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Snarly Old Man


Last Updated: 10/16/2009

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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 52
Sign: Aries

City: Southwestern
State: Virginia
Country: US
Signup Date: 12/26/2008

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October 18, 2009 - Sunday 

Current mood:  grumpy
Category: Blogging

Carribean Dream

Ingredients:

    2 parts Orange juice
    1 oz Rum
    1 oz Peach schnapps
    5 ml Grenadine

Mixing instructions:

Mix and Add Ice



Now, guess this song, and you win.... well, nothing.



 





I beg your pardon, Mama, what did you say?
My mind was drifting off on Martinique Bay.
Its not that I'm not interested, you see;
Bumf'ck, Virginia, is just no place to be.

I think Jamaican in the moonlight.
Sandy beaches, drinking rum every night.
We got no money, mama, but we can go;
Well split the difference, go to Coconut Grove.

Keep on talking, Mama, I can hear
Your voice, it tickles down inside of my ear.
I feel a tropical vacation this year,
Might be the answer to this hillbilly fear.

Yes, The Snarly Old Man took a few days off.  Slept late, went to the mountains, soaked in hot tubs, bought new hiking shoes . . . and got rained on for about the past two f'cking weeks in a damn row!  I could have got rained on right here in BF Virginia!  Coulda saved some money.  Why the f'ck do I think that taking a week or two off and going to the mountains is going to make a damn bit of difference.  I might as well just get up every morning and go to the j.o.b.  At least there I pretty much know I'm going to have a crappy day.

I'm back!
Currently listening:
Dirt Band/An American Dream
By The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Release date: 2002-02-15
3:28 AM 
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October 13, 2009 - Tuesday 

Current mood:  grumpy
Here is my theory.  Humans affecting the temperature of the planet where we live is bullshit.  Of course, it depeneds on which scientist you believe.  Check out this article titles What Happened to Global Warming.

Now, this article about Saudi Arabia requesting financial aid probably puts the proper light on the subject.

If, because of "Global Warming", the world reduces its dependance on Saudi oil, then they will be put back into their proper place in the world overall and the Middle East in particular. 

THAT is what "Global Warming" and "Going Green" is all about.  Because of that I may just go get a bicycle to ride to work.  I'd be glad to do whatever I can to rid the world of the influence of the people who now control out energy supplies.
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October 9, 2009 - Friday 

Current mood:  relaxed
Category: Blogging


Snarly Old Man is in the mountains in this cabin.


 

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October 8, 2009 - Thursday 

Current mood:  grumpy
Category: Blogging

Is the U.S. Preparing to Bomb Iran?

Is the U.S. Stepping Up Preparations for a Possible Attack on Iran's Nuclear Facilities?

(Click here to read the rest of the story)

O.K., I know you are all perched on the edge of your seats waiting to see what The Snarly Old Man has to say about this little nuggest of information.

I'm torn on this one.  I don't think the American government could be so stupid as to let this "accidently" get out.  I think there is a reason for announcing to your enemy that you have a 30,000 lb bomb that can penetrate 200 ft into the ground, that you are ready and able to deploy.

Here is what it looks like when 800 pounds of explosives are used:



The Mythbusters Blow Up a Cement Truck

Imagine 37.5 times the explosive power hitting your secret nuclear research facility.  Don't you think that would maybe cause you to rethink your decision to announce to the world that you are developing nuclear capable missiles?

Or maybe the government is that fucking stupid.  I wonder which one it is?

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October 7, 2009 - Wednesday 

Current mood:  amused
Category: Blogging

 


 

Let me make one thing crystal f'cking clear.  I post this bullsh't whenever I feel inclined to do so.  I do it for my own amusement.  I don't do it on any schedule so somebody can read it with their morning f'cking coffee or while riding the bus to work.

It may look like I just sit down in front of my computer screen and spew this stultiloquence out without a moments thought each morning.  The truth is I agonize over each and every syllable that goes into this "blog". 

I have to wonder whether what I type here is going to offend somebody.  I may write about racism, just to get an intelligent discussion going.  But you know what?  When I head into the j.o.b. there are going to be people there who think I am the world's biggest jerk because of what I just wrote.  They don't realize that The Snarly Old Man is just a persona.  The Snarly Old Man is a figment of my imagination.  He is the one that does the dirty work and writes this fiddle-faddle and then puts together witty responses to your comments.

There may be a blog one day about a date I went on the previous night.  Now I have to worry about whether there will be a second date or whether that person will ever speak to me again.

Right now I could be going through all the yet to be unpacked boxes here in Snarlyville, trying to find my U. S. Passport instead of worrying about what time I post this tommyrot and whether it fits into my dear readers schedule.

Heaven forbid somebody miss their daily dose of the Snarly Old Man.  I'll tell you what, you have concerns about what time I post this gibble-jabble?  Here, let me get my notebook, I'll write that shit down.

 

 Now quit your f'cking whining and leave me the f'ck alone!
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October 6, 2009 - Tuesday 

Category: Blogging
Top 21 countries in the world    to live based on data from        2007, according to the UN


 1. Norway
 2. Australia
 3. Iceland
 4. Canada
 5. Ireland
 6. Netherlands
 7. Sweden
 8. France
 9. Switzerland
 10. Japan
 11. Luxembourg
 12. Finland
 13. United States
 14. Austria
 15. Spain
 16. Denmark
 17. Belgium
 18. Italy
 19. Liechtenstein
 20. New Zealand
 21. United Kingom

How well do you know The Snarly Old Man?

I've lived in or visited 6 of these countries.  Which ones do you think they are?

October 7, 2009, The correct answers are:

Iceland, Canada, France, United States, Spain, United Kingdom.

Since nobody got it right, I'll be keeping my Snarly Old Man T-Shirt.  Wahahahahahahaha!!!!
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October 5, 2009 - Monday 

Category: Blogging

Sheriff describes raccoon "gang attack" on Lakeland woman

The 74-year-old woman is in the hospital after suffering serious injuries trying to shoo five raccoons off her front doorstep.
Lakeland, Florida-- A Lakeland woman is recovering from serious injuries in the hospital after sheriff's investigators say she was "gang attacked" by five raccoons Saturday afternoon.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says 74-year-old Gretchen Whitted was trying to shoo the animals away from her front door when they suddenly attacked.

"When she fell down, they enveloped her," said Sheriff Judd in a news conference called Sunday to warn the public of the aggressive raccoons.

"She's literally bitten and scratched from face and the chest all the way down through the legs."
 
Raccoons are known to be aggressive when going after food, but the sheriff called Saturday's attack very unusual.

"Not in all my years in Florida have I known of a gang attack by raccoons on an individual," Sheriff Judd said.

Christy Steinmetz lives next door to Whitted and ran across the street when she heard her neighbor's screams.

"I've never seen anything like it," Steinmetz said of the attack and her neighbors deep wounds. "They were deep lacerations. You could see flesh."

Sheriff Judd called a news conference Sunday to warn parents in the Lakeland neighborhood about the potential danger.
"They've attacked once. If someone frightens them, will they attack again?" Judd asked.

Polk County Animal Control officers fanned out, placing traps across the neighborhood, in hopes of finding the raccoons involved.

"Even if we capture a lot of raccoons [Sunday night], we can't be sure they are our suspect raccoons," Sheriff Judd said.

If caught, the animals will be tested for rabies and possibly destroyed.


 

I'm glad I stopped hand feeding these little thugs!
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October 4, 2009 - Sunday 

Category: Blogging

Bluewell bank robbed at knifepoint


By GREG JORDAN

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

BLUEWELL — An undisclosed amount of money was stolen Friday morning when an unknown male subject robbed a local bank.

The armed robbery occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m. when a white male entered the New Peoples Bank in Bluewell, said Corporal S.A. Sommers of the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department. The subject was armed with a knife.

Witnesses described the subject as a while male who was six feet, two inches tall and weighing between 170 and 180 pounds. He was wearing a camouflage mask with facial hair protruding from it, and was wearing a gray jacket. He was carrying either a book bag or a duffel bag, Sommers said. No injuries were reported. Detective R.M. Combs is the case’s lead investigator.

I wondered what all the police cars were doing at the bank.  I was in the laundrymat across the street.  The police are doing a great job!  I'm 6'2" white male with a beard.  Luckily they didn't come in the laundrymat and look around.
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October 3, 2009 - Saturday 

Current mood:  grumpy
Category: Blogging

Chicks Dig It

Ingredients:

    1 1/2 oz Vodka
    1 oz Triple sec
    3/4 oz Peach schnapps
    Half fill Cranberry juice
    Fill Ginger ale

Mixing instructions:

Pour over ice filled glass shake enjoy! the chicks will dig it. can also be served up in a martini glass



I think I might even dig this one.  Can't wait to get home tonight to try it.  I'll be out at the bookstore today.  I broke my Kindle and it would cost me at least $219 to replace it.  Guess I'll be reading paperbacks again for the foreseeable future.

Surely I'm not the only one that enjoys a mixed drink.  What are YOUR favorites?
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October 2, 2009 - Friday 

Current mood:  grumpy
Category: Blogging
I wasn't really planning on blogging today.  I got up early this morning.  Drank my coffee and sorted laundry.  Then I was out the door to the laundrymat.  My twice a month excursion to clean my dirty clothes.

My next errand for today (after typing this stupid thing) is to go out and buy more underwear.  I think I can go from once every two weeks to once every 3-4 weeks if I just have some more clean drawers around the house.

Another reason for avoiding the laundrymat for as long as possible is people.  There are not a lot of people at the laundrymat that are going to end up being life long pals.  Have you been to a laundrymat lately?  I wouldn't be surprised to see Charles Manson there.  Of course, Manson probably gets his laundry done for him.

Hmmmm, there's an idea.  Kinda like that guy who went out and robbed a bank so he would get put in jail.  That way he didn't have to break up with his girlfriend.  She said she would kill herself if he ever broke up with her. I guess there is always a way out of something if you look hard enough.

Are there any women out there with a washer and dryer I could borrow twice a month or so?  That would probably be harder than finding someone with a garden tub I can soak in.  I thought I'd finally found somebody, but she wanted to go out for a drink first.  Hell, I didn't really want to make a whole thing out of it.  I just wanted to soak in the tub and maybe read a book for an hour or so!

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