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Looks I have been banned from the political thread. First time for everything I guess.

Did you post a picture of President Obama's library?

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or President Reagan's library?

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Good morning everyone.

Off to a weekend meeting in western KY this morning. It should be about a 7 hour drive. There have been many road improvements on that southern route in the last 35 years. Not quite Pikeville to Paducah, but it will be close.

Shew it's getting tough to get work done on vehicles. This time a week just to get it in the doors and no telling how long to get it fixed. It's about time for a new one though (wife's).

I hope everyone has a great day.
 
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Good morning folks. Glad it is Friday. Some difficult work tasks in the morning. If things go okay, I should be coasting into the weekend by early afternoon.

A friend who knew I was spending a lot to send my son out of state to the University of Kentucky sent me a Wall Street Journal article about runaway spending by colleges. UK was the lead example — the WSJ says Kentucky spent over $800,000 A DAY on building projects EVERY DAY for the past decade…You can see the endless construction when you visit the campus but that figure blew me away. I won’t tell you how much it cost me to get my son a UK degree, but no wonder…

Need to get rolling so I’ll check in later. Have a good day.
 
Good morning everyone.

Off to a weekend meeting in western KY this morning. It should be about a 7 hour drive. There have been many road improvements on that southern route in the last 35 years. Not quite Pikeville to Paducah, but it will be close.

Shew it's getting tough to get work done on vehicles. This time a week just to get it in the doors and no telling how long to get it fixed. It's about time for a new one though (wife's).

I hope everyone has a great day.
Back in June we had some hail which put a large crack down the center of my truck windshield and three busted areas (luckily on the right side) of my wife's car windshield and we have finally gotten close to getting them fixed. Next Friday, we go to Safe-Light in OKC for an appointment to get hers fixed. There was such a back log for areas in Lawton which have local companies that do it but have a much longer waiting period. There are still many cars in town that have cracks from two hailstorms that happened three days apart.
 
Been a busy August day. It is hot and humid.

@awf did not show. I hope he got his birds off all right.
It is a crazy game Bert...I am coming to Smith's Grove today........the only thing is I don't know what time I will be there......one of my club mates needs help with his electronic clocking system......he is Cuban and I know very little Spanish.....but.......I have to cater my training to what my birds GPS info tells me and how they come home.....1hr. 21 min from Cave City.....75 miles.....one of these days........one of these days....
 
I'm reading on other forums that the great & extremely knowledgeable UK football fan, RV/Randy VanHoose, passed away yesterday. In years past, I knew him fairly well & ran into him at football games, even road games. Not that old. Don't know if he had been ill or whether this was sudden. Knew more about recruiting, the team, the plays/strategy than anyone I ever knew. He used to post on the football forum regularly but not frequently. Got very infrequent in recent years. He was a KY delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention and had a printing company in Russell, KY. I'm sad.
If you can, check out the threads praising RV on the football & HOB boards. He was widely loved.
 
Good morning folks. Slept in late this morning but headed out into a sunny, cool morning for a long walk.

Tonight is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. Hope it stays clear. I’d like to see a bit of it. Loved to camp out as a kid and watch the shooting stars deep into the night.

Hope you all have a good day.
 
Good morning folks. Happy Sunday.

Heading out for a hike. Still looking to get my weight down a bit.

Nice day yesterday spending time with two of my kids and mostly taking it easy.

I tried to catch some of the Perseid meteor shower around midnight but it was overcast and the neighbors had outdoor lights on so conditions weren’t good and I gave it up.

Ill catch up with you guys later. I hope it’s a good day.
 
Good morning from ATX. Currently 80°F and partly cloudy. Another 107°F day awaits.

- Helicopter circling our neighborhood. Thinking police because of searchlight. Looking for somebody.

- Grabbed Pizza Hut stuffed crust large and boneless wings yesterday. Hit the spot.

Moving out on a hike here soon. Wishing all another great day.

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Morning Legionnaires!

75° this morning with triple digits expected for the day. The slight chance for a stray shower yesterday afternoon turned into a deluge of rain and lightening. Needed it for sure and it rained heavy for a couple of hours then, rained lighter but steady for an hour or two more. Had a flowing brook through my side and back yard. Promises to be muggy today as the heat rolls in.

Reds game postponed last night until today. Will be a doubleheader so I will be a couch potato today.

Enjoy your Sunday and God Bless.
 
Hey Austin. Check this out!

My wife, her mother and our daughter just left to see the Barbie movie. with a lunch at a French restaurant in Bethesda to follow, so I figure this is about 20 percent of the tip on that check. But hey, free money!
Good stuff. I also view it in the same respect: Windfall.
 
Sunny and 78°F here. We are to get to 87°. Yesterday our 20% chance of rain resulted in .51".

They repaired the fence. The last two sections had to be made of new wood so it with take a lot of stain to get it the same color as the rest. (first picture below)

Tomorrow they are supposed to come and cut down my Hackberry tree that was damaged two weeks ago. The limb that is down still is supporting the leaves. It is strange that the sap is still working and the wooden part is rotten. (second picture) They are taking the whole tree down. This tree removal stuff is expensive. $3,850 for the ones by the fence and the hackberry is going to be $1,600. I don't know what the fence repair will cost.

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Hey Austin. Check this out!

My wife, her mother and our daughter just left to see the Barbie movie. with a lunch at a French restaurant in Bethesda to follow, so I figure this is about 20 percent of the tip on that check. But hey, free money!

See five dollars pick it up and all the day you'll have good luck!
 
Good morning (All three minutes left of it.) Slept late, went to the middle service. Just sitting but have to go to the first T-Ball practice in about an hour. Sucking down a cup or two off coffee first and a couple biscuits I made yesterday.. Have a great afternoon...
 
Sunny and 78°F here. We are to get to 87°. Yesterday our 20% chance of rain resulted in .51".

They repaired the fence. The last two sections had to be made of new wood so it with take a lot of stain to get it the same color as the rest. (first picture below)

Tomorrow they are supposed to come and cut down my Hackberry tree that was damaged two weeks ago. The limb that is down still is supporting the leaves. It is strange that the sap is still working and the wooden part is rotten. (second picture) They are taking the whole tree down. This tree removal stuff is expensive. $3,850 for the ones by the fence and the hackberry is going to be $1,600. I don't know what the fence repair will cost.

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That is highway robbery Sir....

Just amazing what people are charging now...

I just did my wife's brakes and rotors to save about $1600.00. Just criminal what has happened... Took me a total of about five hours as I jacked each tire up and put braces under each wheel. Had I the equipment I knew I could have done all four wheels in well under two hours.

Just criminal what this market has become in such a VERY short time...
 
That is highway robbery Sir....

Just amazing what people are charging now...

I just did my wife's brakes and rotors to save about $1600.00. Just criminal what has happened... Took me a total of about five hours as I jacked each tire up and put braces under each wheel. Had I the equipment I knew I could have done all four wheels in well under two hours.

Just criminal what this market has become in such a VERY short time...
I'm phasing out of business, but I just last week got a quote on a raw material I use so I can finish up some orders. It has more than doubled since covid and the latest quote is up another 31 cents a yard. No sign of slowing down.
 
I'm phasing out of business, but I just last week got a quote on a raw material I use so I can finish up some orders. It has more than doubled since covid and the latest quote is up another 31 cents a yard. No sign of slowing down.

Is that the THREE % inflation? Or the real nearing 200% inflation for many service areas..... Just criminal how the media portrays it is slight increases when the overall increasing numbers are just communistic....
 
Is that the THREE % inflation? Or the real nearing 200% inflation for many service areas..... Just criminal how the media portrays it is slight increases when the overall increasing numbers are just communistic....
These orders are going to a middle man who sells to a bigger middle man who sells to motels. Everyone in the middle raises their price. Besides paying more for their goods, the motel is likely having trouble getting workers. If you stay in the motel, you are paying for all this.
 
That is highway robbery Sir....

Just amazing what people are charging now...

I just did my wife's brakes and rotors to save about $1600.00. Just criminal what has happened... Took me a total of about five hours as I jacked each tire up and put braces under each wheel. Had I the equipment I knew I could have done all four wheels in well under two hours.

Just criminal what this market has become in such a VERY short time...
Those cherry trees were big. It was $6,000 if they did not get the logs. Here is a picture from last year, plus they were covered with English Ivy.
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These orders are going to a middle man who sells to a bigger middle man who sells to motels. Everyone in the middle raises their price. Besides paying more for their goods, the motel is likely having trouble getting workers. If you stay in the motel, you are paying for all this.

Yes Sir,

I just tried reserving a hotel in Myrtle beach, SC for the end of September, My Darling and I are going to take a couple families we were in Korea with and just visited them in Huntsville. (Just stupid the rates) we will hold off a bit as we were going to reserve two two bedroom suites at the Staybridge Inn there.

(Our friends are into the Belt/ Ribbon fish and Spanish mackerel.) I am going to tie and provide all the riggings. All I asked them to do was bring their poles. I do have extra's but only the one heavy pole I use for the Mackerels. I use a straw rig with normally ten hooks for them using 50 pound line. (Worth the trouble when you catch them running and hook two, three, or more at a time. At 15-18" and fighting, it is a heckuv a time if you catch them right.)

The Ribbon/Belt fish are real fun to catch too...(The below are about 30" long each.)

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