2026-07-28

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1. David says:

   July 28, 2026 at 7:42 am

   Stacy sure threw a fast ball over home plate yesterday. Sheesh! Good on ya, Stacy.

   I thought I did good with Wordle in 3 until my Debbie upstaged me in 2.

   I can get 2 extra $5 tickets to aee Bob Dylan at Chastain Friday night, if any
   one wants to go. Lucinda Williams and Jimmie Vaughn (Stevie Ray’s brother) are opening.

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   • Barb says:

     July 28, 2026 at 8:14 am

     I don’t like Bob Dylan enough to even pay $5.
     Sorry David – he’s a great song writer, but I’m not a fan of his singing.

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     • David says:

       July 28, 2026 at 8:50 am

       Just putting it out there, he’s definitely a total crap shoot. Debbie hasn’t ever seen him, but she’s fully prepared. 🙂

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       • Jenka says:

         July 28, 2026 at 9:11 am

         I have heard from other people that he has declined so much that he’s not a good performer. But I will be interested to hear your take.

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         • David says:

           July 28, 2026 at 9:18 am

           He sucked abysmally when I saw him 25 years ago. I saw him at Ameris a couple of years ago and he wasn’t terrible. He wasn’t good, but he wasn’t terrible. I definitely wouldn’t pay more than $5 to see him. We will absolutely cut our losses if he’s godawful again.
         • Jenka says:

           July 28, 2026 at 9:20 am

           I saw him in ’95 or ’96 as an undergrad at college – he was terrible even then.
   • Paulie [eatl/ga] says:

     July 28, 2026 at 9:49 am

     I won’t be around Friday night, and really don’t enjoy Dylan enough if I were.

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2. Barb says:

   July 28, 2026 at 8:39 am

   2 trips to Smyrna (Wade Ford) Allan’s 1st oil change & whatever recall thing are done.
   The morning trip at 9:30-10:00 wasn’t so bad -but the trip over to get there before 6pm SUCKED – I really don’t know if I could handle much of a commute anymore.

   Besides that – nothing going on…………..

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3. Barb says:

   July 28, 2026 at 8:42 am

   and – Wordle in 4 – I actually decided to play early today

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4. Jenka says:

   July 28, 2026 at 9:19 am

   Goodbye luncheon yesterday with the old dean, our chief of staff, and me. We went to Mali. I think they have the best basil rolls. I had to work late but we still made it to sushi for dinner.

   Red Sox are on the left coast this whole week so I’m not watching any baseball.

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5. Steve says:

   July 28, 2026 at 9:33 am

   Wordle in 3. Congrats to Debbie on the deuce.

   So I bought a quick connect device for the tractor. It mounts on the 3 point hitch and then you can scoop up your attachment, hook up the PTO line and go. I got it installed and adjusted, hooked up the mower and was off. Only within the first 50 yards of mowing, I notice something out of the corner of my eye- the mower, slowly rolling down the hill behind me! When you connect to your attachment, you lift the hitch. When I mow without the new QC, you would lower the mower all the way down and it rides on its wheels. NOW I can’t do that as that would be the “disconnect” position. Oops. No harm, no foul, and I was able to catch up to it and get re-connected.

   Off to Costco and other errands this morning.

   -FP

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6. Paulie [eatl/ga] says:

   July 28, 2026 at 9:50 am

   Good on you all for missing the Wordle traps into which I fell today. Happy enough not to fail.

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7. Paulie [eatl/ga] says:

   July 28, 2026 at 9:54 am

   In from turning compost and watering WLF ahead of what should be a very hot day, followed by a few days of heat without rain. Set the sprinklers to fire Friday morning. This should be enough to keep everything alive until
   It rains again next week.

   Related: WLF is a nightmare currently and in dire need of a proper cleanup.

   Unrelated: a dead branch fell onto my brick patio, no damage done to anything on the patio. Regarding this branch it was when, and not if, it would fall. I was actually going to cut it down this winter so Mother Nature once again did some work for me.

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8. Bob says:

   July 28, 2026 at 10:20 am

   Wordle in 5 and Connections fail. I did not have the patience for connections today.

   Got a call from the transmission shop, I don’t think I have ever been so happy to get a $500 estimate for repairs. I was expecting so much more. If all goes well I’ll get back on the road tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

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   • Steve says:

     July 28, 2026 at 10:32 am

     That’s great news, Bob!

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   • Paulie [eatl/ga] says:

     July 28, 2026 at 10:32 am

     $500? Shit, you are loving right! I can’t seem to get out of routine maintenance for less than that these days.

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     • Barb says:

       July 28, 2026 at 10:46 am

       Allan had some Ford website credits – (no idea what those are/were, I think they told us about it when we bought the truck, but that is long forgotten info)
       So he got his oil change for free. I doubt we will ever go back to a dealership again (unless we have to), so it was good we got to use them

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