Afternoon, everyone.
Rex, sure sounds like a direct line strike. I wonder if it could have hit the line drop to your house, especially since you neighbors didn't have any damage. It's even strange that it could fry the TV in the trailer and not damage the charge/converter. You'd think it would take that out first. I think your idea of going to church more often may be a good plan.
The Tide is up 7-0 in the second but Prattville lost to Don Bosco, one of the top rated teams in the nation, by a 35-24 score. Prattville came back from down 23-0 to get to a 24-23 lead in the fourth but a late pick took the game away from Prattville. Don Bosco is a great team but I'm surprised they played as well as they did since the heat and humidity were brutal last night, something New Jersey teams aren't used to.
I never had elephant ears but I had deep-fried Twinkies once at the Minnesota State Fair. They are supposedly the treat of the Fair and everyone was lined up to get some. One was enough for me. I'd hate to think what my blood sugar would be after wolfing down a bunch of those babies.
Larry, it sounds like elephant ears coated in Splenda is like going to Wendy's and gettting a triple Baconator and a diet coke.
Jeffrey, you must really be sick to actually stay in bed. As Andrew said, about time you took some advice and just crashed. I hope you feel better in the morning.
Bob, custom cars and really good Philly steak sandwiches sounds like a great combination to me. Sounds like you must have had a nice fleet back in your car building days. If it makes you feel any better, not only does it take my wife four times longer than me to get ready to leave the house but she
always has to stop and pee one more time.
Terry, sounds like you got slammed pretty good too. Lightning can do an amazing amount of damage. When I was a kid, our house got struck and it completely destroyed our brick chimney. Put about a four foot hole through the roof and started a fire that got put out by the rain, thank goodness. My bedroom was right below where we got hit and my ears rang for about two hours afterwards because of the tremendous crash of thunder.
Chris, glad to hear you got some more mowing jobs but I think you should drop the idea of starting a lightning protection business.
There's a scraggly line of storms to the west of us that's leading a cold front that should bring us some relief from our oppresive heat and humidity. They've had a lot more rain up north but I doubt we will get much. I'll just be happy with some cooler, drier air. I was trying to glue a plastic sign on a brass pole in the garage last night with CA and it was so humid that the stuff wouldn't work. Stuck my fingers together fine but would not stick anything else together. There's one dippy tropical depression off Africa but it will never survive the combination of cool sea surface temperatures and high wind shear long enough to become a tropical storm. Nothing else, at all, happening in the tropics or even the Gulf. Kind of weird this late in the season.
Talk about a sugar high/ heart attack on a stick!
. (Just thinking: I may need to put in some more ground rods for the power...hmmmm!)
Custom cars, beer and food goodies sounds like a great time. They only local show around here this year I missed. 
That was the weekend the truck fried a caliper on me (on the way to the show) and spent the next week on jackstands waiting for parts. 
