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SCOTUS was not in session when I was there. That would ahve been really fun to do. Black History museum has really good southern fried chicken and cornbread, and the works. It is really good, I highly recommend it.

Regarding the roof, they replaced 25 plywood sections. My roofline is unique which poses issues. They added venting to…[Read more]

You’re welcome. Thew Georgetown area has the best food. Downtown is very commercial, not much special about it. I wasn’t aware the black history museum served food. I’ll have to try it next time I’m there. DC has the best subway system.

Was SCOTUSN in session when you were there? I know you can get in to observe, but I don’t know if you need…[Read more]

Thank you, Easter was good. We came back from DC the night before. We ate at Pizza Paradiso and the Thai place you recommended in Georgetown. Both were excellent. Also, the Black History Museum has the best food, really good.

We had a tour of the Capitol and White House and those were both good. We went to the Air and Space Museum on…[Read more]

78 became 87on Saturday.

Happy Easter, No.2 son hosted brunch our family as well as his wife’s family. Great day at 75, kept the kids outside, all 18 of them.

Finally, 78F tomorrow.

I hate having to replace roofing. No one ever tells you yo0u have a beautiful roof and they are not cheap to replace. That was one of first things we had done here. Sections had 3 layers which was totally unexpected. Fortunately, the sub roof was in good shape. They replace a single 34″x24″ area. Most of it is 3/4″ tongue and groove pine…[Read more]

My roof is being replaced right now. They have found some issues that I told them about. so that is good confirmation. Our neighbor owns the company and he was the low bidder word.

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Out here the cod and ling like really cold water so the best time to catch them is in winter when they move closer to shore. In
summer they’ll be at the 300 foot depth and it takes forever to bring them up. They pool up off Massachusetts, Cape Cod, of course.

Yeah, lingcod is pretty good eating, ugly fish. But they are a bottom fish that they can catch right off the jetty. In fact, my son’s friend went spearing the next day there and got lingcod that looked over 2 ft long. From the picture it looks 3 ft, but I don’t want to be accused of telling a fish story word.

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I’ve had days like that. Catch everything but what you went for. Interesting, we have ling and cod out here, but no lingcod. All 3 are different fish, though the lingcod has a dorsal fin somewhat similar to the ling. Cod are one best eating fished in the ocean. Not ling, fatty and oily. I always throw them back. Both ling and cod are…[Read more]

I went fishing at Westport WA. My son wanted to spearfish and I cast from the jetty. It was pretty much a bust. First day we didn’t get started before we finished. He lost his mask right away. My reel wouldn’t cast. It was my father’s old setup and I guess it doesn’t work. Anyway we went to Big 5 and got a new mask and rod and reel.…[Read more]

4 days of PNW weather over here. On and off rain, fog and low 40 temps. Not a hint of sunshine.

I agree with you on the 6th Covid year, bad idea all around; however, I would have favored giving the seniors that missed their final NCAA tournament an added year, but nooooo those seniors were specifically excluded from the added year.

I don’t like that Starocci got the chance for 5 titles. I don’t like that anyone has a 5th year, that;s just not right. Hendrickson was the logical choice in my opinion.

I’ll let you know how the fishing goes word.

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I’m with you, fish off the rocks. I still freeze in wet suit and it doesn’t have to be winter runoff.

I was surprised Hendrickson got the Hodge. I thought Starocci would get the award given his 5 titles, but Hendrickson had more pins, and that huger upset of Steveson.

My wife is increasing the size of our garden. Plus putting in a deer fence. We were able to get 3 posts in. Our ground apparently was either a glacier field or they filled the ground with river rock. We bought an auger and it keeps bucking on rocks big and little. We have to use a trenching shovel to get the rocks out. 6-8 inch long.…[Read more]

Crazy weather day. 60n overnight then a high of 82 at 3 PM, dropped to 70 by 6:30 pm, not unexpected. At 6:45 we were down to 54as the wind from the north blew in. 7:15 it was 45. From a T and shorts to sweatshirt and sweatpants.

Yeah, that’s right in your backyard! Should be fun.

My best friend in college did the same playing flag football and softball. Big scar. I don’t know if he can tell the weather but I believe it. My mom could tell when the weather was changing and was 100% correct. Somehow she could sense the barometric pressure changes. She had…[Read more]

I never had the chance. I tear my ACL second as a freshman in HS. They didn’t have the surgical technique the have today. I still have a 7″ scar where they went in and cleaned me up. The knee was never the same and the docs advised I quit the sport. My knee still gives me a weather report for rain in the forecast. Aches like heck just prior…[Read more]

I agree about Taylor. He took a program that wasn’t supposed to be top 5 and made them top 5. I’d say he did a great job this year. He will have to keep it up and improve next year to solidify his status I think.

Looking forward to Vegas. I used to go when I did Veterans wrestling and that was a fun time. I really enjoyed being there…[Read more]