What RUINED your day today?

[Writers Bloque]

I've got you both beat. Using a small folding shovel, I had to dig and chip away at rock on the side of a Ridgeline near tue base of some mountains. Took hours in blazing heat to get down more than a foot deep. Then put up the tiny little A-frame tent that is actually two halves that snap together. I had one half, and my friend had the other. Once it was up, we had to bury the edges all the way around the tent for more protection from elements and other dangers.

Tenting in Afghanistan was a bitch and a half.

Every night, you hear gun fire, and every so often the ground would shake with a nearby explosion. If you're up, and looking out over the land. You could see tracers in the distance, or hear the aircraft fly by followed by an enormous fireball.

The worst part was that the MREs that my driver was eating gave him some pretty foul gas.🤢

you win. I heard stories of the desert from friends who served. Not something I can go through to be honest.

[Mike3854]

I got a phone call from the breeder that I had a dog reserved with.  Complications with pregnancy so they are not selling dogs. Waiting for birth and might change their minds after they are 10 weeks old.

In other news. My RV has some issues. Going to have additional work done on the suspension. Beef it up a bit more. In the meantime I've moved back in with my exwife. Back in my old house. First couple of days uncomfortable but I'm settling in. Been two and a half weeks now I think. I get one of the kids beds. We had drinks one night and she invited me to sleep with her. I looked at her and said, that might not be a good idea. She said, well I didn't really mean we would sleep.
Okayyyyy, wasn't expecting that.
I considered it for a minute and had to pass. That really wouldn't be a good idea.
Hopefully out of here in another week.  Heading south. Kentucky, then making my way down to I-10, across to El Paso for Xmas to see my daughter and her husband.

[Pornhubby]

Hopefully out of here in another week.  Heading south. Kentucky, then making my way down to I-10, across to El Paso for Xmas to see my daughter and her husband.

Only about 815 miles from Texarkana to El Paso. Take I-30/20.  Much shorter than I-10.

[Dudester]

Hopefully out of here in another week.  Heading south. Kentucky, then making my way down to I-10, across to El Paso for Xmas to see my daughter and her husband.

Only about 815 miles from Texarkana to El Paso. Take I-30/20.  Much shorter than I-10.

Hear!! Hear !! That stretch of I-10 east from El Paso is one the longest and most boring drives, ever.

[Pornhubby]

Hear!! Hear !! That stretch of I-10 east from El Paso is one the longest and most boring drives, ever.

I live off I-10 near Kerrville, and have made that drive many times. It is truly god awful.

[msslave]

Hopefully out of here in another week.  Heading south. Kentucky, then making my way down to I-10, across to El Paso for Xmas to see my daughter and her husband.

Mike, glad you're getting things taken care of. Nice of the Ex to take you in. Hope you get the beefed up RV back soon.and on the road again. Hope we here continued reports of your trip. Take care. 

[Mike3854]

Louisville, then to Lake Charles, Louisiana to visit a friend.  Then El Paso to see my daughter. So I-10 it is, and yes it is boring as all get out.

I was in Kerville TX a couple of times this year. Once going from Florida to El Paso in early January. Slept in the Walmart parking lot that night. Walked the town for a bit. Then was back at Thousand Trails Lake Medina for a week to watch the eclipse in April.  Drove over to an eclipse festivital in Kerville for the day. Medina Lake Thousand Trails is one of the worst campgrounds there is. Lake Medina was bone dry. So much for planning on a freshly caught fish dinner. I heard a couple of stories why it's drained, both versions should have resulted in people going to jail. People from that area got screwed. The surrounding Hill Country is some beautiful land.  This trip resulted in my first time in San Antonio, which is a beautiful city. I drove into San Antonio three times that week. A favorite spot during that trip was Bandera, TX. I considered buying a couple of acres there. Almost bought myself a cowboy hat there too. Then reality set in ...I can't pull that look off though. A waste of money. Plus, my living in an RV is anll about downsizing when it first started, and staying downsized. I realize I don't need, nor have room for, more stuff.

[Pornhubby]

OST (Old Spanish Trail) Restaurant in Bandera. Best CFS in Texas. Medina River flows through Bandera. God’s country.

I have a friend with a house on Lake Medina. I’ve seen it bone dry and overflowing. But the reservoir was built for farm irrigation back before anyone owned a ski boat. Shame when they release all that water. And yes San Antonio is beautiful. I worked in the Tower Life Building on the River Walk for years. The one that looks like a big hypodermic needle.

There is a KOA just west of Kerrville. I also have a friend near Mountain Home that has camper spaces further west of that. Happy travels. 

[Shiela_M]

A grocery store around us gives way $45 worth of free stuff if you spend $20. My dad usually takes me around to a couple of them. At the second one, the cashier, an older gentlemen, looked at my dad to see his service related ID. My dad wasn't in the service. My dad looked at the cashier and pointed to me saying I was the vet. The guy laughed and again asked for my dad's ID. I had my ID out and was showing it, and the guy just looked at me like I was holding a fake ID, and then again looked back at my dad.

Before my dad could get really angry, I grabbed him by the hand and said, "forget it, let's just go."

So we left, leaving all the items at the cashier. He started saying something, when a veteran who was in line behind us started telling the guy off. He too left his cart full of stuff with the cashier.

I fought back tears when the other vet, a retired Sergeant Major hugged me and apologized that I had been treated like that. Sadly I'm used to it.  I won't sign up for the American Legion or VFW because of similar occurrences.

Years ago when i got back home, a Legion member asked me to sign up, they are always looking for new members. When I had got there, they all thought I was the spouse of a new member.

"Not married, just looking to join up."

"You? Seriously?"

"Yes, seriously!!" Should them my DD214, and then turned and walked out.

[purpleshoes]

Sadly, there will always be morons among us, but hopefully there are many more like the Sergeant Major. You handled the situation well, soldier.

Although, as a dad, I kinda wish you had let your dad educate the moron cashier. Woo to your dad for accepting your decision.

If my daughter had been treated that way in the same situation, I'm not sure that I'd have been smart enough to walk away from it like he did.

Thank you for your service.

[Shiela_M]

Thanks Love!  I'm over it. It took my dad much longer to cool off than me.

[Writers Bloque]

Thanks Love!  I'm over it. It took my dad much longer to cool off than me.

A Fathers Pride runs deep. Let that be my daughters, Shit would not go down peacefully.

[Dudester]

Years ago when i got back home, a Legion member asked me to sign up, they are always looking for new members.

Some guys peak in high school, some guys peak in college. My father peaked during his World War Two service. After the war, my dad spent every single second he could at the VFW hall. During college, my frat did community service projects with the local American Legion hall. The three times I walked in, the same three guys were always sitting at the bar, being tended to by the same bartender. I could easily join the American Legion, but there has got to be more to life than sitting on the same bar stool, day after day, killing your liver. It's why I didn't join the American Legion.

[Pornhubby]

Some guys peak in high school, some guys peak in college.

This weekend six of my fraternity brothers are driving to tiny Hico Texas to put flowers on the grave of our founder (in a town so small it doesn’t exist any more). Speechifying planned.  Texas - Arkansas football on the big screen.

I swear college was not my high point in life. I loved it. I was very good at it, but I don’t plan to keep re-enacting it for 40 years.

[MintJulie]

Dan would like me to post on his behalf. 
First, you guys know I don't normally use swear words, so the following is Dans words, not mine.  And for the record, Dan normally doesn't swear as he knows I don't like it.
On to Dans post request. 

WHAT THE FUCK NETFLIX, YOU DIDNT ANTICIPATE YOUR SERVERS GETTING HIT BY 50 MILLION FUCKING PEOPLE?
YOU COULDNT KEEP UP WITH THE TYSON FIGHT.  I DIDNT SEE 2 seconds of the fight, and still can't login. ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT!,,,

* back to your regular scheduled program (well, programs on apps other than Netflix it seems*

[Pornhubby]

Social media star Jake Paul defeated legendary boxer Mike Tyson via unanimous decision late Friday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in one of the most improbable matchups in the sport's history. All three judges ruled the fight in favor of Paul, with scores of 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73.

[msslave]

I guess I was surprised to see an old man like Tyson getting in the ring again. I guess there is nothing like money to make somebody do silly things.

As to Netflix, it's hard to believe so many people wanted to watch that fight that they brought down the servers. Dan, I'm sorry you missed what was obviously a one-sided fight.

[Pornhubby]

I haven’t thought of Tyson much since the movie The Hangover. That was released in 2009, which was 15 years ago. Making me feel old again.

[Dudester]

I guess I was surprised to see an old man like Tyson getting in the ring again. I guess there is nothing like money to make somebody do silly things.

As to Netflix, it's hard to believe so many people wanted to watch that fight that they brought down the servers. Dan, I'm sorry you missed what was obviously a one-sided fight.

Legendary boxer Joe Louis, after his boxing days, spent some time in pro wrestling, then as a referee in wrestling.

[Raceway]

I was saddened to read in a tech newsletter that Apple progammer Bill Atkinson has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is requesting prayers to help him fight it.

Among many other things, Bill created a seminal Mac application called Hypercard which was pre-installed in the first Mac I ever bought. Without it I couldn't have created educational games for my girls. When I was monopolizing the computer, they'd plump several cushions on the chair to raise it to the level of the keyboard, then click and scroll away, having fun chasing alphabet letters or playing simple tunes. They were computer savvy by the age of four, and touch-typing a year or two later.

What an amazing gift Bill gave to the world. I'll be sending him waves of supportive vibes.