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  1. JB

    Do I pay up or fight this?

    Be patient, folks. This will take a bit.<br /><br />9:00 AM Monday. I am returning to The Hideout from my son's house, cruising in and with traffic (about 100 cars/ minute) on I-30 in west Ft. Worth. My speedo reads 70, my GPS says 68. I am on cruise control, which in my ML means the set speed...
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    Hey, Texas Nate. You okay?

    Another big fire. About 8 miles east of me near Pooleville, where Nate lives.<br /><br />Been watching the whirlycopters shuttling back and forth with water all afternoon.<br /><br />Hey, Nate! Let us know that you are okay, mate.
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    Range fire and locked gates.

    Yesterday I had smoke columns north, east and west of The Hideout. Northwest wind. Scary.<br /><br />Some gossip at the Post Office was that the Jacksboro fire (north of here) got away because firefighters were locked out of threatened pastures by padlocked gates. Don't know if that is true, but...
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    Catzilla update

    Quick update. Catzilla began eating small amounts of exotic food today (first food in about a week).<br /><br />She is also showing some of her infamous personality again. She shredded my hand as reward for administering her meds. Didn't have the strength or will to do that just 3 days ago.<br...
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    Patience requested.

    I know I have been more curmudgeonly than usual lately. I am asking for a little extra slack.<br /><br />Why? Well, in the last two weeks. . . .<br /><br />Garage door opener blew up and stuck door half open. $235. :( <br /><br />TV antenna in-coax went bad and blew the booster. $220. :mad...
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    Patience requested.

    I know I have been more curmudgeonly than usual lately. I am asking for a little extra slack.<br /><br />Why? Well, in the last two weeks. . . .<br /><br />Garage door opener blew up and stuck door half open. $235. :( <br /><br />TV antenna in-coax went bad and blew the booster. $220. :mad...
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    Cat "toilet training".

    Catzilla is driving me nuts.<br /><br />She is going through a bag and a half of litter a week and still stinks my house up.<br /><br />I once had a cat (Sam) that decided on his own to use the toilet. He was an inside/outside cat and if he didn't get let out when he wanted out he went and used...
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    Paging Paul Moir

    Would you take a look at this and see if you can give this man a year on his Gale built Sea King?<br /><br /> http://forums.iboats.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=31;t=001490 <br /><br />Thanks. :)
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    Wildfires in N. Texas

    There are at least a half dozen seperate wildfires burning as I write in communities south and west of Arlington, TX.<br /><br />At 5:00 PM at least a dozen homes and many other structures have been destroyed.<br /><br />The fires are aided by a severe drought and high winds.<br /><br />We have...
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    Restoring humidifier "filters"

    I have dry eye syndrome. If the air is too dry They tear and burn terribly. Both the furnace and the AC dry the air too much.<br /><br />I have a countertop humidifier that uses filter like pads placed in a fan airstream.<br /><br />When the pad is fresh it works very well, but our water is so...
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    Update on Airman Neilsen

    re: http://www.iboats.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=20;t=012302#000000 <br /><br />The operation on Charles' left eye was successful. Three pieces of shrapnel were removed and he will regain full use of his eye.<br /><br />All five bones in his right hand will be...
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    Of "all time" ??

    A recent thread asked about the greatest musical artist of "all time".<br /><br />My GDaughter was watching a show this morning about the 50 greatest child actors of "all time".<br /><br />When did "all time" begin, 1980? 1990?<br /><br />In 200 years the music of Ludwig Van Beethoven will still...
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    O.K.?

    Who can tell me, without Googling it, where the expression, O.K. came from?
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    December 7, 1941

    64 years ago today I sat by our family radio with my family and listened to news reports of thousands of Americans dying at Pearl Harbor.<br /><br />51 years ago today I stood on a platform built over the hull of the USS Arizona. My companion and guide had been there, in the tower on NAS Ford...
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    Senior moment?

    Well, no. I wasn't actually boating or fishing, but I was thinking about fishing. Doesn't that count?<br /><br />Time to eat something. So I got out a bowl of venison stew and popped it in the MW. While waiting for the buzzer I started thinking about my fishpond and the need to catch some...
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    The rest of the story

    On this past Wednesday, CNN gave 10 seconds to: "Another convoy ambush in Afghanistan. Four US soldiers injured."<br /><br />Airman Charles Neilsen, Jr. (USAF Special Forces)was driving a Hummer in that convoy. His vehicle was hit by an RPG at high speed and crashed, rolling several times and...
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    Actors

    It is often hard to seperate a performer from the character played. The more skilled the performer, the harder it gets.<br /><br />Most of my life I believed that H. Bogart was the most skilled actor I had seen.<br /><br />Now I have studied another one that is magic at conveying the character's...
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    Happy Birthday, Mattttt!

    Almost missed it. Big three oh, huh?<br /><br />You are now officially in mid-youth. :)
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    Ladyfish, BD Tub Toy: Where are you?

    Haven't seen any activity from either of our two lady friends lately.<br /><br />Really glad Bassy is still around, but where are the others? :confused:
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    GAS!

    Yesterday the US natural gas production went up by some fraction of a percent.<br /><br />The well on the property adjascent to The Hideout "came in".<br /><br />The next well will be on The Hideout.<br /><br />I may get to own another Boston Whaler before I croak after all. :)
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