Coffee and Tea on a very Independent July

[Major 2]

Bi-annual vampire visit was a breeze, got to love LabCorp @ Walgreens with my 8:30am appointment
I was in and out in 5 minutes!   
New upgrade lathe chuck is out for delivery today, that's about as exciting as it gets for today 

[Delmonico]

So sorry to here that, hits to close to home for me. 


Had a bad day yesterday, nothing wrong but all the stuff lately just hit me wrong and now seeing this reminds me again of everything, yet things are getting better. 

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.

'Tis 58 and sunny. High of 80.

Slim

[Johnny McCrae]

It's been over 3-1/2 years since we moved to Florida. We wanted to go back to Wisconsin in 2020 but Covid hit. In 2021 my wife had a very serious operation. On July 5, 2022 we flew to Minnesota to visit my daughter. While in Minnesota we drove to South Dakota to tour the Black Hills. We then drove to Wisconsin to visit my youngest son and old friends. I was able to see my folks home in Milwaukee where I was raised and my old high school.

Funny thing happened last Saturday while driving to my son's home. I was using my daughters Chevy Tahoe which for me was like driving big semi. We started to hear a hissing sound inside the Tahoe. We tried everything but couldn't find out where the sound was coming from. We were just about to go a nearby Chevy dealer when we discovered the sound was coming from my wife's purse. Somehow a ringtone named "Hush - Hush" got on her cellphone. We have absolutely no idea how it got there, We had a hell of a time trying to silence the damn phone. Ain't old age great!

Gasoline was around $4.50 per gallon. Our air travel went very smooth. It was a very memorable trip for us.

[Johnny McCrae]

When you take a certain road around Mt. Rushmore, George's head pops out between the mountains.

[Major E A Sterner]

I just about have my car repaired,I'm just waiting on the Fog Lights I ordered.I took some of the money I got from the insurance company and went Life member in SASS

[The Trinity Kid]

Greetings all.

Currently 85 and raining as of 0430. This country averages 4" of moisture per year, and we got half of that this week.

—TK

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.

Great pictures, Johnny.

'Tis 67 and mostly sunny.

Slim

[Johnny McCrae]

Thank you Slim.

Mt Rushmore and Crazy Horse Mountain are always two must see visits for me in the Black Hills. Custer State Park and Spearfish Canyon are also great places to drive thru especially on a motorcycle.

[Delmonico]

Costco got kim chee in again, may have a second bowl, the hell with Yuppies and their probiotic tablets, cheaper and better.

[The Trinity Kid]

Greetings all.

90 degrees at 0430. Have a general coming through in a couple of hours for a visit, which is the most excitement we've had all week. Well, other than the rain I suppose.

Johnny, Crazy Horse has coke a long way since I was last there in 2015. Did the little visitor center open yet? They were talking about the opening being pushed back by a couple of years last I heard, but I admittedly don't keep up with it.

—Tak

[The Trinity Kid]

I had another thought.

A custom caliber SA revolver chambered in a shortened 38-55 case. A true 38 caliber (or .375 anyway). Why would I want to do this? Because I don't know of anybody else who has. Probably wouldn't be as potent as a 38-40, but it would be interesting none the less.

—TK

[Johnny McCrae]

 :TK. Yes, the visitors center is open. It's good size.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.

'Tis 58 and sunny. High of 76.

Slim

[Major 2]

Shows what I know, I thought "they" (offended 1st nation persons and tree huggers) "pissed a bit*h" and got that
Crazy Horse monument stopped, stalled or filibustered.

[Delmonico]

I had another thought.

A custom caliber SA revolver chambered in a shortened 38-55 case. A true 38 caliber (or .375 anyway). Why would I want to do this? Because I don't know of anybody else who has. Probably wouldn't be as potent as a 38-40, but it would be interesting none the less.

—TK

Been done, didn't catch on.  Seem's PO Akley did it in the 30's.

[DeaconKC]

Howdy all, raining here and has dropped the temps some. Only gonna hit 92 today and the weekend should be cooler, mid 80s but heavy rain [which we need]. Got the Missus home yesterday form her trip to her cousin's. Got the big red truck running again, the Ford dealer finally got the parts in!
Major, so sorry to hear about Johnny, prayers here for all.

[Delmonico]

OK Twice.    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_magnum

[Kit Peak]

(Shows what I know, I thought "they" (offended 1st nation persons and tree huggers) "pissed a bit*h" and got that Crazy Horse monument stopped, stalled or filibustered.)
It's a privately family-owned enterprise cash cow, visitor funded.

[Delmonico]

(Shows what I know, I thought "they" (offended 1st nation persons and tree huggers) "pissed a bit*h" and got that Crazy Horse monument stopped, stalled or filibustered.)
It's a privately family-owned enterprise cash cow, visitor funded.

I have been in trouble for years about it, when someone talks about it being cool I mention just because the white man defaced a mountain, it don't mean the Indian should, my Indian friends tell me Native Americans or First Nation are Liberals who live in the city, Indians are their version of rednecks and normally grew up on the rez and smoke signals is their favorite movie.

For those who remember Salt Crick Rick he is one of them.  He grew up down by White Cloud KS and was a Ioway.