The Three Amigos... Sage, Dixie & Wingnut!!!

Supervisor, home rehab project:



"Huh? Wha' happen? Oh, it's you... get me a beer outta the fridge, then shaddap and get back to work!!!"

Haha, CJ, I thought you'd like that one, LOL... got some more pics for y'all, I had a blast putting the final decorating touches in my home this weekend, 10-4? But first we have this cool old truck, the tailgate gets big-time bonus points, even if it is a Ford, LOL. Here we go:



Pretty cool tailgate, aye? And check out Tiger, that little knucklehaid!!! Last two pics start the decor show...

Round #2 of pics:



Hey, "T-Bone!!!" Ya like the pic of Mikey? That's the third pic for the rest of youse heroes, with former pro surfer turned crackhead Mikey J. sitting in my old room in the beach cottage in Coronado... we were partying when the pic was taken, and Mikey looks pretty wasted, LOL. There's Bubba the Cat in the middle, he was one heckuva kitteh, but he's long gone... RIP, Bubba!!! That's yours truly atop the pony or donkey or whatever it is, reckon I was about 6 years old when that photo was taken, and that's my brother Pete on deck. The rest of the pics are just items on various walls of my home, I put up the recent circus posters for the good friends who accompanied me, we had a good time at the circus, LOL.

Hmm, another shot of Crackhead break dancing on the carpeted deck, LOL:



Tiger likes the cool concrete slabs, the little varmint. That pickpocket sign is on the outer door leading to the Pool Room, LOL... we can only hope the loose wimmin show up later, 10-4??? Check out the birdbath, the honeybees have taken to quenching their thirst at my place... they don't bother me at all when I empty the bowl and refill it with fresh clean water, I'll be surrounded by 100 bees buzzing around, but not one will sting me, LOL. I suppose it's for the same reason ghetto 'hood rats won't mess with USPS employees: "DON'T F#% WITH THE MAILMAN, HE BE BRINGIN' OUR WELFARE CHECKS!!!"

BTW, I tossed that wooden cheese knife into the bath permanently, it's so bees who fall into the water can climb back out and dry off, the steep walls of the bowl itself are hard to climb when wet, yeah? I have at least half a dozen of those cheese knives, they're perfect for the purpose of saving honeybees from drowning, LOL.

Round #4 of pics:



Got some window glare in certain pics, but no worries, these shots are just to show y'all my finishing touches when it comes to decor, LOL. Many of these items are taken from old calendars, I liked the artwork well enough to keep it, 10-4? I dig that Charles Russell artwork in Pic #7, and the Winslow Homer number in Pic #8 doesn't suck... "Breezin' Up" if my memory still serves me, always liked that artwork. When guests take a break from playing pool and visit either bathroom, I want 'em to have some cool art to check out while they're unloading some o' that beer, LOL. Last pic shows the San Diego skyline at night, the shot taken by my brother Martin, and I put up the calendar shot of Old Mission San Luis Rey because that's where my mom was laid to rest, bless her dear departed soul.

Round #5 of pics:



There's some glare in the first two pics, but I always liked that drawing, it's pretty cool. Hey, when's the last time youse knucklehaids saw a 'Nam War-era protest poster like the one in Pic #3??? LOL... a F#%NG CLASSIC. Bulletproof Red69 would like that plane poster, and the inset photo shows Addison Pemberton flying his Stearman Sr. Speedmail... I flew in that very plane with Addison himself, best natural-born pilot I've ever met, I think he came out of the womb with wings, LOL Helluva pilot, the very best, and his family restores all those vintage aircraft... Pemberton & Sons Aviation, look 'em up sometime, I think they moved to Facebook, the restoration pics & videos are truly amazing!!! There's my key rack, and check it out, in the hallway leading to the carport I placarded the world, BWAHAHAHAHA!!! Damn... look at Tiger in a relaxed state, that boy knows how to RELAX, 10???

Round #6 of pics:



That second pic of Tiger somehow reminds me of Richard Nixon, LOL. I put the dragon art on the door to the closet with the gas furnace, what better place to put it? My brother Chris took that shot of the Pileated Woodpeckers, he lives over by Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. That Sunset poster was one me beloved mum had, it has some cool covers on display. Hey, "T-Bone!!!" The surfer girl is for you & Mikey, LOL.

Round #7 of pics:



That flying boat is just what I need to get from Benson to Dago... half the fun would be flying low over the desert, with folks looking up and asking, "WTF?!?!?" That thing would be perfect for my purposes too, I could even fly it to the islands off Baja, LOL. Say, there's my politically-incorrect whaling art, I put it above the garden tub in the master bathroom, LOL. Last pic shows kittens from a calendar, Y'all know I like my kittehs, aye???

Round #8 of pics:



Aww, look at the kittehs!!! Gotta love the old sailing calendar pics I put on one wall of what will eventually be a guest bedroom, I'm currently using it as a storage room for the ongoing home rehab work, but one fine day all that cr@p will be cleared out and stowed in the shed, LOL. Those sailing pics are all from a famous photographer back in the day, I think it was Rosenfeld? Can't quite recall, but he took some excellent photos, all of 'em remind me of sailing (which is a good thing), so I couldn't bear to toss the calendar once it expired, LOL.

Tenth and final round o' pics for today:



No, my cats aren't SPOILED, LOL... usually there's a dish of milk somewhere in the lineup, must have fallen down on the job for this photo. That historic map is really cool, I'll post a pic or two of it later once I put it up on the wall in my room. There are the honeybees partying again in the birdbath, the knucklehaids!!! And alla youse old school vertical skateboarders out there will appreciate the skate shot, it's on the wall of the bathroom closest to the Pool Room, LOL. The shots of Coach Greene are almost mandatory... he was a role model for me in my high school daze, the dad I never had after my own dad split, aye? He taught me how to drive too, back when Driver's Ed was still offered in school... I miss those days, LOL. Coach was a real man's man, had a wonderful wife and family and was rock f#%ng solid: coached the football team, taught P.E., Auto Shop, Wood Shop, etc. His home was filled with furniture he made himself with his own two hands, he was that kinda guy. The only reason I took Wood Shop in the 9th Grade was to bag hardwood and cut skate decks out of it, right? So my Shop projects were miserable abortions, I had no interest in woodworking then as I do now, except to fashion skateboard decks or blanks with "borrowed" wood, 10-4? I think Coach knew this... one day he approached the bench where I was working, looked at my current Shop project (a magazine rack, the third in a series of projects), smiled at me and asked, "WHATCHA MAKIN', B_______, FIREWOOD?!?!?" My reply: "Thanks for the support, Coach." LOL... he was one helluva man, Coach Greene, sadly he and his wife have passed away, I used to go visit Coach when he was in the hospital, toward the end of his long and useful life.

I can't sign off without relating one more hilarious anecdote which involved Coach and a fellow student named John Aldredge or Aldridge, can't remember how he spelled his last name... might have been Jon too, I just can't recall. Anyway, Aldredge and I were talking by the band saw, I was standing by while Aldredge tried to cut some piece of wood. He failed to adjust the saw properly, and next thing we knew, the band saw blade had broken and was flailing about in a dangerous manner. This immediately got Coach's attention: he didn't like students breaking his shop equipment, right? So he yelled, "B_____, ALDREDGE!!! GET IN THE LUMBER ROOM!!!" That was where corporal punishment was meted out, usually in the form of swats administered with a large wooden paddle handmade by Coach himself. Well, I took my swats and stumbled outta there, holding my @$$ and walking gingerly as if on hot coals, LOL. Behind me, I heard Coach deliver a resounding smack to Aldredge, hit him so hard the paddle BROKE, which p!ssed Coach off even more... he went and grabbed a backup paddle on the wall, then HAMMERED Aldredge for causing so much trouble, LOL. When Aldredge finally escaped, there were tears in his eyes... but I can positively state that he NEVER broke another band saw blade again, BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Ah, yes, those were the days, too bad corporal punishment is no longer in effect, nothing like it for teaching dumb@$$ students, don'tcha know??? Maybe some of these snot-nosed kids nowadays would learn greater respect for their elders as well... personally, I think the world would be a better place if corporal punishment were reinstated, but that's just my own opinion, and y'all know what they say about opinions, LOL.

TIME FOR THIS KID TO GO GRAB A BEER, Y'ALL ENJOY THE PICS I POSTED... CHEERS!!!

Coastal Redneck said:

Haha, CJ, I thought you'd like that one, LOL...

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Lol. Yeah, its how I view what cats actually think. Reminds me of Morris the cat on those old 9Lives commercials.


I like the old Ford truck too.

Well, I have an appointment with a computer specialist tomorrow, hopefully he will extract my book file from the laptop that went kaput just before I left Show Low, 10-4? I wanna start slinging that book to publishers again, now that I'm living in Redneck Land and there aren't as many PC specialists in this area, LOL. That book file has an excellent collection of stories, mostly narratives and tales of adventure, and each story has photos incorporated directly into the text, so when I write about climbing to the summit of Isla Norte... BAM!!! There's the view one gets upon reaching the summit... not only will the reader get the picture view, he'll get the proverbial thousand words, possibly more in some cases, LOL.

Only took me 25 years to compile those stories and get the photos in place... what's a quarter-century compared to a lifelong dream? Last night, while absolutely hammered, I figured I should rig up some sorta jacket photo for my literary fan base once my book is published... I have quite a few trucking photos, climbing photos, I even have one or two vertical skateboarding photos stashed away, but I wanted a photo that really captured the whole "struggling drunken author" scene, LOL. Or would that be "drunken struggling author?" Meh, it's a coin toss... check out the pics I took while hitting the bottle, I think I've managed to capture the true spirit of this whole literary enterprise:

Sitting on the cr@pper, holding a fifth of Wild Turkey, and reading The Cochise Trading Post while looking for a JOB... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Damn... if I don't hit the BIG-TIME and I don't score a job, I can always scrap the Mighty Camry courtesy of that ad in the paper, LOL. Buy a bus ticket back to the coast and become a full-on Kalifornia beach bum and welfare case, 10??? Say, I need a little help from y'all... which photo is the classiest and most suitable for a book jacket cover? Do I keep the weed-whacking shades on for the pic? I couldn't be bothered to retrieve the Bolle shades from the car when I took the photos, these shades were handy on the kitchen counter... SOLD!!!

Ya know, in light of the obesity epidemic sweeping the nation, I reckon Canon should market this model camera to fat people so they look skinnier in their pics... my 200-lb. frame looks positively anorexic in these shots, LOL. I can hear the marketing strategists now: "YOU TOO CAN LOOK 300 POUNDS LIGHTER!!! FRIENDS & FAMILY WILL NEVER KNOW YOU STILL WEIGH 650 POUNDS!!! BUY YOUR CANON CAM TODAY AND START LIVING THE THIN LIFE!!!" Goddam marketing douchebags... always selling the lie. Say, y'all don't think these shots are TMI, do ya??? I'm only trying to capture the true spirit of the "struggling drunken author"---it ain't always easy, LOL. I want my future fans to remember me as I was during the long haul to the top, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

HERE ARE SOME SHOTS OF TIGER ATOP THE LOOSE LOG IN ONE CORNER OF MY YARD, HE & CRACKHEAD BOTH DO THIS TO SCOUT THE BLOCK FOR COYOTES.



Little Tiger sure is shaping up to be a good cat, though he'll probably never take the place of Sage in my heart... poor ol' Sage, I still miss my little four-legged friend. Tiger & Phoenix sure have helped to liven up the home after Sage's disappearance, so I'm grateful for their company. Both are making strides in exploring the property, the critical part now is to clue 'em in to the predator scene before they get bagged. Arizona can be hard on small domestic animals, as soon as they venture outdoors they enter the goddam food chain, same way humans enter the food chain whenever they enter the ocean. Meh, such is life... and death will always be a part of life. Gotta run, hope y'all appreciated my best Johnny Rotten impersonation on the cr@pper, not like I care either way, since I won't be running for public office anytime soon, LOL.

CHEERS, YOUSE KNUCKLEHAIDS!!! ER... I MEAN YOUSE MONKEYBIKING HEROES & CRUSTY MINI DEMONS O' DIRT!!!

Kittehs on the window sill, north side of my home:



Tiger on left, Phoenix on right... funny little kittehs, they like looking out the windows after I lock 'em down for the rest of the afternoon & evening, 10-4?

Put the third A/C unit into the wall of my master bedroom yesterday, did it all by myself and it turned out nice, just gotta paint it today. Gonna frame up the other two units on the outside, and the middle unit on the inside as well. Trying to get this done before the weather gets hot, temps are in the 100s already but at least it's dry, so no worries. Here are some shots of the units:



First pair o' pics show the finished interior framing of the A/C unit by the Pool Room, that's how all units will eventually look, 10-4? Middle pair o' pics shows the unit I installed by myself yesterday, interior framing completed and the whole shebang caulked, ready for paint today. Last pair o' pics shows the middle unit in the guest bedroom, what is now my storage room till home rehab is done... I will try to frame all units inside and out before the day is done, and get them painted as well. They don't look bad once they're finished, and it's important to have these units up and running before the really hot weather arrives. Here are some pics of one completed bathroom, I'm still making tiny finishing touches on the other:



Walls may seem cluttered to some, but I want my guests to have stuff to look at while they unload some o' that beer between rounds of pool, LOL. I like having mementos of past adventures in sight as I brush my teeth & shave & whatnot, just to remind me of good times... as long as the clutter is on the wall and not on the floor, it's good to go, 10??? CHEERS!!!

Oh, yeah, forgot to say that I masked that little rectangular cabinet, vanity box or whatever ya call it over the sink, spray-painted it and then cut a cedar fence plank to serve as a shelf inside the box. Turned out pretty nice, it was fugly before I decided to paint it, LOL.

So,,,,if your unit takes a crap you have to break into the wall to get it out? A/C sleeves make that job much easier.

"LONGNECK ICE-COLD BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART..."

For some reason, that redneck tune is stuck in my mind today, I've been singing it since daybreak, LOL. I even found a video:


Bulletproof Red69, these A/C units are new animals to me, and I never even knew that such a thing as an A/C sleeve existed... let me put on my dunce cap and stand in the corner, LOL. If the units ever do take a dump on me, I can yank 'em out easily enough, just gotta undo a few drywall screws on either side, 10-4? But I'll file the "A/C sleeve" info away for future use...

Going back to that video, the football kicker is definitely NOT gonna see any action after the game, LOL... those cheerleaders were cuties too, the chump should've made the kick. Funny how a fat redneck guy can hit the BIG-TIME with so many songs. Does he do that "REDNECKER THAN YOU" tune as well, or is that someone else? That's a classic tune, I CRANK IT whenever I hear it, LOL.

"I'M REDNECKER THAN YOU!!!"

Damn right, LOL.

Dang, I almost forgot to post these goldurned redneck shots I took in the WallyWorld parking lot yesterday:



O, the stories these vehicles could tell... if only they could talk, LOL. That lifted rig is redneck to the bone, gotta love the door... and that ol' bike would be PERFECT for riding to the Stronghold, has my name written all over it, 10-4? I'll buy one like it once I get back to work... and speaking of work, the terminal manager of a trucking outfit wants to hire me as a local driver to haul chemicals to several nearby mines, but those fake charges in Kalifornia are gonna prevent me from tacking the Hazardous endorsement BACK onto my license, go figure. Looks as if I may be working as a WallyWorld cashier here pronto, making a whopping $11 per hour part-time, WOOHOO!!! Meh, WTF, Walmart has A/C, and I'm not getting much response from other companies to which I applied... besides, some bee-yoo-ti-ful Arizona wimmin shop at that store, maybe I can find the woman of my dreams as I sling groceries into friggin' sacks, HOORAY!!! I'll settle for a hot, wealthy heiress willing to cook, clean, do laundry, and scrub quarter-mile-long Alabama skidmarks outta my $h!tter with a goddam toothbrush, LOL.

Maybe I can bag one of those Russian mail-order brides with some o' that big WallyWorld dough... some of those wimmin look pretty good, even if they DO have criminal records as long as my arm, LOL. That whole mail-order bride business is probably a scheme cooked up by the Russian gubmint to deport criminals, the Russkies are laughing all the way to the bank as lonely dumb@$$ Americans (like me) throw down heaps o' coin in desperate attempts to find everlasting love, LOL. Hey, once I choose a Russian gal outta the web catalog, I'll hold an abbreviated wedding ceremony the minute she deplanes:

"WITH THIS $H!TTER BRUSH, I THEE WED... NOW GET TO F#%NG WORK!!!"

Ah, yes, ain't love grand??? Well, guess I should head back to the ol' hacienda and pull some more home rehab, the problem with home rehab work is that it doesn't complete itself... and if ya ever figure out how to make it do this, you'll be an overnight billionaire, no worries. Since we're dwelling in Fantasy Land with this concept, let's tack on a few more:

1) THE GUBMINT SHOULD PAY TAXES TO CITIZENS!!!

2) THE GUBMINT SHOULD DISPENSE FREE BEER ON EVERY STREET CORNER, 24/7/365!!!

3) GOOD-LOOKIN' WIMMIN SHOULD PAY FOR ALL DATES!!!

I could go on here, but why bother? Y'all catch my drift, LOL... now, where was I? Oh, yeah...

"LONGNECK ICE-COLD BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART!!!"

However, that demon alcohol DID get me in trouble a time or two, and it put me in the doghouse more times than I can possibly remember, LOL. Meh, I'm not about to give up my one & only vice to please ANYONE, even if that means living my life as a desperate & lonely old man, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Good news is: I get to spend my own money, 10-4? No nagging bi-yatch to gripe whenever I stay up till 0400 watching movies CRANKED in my home theater... no bad cooking to eat... no chick flicks to suffer through... what's NOT to like??? Did I mention the part about spending my own money??? LOL.

Y'ALL BE GOOD, I'M OFF TO PULL SOME HOME REHAB... WORK IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL, DON'TCHA KNOW???

CHEERS, YOUSE KNUCKLEHAIDS!!! ER, I MEAN YOUSE MONKEYBIKING HEE-ROES & CRUSTY MINI DEMONS O' DIRT!!!

I've installed my share of through the wall units in the past, but I had to check to see if they are still available. They are.

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Good Job on the AC units, I do know how the heat is and how dangerous it can be....

I did that in Vegas. I put a unit in my master bathroom lil window. It was great! I had my ceiling fan running in reverse to pull the cool air coming from the bathroom...lol It was a great way to save money on electricity too, i didnt run the big unit at night.

Remem keep the filters clean and pull out any frozen crickets that find there way in the filter! They look extra creepy when frozen.

I ended up using this aerosol spay insulation foam i got at home depot, to seal it from the back, It lasted 15 years and the new owners still use it.