The big one below the fold-
About the Russian conscripts surrendering in droves and an inside listen to Russians on the phone telling about the Ukrainian advances. -Lots of swearing-
The head of the FBI will stand up somewhere and read all they have on Hunter Biden, then say nobody would prosecute him, so they're dropping the investigation and that's the end of it.
Right James Comey?
Right Hillary! ?
Why would FB think I wanted more information on that solar company?
Or the Shysters wanting me to sue a plant killer?
Or the scam artists who want me to sue someone because of the water at Camp LeJune?
I don't know what's going on with Blogger.
Maybe this site is being
targeted, but about 15% of my bloglist is unreachable and I can't access
the layout page to check on -or redo links..
The blogs that show no updates go right to my downloads in my computer if you click on them.
Powerline
Big County
Weazle Zipper
PwaPaws House
Mac Thag
Irish
Nobody Asked Me
Non Original Rants
Daily Timewaster
Come and Make It
I'm even having trouble betting to my blog.
BUT the Rule 5-izm must go on...
And I'm still trying to figure out.
I'm in the process of putting in a new panel box- with a new meter to replace the 75 year old panel box that was feeding a mixture of knob and tube wireing and ancient fabric Romex.
It's basically a completely separate circuit except where it gets fed from the transformer. I ran a new line to the 220V well pump and put in the double pole breaker -It's a GE instead of the Square D the other one is- I accidentally put that breaker on the same phase (GE is different than Square D) and came in the house.
The kitchen lights and everything on that circuit didn't work- until they wanted to. I KNOW I didn't touch that breaker, and everything looks good.
Then the wife said we didn't have water-- which is when I found out about not having the pump on two different phases. I moved it and now EVERYTHING works like it's supposed to.
HOW did sending two of the same phase to my well pump affect one circuit on a completely different panel box- with different feed (old one is #4 triplex overhead) into it?
San Antonio and Austin.
Which means that maybe by Nov. 8 gas (not diesel) will be somewhere around where it was when 0biden took office.
Then after Nov. 8, gas will be free to go up as much as it wants because the election is done and the SFR will be almost empty.
You reupped for PWD Rota, Spain in the mid 80's.
Herman's (The German) Schnitzel haus right on the playa.
Bennies bar, Zepplins the Sangria Shack....
You're living on the economy and Shorties(best fried rice I've had at 3AM and breakfast on leftovers at 0500) is about two blocks from your place....
Dependents (wives, chicks), female sailors and expats all have the run of the base...
Gawd, I loved Rota.
I'm sure you Army guys and AF have some base like this....
For outraging SJWs?
Because it's somehow GBLTQ-phobic...or sumpin.Maybe they tried, but Aerosmith told them to pound sand?
But first, your Monday Rule 5 puzzle.
Yeah, it's a jumble, kinda like the weekend was.
Borrowed the neighbors backhoe about two weeks ago (or three?) got the trench from the new meter to the house dug and threw the conduit in and started covering it up before the sky opened up on and off for the rest of the week- when I found that forgot how shallow I buried the animal water line and electric.
Then, when I got close to the house, I found a tee from the main water from the well to the house *fuck!*
Yesterday I got everything else for the run- and 100' of 1/2" PEX to replace the bent and expose old water line.
$500 for 210" of #2 stranded and #4 ground.
So I got everything dug up (without hitting the conduit) and reburied and reconnected.
Animal water -good
Outside electric (and internet by the fence)- done and coming out of the new main box.
GVEC came in and hung a new meter box and complete 150 amp panel when I just asked for a new meter and main cut-off for $350 because we already have a house.
Then I found out we had no water. Fuck!
Looked at the pressure switch and no spark when I moved the contacts. Walk 100 yds to the shed for the Fluke and find out I have no power in... sometimes
So back to the hole that's still open for the fiber installer to see what's down there and see a break in the insulation of the underground romex. It was hot but corroded. HMMmm one reason for the bad phase leg....
Cut it and tied the two legs together and rang it out at the switch..... nothing. CRAP! Now I have to run a new power wire out to the well for domestic water.
This time it'll be in conduit and buried more than six inches deep..... Next weekend because I'm working for the rest of the week.
Anyway-
The puzzle you want is below the fold
Showing off her new Henry steel side gate rifle.
The big one below the fold
*Have yo ever heard of Indianola?*
"IIRR- it was wiped out by a hurricane over 100 years ago."
"Why?"
So she comes up- she's been reading the history of Seguin, TX and I guess a lot of survivors migrated from there and apparently Indianola is a thriving tourist trap now, and she wanted to know if I'd want to visit..... or move there.
"Last time I was there (about 20 years ago) it had one badly maintained two lane road and all the sewer manholes in the entire county were towers about 5' high."
*Why so high?*
"Because that's how high tidal surges get normally. It floods a lot."
*What about going out on a boat deep sea fishing?*
"I'll pay for you to go if you want."
*Why won't you go with me?*
"I get sea sick."
*You were in the Navy....?...*
"I was a SeaBee"
*That's part of the Navy.*
"Seabees don't go on ships."
*We've been married all this time and you never said anything about that."
"I was a Dirt Sailor."
*BWAHAhahahahaha*
*I've never heard that before*
That's one reason this tat doesn't have fouled anchors or cannons and my green field jacket says Navy on the tape and a Seabee patch on the pocket.
Abe Lincoln tried to save the Union by using one half to attack the other hal..................
OMG! You are like Lincoln.
The Leftists locked the country down for almost two years for an airborne respiratory virus.
Everything and (almost) everyone.
It had the force of law and people were fined and arrested for breaking curfew.
They tried to force a questionable vaxx on the entire country with almost no exceptions- medical or religious.
Now the newest thing down the pike to pie elections id Monkeypox.
Which for some reason is RACIST!!! ....because monkeys- or sumpin.
But nobody is doing anything to stop the spread because doing so would be homophobic, and we need to let them do their thing and not be so harsh about slowing the spread.
Oh! And it's spread through bodily fluids and open sores, so be sure to wear a mask.
Actually it was a text from the wife telling me she ran over a mattress and it was wrapped around her wheel.
"A what?"
*A mattress I ran over and it's wrapped around my wheel*
"Send me a pic, which side?"
*Passenger side- wait, DPS just showed up..."
-I get a call that Roadside help (state funded) is on the way, but I'll need to come up and see what I can do, or get it towed back-
"Where are you?"
*At mile marker 449*
"On 35?"
*No, 130 toll road*
"You took that toll road to Phlugerville😦?"
*I was following Siri....*
"Let me grab some cutting utensils and I'll be on the way."
~Later~
Call
*Okay, the roadside guy took the tire off and the metal is wrapped all around the axle and he can't really do anything*
"I'm on my way, about an hour/45 minutes from you now."
~~I get there and see basically...this~
So I get the sawzall, which isn't doing shit because I loaned it to someone and I think he used it for a hammer because you have to hold the battery in with one hand while trying to cut .... springs... with the other.
I went to the cutoff wheel on the grinder and made some progress- until I couldn't go any more because of the freed springs.
So here I go with the Lineman's pliers for a good 45 minutes just to clear up enough to go to work with the grinder again.
Oh........ did I mention we were on a bridge?
The cement shook and the truck wobbled whenever a steering wheel holder in a semi in the granny lane went past.
So I get enough cut that it would clear the brake line and hooked a strap to whatever I could reach that looked like it wouldn't just unravel- and put the lose tire under the cab step because I was positive that I'd pull the truck off the jack.
The second time I reattached it, down the truck went, but we kept pulling.
Third time - JACKPOT!
So nothing got accomplished yesterday at all.
I wish I knew how to embed this:
https://www.tiktok.com/@therealcoachjosiah/video/7130652840309165354
Are a lot harder than colored ones.
Take this example-
Move it to here and give it a try,
It took almost half an hour to do 130 pieces.
Not that I really give a shit about the Tour De France.
It's just fun to see these assholes crash and burn.
I got a month suspension on FB for mentioning that the Twenty Second German Panzer Corps won the first Tour De France in 1940....
I saw this in Austin yesterday.
I guess it's one of Brandon's industrious guests that do things Americans won't....
Or sumpin'
It's supposed to say car instead of cat- I guess.
Don't know who she is, but you've seen her before.
As usual, the big one below the fold-