Good Morning CGs!

Happy Independence Day to everyone. It's about 12:15 am here and the "bombs bursting in air" have been going on all evening already. Not a huge fan of them myself and neither is the dog. Oh well, tis the season.

To continue with yesterday's topic....if that was a top Nascar race, I'd hate to see a bad race lol. I could see someone who follows a specific driver getting into it, but that's just not me. Drag racing I like to watch, but that's fast and there's a good variety. Watching identical cars drive around in circles just doesn't excite me.

Hope everyone has a great 4th!

Not sure what I'll do today but I'm sure it involves a 4 letter word. WORK. Sue is heading up to visit my mother for the weekend and I'll pet sit and oversee the guys who are gonna clean up the back nursery here at the house. The sooner I get everything caught up around here and finish the painting at on the new office and cart shed, the sooner I'll get to a normal routine. Still have a number of little jobs to do at the office. Boredom, a word not used in my vocabulary.

Oh ya, have a happy 4th. I remeberer when I used to have a fifth on the fourth.

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Happy 4th everyone 🎉
Tommy, I remember those days of my own as well🍻
A good number of my college frat brothers bring up my party on the 4th back in '79. I can even remember holding a Roman candle and firing it towards things that I shouldn't have.... Same with a pack of bottle rockets...
All just part of a looonnngg series of bad choices. 😜

Morning guys...we used to make bad choices? Oh, yea, I made my share of them.... still do. But today they are different, in that they usually don’t involve drinking, they are much less likely to get me arrested.

Most everybody in the house is out running/walking the 5k. I just don’t get paying to go out and torturing myself in the high humidity’s all in the sake of a T-shirt. Soon after they get back, we’ll head down to the parade. If it is a normal deal, we’ll have to park 5k away from the route and have to walk in anyway, so I’ll get my 5k in today. Later, we’ll all head over to #3s house for smoked brisket and fireworks. That’s my day. BTW, Matt, I’m not a fan of fireworks either, seems to me to be a huge waste of money.

Later guys, I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe 4th.

SUNNY AND MILD IN THE NATIONS, A MUCH IMPROVED MORNING. I'M GOING TO TRY TO TRIM SOME BUSHES AROUND THE HOUSE BEFORE IT GETS HOT, OTHERWISE IT'LL BE A QUIET FOURTH, NOT.

WE WILL PROBABLY PUT THE TOP DOWN ON THE TOMATO AND FIND A GOOD SPOT TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS TONIGHT.

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Sounds like a personal problem........

DETAIL LOOKS GOOD ON THE '87, THINK I'LL TURN THEM LOOSE ON THE BUMBLEBEE NEXT WEEK.

TEE, FIREWORKS HAVE BEEN NO FUN SINCE THE SAFETY NAZIS BANNED CHERRY BOMBS AND M80'S. NO BANG FOR THE BUCK ;-)

Hidey-ho! It is thundering and lightning and pouring at the moment. The weather geniuses can't seem to decide if we will have a dry afternoon and evening or not. If it is dry, the heat index will be over 100. Oh well, it is what it is.

I remember, we used to make pistols out of conduit, to have bottle rocket wars. And of course no 4th of July would've been complete without cherry bombs, M80's and silver salutes.

Have a safe and festive (and hopefully dry) 4th, Gurus!

Used to love those M80's......... lucky I have all my digits.....we use to slip them in the water on the boat while someone was skiing and see if we could time it right to blow them off their ski's...... now that was fun......

So many bad choices and most of them were directly linked to alcohol consumption..... I have bent my abstaining a bit in the later years so I may enjoy a beer or drink with the kids...... but all it does is give me a headache ....... I find I like to nurse a shot of fine whiskey on the rocks over the course of the evening as well as anything. Just one........and done......

the only racing I like is keeping up with the Corvette racing team as they race at Sebring and LeMans and the others........ I really like that. Want to go back to Sebring again one of these years...... that was a great time.... will get a pass to be in the Corvette Corral so we can get out of the heat and will get a golf cart rented so travel around the track in.......

I may watch a bit of Nascar Daytona but that is it....... booooring.......

I have never liked paying for fireworks and don't...... we just sit out and enjoy all the money the neighbors have spent for free.......

Have a safe day Guru's....

I'm fireworked out. I could go a good few years without seeing a flash with a boom. Sue asked me what are we doing for the 4th. I told her ..... "Nothing". I'm working at home and she's at the nursery. I prepped the Suburban for her trip to Ma's. It's all prettied up and everything is checked but I need to get the oil changed tomorrow. 2 Yorkies going for grooming tomorrow so I'll do it after I drop them off. Wish they just had a quick oil change place that didn't try to up-sell you on everything else. PITA. hardly anybody is quick either. Just get under it, change the oil, filter and lube as needed. But no-o-oo ...... Be nice if there was a hand car wash that tried to up-sell you an oil change.

Haven’t heard many fireworks here yet although I’m sure it’s coming. I remember quite well the days off too much fifths in the fourth and many a mailbox given a gift of the M-bomb and bottle rocket fights in the park. Bf just fired up the weed eater so there goes my “quiet”. Cousin still in the hospital and none too happy about it, thinking she may get to go home tomorrow though.
Hope you all have a great fourth

Happy Independence Day everyone!!!

The local fireworks show will get going at sundown... San Pedro turns into Beirut for the next 2 hours...

Well, with the election year, the parade was full of politicians. GS asked me on the walk back to the truck, “what was the most boring part of the parade, grandpa?” “All the politicians, buddy.” “Well, what was the best part?” “Ah, all the Corvettes, of course.” And there were a bunch! The earliest were two 65s, one really nicely restored roadster (Marina Blue, Marina Blue interior) and one modified coupe (canary yellow with fender flares from the 70s).

Just getting ready to head over to #3s house.