Thursday, October 23, 2008

"Nice leaves", "Gee, thanks"


I've been passing this tree for awhile now along the road, so I finally threw my camera in the car and stopped today to take a picture. Just thought it was nice.

35 comments:

Linda said...

I was just lookin thru the sacred binder, and I gotta say, Reck, the 4 people you have in Survivor haven't been on the radar at ALL. Things change all the time, but still. So far, very good picks for you. I don't mean CONSIDERING it's you, just...oh whatever.

That bein said, don't get cocky. You're still goin down.

RecknHavic said...

Our picks for tonite
Reck: Rew... Kota
Imm... Kota
Out...Kelly

S: Rew... Fang
Imm...Kota
Out...Sugar

Linda said...

Ha! Well, I'm not catching you tonight, cuz those are my pics, too, dang it!

D's got Fang rew., Kota, imm. and Ace out.

Now I'm thinkin about switching mine so it's not the same, but then if Kelly goes I'm gonna be really ticked. Let me think about it a few minutes.

Linda said...

What to do....what to do....

Linda said...

I could switch to Crystal, cuz I think she may shoot her mouth off tonight. But I don't think they'd get rid of her yet.

Nestor said...

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/23/political.halloween.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCPhoto

I hope this link works, but since you guys are into the carvin' I thought you might like 'em. I think Reck would like the Sar-o-lantern.

Linda said...

Ken's been pretty quiet, but he may be a weak link tonight...

Linda said...

Hmmm...I got "page could not be found". And jinx.

Linda said...

Sugar is an excellent guess, as the preview shows Ace gettin her to give it up....

RecknHavic said...

Punt...

Linda said...

Ok, I wanna switch to Sugar, but someone might call foul, so I'll stick with what I picked.

RecknHavic said...

And the rich get richer :) What, I can't gloat? Hey, even if it does turn (and this gm does, quickly) I'm a shoo-in for Most Improved.

Next one's gonna be excitin!

RecknHavic said...

Yep, me too..pg not found.

Linda said...

Aw, man. The one time I pick well, you do too. Totals...

R: 35
L: 30
S: 28
D: 21

Serves him right for duck hunting during the show!

Linda said...

Yes, the scenes for next week were really funny. I'm gonna try really hard not to overthink it. (Yeah, right.)

Sure...gloat away..I'll give you most improved.

Linda said...

Hey. Comment on my pretty tree or you'll make me feel bad. I looked like a dork standin on the side of the road in an effort to show Michigan autumn to my 85 degree Texas freak friends.

RecknHavic said...

What tree?

Just kiddin.

Sorry, I was chowin down. Shrimp tonite.

First of all, it's a rather large tree. And,
it's a real pretty too. Best tree I've seen in awhile.
Darn nice tree.

Ok..ok..I'm messin w/ ya. I actually am someone who can appreciate a stellar tree.

And that's a nice tree :)

RecknHavic said...

Sooo.. I stopped by Costco on the way home tonite and got my first ever flu shot.

I pay my 20 bucks and I'm chattin w/ the feller who's givin me the shot and right after the injection he says, "You probably wanna hang out here for 10 or 15 minutes... just in case."

Uh...just in case whaaatt?

He goes on to tell me that some people have a bad reaction to the flu shot.

Uhhh...define "bad" for me please.

THEN he says, "seriously, you'll wanna be here.. just in case."

There's that "just in case" thing again.

What does that mean. Am I gonna have to do a Nicolas Cage a la "The Rock" and jab myself in the heart w/ a 12 inch long needle?

So I do a Costco lap...just in case...

There were no free samples due to it was close to closin time.

So I left.

Linda said...

It IS a stellar tree...but I expect nothing less than dry sarcasm from you, no worries.

Ha!! Oh dear. I don't like the sound of that, either! I think the samples woulda been reeeaally good about then. Little sugar boost, little confidence boost...comfort.

I've only had one. My arm was pretty sore the day after. Obviously I shoulda thought about one this year, tho it's hard to get a shot voluntarily. (I'm not better, just tryin to ignore it now.) Good on ya.

RecknHavic said...

"Good on ya."

You Michiganders and your catchy sayn's.

Did you ever go to the doc?

Gettin down right chilly here. Don't laugh but hittin low 40s tonite and they're predictin 30's mon nite.

Can you say fire..I thought you could.

Tell D if he needs any help w/ next weeks pics I'm here for em :)

Crashin..gn!

RecknHavic said...

Good..uh..mornin on ya.

Nippy 42 outside. It's cold.

Anonymous said...

Morning!

Hey, 40's are no laughing matter. No scoffing here. We're goin up north tonite to drain the pipes so they don't freeze. And if I can get outta bed tomorrow morning at dawn, I'm gonna try my hand at duck hunting. Wish me luck blastin those cute little suckers outta the sky.

No doc. Monday if I'm not better.

RecknHavic said...

Bird huntin is fun. Been awhile for me tho.

Yeah, it's kinda cold and I can find none a my long sleve work gear (thinkin it's in the attic). I asked S to go up there and find it...I won't type her reply :)

Yall have a safe trip!

Don't pull a Cheney.

Nestor said...

Weather.com 10 day forecast for Central Texas

89
82
87
74
72
74
80
79
81
78

Lows between 45 and 55. Hey, 45 is pretty chilly for Texas.

Linda said...

That sounds nice! Just for fun, here's us...
51
52
56
45
45
49
52
59
60
57

Lows 28-43.

Linda said...

Ha! Here's some the exchange between me and a Ford dealer salesman at the dealership today...(F for Ford)

L: "How's the Flex selling?"
F: "Good! It's a great vehicle."
L: "Sure is funny lookin."
F: "Sit in it, it's REALLY nice."

So I go to the passenger side and he says,
F: "Sit in the drivers side!"
L: "Well, I wouldn't be caught DEAD in the driver's seat!"
F: "Just sit in it!"

I sit in it and pretend I'm melting in the seat, throw my head back and say loudly...
L:"Oh my god, I LOVE it!!!"

He laughed pretty hard, which was good, cuz I thought after that he'd either love me or hate me. I gave him a hard time, but we had fun. (My lease is ending here in a couple months, so I'm out lookin.)

RecknHavic said...

Just cked out the Flex, nice crossover..whatever that means.

It's an eco-friendly hydro-carbon vehicle I hope.

Nestor said...

Are all of the 'Detroit' cars in Michigan FlexFuel? I think I will purposely avoid all flexfuel vehicles. If by some chance I ever get a flexfuel vehicle, I will not put ethanol in it unless there is no other choice and I'm pushing the car into the station. And I think I'd only put a few gallons in, so that I could get 'real' gas at the next possible moment.

But it was nice putting $20 in the car the other day and getting over half a tank. I'm used to $20 getting about a quarter of a tank, and I'll be like, 'great, I can get to and from work twice.'

RecknHavic said...

I agree. I'm very anti-ethanol as well.

S paid 2.33 today btw.

Was gonna jump into the temp thing, but easier to just add a few degrees to Nest's ttls and you get ours.

Nestor said...

Yeah, SA is way cheaper than here. I don't really know why. Maybe Travis county adds a local tax? I guess that wouldn't explain why Bastrop county (about 300 ft. east of my house) has similar prices though. Anyway, I'd like to go to SA soon, haven't been in a while, and I'll be sure to top off while I'm there.

Nestor said...

Have you guys seen the 'drunkBiden' videos. They're pretty funny. It's amazing how this guy manages to belittle himself and everyone around him. He even says that Michelle Obama is more important than Barry H, the lord and high exalted one.

I'm not sure about the one where he's singing and dancing. It looks a whole lot like him though.

Linda said...

It's just called Ford Flex..not to do with flexfuels. It looks like a big shoebox on wheels. Actually, it was comfy, but I felt the need to be sarcastic with the smarmy salesguy.

I couldn't tell ya what cars are flexfuel. I had to look up the definition if that tells you anything.

I saw the one when he's singin "The Villages". I didn't think it looked like him, so I chalked it up to a silly rumor. More to the story?

RecknHavic said...

They look alittle like a larger version of the Dodge Nitro (which S wants). Maybe one day.

You see, I've got this vehicle rule, till it's underivable or unsafe, we drive it. Tough tho, cause I really want a Dodge Ram 2500 (esp an '04). But until the ol Windstar refuses to start, I'm workin outta it. Well, that and the 2500's need to "age" alittle before we can afford one :)

Nestor said...

I thought "The Villages" looked like him. With the hat on it looked like a lot of old white guys, but it did look like Biden too. But there is one (definitely him) where he introduces Obama, (and Michelle) at a rally and something seems off. It seems like he ordered the 'Irish' coffee and said; "keep 'em comin'"

Linda said...

Ha! I did see that one on youtube, too.

We spent a week at the Villages last year in March. My folks were down there for a month. It is a pretty cool place if you're older and like to be social. I'd move down there just so I could get a pimped out golf cart. (That's all they drive there.)