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[Backer cutter]

Good evening D, good report today, my doctor told me after a few x-rays that everything looks good with my hips, he thinks it's a muscle issue, told me give it another month.

So the doctor walks in today with his assistant, shakes hands with me and Mrs. M and says, your my patient that worked in explosives right I said yes sir, he turns to his assistant and says I told you so!!!!! Kind of make a fellow feel good that he remembers where I worked after all this time. As I was leaving, I said since you remember me, how many more do you have that worked with explosives, he said I was the only one I have ever met! I remember the first time I went to him, we talked for over 30 minutes about everything I did with my job before we ever got to what was wrong with me!!!!

Read 20!

Have I ever told you how much I hate crackheads!!!!! I ought to be a law that if you rent to them, you must live next to them!!!!!

Have a great evening D and Prayers for the D!!!!

Guns, I have 3 pistols, 380, 38 and a H&R 939 22.I know it's a cheap one but it a beautiful pistol with an odd shaped barrel. A Remington 222 that is a great varmint gun, Rem double barrel 20 and 12 gauged pump. I also have my DAD'S 22 rifle that is really old!!! I also have a brother that reloads everything!!!!

Good to hear you are doing better Cord. Bet you are chomping at the bits to detect! Hopefully you can soon.

 

[warrior-cat]

Came home crying to my Dad that Tony had beat me up. He got pissed and told me that if Tony was bigger than me then pick up a stick or a board and beat him with it. If Tony was smaller than me then I needed to learn to fight, but either way do not come to see him again about somebody beating me up. We were all around 12 and he was 16 and probably bigger than I ever became. He came back later and I ended up beating him pretty bad with a broomstick. His parents came to see my parents. He never came around anymore.

Dude, you are a picky eater. We all see it. Consider this an intervention. Errybody likes gumbo!

It hasn't happened at my wife's new office yet, but at the old one whenever one of the ladies was having a birthday at work, they would request some kind of dessert and I would make it for them.

I wouldn't do their dishes or windows though!

They are going to have to pay better to get someone to do it. People have been given a taste of money for nothing, checks for free now and it will be hard to get them to go back to work.

82 and I used to go to the same bars, concerts, Belvedere events, fireworks shows, Catholic picnics, state fairs, and I bet he was even there when they fired off that damn fountain. He probably spilled a beer on me at one time or another.

For some reason I just took to singing this song while I was composing this social media post to me E friends on the D!

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I don't know how or why I know this song but I sang right along to it. Help me remember.

I eats what I like man. But yeah, kind of picky.

 

[warrior-cat]

Good stories Backer.
All this gun talk got me thinking of the best rifle I ever had -- for about three weeks.
In the first days of the Ground War during Desert Storm, February 1991, I was with a scout patrol of the Big Red One. Iraqis were surrendering in droves, and an Iraqi Captain walked up to me and handed me his AK-47. It was a beautiful weapon (see below) finely grained wood and a bayonet that flipped under when not in use. I fooled around and learned how to take it apart -- as I recall it only has something like 17 parts.

Anyway, I wanted to get it home. But the Saudis let it be known that anyone caught smuggling guns out of the country would go immediately to jail, and stay there indefinitely. I'd been overseas for seven months and couldn't bear the idea of being stuck in an Arab lock-up. Meanwhile, a network TV producer had let it be known he'd buy any battlefield guns -- they had a license from the Saudis to ship back tons of equipment unchecked.

So I sold it to the guy for $500 -- and still regret it. Would love to have it on my wall.

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They (the Iraqi's) were surrendering everywhere. They knew they were outmatched. The only reason some stayed was because of the Republican Guard Force.

 

[BBUK]

You need the 155mm to protect the front door!

Or one of the Warriors celebratory UK Football Howitzer's...

 

[UK82]

I tried watching Laugh-In reruns again on Amazon and it's the same result. Awful. How the hell did I think it was so funny back then. Of course it was a different time and I was young but still...... Really bad.

 

[BBUK]

I tried watching Laugh-In reruns again on Amazon and it's the same result. Awful. How the hell did I think it was so funny back then. Of course it was a different time and I was young but still...... Really bad.

Goldie...

 

[UK82]

Goldie...

Well now they did have that going for them.

 

[BBUK]

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[BBUK]

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 78°F and muggy. Humid. 5-15 MPH wind from south. 50% rain chance. Flash flood watch in effect. Today's high may reach 88°F.

Pup woke me again early this morning. Took her out so she could take care of business. She's slowly getting better.

Happy Hump Day.

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

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Good morning D-League. It's currently 61° and partly cloudy here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring a mix of clouds and sun and a high of 78°.

Everyone stay safe on this hump day.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Good Morning on this the 13th day of October in the year 2021. We made it this far.

We have a pleasant morning with a current temperature of 69° and a high expected around 85°. The Sun will be shinning.

I did quite a bit of yard work yesterday and added a little color outside with some mums and a few Desert Roses. My wife like them. Bones are hurting but the coffee is mending the soreness.

Tonight we head down to Clearwater to see "The Monkees" I am going for family unity. I was not into that music when it was popular but my children watched them on TV. My daughter and family will meet us there to attend "The Final Tour: I think they started in the 1960's and a few of them have already passed away. It should be a fun evening because they advertised they will play all of the oldies and they did have some huge hits back then. Fun times.

Take care all. Read Matthew 20

 

[Sawnee Cat]

To get ready for tonight I am going to listen to a few Monkee songs. How about a railroad train song. That should wake me up as I pour another cup of coffee. See you in Clarksville

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good evening D, good report today, my doctor told me after a few x-rays that everything looks good with my hips, he thinks it's a muscle issue, told me give it another month.

So the doctor walks in today with his assistant, shakes hands with me and Mrs. M and says, your my patient that worked in explosives right I said yes sir, he turns to his assistant and says I told you so!!!!! Kind of make a fellow feel good that he remembers where I worked after all this time. As I was leaving, I said since you remember me, how many more do you have that worked with explosives, he said I was the only one I have ever met! I remember the first time I went to him, we talked for over 30 minutes about everything I did with my job before we ever got to what was wrong with me!!!!

Read 20!

Have I ever told you how much I hate crackheads!!!!! I ought to be a law that if you rent to them, you must live next to them!!!!!

Have a great evening D and Prayers for the D!!!!

Guns, I have 3 pistols, 380, 38 and a H&R 939 22.I know it's a cheap one but it a beautiful pistol with an odd shaped barrel. A Remington 222 that is a great varmint gun, Rem double barrel 20 and 12 gauged pump. I also have my DAD'S 22 rifle that is really old!!! I also have a brother that reloads everything!!!!

Hope you feel better soon.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning D-League. Out for a walk on a cool morning in fairly dense fog. I love the atmosphere around here as we get deeper into October.

There are unlimited ghost stories associated with DC and with little towns up in the Shenandoah Valley. And lots of towns around here have Fall or Apple festivals this month. It’s a fun season.

I hope you all are having a good week.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

@starchief5

 

[UK82]

Good morning D-League. Out for a walk on a cool morning in fairly dense fog. I love the atmosphere around here as we get deeper into October.

There are unlimited ghost stories associated with DC and with little towns up in the Shenandoah Valley. And lots of towns around here have Fall or Apple festivals this month. It’s a fun season.

I hope you all are having a good week.

It is a fun season. My wife loves ghost hunting shows and did the overnight tour of the Waverly Hills Sanitorium several years ago. Supposedly one of the most haunted places on Earth. I'm skeptical though. One of the shows, might have been Ghost Hunters, actually did a live broadcast from there on Halloween night about 5 years ago. It was a bust.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good stories Backer.
All this gun talk got me thinking of the best rifle I ever had -- for about three weeks.
In the first days of the Ground War during Desert Storm, February 1991, I was with a scout patrol of the Big Red One. Iraqis were surrendering in droves, and an Iraqi Captain walked up to me and handed me his AK-47. It was a beautiful weapon (see below) finely grained wood and a bayonet that flipped under when not in use. I fooled around and learned how to take it apart -- as I recall it only has something like 17 parts.

Anyway, I wanted to get it home. But the Saudis let it be known that anyone caught smuggling guns out of the country would go immediately to jail, and stay there indefinitely. I'd been overseas for seven months and couldn't bear the idea of being stuck in an Arab lock-up. Meanwhile, a network TV producer had let it be known he'd buy any battlefield guns -- they had a license from the Saudis to ship back tons of equipment unchecked.

So I sold it to the guy for $500 -- and still regret it. Would love to have it on my wall.

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Ha ha. Well done. There were weapons all over the place. By the way, Cold War-era East German variants are the best AKs.

Good friend, who served with me over there, brought back a Makarov pistol he took off an Iraqi officer. He hid the pistol in a fuel tank. Heh, never get caught with captured weapons. One guy in our unit got a field grade Article-15 after he was caught up in Germany with an AK he brought back. He may have hid it in a conex.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

It is a fun season. My wife loves ghost hunting shows and did the overnight tour of the Waverly Hills Sanitorium several years ago. Supposedly one of the most haunted places on Earth. I'm skeptical though. One of the shows, might have been Ghost Hunters, actually did a live broadcast from there on Halloween night about 5 years ago. It was a bust.

82 - My 23-year-old daughter likes those shows, while being skeptical of course. There is a little town not that far north of us called Shepherdstown, WVa that is supposed to host all kinds of ghosts. There was a whole cable show called Ghosts of Shepherdstown which I've never seen. But my daughter and I are planning a Halloween season visit up there just for the fun of it. By the way, that town is very close to Burkittstown, Md., where the Blair Witch Project was set. We'll check out the graveyard and some of the woods from that movie while we're up there.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Ha ha. Well done. There were weapons all over the place. By the way, Cold War-era East German variants are the best AKs.

Good friend, who served with me over there, brought back a Makarov pistol he took off an Iraqi officer. He hid the pistol in a fuel tank. Heh, never get caught with captured weapons. One guy in our unit got a field grade Article-15 after he was caught up in Germany with an AK he brought back. He may have hid it in a conex.

Austin, sorry about the guy who got caught. I feared a similar outcome. I really had no way to smuggle an entire AK-47 in my personal gear. And yes, the Saudis did go over my bags quite a bit. So did US Customs on the other end. In the end, I was probably lucky to get $500 for it. I have gotten a few things back; a Republican Guard silk flag with Saddam's face on it, a Hutu warrior spear from Rwanda which I got on a military flight back to Dover, Delaware, stuff like that.

 

[bertfan31]

Good morning! Slept well last night. Headed to the hole in the wall drive up window for a freshly made BLT and then it's off to the course.

Lost the ball I played with this past weekend on the 5th hole yesterday. Hit it too high and the wind took it off to the woods. It was getting pretty beat up anyway. Threw down another brand new ball and hit it into the same woods. 40 holes with one ball, one swing with the next. My golf game in a nutshell.

I didn't watch the pro days either. Can't say I forgot it was on because I don't think I knew about it. I'll try and watch Blue Madness but it's not what it used to be for me.

Basketball team will be improved this year. One reason is there will be people here who weren't here last year. Another reason is there are people who won't be here this year who were here last year.

Have a good day!

@wildcatdonf call me!

 

[bertfan31]

Austin, sorry about the guy who got caught. I feared a similar outcome. I really had no way to smuggle an entire AK-47 in my personal gear. And yes, the Saudis did go over my bags quite a bit. So did US Customs on the other end. In the end, I was probably lucky to get $500 for it. I have gotten a few things back; a Republican Guard silk flag with Saddam's face on it, a Hutu warrior spear from Rwanda which I got on a military flight back to Dover, Delaware, stuff like that.

Are you going to write a book about your time abroad covering wars? I would definitely like to read it. A lot of guys here have interesting life stories, but I think yours seems to be the most fascinating.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Are you going to write a book about your time abroad covering wars? I would definitely like to read it. A lot of guys here have interesting life stories, but I think yours seems to be the most fascinating.

Thanks for those kind words Bert. It has crossed my mind, but as long as I'm still working I never seem to find the time to concentrate on it. A few of my colleagues have done it, some have been worthy efforts others not so much. Not sure how I'd do, but I would like to give it a try some day.

 

[BBUK]

@starchief5

Like I told one of my old Manager's son. (I liked his Dad at the time. He was a flake but a decent human being and dealt with me honestly.) He was a bar hopper in his early twenties (I was in my early thirties) at the time and was a fighter. I told him then.. Some people won't take a whipping. He looked at me weird. I told him you have a new baby. Focus on your family and get out of that bar crap. Three or so weeks later he got his throat cut from ear to ear by a guy he was whipping on. Luckily he lived. When he got back to work some months later he came up to me and told me he understands now what I meant. His name is Kurt C. (I bet awf has run into him too.) @awf

Just me but I always seem to listen to people when they act like they care about me. Too many I have come in contact with just don't care until it happens to them.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Morning D-League. It is 64.8°F and cloudy. We are supposed to get to 81° and 20 percent chance of rain.

Thanks for those kind words Bert. It has crossed my mind, but as long as I'm still working I never seem to find the time to concentrate on it. A few of my colleagues have done it, some have been worthy efforts others not so much. Not sure how I'd do, but I would like to give it a try some day.

I think you should. Starting with the pipeline adventure.

On guns, I have my grandfathers .22 Winchester pump, a 1946 .30-30 Winchester lever action, a .22 stainless steal (don't know the brand) with a scope for varmints, a .44 mag pistol and a .22 mag pistol. The pistols are revolvers as I don't trust myself with an auto. I am thinking of getting a 9mm as the .44 mag is a little big. I don't need to have an elephant gun for a home invader.

I sold my old 12 gauge and 410 shotguns right after I got married. I have not been hunting since 1966. I have a bunch of friends that live to hunt and it never turned me on much.

I did not watch Pro night as I did not even know it was on. I will record BBM Friday, I usually enjoy it but it is not what it used to be.

 

[BBUK]

Thanks for those kind words Bert. It has crossed my mind, but as long as I'm still working I never seem to find the time to concentrate on it. A few of my colleagues have done it, some have been worthy efforts others not so much. Not sure how I'd do, but I would like to give it a try some day.

If I may make a suggestion.(I know what I am suggesting is the business you're in...).. Start with an outline. An outline can be used as a fluid motion document I use religiously.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Like I told one of my old Manager's son. (I liked his Dad at the time. He was a flake but a decent human being and dealt with me honestly.) He was a bar hopper in his early twenties (I was in my early thirties) at the time and was a fighter. I told him then.. Some people won't take a whipping. He looked at me weird. I told him you have a new baby. Focus on your family and get out of that bar crap. Three or so weeks later he got his throat cut from ear to ear by a guy he was whipping on. Luckily he lived. When he got back to work some months later he came up to me and told me he understands now what I meant. His name is Kurt C. (I bet awf has run into him too.) @awf

Just me but I always seem to listen to people when they act like they care about me. Too many I have come in contact with just don't care until it happens to them.

Bobby Bare said it best. "Boy, I see you are a scrapper so just before you fall. I'm gonna tell you what it takes to be a winner"

 

[MdWIldcat55]

If I may make a suggestion.(I know what I am suggesting is the business you're in...).. Start with an outline. An outline can be used as a fluid motion document I use religiously.

Thanks for that, BBUK. I actually do have a chapters outline. So, I have taken a couple small steps. Even in my journalistic writing days, when I did pieces over a few thousand words, I often laid down an outline as a foundation first.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Bobby Bare said it best. "Boy, I see you are a scrapper so just before you fall. I'm gonna tell you what it takes to be a winner"

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Haha. Thanks for posting Sawnee. Somehow I've never heard that Bobby Bare song. It reminds me very much of my best friend from high school who was from deep in Greenup County, and was the epitome of a "win at all costs" brawler. The problem was, I never had any interest in fighting but he wasn't shy about starting something that dragged in anyone who felt the need to have his back.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Another life experience some men have to get past. I do not speak from experience.

 

[BBUK]

Thanks for that, BBUK. I actually do have a chapters outline. So, I have taken a couple small steps. Even in my journalistic writing days, when I did pieces over a few thousand words, I often laid down an outline as a foundation first.

I knew you knew and very probably much much more in your line of work than I could fathom. In my line when I talk it out it brings back the expertise I had anyway. (Just a habit if mine to grab and pull.)

 

[BBUK]

Bobby Bare said it best. "Boy, I see you are a scrapper so just before you fall. I'm gonna tell you what it takes to be a winner"

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So, you're saying I need to write a country song??? (In my best Dumb and Dumber routine...)

 

[Sawnee Cat]

So, you're saying I need to write a country song??? (In my best Dumb and Dumber routine...)

Why not. There is a lot of money in a country song if you have a good story to tell. You can do it BBUK. I will turn up the sound.

You be the winner

 

[cordmaker]

Good morning D, read 21.

Was told to start walking some, but don't push it.

I hope the D has a great day, mine are getting better. Got a good 8 hours of sleep last night! prayers for the D!!!!

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Good morning D, read 21.

Was told to start walking some, but don't push it.

I hope the D has a great day, mine are getting better. Got a good 8 hours of sleep last night! prayers for the D!!!!

You got this Cord. Prayers are still going strong for you down here. Keep up the good work and stay encouraged. You have a lot of good people pulling for you.

 

[cordmaker]

You got this Cord. Prayers are still going strong for you down here. Keep up the good work and stay encouraged. You have a lot of good people pulling for you.

Thanks SC, Prayer is the great healer!!!!! I was told one time, if someone ask you to Pray for them, Pray for them right then, because if you don't you will forget about them most of the time!

 

[warrior-cat]

Ha ha. Well done. There were weapons all over the place. By the way, Cold War-era East German variants are the best AKs.

Good friend, who served with me over there, brought back a Makarov pistol he took off an Iraqi officer. He hid the pistol in a fuel tank. Heh, never get caught with captured weapons. One guy in our unit got a field grade Article-15 after he was caught up in Germany with an AK he brought back. He may have hid it in a conex.

Yeah, we had a couple of people caught before we left to come home and were also given Article 15's. Most saw what was going on and decided against it. I had heard some later saying they know people who did but... I don't know. I brought back some sand and rocks from each country we went through and that was about it.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Thanks SC, Prayer is the great healer!!!!! I was told one time, if someone ask you to Pray for them, Pray for them right then, because if you don't you will forget about them most of the time!

Rest assured we will not forget you Cordmaker. And best of all Jesus will never fail you.

 

[BBUK]

 

[Backer cutter]

And I would add, “and their offspring will expect the same handouts upon birth, creating a never ending cycle of racoons on your doorstep”. Alright If you’re into that sort of thing mind you.