USMB Coffee Shop IV

[gallantwarrior]

Did some cleaning in the Garage last week. One of maybe twice a year I have more than one trash can out for collection. Because of the holiday weekend we had an extra day of trash and we decided to clean out the o;d venison from the freezer... It was at least 4 years old. Wouldn't you know they forgot to empty that container... I'm sure the neighbors are appreciating the stench by now...

That's the kind of donation a sled team owner appreciates. Lots of people "gift" their freezer-burnt meat and fish to sled team owners.

 

[gallantwarrior]

In short...there is no place to escape to. Cali is surrounded by fire. At least at the coast, they can all head to the ocean. Sand can burn, but it takes a lot of heat. And the ocean is accessible even if you have to wade out there. Those with no water sources like lakes and whatnot...I feel bad for them. Where I am, there is a very large lake. If push came to shove, that is where I would head along with everyone else I presume. Or some will try to drive out. At least here, we have more than 2 ways out. But even then...where CAN we go being surrounded?

Pray for a big rainstorm without lightening.

Keep breathing, this may be one time a storm in your life is helpful.

I am so far behind but felt a need to check in and say "hi!". I'm around but busier than a one-legged guy in a but kicking contest, trying to get stuff done before my hip replacement next week. The barn roof is still not done and I have to anchor the new stove pipe in place, among many, many other projects not done. I've also been informed that I will be provided in-home therapy for at least the first two weeks, so I have to get the house acceptable clean. Crap, so much to do, no time left!!! I will have plenty of time starting next week. I suppose y'all will get sick of me in short order.

The project list never ends. Speedy recovery on the hip, sounds very painful. I took a vaccine against gallantwarrior.

Hello, Save! I didn't know I required a vaccine in my honor. LOL

 

[gallantwarrior]

Saw the light in the window Foxfyre and popped in.
Over here in Gods country things are pretty good atm, plenty of work... that means I’m paying lots of tax to keep our immigrants in luxury.The weather here is breathtakingly good for this time of year, the equinox is coming in a few days then it’s going to go downhill fast.
Over the weekend I popped in to see my two little grandsons, it was the youngest birthday so I slipped him a wad in the birthday card envelope.
They both have enough toys n stuff, what can you possibly buy kids today? They have everything.
As for me I’m quite chipper, my new MTB is coming on the Thursday so that means I’ll pick my new bike up over the weekend. I’m hyper as you can tell?
Hope you slipper wearers have had a good weekend too!

Always interesting to get news from the other side of the pond, Roy. How old are you grandsons?

 

[gallantwarrior]

Hi folks. Just stopped by to say hello, let everyone know I'm still here. Hope all of you are doing well.

Hello, Ringel!

 

[gallantwarrior]

Just popped in to say hello and grab a cup of coffee to go.

Greetings, BBD!

 

[gallantwarrior]

Good evening, all. I'm a little disappointed in my love life. I just don't like all the putdowns my fiance does plus, now all his realitives want me to pay them for services other families do for each other. I just can't take it anymore. He takes a special hatredfor my charity quilting. Some chaplain. I dont know what to do.

Beau, take my word for this; run, do not walk, RUN! I am doing battle with my former partner and it is very unpleasant. If your fiance and his family are this bad this soon, they will not only never change their stripes, they will dye them in various putrid colors. Honey, he is NOT worth the grief.

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

Saw the light in the window Foxfyre and popped in.
Over here in Gods country things are pretty good atm, plenty of work... that means I’m paying lots of tax to keep our immigrants in luxury.The weather here is breathtakingly good for this time of year, the equinox is coming in a few days then it’s going to go downhill fast.
Over the weekend I popped in to see my two little grandsons, it was the youngest birthday so I slipped him a wad in the birthday card envelope.
They both have enough toys n stuff, what can you possibly buy kids today? They have everything.
As for me I’m quite chipper, my new MTB is coming on the Thursday so that means I’ll pick my new bike up over the weekend. I’m hyper as you can tell?
Hope you slipper wearers have had a good weekend too!

Always interesting to get news from the other side of the pond, Roy. How old are you grandsons?

My grandsons are 5 and 3 years old

 

[Ringel05]

Good evening, all. I'm a little disappointed in my love life. I just don't like all the putdowns my fiance does plus, now all his realitives want me to pay them for services other families do for each other. I just can't take it anymore. He takes a special hatredfor my charity quilting. Some chaplain. I dont know what to do.

Beau, take my word for this; run, do not walk, RUN! I am doing battle with my former partner and it is very unpleasant. If your fiance and his family are this bad this soon, they will not only never change their stripes, they will dye them in various putrid colors. Honey, he is NOT worth the grief.

Yup, agreed. Sounds like a toxic relationship she needs to get out of now.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Good evening, all. I'm a little disappointed in my love life. I just don't like all the putdowns my fiance does plus, now all his realitives want me to pay them for services other families do for each other. I just can't take it anymore. He takes a special hatredfor my charity quilting. Some chaplain. I dont know what to do.

Sounds like you would be happier just sort of showing him the door? It is a pure fact that such unacceptable traits don't stop after marriage but generally intensify and that's true at any age.

Thanks, Foxfire. I've been alone for 4 years,
Sometimes it feels that anything would be better than that, until communication failures kick in. And it takes 2 to tangle that right up good. Lol
I just never did cotton to playing games and make believe. It seems safer to just let him remain in the guest room. I can handle the critiques independently but not with the worry there will be no escaping the constant anklebiting by signing marriage papers on a wedding day for a loveless life.

Don't do this, Beau. Just a few things: my ongoing tribulations with a partner (not married to him) of 17 years, with increasingly difficult interactions.
IE: I asked him to please not be around my place when I got home from hip surgery. That one thing he refused, repeatedly to do. He's taken to calling the Troopers every time I even hint at a restraining order and has made off-hand threats that mentioned if he can't live in my home, no one will and then alluding to the damage wild fires can do. (I'm afraid to get the restraining order for that reason.) He has been "playing nice" while my brother is here but I know that will end as soon as brother is gone. He's tried to pick fights when brother is now close enough to hear this but I am not rising to the bait. He's been playing his little head games and "winning" whenever he manages to come up to the house to make his meals, forcing us to put up with his filthy, unpleasant personage. I took advantage, finally, while I was in hospital to address my concerns and have good advice, plus my brother is bolstering my resolve.
And all I asked for was a couple of less-stressed weeks while he stayed at his place and I recuperated from surgery. And when I think of all the trouble I went through to help him when he had his stroke last year...
Please, Beau, consider this marriage carefully.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Saw the light in the window Foxfyre and popped in.
Over here in Gods country things are pretty good atm, plenty of work... that means I’m paying lots of tax to keep our immigrants in luxury.The weather here is breathtakingly good for this time of year, the equinox is coming in a few days then it’s going to go downhill fast.
Over the weekend I popped in to see my two little grandsons, it was the youngest birthday so I slipped him a wad in the birthday card envelope.
They both have enough toys n stuff, what can you possibly buy kids today? They have everything.
As for me I’m quite chipper, my new MTB is coming on the Thursday so that means I’ll pick my new bike up over the weekend. I’m hyper as you can tell?
Hope you slipper wearers have had a good weekend too!

Always interesting to get news from the other side of the pond, Roy. How old are you grandsons?

My grandsons are 5 and 3 years old

And you already slip them loot? Greedy little buggers nowadays, aren't they. My granddaughters were mercenary at an early age, too.

 

[gallantwarrior]

It's been a while since I dropped in here, been meaning to, but I apologize for the hiatus.

Too much life going on right now.

On a good note, we have paid off a $10,000 credit card and are on our last installment of a payday loan this month. I am happily able to announce that I will be paying part of, if not all, of the mortgage payments going forward. I did some awful things with my grandmother's money a few years back and now I am single-handedly digging us out of the debt I incurred.

I am proud of myself for turning over a new leaf and redeeming myself to my grandmother. Also, I can look at her and tell she is. The look on her face says it all.

But I didn't come here to write an essay, I hope you are all doing well in this hellish year thus far.

That suit of Templar armor is collecting dust in the corner, time for me to take it for a spin! Hot apple cider with a pinch of ginger, please!

--TK

Congratulations, TK. Good on you for making Granny whole again financially. Pay it forward, young man!

 

[gallantwarrior]

I’ve just phoned the bike shop I ordered my bike from a couple of months ago.
The guy on the other end took 5 minutes to come back to the phone with information, he told me my bike isn’t even in the shop, but last week I was told it was definitely being delivered to the shop on the 17th which was yesterday.
Disappointment has kicked in. I Feel miserable.

I hereby decree that Mr. Roy Batty shall treat himself to one hour in the best workout place in his neighborhood on a stationery bike to keep his legs in shape while those who withheld his bike get their act together and fix the bike and deliver it to Mr. Batty's front door forthwith or have their online complaint box messages quadruple every day for 10 days!

What Foxfire said, bluzman! Glad to have you visiting the coffee shop and hope it gets to be a great place that provides neutrality and peace to all and that you'll appreciate Foxfire's irreplaceable gift to the USMBoards.

Been live trapping critters that have been trying to overtake my domain. After I catch them I relocate them to a more appropriate area for them to wander around in. So far the count is 31 raccoons, 4 possums and 1 skunk. just a tip... if you ever catch a skunk in a live trap treat him very kindly!

I gather there's more to this skunk story than has been told..
<giggle>
Good to see you. BBD!

Skunks!
I feel I should share this, many years ago i was working at a very large RAF camp in England, villages around the camp provided the entertainment and watering holes for the service people there.
A pub owner let me stay on his land, he even got the regulars of the pub to push my caravan into a stretch of pub land, I returned the favour by buying ales for them.
Over the weeks and months there I became one on the single Male locals.
On one Thursday night a hen do came into the pub, they noticed me and took a shine to me, in so many words.
Suffice to say at the end of the night I had sex with the bride getting married. We enjoyed it, we went for it and both knew what we were doing. At the end of the night she kissed me, looked me in the eyes and said “always remember me!”
Remembering those words said to me I’ve always felt a skunk for doing the deed to a bride to be married. Should I?

It was her choice, too. Do you ever wonder whether she regrets that one last fling?

 

[gallantwarrior]

I'm back! Surgery went well although they couldn't get a spinal to take and had to put me full under. Took me three days to get over the scratchy throat. Hip doesn't hurt any more but is stiff, guess I'll have to break in the new equipment. There's a fair amount of swelling and stiffness but those muscles and tendons were not meant to be mauled they way they have been. Might take a bit to heal up. I wish I could convince my pocket pooch not to sleep on that knee because she causes it to flex backwards, which is NOT helpful at all.
My brother is hear again and I am so glad to have him. I am far from able to do for myself and if not completely pleased with all he has to do, he puts on a good face. One of the cats has had a rough night and there are at least three messes to clean up and I can't bend more than 90 degrees at the waist. We've planned a healthy menu and he's a great cook. No beer allowed, of course, so I'm thinking I might just lose a few pounds.
At any rate, I'm back and glad to visit with all my CS friends again. I hope you all are doing as well as you are able.

 

[SFC Ollie]

Did some cleaning in the Garage last week. One of maybe twice a year I have more than one trash can out for collection. Because of the holiday weekend we had an extra day of trash and we decided to clean out the o;d venison from the freezer... It was at least 4 years old. Wouldn't you know they forgot to empty that container... I'm sure the neighbors are appreciating the stench by now...

That's the kind of donation a sled team owner appreciates. Lots of people "gift" their freezer-burnt meat and fish to sled team owners.

Could have dumped it in the river I suppose...

 

[Dajjal]

 

[Dajjal]

 

[gallantwarrior]

Did some cleaning in the Garage last week. One of maybe twice a year I have more than one trash can out for collection. Because of the holiday weekend we had an extra day of trash and we decided to clean out the o;d venison from the freezer... It was at least 4 years old. Wouldn't you know they forgot to empty that container... I'm sure the neighbors are appreciating the stench by now...

That's the kind of donation a sled team owner appreciates. Lots of people "gift" their freezer-burnt meat and fish to sled team owners.

Could have dumped it in the river I suppose...

Fish would eat it, I suppose, just unwrap it first.

 

[beautress]

I'm back! Surgery went well although they couldn't get a spinal to take and had to put me full under. Took me three days to get over the scratchy throat. Hip doesn't hurt any more but is stiff, guess I'll have to break in the new equipment. There's a fair amount of swelling and stiffness but those muscles and tendons were not meant to be mauled they way they have been. Might take a bit to heal up. I wish I could convince my pocket pooch not to sleep on that knee because she causes it to flex backwards, which is NOT helpful at all.
My brother is hear again and I am so glad to have him. I am far from able to do for myself and if not completely pleased with all he has to do, he puts on a good face. One of the cats has had a rough night and there are at least three messes to clean up and I can't bend more than 90 degrees at the waist. We've planned a healthy menu and he's a great cook. No beer allowed, of course, so I'm thinking I might just lose a few pounds.
At any rate, I'm back and glad to visit with all my CS friends again. I hope you all are doing as well as you are able.

Gallantwarrior so happy to see you back in the coffee shop. I was thinking aboit where you might be just yesterday. Welcome back, and prayers up for your complete recovery. Pardon any typos i make. Im trying to get used to usmb on my cell phone. My fiance hates me being on the computer and i dont know how to connect it back up. So, its typo city here <giggle>

 

[Gracie]

Beau...dump him. And fast. Just my 2 cents.
GallantWarrior...pray he has another stroke and drops dead from it.

 

[Gracie]

Sorry for being brief. I've been thinking of you, GW. Just really pooped the last few days. Been moving stuff little at a time. And just those smaller things about killed me. Afterwards, I lay down to rest and wind up falling asleep. Mind won't rest either. You can relate to that, yourself.
we get the truck tomorrow. Moving day is day after (wednesday), return truck thurs. Gotta take cat to vet for boarding so she is out of the way. Gotta get this place cleaned up and ready for next tenant, then get all the stuff at new place put away. Mostly doing it all myself. MrG helps alittle bit, but I don't let him do much. All I need is for HIM to have a heart attack and I wind up having to deal with that too.

I'm glad your brother is there with you. Get well, fast as you can. That asshole partner of yours needs to be taken care of legally, threats or not. At least make a report with LE so its on record of what he said about if he can't live there, nobody can, and forest fires. Get it on record!