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[storm1507]

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.

I hope that was a calm time during your service so you could enjoy it somewhat. I think I'll just stick with the Appalachian mountains.

 

[cordmaker]

Funny story from Saturday, we went to see the movie Twister, as we were walking out there is a couple setting to the side, he young man was wearing an Arkansas t-shirt, I saw a guy with a Kentucky shirt on, he walks up to the young man and says, I just want to thank y'all from the bottom of my heart for taking coach cow off our hands, we really appreciate it!!! As we walked away, both of them were laughing and shaking hands!!

 

[berniecarbo]

I hope that was a calm time during your service so you could enjoy it somewhat. I think I'll just stick with the Appalachian mountains.

Like anything, there was both good and bad. I'm glad I was there though. It was a great chance to see and work with another culture and to see how good we have it here. In line with your old job, there was a lot of wild boar there. The big shots were always visiting and playing war games so they could go hunting.

 

[BBUK]

I hope all have a peaceful and restful evening/ night. Hitting the hay. Not a bad day tomorrow but Tuesday, I'd rather do about anything other than what I am scheduled to do.... (I am thankful...)

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 76°F and partly cloudy. Rain expected later this afternoon. We may not exceed 87°F at all today, which is fine with me.

Monday, Monday.... Wishing y'all an outstanding day.

@cordmaker : Here we are coming into Newark early evening March 16. Look closely and you can see Freedom Tower NYC just behind wing tip.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning folks.

Hot and muggy in the east. Just finished a longish run and I’m sitting on my back porch eating a slice of ice cold watermelon. What is better than that first bite of a perfectly sweet and crisp watermelon when you are overheated and dehydrated.

Gotta get ready for a long work week. Hope all is well with you folks.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Morning guys. It is a cloudy 74°F on our way to a cool 82° this afternoon. We got .34" of rain over night.

Biden dropped out. I did not think he would do it. I assume it will be Harris on the top of the ticket.

Enjoy your Monday.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 74°F and cloudy. Good rain chances later this morning.

Found an iPhone yesterday during my walk. T-Mobile is carrier. Language en Español. Drop it by local T-Mobile dealer later today after chemo.

Olympics opening ceremony Friday. Some events, such as Rugby and Soccer, start preliminary play today. Go USA!

Chemo at 9:45 am.

Wishing y'all a good day.

Ground beef at Icelandic supermarket (Nettó) goes for roughly $10 / lb.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning folks. Cloudy and incredibly muggy in the east.

Strange days we are living through. Less than two months ago Biden put out a brash, sneering video daring Trump to “make my day” with an early debate. Now he’s staring off into space in his Delaware basement, dreaming of taking down CornPop in the pool parking lot while Hunter googles Countries with No Extradition and tries to cut a bulk deal with Motel 6 for his “art work.”

I’ve noticed the days already getting slightly shorter during my morning walks. But still lots of summer ahead. Hope you guys are enjoying it.

 

[BBUK]

 

[warrior-cat]

Good morning folks.

Hot and muggy in the east. Just finished a longish run and I’m sitting on my back porch eating a slice of ice cold watermelon. What is better than that first bite of a perfectly sweet and crisp watermelon when you are overheated and dehydrated.

Gotta get ready for a long work week. Hope all is well with you folks.

A beer in a frosted mug?

 

[warrior-cat]

G-day!

Went fishing this morning at a pond (lake size so pond is not a good measure) that I have only gone to 2 times at Ft Sill with each time yielding nothing. I was bank fishing those first 2 times with not a whole lot of bank accessible. This time I was in the kayak. Only got 4 strikes but hooked all 4 of them and landed them so... Warrior-Cat 4 -- Largemouth Bass 0.

There was a lot of grass covering at least half of the lake/pond. Ran frogs over the grass and weedless worms through it. Caught the bass on the worms. Water was clear and I could see many little bass all over the place. that bodes well for the future.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 74°F and cloudy. Slight chance for showers. Our high may reach 88°F today. Received a good soaking rain yesterday. Loving this weather.

Got another MRI scheduled for October 1st. May come sooner. So far everything stable.

Happy Hump Day, y'all.

My buddy's other house in the Haverhill, MA area. Presently occupied. Built around 1740. He and his wife live next door. Amazing history up there.

 

[BBUK]

Good morning all,

What a day this will be....

Have a good one.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning folks. Grinding away at another work day -- a very busy one. Got in at 7:45 and just looked up to see it is closing in on noon. "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace to the last syllable of recorded time." Or something like that. Maybe it's more what the Doors sang: "Trade in your hours for a handful of dimes."

Happy hump day. Another weekend glimmers right there on the horizon. I'm feeling like seeing the ocean. Maybe my wife and I will visit her brother in Rehoboth Beach. Sleepy Joe should still be locked in the basement so it'll be safe.

Have a good one.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Good afternoon. Just got finished frying up a pound of bacon. A friend brought over a bunch of home grown tomatoes and we are going to have BLT's this afternoon.

It has been cloudy and just now got to 80°F even though it started out at a warm 74°F . We are supposed to have rain but we have not seen any in two days.

Happy hump day folks. Even though I have been retired a long time, the weekends are the best. It does not make sense but that is just the way that I am wired.

 

[vhcat70]

^BLT's for us tonight also before heading out to the Wed evening bridge club game.

 

[berniecarbo]

Good morning folks. Grinding away at another work day -- a very busy one. Got in at 7:45 and just looked up to see it is closing in on noon. "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace to the last syllable of recorded time." Or something like that. Maybe it's more what the Doors sang: "Trade in your hours for a handful of dimes."

Happy hump day. Another weekend glimmers right there on the horizon. I'm feeling like seeing the ocean. Maybe my wife and I will visit her brother in Rehoboth Beach. Sleepy Joe should still be locked in the basement so it'll be safe.

Have a good one.

Or from Dr Hook, How much soul must a poor man sell just to rub two coins together?

 

[BBUK]

Good afternoon. Just got finished frying up a pound of bacon. A friend brought over a bunch of home grown tomatoes and we are going to have BLT's this afternoon.

It has been cloudy and just now got to 80°F even though it started out at a warm 74°F . We are supposed to have rain but we have not seen any in two days.

Happy hump day folks. Even though I have been retired a long time, the weekends are the best. It does not make sense but that is just the way that I am wired.

IT'S BACON!!!!!

 

[BBUK]

Man we are making up for rain now. "A chunk floater, a frog strangler..." - J. Clower

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Current temperature = 74°F and cloudy. Today's high expected around 84°F. Great rain chances.

Bout with nausea last night. Ugh! Okay now.

Wishing y'all a great day.

Church in Akureyi, Iceland.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

@AustinTXCat sorry to hear about the nausea. Nausea really bothers me. You have been one tough dude when it comes to taking chemo. Here's to you!

I am enjoying the pictures of Iceland. Keep them coming. Austin is the churches mainly Catholic or are there also protestant?

It is a partly cloudy 70°F on our way to 88°F and only 3% chance of rain. They had predicted a "frog strangler" @BBUK here this week and we have had one rain that gave us .38".

You all enjoy your Friday eve.

 

[AustinTXCat]

@AustinTXCat sorry to hear about the nausea. Nausea really bothers me. You have been one tough dude when it comes to taking chemo. Here's to you!

I am enjoying the pictures of Iceland. Keep them coming. Austin is the churches mainly Catholic or are there also protestant?

It is a partly cloudy 70°F on our way to 88°F and only 3% chance of rain. They had predicted a "frog strangler" @BBUK here this week and we have had one rain that gave us .38".

You all enjoy your Friday eve.

Bert, as I understand, Evangelical Lutheran dominates at roughly 65% of the population. Catholic comes in at around 3%. Thanks.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Bert, as I understand, Evangelical Lutheran dominates at roughly 65% of the population. Catholic comes in at around 3%. Thanks.

So it is the German influence I assume.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning folks.

Busy day today. I talked with a 94-year-old former Life Magazine photographer for a piece I'm producing on the resignation of Nixon, which incredibly as it seems was 50 years ago in about 15 days. This guy took the famous photos of the family after Nixon made his speech that he was resigning. Biggest takeaway: The guy knew all the presidents from Eisenhower to Bush and he said Nixon was the nicest guy on a personal level, though Reagan was charming in his own right. Not the way many of us think of Nixon.

Things are moving along otherwise. Friday is within view.

Have a good one.

 

[berniecarbo]

Good morning folks.

Busy day today. I talked with a 94-year-old former Life Magazine photographer for a piece I'm producing on the resignation of Nixon, which incredibly as it seems was 50 years ago in about 15 days. This guy took the famous photos of the family after Nixon made his speech that he was resigning. Biggest takeaway: The guy knew all the presidents from Eisenhower to Bush and he said Nixon was the nicest guy on a personal level, though Reagan was charming in his own right. Not the way many of us think of Nixon.

Things are moving along otherwise. Friday is within view.

Have a good one.

I saw a Nixon interview from years ago. I was very impressed by his knowledge of world events and how certain actions and reactions would affect things.

 

[vhcat70]

Bert, do you know, have heard of, or are a relative of Major General Geoffrey B. Higginbotham, USMC (Ret.) ? (I know, I'm questioning you on the witness stand. )

He's written a damning background letter on Kamala.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 73°F and cloudy. Good chance for rain around noon or so. Today's high expected around 88°F. We'll take it.

Happy Friday, y'all.

Hallgrímskirkja Cathedral, Reykjavik, Iceland.

 

[BBUK]

Good morning all,

Day "off"...

I stay so busy now but I am thankful.

At the DC VA. Just had my blood test. Have two ultrasounds in a bit. Just waiting now. Then have to get a pint drawn.

Then the real work begins...

Should get back home around noon or noon- thirty.

My youngest daughter will be over. Her 2019 Rav4 didn't pass inspection. She needs new brakes and rotors.

I felt bad for her. She makes good dough but.....

Advanced auto parts always takes good care of me. Got good grade brakes and rotors for about $300.00. They gave me their commercial rate.

Since they are charging about $1100.00 an axle here, I think I saved her some dough once I finish. Hopefully later today.

Sprayed my oldest girls home for ants late yesterday afternoon. Needs her gutters cleaned but I don't do the climbing any longer so there is that.

Oh, I bought this daughter brakes and rotors too. I knew she needed them after driving her car recently..... Not today though.

Haha... My youngest told me, I will take you and mom out to eat after you finish. I told her to take mom and the BB. All I'd want, I will have.... A shower and I do have a case of Yuengling.

Have a fine day!!!

 

[BBUK]

Never ever had any issues with the VA. Be early for your appointments. No issues...

San Antonio, Charleston, Louisville, Augusta, DC....

Finished my ultrasounds early but got concerned when the lady said, let me check with the doctor... Then came back and stated results available in three days... Still concerned....

Waiting to drop a pint now. Already had vitals. That appointment is at 11.

I am thankful...

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Bert, do you know, have heard of, or are a relative of Major General Geoffrey B. Higginbotham, USMC (Ret.) ? (I know, I'm questioning you on the witness stand. )

He's written a damning background letter on Kamala.

I don't know him. But I would like to read the letter!

 

[BBUK]

Sipping a cup of coffee a pint light. Readying myself to hit the brakes. (Literally) Have a fine day. Goal is a great job and finish around 5.... HA....

 

[MdWIldcat55]

This ol' board is slowing down for the summer.

A fairly slow day for me, working from home.

Continue to battle with a horde of small wasps with sharp stingers -- at least according to my wife who has been hit twice and swelled up both times.

They seem to be everywhere -- I've knocked down a half dozen small nests under my porch after dousing them with poison spray. And I must have shot down two hundred out of the air with this foamy spray my wife bought, but I don't think you can beat them by killing them retail. That theory hasn't worked from the Chosin Reservoir to Khe Sanh to Fallujah. It looks like they've crawled or gnawed into a little seam between my porch and a new door I had installed into the house. I was going to seal that up with caulk, but I read that was a bad idea, that they would do more damage escaping from the tomb...Ah well. I'm very good at ignoring problems until they go away. We'll have a deep freeze here in 90 days or so. That'll take care of it.

Hope you all manage to ignore all your problems.

 

[vhcat70]

I don't know him. But I would like to read the letter!

Major General Higginbotham On Kamala Harris' Background.
Major General Higginbotham U.S. Marines (Ret)
The History of Kamala Harris For your knowledge and interest about Biden’s VP. Here is a timely editorial that exposes the hidden background of Kamala Harris from the Combat Veterans for Congress Political Action Committee that is posted here with permission of the author. CVFC PAC supports the election of US military combat veterans to the US Senate and House of Representatives The editorial begins: Kamala Harris' father was an avowed Marxist professor in the Economics Department at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. Both of Harris' parents were active in the Berkeley based Afro-American Association; Fidel Castro and Che Guevara were the heroes of the Afro-American Association. The group's leader, Donald Warden (aka Khalid al-Mansour), mentored two young Afro-American Association members, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale; they created the Maoist inspired Black Panther Party which gained strong support from Communist China; the Black Panther Party served as the model for creation of the Black Lives Matter Marxist organization Khalid al-Mansour subsequently went on to arrange financing and facilitated for Barack Hussein Obama to be accepted as a student to matriculate at Harvard Law School.
Following her graduation from college, Harris returned to California and subsequently became the mistress of the 60-year-old married Speaker of the California Assembly, Willie Brown, Jr. Brown's political campaigns were supported and funded by Dr. Carlton Goodlett, the owner of The Sun Reporter and several other pro-Communist newspapers. Brown was elected as Mayor of San Francisco, and strongly endorsed Harris' Marxist political philosophy; he guided Harris' political rise in California politics, leading to her election as California's Attorney General. Willie Brown, Jr. is a well-known long-time Communist sympathizer. Willie Brown, Jr. was initially elected to public office with substantial help of the Communist Party USA. Today, Willie Brown is widely regarded as one of the Chinese Communist Party's best friends in the San Francisco Bay Area. While serving as San Francisco District Attorney, Kamala Harris mentored a young San Francisco Radical Maoist activist, Lateefah Simon, who was a member of the STORM Revolutionary Movement; Simon currently chairs the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board. Simon has always been close friends with the founder of Black Lives Matter Marxist Domestic Terrorists, Alicia Garza, as well as STORM member and avowed Communist, Van Jones. Harris has been openly and aggressively supporting Black Lives Matter Marxists; Kamala Harris is still closely associated with Maoist Lateefah Simon and Marxist Alicia Garza. Kamala Harris's sister Maya Harris was a student activist at Stanford University. She was a closely associated with Steve Phillips, one of the leading Marxist-Leninists on campus and a long-time affiliate with the League of Revolutionary Struggle, a pro-Chinese Communist group. Phillips came out of the Left, and in college he studied Marx, Mao, and Lenin, and maintained close associations with fellow Communists. Phillips married into the multi billion dollar Sandler family of the Golden West Savings and Loan
fortune. He funded many leftist political campaigns, and the voter registration drives in the Southern and South Western states in order to help his friend, Barack Hussein Obama, defeat Hillary Clinton. Phillips has been a major financial sponsor for Kamala Harris's political campaigns for various California elective offices. Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff works for the law firm DLA Piper, which "boasts nearly 30 years of experience in Communist China with over 140 lawyers dedicated to its 'Communist China investment Services' branch. He was just appointed to Professor at Yale to school future lawyers in the fine points of Communism. When she was elected to the US Senate,Kamala Harris appointed a Pro-Communist Senate Chief of Staff, Karine Jean-Pierre. Jean-Pierre was active with the New York-based Haiti Support Network. The organization worked closely with the pro-Communist China/Communist North Korea Workers World Party and supported Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the far-left Communist former president of Haiti and the radical Lavalas movement. Fortunately for Harris, but potentially disastrous for the Republic, elected office holders are not subject to the security clearance process. If the FBI did a Background Investigation on Kamala Harris, she never would have passed, because of her 40-year close ties with Marxists, Communists, Maoists, and Communist China. Harris would never have been approved for acceptance to any of the 5 Military Service Academies, been appointed to a U.S. Government Sub-Cabinet position, or would have been approved to fill a sensitive position for a high security defense contractor. Yet, since Joe Biden was elected, Harris could be a heartbeat away from being President. The U.S. constitutional Republic is being threatened by the People's Republic of Communist China (PPC) externally, and by their very active espionage operations within the United States. The People's Republic of Communist China (PPC), with 1.4 billion people, is governed by the 90 million member Chinese Communist Party (CCP), that has been working with
Russia to destroy the U.S. Constitutional Republic for over 70 years. If the American voters read the background information (in Trevor Loudon's article) on Kamala Harris, they would never support her election as Vice President of the United States. Joe Biden is suffering from the early onset of dementia and will continue to decline in cerebral awareness; he will never be able to fill out a four-year term of office. Since Biden was elected, the Socialists, Marxists, and Communist who control Kamala Harris, are planning to enact provisions of the 25th Amendment, in order to remove Joe Biden from office, so Harris can become the first Communist President of the United States. Since Biden was elected, because Biden would not be up to it, Kamala Harris would lead the effort to appoint very dangerous anti-American Leftist, Communist, Socialists, and Marxists to fill highly sensitive positions in the Washington Deep State Bureaucracy. She would fill all appointive positions in the US Intelligence Agencies, in the Department of Homeland Security, in the Department of Defense, in The Justice Department, the Department of State, the FBI, the CIA, most cabinet positions, the National Security Council, and in the White House Staff. American voters must alert their fellow Americans that Kamala Harris is a very serious National Security threat to the very survival of the US Constitutional Republic; she has been a fellow traveler of Marxists, Communists, Maoists, Socialists, Progressives, and Chinese Communists for over 35 years. President Trump had much more background information on Kamala Harris than we presented here, and he was correct, when he accused Kamala Harris of being a Communist subverter. Geoffrey B. Higginbotham Major General, USMC (Ret.)

 

[warrior-cat]

@MdWIldcat55 I have been buzzed a few times by wasp the last 2 times I have cut grass but not hit yet. Guess I am going to have to find their base and spray it down. I keep telling them "Negative Ghost Rider the pattern is full" but those little hornet wanna bees keep trying my patience and buzz me anyways.

 

[BBUK]

This ol' board is slowing down for the summer.

A fairly slow day for me, working from home.

Continue to battle with a horde of small wasps with sharp stingers -- at least according to my wife who has been hit twice and swelled up both times.

They seem to be everywhere -- I've knocked down a half dozen small nests under my porch after dousing them with poison spray. And I must have shot down two hundred out of the air with this foamy spray my wife bought, but I don't think you can beat them by killing them retail. That theory hasn't worked from the Chosin Reservoir to Khe Sanh to Fallujah. It looks like they've crawled or gnawed into a little seam between my porch and a new door I had installed into the house. I was going to seal that up with caulk, but I read that was a bad idea, that they would do more damage escaping from the tomb...Ah well. I'm very good at ignoring problems until they go away. We'll have a deep freeze here in 90 days or so. That'll take care of it.

Hope you all manage to ignore all your problems.

If I was near ya I'd fix them for ya.

I am on the second tire now. Had to get stuff coordinated the first tire. The others should go better....

 

[warrior-cat]

Headed to Temple Oklahoma tonight to play in an all-night double elimination coed tournament with a team that won our city league this year. My team sucked this season with only 3 wins and is not playing in any post season tournaments so, I got picked up by another team to go with them. Our first game starts at 8pm and we play every other hour or so until we lose out or reach the championship game at 6am tomorrow morning.

I have not played in an all nighter in many, many, years now. Going to be rough I think. I do have me a new large thermos that holds about 8 cups of coffee and some knock off brand 5 hour energy drinks.

 

[BBUK]

GET UP YOU SLEEPY HEADS....(Lucky dogs if you're not up yet ..)


Have a smooth, happy day....

 

[storm1507]

Good morning everyone.

I've been up since 6 AM and slept good last night.

Off to walk about 5 miles and then finish up some yard work later today.

The trip to the lake with Dad was not good. He had knee issues and was so bad he just went home after one day. But not before telling me I probably need to find a new fishing partner. He's 83 and just hasn't been excited about getting to the lake this year. But, he says driving is not an issue since it's his left knee. He doesn't like to stay home.

I hope everyone has a great day.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

This ol' board is slowing down for the summer.

A fairly slow day for me, working from home.

Continue to battle with a horde of small wasps with sharp stingers -- at least according to my wife who has been hit twice and swelled up both times.

They seem to be everywhere -- I've knocked down a half dozen small nests under my porch after dousing them with poison spray. And I must have shot down two hundred out of the air with this foamy spray my wife bought, but I don't think you can beat them by killing them retail. That theory hasn't worked from the Chosin Reservoir to Khe Sanh to Fallujah. It looks like they've crawled or gnawed into a little seam between my porch and a new door I had installed into the house. I was going to seal that up with caulk, but I read that was a bad idea, that they would do more damage escaping from the tomb...Ah well. I'm very good at ignoring problems until they go away. We'll have a deep freeze here in 90 days or so. That'll take care of it.

Hope you all manage to ignore all your problems.

Try this: fill a small brown paper bag up with paper or plastic bags and hang it near their nests. They think that it is a hornets nest and will avoid the area. It particularly takes care of wood borers.

Edit: HANG not hand.