Displaced Texan

We're going to do the 'annual Displaced Texan wild boar hunt and ice cream social' at my place... Better get on the stick, H.E....we don't want to have to compete for dates!!

Patience??!! We ain't getting any younger, H.E.!!!

I always wonder why my wife hasn't shot me yet...

Unlike some of the basement dwellers on this board, I'm pretty certain Zeke is married to a REAL woman.... Just sayen.... Lol

Wait a minute...there is an official H.E. spring get together? I didn't get the memo...

I also use Adco, but a friend told me about Centaur Firearms LLC in Lumberton. They do compliance work.

Hi Mrs Zeke, Glad to have you on board, someone needs to keep your old man in check around here! Just wanted to say howdy, and look forward to hearing from y'all! Best! Tex

I've been there once for pleasure, but I go frequently for business. I have a couple of clients there...Smithsonian Department of Gemology, the Library of Congress, and the Mint. I enjoyed the personal trip we did a few years ago, but business travel down there is miserable. Because of the test equipment I carry, I must drive. Horrible place to drive around. If you go, do as suggested, take the Metro, or Uber it around. There is also a tourist bus you can buy a day pass for, and ride all day as you desire. When there on business, I stay at a Holiday Inn right across from the Capitol. It's usually $300/night, and it's a pretty nice HI. There are less expensive options in Arlington I use when the above hotel is booked, or crazy expensive. Keep in mind that driving to/from these hotels can be a nightmare. It once took us 2.5 hours to go 4 miles. Maddening. All kinds of good food in DC. The food trucks outside the National Mall are pretty damn good for fairly cheap eats. My favorite is Bub and Pop's on DuPont Circle. An amazing porchetta sandwich. It's owned by the son of my wife's friend. I go there every time I'm in town. Comet Pizza (yep, that place...) is pretty good, but I haven't been there since the incident a few years ago. If you're going to visit, I'd recommend going in October. The weather is much nicer then. DC in the summer can be oppressively hot...and that's coming from a Texan! Edited to add: there are a LOT of unsavory characters walking around D.C. at all hours of the day and night (and that's not JUST the politicians). Be aware of your surroundings, and don't look like a tourist, just like anywhere you go. My wife had to correct my sister, who was walking around clueless trying to make sense of a map, that she looked like an easy target for someone to mug.

I've been there once for pleasure, but I go frequently for business. I have a couple of clients there...Smithsonian Department of Gemology, the Library of Congress, and the Mint. I enjoyed the personal trip we did a few years ago, but business travel down there is miserable. Because of the test equipment I carry, I must drive. Horrible place to drive around. If you go, do as suggested, take the Metro, or Uber it around. There is also a tourist bus you can buy a day pass for, and ride all day as you desire. When there on business, I stay at a Holiday Inn right across from the Capitol. It's usually $300/night, and it's a pretty nice HI. There are less expensive options in Arlington I use when the above hotel is booked, or crazy expensive. Keep in mind that driving to/from these hotels can be a nightmare. It once took us 2.5 hours to go 4 miles. Maddening. All kinds of good food in DC. The food trucks outside the National Mall are pretty damn good for fairly cheap eats. My favorite is Bub and Pop's on DuPont Circle. An amazing porchetta sandwich. It's owned by the son of my wife's friend. I go there every time I'm in town. Comet Pizza (yep, that place...) is pretty good, but I haven't been there since the incident a few years ago. If you're going to visit, I'd recommend going in October. The weather is much nicer then. DC in the summer can be oppressively hot...and that's coming from a Texan!

lol that's usually my motto. Ask my wife!! Since I don't plan on staying in NJ, not going to put the $$ into panels here. The ranch will get a miniature wind turbine and panels...along with a storage system.

Several contractors I spoke to all said the same thing regarding battery storage. They said that the NJ PUC would not allow homeowners to use a storage system. I think that is absurd. Battery maintenance isn't rocket surgery by any stretch of the imagination.

I'm not a fan of solar in NJ. Apparently, you are not allowed to store the energy your panels produce (battery bank and inverters) in this state. I have been thinking of a solar/mini wind turbine with battery storage at the ranch, however. Being able to store the power you produce makes it worthwhile to me.

My side gig is chief operating monkey for my wife's craft jewelry business, Shayla Shines Designs. Today, we are at the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market. Come on out and say howdy!!

Goats actually make good pets, and they will keep your yard mowed too! We raise them as a business on my ranch in Texas, but they are meat goats. If I were to have one as a pet, it would be a fainting goat.

1 episode of Twilight Zone

I loved his comedy. Always did. Fair winds and following seas, Mr. Rickles.

Audi all the way. Skip the RR.

Ewww

Electrical injuneer...I can't spell it, but I are one...

I can't remember the last time Mrs. DT went out of town and left me unsupervised. I'm usually the one out of town. When I travel for business, I'm usually pretty tame, unless we are at the Houston office. Lot of people there like taking me out for drinks.... There MAY have been a time or two we got carried away. Lol I did whoop it up a little bit a couple weeks back when I went to the ranch. Took some friends. Ate FAR too much good BBQ, drank whiskey, smoked cigars, and shot AR's....NOT in that order!! No midgets out there, and I don't own a donkey...

I guess it all boils down to the maturity of the children at that age. I was shooting BB guns at 5. Dad gave me my first .22 at 6. Killed my first deer (with a .243) at 7.

Damn. I think she was like 3'8" or something.

Now that I think about it, there WAS this girl in high school who was a Homunculus......does that count?

Can't make that shit up!!