These days my junk mail rarely comes with prepaid envelopes. They must have wised up and no longer bear that expen$e.

But then again, iffin’ I hafta put a stamp on, I’d be less apt to send it in.

66 and humid... oooof. Sun ain't even up yet.

Welcome to Thirsty Thursday gang.

So I heard that the Mayport exchange has some Henry McKenna... Might have to ride over to the other side of town today.

The NAS Jax exchange, from what I understand, is the one that orders and receives the alcohol shipments and then distributes some to Mayport (which is smaller).

Ram, Dan, MACS, Gene and all yous guyz, happy thirsty Thursday

Last I noticed rain falls on the just and unjust equally.... no?

Sun shines on a dog’s ass some days

went for a walk this morning...weird, but I noticed an unusual shadow on the ground in front of, and to the right, of my shadow...it kept up with me and my shadow for several blocks...I finally looked up, thinking someone was using a drone to track me...my wife went to Ohio for a week to visit an old friend from her childhood neighborhood...maybe she asked someone to keep an eye on me...WTF??? there was a small cloud in the sky above and behind me, to my left...I continued to walk, but then the shadow was gone...I looked up behind me and the cloud had disappeared...hmmmmm...weird...

Welcome in Friday one & all.................

It is Friday fellas, have at it

Morning folks. Dog walked, back and biceps day at the gym... I did 5 strong pullups, another 2 good ones and the eighth was kinda weak. Next set I got 5 good ones, last set only 3, but I am getting better.

Made a protein shake with water, a lot of spinach, a lot of blueberries, a half cup of cottage cheese and 2 scoops of protein powder.

Wife is making beef adobo with chuck roast meat. Will certainly meet the protein goal today.

Tank decided he doesn't like the Costco kibble anymore. Now the mofo wants the blue buffalo chit which is 1/3 more expensive. Bastid.

Jokes on him... I'm mixing in the Costco chit until it's gone.

Today marks the beginning of my third week at my new job.

It took a little getting used to. As on OTR driver getting paid by the load made it hammer down all the time for 2 reasons. One was to get rid of a load, then in the paperwork and hurry to get another load to maximize earnings. Another because it seemed like the only way to meet schedules was to hurry as much as possible.

Here it’s completely the opposite. My company doesn’t want the drivers to hurry. Anytime I leave one site to go to another parting words always include something along the lines of be safe. The idea being it’s much cheaper to pay a driver for the extra time it takes to be safe than to pay for damages caused by being in a hurry. In fact most of the time I drive well below the speed limit since we have all sorts of sensors in the trucks that in real time notifies a number of people if I’m following too close to another or if I roll through a stop sign (I learned about stop sign algorithm my first day).

In addition everyone is nice to everyone else. It’s like one big happy family. Everyone greets everyone. And they do so by first name. Even if it’s someone I just met for the first time it’s always the same. It’s also genuine, not contrived.

Needless to say it’s the most stress free job I’ve ever had. Being that I only have to drive 3/10’s of a mile from my house to clock in is worth its weight in gold.

In addition I’m eating good food. Yesterday was the first day I ate truck stop food. Usually I grab a meal that consists of something I cooked then froze the leftovers. When I was over the road 98.2% of what I ate was a very, very limited diet of truck stop slop.

Gotta say taking this job was probably one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

Great to hear Anthony, wishing you continued success on the new job.

F--ckity - f-ck!! Changing my wiper blades... wiper arm slips out of my hand... *Thwack* cracks my f--kin windshield.

Safelite repair scheduled for Monday. Insurance will pay for it. Suppose it could have been worse. Dammit.

Anthony, great news on the improved quality of life. You only get one go-around, make it a good one!

MACS... Been there, done that. Ask the Safelite guy how many times that happens and he will probably roll his eyes at you.

Hello s 👋 Hello s 👋

Well done DED

That sux. Safelite used to pay the $50 deductible if u have one. May be an online coupon.

Good on ya’ DED. Sterling example for the portion of us who are lazy bastids.

Fired up a PAM 64, poured myself a glass of bourbon and sat in the sunroom... AC going, Ceiling fan on and exhaust fan going. Stayed nice and cool and not even a wee bit smokey.

Works like I planned it.

Of course, it was only in the 80's... we'll see how well it works when it's in the 90's. Should be okay, though.

Baked chicken quarters and squash casserole for supper. Gonna fire up whatever looks dark in the smoke box and have a glass of red.

Went to Costco and bought a 23.8lb prime brisket.

Trimmed, rubbed, n wrapped in the fridge overnight.

Walked through the woods down to the swamp at the edge of my property to measure the posts in my woodshed. It's just one of those tarp over pole things. I want to put sheeting on the inside so I can stack edge to edge and fit more wood in there. As it is I have tapered wood stacks but can only go about 4ft high. If I sheet the sides the wood can go to the edges and taper towards the roof and I can fit more.

Tomorrow's project. The boys already complaining about stacking wood.

I like to be here when I can…

Who’s gonna take this home?

Assuming that her spirit would wish it so...

Aren't you glad I'm back Palama???