What a brutal day Saturday was for me.

[Coyote Jack]

As the title says, I had a real bad day on Saturday. From start to finish this is how it went.

I got up at 4:30am as I was going to try a new fishing spot. I had got everything ready the night before so I just jumped in the side by side and I was off. I got to the first lake, unloaded the boat and fishing gear and started rowing. Half a mile later I got to the stream I had to go up to get to the lake I wanted to fish. I rowed and poled up the stream about 300 yards and came to a beaver dam. I looked past the dam and there was no water to speak of, just rocks sticking up with a little water. So much for that idea, I was not going to ruin the boat dragging it up there. I went back to the other lake and fished it for a little while and only caught one small trout and threw it back. I came up with a plan and decided to leave. I rowed the half mile back to where I put in and loaded everything up and left.

Now is when it starts getting real good. My plan was to take the side by side way back in the woods to look for a fender flare I had lost last fall and to check and see if I could get the side by side to another lake. I was as pretty much as deep in the woods as I could go and the side by side quit. I could not get it going. I suspected that the fuel pump had died as it is an EFI engine. I started walking. Luckily the bugs were not to bad but it was pretty warm at 80 degrees. I had some water with me and took it. Eleven, yup (11), kilometers later somebody finally came along and picked me up and drove me the rest of the way back to my camp. Am I ever glad they came along, I'm 59 years old and need both knees and one hip replaced and the walking was really starting to get to me. I had a cell phone with me but there was no reception back there so it was mostly added weight. I did manage to get reception just before the guy picked me up. I told the wife what was going on and not to worry as it was about 2pm and I had plenty of time to get back to the camp. I was already more than half way and I had been walking for about 2 hours.

Well, I wasn't going to leave the side by side out there and I knew I could get the truck to it so off I went. I took some tools and other gear just in case I needed them. I got to the side by side and sure enough, the winch that I had never used in 4500 kilometers didn't work. I had 2 heavy duty ratchet straps with me and way able to pull the side by side up on to the truck with them, it just took a little longer and a little more work. So I got it loaded and off I went.

As I was driving out on the logging roads there was one spot that was very rocky. The truck hit one rock a little hard and you guessed it, the side by side jumped and hit the back window and smashed it out. After some cursing I kept on going.

I got to where there was cell phone reception and phoned the wife and let her know I was on the way out with the bike. This is when she informed me that one of our grand-daughters had been in a fight with her boyfriend, it had gotten violent and she needed to be picked up. So much for staying at the camp and drinking my sorrows away. I did manage to pick her up with no incidents and finally made it home a 7:30pm.

I am now sitting here with a very sore and swollen knee that I can't bend to far and looking forward to more beer.

So now if I am having a bad day, I can look back at Saturday and say, "It could be worse". LOL

Jack

 

[67Dart273]

I have NO idea what to say to this!!

 

[leblanc]

Well Jack, that was quite a day, I bet you won't be staying home and doing nothing for too long. It is almost like last year where one incident did not happen alone, it needed a companion.




PS Did you get any new pics of the demon yet?

 

[75slant6]

Wow!! I guess on the bright side.... I'm sure you slept good that night!

 

[Demonracer]

Sorry to hear about your misfortunes Jack. Before the incident with the daughter, maybe that was karma telling you to stay with your known fishing spots. I hope everything gets better for you.

 

[Darthomas]

The trout had a much better day than you did!

 

[Coyote Jack]

Things are getting a little better. I went to the auto glass place nearby and they quoted me $619 to replace the small window in the truck. I said, "I don't think so" and came home and started looking for a better deal. Was told by everybody that you can't get just the small window, you have to get the whole thing. Wrong!!!!! This is the exact thing I need as confirmed by my friend at the dealership.

For 2009-2015 Dodge Ram Rear Back Slider Glass Window Left Fixed Only

Just a little difference in price. LOL

Jack

 

[No name needed]

Well seems like it was one of those days where everything you touch breaks. When I have those kind of days I don't pee till the next day.

 

[pomonamissel]

well bad days , i'm 60 . have a high school bud same age . let me not down grade your issues on your day . his started with a bad tooth , pull it . but got an infection from it , in the blood , . he was finishing the build on a new house for his 90 year old mom, he's building and go to the hospital from treatment , back and forth . for a few months this goes on , he still feel like a dead turd . can't even hardly make it . still he finish the house for mom , he is almost done with his treatments and he's now bring mom up to his place to move her in , and she says , ''i'm not feeling very right , dave . could you bring me to the hospital '' well she was having a heart attack , now she's in the hospital . for a week back and forth for him , one hospital to the other . stanford is where he was going , cuts him loose , tells him he's cured no more infection in your blood . so a couple days later , his mom is released as well , and off they go the new house at his place . its beautiful there high up on the side of a wooded canyon . 270 deg views . now its been a week he is still warmed over dog turds . again mom says ,'' i got to go to the hospital ''. she dies there . his birthday is a couple days later , he's calling everyone he knows and starts giving all his stuff away , he says '' he feels like he's going to die '' , wow, wow , wow . we go get him to the hospital . the infection was not in the blood any more , but had settled in his heart and messed up his valves n sets . he's in bad shape needs open heart work to get fitted up . so there in the hospital , he has two stokes type deals in the front of his brain , one on each side of his frontal lubes . wow , they put him into a comma to fit that , but can't do the heart yet , time passes slowly , he's in the hospital for 6 months and he getting better . but not good enough progress for the doctors , so the county steppes in and starts confiscating his live , moms old house , mom t/a car , his place (10 acres) with two homes on it and a giant garage and barn shop , his hd , cj5 , wrangler jeep , mark ? , mustang , quads , ect ....... because of some doctors paperwork , oh ya he was disabled do to a shoulder replacement prior to all this coming down . but he still built moms house and dealt with all of it , oh ya his girlfriend left him durning all this as well . so all his friends step up , and got an attorney to help his get it all back , and the courts decided in his favor with some one to be a conservator. no problem , any of us would take that on . now the state gets their noise in it , wants the same thing . to put his guy in a carehome for the rest of his days . so we fight them off as well . and i'll have you know that its been a tough trail , but he's walking and talk'n , and he's got a care taker . but he goes out and has a few beers now and then with us buds . and looking forward to driving again . oh ya this guy could drive , man oh man . so when ever i'm not having a good one , i think of how it could be , and grin though it . lol while you can , and smile while it hurts . keep them in bae , that way !

 

[jimjimjimmy]

and is the granddaughters boyfriend is still alive ??????

 

[pomonamissel]

he should be eating though a straw !

 

[Coyote Jack]

well bad days , i'm 60 . have a high school bud same age . let me not down grade your issues on your day . his started with a bad tooth , pull it . but got an infection from it , in the blood , . he was finishing the build on a new house for his 90 year old mom, he's building and go to the hospital from treatment , back and forth . for a few months this goes on , he still feel like a dead turd . can't even hardly make it . still he finish the house for mom , he is almost done with his treatments and he's now bring mom up to his place to move her in , and she says , ''i'm not feeling very right , dave . could you bring me to the hospital '' well she was having a heart attack , now she's in the hospital . for a week back and forth for him , one hospital to the other . stanford is where he was going , cuts him loose , tells him he's cured no more infection in your blood . so a couple days later , his mom is released as well , and off they go the new house at his place . its beautiful there high up on the side of a wooded canyon . 270 deg views . now its been a week he is still warmed over dog turds . again mom says ,'' i got to go to the hospital ''. she dies there . his birthday is a couple days later , he's calling everyone he knows and starts giving all his stuff away , he says '' he feels like he's going to die '' , wow, wow , wow . we go get him to the hospital . the infection was not in the blood any more , but had settled in his heart and messed up his valves n sets . he's in bad shape needs open heart work to get fitted up . so there in the hospital , he has two stokes type deals in the front of his brain , one on each side of his frontal lubes . wow , they put him into a comma to fit that , but can't do the heart yet , time passes slowly , he's in the hospital for 6 months and he getting better . but not good enough progress for the doctors , so the county steppes in and starts confiscating his live , moms old house , mom t/a car , his place (10 acres) with two homes on it and a giant garage and barn shop , his hd , cj5 , wrangler jeep , mark ? , mustang , quads , ect ....... because of some doctors paperwork , oh ya he was disabled do to a shoulder replacement prior to all this coming down . but he still built moms house and dealt with all of it , oh ya his girlfriend left him durning all this as well . so all his friends step up , and got an attorney to help his get it all back , and the courts decided in his favor with some one to be a conservator. no problem , any of us would take that on . now the state gets their noise in it , wants the same thing . to put his guy in a carehome for the rest of his days . so we fight them off as well . and i'll have you know that its been a tough trail , but he's walking and talk'n , and he's got a care taker . but he goes out and has a few beers now and then with us buds . and looking forward to driving again . oh ya this guy could drive , man oh man . so when ever i'm not having a good one , i think of how it could be , and grin though it . lol while you can , and smile while it hurts . keep them in bae , that way !

That does put things in perspective doesn't it. Hope your friend gets completely better.

Jack

 

[Coyote Jack]

and is the granddaughters boyfriend is still alive ??????

I didn't know what the problem was at the time, just that she needed picked up. I found out what happened after picking her up. He never did hit her, but did throw a knife that hit the wall a few feet from her. If I had of known what was going on at the time I would be in jail right now.

Jack

 

[TrailBeast]

I look back on a weekend I got caught in a storm with 45mph winds and 40 foot waves that swamped 5 fishing boats 25 miles out in the ocean in a 15 foot boat and ran out of fuel because of a broken fuel line then spending the rest of the weekend sailing naked with what clothes I had tied between 2 spears in the oar lock holes for a sail to get back.
Didn't have a cell phone then.
I was about an hour out when the Coast Guard ran across me and I told them I was fine, so they went on.
A little sun burned but I still had beer and two big lobsters on ice if I got hungry.

Yours was a nice little fish, and a nice relaxing walk in the woods.

 

[pomonamissel]

jack , make sure she flushes that trud out of her life . or get yourself about a couple dozen throwing knives and a blindfold , and the blindfold is not for him . bring enough rope to keep him settled down , just smile n throw , you'll know how close you come by his crying for mercy , cruel but take a stab at it . lol .

 

[kazooom]

WOW Jack... bummer weekend, nice to see your bouncin back, but you East Coasters are a hardy bunch. Pomonamissel, what a story, just when ya think you have it bad ya here about something like that

 

[pomonamissel]

kazooom , ya i don't have any bad days know , just think of his tale . and enjoy it from there on . i use to get piss off at somethings . now i got to laugh at the crowd . have a rental duplex , and one day the gal living on the south side tells me , her toilet is plugged up , so i get out the stuff to repair this , and then she looks me straight in the eyes and says '' maybe i should not have flush that burnt pork shoulder roast down the toilet , and flushed it a couple times '' , all i could do was laugh , and get another toilet and install it , and hand her the bill . some people , hell the window was closer , she could have toast it out the window . but some of the as...oles that drive around here , well i wish they would go back to were they came from , and loose their car keys . lol , or just go ....

 

[67Dart273]

I didn't know what the problem was at the time, just that she needed picked up. I found out what happened after picking her up. He never did hit her, but did throw a knife that hit the wall a few feet from her. If I had of known what was going on at the time I would be in jail right now.

Jack

Sounds to me like HE should be. Regardless of where or when, this is domestic violence at minimum, and assault with a deadly weapon at worst.

 

[Coyote Jack]

Sounds to me like HE should be. Regardless of where or when, this is domestic violence at minimum, and assault with a deadly weapon at worst.

Not much I can do in that regard if she won't press charges or testify against him. She says she just wants to put it all behind her.

Jack

 

[TrailBeast]

Not much I can do in that regard if she won't press charges or testify against him. She says she just wants to put it all behind her.

Jack

Jack, we really don't have any way of knowing how bad or how often this guy gets out of hand like that, so it's kind of tough to really have an opinion on what the repercussions on this event should be. (not that you asked)
But I will tell you that our youngest Daughter said the same thing when **** hit the fan with a guy she was with.
She (32) and never married has four kids from two different abusive fathers, and there isn't a damn thing I/we could do about it.
She was insistent on giving them another chance so it's still going on right now decades later.
She and the two new Grand babies live with us again, and neither father has been court ordered to pay or give any support of any kind.
They do both kick in for things here and there, but still I'd feel better if there was paternal proof and legal documentation as well as proven responsibility.

It sucks having the extra expenses loaded on the Wife and I, but better that than her or one of the kids getting hurt from either of these Aholes, or feeling she has no choice but to live with one of them.

I just tell her how much of a shame it is that she must feel this is all she is worth, and has to settle for.
Really it's all we can do if they won't change their own situation, besides help her take care of the kids who are obviously totally innocent.

I did tell one of them once how easily he could go to prison for dealing meth and loose his government job and retirement if he continued his current course.

 

[Dartswinger70]

I think this is why some people don't even leave the house, LOL!

 

[Coyote Jack]

Jack, we really don't have any way of knowing how bad or how often this guy gets out of hand like that, so it's kind of tough to really have an opinion on what the repercussions on this event should be. (not that you asked)
But I will tell you that our youngest Daughter said the same thing when **** hit the fan with a guy she was with.
She (32) and never married has four kids from two different abusive fathers, and there isn't a damn thing I/we could do about it.
She was insistent on giving them another chance so it's still going on right now decades later.
She and the two new Grand babies live with us again, and neither father has been court ordered to pay or give any support of any kind.
They do both kick in for things here and there, but still I'd feel better if there was paternal proof and legal documentation as well as proven responsibility.

It sucks having the extra expenses loaded on the Wife and I, but better that than her or one of the kids getting hurt from either of these Aholes, or feeling she has no choice but to live with one of them.

I just tell her how much of a shame it is that she must feel this is all she is worth, and has to settle for.
Really it's all we can do if they won't change their own situation, besides help her take care of the kids who are obviously totally innocent.

I did tell one of them once how easily he could go to prison for dealing meth and loose his government job and retirement if he continued his current course.

That's some serious **** there. All I can say is there are no kids involved in this situation and I think she has things under control. She is on her own and he is in the rear view mirror for now. I hope that does not change.

Jack

 

[TrailBeast]

That's some serious **** there. All I can say is there are no kids involved in this situation and I think she has things under control. She is on her own and he is in the rear view mirror for now. I hope that does not change.

Jack

Hope the best for her because it can start that easily.

 

[leblanc]

That's some serious **** there. All I can say is there are no kids involved in this situation and I think she has things under control. She is on her own and he is in the rear view mirror for now. I hope that does not change.

Jack

Lots of luck Jack, drugs can do much, much harm and we usually find out how much when it is too late.