THE THREAD!!!

[btd64]

INP....GP

[BBfanboy]

INP....GP

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[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good day!


Leo "Apollo11"

[USSAmerica]

Good afternoon - Tithe.

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[btd64]

Good morning everyone....GP

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[USSAmerica]

Good Friday morning - Tithe.

[USSAmerica]

Very heavy rain here this morning but should clear out to be a beautiful holiday weekend. Perfect weather for installing our new flagpole in time to honor those who gave all on Memorial Day.

[btd64]

Good morning everyone....GP

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[btd64]

Good morning everyone....GP

[Orm]

Morning, Gentlemen. Ladies.

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

In past 2 weeks we had +30 degrees Centigrade with blue skies and sun - true summer in May - but yesterday the temperatures fell down to just 12-13 degrees Centigrade after big rain... so two more days of this cold to endure...


Leo "Apollo11"

[btd64]

Good afternoon everyone....GP

[USSAmerica]

Good Sunday evening - Tithe.

[USSAmerica]

I'm a little disappointed that I was not able to get our new flag pole installed this weekend. I couldn't get to Home Depot for the tools and supplies I needed because I still tested positive for COVID Saturday morning. I most likely picked it up at the Hurricanes game on the 18th and developed cold symptoms last weekend. Tested positive last Sunday. I've been fortunate with only quite mild symptoms, but I was sure I would be negative by this weekend as the symptoms have been all but gone for a few days. I can't complain as I've been working from home anyway and thankfully, Jeanine somehow never caught it from me. Weather permitting, the pole will be installed next weekend.

Oh, Canes and Rangers in Game 7 tomorrow to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals!

[USSAmerica]

The 'Rona wasn't the only thing I picked up over the last couple of weeks. I've been a city boy my whole life, either very urban or suburban houses and apartments until our new home. We absolutely love it out here but in my whole life I've never had poison ivy.... until now. It was very small, itchy spots in a couple of places on my legs and my left wrist. Well, with no chance to get out for flag pole installation supplies we took the phone with an app called "Leaf Snap" out to explore the recently cleared backyard. Sure enough, one of the areas that was mulched and cleared had a pretty good sized patch of poison ivy scattered among the other various "greenery" that is sprouting now that it's all cleared. I mowed some of the cleared area for the first time 2 weeks ago, and used the string trimmer for a good bit of the area where it turns out the poison ivy is growing. The trimmer flung bits of the stuff all over, including on my legs.

I was very happy to find it growing in the yard and to identify it as I had been wondering it it really was poison ivy or some other source for the rash. Monkey Pox was mentioned more than a few times.

With the same meticulous planning that I would use to arrange an amphibious invasion of a Japanese held island, I surveyed most of the yard, staked out the limits of the nasty ivy, and proceeded to unleash the equivalent of a 16" shore bombardment on it in the form of Roundup! I worked methodically, moving my stakes in closer and closer as I worked it over with the care and caution used to sweep enemy minefields.

It was a very satisfying afternoon's work to make up for the flag pole delay.

[btd64]

Good night everyone....GP