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As I get older, I realize:
#1 - I talk to myself because there are times I need expert advice.
#2 - I consider "In Style" to be the clothes that still fit.
#3 - I don't need anger management. I need people to stop pissing me off.
#4 - My people skills are just fine. It's my tolerance for idiots that needs work.
#5 - The biggest lie I tell myself is, "I don't need to write that down. I'll remember it."
#6 - I have days when my life is just a tent away from a circus.
#7 - These days, "on time" is when I get there.
#8 - Even duct tape can't fix stupid - but it sure does muffle the sound.
#9 - Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could put ourselves in the dryer for ten minutes, then come out wrinkle-free and three sizes smaller?
#10 - Lately, I've noticed people my age are so much older than me.
#11 - "Getting lucky" means walking into a room and remembering why I'm there.
#12 - When I was a child, I thought nap time was punishment. Now it feels like a mini-vacation.
#13 - Some days I have no idea what I'm doing out of bed.
#14 - I thought growing old would take longer.
#15 - Aging sure has slowed me down, but it hasn't shut me up.
#16 - I still haven't learned to act my age.
#17 - With age comes wisdom - sometimes age comes alone . . .
#1 - I talk to myself because there are times I need expert advice.
#2 - I consider "In Style" to be the clothes that still fit.
#3 - I don't need anger management. I need people to stop pissing me off.
#4 - My people skills are just fine. It's my tolerance for idiots that needs work.
#5 - The biggest lie I tell myself is, "I don't need to write that down. I'll remember it."
#6 - I have days when my life is just a tent away from a circus.
#7 - These days, "on time" is when I get there.
#8 - Even duct tape can't fix stupid - but it sure does muffle the sound.
#9 - Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could put ourselves in the dryer for ten minutes, then come out wrinkle-free and three sizes smaller?
#10 - Lately, I've noticed people my age are so much older than me.
#11 - "Getting lucky" means walking into a room and remembering why I'm there.
#12 - When I was a child, I thought nap time was punishment. Now it feels like a mini-vacation.
#13 - Some days I have no idea what I'm doing out of bed.
#14 - I thought growing old would take longer.
#15 - Aging sure has slowed me down, but it hasn't shut me up.
#16 - I still haven't learned to act my age.
#17 - With age comes wisdom - sometimes age comes alone . . .
yep it is an option and not always included.
Wisdom needs to be nurtured as one grows older.
The process seems to be too difficult for most to pursue.
The process seems to be too difficult for most to pursue.
I suspect, Crom, that many who never demonstrate wisdom during their lives, it probably does arrive in the last few minutes, when, like a light bulb, they lie on their death beds and mumble, "Ah, so that's what it was all about." The rest of us spend our whole lives trying to make others see what we have determined to be truth while they blindly dance on, oblivious to all around them. Sometimes I ponder which of us are the idiots....
Rosebud....
42 is supposedly the answer.
But is that 42 in Octal, base 10 or hexidecimal?
42 is supposedly the answer.
But is that 42 in Octal, base 10 or hexidecimal?
If ignorance is bliss, does that mean wisdom is suffering?
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I'd agree with that statement. I've rarely met a truly happy wise person.
Pretty much, because we are stuck riding along with the not so wise majority.
Hay juicy I just thought of something that you may like. Since you want to move to Hawaii what if you bought some land and had a yurt built on itI went into it kicking and screaming but have learned the error of my ways - a lot of it with help from you guys.
Very grateful for that
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Actually we are still trying to close on 3 acres that has a small house on it
We are planning to build a dome house - but the lady who owns the lot across the street lives in a yurt, it is pretty nice!
The reason I thought about it was I was whatching a show called love yurts and they built one for 25,000 that had all the comforts of home
Dome houses are hard to fit furniture and such in. Helped a friend build one years ago. Not efficient space use.
Well the ones they were building there was plenty of space and they had a loft as the bedroom
Cabinetry and closets are an issue.
And bathrooms.
And bathrooms.
Well, sure... if you only think about squares.
it is the traditional way to think of housing in most countrys.
And most furnishings, cabnitry and appliances are designed for flat vertical walls.
Interiors of domes are pretty much all custom work.
dome houses can be great houses.
Ohh and did I mention the leaks?
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You have to think a little differently and use space differently
There are many advantages to domes
Yeah, like when I put one over my head, Cromwell can't get into my brain... well, if the dome is made of tin foil
Evening Pholkz....still working this evening, inspected the Scottsdale airport today, and tomorrow, hopefully not on Saturday too, need to finish asap, to get the HELL OUT OF HERE......
110F in the shade, with just enough humidity to make it one miserable day, walking off what's left of my ASS.
110F in the shade, with just enough humidity to make it one miserable day, walking off what's left of my ASS.
55 °F at sunrise this morning. Damn! This is supposed to be mid-summer, not autumn. But by 3 PM, it was 93 °F at 69% RH, so the "feels like" was equivalent to 115 °F (that's 46 °C, Oli).
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Yeah, like when I put one over my head, Cromwell can't get into my brain... well, if the dome is made of tin foil
Heard his dome is chrome
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A good modern design with modern materials won't leak - and you know my love of custom everything anyway, lol
Crom's a chrome dome? As in hairless? <snicker> Oops, sorry Crom.
Amazing swings in temperature....
Well, next month is September, and it is not unheard of... usually doesn't stay around until the end of Oxtuba or Novulger though.Watch Rich, you'll prolly be getting snow next month....
We can only HOPE.....
Also Hope @JuicyLucy can get the hell out of there, before winter really sets in......
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Also Hope @JuicyLucy can get the hell out of there, before winter really sets in......
Kinda like you getting outta Arizona before the inferno
Yep, but in my line of work, when the grass is growing, you have to bale hay...Kinda like you getting outta Arizona before the inferno
Speaking of that word (hope), today turned out extremely well. Not just a good day, it was an outright freakin' bloody miracle!We can only HOPE.....
Now that all the cow shit has been cleaned up, it is time to repair the fencing they broke, but this requires a couple new post holes, Now, 14 years ago, I made some post holes with a shovel, but I wasn't as broken then as I am now. Matter of fact, it didn't take digging too many of those holes even back then before I invested in a motorized post hole digger (AKA Auger). Then it didn't take long at all to set corner posts and gate posts on all my fences. The last one I had to do was (I am guessing here)... about 10 years ago. What happened to the auger? Well, dumb ass here just took it in the shop, saw a large hook on the wall, and hung it up there. Hasn't been used even once since then. Here's where the "hope" comes in...
Today, I went out to the shop, pulled it down off the wall (it's a lot heavier than I remember), got a shop rag and cleaned it off (10 years of accumulated dirt), then checked the fuel tank. I opened the cap and poured it out on the ground... thick black sludge. Oh my Gawd, this piece of shit ain't never gonna start... I might as well just throw it away right now. Or I can hope to be able to fix it. I am not a mechanic, but I might get lucky. Well, first, it needs 24:1 fuel/oil mixture, so I made half a gallon of that, put a little in the tank, swished it around and poured it out, then filled the tank. Next: take off the air filter, clean that, and check the carb. I had already pulled the start rope a couple times with no results, but I didn't really expect it to start, so that was no surprise. Rummage around and find the Gumout carb cleaner. Spray a little in the carb. Hmmm... doesn't look all that dirty in there. Pull the rope again. Pop! Rumble. Whirrrrrrr.... HEY, THIS MOFO IS RUNNING!!! GAWD DAMN! SUMBITS!!! HOLY SHIT, BATMAN!
Played with it a couple minutes, then turned it off. Maybe I can make new post holes tomorrow after all.
Damn Rich, I hadn't heard any good luck stories from you in awhile.....
Maybe it is time for a change...Damn Rich, I hadn't heard any good luck stories from you in awhile.....
Duh wind is blowing like hell again, can hear thunder in the distance. Did the same last night, but got dry-fucked.
I usually dislike rain, but after today, if it cools off 10-15 degrees, it'll be like heaven, rather than hell.
I usually dislike rain, but after today, if it cools off 10-15 degrees, it'll be like heaven, rather than hell.
If you keep thinking Positive, things seem to always work out.Maybe it is time for a change...
The Power of Positive Thinking (good book, by the way) goes a long way to making life work.
The problem is that most people are absolutely positive they will have bad luck, so that's what they get.
I tend to just do whatever the Mother puts in front of me and hope for the best.
You speak the truth...!
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Kinda of like the philosophy of self-fulfilling prophecies
If you think you can, you will. If you think you can't, you won't.
Yeah. The way I learned it was:
If you think you can or if you think you can't, you're absolutely right.
If you think you can or if you think you can't, you're absolutely right.
Or, as Yoda put it:
Do. Do. Or do not. There is no "try."
Do. Do. Or do not. There is no "try."
G'nite Dale. Teddy tells me I am going to bed now too.
Good night Mrs. Kalabash, wherever you are... Ooops, I meant, Lucy.
Good night Mrs. Kalabash, wherever you are... Ooops, I meant, Lucy.
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Inky Dinky Doo!
Must be Tin foil though. Aluminum foil will not stop the mind control rays. BWAHAHAHAYeah, like when I put one over my head, Cromwell can't get into my brain... well, if the dome is made of tin foil
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Tomorrow I wail on the bingo cards!!!
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