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11055. The Summer Woman - 8/19/2004 2:21:56 PM "snakebit" means the same thing as "in a slump" 11056. Macnas - 8/19/2004 4:30:41 PM So copperheads are dangerous?
I'm getting rid of the Duracel right now. 11057. Magoseph - 8/19/2004 8:01:00 PM I don't remember any summer here when we had to put the heat on at nigh in mid-August. We'll feel cheated if we don't have an Indian summer this fall.
Hello, Mac.
11058. Macnas - 8/19/2004 10:17:02 PM Hello Mago. 11059. judithathome - 8/19/2004 11:03:00 PM Mac, that battery humor was really funny! 11060. Ms. No - 8/19/2004 11:55:33 PM Arky,
It's cats that like to get into your car. I had a Black Widow in mine once, too --- this was the old Rambler, not my current car.
I'm having one of those hugely coincidental moments because I found the Black Widow when a friend of mine was helping me push the Rambler somewhere. D was sitting inside the car for a minute and when he got out there was a Black Widow on his back which freaked me out but he was as calm as you please. At the time I didn't know that they weren't deadly poisonous to a grown man since I grew up with dire warnings about them.
Anyway, the weird thing is that I had a dream last night that I called this friend and had a whole conversation where he said nothing. I could tell he was there because I could hear him smoking at the other end of the line.
That's the extent of the coincidence --- had a dream about an old friend I haven't seen in years and then you have the Black Widow story that reminds me of mine in which this friend was involved.
Life's funny that way sometimes. 11061. Marshame - 8/20/2004 12:01:33 AM I never pictured Resonance as the type to sport a mullet. But then, what do I know. 11062. Ms. No - 8/20/2004 12:09:56 AM I'm laughing over the dire threats of childhood a bit and wondering if they're the same for most Southern children: Black Widows, Copperheads, Cottonmouths, Mushrooms and to a lesser extent Poison Ivy.
Granted, the snakes could kill a child, but as I pointed out Black Widows aren't usually deadly. I've no idea what the percentage is of deadly mushrooms commonly found but I would imagine that it's no greater than the threat of death by spider bite. I never had any run-ins with Poison Ivy, but I remember freaking out about various plants when other kids would warn "Careful! That's Poison Ivy!" and we'd all give a wide berth as if it could shoot its spores at us from yards away.
The summer I was 5 we were living out in the boonies and my dad killed a copperhead with a shovel out by the barn. He was turning some compost or something and I was going out to tell him lunch was ready and he said "Stop!" so I froze and he started chopping the shovel straight down like a guillotine. He wouldn't let me come and look at it either and the grass was just high enough that I couldn't see much.
I don't remember the place as being all that dangerous although my brother and I both got our first permanent scars while living there. Even now, when my mother thinks back on it she gets sick to her stomach thinking about all the things she was afraid of there --- snakes and rats and spiders and ticks possibly carrying Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and stray country dogs and a 400lb sow and getting lost in the woods and falling into the pond and being 20 miles from medical help and having no car if my dad was away. Our nearest neighbors were about a 1/4 or 1/2 mile down the road but they were extremely creepy.
Lucky I was a kid and just didn't notice most of this stuff. 11063. Macnas - 8/20/2004 12:51:12 AM Marshame? well howdy!
I'm a gone home type of fellow, so see yez all next week. 11064. judithathome - 8/20/2004 1:45:17 AM Well, hi there, Marshame...long time no read!
What Res has isn't my take on a mullet...it's just long hair. As you know, I live in Fort Worth and see lots of NASCAR aficionados so I know whereof I speak.
11065. judithathome - 8/20/2004 1:53:14 AM I'm going later this afternoon with a friend to a new gift shop/tearoom set-up near my home to see about renting a small space to sell some of my antiques. Trying not to get too excited about it but we'll see what they have to offer in the way of rents.
One good thing about this place as opposed to a mall is that I wouldn't have to work there at all, just keep my shelves stocked. All you do is pay rent and the owner takes care of the transactions and sends you a check. 11066. The Summer Woman - 8/20/2004 3:55:08 AM judithathome - Do you have wonderful antiques? I can't seem to part even with the ones I do not like. I am punished by the clutter for my sins. 11067. judithathome - 8/20/2004 4:03:32 AM These are some I had left over from my former business. We have a lot of stuff in our home but I'm holding on to most of it until we are forced by age or infirmity to sell them and move to the "home".
The things I will take to this place for selling are mostly framed old photographs and "smalls"...porcelain objects and odds and ends. I like off-beat things, mostly. 11068. The Summer Woman - 8/20/2004 4:19:01 AM I will have to avoid your stall then. I have a penchant for oddities and porcelaine also. And when i get them home, I ignore them and let them gather dust. 11069. The Summer Woman - 8/20/2004 4:19:34 AM Is Mr. Pelle the host of the hosts here? 11070. judithathome - 8/20/2004 4:27:41 AM Yes, dust is the final punishment of the collector. I call it "patina", however.
Pelle is one of the top dogs...MsNo and Arky are the other two and Wabbit is in a class all her own. 11071. The Summer Woman - 8/20/2004 4:35:17 AM Wabbit is a woman!
11072. Ms. No - 8/20/2004 4:38:03 AM And what a woman she is! 11073. The Summer Woman - 8/20/2004 4:39:30 AM Okay. But I must address this to Mr. Pelle.
Mr. Pelle -
You complained that "The Summer Woman" was too awkward for purposes of addressing me. I asked if you might suggest something shorter, and you came up with "Summer". I don't want to hurt your feelings, but would it be okay if I used "sukey" instead? It's shorter than "Summer".
p.s. And I did not cheat and google the answers to your quiz! 11074. The Summer Woman - 8/20/2004 4:40:13 AM I must get to know ms. no and Wabbit better...
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