The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

Figgy1

Figgy1

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betty rose said:
Good morning all. We had quite an afternoon and night. Lot's of flash floods, hail, wind. Lost our power. No major damage in our area. We are going to have the possibility of more this afternoon. I figured our time was coming. I will be off line, if we get another round today. Crazy weather!:eek:
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Sympathy like! I'm glad you didn't get hit too hard and I hope this afternoon turns out nice!
 
betty rose

betty rose

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MinnieM123 said:
Hee hee . . . your school comment made me smile, because when I was in high school, girls were not allowed to take auto mechanics, only the boys. However, the boys were allowed to take cooking classes, just like the girls. :confused:

But I kid you not: for the girls, it was called home economics and cooking. For the boys, it was just called "culinary arts". :rolleyes:
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We had to take home economics, too. No boys allowed! :rolleyes:
 
betty rose

betty rose

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catmom46 said:
LOL You guys sounded like so much fun! I was always the quiet studious one :bookworm:, but wished I could be part of the chatty group. :D

Our favorite thing was basically a cinnamon roll recipe, but it was just made out of Pillsbury dough dipped in butter, covered in cinnamon and sugar (and baked of course). We called it a funny name, though, that did not give you any hint as to the actual dish. Something along the lines of snickerdoodles...
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Our school, didn't get a lot of ingredients....it took us a whole semester, to make a cup of cocoa! :joyfull:
 
betty rose

betty rose

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Goofyernmost said:
I hear you and I will bet that when I need to do it on my car, I will regret that I sold all my tools when I moved to NC. I have been lucky though... my car has 112,000 miles on it and it still has the original brakes on it. And it's a heavy car... a 2005 Cadillac DHS. I was also amazed that when it had it's last oil change I was able to see underneath the car and the entire exhaust system is still shiny metal and that's after 6 years in Vermont winters, salt laden and all.

I sometimes get upset by the newer car designs though. For example, if I open the hood on mine all I see is another hood. I have no idea what the engine even looks like so I would probably turn away from attempting repairs at all. At the same time I can't help but remember how much maintenance the older cars took. You had to know where the spark plugs were because you were supposed to change them every 10 to 15K. (remember that... points, plugs and condenser plus timing light to move the distributor alignment just about every tune up. 2 degrees above top dead center, etc.) To my knowledge my plugs are still original. I know I have never changed them and when I bought the car it was only 3 years old. (actually closer to 2 years old). I can remember that I would take a bunch of tune-ups and a feeling of good luck to take any long distance trips with them and when they hit 80 to 90K you might just as well drive or tow them to the junkyard. I'd head cross country with mine tomorrow if there was a reason too, without any fear at all. The old cars may have been heavier and easier to get at mechanically, but, I really strongly feel that the dependability was much less then now. People are getting 300 and 400K miles out of a vehicle regularly now, that wasn't even a dream back then.
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I remember our old car, back in the 60's...always needing to have an alternator replacement!
 
betty rose

betty rose

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Gabe1 said:
It is the only piece of fence we had to add to the property to totally enclose it. When we paved the stone driveway (yuck the dust) it made a weird transition once we put the fence up to keep the Pup in the yard. My Sis suggested Morning Glory's and it was a perfect solution. In the warm weather months it seals off the backyard that is so pretty from the driveway and looking into the garage when the door is open. A 25 foot 4 foot high wall of green and flowers. When it finishes growing in I'll post a picture. It is growing faster this year with all the rain.
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I can't wait to see your pictures . I'll bet your area is really green. Plants do love H20!:D
 
betty rose

betty rose

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Gabe1 said:
Awe, glad to bring the Midwest back into your life. I can't imagine Morning Glories not growing well anywhere, they are so invasive. I pull 75% of them as they make their way everywhere and their roots are so freak'n long. They are to the point where I don't even have to reseed, they just come back up in the spring from their own seeds. I have them in all colors including bi and tri colors.

I've never had any luck with growing green onions. I obliviously am doing something wrong, don't have luck with garlic either. Now Chive I have a nice invasive plot growing, they have pretty purple flowers too.
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Green onions, are the one thing that grows well out here. I buy the sets, stick them in the ground, and they seem to grow. Tomato's not so much, they practically bake right on the plant!
 
betty rose

betty rose

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Gabe1 said:
Well I am you today anyhow. I am normally pretty handy just not today. I decided to change a flat on my bike, never ever have I had a bike have a flat. Cars ya. I decided to change bike brake pads too. Well tire is still flat and brakes are real messed up.

Sometimes I think I should listen to the voices that say ask for help, ask for help.
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We had bike to work, yesterday. People got caught in all the street flooding...along with cars.
 

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