One of my old pals at work just showed me this. Small town 🇺🇸. His grandson’s ball game over in ‘Bama. The man singing our Anthem is a Marine vet & the high school principal. That’s my buddy with the flyover. Pretty good timing, for an old Navy Tomcat driver. 😜
Play ball!
The small mining towns in Greene County PA produced a disproportionate number of Marine combat vets. My brother and I took the opportunity for this photo while home. Proud of our town.
22 years today with my beautiful bride. Thought I’d try something different. I hear orchid plants can be kind of tricky. But she already grows the most beautiful roses so we’ll give this a crack.
Our oldest turned 21 yesterday. Pretty awesome when her plan for her birthday was to keep it low key at home with her family. Papa even came to cook some fish & fries. Good times.
Happy birthday to my Tess. She’s on Twitter a bit, but usually just to tell me I shouldn’t Tweet while I’m pissed off & drunk. Definitely, without a doubt, the best thing that happened to me. Very proud to be her husband.
Not sure what needs shackled…. But I think we have it covered. 😂
It took my brother and I both to get it up the ladder and onto that 6” beam. An 85 Ton WLL Crosby. Because…there’s no kill like over-kill.
My youngest daughter was asking me about the old Zenith that I saved from the landfill years ago. This was my Great Aunt & Uncle’s from Ohio. My Grandma had an identical unit that was lost in the flood of ‘85. Anyway, first time I’ve plugged it in at this house. Here’s the song..
This job is progressing. I have to form it one more time along the base of the statue to clean up that chipped away area. Some stain will be added later this week to bring the concrete closer to the brass color of the statue.
It goes to our Veterans Park.
My wife just sent me this. “The last bell of high school”. She hit the slow-mo by accident… but I thought it was perfect this way. 😊. Great kids in this class. The future is bright. Proud of Josie Girl.
Making a cup of Joe to go. We have one of those digital frames in the kitchen. This picture just popped up. From Camp LeJeune during the very busy days when I wasn’t around much. Both of my little buddies are Seniors in school now. (One college, one HS)
My brother. The other 1/2 of Big Timber. He was a Marine as well. 5 trips to the Bad Lands behind a minigun. Door Gunner, Hueys. (UH-Ns…the last of the 2 bladed warriors). I can hear them coming now. “Wop,Wop,Wop “ Semper Fi
Carlos Hathcock 1942-1999 Marine sniper in Vietnam with 93 confirmed kills that was verified by a 3rd party. Hathcock himself said he actually killed between 300-400 enemy personnel. He had several bounties put on him and he killed everyone who came after him. American Warrior!
10 years? That’s unsatisfactory. Remember when we mined our own coal, made our own steel, and built bridges in months, rather than decades? That’s the 🇺🇸 that I want to see again.
@RenegadeBlitz
Need more context—I don’t claim him if he is doing something illegal or unAmerican. But if he is simply expressing his 1st A right then I have no problem. Though it is not my style, some choose to exercise their rights by making noise and carrying signs.
Somewhere along the way, my Mississippi Girl was introduced to the WV/South western PA pepperoni roll. And she’s been nailing it ever since. It smells great in here right now.
Got that statue set in position. The wall in the back ground will be the Lauderdale County MS Honor Roll. Their goal is to have it complete by this Veteran’s Day. But my small part of it all is done. 👍 🇺🇸
@12Mvolts
The man singing said it’ll take him 1:36 to sing it. So my buddy found a visual holding point 2nm away and pushed inbound at 120 at the start of the song. His wife gave him a shout on a little hand held walkie talky when he started singing 👍
He’s doing it again today.
Got home and flipped on the news with a little late dinner. Palestinian flag on an American WW1 statue is unacceptable. I’ve had enough of this radical 💩
No excuses. Big difference in free speech and what this is. Hamas & Nazis are the same. F’n idiot leftists.
Watched an ‘interview’ with Bill Maher and Kid Rock a little bit ago from Maher’s podcast on YouTube. A lot of people could learn something from it. Good to see 2 people with different political views that have common sense & can accept each others’ opinions. Imagine that?…
BREAKING: 3 police officers were gunned down this morning by "teen suspects" in Memphis.
Officer Joseph McKinney was kiIIed.
One of the teens wa arrested weeks ago for possessing an illegal firearm and stolen car. THEY RELEASED HIM WITHOUT BAIL.
My sister took this today on her morning walk in our home town of Greensboro PA. That’s an old trail that leads to a ferry crossing on the Mighty Monongahela River that dates back to the American Revolution.
@nursekimmie1969
I’m absolutely helping. I just saw on the news that a lady was calling for help on the Subway in NY and nobody would assist. What a sorry state of affairs. People are all talk, no action.
Came back out to grab the tractor. I have her topped out and bucked. Ended up with 3 14’ers, 1 16’er and a 12 & a 10 foot log out of this tree. I knew it was cut, just had to be patient with the wedges against the wind. Check it out.
Got this old girl ready to join the team. My Dad & Uncle bought 2 of these, used, when logging in the 90’s. My dad’s was long ago horse traded away. But my Uncle recently gave me his. A little TLC & new hardware and she’s thumping good.
Working the late night at the job today. Took a little time to knock out an oil change and then finished these doors. Been working on them off and on for a couple of weeks. Glad to wrap ‘em up & move on.
Just got this from my oldest daughter a little while ago. They are on their way back home with Kenny. Little guy got rocked. He’s packing some extra hardware now & will be hemmed up for a bit. But we are thankful our friend is okay.
We got started late in life due to Uncle Sam and the Marine Corps. But soon this old gal who I’ve been dragging along will have a better home than the ‘side porch’ with the logging gear.
Here you go gang. After work I was getting suited up to take my Buddy Mila outside. My girls thought the flip flops and festive socks were funny…
Merry Christmas.
Uncle Sam didn’t have any work for me today. So I took advantage of this unexpected day off to finish up a mess that I’ve been working out in the ‘way back’. Turned out to be a hot day today. Good day for a hike & some sawdust making.
A good news story. Mila got rolled over with a car in the driveway last night (chasing a damn rat). I watched a miracle happen. We are leaving the vet now. She’s banged up, but good.
Rolled up stream around 0200. 6 1/2 hours later, loaded and rolling back down the River towards Pittsburgh with 105 cars. King Coal still keeps the lights on around here. 💪
Always great to be home.
Lost my wedding ring. Thought it was gone for sure. Just found it under the couch in the basement. I had slid it on my pinky last night because my hands get a little swollen when I’m doing much axe work. This ring means a lot to me. Very thankful to find it after a huge search.
A guy is using some lumber from our mill to build an enclosed back porch. He just sent me this. It’s coming along nicely. It’s always nice to see it in it’s final form.
I was driving home from work last night and passing the VFW I saw one of our oldest member’s truck there alone. So I turned around and went back. 5 tours in ‘Nam as a Sea Bee. 4 of which attached to Marine Infantry. Good man. Anyway, we had just lost another of the old guard.
Happy Birthday Dad. Sorry I can’t be there. Vietnam interrupted his trip to the Phillies for baseball. (Thanks Ho Chi for that…….)
Just kidding. Kind of.
Standing Dead trees get dropped and turned into logs. They become lumber. The slabs are used for fencing & firewood. And eventually what’s left over is used to burn out stumps. Then another tree grows. Pretty awesome stuff.
Our girls are in Beckley WV this morning doing some glass making & other fun stuff with my Sister. They just sent me this… THIS is artwork to me! The saw is all crafted from different species of wood.
I wonder if the Navajo Code Talkers gave a rip about what Cleveland called their baseball team?
Toughen up America. You are fat, soft, and way too emotional.
Off for her first ‘organized’ guitar band session 🎸. She’s been invited to play with a church group. We went there for a Christmas Eve program and WOW!
Can’t tell it here…but she says she’s a little nervous. 😂
Anyway, I’m proud on her for stepping out of her comfort zone.
My Mom sent a bunch of pictures on the phone today. Thought these were funny. I was always with my Granddad. Looks like I snagged his pipe at some point.