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[warrior-cat]

Morning legionnaires!

Another hot day in triple digits (the norm right now) 103° expected, but there is hope at the end of the week. Friday looks like 90° and Saturday 88° with the overnight temps getting around 70°. Possible rain both days. Fishing will happen one of those days. Have not fished in about 10 days or so and I am starting to get that itch.

SIL with her two girls (16 and 12) got in last night from Florida preparing to go look at the damage at the burned rental house which half of the stuff in that hoarder house is hers. They are staying in a hotel on Lawton. Wife does not want them to stay here because both girls are undisciplined and loud. Her (my wife) and her sisters are at odds which is the norm for them. Her other sister in Arizona is a big America hater and is paying for a house in Mexico which they will be moving to sometime in the near future. Her son (6' 10") is getting married there in November. They all want to be expatriated. You know America haters don't sit well with me so, I don't have any interactions with them.

Well, enough of the in-law crap, it has been that way for years. Their father left them when they were young only to come back after they were grown and mom did nothing for them so, they basically raised themselves.

Hey, @MdWIldcat55, @Bert Higginbotha, and anyone else getting medical problems fixed, I will pray for a safe procedure and a speedy recovery.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Good morning D-League. It's currently a steamy 78° and cloudy here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring isolated thunderstorms and a high of 85°.


Everyone stay safe out there today.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Good Monday Morning D

Well today will be warm and sunny. We have 74° and may creep up over that 90° mark by this afternoon. We will have 50% chance of rain. Thunderstorms and hard rain have been with us the past few weeks. It is summer and summer brings the rain.

Today the Sales Tax Holiday starts which means school is returning soon. It will run through August 7. We have a few weeks suspension of taxes on many items this time of year. It includes computers, clothes, and school supplies so this is a good time to shop. The stores discount a lot of these items as well.

I have a full day ahead and trust all are well. Keep moving

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Raining lightly and it is 75.7°F, topping out at 85°. We have had .15" of rain so far this morning.

Enjoy your Monday.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Yep,

 

[BBUK]

Yep,

Some old men won't take a whipping, Sir!

 

[BBUK]

Good Morning all,

Been up and about for a while but I do have a bunch to do today while sitting at this desk. Have a great day and slap someone in the back of the head that needs it..... But do it ....lovingly.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

A FaceBook funny:

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Yep,

When you get older and slower, you have to compensate.

 

[BBUK]

When you get older and slower, you have to compensate.

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I love it!!! Remember that skit well. 😅

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Some old men won't take a whipping, Sir!

My grandpa warned me not to mess with an old man when I was about 15 years old. He skipped one and two and went straight to three. He just said, "don't mess with an old man, he will kill you."

I never forgot that and I am still alive so it must be true

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Strange things are happening at our airports nationwide. Cancellations are just a part of it.

My wife flew out of Bluegrass in Lexington last week and as they were ready to depart the jetway that attached to the plane would not disengage. So they had to call mechanics to get it unstuck. It took about 90 minutes.

I have been flying well over 60 years and that has never happened to me. How does it even happen. Are they ignoring maintenance because of shortage of airport workers. How about buying a can of grease once in awhile

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Strange things are happening at our airports nationwide. Cancellations are just a part of it.

My wife flew out of Bluegrass in Lexington last week and as they were ready to depart the jetway that attached to the plane would not disengage. So they had to call mechanics to get it unstuck. It took about 90 minutes.

I have been flying well over 60 years and that has never happened to me. How does it even happen. Are they ignoring maintenance because of shortage of airport workers. How about buying a can of grease once in awhile

I lived in airports from 1969 to 2000 and it never happened to me either.

The airlines were so perfect that all had to be up to date on Covid 19 shots that they forgot what in hell they are supposed to do. Fire a guy with years of experience to get a vaccinated ass hole that does not know his ass from first base.

Now the Armed forces are going woke. They are recruiting a girl being raised by two mothers to fight wars. Explain that to Red China.

Don't forget who you vote for. If they have a D even near their name: walk.

This shit is getting serious.

Let's go Brandon!

 

[BBUK]

I lived in airports from 1969 to 2000 and it never happened to me either.

The airlines were so perfect that all had to be up to date on Covid 19 shots that they forgot what in hell they are supposed to do. Fire a guy with years of experience to get a vaccinated ass hole that does not know his ass from first base.

Now the Armed forces are going woke. They are recruiting a girl being raised by two mothers to fight wars. Explain that to Red China.

Don't forget who you vote for. If they have a D even near their name: walk.

This shit is getting serious.

Let's go Brandon!

Yes Sir, this is getting horrible and ... I will stop.

 

[warrior-cat]

Some old men won't take a whipping, Sir!

Nope, beatings are preferred. Whippings are too kinky.

 

[BBUK]

Nope, beatings are preferred. Whippings are too kinky.

Lead welps...

 

[BBUK]

HA,
My Buddy sent me a picture. I lied, it was about two feet off the ground...

 

[AustinTXCat]

How one knows they are in West Texas.

 

[BBUK]

Edwards is a Cat...

Da Brudder got body guards already. The POTUS wishes he had those.... 😅 (The announcer could have introduced them...)

Edit: I swiped this from RR...

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good night for the Cats - snatching Edwards away from Tennessee. Cal getting his Mojo back.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Edwards is a Cat...

Da Brudder got body guards already. The POTUS wishes he had those.... 😅 (The announcer could have introduced them...)

Edit: I swiped this from RR...

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Was listening to the Leach Report this morning, they said he had the potential to be the best wing since Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. Hopefully his time at UK ends the same way as MKG's.

 

[BBUK]

Saw this, haven't read it but thought it may interest some....

More Ways to Catch Bass When its Hot Outside - Realistic Fishing

Episodes: Fishing With Subscribers Lures Part 2 - Bass Fishing When Its Hot!, Fishing With Subscribers Lures 3 - Realistic Bass Fishing When Its HOT, Beginner Fly Fishing - Fly Fishing for Bluegill From a Dock

realisticfishing.com

Edit: I watched it now....

 

[TheFrontRunner]

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 78°F and clear with periodic clouds. Today's high may peak at 104°F. No record highs in danger. 45 days of triple-digit temperatures so far this year.

Guess another shark week happening on one of the channels. Wife left TV on and Tiger sharks, 'the garbage can of the sea', is presently the main theme.

Huge commit for the Cats yesterday. Always good beating out UT for talent.

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

 

[BBUK]

Good Morning all,

Everything's everything... Everything's good in the hood. Aches and pains are present but I am thankful for everything.

Coffee Milkshake? Could be, but how about if I take my coffee in a few minutes and shake it? (My cup has a lid)

I look forward to an interesting day... Who knows what I will type going forward.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Good Morning all,

Everything's everything... Everything's good in the hood. Aches and pains are present but I am thankful for everything.

Coffee Milkshake? Could be, but how about if I take my coffee in a few minutes and shake it? (My cup has a lid)

I look forward to an interesting day... Who knows what I will type going forward.

You are on a roll and enjoying the blessings of life.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I lived in airports from 1969 to 2000 and it never happened to me either.

The airlines were so perfect that all had to be up to date on Covid 19 shots that they forgot what in hell they are supposed to do. Fire a guy with years of experience to get a vaccinated ass hole that does not know his ass from first base.

Now the Armed forces are going woke. They are recruiting a girl being raised by two mothers to fight wars. Explain that to Red China.

Don't forget who you vote for. If they have a D even near their name: walk.

This shit is getting serious.

Let's go Brandon!

And with the start of school and the November election coming the COVID scare will start all over again. Look for mandatory masks on airlines to start again. I also heard on the radio yesterday Louisville, KY will require masks for their students when school starts. I hope that was a false report.

I don't have many friends or relatives who still vote D. I know of a first cousin that does and I had two other cousins that were Yellow Dog D but they died this past year. None of my immediate family do. Thank the Lord for that.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Back in the office for first time since minor COVID bout. I forgot how terrible the subway ride can be.

For those unfamiliar with DC, the Metro system is the most screwed up quasi-government system known to man. It's most a make-work jobs program to hire local incompetents to stand around looking lost. The symbol of the whole system is the escalator -- they almost never work and when they go down they not only are out of work for multiple weeks but up and down foot traffic has to cram into the other side while work crews stand around scratching their asses. Can you imagine if the main escalator in Macy's in NYC stopped during Christmas shopping season? They'd have it running in eight minutes. Metro -- eight weeks.

Right now we are riding on trains cobbled together with cars that date back to the 1990s. Why? Because the new, sleek, roomier hugely expensive 7000 cars (paid for by federal taxpayers) have some safety flaw that they haven't been able to fix for TEN months or more. So, the older,smaller cars are packed, the trains break down which backs up the entire line of the system, and so on.

Ah well, no more bitching from me today. Still psyched over the Cats signing Edwards. PRobably the best pure wing of Cal's tenure.

Have a good day folks.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Good morning D-League. It's currently 76° and cloudy here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring thunderstorms and a high of 77°.

Everyone stay safe on this Tuesday.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

It is a cloudy 78.1°F on our way to a reasonable 82°. We were bless with a total of .46" of rain yesterday. My lawn has not been mowed for 11 days. I guess by the time I get it mowed I may need a roller!

We are supposed to get some big rain possibly today and tomorrow. I can handle 4" but I hope not to get a frog drowner like this one last year.

 

[BBUK]

Back in the office for first time since minor COVID bout. I forgot how terrible the subway ride can be.

For those unfamiliar with DC, the Metro system is the most screwed up quasi-government system known to man. It's most a make-work jobs program to hire local incompetents to stand around looking lost. The symbol of the whole system is the escalator -- they almost never work and when they go down they not only are out of work for multiple weeks but up and down foot traffic has to cram into the other side while work crews stand around scratching their asses. Can you imagine if the main escalator in Macy's in NYC stopped during Christmas shopping season? They'd have it running in eight minutes. Metro -- eight weeks.

Right now we are riding on trains cobbled together with cars that date back to the 1990s. Why? Because the new, sleek, roomier hugely expensive 7000 cars (paid for by federal taxpayers) have some safety flaw that they haven't been able to fix for TEN months or more. So, the older,smaller cars are packed, the trains break down which backs up the entire line of the system, and so on.

Ah well, no more bitching from me today. Still psyched over the Cats signing Edwards. PRobably the best pure wing of Cal's tenure.

Have a good day folks.

As a "used to be" commuter in this same system explained above for about four years, I will borrow a line from George Foreman (Not that MdW55 needs the input.)........"That's about it!"

 

[MdWIldcat55]

As a "used to be" commuter in this same system explained above for about four years, I will borrow a line from George Foreman (Not that MdW55 needs the input.)........"That's about it!"

Haha. Thanks BBUK.

Beginning in 1990 or so, I would ride the subway during days I worked in DC, alternating with trips overseas or some national reporting on crime, drugs, scandals, etc.

Any wonder I always preferred to be on the road, even if the "road" led me to Somalia or Bosnia or Colombia or some other tourist attraction? It beat the DC desk job and commute.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

It is a cloudy 78.1°F on our way to a reasonable 82°. We were bless with a total of .46" of rain yesterday. My lawn has not been mowed for 11 days. I guess by the time I get it mowed I may need a roller!

We are supposed to get some big rain possibly today and tomorrow. I can handle 4" but I hope not to get a frog drowner like this one last year.

It started raining at 4:00 and is coming down hard with a nice breeze. This is typical for today

 

[*CatinIL*]

We finally got a decent amount of rain here in Louisville. Hopefully we will get some more in the next few days.

 

[*CatinIL*]

Back in the office for first time since minor COVID bout. I forgot how terrible the subway ride can be.

For those unfamiliar with DC, the Metro system is the most screwed up quasi-government system known to man. It's most a make-work jobs program to hire local incompetents to stand around looking lost. The symbol of the whole system is the escalator -- they almost never work and when they go down they not only are out of work for multiple weeks but up and down foot traffic has to cram into the other side while work crews stand around scratching their asses. Can you imagine if the main escalator in Macy's in NYC stopped during Christmas shopping season? They'd have it running in eight minutes. Metro -- eight weeks.

Right now we are riding on trains cobbled together with cars that date back to the 1990s. Why? Because the new, sleek, roomier hugely expensive 7000 cars (paid for by federal taxpayers) have some safety flaw that they haven't been able to fix for TEN months or more. So, the older,smaller cars are packed, the trains break down which backs up the entire line of the system, and so on.

Ah well, no more bitching from me today. Still psyched over the Cats signing Edwards. PRobably the best pure wing of Cal's tenure.

Have a good day folks.

I'm laughing but if you're a tourist and you PAY ATTENTION to the subway lines on the MAP provided at each stop, the Metro is a great way to get into DC to do tourist stuff. Just pay attention to the areas the subway goes!!!

With that said, when I lived in DC and people would come in to visit, I would show them how the Metro worked...then I told them, you're on your own because I'm not driving your butt into DC each day.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

I'm laughing but if you're a tourist and you PAY ATTENTION to the subway lines on the MAP provided at each stop, the Metro is a great way to get into DC to do tourist stuff. Just pay attention to the areas the subway goes!!!

In fairness, that is true CatinIl. It's a cheap, efficient way for people who can ride outside rush hour to get in and out of the city from anywhere in the region, with stops near all the major sites from the Smithsonian to the WH to Arlington Cemetery to the National Archives to the Mall to Capitol Hill and on and on.

I guess in my case it is too much of a good thing - say, an average of 500 rides a year for 30 years, make it 15,000 trips.

I've seen it all on Metro - I've been on two trains where someone leaped in front to commit suicide - once on Halloween. I was on a train where a guy had a heart attack (luckily we were pulling into a station and they actually got him help pretty quick. Don't know if he made it.) I Saw a couple on a train late at night doing a bad job of concealing an oral sex act. My wife was flashed by a pervert one night when she was still a journalist on an otherwise empty train. I've witnessed every sort of weird dress and behavior. Was on a train that got stuck under the Potomac River for about an hour and some claustrophobics were freaking out, I even personally discovered a body of a jumper near a Metro garage late one night. Reported it, waited and gave a statement to cops, then had detectives show up at my house I guess to just be thorough. That was freaky.

 

[*CatinIL*]

In fairness, that is true CatinIl. It's a cheap, efficient way for people who can ride outside rush hour to get in and out of the city from anywhere in the region, with stops near all the major sites from the Smithsonian to the WH to Arlington Cemetery to the National Archives to the Mall to Capitol Hill and on and on.

I guess in my case it is too much of a good thing - say, an average of 500 rides a year for 30 years, make it 15,000 trips.

I've seen it all on Metro - I've been on two trains where someone leaped in front to commit suicide - once on Halloween. I was on a train where a guy had a heart attack (luckily we were pulling into a station and they actually got him help pretty quick. Don't know if he made it.) I Saw a couple on a train late at night doing a bad job of concealing an oral sex act. My wife was flashed by a pervert one night when she was still a journalist on an otherwise empty train. I've witnessed every sort of weird dress and behavior. Was on a train that got stuck under the Potomac River for about an hour and some claustrophobics were freaking out, I even personally discovered a body of a jumper near a Metro garage late one night. Reported it, waited and gave a statement to cops, then had detectives show up at my house I guess to just be thorough. That was freaky.

Hey, no kidding. I never took the Metro in or out for work, it was just a tourist line for family that came into visit. That's what I was pointing out. It's great for tourist if they know what they're doing and where they wanted to go.

 

[BBUK]

In fairness, that is true CatinIl. It's a cheap, efficient way for people who can ride outside rush hour to get in and out of the city from anywhere in the region, with stops near all the major sites from the Smithsonian to the WH to Arlington Cemetery to the National Archives to the Mall to Capitol Hill and on and on.

I guess in my case it is too much of a good thing - say, an average of 500 rides a year for 30 years, make it 15,000 trips.

I've seen it all on Metro - I've been on two trains where someone leaped in front to commit suicide - once on Halloween. I was on a train where a guy had a heart attack (luckily we were pulling into a station and they actually got him help pretty quick. Don't know if he made it.) I Saw a couple on a train late at night doing a bad job of concealing an oral sex act. My wife was flashed by a pervert one night when she was still a journalist on an otherwise empty train. I've witnessed every sort of weird dress and behavior. Was on a train that got stuck under the Potomac River for about an hour and some claustrophobics were freaking out, I even personally discovered a body of a jumper near a Metro garage late one night. Reported it, waited and gave a statement to cops, then had detectives show up at my house I guess to just be thorough. That was freaky.

I've still got dough on my metro card. Forgot about it.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Tony Dow was reported to be dead earlier today by his management team, but that has turned out to be false. According to his family, he is currently in hospice care.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 79°F and clear with periodic clouds. Today's high expected at around 103°F. Sigh, dog days of Texas summer.

Washington DC: My last visit came January, 2013 for a job interview with US State Department. Rode subway from downtown to Reagan National Airport on the way out.

Teacher shortage: huge right now here in Austin area. Many leaving the profession. Apparently districts offering sign-on bonuses.

Happy Hump Day.

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