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- Canada vacation was pretty incredible. Very loosely-planned, which gave us the chance to hit a few high points and just wing it otherwise. Left a lot of time for discovering side streets and hidden gems in each of the four cities we spent time in: Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto.
- QC was everything we wanted it to be and more. As close to Europe as you can get without going there, which worked well for us, budget- and timing-wise. Stuff down every cobblestone street, 90 percent of everything you're hearing is in French, wonderful people and history on every corner, seemingly. Could have spent another several days there. Montreal and Ottawa were both fine, but paled in comparison to the first and last cities. Toronto was a huge surprise. Obviously there's a ton to do there, but we assumed that at the end of such a long trip, it would just be loud and annoying, not to mention all the usual stuff that goes along with a large city. But it was unreal...easy to get around, clean, just very impressive. Will be back.
- Was poutine-d out after my second dish, but it was as good as I'd hoped. Best meal I had was a deer tartare at a place in Quebec City. Also enjoyed the smoked meat(lolz) sandwich I had in Montreal and the killer pastries seemingly everywhere we went. Went to I'le de Orleans one rainy morning and stopped at several roadside fruit stands...best strawberries on earth. Probably the best vacation food-wise I've ever had from top to bottom.
- Ended the trip with Angels vs. Blue Jays at the SkyDome(RIP) last night. Probably the wildest atmosphere I've ever seen for a regular season MLB game. It was Caribbean Night, so there were bands playing all around the concourse with scantily-clad dancers. Then you had Angels BP going on, so a ton of fans were perched out in RF hoping for a ball. Add to that the fact that the Angels and Jays are squarely battling for a wildcard slot, and the whole scene was just electric. Ohtani stepped up and it was like people were seeing Paul Bunyan in person. Then he promptly deposits the first pitch he sees over the RF wall and Jays fans just start laughing and, in many cases, applauding. Glad I'll get to say that I got to see that guy in person. It was as good as advertised. Was also my first time hearing a crowd sing "O Canada" in person. Chills.
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- QC was everything we wanted it to be and more. As close to Europe as you can get without going there, which worked well for us, budget- and timing-wise. Stuff down every cobblestone street, 90 percent of everything you're hearing is in French, wonderful people and history on every corner, seemingly. Could have spent another several days there. Montreal and Ottawa were both fine, but paled in comparison to the first and last cities. Toronto was a huge surprise. Obviously there's a ton to do there, but we assumed that at the end of such a long trip, it would just be loud and annoying, not to mention all the usual stuff that goes along with a large city. But it was unreal...easy to get around, clean, just very impressive. Will be back.
- Was poutine-d out after my second dish, but it was as good as I'd hoped. Best meal I had was a deer tartare at a place in Quebec City. Also enjoyed the smoked meat(lolz) sandwich I had in Montreal and the killer pastries seemingly everywhere we went. Went to I'le de Orleans one rainy morning and stopped at several roadside fruit stands...best strawberries on earth. Probably the best vacation food-wise I've ever had from top to bottom.
- Ended the trip with Angels vs. Blue Jays at the SkyDome(RIP) last night. Probably the wildest atmosphere I've ever seen for a regular season MLB game. It was Caribbean Night, so there were bands playing all around the concourse with scantily-clad dancers. Then you had Angels BP going on, so a ton of fans were perched out in RF hoping for a ball. Add to that the fact that the Angels and Jays are squarely battling for a wildcard slot, and the whole scene was just electric. Ohtani stepped up and it was like people were seeing Paul Bunyan in person. Then he promptly deposits the first pitch he sees over the RF wall and Jays fans just start laughing and, in many cases, applauding. Glad I'll get to say that I got to see that guy in person. It was as good as advertised. Was also my first time hearing a crowd sing "O Canada" in person. Chills.
- All dressed.
Had some corn from the farm for dinner tonight. Did you hit the farmers market today? They should have plenty by now.
Also had churasscos and chimichuri, one of my favorite dishes.
Mixed up some WAF tomato/cucumber salad too.
Watching Captain America with the boy, his first introduction to the Marvel Universe movies.
Sipping Basil Haydon.
I think I've had poison ivy in one place or another since April.
Football team reports this coming week
I like the new Childers song, the video is cheesy in a pandering way but whatever.
I'm mixed on the bball team. I'm hesitant to get my hopes up while somehow wanting to jump all in. It feels like a mental condition.
Hope you effers have a great Saturday night.
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Yessir got another dozen today. Made a low country boil for the wife’s 50th.
I guess the Weber kettle is finally at the end. Been my daily driver since we bought our first house in 2008. The problem is the metal arms that serve as both the ash clearer, and the vent covers. They apparently are made of a steel that will corrode, as the ends are rusting and warping. So, effectively impossible to do anything slow. Really frustrating Weber didn’t make those arms aluminum or something, otherwise this thing would be good for another 20 years at least. Prefer the old vents with the twist cover on the outside. Have one of those at the lake, at least 30 years old. Indestructible.
Guess dad’s finally going to have to pull the trigger on a Summit komodo, right in time for fall.
Speaking of which, low sixties, no humidity, and bluebird skies are being reported for Monday morning. That coming on the last day of July, in the week in which our boys report, is going to put a pep in my step as I otherwise begin the work week.
Edit - big moon is currently rising. It’s going to be a nice night.
Guess dad’s finally going to have to pull the trigger on a Summit komodo, right in time for fall.
Speaking of which, low sixties, no humidity, and bluebird skies are being reported for Monday morning. That coming on the last day of July, in the week in which our boys report, is going to put a pep in my step as I otherwise begin the work week.
Edit - big moon is currently rising. It’s going to be a nice night.
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Aluminum would melt with the heat from. The coals. Go get some stainless ones made at a metal shop and keep trucking.
If you're looking to replace a Weber, I highly recommend a PK grill. Sort of a hybrid of a Weber and a komodo style grill.
That’s the gummies interfering with cognition on the aluminum, 80. Duh. Hell I was melting high life cans in the pit out back last night.
I looked long and hard (lol) at those, Hank. The Franklin’s guy about sold me on it. For the time being I think I will stick with Weber, but those will always be on my mind. I’ve read some cool stories about people finding original PK’s from the 50’s/60’s at yard/estate sales for like 30 bucks. Pretty wild.
I looked long and hard (lol) at those, Hank. The Franklin’s guy about sold me on it. For the time being I think I will stick with Weber, but those will always be on my mind. I’ve read some cool stories about people finding original PK’s from the 50’s/60’s at yard/estate sales for like 30 bucks. Pretty wild.
John Smoltz is the worst analyst on TV. His boring, mumbling delivery is made worse by the fact he sounds like he’s annoyed by even being at the game.
I have this report from A Clown's Life:
The back story of why I ended up flying to Florida, and taking guardianship of my best friend's 96 year old father, who has dementia (not Alzheimers, he's just got dementia that a 96 year old person will, you know, GET sometimes) and escorting/flying back to Kentucky with him is for another day (or really, not at all) but, that's what I did.
So, we moved him into a care facility (that is close to our house) this morning, my wife, saint that she is met with the administrator, asked the questions, took care of the nuts and bolts, because she is a take charge dynamo. While I unpacked his stuff, hung up his clothes, showed him how to work the GD remote for his TV etc. tried to get him acclimated and comfortable (I know this seems counterintuitive, but I'm actually good at the nurturing side, and a complete **** show on the pragmatic end)
I know this is long, but bear with me. I went back over around 4:00, to take some additional clothes hangers (we didn't have enough), basic toiletries (we made the mistake of letting him pack his own shaving kit) and when I opened it this morning it contained a dried up bar of soap that looked like it was from the 70's, a pack of razor blades (he uses an electric razor), a toothbrush that appeared to have been used to polish shoes, and an empty container of dental floss.
I roll in, and John (my friend's Dad) is sitting with Colby, the only other male resident of the 16 elders that stay there, and they're chowing down on the afternoon snack (cantaloupe and, inexplicably, tortilla chips). I sit down with them and we talk baseball while they finish their snack. John and Colby are Reds fans (Colby hates the ******* Dodgers, a point he hammered home to me numerous times) I said I was a Cardinals fan but also like the Reds, and am all in, because, like I said before, it's good for the Reds to be good. Colby had some things to say about that (the duplicity of it etc. but his comments were much more "colorful"), a woman from the adjoining table yelled over that she was a Cleveland Indians fan, because she's from Akron!!! I said that they're not the Indians anymore, they renamed the team to the Guardians. She (whom I learned was named Phyllis) told me I was full of sh*t. LOL
After the snack was over, we went to the commons area: Couches, a big screen TV, board game tables (it's actually a pretty sweet setup) and, for some reason, a Grand Piano, which was weird, because nobody there can play the piano. All of the women start sidling up to John, and Phyllis said to me, "We've been hearing about the Florida Man for weeks, but we didn't think he was ever going to get here." Then the other hens start scooting their chairs/wheelchairs/walkers closer and it's becoming clear that John is the "Cock of the Walk" now. This 96 year old man is HOLDING COURT. LOL It was hilarious.
John asks me about his sweater (he didn't bring a sweater...) and Anna (wheelchair bound, she grew up in Biloxi) said, "You need to bring him a sweater." I said, "Sweater HELL, I need to get him a smoking jacket, and a PIPE! Phyllis laughed, and exclaimed "YES! He's the PLAYBOY GUY! He looks like the playboy guy! You know, John got room number 1. That's the room I wanted, but they gave it to him."
This next part you're probably not going to believe, but I SWEAR it's true. John waited a moment, and dropped, "Well maybe you can come see it sometime." LOL 96 years old, and he still has that kind of game. *******...
Anyway, I hung around for another hour or so, and got talked into grilling for them on a Saturday when college football starts (and Phyllis said they want homemade ice cream) I said, "Homemade ice cream?! It's never enough for you people."
Then it was medication time. John took his, and Vickie, the night time caregiver asked Colby if he took his, and he swears he did. She evidently had been down this road before, because he hadn't. Colby had hidden them in his lap. I said, "Colby, you old dog!" LOL
It is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest over there. LOL
John is happy as a ******* clam BTW...
The back story of why I ended up flying to Florida, and taking guardianship of my best friend's 96 year old father, who has dementia (not Alzheimers, he's just got dementia that a 96 year old person will, you know, GET sometimes) and escorting/flying back to Kentucky with him is for another day (or really, not at all) but, that's what I did.
So, we moved him into a care facility (that is close to our house) this morning, my wife, saint that she is met with the administrator, asked the questions, took care of the nuts and bolts, because she is a take charge dynamo. While I unpacked his stuff, hung up his clothes, showed him how to work the GD remote for his TV etc. tried to get him acclimated and comfortable (I know this seems counterintuitive, but I'm actually good at the nurturing side, and a complete **** show on the pragmatic end)
I know this is long, but bear with me. I went back over around 4:00, to take some additional clothes hangers (we didn't have enough), basic toiletries (we made the mistake of letting him pack his own shaving kit) and when I opened it this morning it contained a dried up bar of soap that looked like it was from the 70's, a pack of razor blades (he uses an electric razor), a toothbrush that appeared to have been used to polish shoes, and an empty container of dental floss.
I roll in, and John (my friend's Dad) is sitting with Colby, the only other male resident of the 16 elders that stay there, and they're chowing down on the afternoon snack (cantaloupe and, inexplicably, tortilla chips). I sit down with them and we talk baseball while they finish their snack. John and Colby are Reds fans (Colby hates the ******* Dodgers, a point he hammered home to me numerous times) I said I was a Cardinals fan but also like the Reds, and am all in, because, like I said before, it's good for the Reds to be good. Colby had some things to say about that (the duplicity of it etc. but his comments were much more "colorful"), a woman from the adjoining table yelled over that she was a Cleveland Indians fan, because she's from Akron!!! I said that they're not the Indians anymore, they renamed the team to the Guardians. She (whom I learned was named Phyllis) told me I was full of sh*t. LOL
After the snack was over, we went to the commons area: Couches, a big screen TV, board game tables (it's actually a pretty sweet setup) and, for some reason, a Grand Piano, which was weird, because nobody there can play the piano. All of the women start sidling up to John, and Phyllis said to me, "We've been hearing about the Florida Man for weeks, but we didn't think he was ever going to get here." Then the other hens start scooting their chairs/wheelchairs/walkers closer and it's becoming clear that John is the "Cock of the Walk" now. This 96 year old man is HOLDING COURT. LOL It was hilarious.
John asks me about his sweater (he didn't bring a sweater...) and Anna (wheelchair bound, she grew up in Biloxi) said, "You need to bring him a sweater." I said, "Sweater HELL, I need to get him a smoking jacket, and a PIPE! Phyllis laughed, and exclaimed "YES! He's the PLAYBOY GUY! He looks like the playboy guy! You know, John got room number 1. That's the room I wanted, but they gave it to him."
This next part you're probably not going to believe, but I SWEAR it's true. John waited a moment, and dropped, "Well maybe you can come see it sometime." LOL 96 years old, and he still has that kind of game. *******...
Anyway, I hung around for another hour or so, and got talked into grilling for them on a Saturday when college football starts (and Phyllis said they want homemade ice cream) I said, "Homemade ice cream?! It's never enough for you people."
Then it was medication time. John took his, and Vickie, the night time caregiver asked Colby if he took his, and he swears he did. She evidently had been down this road before, because he hadn't. Colby had hidden them in his lap. I said, "Colby, you old dog!" LOL
It is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest over there. LOL
John is happy as a ******* clam BTW...
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Put that dude on your rave bus for a cruise.
I thought Hyman was gonna tell the one about the old gal who gives the best handjobs in the nursing home, and jealous Ruth saying “why are you seeing Edna instead of me? What does she have that I don’t?” And the punchline from the receiver of the handjobs being “Parkinson’s”.
It may be easy to miss because of his schtick on here, but HK sure seems like one hell of a guy.
Saturday randi:
I was put in X/Twitter penalty box today… oh well. Fauci email acknowledging some **** he lied about got me too revved up.
4 hours of yard work during a heat advisory. Threw down 6 bottles of water and still not done with the neighbors weeds absorbing my arborvitae.
Alabama night: drinking Dettling Single Barrel Cask Strength Bourbon, listening to St Paul & TBB. This may be my favorite bourbon. 6-grain mashbill including oats and no tail cuts. Seth Dettling is an artisan.
Speaking of which, I shall be at the Krog for saban. I’m coming in for that one. We need payback for the last time that cvnt was on the sideline.
Washing a freshly ceramic coated / PFF’d dinky two-seat roadster is too easy. Washed the whole fleet in less than 30 minutes this morning.
Totally unsurprised serial killer was an NYC architect. Most all are psychopaths.
Effing toasty cheesy.
I was put in X/Twitter penalty box today… oh well. Fauci email acknowledging some **** he lied about got me too revved up.
4 hours of yard work during a heat advisory. Threw down 6 bottles of water and still not done with the neighbors weeds absorbing my arborvitae.
Alabama night: drinking Dettling Single Barrel Cask Strength Bourbon, listening to St Paul & TBB. This may be my favorite bourbon. 6-grain mashbill including oats and no tail cuts. Seth Dettling is an artisan.
Speaking of which, I shall be at the Krog for saban. I’m coming in for that one. We need payback for the last time that cvnt was on the sideline.
Washing a freshly ceramic coated / PFF’d dinky two-seat roadster is too easy. Washed the whole fleet in less than 30 minutes this morning.
Totally unsurprised serial killer was an NYC architect. Most all are psychopaths.
Effing toasty cheesy.
Why did I click on that? Now I’ll have grilling ads and recs for the foreseeable future.
Was just walking the dog down the street, and three couples in three separate nice, late model vehicles all pulled into a driveway and ran into this nice house laughing and giggling and ****. I think I’ve finally found the neighborhood swinger lair.
Edit - another good one.
Edit - another good one.
When social media managers go rogue
Well done, Duke basketball. And now I will never utter those words again.
Well done, Duke basketball. And now I will never utter those words again.
Cooled off quite a bit and it's a nice night for staring at oak trees in Louisville with a drink in hand.
Terence Crawford is a bad man.
Nothing beats that big fight feel of a Championship Boxing Match.
Nothing beats that big fight feel of a Championship Boxing Match.
Reminds me of my Grandpa. Died at 96 (really miss him). Even in his golden years he was such a blast to be around and would sweet talk any woman he could find. Evidently he was quite a playa in his younger years. Just had a gift of being able to talk to women and people in general. Would not surprise me if he nailed several of those old hens at the facility before his last breath. Hanging around old people and hearing their stories can be an experience if you allow yourself to spend time with them.
I've reached the point in my life; retired, financially secure, etc. that I'm trying to find more ways to serve. Not that someone needs to wait until that point to do so, but I have the time and freedom to do it with more GUSTO now...
Happenstance led me to this place (the home my friend's father is staying), and w/o going into detail, my friend will have his hands full for the foreseeable future (the primary reason for locating him near us) and so I'm going to be devoting a large share of my time not only to keeping him occupied, but since I'll be there, I might as well involve the whole group. I'm going to meet with the administrators this week to discuss their needs and try and find ways to help them meet those needs. For example, they need a small bus/van to be able to take residents out on day trips/outings. I also plan on being a regular presence there, just to visit. Even the elderly deserve a share of my winning personality and rapier wit. LOL
And I'm absolutely not above picking the brains, and if they feel so inclined, the wallets of some of the folks on here.
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None of this means that I'm going to quit being a miserable bastard the rest of the time though.
Just post it chief, it wants me to go to a new page then download the app, not all of us play on Reddit. Plus, Duke and I have NOTHING to do with each other.
Wynn is just like my buddy in Etown. He catches a buzz in the weekends and sends me 30 songs I should listen to
. I’m like hey man, we’re in different places, I’m stoned on the couch about to pass out watching Fiona bang her 8th boyfriend in 3 days, you’re drunk in the garage firing heaters.
My wife had never seen nor heard of the “two girls one cup” video….
Until last night. Made it about 8 seconds
Until last night. Made it about 8 seconds
Buddy at the gym asked if I’d heard the new Travis Scott, nope def not. He said it’s just him talking over beats, idk about it.
So I checked it out, yeah that is awful. It’s not really anything. It’s like he listened to a bunch of Pink Floyd and tried to make it into rap.
So I checked it out, yeah that is awful. It’s not really anything. It’s like he listened to a bunch of Pink Floyd and tried to make it into rap.
Congrats on the sex.
The PK grill original is unbelievable. Really pricey, but just a fantastic and versatile grill/smoker/travel grill
https://www.pkgrills.com/the-origin...kpput4fOeedPPgo40YLCZklcMaONUF7RoCcQUQAvD_BwE
Vern getting his wish, Cubs telling teams Bellinger will not be traded.
That means they have to be planning offering g him a deal to keep him then.
I don’t have a clue what the Cubs could add that they need to make a run but beating up on bottom dwellers seems to have us in a decent spot.
That means they have to be planning offering g him a deal to keep him then.
I don’t have a clue what the Cubs could add that they need to make a run but beating up on bottom dwellers seems to have us in a decent spot.
I got both the full size PK 360 and the travel-size Pk Go. If I had it to do over, I'd have started with the Go to see if I even wanted or needed a full size grill. We are DINKS so I'm not exactly smoking full size brisket on the regular. It will, however, turn out a perfect rack of ribs if you cut it in half.
Would be a nice compliment to a Weber, tbh, and has integrated locks, etc that make it really easy to travel with. I've taken it to multiple AirBNBs, Gorge cabins, etc.
That, and his incredibly deep collection of amazing songs.
I haven’t listened to that song but I’m willing to bet it will win a Grammy.
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