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Beautiful morning. I really wanted to sleep in today, but here comes 730 and guess what. I figure, Tiger enjoys going so much why wouldn't I just go. Saw a couple of different guys there and had a good visit.
Koda I didn't want to clutter up Joe's thread so I'll tell you about this one Uhaul experience. Bought a Dodge B350 in North Carolina a few years ago. Ran but not well enough to drive home. The Uhaul website said I could put a Dodge Maxivan on the trailer and tow it with my 2500HD Silverado. The wheelbase is something like 127 inches and took up every bit of the trailer, with three feet of van hanging over the end. That was the most unstable rig I had ever driven. If I went over 50 the trailer started swaying. Long drive home. Talk about the tail wagging the dog.
So, the master picture taker Chris didn't take any pictures because there were too many people. I'm not a big picture taker anyway. I go to Australia and people say, did you take any pictures? I say no. They say, why not we want to see Australia. I say, go over there and see it for yourself. For years I would go to the same shows and see the same cars, and I had pictures of all the cars I liked, so I never had to take pictures.
Well, gonna do the weekly shopping and then I don't know what. Sunday is a funny day, the morning is taken up, and the afternoon is short because I have to end early to get ready for work. Might be a good day to hang out with Tiger.
Hope everyone has a good day. October is almost half over already. Sheesh.
So, the master picture taker Chris didn't take any pictures because there were too many people. I'm not a big picture taker anyway. I go to Australia and people say, did you take any pictures? I say no. They say, why not we want to see Australia. I say, go over there and see it for yourself. For years I would go to the same shows and see the same cars, and I had pictures of all the cars I liked, so I never had to take pictures.
Sorry I fell down on the job. Please don't boot me off the thread!
I'm only teasing. Your pictures are always people free I find it funny that there were too many people at your show to take pictures.
Got the rest of the afternoon to myself. I think I'll poke around in the carport. Maybe I'll put Tiger on a rope so he can be out with me. That is now unlawful in my county, not sure what they'd say if I'm out there with him. But the cops are never in my neighborhood so it's really moot.
But the cops are never in my neighborhood so it's really moot. That's why we have our mailboxes bashed, and trash thrown on the side of the road, and tire marks on all the streets from people doing burnouts. The troublemakers know the cops never come back here. The cops get lost and then get mad. My feeling is hey, if they came around once in a while they might learn the streets. But I can see their point, the neighborhood has only been here 64 years. Sheesh.
Just beautiful out. I could do some mowing. Eh, we'll see.
Taking 30 gallons of black walnuts to my friend up there, You would know I'd picked up one. His wife makes cakes out of them. If any of you bakers want any come on down
Norm, Me and my bud may whack whitey around Waterfall, I've heard they lost two holes [closed] do to something maybe rain
One round with my bud is worth 20 lessons of tricks that instructors never tell you [example] hit a 7 iron on the toe when your just off the green and are going down hill. It deadens the ball
I'm only teasing. Your pictures are always people free I find it funny that there were too many people at your show to take pictures.
Mike - I know you were just giving me a hard time. Really though, the place was packed almost all day, probably because the weather was so nice, sunny and mid-70's, and there isn't much else to do in the little town of DeSoto, MO.
Taking 30 gallons of black walnuts to my friend up there, You would know I'd picked up one. His wife makes cakes out of them. If any of you bakers want any come on down
Norm, Me and my bud may whack whitey around Waterfall, I've heard they lost two holes [closed] do to something maybe rain
One round with my bud is worth 20 lessons of tricks that instructors never tell you [example] hit a 7 iron on the toe when your just off the green and are going down hill. It deadens the ball
James - If I lived closer I'd be all over those black walnuts - I love cooking with them, esp. cakes and cookies. Boy are they hard husks to crack. Mom & Dad had one of those frick'n industrial nut crackers to open those husks.
The 7 iron toe shot is not new to me. I learned to manage greens by an old-school golfer at the age of 15 years old. He showed me how to pitch and run the ball with a 7 iron. To this day I use either a 7 iron or an 8 iron almost exclusively when just off the green. Hitting either iron off the toe significantly deadens the blow to allow the ball to begin its rollout without imparting any spin (CCW or CW). It's an interesting shot. I've attempted to teach that to some others and they don't "get it". They say (claim) if you're going to do that then just putt the ball. Obviously they don't "get it". If you putt the ball, the ball begins rolling and continues rolling when it hits the green and carries it's forward rolling momentum actually gaining speed. If you toe the ball off the 7 iron you need a drop point for the ball because you're going to lift the ball slightly to a place where it will "land" - its drop point. When the ball "lands" the ball should not be rolling - it will retain forward momentum but the ball should not be turning [spinning] and it begins its turning [spinning] at the point where the ball "lands". It's a fun shot and not that difficult to do if you're used to using a 7 iron or 8 iron for pitch-and-runs. It's a fun little shot. I rather liken it to a pool cue ball shot - low to retrieve (backspin) the cue ball, high to carry the cue ball forward or in the middle (dead shot) to deaden the ball and have the cue ball stop exactly where you hit the object ball.
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Actually Norm after tonight the bottle is empty You are of course correct, there is more than half of October left. I was merely speaking extemporaneously.
Had a nice chat with my Mom earlier. She's still not going to my uncle's funeral. I said that's fine. I didn't want to get into it with her. I didn't want to give her the opportunity to launch into some tirade on what a disappointment he was to the family. By the way she's the only one who thinks that.
Jamesbo enjoy your friends this week. Take them over to see the coach.
Okay bedtime. I'm pretty sure we're working tomorrow, even though it is a holiday. It seems no one is able to walk back to inspection and let us know anything that's going on. I haven't heard so I'm headed in. Not early. If I'm the only one there I'm putting myself down for overtime.
Have a good night everyone. Hope the week starts out good for us all.
Norm, I wish I had started playing when I was younger but I started at 50. The pitcher on my little league team is a + 8
I was out in left field looking for 4 leaf clovers
I once played in a tournament with one of Jon Portman's grandchildren. He was maybe 13 and pretty good. I asked him how often he played "Every day" I assume Mom dropped him off at the club like day care
. I use the 7 and 8 also around the green unless it along one uphill and then I might use a 6
Stormy here this morning, but I think it's supposed to move out by noon. According to the weatherman it's looking like a very wet week, with high chances of rain Wednesday thru Friday. Guess we'll see!
No big plans for today. Hope everyone gas a great one!
I'm eating beans - gassing some great ones this morning.
Ha Ha - I'm not going to edit my fat finger, it's too good! It could have been a subconscious error, I loaded up on Taco Bell last night and I'm gassing just great. I've been eating alot of fast food since my wife's oral surgery because she can still only eat very soft foods, and I don't expect her to cook a regular meal just for me
Beautiful out and it's supposed to be all week. Then this weekend cool but I don't think rain.
Boy I was steamed all day at work. I was supposed to be at my desk this week, then someone called out and I had to go back to inspection. The lead said, sorry. It was hollow. I was thisclose to going home. I knew that would put a hurting on the other guys so I didn't. But I let the lead have an earful. He doesn't care.
Besides that the washer went tango uniform for over three hours. We were "expected" to stay but I saw about 90% of the crew leave at 230. Then the lead was trying to make sure people were coming in early. I just shook my head and he didn't press it. The hell with him. He doesn't make any effort for me but lets those two bit clowns control him.
Taco Hell? Oh Chris, you'll be sorry for that one. You got White Castle up your way? Much better. I so miss White Castle. Jamesbo don't say anything about Krystal. Poor substitute and they look at me like I'm an alien when I ask for no mustard on them.
Okay Tiger and I are going to run an errand, go over to the house and put the trash out, and then come home where I will let off Tiger and then go to Summit for the Monday cruise. See ya's all later.
Taco Hell? Oh Chris, you'll be sorry for that one. You got White Castle up your way? Much better. I so miss White Castle. Jamesbo don't say anything about Krystal. Poor substitute and they look at me like I'm an alien when I ask for no mustard on them.
Mike - We don't get Taco Bell very often, but I get a craving for it once in awhile. Actually, the morning after effects weren't too bad. We do have White Castles around us everywhere, they're a big deal around here. We love them, but sometimes they don't love me! I was torn yesterday evening between getting Taco Bell or White Castle. Taco Bell is only about 2 miles away, but the closet White Castle is about 12 miles, plus White Castle is always busy and the drive thru backed up. That's why I decided on Taco Bell.
I hope your work situation improves for you sometime in the near term. Having a Lead or Supervisor that's a jerk and incompetent just sucks. Believe me with 35-years at the same place I had my share of bad bosses, but luckily re-orgs and turnover was often enough that I didn't have any really bad ones for more than a couple years.
OOooh.. or should I say e uooo, as in UCK! White Castle!! Remember the little piece of fat (one only per can) they used to put in the Pork and Beans so they could call them "Pork and..." ?? That is what the piece of mystery meat they put on White Castle burgers is... not good... I do like a hard shell taco from the bell once in a while.
OOooh.. or should I say e uooo, as in UCK! White Castle!! Remember the little piece of fat (one only per can) they used to put in the Pork and Beans so they could call them "Pork and..." ?? That is what the piece of mystery meat they put on White Castle burgers is... not good... I do like a hard shell taco from the bell once in a while.
Greg - Despite what you think of the taste, there are tons of sources/tests confirming White Castle burgers are 100% beef. Their very unique taste comes from being steam cooked on top of a bed or onions, not grilled. A unique taste for sure, that is not for everyone!
Greg - Despite what you think of the taste, there are tons of sources/tests confirming White Castle burgers are 100% beef. Their very unique taste comes from being steam cooked on top of a bed or onions, not grilled. A unique taste for sure, that is not for everyone!
We used to buy a bag (10?) of those WC "sliders" for what - $2(?) back in H.S. (1966-1970) when we could afford it. LOL There was one about three blocks away from H.S. and sometimes we'd walk down there for lunch. I really haven't eaten them in ages - not sure if the recipe is the same, but in H.S. I loved them. I could easily eat an entire bag of those little silver dollar burgers.
We used to buy a bag (10?) of those WC "sliders" for what - $2(?) back in H.S. (1966-1970) when we could afford it. LOL There was one about three blocks away from H.S. and sometimes we'd walk down there for lunch. I really haven't eaten them in ages - not sure if the recipe is the same, but in H.S. I loved them. I could easily eat an entire bag of those little silver dollar burgers.
Norm - My usual WC order is 6 double cheeseburgers and a sack of onion rings. I love em!
I guess I don't read enough these days. Did you guys know they are making trains that go 375 mph! Wow, that's scary fast. Can you imagine what it's like looking out the window, that's faster than a top fuel dragster!
Norm, you should meet the notorious Bob Kerr, now of Atlanta (Indiana). The man is an Olds nut and also runs a black walnut operation shelling for people in the fall.
I understood the value of that toe shot. It seems like it both would impart less forward energy to the ball, and also make it go "just" forward, like you want it to land and stick.
I ate a can of beans (small can) and some cheese a couple weeks ago for an after dinner snack. I was farting badly for 2 days.
I've been picking up persimmons. I did not know I had a tree till mid fall last year, and got 3.33 cups pulp from it. So far, this season, I have 2.5 cups of pulp. I also found another tree in the woods which should give me some. Need to trim briars around it. May take loppers or take the chainsaw and be not stealthy. I use persimmons for persimmon pudding which needs two cups of pulp per batch.
I guess I don't read enough these days. Did you guys know they are making trains that go 375 mph! Wow, that's scary fast. Can you imagine what it's like looking out the window, that's faster than a top fuel dragster!
Here's a video of the Tokaido Shinkansen train in Japan. I believe this was 177 mph. I rode from Nagoya to Tokyo and back one weekend, and Nagoya to Osaka and back the next, which, incidentally, is the original limits of the system. I was over there in Jan of 17 for a few weeks for Toyota and had weekends off. All the plant personnel did things together, my happy butt just looked stuff up the night before, programmed my phone with waypoints, booked a hotel, and walked around Tokyo like I knew the joint.
Chris - Yes, I have been aware of the speeds of trains employing magnetic levitation for some time. Cool aren't they?
John - Awesomeness - not the beans & farting - the persimmons. I love them. I used to make persimmon pie with them, employing a pumpkin recipe and substituting persimmons. I always want to make a persimmon pudding but never had the chance. This brings me to an idea. There are three persimmon trees on our club golf course - they should be fruiting about this time. I haven't been playing as I nurse this rotator cuff injury, but I'm going to try to start playing gradually. At any rate, I'm going to check on the three trees to see where they in fruiting and maybe I'll try to make a persimmon pudding this year. It probably won't surprise that no one I play golf with knows what a persimmon looks like or what a persimmon tree looks like. 99% of them have never tasted a persimmon which beckons the question where did any of these people grow up? Big cities I suspect and many are just plain scared to eat anything unless it came from a can, you can toss it on the barbie, or you order it from a waitress. Geesh. Of course, it's easy to tell when they're ripe; yet, still I'll bet you have as I have thought you biting into a ripe one only to find out your entire mouth puckered up for a solid hour with that sour, bitter, astringent taste - it's just bloody absolutely wretched.
I've been picking up persimmons. I did not know I had a tree till mid fall last year, and got 3.33 cups pulp from it. So far, this season, I have 2.5 cups of pulp. I also found another tree in the woods which should give me some. Need to trim briars around it. May take loppers or take the chainsaw and be not stealthy. I use persimmons for persimmon pudding which needs two cups of pulp per batch.
John - That persimmon pudding sure looks good! Almost looks like the consistency of bread pudding? My grandparents on my Mom's side had about every type of fruit tree and plant you can think of, which she made jelly out of. She made jellies and jams from grapes, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, apples, gooseberries, along with apple and peach butters. My brother and I could sit down at Grandma's table and eat a whole loaf of bread sampling her jams and jellies!
John - I'm going to check on the persimmon trees tomorrow. I'm playing a different golf course but I'm going to stop by my club to evaluate the persimmon trees. If it's a go - I'll let you know & if you want to fetch up the pudding recipe that would be awesome. Thanks.
Chris - I've had every one of those berry jams. I'll bet I have one you never heard of - Thimbleberry. Very, very rare to find, most don't know what it is. Some specialty nurseries may cultivate some as ornamental plants (why I don't know). But the Thimbleberry is native to the Keeweenaw Peninsula of the U.P. of Michigan. It's a Northern temperate berry. Our family used to collect them between Escanaba, MI up to Marquette, MI.
Chris - I've had every one of those berry jams. I'll bet I have one you never heard of - Thimbleberry. Very, very rare to find, most don't know what it is. Some specialty nurseries may cultivate some as ornamental plants (why I don't know). But the Thimbleberry is native to the Keeweenaw Peninsula of the U.P. of Michigan. It's a Northern temperate berry. Our family used to collect them between Escanaba, MI up to Marquette, MI.
Norm - You're correct, I've never seen a Thimbleberry or had the jam. I've been to the UP several time, but if I saw a Thimbleberry plant, I obviously didn't know what I was looking at. Speaking of the UP, one of my Highschool Football coaches was from the town of Baraga on Keweenaw Bay, right at the southeastern base of the peninsula.
Kickin back with my 2nd best girl. She'd lay on my lap like this for hours if I let her. Of course if I did, I wouldn't be to get up because both my legs would have went to sleep with her 50 lbs. on me.
Must be pancake day. Work was better today, I wasn't quite so pissed. The washer went all day but we still didn't finish. We've put out 160 wheels before in inspection and gotten out early. I think they are pushing more wheels through and just not saying anything. Well they didn't get them today. The next station the wheels go to after us(called the Squawkers, why I don't know) the guys stopped working around 130. No apparent reason. We literally ran out of places to put wheels, because they weren't being cleared. Probably 20 wheels. Their lead is gone this week, and my lead is seemingly oblivious. But he'll make a big deal tomorrow morning about not finishing.
My lead is not a new lead. He's the same old weak lead that's been there since before I have. I may not have told you guys this. The bad lead left and the fat a$$hole that was on my crew is the new lead. I would have guessed he'd be ineligible because in the last three years that I know of, he sent a stink bomb through the paperwork tube system, he threatened another employee who gave him up for it, he shows his ***** to anyone walking past, he rallies the other workers to slow down when he doesn't want to work. The only other guy that applied couldn't find his way out of a wet paper bag. So it is what it is. At least he's out of my hair.
Chris if my dog layed on me like that I'd be squooshed. He's over 100 pounds. He's not the cuddle bug so no chance of it.
Once when I was a kid I went with a friend to White Castle and got us both a dozen. He ate two of them and then said he didn't like White Castle. I said, then why in the hell did you say you wanted to go there. I don't remember his answer. So I ate my 12, and then ate his remaining 10. I don't remember any terribly negative effects. Another time I was helping another friend's family move, and the dad went to get McDonalds hamburgers and cheeseburgers. A few were eaten, but the rest of the help crew was like, we don't eat McDonalds hamburgers. So I ate the remaining 18. Obviously these events were many years ago. I'd be like the wafer thin mint guy on Monty Python if I did anything like that these days.
It's nice out, a little overcast. Would be a great day to mow. I'm not going to. I'm plumb tuckered from work and my hip and leg are killing me. I really wanted to get things done this week, but it doesn't look like I will. Crap.
Well I guess I better find something to do. Hope everyone has a good afternoon.
Chris if my dog layed on me like that I'd be squooshed. He's over 100 pounds. He's not the cuddle bug so no chance of it.
Once when I was a kid I went with a friend to White Castle and got us both a dozen. He ate two of them and then said he didn't like White Castle. I said, then why in the hell did you say you wanted to go there. I don't remember his answer. So I ate my 12, and then ate his remaining 10. I don't remember any terribly negative effects. Another time I was helping another friend's family move, and the dad went to get McDonalds hamburgers and cheeseburgers. A few were eaten, but the rest of the help crew was like, we don't eat McDonalds hamburgers. So I ate the remaining 18. Obviously these events were many years ago. I'd be like the wafer thin mint guy on Monty Python if I did anything like that.
Mike - I know, Tiger is a big boy, you would be sqooshed, big time! Both of ours love to be right up next to us, or on us. Monty is Momma's boy, and Maggie is Daddy's girl. Maggie can't get up on the couch with us without some part of her laying on me. Usually she uses my leg as a pillow.
I started to respond it was good to see another big eater out there, but it doesn't sound like you eat tons of fast food anymore. I'm lucky, between working out and I guess what are good genes, I'm able to keep my weight around where I want it, and my cholesterol level and other vital signs are good. My previous doctor used to say I was a freak of nature. I say 90% or more of what's gonna happen to you as you age is in your genes.
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Pretty busy day today. Spent a couple hours this morning at Sam's Club loading up on a bunch of stuff because it had been a really long time since we had been there. Not too busy there, so the shopping was fine, we just had alot of stuff to get.
I took the cover off the front of my self-propelled mower yesterday to investigate where the break was on the self-propel mechanism cable, and whether I might be able to fix it. It was broke in a place where I was not going to be able to fix it. I haven't researched getting a new cable yet, but for the time being I was able to jerry-rig a nylon cord from the self-propel handle to the lever that engages the gearing, and believe it or not, it works just fine. I was able to get the yard mowed this afternoon with nary an issue. Glad I did too since it's supposed to rain a bunch Wed. - Friday.
I looked back today to see how many judged shows that I've entered my car in this year and it has been 10 so far. Wow, I wouldn't have thought it was that many, I would have thought 6 to 8. Out of those 10 shows, 2 class wins, a 2nd, and a 3rd. I would have enjoyed myself just as much not winning anything, just enjoying the car talk with other owners and spectators, but it's nice having your car recognized once in awhile. There's a show this coming Saturday that I'll probably go to if the weather cooperates, and then one on the 30th, and the season will be over.
Hope everyone had a great day and has a relaxing evening!
Norm, I typed out the recipe and PMed you. Good luck.
My mother is a fabulous dessert baker. Her classics are a cheesecake, a black raspberry cobbler, persimmon pudding, and, more recently, key lime pie, which I can get her to make doubly tart like the first time she did. I like the first three equally.
Today was stressful at work, but, boss was not there, so oddly calm as well. I found a unit of audio equipment I want on ebay and bought it. I have a plan of eventually turning my stereo into a quadraphonic system. There's three ways to do it: use a four channel receiver, use a two channel receiver with extra rear line outs to another amp (sometimes called a 2+4 amp I think), or use a special preamp that talks to your main receiver and another amp for the back channel. I like overpowered Marantz receivers, and I have my eye on a similarly overpowered amp for the back, but today I found the Marantz 4000 Quadradial showing up on Ebay after 6 months or so of looking every few days and picked it up. This is that preamp.
It sits in a tape loop of your receiver and uses that for any 2 channel source you send its way, and also sends the front signal back that way. It has straight line outs to the rear amp. It can take your two channel source, four channel source like a tape deck with 4 tracks, Matrix CD-4 four channel quadraphonic, and it can also play SQ and QS style quadraphonics, and also duplicate stereo to the back, or do something called Vari-Matrix which will give you either Sum (L+R) or Difference (L-R) to the back. Also can adjust balance L/R in front, in back, and front to back.
Anyway, lots of function, and you can always shut it off for just stereo. Long time before I will use it as I still need the back amp, more speakers, and find room for it, but it's a rare piece so I went for it. Not here yet, this is a pic from the ad. Also has snazzy Vu meters too.
So I bought that thing, drove home talking to Mom, then found out my neighbor was upset at my lawn height and passive aggressively mowed some of it. He does this when he thinks my grass is too high. I am tempted to put no trespassing sign on the trees on the lot line. So, I fired up the mower, knowing I'd be in the dark. Mowed the back yard first as it is under the trees, then went to front yard in the gloom. Got near done with front yard, headlights on. Finished that, drove around back to the side yard on this neighbor's side. Put the mower in idle and went and turned on every damn light that side of the property, including the sodium light I rarely use that lights up that third of the property. Finished under the lights, then left that shiz all on while I grilled chicken. Maybe he got the point. My mom argued that I was wrong, and I got terse, which I later made up for, because I don't care how tall a man's grass is, you either go talk to him like a man, or shut up; you don't trespass and mow in a fit of bitchiness. I may have to deal with this attitude in a more final matter some day.
I guess I don't read enough these days. Did you guys know they are making trains that go 375 mph! Wow, that's scary fast. Can you imagine what it's like looking out the window, that's faster than a top fuel dragster!
You are of course correct, there is more than half of October left. I was merely speaking extemporaneously.
