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Ram27 Offline
#251 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 8:30 AM EST
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Howdy Monday & peeps. Speak to the hand
HockeyDad Offline
#252 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 8:36 AM EST
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Ram27 wrote:
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Your screwed! d'oh!


That is our expectation. We are on the plane. Bags are apparently going to Orlando and then Miami.
Gene363 Offline
#253 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 12:20 PM EST
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A Good Monday Afternoon to All! The wife's second post op went well, great progress and less than 5 more weeks of no driving. Beer

MACS Offline
#254 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 12:23 PM EST
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Good news, Gene.

Storm door install complete. Think I'll relax now.
Cheno Offline
#255 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 2:10 PM EST
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Just opened up a new savings account with 4.15% interest rate. Gonna end up closing the credit union, it's too far now to get there to do anything.
Ram27 Offline
#256 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 2:36 PM EST
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Check in Hockey šŸ’ Dad. šŸ‘‹
HockeyDad Offline
#257 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 3:27 PM EST
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Made in to Miami.
Ram27 Offline
#258 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 4:24 PM EST
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Applause,^
DrafterX Offline
#259 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 4:25 PM EST
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"In this country,first you get the money, then you get the power,THEN you get the wimmens."

Mellow
Gene363 Offline
#260 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 4:39 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Made in to Miami.


Luggage? (Fingers Crossed.)
rfenst Offline
#261 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 6:25 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Made in to Miami.

If they F up and give you a cothing allowance, they will ask for all the clothing and receipts back. Been there, done that in Curacao. Wife reached under her skirt, pulled off the underwear they wanted back- and just put it right on the counter in front of the guys face.
Gene363 Offline
#262 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 7:28 PM EST
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rfenst wrote:
If they F up and give you a cothing allowance, they will ask for all the clothing and receipts back. Been there, done that in Curacao. Wife reached under her skirt, pulled off the underwear they wanted back- and just put it right on the counter in front of the guys face.


She is a keeper, but you already know that.

Air travel sucks.
MACS Offline
#263 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 7:31 PM EST
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^Yep... which is why the wife and I have been talking about driving to San Diego in June. Take the puppy dog, she visits friends, I go fishing with the boys. :)

Probably going to bring back a ****load of Pliny, too. As much as I can take. :)
HockeyDad Offline
#264 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 8:03 PM EST
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Told baggage service in Miami to not route our bags to Miami. They said ok. Drove from Miami to Orlando. Found our bags in the bag graveyard. There had never been any attempt to route than anywhere other than or Orlando. They were going to die there. This worked in our favor.

The trip is now back on schedule. Meet with the builders tomorrow morning and fly home in the evening.

Just opened a bottle of Far Niente Cabernet Sauvignon
MACS Offline
#265 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 8:08 PM EST
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Glad it worked out. Enjoy the vino!
Ram27 Offline
#266 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 8:44 PM EST
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Happy HD .Beer
DrafterX Offline
#267 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 9:00 PM EST
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Shinerbock... Beer

When in Rome and stuff...
BuckyB93 Offline
#268 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 9:12 PM EST
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I normally only do carry on and don't check baggage. I travel lite. Couple stints ago flying from Boston to Wisconsin they had to take one of my carry ons and put it in the belly of the plane for the last jumper from Chicago to Madison (they didn't have enough overhead storage so the bag was checked on the tarmac/boarding tunnel thingy).

Got to Madison and there was no bag there for me. WTF? After a handful of tracking numbers and phone calls and $hit it turns out that it went from Chicago to Minneapolis, then to Milwaukee, and eventually to GB (where I told them to deliver it).

I still don't get it.. how is it that you check your bag on the gangway to the plane but it ends up on a completely different plane? While waiting for the two days of it being transported around the Great Lakes area, I bought some sweats and T-ee's and $hit Wally Word.

No harm, no foul. Luckily it was a trip back to visit the family so is was no dress code. Kinda would have sucked if it was a business trip where you have to dress professional and $hit
HockeyDad Offline
#269 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 9:59 PM EST
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Iā€™ve traveled for a living as a consultant for 30+ years. Iā€™ve flown a million miles. I check bags. Add an extra day, play it safe. Only had checked bag disasters three times. Had everything for Planes Trains and Automobiles happen. Have the DVD. This one ranked way up there and it was a bit of a precision strike trip with little room for error that I rarely book and it went to crap.

The horror stories I heard while standing in lineā€¦.bags still in Newark, cruise tomorrow. Missed connection to Frankfurt and Prague. Houston on Sunday was a sh$tsh0w!

Bella Union 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon open now. Yeah, weā€™re drinking good.

Next trip should be more leisurely and we can meet up with rfenst at Colombia in Celebration.
rfenst Offline
#270 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 9:59 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
...The trip is now back on schedule. Meet with the builders tomorrow morning and fly home in the evening...

Hope it all goes much better than your airport experience.
rfenst Offline
#271 Posted: Mon, May 15 2023, 10:06 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Next trip should be more leisurely and we can meet up with rfenst at Colombia in Celebration.

We should make it happen. Perhaps, for your next trip back here.
Wife and I love that place!!!
danmdevries Offline
#272 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 4:51 AM EST
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Happy Tuesday fellas.
Ram27 Offline
#273 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 6:10 AM EST
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Tuesday greetings danm & gang.
DrafterX Offline
#274 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 6:13 AM EST
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Cool Dudes..
Ram27 Offline
#275 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 7:08 AM EST
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X......Herfing
deadeyedick Offline
#276 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 7:34 AM EST
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Morning folks. Sticky out there this morning with unusual humidity coming up from the gulf kinda like a day in August. Iffn I wanted this chit I would move to Florida dammit! Angel

Pool tech coming to change out the filter systems sometime between 8-12 so I guess nothing to do but have a cigar on the patio while I'm waiting.
MACS Offline
#277 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 7:36 AM EST
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rfenst wrote:
We should make it happen. Perhaps, for your next trip back here.
Wife and I love that place!!!


If I am in town, I will see if I can make it, too.
MACS Offline
#278 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 7:38 AM EST
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G'day ya bloody beautiful bastids! Coffeed up, dog walked... need to get my arse motivated to shower and go get a haircut and stuff.

Looking like a slow drive to SD for a stay of June 10-20 and then a slow drive back. Boys want me to go fishin' with them... and I need to purchase some Pliny the Elder for the beer fridge. Beer
Gene363 Offline
#279 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 9:05 AM EST
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Good Tuesday Morning to All! It's a clear 73° on the way to 86° today. Going to the range for some group therapy.
Huzza3045 Offline
#280 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 9:52 AM EST
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Good morning 500 folks, have a big storm rolling through Kentucky. Wrong day to walk to work for sure.
HockeyDad Offline
#281 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 11:45 AM EST
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Design meeting done. Heading for the airport.
delta1 Offline
#282 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 2:00 PM EST
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up early, expecting a phone appointment with the RN who's helping me monitor my diabetes...her assistant called to say the RN was out today and has to reschedule the appt...

oh well had coffee and read the paper, went for a walk with my wife...kinda overcast, partially sunny. temps in low 80's...

put a slab of ribs in the smoker for lunch
MACS Offline
#283 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 4:26 PM EST
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I'm going fishing out of St Augustine tomorrow.

One of the regulars on the "Majesty" (the Jax charter boat) lives a couple miles away so we exchanged numbers. He texted me that he'd also heard the Majesty was having engine trouble so lets go to St Augustine. Fuggit... ayite, les'go.

It'll be a scouting trip. Figure out which one me and Anth gon' do in July.
HockeyDad Offline
#284 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 6:48 PM EST
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Left Orlando on time. Weather in Houston has closed the airport. Circled in a holding pattern for a while and then diverted to New Orleans for fuel and currently sit on the plane there.
danmdevries Offline
#285 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 8:19 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Left Orlando on time. Weather in Houston has closed the airport. Circled in a holding pattern for a while and then diverted to New Orleans for fuel and currently sit on the plane there.


This has been/is quite an adventure for youse

Road trips are fun. usually.
Ram27 Offline
#286 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 8:19 PM EST
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May I suggest you avoid any future šŸ›¬ airline travel. Think
danmdevries Offline
#287 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 8:23 PM EST
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Beautiful weather today 80 and sunny so I didn't sleep long and got up around 3 to do things.

Tomorrow's going to be cold and overcast so I just finished mowing. Gotta mow the ditch soon too. Grass and weeds are 3-4ft tall now. It would be a lot easier if I cut it down every time I mow the lawn but every time I do it walking on the steep slope and swinging the trimmer around my back is out of commission for the next day and it sucks so I don't do it often enough.
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#288 Posted: Tue, May 16 2023, 9:02 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Circled in a holding pattern for a while and....


A circle of Hell for Le Hockey Dad> Endless fly overs, over Fly Over Country. That's some fun.

Hope you got extra miles for every lap around the airport.
HockeyDad Offline
#289 Posted: Wed, May 17 2023, 6:45 AM EST
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Made it home yesterday only three hours late.

Before Covid I flew 100k miles a year for work. This was one of the most insane trips ever. The only thing that did not happen was a plane crash.
DrafterX Offline
#290 Posted: Wed, May 17 2023, 7:09 AM EST
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Cool Dudes...
Gene363 Offline
#291 Posted: Wed, May 17 2023, 8:15 AM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Made it home yesterday only three hours late.

Before Covid I flew 100k miles a year for work. This was one of the most insane trips ever. The only thing that did not happen was a plane crash.


Glad you're home. Maybe the trip problems were a sign, Texas wants you to stay. Whistle
Ram27 Offline
#292 Posted: Wed, May 17 2023, 9:07 AM EST
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Happy Hump Day danm & 500 gang. RollEyes
danmdevries Offline
#293 Posted: Wed, May 17 2023, 10:42 AM EST
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HHD Ram n dudes
Stogie1020 Offline
#294 Posted: Wed, May 17 2023, 11:11 AM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
Beautiful weather today 80 and sunny so I didn't sleep long and got up around 3 to do things.

Tomorrow's going to be cold and overcast so I just finished mowing. Gotta mow the ditch soon too. Grass and weeds are 3-4ft tall now. It would be a lot easier if I cut it down every time I mow the lawn but every time I do it walking on the steep slope and swinging the trimmer around my back is out of commission for the next day and it sucks so I don't do it often enough.

Danm, I am thinking a goat might actually make sense for you...
Gene363 Offline
#295 Posted: Wed, May 17 2023, 12:35 PM EST
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Good Wednesday Afternoon to All! Home from the range, getting ready to roast coffee.

Comcast must be having troubles today, it's been on and off. Brick wall
danmdevries Offline
#296 Posted: Wed, May 17 2023, 12:35 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
Danm, I am thinking a goat might actually make sense for you...


If I could keep it only in the ditch and the swamp, 100%.

Was thinking yesterday I have 6 lawns. 1) my front and back lawn that I try to keep as nice as possible. 2) empty lot/field gets mowed 3) light woods that I mow 4) thick woods I brush mow 3-4x/yr and 5) the swamp - I usually get one sometimes 2 chances to get a mower back there but even when it's super dry, I'll break through the crust and sink in the mud. And number 6) the ditch. 200ft long, 6+ft deep and walls are 45 degrees or steeper and the water is thigh deep. Every section gets treated differently.

Just got done mowing the ditch and edging with the trimmer. Repaired the garden hoses, replaced a broken spigot, sprayed/sprinkled for ants, sprayed 12 gallons of roundup around all the trees and stuff. Found the biggest ant nest I've seen - was in a pile of cedar shingles I've had in the shed forever and their tunnels went through the whole stack. Pulled it all down into a wagon and dumped it in the burn pit kill em with fire. Cut down one small dead tree and burned it.

Gotta do a few more things before my back tells me to fvck off. Still hoping to build my subwoofer box - picked up the mdf when I was at menards. But my sawhorses are MIA I don't think my back will let me work on the garage floor.
Stogie1020 Offline
#297 Posted: Wed, May 17 2023, 1:22 PM EST
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^I got tired just reading that.... I hope there is a beer and a cigar in your near future.
rfenst Offline
#298 Posted: Wed, May 17 2023, 2:10 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
If I am in town, I will see if I can make it, too.

Would truly enjoy it.
rfenst Offline
#299 Posted: Wed, May 17 2023, 2:12 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Left Orlando on time. Weather in Houston has closed the airport. Circled in a holding pattern for a while and then diverted to New Orleans for fuel and currently sit on the plane there.

You just can't get a break!
HockeyDad Offline
#300 Posted: Wed, May 17 2023, 2:39 PM EST
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rfenst wrote:
You just can't get a break!


Iā€™m glad to back at my desk working. (That just sounds awful!)
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