Trip to West Virginia

Since the trees in my neighbor's backyards have blown down over the past year, the back of my house has gained a lot more visibility.
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Being a Mountain of a Man generally consumes a lot of time, and I don't always fit in the more mundane tasks such as finishing the last part of shingling jobs, or fixing hanging gutters, not to mention the proper storage of ladders, turkey fryers, lobster pots and such.
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But now that the back of the house is clearly visible from Tidewinds Terrace, I decided that a little maintenance might be in order.  Basically the front of the house is in the North Shore of Boston, but the back of the house looks like Jed Clampett's West Virginia Appalachian Homestead.  The only thing missing was a rusting auto chassis in the yard.
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So I took advantage of a late winter thaw this weekend, cleaned out all of the trash, shingled the back of the garage, fixed the gutter and made a huge dent in relocating Appalachia to New England.  My plan is to get the entire backyard back to the NorthShore by April.

Tuna Lips said...

Sounds like some perty good camerfloddgery for a home brew cookin' tank.

Moving Forward

It's my daughter, Katelyn's, Birthday tomorrow.
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Don't look back, Kate.
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The best is yet to come.


lindsey kepnes said...
pretty pic!!! happy bday kate!

Maria Rowen said...
From presidents and politics to babies and birthdays...a lot for the peeps to unPack this week in the land and sea of NanePashmet...so...time-out for the tuna, a bloom for the doom , enjoy-everything-Ethan and kick-it-Katelyn...nothing but the best...for the best...

Taking the Lead

In my lifetime, I have memories of the following Presidents

Eisenhower

Kennedy

Johnson

Nixon

Ford

Carter

Reagan

Bush

Clinton

Bush

Obama

Of these, my feeling is that Carter was the most inept.  Even with his disgrace, Nixon had laudable achievements, particularly in opening up relations with China.  I pray that Obama doesn't eclipse Carter, but there seems to be the distinct chance.

Frank said...
Nice pic of Carter...where did you get that one?
That picture of the dentist's office...would that be Dr. Danny Levy's office by any chance?

POTW Week 9

Sometimes people are so transparent that you feel like saying to them, "Have your fun, you're not fooling anybody and you will shortly get your assed kicked as usual."
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But Being a Mountain of a Man, it's sufficient to say nothing at all.

Announcing...
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the Ninth Week of 2019

Paul Perocchi
Ethan Nestor
Alex Watts
Jeremy Johnson
Mark Vona
Doug Maxfield

Let the kicking commence.

Costly Scheme

If you think that your scheming and manipulation will get you anywhere... let me clue you in... it will ultimately get you into court.   Get out your wallet.  It's going to cost you.

Phophets of Doom

I hate doomsday prophecies. They are nothing but a source of power and control for the prophets.
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And for those that use scientific data to back up your claims, you can find data to back up just about anything. Just ask Al Gore. Some people just make up the data to fill the gaps, scare people, and gain more power.
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This whole debate to ban recreational bluefin tuna fishing has this same hypocritical taste.
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From my perspective, as a middle aged, slighly overweight, white guy, I've see the environment drastically change in my own lifetime... for the better.    Never saw Deer, or Raccoons, or Turkeys, or even Hawks when I was growing up in Greater Boston forty or so years ago.  Now they are downright commonplace.  I've seen Bluefish come in, leave, come back, then leave again.
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Call me naive, but, I'll bet the Bluefish come back.
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And I don't need some self important, controlling environmentalist to file legislation to make that happen.

Frank Iacono said...


The ONLY reason deer/raccoons/hawks are commonplace is BECAUSE of Al Gore's prophecies! Get it right!

Tuna Ban

Now the Dems are stepping up the pressure to ban Bluefin Tuna fishing.
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A number of friends in this area will be drastically affected.
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Since I hardly ever hook up, it really won't have much of an impact on me.   But for my friends who have vastly superior fishing skill than I, this ban should be strongly opposed.
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Every serious fisherman that I know, including Doug Maxfield and Mark Vona, are meticulous about meeting fishing standards.  They wouldn't dream of taking a Striped Bass from Stellwagen or going over quota on Bluefin, because they respect the regulations.
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Now, since Japanese and Mediterranean fisherman have overfished the stocks in their areas, the Obama administration supports a ban which will remove this fishery from law abiding Americans.  We in New England are not the problem.  Why don't you use your brains once in awhile????
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Killing the recreational charter tuna  industry in New England won't save the Tuna. Not that they need to be saved.  Just pay attention to solving Global Warming and leave us the hell alone.

Misplaced

Somebody downloaded my photo of the Bachelor Skank.   Could you please return it?
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The other thing that seems to be misplaced is all of this Obama stimulis money.   Where the hell is it?  When I hear things like it was applied to municipal budgets to save jobs, it just seems like we were really scammed.
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If I was Obama, I would make grants and loans of stimulis money to small business with the stipulation that it be used solely for the purpose of creating jobs or investing in capital projects.  Give it to small business entrepreueurs who have demonstrated that theyknow how to create stuff from nothing.
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Maria Rowen said...

In the case of the misplaced photo...something smells fishy. The misplaced stimulus -- a secret slush fund. Now...if Obama was you, he would be...good-looking, charismatic, smooth-talking, experienced, served in an executive capacity, held a real job, and had a record of success...(file under:fish story)

Crisis Averted

Thanks for all of the emails inquiring about my health.  And for all of you who sent flowers, that was just a bit over the top.  Althought the roses were beautiful.
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I have beaten back the bug and will be operating on all cylinders today.
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The crisis is over and you can rest assured that this Blog will continue to support/taunt you in your everyday humdrum lives.

24 Hour Bug.

I'm hopeful that this is a 24 hour bug, which would put me with about 9 hours to go.
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Being a Mountain of a Man, I can tough it out, although I feel bad for what a lesser man would have to endure.

Novovirus

I wasted some of my precious Earth time last night watching the season finale of  "The Bachelor".
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Don't know if this is purely coincidental, but I had intestinal issues all night and feel really nauseous  this morning.
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There is a chance that I caught that novovirus that is going around from my grandkids, but I think that my body is reacting to watching that sappy ass show for so long.

Maria Rowen said...

Tea and toast today for the Mountain of a Man. 'T' no 'a' for the peeping peeps and Burberry scarves for everyone!

LEC said...

In the Nanepashemet Telecom Pantheon, which is higher, executive vice president, or senior vice president?

Winning at Winter

The Winter Olympics closed with the Americans winning a record 37 medals.... more than any country has ever won in a Winter Olympiad.
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So we are getting better at Winter stuff as a Country.  Just a bit more proficient with snow and ice apparently.
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That's enough of a reason for the Dems to put a halt to this Global Warming of theirs.

Pisc said...
If we had won the gold in hockey, Obama would have apologized.