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What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?

Gotta work
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Cook and ENJOY
3 (15%)
Relax, Enjoy the time with my Significant Other
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Mow grass and BBQ
1 (5%)
Be in a pissy mood and make everyone Miserable
3 (15%)
Stay Stoned and be in Amazement at whatever evolves
4 (20%)

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What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« on: Thursday, May 27, 2021 01:49 pm »
   Besides thinking of those that have given the ultimate sacrifice to this Nation and got us thus far, what are you doing this weekend.
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday, May 27, 2021 02:04 pm »
Getting a tooth pulled. Another one in front is going. I ain't got many left and am about to lose another.
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #2 on: Thursday, May 27, 2021 07:05 pm »
Wife's family is coming over, fun group... cook and relax and maybe shoot some guns.
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #3 on: Thursday, May 27, 2021 08:39 pm »
Well I couldn't really tick a box - If I did it would be the stoner box, without the being stoned... I will largely just be along for the ride.

But the answer is somewhat predictable... An annual pilgrimage to the graveyard to where my Dad is laid... Grave-side flowers and fond remembrance... And if the weather is good, we will retire to the Big House for our first scheduled BBQ of the year... Though nothing so extravagant as to actually call it BBQ - The weather is too unpredictable for that... But there will be grilling. Burgers and dogs, and maybe some bratts... There will be tater salad, and my world famous fake-crab macaroni salad... All the trimmings one would expect, and still be able to move the whole works inside at a moment's notice...

Sorta the dress-rehearsal for the big shindig on the fourth.

Though the Fourth will be subdued this year. My nephew is getting married in August, so some of the clan (one whole branch) will forgo the Fourth in favor of the wedding.

Though I would suppose that 'subdued' should really be in quotes, as the nephew is marrying into a clan that is five houses strong already - And that primary house, that whole clan, is family now, and will largely be attending the Fourth... So it will still be a banger. and August is gonna be a hootenanny.
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #4 on: Thursday, May 27, 2021 09:27 pm »
Working. We're gonna need the oil. (Back in the patch!)
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #5 on: Thursday, May 27, 2021 09:43 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on Thursday, May 27, 2021 09:27 pm
Working. We're gonna need the oil. (Back in the patch!)

Congratulations!  happy77
Although, there is a certain correlation beginning to appear... @Smokin Joe gets to work when gas prices are high..

Makes it hard to wish you well  :pondering:

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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #6 on: Thursday, May 27, 2021 09:53 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on Thursday, May 27, 2021 09:43 pm
Congratulations!  happy77
Although, there is a certain correlation beginning to appear... @Smokin Joe gets to work when gas prices are high..

Makes it hard to wish you well  :pondering:

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If they are high enough to keep me working, but low enough to afford...

It's still cheaper than spending money on gas, making well under half oilfield wages, and not being able to deduct mileage...but delivering food was fun, too, just didn't make enough.
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #7 on: Thursday, May 27, 2021 10:10 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on Thursday, May 27, 2021 09:53 pm
If they are high enough to keep me working, but low enough to afford...

It's still cheaper than spending money on gas, making well under half oilfield wages, and not being able to deduct mileage...but delivering food was fun, too, just didn't make enough.

With the decided advantage that you made even, or are not as behinder as you could have been. A good reason to always have a side-hustle going on.
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #8 on: Thursday, May 27, 2021 10:16 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on Thursday, May 27, 2021 10:10 pm
With the decided advantage that you made even, or are not as behinder as you could have been. A good reason to always have a side-hustle going on.
It was far better for me than sitting and drawing unemployment, although I'd have made 10 grand or more more sitting on my arse. Instead, though, I dropped 60 lbs and got so I could haul stuff to the third or fourth floor without being miserably winded. There is a lot of benefit in getting in better shape that just can't be quantified in dollars and cents. Not as behinder, and hopes of catching up in inflated dollars...'cause they are going to be inflated.
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #9 on: Thursday, May 27, 2021 10:26 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on Thursday, May 27, 2021 10:16 pm
[...] hopes of catching up in inflated dollars...'cause they are going to be inflated.

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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #10 on: Sunday, May 30, 2021 09:36 am »
It’s been raining since Friday but tomorrow’s forecast is sunny. I’m going to put a flag on my dads grave.  :patriot:
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #11 on: Sunday, May 30, 2021 09:59 am »
Well, cooking potatoes and eggs right now to make potato salad for tomorrow.  I stopped in at the local grocery store as I needed a jar of Miracle Whip.  Holy cow; $6.49!!! Seriously, for one dang jar of Miracle Whip.

It is supposed to rain later on today and all day Memorial Day, but hoping to cookout some KC Steak burgers tomorrow.

Just me, my hubby and my daughter, which is fine. Nice and peaceful.  She may bring our grand puppy (Smoke) so she can play with Geronimo if it's not raining.
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #12 on: Sunday, May 30, 2021 10:38 am »
Chillin', enjoying the oasis.

Looks like my little small town is going to be an oasis in the People's Republic of Nueva York in that we have pretty much a full, normal summer ahead. A Memorial Day parade, ceremony and such. I produce a telecast of the local parade as part of a tradition for one of my other online projects.

But other than that, I'm largely chillin'. I might watch the auto races this afternoon, but that hasn't been the same since Jim Nabors retired.
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #13 on: Sunday, May 30, 2021 11:01 am »
   I will listen to Americana Podcasts on Utube while Robin and I laugh the day away.  Probably not BBQ, my backyard is too muddy  She just got up, we'll formulate dinner plans for this glorious day as the settles in the West. through the evening.  @Texas Robin
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #14 on: Sunday, May 30, 2021 11:14 am »
Quote from: corbe on Sunday, May 30, 2021 11:01 am
   I will listen to Americana Podcasts on Utube while Robin and I laugh the day away.  Probably not BBQ, my backyard is too muddy  She just got up, we'll formulate dinner plans for this glorious day as the settles in the West. through the evening.  @Texas Robin

I hear happiness in your posts @corbe   Good for you!   :beer:    happy77
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #15 on: Monday, May 31, 2021 06:05 am »
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #16 on: Monday, May 31, 2021 06:08 am »
To my family this is a solemn day..we don't participate in BBQs, sales etc...
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #17 on: Monday, May 31, 2021 06:09 am »
Quote from: roamer_1 on Thursday, May 27, 2021 09:43 pm
Congratulations!  happy77
Although, there is a certain correlation beginning to appear... @Smokin Joe gets to work when gas prices are high..

On the flip side, downstream jobs are threatened with high oil prices.  Fortunately for me, my new downstream gig is directly tied to natural gas, not oil.
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #18 on: Monday, May 31, 2021 06:11 am »
Quote from: libertybele on Sunday, May 30, 2021 09:59 am
Well, cooking potatoes and eggs right now to make potato salad for tomorrow.  I stopped in at the local grocery store as I needed a jar of Miracle Whip.  Holy cow; $6.49!!! Seriously, for one dang jar of Miracle Whip.

Good to see another Miracle Whip lover in here.
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #20 on: Monday, May 31, 2021 06:41 am »
Quote from: Hoodat on Monday, May 31, 2021 06:11 am
Good to see another Miracle Whip lover in here.

And another... Though the preference is slight. I will do either, but Miracle Whip is in my fridge.

And which the regular jug costs around $3.50 around here. The big upsidowner squirt jug costs around a buck more, but I never get that...

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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #21 on: Monday, May 31, 2021 06:51 am »
Quote from: thackney on Monday, May 31, 2021 06:05 am
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Funny what a guy notices... That H-brace in the corners looks funny to me. I must have run thousands of miles of fence in my life... Never seen an H-braced corner even once. Whether wired or wood, the cross piece is always right on the top... First thing comes to mind is how you must have to go find a gate... I am pretty used to getting in launching over a corner or a crossbuck... Can't do that so much on an H-braced corner...
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #22 on: Monday, May 31, 2021 07:03 am »
Quote from: roamer_1 on Monday, May 31, 2021 06:51 am
Funny what a guy notices... That H-brace in the corners looks funny to me. I must have run thousands of miles of fence in my life... Never seen an H-braced corner even once. Whether wired or wood, the cross piece is always right on the top... First thing comes to mind is how you must have to go find a gate... I am pretty used to getting in launching over a corner or a crossbuck... Can't do that so much on an H-braced corner...

Funny, in these parts I do not think I have seen a cross piece on top.
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #23 on: Monday, May 31, 2021 07:06 am »
Quote from: thackney on Monday, May 31, 2021 07:03 am
Funny, in these parts I do not think I have seen a cross piece on top.

Y'all bend your hats funny too.  :laugh: :seeya:
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« Reply #27 on: Monday, May 31, 2021 09:35 am »
    My difference with Trump @LegalAmerican was not his Love for this Country or/and his respect for the Military.  Though I think the Pentagon lied to him, also.
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    My difference with Trump @LegalAmerican was not his Love for this Country or/and his respect for the Military.  Though I think the Pentagon lied to him, also.



?  your male envy?  Just asking.  Yes, many lies told to us. Now we have a WOKE top dog on military, who is purging all conservatives and rights FROM military.  ONLY, LEFTS, LIBERALS are allowed. I have that video too. MODS don't like that one.


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?  your male envy?  Just asking.  Yes, many lies told to us. Now we have a WOKE top dog in military, who is purging all conservatives and rights FROM military.  ONLY, LEFTS, LIBERALS are allowed. I have that video too. MODS don't like that one.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1GEMVdPPdU


I don't 'get' that shark, floating around , nor the guy gesturing below?  But I like the words. 
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« Reply #30 on: Monday, May 31, 2021 12:13 pm »
   Unfortunately while you IGNORE me at times (I suppose) I IGNORE Trump Videos, nothing against you, my dear.
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Re: What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?
« Reply #31 on: Monday, May 31, 2021 12:13 pm »
My sister had a picnic yesterday for her husband's birthday. It was very chilly. Today is a beautiful, fairly warm and sunny day. If we were anywhere near a military cemetery, it would be a good day to take a contemplative walk.

In the course of researching family history, I've come across many military veterans in my family tree, including several Revolutionary War soldiers. As far as I can tell, no direct ancestor of mine was KIA. My grandfather came closest, being gassed in France on Nov. 10, 1918. He recovered from that serious injury, else my mother never would have been born.
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« Reply #32 on: Monday, May 31, 2021 12:15 pm »
   Male Envy
   Well I could talk about that too right now from a completely different perspective.
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