Sorry to hear, condolences for the family.





Santa and whiskey!! Happy Merry Christmas!








I managed to get myself cleaned up and tagged along with DH to a meeting he had with one of his local repair shops this afternoon. The place is awesome. It's an aviation repair and overhaul shop and it was so very neat to see them do their work. The tools they had in there were all the tools we drool over. Awesome Bridgeport mill, lathes, sheet metal brakes, rollers, paint booths, media blast cabinets, even had their on site fabricator. The cool thing was an autoclave. It is huge. I'd hate to be in there when it gets turned on.

I learned that pilots might be good at flying planes but they are terrible at driving planes I also learned ground crews do lots of stupid things

I appreciate the opportunity to tag along. Saw some neat parts in there, even off some airplanes that flew some really cool flights.


Anyway, DH went for a haircut and soon as he gets home we're heading for dinner. I'm starving. Everybody, happy Friday

 

Shorts, sounds like fun. Maybe he needs a minivan so he take the rest of us too!

Unfortunately that conversation would have to be with the wife. Since I like to sleep a little from time to time I'll just continue my subtle, well timed lessons. He kept me waiting for an hour and forty five minutes this morning so I just took a nap. When we got the second strut apart we discovered we needed to replace a nylon cup at the top of the strut, it'll be here tomorrow. I'll do some of my stuff in the morning while the part gets here and maybe make him wait a little longer too. He'll figure it out sooner or later.

It's allot more fun to watch him dance.

Dang, family is having a time catching a break. Prayers from here to the wife and all her family.

Evening all.

 

All right folks, checking in and likely to stay for a while. I am going to pull up a bar stool by the pot-belly stove and have a few drinks on top of the couple of glasses of red wine I have already had. No worries, I won't be driving home later, will just curl up with the dragon if everyone else heads home. Amusingly, I have been thinking all day that I need a 'Fail, Bark Fail' story. Just read the 'I was only stupid for a Second' thread. Dude - we have never met but that was my first laugh of the week. Thanks a million!!!
To the rest of you, think back to Red Fisher and the Scuttlebutt Lodge. Time to start telling stories.

 

Alright TG, I'll give you one. Once upon a time I was working night shift and had a reserve officer as a ride along. We were working the western most beat and were making our second round of patrol requests. We pulled up on an overpass to look at a disabled vehicle that was on the interstate below and observed a gentleman walking up to the disabled vehicle. He peered through the windows, then went back to his vehicle and retrieved a bumper jack. After returning to the first vehicle he looked around, but never up, and punched the jack through the RR window and entered the vehicle. The reserve officer and myself got back in our car and drove down the ramp onto the interstate and pulled up behind the perp's car. We didn't make a big deal out of it and I told the reserve to stay at the car unless the guy ran.

About the time we exited our car he realized we were there and stood up. I stayed at the driver's door and just called out to him "Hey, are you out of gas?" What's he going to do? He replied "yes" so I asked him to come back to our car and I've give him a ride to get some gas. Once he got to our car I ran through the usual questions, weapons, I.D. etc. I explained in my best country bumpkin drawl that I had to search him so I wouldn't get in trouble with my boss. Got the search done, got his license and shut the door behind him. We walked up to the car he broke into, verified what we saw from the overpass and called it in. Then I opened the door to the patrol car and said to the guy "You do know you're under arrest, right?" We laughed about that the rest of the night.

 

That's what I need. . . A couple of stiff ones

Is that called a redneck arrest?

 

That falls under the category of 'stupid is as stupid does', said in my best Forest Gump voice.

Polar - check question a couple posts back about line of business. Reply by PM if you prefer.

 

Wonder what they use now days since the garbage cans are made out of plastic.

To the un-trained eye they probably all look the same but each one has their own subtle nuances and have required many years of practice.

Yeah, but every time I come back I ask myself WHY! I dont like doing anything in the snow anymore so what am I doing up here---sigh--.

Glad you have perked up a little. Hope your Father IL can get some quality of life back. Sounds like you guys could use a vacation from the bad stuff.

As for me, tomorrow I get to help my Father IL move to a smaller unit at the old folks place. He is moving closer to one of the gals who make the best oatmeal cookies in the world so I am looking forward to it.

 

Found out why Cincy has been so scarce lately:






SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3rd:
1818 - Illinois was admitted as the 21st state of the union.

1828 - Andrew Jackson was elected president of the United States.

1833 - Oberlin College in Ohio opened as the first truly coeducational school of higher education in the United States.

1835 - In Rhode Island, the Manufacturer Mutual Fire Insurance Company issued the first fire insurance policy.

1917 - The Quebec Bridge opened for traffic after almost 20 years of planning and construction. The bridge suffered partial collapses in 1907 (August 29) and 1916 (September 11).

1931 - Alka Seltzer was sold for the first time.

1950 - Paul Harvey began his national radio broadcast.

1964 - Police arrested about 800 students at the University of California at Berkeley. The arrest took place one day after the students staged a massive sit-in inside an administration building.

1967 - In Cape Town, South Africa, a team of surgeons headed by Dr. Christian Barnard, performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky. Washkansky only lived 18 days.

1982 - Doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center removed the respirator of Barney Clark. The retired dentist had become the world's first recipient of a permanent artificial heart only one day before.

1984 - In Bhopal, India, more than 2,000 people were killed after a cloud of poisonous gas escaped from a pesticide plant. The plant was operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary.

1990 - A collision, on the ground, of a Northwest Airlines DC-9 and a Northwest Boeing 727 at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, resulted in a fire that claimed eight lives.

1997 - In Ottawa, Canada, more than 120 countries were represented to sign a treaty prohibiting the use and production of anti-personnel land mines. The United States, China and Russia did not sign the treaty.

1999 - The World Trade Organization (WTO) concluded a four-day meeting in Seattle, WA, without setting an agenda for a new round of trade talks. The meeting was met with fierce protests by various groups.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
What did we do before the Law of Gravity was passed?

Coffee & ph00 are ready.

 

barn fires.....a tragic accident.

if my hubby cheated, I'd have to move. so she can't return him in five days.....




men and shotguns today..already hearing a few shots.
bar is cleaned off in here for those that need a few...

wonder if there is a Christmas cookie eating rule?

 

Morning gang.

Nyquil for bed. DH had to check on me this morning to see if I was still alive. He made me a fresh pot of coffee too.

Lazy dreary wet Saturday here.

JWBM, I think the rules get suspended from Oct 31-Jan 1, then they start again. So you totally in the clear. I'll be pulling up to the bar in a bit for The Warmth to soothe my achy throat.

 

The label on that stuff reads, "May cause drowsiness". It SHOULD say, "May cause coma".

What an unhealthy bunch we have around here lately. Y'all better not be spreading your germs around the breakroom!

Oh yeah... hope you're feeling betta!

 

Gee whiz - - very quiet Saturday. Almost noon and only Heidi and Scott have put in a showing. Anyhow, don't see that crazy Canuck and the ph00 looks good. Better filter it with my new "super pooper scooper" filter.

Man, I didn't need any of that stuff to keep me awake and I ain't see'in no froggies. This hacking keeps me up just fine, right along with the cockroaches - - they hate it. I do to cause I can't sneak up on them to smash them. ........

Yo, that edict is a bit late - - - mama laid down her own edict - - get well or I am going out and find some young buck and kick you out. ...........

OK, going to finish my ph00 and get out of here. Be good, have a great Saturday and don't blow up any more engines, Bark. I don't think we can stand any more excitement from you for at least another two days.

Bob

ps: I see Shorts made it out of bed before I got finished with above - - behave girl and get better.

 

fer sure, careful those on the westest coast too! wow what weather!

feel for all of ya, took a walk in the woods in a safe zone, felt appreciative to be healthy. T shirt in sunny 40s! yay. might POST another area, flipping coin.

Shorts- rest, rest. thanx for the confirm on mmmm th' mmm cookie crunch
rule mmmm

ohhh Fiver, I think she is a collector of fine things and will keep ya...after some rest.

lunch is done- outta here

 

Rats, I was hoppen to try out my "new to me" snow blower today. Land lord beat me to it yesterday and plowed the drive.

 

morning/evening/night all...