Monday, September 28, 2015

When will we ever see the Sun again?

    Just wanted to throw some updates out there, since I have gotten busy again. Went to that Amateur Radio club I mentioned in a previous post and sat in on their meeting, of course most of the people are of the older than me crowd but that's fine. They gave out some good information specifically what I need to concentrate on since I so have experience in radio, and of course it was all the schematics of the equipment and policy. I even got a really good study guide they hand out. I have been studying so when I feel I am ready, I will go take the exam.

     This past weekend was OK, wasn't perfect. I know here in SC, we need the rain, but damn can we get at least one day of the weekend to get out and do some stuff around the house. Well that didn't happen. Saturday, we set out to our local Cabelas. I have been eyeing a new two burner propane camp stove. They had the one I wanted for a cool $99.99 and it has a stand too. My old single burner finally died at the old age of 16 yrs old.
    I have been wanting a multiple burner mostly for canning. Before all the rain set in, we had been getting 3/4 of a 5 gallon bucket of green beans every 2-3 days. Here is JUGM sitting on her wheeled bench picking. I would much rather can outside than inside. At least this way, if something goes wrong, well let it blow. I also couldn't pass up another chance to get another brick of Federal Champion .22LR ammo. I also bought the boys their own Daisy Slingshots, and no they haven't shot themselves or busted any windows, yet.....


    Sunday, the weather didn't help me any better with getting over this sinus infection I have been dealing with. Leave it to me to get out yesterday in the rain and drizzle and cook some swine on the smoker. I also got plenty of time to watch football pretty much all day Sunday too. That is also fresh Okra from the garden too.



     Well other than that, not much else going on. House is underway and we just added a couple more days to the already delayed construction. Have a good week everyone. 

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  1. Harry FlashmanSeptember 28, 2015 at 8:13 PM

    Same weather here. Rain and low clouds. Sounds like you are having a pretty decent time, anyway. I wish we had a Cabellos I could go to, but the closest one I know of is three hours drive from here, down near Atlanta.

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    1. SENIORSeptember 29, 2015 at 6:59 PM

      Before Cabelas, all we had was a Bass Pro in Concord NC. Traffic up and around Charlotte is a nightmare. Glad Cabelas is a lot closer. Now I hear we may be socked in with more rain over the weekend with this front and TS off the coast. I really am getting sick of this.

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  2. Sandy LivesaySeptember 29, 2015 at 5:41 AM

    Senior,

    I know y'all needed rain for sometime but not the type of rain causing issues, just a nice slow steady pace of rain to help with the garden :-)
    Cabelas is a great place to entertain the family for the day. Our just opened, hubby and I would go to Bass Pro Shop up in the big city. Now we need to venture over to Cabelas. You'll love that double burner stove sitting on legs. We have one and it works great for camping, canning, and when you lose electric. It's a great stove for bugging out!!!

    Now that's a beautiful harvest of beans!!! Plenty there to can, freeze, dehydrate, or just eat. Keep up the great work in the garden :-) Speaking of wheeled benches, my Mom had one at the house I used it this past weekend for weeding the front garden beds. I must remember to bring that home for working in my garden.

    Hopefully your sinus infection will get better and not hang around your family, take care of yourself.

    Now I'm hungry, gosh darn........smoked swine with okra and mac and cheese sure sounds good :-)

    Hugs and love to you, JUGM, and your Boys.
    Sandy

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    1. SENIORSeptember 29, 2015 at 7:03 PM

      I love Cabelas, it is my favorite new store. I am like a kid in a candy store in there. Everything they sell is stuff I have done now and in the past. BTW, I made enemies at work by not sharing my left overs yesterday at lunch. NW and I put the stove together tonight and plan on doing some canning this weekend, weather permitting. Your buddy had the mother-load of mason jars stored in one of the buildings.

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  3. Rev. PaulSeptember 29, 2015 at 10:21 AM

    We've had rain here for 15 of the last 20 days, and it's supposed to turn to snow this evening. And good buy on that stove - Cabela's is our friend.

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    1. SENIORSeptember 29, 2015 at 7:04 PM

      I agree REV, Cabelas is a great store for anyone who has the desire to prepare for anything. I would prefer snow over the rain.

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  4. Old NFOSeptember 30, 2015 at 5:29 PM

    Good to see you posting again, and I hope the next hurricane does miss y'all.

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    1. SENIORSeptember 30, 2015 at 5:35 PM

      Yeah, I am trying to make a effort to keep it going, but working a workstation for 8 hours and logging a ton of key strokes, it gets tiring on the fingers. I thought I could get away from all this but I feel I am reliving GCCS-M, CDS, and Naval message writing all over again. Well forecast tonight says from Friday to Monday, nothing less than 80% chance of rain. Good thing I have 20 yrs of water-survival skills.

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