The dog had a good vacation

Our big worry going on vacation this year was how will our toddler act on the way and after we got there. Mrs. G's mother counseled against taking him because she thinks he is too bold and not ready to travel yet. I think the real reason is that she didn't want to be separated from her dog for a whole week.

I'm very happy to report that Quincy was a very good dog. He was great in the car there and back despite the delays that turned a 4 hour drive into a 6 hour frustrating journey. After we got to the beach the fun began with a walk at Lake Gerar then a parade down Rehoboth Avenue with people making a fuss over him. We repeated that everyday. Not that he was that interested in people after going to the park.

Also, me and Mrs. G made new friends and had a great time despite getting rained on all the time.




More photos at this link

Another view

A guest post, I timed this to publish while we are in Deleware.



THEY CRUCIFIED A GREAT MAN ON THURSDAY
AND WE WONDER WHY OUR STREETS AREN’T SAFE ANYMORE!!!
A Message by Mean Old Man

I’m fit to be tied that the commie justice department railroaded one of the finest young judges that Luzerne County ever produced, the honorable Mark Ciavarella.

All Mr. Ciavarella did was to give some young juvenile delinquent punks the hard knocks they deserved for terrorizing and plundering old folks like myself. Of course, no young punk would ever consider playing any of their spoiled rotten games on me and my missus as I would counter it with a few sprays of buckshot from my trusty Remington and then a little love and affection from my prize bulldog Titus.

Kids today have it too easy, especially criminal kids! After Judges Ciavarella and Conahan were laid victims in a kangaroo court all the prissy liberals (including the one who runs this site) were wondering why the crime rates in their neighborhoods were going up. Morons!!!! With the loss of these two great men I am reminded of what happened when we turned our backs on some other great patriots such as George W. Bush and our sainted Sen. Santorum (see you in the White House soon, Rick!). And for all the liberals who scream the praises of the present occupant of the White House let me tell ya one thing: When G.W. was President, we had a AAA credit rating and now we’re down to AA----see what I mean!!!!!

Instead of shipping poor Mr. Ciavarella off to a gulag they should be giving him a medal.

When I stroll up to the Wal Mart or the mini mart I always see these young punks with their pornographic tattoos and nose rings and clothes too big to fit them.
The hang out asking for money expecting something for nothing. What do you expect from a generation raised by smelly hippies???!!!! Damn!!!!!
And they don’t even have the respect to hold the door open for a lady or an elderly person either.

In my day we had respect for our elders and we didn’t give ‘em no lip either. I remember one time my mom took me on a trip to the city. We were heading into Isaac Long’s off the square and I let the door slam in a young woman’s face. Hell, I was just a kid what did I know? Anyway, when Pops came home from a hard day at the coal mines that evening Mom told him about what I did at the dinner table. Ol’ Pops shouted so loud it would make the devil himself shiver. He then proceeded to take my plate of Potato soup and fling it onto my face. On top of that he gave me a shiner in my left eye. I don’t know what hurt more, the pain of the hot soup on my face or the swelling of my eye. It was horrible, excruciating and humiliating—and you know what? I loved it!!! Because then I knew two things< that Pops and mom loved me and that a kid oughta know his place!!!! It’s a lesson I never forgot. God, I miss my parents a lot.

Kids today rule the parents and that’s why our country’s falling apart. But the commie who runs this site won’t tell you that. HE’s been against Mr. Ciavarella , Conahan and our Sainted Sen. Santorum (whom he shows doctored porn photos of) all along. And one more thing: he says he is off to the beach. MY FOOT!!!!!

I bet he’s either off to Peking to get together with the Commies and help plan the next credit downgrade that is all their fault.
NO doubt he pulled out all of his stocks a few weeks ago because commies always keep each other informed.

So, Gort have fun in Peking (sorry, the beach); tell all your fellow travelers to make sure they don’t forget to send the President a birthday card. As for me, I’ll be sitting here in my easy chair, smoking a Lucky and hoisting a Steg and toasting Judge Ciavarella while listening to the sounds of Pearl Bailey singing “Brother Can You Spare a Dime?”

TO hell with your vacation, To hell with your readers, and to hell with Judge Kosik!!!!!!!

I HATE YOU ALL!!!

Off to the beach

Off to Rehoboth for a week. This will be Quincy's first road trip and he is all excited. He still hasn't paid me his share of the house rent yet, deadbeat.

If anything newsworthy happens let me know in the comments. While we are at the beach the only TV we watch is the weather channel and baseball. No news, no internet and no newspapers.

I'm back

After returning from California I had a few chores to do around the house, get over the jet lag and catch up on all the local political news of the past week. Now I'm tanned, rested and ready to dive right back in.

Home rule continues to be a hot topic and the 10th and 11th PA Congressional races are at the top of the lists of the most watched in the country. If the polling can be believed Joe Sestak is surging in his his race against Santorum. Dan Onorato is looking to scratch the 8 year itch and wild card Tim Mullen has the 120th State Rep race in a jumble with the help of Walter Griffith. Tarah Toohill had a funny ad that put Todd Eachus into panic pass mode. I just want to dispel any rumors that I flew to California on Robert Powell's private jet. Who the hell would let me on on a private jet or into a private club anyway? Finally, the big dog is coming to town to help out Kanjo.

I'll give you a full report on our adventures in San Diego over the weekend.

Air travel

We had uneventful trip to and from San Diego connecting in Chicago. I haven't flown in a long time and was expecting all sorts of hassles going through security but it wasn't bad if sometimes silly. Taking off my shoes and the 3 oz. liquid thing reminded me of the old saying "The Generals are always fighting the last war."



We flew Ameican Airlines there and back and all flights were either on time or landed early. We departed Avoca on a Braziilian made Embraer ERJ 145 that is a bit of a rough ride that had Mrs G's palms sweating. There was a 3 hour layover so we had a great lunch at Romano's Macaroni Grill. It was the best airport restaurant meal I have ever had and not expensive.



The 2nd leg was on a Boeing 737 which was more to our liking, the bigger the airplane the better the ride. My favs are the old Lockhead L1011, the 747 and the C-5 military plane. The C-5 is a comfortable if noisy ride.



The rental car company shuttle bus picked us up and we got a Suzuki SUV that had confusing controls and a GPS that had brain damage but we found our hotel. Returning the car the GPS was out of whack so I made about 14 wrong turns but eventually found the lot. I don't own a GPS or many of the other latest gadgets but I liked this thing although it is a threat to my ability to bore people with tales of my map reading skills. It was also in love with highways that for the most part I prefer to avoid.



On the way back we had curbside check-in with a gentleman that obviously enjoyed his job, he had a joke for every situation much like me. The trip back to the east coast took much less time because of the tail wind. We had a shorter time window in O'Hare this time and had to find the gate then grab some food. Mrs. G and her Mom were smart and went to McDonalds while I tried Burito Beach at the food court near the H gates. That was a mistake. It was an assembly line operation like Subway and the end product was uneatable and after a few bites I threw it in the trash. To complete the experience the people who built my burrito were very rude and it cost me almost 10 bucks for all this fun.



We left Chicago on another puddle jumper with jet engines that had a smooth ride in to Avoca.





(Photo by Gort) No copyright bullshit. Steal it you want just link back. More pics from the window at this link.

Back in Pennsylvania

Barring a disaster that Mrs. G keeps worrying about we should be back home tonight.

The Saturday OT Commitee and Operatic Society is featured in this video.

Leaving California

All the leaves are brown and the skies are grey





On a jet plane

California politics

Former Governor Jerry Brown wants his old job back and is facing billionaire Meg Whitman. Why anybody would want the job puzzles me. I'm sure I will see some attack ads on the video advertising box at the hotel.

SoCal weather

October can be iffy in our neck of the woods. The forcast for San Diego is high 60's or low 70's while we will be there.

Bite me Al Roker.


We all know that it never rains in southern California.

Greetings from cold and rainy San Diego

It's been raining since we got here with temps on the beach in the low 60's/high 50's. I told the bride and groom that our special gift was bringing them east coast weather. I just tried to do an update to the last post but this strange computer doesn't want to cooperate. It won't let me cut and paste or post links. So as much as I would like to blog the way I always do I just can't.

Maybe that is a good thing. More timed YouTube videos on the way until I get back.

Accommodations in San Diego

We will staying at the Ocean Villa Inn about 100 yards from the beach. But everybody knows that the best place to stay is the Hotel California. For what my doctors are telling me lately I just may check out soon. Very few male members of my father's family have made it past 60. Take my lifestyle and subtract 10 so my days are numbered.

Off to San Diego

I haven't flown in years and I'm sure the security bullshit is going to piss me off. Sometime you have to wonder if the terrorists have a sense of humor. "Hey Abdul, I figured out a way to make all Americans take their shoes off." I didn't appreciate all the nonsense I had to through in Philadelphia a few years ago just to see something on the ground.

Anyway, I have always enjoyed flying. It's like riding the bus except you can drink. Many thanks to my Facebook pals for helping me out.




This is the one Rain Man

Travel status

Me and Mrs. G are flying out to the left coast to attend a wedding so I will be offline for a few days. I may be able to hit a computer here and there but I don't expect to post anything. If I have time I will schedule a few YouTube videos about flying and California.

My friend Another Monkey cautions about revealing travel plans that let would be burglars know when you residence will be unoccupied. No worries there. The Gort42 Command Bunker will be guarded by our 4 legged burglar alarm and the the No Frack attack cat with help from a trio of friends that will double as their temporary housekeeping staff.

I will leave you with a poll on the sidebar. Will the Luzerne County Home Rule Charter pass?


Friends of Home Rule


Charter No


Read the charter here

Back from the beach

Mrs. G keeps an eye out at the Gort42 Mid-Atlantic forward observation post (above).

I will bore you with a full report about our vacation tomorrow.

There are 750 emails in my inbox plus the spam and my answering machine has another 14 messages. Please forgive me if I don't get back to you all.

Off to the beach

If anything newsworthy happens let me know in the comments. While we are at the beach the only TV we watch is the weather channel and baseball. No news, no internet and no newspapers.


See you in a week.

I'm on vacation

Sort of.

Mrs. G has a long list to be accomplished and I'm doing my best to achieve her goals. The best part of this house cleaning is I'm finding old pictures of me with forgotten friends in different part's of the world. I will post them to my Facebook page when I have them together.


A preview

This is North Main Street of W-B in 1967. Tell me what is in the background?

The Gas Drilling posts will continue tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who has responded to my request.

Right now I'm out of Gas

The last day of vacation

I tuned out the news channels this week. I recommend it to everyone.

YouTube weekend

What did you do on your vacation Gort?


The Go Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed

This work thing screws up my summer every year

Not to mention what it does to the baseball season.

Vacation is too short. Tomorrow we will return to Wilkes-Barre.

bananarama - cruel summer






Another timed post. What happened this week?

Fun at the beach

It's not just swimming, eating and shopping.

Garrys Mod - Sex On The Beach





And there are games to be played according to Mrs. G

Beach Blanket Bingo