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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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beans-on-toast said:
My dog was a master at spitting out pills unless they were hidden in really stinky cheese. He liked the cheese too much to care if there was a pill in there.
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We have a feral, fixed boy cat that gets an allergy pill twice a day. Surprisingly, he's remarkably easy to pill.
 
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alaskaleftybass said:
What say ye, GOF's? What's on the schedule this weekend?
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Roadwork and detours getting in and out of town are going to be a nightmare. They are telling people to avoid using vehicles on the affeced areas. My street will be closed on Saturday from 0:0 hours to Sunday at 23:59 for some sort of event.

A couple of years ago, I drove out of a building exit and the road was blocked. A cop had a fit asking how I got in there. The exit from the building was supposd to be locked down but wasn’t. I didn’t even know of the event. Her solution was to drive the wrong way on a one way street. The cop at the other end wanted to ticket me. I explained to her that I was following the orders from another cop. Asking for them to have a bit of co-ordination was expecting too much. Both cops were kids right out of the academy assigned to crowd control and both were without a lot of common sense.

Another year I couldn’t get into the building. Without me knowing, they closed the road after I went out. We had to wait two hours on the street to travel 100 feet to the garage entrance.

I checked with the parking office in the garge today. They didn’t know about the planned event and had no plans on shutting down any of the exits. Wonderful!

I have to get out of town to attend a show. We’ll see what happens.
 
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alaskaleftybass said:
Thank you @BassmanPaul and @GonePlaid and anyone I might have missed for kind words....
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Prayers for your wife and yourself, ALB. All the best.

alaskaleftybass said:
Alright, GOF's! Roll call. Report in on all fingers toes, appendages accounted for. ...
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Here, minus 1 prostate and 1 gall bladder. This time next week I expect to be minus the L4 & L5 discs with naught but a band-aid on the incision.

alaskaleftybass said:
What say ye, GOF's? What's on the schedule this weekend? ...
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More lying around on the recliner, like the last 3½ months. (sigh) Luckily, I can sit up enough to pick my guits n' ukes for my own amusement. Hope to start runnin', jumpin' and standin' at gigs soon, though. :bassist:
 
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G-Dog said:
Prayers for your wife and yourself, ALB. All the best.



Here, minus 1 prostate and 1 gall bladder. This time next week I expect to be minus the L4 & L5 discs with naught but a band-aid on the incision.



More lying around on the recliner, like the last 3½ months. (sigh) Luckily, I can sit up enough to pick my guits n' ukes for my own amusement. Hope to start runnin', jumpin' and standin' at gigs soon, though. :bassist:
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Damn! Good luck on all.:thumbsup:
 
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beans-on-toast said:
Roadwork and detours getting in and out of town are going to be a nightmare. They are telling people to avoid using vehicles on the affeced areas. My street will be closed on Saturday from 0:0 hours to Sunday at 23:59 for some sort of event.

A couple of years ago, I drove out of a building exit and the road was blocked. A cop had a fit asking how I got in there. The exit from the building was supposd to be locked down but wasn’t. I didn’t even know of the event. Her solution was to drive the wrong way on a one way street. The cop at the other end wanted to ticket me. I explained to her that I was following the orders from another cop. Asking for them to have a bit of co-ordination was expecting too much. Both cops were kids right out of the academy assigned to crowd control and both were without a lot of common sense.

Another year I couldn’t get into the building. Without me knowing, they closed the road after I went out. We had to wait two hours on the street to travel 100 feet to the garage entrance.

I checked with the parking office in the garge. They didn’t know about the planned event and had no plans on shutting down any of the exits. Wonderful!

I have to get out of town to attend a show. We’ll see what happens.
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Isn't it funny. Two of the cops in town I sold a bass amp and guitar amp to them. They were so humble and courteous, they paid off the amps over 3 months. Now they're kind of snotty nosed-- one nodded at me like I was some sort of civilian and I walked up to him and told him I remembered when he was a pimply faced kid who bought an amp from me on time. He turned red and laughed and we talked for a minute. Again, watching the youngsters play cop makes you appreciate the old timers who know how to wield their authority with wisdom.

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Prayers for your wife and yourself, ALB. All the best.


Here, minus 1 prostate and 1 gall bladder. This time next week I expect to be minus the L4 & L5 discs with naught but a band-aid on the incision.



More lying around on the recliner, like the last 3½ months. (sigh) Luckily, I can sit up enough to pick my guits n' ukes for my own amusement. Hope to start runnin', jumpin' and standin' at gigs soon, though. :bassist:
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Best of luck on your procedures @G-Dog .

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Damn! Good luck on all.:thumbsup:
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Thank you sir.
 
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Present and still remarkably intact, not to mention resilient! I'm reviewing some technical work this weekend to prepare for a meeting with some seriously smart folks Monday. I thought DoD and the Services had already invented every acronym possible, but this cyber-warfare world is sort of a blend of old the old acronyms mixed in with IT terms to create a whole new language.
 
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Al Kraft said:
Present and still remarkably intact, not mention resilient! I'm reviewing some technical work this weekend to prepare for a meeting with some seriously smart folks Monday. I thought DoD and the Services had already invented every acronym possible, but this cyber-warfare world is sort of a blend of old the old acronyms mixed in with IT terms to create a whole new language.
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I hope that you don't have to use the Cone of Silence during the meeting. It makes understanding the acronyms even harder.

 
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