Shooting the Breeze- general chit chat

[Jens]

Recently, I got myself a nice hair clipper, the WAHL Elite Pro, as I decided to have a go at auto-hair cutting, due to the long term shut down of hair dressers due to Covid.
My first ever shot at cutting my own hair went surprisingly well -- I only mauled one side/burn a bit, otherwise a decent crew cut in my own opinion.
But -- I sorely miss shooting a breeze with my barber..! He is very skilled, not only at dressing hair, but indeed in the fine art of bantering too, just as you would expect from a complete skillful barber.
So, what to do..? this string seems a perfect alternative ....

 

[haggis]

Good lord, I somehow thought I was in a generalized Chit-Chat forum. How embarrassing … … worse than being named after offal Off to the Senior Forum for a nap.

 

[HARMON]

Was this post intended for another sub forum?

I had to Google 'Haggis.' - a Scottish dish consisting of a sheep's or calf's offal mixed with suet, oatmeal, and seasoning and boiled in a bag, traditionally one made from the animal's stomach.

Didn't sound appetizing, but it's good to know, how to identify what it is. Wouldn't want to eat Haggis unknowingly and think, "man, this unknown stuff is pretty good!"

I wouldn't worry about eating haggis, since it's illegal in it's proper form in the U.S. That is unless you make you own lol..

 

[martym]

Was this post intended for another sub forum?

I had to Google 'Haggis.' - a Scottish dish consisting of a sheep's or calf's offal mixed with suet, oatmeal, and seasoning and boiled in a bag, traditionally one made from the animal's stomach.

Didn't sound appetizing, but it's good to know, how to identify what it is. Wouldn't want to eat Haggis unknowingly and think, "man, this unknown stuff is pretty good!"

Look up Machitos!
Now that’s some fine eating right there.

 

[OkieStubble]

Look up Machitos!
Now that’s some fine eating right there.

I have to admit, the pics of grilled Machito, from Google images look pretty darn good.

 

[martym]

They are delicious. Especially out at the ranch on a cold night with adult beverages and hot toasty corn tortillas.

 

[HARMON]

I have to admit, the pics of grilled Machito, from Google images look pretty darn good.

Yeah it's just chitlins, yummy

 

[Jens]

I quit smoking cigars a few years ago. Since then, I have repurposed all of my big ash trays. They are now chock full of sharp small things that I don’t want to throw in the trash, spare parts from anything, parts I have found that I don’t recognize and things too small to store without loosing. I am not sure that I have ever benefited from saving all of these, but I will probably never throw them away. I just know, the day I do, I’ll need something in there! Once filled, I empty them into the empty coffee cans, which is another item I can’t seem to throw away. I label them “possibly important parts” and have a dedicated storage space in my shed that is almost impossible to reach....since I never actually get in them..... If nothing else, I figure it will at least be a good practical joke when my son inherits all my crap.

This somehow sounds very familiar. My version is to stuff smaller "things" into a few dedicated drawers. Once full, I occasionally empty drawers into bigger plastic boxes, which initially go under my bed, and later into a rental store room. Yup ... I sacrifice some dough to hold on to things. At least I only have one rental store room. I few years ago, I spent Christmas with my cousin. Trying to chase down his stand for the Christmas tree, we drove around town to search his assortment of rental store rooms, jam packed with clutter. Christmas stand was in the third rental store room we passed by. Dare I say that my cousin also has two barns (two stories each) on his own property (apart from his house) -- filled with "things". Doesn't it feel good to have your things, tho -- like ... masses of ... shaving gear 🕉

 

[Whisky]

My version is to stuff smaller "things" into a few dedicated drawers.

At my house that drawer is known as the “If I got it” drawer. As in “if I got it, it’s in that drawer.” In the garage I have a “if I got it” 5 gallon bucket you DO NOT want to stick your hand in the bucket with looking first. Lots of sharp pointy things.

 

[oc_in_fw]

I am, Dave. Thank you! I think the knee will be ok. Gonna hurt like the devil tomorrow but no swelling, no bruising, I can put all my weight on it, and have to move it at a pretty weird angle to make it complain. I think it’s just a sprain. Face is a mess (an improvement? ) and TBH I was more worried about my back when I went down. I have some career inducted issues and I want to avoid getting cut on. That scares the devil out of me.

Good back surgeries are few and far between

I volunteered for overtime again. I know. I know. Anyway they assigned me another midnight to 8 shift. So another 8-4, go home and rest, work overtime m-8, work my regular 8-4, go home, try to spend time with the family, sleep, and work my regular 8-4 the next day.
I wimped out and called and got excused. My excuse? After 34 years of this my body just can’t do it anymore. 4-12 and then m-8? Sure but not midnight-8 and then 8-4.
I remember the time years ago I worked 5 of those in a row or right after 9-11 when we were working 100 hours of overtime a pay period. Not a problem.
Not anymore.
Y’all stay safe
That is all!!

I gave up overtime the day I paid the house off. Let the young guys have it.

 

[jar_]

Was this post intended for another sub forum?

I had to Google 'Haggis.' - a Scottish dish consisting of a sheep's or calf's offal mixed with suet, oatmeal, and seasoning and boiled in a bag, traditionally one made from the animal's stomach.

Didn't sound appetizing, but it's good to know, how to identify what it is. Wouldn't want to eat Haggis unknowingly and think, "man, this unknown stuff is pretty good!"

It's menudo in a bag.

 

[cvixx]

At my house that drawer is known as the “If I got it” drawer. As in “if I got it, it’s in that drawer.” In the garage I have a “if I got it” 5 gallon bucket you DO NOT want to stick your hand in the bucket with looking first. Lots of sharp pointy things.

In my house, it is known as the "what do you have all that stuff in that drawer for???, drawer.

 

[OkieStubble]

Or knowing how far them pieces parts fly it reasonably could be from another dimension. I swear I've had parts simply disappear into another dimension.

Ain’t that the truth and they’ve also appeared from other dimensions and not matter how much you search you cannot discover what they belong to.

You see @HARMON? I told you there was a market for those bright yellow towels of yours.

Now if we can just figure out how to turn them into bright yellow carpet? I sense a business venture.

 

[nikonNUT]

At my house that drawer is known as the “If I got it” drawer. As in “if I got it, it’s in that drawer.” In the garage I have a “if I got it” 5 gallon bucket you DO NOT want to stick your hand in the bucket with looking first. Lots of sharp pointy things.

Our cabin in Michigan has the Uhm. It's a cabinet full o' stuff one might need from tools to fishing lures. "Hey! We blew a fuse!" (OLD cabin). Someone yells back "I THINK THERE'S ONE IN THE.... UHMMMMM?" As a young 'un I thought an Uhm was an actual piece of furniture like an Armoire or something.

 

[HARMON]

You see @HARMON? I told you there was a market for those bright yellow towels of yours.

Now if we can just figure out how to turn them into bright yellow carpet? I sense a business venture.

As a child in the 70's I think we had carpet about that color, or maybe it was orange and the fridge was yellow? LOL..

 

[OkieStubble]

As a child in the 70's I think we had carpet about that color, or maybe it was orange and the fridge was yellow? LOL..

The good ole days.

 

[jar_]

 

[Bhugo]

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I remember trying to find the right ink pen that fit into the reel of the cassette tightly so it was easier to wind up.

 

[Whisky]

I remember trying to find the right ink pen that fit into the reel of the cassette tightly so it was easier to wind up.

I always used good old No. 2 pencils. They seemed to fit perfectly.

 

[jar_]

I always used good old No. 2 pencils. They seemed to fit perfectly.

The hexagonal ones not the round ones.