We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:01:15 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The offer for the projected new location of Castle Argghhh!... ...has been accepted. When reached for comment, SWWBO said... Oh, wow! Yahoo!!! I can't believe it! Yayyayyayyay!!!!!! Jumping for joy here! whoopee! Happy Dance Woowoowooowooowoooooo!!!! okay, I'm calm now. To refresh yourself as to the new demesne, click here. We return you to your regularly scheduled blogging. Oh. One last thing. Thanks, Mom.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:54:43 -0600 Heh, buy the tank, put a 20 foot wide plow attachment behind it and tell SWWBO that it's a tractor. ( And prepare to spend a few nights sleeping in it in the pole barn.) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60891 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60891 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:25:44 -0600 What's not to like about SWWBO? She's young, she's beautiful, she's got HUGE...tracts of land. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60871 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60871 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:38:14 -0600 Meanwhile, somewhere near, but not so necessarily north of the 38th Parallel, on the DMZ, in the Land 'O Ramen and Rockets..... Great Reader KIM Jong IL- GENERAL WANG, LOOK!!! WANG- Holy Moley BlossMan! Look like a-nudder arch enemy (ARRRRGGGGHHHH of BLAARRRGG) be movin on up in da world! KIM- No need for rubbing of lost-face in mountain of dong, General Wang. WANG- I know Bloss... but still looks like Super-Hootch to me! KIM- Yeah, I gless so. But I'm bet Jonah-san's no have seaquit tunnels like me!!! WANG- This true your most Highfullness. KIM- Same-same me happy floor him...But NO TELL HIM!!! This all top seaquit converse-of-sation! WANG- No problem here Bloss. I know how to deal wiff sensitive information!... Just call me Sandy Burger. KIM- Sandy what? WANG- Nothin Bloss. KIM- I thought so. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60868 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60868 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:05:59 -0600 Heh. The ratty pole barn will probably be removed. The Morton building next to the house *will* need stalls (and a round pen). And you're right, we'll have to reinforce the trusses for the chandeliers. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60859 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60859 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:41:16 -0600 The pole barn definitely needs work. The horses need stalls, and the roof joists will need to be reinforced before they will properly support the chandelier. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60853 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60853 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:12:32 -0600 What they said and woohoo too! A question: The airplane my lawyer is trying to sell me can take off from a grass field 350' long, and 700' over the proverbial 50' obstacle. If I'm silly enough to buy it and learn to fly it, could I get it in and out of a field there? I'm afraid we'd have to weigh you before offering a ride, it's one of those light sport thingys. Of course Neffi could prolly manage it with that butterfly of his, just judging from the pics. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60850 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60850 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:44:37 -0600 Heh, first thing I thought was the basement couldn't possibly be big enough for your arsenal, then I saw the pole barn. :-) Second thought, while scanning photos, was which one of you will be cutting the grass. My suggestion, buy a goat, much cheaper than a tractor, and they like thistle ;-) Property is beautiful, congrats. Hope inspection pans out. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60847 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60847 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:41:26 -0600 emdfl - Well, while the pole barn *does* have the storage capacity... the budget short-term will be on some needed remodeling (including the fire-brick wall with the vault door), building stalls and probably procuring a tractor before I can even look at SWWBO and go, "Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze?" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60845 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60845 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:10:43 -0600 I must have missed this the other day. congratulations, looks like a great place with a fair amount of space. Hope it all goes well and smoothly. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60842 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60842 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:25:04 -0600 Congrats on the new digs, Looks like you'll have room to start buying and displaying some of those larger toys that wouldn't fit in the Basement 'O Doom. You're probably already looking in the classifieds for German artillary, Sherman tanks, and other interesting bits. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60836 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60836 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:10:47 -0600 John and Beth, Echoing everyone else, "Congrats!". Hope the closing goes smoothly and everything else goes well, too! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60832 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60832 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:31:11 -0600 Neffi ~ I don't know that it is fair to attend the party without helping with the move. John ~ out-freakin-standing!!! Congratulations to you and SWWBO!!! Can't wait to see what she looks like in the fall and winter. Mmmmm...evergreens...*sniff* miss those! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60825 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60825 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:57:39 -0600 Oh, no, Geoff. The offer has been accepted, but the listing agent is literally driving around Kansas getting the signatures of the interested parties in the estate. Apparently the will wasn't very well written - all the kids *and* two grand-children have to sign the contract. Then the inspections start. Meanwhile, I have to pull together my closing cost money and tie up the mortgage. Assuming there's nothing found in the inspections that cause us to re-negotiate, I expect the earliest we'll sit down and sign the final papers won't be until the 20th or so. But I'm confident things will go well. We were pre-approved for the loan, so that will go quickly. The long pole in the tent will be me getting the funds on my side transferred to where I can access them, and an assumption that the inspections come up with no 'exceptions' of sufficient gravity to cause us to have to relook things. Here's hoping, anyway. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60815 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60815 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:02:39 -0600 I guess you will be going to sign the papers tomorrow, which will really make it D-Day - Demesne Day! Though I suppose calling the new place Omaha or Utah would be confusing to the locals! But at least you will be Overlord of the new place (if SWWBO allows.) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60814 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60814 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:21:05 -0600 Geoff - I am all for evergreens. Though, in the fall, it will be right purty round here... Jim and everybody else - thanks! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60812 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60812 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:08:45 -0600 Congratulations. After all you have done you two deserve a place like that. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60811 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60811 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:58:58 -0600 Congratulations - just the thing a guy with a collection of shootables needs. Though I might have to send you some proper trees rather than those leaf-dropping things! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60810 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60810 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:01:39 -0600 Well, now you'll only have to drive *through* Leavenworth on Metropolitan. I'll send you the new address, you can Googlemap it. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60809 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60809 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:56:52 -0600 Hey! Congratulations! Of course, now I have to learn where you live all over again and I was just getting used to driving around Leavenworth. ;) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60807 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60807 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:23:46 -0600 do wear sandals for just such occasions.) Congratulations to you both!!!!!!]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60806 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60806 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:26:50 -0600 Mike - the county is out there this week spraying the thistles. They do it for the cost of the chemicals and $25 an hour. And they can't gripe at you for the chemicals you're using, since they are *their* chemicals. Damian - you must have missed the post from last week... where we talked about the Zero Range, the Field Fire range, the Assault Fire range... and the tank table 8. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60804 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60804 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:14:58 -0600 FWIW -- Thistles do die (roots, too, unlike Weed-B-Gon) with an application of the targeted herbicide "Stinger" a/k/a Clopyralid. I used it on several acres with a tow behind sprayer -- knocked them out. Kills burdock, too! Used something else on the 51 acres at the lodge that the co-op wanted to try, I can call and see what they had recommended & used. Stuff is expensive, though! Congratulations and good luck with the groundskeeping chores! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60802 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60802 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:50:33 -0600 Congratulations! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60801 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60801 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:01:16 -0600 will be a range, right?]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60799 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60799 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:48:11 -0600 What a terrific looking place! I am so jealous its beyond words. Lots of shooting range, a place for a reloading bench in the basement and a polebarn to call your own for meditation and mechanical stuff. Perfect! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60797 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60797 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:37:10 -0600 That's great news :-) Moving sucks, but looky at the great place you get to terraform !! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60796 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60796 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:10:10 -0600 WHOOO HOOOOOO! Sounds like a blogmeet to me! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60795 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60795 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:02:18 -0600 Congratulations!!!! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60792 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60792 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:50:26 -0600 I'm not available for moving chores... but let me know when the party is!!! I'm happy for you both- and bloody jealous as well! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60791 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60791 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:43:45 -0600 Side Note: Yes Thistle bad. Currently fighting that war myself >. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60790 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60790 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:43:14 -0600 Hey Congratz guys!!! Welcome to the wonders of being Landed Gentry ;) Hope you like Bush Hogging, looks like yer gonna be doin a lot of it :) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60789 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60789 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:39:27 -0600 Congrats guys. I know ya'll will love it. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60788 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/breaking_news.html#comment-60788 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:18:01 -0600