My highlight for last week was hanging out with some dudes from the neighborhood I grew up in.
We all lived on the same block, but I was about 5 years younger than them. So I started hanging around them when I was a grade school kid and they were in high school.
…very formative years for myself.
I learned about rock’n’roll and how to verbally defend myself & put bigger people in their place, usually with humor.
They were much bigger than I was just by age alone but on top of that they lifted weights regularly and were pretty muscular.
That all ended somewhere along the way, and now one guy is reeeeally skinny & the other guy has a typical ‘merican middle-aged big-gut physique.
If the gut-guy’s sister hadn’t told me where he works, I wouldn’t have figured out it’s him by sight. Same with the other guy.
Gut-guy didn’t recognize me with my beard but also I think the fact that I’m in an adult body verses a child’s is thee big diff.
We had a good time just talking for hours & I think we might start to get together regularly. My narcissistic-ego got soothed by compliments. My buddy who got me into punk & rock eats reefer-candies now, where before he was pretty strait-laced.
I was kinda sceeeeerd to see him because his Mom & Sister just died a few years back in a short amount of time from each other, & I thought he might be a mess. So far he seems like the same level-headed fella. He was the alpha of the group without trying, back in the day. He’s the kinda guy you’d try to take a bullet for, but he’d knock you out of the way.
There’s alot of people I need to interact with again, as I have a tendency to disappear from social circles when things change, like someone has a baby, or people move(even if it’s still local). I’m a social nomad.
With this group, they graduated high-school and went off like people do, & I started hanging around people my own age,…and GiRLs!!!!
I wonder how much chaos would happen if I get two different factions together.
Honorable mention for the week’s happenin’s:
I got HBO-Now on the Roku. It’s rockin’ & Roku kicks ass.
There’s a bicycle riding scene in the Great Muppet Caper that blows my mind!
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17 responses to “What was Your Best-Time-Moments from the Last Week & a ½,… In ReeeeViewww?”
How the hell did they do 1:35-1:55 ?!?!?!?!?!?
I think it’s wires and minatures maybe magnets, & then wires and somebody in Miss Piggy,…. or muppets ARE REAL!!!!
@luftballooneyegouge Puppet Magic!
How did they get the Muppets to rap?
Muppets doing Outkast’s, Ms. Jackson
I too Roku.
They’re great. I put them on all the TV’s in the house. I get the over the air type Roku/remote instead of the line of sight, and I zip tie the Roku to the LCD wall mount bracket. Two power cords is all I have to worry about, and all TV goes over wireless.
Also, I’m a fan of the Sideclick. https://www.amazon.com/Sideclick-Universal-Remote-Attachment-streaming/dp/B01LXAYO14
I am the middle of 2 sisters. 5 years between me and my older, and 4 between the younger. I always hung out with all my sister’s friends. Age has never been an issue with me when it comes to who I hang with. I have no reason to go back to my hometown and hang with old friends. The majority of them are bible thumping, trump lovers. What happened to my cool friends from the 70s? Yuck.
I hosted a little showing of the amazing documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsberg, RBG! I showed it to 3 generations of people, which included a 13 year old male. When they listed the laws that were on the books before RBG took them to the supreme court and won 5 out of 6 suits as a lawyer…the 13 year old couldn’t believe the laws that were in effect against women. He yelled, “No Way!”. I love it when I see people get enlightened. I highly recommend seeing this documentary. I have watched it 3 times. …and yes, that is a young Justice, Elena Kagan sitting behind Joe Biden during RBG’s supreme court hearing.
I went to a Sustainable Food County Fair. It was free and they had amazing bands. I got to finally see Matisyahu!
@Gina
I’m gonna buy that on blu-ray next week! Thanks!
While we are on a muppet kick, here is a muppet selfie.
@Gina
That guy rules!
When the new battery was finally installed in my car and I rebooted the computer system and —- IT STARTED!!!
When I trimmed the first branch in my project to trim the mesquite tree and knew that I will be able to do this project by myself. I will work in the early morning hours, before it gets hot outside. Immortal Pirate is still asleep at that time. I enjoy the quiet hours in the mornings.
@ladybarbara
Does the Mesquite tree smell extra good?
Is your Smart-car battery bigger than a gas powered car’s battery?
@luftballooneyegouge The engineer that designed the Smart car and put the battery inside the passenger compartment…SHOULD BE HORSE WHIPPED!
@immortal_pirate
Get a case of alligator-clip car-lighter sockets.
Think of all the phones you could charge +
“Widely Application: Cigarette lighter adapter are used to connect to the battery clips on your lawn mower, trailer, sprayer, boat, RV battery,”…or tiny car-like vehicle…” supply power for air compressor, air pump, car fridge, car cooler, cart fan”… detainee “truth” extractor…” and other 12v device.”
…an air compressor AND an air pump, all while the hood’s down. Just get a bunch until you run out of terminal metal to stick them to.
…and how many cars come with a built in life-preserver?
https://www.amazon.com/KUNCAN-Cigarette-Alligator-Crocodile-Connector/dp/B01MQPQLNM/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_21_tr_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=V93PGDZY5S1MD9RY39TR
@immortal_pirate The video seems to skip over the moments when a person would start cussing at the car. Then it starts again with the battery magically in the next position, or with the connections already in place. It makes it look easier than it actually is.
@luftballooneyegouge Mesquite smells like any other tree.
The battery is smaller. It is a 12 volt battery. However, it is in an awkward location. A woman as short as I am can get in there, but doesn’t have the leverage to lift the heavy battery out from under the floorboard of the passenger side. A man can reach, but it is awkward because his upper body cannot fit in front of the passenger seat, so he is working by reaching far from his body. Lifting such a heavy battery at arm’s length is not easy to do.
Replacing the battery is easier ——- but I am sure it occurred to Immortal Pirate that he could simply throw the new battery at the car —- and go find a girlfriend who owns a “normal” car, like a Honda or Toyota.
This week is better: We went to Cabelas Sports Center and bought fudges and I enjoyed their new Sauces and rubs for the BBQ.
More sauces.
I’ve had a few pretty good conversations with my friend this week. It’s interesting to see where the normal course takes us.