If your son in law was complaining about the heat a few weeks ago...Originally Posted by Gunny
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If your son in law was complaining about the heat a few weeks ago...
Unabashed Boatswain's Mate
Getting ready to pack and head south for my son's university graduation.
He will be getting his doctorate in Physical Therapy.
I cannot take the cat along, so he will be confused for a few days - and likely
pissed at me when I get back!
I have lost my mind. If found, please give it a snack and return it?
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same of others"...John Wayne in "The Shootist"
A Deplorable!
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I'll tell ya, cats are funny. My big old tiger cat, Buttons, he'd meet me at the door when I came home and have all kinds of stories. My little campfire usually doesn't budge. She doesn't give a rats behind if I'm coming or going. Sometimes she'll be at the door but that usually means I haven't gotten her her dry afternoon crunchies, and she wants me to GET TO IT.
They're all a little different.
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Made myself scrambled egg on toast, and a pot of Italian Roast coffee.
Two loads of laundry done.
While wash was going, watched the movie “Failure to Launch” because of the 30 year old guy who won’t leave his parent’ house. Eh.
About to have lunch with our daughter at a local pub.
Weather is very nice- 75 and sunny
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box - Author unknown
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-Abbey
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Note to self: ... wearing black T-shirt outside in the sun to rake dirt... STUPID...
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I'm waiting "The Monuments Men" to get here. Bought it on ebay, supposed to be a true story. Trailer looked good.
Super Minion
Work done. Sitting in coffee shop meeting my friend. Going to figure out trailer, reserve. Then hiking and swimming.
"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
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I'm taking a break too... shirt is soaked with sweat... hardly a 1/3 done with what I have to do.
I'd rather go "hiking and swimming"...
Just Me
He'll get his waterworks going. Sad thing is, *I* inadvertently gave him the excuse after I first got here not really knowing how he is. He was bitching about it and having to mow the lawn when he got home and I told him I understood completely.
The heat here in the summer IS a bitch. It used to suck the life out of me especially in July and August. But here's the difference:
I would get up, shower and shave, jump on the board I was running for about 30 minutes, and go to work by 7 (on a normal day). Work until 3:30 or 5:30 depending on the job. Come home and catch about 20 minutes in the recliner. Water all the plants my wife had to have that I got to take care of. Do whatever chores needed to get done. At 6 I'd run 3 miles-4 miles. Usually about 95-100 around that time. Come home and lift weights,then work out on the bag or do kata for 20-30 minutes. Shower. Get anything i needed for work the next day ready and deal with the old lady's latest drama moment. Then I'd get, depending on how late I was willing to stay up, anywhere from an hour or two on the board before I went to bed. Repeat. 5-6 days a week, depending on the job.
By comparison, this guy comes home and sits in the recliner until my daughter gets home. He is kind enough to put his dirty tupperware in the sink that if I don't wash it it'll sit there. He'll half-ass help my daughter get the kids and their stuff in. I get to clean the baby's bottles and make the younger granddaughter's lunch for the next day or he'll put it off and they'll have to scramble in the morning. If my daughter dares want to lay down for few minutes he bitches how he doesn't get to when he just spent an hour and a half playing on his phone. If my daughter doesn't get up and cook him dinner like a good little wifey he cries like a bitch and has a tantrum any 3 years old would be proud of. In the morning, I get a half hour earlier than they do so I can suck down mass quantities of coffee before I have to get Sybil up. ALWAYS a joyClean the cat boxes and feed all the animals. Cook my daughter's breakfast. He DOES get himself dressed and bitch about how he can't be late.
Point is, yes, it's freakin' hot. Right now we have the added pleasure of humidity off the Gulf. But that doesn't mean you get to drop your pack the second you walk in the door and do nothing. The family and the house are STILL here. That shit you ignore yesterday is STILL there. If your wife is sick like my daughter is now, the kids don't just vanish and/or suddenly become self sufficient adults. You got 18 and life to go, brother. You're the one that wanted 3 kids when you can't handle even one, and at age 35.
Now step to the plate. I don't see that happening.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
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Sounds like they should paying YOU to live there, pard. No offense, but you're a live in nanny, and they get paid.He'll get his waterworks going. Sad thing is, *I* inadvertently gave him the excuse after I first got here not really knowing how he is. He was bitching about it and having to mow the lawn when he got home and I told him I understood completely.
The heat here in the summer IS a bitch. It used to suck the life out of me especially in July and August. But here's the difference:
I would get up, shower and shave, jump on the board I was running for about 30 minutes, and go to work by 7 (on a normal day). Work until 3:30 or 5:30 depending on the job. Come home and catch about 20 minutes in the recliner. Water all the plants my wife had to have that I got to take care of. Do whatever chores needed to get done. At 6 I'd run 3 miles-4 miles. Usually about 95-100 around that time. Come home and lift weights,then work out on the bag or do kata for 20-30 minutes. Shower. Get anything i needed for work the next day ready and deal with the old lady's latest drama moment. Then I'd get, depending on how late I was willing to stay up, anywhere from an hour or two on the board before I went to bed. Repeat. 5-6 days a week, depending on the job.
By comparison, this guy comes home and sits in the recliner until my daughter gets home. He is kind enough to put his dirty tupperware in the sink that if I don't wash it it'll sit there. He'll half-ass help my daughter get the kids and their stuff in. I get to clean the baby's bottles and make the younger granddaughter's lunch for the next day or he'll put it off and they'll have to scramble in the morning. If my daughter dares want to lay down for few minutes he bitches how he doesn't get to when he just spent an hour and a half playing on his phone. If my daughter doesn't get up and cook him dinner like a good little wifey he cries like a bitch and has a tantrum any 3 years old would be proud of. In the morning, I get a half hour earlier than they do so I can suck down mass quantities of coffee before I have to get Sybil up. ALWAYS a joy
Point is, yes, it's freakin' hot. Right now we have the added pleasure of humidity off the Gulf. But that doesn't mean you get to drop your pack the second you walk in the door and do nothing. The family and the house are STILL here. That shit you ignore yesterday is STILL there. If your wife is sick like my daughter is now, the kids don't just vanish and/or suddenly become self sufficient adults. You got 18 and life to go, brother. You're the one that wanted 3 kids when you can't handle even one, and at age 35.
Now step to the plate. I don't see that happening.
It's hot here too, Gunny, especially for this time of year. We pretty went straight from winter to summer.
Last edited by High_Plains_Drifter; 05-24-2018 at 10:44 AM.
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