Spent a great Sunday with GD visiting Omaha Zoo. Every animal we saw she said was “so cute”. Me, not so many. 4+ hours in sunny 90+ weather. Brutal on this old man. Good number of indoor exhibitions that saved me. Very nice zoo.
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Gibby was one of a kind, even in those days. It is said that if you had the third base dugout and made an out, you DID NOT take a short cut near the pitcher's mound to return to the dugout. The pitcher's mound was his and there would be repercussions if you invaded his territory. He also said half the plate was his. You could have either half you wanted, but the other half belonged to him.
Btw, I missed most of that season going through basic training and police school.
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Have any of you seen this guy sing....
nails it and I guess this guy is popular now...
nails it and I guess this guy is popular now...
Good morning from ATX. Currently 76°F and cloudy. Today's high expected around 95°F. Great chance for rain tomorrow.
Tough outing for our Cats yesterday. Ugh. Aggies were brutal. Cats face Gators today in elimination game.
Heading out for a hike around 6:15 am. Great day to be alive. Wishing y'all a good one.
Tough outing for our Cats yesterday. Ugh. Aggies were brutal. Cats face Gators today in elimination game.
Heading out for a hike around 6:15 am. Great day to be alive. Wishing y'all a good one.
Good morning from ATX. Currently 76°F and cloudy. Today's high expected around 95°F. Great chance for rain tomorrow.
Tough outing for our Cats yesterday. Ugh. Aggies were brutal. Cats face Gators today in elimination game.
Heading out for a hike around 6:15 am. Great day to be alive. Wishing y'all a good one.
Tough road ahead for the Cats. 3 straight wins to advance seems like a tall order. Not impossible though. Gotta get past the Gators first.Good morning from ATX. Currently 76°F and cloudy. Today's high expected around 95°F. Great chance for rain tomorrow.
Tough outing for our Cats yesterday. Ugh. Aggies were brutal. Cats face Gators today in elimination game.
Heading out for a hike around 6:15 am. Great day to be alive. Wishing y'all a good one.
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Good morning all,
In the big city again, hopefully just for a couple hours this trip... Readying to park and head inside.....
Take this day and love it.....
In the big city again, hopefully just for a couple hours this trip... Readying to park and head inside.....
Take this day and love it.....
Good morning folks. The heat has settled in here in the east.
Lots to do at work. Got in at 7am. Hope to be able to leave by 7pm.
Hope it is a good day for all of you.
Lots to do at work. Got in at 7am. Hope to be able to leave by 7pm.
Hope it is a good day for all of you.
Place was packed last night. Standing room. Disappointing outcome but A&M better this time.
Wind hasn’t stopped howling since I’ve been here. Semis being blown out of their lane last night. Headed home in a few hours.
Wind hasn’t stopped howling since I’ve been here. Semis being blown out of their lane last night. Headed home in a few hours.
@Bert Higginbotha
Cuz sent me this. He's lived over 20 years on Nolin Lake and never heard of these critters making new friends.
Cuz sent me this. He's lived over 20 years on Nolin Lake and never heard of these critters making new friends.
@Bert Higginbotha
Cuz sent me this. He's lived over 20 years on Nolin Lake and never heard of these critters making new friends.
This came off my Ring camera messaging... (Not long ago.) I'd have never thought that living in northern Virginia... (The 2.7 miles is how far it is from my house.)😮
They are definitely moving in. Last year there was sightings between Smiths Grove and Oakland.@Bert Higginbotha
Cuz sent me this. He's lived over 20 years on Nolin Lake and never heard of these critters making new friends.
Of all the wild game that I have eaten black bear is the best.
I just noticed that you have been a member of Cats Illustrated two days longer than me!
Man the hits keep coming....
BUT,
My Darling and I plan to try again tomorrow (If the Lord doesn't take me home..) Hitting the Naval Recreation Center on the Chesapeake Bay... We shall see, bought some shrimp this time. Normally use squid or cut bait.
Either way me and My Darling will hit the pier and see what we can come up with... I am thankful.... Happy teenth, June teenth, Happy Day off.... Git-R-Done... My oldest bought me a twelve pack of Yuengling Lager "cans" for fathers day. (Not me but "they's" free. (I like bottled beer but I can drink it...))
BUT,
My Darling and I plan to try again tomorrow (If the Lord doesn't take me home..) Hitting the Naval Recreation Center on the Chesapeake Bay... We shall see, bought some shrimp this time. Normally use squid or cut bait.
Either way me and My Darling will hit the pier and see what we can come up with... I am thankful.... Happy teenth, June teenth, Happy Day off.... Git-R-Done... My oldest bought me a twelve pack of Yuengling Lager "cans" for fathers day. (Not me but "they's" free. (I like bottled beer but I can drink it...))
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Rest In Peace Willie Mays...
Say Hey.... I have MANY baseball heroes that are still alive and gone.
Willie Mays always ranked at the top. Charlie Hustle, Al Kaline, Johnny Bench, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, John Smoltz, John Hiller, Mickey Lolich (Hey, I was a Tigers fan..), Denny McClain, Frank Howard, Harmon Killebrew, Luis Tiant, Lou Brock, Jim Kaat, Brooks Robinson, Joe Niekro, Reggie Jackson, Thurman Munson, Luis Aparicio, Mickey Stanley, Catfish Hunter, Ted Williams,....
I named them off the top of my head... Each one did something special with the game I loved... Willie Mays did many things special. When I was fielding and a lot of when I was hitting, I tried emulating his game...
I think when they expanded the league and me seeing the watered down game is when I lost the reverence I had for the game... I don't know... I think 1998 was the last for me.. Players could not play the game the way I remember it being played... Just too many to be great... Nuff said...
I cannot tell you the last MLB game I watched. When the Tigers last won the world series 1984? I vividly remember the 1968 Series title.
As deeply as I played and loved the game, Willie's passing hurt.
God Bless his family.. I think 93. I hope those were 93 good years for him.....
Say Hey.... I have MANY baseball heroes that are still alive and gone.
Willie Mays always ranked at the top. Charlie Hustle, Al Kaline, Johnny Bench, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, John Smoltz, John Hiller, Mickey Lolich (Hey, I was a Tigers fan..), Denny McClain, Frank Howard, Harmon Killebrew, Luis Tiant, Lou Brock, Jim Kaat, Brooks Robinson, Joe Niekro, Reggie Jackson, Thurman Munson, Luis Aparicio, Mickey Stanley, Catfish Hunter, Ted Williams,....
I named them off the top of my head... Each one did something special with the game I loved... Willie Mays did many things special. When I was fielding and a lot of when I was hitting, I tried emulating his game...
I think when they expanded the league and me seeing the watered down game is when I lost the reverence I had for the game... I don't know... I think 1998 was the last for me.. Players could not play the game the way I remember it being played... Just too many to be great... Nuff said...
I cannot tell you the last MLB game I watched. When the Tigers last won the world series 1984? I vividly remember the 1968 Series title.
As deeply as I played and loved the game, Willie's passing hurt.
God Bless his family.. I think 93. I hope those were 93 good years for him.....
^ Best I ever saw. None performed so many different aspects of the game so well. Seemed a pleasure all the time.
That said, EDLC is entertaining as can be. He's not the best at anything (stealing & running?), but he's fun.
That said, EDLC is entertaining as can be. He's not the best at anything (stealing & running?), but he's fun.
Good morning from ATX. Currently 76°F and partly cloudy. Remnants of tropical storm incoming. Could receive several inches rain beginning late morning. We sure need it, but hopefully no flooding downtown.
CWS rained out yesterday. Cats play Gators at 11 am EST. Go Big Blue!
Happy Hump Day, y'all! Today is also Juneteenth. I'm working and banking the day for my Iceland trip.
CWS rained out yesterday. Cats play Gators at 11 am EST. Go Big Blue!
Happy Hump Day, y'all! Today is also Juneteenth. I'm working and banking the day for my Iceland trip.
Good morning folks. Hit the parking lot of the Metro today and it was damn near empty. I was afraid I’d missed the memo it was shutting down for repairs —but just people off for Juneteenth.
Rest in peace Willie Mays. So happy I got to see him when he was still near his prime —first time in 62 then the rest of his career. He was probably at his greatest in the 1950s, but had his best statistical year in 1965 and won the mvp. He certainly is in the conversation for GOAT.
I met him in 2000. I’d traveled on AF-1 to San Francisco with Bill Clinton’s WH crew and with other reporters were setting up to cover a speech when a guy just wandered in to our filing center and started helping himself to the buffet that the White House Correspondents team had arranged for us. It was Willie Mays. Clinton had invited him to be on the stage and be introduced during his speech and somehow he’d slipped from the handlers and found the free food. I shook his hand and we chatted a few minutes. Wiiidest hands I think I ever saw. Not biggest but very wide. He was polite enough but made it clear he wanted to be left to eat. Of course no one ever told Willie Mays he couldn’t grab a free meal.
Hot as hell here. Stay cool folks.
Rest in peace Willie Mays. So happy I got to see him when he was still near his prime —first time in 62 then the rest of his career. He was probably at his greatest in the 1950s, but had his best statistical year in 1965 and won the mvp. He certainly is in the conversation for GOAT.
I met him in 2000. I’d traveled on AF-1 to San Francisco with Bill Clinton’s WH crew and with other reporters were setting up to cover a speech when a guy just wandered in to our filing center and started helping himself to the buffet that the White House Correspondents team had arranged for us. It was Willie Mays. Clinton had invited him to be on the stage and be introduced during his speech and somehow he’d slipped from the handlers and found the free food. I shook his hand and we chatted a few minutes. Wiiidest hands I think I ever saw. Not biggest but very wide. He was polite enough but made it clear he wanted to be left to eat. Of course no one ever told Willie Mays he couldn’t grab a free meal.
Hot as hell here. Stay cool folks.
Had a dream in which this song was on the jukebox. I guess I need to visit dad again soon. Melancholy song for all Kentuckians like Tom T. who lived most of their adult lives away from their home towns...
A little Willie Mays nostalgia from the collection I managed to keep intact since the early 1960s -- with some older cards from an uncle who got bored with them and passed along his late 1950s stuff...
At one point, Mays, Mantle and Snider were the CF for the 3 New York teams. As odd as it seems, there was a period of 5 years or so that for one reason or another (ie Mays in the Army for a year, etc) that Duke Snider had the most impressive stats of the three.
Yeah, the Duke gets lost in a lot of the 1950s baseball nostalgia...My father-in-law, great guy, RIP, was an Irish kid who grew up in Flatbush...He had a framed back page of the NY Daily News that showed him and an older brother sneaking over a fence to get into Ebbetts Field back in the 1940s. Some newspaper photog happened to see them and thought it made an amusing photo, then he yelled at them and they were ballsy enough to give him their names: Tom and Jake Dowling... "America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time."
Good morning all,
On the pier. Not skunked this time but slim pickings so far... I missed four crab. My Darling let me know it too. Nice ones though....MTF
On the pier. Not skunked this time but slim pickings so far... I missed four crab. My Darling let me know it too. Nice ones though....MTF
What the hell Cats! Down 7-1 after 1 inning. Could be a long day. Hopefully they can make a monster comeback. I'd hate to see the season end this way.
Tough way to go out for the Cats after an historic season. Still proud of them. For a team that wasn't in the preseason Top 25 they did quite well and I enjoyed watching them.
I am just so glad I got to see us play in our first CWS & win that first game. What a wonderful ride.
Good morning from ATX. Currently 75°F and cloudy. Got a good soaking rain from Tropical Storm Alberto. Possibility for more rain this afternoon. Today's high may max around 89°F.
Yeah, Cats historic season ends. Heckuva run. Glad I was able to see 'em play in-person at Karbach Classic, Round Rock.
Leave here around 9 am and accompany wife to dentist. Return around noon.
Heading out for another hike around 6 am. Wishing y'all a good day.
Yeah, Cats historic season ends. Heckuva run. Glad I was able to see 'em play in-person at Karbach Classic, Round Rock.
Leave here around 9 am and accompany wife to dentist. Return around noon.
Heading out for another hike around 6 am. Wishing y'all a good day.
Good morning all,
Had a hot day yesterday. Not as we'd hoped but not empty handed either. Have a couple decent pics of part of the catch. Will post later this evening if the Lord doesn't take me home...
Heading inside my office. Just parked...
Have a fine day....
Had a hot day yesterday. Not as we'd hoped but not empty handed either. Have a couple decent pics of part of the catch. Will post later this evening if the Lord doesn't take me home...
Heading inside my office. Just parked...
Have a fine day....
Good morning from ATX. Currently 75°F and partly cloudy. Excessive heat warning in effect. Today's high expected around 91°F.
Happy Friday, y'all.
Happy Friday, y'all.
Good morning. We are currently 76°F and expected to top out at 93°F.
I will not spend a lot of time outside today. It is going to be an indoor day!
Good morning folks. Glad to have reached Friday, and a relatively calm harbor in the storm my job has been.
Went for a long run this morning. Feels good to have it behind me. Brutal heat expected today and all weekend.
Otherwise, life proceeds at a slow pace. Kids are all doing fine but I don't see them much. My son is coming in over the 4th from Texas, and we've planned a July visit to KC to see my daughter, SIL and grandkids.
Hope all is well for the D-Leaguers.
Went for a long run this morning. Feels good to have it behind me. Brutal heat expected today and all weekend.
Otherwise, life proceeds at a slow pace. Kids are all doing fine but I don't see them much. My son is coming in over the 4th from Texas, and we've planned a July visit to KC to see my daughter, SIL and grandkids.
Hope all is well for the D-Leaguers.
Good morning all,
Took a day off and just finished some work to prove it.
Also have to check some items late today but My Darling and I are hitting the road shortly. Have a joyous day... (I have a couple fishing pictures I am trying to GIF and post as they are great. Will do that soon.)
Took a day off and just finished some work to prove it.
Also have to check some items late today but My Darling and I are hitting the road shortly. Have a joyous day... (I have a couple fishing pictures I am trying to GIF and post as they are great. Will do that soon.)
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I know some can't access Facebook but if you can this 2:30 may be worth the listen. His interview leading up was good too but not included....
Don't Stop believing...
Edit...(If I see any others that may interest...) I will post them here. (Today..)
Don't Stop believing...
Edit...(If I see any others that may interest...) I will post them here. (Today..)
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My dinner today.... A squash pancake with sharp cheddar cheese with some shrimp cooked in... (Just out of the pan...)
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I was "Hongry" My Darling made me another one...
Edit again, my oldest daughter called me. "Dad, my tires going flat... I'm pulling into my driveway." I am sweaty as all get out BUT, sorry she had the flat but glad Ole Dad could assist... After all she did buy Ole Dad a 12 pack of.....canned Yuengling for fathers day. Didn't have the heart to tell her I seriously prefer bottles but, they are going down okay. Had two, bet I have another...
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I was "Hongry" My Darling made me another one...
Edit again, my oldest daughter called me. "Dad, my tires going flat... I'm pulling into my driveway." I am sweaty as all get out BUT, sorry she had the flat but glad Ole Dad could assist... After all she did buy Ole Dad a 12 pack of.....canned Yuengling for fathers day. Didn't have the heart to tell her I seriously prefer bottles but, they are going down okay. Had two, bet I have another...
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Went fishing this morning and had 3 strikes with 2 landed. 1 being a longnose gar (pictured below). So, 1 Large Mouth Bass 1- Warrior - Cat 1. Another push.
Need to figure out why current pictures are not showing up.
Need to figure out why current pictures are not showing up.
Went fishing this morning and had 3 strikes with 2 landed. 1 being a longnose gar (pictured below). So, 1 Large Mouth Bass 1- Warrior - Cat 1. Another push.
Need to figure out why current pictures are not showing up.
Mine were too ugly is why many of mine don't show up...there is an Internet god Al Gore lives....
Seriously though, what host do you use for your pictures? (If not getting too nosey.)
Postimages, but I don't think it is that. The older pictures show up so... there must be something from the transfer of the picture from my phone to the laptop even though it (the picture) shows on my laptop.
Good morning from ATX. Currently 75°F and partly cloudy. Excessive heat warning in effect. Today's high expected around 93°F. Summer is here. Bah!
Heading out for my morning hike in just roughly 30 minutes. Wishing y'all a great day.
Heading out for my morning hike in just roughly 30 minutes. Wishing y'all a great day.
Smiths Grove is having Austin type weather.
Good morning D-League. Back from my long Saturday run. Cooling down with a lemon Italian Ice. Not quite reliable watermelon time here in the east, which is my preferred way for cooling down after a run. But nothing aggravates me more than to get back from the grocery store with a melon that had a good thumping sound, and the right coloring, but when you cut it, you have that pale whitish-pink coloring, no taste and terrible texture.
It was hot on the run but not so hot that it didn't feel good to work up a sweat. Not much on the agenda today. Helping my wife with a little back porch project involving flowers, a hummingbird feeder and a heavy table with a large umbrella in the middle that cranks up and has LED lights around the rim. Whatever makes her happy. She takes great pride in our home's appearance, inside and out, and I'm happy she does, because I have a much more basic sense of a house as a place to sleep, eat comfortably and stay out of the rain. But thanks to her efforts every now and then I look around and think, 'dang, this is pretty nice.'
Hope you all have a good day.
It was hot on the run but not so hot that it didn't feel good to work up a sweat. Not much on the agenda today. Helping my wife with a little back porch project involving flowers, a hummingbird feeder and a heavy table with a large umbrella in the middle that cranks up and has LED lights around the rim. Whatever makes her happy. She takes great pride in our home's appearance, inside and out, and I'm happy she does, because I have a much more basic sense of a house as a place to sleep, eat comfortably and stay out of the rain. But thanks to her efforts every now and then I look around and think, 'dang, this is pretty nice.'
Hope you all have a good day.
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