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  1. The airplane is in maintenance until July 15. There are no flights booked for the remainder of July and none in August. This may be a very good job for cottage life.
    8 points
  2. I drink Gin and Tonic. My understanding is that it's the quinine in the tonic which is supposed to help, but never has in my case. The gin helps deal with the disappointment.
    8 points
  3. since last summer. 189 this morning. On my way to 175, I hope.
    6 points
  4. Open track today at Road America
    5 points
  5. If you were truly industrious, you could get a part-time gig at Orange Julius until the plane is ready.
    5 points
  6. It amazes me that many of the people I know who have above-average, middle-class incomes think it's somehow dishonorable to buy store brands, to wait for sales to buy certain things, to maximize what you get from cash-back credit cards, to use store promotions like the just-ended Walmart Savings Catcher, and even to shop at places like Walmart, Aldi, etc. Yet those I know who are making well into 6-figure salaries don't have any problem doing those things: the best discount stores in my area were all first pointed out to me by such people. When I told a cousin that when I'm in a supermarket I always check out the meat department for sales even if I don't need meat because I can freeze it, she replied, "Well, you're definitely our Aunt Martha's nephew - she used to do that." I pointed out Aunt Martha left a fine estate to her kids. I also have 1.2 lb of thick-cut boneless pork chops in the freezer that cost $3 instead of $5 because of a sell-by-date sale last week. Yesterday, on my brother's advice when I complained about weeds in my yard, I bought a 50 lb bag of Scott's Turf Builder Triple Action and a cheap spreader for $97.02 at Lowes. I told the checkout guy in the gardening department to please wait a second while I checked my cheat-sheet so I'd know which cash-back credit card to use. I turns out Chase Freedom Visa is giving 5% at Hardware Stores through June so I'll be getting $4.85 back - definitely worth the 30-second effort to me. I told the checkout guy every little bit helps and I get about $800/year cash-back on a single retiree's spending by using the right card at the right time and place. The checkout guy assumed that if I was making that effort to max. my cash back, I must be struggling to get by and offered some sympathy. I pointed out that I have a pension on top of Social Security and that I'm living comfortably - and part of the reason I am is that I do the little things like max. out cash-back and coupons and buy store brands when they're as good as name brands.
    4 points
  7. A lifelong friend who now lives in England was going through his old photos and found this.
    4 points
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  10. Ha! hit it right in the primer!
    4 points
  11. Today was the first day of the conference. A boring 8 hours but we were fed breakfast and lunch so that was ok. After lunch I walked around the block, up to the 16th street mall and back. 16th street mall is a tourist trap in downtown Denver. Restaurants, bars and chain shops competing for your cash. On the way back to the hotel was an old black man wearing a velvet crown. His name was Claude and he was the only living shoe shine dude left. He told me that God made him the shoe shine King and that the others were pretenders. A shine was $5. I sat and listened to him as he worked or ten minutes. My shoes shine. I gave him $6. He said my shoes were calfskin and made in Italy. According to Claude there's no such thing as leather only animal skin and you got to respect the animal that gave it to you. Claude was alright and a shoe shine is good for your soul as well as your shoes. Claude was right about my shoes. Tonight was a reception at Great Divide brewing with three food trucks. We drank some beer. I had a chicken and roasted chile taco, a pork taco and a side of crispy Brussels sprouts. There was a wood fired pizza truck but I passed on that. Afterwards we walked to the 16th street mall to people watch. Two people with us walked to the dope shop to check it out but it was closed. Some peeps at the next table were puffing away on a peace pipe but nobody from our table went over to partake. There is a big homeless problem in Denver. I think that it's much bigger than anticipated. A lot of new housing is being built but the value is getting too high for people to afford and they are getting priced out of the market. Downtown looks like a failing social experiment.
    3 points
  12. To RoadRunner, Cheese and Random and most of all, the rest of the peeps. My morning is filled with management meetings. I have a Comcast service person coming to the house late afternoon to hopefully solve my intermittent internet outages. What'ca got going on.
    3 points
  13. I always check the sell by dates on the meat. If I find one with today as the date, I put it at the bottom of the pile so it ends up in the dumpster that night and I get it for free! No coupon required!
    3 points
  14. that's where the super soaker originated, before release for civilian purchase
    3 points
  15. Do he write a review for the ammo manufacturer?
    3 points
  16. I just couldn't resist being the gear head that I am. One day in a race at Road America I was coming out of turn 14 when a Britten motorcycle passed me like I was standing still. We I came off the track my son said congratulations dad you were just passed by a Britten. ...how often do you think will happen. There were only 10 Britten motorcycle ever made and I think that there are only 9 in existence. The story behind the design and building of the motorcycle is pretty amazing. To me it is.
    3 points
  17. This soon to be delicious small ass spotted bass!
    3 points
  18. Walleye is hands down the best tasting freshwater fish.
    3 points
  19. I'm guessing that the rust hole in the side of the converter has increased it's efficiency and turned out the light.
    3 points
  20. Pennsylvania has banned the use of round hay bales, said it prevents the animals from getting a square meal. Or so the joke goes.
    3 points
  21. Amazon already sells your clubs soon-to-be-trademarked sweaters.
    3 points
  22. When you get back to New York City, you should open a club. Call it The North Pole and have all the waitresses dress up as sexy elves. Maybe offer some sort of pole related entertainment on stage? discus?
    2 points
  23. Inspiring! I hope I have good results to announce as the year goes on, too!
    2 points
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  25. To our friends in the Southern Hemisphere, I was remiss in not wishing them Merry Christmas yesterday.
    2 points
  26. I gave it a HAHA just to get you to stop. #you'rewelcome
    2 points
  27. Every year I tell this joke and every year it bombs. What's wrong with you people. I'm not gonna stop til you get it right.
    2 points
  28. I will not see 198 unless I cut off a leg
    2 points
  29. Of course dogs care, breakfast comes after sleeping
    2 points
  30. I have opened a YouTube channel giving shoe repair and shining advice. It's called "Greenville Dandy".
    2 points
  31. I am but a simple salaried bloke. The pay doesn't change, fly none or fly a lot.
    2 points
  32. Ralph has contracted the "Don't-know-what-day-it-is" disease from Kzoo.
    2 points
  33. It was 102F in Milan when we departed yesterday. This cool Great Lakes weather is wonderful.
    2 points
  34. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britten_V1000
    2 points
  35. I am reading this in Jeff Spicoli’s voice and thinking you need a good set of TV repair tools.
    2 points
  36. I noticed that... From what RG has said, first the wrist then the shoulder.
    2 points
  37. I remember when I was a teenager, every once in while my dad and I would drive into town and "load up" on hay bales. We could fit ten rectangular bales inside the '86 Plymouth Voyager (this predated the extended body) - this was for the one year or so we didn't have a pickup truck. Now we buy bagged timothy hay for the rabbit. I don't know what my parents paid for ten bales of hay, but compared to that, I don't want to know the unit price we're paying at PetSmart... This is where we used to go to get hay - we'd back up to the barn in the background center. It looks exactly as I remember it, from 30-plus years ago.
    2 points
  38. When's the graduation party? Cake for us coming would be nice. A good quality chocolate cake with butter frosting. AND I suppose you expect us to bring presents. I can probably do that but nothing too extravagant. Please forward a 'Save The Date' announcement as soon a possible.
    2 points
  39. I just go down to the lobby and sit in Mr. Charles chair and let him do his magic. He says you have to clean the shoes first and that it is important to brush off all the extra polish. He puts on some sort of soapy stuff, rubs them down, then dries them off. Then he goes through like two types of polish and buffing rags and then a final layer of hand applied polish and a good buffing with a brush. Then he dies the edges of the soles and gives them a final wipe down. All this for $6.00! I usually just hand him a $10.
    2 points
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