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Happy B-day #29 son.

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Submitted by Rags on Mon, 08/09/2021 - 12:22am

You are still  my proudest accomplishment. Your mom and I are so proud of you and the man that you are.  We missed having you with us during this week in Kauai when we celebrated our anniversay, the beginning of our family, and your birthday. 

The last one in your 20s.  Hard to believe that the tow headed little toddler that I chased ducks with on the golf course and chased through McDonald's play scape tunnels in half a dozen different States is the age I was when I met you and your mom. 

Why is the world so full of idiot men?

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Submitted by Rags on Sun, 07/11/2021 - 5:30am

My DW's grade school BFF just filed for divorce from her apparently serially adulterous idiot DH of 25 years.  Serially adulterous because he apparently cheated about 7 years ago while she was going through breast cancer, a double radical mastectomy, reconstructive surgery, etc.... 

Anyway.... They sold a rental property that they had owned for years.  When it sold he agreed that she could use the profits from the sale to open a apothecary/spiritual witchy magicy business. My words, not theirs.  

Off topic not so random musings.

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Submitted by Rags on Sun, 07/11/2021 - 1:01am

My bride joined me in LV for the holiday weekend.  We had a great time.  Her flight was delayed by 5hrs due to Houston weather delays so we lost most of our first partial day together.  She ended up getting in at 10:45 PM. So.. we had a romantic dinner at Denny's then went back to my Candlewood Suite and passed out. So, no follow up to our romantic late night dinner at Denny's.

And then the sun comes up.

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Submitted by Rags on Sat, 06/05/2021 - 11:41am

I was an angry guy last night.  Wishing all kinds of misery and suffering on the individual(s) who broke into my car and stole my bag.  The bag, nor the Rx glasses, do I care about.  Two things are important to me.  My first Saudi driver's license from when I was 18, and my work product hard drive.  Make that 4 things. I just remembered that my Granddad's Masonic ring was in the bag, I am a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason so I got his ring, and my Mont Blanc pen that was a gift from a former boss.

Dirt bags need to just be shot.

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Submitted by Rags on Sat, 06/05/2021 - 3:25am

Had a long day.  My first major facility turn around since starting my new role.  Worked 12 hours today, everything went great.  I have a great team.

Left the facility, stopped at Cracker Barrel for dinner, finished dinner, walked to the parking lot to drive to my suite hotel.  Opened the drivers door, the passenger window is shattered, my pack is gone including my work laptop.  My Rx sun glasses and my backup daily wear glasses were in the bag... and ... my 1Terrabyte backup drive with 35 years of my career work product on it.

Yep, the only copy of all of that work.

13 years of STalking!

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Submitted by Rags on Fri, 05/21/2021 - 11:44pm

Woo hoo!

Happy anniversary to me.

Thanks to Dawn for this amazing place and to all the STalkers past  and present who have been such a great part of my life and made this such a dynamic community.

Enjoy the ride gang.  It can be a beautiful life if we take no crap, put  our partner, and our marriage first, and raise the kids in our home with behavioral and performance standards.

Good Luck STalker-verse.  Take care of you.

Skid milestones.

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Submitted by Rags on Fri, 05/07/2021 - 11:09am

I was so buried in job search, my nieces wedding celebration, job acceptance, and onboarding with my new company that I flashed past some great stuff in my son's life.

In mid April he reached his 10 service anniversary with the USAF.  Half way to qualifying for full military retirement.  In Oct 2020 he was promoted to E-6.  His mom and I are very proud of the man we raised together.

My manly brain farts strike again.

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Submitted by Rags on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 4:30pm

Fool

My bride asked me to get new wipers for her car and fill up her washer fluid with bug guts cleaning washer fluid.

Done!. I'm the man!  Woo hoo.

Now for the brain fart.

I pulled into the Auto Parts store for the blades and washer fluid.  The kid behind the counter pulled up the part numbers for the blades.  I payed and carried the washer fluid out while the young man remived and replaced the blades.

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