November 22nd, 2011
Ya know, I live not too awful far from the OU football stadium, well a half hours drive or so, but we hardly ever go.
A non-credit card holding relative recently asked me to get them some tickets for an event there and since I’d never actually bought any that way before, well, I had to go lookin.
Did you know that you can buy almost any sporting event ticket online?
Sure ’nuff!
Don’t have to be local, or within driving distance of a ticket counter, nope you can order horse racing tickets, tennis events (if you’re into that sort of thing), motor sport and even Formula 1 Tickets!!
Sounds like a man-road-trip to me!
formula_1
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November 22nd, 2011
A fella at work recently went on his first camping trip with a church group. His FIRST!
I found it really hard to believe that someone in Oklahoma could grow up and never have camped, or slept outside, or fished.
He was so enamored with the process that he went out and bought NEW everything he thought he’d need. Cot, sleeping bag, an online fishing guide, warm hat, gloves, tent and even took all the newspapers from work for fire starters.
Now, I suppose not everyone is cut out to be an outdoorsman. He already has all his stuff on the bulletin board for sale!
Guess who now has nearly new gear?
SCORE!
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November 10th, 2011
There have been times when we’ve had to ‘rig’ up parts on our older vehicles. You know what I mean, wire something together to keep it running.
When we first moved ‘way out here’ in the country, we discovered pretty fast that these old beat up dirt roads take their toll on our vehicles, pretty fast. We actually ended up buying a second ‘parts’ truck, just so that we’d have spare parts without driving (the other vehicle) a ton of miles, just for a part.
That second vehicle came in handy many a time.
These days, the roads are better, our vehicles are newer (most of them) and we tend to order our Truck Parts and have them delivered.
Times sure have changed, for the better too, don’t you agree?
truck
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November 10th, 2011
Ya know, we tend to get in a rut, with our fishin’ around here.
We go to the same spots to dig for worms, or store to buy bait, we tend to hit the same old spots down on the creek, or the lake. We should switch things up a bit.
We should THINK about takin’ a trip to the coast and do some big fish fishin’.
Shoot, we don’t have to know too much about the differences in rods/reels and tackle, that’s what the experts are for. We just head online, and search for Sea Fishing Tackle and learn more than we need to know. Just order it up and we’ll be one step closer to getting out of our rut.
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November 5th, 2011
I stopped at a yard sale the other day, basically in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma. It was mostly tools and set outside the guys metal building, basically an additional garage.
I knew a fella that knew these people and they called this ‘garage’ ‘the shop’ so I asked the guy what he did.
I was expecting welder… carpenter… or something along those lines, but no, his ‘shop’ was really just his man cave.
Inside he had the requisite tools and all but he’d done the walls not in cabinetry, but football memorabilia. Plus a big screen, big old chairs and a fridge.
He had a Darren Sproles Saints Jersey framed and hung on one wall and a lot of other team things too. As well as a neon Budweiser light and a big old pit bull lounging in there as well.
That’s one reason I like to stop at yard sales, ya just never know what you’ll see or who you’ll meet.
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October 23rd, 2011
Ya know, I live ‘just this far’ from a lake, and while I’ve been on bass boats, and ski boats, pontoon boats and jon boats, I’ve never been on a sailboat.
While most of the sailboaters spend their time up on the lakes closer to the city, you do see an occasional sailboat on the local lake every now and then.
When one passes by, you tend to feel a little ‘backwoods’ next to their ‘Thurston Howell the 3rd’ look. While we’re wearing jeans and flannel, they tend to be decked out in some fine sailing clothes.
Yup, from the top of their head (sailing caps) to their neoprene bodysuits and even their fancy shoes, you can tell they’re serious about their sport.
We just acknowledge them with a tip of our hats as they sail on by.
sailboat at the lake
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October 18th, 2011
Have you ever driven down Lindsey Street in Norman Oklahoma on game day? (Oklahoma Sooners)
It’s a MAZE of people set up selling wares to the people attending the game. People set up food booths, some out of the back of their trucks, some under canopies. It’s like the food booths at the fair, only everything is crimson and cream.
I know one fella that went and got his food vending license and set up his ‘booth’ selling chili and made a lot of money, (over a thousand) in just one afternoon, with just one product!
Can you imagine the profit potential?
What would you need to get started?
Well, you’d need a license of course, a sales tax permit and the like, but then you’d need help standing out from the crowd of other vendors. You’ll need tailgating supplies like:
(1) a tent or canopy
(2) table(s)
(3) seating
(4) coolers
(5) grill
(6) logo’d products
and maybe even rain ponchos and umbrellas! Shoot, you could even get a cornhole game or two for the kiddies to play. The parents follow the kids ya know.
You could be set up and ready before the next home game.
Geez, why am I telling you this? I should do this myself!
Ideas don’t keep – something must be done about them!
_go_sooners
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October 6th, 2011
Ok bass fishermen, you know who you are! There’s a new bass lure in town and you’ll be beside yourself until you get some for your own tackle box!
It’s the Bombshell Turtle and it’s sure to be a winner.
You and I both know that bass go after baby turtles and Bombshell has created a new lure shaped, well, like a baby turtle!
bombshell turtle
They’re pretty new, you might have to ask your local tackle shop to order some for you.
Me? I can’t WAIT!
I think the Bombshell Turtle lure is going to be ‘the bomb’!!!
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October 5th, 2011
Have you ever scuba dived?
Me either, haven’t even thought about it, other than when I used to watch Flipper growing up, that and what was that show with LLoyd Bridges? Oh yeah, Seahunt.
Around here there isn’t much choice in scuba diving, you either take lessons in the city, or you wing it at Lake Tenkiller. (Lake Tenkiller has clear deep water, perfect “I’m told” for diving.)
I can tell you one thing though, if I were to show up on a fishin’ weekend, EVEN at Tenkiller, that the fellas would have a good laugh on me, if I were to come prepared to dive wearing a wetsuit!
Course they might change their mind when I tell ‘em that wetsuits aren’t just for divin, or surfin’. Shoot I bet wetsuits would come in real handy noodlin’ in cool water or for flyfishin’ instead of waders.
wetsuit
Noodling is fishing for catfish using only bare hands, practiced primarily in the southern United State
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