NWI INGO General Thread #26 - Pink Pooping Spiders & Raccons

[chef larry]

Had dinner last night at Pivot Lounge in Crown Point and the perch was great and plenty of it. Remined me of the perch from Tiebels

JEDI BLAMES ALL OF YOU!!!!

WHERE IS THE SNOW!!!!

Don't know but all my solar lights are getting charged and nice not to have cloudy skies.

 

[tv1217]

Why is everyone calling it the Griffith Menards? It's not in Griffith, it Gary. Specifically the Black Oak section of Gary.

It's like 5 feet away from Griffith. Also, Menards themselves call it the Griffith store.

 

[sadclownwp]

Looks like a few of my friends at Stellantis got some bad news and the long strike has caused some restructuring of the IT departments. Looks like they only want like 1 or two Senior level techs at each plant and everyone else will be a contractor...

 

[jedi]

It's like 5 feet away from Griffith. Also, Menards themselves call it the Griffith store.

Correct because if they called it the Gary, IN store no one would go to it.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

It's like 5 feet away from Griffith. Also, Menards themselves call it the Griffith store.

If you owned a business there would you say it's in Gary? And more than five feet, it's at least a block and a half over the line.

 

[Snapdragon]

Google:

 

[jedi]

Google:

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Google (the company) is NOT menards (the company).

Menards (the company) own app says Griffith. They call it Griffith but provide the Gary, IN address to try and mask the location as much as possible.

 

[Ballstater98]

Kid got a letter from Santa that he's officially on the nice list. His reaction was priceless.

 

[jedi]

Core memory created!

 

[melensdad]

Kid got a letter from Santa that he's officially on the nice list. His reaction was priceless.

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Inquiring minds want to know how you got that?

Might be nice for my foster son

 

[Ballstater98]

Inquiring minds want to know how you got that?

Might be nice for my foster son

Santa's Official Mail

You can even pick one of his friends to be included on the Official Nice List. He was stoked!

 

[repeter1977]

Got quite a bit more done on the lights today, so Actaeon light show is almost ready.

 

[daddyusmaximus]

Got quite a bit more done on the lights today, so Actaeon light show is almost ready.

Doing ours tomorrow. Haven't done them in several years. (too old, fat & cripple)
Got some high school kids coming over to help out. (do it all)
Excited to be back in the Christmas spirit.

Til then, I'll just TRY to finish watching Jerimiah Johnson...

 

[Doug28450]

Headed back from USA Swimming Junior Nationals at THE Ohio State University tomorrow. Swim meet finished tonight. We saw several meet records broken, some National age group records broken and two International Age Group records broken.

This was a meet for 18 and under swimmers, some of who will be competing at the upcoming USA Olympic Team Trials. It amazes me that kids just keep getting faster. In my mind, there is a wall. The wall defines how fast a human can go. That wall applies to anything, swimming, running and so on. The flip side is that the wall can be broken with drugs or, dare I say, men competing as women. But, that's a discussion for a different time and different place, not here. These kids can and are randomly tested during the meet, so, the possibility of PED use is essentially non-existent. But, these kids just keep getting faster and faster. There seems to be no wall.

 

[Ballstater98]

NW wind cranking up

 

[melensdad]

Headed back from USA Swimming Junior Nationals. . . . But, these kids just keep getting faster and faster. There seems to be no wall.

Today my girls saber fencers competed at Culver Military Academy and my kids won Gold, Silver and Bronze in the "E and Under" Women's Saber completion. My boys won Gold and 8th in the men's Saber division.

I was not at the event because technically I'm not their coach. But I work with them at my fencing club. They represent the high school team that I no longer work with but I work with them at my club and give them lessons, so I think it is reasonably fair to clam them as mine. I started all 3 of them too.

Also, one of my boys won GOLD and another won 8th. Same scenario, I don't coach them at H.S. but I do coach them at my club. Pretty happy with their results.

 

[Doug28450]

Today my girls saber fencers competed at Culver Military Academy and my kids won Gold, Silver and Bronze in the "E and Under" Women's Saber completion. My boys won Gold and 8th in the men's Saber division.

I was not at the event because technically I'm not their coach. But I work with them at my fencing club. They represent the high school team that I no longer work with but I work with them at my club and give them lessons, so I think it is reasonably fair to clam them as mine. I started all 3 of them too.

Also, one of my boys won GOLD and another won 8th. Same scenario, I don't coach them at H.S. but I do coach them at my club. Pretty happy with their results. View attachment 317766

You see the same thing I see. It's just amazing, the level that these kids perform.

For what it's worth, Carmel won the women's high points, fifth in the men's high points and......

drum roll

Carmel won First for Combined Points.

NWI was represented by one swimmer from Munster Swim Club and three swimmers from Valpo Swim Club.

 

[Doug28450]

You see the same thing I see. It's just amazing, the level that these kids perform.

For what it's worth, Carmel won the women's high points, fifth in the men's high points and......

drum roll

Carmel won First for Combined Points.

NWI was represented by one swimmer from Munster Swim Club and three swimmers from Valpo Swim Club.

For reference, Carmel beat every swim team, basically.... east of the Mississippi.

Indiana IS swimming.

 

[chef larry]

NW wind cranking up

My windchimes are singing loudly.

 

[daddyusmaximus]

Doing ours tomorrow. Haven't done them in several years. (too old, fat & cripple)
Got some high school kids coming over to help out. (do it all)
Excited to be back in the Christmas spirit.

Til then, I'll just TRY to finish watching Jerimiah Johnson...

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After I posted that photo, I got to thinking... We've had that rug almost 20 years now.
I just think it's cool that I still benefit from the rather stupid risk I took to stop a convoy in Iraq... so I could buy a handmade Persian rug from some Haji off the side of the MSR back in 2005... lol. If I remember right, I think I gave $40 for it.

Here it is in the motor pool laid out on a trailer post mission.
Just rolled it up, tied it with 550 cord, and mailed it home.