Monday Morning

good morning folks. It's 68º here with scattered fog. Like MPC said, it's going to be a steamer here as well. Chance of storms later today, maybe. Be in the 90's the next few days. We sure had pretty weather the last 3-4 days though, so I can't complain.

Didn't do much yesterday. I did finally clean my muzzleloaders from the range trip Aug. 11. With Blackhorn 209 powder, you don't need to clean right away. Didn't take much to get them clean. Much easier than black powder or pyrodex. The blued CVA had a bit of a rust spot in it that keeps coming back. And it's got some speckles on the outside. I need to keep that baby lubed up.

Miss Sue and I went for groceries in the morning and came home with a half bushel of crabs and we picked about 2/3 of them yesterday afternoon. Good stuff. Sure is easier to sleep in and pick them up at the store, than getting up a 2AM and doing all that work down at the Bay trying to catch them. Plus the store is a "sure thing". Never know if you'll catch any at the Bay or not.

Back to work Mike...another Monday closer to retirement. Better do my timesheet and see what's waiting on my desk. Have a good one.

Charlie

Good morning, GoGo. It's 74 in Louisville, going to 93. Humidity is so thick I think you could lay a catfish in the yard and he'd make it just fine today.

I worked way harder this weekend than I have in some time. A good college buddy has deer-hunting access on a farm owned by his brother-in-law down near Edmonton, KY. I've hunted there a few times off and on and it was time for some payback. We put in one large and one small food plot as well as some other odds and ends. I haven't driven a tractor in nearly 50 years, but I picked it back up pretty quick. I got to operate a vintage Oliver that for some reason had a steering wheel off a Fiat car. We used a pull-behind seeder for most of the seeding, but some had to be put down with a hand-crank seeder and I drew the short straw on that part of the work. Man, I zig-zagged back and forth across those fields about a gazillion times.


Y'all have a good'n and be safe out there. As we were getting ready to leave the farm yesterday our host was cutting some wood for me to use making knife handles. He got inattentive for just a second and took chunks out of a thumb and forefinger with a table saw. He got to an emergency room here in Louisville about 9:30 p.m. or so. The good news is that X-rays showed he didn't get into the bone. The bad news is that those digits are just full of nerves. Whatever you're doing today, pay attention.

Morning

Good morning all. It's 81 in Indy and the humidity has dropped to 75%. Somebody decided we should wait until the temperature gets closer to 90 before we play golf. Heat index should be right about 100 by then. I'll be there, jug of ice water in hand.

Julie didn't even get shot once at yesterday's training session. She enjoyed it and proclaimed it worth while despite the heat. Most commercial ranges will not allow you to draw and shoot and that's what it was about. They had them drawing, shooting 6 rds, reloading, and shooting 5 more rds against time. Had to hit a paper plate. Don't know the distance but I'm sure it was very close. She said she got down to just under 10 seconds.

Better start getting ready to get ready for the rigors of the day. Hydrate and have a good day.

Good noontime from the sticks of Kentucky, started out about 7 am for London KY with a tractor tire. Again. Flat yesterday on one I of the small tractors but it was a rear one of course. We jacked it up yesterday, involved it an Wallered it into a trailer on the back of JBs Nissan truck. Got to the tire shop and was first in line for repair. New tire from Thailand, new Tube from Korea some ******* muscle from Clay County Kentucky and I was on my way. Same old boy that came and repaired the last 2 bigguns on the farm last month. He did get his Tip today that he was afraid to haul home in the company truck last month. ....
Then took JB out for lunch at the Castle....White Castle of course.

Landed back here and will wait on Jackson to get off work and help with the tractor tire. Mucho Cheaper when you get them to the shop......$460 damage this time.
Heading out to rake the hay I cut a couple days ago and ball it up afterwards.
What happened to Was Skruske? I bet he's kicked back in some deserted area with a snack bar made from sawdust.

Still NO Baby in DamItaly. 2 days overdue already. Damwimmen always late.