I like this time at night on HBT

[Dan]

Do You know what's ef'd up?x[emoji41]

 

[Fedora]

Happy Father's Day, late nighters.

 

[jgarretson]

Brewing and watching Mexico get murdered in the Copa. Great night tonight.

 

[lschiavo]

Stopped during my bike ride to take a pic a Florida native. Just outside Philippe Park.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIc7HhR5sY8

Do cars hit them often? Our version of your gator is the whitetail deer. They don't eat many people but they are good at getting hit by cars.

We had a nice party for my oldest son's 11th birthday today. Cannot believe he is 11. Where does time go? I smoked a few pork butts. Wifey made all the sides. We ate well. Most of the family came over and we finished off with a nice campfire in the backyard.

It was hot for us yoopers today. So, of course, I spent half the day on my brother's roof. We're doing one of those double roof things which seem to work great in our climate.

Well, happy Father's day dads. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

 

[passedpawn]

Do cars hit them often? Our version of your gator is the whitetail deer. They don't eat many people but they are good at getting hit by cars.

We had a nice party for my oldest son's 11th birthday today. Cannot believe he is 11. Where does time go? I smoked a few pork butts. Wifey made all the sides. We ate well. Most of the family came over and we finished off with a nice campfire in the backyard.

It was hot for us yoopers today. So, of course, I spent half the day on my brother's roof. We're doing one of those double roof things which seem to work great in our climate.

Well, happy Father's day dads. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Nah. Gator hits on roads is pretty rare. They stay in the water. Regardless of what you see on the news, gators are not a nuisance down here. Yes, they are everywhere, in every ditch and pond. But they mind their own business. Mostly

Happy Father's day bud. My #2 and #3 are home now, tomorrow it'll be #1 and #2. All in college, so it's a shuffle sometimes.

 

[Dynachrome]

Do cars hit them often? Our version of your gator is the whitetail deer. They don't eat many people but they are good at getting hit by cars.

Department of Transportation estimates that white-tailed deer kill around 130 Americans each year simply by causing car accidents.

Predator Deer

Alligator 0.3/yr

History Link

 

[Dan]

Hey all. Centipedes are the outdoor nuisance here in the land of Aloha. They ain't cute, in any way.

My wife saw a small, 5.1cf freezer along our street tonight (monthly bulk disposal time of the month). We brought it home but sounded like glass bottles rattling around inside. There weren't any, it's the compressor internals knocking around. I powered it up and was surprised to hear the compressor start and run quietly. I put a glass of 78 degree tap water in it around 9pm my time. I'll check in the morning. I don't need a freezer just a ferm chamber. If it chills down well I'm going to take an amp reading. Would have tonight but my amp meter is as work.

Wish me luck!

Cheers

 

[Dan]

Just got up, the freezer is a dud. Oh well. I'll drag it back to the curb. I'll buy one. [emoji4]

 

[Dynachrome]

Just got up, the freezer is a dud. Oh well. I'll drag it back to the curb. I'll buy one. [emoji4]

If the compressor is working it might just need a leak seal and charge.

 

[Dan]

Not sure I'm familiar with those, Dyna. My HVAC skill is pretty basic. I understand the theory but putting that into corrective action is different.[emoji4]

 

[Dan]

Brothers and sisters. Do gather around
Tonight's the night for funky groove sound


Let's see if these links work

http://youtu.be/qe1ScoePqVA

http://youtu.be/iL70Xw-FteU?list=PLA25E54D7F9659C22

 

[Dan]

This past month I've been buying my son, (he'll be 28 end of this month) tools. For me it's a celebratory month in many ways. Mostly it's because I couldn't be prouder of my son and it's his birth month. When I was unemployed he was my rock. He still is!

Please Trust me about some thing. I was not always there with him. I'm not talking I missed a birthday, aholiday or Christmas's with him once or twice. It's or more like 15 or so.

I didn't want to be a dad like that. Partly it was my military career and partly, a effing divorce with his mom 12 years in

I have no idea why I'm telling you all this. I'm just really happy this month for a few reasons. Somebody once told me I show my heart on my sleeve. I guess I do. But have no idea how much that makes sense to the younger crew - No tattoos involved there guys. [emoji1]

I lost Danny's grandpa and grandma, my Dad and Mom, way, way to early in life. I will not do that to my son and daughters. My ex is way to stubborn to go early too. [emoji4]

FU cancer. You bastard

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My prayer;
May peace be with you and with me
Those two truths should always be
Life doesn't always smile upon us
Unless you look upon hard and good as a truss
To my fellow man I trust in you
Without you all we'd have no crew



Cheers
Dan

 

[Dan]

Miss Exstrand

She was my first grade teacher in 1970. I think she was at least 200 years old. She was skinny and had shriveled skin and she was mean. Textbook She never used a ruler on your knuckles or maybe I blocked that out of my memory. I'm still left handed. She did make a girl pee in her dress in front of the class. The girl asked if she could go to the bathroom. Miss Exstrand said no. The girl really had to go. And she did. Standing up in front of us all, she just couldn't hold it any longer.

Miss Exstrand is one of three teachers I remember the names of throughout K-12. Well I do remember one more. High school gym teacher, Mr Mavis. Tough ass guy sort of. He seemed really old when I was 15 which means his age was I'm guessing late thirties. One day A few of us were cutting through the basketball court to get back to class after lunch. Mr Mavis was doing sit ups on the gym floor. He said to us he works out and we should too because if we kept our lifestyle up without working out then by the time we were 40 we wouldn't be able to "get it up". (That's really most probably true advice) One day in his office He also explained how he saved 30% on shaving cream because he had a mustache. [emoji1]. A couple years after I graduated high school and had joined the navy I was home on leave. I went to the high school Friday night football game with a few friends I'd grown up with. Mr Mavis who had been the football coach for years wasn't any longer. He was in the ticket booth. Still looked the same to me, big cheesy 1970's mustache and school logo windbreaker on. He didn't let us in!! I guess my old friends had burnt some bridges while I was gone. When you're young you do stupid ****. I'm old now and look back....man I did a lot of dumb. It's life

I truly respect Mr Mavis. He was a good guy, he was "Coach". Used to always wear a white pullover school shirt with a whistle around his kneck. He was an athlete at one point. Tough guy who decided to be a high school teacher. I haven't seen him in 32 years but still remember him. He's a good man. It'd be pretty cool to drink a beer with him.

Miss Exstrand? I'm sure she was not nearly as terrifyingly mean as I remember

Ps. The friends I mentioned at the football entryway One is now a civil engineer, husband and father. He is a respected member of the community and church. The other friend is still working at the same grocery store he worked at as a teenager. Only difference between now and then. He bought the place. He owns it!

Cheers

Dan

 

[Dan]

A roll I'm on. Just rambling

Bacon!

I'm in love with it. I dont eat bacon often, mostly just on occasional weekends
Some neighbor is cooking some now and the smell is good. I think they left it on the frying pan a little to long, judging the aroma.

It's ok. Still baconk

 

[Dan]

Sunday morning trip to the Veteran's cemetery in Kaneohe. I'll be buried there in a hundred year or so. Today visiting my wife's mom and poppa gravesite. I'm not much good at videoing.

http://youtu.be/sjJwf_fZGRk

 

[Dan]

To HBT folks

May the sun shine upon you even on cloudy days
May your life be filled with love and laughter, may this be your stay
All my best to you and yours
That really ain't a big chore

Bless you all today
Life is pretty good
Hooray!, hooray!! [emoji4][emoji4]

 

[Dan]

Ive been around 50 plus years or so. I was a warfihgter for a good part of them. Not anymore. Eff. No I'm not going to give up my pension. If that makes me a bad and the weak man, so be it. Not why I'm posting tonight

You ever heard the we are the world song.

That's how I feel these days. I make a difference. Im not to sure how I will. But I Will!!



Sent from my iPhone

 

[Dan]

We are the world.

We are us

I have to start making a difference. My life has pretty much been blessed. Plenty tough times I've been through. Ghastly really. But overall if I look at my life, very fortunate.

I'm really just not sure how to help out. Ii'm not rich, not a celebrity. I'm just me

 

[passedpawn]

Dan, you were def on a roll. When you do that, I think of this song (not the first time I posted this here). My wife's dad always plays (and sings!) this on the piano when he visits. He does a pretty good job with it, but I don't think his fingers work as well now. Probably time for me to learn it and carry on. I've got the sheet music, just have to sit down and do it.

For your late nite sountrack, Sons of the Pioneers. Marty Robbins did it too, that's the one I'm familiar with, but this was the first thing I saw when I looked up your tube.

 

[Dan]

Dan, you were def on a roll. When you do that, I think of this song (not the first time I posted this here). My wife's dad always plays (and sings!) this on the piano when he visits. He does a pretty good job with it, but I don't think his fingers work as well now. Probably time for me to learn it and carry on. I've got the sheet music, just have to sit down and do it.

For your late nite sountrack, Sons of the Pioneers. Marty Robbins did it too, that's the one I'm familiar with, but this was the first thing I saw when I looked up your tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDtCa8ZgAk4

Hey Pappy [emoji3]
For whatever reason I can't always play tracks from this site, I can post them though. Weird?

I looked at the album picture and Sons of the Pioneers label and searched YouTube. Pretty sure I found the song (straight from YouTube always plays - no idea the difference). Pretty sure the song is Cool Clear a Water of a vintage 78 gramophone - that's what the title said. [emoji3]

As always, Pappy I'm truly blessed to know you and for your support. Youve always helped me see things differently over the years. Even on the riddle thread you had to sometimes explain the answer to me even after it had been given. [emoji4]

Cheers to you my friend. Cheers Pappy!

Thankyou.

Dan

 

[lschiavo]

Dan, stay on your present course. You're a good man and more good things will find you. You're a good friend even though we have never met. I think about you even when I am away from HBT. I'm glad to find you here and I'll be very upset if someday I don't.


So, me and the boys are building a fort out of pallets. I picked up 20 of them today and we cleared a nice little spot in the woods in the back yard. Its going to be cool. I'll post some pics soon. They loose interest in our projects so quick though. I end up doing 90% of it usually. I wonder sometimes if I am doing something wrong or if I should just expect that from my kids. I guess if I think back, I was always bored with everything my dad wanted me to help him with when I was their age.


I think I need to build things. I have a hundred unfinished projects but that never stops me from starting a new one. I guess it keeps me motivated and relatively sane knowing I have "things" to do.


I'll be on my brother's roof tomorrow. We're doing a Yooper insulated double roof on his house. I did mine 8 years ago and nearly cut my heat bill in half. "My" projects will wait. I will always help my brother if he needs it. The weather looks just fine for roofing anyway.


Hope you all have a great weekend and 4th!

 

[passedpawn]

Greetings late nite denizens!

The following song came on my Pandora station just a few minutes ago, but a different artist. I knew there was a different version of it I liked better. I searched youtube, it was good old JC of course!

For your listening pleasure, the man in black, Johnny Cash. He's so flat (musical note-wise), but I like it anyway.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGrR-7_OBpA[/ame]

 

[lschiavo]

Great song.


Danzig and Johnny are very similar. Two of my favorites.

http://youtu.be/sGIduTcHCYM

http://youtu.be/bX1V-pWbJCA

 

[opus345]

For your late nite sountrack, Sons of the Pioneers. Marty Robbins did it too, that's the one I'm familiar with, but this was the first thing I saw when I looked up your tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDtCa8ZgAk4

Sons of the Pioneers....Wow does that bring back memories of my dad. Songs from a simpler time. He loved those guys and I think he has a couple albums hidden away in the basement. Thanks for a chance to recharge some great memories.

 

[opus345]

Miss Exstrand

She was my first grade teacher in 1970. I think she was at least 200 years old.

I think we all have some memorable exchanges with our past teachers. I personally learned it is a terrible idea to throw the eraser back at the nun. White chalk on a black habit stays there for the rest of the period. That one earned me a trip to the bathroom for some attitude adjustment with a yard stick.

My mom made my dad attend the special conference with my third grade teach, "Cannonball" Calvert. Afterward on the way to the car, he leans over an says, "You know she is a battleaxe, don't ya?" I just nodded not knowing what a battleaxe was, but it sounded like an appropriate comment at the time.

Take care Dan

 

[Dan]

Hey all! You guys make my day. Thanks for the kind words; all of you.

Ischiavo, you know I'll always be here. If you weren't , I'd loose a very good buddy. Even if we've never met in person it's good; I'm blessed to have friends of your character. Yooper, I never met her but feel connected. I think you know her a little better. She once told me you built her electric kettle. That's so cool! Please send pics of that tree house build! Pallets! It's the new wheel.

Opus, thank you for sharing Thank you for the warm wishes and strength.

Pappy, as always, you keep coming back as my rock.

Cheers my brothers!
Dan

 

[passedpawn]

Good evening late niters! Hope your 4th of July celebrations went as planned.

For your late nite enjoyment, here's Bobby McFerrin. Guy has talents I think.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=codmxk7uLv8[/ame]

 

[Dan]

I played the video ( it worked Hooray!) with my eyes closed. Thought cool sounding trio. Just watched again. One guy!!

Very cool

 

[lschiavo]

Good evening fine folks. I just rode my mower for an hour with some tunes jammin in the headphones and I had a few beers along for the ride. Therapeutic it is I think. I feel good. Ready for a cool shower and bed.

Friday, we're going to see Tim Allen. The weekend was my father's day gift. I think it will be a great time. I just have to try to not think of all the other things I should be doing...

 

[passedpawn]

Good evening fine folks. I just rode my mower for an hour with some tunes jammin in the headphones and I had a few beers along for the ride. Therapeutic it is I think. I feel good. Ready for a cool shower and bed.

Friday, we're going to see Tim Allen. The weekend was my father's day gift. I think it will be a great time. I just have to try to not think of all the other things I should be doing...

I do lawn work all weekend. It is therapeutic!