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Good morning from ATX. Currently 66°F. Clear. Heading into the upper 80s later today. We set another record yesterday with a high of 91°F.

Happy Friday.

Texas Longhorns won the men's NIT last night by beating David Lipscomb. May have saved Shaka Smart's job. Wife was happy. I went though TSA security check in Orlando back end of January with Lipscomb BB players. Great kids.

Riding bicycle to bus stop, busing with it into work and then riding to credit union at lunch. Nice day for it. Beautiful rain expected tomorrow.

We'll check back later. Y'all behave.

Lipscomb. A couple of relatives are grads, niece there now on wife's side of family. Great school to attend from what they have told me.

Morning to all. Do all the teams left have juniors and seniors? Just wondering. I must be healing a bit. Back in 92, after what Michael Jordan called the greatest college game ever played, I pulled the shades and didn't come out of the house for 3 days. True story.

But hey, hope everyone survived SHIT (Sure Happy It's Thursday) as today is TGIF. Stronger each day. Love me some kitty Cats. FCC.
 
Good morning D-League

Currently 70°. with clouds and a high expected at 81°. Last night we had heavy rains with thunderstorm and lots of lightning to brighten up the bedroom. We open the doors to a covered lanai during the storms and enjoy. My wife lives for thunder and lightning storms. It is her favorite weather. The man on the radio said our area should see 13 named storms this season, with 5 hurricanes and 3 of them major. Cat 4 and above. It should bring us plenty of needed rain.

The ground should be dry enough to mow the grass this afternoon. Trust those who have been feeling poorly are on their way to complete recovery.
 
The man on the radio said there is a Final Four being played this weekend. I forgot. I will be spending my time in the cool waters of the Gulf of Mexico and will skip the games. It does feel strange not feeling nervous and getting ready for a big game but once the Cats go home, I find something else to do. No TV .
 
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Morning D league!

Coffee!

Waiting on a repair man to look at my ice maker. Third time it's broke. First two times whirlpool covered it. This time they didn't so I found a guy who used to work for whirlpool to look at it.

Carry on!

Hey 2004. if you don't mind send him over here after you are done. My bottom tray just suddenly stopped. Thanks, FCC.
 
Happy Friday D-League. The 2020 season felt like it got off to a running start yesterday with Nate Sestina coming aboard and Keion Brooks showing much more physicality and skill than I expected in the high school championship tournament. He looks like part of the answer in replacing PJ and KJ.

Rainy day here so far. Hoping for some sunshine this weekend. Washington can be a spectacularly beautiful city when all teh cherry and Magnolia and apple trees are blossoming, and this weekend could be about the peak. My wife is in Atlanta visiting a friend so I planned just to drift around for hours and see where I ended up, roaming through the neighborhoods where I lived as a 20-something.
 
Howzit going D-League!!

It's a cloudy, foggy, wet, 54 degrees here in Hamilton Co, TN, headed for 76 and mostly cloudy later on. The rains overnight have left things wet, but at least the pollen is washed away for a day or two.

-Like Sawnee Cat said, I also won't be watching the final 4; I'm even having trouble remembering who is playing. For sports, I've moved on to baseball and the Braves.

-This weekend, I'm going to clean and brighten up my lanai with some nice plants. Can I call it a lanai here in TN?

-Speaking of plants, I'm also going to refresh the dirt for my tomato, bell pepper, and herbs (cilantro, lemon balm, peppermint, and basil).

You all have a nice day, keep the stress levels low, and enjoy it.
 
Howzit going D-League!!

It's a cloudy, foggy, wet, 54 degrees here in Hamilton Co, TN, headed for 76 and mostly cloudy later on. The rains overnight have left things wet, but at least the pollen is washed away for a day or two.

-Like Sawnee Cat said, I also won't be watching the final 4; I'm even having trouble remembering who is playing. For sports, I've moved on to baseball and the Braves.

-This weekend, I'm going to clean and brighten up my lanai with some nice plants. Can I call it a lanai here in TN?

-Speaking of plants, I'm also going to refresh the dirt for my tomato, bell pepper, and herbs (cilantro, lemon balm, peppermint, and basil).

You all have a nice day, keep the stress levels low, and enjoy it.
When you are done come visit me Kai. :)
 
When you are done come visit me Kai. :)

What you want to grow this season?

On a side note, I'm growing most of my veggies/herbs in pots this year. The past couple of years, our ridiculous, heavy rains have literally drowned out my garden, and to add to that, my doggs have the bad habit of digging and ruining certain plants.

I've tried cherry tomato, peppers, and other stuff in big pots and it does work very well.
 
Howzit going D-League!!

It's a cloudy, foggy, wet, 54 degrees here in Hamilton Co, TN, headed for 76 and mostly cloudy later on. The rains overnight have left things wet, but at least the pollen is washed away for a day or two.

-Like Sawnee Cat said, I also won't be watching the final 4; I'm even having trouble remembering who is playing. For sports, I've moved on to baseball and the Braves.

-This weekend, I'm going to clean and brighten up my lanai with some nice plants. Can I call it a lanai here in TN?

-Speaking of plants, I'm also going to refresh the dirt for my tomato, bell pepper, and herbs (cilantro, lemon balm, peppermint, and basil).

You all have a nice day, keep the stress levels low, and enjoy it.
So y'all are still getting rain up there? When is it going to dry out? I hope that vegetable garden doesn't float away.

I suppose you can have a lanai in Tennessee. I catch myself calling mine a deck sometimes but it does not meet the definition of a deck. So veranda and lania are the choice words. I guess if I got technical I would have to be in Hawaii to have a lanai. Speaking of Hawaii are you still planning the trip. My wife and I went there on our 25th anniversary and it was great. We did not go in a group or tour, just the two of us. It is much better that way. We flew into Honolulu because I wanted to go to Pearl Harbor and see the Arizona. Also wanted to go on top of Diamond Head and enjoy the beaches. From there we flew over to Kauai and stayed in a small beach house. The island was not touristy but more like a huge garden and rain forest. If you go be sure to rent a Jeep. Not an SUV Jeep but something like a Wrangler, open air and four wheel drive. You will want to take it off road up in the mountains. Have fun
 
So y'all are still getting rain up there? When is it going to dry out? I hope that vegetable garden doesn't float away.

I suppose you can have a lanai in Tennessee. I catch myself calling mine a deck sometimes but it does not meet the definition of a deck. So veranda and lania are the choice words. I guess if I got technical I would have to be in Hawaii to have a lanai. Speaking of Hawaii are you still planning the trip. My wife and I went there on our 25th anniversary and it was great. We did not go in a group or tour, just the two of us. It is much better that way. We flew into Honolulu because I wanted to go to Pearl Harbor and see the Arizona. Also wanted to go on top of Diamond Head and enjoy the beaches. From there we flew over to Kauai and stayed in a small beach house. The island was not touristy but more like a huge garden and rain forest. If you go be sure to rent a Jeep. Not an SUV Jeep but something like a Wrangler, open air and four wheel drive. You will want to take it off road up in the mountains. Have fun

We had just over 1/2" half inch over night, so, not too much, but enough to wash away the pollen. We are still running about 10" above average for the year, but at least for the last couple of weeks, have managed to avoid any prolonged heavy rains.

I'm in the early stages of thiking of a Hawaii trip, my 25th is still two years away, so I have some time to plan, learn, study, and prepare. What you mentioned is just what I would want, i.e. not too touristy and full of nature.
 
Ben I have not seen one but one of my neighbors said a few years ago a 9 footer was caught and relocated. They say if there is a body of water in Florida there is a gator nearby. I live in a small populated county with a lot of marshes, springs and rivers that flow into the Gulf. A prime area for gators. Our biggest nuisance are the wild hogs.

I can understand that. I keep seeing those reruns on Cinemax. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: Kidding aside, is there a season where feral hogs can be shot?
 
We had just over 1/2" half inch over night, so, not too much, but enough to wash away the pollen. We are still running about 10" above average for the year, but at least for the last couple of weeks, have managed to avoid any prolonged heavy rains.

I'm in the early stages of thiking of a Hawaii trip, my 25th is still two years away, so I have some time to plan, learn, study, and prepare. What you mentioned is just what I would want, i.e. not too touristy and full of nature.

I have been numerous times, the last time was Jan-Feb of last year. We spent 1 week on the Big Island, and 3 1/2 weeks on Maui. I would be glad to give you tips on where to stay and things to see.
 
Went out with Dad today. Hit a piddler mall and a park so he could get outside and smoke a cigar. Bought an induction cooktop, a round cast iron griddle, and a cast iron chicken frying skillet with lid. It's a small dutch oven with a handle. All equipment to be used outside on my cook table.

Got a battery for the lawnmower today and aired up the tires. Mowed the front grass but the back is a no go until I pick up a bunch of sticks and limbs. Didn't realize that last storm knocked so many down.

The limbs really got me this year. I have a willow tree that must be 90' tall and two large interior branches broke off in a bad, late fall storm. I also had a dead tree that was not on my property, fall over onto my property. I had to cut all those up and haul them off. Since I cut about 3 1/2 acres, and have several trees, I had limbs and sticks everywhere. Worst I can remember. Between the chain sawing and picking up limbs, I worked 4 days, a total of about 16 hours cleaning up the mess to where I could mow. My back has still not recovered.
 
What you want to grow this season?

On a side note, I'm growing most of my veggies/herbs in pots this year. The past couple of years, our ridiculous, heavy rains have literally drowned out my garden, and to add to that, my doggs have the bad habit of digging and ruining certain plants.

I've tried cherry tomato, peppers, and other stuff in big pots and it does work very well.
I have a home made planter for my rosemary, thyme, sage and basil. It sits in the mulch behind my deck, so that we can grab it when we need them to cook with those items. The rosemary gets really bushy when you keep clipping off the tinder tops! The last two years the rosemary and sage have survived the winter. I keep losing my thyme and it is supposed to be tough. In my little victory garden I will have chives (I tilled the old under this year as it was invaded by grass), onions, egg plant, tomatoes, sweet peppers, green beans and what ever hits us at the moment.

Last year my peppers did little until late (probably too wet), the egg plants did wonderfully, tomatoes not much (probably too wet) and my garlic actually died mid summer (probably too wet). Also my garden is not in the right place. It is partially shaded by a hackberry tree and its roots compete with part of the garden.

A garden was always a big part of my life. I really enjoy it and I think a home grown tomato can't be matched. My egg plants are a pain in the butt, but I love to slice one, rub with olive oil and back it at 350° for about 7 minutes on each side, pull it out of the oven, salt and eat it. My wife will not even try it but I can easily eat a relatively large eggplant. I take the surplus the surplus eggplant, roast it as described above, freeze it on a cookie tray and then put it in food saver bags, evacuate the air and freeze them for winter egg plant dishes.
 
I have a home made planter for my rosemary, thyme, sage and basil. It sits in the mulch behind my deck, so that we can grab it when we need them to cook with those items. The rosemary gets really bushy when you keep clipping off the tinder tops! The last two years the rosemary and sage have survived the winter. I keep losing my thyme and it is supposed to be tough. In my little victory garden I will have chives (I tilled the old under this year as it was invaded by grass), onions, egg plant, tomatoes, sweet peppers, green beans and what ever hits us at the moment.

Last year my peppers did little until late (probably too wet), the egg plants did wonderfully, tomatoes not much (probably too wet) and my garlic actually died mid summer (probably too wet). Also my garden is not in the right place. It is partially shaded by a hackberry tree and its roots compete with part of the garden.

A garden was always a big part of my life. I really enjoy it and I think a home grown tomato can't be matched. My egg plants are a pain in the butt, but I love to slice one, rub with olive oil and back it at 350° for about 7 minutes on each side, pull it out of the oven, salt and eat it. My wife will not even try it but I can easily eat a relatively large eggplant. I take the surplus the surplus eggplant, roast it as described above, freeze it on a cookie tray and then put it in food saver bags, evacuate the air and freeze them for winter egg plant dishes.

Oh yeah, I can't forget the Rosemary. I love it mixed in and cooked with hamburger patties.
 
Looks wet and dreary out this morning. I am not going to sit on this couch and watch movies all day.

Was in the workshop yesterday and came to the realization that I'm going to have to start carrying things out into the yard in order to give it a good cleaning. I created a massive amount of sawdust when I built that table. Also, at one time there was a place for everything and everything was in its place. Not so much anymore.
 
Good morning D! Wet here in the Berg, already been to Kroger this morning, had to get my wife some Hawaiian sweet bread. Going to go to the hardware store this morning need to pick up some material to finish my Bluebird house. I need to paint it a drab color, but it will still have a big K on it !! We were talking about birds yesterday, some more birds that I don't see a lot of anymore are a small yellow bird with black wings and a small dark blue bird with black wings, both are about the size of a chic-a-dee. Well ya'll have a great and safe day!!!!!
 
I can understand that. I keep seeing those reruns on Cinemax. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: Kidding aside, is there a season where feral hogs can be shot?
It is always open season on wild hogs. No questions asked just kill them and enjoy. They are good eating. There are so many down here and they cause such destruction you are doing society a favor by thinning them out.

On May 5th there is going to be a Trump Rally at Moon Lake Ranch and the menu is wild hogs, gator and a fish fry. Topped off with swamp cabbage (hearts of palm in restaurants) I plan on being there.
 
What is a "gold" member? Or, how does one arrive at Gold status? It says "Freshman" out beside my user name, even though I've been on here since whatever date that is by my name.
You're a "freshman" due to your low number of posts. Time is irrelevant. To be a gold member you have to give these liberal bastards $100/yr.
 
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