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That was a nice Father's Day weekend

Highlights: 

1. Our kids didn't spend the day arguing. 
2. The kids got into the half-filled pool and enjoyed themselves without telling me how cold the water was or how bored they were. 
3. Mrs. Screencaps didn't have me doing too many landscaping tasks. That was on Saturday. 
4. I got a mowing card from my mother.
5. Screencaps the III & Mrs. Screencaps got me a Father's Day balloon. The III is quite a shopper. Even at 7, he understands moments and has and eye on how to make those moments unique. The balloon is tied to my work chair. 
6. I watched the U.S. Open on the patio. That was a gift from the golf gods. 
7. The weather was perfect: 90, light breeze, no clouds, sub-30% humidity. 
8. I have a love-hate relationship with the massive Japanese elm (that's what the tree guys say it is) on our patio that is the dirtiest tree known to man, but it comes in handy on the 90-degree summer days. This weekend, the tree performed beautifully. 
9. The iHeart 80s algorithm is much better than the Pandora 80s. Pandora wanders too much. 
10. I had a few Great Lakes Brewing Rocket Pop seltzers this weekend and I have to say they're pretty good. Great Lakes nailed the flavoring. Mrs. Screencaps took a legitimate drink of a Rocket Pop and didn't want to puke. Normally, she'll tell me how horrible anything alcohol tastes. Not the Rocket Pops. That's huge for Great Lakes. #notsponsored #paidwithmyownmoney
11. The OutKick Father's Day memories post was great. If you haven't read it, it's still worth your time.
12. Like the kids, our Doodle is going to need a couple of days of rest to get her body right after running the yard, chasing the kids, chasing birds, and chasing her ball for 2 ½ days. 
13. Mrs. Screencaps has the yard looking so great. She's worked her ass off this year and it shows. I rarely go into the house on weekends. We stay right here. 

Father's Day at the grill

- Mike T. in Idaho put in some work: 

Tri Tip 3 day teriyaki marinade, 2 hours smoke in Treager than finished on the Weber!

"Our modern ’leaders' are absolute losers"

And people wonder why I would be so against these losers making laws where they could jail you for using a gas-powered lawnmower or a gas stove. 

Here's the Dem's leader grilling up a Father's Day meal. 

This is a good time to remember back to December when a Washington state lib, who sells a ton of gas-guzzling Jeeps and other SUVs at the dealership she runs with her husband, proposed a bill that could jail those who violated a gas-powered landscaping equipment ban. 

Here's the penalty page straight from the Washington state legislature.

Lawn height, golf and orphaned beers

- Mark in Lincoln, NE writes: 

Questions for the community:

Lawns: Short/medium/long---bag/mulch. I was a medium, mulch guy until my "lawn hero" neighbor told me he does long/mulch.

Golf: Has anyone found a video series/workshop/individual lessons to help with the swing and not hurting the back? Just trying to get back into golf (age 62) and know I could use some help.

Beer fridge: How do you handle the "orphans" that are left over from people coming over? Bury them in the back?, Put them in the front? Make an orphan row? 

Thank you for starting this community!

Kinsey: 

I was talking to my fertilizer guy last week about how many of his customers won't raise the deck of their mowers. The TNML community is all about getting the deck to 3 ½ or higher. Right now, my lawn is shaggy because we haven't had a drop of water in about 10 days and it's going to be 95-plus all week. 

Fertilzer Guy said to raise the deck as high as it will go and chill until the rains come. 

As for the beer fridge, the guys around here suggest throwing brats into a pan and give them a nice beer bath with those orphaned beers. 

Or have a guy over who's willing to drink just about anything while sitting around. Just pump the guy full of the orphans. 

Brandel, Bryson and LIV

- Philly Ray in Minnesota writes: 

Happy Father's Day to you.  It's hard to enjoy the U.S. Open coverage with Brandel not hiding his contempt for all LIV players especially Bryson. 

Unfortunately, NBC has The Open broadcast next month too. Let's hope they bring in someone else.  I guess I can always use the mute button or close captions. 

Kinsey: 

Maybe I'm crazy, but it felt like Golf Channel/Brandel were deservedly so pro-Bryson this week. I thought someone up the ranks told these guys to chill the hell out with the bashing in the name of making good business decisions. 

Now, I know Paigeviews is getting a bunch of ‘Likes’ for this tweet, but I can't find video of Brandel's exact comments on "good fortune." 

Of all the weeks to bash Brandel, it doesn't feel like this was in the top five. That doesn't mean you shouldn't bash him. He's a Grade A tool. 

Why do we use water trucks to fill pools in Ohio and Michigan? 

- Johnny asks: 

Hey Joe!  So happy you are getting to enjoy your pool this weekend.  There is no better feeling than working in the yard and hearing the family having fun by the pool and then finishing the workday by joining the them with a full clothed cannonball into the pool! 

I need some info on this water fill truck. I’m from Oklahoma and I’ve really never looked into it, but I’ve never heard of such a service.  I’m sure I could find a water truck if I needed to, but here we just drop a water hose in the pool and about 48hrs later, voila, there is 22,000 gallons of water in a big hole in the ground.  This usually adds about $80 to the water bill.  As a fellow pool owner, I need to understand why you do this in OH?  Is it the temperature of the water coming out of the water hose?  Is it just a faster way to fill up your pool?  Is it a municipal requirement?  Is it a cost thing?  Does the fill service pre-adjust the chemistry so that no startup chemicals are required?  Inquiring minds want to know!

On the topic of dying or dead restaurants, I remember going to Ohio when I was a teenager in 1988 and eating at Rax Roast beef.  I remember it being an Arby’s meets Fuddruckers on steroids.  Our whole family loved it and we ate there 2 or 3 times while we were on that vacation.  A quick google search shows that Rax is down from a high of 384 restaurants nationally in the 90’s to just 4 locations in OH today. 

Was Rax as big of a deal as I remember it or is it just a glorified vacation memory?  Thanks Joe!

Kinsey: 

1. The water truck is a time-saver. The pool guy uses a vacuum to pull air from behind the liner and he needs water in the shallow end to set the liner before he can pull the vacuum. If we use the garden hose, it just takes hours and hours and cuts into pool guy's day and give me more headaches. 

2. Water truck guy can fill the pool half-way with two loads. You can have a liner installed in the morning and be swimming by dinner. 

3. There's no chemistry advantage to the water truck that I know of. 

4. The kids tell me the water truck water was heated a little bit. None of that will matter this week with temps soaring to almost 100 for the next six days. 

5. City water prices are going up considerably around here. I'll know the math when I get next month's bill. Stay tuned. 

6. Rax wasn't a huge deal around here. The name still resonates in Ohio, but Arby's is still king of the fast-food roast beef. 

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I'm out of time. Let's get rolling with this mid-June week. Enjoy those vacations. Those lake houses. Those half-days you've scheduled.

Let's get after another week of life. 

Email: joekinsey@gmail.com

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