November 19th, 2008: Augres River is iced over.
A bit earlier than I thought, but we woke up this morning to a solid sheet of ice, and light snow covering the river. Looks like the high today is going to be 32.5 degree’s and the ice might make it through the night.
I’m getting back to feeling fairly normal. Though I can tell that the cold weather is going to be harder on me the it used to be. Today, I spent a bit of time outside, building a PVC frame to hold the cover up on my fishing boat (the Alaskan). It looks pretty much like a portable hockey goal, without the net. I’ll set it lengthwise in the middle of the boat, and then pull the winter cover up over the boat, with the 5 ft long top of the frame being the highest point in the center of the boat. Thus, (hopefully), snow will slide off, melting snow will run off, rather than puddling and dragging the cover down into the boat (cheaper that paying to have it plastic wrapped).
The other day, having a little extra energy, I pulled all the big bore rifles out of the safe and ran a clean, then oily patch down the bore of each. I must have done a fair job, last time I cleaned them, because I didn’t see any fouling on the patches. Maybe over the winter, I’ll do the other side of the safe, shotguns and small bores. As I cleaned and handled the big bores, 3 of them coming from my Dad, an old saying came to mind, “From my Cold Dead Hands”.
A security agreement has been approved, and a possible date for withdrawal from Iraq.
If this happens, I just wonder who will get credit for it???
Today, November 14th, 2008, I can say this: I am proud to be a member of the 41 percent in Michigan that saw through the lies that elected Obama. I am proud to be a member of the 46 percent of the USA, who could not bring themselves to vote for a man who could not pass a National Security Test and ducked a request to prove that he was born in the USA.
I can also say, that I’m curious. How will the public react when Obama fails to fullfill all of his wild promises? (I’m pretty sure that somehow in their minds, it will be George Bush’s fault).
I am sad and ashamed that so many American citizens could be so easily fooled and are so proud of their foolishness!
~~Not as good as I once was, but still: GreyBeard
It’s been a bad week. There’s the question: Am I now, or soon to be, living in a Socialist Nation?
And then there’s the two shiny new Cobalt Chromium Stints in my heart. Bad week.
I seem to be recovering fairly well, but it will be weeks before I get to see the Doc’s scoreboard. In the mean time, it’s limited stairs, picking up nothing over 10lbs, no salt, no fat, and a handfull of pills each day. Also, I suppose I’m not supposed to get worked up.
A big Thanks to everyone!
~~>GB