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delta1 Offline
#301 Posted: Mon, Jul 4 2022, 8:03 PM EST
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we need to start a Forty Year Club...
frankj1 Offline
#302 Posted: Mon, Jul 4 2022, 10:35 PM EST
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Palama wrote:
When referring to Frankie, is “fishies” code for something else other than fish? Think

my fish don't swim...


Happy Anniversary, my friend.
frankj1 Offline
#303 Posted: Mon, Jul 4 2022, 10:36 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
we need to start a Forty Year Club...

I'm over qualified.
45 in August
Sunoverbeach Offline
#304 Posted: Mon, Jul 4 2022, 10:48 PM EST
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I don't know if it counts as one who's only 1/3 of that mark, but I vote membership be retroactive
Palama Offline
#305 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 12:13 AM EST
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Thanks everyone!

We went to a nearby restaurant for 40th Anniversary Dinner, Part 2. Each of us had a drink and split a chop salad. My wife had the Braised Short Ribs with potatoes and I ordered the Braised Oxtail over risotto. Both were excellent and had to ask for takeout boxes. We saved enough room to split dessert, Ube Oreo gelato.

Gonna wait a bit and then go out for a special occasion smoke.
Ram27 Offline
#306 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 6:17 AM EST
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Welcome to Tuesday peeps.
8trackdisco Offline
#307 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 6:36 AM EST
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Water and a breakfast bar in the ramp up to the shpo.
MACS Offline
#308 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 8:06 AM EST
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Coffee now... then a dog walk, then a few errands, and maybe a bit more packing before the real packout starts.
Gene363 Offline
#309 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 8:25 AM EST
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Good Tuesday Morning! It's already 79° on the way to 94° today. The wife and I are off to the range.
deadeyedick Offline
#310 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 9:50 AM EST
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Back down the hill into the valley for a few days.

Hau'oli lā Ho'omana'o Conan!
delta1 Offline
#311 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 11:33 AM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
I'm over qualified.
45 in August


until someone with more qualifications comes along, you'll be the Honorary Grand Wizened of our Forty Year Club...
HockeyDad Offline
#312 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 11:39 AM EST
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Looks like final inspection for the master bath today. Next we start bathroom #2.
RMAN4443 Offline
#313 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 11:40 AM EST
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delta1 wrote:
until someone with more qualifications comes along, you'll be the Honorary Grand Wizened of our Forty Year Club...

is that what the kids are calling the old TRIPOD these days? The Honorary Grand Wizened...makes it sound kinda old and wrinklyfog
MACS Offline
#314 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 12:05 PM EST
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Bought a 4" PVC drain pipe from HD. Laid my rods out, end to end, and wrapped them in bubble wrap and inserted them into the tube. Capped the ends... took it to UPS.

$366 to ship it to Jville!! What in the actual fuuuuuuuuhhdge.

Cheaper than buying 5 new ones at 3-5 hundred a pop. Insured it for 2k. Maybe they'll lose it and I'll get to buy 5 new ones.
delta1 Offline
#315 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 12:09 PM EST
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wow...maybe Ant can stop by before you leave...betcha he's got room in his rig...
Palama Offline
#316 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 12:28 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Back down the hill into the valley for a few days.

Hau'oli lā Ho'omana'o Conan!


Mahalo DED! ThumpUp
Palama Offline
#317 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 12:36 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
wow...maybe Ant can stop by before you leave...betcha he's got room in his rig...


Especially after he mails out a buncha seegars from Kingsburg, CA. jester
BuckyB93 Offline
#318 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 3:06 PM EST
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The mattress I bought like 3 weeks ago finally showed up along with the same one that I canceled b a couple weeks ago because shipping company (FedEX) lost it but then found it. So now I have two of the same.

Called customer service to try to return the extra one. Said they didn't want it back. They credited my credit card and told me to keep the extra one and dispose of it or donate it. OK, can do that but now I have an extra mattress.

Called a friend who works with battered women's shelters.

They will pick it up tomorrow, free fresh out of the box mattress and frame as a result of FUBR shipping. Sometimes things happen for a reason, I don't question it or challenge it. As a result of some shipping frank up, a third party will have a a new bed to sleep on in this week and hopefully can get a good night's rest away from some A-Hole.
BuckyB93 Offline
#319 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 3:06 PM EST
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Tree uno NINE!
8trackdisco Offline
#320 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 6:32 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Looks like final inspection for the master bath today. Next we start bathroom #2.


Last component of the kitchen remodel was to be today. Delivery and install of the stove. Wife trusted them to do this basic thing right.

It is at the wrong height & and when the oven door is opened, is scrapes the wall.

Time to pound my head up against one.
HockeyDad Offline
#321 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 7:29 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Last component of the kitchen remodel was to be today. Delivery and install of the stove. Wife trusted them to do this basic thing right.

It is at the wrong height & and when the oven door is opened, is scrapes the wall.

Time to pound my head up against one.


Franking home improvement….

We passed inspection. Now we go on a cruise for a vacation. Then demo day on bathroom #2. By the time it is done may be selling the house and moving eastward!
8trackdisco Offline
#322 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 8:09 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Franking home improvement….

We passed inspection. Now we go on a cruise for a vacation. Then demo day on bathroom #2. By the time it is done may be selling the house and moving eastward!


Eastern Iowa would be good for you.
-You've lived on both coasts.
-You owe it to yourself to spend some time in Flyover Country.
-Eastern Iowa is halfway between me and Victor 809infinity.

Compelling, er no?
HockeyDad Offline
#323 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 8:12 PM EST
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Right now it is Florida or Texas.

I’ve been to Iowa plenty. Even lived in Omaha. Too cold.
8trackdisco Offline
#324 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 8:24 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Right now it is Florida or Texas.

I’ve been to Iowa plenty. Even lived in Omaha. Too cold.


Omaha? A type of poker. But then.... Council Bluffs.
HockeyDad Offline
#325 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 9:31 PM EST
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Omaha when I was young - Offutt Air Force Base.
frankj1 Offline
#326 Posted: Tue, Jul 5 2022, 9:59 PM EST
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RMAN4443 wrote:
is that what the kids are calling the old TRIPOD these days? The Honorary Grand Wizened...makes it sound kinda old and wrinklyfog

though I appreciate your truss-like support, Gene and a few others might have me beat by a few years.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#327 Posted: Wed, Jul 6 2022, 5:19 AM EST
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Morning, humpers. Hoping we all make it over
Ram27 Offline
#328 Posted: Wed, Jul 6 2022, 8:54 AM EST
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Happy Hump Day peoples!!!
HockeyDad Offline
#329 Posted: Wed, Jul 6 2022, 9:34 AM EST
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Travel day. Hope United Airlines gets it right.
Gene363 Offline
#330 Posted: Wed, Jul 6 2022, 12:42 PM EST
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Good Wednesday Afternoon! Late posting, the wife and I had to get to the range and finish before it got too hot. 97°.
HockeyDad Offline
#331 Posted: Wed, Jul 6 2022, 12:46 PM EST
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Canada still requires masks on flights and in airports. Dumb franking Canucks.
deadeyedick Offline
#332 Posted: Wed, Jul 6 2022, 5:46 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Canada still requires masks on flights and in airports. Dumb franking Canucks.


Check the cigar prices iffn ya think thats dumb. Inside Passage cruise?
8trackdisco Offline
#333 Posted: Wed, Jul 6 2022, 6:46 PM EST
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A day of Unexpecteds.

-Friend unexpectedly cancelled our coffee date. A long haul Covid sufferer (9 months in the hospital). Fever and nausea. Figured the nausea was related to seeing me.

-Boss at shpo asked me to come in and work from 8-12. No coffee date, so why not?

-Found out my dad was brought into the ER last night and now in the hospital. Visited him, he’s doing okay.

Stopped at the Farmers Market on the way home. Philly cheesesteak sammich and a couple cigars.

Home, a bottle of Mexican beer and now finally on the couch.
HockeyDad Offline
#334 Posted: Wed, Jul 6 2022, 7:29 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Check the cigar prices iffn ya think thats dumb. Inside Passage cruise?


Yup. Gotta pass a Covid test before getting on the ship. Taking the tests now. Video monitored for security purposes.

I forget what their cigar tax is but I recall it being insane.
8trackdisco Offline
#335 Posted: Wed, Jul 6 2022, 7:59 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Yup. Gotta pass a Covid test before getting on the ship. Taking the tests now. Video monitored for security purposes.

I forget what their cigar tax is but I recall it being insane.


Inner Passage? I'd hit that.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#336 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2022, 5:31 AM EST
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Short week is feeling kinda long. Hope I'm not on call this weekend. Really should check the calendar

Morning, peoples
deadeyedick Offline
#337 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2022, 6:43 AM EST
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Morning suno and laggards.

Up at 4 and out by 5 for 5. Last day in the valley of the heat for awhile. We have a wedding to attend in Flagtown. Our niece is getting hitched and then we are going to spend a few days at the north rim of the Grand Canyon.

The north rim is more remote, much harder to get to and therefore a great way to see the canyon without the crowds. The whole north Kiabab plateau is about 8000 feet and thickly forested. Many great hikes from the rim to other lookout points but due to my knee we will prolly not hike into the canyon except to a falls called Thunder River part way down.

I haven't been to this area in 30+ years since I did my second rim-to-rim run in my crazy daz. Hope it is still the same unspoiled beautiful forest I remember from archery hunting trips.
Gene363 Offline
#338 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2022, 7:53 AM EST
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Good Thursday Morning! It's 80° on the way to 95° today.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#339 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2022, 7:59 AM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Right now it is Florida or Texas.

I’ve been to Iowa plenty. Even lived in Omaha. Too cold.


Come on back home...move to the Space Coast...gimmie a reason to go to Da Kine Diego's in Melbourne!!! Love that stuff.
MACS Offline
#340 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2022, 8:02 AM EST
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Current of 60... headed to 87. House is so empty it echoes. Some cleanup work to do and a washer/dryer to get sold... and that's a wrap for this part of the adventure.

Coffee now... as soon as the doose drops... dog walk for his doose drop. fog
DrMaddVibe Offline
#341 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2022, 8:03 AM EST
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Applause Applause Applause
Ram27 Offline
#342 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2022, 8:18 AM EST
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Thursday greetings all.
HockeyDad Offline
#343 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2022, 10:17 AM EST
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DrMaddVibe wrote:
Come on back home...move to the Space Coast...gimmie a reason to go to Da Kine Diego's in Melbourne!!! Love that stuff.


It is in the works and targeting St Augustine down to Melbourne areas. Just found out my brother bought a house in Fort Myers so he’s retiring and returning. We just have to figure out if we’re going to do a pit stop in Texas first.
8trackdisco Offline
#344 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2022, 10:41 AM EST
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Top of the midmorning.
deadeyedick Offline
#345 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2022, 11:06 AM EST
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Forecast calls for a low of 90 and highs 110-112 every friggin day starting tomorrow and all next week. I'm bailing!
8trackdisco Offline
#346 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2022, 1:50 PM EST
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Going for a bike ride and have beers with an old friend. We used to tear it up…. 30 years ago.

Saw him briefly about five years ago. Finally making good on one of those We really should get together things.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#347 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2022, 4:56 PM EST
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I'm seriously backlogged on those get together requests
8trackdisco Offline
#348 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2022, 6:20 PM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
I'm seriously backlogged on those get together requests


Good time with him. He “reminded” me of some of the exploits I led, for which I have only the vaguest of recollections.
How am I alive?

Then I found out a few people who we ran with are not.

Took a bit of the buzz out of the party.
MACS Offline
#349 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2022, 6:48 PM EST
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Gonna have a couple beers with my neighbor this evening... he was like, "bro... you ain't getting out of here without chillin' one more time".
danmdevries Offline
#350 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2022, 8:58 PM EST
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Truck's just about packed for the weekend. 108lbs of butts, 2 WSMs, 300 cans of soda, 300 buns, plates, chafing sets, 4 bags of charcoal, 300 bags of chips, plus stuff to feed 10 dudes for 3 days and my personal stuff.

Floor to ceiling in the back. Passenger floor well filled and a cooler on the seat. Toolbox emptied of a lot of stuff and filled back in with charcoal bags and a case of cheap beer.

Under the toolbox is filled and the bed is full above the siderails with smokers, sodapop, coolers, propane, generator, gas cans. Bought a bed extender to fill to the end of the tailgate and I did it.

This job was so much easier when I had a camper.
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