Well, this is going to be another Thursday.  I even have…had? Wednesday off work because of the silly Juneteenth holiday and it’s STILL going to be another Thursday issue.  I got up early because a buddy of mine was supposed to meet me at my house to help me get the Ivy down from the top of my chimney.  I think I told you the other day that my insurance agent strongly suggested that I do a few things around the outside of my house in order to stay in good standing with the very good insurance company that I have.  One of those things was to get the ivy off the top of the chimney.  I had already gotten it off the side of the house where it had taken over.  

It’s not really ivy, Izzy Dragon says that it’s Virginia Creeper.  Now, after looking it up on line:

I’d say, Yup, that’s exactly what it was.  As you can see on the picture on the left, for those of you who are unfamiliar with this insidious beast, it grows crazy fast and gets EVERYWHERE and from the picture on the right, the little tendrils that come off the stems and runners work their way into the cracks in the siding and the bricks and, well, let’s just say that it is harder than the mortar holding the bricks together and I’m glad I have access to some chemicals that aren’t available on the open market.  It’s nice being a CBRN survival specialist.  Some of those wartime chemical weapons work out quite well as pesticides and weed killers.

(And for you alphabet agencies that are out there monitoring every word that comes out of my mouth lately, IT’S A BLOODY JOKE!!!!  I figured I’d point that out to you since you’ve proven yourself too stupid to figure it out on your own)

Actually, 3 of the second generation warfare agents, developed by Nazi Germany before and during World War II started off as German Pesticides.  Tabun (GA), sarin (GB), soman (GD), and a sub group called cyclosarin (GF).  Known as the G-series of nerve agents, not as potent as the V-series.  And I should stop talking now, because this is NOT what you signed up for today and I have NO time left at all…which is what I was in the middle of explaining, but my mind is just not cooperating today.

Anyway, my buddy was supposed to come over and help me with the weeds on the chimney and I was going to scrub the moss off the siding…the green color that gets on a lot of people’s houses if you don’t take care of it.  Well, long story short, 5 guys (adults) and 1 teenager showed up with their power tools and what not and the bushes were trimmed or removed, the front was all taken care of completely!  They did SO much more than I expected.  Cut down one little tree that I thought I was going to have to handle on my own, plus two scraggly old bushes that I’ve been meaning to do something with and trimmed up the rest.

I, of course, showed my talents, while turning around to help, tripped over the damn garden hose and fell, AGAIN!  My balance is awful.  It’s a good thing that my bones are unbreakable and I say that in all seriousness.  I’m built like a tank structurally.  There just ain’t no meat left on this tank no more.  

Anyway, after they left, I had some special chemical spray that I sprayed on the side of the house to get rid of the stains and then rinsed back off.  It did a pretty good job, but I’m going to need to do it again, probably tomorrow or the next day.

Then I got assaulted with text messages from my group last night and my ministry partners asking for help and then Izzy wanted to clean out more boxes for Goodwill and some kids we’ve been made aware of that needed toys.  And that brings us up to know with me running out of time before I have to go to the jail tonight and there won’t be any time left to do a proper issue for tomorrow, Thursday… Another Thursday where things don’t work out.  

I’m gonna need to do something about Thursdays, but for now, let’s do this so I can at least get SOME funnies out before I have to go.

Yeah, I think we’ve used this one before, too.

This one comes to us from Joe from NJ…

We’re starting to see the AC cooler ads again. Shows a ‘cube’ shaped device that claims to cool any room in minutes. Average price is around $100. They are trying to pass it off as an air conditioner. IT’S NOT! No compressor or other components of a true air conditioner. Do your homework and save your $$$. As usual, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Okay, I’m going to tell you right now, this is such a fantastic video, you need to find a quiet spot you can watch this and really pay attention to it for the 18 minutes it takes for it to run.  Thanks to Leah for sending this to me.  It really meant a lot and helped me a lot.

Yup, I think we’ve seen that one before, too.

That one may be a bit subtle for some of you.

I’m in such a hurry, it was the next one in line.

This one is from Aussie Pete!  I will admit that I didn’t get it.

          MID-WEEK  MOVIE  TRIVIA

Two very different ROBERTS but they have a connection in two very different movies.

ROBERT MORSE starred in the movie ‘HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING’ and ROBERT DE NIRO starred in the movie  ‘TAXI DRIVER’

So, what is the connection between ROBERT MORSE singing the song  ‘I BELIEVE IN YOU !’  and ROBERT DE NIRO saying, ‘ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?’?

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They were both talking/singing to themselves in a mirror.

Nice!

There is this French couple, sitting up talking, when the wife says to the husband that it was time he had a conversation with their thirteen year old son about the birds and the bees.
 
So the father goes to his son’s room and says “Son do you rememberthat session I arranged for you with mademoiselle Ginette ?”
 
“Oh yes papa, I remember very well” says the son.
 
“Well son it is time you knew that the birds and the bees do the same thing”

And sadly, that’s all I have time for.  I apologize that’s all there is, but there is something.

Until next time my friends.