Talk about your day thread

[Peeps]

The old deck (it really went to shit over the winter, was built i believe in 1986)



the new deck

[tragabigzanda]

There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.

There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.

There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.

There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.

O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

In Athens at hotel. Beautiful. Great view of the Acropolis. Getting ready to go out and grab a late lunch.

How much is this trip costing you

[dad]

Just got back from Normandy. 2.5 hour trips both ways. And a very full day there. It was a wonderful day. Very emotional. Highly recommended.

How are those thin pants holding up?

Wearing them for the first time here today. I’ll report back later.

Forgot to report. Thin pants were PERFECT. We have to wear them to the Vatican in a few days and it’s supposed to be close to 100 degrees. I can’t think of a better pair of pants to wear, but it’s still going to be miserable.

don't get busted taking pictures of the sistine chapel!

honestly, i don't think they do anything other than tell you to stop.

Papa Wease was indeed busted.

naughty boy.

[dad]

Finally got to try suppli. At the airport in Naples. I have no doubts if I’d found it out and about in the cities, I would’ve like it more, but it was pretty good.

glad you got to try it. seems like it's a little more specific to Rome, but either way...

[dimejinky99]

The old deck (it really went to shit over the winter, was built i believe in 1986)



the new deck

great job..get some serious wood preserve on there though..it looks coated already but that wont last pissing time.. go industrial strength

[Higgs]

Deck Matter

[wease]

In Athens at hotel. Beautiful. Great view of the Acropolis. Getting ready to go out and grab a late lunch.

How much is this trip costing you

More than any trip should.

[Higgs]

I'm sorry. That was terrible...

[Peeps]

I'm sorry. That was terrible...

given to fail

[Higgs]

I'm sorry. That was terrible...

given to fail

Sad.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

In Athens at hotel. Beautiful. Great view of the Acropolis. Getting ready to go out and grab a late lunch.

How much is this trip costing you

More than any trip should.

Probably more than Tom’s annual salary

[dad]

my BiL - wife's older brother is in town for the next few days. he's fun to be around until he's not.

he doesn't respect other people's time or boundaries.

he's already tried to drop his daughter off at our house while he goes to get a haircut. she's 12, so it's not like i'm on babysitting duty while i work, but...take your fucking kid with you to get a haircut, or get one before you leave town. he always pulls shit like this where he brings his daughter and tries to pawn her off on some family member, and try to make you feel like shit in the process.

he also likes to bring his hyperactive shit-and-piss-everywhere dog with him, without asking if it's okay to bring the dog over.

just the most self-serving person i've ever met. he's been here less than 24 hours and i'm already fucking annoyed.

[Bammer]

Deck Matter

Deckage

[wease]

Deck looks great Peeps!

[wease]

my BiL - wife's older brother is in town for the next few days. he's fun to be around until he's not.

he doesn't respect other people's time or boundaries.

he's already tried to drop his daughter off at our house while he goes to get a haircut. she's 12, so it's not like i'm on babysitting duty while i work, but...take your fucking kid with you to get a haircut, or get one before you leave town. he always pulls shit like this where he brings his daughter and tries to pawn her off on some family member, and try to make you feel like shit in the process.

he also likes to bring his hyperactive shit-and-piss-everywhere dog with him, without asking if it's okay to bring the dog over.

just the most self-serving person i've ever met. he's been here less than 24 hours and i'm already fucking annoyed.

I feel your pain brother.

[Peeps]

thanks wease


dad - remember the difference between inlaws and outlaws is that outlaws are wanted

[BurtReynolds]

I will never own another pet again for the simple fact that dealing vets is an absolute nightmare. I profession riddled with con artists and idiots.

[dad]

I will never own another pet again for the simple fact that dealing vets is an absolute nightmare. I profession riddled with con artists and idiots.

they are forever trying to sell you something you don't even need.

[doug rr]

I will never own another pet again for the simple fact that dealing vets is an absolute nightmare. I profession riddled with con artists and idiots.

they are forever trying to sell you something you don't even need.

they wanted to put our dog under 2 years ago when he was already 14 to professionally brush his teeth...it was like $1500 or something..ha..last week when we took him in just to see the actual vet was $350 plus all the blood and stool sample test..came to around $700