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Post by Plainsman on Jun 5, 2021 11:56:25 GMT -5
Yeesh. What a Friday, into Friday night, into Saturday morning I've had. But, it's behind me now. Home again, home again, jiggidy-jig. Chill now, bear. Get outta that suit and enjoy the den! :^)
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Post by Plainsman on Jun 5, 2021 12:02:38 GMT -5
Got the "baby" (pup) on some new meds to rid her of some skin lesions (allergy to certain foods) and it is working...her hair is soft and fluffy and her skin is clearing up...can't tell you how happy this makes me. We are responsible for her good health as we have taken her in from the shelter...makes my heart sing to see her improving in her health. This makes my day complete...love our "baby". What a cutie-pie! Glad the skin condition is clearing up. They can be a real problem, especially in the summer. Jack had a recurring ear condition that we largely cleared up by going to a grain-free diet. Both of my guys are on grain-free diets. Better for 'em anyway. It's expensive but they're worth it— as YOU well know. We just don't skimp on family.
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Post by Gandalf on Jun 5, 2021 13:20:56 GMT -5
Just got back from New Orleans. Picked up the puppy on the way home. She stayed with a friend who has a dog much like her. Puppy peed herself when she saw us - and kept trying to get in the car. Guess she was determined not to let us leave again without her.
Had a great time in New Orleans. Took a couple of cooking classes and enjoyed eating at the various restaurants in the French Quarter. They are recovering from COVID like everyone else. Short staffed. Shortened business hours. It wasn't crowded at all. We stocked up on various seasonings and some kitchen utensils - like a "Cajun Roux Spoon". The "spoon" worked great in the cooking class, so I decided I had to have one.
Maybe I'll post some food photo's when I start practicing what I learned.
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Post by Gypo on Jun 5, 2021 15:17:48 GMT -5
Wife and I drove down to pickup a car trailer from a friend and I had loaded two of the five receivers in the truck tools. Got thier and I for got the other two receivers and the correct ball. So back home we went to do it all over again. This time I got the ball and the other two receivers and some grease for the ball. Sometimes I do some dumb stuff and this was one of those times! Figured you all could use a good laugh on me this time.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 5, 2021 16:22:38 GMT -5
Just got back from New Orleans. Picked up the puppy on the way home. She stayed with a friend who has a dog much like her. Puppy peed herself when she saw us - and kept trying to get in the car. Guess she was determined not to let us leave again without her. Had a great time in New Orleans. Took a couple of cooking classes and enjoyed eating at the various restaurants in the French Quarter. They are recovering from COVID like everyone else. Short staffed. Shortened business hours. It wasn't crowded at all. We stocked up on various seasonings and some kitchen utensils - like a "Cajun Roux Spoon". The "spoon" worked great in the cooking class, so I decided I had to have one. Maybe I'll post some food photo's when I start practicing what I learned. I've tried "several roux spoons" over the years and they all come up lacking. I find them either too short or too thin or not flat enough on the tip. I had a nylon one that was great but it broke after 20 years. I have three now, but none of them are perfect.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Jun 5, 2021 16:39:42 GMT -5
Got the "baby" (pup) on some new meds to rid her of some skin lesions (allergy to certain foods) and it is working...her hair is soft and fluffy and her skin is clearing up...can't tell you how happy this makes me. We are responsible for her good health as we have taken her in from the shelter...makes my heart sing to see her improving in her health. This makes my day complete...love our "baby". What a cutie-pie! Glad the skin condition is clearing up. They can be a real problem, especially in the summer. Jack had a recurring ear condition that we largely cleared up by going to a grain-free diet. Both of my guys are on grain-free diets. Better for 'em anyway. It's expensive but they're worth it— as YOU well know. We just don't skimp on family.
Not in this family...she is like my kid and you know...you take care of loved ones.
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Post by taiguy66 on Jun 5, 2021 17:34:48 GMT -5
Wife and I drove down to pickup a car trailer from a friend and I had loaded two of the five receivers in the truck tools. Got thier and I for got the other two receivers and the correct ball. So back home we went to do it all over again. This time I got the ball and the other two receivers and some grease for the ball. Sometimes I do some dumb stuff and this was one of those times! Figured you all could use a good laugh on me this time. We’re laughing with you, not at you brother. Just remember the song, “I’m only Human.” Cheers.....
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 5, 2021 18:01:31 GMT -5
Wife and I drove down to pickup a car trailer from a friend and I had loaded two of the five receivers in the truck tools. Got thier and I for got the other two receivers and the correct ball. So back home we went to do it all over again. This time I got the ball and the other two receivers and some grease for the ball. Sometimes I do some dumb stuff and this was one of those times! Figured you all could use a good laugh on me this time. We’re laughing with you, not at you brother. Just remember the song, “I’m only Human.” Cheers..... Yeah, I've done the same thing. Take 3 ball sizes and it's the other one. 🤬
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Post by urbino on Jun 5, 2021 18:11:12 GMT -5
We’re laughing with you, not at you brother. Just remember the song, “I’m only Human.” Cheers..... Yeah, I've done the same thing. Take 3 ball sizes and it's the other one. 🤬 I used to work in a hardware store/lumber yard. Not one of the big box boys. A family-owned business. Anyway, we were getting ready to close things down one night, and a couple of peckerwoods I called Beavis and Butthead were sent out to lock up the loading dock door. A few minutes later they came back holding an open padlock. About that time, the manager, who had left earlier, came back in for something he had forgotten. Beavis and Butthead flagged him down. "Todd! Oh, boy, it's a good thing you came back." "What do you need?" "We were supposed to lock the loading dock door," they said, holding out the padlock, "but we don't have the key to this thing!" I repeat, the padlock was open. The manager, genuinely perplexed, kinda looked at them and blinked and said, "Uhhhh, fellas?"
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 5, 2021 18:19:35 GMT -5
Yeah, I've done the same thing. Take 3 ball sizes and it's the other one. 🤬 I used to work in a hardware store/lumber yard. Not one of the big box boys. A family-owned business. Anyway, we were getting ready to close things down one night, and a couple of peckerwoods I called Beavis and Butthead were sent out to lock up the loading dock door. A few minutes later they came back holding an open padlock. About that time, the manager, who had left earlier, came back in for something he had forgotten. Beavis and Butthead flagged him down. "Todd! Oh, boy, it's a good thing you came back." "What do you need?" "We were supposed to lock the loading dock door," they said, holding out the padlock, "but we don't have the key to this thing!" I repeat, the padlock was open. The manager, genuinely perplexed, kinda looked at them and blinked and said, "Uhhhh, fellas?" 👍😁
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Post by urbino on Jun 5, 2021 20:14:21 GMT -5
I used to work in a hardware store/lumber yard. Not one of the big box boys. A family-owned business. Anyway, we were getting ready to close things down one night, and a couple of peckerwoods I called Beavis and Butthead were sent out to lock up the loading dock door. A few minutes later they came back holding an open padlock. About that time, the manager, who had left earlier, came back in for something he had forgotten. Beavis and Butthead flagged him down. "Todd! Oh, boy, it's a good thing you came back." "What do you need?" "We were supposed to lock the loading dock door," they said, holding out the padlock, "but we don't have the key to this thing!" I repeat, the padlock was open. The manager, genuinely perplexed, kinda looked at them and blinked and said, "Uhhhh, fellas?" 👍😁 This is the same pair that on another occasion was being told by a different manager he wanted them to go around the store and replace light bulbs (tubes, really). Their response was, "How do we know which ones to replace?"
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Post by trailboss on Jun 5, 2021 20:33:57 GMT -5
“ Their response was, "How do we know which ones to replace?”
I doubt they knew how to disengage a fluorescent bulb, they would probably grab it by the center and pulled down if they were told to.
A couple dim bulbs they were.
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Post by Gypo on Jun 5, 2021 20:35:37 GMT -5
I used to work in a hardware store/lumber yard. Not one of the big box boys. A family-owned business. Anyway, we were getting ready to close things down one night, and a couple of peckerwoods I called Beavis and Butthead were sent out to lock up the loading dock door. A few minutes later they came back holding an open padlock. About that time, the manager, who had left earlier, came back in for something he had forgotten. Beavis and Butthead flagged him down. "Todd! Oh, boy, it's a good thing you came back." "What do you need?" "We were supposed to lock the loading dock door," they said, holding out the padlock, "but we don't have the key to this thing!" I repeat, the padlock was open. The manager, genuinely perplexed, kinda looked at them and blinked and said, "Uhhhh, fellas?" 👍😁 And now those two are managers where I work. I always wondered where we got our managers from and now I know
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Post by urbino on Jun 5, 2021 20:43:08 GMT -5
“ Their response was, "How do we know which ones to replace?” I doubt they knew how to disengage a fluorescent bulb, they would probably grab it by the center and pulled down if they were told to. A couple dim bulbs they were. I don't know how they found their way home at night.
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Post by trailboss on Jun 5, 2021 20:44:15 GMT -5
Wife and I drove down to pickup a car trailer from a friend and I had loaded two of the five receivers in the truck tools. Got thier and I for got the other two receivers and the correct ball. So back home we went to do it all over again. This time I got the ball and the other two receivers and some grease for the ball. Sometimes I do some dumb stuff and this was one of those times! Figured you all could use a good laugh on me this time. My brother moved to Yuba City from Oakdale and they had Uhaul install the hitch and hook the trailer to a stretched step van. I wrongly assumed all was well and figured they did it right. That trailer was heavy with a piano and crates of glass along with a lot of other heavy stuff. Five miles from the destination the ball fell off the receiver, and triggered the brakes as I was opposite of a bull rig on a two lane highway, I was being jerked around like a rag doll, but I was able to get it to the side of the road... stripped threads on the ball shaft. I didn’t have to enlist CSI to find out that the knuckleheads figured that hand tightening the nut was fine. My brother was following me and was glad that I had a lot of experience driving so as to not be a greasy spot on the road. I told him that I had no experience as a stunt driver and that divine intervention was in play.
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Post by toshtego on Jun 5, 2021 22:30:25 GMT -5
Got the "baby" (pup) on some new meds to rid her of some skin lesions (allergy to certain foods) and it is working...her hair is soft and fluffy and her skin is clearing up...can't tell you how happy this makes me. We are responsible for her good health as we have taken her in from the shelter...makes my heart sing to see her improving in her health. This makes my day complete...love our "baby". She is a very dear little dog. Plain to see. That face!
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Post by just ol ed on Jun 5, 2021 22:50:47 GMT -5
have been trying, pushing all the buttons, what happened to the "what are you wearing" thread? Continued scrolling to bottom, seems nobody's added anything in awhile & have no idea which button to push to find same. You all know me, Mr. clueless regarding the "inner computer". Fine to reply this thread, PM or whatever. Found nothing when did hit the "search" either. Some of those "wearing" replies so funny...made my days brighter!
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
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Post by toshtego on Jun 6, 2021 7:13:21 GMT -5
Lest we forget, on this day in 1944, some of the bravest and toughest Americans, Canadians, Britons, French waded ashore on the coast of Normandy France in the face of machineguns, artillery, mines, rifles.
We owe them a lot.
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Post by Plainsman on Jun 6, 2021 7:50:37 GMT -5
Lest we forget, on this day in 1944, some of the bravest and toughest Americans, Canadians, Britons, French waded ashore on the coast of Normandy France in the face of machineguns, artillery, mines, rifles. We owe them a lot. God bless them all. The planners, the Navy, the Rangers at l’Hoc, the beach masters, tank drivers, the Bangalore men, the coxswains, all of them. Everyone. They saved western civilization. If only in their memory, let us not piss it away.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 6, 2021 8:06:00 GMT -5
My Fathers brother was there, only one he ever talked to about it was when I came back from S Asia, we did what the Aussies say was a walkabout on the headland of my Grandfathers farm. Maybe he felt I had seen some of the tramus of war, but no I was humbled and my service seemed piteful compared to what he had been through. He was not fully right in the head, but he lived a good life. God Bless America🇱🇷!
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Post by taiguy66 on Jun 6, 2021 8:49:44 GMT -5
And now those two are managers where I work. I always wondered where we got our managers from and now I know Murphy’s Law did say you rise to the level of your incompetency. Wait a minute... I made O-6! Cheers... 😉🤪
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 6, 2021 8:58:59 GMT -5
And now those two are managers where I work. I always wondered where we got our managers from and now I know Murphy’s Law did say you rise to the level of your incompetency. Wait a minute... I made O-6! Cheers... 😉🤪 Peter Principle.
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Post by taiguy66 on Jun 6, 2021 9:41:59 GMT -5
Wife and I drove down to pickup a car trailer from a friend and I had loaded two of the five receivers in the truck tools. Got thier and I for got the other two receivers and the correct ball. So back home we went to do it all over again. This time I got the ball and the other two receivers and some grease for the ball. Sometimes I do some dumb stuff and this was one of those times! Figured you all could use a good laugh on me this time. My brother moved to Yuba City from Oakdale and they had Uhaul install the hitch and hook the trailer to a stretched step van. I wrongly assumed all was well and figured they did it right. That trailer was heavy with a piano and crates of glass along with a lot of other heavy stuff. Five miles from the destination the ball fell off the receiver, and triggered the brakes as I was opposite of a bull rig on a two lane highway, I was being jerked around like a rag doll, but I was able to get it to the side of the road... stripped threads on the ball shaft. I didn’t have to enlist CSI to find out that the knuckleheads figured that hand tightening the nut was fine. My brother was following me and was glad that I had a lot of experience driving so as to not be a greasy spot on the road. I told him that I had no experience as a stunt driver and that divine intervention was in play. Scary stuff Charlie. Good thing you’re a professional driver otherwise it would have been a different result.
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Post by kxg on Jun 6, 2021 10:23:36 GMT -5
Murphy’s Law did say you rise to the level of your incompetency. Wait a minute... I made O-6! Cheers... 😉🤪 Peter Principle. Yes. The Peter Principle generally states that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their "level of incompetence". Originally proposed as satire, it has taken on an air of legitimacy as most everyone has anecdotal evidence of its occurrence. Murphy’s law generally states that “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” I find Murphy’s Law a bit fatalistic and prefer the more useful, “Anything that can go right, can go wrong.”
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Post by trailboss on Jun 6, 2021 11:25:26 GMT -5
Lest we forget, on this day in 1944, some of the bravest and toughest Americans, Canadians, Britons, French waded ashore on the coast of Normandy France in the face of machineguns, artillery, mines, rifles. We owe them a lot. Amen, John. I remember watching this, Reagan really knew how to deliver appropriate words for such a setting. My uncle Casey “Bud” Casimero Trujillo was a machine gunners assistant and was shot at the beach. Left for dead and his dog tags put in his mouth and alert medic saw him breathing. He woke up at a hospital thinking that he had a ticket home. No, he got a ticket to the Battle of the Bulge. Google often uses their homepage to celebrate some of the most lame anniversaries, true to form no mention of this date. It doesn’t surprise me though.
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Post by taiguy66 on Jun 6, 2021 11:41:47 GMT -5
Murphy’s Law did say you rise to the level of your incompetency. Wait a minute... I made O-6! Cheers... 😉🤪 Peter Principle. Thanks mom... I mean Ron. 😉🤣
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 6, 2021 11:43:59 GMT -5
Thanks mom... I mean Ron. 😉🤣 👹
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Post by bigwoolie on Jun 6, 2021 17:37:11 GMT -5
Had most of the day off. Just needed to go over and load one cattle truck with pairs and heifers for a trip to summer pasture, and put out a bale of hay for the remaining heifers. Recorded a training video and got it uploaded, now just kicking back and resting the rest of the day. We branded the last 2 days, and I’m kinda’ being reminded by my body that I ain’t as young as I used to be.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 6, 2021 19:49:32 GMT -5
We need another Patton.
Patton: War is a bloody, killing business. You’ve got to spill their blood, or they will spill yours. Rip them up the belly. Shoot them in the guts. When shells are hitting all around you, and you wipe the dirt off your face and realise that instead of dirt it’s the blood and guts of what once was your best friend beside you, you’ll know what to do! I don’t want to get any messages saying, ‘I am holding my position.’ We are not holding a goddamned thing. Let the Germans do that. We are advancing constantly, and we are not interested in holding onto anything except the enemy’s balls. We are going to twist his balls and kick the living sh*t out of him all of the time.”
"I'm very disappointed, and I hate leaving the world feeling this way." --Private Jack Port, now 97, on the state of the world currently
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Post by toshtego on Jun 7, 2021 7:13:05 GMT -5
We need another Patton. Patton: War is a bloody, killing business. You’ve got to spill their blood, or they will spill yours. Rip them up the belly. Shoot them in the guts. When shells are hitting all around you, and you wipe the dirt off your face and realise that instead of dirt it’s the blood and guts of what once was your best friend beside you, you’ll know what to do! I don’t want to get any messages saying, ‘I am holding my position.’ We are not holding a goddamned thing. Let the Germans do that. We are advancing constantly, and we are not interested in holding onto anything except the enemy’s balls. We are going to twist his balls and kick the living sh*t out of him all of the time.” "I'm very disappointed, and I hate leaving the world feeling this way." --Private Jack Port, now 97, on the state of the world currently I recommend reading the book Patton's Principles. Written by one of his senior staff officers, it amplifies and clarifies many of his famous quotes. It provides some background to his career. Short and to the point.
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