Oh, no... The steakhouse was packed, as was the bar. And we had reservations, but so did everyone else.

NICE!!! I love that she has helped you with your nails. It can sometimes be tough to get good nails! :O

Thank you for the sound advice, mine managed to free up the clog and get the drain open. Mine may not have needed so long a drain snake, but worth the inverstment.

awww yay..lots of times roots make their way into our piped and rootering helps break them up.

is West of Texas not East, and Ohio is north. I am SO confused!

& I am SOO ready ! I have off (work) all August.... ;)

Yup, plus she has become a friend so that is an added bonus. :D

Where mine live, every other part of Texas is eastern. Oddly you almost guessed where mine going.

Bad Moon Rising and Firestarter fit mine current HA.

I am very curious. Hoping you will let us know, I so would love to meet subeta friends also! Years back did such meets. I saw pictures, it looked grand. I thought I was to meet way back, but it didn't happen.

Two or more Viorans meeting outside of breeding is not known to occur.

: : I'm very "West." Anymore West and I will be at my most favorite-est place in the world, Monterey Bay on the Pacific Ocean. (It's a two hour car-nap to get there by my Author's automobile and so it seems that we arrive there nearly instantaneously...) I've guessed where you both live and your worlds are very similar in climate to where I live...dry and hot. Except that in California's Central Valley and surrounding foothills, they are able to move the water around and irrigate things so that lots of fruit and vegetables and cows and goats and chickens and turkeys and greasy meat sticks that you get at the gas station grow.

It's nearly sky explosion season! For some reason, here in the Central Valley and surrounding foothills, the humans feel it is necessary to scare the ever-loving CRAP out of every living small animal and bird by shooting off sky explosions from the middle of June to February 15. It's already started down in the Valley, we can see them from the mountains when we look down toward Fresno. You humans fill the sky with your explosions, we're going to fill your lawns with impromptu fertilizer. (Already, the local murder of crows is conspiring to dive-bomb the automobiles of some of the worst offenders with fresh blackberry residue...we're talking a murder of about 3000 crows...that's a lot of purple and white fertilizer on your car windscreen.....)STOP THE SKY EXPLOSIONS! It's also bad for forest fires. Remember Glen Meadow and Paradise? Yeah...see what I mean?

New friends are always nice blessings. Glad you have found one. ❤

: : : I would love a Meat Up! I got to go to the Meat Up in San Francisco in February of 2012. I met Keith, Rah, and a BUNCH! of other Subetans. I also visited my author's brother Uncle Patrick and drink tea at the Japanese Gardens. What Memories. We need a BARGE! And we need to do a Lair Bear Meat Up! I will bring sausages! Maybe all the WestCoasters can do a meat up in some innocuous location like Bakersfield.....

haha I'm in for a drive to Bakersfield or anywhere :) We needed the flying barge to pick up and and any other faraway bears.

Count me in.

Yes, but a person who goes to college also meets more than 1 person, so we can adjust to that scale, someday hopefully. I have relatives in Texas, so that state is on my list too. Dreams are good.

I love the Weldon and (beach) portrait. I remember you going to that meet. Already 10 years!?!?! Yowza! Your author posted pics from photobucket.

New friends seems so hard to do at my age! people seemed so locked up! My new walking partner is also great.

Totes! Are you in Cali?

, when I can go, maybe I can bring you along. Someday....

: Thank you, that graphic reminds me of Monterey Bay where we had this wonderful picnic. Yes, I had a lot of pictures of the San Francisco Meat Up, but never moved them over to Imgur after Photobucket got greedy. There's this picture of Glitter, Dannygyrrl and Ellepepper with Keith....

But Mark and I are not in it....I think he took the picture. I was off looking for all the meat that we were promised.

True friends are difficult to come by. Finding a true friend is worth all the hard work you put into nurturing, and maintaining it, that's for sure.

((CHOOK READY OR NOT HERE WE COME...wait what?? *grabs your hand and say lets go ...wherever ti may be 😊))I trust that Welly can find a good sturdy barge! I know he has alot of experience and connection with flying machines in the past. Bohicon start loading up the cookies now as we will need a ton along the way. Judy you got tons of wine there?? hahahha we can load up your animals 2 by 2.. the ones that are not in Australia.pr whereever we are going..and i can bring the musics we all would like...WE ARE GOING TO AUSTRALIA??? Frieda your the Captain of this trip soooo are we all going from here or from the Lair??. Either one is fine..you mentioned getting more Lair Bears on this trip this time..so lets invite them to join..where are we going..and are we there yet? ...now where are those cookies...hmmm

The weather is ominous…dark clouds overhead, wind blowing down from the Eastern Sierras, overnight temperatures in the high 70s-mid 80s…if I didn’t know any better, I’d call the wind the Santa Anna’s. With drought conditions, all Santa Annas bring is sadness, fear and wildfires. Eep!

Two bolts still hold the engine tom it's mounts. Mine know what to do, and what mine need to finish. A 5/8 offset wrench is the right tool, but is not in my kits. Zo, bite the bullet and buy one. Mine don't want to damage the block if the removal is what mine think it may be.

Mine friend can loan his stand after removal, mine may need some help to mount the block. After that it's just a slow process of dismantling.

- yes, southern Cal :) Let's get this show on the road (or air)...however we get going! :)