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Even at my age I never pass an opportunity to play with the grand kids......I can't get down and wrestle with the younger ones like I did the first few boys......hell, they are bigger than me and will only be 12 this fall.....
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Awf, I couldn't even keep up with the 3-year-old. Yes, I could overpower him, but his motor never quits and eventually I had to wave the white flag. That was true even when it came to things like playing Super Mario Road Rally. He was okay losing 15 straight times -- "Let's play again papaw." I finally let him win, which is sort of against my parenting philosophy, so we could quit. And a win by not giving up and outlasting your opponent is legitimate and a valid life lesson I suppose.

Back to work. Always an adjustment. Have a great day folks.
 
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MdWIldcat55 said:
Awf, I couldn't even keep up with the 3-year-old. Yes, I could overpower him, but his motor never quits and eventually I had to wave the white flag. That was true even when it came to things like playing Super Mario Road Rally. He was okay losing 15 straight times -- "Let's play again papaw." I finally let him win, which is sort of against my parenting philosophy, so we could quit. And a win by not giving up and outlasting your opponent is legitimate and a valid life lesson I suppose.

Back to work. Always an adjustment. Have a great day folks.
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Bob Gibson said he NEVER let his kids win. He HAD TO win. The last MLB homer he gave up was to some so so player whose name I can't recall. He never faced him again till an old timers game years later. First pitch, he nails him with a fast ball.
 
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Good morning from ATX. Currently 78°F and partly cloudy. Excessive heat warning in effect. Hit triple-digits yesterday. Today's high may break 100°F. Relief possible by end of the week.

Back to work. Keeping it short this morning.

Wishing y'all a fine Tuesday.

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Good morning everyone

I'm still kicking. I made another trip to the lake for 4 days with BIL's this time. We caught several KY Bass and I finally caught another walleye (21") trolling. My wife liked kicking back and just trolling around to fish during our last trip down so I'm trying to learn a bit more.

I've seen a few bears around here since the last time I mentioned them. We have plenty of hummingbirds and a rabbit hopping down our sidewalk as I type. Sipping on hot coffee on the back patio while it's a cool 72 degrees lol is pretty nice.

Less than 4 months to go til BB season. I'm once again eager for it to get started. Hopefully our FB season will be a big distraction during the wait.

I hope everyone has a great day.
 
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Okay....

I myself am in DC today and as some may know a heat index of 110 degrees is possible/ predicted.

Take note of this extreme temperature. BUT,...

What is historic though is this......

I am the ONLY one in DC at this time today that is comfortably wearing and enjoying having on his long handles....

Yeah there may be some knucklehead wearing them too BUT he "ain't " happy like me!!!!

Have a blessed comfortable day.....


✌️😉
 
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storm1507 said:
Good morning everyone

I'm still kicking. I made another trip to the lake for 4 days with BIL's this time. We caught several KY Bass and I finally caught another walleye (21") trolling. My wife liked kicking back and just trolling around to fish during our last trip down so I'm trying to learn a bit more.

I've seen a few bears around here since the last time I mentioned them. We have plenty of hummingbirds and a rabbit hopping down our sidewalk as I type. Sipping on hot coffee on the back patio while it's a cool 72 degrees lol is pretty nice.

Less than 4 months to go til BB season. I'm once again eager for it to get started. Hopefully our FB season will be a big distraction during the wait.

I hope everyone has a great day.
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Went fishing on Sunday and ran into a man who works with my wife. He started out with 4 or 5 catches before my first. His were smaller than mine because he was using small lures but, was pulling them in hand over fist. He was also using a different color lure than I was. Plastic worm about 4" long and was watermelon green with a chartreuse tail. Another guy I went fishing with a couple of weeks back was also using the same size and color bait as him. Both dusted me in the number of bass caught, but they were smaller in size. My plastic worms are 7 1/8" long and I use black/red and blue metal flake colors mostly. Has been working for me for the past few years. Although, I did find a plastic swimming frog of maroon top and a chartreuse belly in my tacklebox and starting using it. Got several hits and a couple landed with it so...

However, I went to Academy this morning and picked up some of those smaller worms the same color they were using, and I am going fishing again tomorrow morning to test it out. In my best Paul Harvey impression; "Stand by for News!"
 
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To the Cards fans here, another poster elsewhere brought this to my attention. It looks like the Cards got a really good one.

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St. Louis Cardinals get the steal of the draft with infielder JJ Wetherholt

The Cardinals got a steal with the seventh pick in the 2024 MLB Draft.
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"The St. Louis Cardinals' selection of JJ Wetherholt at seventh overall is an incredible one. Some media sources, such as Baseball America, MLB.com, and ESPN, considered Wetherholt the number one selection."
 
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Good morning from ATX. Currently 80°F and clear. May hit 100°F again today.

Wife and I went out to eat at Saltgrass yesterday after work. Excellent pork ribs.

Fell asleep early last night. Woke early this AM.

Planning Scotland trip. Flying into Inverness via London Heathrow. Also flying from Inverness Airport to Kirkwall, 25 Aug. Ferry from Kirkwall to Lerwick. Ferry from Lerwick down to Aberdeen.

Happy Hump Day, y'all.

One of my favorites: Hot Dog topped with egg sunny-side up. Delicious. By the way, Icelandic hot dogs contain lamb, pork and beef. Little gal who prepared that tasty dish made it happen fairly quickly. Note hot dog tray.

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Good morning folks.

Austin, I envy your travel schedule. Scotland sounds fun. Maybe in a year when I finally retire…

Just another work day for me in steamy Washington DC. On the subway now. As I was getting in the car a worker was getting off carrying a mop. Never a good sign on a train that passes through the homeless zone downtown.

Checking Stubhub for tickets to the Reds game at Nationals park this weekend. Haven’t been to the park in a while, which is odd for a guy who probably averaged 25-30 games live a year between the age of 6 and 50…

Have a good day folks.
 
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TheFrontRunner said:
To the Cards fans here, another poster elsewhere brought this to my attention. It looks like the Cards got a really good one.

redbirdrants.com

St. Louis Cardinals get the steal of the draft with infielder JJ Wetherholt

The Cardinals got a steal with the seventh pick in the 2024 MLB Draft.
redbirdrants.com redbirdrants.com


"The St. Louis Cardinals' selection of JJ Wetherholt at seventh overall is an incredible one. Some media sources, such as Baseball America, MLB.com, and ESPN, considered Wetherholt the number one selection."
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I think some teams were scared off by injury problems. I think it was his junior year he missed a lot of games with hamstring problems.
 
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AustinTXCat said:
Good morning from ATX. Currently 80°F and clear. May hit 100°F again today.

Wife and I went out to eat at Saltgrass yesterday after work. Excellent pork ribs.

Fell asleep early last night. Woke early this AM.

Planning Scotland trip. Flying into Inverness via London Heathrow. Also flying from Inverness Airport to Kirkwall, 25 Aug. Ferry from Kirkwall to Lerwick. Ferry from Lerwick down to Aberdeen.

Happy Hump Day, y'all.

One of my favorites: Hot Dog topped with egg sunny-side up. Delicious. By the way, Icelandic hot dogs contain lamb, pork and beef. Little gal who prepared that tasty dish made it happen fairly quickly. Note hot dog tray.

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Went fishing this morning and I must say; not this time ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I did get a bass almost that small but, I got many more at decent size. 1 lunker at close to 5 lbs. Used the new color plastic worms (watermelon with a chartreuse tail) but moreover, a green and yellow swimming frog did the best. Had many strikes with 10 hooked and 8 landed. Was a good morning.
 
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warrior-cat said:
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Went fishing this morning and I must say; not this time ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I did get a bass almost that small but, I got many more at decent size. 1 lunker at close to 5 lbs. Used the new color plastic worms (watermelon with a chartreuse tail) but moreover, a green and yellow swimming frog did the best. Had many strikes with 10 hooked and 8 landed. Was a good morning.
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That is ocean fishing.. A heckuv a haul. Congrats!!!

Our next trip will probably be in September unless we get the urge....

Plan on hitting this place:



The types My Darling likes to eat.. They should be running around then. I KNOW how to catch them types, now, if I can...

This guy is not rigged for the best catching.....
 
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Good morning from ATX. Currently 81°F and partly cloudy. Rain chances increasing later this morning. Expect 93°F for today's high.

Local news this morning showing road range incident and shooting. Drivers got out of vehicles. One shot another. Killed him. Yikes! Be careful out there.

Wishing y'all a great day.

Ran into these little buddies around 10 km from Geysir Geothermal area. Very friendly. Once they leave Iceland they may never return. Reason is maintain breed purity. From my understanding, Vikings brought them there around 1,000 years ago from Norway and Denmark.

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Good morning folks.

Last day this week downtown. Another hot, muggy one in the east. We had rain last night and it looks like we might today.

I was lamenting with a buddy how sad it is to be at the point that the All Star game doesn’t interest me anymore. For one thing, I can’t look at the ugly-ass uniforms they dreamed up as a marketing gimmick. Does anyone really buy those things? Why? But I also just don’t follow the game closely enough to know the players.

Man, I loved the all-star game as a kid. A chance to see Aaron and Clemente and Bench and Rose and Perez throw down with Reggie and Yastrzemski and the Robinsons…I can name most all the guys selected to the AS game from about 66-70, even the obscure American Leaguers like Don Mincher or Bobby Knoop. I studied the rosters in the paper. Now, maybe I could name half the starters with a gun to my head.

May go to National's park this weekend to see the Reds. That could be fun.

Have a good one folks.
 
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MdWIldcat55 said:
Good morning folks.

Last day this week downtown. Another hot, muggy one in the east. We had rain last night and it looks like we might today.

I was lamenting with a buddy how sad it is to be at the point that the All Star game doesn’t interest me anymore. For one thing, I can’t look at the ugly-ass uniforms they dreamed up as a marketing gimmick. Does anyone really buy those things? Why? But I also just don’t follow the game closely enough to know the players.

Man, I loved the all-star game as a kid. A chance to see Aaron and Clemente and Bench and Rose and Perez throw down with Reggie and Yastrzemski and the Robinsons…I can name most all the guys selected to the AS game from about 66-70, even the obscure American Leaguers like Don Mincher or Bobby Knoop. I studied the rosters in the paper. Now, maybe I could name half the starters with a gun to my head.

May go to National's park this weekend to see the Reds. That could be fun.

Have a good one folks.
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Wife ask me Tuesday night if there was a game on because she wanted to watch a movie with me. I said yes but it was the all-star game, and I was not going to watch it. She also asked about the home run derby which I almost always watch, and I told her it was the night before. She looked at me and asked what was wrong and I told her nothing other than I had lost interest in both of them. I still watch Reds games and have seen a good portion of them so far this year, but that is all I am interested in now.
 
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Wife ask me Tuesday night if there was a game on because she wanted to watch a movie with me. I said yes but it was the all-star game, and I was not going to watch it. She also asked about the home run derby which I almost always watch, and I told her it was the night before. She looked at me and asked what was wrong and I told her nothing other than I had lost interest in both of them. I still watch Reds games and have seen a good portion of them so far this year, but that is all I am interested in now.
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Everyone going for strike outs and home runs wears on me. Watching a nice defensive play is much more fun than watching a strikeout.
 
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Everyone going for strike outs and home runs wears on me. Watching a nice defensive play is much more fun than watching a strikeout.
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The nuances of the game was what it was about for me. Stop a guy from doing what he was trying to do by a hair. The expertise of truly elite players. The ability to sacrifice for the greater good of the game. To take away someone's power or cause them to make mistakes. Get's me thinking about baseball again and why I loved it to the point of being obsessed.

When I was in my teens, I'd wrap black tap on a baseball so I could see it in the snow. I hit my own self pop-ups, grabbed my glove and caught the ball. Hit bottle caps like Hank but mostly hit rocks with a broom stick on the railroad tracks. Played rope ball in the alley behind my house. Just hours and hours of sessions like that. Drew a strike box on a concrete block wall of a building on a seldom used street near my house on Dwight street in River Rouge Michigan (Real close to the tracks.) and threw a rubber coated baseball pitching so many games pitch by pitch for nine innings. Yeah, those were the days of baseball for me...

The game got watered down. Maybe it came back after expansion but I doubt it...
 
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BBUK said:
The nuances of the game was what it was about for me. Stop a guy from doing what he was trying to do by a hair. The expertise of truly elite players. The ability to sacrifice for the greater good of the game. To take away someone's power or cause them to make mistakes. Get's me thinking about baseball again and why I loved it to the point of being obsessed.

When I was in my teens, I'd wrap black tap on a baseball so I could see it in the snow. I hit my own self pop-ups, grabbed my glove and caught the ball. Hit bottle caps like Hank but mostly hit rocks with a broom stick on the railroad tracks. Played rope ball in the alley behind my house. Just hours and hours of sessions like that. Drew a strike box on a concrete block wall of a building on a seldom used street near my house on Dwight street in River Rouge Michigan (Real close to the tracks.) and threw a rubber coated baseball pitching so many games pitch by pitch for nine innings. Yeah, those were the days of baseball for me...

The game got watered down. Maybe it came back after expansion but I doubt it...
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Our house and garage was made of rock blocks. I would take a golf ball and throw it against the wall to get ground ball practice. I made it aerobic as I tried to go as fast as possible and it also helped with learning a quick transfer from glove to throwing hand. I would go an hour at a time. On non schools days, I might go as much as 5 or 6 rounds in a day. we didn't get a lot of snow, but I'd clean off a spot on snow days. Golf balls come at you pretty hard, so hard hit balls never bothered me.
 
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Catfan in Tn. said:
One more day on friends houseboat at Lake Cumberland. Known him for over 60 years. Hope this won’t be the last time before they head back to Florida in September.
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Do you know what part of the lake you were/are on? It's not looking like I'll get to go down next week or maybe the next....depends on Dad. I saw several pics of those planes....don't know what they were up to.
 
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Happy Friday folks. Got to work early and did some hard stuff and hope to cruise the rest of the day.

Could be an interesting weekend with reports circulating that Biden will bow out by Sunday -- maybe. I'll resist any comment except for the Politics thread other than to say it is pretty amazing that just a little over a month ago he dared Trump to debate him with that "C'mon. Make My Day" video. Strange times we live in.

Hope you all have an easy glide into the weekend.
 
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It was a shocking 64°F when I got up this morning. We are supposed to get to 85° this afternoon. Tuesday and Wednesday night we got a combined 1.93" of rain. In July that is always a big gift.

@MdWIldcat55 I am very political but I stay off the political board as I do not have enough discipline to not be banned. The other day Joe said he was in better physical shape than Trump even though Trump plays golf all the time. Joe is afraid of the truth and rarely even understands what the truth is.
 
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