October Beer,Brats Oom PaPa music ,Coffee an Tea (and some good conversation

[Major 2]

OH Oh ! time to do a roast in the Crock pot .... I used onion soup instead of water 
The aroma is heavenly

Front is passed , rained like Billy-be-jammed for a while, but mild from what the northern county's got , Tornado up in Flagler Co. the
weather warning ticker tape on the TV said 

Gonna set the auto coffee pot for 5:30 AM .... then hit the sheets

[pony express]

Mornin, all! Water's almost hot here, and the Major has coffee ready! Hope ya got dried out, TK At least with the rain, nothing should be on fire out your way, at least for a while.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Thanks for the coffee

It rained last evening here, still some sprinkles when I took the dogs out a bit ago Currently 58 and dark here, keys to the kingdom day

[Arcey]

Mornin', y'all.

Lookin' it 75° - 80° 'n rain on 'n off.

Heck of a hunka meat them roasts. Thought 'bout the snaps ta stretch the l'il black one's legs a little, it's been awhile. Too late in lookin' 'n when I did didn't see none I wanted.

Think this evenin' I'll do a juat a few ounces of pasta 'n sprinkle some grated parm on it.

[Arcey]

Mornin', y'all.

Lookin' it 75° - 80° 'n rain on 'n off.

Heck of a hunka meat, them roasts. Thought 'bout the snaps ta stretch the l'il black one's legs a little, it's been awhile. Too late in lookin' 'n when I did didn't see none I wanted.

Think this evenin' I'll do a juat a few ounces of pasta 'n sprinkle some grated parm on it.

[litl rooster]

Ya'll getting the remnants of that storm bcareful it was a bad one



Coffee is good this morning

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee.

Rained over 2" in the last couple days. Tis 48 and sprinkling. "Cloudy with a chance of light rain. Highs in the middle 50s. North wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent."

Slim

[Texas Lawdog]

The cold front is still with us. Victoria and I slept in. The Cawffee tastes good. Oatmeal and toast for breakfast. No clue for lunch. moose is taking me out for supper tonight. Chicken Fried Steak and Chicken Fried Chicken, Mashed Taters, Cream Gravy, and Corn, served family style.

[Russ T Chambers]

Got a bit windy over the night! (over 100 mph gusts on some the mountain ridges, and 86 mph at Reno/Tahoe airport).  Supposed to rain today, but so far the ridges are keeping the clouds to the west.  Yesterday was trash day, so this morning a lot of trash containers are drifting down the street.

Doing spaghetti for supper tonight with garlic bread.

[litl rooster]

Got a bit windy over the night! (over 100 mph gusts on some the mountain ridges, and 86 mph at Reno/Tahoe airport).  Supposed to rain today, but so far the ridges are keeping the clouds to the west.  Yesterday was trash day, so this morning a lot of trash containers are drifting down the street.

Doing spaghetti for supper tonight with garlic bread.

Seems a bit windy. You sure some Texas Waddie didn't spin that wind report? You know how they all had to drink water out of a hoof print?

[Russ T Chambers]

Roo

Ain't seen no Texas Waddies around lately, but after 22 years here I've learned what happens when the airflow over the Sierra and Carson ranges here comes down hill and blows across the valley floor.  The highway between Reno and Carson City is closed  to high profile vehicles quite often.  Those semis that ignore the warning often end up on their sides beside the road.  Mark Twain coined the phrase "Washoe Zephyr" to refer to these breezes.  Of course he probably had more stories that a Texas Waddie!  

[litl rooster]

Mark Twain certainly  did have a tale r two.  I've worked with many of Texas Cowboys too. In Montana- colorado even in Viginia we had our share. They certainly know how to spin one. I can say for sure there must be a lot of good cowboys still in Texas.
I've been across the high dessert and valleys. I know why there are wind socks on bridges and overpasses. Why there are highway gates on the interstates.  I can tell you the cattle guards don't wear uniforms too.



Del. how long did you have to cook the Buffalo in the dutch oven

[Texas Lawdog]

I did some cowboying in ahigh School and College, I always had plenty of water to drink and plenty of ropes.

[litl rooster]

I did some cowboying in ahigh School and College, I always had plenty of water to drink and plenty of ropes.

Tex the reference to water was from True Grit. - even John Wayne knew when to throw the BS flag out. Now in my book if'n it was so dry thT you had to get water out pf a hoof print. You'd probably don't want to drink the water.

[Russ T Chambers]

The mud in the hoof print probably disguised to slightly yellow color of the water!   

[litl rooster]

The mud in the hoof print probably disguised to slightly yellow color of the water!   

 

[Blair]

Kind of like eating the "yellow" snow in the high country?
My best,
Blair

[Arcey]

Thinkin' I'd stay closer ta the Sparks - UNR Ag. Exp. Farm (NSPA) place than the airport if I was in Reno. All their recorded gusts were in the forty mph range last night.

Rains, quits, rains again. Humid as hell out.

Warnin'. Rant. Scroll past.

Been screwin' with this computerized health "care" thing for most the day. Needed ta sign up on the site. Said ta enter the name as just as it appears on the retiree paycheck. Wouldn't take it. Kept tellin' me the home phone number wasn't right, too - was. Ain't screwin' with a 'bot. Called 'em on the phone. Gotta human.

Had ta drop the middle initial, that appears on the check, ta get it ta take the name. Had ta screw with it ta get it ta take Jr. too. She suggestin' the cell phone number for a home phone – no. Over rode the thing 'n entered none. Finally got it ta take a password. If I put one in that matched the format the thing judged it weren't secure 'nuff. Put one in secure 'nuff ta suit 'em the format didn't. Wouldn't take nothin' related to my name. Tried six er eight different variations of OBAMASUCKS 'n it wouldn't take them either.

Challenge question case I forget the password. High school mascot. Huh? Didn't have no mascot I recall. Maybe the bail bondsman on the sidelines handin' out business cards at the sportin' events.

Wanted my e-mail address. Didn't give 'em the one I use daily, gave 'em the one I give folks I don't wanna hear from 'n don't check often. Took it.

Hang up with the girl. Take the survey. Silly ***t. Page said it'd take 'bout 30 minutes ta do. Took longer. Had questions 'bout kids in the house I don't have 'n questions 'bout the job I ain't got. 'Yes/No/I don't know,' forced choice questions what couldn't be skipped or marked N/A.

OK, got it done. I gotta happy face. Need a form printed, gotta get it ta the doc for his signature 'n stuff. I gottah print it. Why? The friggin' city's too cheap ta run copies 'n mail 'em with the letter tellin' the retirees their premiums are goin' up thanks to a lyin' ass kenyen politician of the democrat party. Wonder what the retirees without a 'puter and/or printer's supposed ta do.

Ennyways. Wade thru 'em all 'n find the right form. Hit print. Go downstairs where the printer lives 'n there's a couple hunks of paper on the floor. The fat lady'd flipped the bale that stops 'em from doin' that out the way. Get 'em up. One page short. Outtah paper 'n there ain't none in the house.

Want this crap done. Go ta Dollar General just up the road. The place is packed. Go ta the Rite-Aid in the same center instead. Just a couple cars in the lot. Grab Hewlette-Packard paper. Gotta H-P printer. Georgia Pacific sitiin' right 'side it got a hunnert more sheets in it same price. Put the H-P stuff back.

Go ta the register, no one there. Bet someone'll show if I lite a smoke. Top pocket's empty, cigarettes in the station wagon. Got plastic, not a dime on me ta leave on the counter 'n walk out with the paper.

Here she comes, pudgy thing, piercin's 'n all. No sorry you waited, no how ya doin', no can I help ya, no kiss my a**. It's, "I'm not qualified ta give ya a flu shot."

"Don't want a flu shot. Just want the paper."

"OK. Actually, there's no one in the store qualified to give you a flu shot."

"The paper, please. I don't want a shot. If I want one I'll get it from my doctor. No charge there."

"If you have any of the plans listed on the board they're free here. But I'm not qualified to give it to you."

Drum nails on the counter 'n do my best to stare a hole in 'er she can stick 'nother ornament in................. 'Don't tell me they're free when I'm payin' for someone else to get 'em for nothin'. Debit."

"Yessir....."

Finally get out.

Get back here. Ain't a drop of rain on the station wagon. Take the overshirt coverin' the 26 off. Hang it on the station wagon's outside mirror. Light one. Mailman stops next door. Go get it before it starts rainin'. Go down the drive. He stays next door, two, maybe three years. Sprinkles start. He drives o'er ta me. Hands me a couple letters (bills) then starts pullin' out these mail order woman's stuff things one at a time 'n handin' 'em to me. She's got 'er own computer, all to 'erself, she can get this stuff with 'n yet she gets catalogs. By then it's rainin' 'n I'm gettin' wet.

Get inside. Dry off. Open the paper 'n stick some sheets in the printer. Touch the screen. It spits out one page. Take all three ta compare ta what's on the screen. Turnt out page three is an instruction sheet I ain't even gotta take ta the doc. Page 2 has '2 of 3' on the botton. Page 1 has nothin' nor does 3. That'd landed on my desk when I was workin' it'd gone in the can. Pros don't do that. Sloppy crap open to questions. City of Norfolk contractor – low bid - maybe a relative of someone in city hall.

Such a pleasure ta be done with it, for now, 'n get ta somethin' pleasant like washin' the dishes. In a professional manner.

Rant over,

For now.

[Blair]

Arcey,

Isn't the computer bureaucratic BS fun to deal with??

The only thing I find more stressful is trying to use the phone Number they offer to get more info, and the BS you have to go through to talk with a real live Human being.
Isn't modern technology wonderful?

[Delmonico]

Arcey, I could give you a flu shot.