The post whore thread.

[00tec]

Damn rats have damaged three of our cars recently, pisses me off. Temps dropping makes it harder for me to manage repairing them, but they eat the wires and I get to eat the cost of a new set of plug wires and diagnosis and repair time. Thanks MFs. I did buy some strobe light/sound devices that are yet to be installed as well.

I took a shot, but it was very quickly, right after I woke up. Apparently, I had the full choke in it.
That has since been corrected. He's fuckin done

[OtterbatHellcat]

Well I hope these gizmos function effectively when I get them installed.

Glad you got that particular culprit.

[00tec]

Well I hope these gizmos function effectively when I get them installed.

Glad you got that particular culprit.

Oh, I haven't fot him yet, but I do have a head of lettuce and now a shotgun that just won't just dig a trench in the yard when I'm half awake. I'm just more prepared for the range I have to hit him.
I have to open a door, immediately turn 90degrees and hit him in a half second before he's past my back yard fence. Without shooting my pellet grill. My odds just went up. I would be better with the Glock, but the direction I've seem him at is pretty in-line with the neighbor's. Don't want to risk a bounce

[OtterbatHellcat]

Get the F'r.

If these gizmos don't work for me I'm going nuclear.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Sometime back I posted about nervous ticks and irritating crap folks do when they're talking......I have some new shit bugging me besides the previously mentioned neurotic deficiencies. Everyone knows about the hand gesture folks, and if it's really bad, just give up speech altogether and start using sign language instead.

I'm talking about the excessive head movement and facial expression people.

Lets start with:

"giraffe neck head bobbing". Nothing you're saying becomes more important because of this creepy movement, stop it. Usually accented with hand gestures. Think Kamala.
"left and right head weave". Are you searching your brain for some bullshit answer?
"repeated giant eyes". Oh, did someone just shove something new in your ass again?
"permanent giant eyes". Constant Shock....OMG!
"permanent huge smile". Are you having an eternal orgasm?
"intermittent huge smile". Are you having intermittent orgasms?
"rollercoaster". The G force of the conversation has overwhelmed you?

Not entirely related, but a couple more:

"breath of death". The giant sigh with or without the audible enhancement...often with a mentioned head movement.
"snorkeling". The audible inhale to begin every next sentence. What was your time in the marathon?
"groper". Can't keep your hands off your own face...... Fidget much?
"fly swatter". Either get a hair cut or start using a barrette to keep your hair out of your eyes....Psuki.


More to come at some point.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Gonna be a wet and muddy x-mas around here this year.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Found out yesterday we'll have our fourth guest staying with us this year....a new record.

Wife's brother and his wife will stop by here on their way home to Howard from a PHX suburb. They're good folks and it will be nice to see them. Bonus....we'll be having a super badass stew prepared for them using a portion of a 20 lb. prime rib wife got for cheap the other day.

Neato.

[Hummer]

After clearing all the blown down trees from last week I decided to bring in my favorite tree crew to take out 3 large spruce trees threatening my house. The largest was ~75 feet tall with branches overhanging the roof and fireplace chimney. The trunk was only 20 inches off the corner of the eaves. Eventually this and two others would have fallen on the roof and through the front windows. This effort is for both damage control and forest fire mitigation.

I'm good with dropping and processing large trees but when they're in danger of hitting powerlines or a house it's time to call the professionals to climb, limb and top them a section at a time. It's an awesome process to watch. The end result was a dramatic change opening the view up river even more.

The process with before and after pics:

[00tec]

After clearing all the blown down trees from last week I decided to bring in my favorite tree crew to take out 3 large spruce trees threatening my house. The largest was ~75 feet tall with branches overhanging the roof and fireplace chimney. The trunk was only 20 inches off the corner of the eaves. Eventually this and two others would have fallen on the roof and through the front windows. This effort is for both damage control and forest fire mitigation.

I'm good with dropping and processing large trees but when they're in danger of hitting powerlines or a house it's time to call the professionals to climb, limb and top them a section at a time. It's an awesome process to watch. The end result was a dramatic change opening the view up river even more.

The process with before and after pics:

Those dudes work their asses off. A friend of mine does that for a living. Made my back hurt just watching him work

[MrPrena]

One of our relative cater 4 days (~8 meals for 3) worth of Olive Garden as a gift.

It will be about 4 days straight of Olive Garden (carbohydrates and fiber).