Let me tell you about Beagles.

Once upon a time there was two Roughneck brothers working on the same crew. And the younger brother had a pack of Beagles and couldn't hide his excitement because he had just gotten a new Beagle puppy. And the older brother said he just didn't get it. He already had five Beagles why the hell would he want one more? And the younger brother said when we get back to the house I will show you. And when they did the younger brother loaded up his pack of Beagles and came out of the house with two shotguns and they went out in the brush country.

Because here's the thing about Beagles. You just turn them loose and they put their noses on the ground until they pick up a rabbit sent. Then their tails with the white tips go straight up in the air like a flag. They follow the scent until they jump the rabbit and start chasing it baying with their tails still in the air. And that is because when chased rabbits run in a circle. So all you have to do is just stand in one place with your shotguun and when y0u hear and see the dog coming chasing the rabbit you shoot the rabbit with the shotgun as it runs by.But the older brother wasn't clear on that, watched the rabbit run by, pulled the trigger and shot the dog.

And here's another thing about Beagles. They love life and die hard making a lot of noise and all you can do is kneel near them and talk to them because in that situation if you reach out and try to touch them they will probably bite you. So it took a littler time for the Beagle to finally expire.

Needless to say that was very traumatic so the bothers went to the bar. Or at least it was traumatic for the younger br0other who was just sitting head down all depressed at the bar drinking heavenly and mourning his dog. While the older brother was doing what he always did, laughing and joking shooting pool and being obnoxious.. And when someone asked what was wrong with his brother he said nothing he's just carrying on because I accidentally shot his dog

But then about midnight the older brother said he needed a ride. But not to his house. He wanted him to drop him off at the mourning tour driller's house where the cute little brunette with fairly big and t very firm tits was all alone. And told his bro9ther to tell the driller to pick him up there in the morning.

Unbeknownst to any of them, however, on that particular night the morning tour driller told his derrick hand to drive the crew to the rig and he drove out in his car alone. Then come daylight the morning tour driller told the tool pusher he needed to get off work a little early. And since they just had the kelly tuning to the right the tool pusher said Ok.

Now the mourning tour driller was one of those corn fed farm boys. Which would make him about 6 feet tall and 300 pounds. They are not known for quickness so when he hit the front door the older brother had enough time to jump out the window and make a run for the crew car where his driller was waiting for him.

By all accounts the older brother had enough of a lead on the morning tour driller to make it to the crew car, jump in the back seat and they could speed off. But just as the older brother was reaching for the door handle the younger brother who was still head down all depressed over his dog and was also in the backseat managed to pick his head up just enough to reach over and lock the door.


I can tell you a couple things about that. If you are going out on the daylight tour first thing in the morning the last thing you want is to have to make any sudden moves, You just want to relax, sip your coffee, and ease into the day. But you have to have a full crew and a motor hand and sure as fuck don't have time to drop anyone off at the hospital. So the driller and crew jumped out and got the farm boy off their motor hand, threw him in the backseat and took off.

And the other thing is if you are stuck in the backseat 0f crew car and one of the hands is bleeding that's just gross. So you try to pile them up slouching against the door so they can bleed on themselves. It was about a half hour drive to the rig and the older brother spent all of it just crumpled up against the door bleeding and groaning. But just as they were pulling onto the location the older brother did manage to squint the one eye he could kind of get open looked at his younger brother and said Listen, I am sorry I sh0t your dog.

You should be the younger bro9ther said. And don't ever do it again

So the moral of the story is if you have a Beagle you can actually come to love that dog more than your fucking brother.

 

Just thinking, back years ago I used to live alongside a guy we called Blind Charlie, and yeah, he was blind . He lived with a nice lady, a sort of barroom lady, older worn out, but she took care of him. He was on full military pension. He lost his eye sight in Italy, when he was 18, stepped on a land mine.
If he heard anyone out in the morning he'd talk ..if it was sunny, he'd ask you "What's the sky looked like." Wanted to know if there were puffy white clouds....He was a nice guy, it didn't seem fair...but shit happens.

 

Damn, I am glad to be back in my nice leather chair!

 

Why do I have so many Canadian dimes

 

I don't understand people want to talk shit and treat me like garbage but when it's my turn they don't like it

 

Welcome to the forum, @Jh2

 

After spending close to 60 years in a town of about 500 with more dirt streets than paved I can assure you I was not looking forward to learning how to drive in the city. But its not a big city. They have really good streets and traffic control. Now about everyone does drive like they have some place to get crowding the speed limit or a little above and don't suffer sightseeing old farts lightly. But one thing my wife and I noticed was sort of a local custom. A lot of the streets are just one lane in both directions. So when people would pull up to a traffic light or stop sign they would crowd to the left center line as much as possible. That way even though there wasn't a lane there if someone needed to turn right they can slip past you and make their turn while you are waiting. We thought that was pretty damn cool and do it too.

But its also a place with some pretty unique bumper stickers. My wife pointed one she thought was pretty funny "Certified Youtube Mechanic." But I found one I liked better. "If you are going to ride my ass at least pull my hair."

 

Geez... I feel like a total underachiever - I don't even have one 'shell company'.

But I have no money to hide and launder, so I guess I don't need one - or 26 or 27...

 

I really must try a 5 guys burger at some point - Somehow I seem to have missed the boat.

 

Is it just in my end
But recently, all the vertical pics
Are showing very condensed??

 

This juice is so-so

 

It’s such a shame that peonies only bloom for such a short time… I love them!

 

@Jack Mine
Nope I’m serious
Here’s just one of several screen captures for example:



The original isn’t condensed
I just noticed this recently
Not that it should matter but
When I’m here I’m mostly on my iPhone. -just sayin’

 

It’s nice to see the return of the old storyteller, I am filled with hope for us all.

 

Hula hooping without a bra on is probably not a good idea.