amount of time on hold waiting on a case worker tomorrow to finish fixing the problem.
We got about 3" of slushy snow/sleet last night. Temps in the lower 40s meant I had to try to dig a drainage channel down the side of the driveway for melt runoff. I discovered a hatchet works fairly well to dig out a v shaped little channel in the frozen ground. I'm pooped but satisfied with what I got done. Once the ground thaws, I'll be improving that drainage.
Another great story Dee!
Had a full day, starting with being on hold with DSS for an hour and a half. Finally got someone to talk to, problem halfway straightened out, but I get to look forward to spending another ungodly amount of time on hold waiting on a case worker tomorrow to finish fixing the problem.
We got about 3" of slushy snow/sleet last night. Temps in the lower 40s meant I had to try to dig a drainage channel down the side of the driveway for melt runoff. I discovered a hatchet works fairly well to dig out a v shaped little channel in the frozen ground. I'm pooped but satisfied with what I got done. Once the ground thaws, I'll be improving that drainage.
Another great story Dee!
Got my new Nemesis this morning. Set it up and twisted a coil for the Kayfun that came out to .8. Filled it up with my n.e.t. and vaped myself an od headache. Just got through mixing a batch of 12 mg lol. 20 is not my friend anymore.
Hi, guys. Beautiful day here today. 78 degrees. Thankfully I got to Wally world early and got that nightmare out of the way.
LD, I agree about the lawdawgs. Most are more criminal than the average criminal. Heck, the average criminal at least has some morals.
Wuzz, I too learned about sub ohming and nic the hard way. Not a fun experience at all.
Loved the story about Popcorn
LD, I agree about the lawdawgs. Most are more criminal than the average criminal. Heck, the average criminal at least has some morals.
Wuzz, I too learned about sub ohming and nic the hard way. Not a fun experience at all.
Loved the story about Popcorn
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What did Elvis say ???????? Thank you....thank you very much !!!
Got some big fat Mexican hamburgers fryin' away....Should be enough till about....Sunday
I changed the flavor once in the KSM....Haze and high watts kicks friggin' rocks...More managable with lower watts but still.....That episode at least forced my to do the best two K Fun re-builds to date...I switched the KSM back on Vanilla Custard with the .5 still in there....This combo of the Haze and VC worked fine the first time....not the second....1.2 in there now....VC....Still breaking the coil in but if I were you.....one point two !!!!!!!!!
Got some big fat Mexican hamburgers fryin' away....Should be enough till about....Sunday
I changed the flavor once in the KSM....Haze and high watts kicks friggin' rocks...More managable with lower watts but still.....That episode at least forced my to do the best two K Fun re-builds to date...I switched the KSM back on Vanilla Custard with the .5 still in there....This combo of the Haze and VC worked fine the first time....not the second....1.2 in there now....VC....Still breaking the coil in but if I were you.....one point two !!!!!!!!!
Wuzz old brother, you and I have more in common than I realized.
My yard around the house is five acres and its surrounded by 25 acres of pasture. So I do a lot of mowing with the riding mower and tractor and bush hog in the pastures. About all I do all summer is mow. But its made me a very accomplished singer because I get on one of those and just mow and sing every song I can think of. Personally, I think I'm ready for The Voice on television. They probably wouldn't agree with that though.
I've got some other land that I've bought or leased that I turned over to son in law. I quit running cows and he wanted to do it so now its all his and he can do whatever needs to be done with them. And I don't help him at all when he's cutting hay. Those pastures are scattered all over half of the County. Probably be easier for him if they adjoined each other. I did help him with putting in some new fencing last year. All I did was supervise and run for materials so he could go on to his job. Retirement is really nice ..... unless I have to do some work.
When I was growing up Florida was the second largest cattle producing state in the 48. We've still got a couple of familys here that work on horseback and oldest man in one of those familys is in his late 80s and still rides every day. Summers I either threw hay or helped a hog farmer go pick up garbage from resturants. Only way I want to see either one now is on my plate next to a salad and potatoe.
LOL, it took me three tries, but after I FINALLY retired my son in law and some friends and I used to go up to town and pick up a bunch of young kids and bring them (usually to my place) and we taught them how to ride, rope, team rope, barrels ... all kinds of things. Finally we got us a really fine Cowboy Church built outside of town and then were able to do all of that there.
We had a covered arena, announcers booth, stands, a tractor to keep the arena plowed and disced ... everything that was needed for the kids. Around here we have some fine young men who really know what their doing and they jumped in and started working with the kids too and they made all of it even better.
Local people provide the steers and/or goats and there's a good supply of livestock around here!
The Cowboy Church is going strong and its still one of the best activities we have for kids around here.
As for me, my knees are long gone and I refuse to get the stainless and plastic knees, so my riding days are over. But I always loved it! LOL, so I'm like you, its all on my dinner plate now.
I enjoyed reading all of the stories today. We have some great story tellers here.
We are hunkering down here for all of today's rain to turn into snow tonight and go through mid day tomorrow. 3-6 is what I am hearing. I've already told my boss I am not so sure I will make it in. A lot of factors to consider. One of the most important is my Mom who is 66 and making her a) come out in the crud and b) worry about me driving to and from. We will see come morning...
ElDee, We've already had a discussion about high wattage & The Haze= YUCK! lol I am going to change to the 1.5 coil and likely never return!!! I guess the only subs I like are the sandwiches. It's all good!!! I meant to pick up some banana nut bread today at work to try at higher watts, but forgot. Maybe if I am home tomorrow I will have more time to play and see if I have any juices that like higher wattage.
Bov, I like your trench idea! We tried to do that here but it didn't work out so well. We need drainage on my street, my car sits at the lowest point.
Everyone, stay safe and warm! By Sunday it warms up to 47. Heat wave!!!!
Good night all. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
We have some great story tellers here. We are hunkering down here for all of today's rain to turn into snow tonight and go through mid day tomorrow. 3-6 is what I am hearing. I've already told my boss I am not so sure I will make it in. A lot of factors to consider. One of the most important is my Mom who is 66 and making her a) come out in the crud and b) worry about me driving to and from. We will see come morning...
ElDee, We've already had a discussion about high wattage & The Haze= YUCK! lol I am going to change to the 1.5 coil and likely never return!!! I guess the only subs I like are the sandwiches.
It's all good!!! I meant to pick up some banana nut bread today at work to try at higher watts, but forgot. Maybe if I am home tomorrow I will have more time to play and see if I have any juices that like higher wattage.Bov, I like your trench idea! We tried to do that here but it didn't work out so well. We need drainage on my street, my car sits at the lowest point.
Everyone, stay safe and warm! By Sunday it warms up to 47. Heat wave!!!!
Good night all. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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My Bride and I both used to barrel race in saddle clubs. I tried amateur rodeo for a couple of years until my buddy got killed at it. It's good to hear you've still got cowboys working with kids there. Sure keeps them out of trouble. They'll be too tired to get into any lol. I like working with kids but went with being a Boy Scout leader for about 11 years. Had to quit when I got the bout with cancer. Got into scouting when my son was old enough and stayed with it for years after he made Eagle. Never could understand the lack of parent support and participation but if I helped one kid make good that could have gone the other way I've got my reward.
Hey Wuzz, you and TT have so much in common, you may just be one of his long, lost relatives. He has a bunch scattered around ECF No worries though, your secret is safe with me 
Tracy, 66 years old is actually pretty young
No worries though, your secret is safe with me Tracy, 66 years old is actually pretty young
Hey Wuzz, you and TT have so much in common, you may just be one of his long, lost relatives. He has a bunch scattered around ECF
Tracy, 66 years old is actually pretty young
If I were related to TT it sure wouldn't be a secret Salem. I'd be proud of it.
As to the bolded....Sure as heck is!!!!
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