The crappie are beginning to come to our dock in search of a lure. I've not kept track of how many I haven't disappointed but I've only cleaned 15 so far. Some of those were of the 13" plus size. After snapping my line trying to lift one onto the dock I moved the dip net within reach. Haven't caught on of that size since.
By the wayside, I've also landed and have on a stringer, a really fine couple of non-punctured non-water logged like new encapsulated foam logs (one 4'X4' and one 4'X5'). Maybe I can trade them or sell them for enough to acquire a new 'no wake' buoy'?
Our poor little buoy disappeared a month or so ago. There is an idle speed no wake area within 100 feet from a dock. There are many unable to come even close to estimating that distance therefore a buoy points it out to them. Yep, there are others who don't seem to have any knowledge as to the law or they don't care about it and scoot by between the buoy and the dock at a high rate of speed.........Dang bottom suckers!
Today Glenda is going chop chop to the Rocky Mount Road House where she and several others will participate in the old Chinese game of Mahjong. Suppose they will buy their lunch there but suspect flied lice will not be on the menu.
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"No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games." - W. H. Auden
About Me
Monday, March 30, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
March 27
I checked and discovered that between August 18, 2003 and March 22, 2009, 1768 times I've sent one of these nothing daily-notes. Not every day but I still call them dailies. That is one every 27.77 hours. I noticed too that there are more than 1139 of them still posted on my blog. Why do I tell you this? Heck, I don't know!
I do know why I do it tho. We have several family members that appreciate them and request they continue. So it comes down to, 'I do it for family'. After I stumble along and am ready to send one it is just a few more clicks to add a bunch of friends and costs us nothing more.
Some will be read and hopefully a tidbit of worthwhile will be contained now and then or as I've been told, 'that quote you add, written by someone else, is almost always interesting'.
Glenda has us picking up the neighbor's over the hill to go along with us for a free, (ha ha) buffet today so I've got to speed up my putting one in front of the other and shag it on outta here.
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The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.- Francis Bacon
I do know why I do it tho. We have several family members that appreciate them and request they continue. So it comes down to, 'I do it for family'. After I stumble along and am ready to send one it is just a few more clicks to add a bunch of friends and costs us nothing more.
Some will be read and hopefully a tidbit of worthwhile will be contained now and then or as I've been told, 'that quote you add, written by someone else, is almost always interesting'.
Glenda has us picking up the neighbor's over the hill to go along with us for a free, (ha ha) buffet today so I've got to speed up my putting one in front of the other and shag it on outta here.
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The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.- Francis Bacon
Thursday, March 26, 2009
March 26
95 miles on the road and I'm gonna do it again today. Yes sir'ee, I've climbed that hill for the mile around walk 95 times in the last 89 days and today will be the 96th. As far as the extra weight goes it doesn't. I seem to weigh near the same damn thing everyday. A little off one day only for it to slip back in place the next. Not really too worried about it.
The only possible health benefit that I can see is the absolute flushing of my lungs. Everyone needs to suck and blow to live but by the time I get to the top of that hill I am almost to the opinion that my sucking and blowing is going to kill me.
I don't know how much oxygen one pulls in from their ears but my sucking and blowing seems a lot more intense when I have the openings covered with my hearing amplifiers.
The crew burying the electric lines moved yesterday to our street and are already on the job this morning. They brought another crew in who is coming in from West Oak while the original crew is starting at the Memory Lane end. They say they're going to meet somewhere near the middle.
Today is Glenda's Bridge playing day.......
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A federal government project in 2000 found the average American woman had a hip width of 19.7 inches, which was 2.6 inches greater than in 1962. The average American man in 2000 had a hip width of 17.2 inches, which was 1.3 inches bigger than in 1962. Under the present economical conditions and leadership, we expect to see that trend reversed quite soon as most of us are all losing our ass!
The only possible health benefit that I can see is the absolute flushing of my lungs. Everyone needs to suck and blow to live but by the time I get to the top of that hill I am almost to the opinion that my sucking and blowing is going to kill me.
I don't know how much oxygen one pulls in from their ears but my sucking and blowing seems a lot more intense when I have the openings covered with my hearing amplifiers.
The crew burying the electric lines moved yesterday to our street and are already on the job this morning. They brought another crew in who is coming in from West Oak while the original crew is starting at the Memory Lane end. They say they're going to meet somewhere near the middle.
Today is Glenda's Bridge playing day.......
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A federal government project in 2000 found the average American woman had a hip width of 19.7 inches, which was 2.6 inches greater than in 1962. The average American man in 2000 had a hip width of 17.2 inches, which was 1.3 inches bigger than in 1962. Under the present economical conditions and leadership, we expect to see that trend reversed quite soon as most of us are all losing our ass!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
March 25
66* yesterday morning with warning sirens blowing and a tornado warning on the TV. It was said the we had received winds up to 57 mph but haven't noticed anything amiss. Did get 1.2 inches of rain is our measuring collector.
Now this morning it was down to 42* with a bright sun but not going to warm much. To top that the TV personality that mostly wrongly feeds us a forecast has put the real possibility of a snow accumulation Friday into Saturday in his morning spiel.
During this day we're going to Jeff City where I'll pay big money for the privilege of having the gum ripper pain me good for seven minuts or so. All the expense and the pain causes a false teeth thought to begin blipping. Just put'um in a cup to clean. No pain and very little cost.
A little learner: Hoosier was but one of a variety of disparaging terms for the inhabitants of particular states arising in the early 19th century. Texans were called Beetheads, for example; Alabamans were Lizards; Nebraskans were Bug-eaters; South Carolinians were Weasels, and Pennsylvanians were Leatherheads. People in Missouri might have had it worst of all—they were called Pukes. Originally, these names were probably taken up by people living in neighboring states, but belittled residents adopted them in a spirit of defiant pride, much as American colonists turned the derisive term Yankee into a moniker for their spirit of rebellion. Today, most of these frontier nicknames have disappeared from the landscape. A few like Okie still exist with much of their original animus. Others survive as nicknames for the sports teams of state universities—the North Carolina Tarheels, the Ohio Buckeyes, and so on—fighting words only on the playing field or court.
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A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past.~Eric Hoffer
Now this morning it was down to 42* with a bright sun but not going to warm much. To top that the TV personality that mostly wrongly feeds us a forecast has put the real possibility of a snow accumulation Friday into Saturday in his morning spiel.
During this day we're going to Jeff City where I'll pay big money for the privilege of having the gum ripper pain me good for seven minuts or so. All the expense and the pain causes a false teeth thought to begin blipping. Just put'um in a cup to clean. No pain and very little cost.
A little learner: Hoosier was but one of a variety of disparaging terms for the inhabitants of particular states arising in the early 19th century. Texans were called Beetheads, for example; Alabamans were Lizards; Nebraskans were Bug-eaters; South Carolinians were Weasels, and Pennsylvanians were Leatherheads. People in Missouri might have had it worst of all—they were called Pukes. Originally, these names were probably taken up by people living in neighboring states, but belittled residents adopted them in a spirit of defiant pride, much as American colonists turned the derisive term Yankee into a moniker for their spirit of rebellion. Today, most of these frontier nicknames have disappeared from the landscape. A few like Okie still exist with much of their original animus. Others survive as nicknames for the sports teams of state universities—the North Carolina Tarheels, the Ohio Buckeyes, and so on—fighting words only on the playing field or court.
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A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past.~Eric Hoffer
Friday, March 20, 2009
March 20
I do like to read but didn't know how much until I went back to the list I began in November 18 of 2004. I had listed there 542 books that I had read. I used a handy dandy on-line calculator that told me between the dates I listed, there had passed 52 months or 226 weeks.
Further calculations by me revealed that I had averaged reading a total of 10.42 books per month or 2.39 books per week. Now that is a ton of enjoyment. Right now I'm working on another three good books.
Reading is absolutly not all I enjoy doing but I've probably already slipped beyond your boring line. Sorry about that.
Speaking of boring, a trip to Osage Beach is tentative scheduled today where I may be bowling alone as Glenda got her sacroiliac a bit out of whack during our last bowling session. Based on the scores that should be called boring session. Anyway, she still has a small problem hanging on back there somewhere near her rear end.
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Men and women belong to different species, and communication between them is a science still in its infancy. -Bill Cosby
Further calculations by me revealed that I had averaged reading a total of 10.42 books per month or 2.39 books per week. Now that is a ton of enjoyment. Right now I'm working on another three good books.
Reading is absolutly not all I enjoy doing but I've probably already slipped beyond your boring line. Sorry about that.
Speaking of boring, a trip to Osage Beach is tentative scheduled today where I may be bowling alone as Glenda got her sacroiliac a bit out of whack during our last bowling session. Based on the scores that should be called boring session. Anyway, she still has a small problem hanging on back there somewhere near her rear end.
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Men and women belong to different species, and communication between them is a science still in its infancy. -Bill Cosby
Thursday, March 19, 2009
March 19
Yesterday was like most of days here, a good day to start then became one of those, 'keeps getting better'. We started out kinda cool weather wise at 48*.
Another morning that it was to be a cold shower or nothing.
Had a problem with the drivers car seat that Glenda got a rag wound up in the sprocket that moves it when she cleaned the car up. Couldn't motor it back nor but an inch or so forward.
The laptop computer would open everything just fine but seemed to freeze as moving the cursor on a wanted activity the left click caused nothing to happen. I'll quit with those few challenges.
The sun quickly warmed the air and the water heater installers came. They got here and was finished by right at 9:30. Better came when the water and the weather both became all warmed up a couple hours later.
After restarting the computer several times failed to repair what ever the problem was I went to work on the car seat as I gave thought to the computer problem. Better came when I got that seat running back and forth just fine.
Then back to the computer problem again. I'll say as you know, a mouse has two duty buttons and a scrolling wheel and just because the mouse moves the cursor dosen't mean the complete mouse is well. I finally discovered the problem to be the left click button on my favorite mouse had let me down! I tried a new battery and a different wireless mouse of which neither worked.
I limped along using the pad mouse on the laptop but became so furstrated with my poor ability I quit. Later thought about the batteries on the second wireless and better came after replacing them as it finally worked.
Oh, and to top it off, later I caught three fish.
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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps—we must step up the stairs.- Vance Havner
Another morning that it was to be a cold shower or nothing.
Had a problem with the drivers car seat that Glenda got a rag wound up in the sprocket that moves it when she cleaned the car up. Couldn't motor it back nor but an inch or so forward.
The laptop computer would open everything just fine but seemed to freeze as moving the cursor on a wanted activity the left click caused nothing to happen. I'll quit with those few challenges.
The sun quickly warmed the air and the water heater installers came. They got here and was finished by right at 9:30. Better came when the water and the weather both became all warmed up a couple hours later.
After restarting the computer several times failed to repair what ever the problem was I went to work on the car seat as I gave thought to the computer problem. Better came when I got that seat running back and forth just fine.
Then back to the computer problem again. I'll say as you know, a mouse has two duty buttons and a scrolling wheel and just because the mouse moves the cursor dosen't mean the complete mouse is well. I finally discovered the problem to be the left click button on my favorite mouse had let me down! I tried a new battery and a different wireless mouse of which neither worked.
I limped along using the pad mouse on the laptop but became so furstrated with my poor ability I quit. Later thought about the batteries on the second wireless and better came after replacing them as it finally worked.
Oh, and to top it off, later I caught three fish.
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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps—we must step up the stairs.- Vance Havner
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
March 17
So we're busy. Not the way I like it but one must do what one must. Worked most of yesterday on the hot water heater. It went out and left us cold Tuesday morning resulting in one of my fastest showers of all time.
After several phone calls checking around it looks like Lowes will be seeing us this morning. I was quoted $315 plus $225 for delivery, installation and hauling the old one off. Of course I failed to mention the so far I have been unable to empty the great one that we've used for over 15 years. When we get back home I guess I'll do the old '25th try is a charm' effort.
Can you believe that Home Depot does not have an installer available? He did say they were looking for one but most guys would rather sit around and wait for their check from Obama.
The 'bury the power lines' guys are sure having their problems. They started on Memory Lane on February 9 just putting the conduit underground and they're still quite away from Appleblossom Drive. Of course getting here at 9:00 a.m., using up an hour or so to get rolling, an hour for lunch and then leaving between 2:00 and 2:30 doesn't help much.
Oh yeah, Have a happy today as well as all the days ahead. Who wants to wait around for a holiday then only wish it to be happy for you?
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A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. -- G. Gordon Liddy
After several phone calls checking around it looks like Lowes will be seeing us this morning. I was quoted $315 plus $225 for delivery, installation and hauling the old one off. Of course I failed to mention the so far I have been unable to empty the great one that we've used for over 15 years. When we get back home I guess I'll do the old '25th try is a charm' effort.
Can you believe that Home Depot does not have an installer available? He did say they were looking for one but most guys would rather sit around and wait for their check from Obama.
The 'bury the power lines' guys are sure having their problems. They started on Memory Lane on February 9 just putting the conduit underground and they're still quite away from Appleblossom Drive. Of course getting here at 9:00 a.m., using up an hour or so to get rolling, an hour for lunch and then leaving between 2:00 and 2:30 doesn't help much.
Oh yeah, Have a happy today as well as all the days ahead. Who wants to wait around for a holiday then only wish it to be happy for you?
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A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. -- G. Gordon Liddy
Friday, March 13, 2009
March 13
Did you know that gaseous expulsions thickens the air to such a degree that it is necessary to wade in it to move about? Navy beans and roasted green peas together are quite a crack opener. They also go a long way in alerting a person to one of your main senses that we tend to take for granted.......Smell is the one I'm referring to. Of course this is just a memory as Glenda refuses to cook them anymore for some reason.
If you look out the window and allow the interpretation of what the eyes collect to set your mood, today is going to be a very shitty day! Thank goodness we don't do that around here. Our view is of a sunny sky that falsely presents a warm outdoors. At 29 degrees and with the cold stiff breeze whipping around it's cold, but we can and do come away so ever thankful that we're still here to see it. A day should never be wasted!
I'm trying to raise my mind higher than my behind but it is a struggle that I blame using my behind more than my mind to be the problem. In this instance I'm only referring to all the sitting on it that I do.
A trip to Osage Beach is typical for us on Fridays and I doubt this one will be any different. A meal somewhere, a quick stop for a few comestibles and then an invigorating workout at the old bowling alley.
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"I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions." - Lord Byron
If you look out the window and allow the interpretation of what the eyes collect to set your mood, today is going to be a very shitty day! Thank goodness we don't do that around here. Our view is of a sunny sky that falsely presents a warm outdoors. At 29 degrees and with the cold stiff breeze whipping around it's cold, but we can and do come away so ever thankful that we're still here to see it. A day should never be wasted!
I'm trying to raise my mind higher than my behind but it is a struggle that I blame using my behind more than my mind to be the problem. In this instance I'm only referring to all the sitting on it that I do.
A trip to Osage Beach is typical for us on Fridays and I doubt this one will be any different. A meal somewhere, a quick stop for a few comestibles and then an invigorating workout at the old bowling alley.
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"I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions." - Lord Byron
Monday, March 09, 2009
March 9
Here we've been blessed with another day to spend however we want to. You've got to spend them for it is impossible to save one. Now do you want a 'good time Charlie' or a 'good time Charlie's got the blues'.
One might believe that today is just like yesterday but they would be wrong! All kinds of changes every blink of the eye, nothing is ever the same. Today is not like yesterday nor will it ever be again. A one of a kind for each of us but not the same to any.
Glenda left to take mom to have some back nerves whacked. At least something like that. It's to ease the pain which it absolutely will not do. As I understand it, after the cutting or burning the pain will still be but she won't be able to feel it anymore.
Because I've come up empty in the head again or the thought trigger has a safety problem that won't allow it to fire, I'm going to put a thing that I think I read on Boogie Jack by Dennis Gaskin.
"This is who we are. A roiling river of consciousness comprised of who we were, who we are, and who we hope to become. Who we were and want to be are but a shadow and a ghost of who we are at the moment. Who we create ourselves to be each day is the master, though many give over their sovereignty of self to the shadow of the past.".. Some heavy stuff huh? .....Well, it was to me.
One might believe that today is just like yesterday but they would be wrong! All kinds of changes every blink of the eye, nothing is ever the same. Today is not like yesterday nor will it ever be again. A one of a kind for each of us but not the same to any.
Glenda left to take mom to have some back nerves whacked. At least something like that. It's to ease the pain which it absolutely will not do. As I understand it, after the cutting or burning the pain will still be but she won't be able to feel it anymore.
Because I've come up empty in the head again or the thought trigger has a safety problem that won't allow it to fire, I'm going to put a thing that I think I read on Boogie Jack by Dennis Gaskin.
"This is who we are. A roiling river of consciousness comprised of who we were, who we are, and who we hope to become. Who we were and want to be are but a shadow and a ghost of who we are at the moment. Who we create ourselves to be each day is the master, though many give over their sovereignty of self to the shadow of the past.".. Some heavy stuff huh? .....Well, it was to me.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
March 5
Maybe I can think of something to say. I reckon maybe it doesn't need to be all that important or interesting. It hardly ever has been anyway.
Glenda is healthy, ready and eager to head out for their weekly bridge to nowhere game this morning. For some reason she really likes that game and I don't believe it has anything to do with getting away from me for awhile.
Me, if health was measured in pounds I would be quite over-healthy. I do plan on getting some of the health off me in the next several months. I've actually had this plan in place for over 40 years but found early on that implemented in very small increments will more than triple the chance of success. Whole hog or none just doesn't work! Kinda wish I'd left that hog sentence out of this.
Good things do abound so why have I gone into negative sounding things I'll never know. Even saying that I'm going to turn 68 this year sounds a bit negative to me on one hand then on the other I'm tickled pink to be given another year no matter what number is used to represent it.
Dory and I both have been very blessed in so many ways. We both are fairly able to do as we please, at least physically. There are times when our meager stack of funds limit fulfilling some of our desires but we try to make do and enjoy our life as it is.
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I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!~Louise Bogan
Glenda is healthy, ready and eager to head out for their weekly bridge to nowhere game this morning. For some reason she really likes that game and I don't believe it has anything to do with getting away from me for awhile.
Me, if health was measured in pounds I would be quite over-healthy. I do plan on getting some of the health off me in the next several months. I've actually had this plan in place for over 40 years but found early on that implemented in very small increments will more than triple the chance of success. Whole hog or none just doesn't work! Kinda wish I'd left that hog sentence out of this.
Good things do abound so why have I gone into negative sounding things I'll never know. Even saying that I'm going to turn 68 this year sounds a bit negative to me on one hand then on the other I'm tickled pink to be given another year no matter what number is used to represent it.
Dory and I both have been very blessed in so many ways. We both are fairly able to do as we please, at least physically. There are times when our meager stack of funds limit fulfilling some of our desires but we try to make do and enjoy our life as it is.
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I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!~Louise Bogan
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
March 4
Things are already shaping up for those Missouri dwellers. Yep the sun is out and the temp is already up and hovering around the 40* mark. The breeze is slight and it all looks soo good looking out the window as we sit inside listening to the electric furnace turn the electric meter box wheel faster and faster as it increases our debt higher and higher. I do hope we haven't already overly obligated ourselves somewhere Woe are these two jobless souls.
To enter us deeper in the woeful part of our existence is the fact we are in the throes of doing our taxes and expect to owe. How this can be with barely an income is way above the ability of one with only a high school education. If we only knew then what we know now we would have given college a shot or at least given a better bit of attention to the studying aspect of learning while in high school.
We're still hoping that we can conserve enough to last us to the end. That worry is as sickening as the thought to experience a stab of diarrhea while in an airport lobby and not have the quarter to open the stall door. That could become a very crappy situation! They may not have that 'pay to go' anymore but you do get my drift?
We're hoping you're still able to take care of all your immediate needs.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.~Goethe
To enter us deeper in the woeful part of our existence is the fact we are in the throes of doing our taxes and expect to owe. How this can be with barely an income is way above the ability of one with only a high school education. If we only knew then what we know now we would have given college a shot or at least given a better bit of attention to the studying aspect of learning while in high school.
We're still hoping that we can conserve enough to last us to the end. That worry is as sickening as the thought to experience a stab of diarrhea while in an airport lobby and not have the quarter to open the stall door. That could become a very crappy situation! They may not have that 'pay to go' anymore but you do get my drift?
We're hoping you're still able to take care of all your immediate needs.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.~Goethe
Sunday, March 01, 2009
March 1
Shoot, a forecast early yesterday had us in the mid 30's today so most of the snow would melt........No problem. Anyway, we asked the snow plow guy not to plow and he didn't. Now the revised forecast doesn't have our temperature getting anywhere above freezing today. We may have made a little mistake!
Oh well, a few days at home works good for me tho after a couple days I might need to spend quite a bit of time in the garage alone. That isn't the same with Glenda and the pent up is already building with her. Sticks and stones may break my bones but some words can fastly scurry me to the garage!
Matter of fact, I think I'll go out and do some shoveling now. Might even slip and slide and make my walk around the horn in spite of the accumulated 3 or 4 inches of snow.
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"Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil." - Edmund Burke
Oh well, a few days at home works good for me tho after a couple days I might need to spend quite a bit of time in the garage alone. That isn't the same with Glenda and the pent up is already building with her. Sticks and stones may break my bones but some words can fastly scurry me to the garage!
Matter of fact, I think I'll go out and do some shoveling now. Might even slip and slide and make my walk around the horn in spite of the accumulated 3 or 4 inches of snow.
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"Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil." - Edmund Burke
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