Labor Day Weekend Open Comments

On Labor Day weekend, it’s fitting to take a look at the state of the laborers.

Those who must work for a living have not been having things so great lately. Rumor has it that the President will be proposing some form of new stimulus program(s) to spur job growth. All but the most strident of Keynesian economics supporters agree that governmental stimulus only works for a very short time after it begins and then rapidly loses any positive effect once the necessary deficits begin to be realized.
This is for a couple of reasons. First, borrowing by the government soaks up available capital that could have been used by business to expand. Furthermore, government action entails lots of internal friction and other waste that causes a dollar spent in a stimulus program to yield much less than a dollar of real economic benefit, while a dollar spent entirely in the private sector yields much more than a dollar in economic benefit.
The single most effective thing the President could announce to encourage job creation would be to call an immediate moratorium on the implementation of new Federal regulations and a repeal of all regulations implemented in the past two years. Repealing Healthulus would be a close second.
We can easily see the effects of the regulations and excessive spending over the past two years in the chart below, which most of you have seen before. I’ve added recent U3 data and U6 data. It’s not pretty.

Note the difference between the U3 & U6 trends. In 2006 the difference was about 3-3.5 percentage points. Now it’s more than double that. That difference represents the jobs that have been lost in the last 5 years.


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390 responses to “Labor Day Weekend Open Comments”

  1. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Hello, weekend open comments #2. 😉

  2. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Hello, weekend open comments #2. 😉

  3. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    This warning is so good that I am compelled to repeat it:

    If your apartment is hit by a dolphin, DO NOT GO OUT TO SEE IF THE DOLPHIN IS OKAY. That’s how the hurricane tricks you into coming outside.

  4. El Gordo Avatar

    This warning is so good that I am compelled to repeat it:
    If your apartment is hit by a dolphin, DO NOT GO OUT TO SEE IF THE DOLPHIN IS OKAY. That’s how the hurricane tricks you into coming outside.

  5. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    EG, I am about 50 miles inland so how is your dolphin warning going to help me? Just askin’.

  6. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    EG, I am about 50 miles inland so how is your dolphin warning going to help me? Just askin’.

  7. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    G’Morning all

    OC Pyro

    Good synopsis. I saw this AM where OBH has backed off on the EPA strangling the power companies.

  8. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    G’Morning all
    OC Pyro
    Good synopsis. I saw this AM where OBH has backed off on the EPA strangling the power companies.

  9. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    If you had bought $1000 worth of speculative stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49. If you had bought $1000 worth of Budweiser beer one year ago, drank all the beer, and recycled the cans, you would have $107.

    Given the current conditions of the economy, my advice is to drink heavily and recycle.

  10. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    If you had bought $1000 worth of speculative stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49. If you had bought $1000 worth of Budweiser beer one year ago, drank all the beer, and recycled the cans, you would have $107.
    Given the current conditions of the economy, my advice is to drink heavily and recycle.

  11. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #2 El Gordo

    Dang, wish I’d have thunk that one up. 🙂

  12. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #2 El Gordo
    Dang, wish I’d have thunk that one up. 🙂

  13. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Very clever, those Orientals.

    Bamboo train

    Incredible “Bamboo train” in Cambodia from vibert on Vimeo.

  14. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Very clever, those Orientals.
    Bamboo train
    Incredible “Bamboo train” in Cambodia from vibert on Vimeo.

  15. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Woo hoo, a 2-OC holiday weekend!

  16. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Woo hoo, a 2-OC holiday weekend!

  17. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #8 mharper42

    I know. I’m so confused that I don’t know if I’m washing or hanging out.

  18. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #8 mharper42
    I know. I’m so confused that I don’t know if I’m washing or hanging out.

  19. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    At least a 3 Kleenex requirement.

    What a talent. What courage. What a family

    Iraqi Orphan Leaves Judges In Tears

    http://www.break.com/index/iraqi-orphan-leaves-judges-in-tears-2127180

  20. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    At least a 3 Kleenex requirement.
    What a talent. What courage. What a family
    Iraqi Orphan Leaves Judges In Tears
    http://www.break.com/index/iraqi-orphan-leaves-judges-in-tears-2127180

  21. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Didn’t get to post this yesterday, so I’ll do it now.

    Today, Yesterday, in 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II six years and one day after it began.

    We had a roll of toilet back then that on every square was printed:

    Hitler, Mussolini, Hirohito
    Wipe ’em out

  22. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Didn’t get to post this yesterday, so I’ll do it now.
    Today, Yesterday, in 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II six years and one day after it began.
    We had a roll of toilet back then that on every square was printed:

    Hitler, Mussolini, Hirohito
    Wipe ’em out

  23. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Well, we have dueling Labor Day threads. I sitting on the front porch finishing up my last cup of coffee.
    #5 OletimerLin 😀
    Mornin’Gang

  24. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well, we have dueling Labor Day threads. I sitting on the front porch finishing up my last cup of coffee.
    #5 OletimerLin 😀
    Mornin’Gang

  25. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    The Hamster Minions were working extra hard to get us set up for the holiday. 🙂

  26. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    The Hamster Minions were working extra hard to get us set up for the holiday. 🙂

  27. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good morning Hamsters. Delightful clear blue sky again early, 75 and comfortable at 6, steady NE breeze with occasional gusts makes you almost think this is a hint of Fall. Well, we who are desperate for Fall will use any excuse. I see Beaumont is getting some of Lee’s rain. Now if it will march about 100 miles west we could all share.

  28. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good morning Hamsters. Delightful clear blue sky again early, 75 and comfortable at 6, steady NE breeze with occasional gusts makes you almost think this is a hint of Fall. Well, we who are desperate for Fall will use any excuse. I see Beaumont is getting some of Lee’s rain. Now if it will march about 100 miles west we could all share.

  29. Hamous Avatar

    #7 OTL: It kind of makes one smile to watch then make something from nothing. It makes me want to buy some 10-20 HP horizontal shaft engines and start the tinkerin.

  30. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #7 OTL: It kind of makes one smile to watch then make something from nothing. It makes me want to buy some 10-20 HP horizontal shaft engines and start the tinkerin.

  31. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Back from a second day of deep adventure in search of the latest product to assume the mantle of gold–hay, specifically good horse hay. Green gold. Thanks to the neverending drought, good horse hay is at a premium as is cattle hay, which is one grade lower. What goats will eat is at the bottom of the edible scale, and if they won’t eat it, it is pure junk. Not to say that goats won’t eat horse hay, of course.

    Neighbors who have 5 horses and usually purchase hay from the same feed store we do were in search mode also since our customary source was completely out but tentatively expected a delivery Friday, which didn’t come. Then today was to be the day, limit 10 bales per customer when it did arrive. Another feed store nearby had a 5 bale llimit per customer. Neighbors then visited Craigs List yesterday for leads and found a feed store in Needville (S. of Rosenberg) advertising newly arrived hay. They drove down there and found wonderful fresh, green coastal bermuda hay just driven up from the Valley. Called us with the info. then asked if they could bring some for us, as they had room in their horse trailer. Bless our dear neighbors. They brought 10 for us (at $8.95 each) , for which I wrote the check for a bit more as a thank you and to help pay for gas. We fortunately had about 15 bales left from previous purchases, but you do not pass up a chance these days.

    Today we inquired about hay from our usual place, and it had arrived. Called the neighbors with the news, and we went over together. Meantime spouse decided we couldn’t fit any more bales in our hay space, which shares space with the stall bedding bags, spare fence posts, fence rails, and room to walk between them all. Solved the problem by neighbors offering to store 10 bales in their barn since they have a much larger space. Bless them again. So we each bought the 10 bales alotted (at $10.50 each) and found out that today the limit was 5 bales per regular customer, but since we were told 10 yesterday, we got 10.

    It is not unusual now for horse owners encountering a truck bearing hay going down the road to turn around and follow it to learn its destination. And regrettably these days stealing hay to sell is a booming illegal business, so one is wise not to have the supply visible from the street or the driveway or the road behind the property. Also advisable is good lighting at night around the barn and house.

  32. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Back from a second day of deep adventure in search of the latest product to assume the mantle of gold–hay, specifically good horse hay. Green gold. Thanks to the neverending drought, good horse hay is at a premium as is cattle hay, which is one grade lower. What goats will eat is at the bottom of the edible scale, and if they won’t eat it, it is pure junk. Not to say that goats won’t eat horse hay, of course.
    Neighbors who have 5 horses and usually purchase hay from the same feed store we do were in search mode also since our customary source was completely out but tentatively expected a delivery Friday, which didn’t come. Then today was to be the day, limit 10 bales per customer when it did arrive. Another feed store nearby had a 5 bale llimit per customer. Neighbors then visited Craigs List yesterday for leads and found a feed store in Needville (S. of Rosenberg) advertising newly arrived hay. They drove down there and found wonderful fresh, green coastal bermuda hay just driven up from the Valley. Called us with the info. then asked if they could bring some for us, as they had room in their horse trailer. Bless our dear neighbors. They brought 10 for us (at $8.95 each) , for which I wrote the check for a bit more as a thank you and to help pay for gas. We fortunately had about 15 bales left from previous purchases, but you do not pass up a chance these days.
    Today we inquired about hay from our usual place, and it had arrived. Called the neighbors with the news, and we went over together. Meantime spouse decided we couldn’t fit any more bales in our hay space, which shares space with the stall bedding bags, spare fence posts, fence rails, and room to walk between them all. Solved the problem by neighbors offering to store 10 bales in their barn since they have a much larger space. Bless them again. So we each bought the 10 bales alotted (at $10.50 each) and found out that today the limit was 5 bales per regular customer, but since we were told 10 yesterday, we got 10.
    It is not unusual now for horse owners encountering a truck bearing hay going down the road to turn around and follow it to learn its destination. And regrettably these days stealing hay to sell is a booming illegal business, so one is wise not to have the supply visible from the street or the driveway or the road behind the property. Also advisable is good lighting at night around the barn and house.

  33. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Adee, does hay store well for a long time, as long as it’s out of the rain? (No humor intended, just askin’.) With all the stories I’ve heard here this year about stolen horses and having to guard your horse hay, it is sounding like the old West.

  34. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Adee, does hay store well for a long time, as long as it’s out of the rain? (No humor intended, just askin’.) With all the stories I’ve heard here this year about stolen horses and having to guard your horse hay, it is sounding like the old West.

  35. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    What is all this nonsense about Apple iphone prototypes being left at/lost at bars? What kind of moron employee would go to a bar with a proprietary secret device, and then forget about it and somehow leave it there? This careless loss of a trade secret would never happen where I work, and if it did, it would be a firing offense.

    http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/09/02/iphone.5.prototype/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

  36. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    What is all this nonsense about Apple iphone prototypes being left at/lost at bars? What kind of moron employee would go to a bar with a proprietary secret device, and then forget about it and somehow leave it there? This careless loss of a trade secret would never happen where I work, and if it did, it would be a firing offense.
    http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/09/02/iphone.5.prototype/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

  37. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    On Drudge’s link to Open Air Pot Festival this weekend in Oakland, Ca, I found this clever comment:

    this would be a good time to napalm oakland!

    Sure, that’s a bit drastic, but I have come to despise Kalifornia.

    http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Nations-First-Marijuana-Street-Fair-Coming-to-Oakland-129143158.html

  38. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    On Drudge’s link to Open Air Pot Festival this weekend in Oakland, Ca, I found this clever comment:

    this would be a good time to napalm oakland!

    Sure, that’s a bit drastic, but I have come to despise Kalifornia.
    http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Nations-First-Marijuana-Street-Fair-Coming-to-Oakland-129143158.html

  39. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    You know, times have changed.

    There used to be a saying in the news bidness that went sumpin like this here:

    “Dog bites man” is not news. “Man bites dog: IS news.

    These days? Not so much.

  40. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    You know, times have changed.
    There used to be a saying in the news bidness that went sumpin like this here:
    “Dog bites man” is not news. “Man bites dog: IS news.
    These days? Not so much.

  41. Hamous Avatar

    #18 M42: I don’t think that leaving that phone was an accident. It was done so that it would get to the tech junkies who would put it through its paces and then blog all about it to spill the beans. Apple gets really great unbiased feedback and lots of free buzz about the new phone coming up. Any flaws in the prototype will be revealed prior to release of the real McCoy and they can be fixed before production ramps up. To make matters even better, all this research and error/flaw revelation is free to Apple; they pulled a “Tom Sawyer whitewashing the fence trick” on whomever was willing.
    Losing one phone in a bar is an accident, twice is on purpose.

  42. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #18 M42: I don’t think that leaving that phone was an accident. It was done so that it would get to the tech junkies who would put it through its paces and then blog all about it to spill the beans. Apple gets really great unbiased feedback and lots of free buzz about the new phone coming up. Any flaws in the prototype will be revealed prior to release of the real McCoy and they can be fixed before production ramps up. To make matters even better, all this research and error/flaw revelation is free to Apple; they pulled a “Tom Sawyer whitewashing the fence trick” on whomever was willing.
    Losing one phone in a bar is an accident, twice is on purpose.

  43. Hamous Avatar

    for our afternoon awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwe moment:

    fawn vs rock wall

  44. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    for our afternoon awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwe moment:
    fawn vs rock wall

  45. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    This video really defines the problem with welfare. Take the time to watch it before it is removed again.

  46. Hamous Avatar

    The Netherlands, where six per cent of the population is now Muslim, is scrapping multiculturalism:
    The Dutch government says it will abandon the long-standing model of multiculturalism that has encouraged Muslim immigrants to create a parallel society within the Netherlands.
    A new integration bill, which Dutch Interior Minister Piet Hein Donner presented to parliament on June 16, reads:
    “The government shares the social dissatisfaction over the multicultural society model and plans to shift priority to the values of the Dutch people.
    In the new integration system, the values of the Dutch society play a central role.
    With this change, the government steps away from the model of a multicultural society.”
    The letter continues: “A more obligatory integration is justified because
    the government also demands that from its own citizens. It is necessary
    because otherwise the society gradually grows apart and eventually no one
    feels at home anymore in the Netherlands…”
    The new integration policy will place more demands on immigrants. For
    example, immigrants will be required to learn the Dutch language, and the
    government will take a tougher approach to immigrants who ignore Dutch values or disobey Dutch law.
    The government will also stop offering special subsidies for Muslim
    immigrants because, according to Donner, “it is not the government’s job to integrate immigrants.” (How bloody true )
    The government will introduce new legislation that
    outlaws forced marriages and will also impose tougher measures against
    Muslim immigrants who lower their chances of employment by the way they dress.
    More specifically, the government will impose a ban on face-covering
    Islamic burqas as of January 1, 2013.
    Holland has done that whole liberal thing, and realised – maybe too late –
    that creating a nation of tribes will kill the nation itself.
    Australia’s future may well be read here.
    READERS NOTE: Muslim immigrants leave their countries of birth because of civil and political unrest
    CREATED BY THE VERY NATURE OF THEIR CULTURE.
    Countries like Holland and Australia have an established way of life that actually works, so why embrace the unworkable?
    If Muslims do not wish to accept another culture, the answer is simple STAY WHERE YOU ARE!!
    This gives a whole new meaning to the term ‘Dutch Courage’

    If we could only wake the wiss up and do that here! Don’t just focus on the moooooooooooooooooslims but the invasion from the south needs to be addressed as well.

  47. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    The Netherlands, where six per cent of the population is now Muslim, is scrapping multiculturalism:
    The Dutch government says it will abandon the long-standing model of multiculturalism that has encouraged Muslim immigrants to create a parallel society within the Netherlands.
    A new integration bill, which Dutch Interior Minister Piet Hein Donner presented to parliament on June 16, reads:
    “The government shares the social dissatisfaction over the multicultural society model and plans to shift priority to the values of the Dutch people.
    In the new integration system, the values of the Dutch society play a central role.
    With this change, the government steps away from the model of a multicultural society.”
    The letter continues: “A more obligatory integration is justified because
    the government also demands that from its own citizens. It is necessary
    because otherwise the society gradually grows apart and eventually no one
    feels at home anymore in the Netherlands…”
    The new integration policy will place more demands on immigrants. For
    example, immigrants will be required to learn the Dutch language, and the
    government will take a tougher approach to immigrants who ignore Dutch values or disobey Dutch law.
    The government will also stop offering special subsidies for Muslim
    immigrants because, according to Donner, “it is not the government’s job to integrate immigrants.” (How bloody true )
    The government will introduce new legislation that
    outlaws forced marriages and will also impose tougher measures against
    Muslim immigrants who lower their chances of employment by the way they dress.
    More specifically, the government will impose a ban on face-covering
    Islamic burqas as of January 1, 2013.
    Holland has done that whole liberal thing, and realised – maybe too late –
    that creating a nation of tribes will kill the nation itself.
    Australia’s future may well be read here.
    READERS NOTE: Muslim immigrants leave their countries of birth because of civil and political unrest
    CREATED BY THE VERY NATURE OF THEIR CULTURE.
    Countries like Holland and Australia have an established way of life that actually works, so why embrace the unworkable?
    If Muslims do not wish to accept another culture, the answer is simple STAY WHERE YOU ARE!!
    This gives a whole new meaning to the term ‘Dutch Courage’

    If we could only wake the wiss up and do that here! Don’t just focus on the moooooooooooooooooslims but the invasion from the south needs to be addressed as well.

  48. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #22 Bonecrusher that was neat, but how did the little guy wind up under a pile of rocks? His mama looked real concerned abouy the guys that were trying to help. I went over to Fort Gaines Georgia today and saw a spotted fawn run across the road in broad daylight, coming back through Skipperville I saw a “Jake Turkey” walking across a field. It’s odd to have spotted fawns this late in the year but it is because it’s been so dry that the does breed later than normal. The other day, I saw 5 fawns running around the front yard and between the buildings at work, chasing each other.

  49. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #22 Bonecrusher that was neat, but how did the little guy wind up under a pile of rocks? His mama looked real concerned abouy the guys that were trying to help. I went over to Fort Gaines Georgia today and saw a spotted fawn run across the road in broad daylight, coming back through Skipperville I saw a “Jake Turkey” walking across a field. It’s odd to have spotted fawns this late in the year but it is because it’s been so dry that the does breed later than normal. The other day, I saw 5 fawns running around the front yard and between the buildings at work, chasing each other.

  50. Hamous Avatar

    #25 SD: Apparently the critter was walking on the wall and a rock shifted and it fell in and could not get back out.

  51. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #25 SD: Apparently the critter was walking on the wall and a rock shifted and it fell in and could not get back out.

  52. Hamous Avatar

    WATCH THE VIDEO LINKED ON #23 ABOVE I wanna see some feedback and solutions.

  53. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    WATCH THE VIDEO LINKED ON #23 ABOVE I wanna see some feedback and solutions.

  54. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #17 mharper42, A square bale of coastal bermuda hay can last a year or more if kept dry and under cover so it doesn’t get wet and moldy. Must check the roof over the storage area for leaks and plug them or store the hay elsewhere in the building and keep it away from open barn windows and doors. The exterior of a bale will naturally bleach to sort of a beige when exposed to light after a while but will remain greenish inside unless stored for a really long time.

    The best horse hay doesn’t grow this far south but thrives in colder climates farther north in the Midwest and west. It is timothy grass, and many large breeding and training farms bring it down here by the truckload. Several friends in Wisconsin raise hay for their horses and for sale; they plant timothy and alfalfa in the same fields so the hay is a mix of the two. This is munching nirvana. Timothy by itself is expensive enough to import, and the mix is even moreso. We can’t afford it.

  55. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #17 mharper42, A square bale of coastal bermuda hay can last a year or more if kept dry and under cover so it doesn’t get wet and moldy. Must check the roof over the storage area for leaks and plug them or store the hay elsewhere in the building and keep it away from open barn windows and doors. The exterior of a bale will naturally bleach to sort of a beige when exposed to light after a while but will remain greenish inside unless stored for a really long time.
    The best horse hay doesn’t grow this far south but thrives in colder climates farther north in the Midwest and west. It is timothy grass, and many large breeding and training farms bring it down here by the truckload. Several friends in Wisconsin raise hay for their horses and for sale; they plant timothy and alfalfa in the same fields so the hay is a mix of the two. This is munching nirvana. Timothy by itself is expensive enough to import, and the mix is even moreso. We can’t afford it.

  56. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #27 Bones
    I watched the Judge Judy video when someone posted it recently, but I just watched it again in its entirety. Both the plaintiff (30-y/o woman) and the defendant (21-y/o-man) are garbage. The various handouts given to send this turkey to school all appear to be wasted. Assuming we have a conservative victory in 2012, we gotta start shutting down these giveaway programs as fast as humanly possible. The turkey’s handouts mentioned did not all seem to be from the federal gubmint, but as that is the most wasteful level, that is where we need to start.

    I didn’t hear in the video any respect in which the gal was on welfare, but it would not surprise me to find out that she was.

  57. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #27 Bones
    I watched the Judge Judy video when someone posted it recently, but I just watched it again in its entirety. Both the plaintiff (30-y/o woman) and the defendant (21-y/o-man) are garbage. The various handouts given to send this turkey to school all appear to be wasted. Assuming we have a conservative victory in 2012, we gotta start shutting down these giveaway programs as fast as humanly possible. The turkey’s handouts mentioned did not all seem to be from the federal gubmint, but as that is the most wasteful level, that is where we need to start.
    I didn’t hear in the video any respect in which the gal was on welfare, but it would not surprise me to find out that she was.

  58. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    #27 Bonecrusher:

    There is no solution, short of turning off the tap. I don’t think there is the political will to do that.

    Our political system breeds laziness and our educational system teaches stupidity. The sad thing is that your video is just one example of a whole generation that has been completely lost. Even more evil is the fact that racist liberals have done the worst damage to young black men.

  59. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    #27 Bonecrusher:
    There is no solution, short of turning off the tap. I don’t think there is the political will to do that.
    Our political system breeds laziness and our educational system teaches stupidity. The sad thing is that your video is just one example of a whole generation that has been completely lost. Even more evil is the fact that racist liberals have done the worst damage to young black men.

  60. Hamous Avatar

    They male garbage simply would not shut up, I found that to be exceptionally rude and it exposed his profound ignorance. He could not/would not grasp the concept that money for rent is for rent only, kinda like our fed govt who steals the SS money and spends it on other crap and when the SS bill is due there is no money left. I used the word steal on purpose because that is exactly what it is – stealing. I don’t believe that the male garbage ever spoke a correct sentence grammar wise and he is in his 3rd year of college?? What the wiss are they teaching in that “college”?
    The female garbage was suing the male garbage because the male garbage would not pay the agreed rent, he thinks he is so great that merely being in his presence is rent enough – kind of like the usurper in chief. The entitlement mentality is stunning in its arrogance.

  61. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    They male garbage simply would not shut up, I found that to be exceptionally rude and it exposed his profound ignorance. He could not/would not grasp the concept that money for rent is for rent only, kinda like our fed govt who steals the SS money and spends it on other crap and when the SS bill is due there is no money left. I used the word steal on purpose because that is exactly what it is – stealing. I don’t believe that the male garbage ever spoke a correct sentence grammar wise and he is in his 3rd year of college?? What the wiss are they teaching in that “college”?
    The female garbage was suing the male garbage because the male garbage would not pay the agreed rent, he thinks he is so great that merely being in his presence is rent enough – kind of like the usurper in chief. The entitlement mentality is stunning in its arrogance.

  62. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    #13 Bones:

    I don’t believe that the male garbage ever spoke a correct sentence grammar wise and he is in his 3rd year of college?? What the wiss are they teaching in that “college”?

    At best they are teaching the remedial courses necessary to make up for the lack of education in K-12 schools. I teach in community college. I see kids – high school graduates, mind you – who:

    * Do not know who Mark Twain or Charles Dickens are,
    * Cannot properly match the tense of a noun and verb – and don’t understand the need,
    * Cannot perform a simple algebraic transformation as in C=B*A is the same as B=C/A,
    * Cannot explain the difference between the American Revolution and the American Civil
    War,
    * Cannot locate major countries such as Russia, Israel, or even the USA on a world map.
    * Cannot name the current Vice President of the US.

    They can however accurately name all three of the Kardashian sisters and explain why global warming will soon destroy the world.

    Much of the problem evident in the Judge Judy video is due to simple ignorance.

    The worst problem is that the public schools spend a lot of time teaching students to feel really good about themselves in spite of their ignorance! That makes it almost impossible to try to remediate their shortcomings when they get to college.

  63. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    #13 Bones:

    I don’t believe that the male garbage ever spoke a correct sentence grammar wise and he is in his 3rd year of college?? What the wiss are they teaching in that “college”?

    At best they are teaching the remedial courses necessary to make up for the lack of education in K-12 schools. I teach in community college. I see kids – high school graduates, mind you – who:
    * Do not know who Mark Twain or Charles Dickens are,
    * Cannot properly match the tense of a noun and verb – and don’t understand the need,
    * Cannot perform a simple algebraic transformation as in C=B*A is the same as B=C/A,
    * Cannot explain the difference between the American Revolution and the American Civil
    War,
    * Cannot locate major countries such as Russia, Israel, or even the USA on a world map.
    * Cannot name the current Vice President of the US.
    They can however accurately name all three of the Kardashian sisters and explain why global warming will soon destroy the world.
    Much of the problem evident in the Judge Judy video is due to simple ignorance.
    The worst problem is that the public schools spend a lot of time teaching students to feel really good about themselves in spite of their ignorance! That makes it almost impossible to try to remediate their shortcomings when they get to college.

  64. Hamous Avatar

    RE #27 garbage video: The whole thing really grieves me that I think about my fellow man as garbage, yet try as I may I can come to no other conclusion. The garbage is not 100% at fault, but at least 90%. They have been taught for a lifetime that govt money comes from the land of RFUs and there is an endless supply of it. That are taught that they are owed the RFU money because there was once slavery and segregation (the fact that slavery was abolished 145 years ago and segregation abolished 45 years ago is irrelevant) what the wiss are they learning in K-12 public school?? Why can they not understand that money from the gov’t is first taken from the citizens??
    The welfare brood mares (to quote Chris Baker) have become an incredible burden on our society in a similar fashion as the poor mistreated Gazans have on Israeli society. This is not an accident, it is by design – it creates problems that only the elites can fix and garner more power to themselves; the fact that the elites created the problem in the first place is irrelevant.
    Turn off the tap in a steady controlled fashion. Start cutting every federal program, agency bureau, etc that is not specifically constitutionally mandated. Kill the income tax and replace it with a national retail sales tax. Remove from office every judge or legislator that advocates extra-constitutional involvement.

  65. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    RE #27 garbage video: The whole thing really grieves me that I think about my fellow man as garbage, yet try as I may I can come to no other conclusion. The garbage is not 100% at fault, but at least 90%. They have been taught for a lifetime that govt money comes from the land of RFUs and there is an endless supply of it. That are taught that they are owed the RFU money because there was once slavery and segregation (the fact that slavery was abolished 145 years ago and segregation abolished 45 years ago is irrelevant) what the wiss are they learning in K-12 public school?? Why can they not understand that money from the gov’t is first taken from the citizens??
    The welfare brood mares (to quote Chris Baker) have become an incredible burden on our society in a similar fashion as the poor mistreated Gazans have on Israeli society. This is not an accident, it is by design – it creates problems that only the elites can fix and garner more power to themselves; the fact that the elites created the problem in the first place is irrelevant.
    Turn off the tap in a steady controlled fashion. Start cutting every federal program, agency bureau, etc that is not specifically constitutionally mandated. Kill the income tax and replace it with a national retail sales tax. Remove from office every judge or legislator that advocates extra-constitutional involvement.

  66. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Ramirez editorial cartoon in the Saturday HouChron:
    http://www.investors.com/EditorialCartoons/Cartoon.aspx?id=583631

  67. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Ramirez editorial cartoon in the Saturday HouChron:
    http://www.investors.com/EditorialCartoons/Cartoon.aspx?id=583631

  68. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Ramirez and Iowahawk forever. 🙂

  69. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Ramirez and Iowahawk forever. 🙂

  70. Tedtam Avatar

    I’ve been busy for a while, and come back to find no new comments on the thread I set up. When I created my OC thread, there were no drafts. Therefore, I must assume that WB is trying to steal my Labor Day thunder.

    If I were a nun, I’d go get a ruler and slap his knuckles. Instead….

    /glower

    I still think Mike Rowe’s speech was AWESOME.

  71. Tedtam Avatar

    I’ve been busy for a while, and come back to find no new comments on the thread I set up. When I created my OC thread, there were no drafts. Therefore, I must assume that WB is trying to steal my Labor Day thunder.
    If I were a nun, I’d go get a ruler and slap his knuckles. Instead….
    /glower
    I still think Mike Rowe’s speech was AWESOME.

  72. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    GEAUX SLIPPERY ROCK

    Slippery Rock vs. Seton Hill University
    W 51-14

  73. squawkbox Avatar

    GEAUX SLIPPERY ROCK
    Slippery Rock vs. Seton Hill University
    W 51-14

  74. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I’m no expert, but I’m beginning to think the weather forecasters may have missed the track for tropical storm Shelia Jackson Lee. The radar seems to indicate that it may be a little closer to us than originally anticipated. I’ve got wind and rain in Seabrook (gas too, but that’s not storm related). Maybe something good will come out of this yet.

  75. El Gordo Avatar

    I’m no expert, but I’m beginning to think the weather forecasters may have missed the track for tropical storm Shelia Jackson Lee. The radar seems to indicate that it may be a little closer to us than originally anticipated. I’ve got wind and rain in Seabrook (gas too, but that’s not storm related). Maybe something good will come out of this yet.

  76. Katfish Avatar

    #36 crazy aunt
    I scheduled it at about 11:00 last night.

    Sorry.

    🙁

  77. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #36 crazy aunt
    I scheduled it at about 11:00 last night.
    Sorry.
    🙁

  78. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    (gas too, but that’s not storm related)

    Well face southeast when it has to blow, please.

  79. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    (gas too, but that’s not storm related)

    Well face southeast when it has to blow, please.

  80. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    UH beats UCLA, Notre Dame loses…It must be football time again.

  81. El Gordo Avatar

    UH beats UCLA, Notre Dame loses…It must be football time again.

  82. Tedtam Avatar

    #39 WB

    I wonder if there’s some way to merge the two threads? Mike’s speech was just too awesome.

  83. Tedtam Avatar

    #39 WB
    I wonder if there’s some way to merge the two threads? Mike’s speech was just too awesome.

  84. Katfish Avatar

    How about I resched it for Tuesday?

  85. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    How about I resched it for Tuesday?

  86. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #42 #43 Y’all get a room. Ducks and hauls BUTT!

  87. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #42 #43 Y’all get a room. Ducks and hauls BUTT!

  88. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #38 ‘Bout the storm, it was barely in the Atchafala Bay this morning then drifted south, then west. I’ve been checking the Lat-Lon every 3 hours when the new report comes in. LQQks like I’ll be driving back through the Dayaam Thang no matter what, I was hoping that it would come on in a weaken a little so the drive through Louisana wouldn’t be so brutal. Oh well, it’ll be what it is. I figger that we’ll some pretty good rain here in Alabamy since we’re on the dirty side but it would be great if it slipped a little more to the west.

  89. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #38 ‘Bout the storm, it was barely in the Atchafala Bay this morning then drifted south, then west. I’ve been checking the Lat-Lon every 3 hours when the new report comes in. LQQks like I’ll be driving back through the Dayaam Thang no matter what, I was hoping that it would come on in a weaken a little so the drive through Louisana wouldn’t be so brutal. Oh well, it’ll be what it is. I figger that we’ll some pretty good rain here in Alabamy since we’re on the dirty side but it would be great if it slipped a little more to the west.

  90. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #38 EG
    Light rain in Near NW-Houston. I went out at 9:30 to move my sprinklers and got rained on as I ran around turning off that expensive CoH summer-rates water. I fully expect to faint dead away when I get my next water bill. One of my sprinklers is a new one, capable of shooting water 75 ft in a low trajectory at full volume, so I am now throwing more water on my yard than I ever have during this or any other Houston drought.

  91. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #38 EG
    Light rain in Near NW-Houston. I went out at 9:30 to move my sprinklers and got rained on as I ran around turning off that expensive CoH summer-rates water. I fully expect to faint dead away when I get my next water bill. One of my sprinklers is a new one, capable of shooting water 75 ft in a low trajectory at full volume, so I am now throwing more water on my yard than I ever have during this or any other Houston drought.

  92. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #28 Adee
    I am glad you are able to find the hay you need for your horses. This has just been a traumatic year in so many respects, and Texas has had its full share of troubles. Come on, Nov 2012!

  93. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #28 Adee
    I am glad you are able to find the hay you need for your horses. This has just been a traumatic year in so many respects, and Texas has had its full share of troubles. Come on, Nov 2012!

  94. Tedtam Avatar

    #43 WB

    Deal.

    SuperDave –

    No room. WB thinks I’m a hussy, and I’m sure his lovely wife would never let him get away with being in a room with a hussy.

    Burner – tell your wife hello for me!

  95. Tedtam Avatar

    #43 WB
    Deal.
    SuperDave –
    No room. WB thinks I’m a hussy, and I’m sure his lovely wife would never let him get away with being in a room with a hussy.
    Burner – tell your wife hello for me!

  96. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    TT, I see your extra (and very nice) (Mike Rowe) thread has disappeared, presumably to reappear on Tuesday. I write all my comments in notepad and then paste them into hamous.org, so I’ll just pop my same stale notes back in when I see the topic again. 😀

  97. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    TT, I see your extra (and very nice) (Mike Rowe) thread has disappeared, presumably to reappear on Tuesday. I write all my comments in notepad and then paste them into hamous.org, so I’ll just pop my same stale notes back in when I see the topic again. 😀

  98. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #37 Squawk

    Slippery Rock vs. Seton Hill University

    Are these real places? Or satire?

  99. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #37 Squawk

    Slippery Rock vs. Seton Hill University

    Are these real places? Or satire?

  100. Katfish Avatar

    I’m sure his lovely wife would never let him get away with being in a room with a hussy.

    Yellow Hair’s mean as a snake.

  101. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    I’m sure his lovely wife would never let him get away with being in a room with a hussy.

    Yellow Hair’s mean as a snake.

  102. Katfish Avatar

    I’ll just pop my same stale notes back in when I see the topic again.

    They’ll still be there.

  103. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    I’ll just pop my same stale notes back in when I see the topic again.

    They’ll still be there.

  104. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    10 PM Update Still drifting west.

    AT 1000 PM CDT…0300 UTC…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LEE WAS
    LOCATED BY RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS JUST OFF THE SOUTHERN
    COAST OF LOUISIANA NEAR LATITUDE 29.4 NORTH…LONGITUDE 92.6 WEST.
    LEE HAS BEEN DRIFTING TOWARD THE WEST DURING THE PAST FEW
    HOURS…HOWEVER A SLOW NORTHWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
    OVERNIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY. A SLOW NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED
    BY SUNDAY NIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK…THE CENTER OF LEE IS
    EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE THE LOUISIANA COAST OVERNIGHT…THEN MOVE
    SLOWLY ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
    MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 50 MPH…85 KM/H…WITH HIGHER
    GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
    DAYS.
    TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES…415 KM
    FROM THE CENTER…MAINLY OVER WATER.

  105. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    10 PM Update Still drifting west.

    AT 1000 PM CDT…0300 UTC…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LEE WAS
    LOCATED BY RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS JUST OFF THE SOUTHERN
    COAST OF LOUISIANA NEAR LATITUDE 29.4 NORTH…LONGITUDE 92.6 WEST.
    LEE HAS BEEN DRIFTING TOWARD THE WEST DURING THE PAST FEW
    HOURS…HOWEVER A SLOW NORTHWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
    OVERNIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY. A SLOW NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED
    BY SUNDAY NIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK…THE CENTER OF LEE IS
    EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE THE LOUISIANA COAST OVERNIGHT…THEN MOVE
    SLOWLY ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
    MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 50 MPH…85 KM/H…WITH HIGHER
    GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
    DAYS.
    TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES…415 KM
    FROM THE CENTER…MAINLY OVER WATER.

  106. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #45 Dave
    Didn’t NASA have any big ole open containers layin’ around JSC that you could haul to Alabama with you? Then you coulda scored us some water as you drive home through the storm. Well, just a thought. Day-dream, really.

  107. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #45 Dave
    Didn’t NASA have any big ole open containers layin’ around JSC that you could haul to Alabama with you? Then you coulda scored us some water as you drive home through the storm. Well, just a thought. Day-dream, really.

  108. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #52 Pyro
    Medicine man have many great powers. 😯

  109. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #52 Pyro
    Medicine man have many great powers. 😯

  110. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #54 mharper42

    Didn’t NASA have any big ole open containers layin’ around JSC that you could haul to Alabama with you?

    Nah, not really but we’ve been having 3-5 water main breaks in or subdivision every week. Watching 1000’s of gallons of water running into the storm drains drives me crazy, especially with my water bill @ $150! So what we need to do is buy a bilge pump and some 55 gallon plastic drums and just load up all the wasted water, it’s on it’s way to Galveston Bay anyway. 😉

  111. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #54 mharper42

    Didn’t NASA have any big ole open containers layin’ around JSC that you could haul to Alabama with you?

    Nah, not really but we’ve been having 3-5 water main breaks in or subdivision every week. Watching 1000’s of gallons of water running into the storm drains drives me crazy, especially with my water bill @ $150! So what we need to do is buy a bilge pump and some 55 gallon plastic drums and just load up all the wasted water, it’s on it’s way to Galveston Bay anyway. 😉

  112. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I saw a picture in the Chronicle or somewhere showing a woman doing just that, pumping water from a broken pipe out of the curb in front of her house and up into the yard.

  113. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I saw a picture in the Chronicle or somewhere showing a woman doing just that, pumping water from a broken pipe out of the curb in front of her house and up into the yard.

  114. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Nitey nite, getting late for an ole worn-out homeowner trying to keep her trees alive on a tight schedule.

  115. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Nitey nite, getting late for an ole worn-out homeowner trying to keep her trees alive on a tight schedule.

  116. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    I tell ya we get no love. Watching radar in motion, this green mass bumps right up against us and takes a quick jog east, and around us. Prolly was a wimpy storm anyway, take that green mass.

  117. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    I tell ya we get no love. Watching radar in motion, this green mass bumps right up against us and takes a quick jog east, and around us. Prolly was a wimpy storm anyway, take that green mass.

  118. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Dayaam what am I still doing up? Nytol.

  119. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Dayaam what am I still doing up? Nytol.

  120. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Well it’s just after daybreak over here and I’m starting my first cup of coffee, beautiful weather here but that may change late today/tonight. There’s already a big band of rain to the west of us.
    Mornin’ Gang

  121. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well it’s just after daybreak over here and I’m starting my first cup of coffee, beautiful weather here but that may change late today/tonight. There’s already a big band of rain to the west of us.
    Mornin’ Gang

  122. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Oh and the storm moved a little north and east and is over Vermilion Bay 29.7 -92.0.

  123. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Oh and the storm moved a little north and east and is over Vermilion Bay 29.7 -92.0.

  124. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #60 Katfishy
    Wow! You proved those are real, but I sure never heard of Slippery Rock U before.

  125. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #60 Katfishy
    Wow! You proved those are real, but I sure never heard of Slippery Rock U before.

  126. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    G’Sunday Morning all

    Seems like OBH is doing at least one thing good.

    Sep 4, 5:04 AM EDT
    Labor unions adjust to new reality under Obama
    By SAM HANANEL
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON (AP) — In the early days of the Obama administration, organized labor had grand visions of pushing through a sweeping agenda that would help boost sagging membership and help revive union strength.

    Now labor faces this reality: Public employee unions are in a drawn-out fight for their very survival in Wisconsin, Ohio and other states where GOP lawmakers have curbed collective bargaining rights. Also, many union leaders are grousing that the president they worked so hard to elect has not focused enough on job creation and other bold plans to get their members back to work.

    “Obama campaigned big, but he’s governing small,” said Larry Hanley, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union.

    Labor remains a core Democratic constituency and union leaders will stand with Obama in Detroit this Labor Day, where he will address thousands of rank-and-file members during the city’s annual parade on Monday.

    But at the same time, unions have begun shifting money and resources out of Democratic congressional campaigns and back to the states in a furious effort to reverse or limit GOP measures that could wipe out union rolls.

    The AFL-CIO’s president, Richard Trumka, says it’s part of a new strategy for labor to build an independent voice separate from the Democratic Party.

    Union donations to federal candidates at the beginning of this year were down about 40 percent compared with the same period in 2009, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Last month, a dozen trade unions said they would boycott next year’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., over frustration on the economy and to protest the event’s location in a right-to-work state.

    “The pendulum has swung a long way,” said Ross Eisenbrey, a vice president of the liberal Economic Policy Institute. “In the next year, I think all unions can really hope for is to keep more bad things from happening and to get as much of a jobs program enacted as possible.”

  127. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    G’Sunday Morning all
    Seems like OBH is doing at least one thing good.

    Sep 4, 5:04 AM EDT
    Labor unions adjust to new reality under Obama
    By SAM HANANEL
    Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — In the early days of the Obama administration, organized labor had grand visions of pushing through a sweeping agenda that would help boost sagging membership and help revive union strength.
    Now labor faces this reality: Public employee unions are in a drawn-out fight for their very survival in Wisconsin, Ohio and other states where GOP lawmakers have curbed collective bargaining rights. Also, many union leaders are grousing that the president they worked so hard to elect has not focused enough on job creation and other bold plans to get their members back to work.
    “Obama campaigned big, but he’s governing small,” said Larry Hanley, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union.
    Labor remains a core Democratic constituency and union leaders will stand with Obama in Detroit this Labor Day, where he will address thousands of rank-and-file members during the city’s annual parade on Monday.
    But at the same time, unions have begun shifting money and resources out of Democratic congressional campaigns and back to the states in a furious effort to reverse or limit GOP measures that could wipe out union rolls.
    The AFL-CIO’s president, Richard Trumka, says it’s part of a new strategy for labor to build an independent voice separate from the Democratic Party.
    Union donations to federal candidates at the beginning of this year were down about 40 percent compared with the same period in 2009, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Last month, a dozen trade unions said they would boycott next year’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., over frustration on the economy and to protest the event’s location in a right-to-work state.
    “The pendulum has swung a long way,” said Ross Eisenbrey, a vice president of the liberal Economic Policy Institute. “In the next year, I think all unions can really hope for is to keep more bad things from happening and to get as much of a jobs program enacted as possible.”

  128. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    You really have to feel sorry for OBH’s uncle Omar.

    He’s sitting in jail and the only guy he can call for bail money is fourteen trillion dollars in debt.

  129. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    You really have to feel sorry for OBH’s uncle Omar.
    He’s sitting in jail and the only guy he can call for bail money is fourteen trillion dollars in debt.

  130. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    When I was in the Marines and working on thebrand new classified F4 Phantom, I had to be vetted. Why don’t we make all politicians do the same?

    http://www.wright.edu/academics/armyrotc/cadetinformation/sf86work.doc

  131. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    When I was in the Marines and working on thebrand new classified F4 Phantom, I had to be vetted. Why don’t we make all politicians do the same?
    http://www.wright.edu/academics/armyrotc/cadetinformation/sf86work.doc

  132. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    3-5 water main breaks in or subdivision every week

    I’m so tired of repairing leaks.
    Even my backhoe contractor says he’s tired of it (as he whistles all the way to the bank).

  133. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    3-5 water main breaks in or subdivision every week

    I’m so tired of repairing leaks.
    Even my backhoe contractor says he’s tired of it (as he whistles all the way to the bank).

  134. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    From Mo Dowd’s column:

    If the languid Obama had not done his usual irritating fourth-quarter play, if he had presented a jobs plan a year ago and fought for it, he wouldn’t have needed to elevate the setting. How will he up the ante next time? A speech from the space station?

    No, wait — that won’t work. Obummer killed the shuttle and he would have no reliable way to get up there.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/opinion/dowd-one-and-done.html?_r=3

  135. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    From Mo Dowd’s column:

    If the languid Obama had not done his usual irritating fourth-quarter play, if he had presented a jobs plan a year ago and fought for it, he wouldn’t have needed to elevate the setting. How will he up the ante next time? A speech from the space station?

    No, wait — that won’t work. Obummer killed the shuttle and he would have no reliable way to get up there.
    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/opinion/dowd-one-and-done.html?_r=3

  136. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good morning Hamsters. Well, not one drop from Lee last night but at least cooling breezes helped keep us to only 96 yesterday. Good grief, 96 is now only 96. And the 78 this morning was pleasant since the humidity was only 57%.

    It’s overcast by empty high clouds; a tempered though still gusty northerly breeze pulls down leaf clusters and branchlets and sends the myriad leaves swirling through the yard and patio. Two red oak branchlets came down in the back yard yesterday, full green leaves and numerous ripe acrons weighing them down so their anchoring branches snapped in the winds. They will be good eating for the woodsy cohort.

    The fountain has leafy debris to be scooped out before adding the customary 2 gallons for the day. Plants on the front porch were pummeled this way and that yesterday and are a tad the worse for wear but likely to recover. Those flowers that halfway survived the drought and heat are tough as are the shrubs and decorative grasses. Humble airplane plants can survive just about anything it appears, and besides they are attractive. They froze to the root last winter and came back; they are still healthy in this awful heat if they get a drink every couple of days and still flower. We’ve about decided that whatever survives we should plant more of.

  137. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good morning Hamsters. Well, not one drop from Lee last night but at least cooling breezes helped keep us to only 96 yesterday. Good grief, 96 is now only 96. And the 78 this morning was pleasant since the humidity was only 57%.
    It’s overcast by empty high clouds; a tempered though still gusty northerly breeze pulls down leaf clusters and branchlets and sends the myriad leaves swirling through the yard and patio. Two red oak branchlets came down in the back yard yesterday, full green leaves and numerous ripe acrons weighing them down so their anchoring branches snapped in the winds. They will be good eating for the woodsy cohort.
    The fountain has leafy debris to be scooped out before adding the customary 2 gallons for the day. Plants on the front porch were pummeled this way and that yesterday and are a tad the worse for wear but likely to recover. Those flowers that halfway survived the drought and heat are tough as are the shrubs and decorative grasses. Humble airplane plants can survive just about anything it appears, and besides they are attractive. They froze to the root last winter and came back; they are still healthy in this awful heat if they get a drink every couple of days and still flower. We’ve about decided that whatever survives we should plant more of.

  138. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    72 Adee
    The evil Airplane Plant.
    They laugh at Roundup.

  139. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    72 Adee
    The evil Airplane Plant.
    They laugh at Roundup.

  140. Katfish Avatar

    #71 mh42

    Maybe Obama was not even the person he was waiting for.

  141. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #71 mh42

    Maybe Obama was not even the person he was waiting for.

  142. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #75 Pyro
    Wonder if it has hit him yet that he has no particular skills, knowledge or abilities. “Clean and articulate” don’t get you very far in the real world, if that is all you can lay claim to.

  143. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #75 Pyro
    Wonder if it has hit him yet that he has no particular skills, knowledge or abilities. “Clean and articulate” don’t get you very far in the real world, if that is all you can lay claim to.

  144. Katfish Avatar

    Wonder if we’ll hear anything new on Thursday?

    For more than two years the president has been giving “important” jobs speeches — and no wonder. After an $830 billion stimulus and multiple “jobs” bills since, the employment picture has only deteriorated. The economy added zero jobs in August, and 2.4 million fewer people work today than when Obama took office.

  145. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Wonder if we’ll hear anything new on Thursday?

    For more than two years the president has been giving “important” jobs speeches — and no wonder. After an $830 billion stimulus and multiple “jobs” bills since, the employment picture has only deteriorated. The economy added zero jobs in August, and 2.4 million fewer people work today than when Obama took office.

  146. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    ol timer can have his flying fish (67) I want one or two of these
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=2bznBJbuass

  147. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    ol timer can have his flying fish (67) I want one or two of these
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=2bznBJbuass

  148. Hamous Avatar

    What are the odds that O’Erkle gets “primaried”? Who do you think the most likely is, I say Hitlery or Large Intestine Powell.
    I put the odds at close to 50%.

  149. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    What are the odds that O’Erkle gets “primaried”? Who do you think the most likely is, I say Hitlery or Large Intestine Powell.
    I put the odds at close to 50%.

  150. Hamous Avatar

    #79 Tex: The barrel is too short and too much velocity is lost because of it. Add another 7-8″ and you could add another 2-3 rounds in each tube. Overall it is a great concept.

  151. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #79 Tex: The barrel is too short and too much velocity is lost because of it. Add another 7-8″ and you could add another 2-3 rounds in each tube. Overall it is a great concept.

  152. Hamous Avatar

    #80 Pyro: competing, non-matching or offsetting plaid makes my brain hurt.

  153. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #80 Pyro: competing, non-matching or offsetting plaid makes my brain hurt.

  154. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    82: If you look at other videos it comes in a longer length that holds four shells per tube.
    As a personal weapon, not hunting, it appears quite effective.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tnuWf0xP20

  155. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    82: If you look at other videos it comes in a longer length that holds four shells per tube.
    As a personal weapon, not hunting, it appears quite effective.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tnuWf0xP20

  156. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #80 Pyro

    Jesus sayeth, It’s back to school time, in my b!tchin’ Phineas Cole houndstooth wool jacket, $1,384 from Paul Stuart.

    This stuff even offends me!

    (With the tasteless text — who cares about the dumbaxx clothes.)

  157. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #80 Pyro

    Jesus sayeth, It’s back to school time, in my b!tchin’ Phineas Cole houndstooth wool jacket, $1,384 from Paul Stuart.

    This stuff even offends me!
    (With the tasteless text — who cares about the dumbaxx clothes.)

  158. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #81 Bones
    Betcha that “Large Intestine Powell” does not have the cojones to oppose Obummer.

  159. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #81 Bones
    Betcha that “Large Intestine Powell” does not have the cojones to oppose Obummer.

  160. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #85 Tex-Can

    “Give a Man a Fish…” and he will riot for more free fish

    Yep. 🙂

  161. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #85 Tex-Can

    “Give a Man a Fish…” and he will riot for more free fish

    Yep. 🙂

  162. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Well, I’m just popping in for a sec, I pulled the trigger on “Plan B” and I’m pole-vaulting across Mississippi on I 20, I’m leaving Jackson now. That Dayaam storm still hasn’t moved! LQQking at the radar, it’s raining like H3!! at the farm house. Got 1/2 inch while I was in the shower this morning before I left
    Later :wink:.

  163. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well, I’m just popping in for a sec, I pulled the trigger on “Plan B” and I’m pole-vaulting across Mississippi on I 20, I’m leaving Jackson now. That Dayaam storm still hasn’t moved! LQQking at the radar, it’s raining like H3!! at the farm house. Got 1/2 inch while I was in the shower this morning before I left
    Later :wink:.

  164. Katfish Avatar

    Got 1/2 inch while I was in the shower this morning before I left

    Maybe you shoulda went out in the yard with yer soap.

  165. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Got 1/2 inch while I was in the shower this morning before I left

    Maybe you shoulda went out in the yard with yer soap.

  166. Hamous Avatar

    THIS is sumptin ya jus don see evr day.

  167. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    THIS is sumptin ya jus don see evr day.

  168. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #91 Bonecrusher: My back hurts from watching that.

    It would seem from the union wailing in OTL #66 that the thugs might just have caught a glimmer of what being a part-time useful-idiot organization is all about when your patron is a patholigical narcissist. All is hunky dory when you’re useful to advancing his cause/ego, but when you aren’t useful any longer—under the bus, bub. Of course to be dusted off the next time you’re possibly useful, so just stand in the corner until summoned. Slow to catch on, aren’t they? 🙂 How’s that hopey-chagey thing working for you? Same goes for the LSM newsies, but they’re more dense than the union thugs.

  169. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #91 Bonecrusher: My back hurts from watching that.
    It would seem from the union wailing in OTL #66 that the thugs might just have caught a glimmer of what being a part-time useful-idiot organization is all about when your patron is a patholigical narcissist. All is hunky dory when you’re useful to advancing his cause/ego, but when you aren’t useful any longer—under the bus, bub. Of course to be dusted off the next time you’re possibly useful, so just stand in the corner until summoned. Slow to catch on, aren’t they? 🙂 How’s that hopey-chagey thing working for you? Same goes for the LSM newsies, but they’re more dense than the union thugs.

  170. Hamous Avatar

    When the feds start stealing money directly from our bank accounts to pay for O’Erklecare, and the mooooooooooooooooooooooooslims don’t have to pay but get free health care anyway, I fear great bloodshed. When the bulk of the people understand that this is what is happening, there will be riots big time. I can see a mass exodus of politiVSRs from the D party when it starts.

  171. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    When the feds start stealing money directly from our bank accounts to pay for O’Erklecare, and the mooooooooooooooooooooooooslims don’t have to pay but get free health care anyway, I fear great bloodshed. When the bulk of the people understand that this is what is happening, there will be riots big time. I can see a mass exodus of politiVSRs from the D party when it starts.

  172. Tedtam Avatar

    Been busy all day. Church, then breakfast, then I came home to put on some BBQ (brisket) and start making Handsome Son’s birthday cake. He asked for an Italian Cream Cake, which I’ve never made before. I hate it when the recipe for the frosting is half what is needed.

    Got the cake made, brisket is ready, and I’m finally sitting down.

    Can’t believe the baby I squeezed out (rather long and painfully) is actually legally now to get into all kinds of trouble. Lovely took him to a club last Friday night (since he turned 21 at midnight) and texted me that her brother was having a great time, but opted not to drink.

    Smart kid.

  173. Tedtam Avatar

    Been busy all day. Church, then breakfast, then I came home to put on some BBQ (brisket) and start making Handsome Son’s birthday cake. He asked for an Italian Cream Cake, which I’ve never made before. I hate it when the recipe for the frosting is half what is needed.
    Got the cake made, brisket is ready, and I’m finally sitting down.
    Can’t believe the baby I squeezed out (rather long and painfully) is actually legally now to get into all kinds of trouble. Lovely took him to a club last Friday night (since he turned 21 at midnight) and texted me that her brother was having a great time, but opted not to drink.
    Smart kid.

  174. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #90 Pyro

    Maybe you shoulda went out in the yard with yer soap.

    I sure hope Super Dave’s Alabama farm is way out in the country with no close neighbors.

  175. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #90 Pyro

    Maybe you shoulda went out in the yard with yer soap.

    I sure hope Super Dave’s Alabama farm is way out in the country with no close neighbors.

  176. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #95 TT
    Sheesh, just the fact they were in the fridge for a year suggests they were no longer edible. If that pic shows what they looked like, you’d think someone woulda had a clue.

  177. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #95 TT
    Sheesh, just the fact they were in the fridge for a year suggests they were no longer edible. If that pic shows what they looked like, you’d think someone woulda had a clue.

  178. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I am overcome with temptation and can’t.. resist…

  179. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I am overcome with temptation and can’t.. resist…

  180. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Woo hoo #100

  181. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Woo hoo #100

  182. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #94 TT

    having a great time, but opted not to drink.

    Congrats on having raised sensible kids! A real rarity these days.

  183. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #94 TT

    having a great time, but opted not to drink.

    Congrats on having raised sensible kids! A real rarity these days.

  184. Hamous Avatar

    #94 TT: By the time I was 21 I had been sauced so many times I lost count. Good on your son for not being a dolt like I was.

  185. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #94 TT: By the time I was 21 I had been sauced so many times I lost count. Good on your son for not being a dolt like I was.

  186. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I too had been drunk a few times before I was 21. (However, I was in the US Army and it was legal for me to drink.) So it has been rare to be a sensible young person for a long time now…

  187. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I too had been drunk a few times before I was 21. (However, I was in the US Army and it was legal for me to drink.) So it has been rare to be a sensible young person for a long time now…

  188. Katfish Avatar

    Well this just bites. Power’s been blinking off all day and now it’s been off for the last hour. We’re getting the power problems from a weak-a$$ed tropical storm, but only about 15 raindrops. 😛

  189. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Well this just bites. Power’s been blinking off all day and now it’s been off for the last hour. We’re getting the power problems from a weak-a$$ed tropical storm, but only about 15 raindrops. 😛

  190. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Where’s my FEMA card?

  191. El Gordo Avatar

    Where’s my FEMA card?

  192. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Here’s a fantastic flash mob that’s a little different from what you might expect.

    http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2011/09/greatest-flash-mob-ever.php

  193. El Gordo Avatar

    Here’s a fantastic flash mob that’s a little different from what you might expect.
    http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2011/09/greatest-flash-mob-ever.php

  194. Hamous Avatar

    #108 EG: THAT WAS WISSIN AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWSOME!

  195. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #108 EG: THAT WAS WISSIN AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWSOME!

  196. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    EG, very cool. Neat to see classical musicians perform in their casual clothing.

  197. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    EG, very cool. Neat to see classical musicians perform in their casual clothing.

  198. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Wimpy azz storm didn’t have nutten for us but rained out my NASCAR race tonight in Atlanta, 100% chance of rain all day tomorrow so they won’t run till Tuesday. 👿

  199. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Wimpy azz storm didn’t have nutten for us but rained out my NASCAR race tonight in Atlanta, 100% chance of rain all day tomorrow so they won’t run till Tuesday. 👿

  200. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Here we go again, pray for all the fire fighters and those in the paths. Here in the subdivision neighbors are all calling each other smelling smoke but so far nothing seen.

  201. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Here we go again, pray for all the fire fighters and those in the paths. Here in the subdivision neighbors are all calling each other smelling smoke but so far nothing seen.

  202. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Drove from Waco to Sugar Land this afternoon. Lots of brown haze from dust and some blue haze from grass fires. Approaching Bryan at Hwy 6/6 Hwy Business 6 (Former home of the greatest Blue Bonnet display in the State) the north bound traffic was stacking up. The undeveloped real estate along the north side of Hwy 6 Bypass was burning. TDPs troopers had the northbound Hwy 6 business blocked and sending traffic on to the bypass. Well, bypass in my time when they built it. Hope they limited the damage to the brush.

  203. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Drove from Waco to Sugar Land this afternoon. Lots of brown haze from dust and some blue haze from grass fires. Approaching Bryan at Hwy 6/6 Hwy Business 6 (Former home of the greatest Blue Bonnet display in the State) the north bound traffic was stacking up. The undeveloped real estate along the north side of Hwy 6 Bypass was burning. TDPs troopers had the northbound Hwy 6 business blocked and sending traffic on to the bypass. Well, bypass in my time when they built it. Hope they limited the damage to the brush.

  204. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    BIL had to be evacuated in Longview, they’ve been without power all day.

  205. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    BIL had to be evacuated in Longview, they’ve been without power all day.

  206. CbR Avatar
    CbR

    Colorado County fire that started at Zimmerschite & Bailey Rd was only 3 miles SW of me. Saw the first plume of smoke go up and the wind was 45+ knots running out of the NE to SW. It drove it away from me but a bunch of friends and neighbors lost their homes. Spend much of the afternoon hauling horse/cattle kritters out of harms path. I know of one in the beginning that got caught in the corral and was burned bad enough a call went out to put it down ASAP. Tomorrows another day and along with mopping up, the cleanup and rebuilding begins.

  207. CbR Avatar
    CbR

    Colorado County fire that started at Zimmerschite & Bailey Rd was only 3 miles SW of me. Saw the first plume of smoke go up and the wind was 45+ knots running out of the NE to SW. It drove it away from me but a bunch of friends and neighbors lost their homes. Spend much of the afternoon hauling horse/cattle kritters out of harms path. I know of one in the beginning that got caught in the corral and was burned bad enough a call went out to put it down ASAP. Tomorrows another day and along with mopping up, the cleanup and rebuilding begins.

  208. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    At some point there ought to be a bounty on reporters. The crimes they commit are well broadcast.

  209. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    At some point there ought to be a bounty on reporters. The crimes they commit are well broadcast.

  210. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    mharper #86;

    I agree.

  211. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    mharper #86;
    I agree.

  212. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    TT #95;

    Shhhhh. Legalizing it is suppose to control it better.

  213. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    TT #95;
    Shhhhh. Legalizing it is suppose to control it better.

  214. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    SAN ANTONIO – Up to 3,000 Muslims from around the state are expected to converge Sunday on Six Flags Fiesta Texas for “Muslim Family Day” to celebrate the end of Ramadan and spread the post-9/11 message that most Muslims are peaceful and mainstream.

    Families from as far as Corpus Christi, Austin and Waco have committed to attending the event, sponsored by local chapters of the Muslim American Society and the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

    I actually think this is a good idea. Hope it goes well.

    ‘Muslim Family Day’ will spread peace at Six Flags

  215. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    SAN ANTONIO – Up to 3,000 Muslims from around the state are expected to converge Sunday on Six Flags Fiesta Texas for “Muslim Family Day” to celebrate the end of Ramadan and spread the post-9/11 message that most Muslims are peaceful and mainstream.
    Families from as far as Corpus Christi, Austin and Waco have committed to attending the event, sponsored by local chapters of the Muslim American Society and the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

    I actually think this is a good idea. Hope it goes well.
    ‘Muslim Family Day’ will spread peace at Six Flags

  216. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    No relation, just coincidence, to my last post (honest)

    Finally, we have evidence that Islamists and even al-Qaeda supporters will play a central role in Libya’s new regime. Up to now there has been reasonable speculation that the U.S. government and NATO might be installing an anti-Western, Islamist government in Libya. Now there’s proof that this is so.

    The actual government remains in the hands of non-Islamists, technocrats, ex-regime officials, and moderates. But the armed rebels who actually made the revolution have voted and their idol is…an al-Qaeda guy. Political power, said Mao Zedong, grows out of the barrel of a gun and in Libya’s case this seems a very reasonable expectation.

    According to Al Jazeera, the network recommended by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as fair and balanced, Abdul al-Hakim al-Hasadi, also known as Abdelhakim Belhaj, has been named commander of the Tripoli Military Council. He was formerly head of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, an al-Qaeda affiliate. Moderates are understandably nervous.

    Exactly what I feared in getting involved with overthrowing Gadaffi.

    Libya: An Islamist Terrorist Takes Command of Main Rebel Forces

  217. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    No relation, just coincidence, to my last post (honest)

    Finally, we have evidence that Islamists and even al-Qaeda supporters will play a central role in Libya’s new regime. Up to now there has been reasonable speculation that the U.S. government and NATO might be installing an anti-Western, Islamist government in Libya. Now there’s proof that this is so.
    The actual government remains in the hands of non-Islamists, technocrats, ex-regime officials, and moderates. But the armed rebels who actually made the revolution have voted and their idol is…an al-Qaeda guy. Political power, said Mao Zedong, grows out of the barrel of a gun and in Libya’s case this seems a very reasonable expectation.
    According to Al Jazeera, the network recommended by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as fair and balanced, Abdul al-Hakim al-Hasadi, also known as Abdelhakim Belhaj, has been named commander of the Tripoli Military Council. He was formerly head of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, an al-Qaeda affiliate. Moderates are understandably nervous.

    Exactly what I feared in getting involved with overthrowing Gadaffi.
    Libya: An Islamist Terrorist Takes Command of Main Rebel Forces

  218. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    The future of Michelle Obama’s health kick?

    Four obese children are on the brink of being permanently removed from their family by social workers after their parents failed to bring their weight under control.
    In the first case of its kind, their mother and father now face what they call the ‘unbearable’ likelihood of never seeing them again.

    Their three daughters, aged 11, seven and one, and five-year-old son, will either be ‘fostered without contact’ or adopted.

    Parents of seven told: Your children are too fat, so you will never see them again

  219. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    The future of Michelle Obama’s health kick?

    Four obese children are on the brink of being permanently removed from their family by social workers after their parents failed to bring their weight under control.
    In the first case of its kind, their mother and father now face what they call the ‘unbearable’ likelihood of never seeing them again.
    Their three daughters, aged 11, seven and one, and five-year-old son, will either be ‘fostered without contact’ or adopted.

    Parents of seven told: Your children are too fat, so you will never see them again

  220. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Video Surfaces of Moments After 9/11 Crash of Flight 93

    This video puts the power of the crash of Flight 93 into a fresh perspective.

  221. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Video Surfaces of Moments After 9/11 Crash of Flight 93
    This video puts the power of the crash of Flight 93 into a fresh perspective.

  222. LurkerGoneWild Avatar
    LurkerGoneWild

    (sticks head out of LurkCave, is puzzled by this phenomena of lowered temperature)

    Hello Hamsterousians! Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas! — er, Fort Bend county. Land of skinny dillos and the mud puddle known as the Brazos River.

    It’s time for your weekend update from Doctor Lurk! 😈 Just subtract a few degrees and you get basically the same scenario. Dry land. Parched critters. Wondering if/when the groundwater table becomes lowered to the point that the wells run dry. /shiver

    I reeeallly don’t want to even consider that, but I wouldn’t want to play ostrich and keep my head in the sand — it could happen.

    Those of us who are praying for rain, Mississippi and Louisiana might be a little mad at us. Gotta get the sights dialed in a little better, huh?

    Haven’t seen Baby Dillo for a couple days but I found a few baby-sized holes here and there in the yard, mostly under my “prize” (and I use that term loosely) shrub where the mulch is.

    Ah, well, it is what it is. On that cheerful realistic note, I hereby retire for the evening. Enjoy your Labor Day festivities and don’t forget to choose a designated driver.

    Oh, and for MHarper, you might want to try one of the soaker hoses available at the hardware store. They put out a BUNCH of water, but it doesn’t spray around. You can snake (did I say SNAKE!??!!) ’em around the flowerbeds or whatever and leave them out. Double them back and forth for more saturation. Be careful not to bend them sharply as they are not as sturdy as a regular garden hose. You can even cover them with mulch/dirt and no one will ever know they’re there. 😎

    Adee, be careful with that new fresh green hay. Y’all must be vigilant in the storage because it can spontaneously combust. Several barn fires have resulted from the fact that the bales’ internal temperatures have risen, due to moisture (don’t ask me the details). No joke, I’ve seen it myself.

    Prayers for the flooded, the wildfired, and others in need.

    (retreats back into LurkCave, hearing the siren call of the cold adult beverage in the fridge. Driving not necessary.)

  223. LurkerGoneWild Avatar
    LurkerGoneWild

    (sticks head out of LurkCave, is puzzled by this phenomena of lowered temperature)
    Hello Hamsterousians! Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas! — er, Fort Bend county. Land of skinny dillos and the mud puddle known as the Brazos River.
    It’s time for your weekend update from Doctor Lurk! 😈 Just subtract a few degrees and you get basically the same scenario. Dry land. Parched critters. Wondering if/when the groundwater table becomes lowered to the point that the wells run dry. /shiver
    I reeeallly don’t want to even consider that, but I wouldn’t want to play ostrich and keep my head in the sand — it could happen.
    Those of us who are praying for rain, Mississippi and Louisiana might be a little mad at us. Gotta get the sights dialed in a little better, huh?
    Haven’t seen Baby Dillo for a couple days but I found a few baby-sized holes here and there in the yard, mostly under my “prize” (and I use that term loosely) shrub where the mulch is.
    Ah, well, it is what it is. On that cheerful realistic note, I hereby retire for the evening. Enjoy your Labor Day festivities and don’t forget to choose a designated driver.
    Oh, and for MHarper, you might want to try one of the soaker hoses available at the hardware store. They put out a BUNCH of water, but it doesn’t spray around. You can snake (did I say SNAKE!??!!) ’em around the flowerbeds or whatever and leave them out. Double them back and forth for more saturation. Be careful not to bend them sharply as they are not as sturdy as a regular garden hose. You can even cover them with mulch/dirt and no one will ever know they’re there. 😎
    Adee, be careful with that new fresh green hay. Y’all must be vigilant in the storage because it can spontaneously combust. Several barn fires have resulted from the fact that the bales’ internal temperatures have risen, due to moisture (don’t ask me the details). No joke, I’ve seen it myself.
    Prayers for the flooded, the wildfired, and others in need.
    (retreats back into LurkCave, hearing the siren call of the cold adult beverage in the fridge. Driving not necessary.)

  224. LurkerGoneWild Avatar
    LurkerGoneWild

    (sticks head out of LurkCave again, as smoke is being smelled from the Cave’s open window)

    Hamsterousians, Fort Bend county is apparently experiencing the smoke of a fire reportedly at Katy I-10 @ Hwy 99 which was threatining some commercial buildings. At the time I noticed, the breeze was pretty brisk but it has settled down a bit.

    Adee, I would keep a close watch as you are in the wind’s path, as far as I can tell.

    I am packing a few things to be ready to throw into the truck if need be. I’ve been in fires and it is NOT fun.

    I do not wish to panic anyone. However, the smell of smoke makes me sit up and take notice.

    Source for info is khou.com forums,
    and also Storm2k.org, topic Texas Wildfires.
    If you are a map junkie, start with srh.noaa.
    Links removed so hopefully you can see this quickly. Please forgive me.

    (retreats back into LurkCave, making sure adult beverages are cold and packable)

    “Awaiting Moderation” — bah!

  225. LurkerGoneWild Avatar
    LurkerGoneWild

    (sticks head out of LurkCave again, as smoke is being smelled from the Cave’s open window)
    Hamsterousians, Fort Bend county is apparently experiencing the smoke of a fire reportedly at Katy I-10 @ Hwy 99 which was threatining some commercial buildings. At the time I noticed, the breeze was pretty brisk but it has settled down a bit.
    Adee, I would keep a close watch as you are in the wind’s path, as far as I can tell.
    I am packing a few things to be ready to throw into the truck if need be. I’ve been in fires and it is NOT fun.
    I do not wish to panic anyone. However, the smell of smoke makes me sit up and take notice.
    Source for info is khou.com forums,
    and also Storm2k.org, topic Texas Wildfires.
    If you are a map junkie, start with srh.noaa.
    Links removed so hopefully you can see this quickly. Please forgive me.
    (retreats back into LurkCave, making sure adult beverages are cold and packable)
    “Awaiting Moderation” — bah!

  226. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I need to mention that I owe a debt of gratitude to the USMC for pointing out that the Afghans are offended by audible farts. Now my little part time retirement job causes me to come into contact with these people, and since I am the only infidel in the group, I am sometimes subjected to “cultural” differences which cause me inconvenience and other problems. I generally bite my tongue and do not respond to their insults, but this has opened up a whole new avenue for me to properly “express” my views about their behavior. If I had had any idea that something as simple as an audible fart would be so offensive to them, I would have started doing it long ago. Kudos to the military for bringing me up to speed so that I may now properly express myself without ever having to open my mouth.

    BTW, once the truth finally comes out about prohibiting our fighting forces from issuing audible farts, does anyone other than me think we will discover that the order originated with a high ranking female officer in the military? $10.00 goes to charity if I’m proven wrong on that count.

  227. El Gordo Avatar

    I need to mention that I owe a debt of gratitude to the USMC for pointing out that the Afghans are offended by audible farts. Now my little part time retirement job causes me to come into contact with these people, and since I am the only infidel in the group, I am sometimes subjected to “cultural” differences which cause me inconvenience and other problems. I generally bite my tongue and do not respond to their insults, but this has opened up a whole new avenue for me to properly “express” my views about their behavior. If I had had any idea that something as simple as an audible fart would be so offensive to them, I would have started doing it long ago. Kudos to the military for bringing me up to speed so that I may now properly express myself without ever having to open my mouth.
    BTW, once the truth finally comes out about prohibiting our fighting forces from issuing audible farts, does anyone other than me think we will discover that the order originated with a high ranking female officer in the military? $10.00 goes to charity if I’m proven wrong on that count.

  228. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    G’Labor Day morning all

    El Gordo
    Great link on the Bolero clip.

    On the gas passing thing, I have an electronic Whoopee cushion with a remote control. I think I got it at Spencer’s last Christmas season. Put that bad boy in your underwear and the remote in your pocket and you will be able to make the proper response without straining or misfiring.

  229. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    G’Labor Day morning all
    El Gordo
    Great link on the Bolero clip.
    On the gas passing thing, I have an electronic Whoopee cushion with a remote control. I think I got it at Spencer’s last Christmas season. Put that bad boy in your underwear and the remote in your pocket and you will be able to make the proper response without straining or misfiring.

  230. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #125

    $10.00 goes to charity if I’m proven wrong on that count.

    Aw, EG, ya shouldn’t be betting with your retirement funds like that. 🙂

    I want to hear what kind of part time job puts you in contact with Afghans, and what they do that inconveniences you. Did they make you fast during the day for Ramadan?

  231. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #125

    $10.00 goes to charity if I’m proven wrong on that count.

    Aw, EG, ya shouldn’t be betting with your retirement funds like that. 🙂
    I want to hear what kind of part time job puts you in contact with Afghans, and what they do that inconveniences you. Did they make you fast during the day for Ramadan?

  232. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    TT

    Congrats on your son’s maturity.

  233. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    TT
    Congrats on your son’s maturity.

  234. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    127mharper

    I agree with you on not being a woman.

    It obviously came straight from the White House, cause we can’t offend them.

  235. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    127mharper
    I agree with you on not being a woman.
    It obviously came straight from the White House, cause we can’t offend them.

  236. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    mharper

    P.S
    If I ‘member right, don’t you automatically get the #1 spot for tomorrows OC?

  237. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    mharper
    P.S
    If I ‘member right, don’t you automatically get the #1 spot for tomorrows OC?

  238. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    I thought this interesting. Pretty good deal if you fish and hunt squirrels.

    http://www.mepps.com/programs/squirrel-tail/

  239. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    I thought this interesting. Pretty good deal if you fish and hunt squirrels.
    http://www.mepps.com/programs/squirrel-tail/

  240. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #130 OTL
    I don’t think so. I saw late-or-early comments from Darren on both of them. Wagonburnerupper said that the existing comments would reappear with TT’s topic, when he magically calls it all back up from the bit bucket.

  241. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #130 OTL
    I don’t think so. I saw late-or-early comments from Darren on both of them. Wagonburnerupper said that the existing comments would reappear with TT’s topic, when he magically calls it all back up from the bit bucket.

  242. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    131 Tracker

    The thing to remember when using natural hairs is to Scotchguard them after completion or they’re just another bottom rig in about 5 minutes.

  243. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    131 Tracker
    The thing to remember when using natural hairs is to Scotchguard them after completion or they’re just another bottom rig in about 5 minutes.

  244. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good morning Hamsters. Whee, delightful 76 at 6 and only 57% humidity make for a great start to the day. The breeze woke up with the Sun and is growing apace, flipping from NE to NW and back. Plenty of leaves, acorns, pecans, twigs, and branchlets are down in the yard, and surely more will come today. We had almost 50 mph wind gusts yesterday here at Richmond, and that explains the mess.

    Evaporation spurred by the winds is truly amazing. The fountain that was full Saturday was down 2/3 Sunday morning, and the small tank in the side pasture that was likewise full
    was down 1/2. The horses didn’t drink that much nor did the woodsy creatures. It’s never gone down that fast in one day. And the high yesterday was 90.

    It is horrifying looking at the Texas Forest Service map of wildfires in the state (#113 GJT).
    TV news reported extensively on the Bastrop conflagration and others nearer to Houston but missed the Bryan area one (#117 gtotracker) and the Colorado County one (#116 CbR, and bless him for his assistance to those in harm’s way). However, when you see the map it isn’t surprising the coverage can’t be complete, unless the broadcast goes on for an hour or so on that topic alone. Frightening that the high winds will be with us for at least another day before the cool front moves in. And no rain. 🙁

  245. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good morning Hamsters. Whee, delightful 76 at 6 and only 57% humidity make for a great start to the day. The breeze woke up with the Sun and is growing apace, flipping from NE to NW and back. Plenty of leaves, acorns, pecans, twigs, and branchlets are down in the yard, and surely more will come today. We had almost 50 mph wind gusts yesterday here at Richmond, and that explains the mess.
    Evaporation spurred by the winds is truly amazing. The fountain that was full Saturday was down 2/3 Sunday morning, and the small tank in the side pasture that was likewise full
    was down 1/2. The horses didn’t drink that much nor did the woodsy creatures. It’s never gone down that fast in one day. And the high yesterday was 90.
    It is horrifying looking at the Texas Forest Service map of wildfires in the state (#113 GJT).
    TV news reported extensively on the Bastrop conflagration and others nearer to Houston but missed the Bryan area one (#117 gtotracker) and the Colorado County one (#116 CbR, and bless him for his assistance to those in harm’s way). However, when you see the map it isn’t surprising the coverage can’t be complete, unless the broadcast goes on for an hour or so on that topic alone. Frightening that the high winds will be with us for at least another day before the cool front moves in. And no rain. 🙁

  246. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #120 Darren

    I actually think this is a good idea

    I wasn’t sure if I wanted to comment on the 3000 Muslims at the amusement park or not. But I’d like to ask Darren why he thinks it’s a good idea.

    I think the event is very unlikely to show that “most Muslims” here “are mainstream”. It’s much more likely to show that the females in the group are *far* from mainstream America. In other words, the mass gathering will highlight just how different they are. It’ll be hot at the park, but these girls and women will all be wrapped up like lepers. As in Tedtam’s recent report of seeing a Muslim girl who had to wear her jeans and long sleeves to wade at the beach, while Papa Achmed and brother Mohammed were able to wear appropriate seasonal clothing.

  247. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #120 Darren

    I actually think this is a good idea

    I wasn’t sure if I wanted to comment on the 3000 Muslims at the amusement park or not. But I’d like to ask Darren why he thinks it’s a good idea.
    I think the event is very unlikely to show that “most Muslims” here “are mainstream”. It’s much more likely to show that the females in the group are *far* from mainstream America. In other words, the mass gathering will highlight just how different they are. It’ll be hot at the park, but these girls and women will all be wrapped up like lepers. As in Tedtam’s recent report of seeing a Muslim girl who had to wear her jeans and long sleeves to wade at the beach, while Papa Achmed and brother Mohammed were able to wear appropriate seasonal clothing.

  248. Tedtam Avatar

    I watched “This Week’s Mess” with Gee-i-am WhatABore because I wanted to see BigJournalism’s Dana Loesch take on the media establishment. A few notes and questions:
    1) I noticed that Dana rarely had a chance to speak. Was this due to fear, bigotry, or just coincidence?
    2) Paul Krugman – does he always look like a deer caught in headlights, or is that his normal appearance?
    3) Krugman, et al – are they SERIOUS?! I was listening to what they were saying and found myself looking out of my window, trying to determine which planet I was on.
    4) The hostess of this show should never, never wear orange. Never, never, never.
    5) Back to Krugman again – I got the distinct impression he was hiding something or was extremely nervous. His eyes kept shifting back and forth (I don’t think he moved his head much), and he looked nervous as all get-out. Makes me wonder…
    Ohh, and
    6) Was it my imagination, or were all of WhatABore’s questions geared to rip up Perry’s candidacy?

  249. Tedtam Avatar

    I watched “This Week’s Mess” with Gee-i-am WhatABore because I wanted to see BigJournalism’s Dana Loesch take on the media establishment. A few notes and questions:
    1) I noticed that Dana rarely had a chance to speak. Was this due to fear, bigotry, or just coincidence?
    2) Paul Krugman – does he always look like a deer caught in headlights, or is that his normal appearance?
    3) Krugman, et al – are they SERIOUS?! I was listening to what they were saying and found myself looking out of my window, trying to determine which planet I was on.
    4) The hostess of this show should never, never wear orange. Never, never, never.
    5) Back to Krugman again – I got the distinct impression he was hiding something or was extremely nervous. His eyes kept shifting back and forth (I don’t think he moved his head much), and he looked nervous as all get-out. Makes me wonder…
    Ohh, and
    6) Was it my imagination, or were all of WhatABore’s questions geared to rip up Perry’s candidacy?

  250. Tedtam Avatar

    And we go from wild game ruminations to this.

    This kind of stuff fascinates me. Both in trying to comprehend the concepts, and also that someone out there came up with this stuff. Mind-blowing it is.

    Just a little something to kick start your day.

  251. Tedtam Avatar

    And we go from wild game ruminations to this.
    This kind of stuff fascinates me. Both in trying to comprehend the concepts, and also that someone out there came up with this stuff. Mind-blowing it is.
    Just a little something to kick start your day.

  252. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Careful there TT. That be Hammy’s Hero yer bashing.

  253. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Careful there TT. That be Hammy’s Hero yer bashing.

  254. Hamous Avatar

    Remember Captain Sully and how he had to ditch in the Hudson River> Here is a really cool 3D animation so you can see just what happened.

  255. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Remember Captain Sully and how he had to ditch in the Hudson River> Here is a really cool 3D animation so you can see just what happened.

  256. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Happy Birthday Hammie Here is your cake

  257. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #124 LGW, Excellent reminder to anyone buying hay, especially from an unfamiliar source. 🙂

  258. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #124 LGW, Excellent reminder to anyone buying hay, especially from an unfamiliar source. 🙂

  259. Tedtam Avatar

    Dang, there were some busy folks back in those winter months! Handsome Son, my sister, a friend at church, now Hammie?

    Happy birthday to everyone!

    PS: My obstetrician told me that busiest birth months are October, September, and August. Go figger.

  260. Tedtam Avatar

    Dang, there were some busy folks back in those winter months! Handsome Son, my sister, a friend at church, now Hammie?
    Happy birthday to everyone!
    PS: My obstetrician told me that busiest birth months are October, September, and August. Go figger.

  261. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Happy Birthday Hammie, Monkeeeeeessssssss

  262. Tedtam Avatar

    Re hay bales and combustion: My hubby has relatives up in Deep East Texas, and there’s a timber yard near the Aunt’s house. I remember driving by it on our way to somewhere, and asking about the irrigation cranes that I saw spraying water on the piles of timber. Hubby told me it was to cool down the piles of trees so that they didn’t catch fire. I hadn’t thought of that, and sure enough, I could see wisps of smoke here and there in the piles. Hubby told me that he was visiting one time when they actually had a fire break out.

  263. Tedtam Avatar

    Re hay bales and combustion: My hubby has relatives up in Deep East Texas, and there’s a timber yard near the Aunt’s house. I remember driving by it on our way to somewhere, and asking about the irrigation cranes that I saw spraying water on the piles of timber. Hubby told me it was to cool down the piles of trees so that they didn’t catch fire. I hadn’t thought of that, and sure enough, I could see wisps of smoke here and there in the piles. Hubby told me that he was visiting one time when they actually had a fire break out.

  264. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Happy Birthday to Hamous and here’s to many more. We shall be discreet and not inquire as to how many this one makes. 🙂

  265. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Happy Birthday to Hamous and here’s to many more. We shall be discreet and not inquire as to how many this one makes. 🙂

  266. Hamous Avatar

    #142,144 Sqwak: Both of those made me laugh out loud.

  267. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #142,144 Sqwak: Both of those made me laugh out loud.

  268. Hamous Avatar

    HAPPY B-DAY COUCHMASTER YOU OLD FART!

  269. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    HAPPY B-DAY COUCHMASTER YOU OLD FART!

  270. Katfish Avatar

    We shall be discreet and not inquire as to how many this one makes.

    150?

  271. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    We shall be discreet and not inquire as to how many this one makes.

    150?

  272. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #142 Squawk
    Now don’t be making Hammy throw up when they cut his cake today…

  273. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #142 Squawk
    Now don’t be making Hammy throw up when they cut his cake today…

  274. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #146 SQ
    Those monkeys can really dance!

  275. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #146 SQ
    Those monkeys can really dance!

  276. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #141 – AWESOME (makes a partially good case that ALL pilots should have time in gliders eh?)

    Simply perfecto!

  277. Katfish Avatar

    #141 – AWESOME (makes a partially good case that ALL pilots should have time in gliders eh?)
    Simply perfecto!

  278. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnny HAPPY Returns Hammy!

  279. Katfish Avatar

    Mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnny HAPPY Returns Hammy!

  280. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    US Post Office on the brink of default AGAIN

    OK Fedex & UPS – step up and render your BIDS!!

  281. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    The spate of shootings left Bloomberg raging yesterday, with the Mayor calling on politicians in Washington to enact stricter gun laws.

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2033975/New-Yorks-Labor-Day-weekend-marred-24-shootings-24-hours.html#ixzz1X6DY9MnR

    Remember folks New York has some of the toughest ANTI-gun laws in Amerika. When you outlaw guns then only criminals will have guns. There are about 40,000 cops in New York City. There are 8,175,133 people living in New York city. That works out to about 1 cop for every 204 people if they were all on duty at the same time. So on a slow day with three shifts that is one cop for about 613 people in 786 square miles

    And Bloomberg calls Washington for help??? Muhwahahahaha Point is folks YOU are responsible for your own safety. The cops jobs usually begins AFTER THE INCIDENT has happened.

  282. squawkbox Avatar

    The spate of shootings left Bloomberg raging yesterday, with the Mayor calling on politicians in Washington to enact stricter gun laws.

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2033975/New-Yorks-Labor-Day-weekend-marred-24-shootings-24-hours.html#ixzz1X6DY9MnR
    Remember folks New York has some of the toughest ANTI-gun laws in Amerika. When you outlaw guns then only criminals will have guns. There are about 40,000 cops in New York City. There are 8,175,133 people living in New York city. That works out to about 1 cop for every 204 people if they were all on duty at the same time. So on a slow day with three shifts that is one cop for about 613 people in 786 square miles
    And Bloomberg calls Washington for help??? Muhwahahahaha Point is folks YOU are responsible for your own safety. The cops jobs usually begins AFTER THE INCIDENT has happened.

  283. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    I have a really good friend who happens to be a lawyer. No really he is a good guy. Seriously. He did not know my “carry” status. No one really does and I like it that way. Anyway in one of the last conversations we had he said exactly this:

    I am seeing good people in court that are there because of their desperation to take care of their family. There are so without hope that they are turning to crime and sadly the crime becomes violent. If you are not carrying you should be.

  284. squawkbox Avatar

    I have a really good friend who happens to be a lawyer. No really he is a good guy. Seriously. He did not know my “carry” status. No one really does and I like it that way. Anyway in one of the last conversations we had he said exactly this:

    I am seeing good people in court that are there because of their desperation to take care of their family. There are so without hope that they are turning to crime and sadly the crime becomes violent. If you are not carrying you should be.

  285. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Have a nice day.

  286. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #158 TT
    Oh wow, just what we need more of, with our economy already in the cesspool.

  287. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #158 TT
    Oh wow, just what we need more of, with our economy already in the cesspool.

  288. Hamous Avatar

    Way to go M42 ya blog killer:>)

  289. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Way to go M42 ya blog killer:>)

  290. Hamous Avatar

    Just think about how many shoes and golf bags this critter could make.

  291. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Just think about how many shoes and golf bags this critter could make.

  292. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Well Ole Dave is back in Webster, yesterday morning I was watching the storm and the radar and since the dang storm hadn’t really moved in three days along with the huge band of rain just west of me, I decided to shift to “Plan B”,that is to head to Montgomery and take 80 to Meridian Mississippi, hit I 20 and head to Shreveport, then down to 59 and back home. What sealed the deal was when I thought about stopping off at the deer lease in Center Texas, about an hour south of Shreveport. I could check the deer cams and run another 50 rounds of ammo through my new 45, since I didn’t take time to do that in Alabama. I figger I made a good choice since it rained all day at the farm house, (I checked the radar several times while headiing across Mississippi/Louisiana). I got to there about 5 PM and went into town and picked up a small T-Bone, one Russet Tater and a can of Bush’s beans. Cooked the tater in the coleman camp stove oven, warmed up the beans and grilled the steak and ate it under the stars, perfectly clear and dark with the 1/4 moon rising in the west. It got pretty bright when the moon got higher though.It just don’t get no better than that. 😉

  293. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well Ole Dave is back in Webster, yesterday morning I was watching the storm and the radar and since the dang storm hadn’t really moved in three days along with the huge band of rain just west of me, I decided to shift to “Plan B”,that is to head to Montgomery and take 80 to Meridian Mississippi, hit I 20 and head to Shreveport, then down to 59 and back home. What sealed the deal was when I thought about stopping off at the deer lease in Center Texas, about an hour south of Shreveport. I could check the deer cams and run another 50 rounds of ammo through my new 45, since I didn’t take time to do that in Alabama. I figger I made a good choice since it rained all day at the farm house, (I checked the radar several times while headiing across Mississippi/Louisiana). I got to there about 5 PM and went into town and picked up a small T-Bone, one Russet Tater and a can of Bush’s beans. Cooked the tater in the coleman camp stove oven, warmed up the beans and grilled the steak and ate it under the stars, perfectly clear and dark with the 1/4 moon rising in the west. It got pretty bright when the moon got higher though.It just don’t get no better than that. 😉

  294. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Oh, and I’ve only scanned through the comments BUTT HAPPPY BIRTHDAY HAMBONE!!!! You old fart! 😉

  295. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Oh, and I’ve only scanned through the comments BUTT HAPPPY BIRTHDAY HAMBONE!!!! You old fart! 😉

  296. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Dave, glad you were able to salvage your holiday in spite of the weather anomaly. Musta been nice while you were at the farm to look out and see water — lots of water — falling from the sky.

  297. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Dave, glad you were able to salvage your holiday in spite of the weather anomaly. Musta been nice while you were at the farm to look out and see water — lots of water — falling from the sky.

  298. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #159 – MsTT – that style has actually been around a LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG time!

    I enjoyed young Stanley Jordan when Johnny Carson still hosted the Tonight Show

    Here he is paired with a timeless innovator:

    Chet Atkins & Stanley Jordan “Sweet Georgia Brown”

  299. Katfish Avatar

    #159 – MsTT – that style has actually been around a LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG time!
    I enjoyed young Stanley Jordan when Johnny Carson still hosted the Tonight Show
    Here he is paired with a timeless innovator:
    Chet Atkins & Stanley Jordan “Sweet Georgia Brown”

  300. Tedtam Avatar

    Welp, just found out that our tenant in our last remaining occupied unit on the San Bernard River has probably skipped out on us.

    It’s bad enough to skip out. I’ve spent time with them, helping them out and such. I would hope that they would at least do what their friends did, and call us. Friend called and said that they had to transfer up to Lufkin because of the job, they were sorry that they had to break their lease, and hoped to come back some day. She said they’d try to pay us the remaining rent they owed, but I’m not holding my breath. At least she explained what was happening. Nope, this couple just left the key in the door and skedaddled.

    /sigh

    If y’all know of anyone looking to rent a unit with riverfront view just outside of Sweeny/W Columbia, we have one two units for rent.

  301. Tedtam Avatar

    Welp, just found out that our tenant in our last remaining occupied unit on the San Bernard River has probably skipped out on us.
    It’s bad enough to skip out. I’ve spent time with them, helping them out and such. I would hope that they would at least do what their friends did, and call us. Friend called and said that they had to transfer up to Lufkin because of the job, they were sorry that they had to break their lease, and hoped to come back some day. She said they’d try to pay us the remaining rent they owed, but I’m not holding my breath. At least she explained what was happening. Nope, this couple just left the key in the door and skedaddled.
    /sigh
    If y’all know of anyone looking to rent a unit with riverfront view just outside of Sweeny/W Columbia, we have one two units for rent.

  302. Tedtam Avatar

    So much for the “tone of civility”.

    And what does HE know about my parentage? Perhaps he’s projecting?

    And what about smaller government and fiscal discretion makes the Tea Party anti-worker?

    Idjits. They surround us.

  303. Tedtam Avatar

    So much for the “tone of civility”.
    And what does HE know about my parentage? Perhaps he’s projecting?
    And what about smaller government and fiscal discretion makes the Tea Party anti-worker?
    Idjits. They surround us.

  304. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    mharper #136;

    But I’d like to ask Darren why he thinks it’s a good idea.

    Why not?

    And I don’t really care what Muslim dress standards are here in the states. If fact, while I do not care to go to such extremes as theirs, I would like American dress standards to raise up a notch or two.

  305. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    mharper #136;

    But I’d like to ask Darren why he thinks it’s a good idea.

    Why not?
    And I don’t really care what Muslim dress standards are here in the states. If fact, while I do not care to go to such extremes as theirs, I would like American dress standards to raise up a notch or two.

  306. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Can I still wear shorts and t shirt around the house?

  307. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Can I still wear shorts and t shirt around the house?

  308. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Texanadian
    Are y’all alright over there?
    How close is the fire?

  309. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Texanadian
    Are y’all alright over there?
    How close is the fire?

  310. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #173 Shannon

    Can I still wear shorts and t shirt around the house?

    I dunno, Darren says we need to raise our standards up a notch or two. 🙂

  311. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #173 Shannon

    Can I still wear shorts and t shirt around the house?

    I dunno, Darren says we need to raise our standards up a notch or two. 🙂

  312. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #172 Darren

    I don’t really care what Muslim dress standards are here in the states

    What that says to me is you have no empathy for Muslim girls who are constrained to dress in an irrational manner by the males in their family. I agree that slutty clothes on females (and the infamous saggy pants on young men) out in public are beneath contempt. But that isn’t what we are talking about here.

  313. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #172 Darren

    I don’t really care what Muslim dress standards are here in the states

    What that says to me is you have no empathy for Muslim girls who are constrained to dress in an irrational manner by the males in their family. I agree that slutty clothes on females (and the infamous saggy pants on young men) out in public are beneath contempt. But that isn’t what we are talking about here.

  314. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    A ‘notch’ or 2?

    I only HAVE 2 ‘notches’ and I aint sitting at this computer in full leathers!

    nope
    aint gonna happen

  315. Katfish Avatar

    A ‘notch’ or 2?
    I only HAVE 2 ‘notches’ and I aint sitting at this computer in full leathers!
    nope
    aint gonna happen

  316. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    WOW whatta FORECAST!

    mon tue wed thu fri sat sun mon tue wed
    sep
    05
    Clear
    Clear
    89°
    58°

    sep
    06
    Sunny
    Sunny
    92°
    58°

    sep
    07
    Sunny
    Sunny
    91°
    61°

    sep
    08
    Sunny
    Sunny
    93°
    62°

    sep
    09
    Sunny
    Sunny
    94°
    64°

    sep
    10
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  317. Katfish Avatar

    WOW whatta FORECAST!
    mon tue wed thu fri sat sun mon tue wed
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  318. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #178 Kat
    Yabbut NO RAIN. We will enjoy the cool mornings though.

  319. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #178 Kat
    Yabbut NO RAIN. We will enjoy the cool mornings though.

  320. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Massive wildfire that started in Montgomery County spread to Grimes County, and it began around mid afternoon. Spouse came in the house about 5 pm saying the sky was hazy and it smelled like smoke. When I was out around 4 moving hoses, the sky here was clear and the wind blowing steadily from the north. Channel 11’s 6 pm news was essentially that fire, the Bastrop fire, and the weather news. None of it good other than cooler temps. Since the wind has died down, we no longer can smell the smoke or have haze. This is truly frightening, as it can happen anywhere. City, country, suburbs—makes no difference.

    Again we are grateful for the continuous watering that’s kept the yards and around the barn green. Though given the fury of the fires in our part of the state, that might not be good enough. Thoughts come to what happens if we have fire in our area. We have 3 horses and a 2-horse trailer. Who stays behind and hopefully makes the second trip? Neighbors next door have 5 and a 3-horse trailer. What if there’s no time for a second trip? The merciful thing is a bullet through the brain of a horse you love dearly. Hard choice, which I pray most folks will never have to make for any pet.

  321. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Massive wildfire that started in Montgomery County spread to Grimes County, and it began around mid afternoon. Spouse came in the house about 5 pm saying the sky was hazy and it smelled like smoke. When I was out around 4 moving hoses, the sky here was clear and the wind blowing steadily from the north. Channel 11’s 6 pm news was essentially that fire, the Bastrop fire, and the weather news. None of it good other than cooler temps. Since the wind has died down, we no longer can smell the smoke or have haze. This is truly frightening, as it can happen anywhere. City, country, suburbs—makes no difference.
    Again we are grateful for the continuous watering that’s kept the yards and around the barn green. Though given the fury of the fires in our part of the state, that might not be good enough. Thoughts come to what happens if we have fire in our area. We have 3 horses and a 2-horse trailer. Who stays behind and hopefully makes the second trip? Neighbors next door have 5 and a 3-horse trailer. What if there’s no time for a second trip? The merciful thing is a bullet through the brain of a horse you love dearly. Hard choice, which I pray most folks will never have to make for any pet.

  322. CbR Avatar
    CbR

    #180 Adee
    For the price one should have one of these sitting around or know of a close by friend that has one.

    http://www.ranchworldads.com/classified.php?listing=9325

    I’ve easly gotten 10 horses in and could pack 12 in a pinch when time is short and urgency is the SOP. Works for hurricanes, fires, moving and all other needs, emergency or otherwise.

  323. CbR Avatar
    CbR

    #180 Adee
    For the price one should have one of these sitting around or know of a close by friend that has one.
    http://www.ranchworldads.com/classified.php?listing=9325
    I’ve easly gotten 10 horses in and could pack 12 in a pinch when time is short and urgency is the SOP. Works for hurricanes, fires, moving and all other needs, emergency or otherwise.

  324. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Anybody out there with a tv who could give me some info on where the fire is in Waller/Montgomery county? I can’t find anything about where it is. I have friends here at the bunker we evacuated and others trying to make it? Any news about location would be helpful.

    Thanks’

    It is supposed to be southeast which gets it away from me but details are slim.

  325. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Anybody out there with a tv who could give me some info on where the fire is in Waller/Montgomery county? I can’t find anything about where it is. I have friends here at the bunker we evacuated and others trying to make it? Any news about location would be helpful.
    Thanks’
    It is supposed to be southeast which gets it away from me but details are slim.

  326. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    right now on CH11

    River Park – Walnut Bend evacuated

    all Magnolia schools closed tomorrow (I missed one listed subdivision – couldnt type fast enough dammit)

  327. Katfish Avatar

    right now on CH11
    River Park – Walnut Bend evacuated
    all Magnolia schools closed tomorrow (I missed one listed subdivision – couldnt type fast enough dammit)

  328. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    also Ranch Crest & Magnolia Forest

  329. Katfish Avatar

    also Ranch Crest & Magnolia Forest

  330. CbR Avatar
    CbR

    182 Tex
    Give this link a try. Pick you county and listen in.

    http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?stid=48

  331. CbR Avatar
    CbR

    182 Tex
    Give this link a try. Pick you county and listen in.
    http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?stid=48

  332. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    More of that spirit of cooperation as Jimmy Hoffa, while introducing the President, declares war on the GOP and promises to “take them out.” Obama approves…

    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/09/05/jimmy_hoffa_at_obama_event_on_gop_lets_take_these_son_of_bitches_out.html

  333. El Gordo Avatar

    More of that spirit of cooperation as Jimmy Hoffa, while introducing the President, declares war on the GOP and promises to “take them out.” Obama approves…
    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/09/05/jimmy_hoffa_at_obama_event_on_gop_lets_take_these_son_of_bitches_out.html

  334. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    186: Thanks listening now
    183: Thanks, looks like it is tracking south of me.

  335. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    186: Thanks listening now
    183: Thanks, looks like it is tracking south of me.

  336. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Latest is that we are going to be alright. If anyone sees or hears different please put it up as I will check. I have to go and look after refugees. They is hungry

  337. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Latest is that we are going to be alright. If anyone sees or hears different please put it up as I will check. I have to go and look after refugees. They is hungry

  338. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Can I still wear shorts and t shirt around the house?

    About what I wear around the house. When the kids were younger I often just wore my underwear.

  339. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Can I still wear shorts and t shirt around the house?

    About what I wear around the house. When the kids were younger I often just wore my underwear.

  340. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    mharper;

    What that says to me is you have no empathy for Muslim girls who are constrained to dress in an irrational manner by the males in their family.

    Perhaps a lot less empathy than you or others may. I agree that much in the muslim world is hypocritical between the genders. But on a sliding scale, the dress hypocracy is not really that much concerning to me.

    I hope they have fun at Six Flags. And they do need to follow the rules of the rides.

  341. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    mharper;

    What that says to me is you have no empathy for Muslim girls who are constrained to dress in an irrational manner by the males in their family.

    Perhaps a lot less empathy than you or others may. I agree that much in the muslim world is hypocritical between the genders. But on a sliding scale, the dress hypocracy is not really that much concerning to me.
    I hope they have fun at Six Flags. And they do need to follow the rules of the rides.

  342. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #181 CbR, We have a Tahoe for towing, so a gooseneck is useless to us. A 3-horse aluminum bumper pull would be ideal.

  343. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #181 CbR, We have a Tahoe for towing, so a gooseneck is useless to us. A 3-horse aluminum bumper pull would be ideal.

  344. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #187 El Gordo
    Now, that heated rhetoric from Jimmy Hoffa is just oozing with Obama’s requested civility, isn’t it? Anybody lately asked Jimmy where his Dad’s remains are? 🙂 Definitely not in Grant’s tomb. He really must be rattled to carry on so in public and video. In the blue state his ilk and the Democrats have pushed into decay.

  345. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #187 El Gordo
    Now, that heated rhetoric from Jimmy Hoffa is just oozing with Obama’s requested civility, isn’t it? Anybody lately asked Jimmy where his Dad’s remains are? 🙂 Definitely not in Grant’s tomb. He really must be rattled to carry on so in public and video. In the blue state his ilk and the Democrats have pushed into decay.

  346. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I just heard NO eastbound traffic allowed on FM1488 at FM362 (Waller)

    I have BACA Sisters & Brothers & Families in Magnolia and in Waller

    Our kneemail is up for ALL concerned!

  347. Katfish Avatar

    I just heard NO eastbound traffic allowed on FM1488 at FM362 (Waller)
    I have BACA Sisters & Brothers & Families in Magnolia and in Waller
    Our kneemail is up for ALL concerned!

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