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You don't know me

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  1. I pulled into the QT parking log this morning and on the ground there are probably a few dozen cigarette butts. Some jackass just dumped his ashtray there.
  2. Well, the lady does say that the reason that she and her cousin can't be in the incestuous relationship is because she's married, not because it's incestuous.
  3. I was on 183 getting onto 35S heading to work when I heard about it on the radio. Office was just maybe a half mile away at that point. When I got there, we all gathered around the TV in stunned silence. Later that same day, I met my wife at her OB GYN and we got confirmation that she was pregnant with our first child.
  4. Or maybe he's trying to look like shit. Look at me, I'm just a poor high school football coach, barely getting by. I can't even afford to get haircut.
  5. Yeah, we have a radio in the coop, but the raccoons just walk right by it on the way to the deck. I did think about relocating, but decided that I didn't want to push the problem on to someone else. I think I'll relocate the hummingbird feeders. Oh, and yes, I felt like an asshole killing the thing.
  6. We live in sem-rural Missouri. Small town, about 60 miles outside of St. Louis. We are on 3 acres, so it's not like I'm out in the middle of nowhere without neighbors. We have had some raccoons start to visit us at night. They are coming up on the back deck and scrounging for bird seed. They also knock my hummingbird feeders down and drink the sugar water. We also have chickens, so I need to get rid of the trash pandas before the look for a new food source, our chickens. We got a trap and set it out. The first night, they stuck their stupid raccoon arms through the trap and ate all of the bait that way. Never set the trap off. Next night, we used bigger stuff and left the trap on safe to try to get them to think it's okay to go into the trap. They ate everything. Next night we tried the same approach but left the trap armed. They ate everything without setting the trap off again. The next night we used peanut butter spread onto a piece of cardboard with birdseed sprinkles for added enticement. We also put some boards all around the trap, leaving only the door available for entry. This time it worked. I woke up at 2:30 AM and sure enough, there was a raccoon in the trap. I left it out there until morning and then drowned the thing. I have to admit, I felt a little bad killing it in this manner. I think a bullet to the head would be much more humane. So, my question to the Surly hoard, what type of rifle/round will be quiet enough to shoot from inside a window without waking anyone up and kill the vermin from about 20 yards? If I can do that, then I'm sure that I won't disturb my neighbors, whose house is about 200 yards away. I've looked at some air rifles, but to get the killing power it looks like there will still be a fairly loud crack as the round leaves the muzzle.
  7. Yeah, he either is really good or really bad. Seems to be a bit more consistent the second half though.
  8. This sucks. He seemed like a down to earth person. Listened to him on the radio before the cancer came back. His day would call in once a week and the way they talked to each other was like it was just them with no audience. I feel for his dad.
  9. Just hang 1 of the old round ones in each room of your house but don't wire them up. Fun times ahead.
  10. Can't refute anything you wrote. I guess I just expected a letdown at some point. The pen has been pretty good all year. Personally, I haven't trusted Andrew Miller in any situation this year.
  11. I'm not sure he had much of a choice yesterday. There were just too many games in a very short period. But it's been a great ride the last month and a half or so.
  12. My senior is also in band. He's really good. Takes his shoulder pads off at halftime and performs with the band. Kid stays pretty busy.
  13. I'm imagining several dozens of soccer fans writhing around in pain holding their shins.
  14. Oh, by the way, Rolla is pretty damn good at wrestling. They are in the same district as my boys' high school. I worked a table at the the district tournament and had a good seat for several of their matches. They had several wrestlers qualify for state last year. One kid was a freshman and won district at 160. That's a tough weight for a freshman. I see a state championship for that young man (he may have won last year, but not sure). If you are interested, you should check out Neosho. They are in the same district and are a true wrestling program. They probably had 11+ qualify for state.
  15. Rolla... our high school has their first meet every year with Rolla. It's cool how they do it. It alternates schools each year and is done during the school day during an assembly.
  16. Pretty sure that's part of a new gang initiation.
  17. Yeah, I'm replying to this pretty late, but... I'm a vet. I served just shy of 11 years when I decided it was time to hang it up. When I was getting out, there were quite a few people that asked me how much disability I was going to get. Holy shit, there's nothing seriously wrong with me. Yeah, my knees hurt, my back hurts, my hearing is shitty, but nothing for which I see as needing to suckle on the gubmint's teat for the rest of my life. Yes, there are legitimately disabled veterans and they need our support. However, there are also plenty of vets with disabled plates that in no way deserve or need them. I know them, I am friends with them, but holy shit there are way too many of them getting benefits that they simply don't need. But it's not popular to share that opinion. Hell, I know a guy that was a pogue in the Army and he constantly talks about his PTSD. What I want to ask is, "Holy shit, dude, what happened? Did you run out of coffee working in the TOC?" He saw nothing more than I did, but you'd think that he was captured by the Taliban or some shit. Yeah, he's getting disability for it.
  18. Yeah, Ozuna had the similar reaction to Grandal's blast last night.
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