RowdyRebel

I've got similar pics of my mom...who did a similar thing (faceplanted on the sidewalk while walking her dog) last summer. Also got similar pics somewhere of my grandma after doing something like that at the post office several years ago. Guess that's just something that happens to old folk. The LEAST you could do is come up with a better story...like a bar brawl. At least you didn't get run over by your own snowplow...THAT would be embarrassing!😂 Glad the boo-boos ain't too terribly serious.

Wasn't so much his asking as it was his attitude. I told him it wasn't for sale & he pushed, wanting to know what it would take for me to sell a truck I'd already told him wasn't for sale. He kept pushing when I told him it'd take more than he'd be willing to pay, wanting me to name a price. So I named my price & (as I anticipated) he wasn't willing to pay it. Then the way he said "That's too much" earned him the "Get the f*** out of here". Had he stuck around and kept pushing, I would've had to get more convincing about my desire to see him leave...which is where the .45 might have played a roll. How many times do you have to tell a trespasser to get gone before you think it's acceptable to make it unmistakably clear in a manner which drives home the point that they aren't welcome and need to get the f*** off your property?

Couple years ago, there was a cop sitting at the grain elevator catty-corner from the house as I was outside working in the driveway. After a couple hours, he slowly pulls out onto the highway, crosses the tracks, and eases up the driveway. I walk out to meet him. He started by apologizing & stating that he sat over there thinking long & hard about coming over to talk to me because I have a bit of a reputation. All he wanted was info. They'd had reports about someone on the tracks & wanted to know if I'd seen anything. He's a friggin COP and was nervous approaching my house. It'd be nice if more people felt that way.

Had a scrapper once knock on my door offering to haul off the pile of "scrap metal" next to my garage. I told him I don't have any scrap metal. He asked what that pile was next to the garage, and I told him "It's not scrap." He said he was glad he asked, and I told him I was, too, because I don't like thieves. He said he didn't either, and that they belong in jail. I lifted my shirt (exposing the .45 on my hip) and told him "No. They belong in the morgue." Haven't seen him since.

Google maps satellite view of my house is at least 3 years old. Street view is blurred. Either way, can't see much.

I live a little way off the main road, and nobody really has any need to drive around past my house. Where the Mack is parked (and with other vehicles parked in front of it), it's not exactly the most visible from the highway. Quite frankly, the only way anyone would get close enough to it to know they'd be interested in buying it is if they were somewhere they didn't need to be. I tend to get a little pissy when folks I don't know come snooping around to see what I may have sitting out. Hell, he's lucky he caught me in a good mood so he didn't get to stare down the barrel of my .45. Bottom line, if you don't have a good reason to be on my property, don't be on my property.

So I'm outside in the driveway working on welding a pair of 18"x3/8" rebar pieces onto some 4"x6"x 3/16" plates so I'll have something to stick into the round bale on the hay dolly that my magnetic trailer lights can stick to so people on the road behind me at night can see me (a bale in the back of the Ranger with another one towed behind me on the dolly & that poor little truck struggles to maintain 60 mph...not safe if I have to move a couple bales after work in the dark) when this little white sedan pulls up. An old man gets out and when I ask if I can help him, he asked I was willing to sell the Mack. (There isn't a "for sale" sign on it). I told him "Not for anything you could afford." "Try me." He says. So I did. "$850,000 and not a penny less." "That's too much!" "Yeah, that's what I thought. Now get the f*** out of my driveway." Guess I would've sold my 1st vehicle if he had more money than brains & pulled $850,000 cash out of his pocket. I don't accept checks from strangers, especially for that kind of scratch.

If it weren't for the kids, I'd be content to stay...but Governor Putzker & the corrupt liberal shitcago democrats running the state have mandated schools waste valuable class time on ridiculous social-justice type crap, all the while kids are "graduating" who can't read or write and are absolutely ignorant in history, science, and math. Private schools are prohibitively expensive, and home schooling just isn't possible between my wife's schedule and my own...so chances are very good they'll go to public schools. I'd rather those public schools be in a state where the emphasis is still on teaching kids reading, writing, math, science, and history rather than LGBTQRS+, BLM, gender fluidity, and whatever other liberal cause-of-the-day may come along. The move has been in the works for about a year now...we were HOPING to be moved already. Just delays on the place we're buying. Friends bought a farm and need to build their new place, then we're buying their old place. Comes with a few acres, so we won't have to board our horses anymore...save some money that way. Mother-in-law (who has been staying here since she moved up from Texas 2-1/2 going on 3 years ago) was SUPPOSED to buy my house, but a recent health scare has my wife thinking she needs to move with us to the new place rather than live on her own here (despite it only being 20-30 minutes away). Damn near had to drag her to the hospital on Thanksgiving day, and the hospital wanted to transfer her to a "more sophisticated" hospital due to low oxygen count (apparently she's got COPD pretty bad from a lifetime of smoking) along with a bad case of the flu...but she signed a DNR, so they admitted her. Doc said another day and she probably wouldn't have made it. Anyway, she's on oxygen now...tethered to a machine in her room through a tube to her nose. Fun. So, we're back to needing to find someone dumb enough to buy a house in Illinois again. Luckily, our friends have money and it'll be seller-financed, and they want us out of Illinois, too...so they may let us move before "officially" put the house on the market (when it's NOT seriously cluttered up from too many people living in it) and not worry about paying them until this place sells. I guess we'll see...school for the boy starts in August either way. Clock is ticking.

I've wanted to remove the propane fireplace & put in a wood stove ever since I moved in. Stupid electronic ignitor on the propane fireplace needs power...so when the power is out, I can't use it for heat...and when the power is on, I'm not wasting my propane on a fireplace when it provides a lot more heat to the home through the furnace. Never was a priority when I was by myself...and now with a wife & small kids, we're looking to get the hell out of Illinois before the boy starts school next fall so I'm not putting out that kind of time/effort. Even the chimney/flu would have to be replaced with one rated for wood fires...just not worth it. 10 years ago, or even if we were going to stay here, perhaps. Just be a waste at this point.🤷‍♂️

I've seen -6 (F) on bank signs...while riding my motorcycle.🤷‍♂️

Well after 3 days of the mother-in-law looking like the walking dead, we gave her the choice...she could put her shoes on & go to the hospital with her daughter willingly, or I'd pick her up & carry her to the car and her daughter would take her to the hospital. She went willingly. Begrudgingly, but without a fight. O2 so low they were going to transfer her to a "more sophisticated" hospital...but she signed a DNR, so they took her in. Lifetime of smoking and she's now been diagnosed with COPD. She was also severely dehhydrated & had the flu. There wasn't much of her to begin with, but she'd withered away to a mere 89 pounds of skin & bones. She was doing much better within a few minutes of being on oxygen with an IV rehydrating her. She spent the night...hopefully comes home today. Wonder if she'll get top drag around one of those oxygen tanks from now on...maybe she'll finally have motivation to quit smoking.🤷‍♂️ Needless to say, Thanksgiving Dinner at my house consisted of a frozen pizza I threw in for me & the kids.🤦‍♂️

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Like ALL good jokes, there is an element of truth.😁😬😒🤦‍♂️ Yeah, I've heard the talk, too...started as soon as he "won" the senate seat. I've also heard Biden say he was planning to run again. There ain't an ounce of sense between the 2 of them. My daughter (just turned 2) would have to act immature for her age if she were to act their cumulative IQ instead of her age. The fact that EITHER ONE of them sits in elective office speaks volumes for the idiots who put them there. And like I said, it wasn't MY joke...just something I saw thismorning & it made me chuckle a bit so I thought I'd share it here. Kinda wish I HAD thought of it, though...🤷‍♂️

Saw this thismorning... Biden/Fetterman 2024: It's a no-brainer! 😂

That's what I have...Kenmore. As long as I can get parts for them, I'll keep fixing them. Going on 20 years old right now. Dryer got a heating element a year or so ago, and the washer just got a discharge pump...that PROBABLY didn't NEED to be replaced once the sock blocking it was removed. But, I had the new pump in my hand before I tore into it & figured for the <$30 it cost me, I may as well just throw it in. I've looked at aftermarket parts & read the reviews. I'd rather pay a little more & get the OEM stuff that lasted this long to replace the worn out parts & pieces. Washers & driers are actually pretty simple to work on...not much to them. Next time an appliance quits on you, check out www.genuinereplacementparts.com ...they seem to be fairly reasonable on prices for OEM parts. No need to shop for a used washer/dryer if you can fix the one you've got for a fraction of the cost.

If you ever have anyone tell you "washing machines don't eat socks" they're lying to you! So when I pulled the old pump out, I saw what looked to be a large clump of lint...figured about 20 years worth of gradual build-up...on the inlet side, which would explain why it quit working. Apparently my wife is more curious than I am, because she pulled that clump of lint out & discovered it was actually one of the kids' socks. Damn washer ACTUALLY tried to eat a friggin' sock! Choked on it, too...which is why I had to tear it apart & replace the pump. Wife thinks the old pump would still work now that the sock is out of it. I said "new pump cost less than your trip to the laundramat. It can stay in there."

Been to one lately? Our washer quit working...wouldn't drain. Part wouldn't be here in time for her to do laundry on one of her days off, so she took the dirty clothes to a laundramat to wash. One week's worth of clothes for 2 adults and 2 kids (2 & 5). Damn near $25...JUST TO WASH!!! She brought the wet clothes home to dry. At that rate, a person is basically buying a washer every couple months...and if drying their clothes, too, they'd likely be buying the dryer, too. How do those places stay in business? Seriously...if I were spending $150-$200/month doing laundry someplace other than my home, where I had to haul my dirty laundry to town & haul the clean clothes back, I'd be doing everything I could to buy my own washer & dryer! Absolutely ridiculous. The good news is for less than $30 we got the new drain pump & it was pretty easy to put on myself...and it got here in time for me to get done this weekend when I was off work. Gave 'er a good cleaning while I was at it...bought the washer & dryer not long after I bought the house, so they're approaching 20 years old. Dryer got a new heating element almost a year ago. Other than that, they've been pretty reliable...and easy to fix...and the parts that broke were fairly reasonably priced. Yes, we buy the OEM parts...figure the 1st ones lasted this long, why go with cheaper aftermarket ones that the reviews say have to be replaced again in a year or two? I prefer things to just work.

Larry the Cable Guy is something else...scrolling through my Twitter feed & saw this 😁: "The scariest Halloween house decoration I ever saw was the 90 yr old lady at a farmhouse on the edge of town that had a creepy skeleton reach up from the ground to the door. Turns out it was her…she locked herself out 4 months earlier." 😬😱😂

Dems spent a LOT of money influencing the Republican primaries so that the "weakest" candidates would be on the ballot in the general against their own horrible candidates. Would be hillarious if that plan backfired and the Democrats lost big and the "ultra-maga" candidates they supported in the primaries are all sworn into office come January. If BOTH parties just worried about putting forth their own best candidates, and left the other party alone to pick their best, we'd have a much better gov't representing us. I hate having to vote for the "lesser of 2 evils" every time...because you're still voting for a bad candidate (but at least it's not 'the other guy').🙄

Memorial Day weekend, I was driving with my boy & made the turn into the county park where they set up their "Avenue of Flags" ...an impressive display of American burial flags that have draped the caskets of county residents who had served and have since been donated by their families. I was explaining to him what each flag represented, and WHY those men & women fought & died...the freedom to chase our dreams. The ability to be anything you want to be when you grow up... "I want to be a MONSTER TRUCK!" 🤦‍♂️ So I suppose if that passed, in order to avoid prosecution, I should've had his hands & feet chopped off & replaced with wheels and big tires.🤷‍♂️

This one isn't an RV, but just as pathetic...

Maybe it's just me, but I'd be more concerned about the MFer taking my picture in the bathroom than I would be about a dude who thinks he's a lady using the appropriate bathroom for the plumbing he's got.🤷‍♂️

Yeah, I really need to drain the tank in mine. Bought one last winter (couldn't even tell you the brand...company I work for has some retail stores & they got a shipment of these in when EVERYBODY ELSE was sold out) when a bad ice storm was in the forecast. Got it all set up & ready to go...then the worst of the storm missed us & we didn't lose power. It's big enough we can run the fridge & freezer (so we don't lose food) and a big (1500W) infrared fireplace heater thingy for warmth in the main living area...and unplug the fridge to use the microwave & heat up food. If I lived alone (like I did back in '09 when an ice storm knocked out power for 3 days) I wouldn't have bought it. Made due back then with a car battery powering a 400w inverter with a table lamp for light, charged my phone in the truck & grabbed food during the day while out & about. Extra blanket on the bed & I was fine. With a wife, 2 kids (1 & 4 last winter), and a mother-in-law at the house, that wouldn't fly. I got it set up so if power went out while I wasn't home, all she had had to do was wheel it out, hook up the ground (yeah, I sunk a ground rod into the ground) and run the extension cords in through the garage and pull the cord to start it. Ran it for about 30 seconds to make sure it worked and shut it off. Been sitting there for about 8 months. I DO treat the gas I pump into the gas cans with about 8 oz of Seafoam for each 5 gal can...so at least it's treated gas that's been sitting in the tank.🤦‍♂️ Now that I own a generator, the power will probably never go out ever again.🙃

Not really all that different from a campaign stop several years ago when he said "Where's Chuck? Stand up, Chuck!" (Chuck was disabled, sitting in a wheel chair, unable to stand.)