um,,, hold on,   that didn’t sound right,,,,

LOL

Went and had the head shaved to the gibbits today,,, this heatwave has done me in

and its early,,,  Like half a month early,, We usually get hit with this first half of July.

Ayup!, hair on top is about 1/8″ long now.   Gonna have to use the SPF10000, or wear a hat, for a couple of days on the noggin, or else.  Been there with that ‘Else’ thing while on Parris Island,,, that sucked BGGDD’s: even cotton pillow cases felt like 40 grit sandpaper.

Oh, but the change was instantaneous: walked out of the barbers and it felt 15degrees cooler than when I walked in (can’t change THAT much in 15 minutes eh?)

Quick dive in the netz when I got home and saw THIS over at WRSA.    Gotta tell ya, the more I see shit like this, the lack of any credibility from the “Not Trump” side of this (S)Election cycle, and the only thing I can think is ‘they are gonna blow it all up or implode the economy and whichever comes first is anyones guess.’ I guess you could say they are counting of the power of AND here, hoping against hope that before November 5th, they have all they need to shut down any (S)election talk.  What really got my craw chewin’ was their claim to ‘common sense’,,,,,   Seriously, read it and weep,,,,

sigh

wanna go kayaking now,,,,

not yet Dio, gotz two more dayz of fun in the sunz.  (and have you been out in this stuff?   Sure as shit feels like two of the old girls flying high up there,,, Flat mean is the impression my skin is getting.  Must be some Sunspot activity goin’ on.)

OH,, and one of my Newb’s is a redhead,,,   poor sap was fried to a crisp, day one.   Showed up day two with a BIG hat on, and long sleeves.  Today, day three, hat and sleeves are still in effect, so dummy ‘ain’t dumb’,,,  I offered sunscreen to him, but to each their own; shirt sleeves and hats work just as well, even if they don’t let you cool off as much.

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Keep on livin’

Its been a scorcher of a day,   spent it all out in the sun doing hard labor shit and I am WHOOOPED!!!

But, while I was sitting here, a memory of my touring days popped up, and I thought y’all might like to hear what a cocky sumbitch I could be.

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The tour was a Gospel play.  Black cast, Black audience (mostly, occasional lighter types (especially up north,)) and three silly white boys running sound and lights,,,   And where I first learned what the word “Buckra” meant.

We’re down south, Gulf area, Louisiana, and particulary, Baton Rouge.   Holed up in a Casino for the accomadations, but several blocks from the theater, in downtown.

It’s HOT,   ITs SWAMP HUMID.

And the theater’s backstage airmovers are DOWN!!!   (I was monitor engineer, backstage in the darkness, surrounded by the amplifiers for the PA and stage system that are pumping out all sorts of heat as well.)  And I had been on the road for damn near a year at this point. (maybe six months, but third back to back tour and felt like forever,,,)  My hair is kinda long.   (and my hair is really fine but laid on THICK,,,)

I’m dyin’    Musta drank 5 gallons of water and gatorade that first night.

Next day, show call is at 7pm,,, I go wandering around looking for a barber.   (Downtown Baton Rouge,,,,)   Find one about 7 blocks from the casino,,, and walk in.

the silence was sudden, profound and DEAFENING.   I could hear the worn bearings in the only ceiling fan in the place it was so quiet, even though it was packed to standing room only for everyone to get a cut.

I stood out like a beacon bonfire on a mountain-top.

And I grabbed a number from the machine for ‘next served’ and stood my Lily -white ass right there against the nearest wall space I could find and smiled at everyone.

30 minutes,,, no AC, just that ceiling fan and finally my number was called (notably, out of order, but I wasn’t complaining,,, I think they wanted my ass out of there ASAP,,,)  I took my seat in the chair, and when the guy asked what I wanted; “set the shears to 1/4″ and take it off please.   Last night at the theater about killed me.” and that opened the conversation up.   See, the gospel play had 3 national acts involved.   Kaycee and Jo-Jo were the ‘headliners’, and this was like the biggest thing to hit Baton Rouge since Hurricane Katrina. 

Suddenly a COOL factor replaced the shock of seeing a ‘white Dood’ in the house.    And the funniest part, one of the littles in the house came over and tried to ‘rub the paint off’ my hand, thinking I was wearing a ton of make-up or something.  ROFLMAO.   Child might have been three-ish, and probably had never seen a ‘white dood’ IRL.  Everyone in that joint wanted to know if KC was as cool as he acted (sometimes) and the older crowd wanted to know if Shirley Murdock was too (YES!  Auntie Shirley was always cool as hell to me.)

I paid for the haircut, but gave the barber two free tickets as a tip.  He did a fine job, even if what I asked for was as simple as simple could be,

And it made one hell of a difference the rest of that run in Baton Rouge.   5 nights in a sweltering heat, and I had it lucky,,, I was in the dark of backstage,,, the Actors were under 100000 watts of stage lighting!!!  That stage felt like the heat lamps at BurgerKing!

GREAT DAY out with my sis today.  We did about 7 miles, leisurely pace, in the kayaks.   She is not a sit in kayaker and still did freakin’ excellent, even with baot wakes.   Didn’t put her in a boat with a skirt on, that take a bit more training and a different mindset.  but she took BlueJean who is the most user friendly boat I have.   She didn’t need a skirt (but did get a little wet from paddle drips,LOL)

Lots of sun, warm water, just enough boat traffic to keep things interesting, lotss of views and sightings of wild things,  

GOOD DAY

the not so good part of the day.

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Stopped for fuels, both mechanical and hooman types, and I dropped a kne e to look under the Buff to see a drip drop from my rear diff.  Aw-shit! what now?

Damned pinion seal is buggered.   And for the life of me, I can’t recall lubing that damned thing.  I recall clearly lubing the axle seals and bearing before installing the axles, but I can’t recall lubing the pinion, which purt much means I DIDN’T!   Got home, wiggled underneath and topped off the diff (not bad, less than a pint) and that seal started dripping fresh.   Its buggered good,,,,

Ordered a new one, will make a hub puller so I don’t need to pull the whole shebang back apart and will make the repair and LUBE THE HECK OUT OF IT THIS TIME.   The only tricky side to this is setting that pre-load back correctly.

Other than that, Buff did awesomely.  I did hear one point where the clutch pack chattered in a turn, but that may be due to the fluid getting low at that point, not that I didn’t have enough LSA in the mix.  (note, I made sure that the vent tube was not plugged up while doing the install: I have had that happen in the past, daggum mason-bees plugged the tube up good and it blew every damned seal )

So, new part on way, scheduled to arrive thursday, and tlll then, keep the case as full as I can and hose the grease off frequently.   Keep the shenanigans to essential only.  I’ll be damned if I destroy a $1300 rear end one week in.

It’s hot.  Its HUMID.   and I am running round (sittin’ round) the house damned near nekkid.  The kids are all puddled out, as flat as they can get and trying to keep the heat off.

and the weather isn’t going to turn for at least another week.   days in the 90’s humidity at SCUBA levels,,, and not enough dip in temps to drive the rains.    Guess all that rain that the FLoridians were asking to send their way, arrived, and sucked it out of the midwest.   Be careful what ya ask for guys,,,,

Back to the J.O.B. tomorrow.  Sis is in town for a couple days and I will be spending time with her and Da in the eves.  Posting may be limited.

Keep on livin.

And a Happy Dad’s Day to y’all daddy types.

Sis in town for a couple days, and we are hitting the lake after I do my domestics. So’ssss.  Y’all gotta deal with the shop w/o me for a spell.  Don’t burn the place down and be nice to Mama-kat n Zoomz,,, turn the coffee pot off if ya leave and lock up behind ya (krazy theiving neighbors y’know)

Keep on livin’

Ok, this’un is LONNNGGGGGGGGG   And I don’t wanna post a TL:DR but quick synopsis: FAFO!   And our Government has been FA’ing for a LONG time (80 years since WWII, over a 100 since THEFED )  I’ve talked about the BRICS here a time or three,,, All of the inroads are in place, movements are being made and if things keep on current course and speed (IE, We don’t lose this pathetic $haministration and its puppet masters) we are going to get hit hard, sideways, and upside down,,,,    So, Keep on Preppin’ cause there doesn’t seem to be any hint of Sanity returning anytime soon

Someone else saying something that the “right” has been saying for over a year now.

Personally, I think if that side TRIES to install Gruesome, shit will escalate wildly, no matter who ‘wins’,,,,   Gruesome may have the looks and quote all the right lines, but he has KILLED Kalifornia, Now known as Kommiefruitopia (apologies Jay, just speaking the truth,,,   And I do love California, at least what my memories of it are,,, Certainly not the same as current reality.)

In that first linkie, there is mention of Trump making plans to cut the Federal Income Tax, raising revenues through Tarifs instead (WHAT?!?!  You mean like they did BEFORE 1913?  )   Only way that can work is by gutting the agencies from the dole of Work-Fare, flooding the market with a bunch of people with little to no actual private sector experiance.   (Hey, Come to work for my J.O.B.   you’ll feel right at home punching holes and shoveling dirt,,,,Don’t forget the sunscreen!)  Truth be told, I am ALL For that!   Kill the Federal Reserve while at it, declare a hold on all debt until such time as the books can be audited for legitimacy, and if found ‘off’ the funds clawed back from those that grifted and grafted their way into billionaire status at the cost of the taxpayer.   Do EXACTLY what the Current Regime is trying to do with Siezed Russian assets to fund the ‘KrainianKlownKarKarnage. (mentioned twice in that first link, Do RTWT)

The down side to that ‘cut’,,, welfare would need completely re-vamped and only the SSI should be maintained.   EACH SSD recipient would have to PROVE essential need, and not be some deadbeat living in Mama’s basement eating cheetos and playing playstation all day because they have ZERO skills or ambition.  Those that are poppin’ out the Babbies for a check from UnkaShuga are going to be having a hard time of it and better find one of those baby-daddies and dig pitons in to hold in place.  (Choose wisely girlie-girl, there are more than a few that are pure shit no matter how you slice them.)

Yeah,,, no matter how I look at things, the future after December 2024 is looking like storm weather. And the (S)Election will only be a deciding factor in WHICH DIRECTION THE STORM ROLLS.  Rough and tumble either way, and more than a few are going to fall through the cracks and get lost in the tempest.   I pity them, I do, but at the same time, there is something to be said for the ability to look forward and prepare for less than optimal conditions.   I don’t go kayaking without looking at weather forecasts and I wouldn’t suggest trying to live without keeping a pulse on politics and world economics.  Both may not be “your reality” but both have tenticles in your reality and DO effect you.  (No?   then why are you paying the same amount I am for gasoline for your ride?   If your reality wasn’t effected by the above two conditions, you wouldn’t be paying much at all for anything, much like we were in the 80’s.  )

And I am probably going to sound odd here: I am looking forward to it.   Not because I am sadistic, but because I want to see what happens,, Are we going to get our asses tromped on by the BRICS and take decades to recover?  OR are we going to get tossed into a low-key civil war all while the FEDGOV goes about  fixing its image on the world stage and lets the PEOPLE figure out how to make do without all the bells and whistles we have grown to take for granted. 

And I do rather hope THIS makes a comeback.   May sound odd since I really prefer to avoid confrontation.   BUT, that Honor thing kept the world civil: completely counter-intuitive, I know.   Seriously, if you KNEW that someone was ALLOWED/ENCOURAGED to call you out on your bullshit, you would be MUCH MORE INCLINED to keep your bullshit close to the chest and out of the arenas of society.

Lord knows, it would save a shit-ton in Judicial fees.

And I see many lawyers being the first called to task at dawn.  Many many have been bent over backwards in sham-trials and might want a little payback.

I see a ressurgence of DUELING as a harbringer of solid ethics being brought back into common use.  

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Didn’t make it to the lake today.   BUT, I did get the Buffalo back into FULL service.   Had to spend a little extra and buy new calipers (triple what I would have paid if I could have ordered them,,, that convienence thing costs ya.) but, I was able to get the brakes bled good and proper AND now have one less item of future things that may need attention.

I then went to the Chinese Buffet for dinner in celebration for my efforts.   $15 meal and I did my usual and overdid it.   About time for food coma to hit   I do one thing right,,, I avoid the carbs and go for mad meats and fish,,,   Lots of fishies on my plates, almost no carbs other than whats cooked in, and avoid the noods/ricey stuff.     The girls at this restuarant know me and my wyrd ways,,, Big glass of ice and Green tea on the side (no water,, I chill the greentea with the ice.)   digestion is fast, but for a bit, I wallow like a stuffed walrus. (BTW, the green tea REALLY pulls the flavor up in some of the dishes, making them even BETTER!)

but, now, food coma/naptime and then figure out what the rest of my weekend looks like. (like maybe fix that defunct Franken-mower? meh-be?)

Keep on livin’

Tha’s howz I’ma feelin’ today.   Started with the Coffee, started walkin’round the netz to see the world at large,,, 

The only thing that ‘hit me’ was the rising Irish Troubles (that I can’t find a link to now,,,GRrrrr)   Seems the Irish are getting fighting mad about the Islam immivasion,,, good on them!  

but that was it,,,   Just don’t care all that much these days.   We are going into a revolutionary state, one that hasn’t a name yet, and the ONLY thing I can say about it: the old ways are gonna die a horrible death and do a lot of damage (are doing) on the way out.

Look to Argentina right now, or Nicaragua.  The Left is flat out freaking about how those places are ‘re-writing the rules’ and winning.

Note to Fedbois,,,, might wanna see about that trade school thing and figure out something that will cover your ass when the ax falls on all the useless departments in fedgov.   THERE ARE NO SIMILAR POSITIONS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR!!!

jes-sayin’

Ok, time to get my rear off the office chair and into grubbies to play with Buffalo.   Need to replace a bleed screw or caliper on the drivers side to get the brakes bled properly.  (broken bleed screw, thinkin’ replace the caliper is the way to go, since the one on her is so oil soaked.)

Then its off to Lake,,, No stress day!!!

more laters

OMG!OMG! OH MY F!N!GOD!!!!!!!!!!!

You know back in 2001, September 11th, 12th and don’t remember how many days,,,,

There was that background noise that we had all lived with our entire lives, and then come 9-11, it was GONE!!!

Talkin’ about the Airliners overhead,,, when they were grounded, the sudden silence overhead, usually ignored except for the occasional loud one, or the one you are watching ‘right then’,,,

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Been drivin’ Buff for a over a year with noizy backend gears, learned to ignore it for the most part, always keeping a muscians ear out for changes in timbre/tone/key,,

NOT TODAY!!!

No, I haven’t done the break in period YET: still need to get back under there and re-bleed my brakes.   They’z feelin a touch spongy: the gravity bleed wasn’t sufficient.

BUT,,, I did a test drive, about a mile,,, didn’t get crazy with it (wasn’t trying to do burnouts or anything,,, just cruzin) and the silence was DEAFENING  and OMGOMGOMG is that a GREAT thing,,,,  Took it up to 50 and zero noise, hum or anything OTHER than the tire noise that I hadn’t been able to hear over that old rear-end.   Coming back to my drive, went ahead and engaged the 4×4 to see if those issues are gone (would get all boggy and wyrd if the front couldn’t slip around)  GONE!   Even stopped and put in low4, just to see,,, same,,, grabbed and was willing to climb a wall without wyrd issues.

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DOUBLE SHOT ON ME IF YOU CAN GET HERE  LOL  Helpin’ myself to one right NOW!!!!    Dio is patting his own back right now!!! (and then I am dogpiling into the shower and washing all this muck off me,,, )