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[Wat_Tyler]

I guess no matter how you look at it, you're getting fucked by Mother Nature, hmm?

Exactly.



Fisting an' sich . . . .

 

[Tweedledude]

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Im just going to sit over here in the corner and be very quiet

 

[Wonderer67]

Your smart your funny your killing life and your butt looks good in those jeans.... not go get your keys get out there and show the world your awesomeness

There..how was that.....?

Now THAT is unbridled optimism and positivity!!!

 

[Missk_2022]

Now THAT is unbridled optimism and positivity!!!

Not bad for the eeyore of the group

 

[Wonderer67]

Morning with GF puts me in a great mood. Off to visit old friends of 40+ years. BTW I have only shot 35 mm and it’s digital .

Enjoy the weekend!
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Maybe the best!

 

[Wonderer67]

I went for a very long walk, came home and made brunch, and passed out for two hours.



That never happens.

Maybe your body needed it after the last few weeks.

 

[Wonderer67]

It seems that Dr. Tyler has a thingie on a lung.


Which she took her sweet-ass time telling me about.


Hell, if she ain't worried, neither am I.


She's taking her sweet-ass time scheduling her CT scan, too.


Fucking kids . . . .

Well I hope it’s nothing serious.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Well I hope it’s nothing serious.

Thank you. We'll see


Her auntie was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and chose to die from it. Her statement: "the treatment is worse than the illness." The good doctor may be deciding that it's time. If it is, in fact, Something.


I think I've been up quite long enough today.


You kids have fun.


*tosses dishes out the window on the way out*

 

[Wonderer67]

so, sadly, we had to go to a funeral this morning. The mother of one of our neighbors who were very close with… sad. Very sudden and unexpected.

We didn’t stick around for the repast. We ended up getting ice cream for lunch.

Then we mowed my neighbors field (same one whose mom passed away). Yes, us too, and it was quite long. So the damnedest thing happened as I was mowing the field. All these barn, swallows kept on scooping and swiping around me. Turns out I was stirring up all the insects and they were having a feast.

Then I went down to the farm and mowed there

Then Mrs. wonder and I cleaned out an area under a couple of trees and one of our hedges. Mile a minute has been growing in it like crazy and making a nuisance of itself. So we hadda clean that shit out!

Jumped into the pool (nekkid of course), and the next thing we knew it was 730 and we hadn’t planned dinner. I made some Russian dressing, started a nice little fire in the fire pit, and we chopped up some raw vegetables.

https://imgur.com/a/F3sI3CL

https://imgur.com/a/7zK5kQv

 

[Wonderer67]

Thank you. We'll see


Her auntie was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and chose to die from it. Her statement: "the treatment is worse than the illness." The good doctor may be deciding that it's time. If it is, in fact, Something.


I think I've been up quite long enough today.


You kids have fun.


*tosses dishes out the window on the way out*

I’m only laughing at the last part.

 

[likes2watchU]

Happy Saturday, spoonies
I'm topped up on sleep
what are the rest of you doing with your day?

When shit hits the fan you can find me at wats..... behind him as he shoots the bad guys/zombies

I'm thinking our @Wat_Tyler may have a bunker in place to ride out the Zombie Apocalypse in style...

The humidity is ninety percent, with a dew point of seventy six

You must be very close to my location because the humidity here is 92% and the dew point is 71

because humans do so well chewing their air

Sir Weasel Hunter!

Chairperson of the Nickname Committee

I reckon you can reload then.

you need someone to stand back2back and shoot
those zombies can be tricksy coming from behind*
*@wonderer67

You can't hide from the storm in one?

TIL -
metal boat on the water can deflect lightning to the water - unless you're touching the metal, then

an army tank can act as a faraday cage... so the tank gets zapped but the people inside do not

To be fair, he didn't actually get struck by lightning. He got tickled a bit because he was holding an antenna when the lightning flashed. (Ok, I'm leaving out all the juicy engineering and sciencey details... ). But he really only had a small sample twice.
It is sad that Thor had to give him two warning shots, tho!

When Mother Nature speaks, it behooves us to listen

My "go to" is a Ruger GP 100... It's just like pointing my finger.
Edit.. I neglected to mention it's .357 Mag

I know almost nothing about guns and rifles, but I know .357 = big big bullets make big holes

Finished early tonight! I had a semi-nothing day today. My trainer bailed because of a migraine; I don't blame her.

A guy cleaned up my pond and waterfall today. It's running nicely now! You can see the crane made of farm implements in the pond.

I could sit by that all day alternating between my book and just admiring its beauty and how natural it all looks

Thanks Brother, will do.
Y'all do the same, as I'm safer on a boat than Y'all are on dry land!

What now?

No, it needs cutting well or it will look terrible!

Of course, I'm hearing it filtered through Monty Python in my head...

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What is? The sounds of a perfect day for $1,000.00, Alex?

I read that as "tuxedo cat" and wondered why one spends money on cats. They just show up in my life.
Take the cat, leave the cake.
Like the Godfather: "Leave the gun, take the cannoli."

That and Common Sense are both in short supply.

too true

This takes me back to percolators. The sound they made.

cherished memory of my grandma... I was so young when she passed.

The so-called "functioning" drinkers.
I've worked with a few . . . .

Like leaves on the Family Tree over here sadly

Common sense is not so common. Quoting an old friend of mine.

sadly correct

My plan is simple: avoid the weather, bake cookies or berry coffee cake, watch TV series, read books, be with my GF etc.

solid!

she's singing the songs of her peoples

Ethyl

That sounds like a tough day. How can you ever decide what to bake?

The struggle is real... how indeed?

Something seems to have gotten under the house and died.

Gotten itself there? Or was escorted by a fierce feline perhaps?
I knew of a college house cat that would go off and hunt bunny rabbits - then hide it inside the house. So whenever there was a telltale odor, the housemates would go on a Treasure Hunt to find and remove the carcass

Maybe the wind is just blowing the wrong way?

From a pop-up abattoir perchance?

I find optimism in short supply. Internet and social media, 24 hr news cycle, AI augmented news, pictures, phonies, fakes and just plain ol ignorance give me fewer and fewer reasons to be optimistic.

mostly just limits my interactions online and pushes me away from social media and the news machine

I'm 99% optimistic. I have to be in this shitty world! I'm like Pollyanna and her f'cking glad game.

same - well, similar. I try - but still worlds away from a true Pollyanna
lots I can't control but I can control my own reactions.

Please pass some optimism i need a dose

But sometimes my optimism about the e world at large is in short supply.

If enough people did the "Be the change you want to see in the world" it would spread out like a field of wildflowers and bring more beauty to those around us.

That is why our little group is so great.... real and true , smart and good people

why it's the only thread I visit on Lit

Your smart your funny your killing life and your butt looks good in those jeans.... not go get your keys get out there and show the world your awesomeness

There..how was that.....?

New career path just opened up
Ever consider being a Life Coach?

I feel a nap in my future

Hope you get your nap
I opted for sleeping in today

same

Hello and welcome... are you new to the café?
Here's the standard welcome message if you are:
Welcome to the Café
We run this thread a little differently.

Read the first post...goes over the "rules" so to speak.

I will summarize:
1. No religion
2. No politics
3. No drama
4. No hitting on the women-- dm the person if interested.... if they don't respond.... there is your answer.
5. For God sake read a profile before you dm the wrong person.
6. If your first post is heavy on the innuendo ..... you need to slow your roll

This thread is like the bar cheers or the corner coffee shop. We are FRIENDS here and not like other threads...we are fiercely protective of the vibe and each other. If this sounds like a place you would like, stick around.... if not there are eleventy billion other threads that will suit your needs.

To get an idea of the vibe I would scroll through the last 10 pages or so and you will see.

Thanks

I went for a very long walk, came home and made brunch, and passed out for two hours.
That never happens.

Your must have needed a bit extra recharging today
Stress can do that vvv

It seems that Dr. Tyler has a thingie on a lung.
Which she took her sweet-ass time telling me about.
Hell, if she ain't worried, neither am I.
She's taking her sweet-ass time scheduling her CT scan, too.
Fucking kids . . . .

If she has no intention of treating it...it is better not to know...
Fucking kids

I'm so sorry, @Wat_Tyler
Makes for a stressful situation all around.
Sending positive thoughts your way...
My mom employed similar tactics with the medical field.
Drove me crazy... I found it exhausting to be around her at times.

Not bad for the eeyore of the group

nah... I've worked with an Eeyore. You are worlds away from that level.

So the damnedest thing happened as I was mowing the field. All these barn, swallows kept on scooping and swiping around me. Turns out I was stirring up all the insects and they were having a feast.

So sorry about your neighbor's mom
Didn't occur to me that once I lost mom I would start losing all her close friends. Was recently reminded.
RIP Judy
What a Circle-of-Life Moment there in the field!
Sounds like a roller coaster of a day... with a happy ending.

I’m only laughing at the last part.

Same... there goes the dishware budget again

 

[Missk_2022]

I gained 3 lbs this week. Ate like a big... tomorrow is restart....

 

[Missk_2022]

It is raining so hard with thunder and lightning... shaking my house

 

[Missk_2022]

We had flooding we got 3 inches in about 15 minutes... flooded basements and yards and streets reported.... yikes

 

[Missk_2022]

Night all

 

[Lilianna23]

BEAUTIFUL!

I love the sound of falling water. We have a dry pond with a water rock in the front near the door.

 

[Lilianna23]

Play Store: Generac Mobile Link for Generators

Thanks, Likes!

 

[Lilianna23]

I've been binge watching police interaction videos lately. There was one, about a woman in NJ that drove into a parked car, so the cops were called. Long story short, she was arrested for OUI, but she wasn't violent. She was just out of it. She wouldn't consent to a blood alcohol level, so they got a warrant for her. When they finally did test her, BAC was .402% !!!

Normally drunks are argumentative on these clips, and generally get what they deserve. This poor woman has a legitimate problem with alcohol, and needs intervention.

Even the cops were just trying to get her to the hospital, and keep her from killing herself. Really sad what they were dealing with here.

Chronic alcoholics can run that high on BAC. I would be dead if mine was that high! Alcoholism is a horrible disease.

 

[Lilianna23]

I read that as "tuxedo cat" and wondered why one spends money on cats. They just show up in my life.


Take the cat, leave the cake.


Like the Godfather: "Leave the gun, take the cannoli."

My little girl would love for me to get her a cat!

 

[Lilianna23]

I would like to have gone boating on Lake Powel. Must be beautiful.

It is an amazing place! So many inlets, twists, and turns. The natural architecture is awesome! Unfortunately, now the lake is way low due to not enough water from the rivers.

 

[Lilianna23]

I have cherries and blueberries! Easy and quick recipe in the new toaster oven.

What did you make with them?

 

[Lilianna23]

Damn. I don’t know how people do that…

It's a sickness, often hereditary.

 

[Lilianna23]

I have to be optimistic, otherwise I will fall down a spiral hole.

"My arthritis hasn't deformed parts of me, the spiral hit my joints instead of my mind"
"I just haven't found a job yet because something better is about to come"

I'm 99% optimistic. I have to be in this shitty world! I'm like Pollyanna and her f'cking glad game.

I've been called Pollyanna, as well. Lately, I've been feeling less than optimistic.

 

[Lilianna23]

45, auto Smith and Wesson.
Thirty eight police special snub nose, 22/9 shot. Rifle with the scope for distance, get a cup pump short stock, the shell plug removed

I'm coming to YOUR house when the zombie apocalypse happens!

 

[Lilianna23]

That is why our little group is so great.... real and true , smart and good people

Amen!