I might take you up on that. BTW, that spinach quiche using hash browns looks interesting.

Anvil shoot and other crap
 

Welcome to the 10th Annual Shine Fest!
Nov.19 at Shine’s place Hwy. 531 8AM. Till?
Bring your lawn chairs.
Coffee, Biscuits and sausage with syrup and butter served though out the day.
Cane grinding and syrup making. Bring a small container to carry some juice home. Cornmeal grinding.
2 Team Anvil shoot at 2 PM.
“YA’ LL” COME!!!
SHINE
The cane mill has been restored and ready. Some how I'm the A.H. that's to cook the syurp. Never have, so don't recommend eating the first batch. :headshake

The way my luck has been running I'd be elected anvil catcher. :footpyth:
Have fun, Buster.

Cane cutting trip
 

Today Shine and I made a cane cutting trip, almost to the LA. Line. About 250 miles round trip. The first photo shows the trip, purple going and brown return. On this trip there was no place that didn’t have some Katrina damage, roofs, trees down.

Next photo is the tools we used. The dual bladed ones are to strip the leaves, then the short handle one is to cut with. Katrina blew the cane over and when it grew more was crooked as hell. 1 photo is of Shine cutting cane. Sorry none of me and never will be another chance of one!

Shine
 

Notice in photo of cane, not 1 straight piece. :smack: Never again!

Damn, they look more like vines than stalks. Is that because they were twisted up with each other? Most stuff that gets blown over grows straight toward the Sun from where it ended up.

Making moon, Buster? :yum:

mmmmm cane ... I love chewing on that stuff.

Buster, I'm just glad that the recovery process in your area has progressed to the point where ya'll are taking part in some discretionary, recreational pasttimes. :thumb:

A few photos of the last cluster @@#$ at http://www.flickr.com/photos/91776888@N00/ So many folks in and around Mike's shop not room to spit. Pot was too deep and we gave up on the cooking last night. Mike finished today. Boy it takes a lot of juice to make a few gals. of syrup, and damn near a case of beer :beer: :lol:

Well today is three months since the storm. I've not had one contractor return with a bid. IMHO all are working to repair the homes that had no insurance. The Blue roofs folks w/out insurance. "FEMA." And making a hell of a killing. 100 bucks plus to nail on a SQ. of singles. Maybe some will come around when the big money runs out. I've slept in living room so long I don't give a big rats ass. I will not pay that. Nothing from Fema or Sba and don't think I'll ever get any help from them. Since I have insurance I get the old finger. But I still have a place to call home, which is more than some folks can say! bb

Dear FEMA
 

Dear FEMA.
First I’d like to thank you for helping all the poor folks who didn’t have insurance.
All though some had homes that cost hundreds of thousand of dollars!

Second I’d like to thank you for hiring all the contractors to fix above homes and paying them what it would cost to put a roof on the White House.
So we with insurance have to wait. When you call your insurance co., they tell you to get an estimate. All the contractors are working for FEMA. So where do you get any numbers to confront the insurance co.? The insurance co.’s well know this.

4 months tomorrow. :(

Any way to give them a bulldoo estimate from an out of town outfit? Thing is, they know what it will cost.... pricks.

Right on, Griff. Bullshit 'em Buster, they deserve it. :mad:

I'd like to make a suggestion: As a gesture of solidarity, everybody at The Cellar should mail a shingle to Buster. Then when those blood-sucking contractors finally get there, he will already have all the materials ;)

With that low pitch, I'd cover it with that roll roofing you melt with a torch and stick down. There's a bunch of different brands, going by different names, but all the same stuff. It will last until the contractors are hungry again, years if necessary, and it's easy to do. :idea:

Time for another rant.
Today I got a bid to fix the inside of my house. $12,600 bucks. OK the low bid for my roof is $4,815. Plus 45 bucks per hr. for labor to fix any structural damage, rotten wood not paid by insurance. Plus materials. My insurance has given me a check for a little over $9 grand.
I know I'm a dumb redneck, but I'm having a little trouble with someones math.
The insurance co. told me they knew that there price was low, so get the work started and would approve more money. My lawyer says no way cash check untill I get this in writing which will never happen. WTF. Today I poured another 5 gals. of something on roof and smeared it around. Hope it stops some new leaks that showed up other day. I have rain forecasted for next few days. Guess what I'm trying to say is I'm damn tired of sleeping on single bed in living room, it don't leak. when I have a split level home with 4 bed rooms.:smack:
Another thing that poded me today was I went to store and got a bottle of Wishbone dressing. On label said " Instant savings inside" so I pealed it off and gave to checkout. NO that's for bacos. WTF. I've got dressing. Go figure. boy I feel better now. bb

Guess what I'm trying to say is I feel helpless and kind of unnecessary. Ive worked almost over the world and been superintendent, foreman, low man on pole, but I've never felt so left out of things. In the oil industry and construction things were to me, always in your face kind of things. Now my lawyer is telling me don't do that.

always in your face kind of things

That is a WHOLE different world , not INDUSTRIAL world , REAL world !!
I know where you are comeing from , we hired a guy to slop some of that tar stuff on our roof a while back , FUCK STICK got it ALL over our new EXPENCIVE gutters and NEW( WAY!!!!!) expencive sideing , and then wouldn't return my phone calls . I found my self and my wife cleaning that NASTY shit off every thing with diesel fuel ( YES it works WOUNDERFULY !!!)

Just think, if you didn't even own a home and were located in New Orleans, you could be living on a cruise ship or in the Hilton right now. But unless the 60 Minutes cameras come calling, nobody is going to pay any attention to those who are outside the spotlight and just trying to get on with their lives :(

Have you figured out what to do with the roof? What you're going to cover it with? :eyebrow:

Going to let a well known contractor from around here do the roof as he sees fit. At least I can find him. But won't start work till I tell him I can pay.

In Am I have to meet with SBA to borrow money to make up what the insurance hasn't paid. Rates are great. Don't think I'll be around to pay off a 30 year loan. :lol: They first said would loan me 19k if I'd put up house and land. Which I was thinking about. Buy a bike and make a tour. Because I have 50k insurance that'll only pay off for accidental death. Anyway they change it to 9k, nothing up, which leaves me shit to dream on.
Still no work done. Still on list. I called the guy about roof day before yesterday, no call back. Hoping I can get in small claims court and make insurance co. pay the loan. Dreamer I know. :rolleyes:

I thought Small Claims court was only good for under $1,000? :confused:

Hey this is redneck court. Bruce I haven't checked on that yet. But I wish I could get it before my judge.:lol2:

Well the roof people showed up today when I was gone to Sam's club. Anyway they have shit piled up all around my yard, but no work going on. Stay tuned. Shrimp anyone? I got about a 100 bucks worth.

Suit accuses State Farm of fraud
 

This is from your neck of the woods, Buster. It's all over the papers. This link lists all of the related stories. I guess this will give the attorney general something to do besides investigating sex toy crimes.

After months of nothing going on around here, this week has been a mad house. One crew on roof, one inside removing the sheetrock, insulation, paneling and all the mold, mildew. Sunday a guy that does carpenter work for phone co. is to be here with a bucket truck to repair the gutters and soffit.
Just maybe in a few days I can sleep in my bed for a change. After 7 months.
Guess the contractors have sucked the fema tit dry. BTW the price seems great to me. Compaired to some of the bids I had.

That's great news, buster. I hope they get everything shipshape for you soon.

fire up the smoker and feed them buster !!!!!

That's great, Buster. Now don't let any anvils drop through the new roof.:lol:

Ok. My house is about as good as going to get. Still have to water blast and paint. Hope I can get new bed delivered tomorrow and just maybe sleep in my bedroom after 7 months. Still some outside wood work to be done. SOB hasn't been around for a week. After I bought the materials and now the shit is in my shop and in the flappin way. Oh well carry on.

Of course....he's a contractor. :rolleyes:

In keeping with the spirit of bull shit post, I got to sleep in my bedroom last night on a new bed. Sadly alone. :smack:

Well congrats on Finaly getting to sleep in your bed room again !!!!!

It's a start, Buster, it's a start. :D

Anvil shooting - “Mike.” And I made a road trip to day to Tupelo, MS. Whom some say is birth place of someone’s king.
Anyway we made the trip for a visit to an Acupuncture deal. This was a 400 mile round trip.
On the way we got to see soy bean and corn fields that looked liked we were in mid-west.
Some of you know about my thread about my problems with alcohol, guess I’m still looking for an easier and softer way!
So below is a photo of what your first visit, for a cool 100 bucks looks like.
“WARNING” Don’t forget and answer the damn phone with ear.
Then it’s about 30 bucks a visit. See the anvil deal on CMT this weekend, perhaps! BB

What is the acupuncture treatment for?

Alcohol, G! Good luck with it B! We're rootin for ya, whether ya got heavy iron in the air or light iron in the ear.

You have GOT to let me know if that works, busterb. Good luck, my brother.

Ah, thanks T! Good luck B we know you can do it.

Can you picture a cop pulling him over and walking up to that ear. :lol2:

or a cop slapping him on that side of his head?

Good Luck, Buster......

CT scan
 

I have a scan in AM at VA. For Abdomen and pelvis. Tonight I'm suppose to drink Gastrografin mixed w/water or juice. Anyone know how it taste? Am I better off not knowing, just chug the mess?

buster,

When I searched for "Gastrografin taste" in google, the words "bitter" and unpleasant came up in the top ten results. I'd go for the juice, the better to disguise it.

Thanks

What are they lookin' for, Buster? Errant pins?

The test are finished. Dr.Punjab Said I have diverticulosis and my liver should be sold for foie gras! So 70 miles one way to the No. west for that goat roping. Then tomorrow 50 miles So. so my DR there can tell me the same thing. I'm a bit poed at her. Yesterday the mail brought me a bottle of B-!, which the va will charge me 24 bucks. $4.69 + tax at store. :smack:
BTW I had to drink 3 more cups of great crap and have dye injected.
I can live with that.

Anvil Shoot
 

Someone put the CMT-TV video of anvil shoot on utube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kWyJx8kTs

That's great Buster, I was regretting not taping it when it was on TV. :thumb:

Cool. Thanks B.

Another Word, please
 

Over blown sense of self worth. Grand????? Thanks

delusions of grandeur

conceit

egotist

Thanks Griff, but I'm looking for, Spelling hell, grandeosity??? grandeosea??

grandiosity? or grandiloquent? if leaning toward the verbal side of things.

Thanks. grandiosity was what I was thinking of.

Coushatta,LA
 

I saw a deal on Lou Dobbs about this town and parish. I spent 6 days in jail there. Talk about the end of the world. 1 roll of toilet paper, blanket was left over from WW1. Get Snuff from vending machine that said "not for sale, free sample.
You think MS. has rednecks! Hell we can't hold a light to the north LA. coonasses.

Anvil "Shines" new toy
 

A wagon he's been working on for years. Maybe 6 yrs. The body is of cypress and isn't suppose to rot. He rounded up the axles, wheels and made the frame.

Very pretty.

Is Shine a JD dealer, Buster? :confused:

Naw just a nut!