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Mr. Aire is such an engineer--- it was nuts. ? We had to buy a chainsaw. I didn't care so much about what we bought. We only have brush/limbs to clear and to cut up the two trees they cleared to put in the driveway. He of course, cared a lot and got a chainsaw appropriate for a family of 11 that heats with wood.? Of course he wanted to use it which left me to brush clearing. I worked and lived at a landscaper/nursery during my last two years of college. Clearing brush and laying sod are the reason I stayed in college. In this home, we heated 100% with wood including a cook stove int he kitchen and a wood powered hot water heater. My next home also heated with wood using an external furnace. I know a thing or two about chainsaws and firewood. (Mr. Aire for the record, has never used wood to heat anything except the occasional camp fire.) Being the engineer he is--- he of course was an expert at tree and brush removal. ? He was cutting the logs way too long for most fireboxes and cutting them in half once again made them short and stubby. I tried to talk to him about it but he pretended he could not hear me due to his ear protection. ? I deserve a gold star for completing my portion of the work without hurting anyone. We have some really nice oak firewood at the road edge for anyone who needs it--- logs are either too long or too short but the quality of the wood is nice. I am going to take some vacation today and finish the job before he gets home--- well if it stops raining.

I wasn’t even shooting at you.

I don't have cable but I wanted to watch the motorcycle race so I went to the corner bar. Everybody in the main bar watching baseball and I have the whole back room to myself. I kinda like it this.

My photographer is traveling, and it was too cloudy and windy for me to go south and take waterfowl photos. In the last photo, Duke's and Tag's attention were shifted due to antics of the lambs that come into the back yard to eat out of the sled.

Apparently one of my Aussie's decided she liked a rock and is guarding it from the other one.

That's a pro move right there.

Please pass along my long held belief to Mr. Aire. "You don't know the true potential of your wife, until she tries to kill you." Wilbur

Also, stole this from Florida Yankee

That may be my best use of MS Paint ever. here is what I started with to get that masterpiece above

We got rained out of our second day of softball. Slopped around the campsite drinking screwdrivers and made a big breakfast. Made sure everything was nice and muddy before packing it up to go home. The night before we played a second year team. They had a 15-2 record. Em had pitched the game before so we started someone else. Fell behind 5-0 in the first. Kept plugging away. Found ourselves down by 1 in the top of the last inning. Coaches put in Emmy facing the 4,5,6 of a really good hitting team of older girls. Emmy sat them down in 14 pitches. They put in their stud pitcher (who looked old enough to drive to the game) We put a girl on and moved her around. An overthrow trying to pick her off at 3b sent her home but she got caught up in a pickle due to excellent back up play in left field. After an eternity of go, back, go, back she scored on a fielding error by catcher. Another girl was walked and moved around on a wild pitch and stolen base. So it was tied up, 2 outs, full count. Runner on 3. Our girl popped up a fastball and it fell directly behind the pitcher in no-mans-land. Everyone crashed but nobody could reach it. With 1b, short and 2nd all crashing that left 1b wide open for our little speedster to get on, since the steal was on our runner on 3 was already waiting on home for the ball to drop. It was one of the most amazing games I've seen. Emmy pitched 9 innings over 4 games. 22 strike outs, 3 walks, and only allowed 1 hit and one run. We were the team to beat before the rain out cancelled the semis.

Does anyone remember spam faxes? Like free vacations and such. The precursor to spam emails.

With AWWC wearing a onsie while sucking on a pacifier. It's for a friend of mine from Canada. Shu Fang

I used a standard floor pump for years. Every now and then I'd run across a tire that wouldn't seat properly. Usually Kenda small block 8s. I bought one of theses Bontrager Charger pumps last year. It works wonders. https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/equipment/cycling-accessories/bike-pumps-accessories/bike-pumps/bontrager-tlr-flash-charger-floor-pump/p/11881/?colorCode=black

Bunch of freaks

Well one of their arms also apparently doubles as a penis...., so you just might bobitize them.

Some places like LLBean will give you a deep discount if you need to buy two pairs to make one. Then you can give the spare of the pair to the amputee organization that helps people who only need to buy one shoe.

I thought he was out sculling.

Phone interview, taxes, organizing for in-person interview on Thursday, trying to arrange transport, sending thank you letter, changing back to Randomguy.

Writing up an injury report from five years ago that was just reported, doing a budget for my upcoming course, writing my workers annual evaluations and blending some tanks to do a couple dives on the wrecks tomorrow to check the conditions of the mooring lines, and going back to the specialist with WofZ

Yes, and if he's truly an Engineer, he should understand the importance of having the right tool for the job.

I have a 14 inch light weight saw for light pruning and trimming. A 20 inch saw for normal wood cutting and a 24 inch saw for heavy work and use with my Alaska chain saw mill. If Mr Aire only has one saw you must tell him he is under equipped. ?

So what did he buy? Where are the pictures? I don’t approve of wimpy chain saws.

I just laughed right out loud causing my secretary to glance in my direction with a worried look on her face.

No holiday for me...but I am thinking of making it one!! I might take 2 days as well...why not!!? But I think I would take Friday and Monday.. I do have an eye appointment tomorrow.... Quiche to make on Saturday morning and rehearsal around 11 that day...I will be very busy Saturday...Sunday will be leg recovery..3 hours on concrete floors barefoot makes one tired the next day! Oh so far the weatherheads are calling for a beautiful weekend!!

The Civil War Trilogy Box Set: Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Modern Library publishes Shelby Foote’s three-volume masterpiece in a new boxed set including three hardcovers and a new trade paperback, American Homer: Reflections on Shelby Foote and His Classic Civil War: A Narrative, ...a lot of people don't read the whole thing straight through, they just pick away at the sections that describe what were the conditions and events of a particular battle or period they're interested in....like if there's one or two places you've visited already but want some better background on what transpired and who were the major players. Shelby Foote is a good read on the civil War.

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/05/01/franks-body-shop-1955-chevrolet-wrecker They do all my work.?

Sort of an homage to "The Love Forum". It also would refer to the thing that we all most "like" to get, which is of course, likes.

Really quiet here with kids and most staff off for break week.

No, what is the joke?

Common core

I am just gonna give you the likes for it, though. What the hell, jsharrt gets them, too!

Civilised countries have programs to help people adjust to changed circumstances. Since clearly we can do better, because other societies do better, that suggests primitive myths deserve neither blame, when things go wrong, or credit when we make things better.

I have posted the "Airwick Rowing" pic several times. Each time, jsharr has demanded credit for it. Yes, he did it. I stole it. I'll probably use it again sometime in the future. That is the kind of ass that I am.

Interesting article. Actually kind of similar to the one over the weekend where the now empty-nester mother took off to Europe with no money. She had spent many years on a single focus-- raising kids. Twigg had the same single focus to race. And for both-- it was gone in a few moments. They are both left with nothing that "fits". Add a mental health issue or two and it is an even bigger recipe for disaster. Additionally she said---“As a racer, you’re used to having a schedule kind of rotate around you,” Thompson said, “because you can’t overtrain, you don’t want to under-train, and you’re able to say ‘I’m not doing that today, I’m doing this today.’ And Rebecca, being so highly trained, and highly attuned, had the leeway of making those calls.” Yep-- one focus, used to calling the shots. Then poof, everything is gone.

So far: UVA made a miraculous comeback from being the first ever #1 seed to lose to a #16 last year, to winning it all in the NCAA Basketball Tournament this year. Tiger came back from many years of physical ailments and surgeries to win his 5th Masters at age 43. I wonder if Lance and team US Postal are planning on riding in the Tour this year?

Maybe this is the dear lord's plan for her. Sometimes God just wants some to suffer. Shu Fang

Easiest way to get tubless tires to seat, throw tubes in them and call it a day. I went backwards because got tired of the frustration. Great when the work, but had enough flats that ended up with trail side repair of throwing a tube in them, I just gave up and went back to tubes.

Does Cheese know how to operate a chainsaw?

I'm going broke buying him expensive presents.

You are imminently qualified for that job

Love Forum will rise from the dead?

I thought you were going to ditch that job, Mr. Cheese, and take to the road selling windows and floor coverings.

Which part? I went for a bike ride, things got real. My old shorts aren't working out as well as I thought, so I am looking to get a new pair. I also may need a costume maker for a new Superman outfit..