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Slept like a baby last night. First time in a few weeks. Not sure why, but haven't slept well at all lately.
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First time out fishing today. Got some nice Brookies.
Jeremy
You suck Jeremy, I mean nice fish.
Jealous.If I don't get my gotdamn boat back from the marina soon fomr getting fixed my gonna end up with advanced delusionary schizophrenia with involuntary narcissistic rage.
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We just got back in from a short trip camping late yesterday. I thought I would weigh in OK a topic I have been otherwise silent about.
Screw Crocs. Cushe shoes are where it is at.
Is it just some kind of lighting thing or did you set off a bank dye pack to get that pink hue?
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Is it just some kind of lighting thing or did you set off a bank dye pack to get that pink hue?
Mood lighting. No, it was taken from inside my faded red (read pink) tent.
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YEAH CUSHE!
The other day when I got my Vibrum's the second set of shoes I picked up were Cushe's they are mad comfortable (both pairs all in with tax for $50). The lining on the inside feels like velvet trying to hump the bottom of my feet. I use them for my 'lazy day around the garage / yard' shoes. :thumbup:
The other day when I got my Vibrum's the second set of shoes I picked up were Cushe's
they are mad comfortable (both pairs all in with tax for $50). The lining on the inside feels like velvet trying to hump the bottom of my feet. I use them for my 'lazy day around the garage / yard' shoes. :thumbup:
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Happy Memorial Day, everyone. Please take a minute of silence for all those who gave the utmost to help keep us free.
I'll definitely be there, cheering her on! I stumbled across an article about Ms. Elias a couple weeks ago via BLADE magazine's FB page and mentioned it here. As I recall, WW reported having met her when he qualified for BladeSports competition, and said she was very personable. I can hardly express how pleased I am to see more and more females and youth getting involved in family-friendly, knife-positive activities like that
As I've said before, that's probably my favorite thing about the Beckerhead Gatherings and Ethan's remarkable support and leadership of them... watching new and/or younger people being welcomed into our hobby/industry, and being coached and encouraged to have a boatload of clean, safe fun. :thumbup:
Awesome!! :thumbup:
I'll definitely be there, cheering her on! I stumbled across an article about Ms. Elias a couple weeks ago via BLADE magazine's FB page and mentioned it here. As I recall, WW reported having met her when he qualified for BladeSports competition, and said she was very personable. I can hardly express how pleased I am to see more and more females and youth getting involved in family-friendly, knife-positive activities like that
As I've said before, that's probably my favorite thing about the Beckerhead Gatherings and Ethan's remarkable support and leadership of them... watching new and/or younger people being welcomed into our hobby/industry, and being coached and encouraged to have a boatload of clean, safe fun. :thumbup:
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Yes Jessi is a very cool lady, we got certified the same weekend last August and stayed in the same hotel, she was nice enough to let me ride back and forth with her to the meet so the wife and kids didnt have to plan their events around my timeline. She also took all the pictures for me competing and practicing. Very nice lady!!
I wish i could be there to see the comp!!! Hell i really wish i worked for a knife company and had their sponsorship LOL. You have to compete in 2 events to get invited to nationals, Dan was telling me if i could of made it to one more event i would of qualified for Nationals... But timing sucks and i cant afford to go all over the country to chase the competitions. I only had 2 weeks notice of the last one.
I love the sport, but doubt ill ever be able to travel the country competing or anything. Me and another guy talked over some of the cost added up over a year (if your not sponsored)... And its just higher than i could comfortably invest. The last trip cost me over 600 just in fuel, hotel, cut/registration/training fees... then their is food and fun to account for too... And that one was in my own state, further away the more you will spend.... Dan was saying (IIRC) before he was sponsored it wasnt unusual to spend over a thousand per event (plane/hotel/rental car if needed/cut fees/food etc)...... I just cant handle that... Wish i could, its tons of fun.
I wish i could be there to see the comp!!! Hell i really wish i worked for a knife company and had their sponsorship LOL. You have to compete in 2 events to get invited to nationals, Dan was telling me if i could of made it to one more event i would of qualified for Nationals... But timing sucks and i cant afford to go all over the country to chase the competitions. I only had 2 weeks notice of the last one.
I love the sport, but doubt ill ever be able to travel the country competing or anything. Me and another guy talked over some of the cost added up over a year (if your not sponsored)... And its just higher than i could comfortably invest. The last trip cost me over 600 just in fuel, hotel, cut/registration/training fees... then their is food and fun to account for too... And that one was in my own state, further away the more you will spend.... Dan was saying (IIRC) before he was sponsored it wasnt unusual to spend over a thousand per event (plane/hotel/rental car if needed/cut fees/food etc)...... I just cant handle that... Wish i could, its tons of fun.
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They're congregating.
I was afraid it would be a Murph-esque candy beer, but it turned out to be pretty good.
I'll look for that when we get to Atlanta.
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I'll be there cheering, come hell or high water. I'll be sure to say "Hi!" for ya if I have a chance to bother any of those folks. :thumbup:
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I have just been overflown by four, low altitude, Japanese Fighters. One peeled off and came around on a more northerly second pass, then continued west, while the other three continued south after turning 270 degrees. No time for a camera, dang!
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The P-40's probably ran them off.
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After consideration, it was likely a missing man formation for the cemetery just around the corner. There is a local airfield that hosts lots of vintage plane activity. Why the plane choice, I have no idea.
[video=youtube;1ouJ_WyS9v8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ouJ_WyS9v8[/video]
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Well said...short and sweet. It's not "National BBQ Day" nor is it another Veteran's Day. It's a day to remember those veterans that didn't get to retirement or discharge.
I slept lousy thanks to the women of the house. Our one female dog was panting and fidgeting all night. It wasn't that stormy last night, so I don't know what her deal was. And my wife was snoring like a lumberjack! I can normally touch her arm gently and she'll roll over and stop, but not last night. A couple of times I had my hand on her face and got no reaction....just zzzzzzzzzzzz. First world problems....
On a positive note, my son and I managed to check the bees yesterday between storm fronts. Wax production seems to be slow, but they are producing scads of offspring. Lots of larvae and capped brood as well as pollen and some honey just capped. Not enough to share with us humans, but some day....
Here is a photo some some capped and uncapped honey. The ones that are uncapped look pretty close to done from what I can tell. Looks pretty thick and getting darker in color.
This photo shows some of the drone comb that I think I mentioned last week. One of the hives had drone (male) larvae and capped brood (pupae) in it. In about two weeks, some of the dudes should be cruising the skies trying to get lucky. If he does, his reproductive organ gets stuck in the queen and his guts ripped out along with it...kinda sad, but I understand this is how it works in some humans as well...the guts part at least.
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Cutting stuff is cool (as long as its not you you're cutting)
Fighter Jets are cool
Bees are cool. In a few years when you are in mead production; we want a taste!
Nice cutting board daizee :thumbup: nifty looking paring knife too
Got some running around done today while the kids were being watched by our sitter. Time out alone with the wife is always time well spent. Then we headed back, got the kids, and went over to the inlaws for dinner. Is my wife's great aunts birthday :thumbup:
The youngest of my spawn decided to chill with me in a hammock for a little while.:thumbup:
Good day had by all.
Fighter Jets are cool
Bees are cool. In a few years when you are in mead production; we want a taste!
Nice cutting board daizee :thumbup: nifty looking paring knife too
Got some running around done today while the kids were being watched by our sitter. Time out alone with the wife is always time well spent. Then we headed back, got the kids, and went over to the inlaws for dinner. Is my wife's great aunts birthday :thumbup:
The youngest of my spawn decided to chill with me in a hammock for a little while.:thumbup:
Good day had by all.
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I heard today that another member of the Greatest Generation was lost. Elmer Staib was a salesman who I knew and worked a small "route" until about a year ago. He was quite abrupt and to the point, but would leave you in stitches laughing. I always planned extra time when running an order out to his place in order to take him up on his offer of a root beer and sit on the bumper of the truck to chat.
He served through WWII as a lieutenant in the 610th Tank Destroyer Battalion commanding an M-18 Hellcat. The 610th TD Battalion landed in Normandy after the invasion, but helped clear out German armor in France assisting in cutting off German supply lines and weakening defenses. Eventually they went up to the Ardennes forest and helped knock out German armor at the battle of the bulge. By late April 1945, they were sitting just outside of Munich.
He was well decorated, but quite humble about it all. Elmer was proud of his service, but whenever the medals came up he would just spout off something like, "I was no damn hero" and how he was just there to kill nazis, do his job, etc... Regardless of Elmer dismissing his heroism, he will always be regarded as one of the quintessential American bad-asses in my book.
He did have some excellent stories to tell from his time spent in France and Germany. From shooting down a jalopy bi-plane that they were all gawking at until the pilot leaned out and dropped a grenade on an adjacent tank to being surrounded and defending their position with great success. The bi-plane story was an anecdote he told me after I was reading the statistics listed on his bronze star citation. X# enemy soldiers, X# enemy tanks, X# guns, # vehicles, 1 airplane. I wish I could find my copy of that citation this evening, but who knows where it is after my move up to Indy.
Here is an interview with him I found just last week and shared with my old co-worker: Interview with Elmer R. Staib, April 26, 2004
Here are a few links with some general info on the 610th Tank Destroyer Batallion: http://www.tankdestroyer.net/units/battalions600s/205-610th-tank-destroyer-battalion
A link with some pictures from the same site: http://www.tankdestroyer.net/units/unitphotogalleries/610th-td-battalion
I did not know Elmer too long, he just made an impression on me during the brief time I spent with him. So, no one better tell me, "sorry for your loss." Just use your time to click through a few pictures, a few minutes of Elmer's interview, or use the time to read or reflect about any of our service members from any war or conflict who did not make it home.
He served through WWII as a lieutenant in the 610th Tank Destroyer Battalion commanding an M-18 Hellcat. The 610th TD Battalion landed in Normandy after the invasion, but helped clear out German armor in France assisting in cutting off German supply lines and weakening defenses. Eventually they went up to the Ardennes forest and helped knock out German armor at the battle of the bulge. By late April 1945, they were sitting just outside of Munich.
He was well decorated, but quite humble about it all. Elmer was proud of his service, but whenever the medals came up he would just spout off something like, "I was no damn hero" and how he was just there to kill nazis, do his job, etc... Regardless of Elmer dismissing his heroism, he will always be regarded as one of the quintessential American bad-asses in my book.
He did have some excellent stories to tell from his time spent in France and Germany. From shooting down a jalopy bi-plane that they were all gawking at until the pilot leaned out and dropped a grenade on an adjacent tank to being surrounded and defending their position with great success. The bi-plane story was an anecdote he told me after I was reading the statistics listed on his bronze star citation. X# enemy soldiers, X# enemy tanks, X# guns, # vehicles, 1 airplane. I wish I could find my copy of that citation this evening, but who knows where it is after my move up to Indy.
Here is an interview with him I found just last week and shared with my old co-worker: Interview with Elmer R. Staib, April 26, 2004
Here are a few links with some general info on the 610th Tank Destroyer Batallion: http://www.tankdestroyer.net/units/battalions600s/205-610th-tank-destroyer-battalion
A link with some pictures from the same site: http://www.tankdestroyer.net/units/unitphotogalleries/610th-td-battalion
I did not know Elmer too long, he just made an impression on me during the brief time I spent with him. So, no one better tell me, "sorry for your loss." Just use your time to click through a few pictures, a few minutes of Elmer's interview, or use the time to read or reflect about any of our service members from any war or conflict who did not make it home.
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