Oppo, Meet Yumae, we picked her up from the breeder on Sunday.

We have been thinking about getting a dog forever. We were trying to decide between a German Shepherd, Golden Retriever or getting a dog from a shelter. We happened to meet a German Shepherd breeder at Lowe's one day, we still hadn't decided but their dog had a litter back in June, the pups were ready this weekend. We went to "see" them, we failed at "seeing" and did picking out instead.
Sunday night and yesterday she was pretty quiet and not sure what is going on. Last night we did the first night of her sleeping in the crate, it went okay... Today she seems pretty comfortable with the house, us and the cats.

German car to match the German dog for your time.

As I have mentioned before my neighbor has a cat named Henri, they let Henri out to galavant during the day. This afternoon I was in my office on a meeting with the door closed, I heard some noises in the upstairs living room but kind of ignored since I was on a meeting. A few minutes later Mrs. Blacktruck sent me a text to tell me Henri had gotten into the house and was sleeping on the rug in the living room and she had to chase him out.

We aren't 100% sure how he got in, we are thinking he got into the garage while Mrs. Blacktruck was watering the flowers this morning and got into the house when I went to the garage to get a Red Bull after that.

Here is Henri waiting to be let back into our house that he doesn't live in.

And Henri completely ignoring me explaining to him that he doesn't live here.

To keep this somewhat car related, when I ordered my Ranger Raptor the email that I got from Ford said they would be emailing me within 45 days to update me on what was going on with it. That was 46 days ago, I got an email from Ford today and got all excited. It was just spam...

Got this earlier today, based on some interneting I just did there is a way to figure out the order priorty based off the order ID but I haven't been able to figure that out yet.

Much excite.

So uhhh, I got promoted yesterday. Head empty bottle returner and discarded beer can picker upper. It will be about a 30% raise plus the opportunity for many more bonuses.

Also, Pre-production Ranger Raptors are finally being built in the states.

Post whatever you want, cause I will be busy AF today doing my current job and having meetings for my new job and I probably won't be back on until tonight.

I was reading this article on Jalopnik, I know it's my own fault for going over there. I guess the plant where GM builds the Sierra's and Silverado's is in Mexico and GM only pays the workers $3 and hour. I had no idea they were made in Mexico and was pretty surprised when I saw the "assembled in" sticker on my truck for the first time.

My first thought after reading the article was, I definitely need to make sure my next vehicle is made in a factory that pays the workers a decent wage, preferably union made in America.

My next thought was if everyone does that the workers at the plant being paid shit will be paid nothing because the plant will get shutdown cause no one is buying the trucks they are producing.

My next, next thought was oh ya, corporations are shit and there is really no way to avoid these situations and you just have to decide what matters to you and work within the confines of your own morals.

Then, I read the comments on the article and was reminded I am a shit person for even owning a truck and because I own a truck I hate Mexicans or something. So, I have decided to find a manufacturer that still uses child labor and buy my next vehicle from them.

Some of you may have seen me mention Henri in a Caturday post awhile back.

https://opposite-lock.com/post/1067055

Henri is not our cat, despite his insistence that he is.

Yesterday Mrs. Blacktruck was outside watering our flowers, our neighbor came running over and said that our cat had gotten into her house, I happened to walk outside right after the neighbor came over, I knew our cats were in the house. We realized pretty quickly that she was talking about Henri, mostly because he has also walked in our house and made himself comfy. I went over to the neighbors front door and called his name and he came right out to me.

The neighbor said he really acts like your cat... So as of now, Henri is still not my cat and he is implicating me in his repeated crimes of trespassing.

Dammit Henri

Orlando city cop gets pulled over by a country sheriff for doing double the speed limit, throws hissy fit, runs away then gets arrested. Something, something thin blue line.

In all seriousness, good on the sheriff for not just letting him go and good on the sheriffs that actually arrested him.

Mrs. Blacktruck and I were just getting ready to go to bed, when we got an alert on our Ring camera.

Kitten!

We have spent the last hour laying on the floor peeking out from under the curtain covering the sliding glass door on the back of our house watching them. Unfortunately, we didn't get another picture of the black one. I snuck out once and refilled the food bowls, they were hungry. Hopefully they keep coming back and we can at least catch the kittens.

The completely hypothetical poll is no longer hypothetical. A Ranger Raptor in Shelter Green has been ordered. Now comes the waiting, production is supposed to start in August. There is no word so far on allocations or anything but when the dealership gets their first one it is mine.

I haven't been doing much on Oppo lately aside from lurking, but I wanted to stick my head in and say hi and wish everyone a Merry Christmas.

@farscythe That sucks, sorry you lost your little friend.

@ItalianJobR53 @DSM_OR_DIE has a point.
Hopefully you can make it next time.

@Chariotoflove Deal 6:30 it is.

@Qaaaaa Dang it.

@ItalianJobR53 @Chariotoflove
Thoughts on moving back to 06:30. I think that might make it easier for at @Just-Jeepin to make it as well.

@ranwhenparked Yes, we went for the first time last summer, it was surprisingly good for a chain. The mom and pop place we normally go to started out as a food truck and eventually moved into a real building. Unfortunately, it's closed on Sundays.

@Just-Jeepin Awesome.

@Just-Jeepin @DSM_OR_DIE @Qaaaaa @boredalways @ItalianJobR53 @kiltedpadre

Did you miss out on getting your organs harvested at the Indy Oppo meet earlier this week? Here is your second chance!

@Chariotoflove and I will be eating decent BBQ at Smokey Bones in Avon tomorrow at 5:30.

Feel free to join us and potentially wake up missing a kidney.

EDIT: We are moving to 6:30 so @ItalianJobR53 can make it and potentially @Just-Jeepin .

@Chariotoflove Want to grab dinner? I live in Avon, but we can meet wherever.

@Chariotoflove Awesome, when are you leaving? I don't have much going on Sunday.