The "How was your weekend?" thread...

jact55 · Aug 19, 2023

Shitty. Soooo sick of fires.
We still have our house, far luckier than alot of folks, so I'll count my blessings.
War zone out here

'It almost sounded like a warzone': Wind-whipped fire thrashes the town of Medical Lake, stirring memories of 1991 fire storm

From staff reports

www.spokesman.com

Coach Potter · Aug 19, 2023

jact55 said:
Shitty. Soooo sick of fires.
We still have our house, far luckier than alot of folks, so I'll count my blessings.
War zone out here

'It almost sounded like a warzone': Wind-whipped fire thrashes the town of Medical Lake, stirring memories of 1991 fire storm

From staff reports

www.spokesman.com

This is crappy! I have several friends who have lost their homes or lake places. My favorite summer camp as a kid is also gone...it’s sad to see.

Coach Potter · Aug 19, 2023

On a lighter note we knocked off the top ranked team and defending 3x state champ on the road last night. The game was played at Grizz stadium so both teams were actually on the road.

JayB · Aug 19, 2023

jact55 · Aug 19, 2023

Coach Potter said:
This is crappy! I have several friends who have lost their homes or lake places. My favorite summer camp as a kid is also gone...it’s sad to see.

Decades of memories, or at least the structures associated with them, erased in an afternoon. Makes ya sick.

Coach Potter · Aug 19, 2023

jact55 said:
Decades of memories, or at least the structures associated with them, erased in an afternoon. Makes ya sick.

Yep…I spent many summers as a camper and coach with NBC camps at Silver Lake.

Tom Butler · Aug 19, 2023

............. with my kids, lots of perch , and occasional bass. Perfect weekend.

Tom Butler · Aug 19, 2023

My dol just sent me this. Tough work watching an indicator.

Blake Harmon · Sep 5, 2023

Just got back from 9 days of fishing puget sound beaches for silvers! It was a great time. I was able to hit some beaches with Stonedfly and Dimebrite, which has been a tradition going on 12 years or so. Fishing was productive, could always be better tho!

Westfly Refugee · Sep 9, 2023

Columbia chinook died this weekend and are destined for Wintertime meals.

TicTokCroc · Sep 10, 2023

I got in a cockfight, and then had to go get a tetanus shot and antibiotics because of my heart valve

brownheron · Sep 11, 2023

TicTokCroc said:
I got in a cockfight, and then had to go get a tetanus shot and antibiotics because of my heart valve

Similar experience here this weekend...

After an unfortunate bat in the bedroom experience due to a warped screen, I was in the ER getting my first round of rabies vaccinations. Just got shot #4 today. Two more to go.

mcswny · Sep 11, 2023

Thomas Mitchell said:
Similar experience here this weekend...

After an unfortunate bat in the bedroom experience due to a warped screen, I was in the ER getting my first round of rabies vaccinations. Just got shot #4 today. Two more to go.

Better than my buddy who last month had an unfortunate encounter with a bat at the bottom of the Grand Canyon on a rafting trip and had to then be helicoptered out. I don’t know the full story since I haven’t seen him in person yet.

TicTokCroc · Sep 11, 2023

Thomas Mitchell said:
Similar experience here this weekend...

After an unfortunate bat in the bedroom experience due to a warped screen, I was in the ER getting my first round of rabies vaccinations. Just got shot #4 today. Two more to go.

Ok this is really weird... I was on the phone with the weekend nurse on duty. She said my story was the second weirdest she's heard, the other was a lady that got bit by a bat

TicTokCroc · Sep 11, 2023

Those damn roosters can kick hard. Tricep was like jelly the rest of the day, swollen up, should make a nice bruise, that and the blood thinners kept it flowing for a while.

Tom Butler · Sep 11, 2023

Sounds like the otters and the bison got some new recruits.
Hope everything turns out OK.

jact55 · Sep 11, 2023

TicTokCroc said:
Those damn roosters can kick hard. Tricep was like jelly the rest of the day, swollen up, should make a nice bruise, that and the blood thinners kept it flowing for a while.

Wife made me kill all my roosters, but I don't blame her. I'd wrestle around with him every now and again and he got smart and quick, drew good blood on me a couple times. Was only a matter of time before the wife or grandkids got really hurt.
They're tuff little buggers.

Hope you heal up quick.

....and hope you turn into batman Thomas Mitchell. The world needs a hero

Josh · Sep 12, 2023

Hit up a bluegill pond a few times. Got a bike ride in. But mostly worked on cleaning the house up and having a pile of teenagers over.

For the record, ducks are more fun as pets than chickens but the eggs aren't as good.

Pink Nighty · Sep 12, 2023

Josh said:
Hit up a bluegill pond a few times. Got a bike ride in. But mostly worked on cleaning the house up and having a pile of teenagers over.

For the record, ducks are more fun as pets than chickens but the eggs aren't as good.

For the record, ducks are the worst pet I've ever had. Maintaining their water was a daily PITA, and they are the most sexually violent critter I've ever encountered. If you know, you know. If you dont, use the google. I've seen enough corkscrews for my lifetime.

Josh · Sep 12, 2023

Pink Nighty said:
For the record, ducks are the worst pet I've ever had. Maintaining their water was a daily PITA, and they are the most sexually violent critter I've ever encountered. If you know, you know. If you dont, use the google. I've seen enough corkscrews for my lifetime.

We have two ladies, so don't have the corkscrew issue. Though we still see the sexual aggression.

But they are quieter than chickens and more enjoyable to watch generally. My wife switches their little pond once or twice a week and we change their drinking water every day. It's not any more of a hassle then dealing with chicken maintenance overall.