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post #11 of 28
9/18/11 at 3:26pm

I'd show up!!  With a liquid gift!!  wink

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Life is all about how you handle plan B!
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post #12 of 28
9/18/11 at 3:43pm
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Originally Posted by Oregon Blues 

Why do you need a precedent?

Just get your friends together and build everyone a coop.


Sounds like a great idea to me!  thumbsup

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post #13 of 28
9/18/11 at 3:51pm

Beer-sounds great, cookout - i would so be there. LOL thumbsup

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post #14 of 28
9/18/11 at 4:23pm

We had a moving party, years ago, and got lots of help, and when we bought our second coop last year, we had a sort-of party to help dismantle it at the previous site, and then another to assist with putting the walls and roof up.  We got a good response.  You should try it.  Just offer up some good food and drink, and most likely you will get lots of help.

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post #15 of 28
9/19/11 at 12:44pm

[[[[[.......I tried to have a coop raising party but everyone thought I was joking, or something......]]]]

Barn raisings aren't "all about me".  It's mutual help to get work done for everyone.  You help build their barn, they help to build your barn.

The way you have a coop raising party is that they help you work and then you go and help them work. If they don't need a coop, maybe they need a fence built, or their house painted.

You don't just get your friends over to do your work for you without your doing something equally valuable for them.

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post #16 of 28
9/19/11 at 2:12pm

Yup.  Time to throw a Tools for Fools party! 

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Bring your own tools!  yippiechickie

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post #17 of 28
9/19/11 at 6:24pm
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Originally Posted by ChickInDelight 

Yup.  Time to throw a Tools for Fools party! 

BYOT

Bring your own tools!  yippiechickie


Funny!!!  love it!  I think it would be fun to have a coop raising party.  Definitely provide the cookout and liquid 'refreshment'.  Then be sure you offer to help them with a big project that they are dreading doing alone!  big_smile

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post #18 of 28
9/19/11 at 7:02pm

we had some thing like this beer barbecue and a few extra hands it works well.

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post #19 of 28
9/19/11 at 7:11pm
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Originally Posted by yellowirenut 

number one question raised by my friends...

is there beer and a cook out also?


Ditto this!  But don't let them have any beer until you've finished whatever you'd hoped to accomplish for the day (words of wisdom from someone who watched a 2-hour grill assembly project turn into a call to Papa John's...)

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post #20 of 28
9/19/11 at 7:17pm
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Originally Posted by debid 
Quote:
Originally Posted by yellowirenut 

number one question raised by my friends...

is there beer and a cook out also?


Ditto this!  But don't let them have any beer until you've finished whatever you'd hoped to accomplish for the day (words of wisdom from someone who watched a 2-hour grill assembly project turn into a call to Papa John's...)


10-4... I had a painting party one time and let's just say that IF I ever do that again, libations will be served AFTER the house is painted!

 

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