What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[Ziggy]

Luckily I've never had (much) broken glass in my face. But it reminds me of something a friend and I were goofing off about one day. It doesn't matter what kind of a day you were having. Nothing tops broken glass in the face.

[Luke]

Right there with you buddy, down from 189 to 163, working on getting down to 160 by September, and hopefully 150 by the end of the year (but anything below 160 is icing). How are you roasting your avocado? In the oven, or do you have some interesting way to do it on the grill?


6. Fed goats candy canes.

I'm not trying to lose weight though. I'm gaunt. A healthy weight for my body, according to my doctor, is between 180-190 lbs. I actually "have to" report to my wife what I eat everyday or she gets upset.

Roast 'em in the oven. I don't know at what temperature off hand, but I'll find out. You place the raw egg in the pitted section, sprinkle it with a little adobo, and in minutes you have a protein packed breakfast that is full of deliciousness.


If I make it to eighty years of age, I'll still love feeding animals. Holstein cows, goats, mules, pigs, horses, sheep...it's a huge stress relief. Plus, there's nothing like grabbing a handful of hay, giving it to a kid (human kid) and let them feed an animal.

Candy canes sound like something horses would also enjoy. I've got to try that one day. All of the petting zoos I grew up around either had hay, or gum ball dispensers filled with who knows what. You'd put a quarter in a slot, twist a handle, and a handful of "stuff" would flow out.

My favorite is giving horses apples. Isn't cheap, but in two bites that apple is gone and you have one happy horse.

[fastbilly1]

WE grow apples for that reason. Sadly the horse we have in dry lot does not like candy canes. He will however eat an entire sunflower to get at the seeds on the other end.

[Luke]

WE grow apples for that reason. Sadly the horse we have in dry lot does not like candy canes. He will however eat an entire sunflower to get at the seeds on the other end.

When I was a kid my family would go to an orchard where you rode a horse and picked apples at the same time. There was a strict "don't feed the horses" rule. I broke that rule every ding dong time.

You'd pick the apples, place them in two saddle bags, but if a horse went for an apple you were told to kick it in the ribs with your heels. I couldn't do it. Made plenty of equine friends I did.

[AppleQueso]

anyone want a pic of my broken window?

[Hobie-wan]

Obviously that's a photoshop.

[Ziggy]

anyone want a pic of my broken window?

Peas and fucking rice. That sucks major. But you have to admit, it is just a little bit funny.

So what are the repair plans? If you need a quick temporary fix, I would recommend some plexiglass. You can buy a small sheet about that size, cut it with a utility knife, and use some clear packing tape to fix it to the window pane. Better than saran wrap. And way less ghetto looking than cardboard, and it'll still function as a window at least.

I have 3 basement windows that I'm in the process of switching out for new ones (one down, two to go!). I broke two of them in recent years. One was entirely my fault. In a fit of rage I threw a caulk gun. I meant to just throw it to the corner, close to where it is kept. But my aim was a little off, and I smashed out a window pane. It was a type of window that I was able to take the frame apart, so I put some plexiglass in there and it looked perfect. Another window I broke just trying to open it. The basement flooded and I was hurrying to try and get stuff done. This window was only able to be opened with a flathead screwdriver, and one of the glass panes shattered because I flexed it too much. So now that one is plexiglass.

[Luke]

In a fit of rage I threw a caulk gun.

You so need to elaborate on this story.


Frown: A nightmare has come to fruition. I have activated text on my mobile phone. Hello 2000.

[Hobie-wan]

In a fit of rage I threw a caulk gun.

You so need to elaborate on this story.

Maybe he thought he was playing Saint's Row and lost a round badly?

Frown: A nightmare has come to fruition. I have activated text on my mobile phone. Hello 2000.

Quick, someone send him a caulk gun message.

[Ziggy]

In a fit of rage I threw a caulk gun.

You so need to elaborate on this story.

I will, but I some how think that it wont be nearly as interesting as you think.

It was during a project. I was renovating a room in my house and I only had a week to get everything done. It was barely enough time. On top of that, I was forced into doing some repairs in one of the bathrooms. I hate fucking bathroom repairs. Remodels, I love. Repairs, I fucking hate. AND, it was killing the time I had to remodel the other room. So while in the middle of working in the bathroom, shit wasn't going my way. I went down to the basement, where my work shop area is, to return a caulk gun and get something else. My work shop area was a mess, the way it always gets because of other people, and that alone gets me heated. So that caused me to throw the gun and break the window.

That wasn't even as bad as the time I broke my hand. I was, again, doing repairs in a bathroom. And, again, went down to the basement to get something only to find that the room was a mess. So, again, in a fit of rage I decided to pick up a stool and smash it as hard as I could into this fan. I'm not even sure what happened, but a second after smashing the stool into the fan something in my hand really hurt. Bad. I never went to the doctor, but I'm pretty sure I broke something. I couldn't use my thumb for a few days. And for months after that, if I was trying to grip something real tight (like pliers) my hand would start aching.

I should probably stop getting mad in the basement.

Frown: A nightmare has come to fruition. I have activated text on my mobile phone. Hello 2000.

I was very resistant to getting a cell phone. I was the last one of my friends to get one. But when I did, I realized that I love text messages. Of course, I don't go overboard with nonsense. But texting is so much more convenient for me. "What time are you coming home?" - "about 8". Or, "Can you bring home some milk." - "OK". THAT is so much more convenient for me than making a phone call.