Nick
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Yes , Roy is something .. No tools are electric ..
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We came back from the U.P. this afternoon and the thermometer in the car showed 100 degrees about 125 miles from home. 95 when we got home.
Daris
Daris
It was 95 degrees last time I went outside and with the humidity it feels like a sauna. One of my cats got a puncture on his back so I've been draining the pus and cleaning it with hydrogen peroxide until the vet opens back up so I can get him some antibiotics.
Floorist, that is an awesome chair! I think you probably would have gotten along well with my late elderly friend when he was alive. He made did a lot of woodworking projects. Made little bill holders shaped like ducks with the beak/bill made from a clothespin. A weird type of African drum (I'll have to look up the name again, but I have the plans for it somewhere), furniture, cabinets, toys, banks, etc. We have a container that is shaped like a duck, has clear plastic on the sides so you can see in, and a plug in the top so you can get stuff out. I stored my marbles in it. Wish I could find it. We have all sorts of stuff from him. One of his larger more detailed projects was he made an old style spinning wheel. He did it by hand so when his niece took it to an antique festival they thought it was an actual antique and didn't realize it had been made just months before. LOL.
Floorist, that is an awesome chair! I think you probably would have gotten along well with my late elderly friend when he was alive. He made did a lot of woodworking projects. Made little bill holders shaped like ducks with the beak/bill made from a clothespin. A weird type of African drum (I'll have to look up the name again, but I have the plans for it somewhere), furniture, cabinets, toys, banks, etc. We have a container that is shaped like a duck, has clear plastic on the sides so you can see in, and a plug in the top so you can get stuff out. I stored my marbles in it. Wish I could find it. We have all sorts of stuff from him. One of his larger more detailed projects was he made an old style spinning wheel. He did it by hand so when his niece took it to an antique festival they thought it was an actual antique and didn't realize it had been made just months before. LOL.
Daris makes some beautiful stuff from wood.
One of these days I'll have to gather up the stuff that I made and take pictures-- but most of it is over 20 years old and not that great. Some of my ceramics projects were horrible. LOL. I think my favorite thing I made from clay was a bank that looks like a giant eraser.
He's always impressed me. He has to hack something together in 23 minutes so it only takes one episode to pretty much complete a project.
I'd love to see what his good stuff looks like. ......it's all good stuff, just like to see what he's really capable of when his time is not limited.
Can you imagine him making a 16 foot long piece of 1/4 round?
That would be his first two part show.
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I do too Rusty. My fires look really nice, especially at night in a wilderness setting.
Thanks for the complement Rusty but I just dink around at it for needed stuff. Nothing difficult. I really liked the picture of your rocker.
I have been told that I am "off my rocker".
Our corrupt governor resigned effective June 1st.
Nick
In Remembrance
Just sore it ..
He still may be charged with illegal election stuff.
Politics is just crazy right now. I mean, it's always been nuts, but it seems even crazier these days. Maybe its because we hear more about it.
My brother went to work to check his schedule today and was told by his boss (who wouldn't look him in the face) that he had been let go. He didn't say fired and frankly, the boss didn't follow corporate policy. There were no write-ups or warnings. Other employees did far worse in the past and didn't get "let go". Hell, the boss did worse and is still there. This is a guy who literally yelled "F*** THE CUSTOMERS!" in front of a bunch of customers on a busy night.
So, my brother just filled for Unemployment while he's actively looking for other jobs. He's put in his resume at multiple companies. After the recent stuff his boss pulled with our mother, he's actually relieved to not work there anymore. The other employees are not happy though.
My stomach isn't agreeing with me today so I've been resting. On my way back through the front room after feeding the outside dog, I noticed the kittens had knocked some of our dinosaurs off the shelf. I bent down to pick them up and a kitten jumped on my back. I had to sit in a chair to get him to climb off without clawing the dickens out of me. Immediately 3 other kittens jumped on my lap and then two more ran over and jumped up. One climbed on my shoulders and the rest were on my lap, with some stretched up with their paws on my collarbone all just purring away. It was very soothing to just listen to all that purring.
My brother went to work to check his schedule today and was told by his boss (who wouldn't look him in the face) that he had been let go. He didn't say fired and frankly, the boss didn't follow corporate policy. There were no write-ups or warnings. Other employees did far worse in the past and didn't get "let go". Hell, the boss did worse and is still there. This is a guy who literally yelled "F*** THE CUSTOMERS!" in front of a bunch of customers on a busy night.
So, my brother just filled for Unemployment while he's actively looking for other jobs. He's put in his resume at multiple companies. After the recent stuff his boss pulled with our mother, he's actually relieved to not work there anymore. The other employees are not happy though.
My stomach isn't agreeing with me today so I've been resting. On my way back through the front room after feeding the outside dog, I noticed the kittens had knocked some of our dinosaurs off the shelf. I bent down to pick them up and a kitten jumped on my back. I had to sit in a chair to get him to climb off without clawing the dickens out of me. Immediately 3 other kittens jumped on my lap and then two more ran over and jumped up. One climbed on my shoulders and the rest were on my lap, with some stretched up with their paws on my collarbone all just purring away. It was very soothing to just listen to all that purring.
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Havasu, I'm glad you have at least one good councilwoman there. I hope the people responsible for the missing $13mil do go to jail.
The temps around here have been in the high 90s and it's too hot for the cats so most of them have been staying inside. My chantilly kitty was all up in my face for most of the day, wanting to be petted. My old thick-furred dog hates this weather, but I can't get her to come inside anymore.
Fire ants have been all around. A few of them somehow got in to my bed and bit me last night. I need to figure out how to get rid of them without harming my pets.
The temps around here have been in the high 90s and it's too hot for the cats so most of them have been staying inside. My chantilly kitty was all up in my face for most of the day, wanting to be petted. My old thick-furred dog hates this weather, but I can't get her to come inside anymore.
Fire ants have been all around. A few of them somehow got in to my bed and bit me last night. I need to figure out how to get rid of them without harming my pets.
Nick
In Remembrance
Google it Z .. There are some natural things you can use ..
Have not said anything about it before, but I got fat. Since Feb. I have lost 28 lbs. It has sure helped my knees.
Thanks, Nick. I'm leaning toward Diatomaceous earth because it is supposed to get rid of fleas too. If we can get rid of the damn fleas, we can also get rid of ear mites and tapeworm. On a side note, I found out that the wet wipes with shea butter actually got rid of ringworm on my cats. I've been using them on my mother's feet in addition to the anti-fungal toenail stuff on her toes. Probably TMI, but she kept getting a fungal infection on her chest under her bust and it hasn't come back since she started using the shea butter wipes.
Floorist, I'm glad you're losing weight. I really need to. I packed on the pounds on my belly and it makes it harder to bend over and sit up. It also makes me exhausted. I'd love to get back down under 200lbs again.
It was 98 degrees when I went to the post office yesterday. It was so hot that I decided to wait until after 10pm to go back in to town to go to the store. Today it was in the high 90s again and the weather forecast said the temps wouldn't get below 90 until midnight. I may have to drag my elderly dog inside and set her up in a confined area with a cooling gel dog bed, some puppy pads, food, and water so she doesn't die of a heat stroke.
The guy who bought the tractor from us called to say he's coming out tomorrow to clean up the yard and bush hog. My mother said "Are you sure? It's going to be really hot." He's such a sweet man. I'll have to put some beverages in the fridge to cool & see if he likes Otter Pops (frozen sugary flavored stuff in plastic tubes).
Floorist, I'm glad you're losing weight. I really need to. I packed on the pounds on my belly and it makes it harder to bend over and sit up. It also makes me exhausted. I'd love to get back down under 200lbs again.
It was 98 degrees when I went to the post office yesterday. It was so hot that I decided to wait until after 10pm to go back in to town to go to the store. Today it was in the high 90s again and the weather forecast said the temps wouldn't get below 90 until midnight. I may have to drag my elderly dog inside and set her up in a confined area with a cooling gel dog bed, some puppy pads, food, and water so she doesn't die of a heat stroke.
The guy who bought the tractor from us called to say he's coming out tomorrow to clean up the yard and bush hog. My mother said "Are you sure? It's going to be really hot." He's such a sweet man. I'll have to put some beverages in the fridge to cool & see if he likes Otter Pops (frozen sugary flavored stuff in plastic tubes).
Zannej I have always been big. It is necessary to carry in a 300 lb. carpet cut by yourself.
You lost quite a bit of weight a couple years ago. Glad to see you're working on it again. I've hovered around 214 and 219 for many years now. Not much change if eat, starve or over eat. I'm about 6' 3", so If I lost 28 lbs I'd look like a string bean.
I see a lot of people walking with canes or using those electric carts at the grocery store. Most are very overweight or obese and I bet most of them wouldn't need the canes and carts if they lost 50 or 100lbs. I know that's not an easy task. I mean, I can't even imagine myself getting motivated enough to make a drastic change in my routines or eating habits.
I'm glad you have the willpower to do what you're doing. Keep it up Rusty.
My wife rides on of those carts, she has very little feeling in one foot. I'm afraid if I ever rode one, it would get to be a habit.
