Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch-Part Six
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Sounds like you're having a good time out there. Good for you! Thanks for the music as always. Enjoy the weather there because it's not so nice back here!
It's dark and rainy here and has been thundering all day. I planned to take the GS out to buy some tighty whities. He has Spiderman undies but won't wear them because he doesn't want to get him wet. I'm hoping he'll wear the plain ones.
I never had any split classes in grade school, but my junior high was split with girls going to one school and boys going to another. A tragic failure in socializing young people. I left in ninth grade and moved 100 miles north. Their high school had the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the state for four years. Duh.
From '70 - '72 we lived in Cold Bay, Ak. Total pop. about 150. That was a two room school house too, with 1st. - 6th. grade in one room and 7th. - 12th. in the other. Last Summer, the "Last Student" left Cold Bay and the school was closed down. Cold Bay is an interesting place, arguably the Westernmost town on the North American Continent and the home to one of the longest runways in the world, at over 3 miles. Built in WW 2 to turn the tide of the Aleutian war, it was originally made entirely of steel landing mat but is now completely paved. There was also a large Naval Base & Pier there but somehow the US managed to pass it all off as a "Fishing Village" to the Japanese. In the early 70's all the old Quonset Huts and most of the command buildings were still standing. Some were even repurposed and in use. Exploring all of that history was a better education than I even got in the two room school house. The warehouse at the end of the old pier was filled with messages written at war's end like, "Thank God the war is over! I'm goin' home, never to return to this Godforsaken place!" Check out the book "The Thousand Mile War" if you get the chance.
vape?" data-source="post: 17679040" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch">As others have said, I'm sorry to hear that BUT you DO have our support here as well!vape? said:
This is a classic case of wanting to bust his balls and have him go away FOREVER. (My "professional opinion"
)In Seattle they say, "In Seattle you don't tan, you rust!"
Good to hear something's going right for you, U.W.!
I'd like to hear more about the Tesla if you rent one. I'm intrigued and impressed with these cars. Just wish they could get the retail price down some.First car: '63 Pontiac Bonneville - 4 door - 421 "Tri-Power". What a great "sleeper car", especially on long runs. I'd still like to replace that one with the two door model or a Grand Prix of the same vintage!
First Bike: Honda 300 "Dream" (In Cold Bay no less!) Current bike: '07 H.D. Softail Custom.
Finally a sunny day here and above freezing this a.m. (just barely @ 34 F.) The garden is doing well and the squirrels & moose haven't gotten into it, YET!
We're watching it like a hawk!
I think it's actually been slightly cooler here in San Diego than it has in St. Louis .. not that I'm complaining about mid to high 60's days and 50's at night .. I would, however, have thought it would have been warmer out here this time of the year ..
"Do what you love and the Rest will come .."
.. it has always been my personal credo to have as much fun as possible while being fully clothed .. .. another one of the reasons the Odyssey still weighs on me somewhat .. .. (I may need to edit this for further clarity .. )
Odda my goodness, a new thread, a new everything here!
Catch up???? NOT I'll just go on from here!
Only one left in the house now, but he's a fixture......Orlando airport at 5:30 this morning, and then bowling, and now, I'm ready for an afternoon nap.
The rest of the crew are staying at a local motel and won't be leaving for another week, but I'll have more time to come in to see what's happening.
My, it feels odd sitting at my desktop and typing.......but being away from the computer has its advantages.
DH told me that there was golf sized hail reported in Bunnell which is about 3 miles from us.....dat not good!
The trip to Orlando was dry, but he ran into rain all the way home. Took 95 past 4, and hit 407 to 528 right into the airport. Glad that trip is over, cause I was starting to worry, but they were home about 8:45.
Ok.....that's all folks!!
Catch up???? NOT
I'll just go on from here!Only one left in the house now, but he's a fixture......Orlando airport at 5:30 this morning, and then bowling, and now, I'm ready for an afternoon nap.
The rest of the crew are staying at a local motel and won't be leaving for another week, but I'll have more time to come in to see what's happening.
My, it feels odd sitting at my desktop and typing.......but being away from the computer has its advantages.
DH told me that there was golf sized hail reported in Bunnell which is about 3 miles from us.....dat not good!
The trip to Orlando was dry, but he ran into rain all the way home. Took 95 past 4, and hit 407 to 528 right into the airport. Glad that trip is over, cause I was starting to worry, but they were home about 8:45.
Ok.....that's all folks!!
Hate to see them scrambling to find a replacement for you if you get sick from overwork. @Rotowoman
That was one of the older SikorskyS76 A++ models that we used to have at our base. They retired that one, and now we have smaller birds.
I took my first helicopter ride ever out at that base on a smaller Bell407. I was like country girl come to town. The first thing the pilot asked me before we went to the helicopter was if I was going to be afraid. My answer, "Hell no. I don't have enough sense to be afraid." I LOVED it! I will do it again any chance I get
This time I will have to turn it down. I'm serious. I'm tired, and I am NOT looking forward to going back to work tomorrow even though my base is not that busy.
I was looking at my pay stubs this morning, and I see that out of seven hitches this year, I've worked over for 5 of them. That was supposed to stop this year. This is a carryover from last year when I worked a hell of a lot of overtime. I NEED a break, and by giminy I'm taking it.
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Ahh my firts (and only) motorcycle, it was a Hondamitsuharlyhamasaki. It was bodged together by me and my dad out of a honda dirt bike frame and whatever parts we could find. It ran by the grace of god and was legal by the grace of small town networking.First Car :: Used Rambler .. straight six, neglected to keep the oil topped off which resulted in it's early death .. if cars could talk ..
First Bike :: 1958 BSA Gold Star if memory serves, they used to call these "One Lungers" because of the single cylinder .. it had a compression release in order to facilitate the kick start .. no fancy, shmancy electric start back then .. really, really wish I still had it .. a few years ago, I quit motorcycles, I still maintain my license, I guess on the off chance I decide I might still want one .. but the truth is, I ended up just getting so paranoid about other drivers and safety, the last bike I owned had about 400 miles put on it in an entire year ..
Sent from a dark, twisted corner of the back porch, covered in cobwebs and slightly damp.
My first car was a 1981 dodge heavy half ton pickup, 318 engine, could out run most hotrods and outpull most tractors. Kept it for 21 years and it still ran when i sold it.
Had a false panel on the dash i could slide off, had ejector seat and warp drive buttons underneath.
Had a cross bed tool box that i modified to cary popup speakers for those pasture parties.
Had many secret compartments in which to conceal questionable materials.
Gun rack
Trailer hitch on both front and back.
Heavy duty springs.
It was a part of my life.
Sent from a dark, twisted corner of the back porch, covered in cobwebs and slightly damp.
Had a false panel on the dash i could slide off, had ejector seat and warp drive buttons underneath.
Had a cross bed tool box that i modified to cary popup speakers for those pasture parties.
Had many secret compartments in which to conceal questionable materials.
Gun rack
Trailer hitch on both front and back.
Heavy duty springs.
It was a part of my life.
Sent from a dark, twisted corner of the back porch, covered in cobwebs and slightly damp.
You were up as almost as early as I was. Had to releive daddy and get oldest GD off to school. Brought GS back here an d then we went to Walmart. He's in the bathtub playing with his new boat now. Daddy will pick sister up from school and mama took baby to GA. It's not been so bad. He's such a good boy.
You do!!!! And to have a little fun. Go into NOLA and party a while then have a pedicure and go stick your feet in the sand somewhere and enjoy the sunshine. Get you some Vit D.
Very cool pics! Uncool for your garden, tho.
I'm struggling to keep up here & my 3 or 4 other threads. This is the only one I'm 2 days behind on as of now. Gonna take another day to get caught up. And that's only if these dogs allow it. Keeping 3 satisfied with sufficient cuddle time is a thang.
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They will tell you that no one is able to do what you can do. (Which I'm pretty sure is true.) They will tell you that you alone are the difference between success and failure for the whole company. They'll put their hands on a stack of holy books and swear that it's the last time they'll ever ask, but that they NEED you this one more time. And then, they'll beg.
The best way you can help them, when this happens, is to say no. (Maybe you've noticed that I'm still not sold.)
That thar is right poetic.
I brought my quad copter with me on the V8 run today, and flew it in Sunset Park in Rocky Mount.
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Whoa! Neat! So it WUZ oil they struck! Amazin' wut muny kin dew. Overnite they widend da krik, paved da roads, put up buildin'z n all kindz uv stuph!
Phew!
Oh... you... went... where...? :/
New seen ery.
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2 days behind on the thread, but prayers stay caught up!Glad you got a lil OT, was worried maybe your wife had had a rough time. Glad that wasn't the case.......now don't make me come chase you down again Mister!! hehehe
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newp.......dats a owl silly boy!! [emoji38] looks like it might be a barred owl, but need to see more of it's face to be sure. I used to share a house with some friends who were also Indian and the woman had one in the house. He was NOT a friendly owl
hmmm it worked last night, or actually early thirty this am.......not sure what's up. Seems like if the sale had ended last night it would have done so at midnight
Ok...........Kay just called me........... it was too funny, I was on the phone with Cheyenne and I heard the call waiting beep, thought it was my son, and the call about Kay was more important at the time, so I didn't flip over. Got off the phone and saw two cell phone MI calls, couldn't figure out for a minute why it was showing twice that Cheyenne called and not who had beeped in.......then I realized the numbers were different. Kay had beeped in while I was talking to Chey!!!
Kay said she hadn't talked to her Dr yet, so per Cheyenne, I was able to tell Kay that her surgery had gone wonderfully!!! Yay!!! She said she'd had total peace that it would right from the git go! They doped her up in the little room while she was waiting to go into the OR, and she went to sleep, didn't wake up again til she was in her room..........she made them show her the site to be sure she'd had the surgery!!
Of course, she's been flirting with all the male nurses. No surprise there. We had to get off the phone cuz two women had come in the room.....she said she had to go cuz they were hovering over her........I said uh-oh........she said......nawwww....I can take em!!! lol Jup she's in great spirits, and they're giving her plenty of pain meds!! Was gonna remind her not to let the pain get bad.......but she already had that in mind.........so that's great!! She said she'd call me again later tonite if she feels like it. And she thanks everyone for their prayers, as does Cheyenne. Chey really asked folks to keep her in prayers also. She's young, and is so close to her "Nana" this has really rattled Chey's cage!!! Ok, now gonna go read the other two pages I need to catch up
I save pics directly to my laptop & post from there. I also post them straight from my phone or tablet. I don't save anything online.
I'd try to squeeze a raise out of them and maybe doubletime instead of time and a half. Then they would have to put up or shut up.
Hopefully they won't even ask.
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