tloonya
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Post by tloonya on May 12, 2014 9:20:13 GMT -5
Lots of Jews climb Camelback. No shit.
That's part of why he's funny, because he acts like he's blazing new trails even when he's doing some pretty normal stuff.
My husband telling people he can screw in the light bulb and people are dying laughing...because everyone knows - he can't!
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tallguy
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Post by tallguy on May 12, 2014 19:29:49 GMT -5
To be honest, I probably can't either. My "magic" in that area doesn't extend quite that far. Tell you what, though..., if someone can get me INTO the light bulb I'll give it a helluva shot!
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tloonya
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Post by tloonya on May 13, 2014 9:26:19 GMT -5
To be honest, I probably can't either. My "magic" in that area doesn't extend quite that far. Tell you what, though..., if someone can get me INTO the light bulb I'll give it a helluva shot!
And are you jewish ? I remember when I asked DH to vacuum and found him standing next to the vacuum cleaner after 5 min doing nothing - he said 'you didn't show me how to turn it on'. But I had learned from Mom - if you want DH to rush home after work - do not fuck his brain with housework. She had never worked though...
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Post by tskeeter on May 13, 2014 11:08:22 GMT -5
Mr. Handyman - they charge by the hour and can do any job. I've used them for a multitude of things. and just because a person can do something, doesn't mean they want to do something. I'm at a point in my life where I'd really rather just pay someone else to do things that I'm perfectly capable of doing but really don't want to. also, I can't imagine asking my neighbors to give up a few hours of their time - they do have their own lives - to install something for me when I can either do it myself or hire someone. I swear we live in two completely opposite worlds. I'm in the country and neighbors are always helping each other out here. Last year my house flooded the day before Easter and I only called one person for help, but within an hour every able bodied person within a mile was there pulling carpet, running pumps and with bobcats to move snow away from where it was damming up. Some were there until 2am on Easter Sunday even though they had dinners they were hosting or travel the next morning. I help them out whenever I can too. I spend a lot of time on hay wagons in the summer and lately I've been pimping my 12 year old out to help another neighbor milk since his wife had surgery and can't lift anything. Another neighbor is low on hay and I gave him 50 bales last week to get him through. Lately I've been pondering downsizing and moving to town because I really can't afford to stay, but I worry about it being like you describe where everyone just kind of lives there own lives and is just on nodding acquaintance with their neighbors. I think I'd miss the sense of community. Then again, on Desperate Housewives the neighbors were always helping each other out, so maybe I shoot for suburbia instead of town. MPL, I don't think you need to worry much. It is MN, after all. Where all the children are above average, all the women are beautiful, the men are handsome, people you don't know wave, and every Scandinavian is a handyman just waiting to show off his stuff. My brother, who lived in Plymouth, just off of 169, had the water meter freeze up and break during that multi week spell of -20 and -10 temps several years ago. While we were on a ski trip. His neighbor realized there was a problem when he saw the water running out the basement door. When I asked if he was going to head home early to clean things up, he said "No. Gary has everything under control. He's got the water shut off, pulled up the carpet and gotten it out of the house, has cleaned up the water, and has fans running to dry things out.". You don't need to be out on the farm to have your neighbors lend a hand when you need some help.
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truthbound
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Post by truthbound on May 14, 2014 4:15:11 GMT -5
What don't you know about the Yellow Pages? Just pick one. Maybe ask people from your area for recommendations. Although, changing a faucet is something you should be able to do yourself. It really isn't that bad. Seriously. How is some internets stranger on the other side of the world going to pick a plumber for them?
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Post by plugginaway22 on May 14, 2014 6:21:01 GMT -5
"But I had learned from Mom - if you want DH to rush home after work - do not fuck his brain with housework"
OK this will be my post of the century.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2014 18:27:17 GMT -5
I swear we live in two completely opposite worlds. I'm in the country and neighbors are always helping each other out here. Last year my house flooded the day before Easter and I only called one person for help, but within an hour every able bodied person within a mile was there pulling carpet, running pumps and with bobcats to move snow away from where it was damming up. Some were there until 2am on Easter Sunday even though they had dinners they were hosting or travel the next morning. I help them out whenever I can too. I spend a lot of time on hay wagons in the summer and lately I've been pimping my 12 year old out to help another neighbor milk since his wife had surgery and can't lift anything. Another neighbor is low on hay and I gave him 50 bales last week to get him through. Lately I've been pondering downsizing and moving to town because I really can't afford to stay, but I worry about it being like you describe where everyone just kind of lives there own lives and is just on nodding acquaintance with their neighbors. I think I'd miss the sense of community. Then again, on Desperate Housewives the neighbors were always helping each other out, so maybe I shoot for suburbia instead of town. MPL, I don't think you need to worry much. It is MN, after all. Where all the children are above average, all the women are beautiful, the men are handsome, people you don't know wave, and every Scandinavian is a handyman just waiting to show off his stuff. My brother, who lived in Plymouth, just off of 169, had the water meter freeze up and break during that multi week spell of -20 and -10 temps several years ago. While we were on a ski trip. His neighbor realized there was a problem when he saw the water running out the basement door. When I asked if he was going to head home early to clean things up, he said "No. Gary has everything under control. He's got the water shut off, pulled up the carpet and gotten it out of the house, has cleaned up the water, and has fans running to dry things out.". You don't need to be out on the farm to have your neighbors lend a hand when you need some help. True. I thought of this thread today when I came home. My garden was all tilled and the winter manure pile behind the barn was hauled away. The neighbors swooped in while I was at work apparently.
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