Not Much of Interest

The move has kept me extremely busy these days, and there's been nothing new in politics worthy of note to complain about, nor have I been to the range in months.  Hopefully that last part will be taken care of this weekend.

Day Off

From work that pays.  Took vacation days today and tomorrow to work around the new house.  Got the shop and the armory squared away, emptying 4-5 boxes in the process.  Will probably bring more from the old place tomorrow.

Even though today was a vacation day for me, I was at the office around 9AM to meet with a contractor.  We needed to discuss a job we need done, and I wasn't sure he could do it.  I'm still not.  Whe we finished, one of the guys told me, in no uncertain terms, to "get the hell out of there".  A great bunch of guys.

Moved In . . . Mostly

Saturday the youngest son and wife helped us move some more stuff.  We filled 2 puckup trucks and a 5x8 utility trailer, mostly with things that are hard to pack, though there were some more boxes of kitchen and gun stuff.  Damn was that a hot day.  The boy and I were soaked from our toes to the top of our heads.

Yesterday and today were spend unpacking, and trying to figure out where to store things.

Tomorrow and the next are vacation days for me.  Tomorrow will be mostly setting up the shop area and urethane on the new reloading bench  Then the next back to the 'big house' for bench mounted power tools, the rest of my reloading supplies and Misc. tools from the shop.

I'm a couple of weeks from being set up to load ammunition, godd thing I have plenty on hand because I'm getting itchy to hit the range once the weather cools off.

Pain

And more pain.  My feet hurt, my legs hurt, my back hurts.  Thankfully we hired 2 guys and a truck to do the heavy work.  We have now taken residence in the new 'little house'.  What a mess we have around us now.  Boxes and other stuff scattered everywhere, and we still have some things at the 'big house' to move.

Moving the gun safe down the stairs into the basement was a chore.  Those 2 men couldn't handle it by themselves, so I had to pitch in.

Hopefully I can actually move in the morning.  Have to get up and go to work.

Heard from the fence people yesterday.  It's going to be 6 weeks before they can replace the fence with the 6 Ft. version we want.  The chain link isn't a problem, but it seems the vinyl fence manufacturers are running behind.

Just a Thought

You don't need a parachute to sky dive.
You need a parachute if you want to do it again.

Heard that somewhere recently.

Moving Update

The 'little house' now has cable with TV, Telephone and Internet.  The contract installers said they couldn't run the co-ax to the loft over the garage, 100 feet from the house because it would require boring under the concrete walkway.  But today a direct hire from the cable company ran a line out there without going under the walk.  He looked it over, we discussed options, then it took him about an hour to get it done.  Well, mostly done.  The line has been run, and it works, but another crew will arrive to bury the cable.

This coming Wednesday we will officially take up residence in the down-sized place.  A couple of guys and a truck will load and transport the remaining and larger items, like the washer, dryer, freezer, refrigerator, our bedroom furniture, remaining family room furniture, and gun safe.  Moving the remainder of my tools, and firearms and associated stuff, is up to me.  I'll empty out the safe Tuesday night.  Don't want these guys having actual knowledge of its contents.

Earlier this week we signed an agreement for a company to remove a bunch of old fence and install 6 ft tall privacy fence on the back line, and the same height chain link around the rest of the yard.  Our 4 month old Sheba Inu won't require such a tall fence when she's grown, but a future adopted Siberian Husky just might.  Some of those dogs are good climbers. Looks like we have 2-3 weeks to clear some vegetation off the fence line.

Then later on we'll attempt to move the grand-childrens elevated playhouse and trampoline.  My boys should be able to help me with that.

Now that I've been up for about an hour in the middle of the night, time to get some sleep.

Back to Work

Back to work today, or at least half the day.  Left at 1PM for the 'little house' to meet the Boss and 2 technicians installing cable TV, telephone land line and Internet access.  The TV and telephone works, but don't know about the Internet as yet because I didn't have a computer with me.

All this week I'm required to attend training, 2 hours a day, on geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.  It bores the hell out of me because I know the subject.  I even taught an in-house seminar on the subject 2 employers ago.  Oh well, they're paying me for my time, even if it is non-productive.

Illegal Carry ?

One of the places we visited while on vacation was the old city of Anapolis Maryland.  Found some rather interesting shops and great sea food.

I have concealed carry licenses from my home state of Ohio and also Florida.  I carried the whole time in Maryland, though my licenses are not valid there.  On the one hand that's illegal, but the law of the country says otherwise, as does the law of nature.

Being an old guy, I'm becoming more and more the type of person who ignores illegal and especially immoral laws

Foreward ??

Obama has initiated a slogan . . . "Foreward".

I believe that is the same slogan used by multiple liberty squashing governments through history.

His policies have done nothing more than hold our collective heads face down in the mud.

The only 'foreward' coming from this guy and his party is to move us, as a country, into the grave.

Back Home Again.

As soon as we got home, we unloaded the brothrt-in-law's SUV, then immediately left to pick up our 4 month old Sheba Inu, Miko.  The Boss sure missed the little fur ball.

Tomorrow it's back normal.  The week away was definately needed.  I can feel the difference.

Vacation Day 4

Finally a day without water falling from the sky. 
Spent all day in the Amish country near Lancaster Pa.  Mostly following the Boss around all the shops.  Then a wonderful production of Jonah in the Sight & Sound Theater.

Relaxing.

Oldies in the Military

My little sister sent me this, written by someone else.
Enjoy.  I did.

You can't be older than 42 to join the military. They've got the whole thing ass-backwards.  Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys.  You shouldn't be able to join a military unit until you're at least 35.

For starters, researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy.

Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier.        'My back hurts! I can't sleep, I'm tired and hungry.' We  are impatient and maybe letting us kill some asshole that  desperately deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for awhile.

An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10am. Old guys always get up early to pee, so what the hell. Besides, like I said, I'm tired and can't sleep and since I'm already up, I may as well be up     killing some fanatical son-of-a-bitch.

If captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd forget where we put them.  In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser.

Boot camp would be easier for old guys.  We're used to getting screamed and yelled at and we're  used to soft food. We've also developed an appreciation for guns. We've been using them for years as an excuse to get out of the house, away from the screaming and yelling.

They could lighten up on the obstacle course  however... I've been in combat and never saw a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I  ever do any pushups after completing basic training. Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too... I've never seen anyone outrun a bullet.

An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to shave, to start a conversation with a pretty  girl. He still hasn't figured out that a baseball cap has  a brim to shade his eyes, not the back of his  head.

These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to  learn a little more about life before sending them off  into harm's way. Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten coward terrorists. The last thing an enemy would want to see is a couple million pissed off old farts with attitudes and automatic weapons, who know that their best years are already behind  them.

HEY!! How about recruiting Women over 50 in menopause!!! You think men have attitudes?? Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my God!!! If nothing else, put them on border patrol. They'll have it secured the first  night!

Vacation Day 3

Wore the new shoes all day today.  Very comfortable.  Why is it that women buy shoes that fit, but after they wear them for part of a day they don't fit anymore?

Another day of rain all day.  Stayed close to Hershey, toured a mall, had a great meal in an Irish pub then watched a movie in a theater for a change.

Tomorrow is a trip to Amish country near Lancaster and a live theater show, Noah, in the Sight & Sound theater.  Rain or no rain, we're off to Lancaster tomorrow.

The Boss got an e-mail from the daughter-in-law that's dog sitting for us.  They have a full grown Lab, and this week our Sheba Inu puppy.  She sent a picture showing both dogs taking a nap in the larger dogs bed.  Guess they're getting along just fine.

The brother-in-law's SUV is decked out with all sorts of goodies including Onstar.  Several times during this trip he pushed the button on the rear view morror and got turn by turn directions.  A handy feature that.  He's a lot more trustful of Big Brother than I ever will be.  His vehicle can be tracked and conversations recorded at any time without his knowledge.  That possibility doesn't seem to bother him at all.

Vacation Day 2

We were planning to go to Annapolis today.  I'm told there is an old historical section that's a bit interesting to visit.  Basically a tourist trap.  After looking at weather predictions, and considering the Boss's back pain we decided to stick around Hershey today.  So we spent most of the rainy day at the outlet mall just next door.  I bought a new pair of athletic shoes and 4 new polo shirts for work.  The Boss basically bought nothing.  That's a bit strange.

Vacation Report

Last night and for the next several days the Boss & I will be spending nights near Hershey Park in Pa.  Her sister and husband are involved in a time share deal, and we 4 are occupying a 2 bedroom condo each evening for a week.

Today we drove south for a tour of the battlefield at Gettysburg.  The Boss and I were there many years ago, but not the rest of the group.  Even though this was a return trip for us, it was still very interesting.  It's hard for me to immagine so many men just walking across open ground, up hill, directly into musket and cannon fire.  I can't immagine soldiers of today following such stupid orders.

I sure hope the military leaders of today have studied and learned from the stupidity of our past.

I Hate Plumbing

The plumbing modifications I made to the new 'little' house have been a great irritation, though leaks have been minimal.  Last weekend I finally finished the dreaded plumbing projects.  Or so I thought.  I stopped by this evening on the way home and noticed an ooze from the drinking water shut-off valve under the kitchen sink.  So I tightened the threaded joint . . . . again.

Then in the basement I checked the drinking water filter condidtion, and discovered another ooze.  That joint has been in service for several momths, so now it wants to leak.

I absolutey hate plumbing.