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Chit Chat / Re: For Smart Women (and To Men Who Think They Can Handle It!)

« on: March 07, 2012, 07:04:51 PM »

If the story is true, perhaps he chose the wrong rib.  Could a  happened

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Chit Chat / Re: I think I'm done with this house and this neighborhood

« on: March 07, 2012, 06:54:09 PM »

Cul de sac, good.  Interior lot better, best.  If they have them where you live or you're looking to move.  Only one great neighbor here and we don't know what's going on down on the street.
But the jackasses are everywhere speed bumps or not.  I'd be ripping too.

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Chit Chat / Re: Seen a Robin today!

« on: February 23, 2012, 08:27:07 PM »

Me too.  It was 60* here today.  And saw blue birds checking out their nesting houses.  Dafs are peaking out of the ground. An excellent February, I'd say.
Great on the oil deliveries too.

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Chit Chat / Re: What do you think of this Fisherman's Pendant? Would you wear it?

« on: January 12, 2012, 07:57:44 PM »

Wear it? Um....NO

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Chit Chat / Re: Prayers for Matherfish

« on: January 12, 2012, 07:54:26 PM »

A very sad day when your Dad isn't with you anymore.  I know.  My hand to yours. 

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Chit Chat / Re: Our own Celebrity Mikey

« on: January 12, 2012, 07:49:28 PM »

What a great idea.  I love it and will play it forward.  Go Mikey

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Chit Chat / Re: The Royal Navy has some Christmas fun. On the way home from Lybia!

« on: December 10, 2011, 05:52:31 PM »

You just got to love the military.  So good!   

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Chit Chat / Re: The Green Thing! Do you Recycle?

« on: December 03, 2011, 05:18:10 PM »

I'm old too, a year in front of you. I will not "screw" the generation behind me or my grandchildren or their children.   In the mean time, take care of what you got.  No matter how you do it...it's not that difficult.
Waving the flag....
Again,
Just me.

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Chit Chat / Re: Fifty Bucks is Fifty Bucks

« on: June 22, 2011, 06:52:48 PM »

More than .....that was funny

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Chit Chat / Re: Hey all. How about posting a few Father's Day Photos Here! YOU GUYS ARE CHICKEN!

« on: June 22, 2011, 06:49:55 PM »

I knew my Dad.  He was my hero. Miss him still and think about him everyday.
My DH Dad's died in a POW camp in Korea.  He only remembers seeing him once.
It's a big job Dads out there. 
Happy Day a little late but from my heart.

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Chit Chat / Re: hit and run

« on: June 22, 2011, 06:38:43 PM »

What's with the chipmonks this year?  Their population is out of control this year. 
I always thought they were cute.  But they're burrowing in my flower garden and the plants fall over with no roots attached.  There's little burrows all over the place.  They killed my mountauk daisy
My cats spend a lot of time outdoors during the day, I don't think they're doing their job.
Love my wildlife but it's been crazy this year.  Red fox chased my cat up a tree.  Now I get dangerous.
Black bear, fisher cat, red fox, I may be out for blood.  Enough!

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Pond Chat / Re: Major pond cleaning and a good laugh

« on: May 31, 2011, 08:11:45 PM »

First, so sorry about your loss.
 Our pond went through some terrible winters (8 years) and am so glad fishes make it thru.  Just the luck of the draw I guess.
Some times the ice is 3 inches thick but I m out there making sure the bubbler is working.  I don't have a bottom drain on our 800 gal pond but I can see the bottom, not much c rap there either.  I've never vacuumed.  Good filter?   Or just one lucky fishy lady
What ryhmes with muck?  Sorry ponders couldn't help it.

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Pond Chat / Re: I hate FROGS I know I know:(

« on: May 31, 2011, 07:46:00 PM »

A phobia is a phobia.  Mine is bees.  Got a $hit load of them caught in my hair when I was a little kid. 
Last year some of those stingers built a nest under my deck.  While powering washing, they decided to attack.  You should have seen me run.  We hardly ever use chemicals to rid of natures critters.....not this time.

By the way, two of the tree frogs committed suicide and jumped into our pool that we just shocked. 

It's quieter tonight.  :'(

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Pond Chat / Re: Leeches must die

« on: May 30, 2011, 07:03:31 PM »

Where do they come from?  Are they like a water slug?  I'll go with the "yuk" too.

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Pond Chat / Re: I hate FROGS I know I know:(

« on: May 30, 2011, 06:59:23 PM »

They eat lots and lots of skeeters and that's a good thing this year.  We're getting eatin' a live even during the day.  Night music is kind of fun too.

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Pond Chat / Re: Frog Chat

« on: May 23, 2011, 07:15:44 PM »

Our frog population is down this year.  ??  Tho' it's been raining almost non-stop for a week.  I'll miss 'em.  Big skeeter eaters. I love them too.  Bring on the noise.

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Pond Chat / Re: plecostomus in pond?

« on: May 23, 2011, 07:02:03 PM »

Thing is, he will love the pond.  I'm zone 6.  We took one in and out of the pond for 2 years. He/she got huge probably as big as yours is now.  We couldn't find him when we thought it was time cause the temps were dropping, black liner, black fish.  It was too late when we found him.  Some say they suck off the slim coat of your other fish.  I didn't find that as true.  He didn't seem to bother them at all.  BUT they are tropical so check your water temp, no lower than 65* or so and bring him on in.
Yep, they are ugly little critters

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Pond Chat / Re: Trapping Raccoons (in calif)

« on: April 08, 2011, 03:12:30 PM »

Kit, We had one roaming around in the day time a couple of years ago. His/her jaw was hanging open, foaming and walking in an irratic way.  I feared for my dogs and cats.  Called animal control.  They sent the police out to shoot it.
They did.  They used to do rabies testing but there were so many around here they just asked us to bury it.  We did.
We used to feed them too.  No more.

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Pond Chat / Re: Stocking KOI, How cold is too cold?

« on: April 02, 2011, 08:11:00 PM »

My DD gave me a birthday present (July),  two tiny koi when we first started our pond.  I didn't even know what a koi was.  They've been in our pond for 8 years AND OH how they have grown.
Our pond temp hasn't reached 40* yet this year either.  They have wintered thru every year.
Yep, your gut is right.  Nows not the time.  Mine are still hanging down at the bottom but they are pros at freezing temps and an ice covered pond until April.
Patience if you want koi at all.  Comets and Shebs are beautiful as well.
 

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Pond Chat / Re: My lamb drowned

« on: April 01, 2011, 06:28:05 PM »

So sorry for all that have lost a critter to their pond.
We have a brook running thru our property. We didn't put it there.  No way to protect that either. Skeletal remains on the shore sometimes.  Not fair but it happens, still I hate it....but?
PS  Saw a fisher cat last week.  I could take care of that.  Ya' think? 

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Pond Chat / Re: 58 degree water-perfect temp for a dip in the pond?

« on: April 01, 2011, 06:10:27 PM »

Pond water is still below 40*  here.  Hey, 50, 58 *  that's still surely real cold.  Brave souls for going/dipping in.  Damn it snowed again today.
Holl, no place for you to be.   Me neither. 
Can't wait for the flip flops to come out of storage

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Chit Chat / Re: Joke of the day 3/11

« on: March 11, 2011, 07:57:08 PM »

an evil hee-hee from me

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Chit Chat / Re: Devastation in Japan

« on: March 11, 2011, 07:53:04 PM »

No kidding Jerry! 
We're on high ground but can't imagine that wave coming at us.  Scary!

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Chit Chat / Re: A face only a mother could love.

« on: February 20, 2011, 06:43:42 PM »

I remember marilyn when I rescued a baby squirrel. Great advice.  He survived and off to the wild he went.  Thanks Mar.

T Mike   Yep, love the bat.

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Chit Chat / Re: A face only a mother could love.

« on: February 19, 2011, 07:47:47 PM »

I think bats are cool.  During summer they swoop around at night and eat a ka zillion mosquitoes.  Thats a good thing.  One or two live under a loose shingle over my sun room.
Never seen an owl roosting here  But Turkeys roam our yard.  It is funny seeing those big birds roosting in trees.

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Chit Chat / Re: weather station

« on: February 01, 2011, 06:55:50 PM »

I received one as gift and couldn't get it to work. Try a email to these guys. 
They're real helpful. When it finally $**t the bed, I replaced it with one of their cheap ones.
Depends what you want, inside, outside temp and little Oscar was good enough for me.

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Pond Chat / Re: Snow

« on: February 01, 2011, 06:45:17 PM »

Ice is the worst kind of storm.  THEY say that's what we're in for tonight and tomorrow.  With 2+ feet of snow on the ground, not fun. 
I never heard of a roof rake until this year.  I hope it just a bunch of hype cause our roof is much too high and we're just to old for this kind of crap.
Thru rain and snow and sleet and hail............hmmmmmm..........they even canceled mail this week.  I think the kids will be going to school until July.
We're good to go so far.
Stay warm.  Power to the people ( electric, I mean) during the big ice.

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Pond Chat / Re: Snow

« on: January 26, 2011, 03:14:07 PM »

Oh! but our plow guy is happy.  Good for him in this economy, no construction going on, maybe not until April  OR  May. 
All this snow sure makes things quiet, esp. at night.  Nice.
BUT it's not a fun trek down to the pond to see if the hole in the ice is still open.
Or getting the pups out for a poop or pee.
Stay warm northeners.  I believe we are in for a very long winter.   

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Chit Chat / Re: Packers or Steelers?

« on: January 25, 2011, 02:28:12 PM »

Super Bowl Parties are fun, good food too.  I like the commercials. That's about it. 

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Chit Chat / Re: Skulls - What's the Meaning of Them?

« on: December 21, 2010, 06:33:13 PM »

The skull thing really doesn't bother me.  It's kind of halloween-ish.  That's fun.
I think those sock monkeys are creepy.   Go figure.