tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65840116167814127682024-02-21T02:40:17.842-05:00She's a Garand Galbetter keep an eye on her...Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-5406724827655169032014-10-03T19:06:00.001-04:002014-10-03T19:06:22.374-04:00No one herebut us low IQ trashy NRA types waiting for the ebola to rain upon our heads.Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-86204373766366527972013-11-12T20:56:00.002-05:002013-11-12T21:49:44.251-05:00Crying ShameA couple of Sunday's ago I went in to work. When I got there J, my 24 hour driver for the day, wasn't there. He'd left his girlfriend a month or so earlier and had been couch surfing until he found a place to land, so the boss gave him one. He stayed at the spare room at the office on his 24 hour shifts since he didn't always have a parking spot for the truck wherever he was staying. He stayed Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-23233759633656702222013-10-18T20:57:00.001-04:002013-10-18T20:57:36.166-04:00Don't mind me...A photo that I've asked someone to look at in the hopes that they can provide advice on fixing the problem.
The hinges on the 5 drawer cabinet for my 108 year old Singer 66 are stripped and are getting worse every time I use the machine. I haven't used it in almost a year because I worry about damaging it further. I'm not sure where to start in fixing them, although I remember watching my dad Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-39919507783455818742013-09-14T23:46:00.001-04:002013-09-14T23:46:10.874-04:00Laundry Day This isn’t practice for a grid down situation, nor is it an invasion of helpful mimes. It is my children learning what happens when you are doing your best to irritate your sibling and wind up breaking the washers timing mechanism. This is actually a teaching moment with a t-shirt and some fabric, the real work went on outside in plastic totes and well out of my earshot. Unless a cheap used Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-13951867042271050522013-08-30T23:41:00.001-04:002013-08-31T02:02:01.070-04:00Here’s the thing. Bluntly.Erin has a couple of spare inches. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t have a few, mine are around my waist. Hers are located elsewhere. My gender, genetics and sexual orientation all match what society, and I, expect to see so I can not truly comprehend what her life is like. I am often upset by what I see in the mirror, so maybe I can understand a fraction of what she feels when she looks at Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-30176742850703078922013-08-26T08:16:00.001-04:002013-08-26T08:16:55.217-04:00Has it been a month? Really?Goodness gracious. I'm sorry. There's been a lot going on, but nothing much has happened since I last posted. The biggest thing is that I made a quilt. Well, technically I made two quilt tops and quilted them together as the top and the backing of one quilt, but I'm not one to stand on formalities. The one with the black is the backing, it’s a quilt that I began years ago and added to to make it Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-90075336486173323402013-07-08T20:05:00.001-04:002013-07-08T20:07:36.431-04:00BlahNothing blogworthy is going on, sorry. Just putting shoulder to the yoke and keeping the ball rolling. I’m sure much is the same for ya’ll. I don’t know for a fact because when Google reader went south it took half of my blog subscriptions with it and the new service I’ve been using, which was originally based on Google Reader, won’t let me re-subscribe to them because it’s under the impression Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-35645372855376567302013-06-18T18:11:00.001-04:002013-06-18T18:12:24.303-04:00SensationalismEarlier today Cave asked for my opinion on an article at Ms Magazine, authored by Heidi Yewman, titled My Month With a Gun: Week One. I shall not dignify Ms. Magazine, Ms. Yewman, or their particular brand of journalism with a link. Instead, I shall direct you to PJ Media where Bryan Preston has written a good article dissecting several of the issues that I had with Ms Yewman’s gabbling. Mr. Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-15782622610168092332013-05-27T11:16:00.001-04:002013-05-27T11:25:42.606-04:00Thank youLife is pretty much humming along, and I appreciate that the sacrifices made by the service members and their families are what makes my humdrum daily life possible. Thank you.
If you'll excuse me, I have a few trucks to take care of. Please don't limit your appreciation of everything that our service members and their families go through to keep us home and safe to just one day and a post on Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-87558309883638783292013-05-19T10:33:00.001-04:002013-05-19T10:33:12.705-04:00Better Safe Than SorryI was looking at my checking account online early this morning and noticed a charge I had not authorized from a place I have never heard of. Something called the Crystal Hotel in Miami, FL, for $1.73. They reversed the charges immediately, but it made me sit up and take notice. I called my bank's fraud line this morning and had my card cancelled. The bank was able to tell me that it is a hotel Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-3474765988493894462013-05-18T12:46:00.001-04:002013-05-18T13:09:12.740-04:00I'm back again. I miss y'all. My brain is stuffed full of maps, tow points, dispatching procedures (secondary tows vs primary tows vs priority accidents vs everything else we do), how to set up the charges, and more, and somewhere in all that I'm trying to keep the house from falling down about our ears. Right now my mind is kind of like a layered compost bin, pile the new stuff on top while the old stuff at theGarand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-48110091303525129332013-04-21T09:10:00.001-04:002013-04-21T09:11:16.085-04:00There’s an App for that.I just finished my first week. I have to say that I quite enjoyed it. The work is a good mix of steady and slow with bursts of holy heck where did all this come from?!? My boss is good, both as an employer and as a man, and my co-workers are excellent although one has some issues and may not be there much longer. Patience with him has run thin, deservedly so. I think the job is going to provide Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-88049138660810878202013-04-15T02:16:00.001-04:002013-04-15T02:16:08.550-04:00I have a J-O-BStarting tomorrow (Monday) I will be working as a part-time dispatcher for a local wrecker service. Poor Rhye will have to get used to spending his days in his crate. I think he’ll adjust eventually, although I do anticipate my name will be mud until the kids are out of school and can supervise him while I’m at work. They wanted a minimum of a year of dispatching experience, which I do Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-45508283035467575562013-03-23T07:44:00.001-04:002013-03-23T07:44:14.580-04:00DrJimDrJim's step-grandchild appears to be fading. I'm very sad to hear it, and my thoughts and prayers go out to he and his family at this time.
To the young man, I ask for peace, light, and freedom.
DrJim blogs at Every Blade Of Grass.
http://every-blade-of-grass.blogspot.comGarand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-49518560479367039272013-03-21T21:28:00.001-04:002013-03-21T21:28:17.393-04:00Phooey againThe new cord arrived today (YAY!!!) but the video card is still wigging out (Boo!!!) and I had to reboot the computer twice while trying to answer comments (Hiss!!!) (to the reboots, not the comments!!!!) so I'm resorting to posting on my phone again. I can post from the phone but I haven't been able to figure how to see comments, much less reply to them. Guess it's going to be a weird hybrid Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-32994593493889072542013-03-20T19:32:00.001-04:002013-03-20T19:32:37.951-04:00Well PhooeyMy laptop is barely hanging in there. The power cord is on the fritz so it cuts off if I do something so dastardly as pick it up and move it and a gentle bump, sometimes just typing too hard, sends the video chip into fits that often require a series of reboots to get it to settle down and run right. I have a new cord on the way but the video card means it's going to have to be replaced sooner Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-19175212365038950322013-02-27T04:04:00.001-05:002013-02-27T04:04:58.585-05:00We have a new family member He’d look good with his ears cropped, wouldn’t he? Oh well. His registered name will be Valentino, but we’ve been calling him Rhye. We brought him home on Valentines Day, just in time for the entire family to be laid flat out with the flu. We’re just now getting over it. Rhye, on the other hand, has had two clean bills of health from our vet clinic. I took him in the day after he Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-91891612242604694992013-01-17T20:00:00.001-05:002013-01-17T20:00:09.583-05:00*Headdesk* Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-63964577468833605902013-01-16T01:42:00.001-05:002013-01-16T01:42:31.448-05:00Anti-Anti-GunnersI’ve been running my butt off hither and yon, and between I’ve been staring wide eyed and slack jawed at the political doings. Unconstitutional much? I’m tired of the anti-gun crowd. I know many of you don’t bother with them any more. I probably shouldn’t either but I see Linoge (@linoge_wotc, Walls Of The City), @sdsorrentino (NC Gun Blog), Barron (@barronbarnett, The Minuteman), Erin (@Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-82032602958411617332013-01-04T09:40:00.001-05:002013-01-04T10:20:37.018-05:00Waiting for the hammer to fallSo. Feinstein was supposed to present her scary black gun ban to congress yesterday. I went looking for it but the only pertinent legislation I saw was The High Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act and the Illinois Lame-Duck Bill.* I was, however, told (by someone with less maturity than my ten year old) that my status as a gun owner, my name and the location of my residence need to be made Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-85103305016909767092013-01-02T19:13:00.001-05:002013-01-02T19:36:46.551-05:00Guns at the Pawn ShopWe frequent the local pawn shops because we find some good deals there. The last one was an Enfield No 4 Mk I in good shape, decently scoped and wearing a synthetic stock. The owner of this particular store (he actually owns four or five but this is where he has his office) is a bit of a character. He’s infamous for his “butt calculator,” a big rectangular thing with fake jewel buttons tucked Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-81929941354980035422013-01-01T03:59:00.001-05:002013-01-01T03:59:07.637-05:00This one isn’t about the pawn shop eitherI saw this video today and found it to be a well researched, articulate, and thoughtful FU in the face of media hype and number massagers. I hope he continues to post. Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-92063859756318646512012-12-31T17:52:00.001-05:002012-12-31T17:52:03.282-05:00On hold for the momentI made jelly from bottled juice last night. It doesn’t look like much but there’s two batches of cherry almond, two batches of apple cinnamon, one batch of blueberry, one batch of blueberry cherry, one batch of mt dew, and two batches of cranberry/blackberry/blueberry jam. Jam/jelly making requires much more hovering, standing and timing than pressure canning and by this point I had managed to Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-47796713318745571152012-12-26T13:28:00.001-05:002012-12-26T13:28:13.709-05:00Merry Christmas!I hope that you and your loved ones had full bellies, laughed until you couldn't breathe, got a little choked up in a good way, enjoyed memories of holidays past and made more happy memories for holidays future. Cave has been pulling massive hours at work this month to cover gaps in the schedule and an unexpected strike that required his department be manned 24/7, even the parts that normally Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584011616781412768.post-86270781200090039882012-12-14T10:52:00.001-05:002012-12-14T11:12:39.992-05:00Ten Months. Cold Steele Gahagan 02/09/2012 – 12/12/2012 It started simply. The family spent the day out. Both dogs seemed fine when we got home. The next day one of Hag’s testicles seemed a little swollen, but he was moving fine. Then it was larger and he was walking a bit stiffly. He cooperated when I checked him out but he was in obvious discomfort. I took him to the vet and they did their Garand Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249441887465858969noreply@blogger.com6