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Weekend Open Thread: Warm Weather Activities

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Water through forest. (istockphoto)

It looks like spring is sticking around in some places, with summer around the corner. Thought I’d show this photograph depicting what some people have in mind for this summer. Camping, hiking, fishing, etc.

Anybody looking forward to warm weather activities like bonfires, barbecues, hanging out at the beaches, mosquitos, ticks, etc? Enjoy your weekend everyone.

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56 thoughts on “Weekend Open Thread: Warm Weather Activities”

    1. Congrats on the forst….and remember tomorrow May the 4th be with you all!

    2. Congrats Devtun, May you be an omnipotent ruler for the week of all of us Dickweeds!

    3. Have a great air force weekend ya all.

      Back to battling the greatest flea invasion I’ve ever seen. The flea spot treatment for my cats ( Advantage II ) proved totally ineffective. Hell, it just made them mad. Apparently these strain of fleas have become resistant to this type of insecticide. Cats have PTSD – not joking. They are terrified ,and won’t get on the floor. Tried a new product called Catego bought from Amazon, and it seems to have brought relief as I’m seeing dead fleas where the cats rest. Now spraying the carpets, bedding, and couches w/ permethrin & insect growth regulator. Die ya blood sucking pos!

      2. Try some of the other spot treatments. Check the ingredients list and find one that isn’t the same as Advantage II.
        That insecticide has been used for years and some fleas have developed an immunity.
        Shampoo the carpet or call Stanley Steamer and have them come out.
        If your carpet is old I suggest stripping down to your britches, yanking it out and taking it outside to burn or wrap up in a tarp and haul it away in an open trailer if available. A laminate floor, linoleum or something like it is the best for these things.
        Not trying to be a know-it-all, just been there done that…
        Best of luck to you, I know how difficult those things are.

    1. He said earlier this week that he’d be away today, at least around the time of the WOT.

  7. Whatever-ith.

    At least I’m present and ready for the weekend.

    For Sunday, I’ll get a couple of those little Mini airplane bottles of te-kill-ya and a lime to celebrate.

    Cheers

  8. I’m going to try to get my tomatoes and strawberries in this weekend because they’ve been sitting on my porch for 2 weeks after buying them at Lowes because every time it’s still light outside and I want to get them in the ground, it rains.
    Looks like I may be able to squeeze them in this weekend and maybe some beans, Bok Choy and then like, peppers etc.

    Speaking of ticks, Here’s a trick for those of you that enjoy the outdoors. (I’m not going to say “Life hack” because for some reason, that is so overused and cliche/hipster and it just annoys the hell out of me….. *getoffmylawn!*)

    Lint Rollers… The sticky tape kind, and no it’s for people and your clothing, not your pets.

    https://realfarmacy.com/genius-tick-trick-lint-roller/

  9. Again work keeps me from being the coveted “First” on the WOT. And, again, I console myself … and you … with this week’s trivia column. As always, I hope you like it!

    DID YOU KNOW…?
    Did a game show once exist around the concept of stealing a car?
    By Commissioner Wretched

    There are many facets to writing a newspaper trivia column such as this.

    The research, of course; finding the stuff that is fascinating to as many people as possible, then verifying the details of each item.

    Preparation, writing, and the dreaming up of the commentary also takes some time.

    And, of course, the writing of the introduction.

    Some weeks that’s the hardest part. Many times it’s easy, as something falls into my lap and I get to talk about it.

    Then, there are weeks like this one, where I haven’t the slightest clue about what to say, but I say something anyway.

    (Many friends of mine would tell you I do that all the time, regardless.)

    But, as George Gobel once said, “I see by the old clock on the wall” that it’s time to get to the trivia. Thanks for helping me make another introduction to the column happen!

    Onward …

    Did you know …

    … cats are the most popular pets in North America? There are 73 million cats, compared to 63 million dogs. More than 30% of North American households own a cat. (Or, rather, the cats own the households. Dogs have owners; cats have staff.)

    … it is possible for a sound to be loud enough to kill a person? A large enough explosion, such as one caused by a meteor impact, could create a pressure wave that would be strong enough to blow the alveoli – the little spaces where gas exchange in the bloodstream takes place – out of your lungs. (Yuck!)

    … the largest locust swarm ever recorded happened in 1875 in the midwestern United States? The swarm of grasshopper-like locusts covered an area 1,800 miles long and 110 miles wide and is estimated to have held 12.5 trillion insects. Most of those in the swarm were Rocky Mountain locusts, a species that was declared extinct in 2014. (Good, because who needs locusts?)

    … there was once a game show in Russia in which the contestant had to steal a car? The show, titled “The Intercept,” aired in 1997. It was a pretty novel concept – contestants would try to “steal” a car and avoid being caught by police for 35 minutes. If the contestant was successful, he or she got to keep the car; if caught, they’d be “arrested” and taken to “jail.” The “chase” took place through the street of Moscow, and all traffic laws had to be obeyed. Real Moscow police officers were involved, and the aim of the program was to help lower the sky-high rate of auto theft. Ratings were decent, but auto theft rates remained high, so “The Intercept” was cancelled. (Considering how things were going in Russia in 1997, you have to wonder – were the losers really the winners?)

    … Antarctica is a desert? True. We normally think of deserts as hot, dry, sandy places, but of those three words only one applies – dry. To be a desert, a place must receive, on average, less than two inches of rainfall a year. The continent of Antarctica doesn’t get that much, but because it all freezes instead of melts and builds up over time, there’s a two-mile-thick ice cap on the continent.

    … the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was placed in 1958? Depending on who you ask, the first honoree was actress Joanne Woodward (born 1930), who won an Academy Award the year before for the film, “The Three Faces of Eve.” (Now, if you have $30,000 and a fan base, you too can have a star on the Walk of Fame!)

    … it is illegal to pick up seaweed off the beach in New Hampshire? (I didn’t know New Hampshire had beaches, much less seaweed.)

    … the three most landed-on spaces in the popular game Monopoly are Illinois Avenue, Go, and the B&O Railroad? (Just how do they figure that out, anyway?)

    … the can opener was invented in 1855? What makes that a fascinating fact is that the invention came some 83 years after the invention of the tin, or metal, can, in 1772. Originally, food cans were pretty tough and robust items, often weighing more than the food contained inside them. Instructions on those cans advised using a hammer and chisel to cut around the top to open them. (Build a better can opener and the world will hammer and chisel a path to your door.)

    … radios and televisions in North Korea do not have tuning dials? Built along government-enforced lines, the radios and televisions are pre-set to official government channels. Stations cannot be changed under penalty of imprisonment or death.

    … the first four nations to have regular television service were Germany, England, the United States, and the Soviet Union? Germany began regular low-definition television broadcasting in 1929, but sound wasn’t added until 1934. The first U.S. stations went on the air in 1928, but regular broadcasting wasn’t authorized until July of 1941 – and were shut down five months later after the country entered World War II. British television broadcasts started in 1929 with regular (but limited) broadcasts in 1930. The Soviet Union started testing TV in 1931 with regular service in 1932. (And, from then to now – there’s nothing worth watching on any of them.)

    … it is considered an insult if you leave a tip for a server at a restaurant in Iceland? (Here it’s considered an insult if you don’t leave a tip!)

    Now … you know!

    1. … it is considered an insult if you leave a tip for a server at a restaurant in Iceland? (Here it’s considered an insult if you don’t leave a tip!)

      Same in Japan, except you’re telling the chef to go back to school.

    1. I had the opportunity to meet him a couple of years ago. He was the most soft spoken, gentle, and kind person I’ve ever met. He had a real passion for his fans and my heart goes out to his wife Angie and their children.

  13. Summer??? Ha! I’d be happy if spring got underway for realz in my neck of the woods (Southeast Michigan). It’s 50 degrees or less for the umpteenth day. Even the sunny days so far have not been warm for the most part. “Hottest year evah!!”?? “Global warming!!”? Huh.. Riiiiight. Several years back I’d have had the boat out for bass fishing several times already, and my wife and I would have started our morning bike rides in March.

    Spring ain’t sprung here!

    1. Seems like it’s going to go straight from deep freeze to oven with about two weeks of Seattle.

      Does not bode well for work schedules and outages.

  14. Well, some days here have been warmer than usual, some cooler than usual, and still others kinda typical. So, spring has sprung here but hasn’t taken up complete residence yet.

  15. Later this month I’m adopting my stepdaughter. She final agreed since now it’s just me, her, and her daughter. First week of June I’m taking them to Pagosa Springs for a week of fishing, kayaking, horseback riding, and just getting the hell away. This weekend I’ll be planting tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant. All heirlooms, grown from seed, most from other countries. Also planting beans, carrots, beets and other stuff.

    1. Congratulations on your upcoming family Sea Dragon. A lot of love there for that to happen. God bless you and your family and have a safe vacation.

    2. Oh how I love Pagosa Springs! I’m an old Colorado boy, born and raised! I could tell you some great spots to go fishing up in the Yampa Valley! Enjoy your trip!!!

    4. Have never been closer than “crashed into the side of a feed store in downtown Pagosa Springs”. (A reliable friend informed me in the ’70s that there WAS no feed store in downtown Pagosa Springs.)

      1. Although Wolf Creek Pass could be treacherous.

        Was driving down it one night at a pace far beyond what I should have when the headlights just went out for no reason.

        Three seconds and a half million pounds of load in my pants later, they just as mysteriously came back on.

        I took it VERY easy all the way to NM.

        1. Some folks did notice, though. And commented about it before you did…not that it really matters. So, if you want it, you got it. Unless that is against the rules. Which it might be.

          Who knows?

          1. It would not be a clean win and cause me to forever be an asterisk.
            Nobody wants that.

  17. Here with my slow phone connection.

    Rain in the AO.

    Going to a wedding rehearsal at which I am officiating, pretty well defines all our weekend activities, but that is fine.

    Enjoy your weekend, all.

  19. If it doesn’t rain this Saturday it’s Ocean’s one in down town Delray Beach and Sunday rain or shine in Avantis at Winston Trails in Lantana, Fl. to dance to Doowopp Vinnie’s 1950’s songs.

  20. So,this afternoon I commenced playing small time farmer once again. Spread a lotta bug killer so them fleas and ticks are gonna be DEAD. Graveyard DEAD.

    Out

  22. LATE

    OVER!

    Damn, springtime finally! My Iris are blooming, I’m happy (old) kid!
    They were mom’s favorite flower and I think of her every time I see them.
    Disfruta tu fin de semana, dickweeds!

    2. Joe “hairplugs” Biden wants to Make America GROPE Again!!!

  26. Someone questioned Richard McKinney’s Muslim friend on his Bullshit. The Gentleman in turn asked McKinney about it and Dick the reformed doubled down with the secret Squirrel tactic.
    His response was:
    “But in the ’80’s there was a transition going on that changed a lot of things; in the end for the better. Reagan was President, the Soviet Union dissolved and we were pulling “ADVISERS” out of Afghanistan. Because of this the military structure in itself was changing (because the Russians were not considered a threat anymore). This is the time frame that my military career went into full swing. I impressed the right people, and ask for the right opportunities. Looking back now I wish I would of just been one of those Marines or Soldier the gentlemen mentioned, but I was not. I pay for my decisions everyday, and am very ashamed of what I have done in the past.”

    I remember the dude had the temperament and Common sense of a day old boiled cabbage. He wasn’t Spec ops or Scout Sniper type material at all much less CIA.

    1. I had to Google this a-hole’s name as I had already forgotten it. Anyone who converts to Islam, or as I like to call it “slamonazi-ism,” is deluded or otherwise mentally ill. Like VOV said on another thread: Sure, let’s believe Mighty Mo ascended to Heaven on a winged horse with a human head (or words to that effect).

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