Anybody Up For A SIP & Talk?

Dogs

Now that the forum is fixed I was thinking of having a Sip & Talk?

For those who have forgotten or did not know of these events I'll give you a recap...
- Bring your favorite drink, any thing will do. FYI, mine will be KY Bourbon on ice and a splash of water.
- I start a Thread called Sip & Talk. The subject is set so everyone can jump in with thoughts and comments. These subjects WILL NOT be political. Its for fun only...I wont even talk bad about Tree Rats or Buckeyes,,,maybe LOL
- Sometimes if the Bourbon is tasting real good I might ask odd trivia questions and give some shop credits away.

That's it...simple and fun

So I was thinking this coming Friday (3/20) around 7:00 PM.

What do you think...would a different day or time be good?

Let me know what you think

Dan

That should work. And maybe DT will be out of quarantine by then.

That's a GREAT idea!!! I will gather that the 7p.m. is EST, so it would be 6p.m. for us folks on CST.

Do I get early hints to the trivia questions you are thinking of Dan?

No, you get sent to the back of the line.

Sounds fun!!!

Exactly and considering some of the trivia question will be about him it only seems fair lol
Dan

7:00 eastern if it seem good

Dan

We could make it 8:00 pm eastern to give our western Dogs a chance to dive in...Thoughts

Dan

I look forward to all the details around the development of the mini-taliwacker!

Yeah, what the guy above said.

Whatever time works best.

Right, bring your illustrations so we can compare notes.

SS, just put the Tali-Whacker in a shrink Ray and shrink the blade down to 4 inches preferably but NOTHING MORE than 4.25 inch, with the last 1/4 inch a Choil just for sharpening and Oh probably with full size Mudders! And PLEASE offer it in more than black grips. I would buy an LE version with my SYKCO JYD #105 on it and one coated for use.

I KNOW the Army (Our very own Lt. RN) needs one, so what better endorsement than the United States Army do you need!!!

8pm would work better for me.
I have really been missing this group

We're glad to have you back Bill.

Lets do the Sip & Talk this Friday at 8:30 pm Eastern time. This should allow more Dogs to jump in.

The subject is not the mini taliwaker... man you Dogs know how to pack-up and circle the prey LOL

Instead bring your best story of your first real big-boy or big-girl job and what you bought with the money you earned. Also any Scrap Yard questions that I may answer or not Ha Ha!

I'll post a separate thread for Friday Night and I do have some shop credits in hand...I suspect the Bourbon will be flowing

See you then
Dan

Oo Oo, I know just the thing. It involves a ring. Course I will probably forget it by Friday night.

Now I'm scared
Dan

Now come on Dan. Would I do anything to embarrass anyone here?

Well.............................................................

Fair...and a good point

Dan

Thank you

The more I think about it LOL

Dan

Well, if Dan's not mentioning any tree rats, I may have to boycott!

You're welcome anyway D/T.

Thanks Tom, I feel so welcome!!!

Drinking is always a good idea but that time is killing me! Like always... It's Saturday 0230 am here!

Set your alarm clock.

...and tell my wife I have to wake up in the middle of the night to get drunk...!

OK, then 7:30 c.s.t. it is!

Is this thing on?

MM

Any minute?

Evening gentlemen

Hoedy Bill.

Hey Tom
How are you tonight

I hope Dan didn't forget!

Yeah
I even set the alarm on my phone so I wouldn't miss it

But even if he does forget, hopefully we get a good number of the old crew on tonight

Certainly right about that!

I do miss the old DC and the conversation that we had

I'm sitting here eating a steak and washing it down with some cabernet sauvignon, and hoping Dan shows up.

Too early for dinner here, but yours sounds really good

It is!

How do you like your steak

Medium, pink inside but NOT bleeding all over the plate. Baked potato, sauteed' mushrooms, and broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower to finish it off along with the wine and a salad.

That sounds excellent

It's one of my favorite meals. I LOVE steak!!!

My daughter makes a mean steak

While I prefer them grilled, my wife does a great job in the oven.

I prefer grilled as welp

Looks like everyone else forgot about this, which is too bad

Once in a blue moon a little store sells whole ribeyes at a good price. I bought one before and took it to my brother's home for a pre-Thanksgiving dinner, and my nephew cut them into two inch thick steaks, then grilled them. Man, were they great!

Do you still run a few heads of cattle

Ribeyes are my favorite steak

My dogs are whining at me for their dinner

No, I sold off my little herd and retired. Now my neighbor rents my pasture and hayfield from me, and we still get to enjoy seeing cattle out there. I LOVE it, and it seems like it's the way folks should live. The coronavirus sheltering in place doesn't really bother us a bit, as it's pretty much the way we live anyway.

Good for you
I normally spend 25 - 50% of mine time out of town
The travel ban for me is sort of nice

Well, it looks like Dan forgot us and I'm the Dog in the Yard, so I guess I will go for now. I really enjoyed chatting with Bill and I hope my Dogs make their way back to the Yard.

Bill, you still here?

My daughter shut her clinic today for at least 2 weeks
Pauline is immune system compromised so we are being careful

My oldest daughter is still working

Have a great night Tom
I will check back in later

Caution is definitely the word! I was hoping to go visit the Alamo in Texas but decided to postpone the trip for a while. So I guess I will just continue chasing my wife around the house!

My last trip to Detroit, half the people were wearing masks

Howdy, late to the conversation. Had to watch the G'Kids at the last minute.

Hey Randy
How is it going

Looks like I might have missed it. Oh well I'll just set here and enjoy a nice refreshing cup of hot K Pod coffee.

I am having blueberry tea
Tom and I were the only ones that made it

I guess the grandkids are getting pretty big now

Sooooooooooooo nothing?

No Tom and I were the only ones on

I wish Dan made it, BUT are they gonna close shop for two weeks?
They may be making some hard decisions right now

The boy was 6 Feb 5th and the girl will be 10 March 31.

You said your daughter closed her clinic, I'm confused.

Bill, I know you know all about this stuff, but If Pauline goes out make sure she has an N95 mask/filter. That will help?

She is a registered massage therapist
This week she had 3 different people that were supposed to be in isolation, try and come in for their appointments.
She said that's enough and has closed for the next 2 weeks.
She has enough in the bank, that if she had to she could stay closed for 2 months
Fingers crossed that it doesn't come to that

Time flys

Rumor has it that there is a COVID-19 case about 25 miles from here, POSSIBLY 2 but it may be the same guy.

She is stubborn and won't wear a mask so I am trying to keep her at home

We have had a few in my town

Sorry to hear about your daughters plight. And Yeah time certainly does fly by. So how you been lately. Still a non professing Christian? I really miss our midnight conversations.

Oh, and just for the record, I HIGHLY recommend retirement as a way of life.

Haha
Funny you mention that, one of the sites that I visit sometimes is a pagan site.
They get mad at me when I defend Christians and point out when they are being hypocritical

Tell your Bride and daughter we'll be praying for them. HOPEFULLY NONE of you will get sick.

Randy
I miss those conversations as well
You and Patty are never far from my thoughts
I still consider you guys friends that I have never met

Thank you for that

Thanks for holding up for us. But UNFORTUNATELY, we all are hypocritical sometimes. Don't like to admit it, but not ashamed to admit it. Well I am but you know what I mean.

Thank YOU Bill. I feel the same way about you guys. BTW, were you ever able to use that little hunting knife I sent you a few years ago? I THINK you said you liked those older type knives but wasn't really all that hyped about that particular model.

We all are, none of us are perfect.
I just firmly believe that we all have the duty to speak up for the truth as we believe it to be.

Heck yes
After my dad fixed the tip, it has been in my game processing kit ever since.
It has been used on a couple of deer and moose.

Love that knife

GREAT! Dad found it in an old house the Methodist church here in town bought so they could build a larger fellowship hall and enlarge their parking lot. He gave it to me and I asked if it would be OK if I sent it to a friend of mine in Canada. He just laughed and said CANADA! How in the world did you get a friend in Canada. Well I told him about you and he said Sure if he wants it send it to him.

Love that story
It is funny how the Internet is both a blessing and a curse

I miss my Dad. He will be gone 3 years May 28th,

I am lucky, both my parents are still here

Yes it is. There is so much garbage/trash/bs on fb that I don't even go there any more.

The Pup is demanding to go out. Be back in a few. Brew up another cup of Chi Tea and I'll be back.

My parents still have a problem around Christmas
It just isn't the same without my brother

Mom is still here, in the nursing home. She turned 88 this last Dec 24th. But she isn't all there some times.

Not having any siblings I can't FEEL, but I know it must be very hard on all of you.

Ron passed a week before Christmas 2018
We found him when we went to pick him up for my dad's birthday dinner

Being the oldest I never expected to bury one of my brothers

Evening guys

NOW
It is like old times

Hi Bill

We just need to come back on in about 5 hours

I forgot about the sip and talk too

So how have you been doing

I actually set a calendar alarm for it

Doing well. Changed jobs a while back but it was definitely an upgrade

What are you doing now

I’m watching live shows on Facebook of bands that I enjoy. They can’t tour so they’re doing virtual shows

Off tonight so I’m just relaxing

Cool
My daughter watch the drop kick Murphys a couple of days ago

What bands do you like

I’m watching Wade Bowen and Cody Canada at the moment. Two of my favorites

Never heard of them
What genre are they

I go to a lot of live shows, usually in little bars and dives. Whiskey Myers is one of my favorites, probably top of the list if I had to name just one.

I listen to country rock, some more rock-ish than others

I have to travel over an hour to go to any venues with music I like

Saw Tyler Childers and Sturgill Simpson last week in Charleston South Carolina. Tyler is really country and Sturgill is more rock oriented

I listen to some southern rock like Hogjaw and Texas Hippie Coalition

I drove 5 hours last week to see that one. Each way

An hour or two is pretty standard to go watch a show

That HAD to be bad. And to happen so close to what should be a happy occasion. If I didn't say so before, you and your whole family have my condolences.

Sturgill I have heard of
A friend of mine lives in SC and we talk music a fair bit

Try the Steel Woods. Like a modern Skynyrd

Howdy Randy!

Boy Y'all lost me. Heck Patty and I haven't even turned on our TV for about 2 weeks. And I've never been to a concert.

Hey Todd. How are you and Ole GB?

Thanks
My youngest brother found him in bed, called me in.
I stayed with him while Dan went to tell my parents.
He couldn't stay there alone with him so I did.
We wouldn't let my parents come over and we stayed with him for 5 or 6 hours

Patty and I were with her Dad when he passed. It was hard, but he went easy. My Dad, Patty and I had just stepped out to stretch our legs (we had been in his hospital room for 2 days) and were just on our way back up to his room when they called. He was sleeping and never woke up.

The day before he passed he had Patty and I to get on each side of his bed and hold his hands. He raised our all our hands in the air and Blessed Patty and I. I cried. He said it was customary for a father to bless his oldest son (I am an only child) and he said he wanted to do it for us and him as well. I think he felt blessed that he could do this for us.

We’re good. She is working from home now so I see plenty of her LOL.

That is a good story considering the situation

Poor guy.

Well maybe poor Susan.

It's actually one of the best/fondest memories I will ever have.

Pauline is the same
I am mostly working from home right now
She isn't used to it

I sleep as much as I can during the day, work from 11-7 on third shift, and play my guitar in my room when she gets on my nerves.

I play a lot these days LOL

So what work do you do now

Still 911 dispatcher but just a different county

And I’m not a supervisor now. Thank Goodness

Okay
You like it better though

I feel so sorry for you working stiffs.

Oh yeah. I love it. Way less BS

You did your time Randy

Speaking of NON-working, I get my first Social Security Check in 5 days! Boy are we excited.

Glad to hear

Lol

Back in a few

Yeah, 20 years in the Air Force and 25 as a small town reserve cop and full time Sheriff's dispatcher. I've seen and heard a lot of things.

BUT this one takes the cake. About a month ago there was a Murder not 300 feet from out house. Two "Kids" broke into a house of an elderly man that had some major medical problems. They Beat and strangled him to death.

We’re way out in the country, so we wouldn’t do much good calling 911. But I usually have a gun nearby. We don’t have a lot of crime out here anyway

That close to home would be scary though

I hope they caught the people responsible

That is terrible

I may have accidentally reported this message when I went to quote.

This is why I hate that I am out if town so much

Yeah the caught them the next day or the one after. It happened about 0500-0530 and they had a suspect that same day and caught him by mid day the next day. Turns out he wasn't in on it, he just helped clean up. So all that he was charged with was trying to get rid of evidence. Funny how it leaves you once you don't need to remember the terms any more.

Some good music mentioned in here.

How are you doing

Just watching the dead don't die

Hey Mike. The kid wake you up?

Sturgill Simpson sings the theme song in it

Don't think I have ever seen that. Is it a movie or a TV show?

It is a movie that came out last year
It is a comedy

Cool. Speaking of the BRAIN dead, had to get a couple things a the store today. Went to a Walmart and Schnuchs grocery store in a town with almost 40K population. I have NEVER seen so many empty shelves. Meat, almost all gone. Bread and Toilet paper almost non existent. Milk, VERY low. People were going NUTS!

Yes
We couldn't get toilet paper or flour today at Costco or our local grocery store

Well with Bill Murray in it it almost has to be funny, at lest in places.

I am 3 shows in on a Korean zombie series called kingdom

It isn't bad
It is no zomieland though

It’s the same here. Every shelf empty.

There were exactly 6 packs of hot dogs left and NO pre packaged bologna. Got a couple packs of hot dogs but didn't need any bologna. We're trying to stock up our new fridge. Man this thing is HUGE compared to our old one. Old one was 18.8 cubes. New one 25.5 cubes. Double French doors with a bottom freezer.

Just going to make myself some dinner
Back in a while

I think I’m gonna call it a night. Worked last night and only slept a couple hours today. I’m ready to crash.

Night guys. Enjoyed the company

I thing that Shawn of the dead (I think that was the name of it) was sort of funny.

Nite Todd. Was great talking to you again. Sleep well and safely.

Loved that show

Night guys
I have to run

Nite Bill. Sleep well and safely.

WOW! Talk about the old gang being back.

Looks like I missed out again.

Sorry Dogs. The internet went down and just came back up. With everything shut down there wasn't a place to go to get on.

Anyway lets do it tonight at 8:30 Eastern

Dan

Sounds good to me.

YUP, hold my beer and watch this.

Sorry, couldn't resist. Tom made me do it.

Uh-huh!