Twas the night before T-BONE STEAKS!!!!!!!!!

     Been busy as of late, with our trip to god's country last weekend to enjoy some down time and to play in the snow with the boys. Then the day we get back, baseball practice, then baseball practice, then JUGM's Mom and visiting her for her birthday, then baseball practice, we have had a busy week.

 

   If you have gendered over to Stephen's blog today, you are well aware of our upcoming overnight stay at the Boar's Nest. These are special times between our group. We enjoy making fun of our group members who don't show up, enjoying a nice campfire, and sitting around BS'ing about everything from A to Z, and also shooting.

 

 

    As you also know, I also made a trip to the peach state to a butcher I get my hog's from. I was nominated to go get some steaks and I said, well if I am getting steaks, we are getting t-bones, so Pirate Jim hands me $100.00 to cover the cost. I said, I hope that covers it. So this morning, JUGM and I took off on our 2 hour round trip to get the best t-bones money can buy. We also needed some good bacon and sausage so it was a worthwhile trip. The nice lady who runs the place asked me what I needed and I said, 5 T-bones cut 2" thick. So her helper walks into the freezer carrying a large slab of beef on his shoulder, throws it on the band saw and commences cutting these beautiful works of art. They warp it up, the lady puts it on the scale to get the price and I watch her punch it into the cash register, $98.05. I cut that one close. Just prior to dinner, I took a picture of one and sent it to Stephen so he would not be able to sleep tonight. DUKE and REBEL, you better be hungry!

 

 

     As we had some storms today and I didn't work, I am pretty much packed for our camp-out. I sure you all will see pictures from the camp out. Enjoy your weekend everyone.

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Camping, quality time with family and friends, and that time of the year.

     Well now that I have a break to post, I have been busy for the past week. If you managed to do a drive-by at JUGM'S blog, you will see that we were camping this past weekend with fellow group member REBEL and his family. All in all, we had a great time and had much to talk and laugh about. Would have been better if we had a few more attend, but everyone is busy as of late.

    Work has slowed, but now my attention has focused onto, THE FALL CLASSIC!!!! AL/NL Divisional and Championships leading up to the WORLD SERIES. I feel like an Encyclopedia Britannica when the boys ask a question or don't understand something.

    This time of year is special to me. Playing the sport since 5 yrs old, having the opportunities to lead me down the path to a professional career, them eventually serving in the military. Yes, I made bad choices and some involved illegal drugs. Now, having two great and athletic son's who want to absorb my baseball knowledge and skills with maybe one day making it to where I wanted to go just light's my fire even more to get back into baseball. Also, what makes it even sweeter is my RED SOX are in the World Series, GO BOSOX!!!

     After arriving back Sunday from camping and a two hour lay over, the boys had a game. First three innings didn't go so well, but they woke up the last three. Had practice tonight and worked on some of the mistakes from Sunday and let's just say, "SENIOR" had to get in the field and demonstrate proper fielding while sitting a couple of players out since they decided to goof off a bit and not pay attention. I felt like a kid again out in the field playing with the kids who wanted to learn. The head coach, he's an older guy, maybe late 50's early 60's and he said to the kid's, "Watch Coach". I was at shortstop, and he hit it fairly hard to my left between myself and the bag. Well, I laterally moved to my left, scooped it up and went through the motions to throw to first. As I have a 8 yr old on first, I was not about to throw the ball at 80 mph to them, but all the kids were standing there with a look on their face that, "Holy crap, this guy knows how to play". As practice went somewhat smoother, I went to the mound and pitched batting practice. NW was tearing the ball up, hitting it in the air to the outfield while ND needs some more work. Him being a lefty, the majority of his hits are to first base which will require more attention on his timing for right now.

   As I am writing this post, Doomsday Preppers is on with new episodes so everyone have a good remaining to your week.

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Veggin, my views on the News and a Fire-Arm review

   Hello everyone, well in my post college life, let's just say I have been vegging some and recouping my life back after 33 months. Two Sundays ago after we got back from SC, the wife observed me sitting in my recliner watching football, and said what are you doing? I looked down and my fingers where acting like I was using a keyboard to write a paper. I then looked at her and said, this is weird. It felt real weird that I had no paper or presentation to do. I keep thinking, what the hell do I do with getting out a routine. Back to school?, oh Hell No. I'm need a break. Honey-do list?, Ha Ha. I'm waiting until it cools off here, still too hot and humid here. I do have a fuel pump to change on JUGM's Cherokee and with having to wait on Jeep to send me new J-Bolts for the fuel tank straps, since they were rusted up and the bolts were bent at the nuts, it will have to wait till next week.

    We are in the midst of planning for our camping and canoeing trip with my brother and Moo-Moo, damn, she has got me saying it now. It's this upcoming weekend and after texting with Moo-Moo, this will be a fun trip. I know my brother, he is a piss poor planner and will be late for his own funeral, so this will be interesting and good laugh for JUGM and I when we see how they will be set-up. Me, on the other had know that everything in life is 90% preparation, and 10% execution. I have lists, I have the gear, and I have the know-how so we will try and snap some pics and report back to you all of the liberal outdoor mindset and preparation of being one with nature.

THE NEWS.....

1. Senator Diane Feinstein argues for more gun control in the minutes after the Navy Yard Shooting.

Response: Senator, shut the F&%K up!!! You can't even demonstrate proper handling of a firearm without your finger on the trigger, stupid-ass!!!

2. Woman dies after hand-held propane torch explodes at family cookout.

Response: Ugh, not rocket science here, maybe you should have blown up balloons instead.........

3. Feds auction of Jesse Jackson Jr.s Fur cape.

Response: I got a dollar......

4. McDonald's pleads for relief from Obama-Care

Response: Nope, suck it up, you voted for that Mcnugget, now eat it!!!! Rubble-Rubble!!!

5. Sugar "most dangerous drug of all-time"

Response: Guess I'm an addict then, just like 334 million others.

6. Brazil not coming to dinner at the White House.

Response: I wouldn't want to eat from a menu designed by the First Lady; hell, school kids says her menu's SUCK!!!!! I believe them.....



    For the fire-arm review, this is a weapon that Stephen and I have, he has the Glock 9mm version and I have the Glock .40 S&W and it's on the Kel-Tec Sub2000. I like it because I can use it as a pistol-based Carbine that is concealable and use the same extended mags I use for my Glock 23. It has great ballistic info on the calibers and find it a good get-home bag gun. check it out

http://www.gunblast.com/Kel-Tec_Sub2000.htm

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I have time to post

    Tis the season that I have to justify my businesses spending so the government decides how much I owe to them so I can pay for the ones who have no job but make more than me. Yes, it's tax season and I hate it from a business side. I have so many deductions and depreciation for my equipment, it is enough to drive you nuts.

    Well as you have read on my friends Stephen's and Duke's blog, we had a group camp out at the Boars nest this past weekend. We accomplished some work to the range by building a backstop to the burm using old railroad timbers. Of course the timbers we over 100 yards away from where we wanted them, so yours turely who lives by the "Work smarter and not harder" incorporated my ATV to help with the job. It made it some much easier to get the timbers on station for the build, Rebel did a great job in selecting them in order, based on their condition, rigging them up and I transported them.

    After the work was done, we did some sighting in. I had my bore sight and used it on my "Iron Maiden" project .22LR and also on my 300 Blackout. With the boresight, I was able to sight the 300 in with only two rounds. First round fired placed about 6" low, and with having my rear sight at "z" and adjusting my front post, one more round was all it took to be at 1" below bullseye at 25yds. Took Duke's tape measure and he can confirm, 1" below bull. After sighting was done, we had our liberties with Dukes pop-up target, check his blog for that report.

 

 

     As we camped, Shooter Steve brought his Pop-Up camper out and was living the pajama metro-sexual lifestyle. One thing about Shooter, he brings everything camping, he is almost like a Dollar General. Rebel brought his Mystery Machine out, all hippy'd out with his own bunk. Actually its a nice set-up. I of course had my Casa-De-Hammock tent and Duke and Stephen snuggled in the nest.

 

 

 

     Well as we had dinner, everyone kicked back and enjoying good conversations, the winds started blowing. Then out of no where, the winds shifted 180 degrees and increased by 30 knots, then all hell broke loose. Rain came down, Shooters awning took flight and flew over the top of the camper and one concrete anchor hit the camper. Duke's truck was spared from any damage, my hammock took a casualty with a D-ring on the main rainfly tore and from my picture above, I had the right side high to allow for the wind, and when it broke, luckly it came down on my hammock and water ponded on the rainfly keeping the rainfly from exposing my living quarters from water. I had the extended rainfly up, so I had the original one with me too and strung it up underneath and contained the damage.

 

    Otherwise, it was a good weekend with brothers in arms. I think we all had a great time and laughed a lot. Maybe we will plan another one with our next months meeting.

 

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As the world rotates, I ponder just a bit.

     I know it has been a few days since my last post, and I apologize for that. Seems I now have one more thing on my plate, an assistant coach for a Little League Minor Division Team, ah hell more like the actual coach since the other 3 coaches only know football and don't know one thing about baseball. Well I do have the qualifications for it, I played all positions except catcher, (I'm bat-blind) in T-Ball, Little League, Minor and Senior Division, American Legion, and 20 years in Military Softball with 2 Base Championships. I don't know how many times I have looked back on my childhood and wonder, where would I be right now if I stuck with baseball, maybe a retired major leaguer, who knows. Instead, I grew my hair half-way down my back, played bass guitar, and smoked Marijuana. Well life does provide you with many roads and mine lead me to the Navy for a very successful career serving the United States and its people. What else could I have done, maybe hopped up on steroids and making millions? Hell, I will take the Navy before that.

     As most of you know from my better half's blog, we had a death in the family. Our 16 yr plus washing machine finally took its last spin and dropped dead of a massive stroke. R.I.P Kenmore... Well this past weekend I have more frequent flyer miles than my brother in law, just driving around this metropolis in north Florida. Well finally we went to a SEARS and found our new family member. Hated spending the $534.00 but that was a need and not a want. Luckily JUGM was going through the mail and found a refund check before she shredded it from GMAC for over $1300 since they estimated our insurance and property taxes at $2000 a year, when they were actually $1400 and some change, we got a nice refund from the past two years. Don't things seem to work out?

     As Stephen has mentioned on his blog, we have a camp out this month, a gathering of the whole klan, Stephen, Duke, Shooter Steve and maybe his Glock Armorer friend, Pirate Jim, Rebel, and of course, your trully. We plan on doing more work out at the NEST, enjoy some great company and food, talk about all of you and shoot some lead downrange. I will be loading up some 300 Blackout his week to take out there and shred some stuff with it. I sent Stephen a nice text tonight to let him know to enjoy the cold weather now, the extended forecast has us back in the 70's and 80's this weekend. I know he was cursing in his response. There is also a chance that we will have some rain over the weekend too. I will be nice and comfy sleeping in my hennessey hammock and Modular Sleep System.

 

    Thursday of this week, I was lucky to get to CHINA-MART and get oil for my mowers before I do spring maintenance on them and wondered to the ammo isle, and by-golly they had .22LR. They had 6 boxes of Federal Match in 325 round packs. Just as I stare at them, 2 other guys walk up. We had a small discussion and we split the 6 boxes, while the other two guys got .40 and 38 ammo. CHINA-MART would only allow 3 boxes per customer, so I didn't want to feel like a hoarder, but if I had my chance with no limit, I would have bought all of them.

 

    Just like routine, had my weekly phone call with my dad. I definitely picked the wrong weekend to take him wood since they had their first snowfall of the year and missed a great opportunity to take the boys to see and feel snow for the first time. Oh well, they will see it sooner or later and after they have been in it for 30 mins or so, they will begin to hate it when their finger and toes start to get cold and wet. Aint parenting great when kids don't take your advise? They will learn just like I did, the hard way and get PHD's from the school of Hard Knocks.

 

Well it's gettting late, have a few more things to do before heading off to count sheep. I would like to thank everyone who stops by to read my thoughts and rants, even when there are breaks in my posts. After all, I am a small business owner, father of two crazy boys, husband of JUGM, full time accelerated college student, now, litte league coach and member of a group of guys who can rule the world. Til next time......

 

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