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[Girthang]

Morning D, 43, this morning, heat kicked on for a little bit, this global warming is freezing my butt off!!!

We fixed the Brussel sprouts Saturday, over cooked them just a little, but they were still good and Mrs. M liked them. Is it just me or do they have a slight taste of fried squash?

I hope the D, has a good one and Prayers for the D!!!

It seems like we have skipped Spring, I bet when Summer gets here, it gets here with a vengeance!!!

Fried squash with a hint of broccoli flavor

 

[Girthang]

Years ago when I lived in the Atlanta area there was a Chinese restaurant that we went to a few times. Very good. One of the better Chinese joints I had been to. They got shut down by the county health dept.....found they were serving up cat on the buffet line as chicken.

One in Lexington had to close (not permanently) because they kept leaving the back door open all day. Health dept closed em. Last time I ate there was the time before I saw a cat walk in the back door on a weekday.

 

[Girthang]

Sadly, with the cyber attack and Memorial Day around the corner, I expect it to go up even more in the coming days.

The F.B.I. confirms that DarkSide, a ransomware group, was behind the hack of a major U.S. pipeline. (Published 2021)

A deputy national security adviser said that the government believed DarkSide was “a criminal actor” but was looking for any ties to nation-states.

www.nytimes.com

I have my doubts about who actually hacked it. If the agencies are pushing a culprit on the news, I will always have doubts after the corruption and politics of the past years. Any agency these days could make the hack look like whomever they wanted it to look like.

 

[wildcatdonf]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 63°F and cloudy. Rain chances increasing around 2 pm. Today's high expected reaching 79°F.

Some Latino guy pulled up in our driveway at 1:30 am this morning and started banging on the door. Wife was up. Dog came unglued. I never heard a thing. According to wife, he spoke Spanish, wanted in and pointed at North Lamar. We've got two locked doors for good reasons. He backed out of driveway and left.

Found out yesterday we're heading back to the office by September 1. We might transfer to previous location, where I worked 2010 - 2018. I can live with that.

Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.

Love those things.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Found it from Facebook. Amazed it wasn't fact-checked by now but it has not been...

(I cut down a lot of ads due to how I have my account setup. Some still get through but I have ads cut down a lot.)(My guess would be somewhere in California.) Regular here is $2.65 or so at the cheap stations.

These days are gone forever. Full service and gas about $0.19 cents a gallon.

 

[Girthang]

It was hard enough finding people to work around here before Covid-19. Most would rather live off government assistance or they can't pass a drug test. Now people are getting double +/- on unemployment than what they would from working, and you have the current situation. So the problem isn't the wearing of a mask, it's getting people to walk further than the mailbox to get a check.

You misunderstood. I wasn't talking about people that don't have jobs. I was simply making a point that people I know who have jobs aren't going back to the office until they don't have to wear a mask. Most of them said if they wouldn't wear a mask for 38-60 an hour, there's no way they'd do it in a kitchen for 12-15 an hour, especially when they're getting money to stay home.

Fcol, TEACHERS are refusing to go to work all over the country. If masks and shots worked, why are any schools still closed? Same reason other people won't go to work. They get paid anyway, and don't have to do the work they used to do.

You want to get people to work, shut off the internet

 

[BBUK]

I have my doubts about who actually hacked it. If the agencies are pushing a culprit on the news, I will always have doubts after the corruption and politics of the past years. Any agency these days could make the hack look like whomever they wanted it to look like.

On paper anyway. Yeah it happens...

 

[Girthang]

I met this guy through an ad on Craigslist for pigeons......it turns out the people in this area were really eager to separate this guy from his money........he was new to the hobby......had bunches of money.......speaks English but truthfully doesn't understand it very well.......I went to look at what he had for sale......he asked for my advice as the other pigeon people were A)interested in selling him birds at inflated prices or B) bumming pigeons from him......no one was willing to help the guy with the health problems his birds had........I am a sucker for helping people starting out in the hobby.....the more I sat and talked to him the more I liked him......he is a US citizen....been over here for 20+ years......made a bundle of money with his business.........I took him under my wing so to speak......I told him to kill every bird he had and I would help him establish a loft of racing homers that will come home from many miles......he has followed my advice pretty well....he didn't kill the birds....he started taking them 5-10 miles away......he lost all of them..........I have given him birds that have been kept pure as a family for over 55 yrs.....Most people who have any of this family of racing pigeons won't even sell a bird.......if handled properly these are some of the best of the best.......birds that will come home from distances of 500-1,000 miles...........I could sell these birds if I wanted to.......that is not my game.........I want people who want to enjoy pigeons as I have for over 60 yrs.....to be have the pleasure.........yep Pigeon buddy....who owns a Chinese place........damn good food.....but I never see any cats around his place.....I will have to ask him about that......right now he is teaching me Chinese cuss words........I want to be diverse......

This is awesome. Need to hear more stuff like this or re-read it daily. Thanks @awf

 

[wildcatdonf]

Good morning D League

Woke up to a nice morning, 68° and clear skies. Our high is expected to reach 82° and we have a 15% chance of rain. We could use a little rain down here. More than a little.

I trust all have a great day.

I put the Ant poison to one of those yesterday.

 

[Girthang]

Same here with the gas prices; right around 2.60; there's so much going on the world with the inflation (and maybe food shortages coming this summer), Jerusalem on fire, rumors of wars, etc.....much of the world seems clueless abou it. Interesting times for sure

It's truly amazing how bad things can get when a coordinated effort (collusion) takes place to make it so. We had protests over abuses worldwide just 2 years ago, but they've all been silenced after a year now. Weird

 

[wildcatdonf]

Alvin C. York.

 

[Girthang]

Good morning D League

Woke up to a nice morning, 68° and clear skies. Our high is expected to reach 82° and we have a 15% chance of rain. We could use a little rain down here. More than a little.

I trust all have a great day.

MAN! That is GORGEOUS!

We had a recurring garden guard each year when I was a kid. 6 inch black and yellow weaver that scared the snickers out of my sisters. Put up a web 3.5 feet by over 4ft and only fought hard with a praying mantis every other year or so. Been trying to find some of these beautiful garden spiders for our property, but haven't had much luck

 

[Sawnee Cat]

 

[Creed Bratton]

 

[Girthang]

Good morning! Alexa told me it was 39° this morning. I get the feeling sometimes that she doesn't even care.

Tee time @ 1109 today. Hope to equal yesterdays score, or better.

I don't remember Bob Baffert being in trouble before Rick Pitino came to town and started playing horseman. Hmmm...looks like ol Bob has got some Pitino patina on himself.

"Alexa is a harsh mistress. Siri is a mocker.."
The Sacred Techs 5:31

 

[Girthang]

I don't remember Bob Baffert being in trouble before Rick Pitino came to town and started playing horseman. Hmmm...looks like ol Bob has got some Pitino patina on himself.

I don't remember racing history that well. Did Bob Baffert win a lot before 2000?

 

[Girthang]

I have a friend that told me one time after he got married, that there was a girl he tried to date, but wouldn't give him the time of day, then after he got married, she started trying to hit on him. He ask her why wouldn't you go out with me before I got married, her answer was, before you were married you wouldn't keep your mouth shut, I figured after you were married you would!!!!! LOL!!!

An old billiards partner of mine doesn't wear his wedding ring anymore because he has more solicitations when he wears it. It's pretty sick how big of a difference it makes. I've seen it first hand to the point that I almost started to wear one when we were out.

 

[Girthang]

The Far Side was funny today, but you would have to see it to get it, But there was two young deer in the woods, one on one side of a path between some woods, so one has his head stuck thru a plaque and the one on the other side says, Ok Andy don't move, her comes MOM!!!!

One of my favorites!

 

[Girthang]

Have a great afternoon, D League! No better afternoon then one spent after a productive (and for each of us that's different) morning! Whatever you got done, I hope you did it well!

 

[Creed Bratton]

An old billiards partner of mine doesn't wear his wedding ring anymore because he has more solicitations when he wears it. It's pretty sick how big of a difference it makes. I've seen it first hand to the point that I almost started to wear one when we were out.

I can honestly say I have never cheated on my wife. Over the years there has been a couple of women who may have flirted but I never returned the attention so it went nowhere. However, for the most part that has been limited and I feel it is because maybe I neither initiated it and didn't partake in it in return if they did.

 

[wildcatdonf]

One of my favorites!

We have seen it. You can't see it too many times!!!

 

[UK_fan_41102]

 

[BBUK]

Alvin C. York.

More like Alfred E. Neuman but a good shot...

 

[wildcatdonf]

No, sir!

 

[wildcatdonf]

• Good Morning you D-Leagueanite Rapscallions and Lurkers.
• Two cups of that Green Mountain Dark Magic.
• Saw a 12 count flock of Turkey Vultures on Sunday evening. I've never seen that many at one smorgeous board before (one little squirrel.)
• No White Tails to report.
• One Shih Tsu sweetie pie.
• Gasoline nearing $3 for 87.
• Hiring price down to $9.50 at Bojangles. It was $15 not long ago.
• #3 is supposed to be home for a month soon. He is a Buck Sgt.
• No other news.
• As you were.
• Carry on.

I have my doubts about who actually hacked it. If the agencies are pushing a culprit on the news, I will always have doubts after the corruption and politics of the past years. Any agency these days could make the hack look like whomever they wanted it to look like.

How do you know that?

 

[warrior-cat]

Just got off the phone with Germany. Called my "Ersatz Mutti" (substitute momma) and wished her a happy 83rd birthday. I've known her and her family for 38 years. She's well.

That reminds me, there is a German restaurant in Lawton called "Mutti's" I used to go too and have not been in a while. Looks like a weekend lunch date coming up this weekend.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Have a great afternoon, D League! No better afternoon then one spent after a productive (and for each of us that's different) morning! Whatever you got done, I hope you did it well!

Thank you. Today has been productive and I managed to get a lot of light yard work done. Some kind of critter is tearing up our flower beds. I have no idea what it is but they are digging like crazy every night. A .22 should take care of that if I can catch them.

I just finished off a plate of tamales and now I am headed to the pool with a big plastic jar of pork skin rinds to relax the rest of the afternoon. My two favorite snacks are boiled peanuts and pork skins. They are addictive

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Thank you. Today has been productive and I managed to get a lot of light yard work done. Some kind of critter is tearing up our flower beds. I have no idea what it is but they are digging like crazy every night. A .22 should take care of that if I can catch them.

I just finished off a plate of tamales and now I am headed to the pool with a big plastic jar of pork skin rinds to relax the rest of the afternoon. My two favorite snacks are boiled peanuts and pork skins. They are addictive

Armadillos?

In Jacksonville the little turds would do anything for a grub or something like that that they were digging for. I finally killed every damned one of them.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Thank you. Today has been productive and I managed to get a lot of light yard work done. Some kind of critter is tearing up our flower beds. I have no idea what it is but they are digging like crazy every night. A .22 should take care of that if I can catch them.

I just finished off a plate of tamales and now I am headed to the pool with a big plastic jar of pork skin rinds to relax the rest of the afternoon. My two favorite snacks are boiled peanuts and pork skins. They are addictive

Best pork skins I ever had, were at a flea market in Paintsville. They would make them fresh for you. I would grab 4-5 bags before leaving every time I went.

 

[cordmaker]

Thank you. Today has been productive and I managed to get a lot of light yard work done. Some kind of critter is tearing up our flower beds. I have no idea what it is but they are digging like crazy every night. A .22 should take care of that if I can catch them.

I just finished off a plate of tamales and now I am headed to the pool with a big plastic jar of pork skin rinds to relax the rest of the afternoon. My two favorite snacks are boiled peanuts and pork skins. They are addictive

Sc, borrow a trail cam and set it up, it will show you what's doing it!!!!! Could be a skunk!!!!

 

[BBUK]

Thank you. Today has been productive and I managed to get a lot of light yard work done. Some kind of critter is tearing up our flower beds. I have no idea what it is but they are digging like crazy every night. A .22 should take care of that if I can catch them.

I just finished off a plate of tamales and now I am headed to the pool with a big plastic jar of pork skin rinds to relax the rest of the afternoon. My two favorite snacks are boiled peanuts and pork skins. They are addictive

Try some moth balls or moth crystals. A cheap try that may help...

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Armadillos?

In Jacksonville the little turds would do anything for a grub or something like that that they were digging for. I finally killed every damned one of them.

That would be my guess. I have seen several of them around. Also we are in a dry season and that makes them worse. Having a lake doesn't help the situation.

This issue just started this week and it is getting out of hand now. I have a plan. Possum on the half shell anyone ?

 

[BBUK]

That would be my guess. I have seen several of them around. Also we are in a dry season and that makes them worse. Having a lake doesn't help the situation.

This is issue just started this week and it is getting out of hand now. I have a plan. Possum on the half shell anyone ?

Better than a darned gizzard...

 

[Sawnee Cat]

 

[bertfan31]

Same here with the gas prices; right around 2.60; there's so much going on the world with the inflation (and maybe food shortages coming this summer), Jerusalem on fire, rumors of wars, etc.....much of the world seems clueless abou it. Interesting times for sure

What? Food shortages? Jerusalem on fire? Rumors of war? Ha Ha, this clueless bastard don't know nuttin bout nun o dat! Now that I've realized that common sense is detrimental to our society, I don't give two shits about nothing that happens outside my yard or my golf course.

Screw it all. I tried.

It is a warm 12.778°C with a high expected of 19.444°.

I mowed yesterday. This time of year I mow every three to four days just so I will not have such windrows of hay. I mow at 3.5" so that if rain delays me for a couple days I can go to 4" for a mowing and then drop down to 3.75" the next time and then back to 3.5". I gotter figured out!



It is a warm 55.0°F with a high expected of 67°.

Very detailed description Bert. Have you ever thought of writing lawn porn?

 

[AustinTXCat]

Got a text around 3 pm regarding costs for that 15-minute phone call I made to Germany this morning. T-Mobile billing me $51.00 for the call. Looks like I'll contact their customer service in a few.

 

[bertfan31]

Got a text around 3 pm regarding costs for that 15-minute phone call I made to Germany this morning. T-Mobile billing me $51.00 for the call. Looks like I'll contact their customer service in a few.

So, your brain instructed your vocal cords to manipulate the air in such a way as to convey your message to an entity 5000 miles away at basically the speed of light, and you in return were able to hear her voice with the same clarity and timeliness. Yet you want to complain about the cost?

What a pampered society we've become. I would gladly pay twice your money for that call. I would use you money for other things as well. But for that call. Double.

 

[BBUK]

No One, I repeat No One, has an agenda in this thread!!!


I had to post this to keep the new "thread agenda tax" at bay...

 

[UK82]

This is the last year I pay for Amazon Prime service. $120/yr. for 3-5 day delivery on most items these days. The music and video package that comes with it isn't worth it either. Screw Amazon!

 

[bertfan31]

This is the last year I pay for Amazon Prime service. $120/yr. for 3-5 day delivery on most items these days. The music and video package that comes with it isn't worth it either. Screw Amazon!

Gonna keep it. When I log into Amazon it thinks that I'm my wife. Bastard lets me order anything I want and charges it to the card. Not my card. THE card. It shows up on my porch and no one says a word about it.

I love Amazon almost as much as I enjoy my white privilege.