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Here is The Sarge - putting out the smokes and dispersing the crowd ... (high pressure water) The Sarge wishes for a hammock, too ... [1] Easy Peasy FOOTNOTES [1] ... twelve pitches up The Nose Route on the face of El Capitan, Yosemite Valley
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Where's the options for: [✓] Do Not Care [ ] Really? [ ] This Is Silly The Sarge doesn't feel properly represented at this party. Curmudgeons Unite !!! Easy Peasy
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You guests NEED to join...(this is for you, Amey P.)
sgt.barney replied to joe's topic in Introductions & About Us
If you are reading this, and you are not a member: You are doing it wrong. The Sarge says again: You. Are. Doing. It. Wrong. Chunky Monkey -
Daily exercise log for everyone :)
sgt.barney replied to Frezflops's topic in Exercising & Healthy Living
Slow 10k (6.2 miles) on the DreadMill™ : 1% grade @ 50:51 (8:12/mile) No motivation this evening to rock it hard and fast. Fill the logbook : Junk miles. Junk miles are better than couch miles ... Easy Peasy -
The Sarge had a 2-ish month forced smober in 1987. Basic Training - back when he was The Private. In 1986 the Dept. of the Army made smokes contraband for all basic trainees. "No. Smoking. Allowed!", said The Man. The Sarge doesn't consider that time an actual "quit" because (1) it was forced against his will, (2) he cheated whenever he could - about once a week someone in the platoon was able to smuggle a pack in and (3) he started right up again graduation day. Pack a day that very day. Sarge decided maybe he'd wait for TheRightTime™ to do a righteous and real quit ... and it would be Right Soon Now, Too ... 24 years later, in 2011 TheRightTime™ never came, but The Doc was giving dire warnings of a first heart attack by 50, and the second (soon thereafter) killing The Sarge. It still wasn't TheRightTime™ ... but it was time. It was time. Twenty fooking four fooking years of playing the game as outlined in LadyBugs post above. TheRightTime™ doesn't exist, folks. The time is now. Yesterday is better, but now is all you've got. Get to it. Easy Peasy
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What happens when you ignore a massive crave?
sgt.barney replied to Jonny5's topic in Quit Smoking Discussions
It's kind of awesome, ain't it? Easy Peasy -
"When you can snatch the pebble from my hand, Young Grasshopper, it will be time for you to leave" -- Master Kan <Gemzee snatches pebble> "It is time to leave the Temple" -- Master Sarge Congratulations. You have arrived. Easy Peasy
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You are worried about something that is not gonna even matter. You will be fine. Easy Peasy
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Was Smoking Masking Over Depression For Me?
sgt.barney replied to sharonsiff's topic in Quit Smoking Discussions
Wait - what? That's a disease? The Sarge thought that was just part of everyday life... Y'know - being human. Easy Peasy -
Not in the slightest. The week-long ban ended Sunday. It's Wednesday. Still can't get in. Still no explanation from The Harpie or Just Jack. Still don't care. Easy Peasy
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Keep us informed. The Sarge only gets some about every 3 years or so. There's a local school with a small wild patch behind the playground that he'll raid once in a while when he has time. He doesn't want to be accused of being that creepy old dude hanging around the schoolyard playground ... Most years he just forgets. It's such a short window of time. Easy Peasy
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Easy Peasy
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No ... but you need to know *when* to plant *what* in your local climate ... and "zone" maps are the easiest way to know this. They also tell you what will and won't survive your local weather patterns (for instance, The Sarge desparately wants to plant citrus (orange, lemon, lime) ... but they don't survive in his "zone". Easy Peasy
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In honor of TheOtherPlace™ that has become what Beth (Greenlover) always called the "Barney Board". A place where everything is happy and fun and everybody loves everybody (I love you, you love me) and Unicorns fart Rainbows and Skittles ... and no EvilBadMeanie™ Snausages are allowed to play anymore ... Easy Peasy
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The Sarge told you that you would do it. Do you now believe? Easy Peasy
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Kill the squirrels. Seriously. A feeder full of nuts and rat poison should do the trick. If something gets into Sarge's garden/orchard/vinyard, it generally gets itself shot or trapped... but ya can't go poppin' off random shots on post, now, can ya? Easy Peasy
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For those who were following The Joshua Tree Album (no, not that one) at TheOtherForum™ -- we have life! It popped Friday and has been trying to push out ever since ... Easy Peasy
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They're Paw-Paw seeds. Does this help? : Easy Peasy
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Like banana pudding ... but better - with a hint of mango/tropical-fruit flavor. Easy Peasy
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The American Paw Paw ( Asimina triloba ) is not the same as the tropical Papaya (Carica papaya) There is much confusion over this : "American pawpaw (note the different spelling) on the other hand is an entirely different fruit not related to the tropical Carica papaya from which Australian red papaya and yellow papaw come. American pawpaw is also known as -poor man's banana? and is the fruit of the Asimina triloba tree." Much confusion ... They are, in fact, not the same at all. Easy Peasy
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They're Paw Paw seeds. They get soaked in warm water tonight. Put in a bag full o' dirt and in about 8 weeks I get sprouting and then they'll look like this guy's seeds with a taproot coming out: Then they get planted in pots for 2 years - they don't like direct sunlight the first few years, so pots to move 'em into the shade. Then the 3rd year they go out in the orchard. Anywhere from year 6 to 10 they should be producing mondo amounts of fruit. Felix is standing next to what looks like about a 6 or 7 year old, with some fruiting going on, eating the Yum Yum in this video: FYI - you'll never find a Paw Paw in a store. They ripen, and are only good for about 4 days. Can't ship, sell, store, etc in 4 days - they go bad before the store can sell 'em. The only way is to have some of your own trees and DIY. Easy Peasy
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The Sarge has decided to expand the Orchard with a good old-fashioned Paw Paw Patch. It's a bit early to tell ... How do they look so far?? Easy Peasy
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Double plus good! [1] Eezy Cheezy FOOTNOTE: [1] Although The Sarge believes "flames" to be too good for management (The Harpie and Just Jack)