RickkciR

 Historically, wife and I have not been big proponents of Cruises, but I'm slowly changing/adapting.  Our first was way back in '04 and not a great experience.  If fact , it's what got me looking into All Inclusive Resorts at destinations.  Then we did one ages ago out of Galveston and had a good time.  Third was out of Ft Lauderdale and we actually brought our motorcycle (!!!)  ( Link HERE) ...   that was a good time overall (but had some drama I blogged about).  Then this past October did the High Seas Rally Cruise out of Tampa and had a great time (Link HERE ).  Well, I came upon a cruise being pushed by CVMA Chapter 44-1 out of Gulfport MS, departing from NOLA that caught my attention.   Soon, we were booked.  Then, I advertised it to Friends , Family and my local CVMA Chapter.  When the smoke cleared, our group was larger than all others attending which surprised me.  In fact, a notch disappointed in that a...

 Well .. sort of.  Close friends of us have retired and ....  finding their groove.   They've gotten used to the new retirement level income and not having to touch ... the stash ( you know, 401k/IRA, etc).   They just paid off the mortgage on their home so there's a 'pay raise' in itself.  Now, he's all in when I joke about the next trip ....   dangerous!    Had a few drinks today over lunch and he's like.. LETS GO!   Killing me. Problem is ... my schedule is crazy right now.  I swear, every month of this year I've gotten something planned ... Mexico, CVMA, Jeep related, Hawaii, Arizona, Georgia, more CVMA, MS home ...   this is crazy!  Then I've got the work trips in the mix to keep my stress levels up there on the edge. Starting to question the ol' sanity ........ I've always been a handful, but now got ol Mark n' Nancy catching the bug.  Could be a crazy year! well... not this kind of dang...

 Okay .....   call it what you want.  When we go on Vaca a few times a year, normally get a few extra bux, bring it along and inevitably they find their way back into a safe place for the next one .. and the next one.  I had a stash of $2s in my gun safe but damned if it didn't jam up on me and I couldn't get them out.  Last trip left w/o my $2s.  Mama has been busting my balls to bring them on the next trip out there so ... FINALLY ...   got 'em out!    New 9V battery ....  makes pretty noises.  But couldn't get that handle to turn for the life of me.  Did some search on the 'net for answers/help and ...  relied on the brute force method.  Literally, pounded on each corner of the door to help with the latches and ....   lo and behold, it unlatched and opened.  Magic!  hahaha.  Have to admit, I was starting to wonder how much that was going to cost to 'break in' to the safe and have ...

 We had some crazy weather here not too long ago ...  less than two weeks ago.  Our home down in MS got 9" of snow and it's something like one block away from a sandy beach on the Gulf of America!   Brrrrr.   Lucy made a joke about going back to Mexico and .. well, you don't joke about that shit with me.  Quick look and I'm like .. lets do it!  I'm scouring for Airbnb's, flights and ... she starts dragging her feet.  Well, at our coldest day here in Texas it was something like 19 deg out there and I was unable to get her to commit when I realized one of our pipes in our outdoor kitchen area had popped a top on the faucet and hot water was spewing water everywhere.  Quickly shut off the water, found the problem, shut off that valve and ...  it's already starting to warm up (well.. out of the freezing numbers).  I'm looking at the temps and realize we've now been through the worst of it, push her buttons on Mexico and ...she...

 Oh, thank you lord.  Over the last decade I've figured out FB pretty well.  Lists, Restrictions, Blocking, etc.   But as of late, certain messages from certain folks has been driving me fucking nutz. So last night, I dig in a lil. Go to the Chat Messenger discussion ... and ... start looking around Below Mute Notifications....   now there's a new one!   Sort of reminds me of what some other apps out there do??   Okay ....Mute Notifications, that's what I was looking for .. Used that historically, but not sure why I hadn't done it before on this thread .... Here's something new.  Knew you could restrict folks for the feed info, but not for chats.  NOW, we're talking!   I'm not sure how this affects 'them', but the discussion is hidden from me.  Is it hidden from them?  If I go to their profile page, there is no 'message' button, so I'm guessing they can't message me?  I hope so! There .. I feel better N...