32°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 61° today.
I've been trying to hook up with a guy in St. Louis County to buy a GoPro Session camera he has listed on Facebook Marketplace. We arranged to meet last Friday at 12:15 at his local police station near the STL airport. He'd sent me a message that he might be a little late, as he had to take his mother to her doctor's office. No problem, as I was a little flexible-ish. By 1pm, I decided to leave. Not that flexible. He later apologized, and I suggested we might try again this week. Contacted him yesterday morning, and agreed on same time and place. I waited until 12:30 and left. Didn't get a message from him until after I'd left. He was mad that I didn't give him a "heads up" about being on my way. I reminded him that the "heads up" was given when we agreed to meet at a specific time, and suggested he needs to stop making excuses and learn to be on time, especially when someone is rearranging their work day and driving eight miles for the meeting. He called me an @$$wipe. Whatever. About half hour later, he sent another message saying he'd give me his home address if I still wanted the camera.
Told him I was not driving out there a third time, and that I'd find one somewhere else. Even after all these years, I'm still amazed at how lazy some people are ... and of course, it's always someone else's fault.
Looks like the tree service did a nice job of cleaning up our mess in the pasture, at least it looks that way from the barn. I didn't have time to walk out there when I got home last night, but I did snap a picture zoomed in from the barn. By way of comparison, the first picture is what it looked like back there when we started cleaning things up back in May. Definitely liking the progress.
We toured the National Infantry Museum at Ft. Benning when my oldest stepson graduated there in 2010. Fantastic place. We also walked through the outside portion of the museum at Ft. Hood back in '09. Lots of neat old equipment there.
Eric, I remember the bench cleaning initiative that swept though here a few years ago. My promise to keep mine clean has gone unfulfilled as well. I had to clear off a spot just last weekend to work on a damaged base for a humidifier.
Rip, my youngest stepson drove into flood waters a few years ago, too. It was a spot less than a mile from our house that he knew flooded in heavy rains, and he thought he could make it through anyway. Ruined his Honda Accord, and he had to be rescued as well. Glad your daughter wasn't hurt. Dangerous stuff.
