The Old Folks Home

[vehve]

I think curse words lose their power when you throw them around too much, but I've seen many movies which have had a character that swears a lot, and often it works, although I'm sure there are ten bad movies for every good one. Sometimes you can get good humor about using softer curses, like on 30 Rock when a character made an interesting combination of poppycock and hogwash.

I also think that you should be able to read the situation which you're in. I'm not offended by cursing, but I think it paints a picture, if every second word that comes out of your mouth is a curse word, I probably won't take your opinion seriously. It is however pretty powerful, when a person you never hear cursing gets over his or her threshold and finally uses a bad word for the first time in years. You tend to take them seriously at that point. But I also know that when I take my car to the repair shop, it's better to wear dirty clothes and curse a bit, it tends to keep the bill lower. This isn't necessarily true for all auto repair shops, but it is for the ones I use.

I do think that it's pretty hypocritical to use curses that sound like the bad words, but aren't them just to avoid censorship or a fine. That's often a sign of bad writing, although in some cases when the writers get really creative about it, it can actually work.

 

[Sylviaanne]

It's all free if you do the basic tests. If you want more tests done there is a small fee.

I am waaaaay behind in my reading. Haven't been on much in about 3-4 days. Do you know how many other tests there are and do they charge for each test or are all the tests kind of grouped into one fee? Thanks.

 

[vehve]

Quote: For more information about the Poultry Health and Improvement Program, contact the Division of Animal Health at (417) 895-6861 or (573) 522-3378, or e-mail [email protected].

 

[bamadude]

The only dogs i like are the ones that use curse words

 

[vehve]

Not only is Wilma the Marans spending all her time in the nestbox, now Töyhtis the Olive Egger is too. She just laid her 34th egg in a straight row, but looks like our most productive girl is going to stop soon. She's not as bad as Wilma yet, but she's getting there too. I keep lifting them out of the boxes again, but the problem is that they do actually also still lay...

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Ugh I do not want to discuss roofing this week. Remember we had the roof blow off our barn earlier this year? Well the roof to our 4-5 year old house got a leak in it recently and we had the same roofing company come out that replaced the barn roof to fix the house roof. The owner told us it could be one of two things. Option #1 $80 fix around a vent or option #2 an approximately $450 repair on a valley section of the roof. Had him do the $80 repair. Two nights later it rained hard and I woke to the ceiling dripping again. Should have just told him to do the expensive repair the way they built our house. The valley on the roof is now fixed and yeah the original installation of that section was all messed up. I don't even want to think about what is under the shingles on the rest of the roof.

We had the same type of options for this roof. It was leaking around the chimney. They could attempt to do a 1000$ patch in that area but because the shingles were so old and it's not warm out they were afraid they couldn't patch it in correctly and we were also not 100% certain which area around the chimney had the leak. The rest of the roof would likely need to be replaced in 5 years, give or take. When the roofer got up there he found the former owner just had someone nail two entire sheets of shingles over one area as a "patch." It was at that time I decided enough with the games, it's full roof time.

Our ceilings and walls are cracked badly in many spots. The painter is starting on Monday to attempt to fix that and spruce the place up.

At least I knew when I bought the house that I'd have to start saving for a new roof and it wasn't a surprise. I have kept a "5 year plan" for this house since getting it and saved budget-wise for the various things I know need TLC. BF told me earlier this week that he wants to put a new deck where the stairs are and replace the woodstove in the basement. I told him "THAT IS NOT PART OF THE PLAN!!" I think he was terrified of me at that moment.

I love being a homeowner.

 

[vehve]

One of the reasons I'm really happy with the place we found. Completely stripped down in 2012, leaving just the bricks. Foundation was redone, plumbing, electric, air, insulation, roof, windows, everything. By the time the 10 year builders warranty wears out, we'll have grown out of this place. Of course regular maintenance is required, but bigger things shouldn't come as surprises.

 

[Highcotton]

I wish, I would love to try some of the varieties that you have out there. I'll be there 1 October, send some with Dsqard!


I have one of those useless apple peeling machines, too. The best thing we've found so far is a really sharp peeler with a wide top instead of the old long narrow peelers.

http://www.amazon.com/Precision-Kitchenware-Julienne-Peeler-Vegetable/dp/B00FF75XG4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1410348736&sr=8-2&keywords=veggie+peeler

It makes pretty quick work of the apples. Used about half a bushel of apples yesterday for various concoctions and the last time I went out with peels and cores and chickens looked at me like "you've got to be kidding me." That's when I know it's time to stop for the day.

Being from the land of peanuts not apples, my favorite with apple butter is toasted cinamon raisin bread with peanut butter and apple butter. It goes great with milk or coffee.

 

[Sylviaanne]

Napa auto parts store in ozark, al sells feed and grains. I think thats a little strange but cool. I wish our walmart had feed

Where is this one located? I haven't seen it. You are talking about Ozark the town?

 

[Peep_Show]

I think that's Ozark, Alabama