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by oldfart
Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:37 am
Forum: Off Topic Discussions
Topic: The power of prayer....:)
Replies: 9
Views: 9918

Re: The power of prayer....:)

Part 2. So....under my home is 60ft. of sewer line..with a serious clog...or more like froze. And I've got the biggest plunger sold to mortal man...with a piece of rebar thru the handle so I can step on it an REALLY get me some pressure. See, I figger if I kin just send one little stream of hot wate...
by oldfart
Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:25 am
Forum: Off Topic Discussions
Topic: The power of prayer....:)
Replies: 9
Views: 9918

The power of prayer....:)

Now now now folks hold on....I ain't gonna git all preachy on ya'll! I just wanted to tell ya'll a story with a moral to it. A few weeks ago here in south-central Pa. we had the coldest weather I've seen since I bought my home. It went down to 3 (three) degrees! Folks...I ain't never been in weather...
by oldfart
Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:04 am
Forum: Off Topic Discussions
Topic: Nasty weather here in Pa.!
Replies: 1
Views: 2561

Nasty weather here in Pa.!

Well folks just dropping a line to say hello to everyone. I know it's been a spell since I wrote but things is hectic in the bakery. We're on our 3rd. new manager in 4 months...and it don't look like this one is gonna last. I'm on 6 nights a week for a while to come yet. The only project I'm working...
by oldfart
Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:56 am
Forum: Off Topic Discussions
Topic: Whew...finally made it past the login!
Replies: 16
Views: 13620

Re: Whew...finally made it past the login!

I'll be danged..it worked!! I'm baaaaack! :) Audie...
by oldfart
Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:55 am
Forum: Off Topic Discussions
Topic: Whew...finally made it past the login!
Replies: 16
Views: 13620

Re: Whew...finally made it past the login!

Howdy folks! Well now don't this beat all. I didn't have to log in....go figger? Soon as I clicked on the sight I can post. At least I think I kin. Lemme post this one an see if it works...! Audie...the Oldfart..
by oldfart
Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:48 am
Forum: Off Topic Discussions
Topic: Things I'd do differently..
Replies: 8
Views: 5167

Re: Things I'd do differently..

Well now Groo ya might have a point about the high hooters. Beins as how I'm 6ft. 3 I think the added height would be easier to git off of the seat. I'll use the handicap one in at work tonight when I read the new Guns&Ammo an get back to ya! :) An Greg...never..ever..again. I think I've been wo...
by oldfart
Mon Oct 04, 2010 9:15 am
Forum: Off Topic Discussions
Topic: Things I'd do differently..
Replies: 8
Views: 5167

Re: Things I'd do differently..

When I gutted the hallway and ceiling why didn't I run the wiring for a back porch light and mebbe a shut-off switch/kill for the furnace??? (like all the newer homes) I dunno. It would have been so easy then. A light in the middle of the hallway wired to use from either end (2-way lighting) would h...
by oldfart
Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:57 am
Forum: Off Topic Discussions
Topic: Things I'd do differently..
Replies: 8
Views: 5167

Things I'd do differently..

Well folks had a moment here while supper is cookin' and I just thought I'd drop a line. Anyways, I got to thinkin' about things I'd do differently...as concerns remodeling/repairing these homes. Now I've puddy much rebuilt this ole 1970s.w. but if I could do it all over agin here's some things I'd ...
by oldfart
Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:39 am
Forum: Off Topic Discussions
Topic: I'm gonna shoot him...just a little!
Replies: 4
Views: 3380

Re: I'm gonna shoot him...just a little!

why didn't you just put a piece of upside down sticky floor tile with paper removed right next to the vent....you caught a cat that way.... :D ha ha still think this could be patented....sherry Sherry...actually as crazy as it sounds...I did try that! He croaked before he walked on the upturned flo...
by oldfart
Sun Sep 26, 2010 9:28 am
Forum: Off Topic Discussions
Topic: I'm gonna shoot him...just a little!
Replies: 4
Views: 3380

I'm gonna shoot him...just a little!

Well folks I realize I haven't been writing of late but I've been on 6 nights a week since ....August.(?) I still stop in to read though! Anyways...after getting off work last Sat. morn at 3a.m. I drove down to Waldorf, Md. to go crabbin'. Got home around noon and plopped down in the livingroom to p...
by oldfart
Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:35 am
Forum: Off Topic Discussions
Topic: OMG!!!!! Flea infestation...HELP!
Replies: 12
Views: 28666

Re: OMG!!!!! Flea infestation...HELP!

Well Yanita..no sign lately of Chubbie. But she might be havin' kittens somewheres even as we speak an she'll come by and show them to me. I haven't seen Gump either which is HIGHLY unusual. I can't believe even a wiley coyote could sneak up on that paranoid skitzo! Seen a black/calico today and a g...
by oldfart
Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:29 am
Forum: Off Topic Discussions
Topic: Oldfart
Replies: 1
Views: 2200

Re: Oldfart

Mom, I just saw this post today!! Now don't you be afraid to try "trailer living"! I thouroughly enjoy it. Mind ye there's not an excess of room but my needs are puddy simple. As well the taxes are low. ($400. per year) My elec. bill runs $30 a month and a tank of fuel will usually get me ...
by oldfart
Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:43 am
Forum: Off Topic Discussions
Topic: OMG!!!!! Flea infestation...HELP!
Replies: 12
Views: 28666

Re: OMG!!!!! Flea infestation...HELP!

Well folks thanks for all the ideas and encouragement. Todays update...I've only seen 2 fleas in the last 3 weeks!! HUZZAHH! I may have brought them in from outside. Anyways, got collars on the cats I could catch and now due to the local coyote/owl/hawk population I'm down to just 2 cats. Ones a bli...
by oldfart
Mon Jul 12, 2010 7:40 am
Forum: Off Topic Discussions
Topic: OMG!!!!! Flea infestation...HELP!
Replies: 12
Views: 28666

Re: OMG!!!!! Flea infestation...HELP!

Well fellers this certainly has been a trial. I bombed the house twict...and I'm fixin' to wear out a vacume cleaner. Seems the real trick is vacume..vacume..vacume..then do it some more. The bombs kill most of the critters but the eggs hatch again and the vacume snatches 'em up. Put a flea coller i...
by oldfart
Sat Jul 03, 2010 4:05 am
Forum: Off Topic Discussions
Topic: OMG!!!!! Flea infestation...HELP!
Replies: 12
Views: 28666

Re: OMG!!!!! Flea infestation...HELP!

Folks, oddly enough I haven't found a flea in the bedroom. Could be the A/C in there bothers them. (cool/low humidity) The main problem area is the livingroom. (carpeted) I'll still fumigate it with the mattress&boxsprings setting upright to allow the fumes to get everywhere. I'd hate to have to...