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[UK82]

Masks are back in full force here and it's only a matter of time before the mandates kick back in. I actually saw a lady wearing a mask in her own yard. What's with these people wearing masks while walking outside alone ? Or alone in their car? Blows my mind. I'm not wearing one unless I have to. Unfortunately, all medical facilities require them and I take the folks to multiple doctors.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

So we compromised by him agreeing to get a degree at UK first, then go if he still wanted, maybe to OCS.

I've got a nephew who went to college, got a degree with honors and then joined the Army. Not OCS...buck private. Said he wanted to 'earn it'...whatever 'earn it' means to him. Have no idea if he's planning on an Army career or not. But me personally, I would have gone the OCS route if I wanted to join after college.
But he walks to a different drumbeat. He went into bomb squad (don't know the Army technical name for it).
Been to A'ghan twice...hope he's not there now. Worked security with Secret Service when Trump was Prez.
Most of the time his Mom and Dad have no idea where he's at. For whatever reason it seems to be top secret.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Good morning D-League. It's currently 70° and overcast here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring sunny skies to start, with clouds moving in later, and a high of 90°.

Everyone stay safe on this Friday.

 

[berniecarbo]

I've got a nephew who went to college, got a degree with honors and then joined the Army. Not OCS...buck private. Said he wanted to 'earn it'...whatever 'earn it' means to him. Have no idea if he's planning on an Army career or not. But me personally, I would have gone the OCS route if I wanted to join after college.
But he walks to a different drumbeat. He went into bomb squad (don't know the Army technical name for it).
Been to A'ghan twice...hope he's not there now. Worked security with Secret Service when Trump was Prez.
Most of the time his Mom and Dad have no idea where he's at. For whatever reason it seems to be top secret.

I had a top secret clearance way back when. It probably means that he is around something the gov has been lying about and doesn't want it to get out. (or at least is hiding, doesn't have to be dangerous)

 

[Girthang]

I'm sure it occurred to everyone here, but I'll mention it anyway.

If the goal WASN'T to completely fudge this withdrawal, none of this would have been done this way. They wanted it to look and turn out this bad or there were plenty of ways to do it differently. All they had to do was start bringing people out before they ever announced a thing.

How many people will they traffic? How many terrorists will they smuggle into this country and others? Now they have their war and carnage just like before. Need to bring back the firing squads and court martial the people responsible for putting our people and soldiers in harm's way. The needless deaths of our soldiers is on their heads.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

I used to go camp and play music at Cades Cove......there was a gitar player who always had some of the smoothest moonshine in the world......he made some called apple pie......I know where a stash of it is.......I call it the truth serum......only brought out for very special occasions........aged and smooth.......

I have a cousin who makes apple pie. Sherry loves it, but it does not bring the truth out of her.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

It is 77.4°F and sunny in my old kentucky home. We are supposed to get to 89° for a high but I am betting into the 90's with a 40% chance of rain.

Joe Biden has blood on his hands, none of this crap was necessary. I have never seen a President like him. He is on bone headed dude. Yesterday he was blaming the pullout on Trump. Geeze!

My son graduated college and worked for 4 years and then joined the Army and became an officer through OCS. He stayed in the guard for 20 years and would have stayed 30 but his wife wanted him out. After getting out he worked with a contractor to the Pentagon. He still has his Top Secret Clearance for the next few years. He got it just renewed (I think it is for 5 years?) before he left the contractor. So Norton Hospital has a top secret man now working for them!

 

[blubo]

I mentioned the Flying Tigers the other day. Not sure how many of you are familiar with them. They were not actually part of the military and were bounty hunters of a sort. They were still around in the Nam days shuttling people and equipment. Quite a group.

The Flying Tigers over China, 1942 - Rare Historical Photos

The Flying Tigers were a group of American fighter pilots that flew over China skies in 1942. In this photo the squad is flying in close formation.

rarehistoricalphotos.com

A good read about boyington. he received the medal of honor and navy cross and was in a japanese pow camp with louis zamperini: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappy_Boyington

 

[cordmaker]

Good morning D, still heart broken over what happened to our service men!!! I have now words for it except, that did not have to happen and some people are just shrugging it off!!!!

We had a heavy downpour at 9:30 last night, lasted about 15 minutes, 04" of rain!!!

Taking some homemade peanut butter ice cream(and a Gala apple) to a friend of ours who had surgery.

I hope the D has a great day and Prayers for the D!!!!

If any of the D ever needs some type of plant that they want to grow on a fence line or trellis, find you some Hummingbird vines, it's amazing how fast it grows and spreads!!! Hummingbirds sure do like it. We have been watching it and it grows close to a foot a day! Has red blooms on it!!!

 

[blubo]

Good morning D, still heart broken over what happened to our service men!!! I have now words for it except, that did not have to happen and some people are just shrugging it off!!!!

We had a heavy downpour at 9:30 last night, lasted about 15 minutes, 04" of rain!!!

Taking some homemade peanut butter ice cream(and a Gala apple) to a friend of ours who had surgery.

I hope the D has a great day and Prayers for the D!!!!

If any of the D ever needs some type of plant that they want to grow on a fence line or trellis, find you some Hummingbird vines, it's amazing how fast it grows and spreads!!! Hummingbirds sure do like it. We have been watching it and it grows close to a foot a day! Has red blooms on it!!!

If you’re talking about trumpet vine you better be certain you really like it. i planted some years ago and a few years later decided we wanted to replace it so i dug all of it up. it kept sprouting all over. roots are strong and run deep. it took me a couple of years to completely get rid of it.

 

[cordmaker]

If you’re talking about trumpet vine you better be certain you really like it. i planted some years ago and a few years later decided we wanted to replace it so i dug all of it up. it kept sprouting all over. roots are strong and run deep. it took me a couple of years to completely get rid of it.

Not sure blubo, but I looked up hummingbird vine and it showed Cypress Vine. I had it on a fence before I took it down and it does just keep coming back. I pull it up but, we just keep a few growing for the hummingbirds.

 

[berniecarbo]

Talking about vines! You guys have any in your part of the state? We have spots that are pretty bad here.

Kudzu: The Invasive Vine that Ate the South

Kudzu looks innocent enough yet the invasive plant easily overtakes trees, abandoned homes and telephone poles.

www.nature.org

 

[cordmaker]

Talking about vines! You guys have any in your part of the state? We have spots that are pretty bad here.

Kudzu: The Invasive Vine that Ate the South

Kudzu looks innocent enough yet the invasive plant easily overtakes trees, abandoned homes and telephone poles.

www.nature.org

We have some close to us, but they have done something, because it's not as bad as it use to be.

 

[awf]

Good morning D, still heart broken over what happened to our service men!!! I have now words for it except, that did not have to happen and some people are just shrugging it off!!!!

We had a heavy downpour at 9:30 last night, lasted about 15 minutes, 04" of rain!!!

Taking some homemade peanut butter ice cream(and a Gala apple) to a friend of ours who had surgery.

I hope the D has a great day and Prayers for the D!!!!

If any of the D ever needs some type of plant that they want to grow on a fence line or trellis, find you some Hummingbird vines, it's amazing how fast it grows and spreads!!! Hummingbirds sure do like it. We have been watching it and it grows close to a foot a day! Has red blooms on it!!!

I planted some of that stuff one time.....took five years before I killed it all out.......but you are right.....you can watch it grow.........

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Remember this girl?

 

[BBUK]

Speaking of Biscuits and gravy and sausage, I made a mess this late morning. Turned out just fine... Went down even better. Been a long while since I had gravy. I still got it and my youngest confirmed it.

Oh, Bless you all this Friday. Enjoy your time out and realize you have a haven to come back to. Be thankful, God Bless you all...

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

Talking about vines! You guys have any in your part of the state? We have spots that are pretty bad here.

Kudzu: The Invasive Vine that Ate the South

Kudzu looks innocent enough yet the invasive plant easily overtakes trees, abandoned homes and telephone poles.

www.nature.org

Anybody that lives or did live in the Deep South knows all about kudzu. And I lived about 20 years in Georgia.
Don't know about today, but I remember talking to some people in the Georgia DOT and they said there was nothing that would kill it. Had a cousin who lived for a few years in Gainesville, Ga. and he had a line of kudzu growing in a field at the back of his backyard. He too said you could watch it grow daily....had to basically trim/cut it back everyday.

 

[berniecarbo]

Anybody that lives or did live in the Deep South knows all about kudzu. And I lived about 20 years in Georgia.
Don't know about today, but I remember talking to some people in the Georgia DOT and they said there was nothing that would kill it. Had a cousin who lived for a few years in Gainesville, Ga. and he had a line of kudzu growing in a field at the back of his backyard. He too said you could watch it grow daily....had to basically trim/cut it back everyday.

Unless my sketchy memory fails me, I read somewhere that the main root grows like 20 feet deep and you'd have to dig it out with a backhoe.

 

[berniecarbo]

I knew I saw 20 feet somewhere. This article confirms it.

KUDZU, ROOT OF ALL EVIL, IS DIVINE FOR JAPANESE

It’s the weed that ate Dixie, a voracious vine capable of growing a foot a day. In the past 60 years it has buried an estimated 7 million acres of Southern real estate beneath its dense, leaf…

www.orlandosentinel.com

 

[BBUK]

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[AustinTXCat]

How about them ladies. Go Cats!

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

We good folks of Smiths Grove got 1.34" of rain this afternoon. I don't know who paid the pastor, but they must have really greased the skids!

 

[MdWIldcat55]

We good folks of Smiths Grove got 1.34" of rain this afternoon. I don't know who paid the pastor, but they must have really greased the skids!

We just had a regular turd floater ourselves. I don't know how many inches but it was the rare rain for this part of the country that at its heaviest made it almost impossible to drive. Smart people were pulling over and even I slowed to a crawl. After about ten minutes my phone started getting those flash flood warnings, so lots of volume. I'm hoping that takes all the humidity out of the air through the weekend.

 

[vhcat70]

Talking about vines! You guys have any in your part of the state? We have spots that are pretty bad here.

Kudzu: The Invasive Vine that Ate the South

Kudzu looks innocent enough yet the invasive plant easily overtakes trees, abandoned homes and telephone poles.

www.nature.org

Coming north on I75, I see it on sides of road till a little north of Corbin. Nowhere in NKy that I know of, or even in Lex.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

We good folks of Smiths Grove got 1.34" of rain this afternoon. I don't know who paid the pastor, but they must have really greased the skids!

We received a strong rain storm about 3:00 PM. Very strong winds. There was a beach ball in our pool and the wind picked it up and blew it out of the pool. ?????? That was a first for my eyes.

The little hurricane is forming just South of us and we might get a little of that as it passes by. It is suppose to head to South Louisiana near New Orleans.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

Anybody who has had an older brother remember when you were little and his friends would come over to the house and you wanted to be a part of the group, but was either ignored or told to scram.
My brother (7 yrs older) had dinner last night with some old H.S. friends, a couple who came in from out of town. He was telling me on the phone a little while ago about the dinner...where people lived now...what they had done (all retired now). Some of the names were familiar. When I couldn't remember, it was 'sure you do, remember the time he came over and .....'
Anyway he was telling me that one of the guy's son is now a NFL referee. Scheduled to work the Steelers game (tonight?) Was a SEC ref before going to the NFL. Lives in Nashville and I think he went to EKU.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

The little hurricane is forming just South of us and we might get a little of that as it passes by. It is suppose to head to South Louisiana near New Orleans.

Another example of the media talking up a weather event that's not that bad?

New Orleans evacuates as Hurricane Ida expected to strengthen to Category 4 with 140 mph winds

Ida could make landfall as a category 4 hurricane on Sunday when it hits the Gulf Coast with maximum winds of 140 mph, according to the latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center.

www.foxnews.com

 

[BBUK]

We just had a regular turd floater ourselves. I don't know how many inches but it was the rare rain for this part of the country that at its heaviest made it almost impossible to drive. Smart people were pulling over and even I slowed to a crawl. After about ten minutes my phone started getting those flash flood warnings, so lots of volume. I'm hoping that takes all the humidity out of the air through the weekend.

We didn't get a drop though I did hear the thunder a few times (Just heard some so may get a little rain too)... I imagine you and I live less than 20 miles apart as the crow flies.

(Edit; Raining now pretty "goodly")

 

[BBUK]

Anybody who has had an older brother remember when you were little and his friends would come over to the house and you wanted to be a part of the group, but was either ignored or told to scram.
My brother (7 yrs older) had dinner last night with some old H.S. friends, a couple who came in from out of town. He was telling me on the phone a little while ago about the dinner...where people lived now...what they had done (all retired now). Some of the names were familiar. When I couldn't remember, it was 'sure you do, remember the time he came over and .....'
Anyway he was telling me that one of the guy's son is now a NFL referee. Scheduled to work the Steelers game (tonight?) Was a SEC ref before going to the NFL. Lives in Nashville and I think he went to EKU.

Yes Sir, My brother is 9 years and 51 weeks older than me. He was real good to me growing up though but as I did, he moved out when he was 16. We really only had about five years together growing up but I remember them. Still thankful as my Brother was a good brother and still is... I used to be the part-time drummer for their band. "Them From Down Under" I will never forget that..

 

[BBUK]

We just had a regular turd floater ourselves. I don't know how many inches but it was the rare rain for this part of the country that at its heaviest made it almost impossible to drive. Smart people were pulling over and even I slowed to a crawl. After about ten minutes my phone started getting those flash flood warnings, so lots of volume. I'm hoping that takes all the humidity out of the air through the weekend.

Jerry Clower called it a Frog strangler...

 

[awf]

We haven had enough rain to wet the driveway today....

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Jerry Clower called it a Frog strangler...

After a heavy rain around here frogs come out and they get so loud my wife puts on ear plugs. We have been woken up in the middle of the night as they serenade nature.

 

[cordmaker]

Jerry Clower called it a Frog strangler...

Didn't get much here so, we must have had a tadpole choker.

 

[BBUK]

Didn't get much here so, we must have had a tadpole choker.

TMI Sir...

 

[berniecarbo]

Guys, I'm going to post a version of this on the political thread, but I consider you friends, so it goes a little stronger in here. Things could get bad with all these refugees from Afghan and for our troops over there. I'm no one special, but I have heard things from a trusted source. We already knew it, but the whole Afghan withdrawal has been a set up situation. If you are not prepared, now for things to get worse, do so.

 

[BBUK]

Guys, I'm going to post a version of this on the political thread, but I consider you friends, so it goes a little stronger in here. Things could get bad with all these refugees from Afghan and for our troops over there. I'm no one special, but I have heard things from a trusted source. We already knew it, but the whole Afghan withdrawal has been a set up situation. If you are not prepared, now for things to get worse, do so.

Yeah, I have been fortunate to be able to ramp up my resources. I actually have a BIL that set me up in a good way. He is coming for a visit in October and I am then supposed to have one of those Biden hated "14's"....

 

[UK82]

We haven had enough rain to wet the driveway today....

Don't you live in Fern Creek? We got soaked in St. Matthews. Plenty of thunder and lightning too. Not complaining.

 

[starchief5]

Yeah, Cades Cove definitely scenic. Close friend of mine visits CC 1-2x yearly. Her and her husband drive up from FL.

Watch for bears. I can't emphasize this point enough. We're noticing those critters coming out from Cumberland Gap National Park during my past few visits back home. Old Mill also recommended.

Huge issue with Pigeon Forge is commercialization. I mean, WTF is a Titanic museum doing out at the foot of the Smokey Mountains? And a transplanted crime museum? Please.

I ran all over those mountains around there growing up. Animals I never heard of anyone ever seeing were bears, mountain lions or coyotes (or Bigfoot). I guess they are around now though. Did accidentally stumble across moonshiners though.

 

[starchief5]

Went to the dermatologist today. I thought I was going to look like this guy after he got done spraying me.

 

[AustinTXCat]

I ran all over those mountains around there growing up. Animals I never heard of anyone ever seeing were bears, mountain lions or coyotes (or Bigfoot). I guess they are around now though. Did accidentally stumble across moonshiners though.

Honestly, I can't believe bears have been coming around either. We saw tail-end of one bear running off after it rummaged through a neighbor's trash can last year out in Shawanee. Dogs went nuts. Not real big, maybe 200 lbs or so by my rough guess. More sightings here lately. Yellow bear signs been up for a few years on Hwy 58 as the road merges into 25E.

Speaking of wildlife, whitetail deer are becoming real pests back there. They herd around and get into gardens. Many more car hits these days than back years ago. Fewer hunters and more encroachment by new housing are probably the main causes.