Four yellowjacket stings

Hit a nest with the lawn mower today.

Bastards hit me four times. Guess I am not as fast as I used to be.

A quart of gasoline tonight will make them go away.





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I am having a hard time this morning because

I got in late and Kitty licked my face all night. I could not sleep for sour apples.

Maybe later I can make a decent post.


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Last night I attended an informal gathering of my high school class.

They did it a lot better this time because they were smart enough not to have a dance or something.

It was a simple gathering where they served a table full of snacks and a cash bar. 

There was a singer in the background but he kept it down so we could talk.

All in all it was a pretty good deal.

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Earlier yesterday I connected with someone else from out of the past. I ran into the kid brother of my old non-girlfriend girlfriend and it seems my prediction for her came true. (That's rare!)She lives where it is warm. 

She and her husband have a small consulting engineering business and work out of their home on a Caribbean island. 

I asked him if she has any clothes and he laughed. Her standard uniform is still cut-offs, a bikini top, a cover blouse, and flip-flops.





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It is an early day for me as I woke up at Oh Dark Thirty

It is 0700 now and the bacon is on. My Godson is starting to stir and that means he will awaken his father and then the two grand nieces will get dragged into the chain reaction unless they have the ability to sleep through things.

They likely do as if I recall I could when I was their age. (This means nothing)

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Yesterday I got invited for lunch and was taken out to a fairly nice place by three women my own age, two of whom were classmates of mine. It was interesting.
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I am back on track now following a couple good night's sleeps. It has not happened like that in quite some time.

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I just read where a WW2 vet wants $13 from the government because he escaped from a PW camp.

Apparently the government paid him $1/day for the time he spent in captivity but didn't pay him anything when he escaped and spent 13 days on the lam. He wants $13 for the 13 days he spent on the lam.

I think a little different. When he was on the lam he was not in a PW cage and isn't entitled to the $1/day PW pay.

It is the sworn duty of the prisoner to escape. The minute he busted out he should have been considered back on full duty and his regular pay rate restored. 






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I am telling my grand nieces about how my

mother used to be able to take a blacksmith's anvil and cook it up until it was so tender it would just melt in your mouth.

For some reason they do not believe me.


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I am behind the lines

SITREP later.



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In 1976 being a game warden type in Africa was not a very good deal.

You were paid almost nothing and risked your life daily because when you think about it for even a few seconds and realize the Chinese would pay $50,000 for a rhino horn because it was supposedly an aphrodisiac one can figure that the person trying to poach a rhino wasn't likely to back off without a fight.

A lot of good men wound up dead, left to be eaten by hyenas in the Serengeti.


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Busy

as a bee today.


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My father could come out of the blue with things sometimes.

I was young and my mom was upset about some thing or another and ranting and raving about how whatever the hell it was that was supposed to be unsafe. I believe it involved cherry bombs.

My father got tired of listening to the lecture, too. He stepped in.

"Listen, you dumb cluck," he said. "It's a good way to lose a hand. Come with me and I'll show you how to do it safely."

That served two distinct purposes. First it taught me how NOT to injure myself.

Secondly, it got Mom off of BOTH of our backs.

There wasn't a whole lot that anyone could argue about if you were teaching a kid to do something safely.





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Sometimes what someone did not do is as interesting as some of the things he did.

One of my long term projects is to write the story about the time I did NOT enlist in the French Foreign Legion.

Back when I was considering becoming a game warden in Africa I heard the Legion was doing some kind of law enforcement work in Africa. I wrote them for information and when they politely answered me the letter arrived at my parent's place.

When my mother saw it she jumped to the wrong conclusion and chaos ensued.




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You marry the family, not just the daughter

is one of the few times my mother was right in a way.

Back in the day a young man would get checked out by the parents before he took the daughter out. That is fair enough. A parent has a right to see that their daughter isn't being taken to Sharon Tate's house by Charles Manson.

I can remember one time I was getting checked out and the questioning went from beyond the reasonable to the ridiculous to the sublime. The mother reminded me of a robbery detective in an old gangster movie and seemed have no plan to let up.

I thought for a reason and realized that for as long as I dated the daughter I was going to have to deal with the mother and did some quick mental math and decided it wasn't worth it.

"Look, if you're playing robbery detective, save it for James Cagney. Grill him. Besides, I left my fedora at the cleaners getting blocked. I'm out of here."

The father laughed like hell until he saw I was actually leaving and then got up to stop me but I was already headed out the door.

I hopped into my car and left carrying 2 tickets to a concert that was happening in about an hour.

It actually proved to be a good decision for three reasons.

I ncver had to deal with the mother again.

I met the father later and he apparently liked me enough to pick up beer for me once in a while as I was then under age.

The third thing is I drove down the the local hangout and offered to take a girl I ran into there to the concert. It was a great choice because she became my non-girlfriend girlfriend  for the next two summers. I might write about her later. She was a trip.





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Something a shipmate said

Liberals. That’s what makes the world go ‘round. If it wasn’t for them we’d have to go back to getting our entertainment by watching Bugs Bunny.



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I remember the recall on Remington 700s

a while back because of defective triggers. They were referred to but the media as being ‘dangerous triggers’ because if the rifle was bumped it could go off.

The way I look at it, the triggers were defective. They were not by and in themselves dangerous because a rifleman knows enough to keep the muzzle of a rifle pointed in a safe direction at all times.

That being said, in the hands of untrained people even the best rifle isn’t safe. In the hands of a careless idiot any rifle is just an accident looking for a place to happen.

Incidentally I built a Model 700 a while back and the first thing to go was the trigger. I replaced it with a Timney.

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Someone griped that the movie ‘Dunkirk’ didn’t

have enough women or people of color in it. What were they thinking? It is a historical drama based on an actual event.

Screw it. They should have made it into a gay pride musical. 

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Sometimes I should listen to my gut instincts.

I had a shill for some energy company offering me a $10 card for something or another. I asked where the hook was and he said there wasn’t one. He just needed my name and address so he could make me an offer.

I gave it to him and presto! He came up with who my gas and electricity supplier were and then stared asking me more questions.

One of the things I like about myself is I have a lot of nerve.

I took my knuckle and hit ‘cancel’ on his tablet, then I told him I don’t do business with liars and listened to the obligatory hemming and hawing.

I decided to play along with him and told him he could ONLY have my name, address and land line phone. He played around and saw I was standing my ground and sadly gave me my gift card.

A couple hours later when I was home I got a call asking me how the agent was and I went off on them. I called him a third rate liar and then went on from there.

All you have to do is tell me the truth and I’ll generally help a guy out.

Don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining.

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When in doubt turn it into a circus

One of the things I have learned over the years is that when in doubt stir up so much $hit that nobody will touch the issue with a 10 foot pole

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Why, I never heard of such a thing!

My answer to the last time I heard someone say this was, “That’s because you have never sailed in a professional situation before.”

Someone asked me why a pair of boots didn’t last me long and I explained that it is because on the decks we put sand or grit in with the deck paint to create a non-skid surface. Mariners have done this since the first coat of paint was applied to a deck back on Noah’s Ark. They did this to keep the elephants from falling on their asses. Then they found it worked for people, too.

“Why, I never heard of such a thing” is not much of an excuse for not knowing something as it is a badge of ignorance and a pitiful attempt to squirm out of something.

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I am looking at the price of a new automobile these days

And it has just occurred to me that the last vehicle I bought I paid an awful lot more f than my father did for the house I grew up in.

It is amazing how over my lifetime the US dollar has inflated.

It's a shame, too because it makes it difficult to save for retirement.

As I sit here I watch inflation eat at my meager savings and it makes me wonder why I didn't just piss it away on hookers and blow.

I am 65, nearing 66 now. At 66 I will hit full social security and to tell you the truth I am terrified of retirement as it will make me dependent on several aspects of government.

First the obvious social security etc for an income. 

The other thing I am dependent on is how much the government is going to allow the dollar to inflate. This take the value of my savings.

I guess I am just going to spin the wheels of industry for as long as I can.



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Why is it that many people, mostly but not always women, seem to think

 that every question they ask warrants a reply at least the length of the Gettysburg Address?

In my world, ‘yes’ and ‘no’ are acceptable answers for a number of questions.

If you are opening the refrigerator to get a beer and ask me if I want one do not expect two thousand word reply. Expect an answer of between one and three words.

“You’re damned right.”

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I have called the war against drugs a witch hunt for decades.

Here's what happened when Portugal decriminalized ALL drugs.

It's an interesting read.

We could learn a lot from them.

Meanwhile, Jeff Sessions wants to return to the DARE program even though it is based on lies and has a history of making things worse.

FWIW Sessions is the one Trump appointee I question.




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I am going to write one of my growing up adventures one of these days.

Working title: Of Maggie Collins, Alice Whidby, the French Foreign Legion and my mother's confusion.

It is about ten days I spent home after I got out of the service. Much hilarity ensued, caused by nothing more than asking a question about being a game warden in Africa.




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Eight months, one day smoke free

 and the cup of coffee is triggering me which is odd.

Coffee stopped triggering me months ago but it is just this particular cup for some reason. Instead of my usual vanilla caramel coffee creamer I am using half and half.

I don’t drink a lot of coffee to begin with, but when I do it’s almost always with vanilla caramel. I used to drink it with just a little half and half.

I think what is going to trigger me in the future is the first time or two I eat, drink or deal with something I have not dealt with since I was smoking.

One thing that will trigger me for sure is going to Camp Perry and hanging out with any GIs, especially if they are smokers.

While the triggering incidents are becoming fewer and further apart I can see now that they are probably never going to go away.

I wrote this a couple days ago and since have had my morning coffee with half and half. It no longer triggers me like it did the other day. Wonder what that’s all about




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Shamelessly stolen from a Facebook post:

1. You said nothing when Obama used drone strikes to execute people abroad.
2. You said nothing about Russia for 50 years until Trump was inaugurated.
3. You said nothing about Hillary’s campaign manager’s brother being paid $175,000 to lift U.S. sanctions on Russia.
4. You said nothing when Obama engaged in military interventionism in Libya without Congressional approval.
5. You said nothing Obama greatly expanded presidential power through the use of Executive Orders.
6. You said nothing when Obama filled his White House with lobbyists after he said he wouldn’t.
7. You said nothing when Obama gave 47 of his fundraisers Administration jobs.
8. You said nothing about the murders and rapes at the hands of illegal immigrants.
9. You said nothing when Hillary’s net worth rose over $100 million as Secretary of State, in part, because her husband took money from foreign governments.
10. You said nothing after Obama’s net worth rose over $10 million as President.
11. You said nothing when Obama’s Justice Dept. Wiretapped/surveilled reporters such as James Rosen and the AP.
12. You said nothing when Obama restricted immigration 6 times with Executive Orders.
13. You said nothing when Obama set a record for deportations.
14. You said nothing when Bill Clinton met Loretta Lynch on the airport tarmac during the Clinton investigation.
15. You said nothing when Hillary was fed debate questions.
16. You said nothing when Obama and Hillary lied about a video and Benghazi.
17. You said nothing when Obama’s IRS abused the rights of taxpayers.
18. You said nothing when Obama’s White House held meetings with lobbyists in coffee shops near the White House to avoid disclosure requirements.
19. You said nothing when Eric Holder sold the guns you hate to criminals and some were used to kill Americans.
20. You said nothing when the Clinton’s took White House property.
21. You said nothing when Hillary laughed off defending a child-rapist.
22. You said nothing when Hillary lied about her private use of a private email server as Secretary of State.
23. You said nothing when Janet Reno, under Bill Clinton, used a tank to kill the Branch Dividians.
24. You said nothing when, on May 13, 1985, a bomb was dropped on a row house in Philadelphia to uproot the black liberation group known as Move, resulting in a fire that eventually burned down 61 houses, killed 11 people (including five children) And injured dozens.
25. You said nothing was Elian Gonzales was forcibly deported using guns.
26. You said nothing when George Soros paid protesters to burn parts of Ferguson.
27. You said nothing about states’ rights until Trump's Executive orders on immigration.
28. You said nothing about Obama’s smoking.
29. You said nothing about the record numbers of people on government assistance.
30. You said nothing about the number of part time and low paying jobs under the Obama recovery.
31. You said nothing when Obama had SWAT teams raid a Gibson guitar factory and seize property, on the purported basis that Gibson had broken India’s environmental laws—but no charges were filed.
32. You said nothing when Obama claimed that the Fort Hood shooting was “workplace violence” rather than terrorism.
33. You said nothing about when Obama ended some terror asylum restrictions, by allowing asylum for people who provided only “insignificant” or “limited” material support of terrorists.
34. You said nothing when the national debt doubled under Obama.
35. You said nothing when 9 times the Supreme Court unanimously overturned Obama’s expansive use of Executive Power.
36. You said nothing when Obama dismissed charges filed by Bush Administration against New Black Panther Party members who were videotaped intimidating voters at a Philadelphia polling station during the 2008 election.
37. You said nothing when Obama released Guantanamo detainees were released and went back to kill Americans.
38. You said nothing when Obama unilaterally changed Congressional law by Executive Order.
39. You said nothing when Obama fired an inspector general after investigating an $850,000 AmeriCorps grant received by a nonprofit run by former NBA star and Obama supporter Kevin Johnson.
40. You said nothing about the 36 Obama’s executive office staffers that owed $833,970 in back taxes
41. You said nothing when Obama Killed four Americans overseas in counterterrorism operations without a judicial process.

So if you are voicing your objections about the months of Trump, I’m sorry... we can't hear you because you said NOTHING before!!! Keep this going! Copy and share on every liberal response!

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One of the most vicious forms of racism is the double standard.

Another way of putting it is having lower expectations of a group.

For years I have believed in one standard for everyone and no exceptions. If you have a standard of excellence then either hold it or raise it and hold everyone to it regardless of race, creed, color, sex, whatever. 

If the standard to get into a program is a certain level of skill, intelligence, muscle, whatever then the standard stays the same for everyone.

Someone once said that requiring a fireman candidate to drag 150 pounds 50 yards was unfair to woman candidates. It's not. 

Letting women (or anyone else)slide on such a requirement is unfair to the public who is paying these people.

Same holds true for academic standards in schools. 

If the standard is a fixed high school GPA coupled with a a certain college board score than it applies to everyone irregardless of race, color, sex, whatever.

One of the biggest forms of racism is the assumption of lower performance.




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I have decided that I am going to start a special charity for one of the occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Melania Trump has brought a special grace and style to the White House. She is always impeccably dressed and has an incredible grace. In the period of time she has been alongside Donald I have never seen her with a single hair out of place.

Even though the Trumps have a considerable amount of money and can afford it, I propose we Americans send Melania Trump a special gift consisting of a simple pair Walmart flip-flops.

I have never seen the First Lady have anything on her feet but high heels. She has every right to rest her poor tired dogs when nobody is looking.

Hell, send her set of well washed sweats along with it. 

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I read where someone says Donald Trump killed CNN.

Bullshit.

CNN killed CNN




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Yeah? So?

Wowee Kazowee, Kids! 

The news just showed a hangman's noose in a tree and the police are going to investigate it.

There have been no notes, no evidence of who put it there and who it is intended to scare. Of course, the news people have to make a big to-do about it because it is a part of their agenda.

Truth is, I would not be surprised at all if a reporter put the noose there and called the police.

If I were a local policeman and someone reported it to me I would simply untie the damned thing, take it down, untie the noose and throw it into the back of my cruiser for use as a tie down of some sort. I might even throw it out or take it home.

But no. Some poor cop has to run around on some kind of wild goose chase to find out who did it and why.

Guess what? I don't care and I consider chasing will-o-the-wisps like this to be a complete waste of time and resources that could better be used chasing real criminals.






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Thinking about something

In the mid 70s a former classmate said something kind to me that has stayed with me since.

This part is somewhat immaterial as it serves as a reference point in my life.

This took place in the evening.

Earlier that day I had been to the French consulate in Boston looking into the possibility of joining the French Foreign Legion.

I had also sent out letters to several governments in Africa looking to find game warden type work over there.

It didn't take much for me to figure out the Legion wasn't a good deal. I didn't enlist, but it sort of is a milestone in my life.

Some of the African governments didn't reply, most didn't have an opportunity but Rhodesia offered to let me try out for the Selous Scouts or the Rhodesian SAS if I was qualified.

I didn't want to get involved in an African bush war so I didn't reply. 




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I just read a Facebook

 post where someone wanted to cash in on a 50% off pizza coupon and had to play hell to get his damned pizza.

I generally do not bother with any except for the local pizza place that offers a free pie with so many box-top stickers. That’s because the local place made a simple no catch offer. Ten stickers= a free no questions asked pizza.

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I have just played a pretty good game with someone that was trying to squirm out of a five minute snap task.

We bickered for ten minutes until I pointed out that if he had just done the damned job he would have been done five minutes ago and goofing off instead of standing there bickering with me.

When I pointed that out I’m sure he felt stupid. He should have.

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I have a reunion coming up and have kept a few secrets to myself.

One is that when I moved out of the tipi in Colorado back in ’77 I holed up a while and planned my next adventure.  While everyone knows I moved to Alaska and lived there a while nobody knows what other options I considered.

I briefly considered an enlistment into the French Foreign Legion but discarded it after I had a long talk with the French consulate when I went back to visit. They had an office in Boston and the consulate advised me against it for any number of reasons.

Incidentally the Consulate was impressed that I knew that I would have to report to Aubagne. While I was still in school the Legion left Sidi Bel Abbes as its home when Algeria gained independence in 1962.

The other thing I was looking at was trying to become a game warden in Africa. I had always wanted to do something like that in Africa. I thought it would do the world some good by protecting the animals.

I wrote to a couple of African governments and at the time there was a lot of turmoil in Africa. I got a few replies, most of them polite refusals.

The interesting answer came from Rhodesia. They were in the middle of a bush war and they were interested in hiring me for my former army skills. They offered to let me try out for the Selous Scouts. Being a former artilleryman I knew I didn’t have what they were looking for. On top of that, I had no desire to get involved with an African bush war. 

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ROlling today

Not due in until after midnight



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I am watching a Gettysburg tour

in the background and the deer are in the foreground.

It is a pretty good morning, actually. 
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Time passes and I am older than I was yesterday.

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In about three weeks I have a reunion to attend and I do believe I like the format of this one. It is described as an informal gathering.

That makes sense. The last one was a dance and it was too noisy to talk.

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Pizza by the slice is a joke.

I ordered a pizza the other night and as usual I ordered by diameter and not by the so-called number of slices they said each pie was split up into.

The truth is that (thankfully) the government has not stepped in and mandated the official size/weight/calorie count of a slice of pizza. There is no amalgamated pizza measuring service,society or organization to declare what consists of a single slice of pizza. A slice of pizza is what the pizzeria wants it to be.

A pizzeria is free to take an eight-inch pie and split it up into two or four or for that matter sixty-four little dinky slices and advertise it as such. I have no problem with this.

However, when I order a pie I simply order by diameter. That way you have a pretty good idea of what you are getting.

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My pickup is in the shop for new shocks.

which is maintenance, a hard concept to get people to understand.

It is not the years, it is the mileage that causes this kind of thing. I have over 100,000 miles on the rig and things don't last forever.

It is an '09 and it has 8 years of use on it.

Actually at my age I should be thinking of what vehicle I want to retire with and that may not necessarily be a pickup.



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The deer are out there right now.

It is fun to watch them.

My house guest reports that they set off thee motion detectors and he got to watch them before first light.

My house guest is a shipmate/friend of mine and he's finishing up a long motorcycle road trip on the old Harley Road King Police he built from a basket case when he was 17 years old.

The old bike sure has a lot of torque!







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