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The Cromwell

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Reminds me of the time that we wrapped up a bar of Dial soap and left it on a co-workers desk. He'd been stinking up the place long enough.

I had to fire a guy one time because of his horrible personal hygiene or lack thereof.
Must have been a religious thing or something. I sent him home with the understanding that he could come back if he took a bath.
He did not come back....
 

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See, I don't get that. Why eat a food if you have to season it beyond recognition in order to get it down?
Yep. especially for me.
I have a sensitive Palate.
Can't even handle more than 3 or so BBQ chips. Too much flavoring. Tastes ok but too much.
 

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I had to fire a guy one time because of his horrible personal hygiene or lack thereof.
Must have been a religious thing or something. I sent him home with the understanding that he could come back if he took a bath.
He did not come back....
I've heard several people tell me they've done that. Far too many to have all fired the same guy. I've also heard of a guy that died after being given a shower in jail. It's like all the filth was was kept him alive.
 

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Have had Sushi. Was at business luncheons and such. The hot mustard pretty well makes it just taste like hot mustard.
I would never buy it though....

I was at a business lunch once, a table full of people and this new guy sitting next to me ordered damn shrimp heads, sat there crunching on the things until I was just about sick. He found it hilarious that he was grossing me out.
 

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I had a supervisor theaten my mod because where I was living we used kerosene for heat and it gave me the smell of the gas
 

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I was at a business lunch once, a table full of people and this new guy sitting next to me ordered damn shrimp heads, sat there crunching on the things until I was just about sick. He found it hilarious that he was grossing me out.
She. Some men love to be disgusting at every opportunity.
 

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today I did several odd jobs around the place then drove 15 miles and mowed Wife Unit's friends lawn.
I didn't mow today, although at 90 °F (32 °C if you're in Canada, England, Australia or some other metric country) that would have been easier on my old tired broken body. I cut lots of limbs and carted them off to the brush pile - the same brush pile that can be seen from space. I'm saving all those limbs for future kindling. Probably have 100 years worth by now. Anyway, between reaching too high to cut dead limbs (remember the bad left rotator cuff shit) and dancing around picking up and filling the trailer, then emptying it and going back for more (remember the broken back BS) four times today after all that cutting (see pics below), I am absolutely beat tonight.
I need to get the container filled to the top. They're picking it up next week.
OK, here's the pix because some silly part of me says maybe Dale needs to see the trailer attachment before he gets his EC container totally filled. This obviously is a street-legal trailer (bed is 4'x8') and uses a standard hitch, but I pull it with my lawn tractor by inserting this neat little hitch gizmo in between.
11 loaded trailer limbs.jpg

Here's a close-up, Dale:
12 trailer at brush pile.jpg
These gizmos are intended to allow you to move/position a trailer by hand in your driveway, but I adapted mine (larger tires for muddy areas - they came off an old riding mower) and attached an old tie-down strap so I can use the hook on one end to slip into that little towing hole at the back of the riding mower. This way the mower pulls the trailer, but you do need to reach around behind you with one hand and hold the handle up a couple inches so the parking foot doesn't dig a gouge in your lawn. I don't know what the current price might be (about $50 maybe?) because I've had this thing for ages.

And here's the empty trailer in the trees, ready for another load. I cut four trailer loads today. Probably have another 20 to go to properly prune these trees and pick up all the storm damage.
13 trailer in orchard.jpg
Once I get all the limbs out of here that have been whacking me in the face, I can mow this again.
 

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I didn't mow today, although at 90 °F (32 °C if you're in Canada, England, Australia or some other metric country) that would have been easier on my old tired broken body. I cut lots of limbs and carted them off to the brush pile - the same brush pile that can be seen from space. I'm saving all those limbs for future kindling. Probably have 100 years worth by now. Anyway, between reaching too high to cut dead limbs (remember the bad left rotator cuff shit) and dancing around picking up and filling the trailer, then emptying it and going back for more (remember the broken back BS) four times today after all that cutting (see pics below), I am absolutely beat tonight.

OK, here's the pix because some silly part of me says maybe Dale needs to see the trailer attachment before he gets his EC container totally filled. This obviously is a street-legal trailer (bed is 4'x8') and uses a standard hitch, but I pull it with my lawn tractor by inserting this neat little hitch gizmo in between.
View attachment 112942

Here's a close-up, Dale:
View attachment 112943
These gizmos are intended to allow you to move/position a trailer by hand in your driveway, but I adapted mine (larger tires for muddy areas - they came off an old riding mower) and attached an old tie-down strap so I can use the hook on one end to slip into that little towing hole at the back of the riding mower. This way the mower pulls the trailer, but you do need to reach around behind you with one hand and hold the handle up a couple inches so the parking foot doesn't dig a gouge in your lawn. I don't know what the current price might be (about $50 maybe?) because I've had this thing for ages.

And here's the empty trailer in the trees, ready for another load. I cut four trailer loads today. Probably have another 20 to go to properly prune these trees and pick up all the storm damage.
View attachment 112944
Once I get all the limbs out of here that have been whacking me in the face, I can mow this again.
There's gotta be an easier way to deal with the trailer dolly. You seem like an intelligent man. You can figure it out.
 

Draconigena

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There's gotta be an easier way to deal with the trailer dolly. You seem like an intelligent man. You can figure it out.
Lots of easier ways, but I do not own a welder or have any extra steel bars lying around here. That strap is super simple and no cost.
 

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Where have i been? ...I've been in hiding..
Been keeping busy with random stuff..
spend a ton of money on a whim this past weekend.. its not vape related, its a collectible item.. hopefully it pans out .. would need to wait a year or so to find out though..
 

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Where have i been? ...I've been in hiding..
Been keeping busy with random stuff..
spend a ton of money on a whim this past weekend.. its not vape related, its a collectible item.. hopefully it pans out .. would need to wait a year or so to find out though..

:question:
 

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I been wondering if he is into Beanie babies again?

Or maybe the last signed purse from the lady who hanged herself?
 

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I didn't mow today, although at 90 °F (32 °C if you're in Canada, England, Australia or some other metric country) that would have been easier on my old tired broken body. I cut lots of limbs and carted them off to the brush pile - the same brush pile that can be seen from space. I'm saving all those limbs for future kindling. Probably have 100 years worth by now. Anyway, between reaching too high to cut dead limbs (remember the bad left rotator cuff shit) and dancing around picking up and filling the trailer, then emptying it and going back for more (remember the broken back BS) four times today after all that cutting (see pics below), I am absolutely beat tonight.

OK, here's the pix because some silly part of me says maybe Dale needs to see the trailer attachment before he gets his EC container totally filled. This obviously is a street-legal trailer (bed is 4'x8') and uses a standard hitch, but I pull it with my lawn tractor by inserting this neat little hitch gizmo in between.
View attachment 112942

Here's a close-up, Dale:
View attachment 112943
These gizmos are intended to allow you to move/position a trailer by hand in your driveway, but I adapted mine (larger tires for muddy areas - they came off an old riding mower) and attached an old tie-down strap so I can use the hook on one end to slip into that little towing hole at the back of the riding mower. This way the mower pulls the trailer, but you do need to reach around behind you with one hand and hold the handle up a couple inches so the parking foot doesn't dig a gouge in your lawn. I don't know what the current price might be (about $50 maybe?) because I've had this thing for ages.

And here's the empty trailer in the trees, ready for another load. I cut four trailer loads today. Probably have another 20 to go to properly prune these trees and pick up all the storm damage.
View attachment 112944
Once I get all the limbs out of here that have been whacking me in the face, I can mow this again.
Nice piece of real estate you got there!
 

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And on medical issues, this was found over on ECR.

Hi, I have been using a suorin air with 50 nic for about 7 months now and have had no issues, but recently i have had chest pains on the left side of my abdomen that i am worried about. should i be worried? or could it be stress or something else?
 

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And on medical issues, this was found over on ECR.

Hi, I have been using a suorin air with 50 nic for about 7 months now and have had no issues, but recently i have had chest pains on the left side of my abdomen that i am worried about. should i be worried? or could it be stress or something else?

No wonder it hurts if his chest is in his abdomen!
 

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And on medical issues, this was found over on ECR.

Hi, I have been using a suorin air with 50 nic for about 7 months now and have had no issues, but recently i have had chest pains on the left side of my abdomen that i am worried about. should i be worried? or could it be stress or something else?
Not good.. you got it checked out?
 

Draconigena

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Nice piece of real estate you got there!
Thank you sir, although you saw only a tiny portion in those pics. I get lots of comments from the "town folk" (Faith, 27 miles east of me -- whenever I actually go there) that they drove by and think it looks great. I do my damnedest to make it look like a park... well-pruned trees, manicured lawns, etc. I have been granted custodianship of a tiny portion of this planet and it is, therefore, my responsibility to take care of it as best as I can.
 

Draconigena

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My trees do not grow in nice orderly rows like yours do.
I need to have a talk with them.
That's why I refer to that section as "the orchard," even though it is mostly Ash, Pine, and Caragana (Chinese Pea) with a few wild plums tossed in for the heck of it. The previous owner planted everything here in orderly rows and columns. Except for the bird who poops out a seed next to a creek, trees do not happen by themselves here on the prairie. Mostly, ranchers here plant trees as a wind break around their houses. The guy who did this over-planted this place -- way too many trees per acre for the amount of annual rainfall required to sustain them -- so it makes my job just a little harder. Ah, but such is life.
 

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