09.23.07
Posted in General at 9:48 pm by Rob
Ok,
It has been a while, I have been a bit busy. Anyway, I got an email from some Mcilroy’s in Australia that I had to share. This was in a comment to a post in the blog that somehow never made it through.
“Dear Roberty,
Seems your tale of woe has gone from bad to worse. Hello from your long lost rellies in Australia. Thats right Robut OZ!!
Where has your wife and cat gone and what is your infatuation with Japan and their modes of killing someone??
We are genuine Mcilroys albeit quite different from the mormon type that you seem to be. But hey there is an ocean between us robut>>>>
Can we fish a big fish there Robuty???
regards
Mcllroy clan ”
I am sorry, I have to laugh a bit at this. I don’t mean to pick on relatives, at least not those I have never met before. You are fair game if you are close to me though. Anyway, I wanted to respond to this as it was somehow flagged not to post.
First, my wife is sitting next to me as I am typing this, playing City of Heroes. Yes, the cat left long ago. We have a new one, though it is kind of funny looking, pics coming soon. I am infatuated with Japan, can’t explain it. I do find their weapons fascinating but have no interest in killing anyone with them. The part that makes me laugh the most is the part stating that I am the Mormon type. Now, I have nothing against Mormons but the wife is Catholic and I don’t really follow a particular faith. Aside from the fact that there is a large Mormon population in Arizona, I am not sure where on this site that makes it seem that I am one.
And last, fishing. I don’t know, I haven’t been fishing since I lived in Louisiana. I guess there are some big, but nothing that can compare to ocean fish.
Thanks for the message and expect posts more often than once a year, I will try for once a week or so.
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10.09.06
Posted in General at 11:12 am by Rob
Some of you may know that I like knives and swords. A short while ago I got a nice sword. Not a stainless steel wall hanger but a hand forged, folded piece with over 2000 layers. I decided to take it in and get is sharpened. I took it to a place in town called The Knife Shop. It is one of those places in the malls here that sell cutlery of all kinds. They said they would do it as they send it out to a “professional”. A few days later I got it back and while at the store I took it part way out to see the edge. Things looked well at that point so I went home. The next day I took it out to polish it and I noticed that near the tip was a spot that was all scratched up. I could tell that this person used a grinder and it slipped and dug in to the blade a bit. I took the katana back in and showed it to the person behind the counter and she said that because she did not see it that she would not honor having it fixed.
She stated that it might not be able to be repaired by them as she was worried that it would do more damage if they tried. At that point, she turned to another customer and refused to further talk with me. Needless to say, I was mad. All it needs is a good polish and it will bring the blemishes out as they are nothing more than surface issues. They do not polish there so I would have to look on my own. Do you have any idea how much a traditional polish costs for a katana? They start at $800, that’s the least expensive I could find. I am so mad that it isn’t funny now. I have a sword that I paid over 250,000 yen for and now I have to shell out $800 US to get it back to its original condition.
That’s 10 times what I paid to get it sharpened. My advice, buy elsewhere and never let The Knife Shop touch your stuff.
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04.14.06
Posted in General at 10:34 am by Rob
Well, I got a new job. It is with a company I like and the owner is a great man as are the rest of his staff. I am still getting used to my duties but think that if I have enough time I can perform them well. There is a down side though. It looks as if I will be working 72 hour work weeks and a good possibility that I will be working graves. 8 at night to 8 in the morning.
So, what will my day be like? After getting off at eight, I will be taking the kids to school. Bed time will be nine in the morning. Then I will get up at 11:30 in the morning to take my wife to work. Back to bed at noon and then up at two in the afternoon to get the kids. Home AND awake from three to eight to start work and a break half an hour later to get my wife.
I still do not know how I am going to survive on four and a half hours sleep or so a day, but I will make due. Part of the reason for the shift is that there is another person doing the same job that I am and he is in a similar situation. He has been here longer and I would rather not rock the boat. The other thing is that the evenings are not as busy, I canget comfortable doing my job and not let anyone down by getting the experience I need to perform it if shifts should change at a later date.
My wife is not happy about it and the 72 hours will kill me but I do not want to let the owner down. He is a good man and I respect him verry much. He came to me and asked me to do this. He has done much for me in the past and I do not want to let him down as I have before.
Here’s to some really interesting weeks ahead.
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Posted in General at 10:24 am by Rob
Seven years ago while my wife and I were moving in to a new place and prepairing for the birth of our daughter, we got a visitor. He was a cat of about two years and his name on his collar was Pounce. We called the number on his collar and the owners told us to just kick him out if he was a bother. He came and went for a few weeks, always taking his collar off in our house when he came. We called his owners again and found they moved and left him behind. We decided to keep him and not let him out anymore.
Two weeks ago, after I left for work in the morning, someone left the door open a bit and he got out. We have not seen him since. We put up fliers but have had no response. All I can think was that one of two things happened. Either he decided he had grown up enough thet he needed to move out on his own or with another family or something worse.
I am not a big cat fan but he has been in both of my childrens world their entire lives. He did make a good companion though, always coming to visit me after I got home from work. I do moiis him but it saddens me because of how my children have lost their friend as well. So, while he might be gone, I know we will never forget our old friend.
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