GLOOMY MORNING: OVERCAST, 46 DEGREES, PREDICTED HIGH 56.
RAIN ALL WEEKEND THEY SAY, ANOTHER VB FORECAST :-o DO I NEED TO CHANGE MY ZIP CODE?


STILL NEED TO GET THE WATER BUCKET. DW GONE TO THE HAIRDRESSER FOR LOCAL GOSSIP UPDATE.

THIS MAY BE A TWO NAPPER--

IS THERE LIFE OUT THERE?

CLOUDY AND COOL THIS MORNING, 50 ON THE FRONT PORCH. 70 AND BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON.

GOT A FEW ERRANDS IN FT GIBSON TODAY, NEW WATER BUCKET FOR THE DOG, BOOK DUMP AT THE LIBRARY.

THE OLD BUCKET FROZE SOLID AND BUSTED; I LIKE TO USE FIVE GALLON BUCKETS BECAUSE I FORGET TO CHECK ON HIS WATER. IT GIVES ME LOTS OF LEEWAY :-)

TEE, HOPE YOUR HAND IS OK.

PEOPLE STILL BRINGING US FOOD. TOLD DARLING WIFE: IF YOU FORGET HOW TO COOK YOU'LL HAVE TO FAKE ANOTHER INJURY SO WE WON'T STARVE.

KEEP UP THE FIRE!

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ONE SUMMER IN COLLEGE I WORKED IN A SHEET-METAL SHOP. THERE WAS AN INTERESTING HIERARCHY. THE STRAW-BOSS DIDN'T HAVE ALL HIS FINGERS, THE FORMAN HAD ONE HAND, THE PERSONNEL DIRECTOR HAD ONE ARM. NEVER SAW THE CEO; THEY MUST HAVE CARRIED HIM AROUND IN A BASKET :-O

I RODE TO WORK WITH A RATHER UNSANITARY OLD MAN WHO LIVED DOWN THE ROAD. HIS FILTHY CAR HAD COCKROACHES! WHEN I'D GET HOME MOM WOULD MAKE ME UNDRESS ON THE BACK PORCH BEFORE I WAS ALLOWED IN THE HOUSE.

THAT WAS AN INTERESTING SUMMER.

CLOUDY, CALM, 57 DEGREES THIS MORNING, SUPPOSED TO CLEAR OFF. A WINDY 70 DEGREES IS PREDICTED.

NOTHING ON THE AGENDA AGAIN, DW DOING BETTER WITH THE RIBS.

DEALING WITH ABRASIVE PERSONALITIES THERE ARE THREE POSSIBILITIES:

1. SUBMIT/IGNORE

2. GIVE TIT FOR TAT i.e. RESPOND WITH EXACTLY THE SAME LEVEL OF RUDENESS.

3. WALK; YOU ARE IN NO WAY OBLIGATED TO SPEND MONEY WITH A JERK.

TIT FOR TAT IS MY FAVORITE, BUT YOU MUST RESPOND AT THE EXACT LEVEL. IF YOU ONE-UP IT YOU JUST START A PISSING CONTEST. IF DONE RIGHT T FOR T PUTS THE AGGRESSOR ON NOTICE AND RESETS THE CONVERSATION TO A MORE POLITE LEVEL.

TIME TO FEED THE POOR STARVING DOG---

KEEP AFTER 'EM, Y'ALL

SUNNY, 55, BREEZY, ANOTHER NICE DAY ON TAP. MAY GET WINDY LATER.

GOT OVER TO TAHLEQUAH EARLY AND GOT MY HAIR CUT. DOG AND I ARE NOW FED; ALL IS WELL WITH THE WORLD :-)

NOTHING ON THE AGENDA. HOPE ARRON IS BETTER, LETTY. ALWAYS SOME BUG GOING AROUND, SEEMS LIKE.

CONTINUE THE MARCH, GURUS!

HI Y'ALL---

CLEAR, CALM, AND COLD IN THE CHEROKEE NATION THIS MORNING, 30 DEGREES ON THE FRONT PORCH, GOING FOR 64 THEY SAY.

NOTHING OF ANY CONSEQUENCE TO DO TODAY, BUT A NICE DAY TO DO IT :-)

THE WONDERDOG WILL BE WAITING AT THE GATE, TIME FOR BREAKFAST---ME TOO!

DARLING WIFE RIBS STILL HURTING. FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOR BRINGING FOOD, WERE EATING WELL---

MY BEST TO YOU!

HOLA, AMIGOS

49 DEGREES AND SUNNY, BIT OF A BREEZE, PREDICTED HIGH OF 56. SO GOOD TO SEE THE SUN.

DW COMPLAINING HER RIBS HURT, AS EXPECTED. I GET THE FEELING MY BARNCAT IS ABOUT TO BE SHANGHAIED BY THE GRANDDAUGHTER GANG :-) THERE MAY HAVE TO BE A RANSOM AGREEMENT.

AUTO ROTATION DAY, HARVEY UP. DOG IS FED, I'M NEXT.

KEEP UP THE FIRE---

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GRIS wrote:
CORRECTION
#3 IS MISS EFFICIENCY AND #4 IS DRESSY BESSIE:-)

DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT SEVEN CAME FROM, ONLY HAVE FOUR :-O

STILL WET, 48 ON THE FRONT PORCH, PREDICTED HIGH OF 50. IT'S SUPPOSED TO CLEAR OFF TONIGHT, BE NICE TOMORROW.

BIG DAUGHTER AND FAMILY CAME OVER YESTERDAY TO HELP PUT CHRISTMAS STUFF UNDER THE HOUSE. WHILE DOING SO DARLING WIFE TRIPPED ON SOMETHING, FELL DOWN AND CRACKED TWO RIBS. THE VETERINARIAN AND THE ORTHOPOD DECIDED SHE SHOULD GO TO THE ER. THAT TOOK MOST OF THE DAY. SHE IS DOING FINE, JUST SORE.

DAUGHTER TOOK BARNCAT BACK WITH HER FOR OVERHAUL.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GRANDDAUGHTERS IS AMUSING: #7 IS MISS EFFICIENCY AND #4 IS DRESSY BESSIE:-)

TIME TO FEED TROUBLE---

ALWAYS FORWARD, GURUS

"GOOD MORNING TO YOU---"

WET, OVERCAST, BREEZY, 54 DEGREES. GONA RAIN ALL DAY, GONA RAIN ALL NIGHT, OFF AND ON. DEFINITELY A TWO NAP DAY.

EARTHQUAKE LAST NIGHT, NO MISTAKING THAT ROLLING MOTION, DARLING WIFE SAID THERE WAS A SOUND. OF COURSE I DIDN'T HEAR THAT :-)

GOOD THING I GOT THE PATIOS CLEARED OFF BEFORE THE RAIN.

TIME TO FEED THE WONDER DOG---

ENJOY WHEREVER YOU CAN, MY FRIENDS!

HOLA, Y'ALL---

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Ultraman wrote:
so what was the diagnosis on the Tomato? hopefully its a cheap fix if there is anything cheap these days...IT WAS THE ADD-ON CURB SENSOR GONE DEMOCRAT. A BIT OVER $200, NOT BAD FOR A DEALERSHIP.

Biden blaming the grocery stores for ripping us off... he is more than clueless....THE WORD FOR HIM IS MENDACIOUS.

CLEAR, CALM, 52 DEGREES GOING FOR 66. LAST PRETTY DAY FOR A WHILE, FORECASTERS SAY IT'S GONNA RAIN ALL WEEKEND THEN CLEAR OFF MONDAY. THEY MUST THINK THE VB LIVES HERE:-)

TODAY'S MISSION IS TO BLOW THE MESS OFF THE PATIOS BEFORE THE RAIN MAKES IT WORSE. MAY GO OVER TO MUSKOGEE TO SEE IF THEY HAVE THE BIRDSEED I WANT.

TIME TO FEED THE POOR STARVING DOG. (THAT'S HIS OPINION)

ALLONS, AMIGOS!

CANDLEMAS

IF SUN SHINES BRIGHT ON CANDLEMAS DAY,
THE HALF OF WINTER'S NOT YET AWAY.

NO ANIMALS WERE ANNOYED IN THIS FORECAST :-)

"I'M JUST A GOOD OLD REBLE,
YES THAT''S JUST WHAT I AM;
AND FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
I DO NOT GIVE A DAMN.

300 THOUSAND YANKEES LIE ASLEEP IN SOUTHERN DUST;
WE KILLED 300 THOUSAND BEFORE THEY CONQUERED US.
THEY DIED OF SOUTHERN FEVER AND SOUTHERN SHELL AND SHOT,
I WISH WE'D KILLED THREE MILLION INSTEAD OF WHAT WE GOT.

I'LL NEVER BE ASHAMED OF WHAT I DID OR WHO I AM;
I'M JUST A GOOD OLD REBEL, AND I DON'T GIVE A DAMN."

OLD TEXAS COWBOY SONG.

THE WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION WAS AN ECONOMIC WAR, AS ARE MOST WARS. SLAVERY WAS AN EXCUSE---STILL IS!

50 DEGREES AND CLOUDY, MAY CLEAR OFF THEY SAY, 69 FOR THE HIGH. PROMISES, PROMISES---

GOT THE USUAL FIRST OF THE MONTH STUFF AND LOTS OF OPTIONAL TASKS I COULD DO TODAY IF I CAN SUMMON UP THE MOTIVATION. WHERE ARE YOU MOTIVATION?

AT LEAST JANUARY IS OVER AT LONG LAST; DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT WENT BY FAST AROUND HERE.

DOG IS FED, BIRD FEEDERS ARE OUT, CAT IS DOWN FROM THE TREE WHERE THE DOG CHASED HER, AND MY BREAKFAST IS READY.

GOOD START---

IMBILC

IF THE FEBRUARY BORN SHALL FIND
SINCERITY AND PEACE OF MIND,
FREEDOM FROM PASSION AND FROM CARE
IF SHE THE AMETHYST WILL WEAR.

A PRETTY DAY IN THE NATIONS, CLEAT, CALM, NEARING 50. THE WEATHER PROPHETS ARE PROMISING 67---WE SHALL SEE.

TOMMY, SO SORRY YOU CAN'T MASTURBATE STRENUOUSLY. JUST TAKE IT EASY :-)

NEVER HAD ANY SKIN CANCER STUFF ALTHO I'M REDHEADED. BUT I USED TO HABITUALLY ROLL MY SLEEVES UP TO THE ELBOWS AND MY FOREARMS LOOK PAN-FRIED.

IT SEEMS THE TOMATO MALADY IS CURED. THE AFTERMARKET FRONT CURB BEEPER WAS DRAINING THE BATTERY. PUT A REAL MECHANIC ON IT AND HE FOUND IT FIRST RATTLE OUT OFF THE BOX!

MAY GO OVER AND CHECK AGAIN ON BIRD SEED OR NOT, AS THE SPIRIT MOVES ME---

MY BEST TO YOU ALL!

NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON---

39 DEGREES CLEAR AND CALM, GOING FOR 68 THEY SAY. AIN'T NO FLIES ON THAT! GOT ALL THE WAY UP TO 60 YESTERDAY.

DW'S HANDYMAN RETURNS TO FINISH HIS BATHROOM JOB TODAY AND I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OTHER TASKS FOR HIM. NEED TO RESTOCK DOG FOOD, ANOTHER TRIP TO TAHLEQUAH. THE TOMATO UNDER EXAMINATION AT MUSKOGEE.

THE BARNCAT NOW FREE TO COME AND GO, WE'LL SEE IF SHE STAYS.
IF SO DOGGYDOC DAUGHTER WILL HAVE TO CHECK HER OUT.

AND I SEE WHERE GEORGE SOROS IS TRYING TO BUY TEXAS. LOL ON THAT; TEXANS DON'T COME CHEAP AND DON'T STAY BOUGHT.

IMMER VORWART, AMIGOS!

THE PENULTIMATE DAY OF JANUARY :-)

CLEAR, CALM, AND COLD THIS MORNING, 30 ON THE FRONT PORCH, 36 AT TAHLEQUAH. THE PREDICTED HIGH IS 59! THE CHEROKEES REJOICE AND ME TOO :-)

DW GOING TO DOC FOR CHECKUP, I'LL GO CHECK ON TOMATO, LOOK FOR RAWHIDE CHEWS FOR THE DOG.

THIS BEING AN ELECTION YEAR HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM LIFE IF THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS WIN:

YOU’LL BE COLD (NO NATURAL GAS OR COAL)
YOU’LL BE STATIONARY (NO INTERNAL COMBUSTION VEHICLES)
YOU’LL BE HUNGRY (NO GAS COOK STOVES)
YOU’LL BE DEFENSELESS (NO GUNS)
YOU’LL BE SILENT (NO TALKING BACK LIKE TRUMP)
YOU’LL BE ENDANGERED (CATCH AND RELEASE FOR CRIMINALS)
YOU’LL BE OUTNUMBERED (OPEN BORDERS)
YOU’LL BE IMPOVERISHED (YEARLY TAX ON NET WORTH)
YOU’LL BE SLOW (MANDATORY SPEED GOVERNORS ON VEHICLES)

THE BRAVE NEW WORLD, WON’T IT BE WONDERFUL?

BE CAREFUL WHO YOU VOTE FOR---

BUENOS DIAS, Y'ALL---

FOGGY AGAIN, 33 DEGREES, LIGHT NORTH WIND. IT WILL CLEAR OFF AND HIT 50 THEY SAY. OPTIMISTIC, SAY I.

NOTHING ON THE AGENDA, COULD GO RESTOCK DOG FOOD IF IT REALLY DOES CLEAR OFF.

AS A PUBLIC SERVICE, A TRANSLATION FROM MEDIA-SPRECT:

---THE VESSEL SUCCUMBED TO THE SEA--- MEANS THE BOAT SANK.

THERE SHOULD BE A PENALTY FOR ABUSE OF ENGLISH!

KEEP UP THE FIRE!

JANUARY FADING AWAY, WHOO WHOO!

40 DEGREES AND RAINING, NORTH WIND, NOT GOING TO GET MUCH WARMER. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO "MERRY AND BRIGHT"? LOOKS LIKE A TWO NAP DAY FO' SHO'.

WADING THRU A BOOK ABOUT RUSSIA'S FIRST CIVIL WAR, 16TH- 17TH CENTURIES. WRITTEN BY AN ACADEMIC WHO COULDN'T TELL A STORY IF HIS LIFE DEPENDED ON IT, AN INDIGESTIBLE MASS OF UNNECESSARY DETAIL. IT'S NO WONDER STUDENTS HATE HISTORY.

IF IT EVER STOPS RAINING, I'LL MOVE THE BUMBLEBEE FROM THE BARN TO THE READY RACK, IN BETWEEN NAPS THAT IS.

ALWAYS FORWARD, GURUS!

HELLO OUT THERE---

ANOTHER GRAY DAY IN THE NATIONS, 40'S ALL DAY AND MISTY.

AS I EXPECTED, THE TOMATO WAS DEAD THIS MORNING, BATTERY AS DEAD AS BEFORE. GOT IT HAULED OVER TO MUSKOGEE FOR DIAGNOSIS. ONE FAVORABLE DEVELOPMENT, WITH THE ORIGINAL RECHARGED BATTERY BACK IN THE WRECKER GUY COULD HEAR SOMETHING RUNNING, LIKE A SMALL ELECTRIC MOTOR, WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED OFF. THAT SHOULD HELP FIND THE PROBLEM; JUST PULL FUSES TILL IT STOPS THEN FOLLOW UP. I DIDN'T HEAR IT, OF COURSE :-|

THEN WE HAD THE HOUSE FULL OF ELECTRICIANS ON ONE OF DARLING WIFE'S PROJECTS.

MAYBE TOMORROW WILL BE A BETTER DAY---

43 WITH A HEAVY OVERCAST, RAIN EXPECTED, HIGH OF 51. ANOTHER WEEK OF DISMAL JANUARY TO GO.

THE TOMATO IS TO BE HAULED OUT AND AWAY, IF ALL GOES WELL. HAD TO WAIT FOR WEATHER TO IMPROVE AND THE ICE TO MELT IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE TO MELT.

DOG IS FED, I'M WAITING IN LINE. DARLING WIFE GOT HER SLEEP APNEA GEAR, DID WELL WITH IT LAST NIGHT.

Just once I want a username and password prompt to say CLOSE ENOUGH :-)

GOOD MORNING (SOMEBODY MUST BE HAVING ONE)

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EITHER A SHORTED OUT BATTERY OR THE PARASITIC DRAW FROM HELL. IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF JUST THE BATTERY BUT I WON'T BET ON IT.

THE CHEROKEES ARE STILL BEFOGGED, 42 AT TAHLEQUAH, GOING FOR 50, THEY SAY. VIABILITY MAYBE 300 YARDS.

GOT A LATE START TODAY, I'LL GO OVER TO MUSKOGEE AFTER NOON AND GET MY TOENAILS CUT. EMBARRASSING WHEN YOU CAN'T CUT YOUR OWN TOENAILS.

PLANNING TO GET THE DEAD TOMATO HAULED OFF TOMORROW, FINALLY.

THE WONDERDOG IS WONDERING WHERE HIS BREAKFAST IS :-)

The biggest joke on mankind is that computers have begun asking humans to prove they aren’t robots .

40 DEGREES AND MELTING, STILL HAVE PATCHES OF ICE WITH WATER ON TOP SLICKER'N OWLSHIT :-O. FOGGY AS GRAFENWER TANK RANGES, HIGH TO BE 45 SAY THE WEATHER SPECULATORS.

NOT MUCH ON THE AGENDA, NEED TO MAKE A BOOK DUMP AT THE LIBRARY AND WE'RE OUT OF COFFEE. THAT RATES AS AN EMERGENCY!

DOG FED, HIS FIVE GALLON WATER BUCKET FROZE SOLID AND BUSTED. HAVE TO REPLACE THAT.

WE SEEM TO BE OUT OF OUR SIBERIAN MODE FINALLY, BUT THERE'S STILL FEBRUARY TO GO AND IT'S USUALLY THE WORST MONTH.

KEEP ON KEEPING ON, AMIGOS.

HI---

30 DEGREES AND DRIPPING OUT THERE, MINIMAL ICING, ABOVE GROUND BUT A THIN SHEET OF MELTING ICE ON THE GROUND. VERY TREACHEROUS! ROADS BAD, OKC WORSE THAN TULSA, SEEMS LIKE.

MARK I THINK YOU'VE VIOLATED THE KISS PRINCIPLE ON THAT AR. A SIMPLE LOW POWER (IX4 OR 2X7) WOULD SERVE YOU WELL IF YOU WANT TO GET AWAY FROM IRON SIGHTS AND NO BATTERIES TO MESS WITH :-)

DOG IS FED, I'M UP NEXT.

DON'T GO SLIPPY SLID'N Y'ALL.

HELLO OUT THERE IN GURULAND---

20 DEGREES AND CLOUDING UP, BREEZY, HIGH OF 36 AFTER NOON, THEN FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. HOPE WE DON'T LOOSE THE LIGHTS.

DISGUSTING!

HOPE YOUR PROSPECTS ARE BETTER---

HI Y'ALL---

10 DEGREES, CLEAR, NORTH WIND, GOING FOR A BLISTERING 27 DEGREE HIGH. BUMMER, BUMMER, BUMMER! FINALLY GET ABOVE FREEZING SUNDAY AND THEN FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN FOR DAYS.
LA NINA I SUPPOSE.

TEE, I HOPE YOU'RE ABOUT OVER YOUR MALADY.

NOT MUCH ON THE AGENDA TODAY, MAY GO OVER TO TAHLEQUAH TO CHECK ON DINOSAUR BONES.

AT LEAST THE SUN IS SHINING---

STILL FREEZING---

12 DEGREES, NORTH WIND, SORTA CLEAR, GOING FOR 24. WHAT A MISERABLE JANUARY THIS HAS BEEN!

PLUMBER THINKS WASHING MACHINE PROBLEM COLD RELATED, DOESN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING DRASTIC UNTIL THINGS THAW OUT GOOD, THINKS THE PROBLEM COULD GO AWAY.
WE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY---

DOG IS FED, I'M UP NEXT.

BARNCAT SEEMS TO BE PROSPERING, STILL BUCKING FOR HOUSECAT :-)

DARLING WIFE STRESSING OVER IG INSPECTION OF HER FEMALE SUPREMACY COVEN BY THE GRAND IMPERIAL DRAGON OF OKLAHOMA.
OUTFIT HAS AN AMAZING BUREAUCRACY---

FARE THEE WELL. Y'ALL

BACK IN THE ICEBOX---

CLEAR AND CALM, 27 ON THE FRONT PORCH, PREDICTED HIGH OF 45.SOME OF THIS WHITE CRAP SHOULD MELT OFF. BUT THEN IT WILL REFREEZE TONIGHT AND BE WORSE TOMORROW. THIS HAS GONE ON FAR TO LONG.

WAITING FOR THE PLUMBER: COLD WATER LINE TO THE WASHING MACHINE STOPPED UP, HOT IS OK. THE LAUNDRY BASKET RUNNETH OVER :-o

NOTHING ON MY AGENDA, DW WANTS TO GO OVER TO MUSKOGEE TO SWIM. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE PLUMBER.

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GOOD MORNING TO YOU---

STILL MISERABLY COLD IN THE SNOW FIELDS OF THE CHEROKEES. TWO DEGREES OUT FRONT, THREE AT TAHLEQUAH. THEY ARE PROMISING 38 AND SUNSHINE---LET US HOPE :-)

THINK I'LL VENTURE OUT AND OVER TO MUSKOGEE AFTER WHILE.

READING AN INTERESTING BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF THE UKRANE: CONFUSED, LIKE A BONE AMONG BIG DOGS.

ALWAYS FORWARD, AMIGOS!

GOOD MORNING FROM THE FROZEN NATIONS---

MIDNIGHT MATT? THAT SOUNDS HARD TO ADAPT TO. THE ONLY TIME I WAS ON DUTY NIGHTS I NEVER DID GET COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

IT'S ZERO ON THE FRONT PORCH, ONE DEGREE AT TAHLEQUAH, CLEAR, LIGHT WIND, 18 THE PREDICTED HIGH.

I'M GETTING CABIN FEVER; THE ONLY PLACE I GO IS TO THE DOG PEN AND BARN.

GGS YOGI HAS TURNED THREE, A DELIGHTFUL LITTLE BOY :-)

HERE'S HIS GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER AND ME AT THE END OF THE LAST ICE AGE:

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