Tartan Jack

Corn, a whole box of corn …

(Good for the making of REAL mountain dew)

-Traded for a shirt, when went unused-

“A shirt, a shirt, my corn for a shirt”

(The staff at Dauphin Island divided it up between them)

Edit (added link to song)

Stynky- broom

Pete- spoon

Mission- cases of meds

William- money sacks ….

Nice shirts, by the way.

From scubbing the deck boards to BEING one of them …

Welcome!

We got a new recruit by out shenanigans!

Welcome!

Welcome!

& she’s back with royal, explosive mayhem in-tow …

Welcome back!

Don’t know where to put this … but … William gave me a patch of the Mercury flag.

”This is going on a hat!”

Here it is.

Mercury did NOT disappoint.

2 hours ago, madPete said:

Did you actually sleep all night? LOL

Well … 6 hours of it (on Sat/Sun)

Beats the last times. The padding did help, as well as heavy rain & lightning not waking me at 5-something.

Ouch! Damn bug!

What did you name your road vehicles?

It was believed that to not name a vessel (or horse) was bad luck. That was extended to planes (hence “nose art”) & later vehicles.

I think that applies to cars too. I assume many on here do to. Our modern “road-pirate-ships”

I’ve always named my vehicles, whenever I drive them for more than a few days.

Here’s my list:

My main:

1985 Audi 5000: Spectre (thought looked like a James Bond car)

1987 VW Vanagon: Grey Ghost/Spectre II (would disappear in parking lots)

1990 Miata: ThunderSled/Fenix (after major repaint & makeover)

2009 Scion xB: Flying Brick

1995 Tacoma: Rufus

(In driveway: Rufus, Fenix (until a month ago, Brick was too ….)

Anna’s (wife) main:

(Not name first car)

1995 Chysler Cirrus: Droopy (Timex alternative after- tornado forms above it with large hail, tree falls across it, hit by 3 other people, all with minor damage (hood replaced & repaint was sum total)

1997 Ford Taurus: Blue Oval

2004 Grand Caravan: Queen Anna’s Revenge

2017 Pacifica: Queen Anna’s Revenge II

In driveway: QAR2

“Other cars”

1986 Dodge Ram (borrowed): Constipated Pig

1994 Ford Crown Vic (inherited, as thought I needed a car with more than 2 seats, replaced by xB): Cruiser

2017 Grand Caravan (in-law’s currently in our driveway): Grey Ghost II

An interpretive line dance has been created ….

Whether or not the creator will share may be another story …

2nd interpretive dance of the event (that I know of)

(Not, me, as I don’t dance)

6am Monday … head visit.

Some ramdom inlet in Alabama …

Queen Anna’s Revenge II

(My wife Anna’s sloop)

Edit (Edit 2, read in voice of The Viceroy for effect, but not his words- far be it!):

The main passage known as “I-85” should be called “Idiot Purgatory” where poor souls wander aimlessly, at random speeds at random times (35-95+) for no apparent rationale (excluding choke-points around Atlanta) … all the way from Montgomery to Greenville, SC (& beyond). I am reminded why I usually take longer routes to simply avoid this passage ….

I survived (just barely in more cases than I can name), though 2 hours were added to my trip vs going down there. 

Ranting done

At Massacre Island, 2023, we got massacred by & massacred (in turn) bugs that only bit below the knee.

If this is an issue at events, this is what the Dauphin Island maintenance folks use. He HIGHLY recommended it. I asked him how he could work here in shorts with the things thar bite below the knee. He went into the maintenance room & pulled this bottle out. “This is what we use & it’s works great. Spray it onto dry skin & let it soak in.”

(Edit- whole label shown, as info on it may be interesting to folks- ingredients , company info, etc. He also gave me the bottle as I was thanking him for hosting & helping everyone during the event, while walking to QAR2 to leave. I’m going to try it at events to see how well it works it’s what they use there. I haven’t tried it yet)

I suggest we get a CASE before the next event where such bugs should be an issue.

& There

Hanging out in the guest/visitor area.

When ya’ll get here …

Hit me up in the blue van ….

Just chillin like a villain

Almost in Bama!

1 hour ago, Stynky Tudor said:

William?

 

Holy smokes, that is amazing!

 

Oh yeah, looking forward to some of that!

 

We are going to have such a food spread - this is going to be more of a Pirate Picnic rather than an invasion!

“An army marches on it’s stomach”

(Famous military logistics quote, cited to various sources)

Meet people, in person

Make new memories 

Actually sleep all night at an event

Arrive there & get home safely

All else is gravy

I finally get to meet Stynky!

See ya Weds.

(Edit: Can’t spell)

Got Corn

Need still

I’ll buy it if it’s xl

Unless, you wanna just wait & sell it there.

I didn’t think about only having 1 shirt until the last few days  gathering my stuff.

It is short notice …

Hahahahaha

Sorry about messages.

We’ve had mutiple car issues the last month

My 2 oldest were in wrecks.

1 car was totalled & we had to buy another (car shopping SUCKS right now!)

Had to teach him to drive stick … which he did good enough to drive it to Campus on Sunday.

The other was taken to a shop for appraisal the last 2 days (get from her in Columbia, to Newberry, then picked up in Newberry today & back to Columbia).

I’ll be better now ….

&  can finish a flag project I started over 10 years ago …

Tartan Jack’s Tartan Jack

I probably need an xl FOR the Massacre Island event.

I only have 1 shirt. 4 days is pushing it for 1 shirt.

How wide are your XL ones?