SEPTEMBER 19,2012----i have a great plan for the pond (mirror) open the gates today and drain the pond until next april then put a hoe in the pond, then put a conveyor belt system across harmon field and load trucks then dump it somewhere close so folks can come and get the mud for free---wow how easy and probably not more than 100 thousand sure the hell wouldn't pay 2 to 5 mil are they out of their minds, same thing with the tree that fell cut it off at the stump tow it across the river and cut it up in shallow water, then haul it away.... but oh no things have so studied.... mind boggling is it....

have a nice day....

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012----went to the doc today for a small check up, been having headaches and the doc thinks that it is sinus swelling so we will see what drugs will do, also blood pressure is good 122/70 and everything else seems ok....

went to gear peddler today and put a bike trainer thing away for pickup on the first just more exercise to go with swimming....

and last nite when i got home i took the radiator out of the rig for fixing and i think i found the oil loss problem the timing chain cover is leaking really bad so sat i will fix it????

good smokey day to you....

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012----just got back from MARK KITZMAN'S memorial, met his parents such good people-----very sad about his death!!!!

have a good weekend....

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012----worked on the rig on saturday replace pan gaskets what a hassle....

sunday did the drive to lake simtustus for lunch at roxy's cafe, such a great place for food and relaxation, you should go there....

today coming to work had to stop and replace the fuel filters and then i ran out of gas at the redmond athletic club what a pisser....oh well crap happens and it's fun....

enjoy the day....

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012----well it looks like the fix is working as of rite now no leaks under the jeepster, but had a low tire today and they are brand new so tomorrow i will stop by cts tires in redmond and see if we can fix the tire....to bad we just don't ride horses cause if they break down we just shoot em....

hunting starts on the 6th so another year with my best friend ZO the hunt master and he is so ready....

good day to all...

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012----so i just read about the three pyranee dogs that were killed by bow hunters  a couple of weeks ago----are you FRICKING KIDDING me how is it even possible that these turds would do such a thing and say that they thought they were wild dogs chasing elk----they should be in jail and their hunting rights and guns taken away forever....

had  a nail in my front left tire this morning so i took the rig to cts tires and they fixed me up --thank you cts tires....

good weather through the weekend enjoy....

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012----sure am grumpy today, my time of the month....

can you believe how time flies by 2012 is almost over....

check out aol for the new romney crap about him and bain capitol, if he becomes president we are all screwed....

have a great thursday....

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012----goin to the painted hills tomorrow and then to priest hole and then to ashwood, should be a nice day....

have a good weekend....

OCTOBER 1, 2012----had a great weekend on saturday i was going to go to the coast but fuel prices nixed that trip so i went to the painted hills then preist hole then ashwood and then home great drive....

hunting starts this weekend so i will hunting for pheasants with scott and mike and then i will take 6 wednesday's off for mid week hunting...zo is so ready for this year....

still another 8 days or so of good weather so enjoy....

OCTOBER 2, 2012----just got an invite to go to seattle tomorrow and see MADONNA, think i'm going to get to go will be a long drive to and from but what the hell i'm young????

good day to you all....

OCTOBER 3, 2012----did not go to see MADONNA, my friend who invited me was very ill and this was not a good idea for her health and i mean she is really not good serious cold, so get better....

nice and cool this morning, sbout time....

i think the oil problem is fixed on the jeepster....

smile today and make yourself happy....

OCTOBER 4, 2012----wow the debate last nite in my opinion what a couple of turds....and what romney said about opb that he is tired of borrowing money from china to fund opb--are you fricking kidding me all the money that the gov. spends comes from china--STOP GIVING OUR MONEY TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND STOP STUPID SPENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

have a great day....

OCTOBER 5, 2012----opening day of upland bird season tomorrow so i'm a goin huntin with scott and mike and ZO  is ready....

have a good weekend....

OCTOBER 8, 2012----scott, mike and i went hunting on saturday and we didn't even see any pheasants, bummer but we still had a good day out, saw two very beautiful bucks 5pt and 4pt--wow....

today i feel like crap i am getting a cold and it will be a bad one cause of the way i feel rite now, have not had a cold in probably 10 years or more, so today it is a caca day....

might not be here tomorrow and wed is a vaca day for hunting hope i feel better....

enjoy the temps....

OCTOBER 9, 2012----out sick....

OCTOBER 10, 2012---vaca day hunting ?????

OCTOBER 11, 2012----boy o boy did i get hit hard by a head cold--sudafed really works not that zicam crap....

yes i did hunt yesterday with scott and mike and we took marty  with us so he could fish the john day, no luck for us....

feel much better today, thank you sudafed....

weather is changin so enjoy today....

OCTOBER 12, 2012----wow new windows (plastic) in the jeepster i can see again as i drive it had been 10 years, thank you red hot interiors....

hunting tomorrow damn rain....

good weekend to all....

OCTOBER 15, 2012----hunting on saturday and mike, scott, and i got skunked again, zo did not want to hunt with us so he hunted on his own as we see the birds fly away....

felix took the big jump from space--WOW--

sure is nice to be able to see out of the windows of the jeepster....

is there snow on the mountains????

good day to you....

OCTOBER 16, 2012----goin huntin tomorrow, should be a great day....

OCTOBER 17, 2012----day off for hunting....

OCTOBER 18, 2012----what fantastic day yesterday, got 2 roosters and zo was excellant and the day was beautiful, nothing beats spending the day i a great spot with your hunting dog companion and friend....

warm today enjoy....

OCTOBER 19, 2012----after work this evening mike and i are going to nyssa, over by ontario, to hunt tomorrow and it's a good huntin spot private land couple hundred acres of corn and sugar beets....

could have some snow next week, cnn weather says that this year will be below normal weather--another el nino thing, good we need a warm winter before a nasty one hits....remember the winters that there was a couple of weeks of 20 below temps oh how i wish that would happen again----

be safe this weekend----

OCTOBER 22, 2012----good hunting in nyssa on saturday,when we drove up to the landowners house we saw so many pheasants, we hit the first field and zo was on a little runabout and he shook up five roosters and a couple of hens then we walked up the first draw and zo was on point and i got the first rooster of the day, we hunted in the corn stubble and there were pheasants everywhere, zo again on point and of course another rooster came up and i brought up my gun and fired but nothing happend so i jacked in another round and fired nothing happened and the third shot missed cause the bird was to far away, after inspecting the two rounds that did not fire--they were duds, and the firing pin had hit them both, there were firing pin dimples in each round--bummer....then we went to another corn field and i got another rooster and a chucker what a great day....

enjoy the day....

OCTOBER 23, 2012----damn it's cold today,really got a hankerin to go back to the tropics but that thought is always in my head--maybe someday----

huntin tomorrow with scott and maybe mike----

good day----

OCTOBER 24, 2012----day off hunting----

OCTOBER 25, 2012----another rooster yesterday, total so far this season 6 birds 6 times out-that's good....and what a beautiful day on the john day....

goin up to grass valley sat. with mike and scott, we will hunt on the boundary of the oregon raceway....

good day....

OCTOBER 26, 2012----another weekend upon us and of course i will be hunting tomorrow, hope it stays nice at least for the hunt, don't like hunting in the rain....

since ZO is now 10 this could be the last year i will hunt depends on him for next year, always said when he passes i not hunt anymore-let the birds live....

jeepster is really running great, so happy i put the new engine in....

good weekend to all....

OCTOBER 29, 2012----how would you like to be on the east coast today or tomorrow, personally i would dig it, love the storms....

had a good hunt on saturday i did not get any birds nor did mike but it was scott's b-day and he got 2 birthday birds--happy birthday scott----

this week will be fairly mild temps so i hope wednesday's hunting will be nice and not raining....

good day----

OCTOBER 30, 2012----so the superstorm hit and it hit big, including the bounty, it sunk and the cap is missing, watched cnn, and i must say the reporters are some dumb asses but gotta get that story....

hunting tomorrow....

have a good one or two or three etc....

OCTOBER 31, 2012----happy halloween, i'm huntin today....

NOVEMBER 1, 2012----what a great day yesterday no pheasants but did shake up a couple to far away to shoot still wonderful day had a fire, cooked some soup and hotdogs over the fire and the peace of the day was great, thought about the folks in the east dealing with the crap and i'm hunting....

good day....

NOVEMBER 2, 2012----nice to live in a place where we only have to worry about volcanos and earthquakes and never worry about the crap that hit the east coast....

another weekend is upon us and i will be hunting just on the other side of condon should be good for a bird or two????

good weekend to all....

NOVEMBER 5, 2012----good weekend- went over on the otherside of condon for hunting and zo was great but my 20 gauge is sort of broken, firing pin is not firing off the rounds, zo is on point and a big rooster gets up and my gun goes click, click, and the the third round goes off but bird has flown out of range, so today i took my gun to randy wills (the rifle shop), his dad is tom wills so from father to son gun business and they are really good at fixing guns....

then on the way home i got a rooster in the road seems like it hit a car and was just dazed so zo was on point from the car and i let him out to get the bird and he did, so now i have 7 for the year....

warm today and tomorrow enjoy....

NOVEMBER 6, 2012----damn it's nice outside. hunting again tomorrow  because it is wednesday, might get to go shooting with gary lewis tomorrow near fossil....

glad the political crap will be over for at three years until the reb's try again to get into the white house????

have a good warm day....

NOVEMBER 7, 2012----day off--hunting

NOVEMBER 8, 2012----good day yesterday saw 8 roosters but of couse they flew too far to shoot at still good day....

can't seem to shake a cold that i have for a month, actually the cold was on 48 hours but the plugged head and cough are still around and i've been very tired, oh well....

cold out today and for the next few days so enjoy winter could be here....

NOVEMBER 9, 2012----hunting tomorrow near heppner, should get at least one bird or maybe two???? still it will be a good day....

is winter here????

now i want to move to florida or the south pacific....

drive safe and have a good weekend....

april 20,2012----happy birthday dad....

april 19, 2012----goin to be a great weekend warm and sunny so enjoy cause it will probably snow next week....

tonite is the first last bans standing for 2012 at the century center i wam hosting tonite should be fun....

also skiers and golfers check out our website for the contest to win a race and ace package for four, i did this for three years and it is a good time and great food....

vaca day tomorrow goin to spend the weekend with my folks dad's b-day 88....

april 18, 2012----ted nugent what an IDIOT, i'm talking about what he said at the NRA conference, prediction----his album sales will go but his live apperances will go way down because nobody will want to be associated with him or his thoughts....ted go live in the woods and stay there!!!!

my dads b-day is friday so i am taking the day off and going to olympia, coming back on sunday----88yrs. old wow, my mom is 88 also....

my dad's dad live to 94 and my mom's mom lived to 90....

how long will get????

april 17, 2012----watched the shuttle discovery fly to d.c. on top of a 747 this morning how fricking cool is that....when i was working the north american pro ski tour in 1989 i was a t snow summit east of LA, as i was preparing the race course i heard a rumble in the sky and i looked up and there was a 747 hauling a shuttle from calif. to florida another fricking cool event....

i don't care if the feds raise the taxes on the rich i just want them to lower mine and everyone elses who only make 36,000 or less a year, why should we huff the bill, really a shame that alot of us work and live day to day and are only one step (small) from being homeless....

april 16, 2012----had a good weekend....

the fridge in the apartment above my garage went on the blink on friday so sat. was a search for a fridge and i got one from habitat in madras 70.00 nice fridge i walked it home on a handtruck 7 blocks with a small hill and low and behold i strained my back to where i really couldn't move hurt like a mother, and on sunday it was tough, had to work on the jeepster with a painful back then i took some ibu and it was all good, delvin and i put on the original bumper and found where the exhausts leaks were (three exhaust gaskets failed) and i fixed them today....

taking friday off and going to olympia for my dads b-day....

april 13, 2012----friday the 13th are you superstitious????

have a good weekend....

april 12, 2012----my dad's b-day is coming up next friday so i think i will take the day off and go up to olympia where my mom and dad live should be a good weekend we always go to a casino for gambling and dinner which is usually free because of the points my mom earns very cool for them....

talking to a friend in san fran this morning and we were talking about dec 21 2012 when it's goin to end but we all know that ain't goin to happen??????????????anyway we got to talking about the people who are getting ready for the end,you know provisions and bunkers, a part of me say's i hope something happens so that maybe the human race might be put on a course of peace and love between all................wishfull thinking..............

april 11, 2012----politics-santorum out but i have a prediction romney/santorum pres and vp on the the ticket...next prediction hillary 2016 she will win....

april 10, 2012----just talked to a friend in tampa (florida) and it is 84 and sunny oh how i wish i was there on the beech checkin out the babes in bikinis.....................

april 9,2012----went skiing on sat beautiful day skied with mike e. again i really miss skiing on a daily basis gotta do it again maybe next year but i've been saying that for a couple of years now so one of these years i will ski everyday again....

i was talking to a friend the other day and i mentioned that the republicans are hoping the economy stays in the tank so they have a better chance of winning and today that same conversation was on cnn....freaky....

all countries should fail so we can start over and get things on the right track for all....

april 5, 2012----got a summons for jury duty yesterday....

april 6, 2012----looks i will be doing time as a juror in jefferson county, should be interesting....

on the fence about skiing tomorrow, for me to go up it should be a no cloud day, ya know what i mean, skied too many days in crappy weather need the sunshine....

have a good weekend....

april 4, 2012----still looking good for skiing sat. that could change....

tornados yesterday in texas and some film of shipping trailers flying through the air really amazing footage a little hard to see but check it out on the news....

do you what insider trading is? it is against the law for the public to get inside info and then act on it to gain but and i mean big butttttttt the congress and senators all can use inside info for their gain again but we can't so anyway they are now passing a bill that says they can't do it either....ABOUT FRICKIN TIME....as i have asked before WHEN WILL IT STOP, THE STUFF THAT OUR POLITICIANS DO....

april 3, 2012----controversy with one of the big winners,a person went to buy the tickets for everyone and then they win or someone wins and then it all gets nasty,see should be played for entertainment purposes only....

i have not read this story but i heard some snipits on cnn this morning about a fellow who bought a ticket and then got hit by lightning, remember better chance of lightning hitting you than winning a lottery....

oh and palin was co-hosting today this morning glad i do not watch the show, to me she is not a good human....my opinion....

still thinking about skiing sat with scott, depends on weather....

april 2, 2012----maybe this coming weekend will be nice and i'll go skiing on saturday, fingers crossed....

didn't do much over the weekend, cold and windy so stayed in the house and did the tv thing....

if i was the boss of the university that had the riots over the weekend because their team won I WOULD FORFET THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TONITE JUST TO THEACH THEM A LESSON IN RIGHT....how crazy can the kids be so they just blew it for the team and school....it was not just a few bad apples it was the whole orchard....

march 30, 2012----have a good weekend.............

march 29, 2012----i wish i was on the jet blue plane where the pilot flipped out just to see the excitement, i think it's great that he was locked out of the flight cabin and the passengers took him down how bizzare, it is a very stressfull job and dealing with travelers is very hard i know i was in the industry dealing with touristists and i might say there were many times i could have gone off on someone....

tomorrow i'm winning the big one????????????????????????????????????????????????????....

march 28, 2012----i'm going to win the 500 mil this friday, oh how i wish....would be gone forever travelling the world....

march 27, 2012----well odfw killed a whole family of cougars in the last few days and i am so against this. the people can just move if they are scared....

i remember some years ago a woman who live up above bend on awbrey butte did not like deer eating her flowers so she wanted odfw to kill them....

a shame that criminals are not treated the same as cougars....

march 26, 2012----had an ok weekend did some deep cleaning in my house, split firewood about a cord so tired to stay busy....

i have to sell a couple of my guns-----i will sell one of my 22 rifles they are both winchester model 61 takedown hammerless, one shoots long rifle only and the other one shoots shorts, longs and long rifle. the other gun is a colt challenger serial number 5112-c and it is fully engraved, 22 long rifle semi auto pistol and i will start the negotiations at a very high price so i will get what they are worth....bummer....

march 23, 2012----for saying kind words about the trayvan martin death the prez is takeing some serious crap limbaugh and lars larson really a shame that talk radio is so full of hate and bull s----....love to do talk radio with only factual information about the problems we are facing in america and the world, try to make it positive and thought expanding....

got hit hard by taxes this year made to much last but i'm still in the proverty zone....

have a good weekend....lunch sat at roxy's cafe lake simtustus/pelton park check it out great place for lunch....

march 22, 2012----well the sun is out good thing....talked to a buddy last nite, and he told me a kid t-bone him while he was driving his porsche,,,bummer chip,be tough with the insurance people....

drove the jeepster today, when the suns out it's really warm in the rig....

still looking for meter rods .049/1000's....but my friend sent me a couple of web sites that might have them....

march 21, 2012----six inches of snow in madras this morning thank you city for doing the roadways (not).... good drive down though and hiway 20 is closed at hog rock avalanche....

now that it is spring we will get alot of snow....

and mt b is going to a 4 day schedule sucks if have a season pass....corporate crap....

march 20, 2012----if you really look into the true facts about the keystone pipeline you will find that the rebublicans are liars, the pipeline will not be 20,000 jobs nor will the oil be for the U. S. it will be sold on the world market so that means our fuel costs will not come down....check it out....so i don't understand how they can blame the prez....if romney becaomes president we are all screwed....

march 19, 2012----sat went to sisters to have lunch at hardtails,had buger and fries and it was good and the fries are just the way i like them, took the back way to sisters over billy chinook and then down the east side of green ridge great drive lots of wirldlife....

over the past couple of months i have made contact with friends from a long time ago and just last friday talked to a friend from 35 years ago so cool to make these contacts just to see how their lives have grown....

march 16, 2012----drove the jeepster today, such a nice ride looks like crap still it drives nice and runs good with the new engine....

have a good weekend....

march 15, 2012----for me today is one of those days where i shouldn't leave the house, i'm sure you have had those kind of days....

march 14, 2012----love working here, very often we have food from different restaurants and today it was kelly d's irish pub and what great food corned beef and cabbage with taters....

76 in new york today and 81 in miami and for us it's a normal day in c.o.....

march 13, 2012----wow big wind last nite....

lots of crap in the news today, a neighborhood security officer shot an killed boy who only had a bag of skittles, taliban is going to behead americans because of the 16 killings that's some double standards, they can kill with car bombs innocent people and nobody beheads them, let me at em....

isn't news wonderful....

on a lighter note i think i will go to the arenacross this sat nite should be fun....

narch 12, 2012----did not go skiing on sat, got up early and went see if i could see the mountain and the clouds were on it so i will go skiing in two weekd , it will nice then....

friends from florida called sat and said the diving has been good and they were sailing down to the dry tortugas south of key west, that is a place i have always wanted go....

march 9, 2012----still could go skiing tomorrow with guppy who is an ex ski instructor at mt b way back in 1990 or so depends on the weather....

nice day today and don't forget to go forward with the time this weekend....

and have a good weekend....

march 8, 2012----nice day 64 rite now 2:15, skiing would have been good today still might go on sat the weather looks better....

daylite time this weekend the best day of the year....

march 7, 2012----well i was going to ski on sat but now it looks like it's goin to rain--damn--

watched a movie this morning call "man of the year" with robin williams, good movie and i have often thought that since we have computer voting machines, someone could program the computer to fix the election--check out the movie....

also you should watch "3 days of the condor and mr smith goes to washington" all about politics and oil....

march 5, 2012----nice weekend, fiddled around the house doing cleaning and chores, went to the casino saturday at 5pm only took 20.00 and i won 30.00 profit and then like a dummy i put it right back into the slot machine instead of putting gas in my car, always playing for the dream....

think i will ski this saturday up at mt. b.

march 6, 2012----had a great lunch and visit with a gal that i knew 42 years ago, she was a lifeguard at the country club in k. falls and i was a caddie, she has lived in prineville for 30 years....

12 advertisers have now stopped doing business with the rush limbaugh show, hope soon he will be off the air....

march 2, 2012----goin to be a nice weeknd 55 on sunday so get your butttttts outside and do something....

have a good one....

march 1, 2012----rush limbaugh is a pig ( in my opinion) i only to a few minutes but never again he is a hate mongor and aggitator, i would rather watch wwe wrestling or i would even listen to top 40....

50's for the weekend....

february 29, 2012----answer this question. how is it obama's fault that gas is so high? listen to that freak who is speaker of the house what a turd....

is it not just sickning what these people say, have to blame someone....

february 28, 2012----boy time flies when you're old feb is over....on cnn this morning a report that gas companies in the states are selling gas to foreign countries because we are in a glut of fuel..............WOW.............the rat bastards, economic terrorism...............

we need to stop driving all together--start walking and riding bikes...........

february 27, 2012----had an okay weekend.... did eagle watch yesterday it was great, yurt booths for education and there were a good number of folks, big fire and free lunch, what a view of the dam and people were excited when they saw an eagle, for me i know where i can  see eagles everyday, but it was good lunch, hot dogs and donuts....

what a drive today came down early and the roads were very slick and of course a lot of drivers are stupid when it comes to snow and ice driving....

when i was 17 i had a crush on a gal that was 21 and i found out on sat that see lives in prineville and is single....................

february 24, 2012----have a good weekend....

february 23, 2012----have you ever seen the movies MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON and THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR....

last nite mr smith was on TCM, how true this movie is....

three days you should watch just for the last conversation between cliff robertson and robert redford.

watch them both....

february 22, 2012----had a fairly rough day yesterday just felt like crap....

3.55 for fuel on monday and today 3.75. where does our oil come from 49% from the U.S. and the rest basically from mexico and canada but it's bought and sold on the world market so now the stick is getting jammed up out rearends....

the pipeline that is wanted by the canadien company will not do a damn thing to lower the price so NO WAY should that pipeline be built.

february 21, 2012----out ill today

february 20, 2012----boy wouldn't it be nice if someday we all wake up to the news saying it's all good in the world, no more crap and we all live in harmony, what is going on rite now with the middle eastern countries and the rest of the world is just to much, gather your guns and ammo cause the crap is going to hit the fan and probably sooner than we think....

february 17, 2012----another week finished....might go on a drive tomorrow to see how the jeepster is on the road....

have a good weekend....

february 16, 2012----o k now things about whitney houston are going to far--showing the funeral on tv, flags at half mast (which is i thought reserved for soldiers or statesmen) in new jersey--come on----let her rest in peace....

question for you. how much of our oil comes from the middle east?? answer me --dshaw@thetwins.com

february 15, 2012----watching the news and it's all about whitney houston and i am sick of the coverage, she had her chance to be more than just a voice, the choices she made caused this early death-- why am i so harsh about her death--alvarez yesterday brought up a very good point--how many of our troops died in afganistan on saturday and they get to come home in a box to nothing but a saddend family, they are there fighting and dying in a foreign country for what because they enlisted and the united states says go fight and maybe you will come home in one piece, so enough of the whitney houstons of the world and give a heros funeral and media coverage to all who lose their lives in war.................

february 14, 2012----tried mikes auto parts today gor rods no go but i did get a phone number to a carb guru and he didn't have the rods either but i did a name and number for another carb guru-- no answer....

listened to limbaugh today on the way to work and feel he is a very dishonest person who is able to relay hate to all people who listen to his crap, remember his prescription drug problems...

february 13, 2012----did some chores around the old homestead iver the weekend - cleaned the gutters, split firewood, straightened up the garage tried to stay busy, but the caouch called all weekend....

shame about whitney houston. the worse part is the media like that mean looking jane velez mitchell and nancy grace--total gossup junkies and they start the gossup, then more people in the spotlite because of a death--just wrong....

fg----

february 10, 2012----at 2:10 am this morning i finished my 58th year of life, and during those years what did i learn and do....i learned that humans are really screwed up, my gosh look at what we have and where we live and i'm not talking about central oregon but this earth, so how is it possible that humans have f----d it all up. the way humans treat each other and what we do to the earth is just terrible, i'm sure that the future seerers are going to be correct in the demise of the human race....how sad....

things that i have done....golf caddy for years as a kid, waterfowl hunting guide for millie's guide service as a teenager, newspaper photographer for the hearald and news in k. falls, captain dennis on the tiger raft safaris at marine world africa u.s.a rewood city calif, everyday skier and ski instructor,ski coach, waiter, bartender, dishwasher, truck driver, bus driver for mt bach and trailways, grave liner maker, construction worker, entertainer with club med for many years, tour guide in haiti, scuba dive instructor, chief of scuba for club med, cruise ship diver, causeway inspector under the bridge that goes over lake pontchartrain in new orleans,restaurant owner, janitor for the jefferson county schools, oh i even did the deadlest catch in the bearing sea for crab,and radio personality for over 20 tears....what did i miss....

where have i been---doninican rebublic, martinique, saint lucia, the grenadines, guadalupe,

mexico various places,tahiti, moorea, bora bora, turks and caicos, puerto rico, hawaii, and drove the jeepster around the outsidde highway of the usa,....

the time with club med was by far the greatest part of my life, i did the live the dream, working for the twins is next because of the people i work for and with, ski and scuba teaching are equal to the great feeling i get from working at the twins it's all equal and wonderful, the people i taught how to ski or scuba have a part of me that they will have forever and they will never forget....

i remember my first privat lesson his name tim runco and he was in cahrge of the electric light parades in disny land and he even offered me a job, i saw him ten years laters and i recognized him and remember his name thats when he offered me the job, all the kids that i coached and now are all adults with i hope good lives...

 another high lite is my dog zo the hunter what a personality and partner....

oh yea and the jeepster...wow....

so i guess it's been a good run......................?????

fg----

february 9, 2012----my friends from florida called again last nite and they are doing a nite dive--damn--....

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february 8, 2012----at 2am friday i will have finished my 59th year of life. i was born in roseburg, so native oregonion i am and you know it really has been a good run????

drove the jeepster today and it does not have wipers or defrost....

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february 7, 2012---help--really having a hard time finding the right size metering rods for the carb, does anybody have a source....

i'm liken my new tv-26 inch sanyo thin flat screen very cool, think i might even go one size bigger to a 32 inch....

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february 6, 2012----did you see the gal flip the bird nuring the half time performance, i thought i did but now it's all over the news----SO WHAT---- if she flipped the bird, that is harmless considering what else is shown on tv, ya know what i mean....

i liked madonna -- great show and bummer she lip sync but still good job material girl....

one of my biggest dreams is to be a dancer behind madonna on stage....

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february 3, 2012----goin to be a nice weekend, skiing tomorrow at mt b. a couple hours then i'm headed to wal-mart to by a new tv, 249.00 32" flat and skinny emerson should last a few years i hope....

also tomorrow nite the new casino will open so i thought i would go to the opening and dnate 25.00 to the casino, but who know may they will donate to me....

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february 2, 2012----trump is endorsing romney, now if that isn't 2 peas in a pod....

goin to ski a mt b on sat. should be a nice day was going to go to ski bowl but can't afford the 30.00 lift ticket so i can ski free at mt b......

new casino opens sat, nite a 6 i will go up and i will not gamble (maybe)....

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february 1, 2012----well it's my birthday month-59-never thought i would get this far and how much further is unknown....

so the jefferson county school district wants us to vote yes for a school bond for a new school at warm springs and amphi theater, there is now way i would vote yes, they can spend there own money ( from the casino) and build the school, not with taxpayers money....

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january 31, 2012----this month flew by quickly, time flies when you are old....

skiing this sat at ski bowl goin to be full moon and really nice weather....

need metering rods for my rochester carb and they are really hard to find, the rods are 2 step and i need .049/1000 and .046/1000, i  have called edelbrock but there line are always busy and i'm talkin 10 times calling....

have you noticed it's light till 6 now summer is almost here..............

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january 30, 2012----ya know sometimes i think i would rather work seven days a week just so i would have something to do, like over the weekend i really didn't leave the house, i guess it really has to do with where i live.. i really need to get back down here so i can ski everyday....

drove the jeepster today and wow it sure sounds and runs good still goin to try to get 25 plus on the gas mileage, can't find the metering rods that i need....

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january 27, 2012----well another battle in the name of politics went on last nite in florida, i just wish someday they actually fight on the stage, could you just see gingrich just knock the crap out of romney or the other way around then in steps ron paul and kicks both their asses , tight there on national tv....

drove the jeepster today wow it sure runs great and 17 mpg soon 20 plus mpg....

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january 26, 2012----on the way to work today had a flat tire and boy do i need tires for the subaru will have to break down and get some new rubber....

i have good tires on the jeepster so i will be driving it for a while....

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january 25, 2012----did you watch the big speech last what.... for me  WHAT A JOKE, and i'm not talking about the prez i'm talking about the elected officials in the chamber, they are thieves, cheats and liars and they are elected by the people, what a DISGRACE TO ALL AMERICANS....

cant' wait till we get a pot smokin, swearing, tattooed, real life prez so then maybe the elected officials will be put in teir place....

suns out and it's 50....

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january 24, 2012----i wish i had an income where i paid 3 mil in taxes each year, they say money can't buy happiness i say bull give me a mil or two and i will show you a happy person....

today would be a good day for the beach and i know just the one i would like to be on,union island in the grenadenes....

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january 23, 2012----cleaned house and garage on saturday, my vacumn broke a couple of month ago so i finally broke down and got a  new vacumn and its works great....

how would you like the be the guy that missed the field goal yesterday, wow....

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january 19, 2011----quite the snow fall at my moms and dad's house in olympia and it had things messed up in all the sound area....flooding in the valley with evacs but that happens alot....

and mt b did not open today--pussy's--i will give this to them because they lost power, back in the day???? i have some good stories about deep snow days....

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january 20, 2012----my mom and dad live in olympia and they are without power since yesterday 10am first time thats happened to them in oly, the sound really got clobbered....

just  normal weather here and people still get messed with this weather....

have a good weekend....

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january 18, 2012----i just love this weather no really i do, some of my favorite weather is tropical storms very violent wind, rain and seas.... today would be a good day for treasure hunting on the oregon coast....

 always good skiing on the first day of rain at mt b. ....

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january 17, 2012----nice day, rather have global warming and sunshine....

sure would like to be diving on the tipped over cruise ship as search and rescue, saw the route of the ship this morning and they hit rocks a long way from where they ended up and they even made a left turn....

 if you are interested check out the fact meter for what the politicians say about one another, they sure lie alot....

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january 16, 2011----another do nothing weekend, think i will go to the coast next weekend just to get away and not stay on the couch for a whole weekend....

wow the cruise ship that ran aground and tilted over on it's side--amazing-- when i worked on a cruise ship we had a muster before we left the channel to the ocean all reports say a lot of confusion good thing they were next to land....

don't ya just love politicians--huntsman trashes romney then he quits today and endorses romney, these people are just nothing but liars, cheats and theives....

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january 13, 2011----well friday the 13th are you superstitious....

looks like snow is coming on sunday to the mountains thats a good thing but ya know i like the weather just as it is....

this weekend i am doing nothing was thinking about ski bowl again but if it's raining now way....

still looking for 2 step metering rods for my carb what i have are 52 x or k's and i need at least 48 x or k....

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january 11, 2011----a couple of our sales gals arre leaving us so we all went the pine tavern today for lunch still a nice place to go, would make a great house....

if romney is our new prez we are in for some deep trouble, so vote for me as a write in i make life better for all????

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january 12, 2011----so did you see the soldiers peein on the dead taliban, why would they frcord it and put it on the net how stupid piss on the taliban but don't film it dumb or what....

for me i would make it so they don't get to allah and have the virgins, that might put a stop to some of this violence, show them we mean business. these are just my opinions and thoughts....

another nice day here in central oregon and tomorrow will be nicer and then sat 50 degess very nice....

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january 10, 2011----what a damn nice day today....

nice to drive the jeepster and not have to turn on the heater....

have you been watching the republican b s in fact it's all b s dems also, but what gets me is the news agencies and how they report and where do they dig up all the experts, boy let me give my two cents and see what kind of trouble i stir up....

maybe skiing again this sat....

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january 9, 2012----had a good weekend did a four mile walk on sat and then i went skiing at ski bowl and it was excellant, three lifts open skied for two hours and had a nice moonlit drive home what a great evening....

yesterday couch for most of the day....

drove the jeepster to work today and just  over 17 miles to the gal....

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january 6, 2012----love these short weeks, skiing tomorrow nite i hope at ski bowl, what a great deal around 22.00 till 4 to 10pm....

got a gasket today from ricardo at the monkey wrench now i can keep screwing with the carburator tellin ya i will get 20 plus mpg when i'm done....

have a good weekend....

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january 5, 2012----watching the republicans battle for the bid to run for the big job in D C is so bizarre and the news agencies really play it up so as to mess with our heads on who to back so for me they all suck, i should be president couldn't do any worse...

the beach, oh to be in the tropics again....

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january 4, 2012----17 mpg solid with the jeepster, shooting for 20 plus and i know its going to happen....

think i will try the skiing thing again this saturday nite at ski bowl....

just talked to my good friend rick saul who is the marketing dude for mt. ashland, no skiing so far, sad because it's a very good ski area. i skied there a lot when i was in high school you should check it out, and it was good to talk to rico....

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january 2, 2012----have a good day....

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january 3, 2012----hunted on sat and no birds which is ok zo still had a great time running and hunting he was born to hunt birds....13 roosters in the freezer....good season....

sun all day on the couch and yesterday worked on the carbuator and now it gets 17 miles to the gal, so we went from 10 to 13 to 17 shooting for 21 plus....

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december 30, 2011----end of another year and the world is even more f-ed up than ever, really sad how things have gotton so much worse, the iran thing in the straits of hormutz, the conflicts all over the world, the money problems we all have, just the crappy way people treat one another just shocks me.... maybe it truly is time for humans to go extinct....remember change television and you will change the world....

i ate my very first mcdonalds apple pie today someone brought one for kc and i ate it and i liked it....

hunting tomorrow for last day of the season....

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december 28, 2011----will mt b be open for the weekend if it keeps raining i'm thinking not bummer for those who bought season passes, i am going to do everything i can to move back down here and ski everyday next year.....

saw some really old photos of lake billy chinook before the dam was put in place and also a photo of the gorge with just the rr trestle there very cool photos....

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december 29, 2011----been watching big bang theory and ya know i really like the sit-com, wow no murders or swearing drugs or any of the crap that is on the tube just some funny stuff....

have a good day....

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december 27, 2011----hope all is well after the weekend, i did not do much went hunting on sat morning and then went up to mt hood to go nite skiing and the suckers were not open so on the way home i stopped at the caasino and lost 30.00 dollars to a slot machine (merry christmas) oh well crap happens....

this sat is the last day of pheasant huntin it's been a good year, so far 13 in the freezer....

the jeepster this weekend i hope to solve the fuel problem....

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december 26, 2011----day off catch you tomorrow....

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december 23, 2011----well three day holiday,,great,,,

hunting tomorrow and then the couch for an hour or two then i think i will go skiing at ski bowl tomorrow nite will be a good christmas eve....and i would like to have a date for tomorrow nite so my name is in the book give me a call....

have a good weekend........

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dec 22, 2011----can you believe what is going on in D.C. with the criminals we call our senators and congressmen, fire every last one of them and get in there real people who really know what the people need.... and i'm talking stop the spending on the bull s--- and we would have enough to get by and the war  in iraq was 1 trillon dollars and how many lives and families were affected in a tragic way again what the hell is wrong with our government....

well almost christmas and may we all be where we are and somewhat happy....and i feel for those who are not....

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december 21, 2011----we had a company get together today here at the building, lots of food and i'm really full so now its nap time but no got to work. speaking of work i completely enjoy working for combined communications good company and good people to work with if i lost my job today i would have nothing bad to say about the company....

HELP i need a pair of metering rods for the carburator they need to be a size 50k and i need a pair of jets 74 and 72....i'm determined to get 20 plus mpg out of this engine....

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december 16, 2011----stopped by the monkey wrench today and ricardo gave me box of jets and metering rods so that i may continue working on the carb gotta get 20 or more miles a gallon....

no hunting tomorrow doing a remote at m jacobs....

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december 19, 2011----had a hell of a day yesterday the carburator in and out of the jeepster four time with complete take apart getting good at this, how simple engines are when you dig into them....

we are haveing our christmas party here at the station on wednesday ought to be fun and filling....

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december 20, 2011----another nice day in central oregon really hope it stay like this for the whole winter, odot should open up the the road beyond mt b. so we can ice skate on the high lakes,,,remembering 1976/77....

think i will go skiing this sat up at ski bowl should be a nice christmas eve, and zo and i will go hunting in the morning....

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december 15, 2011----great having two days off, tuesday changed oil on jeepster, chopped firewood and laid on the couch most of the day yesterday went hunting over on the john day river and did not get any birds but had a big huge fire and cooked hot dogs and soup what a great day....

so all is well....

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december 14, 2011----vaca day....

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december 13, 2011----vaca day

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december 12, 2011----hunted on sat  and it was cold with freezing fog did not connect with any roosters but it was a good day anyway....

worked on the carb yesterday and we gained another 10th of a mile per gallon so now it is time for a different approach to this problem....

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december 9, 2011----had a godd party here last nite it's an every year thing lots of people, food and drink....

alrite the weekend--so tomorrow hunting then sunday one more try at the carb of the jeepster engine....

have a good weeekend all....

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december 8, 2011---we are having our annual open house tonite, should be fun....

another shooting at virginia tech---AGAIN WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH OUR SOCIETY---

remember change television and movies and you change the world....

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december 7, 2011----just talk to a landowner where i hunt and he checked out the twins on line so cool that we are streaming live i have friends in france who listen and florida....

so i will be hunting on sat near moro and zo and i did not hunt today just did not feel it....

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december 6, 2011----donald trump i think is a real genius for making money, if he ran for prez he would win just because he's trump.... i like the way he talks about the government he does speak the truth just listen to him sometime....

tomorrow hunting with zo and scott and joe might even come along....

sunday will be another work day on the fuel problem of the jeepster....

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december 5, 2011----haad a good weekend hunted on sat. over by condon gpt 1 hungarian partridge and 2 roosters good hunting and as usual zo was a super hunter, after hunting as always i have a burger and fries at the twist and shake drive-in in condon and as usual the buger was great and so were the fries just the way i like em, you ought to go have lunch there sometime....

worked on the carb for the new engine yesterday and we gained about 2 miles a gal so there is something still wrong.. i need a new carb, the one i have now is a rochester quadro-jet.............help...........

love this weather....

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december 2, 2011----hunting tomorrow over near condon and then i will have lunch at the twist and shake drive-in in condon they have great burgers and they are huge....

sunday going to rebuild the carburator for the jeepster we need to get at least 20 mpg so we are going for 25 with the rear end gear change....

did you know that mt. bachelor got stimulus money to buy a new fleet of buses to go up and down the mountain---now that is a waste of taxpayer money esp. for the amount of money they charge for lift tickets that is the crap that is wrong....

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december 1, 2011----happy dec 1st to you all we only have another year before the world ends, plan your life accordingly... sure would freak alot of people if the world did end....

20 days and the days start getting longer....

bet you bachelor has to close after this weekend until they get more snow ya know that happened in 1977 big drought year...

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november 30, 2011----what a nice morning on the john day, yes went hunting this morning and it was beautiful so quiet and windless, the coyotes were raising a ruckus and saw antelope and of course deer what a naturrific day....no birds....

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november 29, 2011----pretty day today and only 22 days till the days start getting longer the best time of the year when we know summer is on the way....

zo will be hunting tomorrow with scott and myself....

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november 28, 2011----hope you all had a nice weekend mine was ok went to olympia to visit with my parents they are doing well....

on thanksgiving day i hunted up near moro and got two very nice roosters 11 so far this year....zo was super....

sunday we will be working on the jeepster mileage problem....

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november 23, 24, 25, 2011----hunting tomorrow and then olympia on friday....

 ya all have a good holiday weekend....

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november 22, 2011----holiday season and the season for the blues for those of us who spend the holidays alone....

going to olympia for the weekend sat and sun, mom and dad and i will go gambling at a local casino and have a nice dinner.... today is my moms 87th birthday....still fairly healthy and so is dad....

kenedy was shot on this day 48 years ago, i was in mrs. smiths music class when kathy waite came in and told us and the principal told us all to go home....

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november 21, 2011----hunted on saturday and it was good lots of huns and i got another rooster but little zo now has done something to his back left foot swlling between two toes so epsom salts and peroxide for a few days maybe it is tme to stop the  hunting....

still have to wait another week to be able to get back to work on the engine we need to fine tune it and my friend is elk hunting....

anither ski season coming up that i will miss--damn....

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november 18, 2011----living in central oregon ya think people would know that it is going to snow so why do wait till it does snow to get your tires changed to snow driving????????????

hunting tomorrow so far only 8 pheasants this year but you know thats okay....

next week olympia with my parents....

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november 17, 2011----woke up this morning in a really grumpy mood, no reason just grumpy i'm sure you have days like that....

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november 16, 2011----hunted this morning and it was a very nice sunrise and morning overall not very cold, we got one rooster up - but way to far away on the way home freezing rain and snow....

parked the jeepster for a week or so until we can get the mileage problem fixed, it is missing a little and  i can hear it and feel it also yesterday it only got 10 miles to the gal needs to get 20 plus....

cold day today stay warm....

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november 15, 2011----wow the jeepster flies i don't think that i have ever gone 65 and last nite going home i actually could keep up with traffic. gas mileage is really bad right now about 10 or so no good and i can feel it just isn't correct but we will get all the bugs worked out....

hunting tomorrow and this saturday....

great tv last nite first a great family guy where the barbershop quartet sings about vascectomy (spelling) and then bob costas and the idiot from penn state wow what an interview. prediction is sombody will shoot him in the nards....

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november 14, 2011----THE JEEPSTER IS NOW ON THE ROAD AGAIN the engine started on the the 3rd turn and it runs great still have a few minor bugs to work out--bottom line very cool new engine....

can't wait to do a major road trip like anchorage to bend or maybe route 66 from chicgo to los angeles or maybe ship it to europe and drive the autobaun (yea right).

now to win a good size lottery....

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november 11, 2011----really a shame that we as humans have to have a day for veterans of wars why i say this is because we should not have ever had even the first war of any kind , but we are human so there will always be wars and opression and all the crap that goes with being human,what is the cause of war and trouble in this world --- the human brain---....

the jeepster will be running tomorrow i'm sure then it will be home on sunday....

have a good weekend....

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november 10, 2011----what a nice day yesterday for hunting birds we did not score but the dog pointed a couple of hens and what beautiful points my boy ZO is so good at this hunting thing....

alright saturday no hunting but the jeepster will be started by noon on sat. and i will drive it home on sunday and then to work everyday....

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november 9, 2011----vaca day--hunting

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november 8, 2011----got the radiator today and it only cost 32.00 to fix this problem and we gained at least 2" of room to move things around....

after hunting tomorrow we will put it in the jeepster and maybe start it up....

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november 7, 2011----had a good hunt on sat another 2 roosters in the freezer....

radiator will be done this week and sunday we will put it in and start the engine, i know this will happen this weekend because we have solved all problems....

will hunt this wednesday and then maybe get the radiator in if it done by then....

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november 4, 2011----my friends called from florida last nite they were on their way to do a nite dive in the key's @#&" i wish i was there with them cause i love nite diving....

my buddy who is helping me with the engine was going to put on the hood yesterday and it did not line up we had moved the grill to far and so all that we ahd gained we no lost so the radiator is now at the radiator shop getting remodeled so one week before we get to fire it up....

hunting tomorrow up near wasco....

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november 3, 2011----had a grest day yesterday withh my hunting buddy ZO we got 2 roosters and saw a crap load od pheasant mostly hens but what a good sign when you see 25 or more hens, population is good....

so we will hunt this sat. and work on the engine sunday and we start the engine by noon....

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november 2, 2011----hunting--have a good day....

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november 1, 2011----ZO and i will hunt tomorrow we are going to our favorite wednesday spot should be a nice day for a fire, some hunting and a picnic lunch....

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october 31, 2011----happy halloween 2011.... when i was a youngster growing up in klamath fall i really went out for the candy 2 sometimes 3 big shopping bags full and it was a work out for my mom or dad, great memories....

worked on the jeepster saturday and 9 hours yesterday and we are seconds away from starting the engine we ran into some minor problems over the weekend and it took a lot of time to fix again and again but in the end it is good, all that is left to do is fan belts and radiator hoses and then make sure we have fluids in the engine and we are good for a noon start this sunday....

ZO is doing well and we will hunt this wednesday so watch out bird because here comes the ZOMAN....

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october 28, 2011---- ZO is much better today and he got to eat good yesterday, and this morning, we will probably go hunting on wednesday....

tomorrow i will work on the jeepster and hopefully we will start it up and drive it around on sunday....how cool....

have a good weekend....

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october 27, 2011----had a vacation day yesterday no hunting because zo is sick, he could not eat or drink by mouth for 72 hours we had to treat this pancreas problem with iv fluids and anti-biotics, so this morning we go to the vet and his blood is perfect and he got to eat a small amount of canned food and he is going to be ok, just need to be on a good doggie diet....

wow the new radiator will cost somewhere around 500.00 because of the cost of copper....

we will hunt next wednesday....

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october 25, 2011----had to stay home from work yesterday ZO is really sick he has a pancreatic problem and there is a big chance taht he will be ok  but there is always the crap factor and there is a small chance that he might not pull through, and that will tear me up completely so hope for the best and he will be fine....

october 21, 2011----today i actually agree with something that rush limbaugh said, the occupy whatever should be protesting the government not wall street wall street does their stuff because of our elected officials letting them and getting in bed with them--it's all about money-- remember FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL how true....

hunting tomorrow then sunday the engine....

have a nice weekend....

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october 20, 2011----the enginr is in and all bolted up to transmission and exhaust hours away from starting it up, still have to deal with radiator and cooling system....

zo's eye is much better so we will hunt on sat with scott and mike....

sunday will be the button up day for the engine so thet the last thing to put on is the grill and radiator....

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october 19, 2011----hunting today....

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october 18, 2011----zo's eye is much better today but we are not hunting tomorrow give him a break so we will hunt on saturday with mike and scott....

another vacation day tomorrow so i hope to put the engine in. i got all the rest of the stuff we need to put finish the engine when it is put in, water pump, dip stick, valve covers, fan, etc....

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october 17, 2011----went over to nyssa on friday nite after work big drive 5 hours got to the private property to hunt and the land owner did not say that he had planted all his property with corn and it was 10 feet tall bummer so zo went into the corn and was chasing birds around lost him 4 times for about 10 to 15 minutes but i did get 1 rooster in  a ditch between 2 dirt fields still had a great time, this morning had to take zo to the doc big scratch on his right eyeball another 250.00 might not hunt this wed....

just minutes from putting the engine in yesterday we got oil pressure built up and did some welding would have put the engine in but all the other parts have not come in yet if i don't hunt on wed then maybe a full day on the engine....

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october 14, 2011----ZO is fine so we are going to nyssa tonite after work and we will hunt a small property which has usually alot of pheasants, it is private property, mike has set this up last year we went there and i shot 4 birds mike did not connect with any--bumer for hum---....

will work on the engine this sunday and we will hopefully get in the rig, then soon it's on the road....

have a good weekend....

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october 13, 2011----i am very sad today my dog zo is not doing well after hunting very sore in his rear end and i think it's his rear left leg, we had a great hunt yesterday very flat and soft running for him but last nite he was in such pain so i know that our hunting days are about over....scott and i both got birds yesterday so the tally--zo 3 point and retreives, scott 2 and dennis 1....

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october 12, 2011----HUNTING have a goood day....

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october 11, 2011----hunting tomorrow so jess morgan will be sitting in for me, hope he is not to nervous, he probably will be shaking his leg real fast, you know that type of nervous twitch....

zo is feeling better as of last nite he was sure stiff on sat nite and sunday....

going over to nyssa to hunt on saturday....

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october 10, 2011----hunting on saturday was good my friend scott shot one rooster, and we saw at least 30 roosters that flew from a tree on some private property it was quite a site....

Zo is not doing well the hunt on saturday put some serious pain in his little body really don't how much we will hunt, he was so stiff that he can't even jump up on the bed makes me very sad to see hum like this we will hunt on wed. and then again on saturday but they will be only hour hunts....

did not get the engine in yesterday but did do alot have to do some welding to do next sunday and we will be very close to putting it in the rig.....

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october 7, 2011----the engine goes in on  sunday. my friend got a nice forked horn last nite....

finished getting the rest of the parts today from napa what grest guys....

hunting tomorrow with zo, scott and mike, pheasants watch out cause here we come with loaded guns.......

have a good weekend....

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october 6, 2011----oh happy day sara palin is not running for president.. ya know i would like to have the job of president boy oh boy things would change fast----no more war, no more money to other countries, will help our own citizens, drop the IRS totally, a flat tax for all no deductions and the tax would be 10% of what you earn 5% to the feds and 5% to the state, and i would have world population control so that the earth can sustain humans forever because the way it's going now the earth is going to get pissed and take us out.................

hunting on saturday----

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october 5, 2011----had a nice 2 mile walk this morning the after rain smells in the alfalfa fields was amazing....

well another work place shooting today, WHY!!!!!!!!

I SAY ARM EVERYBODY SO AT LEAST WE ALL STAND A CHANCE....

work place fire fights would that something....

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october 4, 2011----thank you carmine for the answer back on the thought provoking "change television and you will change the world"....now i know of three people who actually read this daily writing....

for the last couple of days i've been reinforcing the retreiver in my dog because hunting starts on saturday, mike, scott and i will go up by moro to hunt for the wiley pheasant....

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october 3, 2011----14 months till the end of the world-do you believe!!!!!!!

would be really wild if the end came upon us at the time predicted....

amanda knoxx is comin home ----good for her----

washed the engine compartment with 150 degrees of haigh pressure on saturday, will get new power steering unit this week put it in and then the engine goes in....

hunting this sat. hope zo is up for this season he's been stiff lately probably arthritis....

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september 30, 2100----end of month and end of another week. i'm not doing much this weekend i will power wash the engine compartment of the jeepster with my friend joe he has a hot high pressure washer it's going to take ten minutes--two weeks and the rig will be on the road again....

have a good weekend, if you are in the woods be aware of the deer hunters....

fg----

september 29, 2011----the doctor whom is probably responsible for the drugs that jackson took sure looks guilty and some of the testamony from people who were there is really pointing toward the doctor and did i hear correctly he is not board certified..wow...

my friend who is helping me with the jeepster engine is deer hunting starting sat. so we wont' work om it for a week or two thats just as well still have to get some parts....

fg----

september 28, 2011----well did you think about what i wrote on the 16th---

                CHANGE TELEVISION AND YOU WILL CHANGE THE WORLD

e-mail me dshaw@thetwins.com  and tell me if you agree or disagree....

fg----

september 27, 2011----do ever eally listen to the talk show hosts like glen beck, rush fat man limbiugh, or even our own lars larson. my question why do they have to be such hate mongors? today i tuned into lars for about one minute and he was saying that it should be okay for a foreign company from canada to build a pipline line for oil through our country and our citizens property, and it's okay to just take the property from the people under the eminent domain laws and if you go check out the law it was not supposed to be used in this manner again our gov and the talk show people are crazyyyyyyyyyyyyy....

and we are the greatest country in the world????????????

fg----

september 26, 2100----the engine is all together and will probably be in the rig by the end of the month (oct), still have to do power steering and radiator which will take some time because of hunting season....

now i'm looking for a place to live here in bend,2 or 3 bedrooms, garage and nice yard for my zoman. max i can pay is 600.00 month, northeast bend close to the station....

1 week from this sat. pheasants....

fg----

september 22, 2011----tomorrow big day-the heads will be done and sunday the engine will be together, then some others things like power steering, radiator, and new gears in the rear end....

16 days till bird shooting....dog is ready....

have a good rest of day....

fg----

september 23, 2011----i have the heads and they are beautiful, all new and painted very cool sunday i will put everything back together.........

looks like tomorrow will be another nice day then the autumn really starts just in time for hunting season, but thats okay....

have a good weekend....

fg----

september 21, 2011----why does the USA have to put their nose in everybody else's business, did you hear the prez do his thing at the UN this morning, let them deal with their problems without us in fact screw the rest of the world take care of your own home first then help other nations, do you think the other nations will help us in time of need---NO---all the taxpayer money being spent on those countries should stat in our own country ya know what i mean--just my ramblings....

but what a nice central oregon day....

fg----

september 20, 2011----well i'm sort of ready for winter got firewood and i split a half of a cord this morning, i burn about a cord in five weeks sure beats paying for electricity....

18 days till hunting and i know my dog knows because we did some retreiving this weekend with dead pigeons, we do this a couple of weeks before the start of season just to remind him about goin and gettin the birds when i knock em down....

fg----

september 19, 2011-----on sat i was looking through the klamath falls phone that my sister had left for me and i looked for old school mates and low and behold two childhood sweethearts who have been married since high school were in the book so i called and what a great phone call it was just perfect to know that there is really a thing called love, at least for some lucky people in this world----way to go you two....

heads will be done on friday and we will put the engine together on sunday, maybe have it in and running in less than a month....

fg----

september 15, 2011---- i told you landeau would win america's got talent he is really a good singer and he could use the 20 grand a year for 40 years and his life has just changed big time....

yesterday i wrote that the heads that i took to napa were cracked and a fellow read that and sent me an e-mail that he has heads ( very cool that someone actually reads my ramblings) anyway they are napa rite now----thank you----

fg----

september 16, 2011----think about this---

                CHANGE TELEVISION AND YOU WILL CHANGE THE WORLD

have a good weekend....

fg----

september 14, 2011----got a call from napa 9:18 this morning and they said the heads are cracked so i am back to looking for a set of heads....

fixed an air tube in my wood stove this morning so i'm ready for winter got fire wood and i am sure that the fire will be lit in a day or so, at least we got about 60 days of summer....

remote this saturday at the fairgrounds for subaru 10 till noon should be fun....

fg----

september 13, 2011----whew i finally got a set of heads and they are at napa, probably be ready a week from friday then it all goes back together and i will be driving the jeepster in about 30 days still need to get a radiator built and some other things....

still looking for place to live here in bend but to damn much money....

fg----

september 12, 2011----had a good weekend ran four on sat and sun lots of couch time and i split a cord of firewood, still need a set of mid 70's heads thick cast for my chevy block....

gonna be a nice autumn week in c. o. enjoy it while it's here....

got a wonderful e-mail from a dear friend in france today always good to here from special friends....

fg----

september 9, 2011----glad it was a short week....

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!!!!!

fg----

september 8, 2011----i believe that i have found a set of heads and very good price....

i watched a part of the republican debate last nite and what a bunch of liar, they won't do or be any better than anyone else and it's really to bad....

fg----

september 7, 2011----like these weeks....dark at 8pm now no no no....

hunting on the 8th of oct. wow another season upon us already, time flies when you are old....

fg----

september 6, 2011----had a good weekend, put the engine block back together on sunday and it all went well, took the heads to napa today and i will take the head to the junk pile,

really to bad the people i bought the engine from  did not thell me all the info on this engine so i gambled, bnow i need to find a set of 1974, 75, or 76 heads....

 yesterday went to check out the place where i hunt on wednesday's and all is well the big fire did not touch the hunting area....

fg----

september 5, 2011----happy labor day---the summer is over....

fg----

september 2, 2011----i have the engine in the back of my car and it's real pruuuuuttttyyyyy all orange and ready to be put back together on sunday then next week i will get the heads in to napa for fixin....

going to clarno tomorrow and condon for lunch at the twist and shake ( the best place for burgers, they are great and i dig the fries) then i will go arlington and wasco to scout out hunting spots....

fg----

september 1, 2011----engine not quite done so i hope tomorrow....

it's been one year since i started doing this daily thing, wow how time flies when you are old....

fg----

august 30, 2011----damn it's smokey.... ran into an old friend today whom i have not seen in about 30 years, i must say time heals all wounds, was very nice to see this person today made me feel good....

hope to pick up engine tomorrow or thursday....

fg----

august 31, 2011----lawyers what a racket they have going, last friday i had to go to a hearing and the lawyer did not show up so i did it without him, and his office called today to remind of some things that i have to sign---and of course no mention on why or even an i'm sorry----so i had to force a apology out of them----what a racket-------

NAPA called this morning and asked me what color do i wnat the engine painted so i went with chevy orange, and i will pick it up tomorrow if all goes rite....

fg----

august 29, 2011----monday again, weekends should be five days and we should only work two days, utopian world....

great air show friday nite and saturday also, just cool homey ya know what i mean...

checked out the engine at napa on friday and it all seem good in fact i should get twenty years out of this engine, will pick it up on wed or thur....

fg----

august 26, 2011----vacation day----

fg----

august 25, 2011----taking tomorrow off and saturday also.... not going anywhere just need a day, i'm sure you know what i mean so have a good weekend....

fg----

august 24, 2011----still have not heard from napa about the engine so hope it's being redone and alll is well....

looking forward to the airshow this friday nite and saturday....

fg----

august 23, 2011----well no news is good news, i have not heard back from napa about the engine block i hope when they call they will say it is finished and it came out perfect....

have a good day....

fg----

august 22, 2011----well its another monday and i want to be some where else and you know where ( a beach somewhere in the south pacific or the carib.). but i must say i really do love my job....

took the engine apart yesterday and i took it to napa today and we notice a lot of pitting in one of the cylnders so i'm going to pay 150.00 just find out if it can be rebuilt, got my fingers crossed because i really can not afford this added cost....

airshow this weekend.....

fg----

august 19, 2011----just had a phone call from a listener or a used to be listener and he bitched me out because we play to many ad's. i tried to explain to him that we would not be here if not for the ad's. he said that he now doing satelite radio and they have no ad's. well are paying for the sat. radio then and if you are that's why you don't hear ad's it's because you pay them to listen to their music....REMEMBER OUR RADIO IS FREE TO LISTENERS so we must have ad's and also i would not have a great job if we did not have advertisers......so there.....

working onb the engine sunday....

fg----

august 18, 2011----got the engine last nite after work very nice of the seller to deliver it to redmond , he works in redmond so it was not much of a bother, going to tear it down on sunday and then to napa....

fg----

august 17, 2011----i'm telling we will not break 100 this summer and i predict a drought winter in the mountains i'm only saying this because that is what the old wise indian would thinkl....

getting the 350 tonite after work, then take it apart on sunday and get the block to napa on monday....

fg----

august 16, 2011----man i have got a serious headache today, my head is saying beach, beach, beach, tropical, tropical, tropical, get my drift....

made the deal for the 350 4-bolt, 100.00 hope the block is good....

fg----

august 15, 2011----had a good weekend took like three naps yesterday....

found myself an engine for the jeepster chev 350 small block 4-bolt came out of a chev truck so it probably a good solid block, got my fingers crossed....

the airshow of the cascades is coming up on the 26th that's a friday so i think i will take the day off so i may the friday show....

fg----

august 12, 2011----looking at engines tomorrow in madras two four-bolt 350's and on monday another 350 from 1969 came out a chevelle....

have a good weekend....

fg----

august 11, 2011----i have a lot of leads for an engine--i am seeking a chev 350 small block and the block must be good to rebuild....

the airshow in madras is two weeks away, i really enjoy going and seeing all the cool planes....

fg----

august 10, 2011----we will not break 100 degrees this summer and look at all the snow on the mountains could this mean a no winter winter coming up, i remember back in 77 (damn that sounds old) mt bach only opened for i think 40 days, 20 in dec and 20 in jan or feb there was no snow but and i mean buttttttt the winter was still great because we ice skated on devils like and sparks lake for like 2 months the highway was open all winter no snow----

got some folks looking for an engine for my jeepster....

fg----

august 9, 2011----took the engine in to napa today and then i took it back and will be sending it to the junkyard---it's toast 3 cracks so now i am looking for a SMALL block chevy 350, so i need help in finding this engine, if you know anybody with a chevy small block 350 please let me know......

fg----

august 8, 2011----had a good weekend.

joan jett was great and when i met here she was so friendly and genuine same thing with here crew very nice and friendly. she also is one hot 52 year old, joan lets go out to dinner....

the engine is completely disassembled and going to napa tomorrow, the old engine pretty well shot but was still a strong runner....

fg----

august 5, 2011----happy friday to all and have a great weekend....working on the jeepster engine on sunday should have it all apart then off to NAPA for rebuild..........

talk to ya on monday.....

fg----

august 4, 2011----i think the federal government should be disbanded and each state becomes a country, so like the country of oregon....the U. S. is really broken at the fed. level and actually at all levels all the way down to the homeless....

oh well what the hell we are going to end up dust anyway....

have a good day....

fg----

aug. 3, 2011----wow is it just me or is washington d.c. out of it's fricking minds, stop the wars and foreign aid and the bull---t pork spending and we would have plenty of money and also stop the subsidies.... and now here in bend again they are going to reroute the parkway REAL SMART GROUP OF PEOPLE, why was it not done at the building of the parkway--(oh why do it now when we can really screw up things in the future) i am so sick and tired of these decisions where it affects the live of our citizens.....all the way from d.c to small town government it will never stop untill the whole world fails and we have to start over with the basics and the basics is family and kindness and willing to be a whole instead of partials.................and this is just my opinion and i'm glad i have a place to voice it.........

it sure is a nice day......

fg----

august 2, 2011----i think i'm getting the travel bug again. really got the notion to move to the carib and just scuba dive for the rest of my life or even go to the alps and ski everyday for the rest of my life but i don't think the knees could handle that so scuba is the answer and it's warm, but i can't be too far from my folks because they are in their mid 80's....

fg----

august 1, 2011----the engine is out of the jeepster, took five hours and boy did i get messy had to drive home in my undies, i forgot to take clean clothes with me, next sund it engine clean and take apart so that i can get it to napa..........

fg----

july 29, 2011----goin to be a warm weekend....

big day for me on sunday the jeepster engine is coming out and i will be getting it ready for the total rebuild.............

fg----

july 28, 2011----might go up to mt. hood tomorrow and do a few turns, should be great skiing and i can make it to work on time....

had a good four mile run this morning with zo and i do not run fast....

fg----

july 27, 2011----nice day don't want to work want to go TO THE BEACH and work on a good tan and of coure that beach is not even near oregon---carib....

fg----

july 26, 2011----did you watch the prez and that other dude last nite give their speeches....

HERE'S MY TAKE........

are you f-----g kidding me how is it possible to control the spending and to pay off our bills when we still borrow from the chinese, i say screw the chinese don't pay them back....

the prez and the other dude want to cut domestic programs which support the people of the united states, WELL STOP GIVING OUR MONEY TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND STOP THE  fricking wars how much is spent to kill people and over a trillion has been spent on the two bush wars----STOP THE INSANITY.......

RITE NOW OUR NATION SUCKS BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WAKE UP POLITICIANS AND DO SOMETHING FOR US INSTEAD OF YOURSELF AND THE BIG MONEY PEOPLE..........

oh well have a nice day......

fg----

july 25, 2011----i took the jeepster to delvan's on saturday so this saturday the engine will come out, then the next weekend i will clean and take it apart getting ready for the rebuild....

all is well....

fg----

july 22, 2011----nice day and it will be a nice warm weekend and we need it, unlike the east they are hotttttttttt....

tomorrow the jeepster is going to engine rebuild...................

fg----

july 21, 2011----wow what a crazy day here at the station-it's the computers, they hammer me sometimes....kill all computers....

oh well ahve a good day....

fg----

july 20, 2011----looking forward to saturday-taking the jeepster to rebuild the engine, this is going to be so cool when it's done....

probably never going to do the body, costs too much....

fg----

july 19, 2011----rained like a monsoon last nite in madras, do not need that water on my lawn,for i have no lawn and i don't want to mow weeds....

zo is doing well after his problem which we do not know what it was....

this weekend the jeepster goes to delvin's for REBUILD, so ready for this-need somsthing good in my life rite now....

fg----

july 18, 2011----had a good weekend, did the remote in sisters at hardtails on saturday and did absolutly nothing on sunday but i did walk four miles with zo....

next weekend the jeepster goes to delvins for engine rebuilding, can't wait been wanting to do this for a long time....

fg----

july 15, 2011----tomorrow at hardtails 1 to 3 i will be there doing a live remote, with joan jett tickets and some good give aways, come on out....

think i will go skiing on sunday up at timberline....

fg----

july 14, 2011----well how's the day?

i'm starting to look for a place to rent here in bend....

next weekend i will start on the jeep motor, goin to rebuild it to new condition, can't wait....

fg----

july 13, 2011----my allergies are really going crazy this year, normally i'm not bad but this year, like today it is kickin my ass....

been checkin out the prices for getting my jeep engine rebuilt, first thig is to take the block in for cleanin, honing anf the works...500.00 or so....

hope to have it done by the first of the year....

fg----

july 12, 2011----well i have decided to rebuild the engine in my old jeep, the engine in it now is a 1975 chev 350 that we put in the jeep 24yrs. ago must have 250,000 miles on it and it still runs good but its time for the rebuild....

fg----

july 11, 2011----i had a good weekend....

night ranger -they were great and i had the chance to talk with the band very cool dudes and friendly to the fans backstage....

sure was crowded in troy field and i like it-butt to butt people....

fg----

july 8, 2011----tonite is night ranger shpuld be a good show and i'm sure it will be a madhouse of people....

tomorrow nite i will be at the madras raceway to give a way a coast vacation for the make a wish donation drive come on up....

fg----

july 7, 2011----having a good i hope, at least it's finally nice outside....

tomorrow nite night ranger at troy field gonna be crowded, butt to butt people....

fg----

july 6, 2011----on days like this i only dream that i am at the beach in the turks and caicos, very beautiful beach and the water is turquoise....

fg----

july 5, 2011----nice to have a monday off thank you fourth of july----did not do much this  weekend did a nice walk on sat. with friend 3 miles and it was great, sun 3mile run and today 4 miles and ZO is doing great like it never happened....

night ranger this friday nite should be a good show....

fg----

july 1, 2011----ZO is much better, like there was never a problem, wierd....

glad it's a big weekend----needed ----

have a good time this weekend and be careful....

fg----

june 30, 2011----ZO is better today last nite he started getting better just by going outside to pee and poop and thats a good thing this morning frisky just a little bit, he is still in pain ??????

might ski this weekend....

fg----

june 29, 2011----today is a very sad day for me my dog ZO is very sick he can not stand up or walk, legs and hips, and the doc said maybe lyme disease......

fg----

june 28, 2011----great t-storm in madras last nite....

on my way to prineville this morning two staters goin north, doing at least 100mph full lites and siren as they go by i look in the rearview mirror and i see a big plume of black smoke north of madras--turns out semi loaded with avation fuel crashed on the east bound grade coming out of warmsprings....

my dog zo is not feeling well i think he hurt his right front leg, i really worry about him, he really is my best friend....

fg----

june 27, 2011----another weekend fly's by, should be the other way around work two days get five days off....

oh well back to work--which i am thank full for the job and one that i enjoy....

wow summer is almost over or did we have a summer....

fg----

june 24, 2011----t g i f----

speaking of the spillway accident the other day-thank goodness nobody was injured or killed. have you ever run the canals in central oregon, we have the best tubing, illegal but very wild rides , when i moved to bend in 1973 i hooked up with the local kids my age and they showed me the best spots, like from brinson to deschutes rd. but you have to get out once or you will be filet by a bridge and then it's a good jump back in....have fun be careful....

also have you riden ice blocks on the rivers edge golf course, this is a big wow, try it but don't get caught.....

have a good weekend....

fg----

june 23, 2011----again i have to ask the question---what the hell happened to us as humans and the world as a whole....

fg----

june 22, 2011----boy o boy did not want to come to work today----wanted to go to the beach or go scuba diving at a very cool place in the turks and caicos islands, sure sucks when life changes so much that you can't do the things you love....

damn nice day though....

fg----

june 21, 2011----the sun is out two days in row and its the first day of summer--holy moly....

just got some pictures of skiing ten days ago on mt hood and they are very nice, if you like skiing then you will really enjoy timberline in the summer....

tommorrow in madras giving away tickets at cts tires....

fg----

june 20, 2011----had a good weekend went to visit my mom and dad, we always go to a casino near oly. and mom always wins, and my dad even won this time mom 160 dad 50 me 45 playing poker so it was a good weekend....

the summer is here ???????????????????????

fg----

june 17,2011----have a good fathers day weekend....i'm going to olympia to spend the weekend with my mom and dad....

june 16,2011----it really sucks not to have insurance, i need a new knee....

nice day though sunny and warm....

i have a new tenant in my apartment, hope it works out....

fg----

june 15, 2011----another rolling finished only 20 to go before the night ranger concert.

i've heard REO and JOAN JETT will be at the fairgrounds this year....