Nutz goes to the Big Easy~

That is right gang the US Navy is on the move to help clean up Katrina's mess so be sure to check here for updates.. I will do my best to get them and pics to you as time permits. Also be sure to watch FOX news because you might just see us in action aboard the USS IWO JIMA... oh and by the way, not my first time on this ship Crackerz and I were on it when it was commisioned down in PCola! Any and all emails will be great for morale!

See ya when i get back!

Hoggin!

Yeah, so there we were, at 0500 am I fired up the coals, at 0620 Bob showed up and we hoisted the ham onto the grill and started our first beer! 9 hours later we were pickin some pig! Very tastey.. however everything after a case of beer is pretty tasety. The final count I had was about 32 souls in attendance, and we were even missing a few regulars.

Anyhow thanks for coming out and enjoying the fun. Be sure to check out the complete photo album at OFOTO
If for some reason you cannot get there, shoot us an email and we will get ya in!!

Thanks again to Bob for making it a success.
The start of Hoggin 2005..
Sony Magic

Sexual Predators in Your Neighborhood?

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Who's Bringing What to the Party

Not sure how many people...could be a big crowd...

Jacque -- baked beans & layered salad

Post a comment to let everyone know what you're bringing.

See you on Saturday!!

Our New Baby

No...not a kid...a JEEP!

Ocean View Excitement

One thing can be said about living in Ocean View, there's always excitement.

Today we had a "hit and run" driver smash into the electric pole in front of our house and then end up in the yard. He must have had an accomplice because the neighbor said he left the van and got in the car with some chick. All this excitement took place around 2:00 but here it is 8:15 and the Dominion Power guys just replaced the pole and removed the caution tape from in front of our house.

At least we didn't have four dead bodies this time. Ocean View...lots of excitement.

Come Hoggin

Nutz and Crackerz 4-Wheelin'

In case you don't know, Zach and I bought a 2005 Jeep Wrangler to celebrate our one year anniversary. What better way to test it out than to go 4-wheelin on the beach in the Outerbanks.

I must say...I was a little scared having a Yankee drive through the sand. His philosophy, drive fast and you won't get stuck. It worked this time but I can't promise that it will work in the future.

I love the Blood Hound Gang!

Some fun lyrics from their latest Song Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo!

 

Check out the video as well...

 

www.bandbuilder.com/hefty_fine_international

 

Vulcanize the whoopee stick
In the ham wallet
Cattle prod the oyster ditch
With the lap rocket
Batter dip the cranny ax
In the gut locker
Retrofit the pudding hatch
Ooh la la
With the boink swatter
If i get you in the loop when I make a point to be straight with you then
In lieu of the innuendo in the end know my intent though
I brazillian wax poetic so pathetically
I don't wanna beat around the bush
Foxtrot Unifrom Charlie Kilo
Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo
Marinate the nether rod
In the squish mitten
Power drill the yippee bog
With the dude piston
Pressure wash the quiver bone
In the bitch wrinkle
Cannonball the fiddle cove
Ooh la la
With the pork steeple
If i get you in the loop when I make a point to be straight with you then
In lieu of the innuendo in the end know my intent though
I brazillian wax poetic so pathetically
I don't wanna beat around the bush
Foxtrot Unifrom Charlie Kilo
Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo
Put the you know what in the you know where
Put the you know what in the you know where
Put the you know what in the you know where
Put the you know what in the you know where pronto

Check out the Chicago to Mac Pics

Drop me a line and I will "share" ya to the ofoto.com web site to view the photo albums...

Go Gov Bill Richardson!

Bravo Gov Richardson! Do the job that the feds are afraid to do!

New Mexico State of Emergency Against Illegal Immigration!
Our borders, our first line of defense!

Gasoline and You

The intersting thing that we should all be familiar with is Gasoline futures. You see gas is purchased in bulk (42,000 gallons) for delivery in a future date. This date is usually 1-2 months from the current day. So with this knowledge, it is robbery when the gas stations jack up thier prices immediatly on the price of crude oil. You see they already paid for the gas that is in thier tanks at a much lower price then what it is actually selling at. However these disrtubutors need to aquire more money to purchase gas for a future delivery date. Plus you have to throw in taxes and transportation expenses, this is still an interesting number.


Todays Gasoline Futures

Save Bay Oaks Park?

The bigger question with respect to the Bay Oaks Park saga in Ocean View is the increased tax revinew for the city of Norfolk. The planners want to squeeze in 85 homes on 21 acres of land. Figure the price tag on each new home is around $400,000 about the average going rate now in Ocean View. The Annual tax payable to the city would be roughly $4000. Now multply that by 85 homes. About $340,000 in annual taxes. What would that get the city of Norfolk and more importantly the Ocean View area? The paving of Ocean View Ave, underground utilities, more police officers, a pay raise for the city council?

Although I am a land owner in the City of Norfolk, I am unable to vote and sign the petition to save Bay Oaks, however Crackerz signed the petition and does vote regularly for Norfolk issues so beware!

http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=89448&ran=224755

Oceana vs the BRAC Commission

What a change in events brings a new year and a new fiscal budget. It seems as though just one short year ago, the residents of Virginia Beach were screaming and complaining about the "jet noise" of the F-18s and F14s roaring over the heads of the VB residents and thier over priced beach homes. Now, these same people are bending over backwards to prevent Uncle Sugars bag of dollars from departing to friendlier and cheaper pastures.


"A lawsuit is currently being pursued by a group of Virginia Beach residents, charging that the Navy’s noise analysis prepared in support of the F/A-18 rebasing decision was inadequate and misleading. The parties have stated that they do not want the aircraft removed from Oceana, but there is the potential for some restriction to be imposed on operations that could severely diminish the base’s potential to host future systems."
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/oceana.htm

Well it looks as though the people have spoken and not necessarily the people of Virginia Beach.
Being a Navy person myself, it will be a dissappointment if NAS Oceana closes. However unlike the many mom and pop stores and other businesses that benefit from the tremndous amount of financial input from Uncle Sam I will just have to roll with the flow and move where Uncle Sugar sends me.... This might just pop the housing bubble in the Tide Water when 40,000+ people move on to greener pastures....

Bottom line, be careful what you ask for you actually might get it.

Nutz goes to Disney Land!

I am sure some of you heard or already know that I like the window seat on airplanes. A great advantage for those with large bladders and the curious. Sitting forward of the wing and a window seat is an added bonus. I love the window seat. Anyhow on my last flight, I experianced a bit of an upsetting time while chewing on my tiny bag of pretzels and sipping a shotglass of soda. I am sure the image is worth more then 1000 words...

Driving 101

How many pushy bastards are there out on the interstates?  Come on raise your had if you use your brakes while zipping down the interstate getting all frustrated at the slow pokes in front of you, not getting out of your way... How dare those people in front of you.  Why are they not looking in their rear view mirrors and adjusting their driving plans for your driving plans.

 

Maybe I was taught how to drive from a cracker jack box instructor but one thing I did learn that if you brake to the extent that your passengers notice then you are most likely doing something wrong!  This can also be said for shifting gears with a manual transmission...  

 

With the slamming on the brakes, you add to the "slinky effect" problem as well.  For when you slam on your brakes because you were hauling ass down the interstate and the person in front of you did not do what you wanted them to do and you did not leave the requisite 1 vehicle body length for every 10MPH of vehicle velocity then you are becoming an asshole driver.  This in effect causes others to hit the brakes causing the "slinky effect"

 

Here are some benefits of not slamming on the brakes and leaving the right amount of space. 

1. Your brakes will last longer.  I have a car with 120k miles on it with original brakes & rotors. 

 

2. Less accidents. By not tailgating you have more space react and avoid the changing conditions in front of you.

 

3. Merging and Tunnels.  We have all seen the tunnels back up every single night for no reason what so ever.  Have you ever seen the accident at the other end of the tunnel?  No?  That is right numb nutz there is not an accident that is causing the traffic back up, it is the "slinky effect!"  Don't believe me, try this next time you are sitting in traffic and have nothing better to do..  Try and constantly leave about 200 yards of space between you and the car in front of you and maintain a constant speed.  It will be difficult to do, you will want to hold right on the bumper of the car in front of you but be patient traffic will start to move that is of course is cars in the other lane do not think that they can "get ahead" by pulling into the space you have created.  With respect to the merge, merge early and if you are feeling frisky, stay in the lane being reduced but don't go racing up to the merge to only have to slam on your brakes and cause the who line of cars to stop to allow a space for the dickhead "you" trying to merge.  I wont let you in!  Be nice, mirror a big truck or other car in the opposite lane and block dickheads from racing up to the front and stopping traffic.  I guarantee this will make traffic move faster.. and that is what we all want anyway! 

 

Simple things we can all do to make our trips more enjoyable!

I-64 Construction

I have been in and out of the tidewater area now since 1997.  On thing that left an impression on me back in '97 was the pain in the ass construction on I-64 over on the peninsula.  Here we are 8 years later and still there is construction on I-64.  I find this very disheartening.  I drive around a lot and see different construction techniques and it amazes me that the state of Virginia especially here in the tidewater where summer time temps with the heat index hover around the upper 90's to low 100's does not encourage night time road construction.  In this day and age with power generation equipment and other safety features it curious as to why construction companies do not work at night where the temperatures are cooler and there is less traffic on the road. 

However take what you read in email with a Grain of salt!

Starbucks Donates to Military Personnel

 

Read the company link...

 

Starbucks ongoing commitment

War & Starbucks

Starbucks Coffee: You might not want by a $5 latte any more!

Recently Marines in Iraq wrote to Starbucks because they wanted to let them know how much they liked their coffees and to request that they send some of it to the troops there.
Starbucks replied, telling the Marines thank you for their support in their business, but that Starbucks does not support the war, nor anyone in it , and that they would not send the troops their brand of coffee. So as not to offend Starbucks, we should not support them by buying any of their products. As a war vet writing to fellow patriots, I feel we should get this out in the open. I know this war might not be very popular with some folks, but that doesn't mean we don't support the boys and girls on the ground fighting street-to-street and house-to-house for what they and I believe is right. If you feel the same as I do then pass this along, or you can discard it
and no one will never know. Thanks very much for your support of me, and I know you'll all be there again when I deploy once more.

"Semper Fidelis." Sgt Howard C. Wright 1st Force Recon Co 1st Plt PLT RTO

The Pure-ist

The Magnifcent Six!

Scotty Hits the road to TEXAS

Scotty Eckart, out neighbor of a long time and even longer friend took his cute little pooch Hank and hit the road this morning for his new job and new life in TEXAS as a flight instructor. It was sad and we will miss Scott for about 10 minutes. We will miss Hank for even longer at least until all of the dog poo in the back yard becomes worm food.

If you want to shoot him an email or request an autographed copy of "Dead Flowers" drop him a line at electropoet@hotmail.com I hope this is the right email address?

Drive safe amigo and see ya real soon on a cross country.