Well shoot, here it is Friday already.....where the hell did the week go? Ha....an' I got out of bed way too early.
Ya see, it was like this.....I had to pee, had a leg cramp an' my mind went to work too early. Toss an' turn for bout two hours before I said to hell with it an' scrambled down the hallway to the coffee pot. Ahhhh, nuttin like a fresh cup of strong coffee to start your day.
It's a beautiful day out there....what will I do today?
Back to that "spud gun from hell". I git'n all excitis. So excitis that I went outside an' slip some parts together, spray some flamable propellant in it, pushes the igniter button, an'.....booom.....fire come out the back that thing. Burn my whiskers. Ya see, I was check'n the location I installed the igniter thingy...look'n in the back end to make sure it would spark an' set off the explosive stuff I sprayed in there. Yup, it did. But.....
Sit'n there look'n at the 3 inch PVC high pressure gas chamber, I notice something I didn't see before. "NOT FOR PRESSURE" wrote all over that piece of 3 inch PVC pipe. Spud guns create pressure. High pressure. This will NOT work. Well, maybe it will, but Mack is only 13 years old an' his mama would be highly pissed if'n that thing blowed up while he was shoot'n taters at the neighbors cat. Don't git excitis....Mack ain't gonna shoot no cats. The gas chamber will have to be replaced.
Been kind of lay'n aside all my whinn'n, bitch'n an' moan'n bout this back issue. One day I'm fine. The next day I hurt like hell. Yesterday was good. Today I have no complaints. In 11 days I will know something....or I hope I will know something. Good news would be a plus.
I got a email to answer.....so don't think I forgot ya. Some emails are easy to answer. Some is hard. Hang in there, watch for the mailman, a letter may be com'n yer way. Good thing it weren't a dad gum phone call. I hate phones.
Mayo Clinic. A few years ago I contacted Mayo for another serious issue I have. "We no longer accept Medicare".
*Google, google google*
It seems they have changed their policy. But right now, I'm not in need to go to Mayo. The organization I am go'n to for my back is a very big corporation....or something like that. Resurgens Orthopaedics if'n ya wanna check em' out. Got great big ol' buildings all over the state of Georgia. A ton of doctors an' staff. So far, I have no complaints....other than talk'n to a damn "needle" doctor an' time between appointments.
I just seen Ed's most recent comment on yesterdays blog. I never said Medicare pays my medical bills 100 %. I said I am covered 100% of what the doctors charge....don't never cost me a cent. What Medicare don't pay, my secondary insurance pays.....BCBS. My BCBS is paid by The University of Texas through my retirement from them. I do pay a "cheap" sum quarterly ($124) for extra coverage UT does not pay for....dental an' vision care.
Ok, Mack showed up this morn'n. We got to go shop'n for a piece of PVC pipe.....an' a 10 pound bag of taters.
Ya see, it was like this.....I had to pee, had a leg cramp an' my mind went to work too early. Toss an' turn for bout two hours before I said to hell with it an' scrambled down the hallway to the coffee pot. Ahhhh, nuttin like a fresh cup of strong coffee to start your day.
It's a beautiful day out there....what will I do today?
Back to that "spud gun from hell". I git'n all excitis. So excitis that I went outside an' slip some parts together, spray some flamable propellant in it, pushes the igniter button, an'.....booom.....fire come out the back that thing. Burn my whiskers. Ya see, I was check'n the location I installed the igniter thingy...look'n in the back end to make sure it would spark an' set off the explosive stuff I sprayed in there. Yup, it did. But.....
Sit'n there look'n at the 3 inch PVC high pressure gas chamber, I notice something I didn't see before. "NOT FOR PRESSURE" wrote all over that piece of 3 inch PVC pipe. Spud guns create pressure. High pressure. This will NOT work. Well, maybe it will, but Mack is only 13 years old an' his mama would be highly pissed if'n that thing blowed up while he was shoot'n taters at the neighbors cat. Don't git excitis....Mack ain't gonna shoot no cats. The gas chamber will have to be replaced.
Been kind of lay'n aside all my whinn'n, bitch'n an' moan'n bout this back issue. One day I'm fine. The next day I hurt like hell. Yesterday was good. Today I have no complaints. In 11 days I will know something....or I hope I will know something. Good news would be a plus.
I got a email to answer.....so don't think I forgot ya. Some emails are easy to answer. Some is hard. Hang in there, watch for the mailman, a letter may be com'n yer way. Good thing it weren't a dad gum phone call. I hate phones.
Mayo Clinic. A few years ago I contacted Mayo for another serious issue I have. "We no longer accept Medicare".
*Google, google google*
It seems they have changed their policy. But right now, I'm not in need to go to Mayo. The organization I am go'n to for my back is a very big corporation....or something like that. Resurgens Orthopaedics if'n ya wanna check em' out. Got great big ol' buildings all over the state of Georgia. A ton of doctors an' staff. So far, I have no complaints....other than talk'n to a damn "needle" doctor an' time between appointments.
I just seen Ed's most recent comment on yesterdays blog. I never said Medicare pays my medical bills 100 %. I said I am covered 100% of what the doctors charge....don't never cost me a cent. What Medicare don't pay, my secondary insurance pays.....BCBS. My BCBS is paid by The University of Texas through my retirement from them. I do pay a "cheap" sum quarterly ($124) for extra coverage UT does not pay for....dental an' vision care.
Ok, Mack showed up this morn'n. We got to go shop'n for a piece of PVC pipe.....an' a 10 pound bag of taters.
I got to wondering about Sadie May, you haven't mentioned her in quite awhile. How is she doing?
ReplyDeleteI asked the same question awhile back. Still wondering.
DeleteNoticed Sadie standing in the door in the header picture.
DeleteI hope we get to see a few video shots of that Spud gun in action!
ReplyDeleteEver wonder why so many will NOT except Medicare? Not having insurance since 1964, I just had to tough it out. Heal Thyself or Suffer. So I suffered. Eligible for Medicare became my dream; dreaming my years away; so much it won't cover; like, I need a new spine AND a brain transplant. Nope, I very much doubt our wonderful-old age-government-medical-insurance (aka Medicare) will come through for these issues. Tightwads, eh? Did you know some doctors (probably all) charge extra for the needle to draw your blood or to give an injection? Then there is also another charge for the one holding and poking that needle - by hook or by crook, they are out for their money. Ha, Ha, Medicare wouldn't pay for either charge. Don't blame them. At this moment, I'm wondering if Medicare was charged for those 4 tries last year to poke me.
ReplyDeleteSure hope nothing alive will become a target for that potato boom-blaster. I've watched baby birds being nurtured the past couple weeks, just outside my window. Yesterday was "Learn to Fly Day". One fell, Choco killed it. Made me sick; Choco is normally a passive old guy/dog. Parents were frantic. Today all activity is nil. My world of silence is in full gear once again.
Yep need to see some pics of that potato gun.
ReplyDeletehi mr. P , yesterday you said potatoes were $ 1.88 a pound times 10 pounds, that makes your ammunition cost ruffly $ 18.80 that seems pretty expensive cheaper to buy real ammunition / bullets .
ReplyDeleteread again Louie.....maters, not taters, are $1.88 a pound. I even 'splained to the northern folk that a "mater" is a tomato. How did you miss that?
DeleteSounds like it is smashed taters for supper.
ReplyDeleteoh ok thks for clearing that up B.B. well have fun with little mack , pls not not forget to send pictures or even a video would be extra special . thks in advance looking forward to seeing that sucker blow.
ReplyDeleteI'm really, really sorry Billy Bob. I just plum forgot! You said it a clearly as any one person could say it on Friday December 23, 2011 "I'm covered 100%."
ReplyDeleteI feel very stupid that I would have forgot something like that and then posted the Comment that I did yesterday. I'll try and be more careful in the future about what I post. I'm almost as bad a Louie with him getting "mater" and "taters" all confused in his mind.
Once again, forgive me for making that stupid error.
"I got a email to answer.....so don't think I forgot ya."
ReplyDeleteHandwritten letters are a thing of the past, for the most part. (handwriting itself has become extinct) Email letters are almost a thing of the past. Short remarks (two words; even less) are the norm now, it seems. I hate that. We live in a too fast-paced world - using FB or Twitter, staccato (like the old language of shorthand) remarks to communicate. Certain you're not referring to me in the above quote, yet I did email and it would have been lovely to get a response. Too much to expect? Our pitiful zippy, zippy culture. Ever consider why and where everyone is rushing to? We might ask Where's the Fire! On the roads, cars move like bats out of hell. Drunken Bats (on cell phones) embarrassing & cowardly to expose myself to your agreeable,complacent, happy readers, will U mind thinking of me as A Non E Jr. ?
Had one of those potato guns a few years back. I used hair spray as the propellent.
ReplyDeleteHere it is Saturday pm and no post from Billy Bob! Reckon you are busy shootin' taters from the BOOM-Blaster, hmm? Stay safe.
ReplyDeleteBlasted Google. Won't let me publish this. Keep on trying, woman. Keep on.
Sissy