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By the way, Jim did tell me to say "hello" to the guys on here- "well, most of them anyway". I said "what about the rest, tell them to gfy?" And he said "don't be too harsh". I don't know who's who, or even what the issue was/is, and I didn't ask. It was nice to talk to him for a bit though.

I had a 68 Camaro with a 250 in it. The rear main seal leaked the whole time I had it, ran it out of oil many times. I think they had to be one of the toughest engines ever made, I'd fill it back up with oil and ride on, never hurt it. With that being said, at least we know what to get you for Christmas - a piece of wood!

You're welcome!

I did get a picture of a dog and a Dodge that didn't get posted on Flickr.

Thankfully we've had no hail or storms here, but it's rained every day this week. We needed the rain though, and it's been raining ever since we got home, light and steady for the most part. Still haven't gotten the bed moved because of it, we're going to try to get it this weekend.

You're welcome.

I agree.

I got all my pictures from all the cameras on all the days posted up on Flickr...except maybe a few that's on my phone...anyway, here's what i've got so far- just click on the picture.

well, I finally got my pictures on Flickr- just click on the picture for all of the exciting photos from Macungie!

...and that barbecue that Star made was fantastic!

Yes indeed, very good eatin'!

I got it hooked up and working, got all the pictures downloaded off of both cameras, but I'm not connected to the Internet. One camera had 240 pictures, the other had over 200, I forgot the exact number, but there's over 400 pictures anyway. Lots of duplicates I'm sure, because when I passed by a truck that I really liked I'd take a picture of it. Then if I passed by it again 5 minutes later I'd take another picture.

I think I can at least upload the pictures from the camera to the computer without being connected to the interweb, I just can't post them anywhere. But I'm not sure. I'm not even sure I can remember how to hook everything back up 😜

Thanks Vlad, I went over and got it today, along with everything else that I could cram into the car. I'll try to get it hooked up tomorrow and see what happens. I had hughesnet over there, satellite internet, I don't even know what we've got going on here. I might not be able to do much myself because I can't mess up Zina's work computer. I used the hughesnet in Gladys and she was on CenturyLink so nothing clashed, there was no issue with using too much data. I was with hughesnet ever since I moved there in 2005 or 2006, and it served me well.

I might ride over to Gladys today in the car- you know, the car that I just put a $205 battery in yesterday. Couldn't believe a car battery was $200- to get my computer. Can't wait to get the rest of the Macungie pictures posted. I hooked my "backup" camera, the Lumix, to the TV yesterday and the pictures looked great on the big screen. It's huge to me, a 40-something inch screen I'm sure, but not big enough for Zina. She got a 58" screen TV that was on sale a few weeks ago. And it didn't cost much more than a car battery. I won't drive the pickup because it's supposed to rain all day, like yesterday and tomorrow. We were planning to go get the bed first thing when we got back, but the rain kind of messed that plan up. We're still sleeping on the couch and an air mattress. I tried to hook the Nikon camera to the TV too, which was no problem, just plug it in the USB port, but I never could get the pictures to show. It takes much better pictures than the Lumix camera. I tried out a new lens for the first time too, I usually used an 18-55 mm lens, but I bought an 18-140mm that gives me a lot more zoom capability. I think I have 200+ pictures on both cameras. I only took the Lumix Thursday because we just thought we'd stop by for a few minutes and we ended up staying all day and the trucks were steadily rolling in.

That's a great looking smoker, it's kind of like the old gas or electric stove smokers, only better!

I picked some peppers too, but I think I should have left them a little longer. The big jalapenos were fine, but I don't know if those long ones will turn red or what, I've never grown them before.

Just for contrast, here's the group photo from 2019.

I use a lot of foil, those ribs will smoke like that. I usually smoke stuff right in the grill grates first, then wrap it to finish it, then unwrap to smoke a little more. Except burgers and chicken, I don't use foil at all for them. My former know-it-all brother in law used to cover his entire gas grill with foil to cook hamburgers. Of course by the time they were cooked they were swimming in grease, so he might as well have fried them on the stove in a skillet. I only use wood and charcoal, never had a gas grill, and the grease dripping onto the coals makes more smoke and more flavor. There's a hickory tree in the edge of the woods right by the yard here that's been cut down. It's just laying there, I guess they cut it down for some reason when they put the house here. I'm working on cutting it up, I've been cutting "slices" off of it about 2" thick, so maybe I'll be able to split it. I'm going to put the pieces in the shed and use it to smoke with.

Oh my!

We had some produce to pick when we got back. The darker yellow things are yellow zucchini, the other is regular yellow squash. The tomatoes and peppers are looking good too, especially since we've had no rain. We're having fried squash and onions for supper.

Thank you, I will do that!

We're finally home! Been gone since...a long time ago.

You're welcome! I like to take pictures. Yes, Randy cooked a huge pork loin in that smoker, 9 lbs. By the way Zina said hi!

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