Cool to start, maybe warming later. The sprinkles we finally got lowed temps by about 20 degrees, so this morning will be a bit chilly. I’m sure it will all go back to normal.
Did my pickups, dodging in and out of storm cells. Nice in between the cells, anything from misty to coming down in buckets inside a cell. You could almost watch a cell move by watching the freeway slow down in the traffic app. Almost.
Hit the goodwill bins store on the last leg of the big trip. As long as I was out that way, I might as well take advantage… it wasn’t my favorite store, as there is more junk and the employees don’t care about the shoppers or the stuff, but I found a couple of good things for me and to resell.
Got home, ordered chinese food and watched a movie with eldest br… child. Did some auction stuff after then went to bed.
A pretty good day. Wife had a short power outage, and a bunch of girls running around like crazy people. I definitely had the easier day.
Today I’ll be doing more cleanup, sorting, and domestic bliss. If it’s raining, that will all be indoors. If not, maybe it is time for the play structure to come down… (not my choice but there have been enough hints that it might be on the list…)
Not that there is any shortage of tasks on the list or any shortage of more important things to do, but sometimes, a big visible change is called for.
Stack. Stack. and Stack. but be sure to LIVE in between.
nick
Still really cold here. A continent-sized blob of arctic air has been hovering over thus part of Europe for a week now. Looks like it’s goingvto take another week to finally dissipate. The hard frosts have damage at least some crops, because everything though Spring as here.
Me, I want to start my outdoor projects, but motivation is limited when the temp is hovering around freezing.
Need to go see the dentist this week. It’s odd, how a serious toothache shoots straight into your brain. Makes it hard to concentrate on anything…
Indeed. Get some antibiotics, Amoxicillin works for me. Take a massive dose for a couple of days. The dentist can’t do much about the tooth until the infection is knocked down. I had a tooth that was loose and infected. I was leaving for Europe in 4 days. The dentist tried Novocaine. Four injections. It did not work. The tooth had to be pulled as that was the only viable option. That really hurt, as in tears streaming down the cheeks and finger dents in the arm rest. If I would have had more time the infection could have been knocked down and the Novocaine would have been effective.
The Jase Case to the rescue. I followed their guide when my root canal tooth got infected. The infection was cleared in four days. Get the real stuff, it is worth the price. Keep the case in your fridge.
I am not a paid representative of Jase Medical.
No, it appears that you’re a paid representative of one or more of Herman Miller’s competitors, you Aeron murderer.
I was about to huffily retort that it should be assumed that I always have a point, but this immediately follows me accusing MrAtoz of being an Aeron murderer, so maybe my point about always having a point isn’t as pointed as I’d like.
My wife turned on the water for the sprinklers and the garden faucet, which is just a pipe sticking up from the ground. (Real great job by the work crew she selected.) This is right after I told her that she shouldn’t do so because temperature is forecast to go below freezing several nights in the coming week. -sigh- I can cover the pipe and faucet with a couple of the big bags the dirt came in and it’ll probably be ok, but I get really tired of cleaning up problems caused by other people. Yes, in theory I can not take care of them, but then no one does and the resulting mess is even bigger … and I’m stuck taking care of it.
One year, two months, a few days…
Steelcase, where Ford found its last CEO, the one who was a little too fond of eye makeup in his official pictures.
Now we have Tommy Boy’s cousin – literally — running Ford into the ground.
One year, two months, a few days…
You are a braver man than me. If I said this to my wife, she would beat me with a stick and tell me to leave today.
It is 57 F here in Port Lavaca, Texas. The wind is blowing 20 mph out of the north. There are white caps on the bay and white caps on the swimming pool. It was blowing at least 40 mph at 1 am. My parents 60+ year old house was really moaning and groaning. No rain though.
His head?
Don’t keep us in suspense.
Chilly here on the west side as well, with mild gusts occasionally rattling a door or window. About one inch of rain in the buckets from overnight. I did hear some stormy activity at some point but I rolled over and went back to sleep.
Haven’t gotten the report from the BOL yet, I’m assuming kids crashed hard after a day of being maniacs (I’m so glad the 12yo girls can still just be kids) and they are all still asleep. Either that or getting breakfast together is a full time job…
I should finish my coffee and do some work myself. I’m going to start inside anyway, because that play structure doesn’t HAVE to come down, and big trash day is still a week away.
n
Which head?
da dum dum
@Nick
“I should finish my coffee…”
Coffee is a process–it is never finished.
Blue hellholes.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/two-dead-14-wounded-shot-memphis-block-party/
The video on the linked X page has the gunshots after the car doing donuts… Hundreds…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/5-shot-park-during-maryland-high-school-senior/
There is some commonality among the groups…
n
“I should finish my coffee…”
Coffee is a process–it is never finished.
– I should finish THIS cup of coffee and get to work…
FIFY
n
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/u-k-s-only-munitions-factory-explodes-just/
Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is…
n
Digging around online revealed this putz ran up $250k in student loans studying at the University of North Carolina.
I’m guessing Daddy Cash paid for the education while snowlake used the quarter million to meditate (do drugs) in India.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/a-gen-xer-who-got-250-000-in-student-loans-forgiven-said-he-can-now-finally-start-saving-for-retirement-and-consider-his-dream-of-studying-in-india/ar-AA1nnY8C?cvid=79070b9070504c9b91fc4fc8feec8d0d&ei=22
In Scranton … where Biden grew up in poverty as the son of the town’s Chevy dealer.
Then Beau got eaten by cannibals …
What? That’s not how the story went? Does it *really* matter with Corn Pop?
Husband and I took a shooting class together yesterday.
I haven’t shot a handgun since before the 2014 car crash (didn’t have the fully functional brain for it) (I’ve shot rifle and shotgun, handgun is a whole different standard of care)
Test at the end, 26 shots from 3 yards all the way out to 15 yards.
I was the only revolver. I shot with an enclosed hammer (double action only) Smith & Wesson j frame 2” barrel 5 shot .357 husband gifted me years ago.
I need a LOT of work on my reloads. That skill is completely gone. We have dummy rounds for me to practice.
We both scored 255 / 260. I think there was one or two guys with higher score. I made my spouse grin when the guys looked at my target. I’m a beast, apparently -laughter-
Lots of fun. Well run range. Around 45° F with a light breeze. Hands got cold and stiff but I had disposable hot packets to help. didn’t drink enough water. 18 students, careful conscientious shooters. Followed by a 4 hour lecture on state and fed gun law.
A very good day.
My friend received her first IVIG (?) treatment for Guillain-Barré Syndrome and neurologist has already observed articulable improvement. This is very welcome news.
RIP “Doctor Who”.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/doctor-who-star-ncuti-gatwa-complains-that-white-mediocrity-is-celebrated-while-black-people-struggle-to-get-half-that/ar-AA1nmpl3
Cue some white mediocrity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxILSVCdFC4
250k of loans, and in 20 years he couldn’t pay them down. Here’s the clue:
Taking out loans to study music, which for most people is not a viable career. At best, a career with poor and unreliable income. Not smart.
I may have mentioned here that in high school, the band teacher was encouraging me to go into music school. No, thanks. I want to be able to eat every day. I’ll go with engineering school, thanks anyway.
@SteveF
Good call on music college. I don’t recall, do you play any instruments these days? I’d encourage you to pursue that skill in a year and a half if you have the capacity to do so.
@nick
I really enjoy hearing about the progress with the BOL, as well as the ways you’ve had to get creative and remain persistent with vermin in your supplies. We’ve all got struggles and successes, it helps expand my thinking, and consider pros/cons of other parts of the country if we move post retirement.
“RIP “Doctor Who”. “
More cultural theft. Vermin infestation.
Why is it that there is no hugely successful comic book or science fiction franchise that was created and made wildly popular by non-pinks or alphabet people?
Why does the stealing have to happen by pink PLT’s, who then turn it over to the non-pink and alphabet people to run into the ground while complaining about “white” anything.
Rwandan can’t make a living in Rwanda, immigrates to the UK to steal a pinks IP and complain as a cover in case someone notices that he hasn’t earned anything. Variations on this story only require three 6-sided dice to simulate.
To be fair, the individual I know indirectly who attended [the most expensive engineering school in the US] is still unemployed almost eight months after being laid off from a 10 year stint at National Instruments, including time in a management position which, combined with the name on his diploma, should have set him up for the rest of his career.
@greg, how hard is he looking? And is 10yrs with NI a cherry on top or an indication of stultifying middle age white male…
n
re: Martial Arts
I studied, briefly, an obscure style called “Lotus Self-Defense”. Not to be confused with other styles containing “Lotus”.
It was an empty-hand hybrid hard style created in Thailand by a professional Thai kickboxing coach, combining Thai kickboxing with elements of WingChung and other pieces of other styles.
He taught it to U.S. service members in Ubon, Thailand, during the Vietnam war, and one of them started a school in Spokane, WA,
Full contact sparring was a regular part of the training. It made it difficult when members wanted to compete in the local karate competitions; they were almost always disqualified for playing “tag” too roughly.
The founder did not believe in forms, so there was no dancing in the original style. My teacher introduced forms in order to reinforce controlled movement, and give a foundation for those who wanted to compete. He also revamped the warmups and exercises to make them more effective and safer, since his degree was in exercise physiology.
My biggest regret about moving from Spokane was leaving that school behind.
Just for a flavor of it, in my first lesson I was tought how to do elbow strikes and eye pokes. The longest 6 minutes of my life were spent in the ring during my first belt test. Two rounds, 3 minutes each, each round against a fresh black belt.
Not even 40.
NI is probably the issue. I’ve only met one person who worked there who impressed me, and she was a documentation writer.
Still, isn’t Fancy Lad U paper and the ability to look good in a suit for the interview supposed to keep one of their graduates off the unemployment rolls and justify $200-250k?
Much like Big Mike, Borrower Defense is coming.
I know the wife was on Parent PLUS loans to attend the same school.
For the last 30 years, every time I looked for work I was in great fear. The fact that I had a great work history, big accomplishments, and an excellent education paled in comparison to my biggest obstacle: I was a White male over 40.
In 2007: Laid off from the defense industry, I switched to healthcare DB management (Epic), getting a job through networking.
In 2010: Fired as part of an internal political battle by Jesuit hypocrites at Saint Louis University, after a year of looking, got a job as a traveling consultant in Epic DB management ahd Hospital Billing. My employers didn’t know I was a White male nor how old I was. I got excellent advice from an HR guy I knew. He said to modify my resume to remove the years from my education portion, and drop any experience that was older than 15 years. All the interviewing was over the phone.
In 2014: Laid off by the consulting firm, I lucked into a new Epic project in Houston, where they needed some people to blend in with their existing staff but who had Epic knowledge. I had that job until they fired me for not taking the jab.
I know there is more than on person here who wouldn’t mind a cute pic of a wiener….
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9jcwys8cGMPHamvdMHJMsWJgRdNr7lfZ1JGXwkwa9DiPVNfwDwl-WJwhY32-8v3gJVyUxOfLhLZ5UEi16oPGTFB2BNSJQS4Gt2ckvDtltt9R4DuB9BN2GcFYk9aF7CA-YNoxmhCN97qiN4pEDh7FQ74OSeht8SXizeE3_lvKDAeiX_1nwvJH1S4LgyMg
n
I know the general consensus here is anti-jab, and that’s fine – for you. I, however, am of the opinion that blanket anti-jab is not for everyone. Particularly it’s not for me, so I’ve booked for a seasonal booster this coming Friday, the 29th, at a local pharmacy. This is under NHS auspices, so free to me. I anticipate no problems.
This booster is being offered, at present, to 3 cohorts – over75s, children, and immunosuppressed. I qualify for the first, and used to qualify for the third, but since it’s 5 years since my cancer diagnosis, with no sign of recurrence, I’ve been discharged from the cancer regime. Which is doubleplus good.
G.
Did anyone note the reference at the end? If so, please show.
@nick:
Is that a mail coat?
G.
Is that a mail coat?
– it is indeed. And a handsome looking fellow he is.
n
Hands are pretty messed up. One thumb may be arthritis or similar but the rest were from breaks, dislocations, burns, punctures, cutting the ends off (and putting them back on; I heal pretty well), or spinal damage resulting in numbness.
I used to be able to sing halfway decently but that ended not long after I got my throat cut the first time, right at the voice box. (“First time”. I’m the only person I know whose throat has been cut twice.) Also, I’m currently missing four teeth and will probably lose another when the crack gets bad enough. No, it’s not from meth and it’s not from hillbillyitis. Damage of various sorts.
I’ve mentioned a time or three that I’ve led an eventful life, right?
Likewise. I don’t compete, because I’ve been in real fights and have no interest in nicey-nice play rules. My Wing Chun instructor competed a few times before giving up on it. His first tournament, he had asked that his opponent wear a full-face mask and that was denied. He held back considerably because the guy’s face was wide open and he didn’t want to hurt him. He was then repeatedly cautioned for lack of aggressiveness and was told that he’d forfeit if he didn’t step it up. Ooooookay. Two seconds into the next round, the other guy had a broken nose and my instructor was thrown out of the tournament for unnecessary roughness.
Hey, coulda been worse. If it had been me, the opponent would have had a wrecked knee. One of my preferred techniques in a brawl, attempted mugging, or mob swarming is to get up close, deflect or tank punches, and stomp the lower leg. Most of the time the knee folds sideways and the guy’s out of the fight.
The general consensus here is that everyone should be free to make a fully informed choice about whether to get the jab or remain part of the Control.
We toured Taliesin back in November while in boonies Wisconsin. Part of the Wright Fellowship back in the day was the requirement that any students who did not know a musical instrument had to learn one fairly quickly after arriving at the facility.
Not one mention of where the shots were from or who might have been doing the shooting.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13333239/Kansas-city-missouri-shooting-child-injured.html
And recall my rule to automatically substitute “gang” for “gun” in any of the reporting on “xxx violence”. You might occasionally be wrong, but you’ll be right to five nines.
n
I know the general consensus here is anti-jab, and that’s fine – for you. I, however, am of the opinion that blanket anti-jab is not for everyone. Particularly it’s not for me, so I’ve booked for a seasonal booster this coming Friday, the 29th, at a local pharmacy. This is under NHS auspices, so free to me. I anticipate no problems.
I got the first double Pfizer jab at the behest of my aged parents and my employees since I never closed my business. I have passed since then. My parents are passing after the first booster.
I am waiting for the 30 year report on the effectiveness and dangers of mRNA jabs before I have any more. That includes the new mrna flu shot.
Your body, your choice.
I think the general consensus here is the people should be able to make a choice. Especially with a vaccine that was hastily put in service , without much testing for long term effects, with political decisions, and lots of money to be made.
I got the jab, and several boosters. I also get the flu shot, shingles and Pneumococcal stuff. My choice. Everyone else can do what they want. Others not getting the inoculations will not affect me so I don’t care what they choose.
BTW, I do know people who have turned down the jab on religious concerns. I must admit I am made uneasy by the fact that there is aborted fetal tissue in the mrna technology.
I led the closing prayer in church today. I thanked God for our freedom to worship him and his son in the USA. This is incredibly important to me as a fundamentalist Christian whom the Baptists call a cult.
and whom the current junta call a terrorist organization.
The Fake Pope delivered an absolution covering the fetal tissue used to develop the mRNA shots, and I swear I remember the real Hitler Youth Pope issuing a concurring statement to make sure no one had a loophole to exploit in a courtroom in a place where church-state separation are not as strict.
I got the jJJ jab a few days before they shut it down. My upper extremities hurt afterwards, and have never really stopped hurting. At least I haven’t had a stroke or heart attack, and I think I’m past the window…
n
Concur 100%.
I, myself, believe the creation and promulgation of this jab is a criminal conspiracy. I believe that it is, on net, much more harmful than good. I also believe that TPTB will lie, cheat, and steal to make sure we never have evidence of that. I know that dissenting sources, with impeccable scientific histories and credentials, including original developers of mRNA technology, were slandered and censored, and unpersoned, and lost their careers.
So I believe that no one is capable of being fully informed in this environment. But that’s what I believe; your belief may be different, and you go on and make your own decisions.
Having said that, there were several points along the way where I thought certain groups might profit from the jab, based on what faulty information was available. I even chose to have my brother injected, due to his advanced age, Parkinson’s, and living in a care facility.
In retrospect, I wouldn’t do that again. Although in his case, I doubt it caused any harm. He was a terminal patient in hospice before Covid.
Congress approved, and soon the senate will, $60+ billion dollars for Ukraine. A foreign country. By my math that is approximately $180.00 for every person in the U.S. Without you having a say. Everyone will be sending $180.00 to a foreign county. How quaint.
Meanwhile our own is stolen from us.
n
People still wear face diapers in fear based on goobermint lies about WuFlu. We have the dumbest kids in a generation because of the same.
Since the destruction of the FUSA isn’t enough, plugs wants to send our children and grandchildren’s future to Ukraine, it’s almost like it was planned this way.
Boeing and Raytheon moved HQ to DC for a reason.
The war would have been over Monday morning if the vote had gone the other way.
My sister “works” remotely for Raytheon from Virginia Beach.
Hah hah!!
notice that she bought it anyway… and that she lives in a blue hive. Probably thinks she gets better “cleaner” food at WF. Probably supports a “living wage”.
n
(the honey crisp apples I just bought are $1.20 each or 1.84/pound. There are cheaper apples and more expensive, but the most expensive is only $2.05/pound.)
Give up the second, lose the first.
n
Oh jeez, good thing I looked at my calendar… my wedding anniversary is this week. I’ve done nothing yet. Completely forgot.
n
How does one “look” Jewish?
I’ve been told that by people over the years, particularly blacks and Europeans when I was younger. I guess it is intended as an insult.
He doesn’t just want to send their future to Ukraine. He wants to send them.
Maybe some real life war wouldn’t be a bad thing for some people to witness first hand. It certainly would change some attitudes about continuing to support the perpetual “war” party which is filling contractor soup bowls on both sides of the aisle.
Unless you’re in full Hasidic attire or have the long, twisted temple hair, if someone says “You look like a Jew”, what he’s really saying is “I’m a loser in life and my genitalia are misshapen and painful because of that infection I got when the neighbor offered me $20 when I was eleven”.
Wearing a kippah. (beanie hat.)
n
Specifically Texas City, TX but applies widely. Our DA was DEI hire for long time…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/watch-houston-police-union-issues-warning-that-texas/
n
The kippah made it quite obvious. I should start wearing mine again.
I’ve worn a lot of things, but that is not one of them.
I’ve never been a fan of Whole Foods. Yeah, sure, I was a skinny guy on a bicycle with a soaked (it’s July) t-shirt. I stopped by the Whole Foods on Lamar a few times and it was an ok in a dumpy small store way. Seemed kind of high on the prices. I’d go in for a coke and a little bag of chips and look around and enjoy the a/c for a few minutes. I don’t recall seeing anything there that I couldn’t get at Skaggs or Tom Thumb a couple of blocks from the apartment. And they would follow me around. I’m not ugly but I don’t think I’m Robert Redford handsome either. Some folks disagree about both ends of that last sentence but hey.
One day they followed me out the door and checked my receipt. Wanted to look at my d/l too. I told them to call the cops if they want. Never went back.
That is great news about being discharged from the cancer treatments!
I was poking around on my phone today. What time did I call 911 last Sunday? It’s not in my Recent calls. I do know I called and the lady on the phone was telling me to get him off of the bed and start CPR to which I replied “he outweighs me 60 pounds and I don’t know CPR and I saw his irises dilate and wait, hang on, the driveway announcer just went off. Awesome, EMS is here!” And I laid the phone on the kitchen counter to let EMS in.
I got this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJW43WPF?tag=ttgnet-20 Seems like a good idea for sitting on hold. My phone knows I plugged it in. I don’t hear anything while playing music. Wouldn’t this act like the earphone with the mic in the middle of the cord? The other phone is the same. It has a rattle inside. I have it packed for drop-off at the UPS place in town. A replacement is on the way. I didn’t expect a lot for $8.50 but the sound quality is lacking.
This Sunday is much quieter. Buddy the Beagle is good. Her Highness the Precious Princess Penny Poo Puppy is not happy. And yeah, we had it up to 16 P words. Didn’t write it down. Beer and lots of laughing was involved.
Time for their bedtime walk.
It’s very quiet without another person in the house. It’s not just that the TV isn’t on. There’s a spot where I can hear the grandfather clock ticking and the wall clock at the other end of the room and hear the little battery powered clock. And hear the ceiling fan spinning. Plus hear the deep freeze make that quiet whine it does.
At the moment, Penny is making gurgling noises. She’s had supper and has snacked on cat food and probably grass. Buddy is in the chair in the living room snoring like a fat man.
And the fridge just turned on.
Paul, enjoy the bedtime walk.
Dogs are (too) good for us, and for some reason that only the doggy soul understands, we are good for them too.
Sleepless here tonight. The full moon, perhaps, or the unaccustomed cup of coffee in the afternoon, or the busy day behind that needs processing, or the busy week ahead that needs planning, or sadness for absent loved ones and distant friends, or one or another thing to worry about… Time to open a window for some fresh, but chilly, air, and for a quiet walk through the house to reorientate body and mind. That usually does the trick.
Two Former High-Profile Trump Critics Now Admit It: His Foes Are the Real Threat to Democracy
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/04/21/two-former-high-profile-trump-critics-now-admit-it-his-foes-are-the-real-threat-to-democracy-n4928389
Mrs. Schiff has reportedly agreed to let Adam borrow a wig and a dress, but said he has to get his own lipstick and handcuffs.
Perhaps I am sleepless to keep Paul, and maybe someone else who needs it, company for a little while.
I can hear the cuckoo clock ticking in the hallway, and in the bathroom, the turning of a quartz movement. The sounds of a quiet house. There is a fox barking nearby outside – the vixens are hungry this time of year, with cubs to feed. This winter spell makes it harder for them to find mice, and the frogs are not moving much in the cold.
Jenny, out of practice, nearly shot a possible with a snubby, the experts’ expert’s revolver?
I doff my cap, madam. You are formidable, and an example to which to aspire.
Soros- and Gates-Backed Anti-Israel Activists Blocking Bay Area Roads Finally Face Consequences
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/soros-and-gates-backed-anti-israel-activists-blocking-bay-area-roads-finally-face-consequences/
Class action against the three foundation demanding restitution for unlawful imprisonment should demand an hourly rate equal to the combined total of the normal hourly rates of the defense team attorneys that the foundations use.
Finished my dinner. Pack is whole again. Apparently 12yo girls are “banana crackers” when hyped up on sugar, caffeine, and being away from home… wife is wiped out and already in bed. Kids challenged each other to see who would stay up the longest… one claimed 530am.
———–
“And I have to think about my own personal safety.” – too late for that. You’ll swing if there is justice in the world.
n
On sports…
I joined a target-shooting club near the BOL. It is member-run, and operates on the basis of each member taking a turn to open the facility and man the bar. Help mow the grass once a year too, and help out at the “Schützenfest”.
The shooting club members help the other local sports and social clubs (Musikverein, Young farmers’ society, soccer club, etc.). This reinforces social bonds, and is a super Meatspace networking opportunity for a stranger like me. I think it will be fun too; I might even learn to shoot a match rifle, eventually. Current results are humbling.
Wow, it hit 90F today in the high desert.
It has been flirting with that all week, and I’ve been out in the yard all week, cutting and trimming and mowing after the wettest winter and spring I can remember.
About 2pm I hit the wall, called it a day, and just went in and sat down almost without moving for two hours. I will do as little as possible tomorrow.
Still, trees are trimmed, weeds whacked, the tomatoes & peppers finally in their containers, drip system partially installed, sun screens partially up…
Awnings need to go up, usually it is mid-April to early May for them. And the a/c needs prepping, the house hit 80F inside by late afternoon.
Education Department Targets Largest US Christian University in ‘Latest Episode of Harassment’
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/04/21/education-department-targets-largest-us-christian-university-in-latest-episode-of-harassment-n2173106
@SteveF
regarding hands and eventful lives. Ive got a friend who can no longer shoot due to a particular kind of hereditary arthritis. I recall my mothers hands became quite stiff. I’ve abused my hands a fair bit, not to your extent, but working hands, nonetheless. I’ve really felt the pressure of age the last couple years. I think the car crash added a good 10-15 years of aging to my body overnight back in 2014. So I’m tring out a lot of different instruments and styles to figure out what I can do to maintain the ability to create music even as my body becomes less capable. I don’t want to be in a position of trying to learn something new at an older age in case I no longer possess that faculty.
Bodhran and mountain dulcimer seem promising, as does slide guitar. Different guitar manufacturers produce sufficient different necks that I’m hopeful one will work for cranky hands. I don’t know that cello will remain possible, and though I’m enjoying violin I think that’s going to be a short term pleasure.
The wind instruments May fall away. I’ve a different friend with nerve damage in her hands that used to be a pretty good flautist. Now she cannot hold the instrument much less play it.
It makes me sad to think that something that brings such joy is lost with age.
Test at the end, 26 shots from 3 yards all the way out to 15 yards.
I was the only revolver. I shot with an enclosed hammer (double action only) Smith & Wesson j frame 2” barrel 5 shot .357 husband gifted me years ago.
I’ve got one of those. I have never shot it. Good to hear that you like it.
https://www.smith-wesson.com/product/j-frame-163810
I’ve noticed a whole lot more stiffness and a “slowness” to my hands lately. I have been toying with the idea of re-learning guitar, or keyboard as a way to keep my hands moving. But then the reality of my time and schedule hits…
I would have to carve out and protect the time, and if I was to do that, there are things I already like more that I’d put in that time.
Like reading.
n
I’ve been watching revolvers in my auctions, since Mr Lynn has mentioned his several times. They typically go for double or triple the price of a modern semi-auto pistol. I can’t justify that when I could buy two pistols and accessories for the same money.
I wouldn’t turn one down if given to me, but I will stick with what I know for now.
n
Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is…
War.
And there is no such thing as coincidence.
It’s pedos all the way down.
n
I’ve been watching revolvers in my auctions, since Mr Lynn has mentioned his several times. They typically go for double or triple the price of a modern semi-auto pistol. I can’t justify that when I could buy two pistols and accessories for the same money.
I wouldn’t turn one down if given to me, but I will stick with what I know for now.
I cannot rack several of my semi-automatic pistols anymore. My right wrist tendonitis has spread to my elbow and is spreading to my shoulder. The wife wants me to see her bone doctor. I told her I have enough doctors. I will probably go in June.
I suspect that they will want to amputate my right arm and shoulder.
I’ve been watching revolvers in my auctions, since Mr Lynn has mentioned his several times. They typically go for double or triple the price of a modern semi-auto pistol. I can’t justify that when I could buy two pistols and accessories for the same money.
I wouldn’t turn one down if given to me, but I will stick with what I know for now.
If you see a Colt Python for less than than $4,000, buy it.
https://www.colt.com/product-category/revolvers/python-series/
@Denis
Thank you, sir. I was slower than the other shooters however I’m extraordinarily pleased with how well I shot. It was really fun.
I have a Kahr semi automatic I like shooting, however I wanted as simple as possible since it had been so long. I don’t think I could have done any of the racking exercises the semi-auto folks performed. That grip strength is gone and I’ve lost the knack of using my large muscle groups to do that kind of task.
@lynn
Yes, I think that’s it. I don’t believe I have the Airweight, though. I don’t generally like shooting the Airweights, they spank my hand too much. My husband had an action job done on it and it’s sheer joy to shoot. Trigger is smooth all the way through the pull, takes Deliberate thoughtful effort to pull but not so much effort that pull becomes jerk. Delightful.
@nick
I stretch my hands, wiggle fingers, do finger taps, anything I can think of, while driving, while pondering work, etc. I make conscious effort to stretch and massage them on heavy keyboarding days. I -need- my hands, maybe more than my feet. I’ve abused them but try pretty hard to take care of them now.
There are a couple different small keyboard options that might be portable enough or small enough to just leave out. I find when I have my instruments out in the areas I tend to be, I play much more. Even if it’s 5 minutes, that’s progress. Martin makes a pretty keenbackpackers guitar that’s super portable and sounds ok. Or get a beater and leave it at the BOL.
I wonder why the revolver prices are so high in the auctions you’ve been watching. I haven’t paid attention to firearm prices. Buying them is more my husbands bailiwick (I may encourage the behavior).
My Smith & Wesson “Shield M&P9” is like that; early in the day, I can, but later on? It’s tough. I understand that was a common problem, which was why S&W developed the “Shield EZ”. But I have no problem racking the slide of my new Taurus G3 9MM.
Revolvers; My wife inherited two such from her newspaperwoman grandmother. The first is a “Remington New Model Army” Model 1858, which appears to be a cap-and-ball revolver. The other is a Colt D.A. 38. I had considered taking them to a gunsmith to see if they would be safe to fire, but have since decided to obtain a shadowbox display, and hang them on the wall. It isn’t as if I don’t have other firearms.
@ken, add a couple of pix of gramma and some shell casings scattered artistically and you have a nice little family vignette. Do a written description of the objects and their meaning, put it in an envelope and attach to the back. Or write it on the back of the mounting board…
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I called Centerpoint Natural Gas tonight and reported a gas leak in our neighborhood. I smelled mercaptan in our backyard and two streets over on our block. So the gas guy shows up at my front door and says “skunk”. I said “but three streets of skunk smell ???”. He says that the dogs chase the skunks all around the neighborhood and the smell lingers with the cold front today as the wind died down.
So the guy checks my natural gas meter and then checks my natural gas generator. No leaks, both are tight. I say “sorry to call you out”, he says “no, it is cool, I’ve been on call all weekend and this is my first call”. He then says that he gets paid four hours for each call out but nothing for being on call. I thanked him, he filled out his report of no problems, and took off.
Wild.
I wonder why the revolver prices are so high in the auctions you’ve been watching.
I don’t know, but maybe it’s the nice safe queens coming out as the economy worsens? There have definitely been waves of selling over the last 5 or six years. NO ONE is selling battle rifles at all though. Closest I’ve seen was a couple of DelTon’s that someone bought to sell later and they must have decided that now was later… They’d have doubled their money if the gubs sold.
Before Trump, you’d find ARs and AKs at estates and in auctions. After bidden, no. Nope. Nada. Lots of 20ga shotties got sold. Lots of old bolt action hunting rifles, especially single shot from the 50s and 60s. Oddball military collectibles and foreign made crap in .25, .32, sold. Stuff chambered in weird calibers sold. But it’s only recently that modern pistols started showing up again, since they are back in stores, but it still feels like people cleaning out the safe, selling small pistols they got on sale (like the G3 ) and calibers that are out of favor like the 40S&W.
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@nick
nice little family vignette
that is a super cool idea!
re: auctions. Your hypothesis makes a great deal of sense.
Ok, If I’m smart I’ll put the fool device down and seek my nightly rest.
I don’t mind the smell of skunk. It just doesn’t bother me. Same for burnt rubber or sulfur. I smell it, but it doesn’t bother me.
Last time I called the gas guy, he was grumbling that the smell was outdoors… and it doesn’t matter if there is gas outdoors, we live downwind from a big pump station, of course the smell will be there occasionally…. mutter mutter mutter…. now if it’s INDOORS you got a problem but So Tired of calls about outdoor smells….
We really were only a half block from a big fenced area with a little building and a bunch of big pipes… and I get his comments, but I’m still calling if I smell gas.
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seek my nightly rest. – you and me both…
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The “Civil War” movie was awesome. Me and Dad just sat there and watched the USA being destroyed. The mass graves were incredibly disturbing. The settling of old scores was predicable. The street fighting in DC was incredibly realistic.
We are living in the good old days right now.
I am still freaking on this movie. The violence was over the top. The insanity was crazy. I did not expect the movie to be that realistic and horrible.
Had a melanoma removed from my back a couple of weeks ago. Lab results indicate all removed with margin. Stage 1B designation. In addition to precautionary removal of more adjacent skin (WLE), they are also recommending a Sentinel Lymph Node biopsy; for diagnostic purposes. I am comfortable for the WLE; there are risks associated with the biopsy with no proven reduction in cancer risk from the biopsy. Does anyone have an informed opinion on undertaking the biopsy?
PS (I had a previous Stage 1A Melanoma on my leg 11 years ago.)