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4th of July fun
« on: July 06, 2006, 10:45:05 am »
I hope everyone had a great 4th of  July.   I had a party with about 60 folks (the hot tub took a beating, but I had planned to change the water out anyhow).

We also went to another cook out at my friends house on a local lake.  One of the traditions is an annual boat parade, where folks on the lake decorate thier boat and  about 30 or so boats parade around the lake.

This year, my friend and I decided to have a little fun, and rather than decorate the party barge boat, we made a "float" using his skiff....



Here's what we did....the kids and folks on the lake loved it, and we even made the local paper....




We converted his rowboat into Jaws.  





And towed it behind the bigger boat, to make it look like it was chasing us (As in the movie Jaws)



;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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4th of July fun
« on: July 06, 2006, 10:45:05 am »

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Re: 4th of July fun
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2006, 11:29:09 am »
That is SO FREAKIN' COOL drewstar!!!

I bet ya'll had a lot of fun with that. ;D

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Re: 4th of July fun
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2006, 11:58:47 am »
Thanks Term. Yea we had a ball with it. It was a big hit.

Next, I need to figure out how to modify it to fit in the bed of my truck so I can take it to the Jimmy Buffett show in August ;)
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Re: 4th of July fun
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2006, 12:40:47 pm »
I ended up inviting some of my coworkers out to my family's 200 acre spread alongside the Sabine River.

Unbeknownst to me, my father had told some of his hillbilly neighbors that they were welcome to come out as well.  It soon deteriorated into a good ol' fashioned redneck soiree'.

The river was mighty low which is great for rock and arrowhead hunting (which I did not get the chance to do).  This is the spot called Rocky Shoals and it is one of the few places on the river where you can walk out to the water's edge.  There is also a 10' alligator that resides in the vicinity (the little girl was tied to the rock as bait):



Just like Vietnam!  Actually, I'm on gator patrol:


Kim, Mudcat, Apache Chief Geronimo IV, and Amy the Underling enjoy Chief Geronimo's tales of life in the rehab clinic and as a dirt herder:


One of Dad's neighbors, Cooter Brown, instructs Beaver and Buttwheat in the fine art of POS auto maintenance:


Beaver and Buttwheat made a near tragic faux pas as they trespassed on the other neighbors' property and almost ran over their dog.  Next thing we knew, Fuzzy Lumpkins was chasing them back to the campsite on his four-wheeler with a 9mm pistol strapped in a shoulder rig.

Fuzzy Lumpkins (in a voice like Carl's from "Slingblade"):  "Which one of you boyz come tearin' thru my propurty and nearly killt my dog?!"

Me:  "Hey, Fuzzy, those two boys are scared squatless of you.  It's my fault for not telling them where the property line is.  I'm very sorry and it won't happen again."

Fuzzy:  "That's fine, Term.  But I wanna talk to dem boyz."

So up comes Mudcat, puffing his chest out and looking at Fuzzy with severely unfocused, bloodshot eyes.

Fuzzy:  "You better quit puffin' up on me, boy."

Mudcat just keeps on puffin' up more and more....so I stepped between them, told Mudcat to go back to his beer, and assured Fuzzy that we were all friends and there would be no more problems.  Everybody staggered back from whence they came and the festivities resumed with nary a drop of blood spillt.

Mudcat then delighted in telling how he had intimidated Fuzzy with his "Ninja Death Touch" display:


The chilluns' enjoyed the fireworks:


Tiny Ball of Hate didn't like it when I told her it was her turn to be gator bait:


The next day, my dad went out to inspect the property to check for signs of deviltry.  He was perturbed that the beavers had abandoned their pond due to lack of water:


I just rode along in the back and enjoyed having a chaueffer.  Now I know how the Queen of England must feel:



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Re: 4th of July fun
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2006, 02:00:53 pm »
Term,

that reads like a ol'  Pogo Possum cartoon.  

Hope you had fun in the okefankee swamp.   ;)  sounds like a good time.

didja ever get the gator?
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Re: 4th of July fun
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2006, 02:09:46 pm »
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Term,
didja ever get the gator?


No sir.  Tried 2 different little girls as bait, but we never saw him.  I'm thinking of catching some homeless person (there's several of them that live along the river) and putting them on a trotline out in the water.  I think I'll have better luck, especially if I remove their feet.

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Re: 4th of July fun
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2006, 02:13:24 pm »
Come to Colorado and get ya free gator bait! ;)
I hear they love meat heads!
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Re: 4th of July fun
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2006, 03:20:46 pm »
and next year, I need to put a frickin laser beam on top of the sharks head.  

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Re: 4th of July fun
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2006, 03:44:52 pm »
Wow. I didn't have one tenth the good time you guys did! I went to a street fair - didn't find one stupid street for sale in the whole ten-block mess.

I have wanted to own my own street for as long as I can remember, but this turned out to be a bust. All they had was a bunch of hand-made arts and craft junk, lots of great-smelling food which I couldn't touch, and about a million people walkin' slowly right in front of me.

So I took off and went up to the lake (Piru) to get away from the crowds. Wrong. I have never seen so many boats on that lake, nor heads floating in the swimming area. I assume each one was attached to a person - but after looking at the shark above, some of them might be fake just to keep people out of the water.

Anyway a good time was had by all - and my wife went to a party in the evening but I was tuckered out and passed. The shindig was in Fillmore, a block from the park where they had a huge fireworks display. They had fun, food, and got a wonderful show for free. The lady even had enough patio chairs and such for the entire group to sit comfortably - and there were close to 50 people.



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Re: 4th of July fun
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2006, 05:28:21 pm »
Wow, I'm impressed by how many of you get a free fun day just cause its a holiday.  I stood around ordering my husband around as he installed Pergo for 10+ hours.
:)   ;D

Extra day off doesn't happen that often.  Gotta take advantage of it.   :)

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Re: 4th of July fun
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2006, 05:53:18 pm »
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 I stood around ordering my husband around as he installed Pergo for 10+ hours.
 :)   ;D



On his day off? I hope you were weary a sexy outfit at least!!
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Re: 4th of July fun
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2006, 06:12:32 pm »
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On his day off? I hope you were weary a sexy outfit at least!!


I'm not sure I should even reply to this one, lol.  Lets just say he was thanked very well over the course of the day and multiple times.   ;D  

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Re: 4th of July fun
« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2006, 01:30:13 pm »
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I'm not sure I should even reply to this one, lol.  Lets just say he was thanked very well over the course of the day and multiple times.   ;D  



That must be why it took 10+ hours to put down a 3'x3' section of Pergo.
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