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  1. On 5/26/2024 at 11:42 PM, PRONG HORN said:

     

    White people

     

     

     

    There is a giant ashram in Driftwood on the way to the Salt Lick.  They used to have a deity they rolled out every afternoon, a Swami, peacocks and the whole shit.  I think there was a trial and a fugitive hunt and what not.  I’m sure they still use the building for religious purposes but my work there is done.

  2. 6 hours ago, Longhornstampede said:

    In 1996 I tested positive for TB after getting back from GITMO. A 2nd test showed negative but I was still banned from donating blood. I haven't donated since.

    Did you uh, order the code red?

  3. 5 hours ago, HiggyBaby said:

    Is the mad cow exposure still a thing? I don’t give blood mainly because I spent a lot of time in the UK as a yute in the 80s/90s. 

    I googled it.  Apparently the rule changed in 22 and they’re not required to screen for that anymore.  I’m not going back through my emails but I’m pretty sure the last time I donated blood was early ‘23 and they asked me the question.

    When will they start asking “how often do you consume deer meat?”

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  4. 2 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

    Last year I had them do the free test while I was dropping off some deer at the processor. We aren’t in a CWD area but figured what the hell.  My meat was ready for pickup about 2 weeks before I got the results back.  I continued to eat last years sausage until it was clear because that would be too fucking on brand and ironic. 

    If positive do they destroy it or just give you some warning label?  Or is it already in your possession?

  5. 46 minutes ago, HiggyBaby said:

    Is the mad cow exposure still a thing? I don’t give blood mainly because I spent a lot of time in the UK as a yute in the 80s/90s. 

    A year ago it was

    ”were you in the UK for 180 days or more from the years —- to —-.”  I was there about 160 in 1996 so I answer truthfully - “no,” but mark me down as skeptical that the threshold solves much.  A person that was there 120 days eating nothing but beef is probably a bigger issue that a person who was there 400 days as a vegan.

  6. The common understanding was that CWD wasn't passed to humans but, with this article, it seems like there may be more to the story.

    If you were presented with deer meat from a captive herd where some deer had tested positive for CWD, would you eat it?

  7. 19 minutes ago, Longboard Horn said:

    RIP Dan Blocker aka Hass from Bonanza 

    DeKalb, Texas.  Also the place where Ricky Nelson crashed his plane after it caught on fire (read - he may have caught it on fire smoking coke next to a gasoline heater).

  8. 16 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:


    It's like you're listening to Don't Stop Believing and then everything goes black.
     

    My experience was sorta like this, except I was consciously trying to record the memory and experience what it felt like when the juice kicked in.  I've never shot junk like the drag rats with their needle habits.  I figured this was as close as I would get.  Wanted to experience it - curiosity and what not.

    In my mind it was going to be like when you're really really drunk, and then fade to black.  Multiple steps down the ladder to darkness.  I even told the nurse that and she said "some people say it burns in their arms, some say cold."  I was ready to ride the white horse like Lou Reed and Townes Van Zandt.  This was my moment - I was laser focused.

    Then, 

    1. My arm feels something - I'm getting the juice.

    2. Wake up.

    3.  What the f happened?  I missed it.

    If they have something stronger on the doctor's drug cart, keep that shit away from me. This stuff was like a light switch.

    I can see why Michael Jackson and Prince got hooked on this stuff.  It's a weird control thing.  No lying in bed counting sheep, no "I wonder what I have to do tomorrow?  Did I remember to set an alarm?  What's that noise I heard?"  Just I/O.

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  9. 17 minutes ago, Lhorn said:

    That’s some dumbfuckery right there.  Because you can’t reverse that ratcheting wrench (you’re supposed to flip it over to tighten), your best play is to get some vice grips on flanged bolt (that’s not a washer IMO) and retighten it enough to get the wrench off and take the bolt out like a non-dumbass, with an open ended wrench.  If that is a washer, you gotta just grab the threads with a skinny vice grips or needle nose pliers.  Probably gonna screw up the thread a bit but oh well.  
    Oh yeah, take the belt off first.  That belt looks like it’s still got tension on it.  Some people would be better off paying a mechanic. 
     

    also, that doesnt look like the alternator.  It looks like the tensioner.  Does that dumbass think that you remove the belt by taking the pulley off the tensioner?  Ooofff. Let your wife do it.  

    There, but for the grace… go I.

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  10. Woke up with a little soup in the chute.  Sprayed that out - clearish yellow.  Went to surgery center.

    Anesthesia is really cool.  At first everything got weird / muffled.  I said “weird/muffled” and they said “that’s the —-caine.”  The other stuff may burn in your arm a little.  Then I said “I feel it in my arm…”. Then I woke up.

    3 polyps.  Biopsies pending.  Glad I did it and as far as the doctor, nurses, everyone that cared for me - they were awesome.

    For posterity:

    1.  You do/can dream under anesthesia.  I did.

    2.  I was afraid I would say something while woozy and my wife would hold that shit against me.  Not an issue - when I woke up I was in control.

    3.  Anesthesia hits hard.  It’s not like “had one too many shots and went to sleep.”  More like a deer when the bulllet hits it before it ever hears a sound.  Out.

    4.  Be nice to the nurses, etc., and odds are they will give you a smooth ride.  I can’t imagine what that would have been like if they were bitchy.

    5.  I’ll go back as often as necessary.  Comparing it to a day in my normal life - not that bad.  Prep tastes like lemon flavored laguna madre water and you’ll squirt every ounce back out, but other than it’s just an inconvenience.

    If this buys me 1 more year of life, 5 more years of life, 20?  Worth every bit of hassle.

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  11. Ate about 2/3 a tub of bluebell on Tuesday night, with bourbon drizzled over it, because I’m a Texan.

    Woke up Wednesday - black coffee and had a nice giant shite mid-morning.  Then, at 5pm, I hammered 1/2 of gavilyte jug and proceeded to unload.  Chased it with an orange Gatorade because I like orange Gatorade.  Turns out that’s a really good indicator of where things are because… 1 hour later everything was orange.

    10pm - other half of gavilyte. Then Big bottle of Yellow Gatorade.

    Soupass until midnight and then sleep.

     

    to be continued.

  12. Yes, I know it’s the wrong thread.

    anyone know what the hell this is and, do I release it in my 1/4 acre back yard as a long-term pet or in the woods?

    Im going with generic tortoise.

    IMG_7384.jpeg

  13. By my half-assed internet research the chopper that went down was a Fort Worth built Huey that is a civilian/comfort version of the whirlybirds our pappies flew in the jungle

    55 years ago.

    Is it ironic that Iranian leaders chant “death to USA” while they fly around in our old castoff shit? Couldn’t they buy some nicer shit from China?

    For historic perspective this a car designed and built at the same time as the introduction of the Huey.

    https://www.motortrend.com/features/ford-pinto/

     

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  14. 1 hour ago, G650 said:

    Yeah that is the eternal debate on tethering. It is so circumstance dependent there really is no one answer.

    I can tell you if you are in a spot where your tether is long enough to let you go all the way into the water while the boat is moving, there is no way even a young fit person would be able to get back onboard unassisted. Any kind of speed at all and you better have a knife to cut the tether loose or you will get drowned and beaten to death on the hull.

    Pulling one’s self up on a stationary j/24 from the water is no small task.  If the boat is moving - you will require substantial assistance to reboard.

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  15. Oh, and I’ve spent most of my life thinking that killing and capturing whales and dolphins was an obvious mistake, but I also see that this pod of whales has chosen to not politely share the ocean.

    I kinda think eradicate this bad pod.  Not because I like killing whales but because I think this is some learned behavior and I would rather try to stop it now than wish I had later.

    can we call in the Japanese and trade this pod for something else?

  16. Hypothetical question - if you had a pod of killer whales that behaved badly.  Wrecked sailboats, etc.  hooligans.

    and you knew that over time they would commingle and teach the other pods, throughout the seas and oceans similar bad habits, would you be doing all whales a favor by exterminating the hooligans?

    Similar thought - If someone killed these bad actor whales, what is the loss to man/mankind/existence?  Gain?

  17. I may be doing it wrong but I look at the shirt as sort-of the disposable wear item along with the socks.  

    $100 shirt and $100-200 tie will look better than most people you’ll encounter.  

    Except G650 of course who very well may have a damned Gulfstream 650.
     

     

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