As in the "right" thing.
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I am watching the Reds playing the SF Giants and the Giants were ahead 1-0 with Friedle on first and 2 outs with Fraley at bat. I am frustrated with the 5 game losing streak and said out loud: "Come on Fraley lose one!" as the pitch was being thrown. Crack! He hit a home run! I was so excited the dogs got a bit scared except the monster who just barked and growled at my exuberance.
Sometimes I wonder what goes through people's minds. Weaver throws a slow breaking curveball to the same guy who hit it out last time (same pitch) with 2 outs and two on with the same results. Score now is 4-4.
As in the "right" thing.
I told my grandson several weeks ago... "Always do the right thing." He stated to me immediately... "And the left thing..." I busted up on that one. You had to watch him say that being a new four year old... 😅
Good morning from ATX. Currently 80°F and clear. Yoday's high expected again around 107°F. Sounding like a broken record. Nearly one month into summer.
Brutal day yesterday. Worked my tail off.
Happy Hump Day.
Brutal day yesterday. Worked my tail off.
Happy Hump Day.
Good morning from ATX. Currently 80°F and clear. Yoday's high expected again around 107°F. Sounding like a broken record. Nearly one month into summer.
Brutal day yesterday. Worked my tail off.
Happy Hump Day.
Sounds like the "Force of the Empire."
Good morning all,
I expected to work from home today but it seems I am heading into the building now, waiting on the rain to subside which it is. Have a great day!!!
I expected to work from home today but it seems I am heading into the building now, waiting on the rain to subside which it is. Have a great day!!!
Morning Legionnaires!
76° this morning with a high of 103-105° expected. It is summer after all. We have had hotter days in past years.
Normal day for me today; walk monster, workout, clean house, and train student in that order.
Reds...ugghh. Nothing more need be said.
Scale that hump folks and slide down the other side.
God is watching so...be good or be good at it.
Good morning folks.
Gray and rainy in the east.
The VP where I work returned from four weeks off yesterday, and as has always happened through the years, tore apart all the work a dozen of us had done during that time. It has nothing to do with the work, and everything to do with the need to control and bully. Some people are just like that.
My son is visiting my wife’s first cousin in upstate NY who is a veterinarian with a large property. He sent us photos yesterday of this massive, couple acre field he cleared with a tractor. It was always damn near impossible to get this kid to cut the grass on our suburban lot, so this is impressive.
Hope you all have a good day.
Gray and rainy in the east.
The VP where I work returned from four weeks off yesterday, and as has always happened through the years, tore apart all the work a dozen of us had done during that time. It has nothing to do with the work, and everything to do with the need to control and bully. Some people are just like that.
My son is visiting my wife’s first cousin in upstate NY who is a veterinarian with a large property. He sent us photos yesterday of this massive, couple acre field he cleared with a tractor. It was always damn near impossible to get this kid to cut the grass on our suburban lot, so this is impressive.
Hope you all have a good day.
I have been at war with Jane since she was on the anti-aircraft gun in Hanoi. Whoopie is a late hate!
The Cubs catcher was a nice young man, but he did not need to golf off my dime.
Bert -- This will amuse you. The place where I work made the dubious decision to put Jane Fonda on a magazine cover -- along with several other aging women who had starred in a movie with Tom Brady. I counseled against it, but we got in a corner and it ran on the theory that people liked Brady.
Well, we got a tidal wave of hate mail, all directed at Hanoi Jane. The loathing of her has not begun to fade for many. It was ugly, in the extreme. I was secretly glad to see it because it confirmed what I predicted would happen.
Yeah, I broke ranks today. I have a new supervisor that needs to get the accolades from my teams work so..... we must explain EVERYTHING, then explain why we did what we did and listen as he gives comments as to possible other solutions.............................after the fact as we are on to something else and have to stop that to give all these explanations.. I will stop... At 62 and around his age as well, all I can say is, he is not very smart and nearly stupid. Gone again...
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Good morning everyone
Not much going on today so trying to read quite a bit of my latest Pearl Harbor book, "At Dawn We Slept". While in the screened in patio reading the sow with 3 cubs wandered through the backyard. This time they just strolled on through without the usual knocking things over and pulling things down.
Wildlife Wednesday....from this past Saturday when they (especially mama) were feeling frisky. The hickory tree is about 10' from the door. 2 of the 3 cubs here.
Not much going on today so trying to read quite a bit of my latest Pearl Harbor book, "At Dawn We Slept". While in the screened in patio reading the sow with 3 cubs wandered through the backyard. This time they just strolled on through without the usual knocking things over and pulling things down.
Wildlife Wednesday....from this past Saturday when they (especially mama) were feeling frisky. The hickory tree is about 10' from the door. 2 of the 3 cubs here.
Sherry and I watched the movie night before last. It was OKAY, not great, but two of the girls are nothing but Marxist. Jane should have been executed after her trip to Hanoi.
At my son's recent college graduation party -- remember this is the liberal Montgomery County suburbs of DC -- the magazine was laying around, so the topic of Jane Fonda came up. One of my wife's college days friends who used to be fairly high up in CNN and knew "Ted and Jane" made some comment about how 'unfortunate' it was that after all these years Jane couldn't go anywhere without someone spewing hatred at her.
My response: 'Those are probably people who lost someone in Vietnam, and remember her pointing deadly weapons at American pilots." Awkward pause followed. I was smiling inside.
Complaints about weather. It's too hot in TX/AZ/Vegas. Too much rain in NE & now far west KY (10" in some places?). Hurricanes in FL & SE. Quakes in CA. Tornadoes across the Plains & South. I mean you make you choices and take your chances, wherever. That's all.
I am not a Fonda fan and am not taking up for her, but it was a very confusing time. I try not to hold a grudge against people for decisions they made at that time. I certainly didn't know what was right or wrong. I didn't go for any patriotic reasons or a sense of us doing right or wrong. I went because of Country Joe and The Fish. They sang, you can be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box. I just knew no one would ever have a right to say, my boy came home in a box and you didn't do your share. It was that simple.
Good morning everyone
Not much going on today so trying to read quite a bit of my latest Pearl Harbor book, "At Dawn We Slept". While in the screened in patio reading the sow with 3 cubs wandered through the backyard. This time they just strolled on through without the usual knocking things over and pulling things down.
Wildlife Wednesday....from this past Saturday when they (especially mama) were feeling frisky. The hickory tree is about 10' from the door. 2 of the 3 cubs here.
Thanks Storm,
Speaking for me, you can never post too many of your animal pics. Thanks a ton! Just amazing. I guess you have to keep a close eye on the little ones visiting as well.
I do not know you personally MdW but I sure would like to meet you. You are one of the good ones where there are not too many. (Not judging by default.) You can do decent things in some areas but the actions taken as a whole outweigh that. (Speaking of others I know of in your type industry. Heck in my type industry as well.)
I expect you are about the same person at work that you are at home and here. That is to be commended. Thanks
Thanks for that insight Bernie. As someone too young to have faced the decision, I don't really have the right to criticize anyone for what they did or didn't do. And through the years, I've had older friends who went to Vietnam, and older friends who didn't. I didn't judge them.
But I've always just had a knee-jerk negative reaction to Jane Fonda and some others who were aggressively anti-war.
Yep. I have a lot of respect for MdW.
When this picture was taken (Saturday) the neighbor's dogs had them stirred up. The cubs spent most of their time here that day up a huge poplar tree in front of the house. The sow came onto the porch trying to get the last little bit of bird feed from the feeder. She was too short. I got to watch her vertical jump off 2 feet. Not impressive....about 1". lol The earlier pic this week of her around the porch post was her attempting to climb it. We posted on FB the video of her "pole dancing". Anyway, she's not aggressive, but she sure isn't easily intimidated either.
I've got some catching up to do.
Been busy today so I need to catch up on this thread and the Political stuff (NOT HERE)...and I'll drop my opinion in on that thread.
It's SHARK WEEK/MONTH on various channels. BEWARE!
AND Keep an eye on the skies folks...YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE! 👽👽👽👽👽
Been busy today so I need to catch up on this thread and the Political stuff (NOT HERE)...and I'll drop my opinion in on that thread.
It's SHARK WEEK/MONTH on various channels. BEWARE!
AND Keep an eye on the skies folks...YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE! 👽👽👽👽👽
You're in the wrong thread........😂 😁
Call it religious if you like. Just a fact, it can be anyway...
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The local news just said we got over 11 inches of rain last night and this morning. I spent a long hard day fighting water at the shop.
👽We need an ALIEN Forum...just sayin'...👽👽👽
Have a peaceful sleep all,
In 20 or so minutes I will try hitting the hay. Have to be at work in the morning early. I actually made some headway whether the points hit home or not, I made them at strategic moments several times. You'd think after a short while a person on the same team would take to heart that they have an asset (Working for them...) (The shame is I perceive that will never be what happens. I think there is a friend of a friends son that needs a job "again"...) (Seriously...)
In 20 or so minutes I will try hitting the hay. Have to be at work in the morning early. I actually made some headway whether the points hit home or not, I made them at strategic moments several times. You'd think after a short while a person on the same team would take to heart that they have an asset (Working for them...) (The shame is I perceive that will never be what happens. I think there is a friend of a friends son that needs a job "again"...) (Seriously...)
I like to shake the hand of any veteran and thank them for their service, and I always try and do that for the Vietnam vets. They got dumped on and it wasn't fair to them.
Good morning from ATX. Currently 80°F and mostly cloudy. Looking at another triple-digit day.
That's all I've got. Wishing y'all an awesome day.
That's all I've got. Wishing y'all an awesome day.
Noah? Talk to Storm about the animals, he'll get them ready.
Morning Legionnaires!
77° this morning with a high expected to reach near 100°. Cloud cover this afternoon, so I will probably cut the grass today since the next few days will be hot and sunny.
Going to OKC today to Century Martial Arts warehouse with my friend to buy more equipment for his class that I help teach at his church. Told them I would donate $200.00 to the church for martial arts gear. Have already given them some equipment that I had extra from a school we once had. The trip almost always includes a stop at the restaurant that has Thai, Vietnamese, and Chinese food. He is Thai and always gets that. I bounce around trying to taste as many as I can.
We took a new student (brown belt from another school) to the Thai Noodle World restaurant in Lawton OK last Friday night and he saw some hot/spicey noodles with chicken he wanted to try. My friend told him to get the #2 hot (1-5 heat range) as it would be hot enough. The brown belt (20 years old) scoffed and said he eats hot food all of the time and ordered the #4 hot. After a couple of bites, he was tearing up, sweating, and drank all of his tea and had to order more tea. 2 more in fact. Did not finish the meal.
Reds...stopped the losing streak that was 6. Team was still having fun so...that is a good sign.
Happy Friday eve folks so, don't work too hard and God Bless.
Good morning all,
Heading inside, enjoy all you encounter today. Remember, this day is for you. Bless you brother D-Leaguers....
Heading inside, enjoy all you encounter today. Remember, this day is for you. Bless you brother D-Leaguers....
Good morning folks.
The heat and humidity is like a thick blanket in the east. I’m sitting on an air conditioned subway car trying to cool off and stop sweating after walking a hundred yards from the parking lot.
Rough stretch at work, but it’ll pass. It always does.
Had a fun talk with my son last night, who is still visiting the farm up in upstate New York. My wife’s cousin took him out yesterday with four scoped rifles, up to a 30.06, and a shooting range he has set up. My boy was in hog heaven, and was putting rounds in a very tight pattern. Wish I could have joined him, though I doubt I can still shoot like that.
Hope you all have a good day.
The heat and humidity is like a thick blanket in the east. I’m sitting on an air conditioned subway car trying to cool off and stop sweating after walking a hundred yards from the parking lot.
Rough stretch at work, but it’ll pass. It always does.
Had a fun talk with my son last night, who is still visiting the farm up in upstate New York. My wife’s cousin took him out yesterday with four scoped rifles, up to a 30.06, and a shooting range he has set up. My boy was in hog heaven, and was putting rounds in a very tight pattern. Wish I could have joined him, though I doubt I can still shoot like that.
Hope you all have a good day.
They said it set a record for the state of Ky.
Man, when I'm homesick for Kentucky, Olive Hill's Tom T. Hall can get me feeling all sorts of things.
In my early 20s when I'd just left home -- the only one in my family not to settle close to my parents -- I'd play this song in my apartment in Boca Raton, Florida, or later in my place on Capitol Hill in DC and feel mighty blue...
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My dad was one of the Ky guys who went to Detroit to work at an auto plant after WW2. I lived there for a year when I was a baby, till dad got homesick and came back to Ky. Armed Forces Radio used to play Detroit City by Bobby Bare a lot. "Oh, how I wanna go home."
Yeah, that song was old by the time I was out on my own, but I still still loved it..."by day I make the cars, and by night, I make the bars, if only they could read between the lines.."
My wife is from NYC and later DC, but as a young woman she got a job working for the Detroit Free Press newspaper...The area she covered was Ypsilanti, which she says the locals still call Ypsi-Tucky. Lots of folks with Kentucky roots around there...
Sir,
My Dad did that as well. (Moving from Middlesboro to Michigan.) I was born there and for the first 19 years of my life lived there, except for trips to Kentucky it seems once a year. My brother and sister still live there.) (I was born in Monroe Michigan (About as far south as you can go and not be a Buckeye of Ohio (What is a Buckeye anyway: A useless Chestnut
Michaganders and Buckeye's have a strong dislike of each other. Inbred...)
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