Made too much food…
I made enough for the folks I’d ‘planned’ on making it, but three didn’t… Guess I’ll be eating leftovers…
Oven baked short ribs, smoked beef ribs, shrimp boil, chicken skewers, and coleslaw.
Why so many choices, you might ask?
Well, one person is allergic to shrimp, one can’t eat beef, and everybody can eat chicken. But it was damn sure an all day affair…
Was it worth it? Hell yes, good friends, good conversation, laughter, and everyone relaxed. Definitely worth it.
So you a list…
Gov. Greg Abbott appeared Wednesday on the grounds of the Alamo to sign seven pieces of legislation loosening firearms restrictions in the state.
The most controversial of those, Senate Bill 1927, allows Texans to carry handguns without a license or training starting on September 1. That so-called constitutional carry proposal was passed over the objections of gun safety advocates and some law enforcement groups.
Full list, HERE.
The one that is really going to be interesting is the suppressor bill…
House Bill 957 (Oliverson/Springer) repeals the criminal offense of possessing, manufacturing, transporting, or repairing a firearm silencer. It also ensures that any firearm suppressor manufactured in Texas, and that remains in Texas, will not be subject to federal law or federal regulation.
But I won’t be running out and buying one just yet… I KNOW that one is going to be challenged left, right, and sideways…
Of course the left is melting down, and I’m just waiting for the ‘blood in the streets’ wailing to start. Dunno if anyone else has noticed, but those other states that have passed Constitutional Carry haven’t had any blood in the streets…
Soooo, PP and family are going camping, and I ran across these…
Family campers
1910 version…
1918 version…
1924 version… Probably the first ‘motorhome’…
Today???
YMMV, and everybody makes their ‘own’ choices… 🙂
So apparently the ‘new’ mantra with Xiden is that he wants America to be liked…
He never said anything about America being respected!
Definitions-
To like is to find a person or thing agreeable, enjoyable, or satisfactory.
To respect is to hold feelings of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.
The problem, if you will, is that being ‘liked’ means that you must be agreeable to all those around you… I don’t know if anyone listened to Xiden’s rambling address/press conference yesterday morning, but it was a horror story.
He couldn’t remember WHO he talked to, much less when/where. One thing he said, that scared the hell out of me, was that the Chinese ‘envoy’ wanted the US to lessen its ties to India, Australia, and Japan. This would impact SEATO, ANZUS, MCAS, all critical to the defense of Southeast Asia and our forward deployed assets and bases.
For those who are not familiar with it, WESTPAC is ‘known’ for the ‘tyranny of distance’… And there are a TOTAL of 26 ships and submarines based in either Guam or Japan… 26… to cover 47,876,667 square miles!
A little more ‘scale’ for you…
2 1/4 USAs by 3 USAs… 6300 miles by 8400 miles. One quick example, by being ‘forward deployed’, the ships are 17 steaming days closer to the action/requirements…
Sooooo, under the ‘last’ administration, there was no ‘lessening’ of support for our allies, nor was there any kowtowing to China. China’s stated ‘goals’ of owning out to the second island chain and bringing Taiwan back into their ‘sphere’ were stymied.
Now??? I’m afraid of what Xiden is going to agree to… and whether or not he will even remember it. If China controls to the second island chain, which by the way is all the way out to Guam, they will effectively control ALL shipping in the Pacific ocean. ALL OF IT! What would be the global impact?
Think about it…
Your thoughts?
Our American Legion post hosted an IBCA cook yesterday…
Discounting the two plus months of planning, we truly hit the ground running (sometimes literally) Thursday. Sponsors, vendors, cooks, volunteers, and, and, and all had to be coordinated. It was all hands on deck starting Friday morning through the overnight, and most of the day yesterday.
But it came off pretty well, at least in the quick look we had as we were tearing down yesterday afternoon. It never got over 100 degrees, close, but never over. It didn’t rain (skirted us between 0400 and 0600 yesterday morning), and the cooks were able to cook in ‘decent’ weather. We even had mild temps and a nice breeze in the morning.
We had some special guests, including military working dogs (yes, the shepherd on the left is a MONSTER).
Air Evac out of Duncan, OK brought a 206A down, along with one of the Red Cross disaster recovery units in the background.
Me? I was out back fixing hot dogs… 
We also served who cooked (starting at 0600 with breakfast burritos), while the ‘real’ cooks were getting their smokers going.
We also had the local FD, PD, Sheriff’s Office and Boy Scouts represented, thanks to them for coming out!
I r tired… I go to bed…ZZZzzzzzz
I don’t normally put up videos, but this lady IS a throwback… And bless her for being one! She takes on the Carmel NY school board and it is BEAUTIFUL!!!
Kudos to her!
And Loudoun County, VA school board got slapped down by the courts, they have to give physical education teacher Byron Tanner Cross, who was suspended days after telling the school board he would not refer to transgender students by their preferred pronouns because of his religious beliefs, his job back… LOL
Full article, HERE.
More specifically, grandkids… Snerk…
Grandson was ‘hiding’ from his sister to do school work, so…
He climbed into the dog’s kennel. And was soon joined by both Labs…
And he went to sleep for over an hour.
Kids… what can you say… sigh
How we spent Sunday nights… 60 years ago!
The Ed Sullivan Show! LONG before MTV, VH-1, or any of those copycats…
For most of us, it was the first time we’d actually ‘seen’ any of the bands actually sing, unless one was lucky enough to be in a big enough city to see them on tour.