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Good morning Everybody!

I'm moving very slowly this morning. I'm as stiff as an old horse, but not yet ready for the glue factory. I got a bit overzealous in checking things off the to-do list. If I spend too much time on my feet, I pay for it the next day.

My Orioles continue to struggle on the road and dropped another game to the Phillies. The Best starter in the American League in recent weeks the Orioles' Trevor Rodgers (1.44ERA) will try to end my Birds mini-skid this afternoon at 12:35pm eastern time. This is a game to watch if you can. The Phillies will counter with a quality starter of their own, Ranger Suarez (2.68ERA). Who doesn't love a pitcher's duel and day game no less!

The Brewers have the best record in MLB, (69W-44L) after another 5-game winning streak. Not bad for a team with a $122 Million payroll. Which is more than three times less than the Dodgers and lower than twenty-one other teams in MLB.

The Yankees are going in the opposite direction having lost five consecutive games. They now hold the last Wild Card spot in the American League. They won't keep that spot for long if they don't soon turn things around.

The Red Sox are the hottest team in the American League having won seven consecutive games and nine out of their last ten games. So much was said about the Red Sox not making a big splash at the trade deadline. It says something about team chemistry and continuity, but I doubt the media will mention that.

TomO we were just talking about how a winning streak can change the standings.
Do I feel guilty?
I'm sure you do, good people always feel bad about things like that, but you shouldn't. You asked politely, he chose to be an 🫏 for every action there is a reaction.

It's time for me to get ready for work. I need a little physical therapy, something Amazon has always been for me. I tend to overdo it when I don't work. But I want to play with my trains!

Have an enjoyable day Everybody!
 
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Good Wednesday morning! It's 66°F and mostly clear.🌔
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Have a great day ;)
 




Good morning. It's 75 and sunny.

I've discovered my dentist visit (the one where they wanted $55k) has used up my one annual visit allowed by my insurance. I'm trying to find a dentist that can see me soon, that accepts patients without insurance, and wants less than double what my first house cost to see me.
 
Good morning from a smokeless Wisconsin. The Air Quality warnings, alert and scary thoughts generated by the National Weather Service have ended regarding SMOKE. It’s the 1st day since 7/12 we supposedly woke up to no smoke haze.

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BUT the air is UNHEALTHY due to dust in the air! We can’t win…



59f degrees now 84 later. A 15% chance of rain between 8pm and midnight which in my book means no rain. We shall see.

Today’s local layout work session has been cancelled as of a text sent at 11pm last night. There is an impromptu one because of the local cancellation but 40 miles north of me. The owner there also comes down here every other Wednesday. I’m not going though

Something is going on out on the County Highway a couple blocks away since I started typing this. I can hear sirens from both the local city PD and the County Sheriff. They are very different sirens. Plus fire truck sirens. So there is either a medical emergency at the senior care facility, crash near the City limits (even if outside the limits Local PD will respond) or a fire. The sheriff normally covers the Towns without local police, we are right on that line but within the city.

Enjoy the day
 
Good morning. It's 75 and sunny.

I've discovered my dentist visit (the one where they wanted $55k) has used up my one annual visit allowed by my insurance. I'm trying to find a dentist that can see me soon, that accepts patients without insurance, and wants less than double what my first house cost to see me.

Terry, check to see if there is a regional dental school near you. When the son moved away and refused any help from us and had dental issues that’s where he went
 
Good Morning:

Louis: Take Care. Be careful. Believe me, You don't want to be hospitalized.

Karl: Cloud/Smoke Blend...a;so showers from the east here: A warm, wet 79°

Tom O: Is there a tariff on the dust, or is it domestic?

TS Dexter is churning up the Atlantic, headed for the Mediterranean?
Disturbance #1 off NC is the best chance for being a "Thing" here by the weekend.

I finally get to have the staples removed from my incision today. Funny ow all my Blood pressure "issues" suddenly ended and BP became "Normal" when I came home. Same with the Breathing. On antibiotics until the weekend when they run out. Moving better.
 
Morning all,

74° and mostly cloudy, high of 95° later.

A bit hazy here from the fires in Nevada and Colorado according to the local weather gurus.

Not much going on, I've gotta get with HR and the surgeon's office to see about going back early. I think I'm ready mentally and just need to see that it's safe to do so. I want to head back 2 weeks early. As a preview to retirement, I'm going to go nuts when I finally retire.

BBL
 
Well, howdy there internet peeps and those with gravy

It's Troy again.

Cat is hiding under the bed.

Of course, overnight, he peed on the puppy pads we're keeping on the stair landing. I swapped it out for a clean one. An hour later wife is up, hears him "scratching" without claws on the wall... a signal he's in piddle mode. She finds him on the puppy pads on the landing taking a whiz. He darted under the bed and I wasn't able to coax him out.

Still waiting on the vet to finish with the urine sample. Not sure if they're growing a culture with it, or just looking for crystals?

In an hour or so, I'll head up to costco. I get one prescription from there. It's ready for pick up. And I've got a shopping list. Debating on if I want to pick up a brisket to smoke tomorrow. I've got three lunch servings of the last brisket left in the freezer. But next week's weather is rainy, so I need to smoke Thurs or Friday... Hmmmm....

Now for Louis: Some undead Byzantine Legionaires. The ones to the left have a wash of "coral sea foam" speed paint to simulate oxidation from their armor and weapons being in the crypts for so long. The ones on the right lack that final wash.

I did add a dry brush of the various base colors after the wash to make the original tones come back slightly.

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