Losing is a sign of weakness. Glad you “won”!

DIY plumbing does seem to bring out words and phrases not normally used around others.

****. At least he’s ok

Mornin' dudes...

Coffeed up, trash bin is at the curb, truck is loaded with fishing gear... I'ze goin' fishin'!!

Dudes...

Happy Friday fellas

Fishy Friday

Good Friday Morning to All! It's hazy 63° on the way to 78°, pollen seasons upon us so much of the haze is moisture, it pollen.

Happy Friday all

Pinewood derby with the boy tonight.

Home... Home again...

That's awesome they still do the Pinewood Derby.
Powder graphite on the axles. That's all I remember. Won 3 times.

A pinewood derby car is a small block of wood model.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinewood_derby

Yep.... spent the work week in Shreveport... stayed in Booiser City.. nice area there by Bass Pro and a couple casinos within walking distance...

Nice! Used to catch many triggers off the rocks in Lobos Mexico.

How did it go? Have fun?

It went how I expected it to go. The boy complained that I did too much of the work last year. He won some trophies last year tho.

This year he had grand plans but waited until 10 days before the day to ask me to cut it for him. In the meantime we missed the two open house nights at the woodshop where we could've used the tools to do the things. I did what I could with the tools I have and he did the rest. I cut it, I poured the lead. He painted and assembled. Which really is the way it should be but he got crushed by the competition. He's bummed, I knew this would be the outcome. He didn't even want me putting the graphite powder on the axles because that's cheating, so he learned a lesson. His best time was a 3.24 and the overall best was 2.906. Best in his grade was 3.0x but top three were 3.1x and under.

Went to the store after bringing wife and boy home. Figured I'd get the corned beefs tonight rather than fight with the crowds tomorrow or Sunday. And hopefully have time to actually make the pastramis this weekend. Meijers had points and flats for $3/lb so I went there first, 20 minutes away. They were completely sold out. Found the cooler section where they belong, none there. They had some other brands for like $10/lb but I'm just looking for pre-cured brisket. I can get my own brisket for $5/lb or less and cure it myself so I'm not looking to pay more than $5/lb. And corned beefs are usually pretty chitty briskets to start so I really don't want to pay more than what I can do it myself.

Went to the local grocer, ad said points $3/lb flats $5/lb. The biggest point they had was 2.5 lbs!!! WTF?!? Most were 1-2lbs. The flats were mostly 1-2lbs too. I dug around and found two 4 pounders and paid $40. Put em in a pot of water and stuck em in the fridge to desalinate. Gonna change the water a few times and give em at least 12 hours to get the salt out.

Might make another run in the morning if I wake up early enough and see if Meijers restocked theirs. I like the flats for pastrami slices but I like to mix in some point meat on the sammiches. Not gonna screw around with no 1lb point.

The powder graphite used to be legal. The kit instructions even recommended it but didn't include it.

Disagree on that. The whole point is father and son doing something together. Win or lose that is what will be remembered years from now.

Happy Saturday morning folks. Kinda chilly 44 going to 64 and sunny. Storm moved through yesterday but we managed to get the golf in before any rain.

Ram..!!

Howdy X............

Corned beefs got 3rd water exchange. They should be about ready. But now I have to go to the store for peppercorns cause I'm out and I don't prefer to use ground pepper for pastrami. Gotta be freshly cracked peppercorns.

You're reading too deep. I agree with you on the father/son bonding point.

But losing sucks, as does going fishing when you don't actually catch fish. Yeah... you still get your buddy bonding time and there is fun to be had... but if you win a prize or catch fish it is much more fun and much more memorable.

You ever hear anyone say "Remember the time we went fishing and didn't catch a damn thing!"?

Nah, I still disagree.

When I was about 6-7 we took my dad's old GMC truck up to northern Az. Older brother, dad and I barely fit in the cab, had to stop climbing up the mountains for hours since the truck vapor locked twice. Soon as we got to the trout stream I fell in the creek and had to stand by the campfire for an hour to dry off. In two days of fishing we caught maybe 3 smallish trout.

Was one of the best trips I have ever had.