On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:34:24 -0700, Fly-by-Night CC calmly ranted:
I gave up Xmas a decade ago for that same reason: total commercialization/hype.
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On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:22:51 -0700, "Harvey Chute" calmly ranted:
Do a Google search on rec.woodworking for "bonfire", Harv.
That's great.
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Threaten to buy her a vacuum cleaner, mop and steam iron for Xmas. Or you could ask her if she'd like to stand ther in person w/ a broom for Halloween! Yep, that'll take her mind off the yard art!
Next time you see her w/ a broom > I have fond memories of Christmas yard art from my childhood, so recently
Got one in the BACK yard . . . to go along with the flock of Pink Flamingos. {'tacky' is the not-so-cheap plastic ones . . . these are 'cute' and distract from the rusty garden shed}
Also a Shark along the raised bed veggie garden, a Lighthouse in the flower garden, and two Anchors attached to the gate.
Of course when the guy across the street {with the idiot skateboarders}puts up his 8 foot dirty 'Snowman' {Geeze, at least 'refresh' the paint}. . . I keep thinking 'Shotgun !!'.
Regards, Ron Magen Backyard Boatshop
"Norman D. Crow" wrote
Na it should be SWTSMBO, then you can get on with it!
Don't they have some of them toilet planters up there too?
IIRC, that was in S. Louisiana where I was raised. New thing in E. Texas is nailing "Dixie Chicks" CD's to the fence posts as reflectors for your driveway.
Don't know that I have ever seen that. When we left Sunfish, Kentucky in 1955 to move to Louisville we still had an outhouse. It was a two-holer that my Dad built. He didn't have a saw to cut the holes so he used a brace and bit and bored a series of holes, then just knocked the center out. When you got off the seat you had a serrated edge around your butt.
Dick "these are the good old days" Durbin
Some men just live more dangerously...or, are you sure you aren't single, gramps?
Dan
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