Same as yesterday, with less rain cloud? National forecast shows clear for Houston, so yeah, cool in the morning, warm later, hot to end the day. Same same.
So, did I get anything done? Well, yes I did. I got my pickups done. I got some stuff out of storage for a project my wife wants to do. I stopped by my auctioneer to see if I could get in line anytime soon (not yet.) I came home and we had leftovers for dinner. And the kid taxi stuff got done too.
Today I’ll be taking a load of stuff to the shop. I’m still on the fence about going to the BOL solo on Sat/Sun so IDK if I’ll load the truck for the trip or not. I have one pickup in my neighborhood. If it’s not too hot, I may spend some time organizing at the shop. I would like to get out of my last storage unit this weekend, if I don’t go to the BOL.
I don’t think I’ll have time to turn money into noise and smoke today. There is kid stuff to get ready for too, as D2 has a football game tonight and would like to see some parental support…
which is one reason I might not head out of town.
Time management has not been my strong suit this past few months.
And time keeps on slipping into the future.
Well, I’ll keep plugging away, and keep stacking too. That’s all I can do.
nick
I can be first?
$3 Trillion companies? Pocket change.
Lots of borrowed money in the floor plan at CarMax. Short term paper is expensive, and the car prices are on a downward spiral.
I’ve given up trying to figure out Carvana. No retail ownership of the stock, and the largest single stake is held by T. Rowe’s Blue Chip Growth.
92 PE. Might as well gamble on BROS.
68F and 88%RH this find day.
I think that is the lowest open so far this year. Fall is coming. Lowes has Christmas decor on the floor and some of my neighbors have Halloween stuff up already.
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– practice, practice, practice…
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Rough justice.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15133765/Robert-Pickton-Martin-Charest-Canada-pig-farm-murder-guilty.html
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Carvana tried to change the market by outspending everyone else. I don’t know if that has ever worked anywhere.
In 2021, we bought my wife’s Lexus from Carmax. A 2013 IS 250C with 13k miles. A creampuff. It was 28k out the door and it was a good deal. Carmax is good if you want something a little more rare. I did sell her pervious car to Carvana. They gave me 4k more than any dealer would, and almost 2k more than Carmax. Crazy times.
I sold two cars early this year to Carmax. They had better pricing than Carvana. I bought my current vehicle out of state.
A few in our neighborhood have has Halloween stuff up for two weeks.
Yah. I didn’t wake (and not go back to sleep) until 0710, the first I’ve slept that late in over two years, since getting the chickens. I’d known I’d been getting run down (going to sleep midnightish, being woken repeatedly during the night, including last night, and getting up before dawn every day except today will do that) but I hadn’t realized that I was so tired that I’d turn off the alarm and go back to sleep.
The chickens were annoyed but not suffering. Except when it’s cold enough to need the heat light, I leave the coop’s sliding door open so they can go down into the cage, where I keep food and water for just this eventuality. They were pretty crowded and glad to get out, then immediately noticed and mobbed a dish where my wife had put half an avocado and something else about the same size. Om-nom-nom. Local chickens have never been fed in entire lives, claim local chickens. There was scrambling to get pieces as the big pieces were torn apart, stealing pieces out of others’ mouths, running away in the vain hope of being able to eat a piece in peace, the usual.
The Child is doing ok at college. Regarding living situation, she’s pretty well settled in and living independently. In a dorm I paid for, eating in a cafeteria I paid for and after running up hundreds on my credit card for housewares that she didn’t bring from home, using a car that I’m paying for*. I’m so old that I remember when being independent meant moving out and supporting yourself and, you know, being independent. I guess independence has to be reached in smaller steps these days. Academically, I guess she’s doing ok. Still not settled in to the expectations. College is much different than high school, even when the high school had a very good reputation for academics and even when the college had to dumb down expectations because most freshmen had not come out of a school with good academics. She’ll survive, probably.
* Technically the car is my wife’s old one. She basically totaled it last Winter. It’s drivable and safe (now) but there were enough problems that it would have cost more than it was worth if I hadn’t done the work. I put in under $500 in parts, mostly brakes (which were a major cause of the accident) and many hours of my time and then paid the insurance for a new driver (not weeping too loudly at the bill) and now The Child has a functional and safe if rather battered car and can get to Walmart for missing items and go to medical appointments and what-not. I’ve told her that I’ll continue to maintain it but that she’ll need to start paying her own insurance next school year. Tick-tock, little slacker, better start earning some money. (Productive work! Not OnlyFans!)
Canada is the world leader in morality. They need to show us the way and ban broomsticks immediately. Save the children!
Pig ranching. Farming is crops. Ranching is animals.
She’ll do fine. It’s actually rewarding to watch them grow up. It’s also stressful on the parents.
My son is in his last year. He has a 3.3 overall average in aerospace engineering, so I’m definitely proud. Dean’s list 3 previous semesters, and is shooting to make it these last two.
We bought my MIL a new Camry in 2021, paid $19K for the car. When she died two years later we sold the car to Carmax for $21K. We sold it using the POA, which was really no longer valid. The option was to sell it illegally, or wait 6-9 months for probate, store the car, drive back to San Antonio to get the car, get insurance, drive back to TN. I chose the former option. No one was going to challenge the sale.
Pig ranching. Farming is crops. Ranching is animals.
– true, but you always hear about pig farms, and never pig ranches.
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Thousand of pig farmers in the midwest would tell you that they raise hogs, not ranch them.
And a good portion of them have combined farming operations where they grow corn to feed the hogs, which produces manure as a by-product that is tecycled to the fields.
None of them, BTW, would take kindly to being called a poop rancher.
Yesterday, tRump pointed his finger at Melania on Marine One. The World will now end.
Thank you, and goodbye.
The LSM will spin anything to GET tRUMP! GET HIM!
Get that Orange Devil.
The anniversary of the passing of OFD is a reminder that Dave is no longer with us to link to the occasional Kunstler article with an interesting factoid so I will do the honors.
Kunstler Factoid-du-jour? James Comey was the lead prosecutor on the Martha Stewart case.
https://www.kunstler.com/p/days-of-judgment
I raised children, didn’t ranch them.
With the note that hogs are probably less trouble than children, cost less, and don’t smell as bad.
Poop purveyor?
Wholesale vendor of MSM talking points?
That explains the meme I saw on X with Martha Stewart grinning/smirking.
>>Carvana TRIED to change the sales model. Dunno if the giant ‘vending machine’ theater was needed or not.
Carvana, for quite awhile, was understaffed in the back-office to finalize title transfers which led to numerous consumer complaints. Ancillary to this was abuse of paper temp tags, often jumping from state to state when renewal options dwindled. IIRC TX was one of the frequent offenders.
When I bought my truck I was issued temp tags. I wanted my VA tags on the vehicle. The dealer said they could not legally do that. When I got home I put my VA tags on the truck. I got a refund check from the dealer for $85.00 which was the fee to register the vehicle. I don’t pay to register my primary vehicle.
Fast forward two months and I still had not received the paper registration. The original registration was turned in when I sold my truck. I went to Anderson county to get the paper registration and they could not print one. I was told I had to go to Knox county to get it printed. Something about different systems even though Anderson county could see my registration.
When I am in Knoxville I go to the county office and get the registration printed. The lady tells me I don’t pay for registration and I don’t need a new one. I tell her I need one that matches my vehicle, especially the VIN, in case I get stopped. She printed one. But it still has the lien holder on the registration even though the truck is paid off and I have the released title. To get the lien holder removed from the registration I need to have the title release from the credit union. Yeh, I ain’t making a special trip for that.
In TN the plates stay with the person, not the vehicle. I have special DV plates with no expiration. I do not have to pay for vehicle registration in the state of TN.
LOL Sinclair crumbles and will air Kimmel. At least Disney is losing $50/yr. Like they can afford it.
*million
“Ford Moving Its World Headquarters” Written By: Jerry Reynolds
https://www.carpro.com/blog/ford-moving-its-world-headquarters
“I find this news to be a little sad actually. You see, when I was the Ford National Dealer Council Chairman for two-years, I spent a lot of time at the Glass House. Security was always tight getting in there and this was way before 9/11. Let me just tell you that there were some REALLY nice offices at the top. These were reserved for the company’s most powerful executives. The executive suites were designed less like a corporate office and more like a private club, with walnut-paneled offices, leather-clad lounges, and a wood-lined boardroom equipped with then state-of-the-art projection and communications systems. The CEO’s office, most famously occupied by Henry Ford II was Jacque Nasser’s when I was there, and it was expansive and included adjoining conference and reception rooms, private bathrooms, and direct access to secretarial staff.”
Wow, that is quite the campus for almost 20,000 people.
In 2021, we bought my wife’s Lexus from Carmax. A 2013 IS 250C with 13k miles. A creampuff. It was 28k out the door and it was a good deal. Carmax is good if you want something a little more rare. I did sell her pervious car to Carvana. They gave me 4k more than any dealer would, and almost 2k more than Carmax. Crazy times.
I sold two cars early this year to Carmax. They had better pricing than Carvana. I bought my current vehicle out of state.
I want to trade-in my mother’s 2024 Mercedes E300 hybrid for a 2024 Toyota Highlander. The Highlander will be much easier to get in and out of than the hot rod sedan. But I have to wait for my mother to become executor as the Mercedes is in my dads name of course.
Poop perpetrator–poop perp, for short? 😀
“2025 Ford Mustang GT Premium Convertible Review” Written By: Jerry Reynolds
https://www.carpro.com/vehicle-reviews/2025-ford-mustang-gt-premium-convertible-review
“Under the long hood of this GT, you find the tried-and-true Coyote 5.0-liter dual overhead cam V8. The stats are impressive: 0-to-60 in under 4-seconds, the top speed is governed to 155-miles per hour, and it redlines at 7500 RPM. The GT has 486-horses, and 418 pound-feet of torque when you use premium fuel, and honestly, it feels like more.”
$72,245 for this beautiful and powerful hanger queen.
“2025 Ram 2500 Limited Longhorn 4×4 Crew Cab Review” Written By: Jerry Reynolds
https://www.carpro.com/vehicle-reviews/2025-ram-2500-limited-longhorn-4×4-crew-cab-review
“This week we are taking a look at the very large 2025 Ram 2500 Limited Longhorn Crew Cab 4×4, a heavy-duty truck that can handle serious towing and hauling while surrounding you with genuine luxury. Properly equipped with the High-Output Cummins diesel, this truck will tow up to 20,000 pounds, and you can bet it does so with an ease.”
$100,595 for this every option in the book truck, the diesel engine option was $12,595. And only an eight speed automatic. And only a 31 gallon fuel tank.
Still rides like a Mustang.
“Secret Service Uncovers Network of SIM Servers Capable of Disabling Cell Towers”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/secret-service-uncovers-network-of-sim-servers-capable-of-disabling-cell
“The rogue cellular network spanned ‘100,000 SIM cards across multiple sites,’ and was used to make fake calls to US officials, including swatting threats.”
“CNN reports the calls involved “swatting threats” against US lawmakers, causing police to send SWAT teams to respond to fake hostage or shooting situations. The swatting calls also targeted lawmakers outside of New York, including Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott and US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.”
“In addition, some of the SIM cards were reportedly registered to MobileX, according to the carrier’s CEO Peter Adderton. “We have strong safeguards in place to detect and block automated or bulk usage,” he wrote in a tweet. “We shut down suspicious activity every day and are prepared to fully cooperate with authorities if contacted.””
“Federal investigators have been examining the SIM servers and the communication data sent to identify the culprits. “Early analysis indicates cellular communications between nation-state threat actors and individuals that are known to federal law enforcement,” the Secret Service says.”
Lots of pictures with this article.
And this was a nation state level op at many locations in rented apartments, not abandoned buildings as was first put.
“How One Bad Password Ended a 158-Year-Old Business”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/67m-ransom-700-jobs-lost-and-a-158-year-old-business-destroyed-all-thanks
“In last week’s dispatch, I pointed out that security is everyone’s responsibility, and companies can only make it their employees’ problem so much without taking it seriously at the management level. Here’s another example of exactly that, with catastrophic results. The Hacker News reports that the UK-based KNP Logistics Group had just celebrated its 158th anniversary back in June when the Akira ransomware group (which we’ve also covered before) targeted the company and found a single employee who didn’t have multi-factor authentication enabled, and was able to guess the user’s password. It was all downhill from there.”
“The hackers then used ransomware to encrypt the company’s entire digital presence, and then went on to destroy its backups and disaster recovery systems. The group demanded £5 million (approximately $6.7 million) in ransom. The company didn’t have that kind of money, and despite calling in specialists and trying to recover their backups, the company’s operations froze, and within a matter of weeks, the company went under, and over 700 people lost their jobs. Sure, it’s a cautionary tale for both IT administrators and users alike, but above all, it’s a tragic story of exactly how much damage ransomware can cause, and how significant a threat it poses to everyone’s data.”
Good night. Does this mean that we all should be using two factor authentication ?
You should drive one from this century.
My son’s 22 ecoboost premium automatic drives really well. just sporty enough but not harsh. I am impressed every time I’m in it.
Ive considered a new GT, but the manual transmission in that car feels like rubber. I’m not willing to spend more to get a darkhorse, which gets a better transmission.
Two factor sucks if you lose access to the second factor. Like trying to reset phone stuff after losing a phone, when the confirmation numbers are sent to the phone…
and it means that the bad guys will just target attacks on individuals. The target always gets smaller and lower on the food chain over the years.
Steal a phone, jack all the accounts.
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Steal a phone, jack all the accounts.
Or if somebody dies, all the accounts tied to the phone are snafued if the owner did not give you the pin. Such is what happened in my dads case. I have had to visit several places to get a new account for my mother.
If you lose your phone, your phone provider should be able to ‘brick’ it so that others can’t use it. And if you have a passcode on your phone (not a ‘face unlock’), that gives you more protection against nefarious use of your phone until you can report it to the provider. (A ‘face unlock’ is convenient for you – and possibly the thief.)
And though I agree that SMS authorization messages to your phone are very inconvenient if you have to change numbers (been there, done that), many sites allow verification codes to be sent to your email. If you report your phone stolen to your provider, then that can disable your number on that phone, and most phone providers will allow transfer of that phone number to the replacement phone.
So, overall, two-factor using your phone (or email) is fairly secure. In the case of a phone theft, prompt reporting and ‘bricking’ can protect you, in most cases. Just like a good lock on your front door can be a protection, but not foolproof in all cases.
I bought a new range hood last year. Stainless steel. Real pretty for what it is. It can vent into the room or out the top or the back. I have the parts to vent through the wall It has LED lights and is very quiet. When it arrived I removed the old hood that was noisy and blew right into your face.
It’s been sitting in the dining room since last October. Partly because I’m chicken to cut a hole in the wall. Mostly because it doesn’t quite fit. I can do some trim work to have enough surface to mount it. I think it will look sub-par and way too southern engineered even to me, the engineer.
I discovered the kitchen cabinets and hood were mounted before the walls were textured. Well, the new hood is thinner. That gives me a couple of inches of un-textured and unpainted wall. Yeah, no. This is looking to cascade into painting that entire wall, about 35 feet, from the corner of the kitchen to the far corner of the living room. I refuse to do that.
I just looked at Big River. Broan still makes this range hood. The switches are a different color. The rest looks the same. Two models. Unvented or convertable to vent up or out or in your face..
That’s the plan now. Just install a new hood and be done.
The old hood is on the back porch. I can’t say it was rained on but it did get misted. After a couple of months outside the thing is simply too filthy to reinstall. It also rusted enough that it looks like someone painted an old rusty galvanized tub. A little to “rustic”.
Discover is offering 5% instead to the usual 1% this coming quarter at Amazon and someplace where I’ve never shopped.
It’s silly but I miss the hood light.
While I have the range pulled out for working room I can replaced the goofy burner control that sometimes sticks on high. I have plans.
Indeed. That was a big problem when I was traveling in Germany. I could not get access to a couple of my accounts because two factor wanted to send a text to my U.S. phone number. Naturally I could not receive such texts in Europe. I was effectively locked out of my accounts for three weeks. Beyond a text, there was an option for a phone call to my home phone, which was at home in the U.S. Hardly useful in that scenario.
There was an option to call and have the password and TFA reset. Again, a U.S. phone number which could not be called from overseas without significant expense. Possible of course. But not desirable.
I use the 1Password Authenticator wherever it is supported. I have no idea how the “seed” is protected or if you can even hack to get it.
“’Shoot the f**kers!’ Anti-ICE agitators caught on video apparently calling for violence in wake of deadly Dallas shooting”
https://www.theblaze.com/news/shoot-the-f-kers-anti-ice-agitators-caught-on-video-apparently-calling-for-violence-in-wake-of-deadly-dallas-shooting
This is an incredibly dangerous situation. That is a mob and mobs do bad things. If I had been in the vehicle, it would gotten violent. Those protestors were very close to turning over the vehicle and killing the people inside.
We are going to have to educate protestors that they do not have the right to attack law enforcement employees doing their jobs. That may require shooting a few protestors committing violent acts.
I wasn’t kidding about Sinclair being ABC in Tuscaloosa.
Fiddling with the little Beelink mini and Win 11.
Current annoyance:
There is a button off to the right that says Check for updates.
When pressed it checks (or pretends to) and repeats the contradictory message.
It doesn’t exactly fill one with confidence.
WTF? What makes LEOs so stinkin’ special?
How about this: protesters don’t have a right to attack anyone, and if they do, they get to eat whatever defensive violence is inflicted on them.
Examples:
My dad’s Win10 computer is finally set up with extended support. The hardware won’t support Win11. I offered to swap computers with him, as their specs are roughly the same and I can swap in the Win11 SSD that mine came with but he didn’t want to. It was a bit of a challenge because I haven’t used Windows machines in years, and those were corporate machines locked down until they were little better than terminals. And because automatic updates were turned off, so it wasn’t up-to-date on patches, so the “Click this to sign up for extended support” button didn’t appear. Seems to be good now, and he’ll be good until October of next year, and we’ll figure out what to do then.
I see that someone’s widdle fee-fees got hurted by my suggestion that the violence not be one-sided. Aw, poor widdle snowflake doesn’t like the thought of consequences.
@SteveF:
After you participate in your recommended activities against those people, please let us know where to donate to your jail commissary account. I suggest stocking up with candy bars to bribe your fellow roommates so they don’t visit you in the middle of the night, or while you are in the facility laundry room.
No. It means that not having a backup air-gapped from the web can lead to a Darwin moment.
“You should drive one from this century.”
Fort Lauderdale 2007. Red Mustang convertible from Hertz.
Ford is dead to me. If they bought the 1967 Cougar back with EFI I might reconsider, but I have evey expectation that they would eff something basic, so even then, pass.
Case law is that the police can force you to unlock a phone with your face, but cannot force you to unlock it with a passcode.
ADDED:
My beloved iPhone 6 failed this week. I transferred to my backup iPhone 11, and did not implement face ID.
Went from iOS 12 to 15. Some of my most used actions now take an extra 2-3 steps, and the effing nanny state-rectal advertising monitor is effing obnoxious. Send 50,000 volts to programmers, all executives, and double for the board. Rapacious idiots.
We are going to have to educate protestors that they do not have the right to attack law enforcement employees doing their jobs. That may require shooting a few protestors committing violent acts.
Screw the “education” and go directly to consequences..
Fans of Matt Helm will recognize the order: “They need to be taught not to mokey with the buzz saw when the buzz saw is busy cutting wood.”
Meet me in Redmond at the dark of the moon.
I just watched Sisu. Wow. I don’t understand how his dog kept up. Beautiful scenery.
The landmine flying like a frisbee was kind of neat.
Bleeding body parts spraying as they fly through the air. Yikes.
I’ll stop. Don’t want to spoil it.
shout “Free Palestine”, “Epstein’s My Daddy” and “I’ve Got the Real Files”
My truck has 4wd. And skid plates. I’ll simply put it 4low and drive over you.
No shooting needed. Besides, I was fearing for my life.
Beginning the annual Octoberfest beer comparison.
Any recommendations?
Sam Adams 28-bottle case from Sam’s* Club is the standard–subject to confirmation it will be assigned a rating of 7. The German entries are always on the table, with Hacker-Pschorr a personal fave and expected to repeat a solid 8.
I concentrate on midwest brewers, since the Midwest was largely settled by Germans. I made arrangements today for some New Glarus Staghorn, but I don’t expect much–NG is the Coors (1970’s) of the 21st century.
Great Lakes remains a contender but has fallen off the last ten years or so. Boulevard is out for the fourth year for whoring themselves with “Octoberfiesta”, Sierra Nevada is in the hunt but maybe for the last time as they have been straying into xs IBU territory (hops is not a contact sport, wankers).
High ABV versions may be enjoyable, but are not Octoberfest biers.
*no relation
Might want to upgrade the side windows or install hangers for plates. Or maybe side-discharge flame throwers.
Ever though how cool it would be to make the side moldings into claymore’s?
Beginning the annual Octoberfest beer comparison.
Any recommendations?
Blue Moon Belgian White ?
https://www.bluemoonbrewingcompany.com/en-US/currently-available/blue-moon-belgian-white
Very good beer despite the Panzer tracks in the middle of the factory.
BTW, my Mother’s Mother’s parents were Flemish from Diksmuide, Belgium.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diksmuide
“No, a Windows update probably didn’t brick your SSD”
https://www.theverge.com/news/768431/windows-update-didnt-brick-your-ssd
“For the last week or two, reports have been circulating that recent Windows 11 updates (specifically KB5063878 and KB5062660) were causing some SSDs using Phison controllers to fail. Tech influencers on YouTube and TikTok were quick to jump on the reports of corrupted data and disappearing drives, laying the blame squarely at Microsoft’s feet. We’re not saying any company is above lying to the public, and Microsoft has a history of rocky update rollouts, but both Microsoft and Phison claim they’ve been unable to recreate the issue.”
Well, that is good news.
Not an Octoberfest, but an okay beer for summer–not quite a lawn mowing beer.
Blue Moon can be cellared for 12-24 months and develop some interesting flavors before it goes south.
I bought a package of Hill Country Fare fajitas the other day. May be pricey. Tastes good and I can get 4 or 5 days of supper and snacks. Once a month. don’t want to burn out. TThat’s g
oing on the grill Sunday.
I bought a tub of guacamole today. This morning. 8 bucks from the produce dept. Pricey but whatever. II opened it and scrapped the lid clean. Tastes off. LLack of salt? Maybe the quarter inch chunks of crunchy ick? Nah. My insides say the stuff is off.
Not sure if I’m taking it back or putting it the freezer until next trash day.
As for double letters at the beginning of a sentence, no clue. AAuto correct is doing it. AAnnoying.
Stupid touch screen.
Working on some new proposals, I have a question: Does any country in the world have citizens that are preyed upon by U.S. criminal organizations, or do all roads lead the the U.S. ?
Well. RRestarted the kindle fire. WWtf. MMaybe I need a different keyboard.
BBarJJar BLinks unsderstands
Are you including the CIA? Johnson & Johnson? NGOs which are steered and almost wholly funded by the USG? Or only freelance criminal organizations?
NGO’s and entities not listed.
I’m crafting some balancing legislation:
Somali Scam III pours a few million into the Kenyan real estate market. Unrecoverable? Not so fast. Debit it from the foreign aid account. No foreign aid? Lien any Kenyan assets in the U.S.
20k illegal aliens from Whonoeswhereithe phuqueistan? Take 20k off their quota.
“”War Against ICE”: Anarcho-Communist Website Calls For Mobilization Across U.S.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/war-against-ice-anarcho-communist-website-calls-mobilization-across-us
“AnarchistNews, the long-running anarcho-communist propaganda site, popular among Antifa militants and radical leftists, issued a movement order this week instructing “all anarchists across the country” to disrupt operations at ICE facilities in every city and to “celebrate life with fire against the death march of american law and order.””
Phase II of Civil War 2.0 ?
Was the engine Hecho en Spain or Hecho en Cleveland?
Texas Law
SUBCHAPTER C. PROTECTION OF PERSONS
The rule for deadly force is the same.
SO in Texas, when they open your door or break your window…
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Calling that small group a “crowd” is pushing it a bit.
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Football game is over, and I’m waiting to retrieve D2 from her band obligation, then I’m going to have a tiny little fire while waiting for D1 to return from her night’s adventures.
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Oh, and btw, Texas law defines when you can use force against a peace officer…
Well it too a long time to get the kid from band, and the other kid got home early, so I think I’ll just go to bed.
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. Or maybe side-discharge flame throwers.
– I thought about this a lot, but we’re not South Africa yet. I ended up buying really loud horns. They are sold as “train horns” and there is a subculture that puts them on lifted trucks…
I haven’t gotten around to installing them yet, but I should have one for each vehicle if they all work.
It might be enough to get some space around your vehicle in a crowd.
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Calling that small group a “crowd” is pushing it a bit.
I call three people a crowd nowadays. Just lifting my arms above my shoulders hurts.
. Or maybe side-discharge flame throwers.
– I thought about this a lot, but we’re not South Africa yet. I ended up buying really loud horns. They are sold as “train horns” and there is a subculture that puts them on lifted trucks…
I haven’t gotten around to installing them yet, but I should have one for each vehicle if they all work.
It might be enough to get some space around your vehicle in a crowd.
We could be South Africa in a year. Or less.
I wanted one of those train horn sets with the electric air compressor and the pressure tank on my last bike. I had an 850 lb Honda Valkyrie and was very nervous about dropping it if someone brushed up against me with that big flat six motor sticking out two feet on each side. I dropped it once in a parking lot when I forgot to put the kickstand down. I put my leg out and tried to catch it, suddenly realizing that I was going to break my leg, so I jumped off the bike and let it land on the ground. I just marked up one of the engine guards which I attributed to experience.
Getting her up was a whole nuther story. Luckily I had the manual with an illustrated procedure.
(just talking quietly amongst friends.. I have a Harley that I doubt I could pick back up if it went down). Especially at my age and back issues.. Had a MRI two weeks ago.. 3 discs bulging, pressing on the spinal nerves. Severe pain down RHS neck, arm and shoulder.. (in certain positions). Seeing a surgeon in 5 weeks to discuss “options”.. ugh. Thank goodness for pain meds… Getting old.. not recommended..
>>I wanted one of those train horn sets with the electric air compressor and the pressure tank on my last bike.
The ones with the tank are the ones you want if you want to scare the sh!te out of the car in front of you. Add in a DPST switch so you can “show” the OEM sound as well.
Like these: https://www.amazon.com/HONSKUDE-Complete-Compressor-Trumpets-Vehicles/dp/B09YTLZWXP?tag=ttgnet-20
>>I wanted one of those train horn sets with the electric air compressor and the pressure tank on my last bike.
The ones with the tank are the ones you want if you want to scare the sh!te out of the car in front of you. Add in a DPST switch so you can “show” the OEM sound as well.
Like these: https://www.amazon.com/HONSKUDE-Complete-Compressor-Trumpets-Vehicles/dp/B09YTLZWXP?tag=ttgnet-20
I used to know a guy that had something like this mounted on his bike, but just two horns. He got one five second blast then the compressor needed 45 seconds to refill the tank. He had a video of him blowing the horn while riding down the road, it was awesome.
Milk comes from the mammary glands of mammals.
Calling “oat” or “almond” or other plant squeezing’s* “milk” because it looks white is like calling piss “lemonade” because it’s yellow.
Don’t get near my cereal, and God will not help you if you get near my coffee.
*pass on coconut milk—too entrenched.
@MrK
“Getting old.. not recommended.. “
The alternative sucks.
But it’s a bummer when you go to lift something that you’ve lifted many times before, and it doesn’t flippin’ budge.
Or you get it lifted, and it‘s dragging on the ground where it didn’t before.
When the time comes I can’t pour the bourbon and hit the glass, I am good and done.