So if you didn't do anything airgun related what did you do today?

[Blowpipe Sam]

The tele-conference with the quacks was a non starter.  I finally called and made an in person appointment and glory be (!) they found me a spot week from Thursday.

Go figure.

I fired up my ancient PC and completed a vacation time card for the month of September.  I threw the tennis ball for Belle until my arm wants to fall off.  I organized a canoe trip on the Sopchoppy tomorrow for several people.  Bled the brakes on the Ranger (again).  Not happy.  There's a leak somewhere but I can't find it. 

Now I'm kicking back with my rum ration pondering some suggestive lines to romance the memsahib with.

[avator]

The tele-conference with the quacks was a non starter.  I finally called and made an in person appointment and glory be (!) they found me a spot week from Thursday.

Go figure.

I fired up my ancient PC and completed a vacation time card for the month of September.  I threw the tennis ball for Belle until my arm wants to fall off.  I organized a canoe trip on the Sopchoppy tomorrow for several people.  Bled the brakes on the Ranger (again).  Not happy.  There's a leak somewhere but I can't find it. 

Now I'm kicking back with my rum ration pondering some suggestive lines to romance the memsahib with.

I suppose you could offer to open a beer for her... with your butt cheeks.   lol

[Oldgringo]

Thanks to the rains on the past two Thursdays, I mowed our yard.....after shooting a few pellets this morning.

[Madd Hatter]

My wife asked me if this dress made her butt look fat. I told her, no it didn't, her butt was fat without the dress. You know, these homeless shelters aren't to bad once you get use to the vomit smell 😉.🤢

[avator]

Spent most of the day watching Mecum at Indy. I did manage to drop 2 trees. I'll get out early and cut them up and maybe drop a couple more.

[oldnamvet]

Every year the quilting shops in the region have what they call a "shop hop" where special discounts and drawings are held. I spent most of the day and half a tank of gas taking my wife to all those shops. I also spent $2 on a toy for my dog to chew on. These quilting ladies are nuts!

[Blowpipe Sam]

The tele-conference with the quacks was a non starter.  I finally called and made an in person appointment and glory be (!) they found me a spot week from Thursday.

Go figure.

I fired up my ancient PC and completed a vacation time card for the month of September.  I threw the tennis ball for Belle until my arm wants to fall off.  I organized a canoe trip on the Sopchoppy tomorrow for several people.  Bled the brakes on the Ranger (again).  Not happy.  There's a leak somewhere but I can't find it. 

Now I'm kicking back with my rum ration pondering some suggestive lines to romance the memsahib with.

I suppose you could offer to open a beer for her... with your butt cheeks.   lol

Nah.  She can open her own beer.  Who do you think taught me that trick?

And we ain't talkin about those screw top bottles niether.

[K.O.]

yard work...

block was just pre staged for today's work starting with the corner... sits same height now... but now the 4"  blocks are on a buried base of 6" block that is pinned in place with .5" rebar a ft deep...tomorrow will put steps in place and finish setting block up along the driveway...

my old apricot tree above the project is TJ's fav late afternoon/early evening hangout...or maybe he is just supervisoring...

El Gato Negro looks otherworldly 👍

 

Well I thought for a second of naming him Michael when he was tiny... now grown and my son said 19 lbs it does not seem quite so trite for the biggest Arkhangelsk Kitty I ever saw... he is not fat either...has the tall lean look typical of  Archangel/Russian Blues... He thinks he is a panther...

[K.O.]

Dan I felt the same back in the day but when I finally spent enough time around cats in my home I was really amazed at the love and affection they had in them. They're a bundle of laughs like dogs are too.

KO is that a gray cat or black just looking gray from the flash? Good looking either way.

Greg hope you enjoyed some good grub while you were in town. That Stanley's bbq right by the hospital sure has some really good eats!

He is a Grey Black cat.. Russian blues are  a bluish-gray that is the dilute expression of the black gene.

[K.O.]

While I mostly post about my Dawg, we also have cats.  (They seem to find us)
 Yes, they DO have personalities.. not the same as a Canine but individual affection none the less.
T.J looks alot like our "Buddy"!
 He showed up under our deck as a little kitten with punctures on both sides of his throat. Something had him in a "death grip" but he escaped.. he is now 5 and a BIG Tom... but still has the kitten "meew".

Buddy probably has a good bit of Russian blue in the mix... you cannot tell cause the flash,  T.J. has green eyes...

[Back_Roads]

Wednesdays update, did some road hunting for turkey, found a dozen on the old farm homestead, I can hunt there but the turkeys at work need controlled, so they got a pass.

 It was windy, and I found them where I thought they may be, running through a creek bed out of the wind.

[avator]

Got an early start this morning. Went out at 6:30 and it was nice and cool out. Looks like we had just a shower last night. I cut up the 2 trees I dropped yesterday then dropped and cut up 3 more.
The last tree was standing dead and when it came down the top 20' or so hung in the branch of a nearby tree and stayed there swinging. It was just outside the door of the lean to about 40' up and I didn't want to leave it there. 12ga. shotgun to the rescue. The first shot loosened it more but it still hung. The second shot brought it crashing to the ground. Widow maker removed.

[avator]

Oh, I almost forgot... I seen a bobcat this morning. I was taking a break and sitting in a chair about 60' from the hogwire fence surrounding the property. The sun shinning brightly through the trees. I saw movement about 20' beyond the fence. It was moving slow like it was stalking something so I got a real good look at the ear hair and bobbed tail. It dipped down into a wash and it was gone.

[Xraycer]

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[Xraycer]

My wife asked me if this dress made her butt look fat. I told her, no it didn't, her butt was fat without the dress. You know, these homeless shelters aren't to bad once you get use to the vomit smell 😉.🤢

Were you discharged to the homeless shelter after the emergency surgery to remove the shoe from your nether region?

[avator]

Ok, so I was wondering why Betty Lou was being a bit standoffish today. Was she not feeling good? Did something happen back up home in Ohio? It finally came to light when I remembered that Magic Magnetic Screen Door thing. I went out to the Red Shed and got my stapler without announcing my plan. As I passed her while heading for the back room where the target door is she ask "what are you doing?"
I told her I was going to hang that Magic Screen. To that she replied.. "Oh, you're finally getting down the list to the things I wanted done?"      Now all is well on the home front again.

Training the dogs...
I gotta give Betty Lou credit... When I finished hanging the screen she fed the dogs. We both know the routine, the dogs eat then immediately want to go out. While they were eating Betty Lou and I stood just outside the back door and sure enough, they came looking for us. Boss muscling her way passed Rambo as always. When she got to the screen she stopped abruptly. Rambo's brakes don't work as well or either he's losing his keen reaction time in his old age. And with a good nudge to the rear he shoved Boss's head through the split in the screen. Once her head was out she just followed it with her remaining fatness, Rambo in tow.
While they were taking care of business Betty Lou and I came back inside and waited. This time Rambo came first.. he didn't even stop. He nosed right through the screen. By this time Boss figured it out as well.
After a few times calling them in and out, they both have it down pat.

[Madd Hatter]

My wife asked me if this dress made her butt look fat. I told her, no it didn't, her butt was fat without the dress. You know, these homeless shelters aren't to bad once you get use to the vomit smell 😉.🤢

Were you discharged to the homeless shelter after the emergency surgery to remove the shoe from your nether region?

🤣😂🤣😂😉

[Lt. Dan]

Ok, so I was wondering why Betty Lou was being a bit standoffish today. Was she not feeling good? Did something happen back up home in Ohio? It finally came to light when I remembered that Magic Magnetic Screen Door thing. I went out to the Red Shed and got my stapler without announcing my plan. As I passed her while heading for the back room where the target door is she ask "what are you doing?"
I told her I was going to hang that Magic Screen. To that she replied.. "Oh, you're finally getting down the list to the things I wanted done?"      Now all is well on the home front again.

Training the dogs...
I gotta give Betty Lou credit... When I finished hanging the screen she fed the dogs. We both know the routine, the dogs eat then immediately want to go out. While they were eating Betty Lou and I stood just outside the back door and sure enough, they came looking for us. Boss muscling her way passed Rambo as always. When she got to the screen she stopped abruptly. Rambo's brakes don't work as well or either he's losing his keen reaction time in his old age. And with a good nudge to the rear he shoved Boss's head through the split in the screen. Once her head was out she just followed it with her remaining fatness, Rambo in tow.
While they were taking care of business Betty Lou and I came back inside and waited. This time Rambo came first.. he didn't even stop. He nosed right through the screen. By this time Boss figured it out as well.
After a few times calling them in and out, they both have it down pat.

Magic magnetic screen thing...
What is the old saying?
Without pictures, this didn't happen.

[avator]

One of these here doo hickies....




And if you're talking about pics of the dogs going through the screen.... we don't follow them around with cameras. They sniff each other's butt and junk, not something you want pictures of. The only time we take pics is when they are posing.   

[Hoosier Daddy]

Little vintage Remington 721 love.
8-40 tap was a bi*ch to find.