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The Hobbit Hole XXXVI - O! Water cold we may pour at need...

Posted on 05/03/2008 8:48:06 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog

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To: Corin Stormhands

Caturday spammich


3,301 posted on 07/12/2008 7:35:57 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: ExGeeEye

AAACKK! Precious thief!

(nicely snaiged)


3,302 posted on 07/12/2008 7:36:43 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: g'nad; Overtaxed; Corin Stormhands; HairOfTheDog

Good Morning All.

RIP Tony Snow, called home before his time.

Seems like the 40 percent chance of precip is a sure thing today. Gypsy got her walk and we just finished up deadheading the daylilies. They have been beautiful this year, even more so than most years.

Breaking in the AR sounds like a very reasonable substitute for zapping weeds in the pasture. Let us know how the EBR is faring.

Sorry to hear about Abbeycat. Seems a shame the leg won’t heal.

If the front drops the temps to the 70s we might be able to do some more staining today. It really helps if the windows are open, helps dry the stain and knocks the fumes to a miminal braincell damage level, or so we hope.

We do like Caturdays, yes we do.


3,303 posted on 07/12/2008 7:49:29 AM PDT by osagebowman
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To: Corin Stormhands
Fortunately, they’re in her car today.

Ah good... so it will be some other dad's tow and repair bill. :~)

Bless Abby's heart.

3,304 posted on 07/12/2008 7:55:23 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Corin Stormhands
Rest in peace Tony Snow.

Yeah... incentive to get checked out at my next annual checkup.

3,305 posted on 07/12/2008 8:19:38 AM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Slide.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Oh, man. That just sucks.


3,306 posted on 07/12/2008 8:27:18 AM PDT by JenB
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That was the first news I saw when I logged onto FR. A very sad way to start a weekend.


3,307 posted on 07/12/2008 9:58:47 AM PDT by darkangel82 (If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. (Say no to RINOs))
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To: HairOfTheDog

Heh...she’s got a pretty decent car, but yeah. They’ll have to call her dad if something happens.

Abby’s just sort of pitiful. She came out a little bit last night and Jr. and the Mrs. held her for a while. But she’s not a happy cat.


3,308 posted on 07/12/2008 10:04:37 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear; HairOfTheDog; SuziQ; g'nad; osagebowman; LSAggie; Overtaxed; JenB; Lil'freeper; ..
Yeah... incentive to get checked out at my next annual checkup.

Yeah, it's already on my "to do before summer is over" list. Me especially since I already have a history.

Disturbing realization today is that when I went out to do yard work, I made it about an hour and a half before I had to quit. I just can't do what I used to. I cannot mentally or physically stand the thought of going back out to do more work.

It's a little disconcerting. I don't think it's ~just~ age. I told the Mrs. that perhaps because we've been running so hard, really since before last summer when we didn't have a vacation, that maybe when we stopped last week it was such as shock to our system that we just haven't quite recovered yet.

I've consoled myself with the thought that I can do an hour or so a day, and that I'll not be heading off to rehearsals in September and October.

3,309 posted on 07/12/2008 10:10:32 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: no one in particular
funny pictures
moar funny pictures
3,310 posted on 07/12/2008 10:36:10 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands

Yeah, I hate that like heck! I haven’t read yet exactly what killed him. I think he was in remission from the cancer, but someone linked to his last FR post in late May, which mentioned a bowel obstruction.


3,311 posted on 07/12/2008 10:56:05 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Corin Stormhands; Bear_in_RoseBear
It's hell getting old, ain't it? *snort* I suspect the heat and humidity are playing a part, as well. We aren't operating too efficiently these last couple of weeks, either.

But today is a GREAT day! The local semi-pro baseball team, in conjunction with Sony is having an electronics dump day at Holy Cross College. We've spent the last couple of hours bringing old, big honking monitors (5) and computer boxes (7) down from the attic, not to mention many and varied sets of speakers and Sir Kit's original Allied turntable from the first stereo he bought 40 years ago. It hasn't worked in 20 years, and we'd just stuck it up in the attic. This is saving well over $100 in what it would have cost us to have someone pick all this up and haul it away! It also helped to clean 1/4 of the stuff out of the attic, which we were going to have to do at some point, anyway. The stuff that's left up there is mostly packing materials which we'll use as we're packing to move.

3,312 posted on 07/12/2008 1:39:47 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Corin Stormhands
Just dang. We had Tony Snow in the Detroit area as a columnist and radio talker until he went big time. Just from the tone of his voice you could tell he was a genuine nice guy.

Now I consider myself a nice guy (you have to be, working a hospital help desk), but I, even as a nice guy, would have bitch-slapped some of the people Tony dealt with.

That excludes Helen Thomas, who looks like someone got to her a long time ago. Peter Jackson would need no special effects if he needed a female troll.

3,313 posted on 07/12/2008 1:58:01 PM PDT by 300winmag (Deterrence is an activity, Destruction is a profession)
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but I, even as a nice guy, would have bitch-slapped some of the people Tony dealt with.

ROTFL!! Yeah, the word 'forebearance' came to mind quite often, when watching him deal with the White House press corps.

3,314 posted on 07/12/2008 4:15:09 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: osagebowman

Ok....energy film up. I’m afraid there’s some of Miss Cat’s fur stuck to thesunroom.


3,315 posted on 07/12/2008 4:18:45 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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Heh, glad to hear that you got it up. Is it the clear stuff or the shiny side stuff? It is amazing sometimes why our various animals aren’t bald the way they shed hair.

Greycat has discovered our porch swing and has decided it makes an excellent place to nap. He’s been sawing logs out there most of the afternoon.


3,316 posted on 07/12/2008 4:34:13 PM PDT by osagebowman
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It’s the clear stuff. I’ll see how it does tomorrow when it’s supposed to be sunny. Guess I should do the other two “walls” next. I have enough stuff left to do the windows on the SW side....they’re little windows.

Like I said - a cat bed and breakfast.


3,317 posted on 07/12/2008 5:11:41 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed; 300winmag; Lil'freeper; HairOfTheDog; Bear_in_RoseBear; All

Have I been censored by LOLcats?

I posted my latest in this post: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2010712/posts?page=3310#3310

Right now, it’s not showing up for me here, or on my blog. If you go to the main site, pictures show up. But if I log into my account, none of the pictures I made or favorited show anything but a red x.

Tinfoil anyone?


3,318 posted on 07/12/2008 7:10:02 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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Have I been censored by LOLcats?

I dunno. Maybe they're starting to use some non-linkable HTML to cut down on bandwidth.

Here's an example just pasting the properties of their latest pic:

Here it is, using their copy-and-paste sample HTML:

cat
more cat pictures

Sorry, I just don't think they like you.

3,319 posted on 07/12/2008 7:54:13 PM PDT by 300winmag (Deterrence is an activity, Destruction is a profession)
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I’m wondering if I’m a bit paranoid because my last two were digs at Obama. I can see all the other pictures on the site.

Just not mine.


3,320 posted on 07/12/2008 7:57:33 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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