thanks for your response. I am okay with the price and the conditions. I would have come to check it out, but it's just that i am a very busy person and i am out of state for now. I would make Payment to you via Certified Cashiers check and i understand it must clear your bank before you release item to me. I will also be responsible for the pick up and shipping. So, all you will do as soon as you get the payment check is to get it cashed, deduct your money for the item and send the rest to my shipper whose name and address will be enclosed in the envelope of the check, so that they can come for the pick up at your residence.
Hope i can trust you with my money? cos i dont wanna be scammed again.
If this is okay with you, please get back to me with your....
Names, full contact address(city,state and zipcode) and your phone Number.
Do get back to me asap so that i can issue out the payment check to you via UPS next day delivery. kindly remove the item from site so that no one will contact you for it.
Regards.
Hey Deb,
There's a problem, see I'm on the run from the law. So I have to keep a low profile so I can't go into banks or anyplace with camera's where the FBI might see me. This would have to be a in person deal, I'm very familiar with dealing with large sums of money and contraband and am always well armed, so as to insure a deal goes off without a hitch, well except for that last one, but he drew first. Anyhow I'm really anxious to unload this car the upholstery is freshly clean and there's also a new passenger window, so I hope you’re not just yanking my chain.
Tomorrow I will fall back into the rut of working out in the morning before work. I’ve taken off a month due to a vacation and starting a new position at work.
After, better then new. Yesterday it was a tear out and rebuild of the commode, but I'll spare you the pictures of that.
I’ve taken up urban squirrel hunting, not as much for the love of hunting, but to rid the neighborhood of the tree rat. With many walnut trees in close proximity to my property the nuts draw them in, them being the “Red squirrel” (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) they’ve ran out all the fox and gray squirrels and have taken over the habitat….more to come.
As I drove east on Cleveland to turn north on Ravenna road and drive the last 10 mile leg of my 40 mile commute, I saw something remarkable. What I saw from a distance, at first confused me, a truck backing up in the opposing lane. As I drove near the truck came to a stop and a boy of 10 or 11 hopped out to help an elderly gentleman who was struggling to pull his trash cart to the curb. Driving by and watching the boy and the old man work together to move the cart made me think. Would I have done the same? Sadly, I don’t think I would have. What bothers me most is I’m not sure why I can say that.
Ross and I went up to my folks Saturday with a couple of objectives in mind. One was to convert the electrical system on the old 8N tractor from 6 to 12 volt. That went well; of course I didn’t stop there. I became frustrated at the inconsistent flow of fuel and pulled the tank. Of course it was full of crud, mostly rust flakes, no big surprise the thing is 54 years old. Pressure washing the inside helped, there’s still rust in the tank; the only other solution is to replace it or have a radiator shop acid wash and coat it, both costly. I guess I can live with a little rust in the sediment bowl.
Dog days, it’s that time again in
I must not be anyone or just anti-social because I’ve lived here for 14 years and the other night was the first time I went. The kids always go, its two blocks away and they love playing the games the church always sets up.
The kids had been down there for a while, I thought I would amble down and have a look’ see. Well it was everything I imagined it to be, the kids were engrossed in the games, the band was playing and people were having a great time. I made my way towards what I believed to be the beer stand, it was a token set up so I found a near by booth and bought a $2.50 token which I soon turn into a $2.50 Bud light.
Yes I’m a beer snob, I only bought this beer out civic duty, and it goes to the Lions Club. I can’t remember the last time I had such a tasteless beer. I normally choose to drink draft beer if at all possible, Guinness, Heineken something with taste. I sat at a picnic table watching the kids nursing my can of pilsner, it was soon gone and I had had my fill of dog days. I headed home, packing some of the loot the kids had won.
This is my first ever "hand kill" of my lawn nemesis Scalopus aquaticus AKA "the mole"
I had noted the grass around the pool was getting long and trim. Not wanting to use the weed whacker near the sides of the pool I opted for the traditional hand shears. Bending down to begin the job, I saw movement in the grass and the unmistakable fur of this varmint. With little hesitation I skewered the pest. My aim was true, right thru the center between the shoulders. As I lifted the creature, still run thru on the shears it showed little life and quickly succumbed to its injuries.
This is my 2nd kill for the year. Walking across the front lawn this morning I saw evidence that there’s been a replacement for my earlier kill. Fortunately these pests are very territorial; one in itself can wreak havoc on your turf.
I've yet to try to identify these small flowers, in this picture, if you look closely you should be able to see the bee collecting nectar. Click on picture to enlarge.
A few weeks ago Ross and I spent a few days in Grand Marais, staying with my folks at woodland park. Above is a shot from the roll away(log slide) at Grand Sable Dunes, 300 feet above Lake Superior.
While waiting on the dock in Munising to take the Pictured Rocks boat tour, this plane landed, do you call it that in the water? picked up a passenger and took off. The weather that day was prefect, practically no wind out on the lake.
I was taken on this same cruise when I was Ross's age, I think I enjoyed the sights more now than 30 years ago.
My only regret is the lack of a quality camera, these photo hardly do this scenery justice.
This outcrop is Indian Head, yes it sorta looks like a Indians head, use your imagination.
This is spray falls, the captain said this was a bonus to see they normally don't cruise this far but, due to the great weather the boat made good time. I would recommend this cruise to anyone with a few hours to spend in Munising.
Sarah got a new kite at Menards today, about 10 minutes into flying it the wind seemed to die and we struggled to keep it airborne. Unfortunately tomorrow’s forecast calls for little wind.
I’ve been avoiding it all week, but it’s almost Friday and still I have a major work load and my entire day tomorrow is booked with design reviews. So I’ve been working since I came home at six-thirty, my VPN connection is thru Oslo, Norway so speed is just not happening; however with two computers running here I’m getting quite a bit done.
I received an odd phone call this morning, the gal in HR asked me to come to her office.
I had been selected of a drug screen. No worries here, I’m clean, I don’t do drugs…..anymore. Just glad I could go and didn’t have to wait around. When I worked at AutoDie years ago they had the same random testing. They would send you to the clinic right across the street for your test, when I worked afternoons there was a guy who sat there for almost six hours before he went, nothing they could do about it.
Not much going on my way this week so far. I’ve been staying late at work, finishing up designs I have reviews for on Friday . By the time I get home at
On the northern exposure of my attached garage was a nasty film mildew, dirt and who knows what. I don’t have this problem on any of the other northern walls, could have been caused by the close proximity of a recently removed spruce tree. The pressure washer made short work of this unsightly mess.
Hiked a few miles this morning in search of morels, only to return empty handed. This has been one of my most disappointing seasons so far. Years ago I never found them this early, but the last few years I have, my hope is that its just not happened yet.
Rolled out of the sack at 0700, the Mrs. was already up, grabbed a cup of coffee and headed east for my folks house. Stopping at my folks mailbox to pickup the Sunday paper, I could see there where a few birds in the drive, a ½ mile dirt lane. I reached over and grabbed my binoculars and quietly open the door and stepped out for a closer look.
Three big tom’s with their tails all spread, vying for the attention of one hen. I watched for a minute and then started down the drive on foot following the edge of the woods looking for morals, went for about a hundred yards and stepped back out to the roads edge and the turkeys were gone. Someday I will add these wary birds to my hunting quarry.
Yesterday my son and I went north looking for the elusive moral. We scouted for new spots in state land near white cloud, no luck. We did however stumble across this handsome fellow sunning himself in a clearing.
I’ve tired of writing about politics and current events as is apparent by my lack of posting. Posting from here on out will be about whatever is going on in my head, not to say there won’t be any politics and current events, I’ve just tired of that steady diet.
Ok then; Friday a project I’ve been working on came to fruition. This to date is the biggest project of my career and involves moving business from a company within our conglomerate to an independent local company. This move will save hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, perhaps a million on tooling costs. And will generate more sales due to completive tooling costs. This move rolls much more responsibility onto my shoulders and increases my work load, but it was the right move to make for the good of our company. I’ve become quite an unpopular fellow overseas due to this and there are factions that hope to see failure in this project; I will however, proceed with confidence and make this a success not only for my company but for myself.
Yesterday I finally got off the couch and did something; I’ve had a chest cold this last week and have done nothing but rest. Driving to one of my favorite hiking area’s I was listening to a local talker on Wood radio. Yes, he was all wound up over the Imus firing and like many was looking at this in the wrong light. First off he claimed we’ve empowered Sharpton and Jackson. Wrong, it was the big media MSNBC and SeeBS who fired Imus and empowered the race baiters. This entire issue is over money, and if Imus can bring ratings, money to another broadcaster he’ll be back on the air.
Spring break is over, kids are back in school, and Easter weekend was nice, even though the weather was crap. I managed to load about 500 rounds of .40 cal, finished the tongue and groove paneling in the downstairs bathroom, and had a nice dinner at my folks. Already looking forward to the summer holidays.
Time to put your money where your mouth is; there will be a rally in
Now she's using one of the dems original plays, threaten children's safety. Pure political theater, jenny’s moves are as predicable as the tax increases that she has tried to foist on us following her reelection. For those who don’t understand what’s taking place, think about how large state government is; now think of all the places that funding could be cut before CPS. If you still don’t get it, it’s because you’re on her side.
Just what this state needs more taxes, never ceases to amaze me how the government can't ever get by with less, I've been doing it for the last five years, a lot less.
The honorable former senator from
It was reported today that demorats in the state house stifled the “State Spending Reform Act” that would make state department report over budget situations. This is why you never heard about his massive budget issue before the last election, convenient eh?
The bottom line is, the cuts she’s claimed just don’t affect a majority of this states residents, and until people can see a direct result from said cuts, she’s faces a hard if not impossible sell for her tax increases.
What I'm left to consider is “What Would Dick Do?” Because, I know she has a tax and spend mentality and has stated numerous times that’s how she plans to fix this problem.
H/T Hombre1 I'm know as C_it1/2full over there. it's a local forum, I hang out in the lobby most of the time.
This week has been a long one, I’ve been busy at work and busy at home. Last night I was up until today reformatting and installing software on two computers, the good thing is that I’ve got my old Sony back from the kids. I’ve been racking my brain trying to come up with a name for my business; every time I come up with one someone else already has it.
I hope this weekend lasts as long as this week did!
I was looking around over at the old 360 blog and came across this story, I’m pretty sure nobody that comes here has read it, and yes there are people who read this blog, go figure. I had a chuckle when I read it again, of course I was there when it happened and it was even funnier then. Just picture my boss, Kevin as a good ol’ boy from
Scandinavian is a great place to visit, I really miss taking a sauna, love me some loyly!
Adventures in Stockholm !
Driving in an unfamiliar city can be difficult, my first time driving in downtown Stockholm was just a bit more than that. Signage when present is so small it can’t be read at a distance of more than fifteen feet and to make matter worst it posted on the side of the build so as you approach street you have no idea of the street name until you are driving past. So after about two hours of navigating and back tracking though Stockholm we find the street (ally) we’re looking for. After a few hours of discussion our host asks us to my follow him to the hotel he’s made reservation for us, I ask we’re were staying, because my boss and I had no idea going in to this were we would be staying.
Ralf, our host says, “its in the old city”, it was at that that time that little voice said “ this doesn’t sound good” well it wasn’t long before the little voice became a resounding yell.
As we turn off a main street into a cobble stone plaza, past the castle and wind our way through buildings that have been there since 1300, 1400 we find ourselves at the Lady Hamilton Hotel, a building dating back to 1470. Having been lodged at some of Scandinavia’s finest hotels these room where, well quite disappointing. Small, smelled of cigarette smoke and the beds looked as if they where almost as old as the hotel. We meet back in the lobby to discuss our parking arrangement, I could see on Kevin’s face he was almost as impressed with his room as I was with mine. It was then we were told that the parking service did not open until 07:00 and our car wouldn’t be available. Our flight was leaving at 06:30 from Arlanda, nearly an hour’s drive from Stockholm. The girl at the desk suggested we park our car at a lot just a five minute walk away, by this the little voice was speaking loudly, but we decided to forge ahead. Following the direction given we soon realized she must have meant 5 K instead of 5 minutes. Now the voice was yelling “leave this place and stay near the airport” Kevin must have heard it too because he said the same thing.
We returned to the hotel grabbed our bags, checked out and headed north to Arlanda. We were fortunate to find a couple of rooms at the Arlanda hotel, a small place outside of the airport. They did provide us with a very nice dinner and beers. As a bonus the hotel had a nice sauna that I had a chance to enjoy after dinner. It had been a long day; tomorrow, flying home would prove to be longer.
Yesterday shoprat posted a link to a person’s blog, a person with a small mind a narrow view. This person went on about how he would kill in the name of his cult and terrorizing people with his assault rifle, you get the picture. First I thought to give it to this guy with both barrels, with full use of sentence enhancers. But instead I left a short but to the point message. My days of looking for a fight are gone; however, bring it to me and pose a threat I will respond with overwhelming force. This person is in reality, just some troll with a PC. Most likely has never shot an assault rifle, let alone has one, unlike myself with two at arms reach and train with them. People like this troll have know idea how many of us (guys armed to the teeth) are out there and if the excrement hits the fan, we could form a militia that would number in the tens of thousands.
Taking advantage of this unseasonable weather I set out on an expedition just after lunch. My aim was to scout the mosquito creek bottom and surrounding highlands for future hunting areas. Crossing mosquito creek and turning into the two-track that divides
I set off following the creek down stream; it was easy going for the first mile or so. Soon a vast ridge was in view and it was decided that I would go up and over than around. Reaching the summit of the ridge it was only 50 feet wide but continued on to the south well out of my field of vision. I followed the ridge, at its end I found the remnants of a camp. Hearing brush breaking, I looked to the higher banks on the opposite side of the gorge to see three whitetails running up the step ravine. As I walked back up the peninsula, I spotted a bright orange fungus on a fallen tree near the bottom of the gorge, I made way down to it, stopping to take a picture. The next chapter of this journey would be called: Brush and mud. Following the creek through the thick brush and soggy ground I was pleased to see an abundance of deer sign and thinking if there was a place in
The route I chose to travel on my return is across the highlands. By now my legs are fatigued, and when I finally decide to turn south and find the two-track I am glad to see I haven’t walked past my van. My goals for the day where met, I gotten a good lay of the land and some sorely needed exercise. The pleasure I derive a walk like this can’t be measured, only remembered.
This is a rhetorical question, but I'm willing to entertain any answers. Why do members of a certain political party break rules and laws with an almost assured impunity, and when finally this corruption can’t be ignored any longer its prosecution is merely a slap of the wrist.
Over here they’re discussing one such case, with a few speculations as well
Its Bush’s fault, yes I’m jumping on the bandwagon. If he would have only listened to Algore and signed the sky is falling global warming and now I have to drive 400 miles to find good ice only making the situation worst. This brings me to a question of ethics; should I burn all that fossil fuel and release green house gases into the atmosphere making the hole in the ozone bigger and take a chance of harming next years ice fishing? Or take up varmint hunting and kill off the local coyotes, foxes, and coons.? By choosing the later, I may incur the wrath of the local PETA chapter, I could never be so lucky, while selling the hides of these creatures for monetary gain.
