May flowers,Coffee,Tea and foodstuffs.

[Delmonico]

For free, my crew gave it to me.

Yep, would take one as a gift.

[The Trinity Kid]

Evening all.

65 and sunny in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

Today was my first day with the Forest Service. Nothing terribly interesting happened, mostly paperwork. That's about it.

—TK

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.

Back is enough better to go back to verk, today.

'Tis 45 and sunny. High of 75.

Slim

[Mogorilla]

Johnny, I like your style.    I am definitely a fan of red, but I am not one of those, oh the white wine bottle is half full, or oh, the red wine bottle is half full.   I am the rose bottle is full kind of guys.

[Johnny McCrae]

I've come a long way as a wine connasewer. In the service, I used to drink Thunderbird and Ripple at $.50 per bottle. Now I'm up to Winking Owl at $3.29 per bottle.

[Major 2]

I believe, I recall you told me you served in the late 1950's
Well, if you use the CIP calculator, Inflation from 1960 to 2023 $0.50 in 1960 is worth $5.12 today. 
If in 1959 you had paid $3.29 that bottle of Winking Owl, it was worth $34.30 today.

Good thing you don't drink Domaine Leroy Musigny Grand Cru 

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.

'Tis 41 and mostly sunny. High of 78.

Slim

[Johnny McCrae]

I believe, I recall you told me you served in the late 1950's
Well, if you use the CIP calculator, Inflation from 1960 to 2023 $0.50 in 1960 is worth $5.12 today. 
If in 1959 you had paid $3.29 that bottle of Winking Owl, it was worth $34.30 today.

In 1955 I worked in a Supermarket as a carry-out boy for $.90 per hour and we were not allowed to accept tips. I wonder what would that be today?

[Major 2]

In 1955 I worked in a Supermarket as a carry-out boy for $.90 per hour and we were not allowed to accept tips. I wonder what would that be today?

$10.23

[Johnny McCrae]

Thanks Major. The Federal minimum wage in 1955 was upgraded to $1.00 per hour.  As I remember, I started at $.90 per hour.

$10.23 per hour is above the current Federal minimum of $7.25 per hour.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.

'Tis 51 and overcast. "Cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the middle 70s. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent."

Slim

[Delmonico]

NO real change from the immune treatment, Rita starts chemo next week.

[DeaconKC]

Del, still praying for you guys here.
Well spent today out at my usual CAS Club, Outlaw Camp, wasn't shooting but running a couple of tables for my LGS. Will be out there tomorrow too, hoping it will be a good return for my store, my Boss is a real good guy. Relaxing now, watching the Cards play at Boston, hope they can start winning regularly. Anyway, you guys have a good one.

[Delmonico]

She's taking it fairly good, as good as can be expected.  She says she is not going to give up, just going to be harder, but chemo has came along way and the grandkid says she's got all kinds of wigs.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.

I'll be praying, Del.

'Tis 52 and overcast. "Cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent."

Slim

[Major 2]

I stepped out on the lanai and saw Coral Snake which beat a retreat and I lost sight of him.
  Yes, I'm sure it was one, I know the difference between " Yellow & Red kill ya dead " and the black & yellow touching bands = King snake.
Coral snakes are not aggressive, and though the venom is highly poisonous bites to humans are rare.
They are not aggressive, and the fangs and bite are small.

I read they are out in the morning cool (mostly live underground) and in the Spring looking to mate.
  Which concerns me, I don't want eggs to hatch into a brood of vipers 

[Delmonico]

  Which concerns me, I don't want eggs to hatch into a brood of vipers 

Can assure that won't happen, they ain't vipers.   Only venomous snake in the US that ain't.

[Major 2]

That's very true...it was only a phrase.
however, they are considered some of the most toxic snakes in North America because their venom contains powerful neurotoxins.
 

[Delmonico]

Just having fun, someone asked a dutch oven question the other day nd somebody was upset that I explained it with science.

If you want fun tell someone that rattlesnakes ain't poisonous and after they take 10 minutes telling you how dumb you are then ask them if they are poisonous why people can eat them.  Was sure you did know the difference.

[Major 2]

Just having fun, someone asked a dutch oven question the other day nd somebody was upset that I explained it with science.

If you want fun tell someone that rattlesnakes ain't poisonous and after they take 10 minutes telling you how dumb you are then ask them if they are poisonous why people can eat them.  Was sure you did know the difference.

Fun with snakes 

Years ago, I was on location Texas (The Alamo Film)....there were these three fellows (friends of mine) from Missouri.
It was out in a wooded area, and they were sitting on rather large diameter fallen tree trunk.
I walked over and we were engaged in conversation, it went on for a few minutes, when I casually asked " is that a SNAKE" pointing beneath them.....

these guys jumped straight up from a seated position simultaneously ... much like a startled cat will leap
several feet in the air like a coil spring 

I was greatly amused, but apparently " you don't ever say SNAKE to a Missourian. "