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San Diego weather in NKy today - 75, sunny, & dew point in 50's.
Chicken of the Vat anyone? Bill loves humanity...
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.
Everyone going for strike outs and home runs wears on me. Watching a nice defensive play is much more fun than watching a strikeout.
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...
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.
4 low flying over Lake Cumberland. Guessing they were Air National Guard out of Louisville.
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.
Good morning and Happy Friday from ATX. Currently 76°F and partly cloudy. Today's high expected around 93°F. Received some badly needed rain yesterday.
Happy Friday, y'all.
Plane we flew from Akureyi - Grimsey at Arctic Circle. Cool little trip.
Happy Friday, y'all.
Plane we flew from Akureyi - Grimsey at Arctic Circle. Cool little trip.
Good morning all,
Typing away... I have tough finger tips... Going for coffee. Have a fine day that brings good memories...
Typing away... I have tough finger tips... Going for coffee. Have a fine day that brings good memories...
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.
Pittman Creek at Somerset Boat Club.
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.
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.
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.
@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.
Dad grew up in (now) downtown Somerset, but our place on the lake is near the middle....Jabez area.
Today is climate change Sir, not global warming. Just an FYI....
Oh and Sir. Joe doesn't know he is in the world most of the time till they dope him up....
My buddy only fishes one lure......a 4" black trick worm hooked in the middle......no matter where we go.......he only carries a small tackle box......I have my boat so full of lures that I have new ones thrown on the floor in boxes......my bays are full........he catches as many fish as I do......I like pulling different things......I just got a 9" trout lure with four sets of treble hooks.....I am going to replace them with some nice Mustad treble hooks.....
Just re-read this again. I never need to win unless I have to, If I have to, then I will win. (I know I have had them but I don't remember a time I needed a must win and didn't get it. Mostly geared to winning for my family.) I have a killer instinct but not to the level Gibson had. If I need it I can still pull it out (So far...)
I was hoping he would stay the course because Trump would have easily beaten him this time imo.
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I wanted to see if the Reel I made on facebook works. This is the BB...
Good morning from ATX. Currently 75°F and partly cloudy. Today's high may reach 96°F.
Plan on cleaning up around here a bit after breakfast. Must drop by post office later this morning to send off a few Icelandic treats for daughter.
Wishing y'all an awesome day.
Taken at Silfra Rift, Þingvellir National Park, Iceland
Plan on cleaning up around here a bit after breakfast. Must drop by post office later this morning to send off a few Icelandic treats for daughter.
Wishing y'all an awesome day.
Taken at Silfra Rift, Þingvellir National Park, Iceland
Yeah, but with a larger lead in the polls it would be much harder for them to make up the votes. It would look really bad and there would be a much bigger chance of getting caught. Desperation breeds ineptness and mistakes.
How many illegals will vote? They are registering them.
Good afternoon folks.
weather has moderated a bit. Made my morning run a lot easier. Just got back from doing some chores for my MIL. Putting some chairs together and taking some others back to UPS.
My wife then came in from cleaning the back deck yelping from two wasp stings. The SOBs had built a nest under the deck. I threw on a long sleeve shirt, got the wasp spray and a rake and obliterated the nest. Big win for MD…
Hope it’s a good day for everyone.
weather has moderated a bit. Made my morning run a lot easier. Just got back from doing some chores for my MIL. Putting some chairs together and taking some others back to UPS.
My wife then came in from cleaning the back deck yelping from two wasp stings. The SOBs had built a nest under the deck. I threw on a long sleeve shirt, got the wasp spray and a rake and obliterated the nest. Big win for MD…
Hope it’s a good day for everyone.
They sue people in your area for killing wasps you non-Karen you (In my best Archie Bunker voice.) Hope your wife is okay.
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Hi all,
Me and the BB are batching it. Just hit a park in Lorton in our old subdivision he wanted to go back to but it just rained so no kids. We will hit another one nearer our house. Have a great day.
Me and the BB are batching it. Just hit a park in Lorton in our old subdivision he wanted to go back to but it just rained so no kids. We will hit another one nearer our house. Have a great day.
I've been blessed this summer with no yellow jacket stings. Two wasp stings. I've "located" at least 5 yellow jacket nests mowing, weedeating, working around the house but escaped without a sting. I take great pleasure pouring a little old gas down the hole after dark and lighting them up. I despise them more than anything.
I was in the bug business for almost 20 years. Nothing I liked better than nailing a hornets nest. In all that time I was only stung once. Even then for some strange reason I reached out to swat it and it stung me on my knuckle. To this day that knuckle is slightly deformed...
Good morning from ATX. Currently 77°F and partly cloudy. Increasing rain chances after lunch. Today's high may reach 92°F.
Hee hee. Near upset yesterday during USA Showcase vs South Sudan Team USA survived 101-100.
Heading out for another walk after bit.
Wishing y'all a peaceful Sunday.
Amazing plant variety for a park so close to the Arctic Circle -- Lystigarður Akureyrar Botanical Gardens
Hee hee. Near upset yesterday during USA Showcase vs South Sudan Team USA survived 101-100.
Heading out for another walk after bit.
Wishing y'all a peaceful Sunday.
Amazing plant variety for a park so close to the Arctic Circle -- Lystigarður Akureyrar Botanical Gardens
Good Sunday morning everyone
I missed church last week while at the lake with BIL's and looking forward to the service this morning. I can't think of anything that's on the "to do" list after church. I've really enjoyed the last couple of days with the cooler weather and the on/off rain.
We had our great, great niece with us for a couple of days. It puts me and my wife in a much better mood. I'm still walking and hiking not as much as in June) but my eating is not healthy right now and the scale is creeping back up. I need to get that back in check since we have a couple of longer hikes planned at the end of Aug. at the end of Sept.
I hope to get back to posting some wildlife pics. We had a bear visit a couple of times Wed. evening.
Enjoy your Sunday.
I missed church last week while at the lake with BIL's and looking forward to the service this morning. I can't think of anything that's on the "to do" list after church. I've really enjoyed the last couple of days with the cooler weather and the on/off rain.
We had our great, great niece with us for a couple of days. It puts me and my wife in a much better mood. I'm still walking and hiking not as much as in June) but my eating is not healthy right now and the scale is creeping back up. I need to get that back in check since we have a couple of longer hikes planned at the end of Aug. at the end of Sept.
I hope to get back to posting some wildlife pics. We had a bear visit a couple of times Wed. evening.
Enjoy your Sunday.
I was stationed near Izmir at the foot of the Taurus mountains. Some of us would do an occasional hike into the mountains. Beautiful scenery and you would normally see a camel caravan or two. Another time, we went way up in the mountains For a week or so on a mission. the villages had no electricity and we would see sheep herders with their flocks and dogs. At night you would hear the wolves howling.
Good morning folks. A hot sunny day in the east.
I decided not to go to the Reds-Nats game last night in DC, it was drizzling a little and I wasn't feeling it. Reds blew a lead late, so just as well. I'm close to a boycott until they get rid of crushing mediocrity at manager David Bell. He's a dumb ass with managing the pitchers and his flat affect with loss after loss ('we came up short today') just infuriates me.
Lovely day for a little light yard work, and a walk in the woods. Have a good one folks.
I decided not to go to the Reds-Nats game last night in DC, it was drizzling a little and I wasn't feeling it. Reds blew a lead late, so just as well. I'm close to a boycott until they get rid of crushing mediocrity at manager David Bell. He's a dumb ass with managing the pitchers and his flat affect with loss after loss ('we came up short today') just infuriates me.
Lovely day for a little light yard work, and a walk in the woods. Have a good one folks.
I was raised on a farm and never got stung by a hornet. I move to Louisville and got stung by one the first week. I am allergic to them big time and had to carry around an epipen for years. After 24 years of taking allergy shots I finally got rid of the epipen.
It is 79°F here and we are supposed to 84° with a small chance of rain.
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DIL got caught in the tech outage at airlines yesterday. Her Delta flight home from Omaha from visiting GD got cancelled, so she "had" to spend another day with GD. She's getting out today.
Tree seen from back of friends houseboat. Back home. Hopefully there will be a return trip soon.
Smart tree...
Good afternoon all,
Just got back home from church and the store. Enjoy your Sunday afternoon. May it be leisurely.
Just got back home from church and the store. Enjoy your Sunday afternoon. May it be leisurely.
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