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Post by trailboss on May 21, 2024 20:19:55 GMT -5
Checking in at the hotel tonight, some construction related guys were checking in ahead of me. On guy trying to make a show of his Casanovic qualities said to a teammate: “ Did you see that housekeeper staff, she is hot!”
His colleague said… “Dude, that is a dude!”
I have stayed here often enough… yeah, it is a dude. More effeminate than the rest of the staff, but it is a dude.
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Post by Silver on May 21, 2024 20:23:13 GMT -5
We've got a serious fishfly (Mayfly) hatch going on right now. There are thousands of these critters dancing in the air here. Happens every year, but it's come a few weeks early. They've moved on, as they always do when it gets dark, to the streetlights. They congregate under the lights at night. It can be so bad that cars will skid when they cross under the lights. Businesses like 7-11 will be covered inside and out with the little buggers. Life on the lake.
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Post by urbino on May 21, 2024 20:49:15 GMT -5
We've got a serious fishfly (Mayfly) hatch going on right now. There are thousands of these critters dancing in the air here. Happens every year, but it's come a few weeks early. They've moved on, as they always do when it gets dark, to the streetlights. They congregate under the lights at night. It can be so bad that cars will skid when they cross under the lights. Businesses like 7-11 will be covered inside and out with the little buggers. Life on the lake. Yeah, I've seen them like that, driving through river bottom areas of Arkansas at night. You come out the other side and stop at the first gas station you come to so you can clean the windshield.
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Post by Silver on May 21, 2024 20:56:27 GMT -5
They've moved on, as they always do when it gets dark, to the streetlights. They congregate under the lights at night. It can be so bad that cars will skid when they cross under the lights. Businesses like 7-11 will be covered inside and out with the little buggers. Life on the lake. Yeah, I've seen them like that, driving through river bottom areas of Arkansas at night. You come out the other side and stop at the first gas station you come to so you can clean the windshield. Yup.
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Post by trailboss on May 21, 2024 22:07:49 GMT -5
That is one benefit of living in the southwest, no need for screened in porches, you get an occasional bothersome gnat but that it is about it. I have not seen a mosquito since I moved here in 2005.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 21, 2024 22:21:44 GMT -5
We've got a serious fishfly (Mayfly) hatch going on right now. There are thousands of these critters dancing in the air here. Happens every year, but it's come a few weeks early. They've moved on, as they always do when it gets dark, to the streetlights. They congregate under the lights at night. It can be so bad that cars will skid when they cross under the lights. Businesses like 7-11 will be covered inside and out with the little buggers. Life on the lake. In south Texas they have love bugs like that, but it lasts for weeks. During a trip to Laredo I had to stop every 20 miles to scrape the windshield. Disgusting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovebug
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Post by username on May 21, 2024 23:01:25 GMT -5
Got a error 300 saying the requested forum could not be found when trying to access the site just now refreshed it and it went away weird.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 21, 2024 23:12:35 GMT -5
Got a error 300 saying the requested forum could not be found when trying to access the site just now refreshed it and it went away weird. I had that for about 15 minutes.
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Post by urbino on May 22, 2024 0:06:41 GMT -5
Just saw a post from my old neighborhood on one of those "neighborhood" apps. Somebody says their ac and furnace were stolen. That's a new one on me.
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Post by Darin on May 22, 2024 6:28:17 GMT -5
That is one benefit of living in the southwest, no need for screened in porches, you get an occasional bothersome gnat but that it is about it. I have not seen a mosquito since I moved here in 2005. Plenty of them up here in the Verde Valley but the no-seeums in the sandy parts of creeks are the worst.
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Post by coalsmoke on May 22, 2024 6:49:22 GMT -5
Just saw a post from my old neighborhood on one of those "neighborhood" apps. Somebody says their ac and furnace were stolen. That's a new one on me. Tough neighborhood!
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Post by Ronv69 on May 22, 2024 11:32:00 GMT -5
Just saw a post from my old neighborhood on one of those "neighborhood" apps. Somebody says their ac and furnace were stolen. That's a new one on me. In Houston stealing air conditioners is a major business. At the church we had to build an iron fence with a chainlink top over our units. AC warehouses get robbed and the new units get sold for scrap, which raises the costs for everyone. The death penalty needs to be expanded for the next decade to get things back on track. Nothing like public hangings to straighten up the incorrigibles. Not to implicate simple deplorables like me.
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Post by trailboss on May 22, 2024 12:12:17 GMT -5
I was in a church of all places telling a guy that I was going to widen the opening to the back yard from a single gate to a double gate. “ Oh, I know a house where there is one for the taking, (2008) the house is vacant, nobody owns it that is where I got my A/C, it was practically brand new”
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Post by Ronv69 on May 22, 2024 12:31:05 GMT -5
I was in a church of all places telling a guy that I was going to widen the opening to the back yard from a single gate to a double gate. “ Oh, I know a house where there is one for the taking, (2008) the house is vacant, nobody owns it that is where I got my A/C, it was practically brand new” 🙄 People suck. The saying is that "Christians aren't perfect, just saved". I doubt that guy is either. In every church I meet people who I wonder why they really there. Social scene, improving their image in the community? Every church has it's "ticks".
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Post by Ronv69 on May 22, 2024 12:34:48 GMT -5
It's 88 in NE Texas now, feeling like a hundred. It's May. New AC is working great as I sit here wearing flannel. We keep it so cool because of the humidity. Leaky old house.
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Post by oldcajun123 on May 22, 2024 12:41:54 GMT -5
Yep my new AC is something else, told son in Houston you need 2 portables you can have one, he’s got one already. Had the old house attic and floor foamed years ago did the trick, electric bills are very manageable. Glad I cut grass Tuesday and takeing today off, smoked my Morta on the porch while watching wife’s new kitten go all over the porch, everything is new to him.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 22, 2024 15:21:15 GMT -5
Yep my new AC is something else, told son in Houston you need 2 portables you can have one, he’s got one already. Had the old house attic and floor foamed years ago did the trick, electric bills are very manageable. Glad I cut grass Tuesday and takeing today off, smoked my Morta on the porch while watching wife’s new kitten go all over the porch, everything is new to him. I was just about to ask you if you ever smoked your Beckers any more.
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Post by urbino on May 22, 2024 16:38:12 GMT -5
Stormy day, here. I bet Alexa has sent me 15 notifications about NWS watches and warnings of various kinds, today.
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Post by trailboss on May 22, 2024 19:19:19 GMT -5
That is one benefit of living in the southwest, no need for screened in porches, you get an occasional bothersome gnat but that it is about it. I have not seen a mosquito since I moved here in 2005. Plenty of them up here in the Verde Valley but the no-seeums in the sandy parts of creeks are the worst. Pros-s and cons to everything I suppose. I thought No see-ums were a South Carolina thing...no seeum around here, no feelum around here. But then anything les than 50# without scales in the valley of the sun is scorched.
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Post by trailboss on May 22, 2024 20:07:24 GMT -5
Delivered a patient in Vegas today, Lolita told me that her husband had passed away 12 days ago. Daniel was a bear of a guy, always had a smile and managed Lolita’s supplies, by all accounts a guy that doted on her. She was kind of concerned about it, but her home provider was there to assist her. He had limited mobility, but he appeared in better health than her… in spite of it all she was in reasonably good spirits.
Daniel got up, went to the restroom and collapsed, but he dropped between the commode and the tub. She could not move him to try and resuscitate him, she heard the death rattle before the fire department got there.
On another note, a different patient received a transplant, and is optomistic about not having to see me.
I am still going to stop by and insist on the Mexican glass bottled Coke they always have waiting for me… my 1 Coke a week that I drink, but it is always good!😉
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Post by urbino on May 22, 2024 20:20:41 GMT -5
A good reminder of how easy life is for some of us.
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Post by trailboss on May 22, 2024 20:52:13 GMT -5
A good reminder of how easy life is for some of us. Amen Bruddah! A regular constant reminder on how fragile life can be, and how each day is a gift we oft take for granted.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 22, 2024 23:05:28 GMT -5
Finally got the back yard mowed. I first had to cut the steel conduit off the blades from my wife's attempt to mow. Had to stop to put the belt back on as the repairman didn't tighten the spring for the tensioning idler pully. And I had tighten the front deck bolt that was about to fall off. Then it started to rain. 😁
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Post by trailboss on May 23, 2024 9:25:26 GMT -5
Unless I am using the restroom, or letting someone else out to do so, my seat belt stays on. Sometimes the pilots are caught off guard.
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Post by toshtego on May 23, 2024 10:49:17 GMT -5
Unless I am using the restroom, or letting someone else out to do so, my seat belt stays on. Sometimes the pilots are caught off guard. When I flew, always had seat belt fastened. Seemed sensible.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 23, 2024 10:57:42 GMT -5
I've had mostly smooth flights, but I also always kept the seat belt on. I was on a similar plane ride in the late 60s. Delta from New Orleans to Houston. We dropped 5k feet and it was a bumpy roller-coaster from there. Plane wasn't full and most were drunk. The then-to-be mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner was crying like a baby.
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Post by toshtego on May 23, 2024 12:58:43 GMT -5
I've had mostly smooth flights, but I also always kept the seat belt on. I was on a similar plane ride in the late 60s. Delta from New Orleans to Houston. We dropped 5k feet and it was a bumpy roller-coaster from there. Plane wasn't full and most were drunk. The then-to-be mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner was crying like a baby. I recall flying in DC6s as a boy with the family. Their lower flight level made for bumpy rides which is why I always kept the belt fastened well into the jet age.
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Post by trailboss on May 23, 2024 13:07:18 GMT -5
Went to the car wash today, I was loaded onto the auto conveyor right behind a Shelby Cobra Mustang...I reached out to Cobblestone, after I talked to the in-store cashier.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 23, 2024 16:12:34 GMT -5
I've had mostly smooth flights, but I also always kept the seat belt on. I was on a similar plane ride in the late 60s. Delta from New Orleans to Houston. We dropped 5k feet and it was a bumpy roller-coaster from there. Plane wasn't full and most were drunk. The then-to-be mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner was crying like a baby. I recall flying in DC6s as a boy with the family. Their lower flight level made for bumpy rides which is why I always kept the belt fastened well into the jet age. A DC-9 was the oldest M-D plane I ever flew on. The New Orleans flight was on a 727. Most of my air miles have been on 727s, including the Ireland trip in 84. They were more comfortable than any of the newer planes I've been on.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 23, 2024 16:23:31 GMT -5
Took a scenic drive today to the Lake Cafe on Lake O' The Pines. A very nice drive and the restaurant was excellent with a full menu. I had meatloaf with pintos and mashed potatoes. Wife had the liver and onions. Dropped by the Courthouse and voted in the local runoff election and now time for a nap.
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