Good stuff. I also view it in the same respect: Windfall.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.)
David Crockett as painted by SS Osgood. Crockett himself wrote on the bottom of this card. This would appear to be what he looked like in real life, as David wrote "I am happy to acknowledge this to be the only correct likeness that has been taken of me. David Crockett".
Here's Davy Crockett's great-great grandson.
Here's Davy Crockett's great-great grandson.
Good morning from ATX. Currently 80°F and mostly cloudy. Today's high expected around 106°F. Excessive heat warning in effect. Stage 2 water restrictions also effective tomorrow. Possibility for some rain next week. Lived here over 25 years. Driest summer I've witnessed so far.
Wishing all a great start to your week.
Wishing all a great start to your week.
Morning Legionnaires!
74° this morning with a high of 82° expected. Surprising after yesterday still being triple digits. Tomorrow morning supposed to be in the low 60's with light winds so yes... fishing tomorrow morning.
Reds took the series from the Pirates. Struggled doing it against a bottom feeder but, I'll take it.
It's Monday folks, deal with it.
Be careful out there and God Bless.
Good morning all,
Stayed extra busy all the long weekend. Going to work to rest. Heading inside... Love this day...
Stayed extra busy all the long weekend. Going to work to rest. Heading inside... Love this day...
Good morning folks.
Another Monday. Another work week.
Overcast and warm in the east.
Gotta get ready for work so I’ll wish you all a good day and catch up later.
Another Monday. Another work week.
Overcast and warm in the east.
Gotta get ready for work so I’ll wish you all a good day and catch up later.
It’s the “great reset” brought in by the covid pandemic.
75.9°F and cloudy. So far this morning we have received .64" of rain. It is supposed to get to 85°F. I doubt that my tree will be cut down in the rain. Dang.
Enjoy your Monday.
Enjoy your Monday.
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Made it home a little early. A breather... Had some serious rain and wind a few minutes ago while I was driving but it was fleeting.... (Thankfully)
One last (For now)........... I have not been able to get excited for UK basketball since Cal kneeled. (Call it what you want, "ain't" gonna lie about it now.)
I so wish I can get excited about this team this season. It seems some sparks could fly. (I'm selfish but....) I NEED a good UK season.... Final Four or bust.....
I so wish I can get excited about this team this season. It seems some sparks could fly. (I'm selfish but....) I NEED a good UK season.... Final Four or bust.....
How do you get a bee sting on your back shoulder thru your shirt walking on your driveway & never see the bee? Asking for a friend that it happened to this morning.
Good morning from ATX. Currently 83°F and clear. 64% humidity. Today's high expected around 102°F. Triple-digit streak stands at 37 consecutive days. No end in sight for at least next 7 days.
Experienced another venous Doppler exam yesterday. Short and quick. Positive results, according to tech. Waiting on doctor. Stay tuned.
Wishing all an awesome day.
Experienced another venous Doppler exam yesterday. Short and quick. Positive results, according to tech. Waiting on doctor. Stay tuned.
Wishing all an awesome day.
HOPING FOR THIS...
NOT THIS...
Good morning all,
Heading inside. Had to take My Darlings car. I think I left my lights on. Once every thirty years or so.... Ouch....
Have a great day...
Oh, don't tell My Darling.....🥺🙊🙉🙈
Heading inside. Had to take My Darlings car. I think I left my lights on. Once every thirty years or so.... Ouch....
Have a great day...
Oh, don't tell My Darling.....🥺🙊🙉🙈
Good morning folks.
Sunny and not too humid in the east.
I’m happy to hear of your continued good medical news Austin. Sitting on a stalled subway train trying to get into the city.
Not much happening these days except work, family time with my kids, six hours of sleep and back to work.
I’m about a third of the way through this quest to lose 33 pounds. That’d get me to the weight I was at 21 playing college hoops —212. That’s always been my reset weight. My eating habits had gotten so bad that losing at least some weight has simply been a matter of changing that.
Nothing much else to report. I’ll check in later.
Sunny and not too humid in the east.
I’m happy to hear of your continued good medical news Austin. Sitting on a stalled subway train trying to get into the city.
Not much happening these days except work, family time with my kids, six hours of sleep and back to work.
I’m about a third of the way through this quest to lose 33 pounds. That’d get me to the weight I was at 21 playing college hoops —212. That’s always been my reset weight. My eating habits had gotten so bad that losing at least some weight has simply been a matter of changing that.
Nothing much else to report. I’ll check in later.
Keep the good reports coming!
Morning all. It is 69°F and sunny on our way to a cool 77°. I don't believe it but I will take it.
Tree still partially standing in my back yard. Hopefully they can get here today.
Tree still partially standing in my back yard. Hopefully they can get here today.
MAN,
God Blesses me continually. Some might think it a smaller thing BUT,
I took the battery back to our Autozone (Had to charge it just to test it. It was bad.) (Bought the battery in September 2020 at another AutoZone.) This being August 2023, the lady at the AutoZone told me, in about 15 days this would have cost you $222.19 plus core...... As she pushed the new battery across the counter and stated: This is your battery now but it has no warranty... (I'll take it...) I am thankful...
God Blesses me continually. Some might think it a smaller thing BUT,
I took the battery back to our Autozone (Had to charge it just to test it. It was bad.) (Bought the battery in September 2020 at another AutoZone.) This being August 2023, the lady at the AutoZone told me, in about 15 days this would have cost you $222.19 plus core...... As she pushed the new battery across the counter and stated: This is your battery now but it has no warranty... (I'll take it...) I am thankful...
Friend says it turned out to not be much. He treated it with drinking a few glasses of wine.
Good morning and Happy Hump Day from ATX. Currently 80°F and clear. Today's high expected around 103°F. We sure need a cold front.
I've got nothing else. Wishing all another awesome day.
I've got nothing else. Wishing all another awesome day.
Good morning folks.
I decided last night to make a quick run to Kentucky on Friday to see the folks. My son is coming along. It has been a while and with dad 93 I need to be more of a presence.
Parents, kids, grandkids…lots of people I need to be spending more time with, and all my life I’ve given so much of it to work. That’ll probably end up being my regret down the road.
Speaking of which, lots of work to do if I’m taking off Friday. Not much else to report, so I’ll wish you all a good day.
I decided last night to make a quick run to Kentucky on Friday to see the folks. My son is coming along. It has been a while and with dad 93 I need to be more of a presence.
Parents, kids, grandkids…lots of people I need to be spending more time with, and all my life I’ve given so much of it to work. That’ll probably end up being my regret down the road.
Speaking of which, lots of work to do if I’m taking off Friday. Not much else to report, so I’ll wish you all a good day.
Morning Legionnaires!
Temps in the mid 60's this morning and supposed to get in the mid 90's for a high. Triple digits coming back for the next 7 days or so starting tomorrow. Cutting grass this morning to take advantage of the cooler temp.
Fishing report from yesterday. Three strikes, 2 hooked two landed with one being almost as small as the one pictured in my post from yesterday. It was just a bit longer and fat. The other was about 1 1/2lbs So... not blanked.
@AustinTXCat pass me one of those brats please.
You grinders pull yourselves over the hump today and slide down the other side.
Be careful out there folks and God Bless.
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Good morning all,
Heading inside. My car started this morning. I am thankful! 😁
Have a day worthy of thankfulness....
Heading inside. My car started this morning. I am thankful! 😁
Have a day worthy of thankfulness....
Stepped over half a dozen drugged-out bums to get to my office today. This is a problem getting worse as city officials in DC lean into the "Black Lives Matter" narrative that policing up the sometimes aggressive human debris is racist. If we stay on this path we'll be San Francisco.
You want to feel compassion, a human connection. But where I work is a part of the city near the National Archives, a couple of the major Smithsonian museums, many really noice restaurants and bars and some beautiful publicly-funded art galleries. (The subway station is called Gallery Place.) It could be a really nice place to bring your family and spend a day -- and it is that. But having aggressive bums all over you demanding cash keeps some people away, and scares some who don't expect it. You have to ask why a few dozen people who have made choices to be where they have arrived in life are allowed to change the atmosphere of an entire city.
You want to feel compassion, a human connection. But where I work is a part of the city near the National Archives, a couple of the major Smithsonian museums, many really noice restaurants and bars and some beautiful publicly-funded art galleries. (The subway station is called Gallery Place.) It could be a really nice place to bring your family and spend a day -- and it is that. But having aggressive bums all over you demanding cash keeps some people away, and scares some who don't expect it. You have to ask why a few dozen people who have made choices to be where they have arrived in life are allowed to change the atmosphere of an entire city.
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I guess the soil in Turkey is great for growing opium. There were huge opium fields bordering the base I was at. Along the waterfront in Izmir, you'd see blocks of what at the time I considered old men smoking it in their water pipes. I considered that an odd sight, but places in the modern USA make that a peaceful serene scene. What a world!
Soon after 9/11 I spent the night in a vast, sprawling graveyard in Quetta, Pakistan on the Afghanistan border as part of a story about the complicated politics of the opium/heroin trade in that region. The Taliban officially shut it down, but looked the other way and reaped kickbacks from some favored traffickers they used to buy weapons.
My photographer was a little skittish, but he hung in there and got some good images. Pakistan forced all the addicts into a mass graveyard, and jsut shoveled them into unmarked holes when they died. A tough solution, but it kept them off the city streets, unlike the US.
Encountered an aggressive homeless panhandler on Saturday, Aug 12 at nearby gas station as I walked in around 6:30 am. He physically threatened me as I entered store. Told him I only used a credit card while making purchases. Kid wanted a dollar. He had the balls to ask for 50 cents after I exited store. Came home for my pistol in order to teach little SOB a lesson. Wife stopped me at the front door. Thankfully. Thankfully. Incident could have sparked rioting.
It is sunny and 69°F on our way to 77°. Yesterday it was supposed to top out at 77° but we surpassed that by about 5°.
No tree people yesterday. Hopefully today.
A facebook funny:
No tree people yesterday. Hopefully today.
A facebook funny:
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