Saturday, June 30, 2012

The Brilliant Idea at 104 Degrees

The temperature in my area of Northeast Georgia is 104 degrees (that’s something like six million degrees Celsius) and, in direct sunlight, the heat index says 113 degrees. So what does the Coffey clan do on the record breaking hottest days in these parts? Buy a fucking 18’x4’ pool (assembly required.)

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So we found the most level part of the yard and laid it out and started to put it together. Did I say th
at it’s 104 degrees? Well, it was/is/will be for the next few days.




















My stepson, Steven, is helping us, too. This boy is freaking amazing with it comes to fixing (repairing, for you Yankees), building and maintaining stuff around the house. We (me) can work on something for an hour and he walks up and points out the problem and fixes it. I have to hold on real tight to my ‘Man Card’ when he is around.





















Finally we get it put together and, per the instruction, ran an inch of water to check if it’s level. But you know, you can fool or coax water when it's trying to find its level. It is what it is. So this water found that it is three inches deep on one side and dry on the other. So we had to tear it down and shovel out some dirt to make it level.

Did I say it’s 104 degrees – in the shade?




















Anypool, we finally got it set up and leveled, but found out that it will take 7,000 gallons of water to fill it up. That’s like nine million liters in Metrics. (I don’t do conversions very well.) That is a little more than our water pump and 1” water hose can handle. Hell, it would be winter by the time the pool filed up.

So we are having the water delivered. In water a truck…two trips. And I can sit in the shade with my diet Coke and let someone else fill it up…did I say it’s over 104 degrees (that’s something like a hundred million degrees Celsius).

Anyway, I will let you know how it feels in a day or two. I can’t get into the water yet because of my tattoo. It is still scabbing and peeling. But, anyspash, I know you are jealous because it is hot where you are, too.

Did I mention that it’s 104 degrees here?


Thursday, June 28, 2012

We Are An Upsidedown Land












If you see the flag flying upside down it is the international sign of distress and that the country is in an upside down state.

The country is in distress folks, and we living in an Upside-down Land.
What does this mean?







You know you live in an Upside-down Land if...

You can get arrested for expired tags on your car but not for being in the country illegally.

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You know you live in an Upside-down Land if...

Your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more of our money.

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You know you live in an Upside-down Land if...

The Supreme Court of the United States can rule that lower courts cannot display the 10 Commandments in their courtroom, while sitting in front of a display of the 10 Commandments.

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You know you live in an Upside-down Land if...

Working class Americans pay for their own health care (and the health care of everyone else) while unmarried women are free to have child after child on the "State's" dime while never being held responsible for their own choices.

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You know you live in an Upside-down Land if...

Hard work and success are rewarded with higher taxes and government intrusion, while slothful, lazy behavior is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid and subsidized housing.

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You know you live in an Upside-down Land if...

Politicians think that stripping away the amendments to the constitution is really protecting the rights of the people.

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You know you live in an Upside-down Land if...

The rights of the Government come before the rights of the individual.

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You know you live in an Upside-down Land if...

Parents believe the State is responsible for providing for their children.

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You know you live in an Upside-down Land if...

You pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big screen TV while your neighbor defaults on his mortgage (while buying iPhones, TV's and new cars) and the government forgives his debt and reduces his mortgage (with your tax dollars).

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You know you live in an Upside-down Land if...

Being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you "safe".

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LOVED THIS ONE TOO

You know you live in an Upside-down Land if...

You have to have your parent’s signature to go on a school field trip but not to get an abortion.

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AND THIS ONE

You know you live in an Upside-down Land if...

An 80 year old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but a Muslim woman in a burqa is only subject to having her neck and head searched.

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We have to make changes in November if we are ever going to survive as a free and proud country.