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And charging $400 for a tube of lube that costs, like 2 bucks. Easy Peasy

It appears The Sarge got dead seeds. ZERO percent germination so far ... but in nature they usually germinate in July - it's a soil temperature thing. Sarge is gonna wait for the end of the month before giving up and trying again next year. Never give up, never surrender. Easy Peasy

If one quits the Crack Cocaine and switches to only snorting the Powder Cocaine and remain addicted ... has one really quit anything at all? Easy Peasy

Taste The Rainbow! RedCurrants, Yellow Raspberries, BlackCurrants, Gooseberries, Blueberries ... [1] Easy Peasy FOOTNOTE: [1] ... and purple hearts, green clovers and blue diamonds - they're magically delicious!

Sarge would much rather swim in a mud-brown pond with bits of green goop floating around. Those chemicals in the pool ... they're ... not right. The Sarge's first Drill Sargeant used to shout at the top of his lungs: "GOD MADE DIRT, AND DIRT DON'T HURT. TIME TO GET DIRTY, BOYS!" whenever we were about to get wet and crawl around the mud. Easy Peasy

Sarge hasn't run in a week. Uh-oh. Time to fix that .... Easy Peasy

Every time Sarge hears "Romancing The Smoke" or "Romancing The Cigarette" he sees this: (It's Dan DeVito in his role in "Romancing The Stone" [1]... Romancing A Smoke.) Easy Peasy FOOTNOTE: [1] Holy Penguin, Batman -- it that cheezy movie really 30 years old now? Fark! The Sarge has gotten old.

This. A thousand time, this. Easy Peasy

The Sarge finds it better to not attempt to quit but to actually, y'know, quit. Welcome aboard The Quit Train. Keep your hands and arms inside the car at all times. Secure loose items. Strap in, hold on, and enjoy the ride! Easy Peasy

Welcome to your life, Scott. Easy Peasy

They get better every year if you stick with it. Baby steps. Continuous improvement. Try something new/different every year. Easy Peasy PS - that's a fine speciimen of a radish. Eat it with pride saying to yourself "I did that!"

You know Sarge ... has to be different. [1] Be sure to click link above and view the album for description.[2] Easy Peasy FOOTNOTE: [1] He has not one, but two traditional gas grills. That big 4th of July party we had for a decade out at the homestead required 2 grills to get everyone fed on time. Typically had over 300 people stop by throughout the day, night and next morning (usually about 50 tents out in the field). [2] NOTE: Both those albums were looooooong before Sarge got healthy with the food/diet and went mostly green stuff.

Whoa! ^^^ Easy Peasy

5k (3.1 miles), treadmill, 1% incline/grade @ 22:28 (7:14/mile) Easy Peasy

That they do. You have to learn to outsmart 'em. Easy Peasy

It takes a good 5 years to get going like we do, but you can start small. Sarge started his garden in 2002 with just 3 tomato plants, a cucumber vine, and some sweet potatoes. Easy Peasy

> "Look at me!" Easy Peasy

Sarge was busy hanging visiting family. Sorry - No "proof of life" pics, but here's one from 3 years ago with Fat Sarge[1] and Sisters: (I know, right? How did The Sarge get the Ugly Gene when the others all look so ... normal...[2]) FOOTNOTES: [1] Fat (40-ish pounds heavier than he is today), smoking, unhealthy, couch-potato Sarge from, like, 3 years ago or so ... [2] and good (they look good, don't they?) . Sarge was cursed as the Ugly Sargeling. Easy Peasy