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[PitterPatterPalace]

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He says it's because of his work hours but really he is just getting old!

XOXO Ron!!

You busy This Thursday?

& what about you, Kim? You thinking about coming?

 

[Ogress]

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Glad you found it; now go take something to drop your blood pressure back down to a normal range.

 

[Ogress]

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YOU musta put it there cause ya know there aint no way us guys would even have a map in the rig let alone know to store stuff in it.

That's the truth!

 

[Rainwolf]

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I spent summers in yakima at my grandma's....
I have no memory of any rain falling while I visited... ever...
I do remember having to go around the neighborhood yelling for Booger...
My grandma's little terrier had escaped the yard and was running free...
People sure give ya strange looks when your 10 years old running around the neighborhood yelling for booger... come here booger... here booger, here girl.....

and now I can laugh about it.. but at 10 I was mortified..

My mother is from Holland and her maiden name is Boogers! When she moved to the U.S., she worked as a teller at a bank and never understood why so many people laughed at her until she had kids!

Bad thing is when I got to HS and College and opened various bank accounts, credit cards, and various other things that requires "mother's maiden name" as a security question, I hated the laughter I'd get (plus it makes the security word easy for others to remember). I would make up random names for the answer. Years later when I needed the answer to the security question, I couldn't remember what fake I gave! I was traveling in Texas 2 summers ago, and the only credit card we brought was mine that I opened in college. We went to a gas station late at night in the middle of BFE and couldn't pay because they had frozen the account since I had never used the account out of state before, and since I did not know what name I had made-up all those years ago, I could not activiate the card! We had to wait until morning and I had a lengthy phone conversation before they allowed me limited access to my credit card (only gas stations, motels and meals) until we got back to Washington because they were still not 100% certain it was me!

My Grandmother's maiden name was "Guns". Her uncle and aunt immigrated to the U.S. and moved to Zillah, WA. Their son, my grandmother's Cousin Bert became Sheriff of Yakima county for something like 40 years. I always thought that was a cool name for a Sherriff, Sheriff Guns!

love the name Sheriff Guns!

love the maiden name story! sounds like something i'd do

 

[Rainwolf]

ok so I got the cement mixer out of the box.... look at the assembly directions and about fell down laughing...

Directions... setup stand and put bolts in. setup mixing barrel and bolt. be careful turning it on!

So now I'm looking at the photo of the complete mixer trying to figure out what part goes where... oy
least it gave a simple diagram of where the bolts go... sort of... heck a 6 year old could draw better instructions!
I think I might use a 10' pole to turn it on when I get it together... just in case it blows up.

 

[peruandarts]

Hello all, this is a really nice place to exchange information and meet new friends.

 

[BarnChick]

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you'll find lots of great info here.

 

[BarnChick]

here's another pic of the two sweeties. I know, I know, don't get too attached.

 

[broodytood]

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Yes it is! Welcome to chatty Wa thread! Good to have ya!

 

[blueducklings]

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yes indeed!

But now I cannot remember where I put the building permit.....gone!
Gotta be here somewhere in a safe place, just cannot remember..........hard to think you could loose so much in such a small place, and no kids to blame it on.......

Did you hear about chiculars that prowl around the Olympic Penninsular? They strike only on rainy moon lit nights...Word is they have built a nest the height of the empire state buildin, deep in the middle of the Hoh Rain Forest. Their preferred nesting material is crunchy paper because it helps drown out any noise...acting like a sound barrier.