Monthly Archives: January 2017
First Time Since 2012 . . .
The last time we had breakfast at Barth’s was in 2012. We were following a Marathon drill rig that year and were at a site over near Whitsett, TX.
We were off for a couple of days because they were moving the rig to a new hole on the same pad. Back then they would bring in two 100 ton cranes and just drag the entire derrick 25 feet to the new spot. Now the rig’s just walk to the new spot all by themselves.
Anyway, due to my vampirish tendencies (but not the blood-sucking part) I don’t do breakfast very often, but somehow Jan talked me into it this morning. And I must say it was worth braving the sun, even if my skin did sizzle a bit.
Jan and I both had omelets, hers cheese and mushroom, with a side of bacon, and mine double bacon and cheese with grits and a large OJ.
And of course, coffee.
Coming home we stopped off at HEB so I could pick up some Lotto tickets. Both PowerBall and MegaMillions are in the $120 – $130 million range so it’s time to get back in the pool.
Getting back to the rig, I went back to catching up on my sleep.
A long-time friend of ours has some property on lake in east Texas and is thinking seriously about putting in an RV park. He’s thinking 50-70 sites, both back-ins and pull-thrus.
Concrete Pads 70 x 30 feet
Gravel Roads
Free Laundromat(s)
Bathroom/Shower(s)
Clubhouse(s)
Pavilion(s)
Fenced Pet Runs
I added
Good Wi-Fi
Wide Turns
Don’t put Big Rocks or Poles at corners
Just put Gravel across the corners
So now I’m throwing it out to the masses . . . or the blog readers, anyway.
What would you like to see in a new RV park?’
So give me your ideas to pass on to him.
Thought for the Day:
With only two days notice, a previously unknown 10 story building-sized asteroid passed by the Earth about half the distance to the Moon a few days ago.
An astronomer commented that this near-miss is nature’s way of saying “Hey, how’s that space program coming along?”
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Not This Time . . .
Except for fighting a squirrely iPad last night, it wasn’t a bad shift. Steady, but not too busy, either.
I’m not sure what the problem was, but you would enter a person into the frack site once and then they would sometimes show up four times in the personnel list.
It’s possible that some of the problems might be caused by the fact that due to the bad phone service in this area, we can sync and upload the data. The program is definitely running slower, sometimes taking 3 or 4 taps before it recognizes a button click.
I was up about 12:15 and we were out the door to first have lunch at Barth’s, and then some HEB shopping.
Today being Thursday, it was our first time to have the Fried Pork Chop/Meatloaf lunch buffet. So now we’ve done all seven days/menus.
Jan, not being a big pork chop fan, had one of their delicious Cheeseburgers, but after a bite of my meatloaf, she might have regretted her choice a bit.
She said she really like the meat loaf, so maybe next time. And she also missed out on the mashed potatoes and gravy.
The pork chops were great, really chicken-fried, since they use the same batter as on their chicken-fried steak and chicken-fried chicken. Really good.
Normally I make my Escapade reservations earlier, by kept waiting to hear about whether or not we would be doing our gate guard seminar. I don’t know why, because were going to go anyway, but it fell by the wayside.
So now if I book into the Escapade I can only get a boondock site, i.e., no hookups whatsoever. Not something we want to do for a week or so. And even boondocking, the cost is still $335. But if we just do a walk-in it’s only $170.
So now we’re booked into the Voyager RV park right down the road for the duration of the rally at a lot less money. Win-Win.
I never got a text from Todd this afternoon, so it looks like the other guy finally showed up, so not this time. Now just waiting for the next gate.
I mentioned a week or so ago about using Sam’s Club new Scan & Go feature. You just scan each product as put in your cart, and then when you’re finished shopping just click the Check Out button and you’re done. A receipt is displayed on your phone, you show it to the greeter and you’re out the door.
I was hoping that Wal-Mart would come out with the same idea, and today I heard they had. So I went right to the Google PlayStore to download it. But the first thing I notice was that the program only averaged 2.8 stars, while the Sam’s version was 4.5. So what’s the difference?
Well, a little reading explained everything. The Wal-Mart Scan and Go app only works in one Wal-Mart location in Rogers, AZ.
Bummer!
Not very useful yet, hence the 2.8 stars. Hopefully it will be rolled out nationwide at some point.
Thought for the Day:
“Never get in a battle of wits with someone smarter than you are!”
This is why I tend to only argue with myself. That way I’m guaranteed to win.
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