Ryan McNeill

I heard we have the first McNeill offspring to be a homeowner. Now when i fail out of school i will have someone to stay with. You don't understand how excited that makes me. I just want everyone to know that everything is fine in the Yankee McNeill that tried to go south but couldn't make it far enough and is now stuck in a neutral state. Love y'all and also Billy.. You make me seem like Einstein. Thank you for that. I'm ready for next summer with everything we have going on!

The Opitma Battery

Hello my fellow bloggers, it a treat to sharing by humble thoughts with you. I thought I would use my time today to share with little dilly about the adventures of L Mac and Billy Bob. Through this story you will learn of the great struggle of the optima battery.
(please refer to picture enclosed)

This story starts with a glorious trip to Waaashington, DC (aka the place people go to get there stuff stolen). While driving up to this nether world L Mac and Billy Bob stopped to get gas when the unthinkable happened. Sally (the Jeep) did not start. Dismayed by the occurrence Billy bob decide to talk to Sally about her failures. Sally did not respond kindly and needed the help of Jumping Jack Jumper Cables to get her back on the road.

Billy Bob deduced that there was no conceivable way that it could be the OPTIMA battery that could have died. Thus, he began an intensive investigation. He tested all the wires and determined that the voltage was right from every location. The situation left the only culprit to be the OPITMA. So against his better judgment Billy Bob took the battery to be test.

When he arrived to the store he was met with the statement "we can't test that battery it will blow up the building". Billy bob thoughts ran wild "is this some bomb that through the ingenuity of man has been sealed into a battery so that Sally my have all the power that one would ever dream for?!!" "NO" Billy reserves his thoughts and asked the man if he can just get him a battery that will get him home. Of course in this hour of shame the Energiser Bunny is the one that comes to the rescue. The battery is installed and the problem is fixed but Sally may never be the same. Luckily Billy bob did not turn in the OPTIMA for a core rebate and is planning on putting it on a slow trickle charge to bring it back to life.

So beware, the OPTIMA might still reunite with Sally to run again on the great thoroughfares known as the American highway.

Adult MacFest this Week

This week the adults will be down in Florida having a big time, while the kids have to stay at home and work or do school stuff. Normally I wouldn't make a post about this, but this posting is solely to show a great picture that serves two purposes: 1) It kind of shows that we really do most things just because we can and 2) It's hilarious





This picture officially means Dad can't make any more Oakwood Acres jokes.

Another Poor Billy Story

Glad to see that Austin can finally blog :-)

I'm all in favor for paintball and the ropes course would be fun too.

In looking ahead - we first need to narrow down the month. Personally, I will have a lot going on in the beginning of June, so I wasn't sure if we wanted to push the trip to July? Let's start throwing around weekends.

I also wanted to share a little excerpt from an email from Ryan:

"I did have to relate a funny Billy moment that happened Sunday. He probably already told you, but I'm a McNeill, that isn't going to stop me. He left his sunglasses in the back of my car, so Sunday I text messaged him letting him know that I found them and that I'd be at Champps, a sports bar, on Sunday watching NFL games from 1-4:15. He calls me later and says he'd be there in about 45 minutes. He shows up, and I was watching the Panthers, so he stayed around for a little bit until a break. In the meantime I guess he gets thirsty so he stops a waitress and asks for a sweet tea to go. He was a little confused as to how the place makes money when people like us go in there and stay for 3 hours during a football game. The waitress brings the sweet tea, and he drinks it a little while he's waiting on me to get ready to get his sunglasses. The panthers game goes to commercial and I get up to go to my car; Billy starts walking towards the door with me, then reaches into his pockets, and then slaps his head. Apparently Billy didn't have any cash on him (again). I asked him if he wanted to get a steak on my tab as well."

Actually!

http://www.aceraft.com/

Austin is the man. On top of all that. Check this place out. Whitewater rafting, ropes course, paintball, everything. I don't know if you found this Ryan but this place looks to have everything you mentioned and its in the same area. Check it


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Macfest 08

I like the paintball idea. We could also go to a place close to Class IV if we wanted. I checked the web and i'm pretty sure there is a place within 30 minutes from the campsite. If we wanted i could call them and see when they are open and such. We have plenty of time i believe since it isn't even winter yet. haha but we'll see. It is actually:

ACE Adventure Center
1 Concho Road
Minden, WV 25879
(888) 223-7238

Just helping that idea. I'm not sure where we could find a ropes course at though. That would be fun also. Also i read the last few posts recorded on here and i saw that kyle thinks he is the "hot one." I believe that Ryan would be hotter because he is the Mercedes driver, or I"m hotter because i could make the girl laugh, or even Billy(don't get used to me standing up for you billy, this is a first and a last) because he has a sensitive (gay to me and ya'll) side.

Think it over.

Aug

What McNeill really means

A classic McNeill event will happen tonight at Dad's house. It will be nowhere near the awesomeness that was Macfest, but it will involve one of the things we do best....eating.




Of course some of you might be thinking "Wait we're McNeills, we do everything best", and you'd be right. But if we were to make a top three list of things we as McNeills do best it would probably look something like this:

1. Eating - More specifically eating chicken tenders, Super Sandwiches, macaroni and cheese, and french fries.



2. Drinking - Well we know what the adult McNeill's drink, but the "kid table" McNeill's are pretty good at putting down some sweet tea, Cheerwine, and Mountain Dew.



3. Telling Stories - Of course we can't just tell stories, we have to tell the loudest and best story.

So when Austin told me that his girlfriend challenged him to a chicken tenders/french fry eating contest tonight, it was more than just a silly boast, it was a direct challenge to Austin's status as a McNeill. Eating chicken tenders isn't just something we're really good at; we were groomed by the master herself, Nanny McNeill, from an early age to be experts at eating chicken tenders. I still feel the shame of only having one chicken tender at MacFest; it's almost like my last name was changed to something really weird like Braziel. So wherever you are tonight, send up a quick prayer for Austin, because he may not be a McNeill anymore if he loses a chicken tender eating contest to his girlfriend.

On a more serious note we need to start figuring out some locations for the 2nd Annual Macfest. Obviously Class VI is a completely viable option again, but all ideas are welcome, even if they are just for a particular type of activity and not a specific place. My ideas are either whitewater rafting again, some kind of team based ropes course, or some kind of big paintball battle. Just from briefly looking around it looks like we could find all those type things in West Virginia again, which seemed to be a perfect location.