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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Jun 19, 2024 13:03:06 GMT -5
One of those days when
Going to mow a little while it's not blazing hot but
- Riding mower wouldn't start.
Okay that sucks but it wasnt urgent yet.
Mixed up insecticide for skeeters and Japanese beetles to spray house and yard but
- Pull trigger on brand new sprayer battery is dead.
I'm not starting to feel like the Lord hath foresaken Me. Let's at least go to Lowe's and pick up a bale of straw for the grass seed I put down a few days ago and have watered twice a day everyday with nothing coming up.
- They don't have the bales of straw.
They did however have BAGS of "seeding straw" for only $15 more. So I got it and headed home. Being careful not to speed, cross the yellow line, whiteine, run any lights or follow anyone too closely. Made it home without incident. WINNING.
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Post by minx on Jun 19, 2024 13:31:10 GMT -5
You know it's one of those weeks when...
You're supposed to leave work on Monday, but get so far behind that you end up staying 45 min late to get partially caught up.
In the midst of the Monday madness, you mom calls. Says she doesn't feel well and would like you to cancel your visit for the end of the week. Then changes her mind mid-call and says come up.
You spend almost an hour on the phone later discussing mom. She wasn't feeling well because she had heat exhaustion. Why you ask? She hadn't turned on the damn AC unit!!! (Well, then I'm cold if I go into the kitchen. Sigh. This is why all of us have purchased many nice warm shawls that you can easily toss on and off ya know.) But mom is feeling better. Sister plans on going upstairs every 2 hours to check AC.
So log back into work, cancel leave for the end of this week.
Tuesday, roll out of bed at 3:35am after having gone to bed at midnight. Make it to the precinct at 4:30am to discover we've been locked out.
Spend 16 hours (from arrival to leaving) at the same place. Fortunately, our precinct crew have worked together for a long time and we all like each other, so not as bad as you'd think.
Get paperwork checked in at 9pm, get home at 9:30, and CANNOT FALL ASLEEP!!!
Wednesday - wake up with huge headache. All activities cancelled. Not a problem, as I'm going to nap.
I say we cancel the rest of the week, sit in a cabana by a nice cool pool. We can take dips in the pool as needed and leave for snacks and cold ones.
What say you John? Forget the damn lawn and bugs!
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Jun 19, 2024 13:41:13 GMT -5
Make it a shady cove on the lake and you've got a deal!
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Post by minx on Jun 19, 2024 13:45:30 GMT -5
As long as their ain't no bugs, and we're not at Lake Anna, I'm in!
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Jun 19, 2024 14:27:58 GMT -5
Lol what's a little irradiated ecoli between friends?
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Post by minx on Jun 20, 2024 9:42:03 GMT -5
Yeah, but the water looks green - I want some nice fresh water if there's any left in the US.
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Jun 20, 2024 9:57:11 GMT -5
There's 10,000 of them in Minnesota.
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Post by minx on Jun 20, 2024 12:07:12 GMT -5
Along with ten million mosquitoes. Bring that sprayer!
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Jun 20, 2024 13:17:38 GMT -5
Oh dang I forgot about that. We used to get ate the fugg up on our summer vacations up there. It was beyond ridiculous and we went through many a can of OFF.
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Jun 20, 2024 16:02:28 GMT -5
You know what blows my mind? It's supposed to be 10 degrees hotter this weekend than it is right now.
Have been fixing the mower 5 minutes at a time here n there all day for a total of maybe 45 minutes. It's in the garage, in the shade, a fan running full blast right next to me, and I am soaked as if I fell in the pool.
Know what else blows my mind? I got the mower to run but I couldn't tell you how.
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Post by minx on Jun 21, 2024 8:52:11 GMT -5
The Lawn Gods work in mysterious ways...
Co-worker is from India - temps are currently averaging 125-130 a day!
And most folks out there can't afford AC. He said his family is doing okay so far, but it's hard for him to be so far away - he's feeling a lot of guilt that he's not there to help out more even though there's not much he could do to help out.
Makes me not want to whine, but I'm going to anyway...
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Jun 21, 2024 10:00:10 GMT -5
Here we sit in our air conditioned homes, workplaces, etc bitching and moaning about the heat. I always felt worse for the folks working outdoors day after day in this crap. The empathy comes from experience.
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Jun 22, 2024 14:35:39 GMT -5
One of those days when
The po po knocks on your door at quarter to eight in the morning.
I ain't did muffin.
Apparently a car was stolen in the neighborhood early this morning and they were checking to ask if our cameras picked up anything. I was still sleeping so I only saw the ring notification of the cop at the door and called the sheriff's office when I got up rather than stress all day. Funny how I get triggered by cops at me door lol.
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Post by minx on Jun 23, 2024 11:48:36 GMT -5
Uh, no. If they need your camera footage, they can call. Ain't going to answer to someone knocking at the door before 8 without an appointment. But I am finding your story more than a tad suspicious. I saw the picture of the tiny terrorist with the leaf blower. I think you're hiding the suspect in a bedroom  |
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Post by k9krap on Jun 23, 2024 16:20:57 GMT -5
I don’t answer the door unless I’m expecting someone. And I’m never ever expecting anyone so I never answer the door. (Or the phone, for that matter, 🤣)
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