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Post by lizardonarock on Apr 8, 2021 10:54:48 GMT -5
Once I mastered some copied Cirque du Soleil moves the new headlight was a breeze to install.
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Post by bigwoolie on Apr 8, 2021 11:12:02 GMT -5
Headed to DFW shortly to pick up my son from the Marine base in Hawaii, he’s flying in for the wedding. Almost no one knows he’s coming in, going to be a great surprise for his sister, the bride. Gonna have all 7 of my kids in one place this evening, haven’t been able to pull that off for something like 3 years. We’re a large close family, but so many of them are as adventurous as their old man, so it’s hard.
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 8, 2021 13:00:04 GMT -5
You must be on Cloud Nine, Dewayne. How wonderful to have your whole brood on hand for the happy day. All best wishes!
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Post by trailboss on Apr 8, 2021 13:20:59 GMT -5
You must be on Cloud Nine, Dewayne. How wonderful to have your whole brood on hand for the happy day. All best wishes! +1! My wife, kids and grandkids get together regularly. But with my siblings, there was always one missing the last we were all together was probably 1975. Sis died a few years back, so it will never happen.
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 8, 2021 13:37:47 GMT -5
Toshtego wrote... “ That is a nice pair of pups.
I love Rotts. A neighbor has one and he is the sweetest boy you ever met.”
I, too, love Rotties, John. I’ve had three males and they were all perfect gents. Never bit anybody, never ate a child. I can’t have another one, since all three of mine died prematurely from cancer. (A lymphoma and two osteos.) I couldn’t take the heartache of losing another one. Rotties are big, powerful, dogs with an outsized protective instinct. No one should have one that isn’t willing to socialize, train, and properly teach him discipline. Rotties get bad press, mostly because of bad owners who have them as adjuncts to their imagined machismo. They don’t deserve to have such fine animals.
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Post by Gandalf on Apr 8, 2021 13:49:12 GMT -5
Got my big desktop computer cleaned up and put out a new giant mouse pad. Also beat the keyboard up outside so if anybody needs to know how much ash a keyboard can hold give me a ring. No real path to upgrade for about two years waiting on DDR5 memory to become the new standard. 56 outside this morning with a thick fog my favorite kind of way to start the day. The Chihuahua is talking in her sleep on the couch while she is in protection mode. Have a nice day everyone. I always used desktops instead of laptops, but I changed my ways - so my last desktop is at least 8 years old and hardly used. I've gone to laptops. Going to order a new one soon, with the latest processors and a solid state hard drive. Then I'll do an "organ harvest" on the desktop and an old laptop. I keep the old hard drives and plug them into "docking stations". Kinda handy. Then I'll turn the present laptop into a jukebox.
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Post by Gandalf on Apr 8, 2021 13:53:11 GMT -5
Considering what's going on in the news today, that's good news. I may have to move to Texas or Arizona - or Cosa Rico.
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Post by trailboss on Apr 8, 2021 18:03:38 GMT -5
Considering what's going on in the news today, that's good news. I may have to move to Texas or Arizona - or Cosa Rico. I think it is a positive move. Just to clarify to John (Toshtego) question: Meaning if the feds want to enforce unconstitutional laws, (like depriving the citizen from modern arms) they need to do it on their own...roll their tanks if they want to show who they really are. Local law enforcement is forbidden from helping them in that regard. Arizona laws regarding firearms and individual rights are codified into state law. If the Feds want to abrogate states rights, let them come and get them.
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Post by toshtego on Apr 8, 2021 21:32:27 GMT -5
Considering what's going on in the news today, that's good news. I may have to move to Texas or Arizona - or Cosa Rico. I think it is a positive move. Just to clarify to John (Toshtego) question: Meaning if the feds want to enforce unconstitutional laws, (like depriving the citizen from modern arms) they need to do it on their own...roll their tanks if they want to show who they really are. Local law enforcement is forbidden from helping them in that regard. Arizona laws regarding firearms and individual rights are codified into state law. If the Feds want to abrogate states rights, let them come and get them. We will see how that work out. Again, who determines if there is a conflict? There is ample precedent for the federal government to supersede and preempt state laws. Voting Rights, education, civil rights being past examples. In the unlikely event the Congress actually bans certain firearms as they did with the National Firearms Act of 1933, as amended, Arizona will just have to suck it up along with other states. Banning anything is unlikely to get the votes in Congress.
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Post by trailboss on Apr 8, 2021 21:35:50 GMT -5
Well they can come and get them if they want, if the country devolves to a point that the tyrants choose to disarm peaceful citizens, then they can go kiss a fat man's arse. And there are plenty of sworn law enforcement officers that feel the same way. At that point this country is no longer worth living in.
The federal government has a long sad history of getting it wrong. All one has to do is look at the SCOTUS decisions of the past regarding civil rights.
Sam Adams had more intelligence in his pinky fingernail than the collective lot of the current political class.
As I said...come and get them, I don't give a damn.
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Post by toshtego on Apr 8, 2021 21:45:19 GMT -5
Well they can come and get them if they want, if the country devolves to a point that the tyrants choose to disarm peaceful citizens, then they can go kiss a fat man's arse. And there are plenty of sworn law enforcement officers that feel the same way. At that point this country is no longer worth living in. As I said...come and get them, I don't give a damn. Let us leave it there. I am not disagreeing with your feelings.
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Post by urbino on Apr 8, 2021 23:12:56 GMT -5
Toshtego wrote... “ That is a nice pair of pups. I love Rotts. A neighbor has one and he is the sweetest boy you ever met.” I, too, love Rotties, John. I’ve had three males and they were all perfect gents. Never bit anybody, never ate a child. I can’t have another one, since all three of mine died prematurely from cancer. (A lymphoma and two osteos.) I couldn’t take the heartache of losing another one. Rotties are big, powerful, dogs with an outsized protective instinct. No one should have one that isn’t willing to socialize, train, and properly teach him discipline. Rotties get bad press, mostly because of bad owners who have them as adjuncts to their imagined machismo. They don’t deserve to have such fine animals. I've known 3 of them, I think, and all of them were just as sweet as could be. Very affectionate. One of them did kinda try to eat me once, lol, but that was his owner's fault. He and the wife were going on vacation, and asked me if I'd come by and feed Jack. I said sure, and they had me over to meet him before they left. I met him once. Briefly. That was it. First day I showed up and walked into his yard, he was pretty sure I did not belong there. Once he figured out I had access to the food, though, we got on just fine. When I walked back out the gate, their neighbor peeked over his fence at me and said, "You got some stones."
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 8, 2021 23:19:12 GMT -5
I have so many stories about my Rotts, Remus, Vito, and Murphy. I love them still. And if they are over there on the other side of that bridge I will be the happiest soul there.
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Post by lizardonarock on Apr 9, 2021 9:03:27 GMT -5
I feel a two AC day coming on already 70 upon waking at 5am. Cigar finished and some outside chores done and tools put away. Momma had to drive into work and was not overly thrilled about it early this morning but she got to do it with new headlight bulbs. Got some Ray Wylie Hubbard tickets for the 16th he always puts on a good show.
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 9, 2021 9:48:27 GMT -5
Y'day was a perfect spring day: 74°, bright sun, breezes but no wind. Glorious! The pups and I went down to the creek and they had a great time wading and exploring the cat-tail marshes. But today is another schizophrenic High Plains spring turnabout. 40°, overcast, cold and windy. It will not be a "creek day" for us. Jack will spend his day in the bedroom, on the bed, napping. Eli will spend his looking for trouble to get into, and no doubt succeeding.
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Post by Gypo on Apr 9, 2021 11:35:14 GMT -5
Y'day was a perfect spring day: 74°, bright sun, breezes but no wind. Glorious! The pups and I went down to the creek and they had a great time wading and exploring the cat-tail marshes. But today is another schizophrenic High Plains spring turnabout. 40°, overcast, cold and windy. It will not be a "creek day" for us. Jack will spend his day in the bedroom, on the bed, napping. Eli will spend his looking for trouble to get into, and no doubt succeeding. Sounds like a good day to me.
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Post by toshtego on Apr 9, 2021 12:49:58 GMT -5
I have so many stories about my Rotts, Remus, Vito, and Murphy. I love them still. And if they are over there on the other side of that bridge I will be the happiest soul there. I see my neighbor who has a Rott, only during irrigation season. He has a small farm here which he irrigates for alfalfa. His Rott remembers me each year and runs up to me almost knocking me down so he can lick my face. Just a big puppy.
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Post by toshtego on Apr 9, 2021 12:58:13 GMT -5
Ron in Linden Texas has not been heard from since april 3. Now dispatching Sgt. Preston and Yukon King to search for him.
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Post by toshtego on Apr 9, 2021 13:17:01 GMT -5
I am thinking Ron might be off on his Honda Goldwing cruising the backroads of east Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas?
That would be an adventure.
Hope he is!
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 9, 2021 14:38:46 GMT -5
I am thinking Ron might be off on his Honda Goldwing cruising the backroads of east Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas? That would be an adventure. Hope he is! An adventure indeed. Let us hope he is back soon safe and sound and with stories to tell.
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Post by taiguy66 on Apr 9, 2021 16:28:08 GMT -5
Very bizarre day weather wise here. Woke up this morning to temperature in the mid 40s. Went to the office and Mother Nature threw everything at us: rain, cold wind as the temperature dropped to 34F. Thank goodness I had my trusty pipes to keep me warm. Brrr.....
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Post by lizardonarock on Apr 9, 2021 17:45:37 GMT -5
You are lucky to be alive thank God you got a pizza rather than venture back out.
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Post by taiguy66 on Apr 9, 2021 18:24:49 GMT -5
You are lucky to be alive thank God you got a pizza rather than venture back out. Cheers brother.👍
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Post by pepesdad1 on Apr 10, 2021 9:47:37 GMT -5
Weather radio started blaring at 1AM...tornadoes and thunderstorms headed my way...good time to be inside.
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 10, 2021 10:05:25 GMT -5
Weather radio started blaring at 1AM...tornadoes and thunderstorms headed my way...good time to be inside. UH-oh. Keep an eye on the sky. Stay safe!
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Post by toshtego on Apr 10, 2021 10:56:06 GMT -5
Got my 52 year old Sony CRF-160 Multiband working.
Owing to my antenna limitations, nothing on the LW, MW of SW bands.
One signal from Taos on the FM band. A Mexican music station. On Friday Night's they have a "Motown" SHow which is fun. Rest of the time it is accordions, tubas, fiddles.
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 10, 2021 11:16:38 GMT -5
"Equis-el-ee-oh— es la mejor!" Often heard when I lived in El Paso.
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Post by sperrytops on Apr 10, 2021 11:39:34 GMT -5
Spring has arrived in Northern California and it's absolutely gorgeous. Though it was a lower than normal rainfall this past season, means we will need to be watchful for fires this summer.
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Post by toshtego on Apr 10, 2021 11:58:43 GMT -5
Spring has arrived in Northern California and it's absolutely gorgeous. Though it was a lower than normal rainfall this past season, means we will need to be watchful for fires this summer. You are in the Sierra Foot Hills east of Yuba City north of Sacto? Nice area. It has become a bit crowded over the past fifty years.
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Post by sperrytops on Apr 10, 2021 12:09:56 GMT -5
Spring has arrived in Northern California and it's absolutely gorgeous. Though it was a lower than normal rainfall this past season, means we will need to be watchful for fires this summer. You are in the Sierra Foot Hills east of Yuba City north of Sacto? Nice area. It has become a bit crowded over the past fifty years. Between Marysville and Grass Valley, closer to Grass Valley. Not too crowded up here, though I expect that to change now with the big conversion to working from home. People will drift out of the cities into the countryside.
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