October Has Entered The Buildin'!

[Russ T Chambers]

Many years ago when I worked for Wisconsin Telephone as a Systems Technician on their main frames (there were three connected together) we used to do system maintenance on Wednesday evenings.  Ran backups of all the disk drives from two processors while we would install new software on the third.
There was a time frame during which the backups would lock out one of the disks need by all three machines.  I got a call from the Operations Tech that was installing the new software, saying the mainframe she was IPLing (rebooting)  would not come up. 
I realized what had happed and that it would only be a few minutes before the backups finished with the disk, needed to bring her machine backup.  So I slowly walked into the computer room.  Walked up the CRT that was the console for her computer.  Slowly stroked the top if it several times.  Then told her to try it again.  The mainframe came up without a problem. 
The OPS Tech just looked at me and said something to the effect of, "I don't believe you just did that"!
(Sorry for the Tech stuff)

[Arcey]

Used ta toss a Dixie cup fullah cold tap water e'er the shower door. Quit when she started doin' it back....

[Leo Tanner]

This ain't wife torture, though I do have other stories

     One Halloween we's walkin the kids around an see this guy who's drivin his kids around.  While his kids is knockin on doors, he sees a group of young teen girls and does somethin ta give em a scare an make em scream.  He just looked too pleased by this so I figgured he could use a dose.  He's settin in the drivers seat of his truck waitin on his kids and I tell Lil, "watch this".  I crouched low an got right up ta the side of the truck without him seein.  He had the window down and when I popped up outta nowhere and made one of them monster noises his head hit the top of the cab and I do believe he soiled himself.  
     He didn't think I was very funny, but the rest of the crowd on the block seemed ta.  He tolt his kids ta get inta the truck and peeled outta there with a funny look on his face.  Lil and the kids still remind me of that one.


Leo

[Leo Tanner]

OK, Lil just informed me I got that story wrong.  I skeered the little girls an the guy in the truck thought it was perty funny.  That's when I decided it was his turn.
     She says that's what made it so funny.  Good ta have the royal historian close at hand


Leo

[Tensleep]

Homemade chicken noodle soup is mighty mighty good on ah cool Virginia evenin'


Miz Annie dun hit 'nother winner! 

[Delmonico]

One year, openin' day of deer season was at the farm, was before we had the trailer house.  Had a bunch of them marker flags in my pick-up the "lectric System used to mark a line and left behind.  About a little before noon litl brother went to the neighbors.  I took the flags out and paced offand put one about every 5 feet between his camper and my cuzzin's one. 

He came back and wanted to know what the flags were for, tolt him we couldn't tell till 8:37 pm.

All day he kept askin' what the flags were for, nobody would tell, last half hour he looked at his watch about every 3-4 minutes.  At 8:37 he said "Now it's time, tell me what the flags are for."

Well simple, to mess with yer mind all day.

He was the only one didn't think itwas funny.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

OOOooooooo, you boys was ornery today!
T''was 33 this morning when we left for the garage, had to scrape winders again. Top it all off, had a sub bus this morning got ours back this afternoon. One of the little girls had a problem on the ride home, so we got back with a smelly bus. Left the windas down and wrote it up for the cleanin' crew. They ain't gonna like us tomorrow
Had a small sccheduling problem with Sandy today, seems Wade Park set her up for a CCAT scan and didn't let us know until yesterday evening. I've got traning tomorrow and can't miss it or will be yanked off my run until it's made up, minus pay, too. Susie doesn't do the express ways, either.  Sandy misses this and her surgery will be backed up. Finally got arranged for her to do the van tomorrow, with a neighbor taking her to the pick up point( VFW hall uptown), and one of their friends will pick her up when she gets back. Docc up at Wade Park pulled some rank and got her on the van, usually have to have a weeks notice before you can ride it up.
Surgery's the 29th, have to take her up on the 28th and leave her there. Then we'll have to go back up the next day for the surgery. Two days off Susie's check and more time off my sick days list, there goes my year end bonus. .......Buck

[Delmonico]

Was one of the few days today, that I ever dreaded coming to work, was to be in the WD from 12-4:30 with that really stupid kid they hired about 3 weeks ago.  Was feared I was gonna end up killing him.  Not a good thing, cause I just know I would have got wrote up and it put in my permanant record.

Not, Matt one of the good ones was there instead, seems Chad got his butt fired before I got there.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Miracles nevver cease , Del

[Ozark Tracker]

Jackie cooked up a big Chilli Verde meal,  finally got to eat a bite, after rolling up the equipment in 2 houses, turned off the water to em, they'll be ready to go as soon as the trucks get here.  replaced the burned out light bulbs earlier, had 2 dozen that had burned out this tme,  out of about 100 bulbs in the big houses, that's about average for the 6 or 7 weeks we have em in the growout houses.

49 here now, supposed to get down in the high 30's for a low. 

[Scarlet Angel]

Evenin' Fellas,

You guys been tellin' some naughty things you like to do to yer wives. 

I used to mess with my other half too....I used to tell him I knew people that watched his every move...even when he was TDY. He'd call and I'd say so you were down on X street at 1pm today. Or come home and say so you left work around...Had him going for a good 6 months...drove him crazy. I finally confesed I could check the bank account online and see the withdrawls etc...

[swordboy]

I kinda feel guilty about this but it is so funny ....... my ol'lady has a dreadful fear of roaches ...... and ocasionally they come in from out side ...... no little ones inside (blessed be) ...... but her frear is so bad all I need to do is point at the floor and say "eww what's that" and she hit the ceilling sinester cruel evil I know but so funny

[Leo Tanner]

Evenin' Fellas,

You guys been tellin' some naughty things you like to do to yer wives. 

I used to mess with my other half too....I used to tell him I knew people that watched his every move...even when he was TDY. He'd call and I'd say so you were down on X street at 1pm today. Or come home and say so you left work around...Had him going for a good 6 months...drove him crazy. I finally confesed I could check the bank account online and see the withdrawls etc...

See, you wimmins are better at this than us.  We's playin around the house an you's all lookin at bank statements an such. 
     Yer master minds, we's just tryin ta keep up


Leo

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Good fun, pards. I don't do it too much, but just enough to keep her on her toes. 

[Silver Creek Slim]

If that holds true in Nevada, I'd say judging from the number of needle the pine by our patio has lost, we're in for about 20 feet!!!!!
That or the tree is just goin' bald!!

A lot are falling here too.

Slim

[Ozark Tracker]

well I'm up so I might as well make a pot of Coffee,  throw a coupla logs on the fire

made a run down to the barns, see how the birds were loading out,  they got one house already gone to town,  they were sittin up on the next house. birds loading good.

[Tensleep]

Reckon we'll jist lay by today since it took all day ta cross tha Red...

That'll give Leo ah chance to dry out his gear  Good thing his hoss could pull him to tha bank. 

Mighty good CAWFEE OT, thanks.

You an' Clea need to take ah rest after nighthawkin'.

[Ozark Tracker]

may have to catch a few winks before daylight,  about 42 here, just a light breeze outa the south.

sounds like another load of birds going out.  guess the roundups still going good.

[Lucky Irish Tom]

Mornin,

Thanks for tha coffee!

[Stoney Pete]

Or everything's gonna bust loose. 

Did not happen which I'm glad for.  Inventory starts on Monday and we're trying to get all the stuff out the door.  System crashes tend to slow that down.

The first cold snap is always the hardest. Getting used to the cold weather again after being in the heat all summer.

I finally yielded to the cold this morning and wore a light jacket.  Winter is comming.

OT, torchering the Mrs. can be hazardous to your health.  Twas funny though.

Arcey, thanks for the ideas.  I'm glutton for punishment.  BTW, there was a life size cutout of Aragon from Lord of the Rings in one of the manager offices.  I did not know it was there and almost wet myself when I saw the man in the shadows of the office.

Used ta toss a Dixie cup fullah cold tap water e'er the shower door. Quit when she started doin' it back....

I used to do this with my sister.  Only we used buckets of ice water and weather permitting, snow.

Thanks for the laughs fellas.  Got some fine ideas for the kids and me bride now.

I have the plans drawn for the basement.  If the permit goes quickly we could start construction as early as Monday.

Thanks for the CAWFEE.  Y'all have a good weekend.