Byob !!!!!!

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Fred I think you may have a picture in your email, that was the only one she took.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

It is steel, sorry job of putting it together I guess. You would think a free replacement would be in order. That mower has never been abused and in the six years I have owned it it only has 200 hours on it.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

The real pisser about this whole thing is that the service guy told her that our model tractor now sells for Ten thousand dollars what a rip off.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

That's an odd place for it to shear. Whatever (wrong) method they used to form it must have thinned that section way too much.

And, you say this is the second one in six years?

Yes, I couldn't believe it the fist time and the second time was just crazy.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

I will share a drink with you my friend.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Gin is not my favorite drink, if it is not mixed with grapefruit juice I will pass on it. Now a salty dog or greyhound I am all in.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

I really am not a mixed drink person. If you cant drink it straight or with some citrus I will pass.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

I actually like the taste of tonic so much, I can tolerate some gin added to it.

You may not believe this but I am allergic to the tonic.

[Mrleft88]

Quinine..... Don't call it "Tonic" and you'll be fine as frog hair split 3 ways.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Howdy Mr 88 Good to see you stop in.

[David G]

A day of remembrance. My darling mother-in-law passed a while back, and today we scattered her ashes in a beautiful ravine at Riverview Cemetary. Her name - Dorothy Ruth Mooney - will be added to a marble plaque there, with a gorgeous view of the river and mountains to the East & North.

The ceremony was followed by a small get-together at the Arnold Creek home of some longtime friends. All in all a very sweet, but melancholy day. Thanks to everyone who came.

A graduate of Cornell, and a literal genius... she was a brilliant architect/engineer, at a time when women were not exactly welcomed into the professional world. Sadly, some medical malpractice left her with an ailing body. Often bed-bound, she exercised her creativity by acquiring an early PC, and a digitizer pad... and designing fonts for a living.

She is missed, and will be missed for a long time.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Friday morning here, it is a warm 70f this morning expecting some rainy weather this morning and then a windy day so it seems like maybe Spring is moving in.
Have a great day.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Morning Fred, I hope we are done with snow and ice till next winter.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Sounds like you are ready for some warm weather.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Sat outside for a while but the wind gust was trying to blow my hair off.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Yes this ol waterhole has some very slow days. I guess I will get me a beer and just sit here and see if anyone else shows up.

[SaltyD from BC]

They say the world is run by people that show up. I don't really want to run anything but I'm here anyway mornin Bobby!
See'n as we're talking weather like proper old farts do .. the sun is gone here, rained last night will rain today and tomorrow. Blew a westerly yesterday that would get anyone's attention I guess that's why the sun's gone. But it ain't freezing and it ain't snowing. Boom

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Morning Salty dude. I don't know much about your weather up there but in a couple of months I will be able to complain about how hot it is.
I guess I better figger out how to make a birthday cake for the 88 guy tomorrow or may be just lift a beer to him. Anybody born on april 1 shouldn't expect much.

[David G]

Morning Gentlemen,

And Okies <G> Got the bandicoots on my own today, so we'll see what sort of mischief we can manage. They did pretty well y'day, with most of it taken up by the memorial service. 5 even helped scatter some ashes. But by late afternoon, they were morphing into 'I need a nap hyperactivity'. So we rounded 'em up and came home. Weather looks iffy, but if it holds dry... I might take them to the park.

[SaltyD from BC]

His Leftiness was actually born April 1? Huh, actually that explains a few things
I'll give you the Coles notes of weather up here Bobby. The forsythia just bloomed yesterday (tiny yellow flowers). The old timers say that means its time to plant potatoes. Might get a touch more frost but not enough to kill taters buried a few inches. Beans and peas can probably go in in another 3-4 weeks to be safe. And all the tender stuff, stick with the old adage of May long weekend which for us is around the 24th. Then we get anything from cool rain to drought spells and over 100 degrees these days through summer. Come about middle of December we'll usually see first real snow and back to winter.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Morning David, have a good time with the kiddos.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Well Salty when you get old and worn out like me you just look for a warm or cool spot to sit and watch life pass by.

[SaltyD from BC]

I'm not far behind you Bobby I was sitting in the sun eyes closed soaking it up like a Sea Lion on a rock yesterday. When it gets hot I'll be in the shade or next to the air con unit

[Bobby of Tulsa]

That is the way things work for me anymore.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Dang this wind is crazy, the weather people said we were having gust up to 50mph I believe it. Trash cans blowing everywhere. I was sitting out on the deck and the dang wind tried to blow my walker away.
There is a burn ban for the whole state of Okla. today.

[David G]

Morning David, have a good time with the kiddos.

Thanks. We've been coloring and cutting out masks. Taking a break for lunch now. They passed up pizza for cold cereal. I wonder if that's a sign we eat too much pizza? I'm thinking about a big tray of nachos for dinner tonight. Can't do anything more complicated with my helpers.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

That sounds like a good day David and some times I think cold cereal hits the spot.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

If this wind keeps up our power will probably go out, My oldest daughter who live about 30 miles north of me is without power now. It is just flat prairie out her way Nothing but a barb wire fence to stop the wind.

[SaltyD from BC]

I used to like storms, the wind the sideways rain as long as I was in a safe spot. Any more, yeah.. not so much. A couple few too many north Pacific storms slamming straight into our house when we lived up coast will do that I guess. Hope it blows itself out soon Bobby

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Hunker down Fred and stay safe. Then have a good weekend.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

I hate that when it gets quiet and no wind, everything is dead calm.

[David G]

[Bobby of Tulsa]

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Hey David, did you survive a day with the kids?

[David G]

Just got done with the third crew of appliance installers. They also failed to get the job done correctly. Left saying I needed to make some modifications to the house in order for them to proceed. I said even if that was true, fair, and reasonable (which i questioned)... either of the two previous crews of knuckleheads could have told me that, and I could have had the work done in preparation for the visit of crew #3. So I guess it's war. Back to Home Depot to file a formal complaint again the 3rd-party installers, and give them a deadline for getting it resolved or face both an order cancellation and a potential lawsuit. Baaaahhhh.