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Guess who. I spent many Saturday morning watching him

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Sorry to hear about Tom T Hall, pride of Olive Hill.

For whatever reason a lot of men from his home town got into pipeline work —Pipeliners Local 798 —during his generation, as my dad did. I worked with guys from that town from Alaska to Montana, Utah and other points west. Some of them knew Tom T and his family and all said he was a decent guy.

My favorite song of his is Clayton Delaney
 
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Anybody else have in-law, 'step' family members where you just would like to hide for the day?
Tight lipped with not much to say?
In-law, 'steps' who come in...take over....everything has to be their way? Eat/grill what they want to eat/grill?
I'm having a ball.
Y'all have a good evening. Wish I could join you. 😟
 

This is about 10 minutes from me. No electric and highway blocked in both directions but we are dry. Some areas saw up to 11 inches of rain in a little over 12 hours here in Middle Tennessee.
Did it rain a lot in the Nashville area? My oldest son lives there now. He's an absolute weather nut (he should have been a meteorologist) but I haven't heard anything from him. But I've been busy and so has he this weekend.
 
Anybody else have in-law, 'step' family members where you just would like to hide for the day?
Tight lipped with not much to say?
In-law, 'steps' who come in...take over....everything has to be their way? Eat/grill what they want to eat/grill?
I'm having a ball.
Y'all have a good evening. Wish I could join you. 😟
I would like to say no...but...
 
Sorry to hear about Tom T Hall, pride of Olive Hill.

For whatever reason a lot of men from his home town got into pipeline work —Pipeliners Local 798 —during his generation, as my dad did. I worked with guys from that town from Alaska to Montana, Utah and other points west. Some of them knew Tom T and his family and all said he was a decent guy.

My favorite song of his is Clayton Delaney
Man that brings back memory’s. That’s one of my favorites also.
 
Good Sunday morning D-League.

The weather at this moment is 74° and the sun is rising. We will have sunny skies today and a high of 86°. Humidity is 64% and the UV Index is 9 out of 10. A slight chance of rain at 15%. So a very nice weather day.

I trust none of our D League have friends or family still in Afghanistan. 7 were killed last night . I never thought America would admit they did not know how many Americans were in any part of the world. I thought that is one reason we had passports.

Enough of that, I read Micah 5

And now for another cup of coffee, take care all.

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Good Sunday morning to all.

Busy day yesterday. Another large cookout with a bunch of people. Paying for it this morning. Foot is aching from being on it too long.....and all on sandals....which I guess is stupid. After 5-6 weeks since the foundation rock fell over on it you (I) would think that it would be healing up nicely. Doesn't feel like.

Today looks like a repeat of the last few. Mid 60s now headed up to 89 or 90. Depends on which service you use. One shows chance of t'storms for a couple days this week...one app shows no chance of rain for the rest of the month. Hope it's wrong....we really need some rain.

Absolutely nothing on the docket today. Cracker Barrel takeout for lunch...their boneless fried chicken...think they call it Sunday Chicken. Good stuff.

Y'all have a happy, safe, and healthy Lord's Day.
 
Good morning D-League. Out for a morning walk in Philadelphia while my wife sleeps off the effects of an extra lemon martini at the elegant French restaurant where we celebrated #25 last night.

This is such a lovely city. But the casualties of the heroin/crack brigades are laying and squatting about everywhere. It’s hard to reconcile in this historic, beautiful city in the richest country in human history.

All I can come up with is that both the splendor and the wretchedness are the result of giving people as much freedom as possible. Some will use it to build skyscrapers and some to wreck their lives and sleep on the sidewalks.

Heading back to wake Sleeping Beauty and have a nice brunch before returning to DC. A happy Sunday to all.
 
Good morning D-League. Out for a morning walk in Philadelphia while my wife sleeps off the effects of an extra lemon martini at the elegant French restaurant where we celebrated #25 last night.

This is such a lovely city. But the casualties of the heroin/crack brigades are laying and squatting about everywhere. It’s hard to reconcile in this historic, beautiful city in the richest country in human history.

All I can come up with is that both the splendor and the wretchedness are the result of giving people as much freedom as possible. Some will use it to build skyscrapers and some to wreck their lives and sleep on the sidewalks.

Heading back to wake Sleeping Beauty and have a nice brunch before returning to DC. A happy Sunday to all.
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Good morning D-League. Out for a morning walk in Philadelphia while my wife sleeps off the effects of an extra lemon martini at the elegant French restaurant where we celebrated #25 last night.

This is such a lovely city. But the casualties of the heroin/crack brigades are laying and squatting about everywhere. It’s hard to reconcile in this historic, beautiful city in the richest country in human history.

All I can come up with is that both the splendor and the wretchedness are the result of giving people as much freedom as possible. Some will use it to build skyscrapers and some to wreck their lives and sleep on the sidewalks.

Heading back to wake Sleeping Beauty and have a nice brunch before returning to DC. A happy Sunday to all.
A belated happy 25th. Wishing you many, many more.

Homeless problem: I see this problem every day. In fact, multiple instances daily. Agree about affording as much freedom as possible. It seems the only time I can't find homeless on the streets is during freezes. Unsure an easy solution exists.
 
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Good morning from ATX. Currently 75°F and partly cloudy. Heading to 97°F or so later today. Still under triple-digits. We'll take it.

Sorted through lots of parts yesterday. Threw some out. Taking a few pictures for Craigslist later after a walk and shopping. Memory prices somewhat intrigued me. Old scrap DIMMS (Dual Inline Memory Modules) sell for about $1 each + shipping due to amount of gold on the contacts. Got around 40 or so. Much more stuff. I might sell on Ebay again. We'll see.

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

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Good Sunday morning to all.

Busy day yesterday. Another large cookout with a bunch of people. Paying for it this morning. Foot is aching from being on it too long.....and all on sandals....which I guess is stupid. After 5-6 weeks since the foundation rock fell over on it you (I) would think that it would be healing up nicely. Doesn't feel like.

Today looks like a repeat of the last few. Mid 60s now headed up to 89 or 90. Depends on which service you use. One shows chance of t'storms for a couple days this week...one app shows no chance of rain for the rest of the month. Hope it's wrong....we really need some rain.

Absolutely nothing on the docket today. Cracker Barrel takeout for lunch...their boneless fried chicken...think they call it Sunday Chicken. Good stuff.

Y'all have a happy, safe, and healthy Lord's Day.
Went to our local Cracker Barrel for supper yesterday about 5:30. They were out of carrots for the night and got the smallest piece of meatloaf I've ever had a restaurant. I guess it was partly because of lack of help, but it's one of the worst CB's I've seen. They've been out of biscuits before. I think all CB's have gone down hill though.
 
Good morning from ATX. Currently 75°F and partly cloudy. Heading to 97°F or so later today. Still under triple-digits. We'll take it.

Sorted through lots of parts yesterday. Threw some out. Taking a few pictures for Craigslist later after a walk and shopping. Memory prices somewhat intrigued me. Old scrap DIMMS (Dual Inline Memory Modules) sell for about $1 each + shipping due to amount of gold on the contacts. Got around 40 or so. Much more stuff. I might sell on Ebay again. We'll see.

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

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Went to our local Cracker Barrel for supper yesterday about 5:30. They were out of carrots for the night and got the smallest piece of meatloaf I've ever had a restaurant. I guess it was partly because of lack of help, but it's one of the worst CB's I've seen. They've been out of biscuits before. I think all CB's have gone down hill though.
If the prices were still the same perhaps the size of meatloaf has to do with the price of meat these days.
 
Morning folks. It is a humid, cloudy 77.0°F here. We got 1.5" of rain last night between 7:30 and 9:00. It really came down hard at times.

Congrats on 25 years MdWildcat. Have a safe trip back to DC.

Who were the folks that made such bad choices last November in the election?
 
A belated happy 25th. Wishing you many, many more.

Homeless problem: I see this problem every day. In fact, multiple instances daily. Agree about affording as much freedom as possible. It seems the only time I can't find homeless on the streets is during freezes. Unsure an easy solution exists.

Before the Biden debacle there was the Carter debacle. Thank him for the homeless. There used to be halfway houses but dear Jimmy thought it beneath the dignity of those who did not have the faculties to take care of their daily "requirements" but could reasonably take care of themselves. Many had money but just didn't pay what they owed so they lived in halfway houses.

Why do I know this for fact? My grandma was in that category. Near the end of her life this started. How horrible for these type people who then really began to suffer....the Carter doctrine. Should have never left peanut farming. The world would be a better place.

Oh, defend your love, never be ashamed of loving. Give freely the love God has given you. Share it and embrace it. God Loves You. God Bless you all ..
 
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Went to our local Cracker Barrel for supper yesterday about 5:30. They were out of carrots for the night and got the smallest piece of meatloaf I've ever had a restaurant. I guess it was partly because of lack of help, but it's one of the worst CB's I've seen. They've been out of biscuits before. I think all CB's have gone down hill though.
I wonder if it is because of their inability to get good staff and the cost of doing business going through the roof.

Inflation is going to completely alter our lifestyle. I have noticed the products in our grocery stories are coming in smaller boxes. The prices go up and the amount of product goes down.

I am trying to stay away from national chains and fast food restaurants. Also places like Home Depot and Walmart. I will spend my money on local business from this point on in my life. At least as long as they exist because the squeeze is on.
 
I wonder if it is because of their inability to get good staff and the cost of doing business going through the roof.

Inflation is going to completely alter our lifestyle. I have noticed the products in our grocery stories are coming in smaller boxes. The prices goes up and the amount of product goes down.

I am trying to stay away from national chains and fast food restaurants. Also places like Home Depot and Walmart. I will spend my money on local business from this point on in my life. At least as long as they exist because the squeeze is on.
A lot of truth with this. The product I manufacture used to go to mostly mom and pop furniture stores. Moms and pops were also the middlemen who bought from me and distributed to the stores. Despite their bs, the big chain stores depend on china and the mom and pop businesses go away.
 
Happy Anniversary @MdWIldcat55 . Praying for many more.


I have noticed the products in our grocery stories are coming in smaller boxes.
It always amazed me at how few people noticed the smaller packages during the Obama years. Cereal, ice cream, etc. Price would stay the same but the package would be 10-20% smaller. Actual inflation but nobody noticed because the price remained the same.
 
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