El Segundo Guy

I'm an expert at making it look like it do chores.

My average day--I get up in the morning, go fishing then a recliner nap. Then get dressed and start smoking some herb. I then complete one task outside. That task could be bush hogging on the tractor, etc. Today that task is pointing and planing cherry lumber for a panel glue up.

My only inside chore I do is fishes. I dont mind them. If anything needs done in the house besides that, it's my wife's responsibility to either do it or hire cleaners to do it.

But a lot of breaks 8n between all of that to take care of my animals and sit on my front porch and smoke more herb (what I'm doing right this second).

If you fight or compete under a foreign flag, you're not a "real" American. If you receive your medal on the podium while a different country's national anthem plays, then you're not an American.

Adding to the previous post, I got the Graceland building and insulated it with Rockwool. I put in a mini split and use it for some of my woodworking machines like jointer, planer, dust collection and table saw.

Busting my arse as a SGT/E-5 Abrams tank crewmember in the 1st Cavalry Division at Ft Hood, TX.

Yep. That's her.

Thanks OT for helping me out.

Not her.

I've never fished Ouchita, but I catch a bunch of stripers year round on Texoma.

Anyone that says stripers don't taste good aren't cleaning them properly. Most guides and people at the fish cleaning stations just do a normal filet. That's fine, but it won't taste good if you cook it that way.

Get every single bit of red out. Pinch the start of the red on the filet at the tail end between your thumb and finger then rip it out. You'll get almost all of the Red out that way and then a little touching up with a knife and then you'll have one of the best tasting filets around.

My wife is an expert at ripping the filets. Next time I go fishing later this week, I'll take a little video of her doing it. It makes all the difference in the world on striper filets.

I've done mostly blue collar jobs (I'd classify over 20 years in the Army on an Abrams tank as blue collar). I did some white collar adjacent work doing land and real estate appraisals. I got to the point that I quit and retired for good 6 years ago because I hated desk time. Hated phone calls, computer work and all of that. I was used to being outside making shite happen in all weather conditions and sweating a bit every day. I was smart enough and capable enough to work in a white collar world, but I was set in my ways.

I have no doubt a lot of white collar workers could transition if it meant survival. At that point you wouldn't have a choice, but you'd hate every single day of it. I did in the opposite scenario.

That's the way it should be. BasNIL money through sponsorships.

I don't care if other countries support their athletes. I don't want tax dollars going towards sponsoring people to play sports just because "they represent the country."

If there was a market for Olymsports in this country, they'd be wealthy. But most Americans don't want to spend towards Olympic sports. Look at the NCAA for crying out loud. The Olympic sports lose frick tins of money because no one even pays attention.

Most HVAC guys are booked solid, so they're going to quote you ridiculously high prices because they don't want small, simple jobs like that. If you find a good handyman type to do it, you'll get by much cheaper.

My wife was a college softball pitcher and also very good batter. She still holds high school records almost 20 years later. Her daughter sucks at sports and it really bothered my wife for quite a while.