Monday, August 31, 2009

 

Dudley Is Trying To Keep From Having To Call A ...


tow truck out to the house. Yesterday, Dudley's wife and daughter drove to Weatherford to a birthday party. They came home and parked in the driveway. About 7 PM last night they went out to go to the store and the Dodge Caravan would not start. Frank went out and tried to jump start it but reported it would not start. Dudley is guessing it needs a new battery. Dudley went and bought a new battery today and when Frank gets home from work, he can put it in. He did such a good job putting a new battery in the Jeep a couple of weeks ago, he gets to do it again. Hopefully that is all it is. If it won't start with the new battery, Dudley will have to call a tow truck out tomorrow and have it pulled in to the mechanics shop. It seems like something is always breaking or in need of repair.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

 

People Are Dumber Than Dudley Thought ...



Friday, August 28, 2009

 

Dudley Bought A Book The Other Day Online ...


called Paddling The Wild Neches by Richard M. Donovan. Dudley is looking forward to reading this book. The Neches River runs though a part of East Texas that is near and dear to Dudley's heart. Dudley spent some of the best years of his life in this area of Texas and has a lot of great memories of hunting and fishing and four wheeling in his Jeep. The photo above is of the Old Texas State Railroad that runs between Palestine and Rusk. That is the author of the book in the canoe floating past the river bridge. It is a shame that a flood washed out the old wooden trestle bridge several years ago and it was replaced by a bridge built of concrete. Dudley remembers more than one wood train and vehicle bridge spanning this river. They are all gone now, so much for progress. The Texas State Railroad was sold to a private company a couple of years ago. The company that bought it also runs The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad that Dudley and wife rode years ago. All of the profits from the sale of this book are going to a fund to try and save this area of the Neches River from being taken over by the City of Dallas that wants to build a big lake and flood a large portion of the river between Palestine and Rusk. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is trying to establish a Wildlife Preserve to protect this area from development. Dudley remembers the smiles on his little kids faces when they rode on the Steam Train down though the Neches River bottom. It would be ashamed if those kind of memories are not available to future generations.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

 

... Light It Up Like A Christmas Tree.



Wednesday, August 26, 2009

 

Concerning The Death Of Ted Kennedy ...


 

So Many Accessories, So Little Time ...



Tuesday, August 25, 2009

 

The Perfect Girlfriend ...


 

You Mr. President Are A Fraud, I Have PROOF You Were Born In Kenya ...


Monday, August 24, 2009

 

Piggyback Ride World Track Championship ...


 

Liberals This Is The Only View You Need To See ...


Sunday, August 23, 2009

 

Firearms (In Certain Situtations, Much) More Useful Than A Camera ...


Saturday, August 22, 2009

 

Dudley Is Holding Down The Fort Today ...






while everyone else has gone in different directions. Lizzie and her Aunt Lo have gone to the Beauty shop for a Pedicure and then were going out to eat lunch and then go play with Aunt Lo's dog. Frank went out to eat lunch with his buddy Jeff and then they are going to go out to the golf club above for 18 holes of golf. The course they are playing used to be the old base course for Carswell AFB. It is now a Naval Air Station and Joint Reserve Base and I think when they decommissioned Carswell, they must have sold off the golf course to a private developer. Looks like a pretty nice place. It is open to the public but like everything these days, it is not cheap. I think it costs 50.00 to play on weekends. I think they may include the cart rental. Frank went by the local Sports and Outdoors Store and bought 15 new balls. He said it was a mad house and to stay away. It is the before school TAX Free weekend and the shoppers are out in full force. On the way Frank called and said it looked like they are having a Tea Party Protest near a local mall. He saw a lady holding a sign proclaiming My Government, My Taxes, My Health Care! He did not see anyone brandishing any weapons like they were in Arizona last week. Texas does not allow open carry but there are those who would like to see a law passed to allow it. Dudley prefers the concealed carry law the way it is. Keep the bad guys guessing just who is carrying and who is not. We got a good rain shower yesterday morning. Frank will have to mow the yard tomorrow. Dudley's wife is getting ready to go to the store. We are going to have fried catfish and waffle fries tonight. Will watch the Rangers and eat one of Dudley's favorite things. Unable to eat shrimp any more after developing an allergy to the iodine in the shrimp after having a medical procedure done where they injected Dudley with iodine and Dudley had a reaction and had to be rushed across the street to the ER. Wish I had never had that damn test done so I could still be eating shrimp. Afraid to eat crawfish now for the same reason. Dudley enjoyed watching the Dallas Cowboys play the first game last night in the new stadium. It was awesome and the Cowboys actually played well unlike the first pre season game. Frank bought a ticket for the first regular season game against the New York Giants but he bought a Standing Room Only ticket. Dudley would rather watch the game from the comfort of his recliner.

Friday, August 21, 2009

 

On The Way Home From The Shooting Range ...






Frank and Dudley took a detour off of the Interstate and went to the Rusty Star BBQ for a late lunch. Dudley had seen this place featured on a cooking show on the Travel channel. Anthony Bourdain had gone there with Ted Nugent who has a ranch nearby. Dudley and Frank both ate a sliced beef sandwich. Frank had a bag of chips. It was not the best BBQ Dudley has ever eaten but it was really good. Dudley saw a photo on the wall of Ted Nugent with two big whitetail bucks he had bagged. There also was a photo on the wall of George and Laura Bush. Both Ted Nugent and George and Laura Bush own large ranches in the area. On the way home, Frank went on the back roads. We drove through Valley Mills, Clifton, Meridian, Glen Rose and Granbury making it home just after the Ranger game had started. We saw quite a few beautiful Texas Courthouses driving the back roads. It was the end of a great adventure. Shooting an AR-15 and eating good Texas BBQ in the same day. Man it does not get any better than that!

 

What Have We Done, Got It From Cary ...


Thursday, August 20, 2009

 

Dudley And Frank Went To The Texas Hill Country ...





to a 100 yard indoor shooting range. We took our new Bushmaster ORC and Eotech 512 Holographic Weapons Sight and had a great time sighting it in and shooting just for the fun of it. It was Frank's first time to shoot an AR-15 and he really enjoyed it. Dudley also took his new Leica Geovid 10x42 binoculars to use to check the hits on the Shoot N C targets we used. They have a built in rangefinder which were great in making sure our target was positioned at exactly 25, 50, 75 or 100 yards away from the shooting bench. We went to Red's Shooting Range in Pflugerville just north of Austin. It is a very nice range and is the only indoor 100 yard range Dudley has ever been to. It was clean and the people that worked there were helpful. The range also had one of the best ventilation systems Dudley has ever seen in an indoor shooting range and Dudley has been to quite a few. Years ago, some investors put a ton of money in a swanky shooting range near downtown Fort Worth called Shooters Palace. Dudley lived in East Texas at the time but he bought an annual membership because they offered a great deal where if you joined you got a Beretta .25 semi auto pistol. Dudley made a lot of trips back home to go shooting there. The best thing about the place was the old timey shooting gallery with the moving metal targets. You knocked the targets down with .22 rifles firing .22 short ammunition. You could eat there and if I remember they had a taxidermy shop and they had a full tactical range for law enforcement. The range was open for a few years but closed down because they were not able to generate enough income to keep the doors open,. Frank is now well versed on the safe operation and use of the AR-15. Dudley may let him take it to the range to shoot on his own with just one condition. He has to buy his own ammo! Make that two conditions, when he gets through, he has to clean it.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

 

Rule Number One, Never Take A Knife To A Gun Fight ...


 

In Stark Contrast To Ammunition Availability, There Is No Shortage Of This Commodity ...



Tuesday, August 18, 2009

 

Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez Is A Texas Ranger Again !!!


Dudley and his family are so excited to see Pudge coming home. Dudley has been watching Pudge his entire career. Back when Frank played little league, he was a catcher and dreamed of playing in the Major Leagues. Pudge was his hero and he is special to all Ranger fans. Dudley will never forget the game when Pudge was playing in Arlington at home when a player hit a pop up behind home plate. Pudge ran up to the wall and leaned over the rail and caught the ball right before it landed in a ladies lap. She was holding a drink and a big tray of Nachos and Pudge saved her from losing her food. She smiled at Pudge after he caught the ball and he smiled back and reached up and grabbed a Nacho and dipped it in the cheese and ate it. The entire Ballpark cheered! That is one of Dudley's favorite memories of the Texas Rangers. There have been so many over the years. Maybe the Rangers will make it to the playoffs this year. Maybe they will make it to the World Series. Dudley can dream and with Pudge coming home, Dudley's dream just may come true.

 

Frank And Dudley Went And Bought A New ...





battery for the Jeep CJ-5 today. The old Optima Red Top Battery was over four years old and it had gotten to where it would not hold a charge. The last time Frank tried to drive the Jeep it would not start and he had to jump start it with his truck. It had only been a little over a week since he drove it last so it was time to get a new battery. This time Dudley bought an Optima Yellow Top Battery. It should last longer and be a better fit since the Jeep sits in the garage idle a lot of the time. It also will be a lot better if Frank ever buys the Ramsey Winch for the Jeep that he and Dudley have been wanting. After buying the battery, Dudley went home, we took two vehicles to the store and Frank took the Jeep up and got the State Inspection done. He then came home and switched out the batteries. That took him about twenty minutes. Dudley climbed up in the Jeep and we went up to a local hardware store and Frank went in and purchased some Velcro. When we got home we used the Velcro to secure the sun visors to the top of the windshield. They had a bad habit of falling down as you were driving when you hit a bump in the road. I am glad Frank put in the new battery, the place where we bought it wanted 45.00 for the job. Dudley can buy three boxes of bullets for that.

 

The Royal Fart, Got It From Cary ...

Did Philip Fart? What do you think?

The expressions are priceless! Look at the Queen's face.

She is not amused!


Saturday, August 15, 2009

 

Firepower, The More The Merrier ...


 

Oh This Makes Me Feel Better ...


Friday, August 14, 2009

 

Dudley Reckons She Must Have Had Triplets ...


Wednesday, August 12, 2009

 

Somebody Needs To Report Grandma To The White House, She May Be A Risk To National Security ...


Tuesday, August 11, 2009

 

Dudley Entered A Sweepstakes Drawing The Other Day ...


to try and win both of the Corvettes shown above. Dudley is not likely to win but it is for a good cause. I almost don't want to win because Dudley would not have any reason to keep either car. Dudley could not get in and out of a sports car that sits so low to the ground. Dudley sure would have liked to have had that 67 convertible thirty years ago. Probably a good thing he didn't, with a big block 427 under the hood, Dudley would likely have wrapped the car around a tree. That black on black color scheme with the red stinger on the hood and the red line tires sure is cool. They sure don't make em like that any more. Dudley bought five tickets for $20.00 and they threw in a 6th ticket for free. If you feel lucky, click on the link and purchase a few for yourself. You never know, it could be your lucky day!

 

If We The People Of The United States Of America Let Him ...

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Monday, August 10, 2009

 

Hotel Collapse In Taiwan ...


 

It's Like The Sun ...


 

We Should Have Followed This Advice Last November ...


Sunday, August 9, 2009

 

Here Are Some Photos Of The Guadalupe River ...






down in the Texas Hill Country. They are experiencing a drought down there right now that rivals the great drought of the 1950's. The rivers and creeks and lakes are drying up. The first two photos show the way this area normally looks when there is water in the river. The last three show the way the river looks now. They need some rain bad down that way and on into South Texas. Hopefully a tropical depression will come this month or next and bring some much needed rain. Dudley has been on a lot of great deer hunting trips down that way in the past and both of Dudley's kids have gone to summer camps in that area of the state. Dudley saw on the news the other day that Lake Travis right outside Austin is 44 feet low! Did I mention they need some rain down there in the Texas Hill Country? Not much going on today, am going to watch the Texas Rangers play the Angels in a couple of hours. The Rangers got beat yesterday in a one run game. They had the opportunity to win but did not come through. Frank went over and ran some errands this morning for his grandmother. After he did that he went over to his Aunt's house and took her SUV to the car wash for her. He came by the house for a few minutes to get his golf clubs and he is on the way for his annual golf outing with one of his buddies. Dudley has got to go, the dog is scratching at the back door, she wants in NOW!

Saturday, August 8, 2009

 

Who Would You Rather Have Defending You ...



Friday, August 7, 2009

 

Illegal Aliens Have There Own Rap Group Now ...


Thursday, August 6, 2009

 

Dudley Went For His Six Month Check Up ...

with his pulmonologist yesterday. Dudley was relieved he did not have do undergo a PFT (pulmonary function test) this time around. After thirty minutes in the waiting room, a nurse took Dudley back to examining room number 4. While he was waiting there was a commotion and Dudley looked out the door and saw two paramedics pushing a gurney down the hall towards the waiting room at the front of the office. Apparently one of the patients had an emergency and quit breathing and went into respiratory failure. They picked the right place to do so as this was the office of the doctor that saved Dudley's life after he went into respiratory failure in the hospital back in 1999. After a two hour wait, the doctor finally got around to see Dudley. He asked how I have been doing and I told him I was having trouble with allergies and congestion. I told him I had a sinus infection and he wrote a prescription for an antibiotic and put one refill on it as well. That was a win as Dudley does not like going to see his primary care physician if he can help it. Dudley's primary care docs waiting room is always overflowing with an assortment of coughing, sneezing people and when you go there you know if you were not sick when you go in the door you are apt to be when you leave. Dudley is not going to do much today. The Rangers are playing at 2:30 this afternoon. Dudley will watch the ballgame and hope the Rangers can somehow win the last of their four game series with Oakland. Go Rangers!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

 

Tesla Roadster


 

The Weekend Is Near, Hang In There ...

But it is all downhill
after today ...


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