Welcome Friends, foes and associates to the completely remodeled Free Republic...
Smoker's Lounge
Posted on 05/03/2002 9:57:12 AM PDT by Just another Joe
Welcome Friends, foes and associates to the completely remodeled Free Republic...
Smoker's Lounge
Here you will find a comfy place to smoke, drink, joke or whatever. We always have a great time, so sit back, relax and...
I am downloading the player again just in case something got screwed up some how.
I like the mouse so I would like to hear the music too.
I think it sounds like a wonderful plan and to top it off, it sounds like a lot of fun.
I spent a few summers in Houston with my grandparents and I always had a good time.
Have to head off to dinner now.
See you later.
Sounds like you had a great granny there, Tex.
"Certainly, sir. That'll be 1 cent."
"ONE CENT!" exclaimed the guy.
The barman replied, "Yes."
So the guy glances over at the menu, and he asks, "Could I have a nice juicy T-bone steak, with chips, peas, and a fried egg?"
"Certainly, sir," replies the bartender, "but all that comes to real money."
"How much money?" inquires the guy.
"Four cents," he replies.
"FOUR cents!" exclaims the guy. "Where's the guy who owns this place?"
The barman replies, "Upstairs with my wife."
The guy says, "What's he doing with your wife?"
The bartender replies, "Same thing I'm doing to his business."
I'm more of a dog person, but you can't beat a cat when it comes to rodents.
I remember once when my mother had a squirrel in her cellar.
We came to visit with our dog, fearless squirrel stalker, she'd sit for hours staring up a telephone pole at the squirrel sitting up top.
We sent the dog down the cellar to do combat.
She immediately ran to the top of the cellar stairs and clawed at the door, begging to be let out.
I could be wrong, but I think a cat might be a little more cold-hearted in this situation.
We had a big neutered male Siamese who passed away at the age of 22 about 12 years ago. He was such a ruthless squirrel killer that I finally had to keep him indoors because he would lie in wait under the trees, snatch and kill a squirrel when it came down into the yard, then rush into the house with his trophy as soon as the door opened, upsetting everyone and making a mess on the floor. His successor, a large apricot-colored persian refugee from the animal shelter is death to rodents, but I prefer that he confine himself to mice as hunting items, since they are not well liked. Squirrels are rather cute and clever.
My Dad died three years ago (age 78), and I've been thinking ever since that his generation was the last link we have with the no bullshit generation (for the most part - there was that Alger Hiss, Roosevelt thing). The baby-boomers (me) have one foot there, and one foot in the whiney wimp generation. The last, weak, itty-bitty link.
Gotta keep the spark alive.
Well Joe has been gone so long, I am also going to have to help myself to the bar now...
Put this one on my tab Joe!
Here in the northeast, squirrels are kind of on a par with rats.
I remember when I was a kid my parents' being plagued by squirrels.
If the trees overhang the house and you miss trimming the right branches, they form a squirrel bridge. They burrow into the house, get inside, can damage the wiring and cause fires.
Keep the trees or declare jihad on the squirrels? No contest.
I'm kind of torn though, because I don't hate squirrels. I enjoy them if they're not destroying my house and will actually go out of my way to avoid running over them with my car and all.
Sigh, life is so complicated.Buy you a goodnight drink, Tex? Gotta get up early tomorrow and start stripping another door.
Thanks for the good conversation.
Good luck on the new house.
Cats.
That Siamese of ours killed small snakes, too-one Spring night we were all watching a movie on TV at twilight when the cat meowed to be let in, so I opened the screen door, and sat back down on the couch. The cat sat down in front of my daughter's chair, and when she put her feet down, she screamed blue murder when she encountered something cold and squishy-a dead snake. Another reason why he was ultimately confined to the house...
Squirrels aren't as aggressive a pest here, probably because the winters are not so cold. Where we are moving, they are not an issue at all-miles and miles of habitat and not many humans. Good luck with your door-I will be working tomorrow on finishing the stairs to the second floor (which really look bitchin' so far....) Thanks for the good wishes.
Goodnight all -
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