Annoyed at thread drift

[chud333]

Gorgeous day here today and supposed to be for tomorrow.
Humidity is gone, good breeze, mid 80's.
Everybody in Florida and along southern East coast be careful
next couple of days.

Took a local young man to Dicks sporting goods store today and
bought him 2 new Bats. He's the catcher for our High School Team.
Our local HS baseball team will be playing in the semi state this weekend.
As an Alumni and team captain back in 1975-1978 era, I wanted to help
a good kid with not a lot of resources. He is a Senior next year and gets
good grades. He also hits around .500 with power and has a great arm.
The wife loves the kid and he is well mannered and humble.

Looks like a 2 hour drive to southern Indiana for semi state.
I got wifey and I Hotel room for a couple of nights. Should be fun.

If we win saturdays games then State finals are at Victory Field in Indianapolis.

Good evening to all you crazy Drifters !!

Chuck

 

[bigwheelzip]

Shake It Off... Lyrics...

Mediocrity, anything is better

 

[walkinghorse]

Mediocrity, anything is better

Closest song I could find with shake in it per his quote on Dwight Yoakum
Not a Taylor Swift fan!
Key was the last line quoted, "...I'll never miss a beat, I'm lightning on my feet..."
Knowing Keith44spl only from his writing, stories, and pictures here on the forum, this line fit into my imagined perception of his aura !

Everything copecetic ?

 

[timjake]

USS Moosbrugger DD-980

Namesake: Vice Admiral Frederick Moosbrugger
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down: 3 November 1975
Launched: 23 July 1977
Acquired: 27 November 1978
Commissioned: 16 December 1978
Decommissioned: 15 December 2000
In service: 1978
Out of service: 2000
Struck: 25 April 2006
Motto: More Than Required
Nickname(s): The Moose
Fate: Scrapped in Brownsville, TX 2006
Status: Scrapped

 

[bigwheelzip]

Not a Taylor Swift fan!

Never paid her singing any attention until I saw those soulful lyrics you posted, and wondered at the connection.

The little I hear about her, she seems like a sweet kid with a big heart.

Those Harris Hawks are incredible.

 

[RSBH44]

It did startle me the first time. And it was Twilight Zoneish, the way the oldest girl, maybe 16, quickly mumbled something to the kids and they all stood and silently marched past me with no eye contact.

I wonder what their reaction would have been if the next time that you came home you walked in on them with a willow switch in your hand.
Maybe the oldest would mumble to them to, assume the position.

 

[timn8er]

Never paid her singing any attention until I saw those soulful lyrics you posted, and wondered at the connection.

The little I hear about her, she seems like a sweet kid with a big heart.

Those Harris Hawks are incredible.

I agree. I watched a program on them sometime back & it was fascinating. As already mentioned, they hunt like a wolf pack, & one thing they'll do is make the younger birds actually find & flush the prey, & then the older more experienced birds will swoop in for the kill.

 

[Old TexMex]

'Night drifters, I'm goin in early, big day tomorrow....

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[bushmaster1313]

Shake It Off
Taylor Swift
Lyrics
I stay up too late, got nothing in my brain
That's what people say mmm, that's what people say mm
I go on too many dates, but I can't make 'em stay
At least that's what people say mmm, that's what people say mmm
But I keep cruising, can't stop, won't stop moving
It's like I got this music in my body and it's gonna be alright
'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
I'll never miss a beat, I'm lightning on my feet.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XFBUM8dMqw[/ame]

 

[walkinghorse]

I agree. I watched a program on them sometime back & it was fascinating. As already mentioned, they hunt like a wolf pack, & one thing they'll do is make the younger birds actually find & flush the prey, & then the older more experienced birds will swoop in for the kill.

An aspect of a lot of falconery now is that many birds used are a result of captive breeding programs, and are sold on the open market. With captive breeding this is legal, but we have no experience with this. It does take the pressure off of the wild populations, and various species of hawks are available in nontraditional locations. We have heard that Harris Hawks are popular in Great Britain for example. Dependant upon how the young bird is raised, if imprinting has occurred, it may likely be difficult for a captive bird to be returned to the wild, or if lost, survival in the wild could be a problem, especially if in a nontraditional enviroment. In some cases as with many sports of the wild, it has become a boutique sport, and maybe not the best (definition all over the place ) for the sport. Sort of a environmentalist vs. biologist vs. practioner vs. ?????? type situation !
Having a bird does take a total commitment in time, energy, resources, for some hunting during the appropriate season. If you have a falconery license you do open yourself up for surprise inspections of your 'entire' premises from usually a DNR type, state and/or federal. And we know how firearms owners feel about this! There have been cases of officious types confiscating birds for an imagined fault, stuffing the bird in a box, abpnd the falconer having to go to court to rectify. And the bird did not survive the experience! . Enough pontificating!

 

[Marvin Gardens]

How to Shoe a Horse: 13 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow

When you shoe a horse, you drive the nail so that it comes out of the hoof about a third of the way or so up from the shoe. You bend the nail over forming a hook, which you flatten out slightly. This what secures the nail and the shoe. See step 4 of the link posted.
If you pull the nail out without filing this hook off it creates a bigger hole than the nail!
Theoretically there is no point remaining. But if you have the hoof in your hands and on your leg, and the horse jerks it away, it can create some or lots of blood, harsh words, etc.
My wife's vocabulary suddenly increases about this time, and I find someplace else to be!
Never make a woman with hoof nippers, hammers, large files, and round pieces of metal mad at you!! Nippers!!!!!!!!!!!!! ��

Twist the tip of the nail 180 degrees before bending it over, clipping it, flattening with a hammer, then final clean up with a rasp. Maybe a regional thing as far as technique but that is how I was taught. Seemed like shoes got thrown less often when the twist was employed. I have to agree, those nails, before being bent over and clipped, can be like flying razors if you're dealing with a skittish horse. I was taught that those cuts were the reason you carried rolls of masking tape in your shoeing box. (-:

I don't know what a farrier charges these days but it is sort of like a conversation I had with a lady at Costco. We were both standing in front of a mountain of rolls of toilet tissue. The store had neglected to put a price sign up for this item. The lady asked me if I knew what the packages of toilet tissue cost. I turned to her and replied "I don't know lady but whatever it is, it's worth it."

Regards.

Bob

 

[Marvin Gardens]

Television at home with the wife tonight.

Could someone please tell "reality television" producers that there are forty-nine other states out there besides Alaska?

Regards.

Bob

 

[shouldazagged]

Very long, exhausting day. I'll catch up tomorrow.

Film at eleven. A.M.

 

[Roadtrash]

Fifty-one years ago this week I joined the US Army.

 

[Roadtrash]

I saw several mentions of South Carolina on here today. I was born along side the Saluda River in Greenville County, SC. Things sure have changed since I was born back in '45. A lot of my family is buried in the Cemetery at the Baptist Church in the Berea area.

 

[PatriotX]

One thousand to go...

 

[vonn]

Up and going this morning! Got my coffee and checking out the weather and it is looking like we will get some drying out weatherweather today and the next 2 or 3. Really need to mow while I have a chance because the grass is almost too tall to cut and sunny hot weather will really get it growing! Under good conditions you have to cut grass at least once a week here and it will look pretty ragged and tall when you cut it. A lot of people hire it out but I like to do my own. Lawn mowing is big business here with good crews making as much as doctors or other high paid professions. Drift on!

 

[Zebadiah]

I had never seen that type of nail before. The guy who repaired my tires said they were horseshoe nails. He thought that some Amish kids threw them on the roadways to make mischief.

This was in New Holland.

Wow! You just never know, do you? From now on, I will be advising all my friends to keep alert for roving Amish gangs. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[timn8er]

I know there are some big Minion fans here, so when I saw this pic I knew I had to pass it along...

 

[bigwheelzip]

I saw several mentions of South Carolina on here today. I was born along side the Saluda River in Greenville County, SC. Things sure have changed since I was born back in '45. A lot of my family is buried in the Cemetery at the Baptist Church in the Berea area.

We're keeping an eye on the old homestead for you.
If that church was Berea First Baptist on Farrs Bridge Rd., we drive past it on the way to shoot clays in Pickens County.
I can't imagine the changes you notice, but my first visit was 1983, and it seems like a different town to me.