May 3, 20233 yr Author 16 hours ago, Skipper Duke said: Same in Youngstown Ohio Cousin Roger. Been wet, wet, wet, wet. Our weather often comes from the southwest so I'll just blame you. If it gets any worse we're going to have to call the SS Minnow in to rescue us.
May 3, 20233 yr 2 hours ago, RogerDuke said: Our weather often comes from the southwest so I'll just blame you. If it gets any worse we're going to have to call the SS Minnow in to rescue us. Awe
May 4, 20233 yr I'm enjoying a few cold ones with my DADDY ( NATTY DADDY....LOL) ....its a beer produced by Anheiser Busch , an off shoot of Natural Light, Natural Ice, etc. Beer and baseball, beer and football, beer and WATCHING ( never drive when you've been drinkin' !! ) NASCAR!
May 6, 20233 yr You know some times I think God is a woman. Wife talked me into seeing if the bank would approve me for the Camaro, so I went there yesterday to apply. Just as they approved me it got sold. What the . It's been sitting on their lot for almost 6 months then all the sudden I'm interested and poof.
May 6, 20233 yr 3 hours ago, Spike said: You know some times I think God is a woman. Wife talked me into seeing if the bank would approve me for the Camaro, so I went there yesterday to apply. Just as they approved me it got sold. What the . It's been sitting on their lot for almost 6 months then all the sudden I'm interested and poof. sounds like my life!! ....only not as bad as mine! Edited May 6, 20233 yr by Hobie Hartkins
May 6, 20233 yr 3 hours ago, Spike said: It's been sitting on their lot for almost 6 months then all the sudden I'm interested and poof. Maybe someone here saw your last post and bought it.
May 8, 20233 yr Author On 5/6/2023 at 1:44 PM, HossC said: Maybe someone here saw your last post and bought it. Hobie would be my top suspect. Sorry about your bad luck Spike. Usually you have good luck after bad luck so hopefully you will.
May 8, 20233 yr 15 hours ago, RogerDuke said: Hobie would be my top suspect. Sorry about your bad luck Spike. Usually you have good luck after bad luck so hopefully you will. Not unless it had some shine tied to the Antena!!
May 29, 20233 yr Been a weird holiday weekend so far. My dad got triple bypass surgery Friday, he's doing ok but has a long way to go. Crazy neighbors next door got the boot out finally. However now there's a new crazy neighbor in the next building over . Cops have been here 3 days in a row for her. We came home from the hospital Friday and she was in the parking lot screaming obscenities at everyone, have no idea why. I live streamed the Ring camera to catch it on video. After talking with the on site maintenance about her I will be sending the video to management.
May 30, 20233 yr Author I've been doing a lot of dirt bike riding lately. Feeling like a kid again....not counting arthritis in my lower back. Went fishing for 5 hours yesterday and didn't get a single bite. It was Fish For Free Day in Pennsylvania. You didn't need license.
May 31, 20233 yr Author On 5/28/2023 at 10:04 PM, Spike said: Been a weird holiday weekend so far. My dad got triple bypass surgery Friday, he's doing ok My mom is getting a valve replaced next week. It's a pretty simple operation compared to triple bypass. I have a bad valve too. They keep an eye on it but it's going to need replaced someday. Hopefully it can wait until I'm in my 80s like my mom.
May 31, 20233 yr So this week keeps getting crazier While at work yesterday I received a notification from my ring camera... https://ring.com/share/f1612370-321b-4e03-9548-befc12c5e11b A careless idiot neighbor threw his cigarette butt in the dry grass. This is the 2nd video of the fire. After seeing this and noticing our next door neighbor wasn't out yet I did a 100m sprint to my wife's work building to get her phone and called the neighbor to alert her to get out. When she got to the door with her dog the maintenance guy for the neighboring property was able to put the fire out with a garden hose before it spread to any of the buildings.
June 18, 20233 yr I bet the rehab nurses and PT's threw a party Friday as my dad got released. Going to have to see if a local Starbucks or Tim Hortons has a bunch of $5 gift cards to hand out to them as an apology for his behavior. I don't know what has gotten into him but my patience is wearing thinner than a strand of hair. The way he has treated his brother the past few months is shameful. Friday I had my fill, told my dad he should be nicer but he didn't like hearing that so I left before I said something I'd regret. I came home and finished off a bottle of JD.
June 18, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, Spike said: I bet the rehab nurses and PT's threw a party Friday as my dad got released. Going to have to see if a local Starbucks or Tim Hortons has a bunch of $5 gift cards to hand out to them as an apology for his behavior. I don't know what has gotten into him but my patience is wearing thinner than a strand of hair. The way he has treated his brother the past few months is shameful. Friday I had my fill, told my dad he should be nicer but he didn't like hearing that so I left before I said something I'd regret. I came home and finished off a bottle of JD. I hope things get better for you Cousin! Just remember, that we're here for you! ( You can pm me anytime you want)
June 19, 20233 yr 2 hours ago, Hobie Hartkins said: I hope things get better for you Cousin! Just remember, that we're here for you! ( You can pm me anytime you want) Cousin Spike... I'm here for you too.
June 19, 20233 yr Author Sorry to hear that Spike. That is especially tough since today was Father's Day. Do you think medication is affecting him? Some of that stuff can have side effects that mess with your personality.
June 20, 20233 yr 22 hours ago, RogerDuke said: Sorry to hear that Spike. That is especially tough since today was Father's Day. Do you think medication is affecting him? Some of that stuff can have side effects that mess with your personality. This is very true! I've seen people act 100'% different when their meds run out or get changed!
June 20, 20233 yr Author 11 hours ago, Hobie Hartkins said: This is very true! I've seen people act 100'% different when their meds run out or get changed! Me too. Hopefully Spike's dad will find a road to recovery. Looks like another warm sunny day. I have more yard work, wood splitting and dirt biking ahead of me.
June 20, 20233 yr 3 hours ago, RogerDuke said: Looks like another warm sunny day. I have more yard work, wood splitting and dirt biking ahead of me. We're getting an odd mixture of weather at the moment. Most of the time the temperature's in the low- to mid-20s Celcius (70s Fahrenheit), but then we get occasional torrential rain that's too much for the drain to cope with.
June 26, 20233 yr Wife and a friend surprised me yesterday by dragging me out to go fishing. First time since around 2013-14. Good to know casting is like riding a bike, you don't forget how to. I was the only one that caught a fish , and that little bullhead let me know it didn't appreciate being caught by stabbing me with one of his pokers while removing the hook lol. Stopped at a pizza joint after fishing since it was highly rated by locals, yes it was good. Was a nice way to cap off my birthday weekend, especially after the lousy Saturday visit with my dad that lasted just 10 minutes but that was as much as I could bear. Was going to go test drive a few cars Saturday but after that visit I cancelled that as I didn't want to drive anybody else's car angry. Unfortunately the interest rate sale is ending at the credit union and I won't be getting a car before that ends so I'll be paying the higher interest rates or I could just buy another SL that popped up at a local dealership and just keep driving a boring car till electric cars take over.
June 27, 20233 yr Author Belated happy birthday Spike! A weird weather day. Sunny then downpour. Sunny then downpour. We need the rain. People up on Lake Erie get their water from the lake but us country folks have wells.
June 27, 20233 yr Happy Birthday Spike! Sorry I missed it bud!! I'll save you some of my best Hooch, that I just ran off at my still in back of the car lot!
June 28, 20233 yr Author On 6/26/2023 at 10:13 PM, Hobie Hartkins said: Happy Birthday Spike! Sorry I missed it bud!! I'll save you some of my best Hooch, that I just ran off at my still in back of the car The back of your car? That's actually a bit convenient since you can put it in the tank if you run out of gas. It sounds like you have blended two episodes together: Follow That Still and High Octane. (Hope you don't mind my creative editing by deleting the word "lot".)
October 8, 20232 yr Been a hot minute since I've checked in. Yeah I'm still alive and kicking. Wife's been having some health issues going on over the summer that we hope will be taken care of soon. The car search is still ongoing, in fact I'm in the middle of "negotiations" on one but they're being hard headed because of the uaw strike even though afaik I'm the only one that has made an offer on it in the 38 days it's sat on their lot so far. I didn't make a low-ball offer either, I offered right in the middle of what KBB says it's worth, they have it priced above KBB. Almost bought one of my dream cars but I passed on it for a few reasons. It was a '09 Pontiac G8 GT, showroom new condition even though it had 75k miles on it. The owner even vacuumed and wiped down the interior after every drive. Was such a beautiful car I couldn't turn it into my daily driver. Plus the owner really didn't want to sell it but has 6 cars. He contacted me the other day asking if I'd be interested in one of his other cars. Work has turned into a depressing place because one person couldn't take a joke. They got a free paid day off while the rest of us got our a**es chewed out. So now all the holiday party's for the rest of the year have been cancelled cuz it all started with someone's birthday party a month ago. All the coworkers agreed no more party's till that person retires, quits or gets fired. It's so quiet there now you can literally hear the bugs skitter across the floor lol. I've been listening to a lot of Dale Earnhardt jr podcasts to kill time while I work now. Speaking of him put out a series on his dad called Becoming Dale Earnhardt about his dad's first season in Winston Cup series, well worth listening to if you're a fan of NASCAR in the late 70's early 80's.
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