Good morning!!!!

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Drew,

I'll save my steaks for Texas.

I’m guessing you will also find some very good BBQ in Texas also !

Hope all have a blessed evening !

 

[daugen]

Good Evening Drew,

I’m guessing you will also find some very good BBQ in Texas also !

Hope all have a blessed evening !

I'm pretty sure everything will be good including the vegan dinner Don and his wife and I will have. Somewhere. As long as he gets me back to the rv by 9pm (it turns into a pumpkin) I'm game for anything.

I'd like ribs, barbecue of the area, German food, fresh Gulf fish and likely a really good t-bone. I think the tbone will come for lunch at Big Texan in Amarillo. Hope I don't fall asleep driving after eating that...the plan will be to have a little and take the rest home.
Don has humorously suggested I carry an AED after eating
some giant steak....

 

[Hay Dude]

I don't know about any war on football, and I do understand the benefits of team sports, having played them. Last year three kids died of head injuries and ten died of heat stroke and other issues from football. Some probably unknown serious health issues that showed up. But football creates more injuries than any other sport. Like boxing, it's the brain injuries that are at real issue. Having said that, bicycling is number two...not like we are going to stop that...

many kids have real issues with self esteem and act out accordingly. I can understand where team sports gives one a good sense of belonging and accomplishment. My concern is how to make this safer and maybe it's as safe as it can possibly be now. Parents and coaches have a lot to consider.

Sports Injury Statistics

Detailed information on sports injuries in children

www.stanfordchildrens.org

I know. I suffer from some pretty annoying lingering issues from concussions suffered playing football and college/amateur boxing. I am not diagnosed with anything yet, though.
As a football coach I have seen promising developments like the padded covers for helmets.

Boxing has improved safety with headgear, but it’s still boxing. I had over 25 matches and many, many practice bouts in my younger years. Always wore headgear and used 16 ounce gloves.

 

[PJSprog]

Missouri has a lot of pretty lakes

Yes, it does. Missouri is a fairly wet state, with lots of lakes and rivers. That's why there is water on their license plates. Many of our favorite kayaking and canoeing trips have been on Missouri waterways. It's a really scenic state, once you get out of St. Louis.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Wednesday) morning. Overnight Low of 6.0C and it's presently 13.7C, overcast with a breeze.

Well, I did repair the flagpole yesterday arvo. It only took a half hour as I had all of the parts/tools ready to hand. It turned out that yesterday was "Flag Day" too! The anniversary of the 'official' Australian flag, first hoisted on 3 Sept. 1901.

I also took the pole saw on a little wander around my driveway to clear some low, but otherwise hard to reach, blackwood branches that were beginning to brush my ute when entering the property.

The pole saw did require a wee bit of maintenance, which was a good thing as It'll be needed on Friday to take care of the tree at the Rectory.

Today is 'into town' day for petrol and groceries. Seeing as the pole saw required a clean-up, I'll do the same to the chainsaw this arvo.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Can’t sleep, so got back up.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 73ºF for the start, overcast with light rain, light breeze. Light wind, Light rain almost all day, high temp was 74ºF, low temp was 71ºF. Made coffee to start day, grief share, pushed out one bill, thought rain would stop but didn't so no bike ride. Did get nap in. Ended up conserving energy most of the day.
Jim welcome back
Randy(wag) hope you can find someone to clean chimney. Hope you don't need much chill removal.
Ron good to hear windows clean. Nice toad with nice camo.
NHBX good to hear clean up progressing and overheating not a problem.
Billy hope scanning went well.
Bill hope town trip went well, and sugar behaving.
Thomas hope day went well.
Buppies at least some Polar Vortexes do affect us, 1 more since 2021, the cold one. prayers sent
Drew lettered roads are maintained by county, single letters more traveled than double lettered.
Paul sorry no helper to pull wire glad it is done and tested. Hope you found someone to take on jet drop off.
Hay Dude neat pic of foxes.
Drew never would have guessed bicycling #2 for injuries. Racing may account for most of that, the Tour has a lot of wrecks and injuries, but more from racing.
Scott(vt) sorry you lost out on sitting in nose of jet. Sorry about the rough housing injuries. Hope walk and book was good.
CKF sounds like you are quick study on retirement.
Mike sorry about the road time.
Dennis hope valve install went well.
Ken hope you made dent on ash rounds to split. Hope day job settling down. Nice pics
Drew Big Boy well worth the time to visit. The grocery cart accident left quit the impression.
Frits glad nice weather, sorry Cody not a fan of chestnuts.
Don hope you got more rain today. Glad pain less issue than knee. Hope you do well until sling comes off.
James sorry for the early shutdown. Sorry about knee surgery postponement. Ceiling and pics look great.
Dennis sorry about A/C repair news, going like my cooktop
Hay Dude have to go far to deliver it?
RNG glad you made to coast sounds like quite the hike, did not know about black sand beach in CA. Nice hike #2 helped you recover from hike #1.
David hope you had good talk with tech. Hope you got some mowing in. Good luck adjusting water flow.
RS sorry wife not doing better, prayers sent. Hope new batch even better than first. Hope wife goes to Dr, and hit and miss engine pick up goes well.
Bill glad trip to North Bay went well.
Plowhog hope fawn are viable. Neat deer story. and pic
Dennis glad repair price now much better. It is a hard decision.
David glad Sophie could help you pull wires
Drew neat pic glad good trip to Lee Summit.
Drew hope you got your RV rigged for tonight.
Randy(wag) glad you got flag pole fixed for flag day! Glad you got some trimming done and saw maintenance
Dennis sorry you can't sleep.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Israel, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[sodamo]

LOL.

Same boat, different oar.

I have had my fill of driving, especially trying to get into our Nations Capital over my career. It was not uncommon to average six (6) hours a day on the roads. And that was leaving at o'dark thirty and getting back in the nighttime too.

If someone else wants to drive, OK by me.

My last duty station before retiring from Army was Falls Church, Va. To say the commute ruled many peoples lives would be an understatement. My cubicle mate was an LTC, West Point grad computer engineer retiring 1 month before me. He lived in Manassas, Va, one of those Rt 66 commutes. There was no doubt he would next be employed by a deep pocket, beltway defense contractor. We decided to determine the full cost of commuting, not just vehicle and gas. Don’t remember the exact numbers, but we settled on a figure in excess of $20k/year, more depending how we factored in missing family time. This was no back of the napkin exercise as we devoted extended time and thought to the exercise. We also talked about this with others and discovered that while complaining about the commute was common, very few actually quantified other than time. Did Dan use to his advantage? You bet. He got a contractor position contraflow the normal commute AND used our study to bargain a higher starting salary. This was 1992, can’t even imagine such a commute these days.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 45° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 79° with lots of sunshine. Washed and cleaned 16 of the 33 windows on the inside. Also did the drapes. I sure am glad my sister is here to help. Will be helping neighbor install new battery charger in his golf cart today.
Almost hiding in grass.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

59.4 this morning more wonderful weather just getting dry very dry again.

Hope your wife gets better rswyan, sorry you cannot sleep BEF.

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country