3-28-26 Sat

 W: 313.0   :-(                BS: 124

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The day for sorting, cleaning, and organizing the tacklebox is here.  For having so much fishing crap, we have surprisingly little fishing crap.  Once it's laid out anyway.

The lures we have, few they are, are going into the ultrasonic for a bit.  Not the plastics, of course.

Later, once it warms a bit, I'll clean and service the rods and reels.

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3-27-26 Fri

 W: 314.2                BS: 124

• Laundry?
• Dishes
• Fire & Wood
• Clean fishing gear
• Extra Lasix
• Shot
• Make soup
• ?

A) Slept for first time in days.  Almost human.

2) Weight gain is a bad indicator.  Fluid retention. Bad juju.

C) Face down in the garage yesterday. Tripped on a jack handle, as one does. Need two hands to count the hurty things this morning.  Think I will mostly just sit and relax.

40 years dancing over jack handles in shops, and I get nailed in my own garage.  Irony...

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Via Old NFO, University in California cancels political debates because they didn't like the candidates skin color.  Nothing worse than those California racist assholes.

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AI is turning out to be fascinating, and useful once people understand what it's good for.  That said, this strikes me as....creepy.

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Being reported that the Trumpster is 'directing' that DHS employees be paid at once, flying in the face of Schumer's extortion attempt.   Yeah, it will be cool to see which judge the tribe taps to order all those people NOT be paid for their labor.  Then again, the Democrats whole party was built on championing slavery.

Thought occurs.  DHS has over a quarter million employees, and all of them have missed a paycheck. About 100,000 are exempted, and required to work even with no pay (See that slavery again?).  I wonder... will that be over a quarter million people with Schumer hate on their mind when they go to vote?

AND..... one day later, before Trump could pay DHS, Chuckles caved and the Senate passed DHS funding.  Of course, they also piled up a mountain of lies while claiming they 'won'.  Truth is they 'won' a lot of pissed off voters and gained not one bent farthing of what they demanded.

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Stray thought.  The current Schumer extortion shutdown reminds me of when my (now Ex) wife tried  to con me into giving her my paycheck every week.  She had her plan all written out... how I would live in her basement for 'free' and give her everything I made.  That made sense to her somehow.  "Everything will be fine if you just do what I tell you. Everything you make me do can stop" Quote/unquote.

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This seems to be a blatant case of 'We can do whatever we want, but YOU are not allowed to TELL people what we do.  That would be raaaaasist!'.

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Cigar stuff...

Havana Collection (HC) Criollo.  This 91 rated cigar smokes all out of proportion to it's price.  I just paid $42 a box.

Recommend without reservation.

WA tool of the day #2

 

What is it?  If you know, your were probably building units back in the day, but it's still used as far as I know.  The job wore out many a strong tech. Answer in comments.

(Hint:  There was originally a matching handle on the other side.  It got in way so I cut it off. Tool still works fine).

3-26-26 thur

 W: 312.2            BS:  124

• Chickens + order feed
• Trash
• Boat stuff
• Chk trolling motor
• Fire & Wood
• Dishes
• Clean Vacuum
• Swap charger, test batteries
• ?

Meh.  Maybe sleep will happen another day.  Last night (now?) dazzled me with two hours sleep.  This after a long chorey day and five miles hoofed in the house and driveway.

The chore list is one big maybe today.

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Lil Hooker is ready to go.  Lacks only trailer registration and fuel for the outboard.  We will be looking for some non-brrr Saturdays and Sundays to go putt on the river.

Oh, I also need to put new line on our reels and clean out the tackle box.

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WA tool of the day #1

 

What is it?

If you know, you were probably an 'A' tech in the 70's and 80's.

Answer in comments.

3-25-26 Wed

 W: 310.0                BS: 94    

• Fire & Wood
• Move wood
• Groceries
• Dishes
• Laundry
• Vacuum
• Boat stuff 1
• Boat stuff 2
• Boat stuff 3
• Fill a box
• Deal with dead battery
• Teach neighbor to shoot
• ?

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I just had a lovely thought.  Knowing that Iran is by far the worlds largest financial supporter of terrorism worldwide, I wonder what the world will look like when we are done pounding their ruling junta into bloody smears?

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I used to run a dating service for chickens, but I was struggling to make hens meet.

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Lets play a game.

First, we each look at all our bills this month. Then, we look at our bank accounts. First one to sob has to buy the Booze.

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Going to start doing a goodness today.  There are some things coming that will be in boxes.  Well, I read about the fun game of 'fill the box', and I begin that today.  Something comes in a box, that's nice, but now you have to fill that box back up with trash or stuff to donate and get rid of it.

Trash day tomorrow, and there will be a few extra boxes next to the bin.

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Wellfuck.  Herself, who has a big important international schmoozy thing at work today, just came back in to tell me her battery is ded ded deadski.    Well fuckity fuckity fuck.

I told her to take my truck.  Just saying that hurt me deep down in my soul.  It's like loaning your favorite goat to an Iranian Murder Mulla.

Okay, Battery charger shit the bed this week so now a new one should be here today.  Then I get the fun of figuring out which interior light got left on.... AGAIN.  It only has 23 of them.

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I need to raise my blood-coffee level....

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Come on warmer weather....

 

Lil Hooker is cleaned up. The fishfinder has new power and a new location. The wee outboard has been run in, run dry, and mounted up with a stronger mount spot. The trolling motor is back in place with a stronger mount too. New seat, drain plug, anchor rope, dock rope and some just-in-case seam caulk will all be here tomorrow. Boat is re-regged, and I'll head to the tag agency tomorrow to re-reg the trailer, and elsewhere to get non-alcohol fuel.

VERY close to 'Here Fishy Fishy'.

3-24-26 Tue

 W: 312.0            BS: 124

• Fire & Wood
• Move wood?
• Pay bills
• Dishes
• Clean counters/table
• Laundry
• Vacuum
• Trash
• Order boat stuff
• Rig boat
• Boat Reg?
• Make stock
• ?

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BWAHAHAHAH.....  Coffee spew alert!  I love that even Klaven can't keep a straight face through this.

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Did you know there is an accepted term for when a politician accidentally tells the truth?

'Kinsley Gaffe'.

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Did you know there was a time Great Britain had the most powerful navy in the world?  Rule Britannia and all that.  The sun never sets on the British empire.  Blah Blah Yadda Yadda.

Right now, it appears the Gator Navy could give them a solid run for their money.

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Chuckles fucked over the TSA while trying to use Homeland Security funding in an extortion move to kill ICE.  It backfired UGEly, as ICE has their own funding and Da Trumpster sent ICE in to Atlanta airport to give the TSA a hand.  A few hours from arrival the wait lines dropped from four hours to forty minutes. Even CNN had to acknowledge ICE's success at resolving the issue ( I bet THAT popped some Commie New Network heads!).

I'll say this... anyone who would take a job that has Chucky Schumer in the supply line for it's compensation is some kind of blithering idiot.  The man would screw over his own mother for two bits.

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Herb bed coming back...

 

3-23-26 Mun

 W: 311.2                  BS: 94

• Fire & Wood (later)
• Vacuum
• Dishes 1
• Dishes 2?
• Laundry
• Roast a chicken
• PC
• Relax today?

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I'm not sure what all that weird ass dreaming was about last night, but the takeaway is this:  If you get an unexpected package in the mail with no return address, it says something about 'peanut water' on it and it's buzzing, DO NOT OPEN IT!

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As a time saving method, I have adopted a new habit. When I'm reading some newsie thing and it drops 'Hakeem Jeffries said'  I fill in the rest of the story with 'Something incredibly stupid' and move on from there.

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3-22-26 Sun

 W: 309.8            BS: 107

• Trash
• Taxi
• Dishes
• Vacuum
• Fire & Wood
• Move wood
• Diagnose mower?
• Spray deck?
• Work on boat
• Clean garage door of mold
• Plant stuff
• Register boat
• Fishing licenses
• ?

Hit the kill switch on the furnace yesterday.  Today's heat is brought to us by blood, sweat, and oak splinters.  Real nice to wake up with coffee and a fire to warm by.

Weather guessers suggest this afternoon and evening may get a tad spicy.  1" hail and high winds were suggested.   We shall see.

Meanwhile, fire lit and house opened up for fresh air.

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The Jon boat is clean and back on the trailer.  Needs one new seat and a battery for the fishfinder.  Other than that, get new registration and hang the gear back in place.

I'm done today.  Just whooped.  I'll make dinner later, but it feels like crash time.

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A timely example of the meetings Herself describes.

My new screen background, for reasons.