You don't see a razorback floating down the river on a log every day.
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Good Morning with Magic!
Now we know, the horse's name was Jim. Come on cowboy.
Now we know, the horse's name was Jim. Come on cowboy.
I will never forget the day I went over to my buddy's house and he had just bought one of these. He was banging away with it and the ball came off and knock a glass figurine off of a shelf. His mama grabbed it and smacked him good and hard on his bottom. Then she put the paddle on top of the refrigerator for further use. I think a lot of mamas did that back then
You don't see a razorback floating down the river on a log every day.
Some of that Razor White trash...
I will never forget the day I went over to my buddy's house and he had just bought one of these. He was banging away with it and the ball came off and knock a glass figurine off of a shelf. His mama grabbed it and smacked him good and hard on his bottom. Then she put the paddle on top of the refrigerator for further use. I think a lot of mamas did that back then
Yes Sir,
I was waylaid a few times with one of those types..... Dispicable company...
No need for one of these when I was little growing up. Belt took first place. Then when I was about K or 1st grade, Dad bought a Shopsmith. Saw, band saw, drill press, and lathe all in one tool. Then he made his own paddle(s). And for good measure he drilled holes in it....a little extra sting.I will never forget the day I went over to my buddy's house and he had just bought one of these. He was banging away with it and the ball came off and knock a glass figurine off of a shelf. His mama grabbed it and smacked him good and hard on his bottom. Then she put the paddle on top of the refrigerator for further use. I think a lot of mamas did that back then
Think I was on the receiving end one time. Learned my lesson.
When I was little, I had a loose tooth. Dad wanted to pull it and I was scared, so I ran and hid from him. When he found me, he made me go get him a switch and he whipped my butt with it, then pulled the tooth anyhow. Needless to say, I didn't hide from him anymore.
Good morning from ATX. Currently it's 44°F, chilly and clear. Wind has slowed. Today's high is expected to reach 74°F. Fall has returned to Central Texas. Wooooo Hooooo!
Monday, Monday........
Wishing happiness and health to all our fellow D-League members.
Monday, Monday........
Wishing happiness and health to all our fellow D-League members.
Good Monday morning
It got down to 55°F last night and our high today will be 78°. The next few days will be a few degrees cooler. We expect lots of sunshine and a 10% chance of rain. Great football weather.
This should be a good week to work on my continued downsizing. I have so much stuff that I collected over a lifetime but it is time to move on.
I trust all have a great day and everyone is feeling good or at least better.
It got down to 55°F last night and our high today will be 78°. The next few days will be a few degrees cooler. We expect lots of sunshine and a 10% chance of rain. Great football weather.
This should be a good week to work on my continued downsizing. I have so much stuff that I collected over a lifetime but it is time to move on.
I trust all have a great day and everyone is feeling good or at least better.
Morning D
Hope the weekend was great for ya
Heading to Corydon in a few to see my buddy
doing a car repair later this afternoon for another buddy ( who would have thought I still have 2 friends )
wifes birthday is Friday...as for the last 40 plus years, I have no idea what to get her
Gatlinburg this weekend for a lil R & R ( like the retirement couch isn't enough )
Updates on Ymmot and FCC?
All I got....
Hope the weekend was great for ya
Heading to Corydon in a few to see my buddy
doing a car repair later this afternoon for another buddy ( who would have thought I still have 2 friends )
wifes birthday is Friday...as for the last 40 plus years, I have no idea what to get her
Gatlinburg this weekend for a lil R & R ( like the retirement couch isn't enough )
Updates on Ymmot and FCC?
All I got....
Not sure anyone has heard from FCC. Maybe Don, or Tapemaster. As for Ymmot, last time I spoke with him, he was still banned, by choice. He had been busy with some personal matters and he had not yet felt like asking to be reinstated. Maybe later.
Not sure, but as a guy from Detroit I see a Polish joke in this somewhere...
Oh, good morning and I hope this day finds you closer to God. Seek God first in all things and he will direct your path.
Good morning D, getting ready to head out to the glass shop to start on my project, THIN BLUE LINE OFFICER BADGES, I am excited about getting started on these!!! The worst part is two of them are for widows!
Beautiful day here in the Berg! Prayers for the D!!!!
Beautiful day here in the Berg! Prayers for the D!!!!
55, What I do for Mrs. M is, I get her a $50 or 100 gift certificate to her favorite place that she gets her hair and nails done at. She "she always appreciates it" easy shopping!!!!!!
Same here. As the years go by you run out of ideas.
Morning folks. We officially got down to freezing this morning. I think it is the first time this year. It has already warmed up to 45° but the high is supposed to get to 59. I am betting on 60!
On presents for my wife and I: it is impossible. We have every thing we want. I tell my kids to buy my bourbon that I am too cheap to buy. I end up with shirts that don't fit, pajamas that I refuse to wear. So I am a pain in the ass for my family to buy presents. I keep telling them that the gathering and family is what is important. No one will let it be just that so I will get presents that I don't need.
Thanksgiving will be at my house this year, but my daughter's family will be in Baltimore, so it will be half the family. Such is life when you kids get lives of their own.
You all have a good monday.
On presents for my wife and I: it is impossible. We have every thing we want. I tell my kids to buy my bourbon that I am too cheap to buy. I end up with shirts that don't fit, pajamas that I refuse to wear. So I am a pain in the ass for my family to buy presents. I keep telling them that the gathering and family is what is important. No one will let it be just that so I will get presents that I don't need.
Thanksgiving will be at my house this year, but my daughter's family will be in Baltimore, so it will be half the family. Such is life when you kids get lives of their own.
You all have a good monday.
I got my wife one of those little printers that prints photos taken by your smart phone.
It has bluetooth and gets the photos from your phone, wirelessly. She takes a lot of pictures of the grandkids, and sometimes she likes them printed.
This is pretty much my life today. There is nothing I need of a material nature.
I have one child and his family in Kentucky and another one down here in Florida. We use to get together at Thanksgiving with all of us. But some have crossed the river of life and others have grown up and moved far away. So that too has passed.
That is life in 2020 America. Families do not take roots like they did generations ago. They move on to where ever the job takes them
Some things in life you only have one more chance of survival. Your rifle is useless on the ground so you do what you have to do.
59°➫ 89° Sunny & dry.
Another beautiful morning with Magic!
I guess it is pretty melancholy at the holidays for you. I have been lucky in that my three kids and all my grandkids, are within a 10 minute drive of our house. We have been so blessed to see our grandkids grow up. Ballgames, birthdays, school concerts, tonsillectomy's, etc. We don't miss any of them.
On the road before 4am today heading to Nky to help out some family. Main bridge heading into Ohio had a major crash last week. Two Semi's hit and exploded causing major damage to the main bridge used for all that traffic.
Could be down for weeks. You can just imagine the traffic now. Goodness gracious.
God bless all today.
Could be down for weeks. You can just imagine the traffic now. Goodness gracious.
God bless all today.
FCC calls me at least once a week but I don't answer. That may seem harsh, but I really tried to help him and I think maybe I was making things worse. Like I have said before I have never had even a sip of booze. But I have had to deal with an alcoholic in my family and it was a hard thing to watch. Every time I did talk to FCC he was drunk and all the money I spent to help him and all the trips I made to Paducah to take him to doctor appointments, to the pharmacy, to places to get him food, to gift card for Hardee's for food, to paying for his motel bill for a week before he could get into permanent housing, did nothing to improve his situation. It got to the point I was losing sleep over it.
In spite of that I would have continued if I thought it was helping but it wasn't. He is a good guy but really doesn't or isn't able to take any responsibility for his problems! Maybe I have went into to much detail here but just felt the need to let folks know he needs our prayers!
I know where you are coming from.
I quit answering his calls because he was constantly drunk. I am a drinker, but drinking and getting drunk are two different things.
I pray for FFC, but he has to want to get dry. Until then it will not work.
That is how I am as well. I'm picky when it comes to clothes. I don't want someone wasting money on something that I'm not going to wear. To me, Christmas is about the kids anyways, I don't care if I get anything or not.
Kind of know that feeling, have a friend who lost everything due to gambling to the point where he could not pay his bills so, I gave him money to help pay his bills when they came due. Over the period of several years I gave him over $8 thousand and decided I could do it no more. He has since actually slowed down gambling to a trickle (girlfriend controls him) and has paid about $4 thousand of it back.
Before my mother died I was paying a few of her's and my stepfathers bills when they could not and when she died me and one of my other brothers paid for the funeral he had supposedly saved money for. After that he ask for money to build a deck around his double wide trailer in which I gave him $5 thousand to help get him some good material. He instead took that money and bought a used non operational RV and said he was going to fix it up and travel the country. Not long after, his trailer along with the RV burned to the ground. He bought another trailer from the insurance and ask if he could borrow more money for a deck. NO, I have since cut him off. His son, (my half brother) called me a few months back and said he (my stepfather) is not doing well (84) and we should be working out how we are going to pay for the funeral. By the way, he did not help pay for our mothers funeral because he had no money. He and his wife visit the gambling boats in Louisville about once a month and they go to Vegas twice a year. I told him it's his father and his responsibility to bury him. His response as always, "I don't have the money". I told him if you burn him I will pay half. He said that he does not want to be cremated so, I said "you're on your own then".
Oh and by the way John, those trailer stories are for you too.
You want that I should shawack him. 😉
Sad how 'family' screw you over more than strangers. Guess they figure they're entitled or since they're family you won't mind. Same has happened with me. Takes a while to learn one's lesson.
Whole family grew up poor and only 2 of us actually did better because quite frankly, we were tired of living really badly. Not saying I am wealthy because I am not but, better than most in my family.
My daughter and son in law live just a few minutes away, but my son is two hours away. That’s not all that far, so we still see him at least every month or two. Pretty blessed in that way. No grandkids yet, and may not get any. My son hasn’t married yet and says he doesn’t want kids. My daughter and her husband want kids but aren’t having any luck after trying for four years. Hope everyone is having a great day.
Sounds like a Rodney Dangerfield skit.
Yes Sir,
I am with you there. My brother and I are on good footing. (My brother doesn't know how good a footing I am on and I don't know how good a footing he is on but I know we are.) He is a retired corporate jet pilot and has a fine wife, my sister. (Never bothered with that in-law crap). I am still working and I have a fine wife, my Darling. Have a couple to a few years to go if the Lord doesn't take me home until retirement but I will work at something until I am gone.)
We can go out to eat when we want. My sister, i don't know about. It's a shame as I talk to my other brother (Ex Brother in-law) more than her. (Won't go into any details but there is no need for what is happening on that front. All one-sided and miss-guided I might add.)
In any event we are on a path to where we have it better than our parents did. I am thankful...
(My two daughters just moved out to their own places... Yeah, come to find out Ole Dad instead of seemingly having three honey-do's and two grandchildren in his home ....now has three honey-do's and two grandchildren close by and Ole dad just has to travel now to do all the work instead of doing everything at his home....sigh....)
Edit: "Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it." -
Gunny Highway
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I am the same about clothes. It would be a waste of time and money to buy anything for me. My wardrobe consists of cargo shorts, polo shirts and one pair of dress slacks for Sunday church. I also own a blazer and a couple of dress shirts. I have one pair of Wrangler jeans that I wear and 12 pairs of cowboy boots, most I have not worn in 10 or 15 years. Throw in a few "tennis shoes" and dress shoes and that is about it.
I go barefoot most of the day and I am barefoot as I type this. My clothing expense is probably less than $150 a year and that may be high. Christmas is for my grandkids no doubt
Give money, always right size and right color!!!!
Yes Sir, green seems to be in the Christmas spirit of things too Yule Tide and all, bows of holly... I have no taste anyway but they all never seem to mind.... now. With the conventional wisdom I now display using the universal Christmas Present...
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