What are you getting into during lockdown

[Frankie]

Looking for a job and watching anime.

[wheelbender6]

New cases shot up in the county where I work, so wearing of masks in businesses has become mandatory. Violators can be fined 1000 bucks.
- Its a good thing if it stops the spread. Not so good if the rate of hospitalization continues to rise.

[Bruces]

I got a call yesterday around 10am from my dads nursing home ,said he wasn’t good probably won’t make the end of the day ,but because he isn’t expected to make it we can now see him ,one at a time with a mask and temperature check .He has a DNR and he doesn’t want to go on anymore ,so he hasent been given anything except a little morphine since ,not even water .He looks very peaceful ,and did wake up a little to say he wasn’t in any pain .I am great with this ,my brothers are not so keen but they moved away 35 years ago and don’t visit often and they are not ready yet .He is still kicking but could be anytime I get the call .
Anyways ,he has a roommate that cannot speak ,but he can write things down .My dad is pretty much just sleeping ,so I asked his roommate if he would like me to sneak him in something when I come back .He wanted Dairy Queen ,so today I smuggled in some Dairy Queen in a gym bag .It was hilarious to watch him devour it in what seemed like seconds .Hopefully he gets it again tomorrow ! He has not seen his family since early March .

[2LZ]

Yer a good man, Bruces.

[Bruces]

Another day ,another Dairy Queen ! .The nurses said that David ,my fathers roomate ,held my fathers hand all night .Hopefully he gets another Dairy Queen tomorrow .

[Darkrider]

Started working on more paracord items. Starting to get to the point i will possibly start selling stuff within the next month or so.

[OneLeggedRider]

Farmin! Actually just brush hogging the top 2 fields. 🤠

[dugndeep]

Definitely not protesting.Been doing a lot of target shooting,rifles and pistols.I have worked too hard for what I have to have an ungrateful bunch of lunatics come onto my property and destroy it protesting.I bought an Armalaser TR10-G laser sight for my SCCY CPX-2 9mm pistol and have got it lined up.It's a green laser and can be seen in broad daylight.It is touch activated so all you do is grip the pistol normally and it comes on.It can be turned off if you don't want to be seen.I'm far away from the bright lights big city but you never know anymore.Doesn't hurt to be prepared.

[wheelbender6]

Binge watching Doc Martin from PBS. Binge watching Dark on NetFlix.

[2LZ]

Originally Posted by wheelbender6

Binge watching Doc Martin from PBS. Binge watching Dark on NetFlix.

Mrs. 2LZ has been binge watching Outlander on Netflix. I call it her "porn". Men, if your other halves are watching this, obviously we're not doing our jobs correctly. ;-)

[Bruces]

Well ,I should finish off something I started on here 2 weeks ago .My fathers room mate got Dairy Queen 3 times that week ,but Wednesday was the last time as I left the room because my mother was going up to the room ,,I went down ,my mother got on the elevator and went right back up and upon entering the room ,my father took his last breath .It was a great ending ,because my son and daughter both took that day off work to visit my dad and did so in the early morning ,and both my brothers had visited that day as well .My mother wanted a funeral now instead of waiting ,so we did it yesterday ,yup July 4th ,hot hot hot gravesite service .My dad was a bugle player in cadets as a kid ,bought a bugle in 1943 which was the best he could find during the war but it had some quality issues and never played quite right .My middle brother is a pro trumpet player ,( he used to play with Maynard Ferguson )he played all the hymns for the service on my dads bugle ,and sent him off with taps ,which couldn’t of been a more perfect song for my dad ,he loved military stuff and bought the bugle to play taps on himself .
As it was a covid era funeral ,we were limited to 50 people ,all wearing masks ,all 6 feet away from each other ,and it was about 92degrees f .I tried ,but the nursing home wouldn’t allow my dads ice cream eating room mate out for the service ,but it would of been nice if he could of came .
Anyways we are still limited to groups of no more than 10 ,so unfortunately no reception after ,so no egg salad sandwiches (never been to a funeral without them before ) and honestly just a weird ending .
It was a good day in some weird times ,but my mother believed that since there has been only a handful of funerals taking place during covid ,she wanted to get it done as it will be a real mess when things get back a little more normal .I think that was a good call .
I am glad my dad was a bugle guy and not a sax man ,I doubt I could of pulled off what my brother did in the heat with our dad sitting in a little copper pot .
My mother beat the crap out of me every day growing up ,my dad was a boss in one of the biggest mines in the world ,and saw that I had the ability to take something apart and put it back together before I was 5 ,my older brothers were not allowed to touch his tools ,but I was and I did something every day with them .I have fed my family with those skills and abilities for going on 40 years .I certainly owe that ability to my dads encouragement .
It was a great day ,not a sad one ,90 years is long enough and he was ready to go a few years ago .He went peacefully .

[Oddball Matt]

Sir I do not know you, or any of your family. But after reading that I might have had to dry the edges of my eyes.

[Wild Dog]

Making my Arcade fightstick, for those who are in the range 30 to 40 we should fond memories of the arcade saloon´s

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This one here, i made it after the layout used in Mortal Kombats

I still have to finish the painting the MDF and find some flat bolts.

[2LZ]

Originally Posted by Bruces

Well ,I should finish off something I started on here 2 weeks ago .My fathers room mate got Dairy Queen 3 times that week ,but Wednesday was the last time as I left the room because my mother was going up to the room ,,I went down ,my mother got on the elevator and went right back up and upon entering the room ,my father took his last breath .It was a great ending ,because my son and daughter both took that day off work to visit my dad and did so in the early morning ,and both my brothers had visited that day as well .My mother wanted a funeral now instead of waiting ,so we did it yesterday ,yup July 4th ,hot hot hot gravesite service .My dad was a bugle player in cadets as a kid ,bought a bugle in 1943 which was the best he could find during the war but it had some quality issues and never played quite right .My middle brother is a pro trumpet player ,( he used to play with Maynard Ferguson )he played all the hymns for the service on my dads bugle ,and sent him off with taps ,which couldn’t of been a more perfect song for my dad ,he loved military stuff and bought the bugle to play taps on himself .
As it was a covid era funeral ,we were limited to 50 people ,all wearing masks ,all 6 feet away from each other ,and it was about 92degrees f .I tried ,but the nursing home wouldn’t allow my dads ice cream eating room mate out for the service ,but it would of been nice if he could of came .
Anyways we are still limited to groups of no more than 10 ,so unfortunately no reception after ,so no egg salad sandwiches (never been to a funeral without them before ) and honestly just a weird ending .
It was a good day in some weird times ,but my mother believed that since there has been only a handful of funerals taking place during covid ,she wanted to get it done as it will be a real mess when things get back a little more normal .I think that was a good call .
I am glad my dad was a bugle guy and not a sax man ,I doubt I could of pulled off what my brother did in the heat with our dad sitting in a little copper pot .
My mother beat the crap out of me every day growing up ,my dad was a boss in one of the biggest mines in the world ,and saw that I had the ability to take something apart and put it back together before I was 5 ,my older brothers were not allowed to touch his tools ,but I was and I did something every day with them .I have fed my family with those skills and abilities for going on 40 years .I certainly owe that ability to my dads encouragement .
It was a great day ,not a sad one ,90 years is long enough and he was ready to go a few years ago .He went peacefully .

Again, yer a good man, Bruces. Thank you so much for sharing. Peace to you and your family during these odd times.

[wheelbender6]

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stone1.jpgWe visited a Stonehenge replica in Ingram, TX. It is 60% of the height and 90% of the width of the original in England. Pics will probably be rotated 90 degrees.