Met an Australian at the car show yesterday. He was happy to see his homeland cars at the show as Pontiac G8's and Chevy Caprice PPV. Said he loved the Holden commodore he had before he moved to Ohio and wished he could've brought it with him. But he found and bought a 2004 Pontiac GTO which is a Holden Monaro. 

 

Looks like my family's reunion isn't going to happen this year. My one aunt is refusing to go if the other aunt is there and she got her kids to refuse to go as well. I told the wife who was helping plan the reunion might as well just cancel it, no sense in renting a hall for just 30 people. Would have been 50+. This petty BS just reminds me why I like animals more than people lol. 

My wife had cataract surgery today and I joined a fantasy football league....just another day in the life of a retired couple. 

22 minutes ago, RogerDuke said:

My wife had cataract surgery today and I joined a fantasy football league....just another day in the life of a retired couple. 

I hope she's doing well!!

I'm just back from a couple of days in Connemara - a scenic region in Co. Galway on the Atlantic west coast of Ireland. I went as part of a group, and we all had a very enjoyable trip despite the miserable weather yesterday. The area is part of a Gaeltacht - a region where Irish is the first language, and very few of the road signs are in English, although everyone speaks English. Last night several of us went for a drink at the nearby Hooker Bar, but don't worry, the pub is over 200 years old and is named after the Galway hooker - a traditional fishing boat used in Galway Bay. 

Did you run into any Celtic Women singing Tir Na Nog? I love that song. 

10 hours ago, RogerDuke said:

Did you run into any Celtic Women singing Tir Na Nog? I love that song. 

I saw the phrase "Tír na nÓg" (it means "Land of Youth") painted on several buildings, and the bar was advertising "Ceol Anocht" ("Music Tonight"), but I don't think it was the Celtic Women. It was probably traditional Irish music, but we had food waiting at the house, so we didn't stay to find out.

Just to keep you happy, Roger:

 

EXCELLENT!! Irish women are the best!! 

 

* Well hopefully I'll be back home at this time tomorrow, if the doctor decides to let me go. If not.....it will be sometime Wednesday!  .....hopefully! So if you don't see me on here for a while you'll know where I'm at! Healing up/sleeping it off/drugged up etc.!   

Edited September 1, 20251 yr by Hobie Hartkins

I've just spent the evening at a bar (very unusual for me) listening to a couple of local guys playing live music on acoustic guitars. It was a good mix of traditional Irish songs and old favorites. What surprised me was the number of Americans at the bar. The first people I spoke to were from just across the Indiana border from Chicago, but there were three groups from California (Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles), one from Seattle and another from Florida. I know where I live is a popular tourist destination, but I rarely get to speak to the visitors.

21 hours ago, HossC said:

What surprised me was the number of Americans at the bar. 

Were they cartoon characters driving an orange clunker car and a white convertible Cadillac? 

56 minutes ago, RogerDuke said:

Were they cartoon characters driving an orange clunker car and a white convertible Cadillac? 

I hope they weren't driving anything considering how many Guinnesses they were drinking!

Went to the local GM plant's car show today. Over 300 cars, possibly 400 showed up. One that stuck out for me was a restored Hudson pickup truck. Never seen one before. Since it was invitation only it was pretty much hot rods and muscle cars. They might go back to open registration again next year. Few years ago they had some trouble with a few people and police showed up so that's when they made it invitation only, you have to work there or worked there or know someone that works there that will write you in. 

Getting pretty dry here. So far the well is holding up but we have no rain in the forecast for at least a week. Been super clear the last month....good for astronomy. And the drought has killed all the mosquitoes so that's good. Unfortunately I hurt my back and haven't been able to ride the trails on the dirt bike. 

On 9/15/2025 at 10:00 PM, RogerDuke said:

Getting pretty dry here. So far the well is holding up but we have no rain in the forecast for at least a week. Been super clear the last month....good for astronomy. And the drought has killed all the mosquitoes so that's good. Unfortunately I hurt my back and haven't been able to ride the trails on the dirt bike. 

same here.....

On 9/15/2025 at 11:00 PM, RogerDuke said:

Getting pretty dry here. So far the well is holding up but we have no rain in the forecast for at least a week. Been super clear the last month....good for astronomy. And the drought has killed all the mosquitoes so that's good. 

Finally had some rain here today. Not enough to wet the ground but more is forecasted every day this week. 

Hope your back feels better soon Roger. 

Edited September 21, 2025Sep 21 by Spike

Hey! Yea! I didn't know you were down in your back Roger! I hope you heal up soon!  ( A lot sooner than I am with this Hernia and Esophageal  stretching etc,)

Edited September 23, 2025Sep 23 by Hobie Hartkins

We've been getting quite a bit of rain too Spike. So nice to see this drought break. Gonna need a lot more than this to fill the wells back up. 

Well y’all in the past 24 hours, life hasn’t been too eventful but I did go to visit a friend who was staying in town, hung out with her and her doggo. Cute as button, but so strong. That pup pulled me and I’m a full grown man. What happened was she was just going to get something at the nearby convenience store…

 

the dog went nuts and started pulling me along even though I dug my heels in. Guess you just can’t get between a dog and their momma. Lol.

Well fellow Hazzardites, my gut is still bothering me from my operation but the doc says it's looking good but I don't think so. I've been housebound almost a whole month! I get on here every now and then when I can. I'm just having to wait until I can get back to my usual! ( My usual everything!! ) 

Edited September 24, 2025Sep 24 by Hobie Hartkins

I bought a meteorite yesterday. I always wanted one but never wanted to take the chance of getting one that wasn't real. One of the world's leading meteorite experts lives 20 miles from me and I bought it from him. Pretty cool collector's item. 

50 minutes ago, RogerDuke said:

I bought a meteorite yesterday. I always wanted one but never wanted to take the chance of getting one that wasn't real. One of the world's leading meteorite experts lives 20 miles from me and I bought it from him. Pretty cool collector's item. 

How do you BUY a meteorite? Is  that like buying the Brooklyn bridge??? 

Got an inch and a half of rain the other night. It'll help but unfortunately next 7-10 days there's barely any rain forecasted.

The drought at work has ended too for now. Got slammed with orders this week which is great, hopefully it keeps up for a while so we can build savings back up after the car repair earlier this month. 

 The other night I was able to get a close up picture of a hummingbird hawk moth that was on one of my prairie sunflowers. There was about 4 of them fluttering around the garden. One happened to land on a 5 foot tall flower and sat there long enough for me to get several pics of it. 

Edited September 26, 2025Sep 26 by Spike

On 9/25/2025 at 8:11 PM, Hobie Hartkins said:

How do you BUY a meteorite? Is  that like buying the Brooklyn bridge??? 

Just Google "Meteorites for sale" and you will see tons of them. The problem is that lots of them aren't real. It's best to buy from reputable dealers but it can be hard to know which ones are reputable. That has always kept me from buying one.