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    Found a great use for pallet forks

    I managed to move a huge stump using my grapple that I thought was too heavy for my fel to lift. I managed to move it very carefully but afterwards found the damage it did to my fel and grapple. Now to try to figure out the best way to repair it.
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    What type of gun is this?

    Well, if they keep more drugs than that in their bedroom, they deserve to be arrested.
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    Found a great use for pallet forks

    I don't know what you call very low pressure. I keep 10# in my rear tires quite often in muddy areas for more traction but if I put 10# in my front tires with a load like that and took a sharp turn, the tire would come loose from the rim.
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    What type of gun is this?

    They were after a drug dealer and caught him with this in his possession. They weren't looking for a terrorist. This is just a photo of what they found in his possession. If they had removed some of the extra magazines, it obviously would not have shown what he was caught with. Someone who...
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    Sleep apnea, CPAPs and other sleep health solutions.

    My wife complained that sometimes when I was sleeping I would not breathe for a minute so I went to the doctor to get checked for sleep apnea. I slept overnight at the hospital with all the testing apparatus on and they found I had central sleep apnea and needed a bipap. Since I have been a...
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    Any One Else Eat Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth?

    My wife used it for years on our goats and horses as a wormer and it worked well. I have been tempted to try it because I would love thicker hair but,,,my gut instinct says use more conventional ways. I am positive that many non-traditional medications work miracles in many different ways and...
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    How about that Mississippi River!?

    The saltwater is only a problem in a few of the small towns far downriver from New Orleans. Remember, it takes a ship 7 hours to get down the river from New Orleans to the gulf. The river would have to drop a lot more before it became a problem for the main population centers of Louisiana. No...
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    How about that Mississippi River!?

    More photos: #1 Low water reveals many objects. #2 All the plastic bottles from up north. #3 A half loaded ship comes downriver. #4 Short movie clip that won't work until after midnight tonight. .
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    How about that Mississippi River!?

    For a few times in the last few years we have had to open spillways when the Mississippi got too high. This low is very unusual but we still have plenty of water in the river here, about 10 miles north of New Orleans. Photo 1 is downriver a couple miles from my house. #2 is tied up barges...
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    What type of gun is this?

    These were taken in a police raid. I am not familiar with the gun in the lower right corner. Can you tell me anything about it?
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    What teams will play in the next Superbowl?

    The Saints played a remarkable game this week, shutting out the raiders, with their top 3 players out with injuries. Never before have I seen a team with so many of their top players out injured in so many games. If none of their top players were out with injuries the rest of the season they...
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    Why is diesel so expensive?

    For many years after I started driving in the 1960s, diesel was cheaper than gas. In later years, diesel was changed to help the environment and it got to be 5 0r 10 cents a gallon higher than gas for quite a few years. Lately, it has gone crazy. Today, gas at the stations I usually go to is...
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    Found a great use for pallet forks

    What's that pink thing?
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    How hard are armadillos to kill?

    Armadillos are almost blind and are fairly easy to catch. When one is spotted walking leisurely around the yard stopping to nibble every now and then, you must sneak up behind it very quietly (impossible to do in the fall with crispy leaves on the ground) and grab the middle of its tail with a...
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    How to tell when to sell

    Considering I had a lot of damages from Hurricane Ida that I still have to write off this year, a profit from my sale would help my tax situation. Thanks to everyone for their help in making me make the right choice.
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    The members here are better off growing and eating a lot of garlic.👌👌

    Living in South Louisiana as I do, cooking without garlic is almost unheard of. We have plenty of garlic and plenty of garlic lovers, but since I have a black thumb, am I really required to grow it? PS We also have lots of cayenne peppers, filet, onions, and okra to go with our Cajun cooking.
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    How to tell when to sell

    I bought this 6 acre property 10 years ago with intentions to use it for a different purpose. Things came up and we were unable to use it for that purpose and have rented it out since then. I am getting older now and would like to make my life simpler, not having to worry about taking care of...
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    Foods you ate growing up that most folks don't eat today

    Japanese plum preserves and celeste fig preserves. My mother made them every year and put them up in those old fashioned mason type canning jars with the glass tops andT clamping lids. In Louisiana, we have the same type of blue crabs that they have in Maryland and the soft shell ones are quite...
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    Japanese plum trees, okra and tomatoes.

    Many years ago as I was growing up you could not go a block without seeing a Japanese plum tree, a celeste fig tree, or a cooking pear tree (all local names) in someone's front yard. In the back yard they had a mirliton vine and a blackberry bush in the far corner. If they liked gardening, they...
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    Bathroom tiling - regrouting - need Dremel tool with Cubitron for removing grout

    That might work well in Nevada, but in the Banana Republic of Louisiana, I would probably be heavily fined for not getting a building permit and the councilman's brother would get off scot-free for not being licensed.
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    As we age, Growing old is the most extreme sport.

    I'm 77 now and cannot stand up and put my pants on. I can stand on one leg a few seconds without a lot of practice. When I was 55 I could ride my horse standing in the saddle but I started losing my balance at 60 and had to stop racing my horse in shows for fear of falling. Now I still ride a...
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    Bathroom tiling - regrouting - need Dremel tool with Cubitron for removing grout

    I need to know the best way to remove the grout from my porcelain tile floor. My ex-contractor screwed it up badly during installation. He made the grout so watery that he just poured it on the floor and let it fill up the holes. After it dried it shrunk down so much that the holes were only...
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    Quick release battery terminals

    This one looks better and it is a few dollars cheaper at $6.80 right now...
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    Are prices like this everywhere?

    At least, with the high price of toilet paper, we don't have to be worried about so many homes getting rolled this Halloween.
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    Are prices like this everywhere?

    My truck is very heavy duty suspension with 8800 gross weight. If I jump up and down on the bumper it doesn't move. It has a camper top on it and was never used for heavy loads. We used it as a camper when we went trail riding in the Ozark mountains pulling a 3 horse trailer. The diesel was...
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    Are prices like this everywhere?

    I asked around but probably asked the wrong people if they thought I needed new shocks on my truck with about 130,000 miles on it. About 90% highway interstate miles. They all said definitely so I went ahead and ordered some new ones for the front since they are the easiest to change. I changed...
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    Are prices like this everywhere?

    ? I have seen dumb replies before but this takes the cake.
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    Things you could order over 50 years ago that you can't order now !

    w What were those used for?
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    Are prices like this everywhere?

    I believe that buying the cheapest home in a nice neighborhood is one of the best real estate investments. Having an expensive house in a neighborhood of low class homes is the worse. I bought my first home in 1973 for $15,000 in a neighborhood that everyone wanted to live in but it was the...
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    Are prices like this everywhere?

    I haven't had a loan in almost 50 years and I would be willing to bet my credit score is higher than yours. There isn't a day go by that I don't get mail telling me that they will give me $400 to $800 to apply for one of their credit cards that I am already approved for. I could easily give you...
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    Are prices like this everywhere?

    It worked.
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    Are prices like this everywhere?

    I accidently hit the Good Post button. I have not had a loan since I bought my first house in 1973 and paid it off by 1978. My credit score has been over 800 for many years. I would never pay interest on a loan to try to raise my credit score. I have credit cards that pay me back rebates and I...
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    Decomposing HUMAN remains can legally be used as compost from 2027 thanks to new California law aimed at tackling climate change

    I can see people showing off their gardens to others: "Maw Maw grows the best morning glories, but Paw Paw grows the best petunias. I don't know why Uncle Leroy grows nothing but crab grass"
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    Are prices like this everywhere?

    Our gas is down to $2.75 at my favorite stations.
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    Things you could order over 50 years ago that you can't order now !

    Another one you can't buy is Benzedrine inhalers. Benzedrex inhalers used to have benzedrine around 1950 but too many people started using them to get high.
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    Golf Carts

    Be careful, 12 volt batteries are larger than 6 volt ones and usually will not fit in the same enclosure and if sitting on top of the brackets that hold it in place, the seat may not close all the way.
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    Golf Carts

    Around here, golf courses used to buy their carts and sell them off as they starting giving more trouble than they were worth. Now they lease them all at once for about 4 or 5 years and get new ones from the lessor at the end of the lease. They are then brought back to the lessor, out of state...
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    Golf Carts

    I always recommend electric carts. You can get the best deal if you find one with batteries about 5 years ago that need replacing. No need to buy one with newer batteries at a higher cost if you are just going to throw the old batteries away to buy lithium ones. PS I think she will probably buy...
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    Are prices like this everywhere?

    I needed new tires on my 1995 F250 and Sams Club was the first place I looked because they usually have the best prices and the tire installation kit, including everything, is only $20 a tire. They were out of the size tires I needed and it would be 2 weeks to order them so I went online to...
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    Golf Carts

    Scootr, I have seen 48 volt lithium batteries but no 51 volt ones. Where do you get those batteries? Second, do you have to replace your stock charger with a $500 lithium charger? I have 2 Club Cars and an EZgo and have had carts for farm use for over 30 years and would like to replace my...
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    Left lane use on city street

    You're lucky. In New Orleans if they have road rage they shoot you.
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    One more "What is it?" thread about a 1995 Ford Diesel

    We had an unusual cold spell about 10 years ago and my truck cranked so slowly it wouldn't start. I wish I had known I had a block heater back then.
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    What does "free natural gas" really mean?

    IIRC, thingy wrote a few informative posts but a couple of the literary police complained about him using up all the commas,,, and then there was a big controversy,,, and thingy either quit or was expelled and most of his posts were erased.
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    One more "What is it?" thread about a 1995 Ford Diesel

    I went to replace my headlights and I saw this wire dangling that I had never noticed before. I bought the truck new so it is not aftermarket and I don't know what it is. Since it is a 120 volt plug the only think I could even think it might be is a heater for the diesel but it is not mentioned...
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    sleep

    I have had this part of your dream a few times.
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    What does "free natural gas" really mean?

    Oh, I see. I did not notice that a new member replied to a 15 year old thread. I guess thingy is gone for good.
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    What does "free natural gas" really mean?

    How can you find that zombie thread?
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    What does "free natural gas" really mean?

    thingy, nice to see you are back. I enjoyed many of your posts years ago. Haven't seen you on here in about 15 years.
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    LED Replacement headlights

    About 10 years ago I burned out a headlight in my 1995 Ford F250 diesel and wanted something brighter so I installed HID 6000K headlights. I probably don't drive it at night or with the headlights on 25 hours in a year. I tried everything I knew how to do but could not get the lights aimed...
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    sleep

    My most common nightmare is that I am backing my truck up and go to stop and find my brakes don't work. I'm going backwards downhill, faster and faster, trying to watch behind me and dodging the obstacles. Just before I crash I always wake up. My most common dream is that I am running along and...
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    What the heck are these?

    You win! For getting the correct answer you win the set of 3 chirp wheels. You can come pick them up or pay for postage and I will mail them to you.
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    How can a rifle smell like cigarettes?

    It's so strange that every year there are more non smoking laws and more types of cigarettes getting banned and at the same time more states legalizing marijuana. How many years will it be before cigarettes are completely banned and grass is legal everywhere? Then how many more years before...
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    What the heck are these?

    It's a mystery why my wife wanted one but after getting it she isn't interested in getting any more. Maybe a dogs foot warmer and a banana holder and a couple more things are worth $50 to someone but I rather buy a couple cases of beer.
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    What the heck are these?

    They are not contoured. They are much too large to be cupholders, measuring 12" 9" and 6" in diameter. I put the Google search app on my phone and tomorrow I will get one of them out and take a good photo and post it and see if Google search can figure out what it is.
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    What the heck are these?

    What really bothers me is why the hard smooth plastic on the inside but a soft rubber layer on the outside. There is no way you could put this in an oven without having burnt rubber smell everywhere and why would a funnel have a soft rubber coating on the outside? The little one looks exactly...
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    What the heck are these?

    My wife ordered one of those boxes of supposedly undeliverable items from Amazon and this was in it. Three circular items in various sizes, hard shiny plastic on the inside and rubber coating on the outside. The largest one is about 12 inches in diameter. I told her I would find out on the...
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    Air conditioner woes

    Condenser coils are non-moving parts that rarely go bad so consequently they are not stocked by most companies and have to be ordered from the manufacturer.
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    Things you could order over 50 years ago that you can't order now !

    Still got my unused cowboy knife collection. Don't remember how old it is though. I gave my prized Roy Rogers knife to my best friend who wanted it. Wish I had it back.
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    Burnouts Ruining Tires

    Besides being bad on your tires, aren't burnouts really bad on your brakes also? It seems it would wear the pads out quickly and, if long enough, boil your brake fluid ruining your master cylinder.
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    Things you could order over 50 years ago that you can't order now !

    I'd like to have that 1955 Ford Crown Victoria with the Continental kit.
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    Things you could order over 50 years ago that you can't order now !

    I like 5 Guys too. I just order the hamburger. I don't order fries because I fill up on peanuts.
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    Roy and Dale?

    I wouldn't have a Shetland pony if you paid me. They are the Pit Bull of Equines. Mean, hard to train, at times vicious, stupid, untrustworthy and, well..... I guess you can tell I don't like Shetland ponies. One of the smartest equines I ever had was a small coon-hunting mule. I couldn't...
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    Roy and Dale?

    Roy was one of my favorite heroes also. I rode a beautiful Palomino like Trigger in the Mardi Gras parades and was usually the lead horse in the group because of her looks and had to wear a white hat and clothes like Roy and even though I didn't resemble him much, it always made me feel great...
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    Who has a real windmill?

    Some of the ones we saw:
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    Rant on shipping

    The strange part is there were 2 suitcases, shipped together, at the same time. They took 3 days to get to Harahan LA which is right across the river from where I live. One was delivered the next day. The other one was shipped back to Memphis TN. where it stayed for 6 1/2 weeks before being...
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    Rant on shipping

    Here is a follow-up on the last post I posted here right above this one: We went on our next trip and got back on August 21. I still had not received my lost suitcase so we had to buy another one and new clothes for my wife. After many phone calls, emails and a certified letter I still had no...
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    Driver's License... What Vehicle did you use?

    My father's 1946 Packard. Standard trans, no turn signals, back in 1960.
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    Who has a real windmill?

    I just returned from a cruise in the United Kingdom and there were spots in the ocean where you could see over 300 of those new wind generators. Many far out at sea. It is amazing that they can transport the electricity back to shore.
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    Who has a real windmill?

    My parents bought a new windmill with a generator on it from Sears Roebuck in 1931 when they started to build their home. The power company put power in the area about the same time it was delivered so it was never used. About 30 years ago I gave the generator portion to a friend of mine. The...
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    Things you could order over 50 years ago that you can't order now !

    Preparation H with real shark liver oil in it that worked instead of today's version with corn oil.
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    What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

    Always look on the bright side of life
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    Are new discoveries always good?

    That is why DDT was not banned worldwide and is still used to fight malaria in countries in Africa and China and South America. Here is an interesting article to read: What Is DDT? Environmental Impact and Current Uses
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    Are new discoveries always good?

    I know one it killed. Jane Mansfield.
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    Are new discoveries always good?

    Your 1966 debunked story has been debunked. DDT has been proven many times to cause eggshell thinning among eagles and brown pelicans. Please read some newer articles about this. Google is full of them. Here's one from the EPA: The Case of DDT: Revisiting the Impairment | US EPA I lived in South...
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    What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

    If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead. Johnny Carson
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    Are new discoveries always good?

    amen
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    Are new discoveries always good?

    Time Line: 400,000 BC 1000 A.D. 1800 1945 Tomorrow This is how it feels to be depressed.
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    Things you could order over 50 years ago that you can't order now !

    It seems to me that many young people in the 60s and 70s did a little experimenting at that time and denied it through the 80s, 90, and 00s because the climate was not right, but now in the 20s, find the climate change is enough for them to admit what they have been hiding all these years. Even...
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    Things you could order over 50 years ago that you can't order now !

    How long since we ordered one of these?
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    Things you could order over 50 years ago that you can't order now !

    How many kids spent their entire weekly allowance on one of these?
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    Things you could order over 50 years ago that you can't order now !

    A drunk driver hit my Ford Ranger head on causing me to get a couple of painful broken ribs and remembering that when I bought my next vehicle I wanted to get one with an airbag. I read up on them and saw that 1995 Ford pickups had airbags so I made that my next truck. I needed a diesel to pull...
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    Things you could order over 50 years ago that you can't order now !

    A judge who would go to all that trouble to be fair is the type of judge I would like to have if I ever needed one.
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    Things you could order over 50 years ago that you can't order now !

    1965 New Orleans area. My favorite bar had draft beer in frozen mugs for 15 cents. Gambling pinball machines were 5 cents. A brand-new stripped-down Mustang was $2222. Gas was 27.9 cents. Diesel was cheaper as was kerosene and mineral spirits. A 10 ounce returnable bottle Coke was 10 cents with...
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    Help with roundup mixing.

    I mix mine with about a couple ounces of liquid detergent before I spray. I have always heard that it is best to spray when it is hot and dry and the plants are really thirsty so that they absorb it quickly. This works for me as I sprayed Monday and today, Wednesday, the weeds are turning yellow...
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    Things you could order over 50 years ago that you can't order now !

    I remember ordering stuff from ads that was under a dollar and they said "enclose change or stamps".
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    Rant on shipping

    And now.............Back to a rant on shipping. I went on a cruise from Vancouver to Alaska and back in June. Celebrity lost my 2 suitcases and I had to return without them. On July 1 they found them and shipped them both under one tracking number on July 7. They had to go through US and Canada...
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    What???? Dog food can't be this expensive!!!!

    I went to Sam's Club .com to order more dog food to pick up and they were out. So I went to Walmart.com to order instead. The same bags that I have been paying $21 for are, what, $111.00? I am hoping that this is a misprint and not an actual price. I would have to feed my dogs nutria meat if...
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    USS Samuel Roberts Located off Samar at 22,000 feet

    After reading or watching the news reports for the last umpteen years, it is hard to believe that in the last half century, there have probably been fewer deaths caused by wartime than in any other 50 year span in history.
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    If there are aliens, what will they look like?

    It wasn't but about 10 years ago that I was in my back pasture and was suddenly frozen in place when a strange looking aircraft landed in front of me and then the door opened. Exiting the aircraft were two of the most beautiful women I have ever seen, heading right for me, entranced with their...
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    Good morning!!!!

    If was too hot in South Louisiana so I went to Alaska for a break. I’m in Ketchikan right now and it’s 74 degrees and feels like 82. Sometimes you just can’t win.
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    Why is my computer losing internet connection in layman's terms?

    I'm using Windows 10 on a 3 year old Dell XPS. I updated to a HP about a year and a half ago and it was a piece of cr@p so I went back to my Dell.
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    One Heckuva Crane!

    Watching the huge cranes lifting these massive sections of bridge up into place over the Mississippi river was amazing.
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    Over 70's: Do you remember your first pizza?

    We had a Shakey's Pizza right outside New Orleans also, right by the cheaper Mr. Pizza. I ate at Shakey's once but they were twice the price of Mr. Pizza's and since I was only 20 and spent all my money on my hot rod, we ate at Mr. Pizza's when we had a little spending money. I actually liked...
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    Over 70's: Do you remember your first pizza?

    I had my first pizza at 20 years of age at a Mr Pizza. It was a place that had very cheap and thin pizzas and did plenty of TV advertising claiming to have "the world's worst pizza". The best pizza I ever had was in 1978 in, of all places, Flagstaff Arizona when I was on a vacation. I don't...
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    Why is my computer losing internet connection in layman's terms?

    I think this latest problem started when I went on vacation for a week and turned it off. Every time it is off for a few days it seems like I have a different problem when I turn it back on. Besides that, it takes about 5 minutes to come back on and when you are in a hurry to do your computer...
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    Why is my computer losing internet connection in layman's terms?

    It is a wired connection. It is very fast but when I use wifi it is much slower.
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    Why is my computer losing internet connection in layman's terms?

    I have tried rebooting the modem/router without success. Only after I reboot the computer will it work.
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    Why is my computer losing internet connection in layman's terms?

    My modem/router is supplied by my cable company, Cox, and is about a year old.
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    Why is my computer losing internet connection in layman's terms?

    I had it set to go to sleep after 5 hours and have changed it to "never" to see if that makes a difference.
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    Why is my computer losing internet connection in layman's terms?

    I didn't think of that. I will try it one day when I have time.
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    Why is my computer losing internet connection in layman's terms?

    When I get up in the morning and go to my computer it says it has no internet connection. When I restart my computer it works fine. If I go off for 8 hours and come back home, same problem. Every time I leave my computer for about 8 or more hours it loses the internet connection and it takes me...
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    Uh, ok.....

    Butt, the ram is spending 3 years in a military camp. Hope he doesn't drop the soap.🐏🐏
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    Folks in their 40s

    I'm 76 now. At 40 my business had finally picked up enough where I could spend some time doing things I wanted to do. Loving owning and training dogs all my life I got and trained hounds for competition coon hunting, traveled around 13 states mainly in small towns where the sport was popular...
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    Why are interest rates so low?

    It was back in the early 1980s when prices started skyrocketing just like they are doing right now in 2022. The difference is that the gov't is saying we just have a 7% inflation rate while everything we buy is 2 or 3 times what it was a year ago. In the early 1980s I put $20,000 in a 5 year CD...
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    Good morning!!!!

    A sad day today and yesterday. Yesterday a coyote got our beloved rooster and today he got her sister. We had a very special rooster a few months ago that was the largest and most beautiful one we ever had. A coyote got him. The good news was we had some hens setting on eggs from him. The only 2...
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    Fell in love with a toilet seat

    Over $6000 with tax? And my grandfather had one he made for free out of scrap wood with a moon on the door and it was a 2-seater.
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    Rotted barn posts

    I nailed sheet metal on once years ago instead of using screws and I have lived long enough to regret it. Don't ever think the sheet metal will outlast you.
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    Carpenter Bee Wars

    Maybe if you cut the bees heads off and stick them on little toothpicks around the barn.
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    Rant on shipping

    And one I took in Hawaii with a zoom lens.
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    Rant on shipping

    Here's one I took in Skagway AK.
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    I swear by St Crispin's coaxle, I don't get it

    I love cruising and seeing the world and meeting different peoples with different beliefs and ideals. But I am extremely happy to get home after a 21 day cruise which isn't very often.. Most of them are much shorter. I could never live on a cruise ship as I have always been an outdoors person...
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    What TV did you watch as a kid?

    I always wondered why TV went off at night in the 50s, 60s and early 70s. Was it loss of revenue in those hours or federal regulations?
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    What TV did you watch as a kid?

    It is awful hard to judge a person who lived in a different time and political climate by 2022 standards. Many people were great heroes in their time according to the population at that time but if you judge them by 2022 (PC) standards, they fail to meet our 2022 moralities. Almost every...
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    What TV did you watch as a kid?

    Hard to believe after watching all the bears he killed and the Indian fights he had as Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, that one crazy person could cut him up like that.
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    Members in their 70s?

    Life is too short for me to view that almost 2 hour video you posted so I don't know the main topics it recommends. I am 76 and feel much better after any day I spend outdoors accomplishing something. I try to do my computer work on very cold, too hot or rainy days or at night before bed. The...
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    What teams will play in the next Superbowl?

    Knowing how Drew Brees is, I would bet the farm that he was just joking. Also, he swore that he would never play with another team besides the Saints. The Saints are really hyped up this year with all the amazing trades they made lately and many feel like this is going to be a spectacular year...
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    What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

    I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane. Waylon Jennings
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    How long can a battery last?

    When I replaced a battery over 40 years old in my multi-meter I thought that might be close to being a record. I was wrong. The battery in the story below is over 180 years old and still going. Oxford University has a bell that has been ringing since 1840. For at least 180 years, an...
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    Rant on shipping

    We are always writing about how bad shipping is, so here is one about how good it can be. A first class package delivered in less than 48 hours from time it was ordered online from Michigan to New Orleans Tracking History May 9, 2022, 2:35 pm Delivered, In/At Mailbox WESTWEGO, LA 70094 Your...
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    I know what it is. What can I do with it.

    I have one that came in my old barn when I bought it that looks similar but is a corrugated sheet metal cutter. My old barn is covered with corrugated metal but when I went to replace some after a storm I found that all of the local metal suppliers, including the one named Corrugated Metals...
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    Rant on shipping

    I went to Cuba when it was open for tourists a few years back and I can tell you that even some "Cuban" cigars bought in Cuba are not "Cuban" but Dominican Republic imitations.
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    How long do hoses last?

    Just wondering. My hydraulic hoses on my frontend loader on my Kubota take a lot of beating pushing down trees and piling them up and clearing woods. I usually wind up breaking them by a fitting and rarely have them just wear out although some of them look so bad after a few years you would...
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    Organ Procurement Organization

    My wife and I both have organ donor on our drivers licenses. When our son died of multiple sclerosis a few years ago, they said they couldn't use any of his organs because of his condition. If he had been able to help someone else live, it would have made his death a little less tragic for us.
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    Free Credit Scores

    I have to disagree. Many people with a high credit score pay their entire credit card bill off immediately and never pay any interest charges which are where the credit card companies make their income. People with lower scores pay their bills partially each month plus interest and other charges...
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    What are these blue huts in a field in Canada?

    It kind of reminds me of a nearby town since Hurricane Ida.
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    Rant on shipping

    Look how long it takes USPS to deliver a 3 ounce package in an envelope: Tracking History April 27, 2022, 11:16 am Delivered, In/At Mailbox BLACKSBURG, VA 24060 Your item was delivered in or at the mailbox at 11:16 am on April 27, 2022 in BLACKSBURG, VA 24060. April 27, 2022, 6:10 am Out for...
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    Members in their 70s?

    One year after my minor heart attack at 74, I attempted to get on my horse for a ride again and failed to mount from the ground. I had to stand on a railing in my arena to mount up. I knew I lost a lot of muscle in the last year but have hesitated to try to regain it through exercises since, at...
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    Members in their 70s?

    Darn near every American is on high fructose corn syrup and our life-expectancy decreased by two years. Easy to blame almost anything.
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    Here's the inflation-adjusted price of gasoline every years since 1978 to 2021.

    It should have started in 1973 when gas was 29 cents a gallon.
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    Members in their 70s?

    When I was 63 I was not on any prescription drugs, nor had I even been to a doctor in over 10 years. All my money was tied up in my business and I had no health insurance until I retired and sold my business. Then I could afford to go to doctors and went for a checkup. They found I had high...
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    Members in their 70s?

    Have you ever removed a 60-year-old galvanized water pipe and looked inside it at all the gunk and corrosion built up inside it? Well, no matter how well you think you have been eating all your life, this is what your arteries now look like and if they build up just a little more trash or if a...
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    What did you do at work today?

    My horse got out of my pasture into the pasture next door for the umteenth time. The barbed wire fenceline is covered with briars and poison ivy and downed trees and almost impassable for humans but that darned appaloosa -paint mix horse in my avatar claims the grass is greener on the other...
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    2022 Tropical Storm/Hurricane Thread.

    In the last few years my heavily wooded yard has turned from a forest into a desert due to the hurricanes destroying things that were here for 90 years without damage. With over 1/4 $million damage lately, at my age, I can't bare to go through another one.
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    Electricians? Weird problem!!!!!

    Use a voltmeter and check your voltage from your black wire to the white wire and from the red wire to the white wire and see if you have 220 volts instead of 110. If you do your fan is toast because you let the smoke out.
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    220 Volt, Single Phase Wire Size Help Needed

    Is it only 3 wire or does it have a wire for a neutral also?
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    What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

    If if was a skiff, we would all go sailing.
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    A GREAT movie suggestion

    I was surprised to watch 2 good movies the other night. I knew that the book "Don Quixote" is supposed to be the 2nd most read book in the world next to the Bible but I had never watched a movie about him except in kid's animations when I was young. Searching through Amazon Prime for a movie to...
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    Gravity ... who needs it?

    When I was putting old 30' telephone poles up around my arena for lights, the man who helped me had a Bobcat similar to that and he was able to push the poles 7' deep without digging a hole first.
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    If there are aliens, what will they look like?

    Since you replied to me, almost as soon as I posted, I was still on the computer to see your reply. I fail to see any evidence of religious beliefs in my post and am are confused as to why you may have accused me of doing so though I am not against raising a glass of beer with you.
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    Amazon?

    As adults, with a minimum of a 6th grade education, it is easy for us to figure out whether or not it is beneficial to us to pay the extra for Prime on Amazon or to pay the membership fees at Sam's or Cosco. It doesn't take a PHD in college to tell us that if we only go into Sam's once a year to...
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    If there are aliens, what will they look like?

    Trad, I have enjoyed reading about your misguided thoughts and conspiracy theories and tried to understand the mindset of someone who denies all human logic and actual proofs. I understand that there are many such as you suffering from these beliefs which originate from a mental disorder and who...
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    Amazon?

    Aye, but you can't make a good seafood gumbo or alligator sauce picante without Louisiana hot sauce.;)
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    Amazon?

    You don't know what you're missing by not getting Louisiana Hot Sauce or Crystal hot sauce. These Louisiana hot sauces are also cayenne pepper sauces and are more chili tasting and less vinegar tasting than even Tabasco which is America's top selling hot sauce. Yes, Amazon sells them too.
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    Ida Incoming

    After 6 months of hard work I finally got most of my repairs from the hurricane done, not counting the 16 very large trees that are down in my pasture. I work by myself because getting help is very hard to find as all contractors are still backlogged from all the damage done by the strongest...
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    If there are aliens, what will they look like?

    I can't believe that since Thaddy hijacked this thread 730 posts ago that so many of us are still attempting to change his beliefs since it is obvious enough that he will pay no attention at all to facts and figures and proof after proofs by just saying "that is not true". I don't know whether...
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    If there are aliens, what will they look like?

    In your video "proving the rocket hit something" you want us to believe you, yet the same video shows the curvature of the earth which I am sure you will make up some "proof" that it really is not showing that.
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    If there are aliens, what will they look like?

    This photo looks like Clint Eastwood at Oak Alley Plantation, Vacherie, Louisiana. Do you have any info on this photo?
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    If there are aliens, what will they look like?

    Paul Gilligan has shown us what aliens look like. Now we know!
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    A black panther ???

    I have seen one black "panther" or cougar in my lifetime and it was about 40 years ago on a late night drive on I-10 on the Florida panhandle around the Apalachicola River area. It ran across the highway in front of my car close enough that I started to hit the brakes to avoid it. It was a...
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    Flea and tick prevention for dogs?

    Get a flea-proof dog. Sounds humorous and I don't know where you would get one today but I got a flea-proof Bluetick at a coonhunt in Pine Bluff Arkansas in 1982. He was from Michigan. His skin had a natural oily residue and was so tough and thick that you could barely get a syringe needle...
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    If there are aliens, what will they look like?

    Either y'all are too young or you are just plain forgetful. In 1958 we found out what aliens would look like: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=purple+people+eater&view=detail&mid=006771F463241303CCF0006771F463241303CCF0&FORM=VIRE
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    "An Englishman's home is his castle"

    Why is rails to trails such a popular topic? Perhaps this map of closed railroads answers that.
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    Amazon?

    They are trying again: 6. AMAZON UNION ELECTIONS Two union elections will take place next month at Amazon warehouses. Workers in Staten Island, N.Y. and Bessemer, Ala. have come to an agreement with the company to hold votes in late March that would unionize their respective workforces...
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    Can someone explain to me why supersonic business flight didn't work out?

    I would gladly pay 1 or 2 hundred dollars more for a supersonic flight to Europe but not $4000 more. We saved most of our lives to see the world when we retired and now my wife has contracted a nerve condition that won't allow her to sit in a plane over 4 hours. She has tried different...
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    Rant on shipping

    My important letter that I mailed First Class with tracking finally got delivered. Here is the tracking info: 25 days for a First Class letter. Amazing!!!
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    "An Englishman's home is his castle"

    This reminds me of a rich man who died years ago and left money to build 40 schools in New Orleans for all children, rich or poor. A century later the residents thought the man's life was not politically correct, so they renamed all the schools that were named after him and tore down his statue.
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    The end of Rox's olive oil

    My bad..... I don't know an orchard from a grove, but I know she made some Dynomite olive oil.
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    "Best" wall, floor paint horse tack room?

    Have you ever painted OSB smooth side before? If it came out nearly as well as painting plywood, please let me know how you did it. From the internet: The Engineered Wood Association (known as the APA) acknowledges that you can successfully paint "Exposure 1" OSB.1 Still, their central...
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    Amazon?

    And before Kmart it was Sears-Roebucks. Big businesses draw a lot of heat because since they are able to buy cheaper in large quantities and consolidate business expenses, they are able to sell cheaper than mom and pop stores. Since the large percentage of consumers rather go to a store with...
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    "Best" wall, floor paint horse tack room?

    I have never been able to paint OSB where it turned out looking good due to its rough texture so I just left it uncoated in my tackrooms. Plywood is much easier to paint to look nice. White ceiling paint always makes the room brighter even on OSB. Clear concrete floor sealer has been my choice...
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    The end of Rox's olive oil

    I enjoyed Rox's posts possibly more than any others I read on TBN and was saddened when I read her last post about selling her orchard and moving back to the USA. I still have about a couple ounces of her olive oil left as I ration it off very sparingly and hope it remains unspoiled until I...
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    "An Englishman's home is his castle"

    Please understand that the reason rail lines are abandoned is because the businesses that used them no longer require them and there is no reason for the railroads to use those lines anymore. Rail lines closing does not cause businesses to close, businesses closing causes rail lines to close...
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    "An Englishman's home is his castle"

    I have railroad tracks that run through my property but over 1/2 mile from my house and through a wooded area near my back property line. I would much rather have a trail back there than have the trains coming through at 2 in the morning blowing their whistles many times when they are coming to...
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    Can someone explain to me why supersonic business flight didn't work out?

    When I hear anyone say, "this will never work", it always reminds me of those who said, "men will never fly", "you can't sail around the earth, you will fall off the edge", etc. Of course, to this day, there are still millions of people who believe that man has never stepped foot on the moon.
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    What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

    Isn't this a question that a perp could only reply "yes" to?
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    "An Englishman's home is his castle"

    A rail to trail was considered in an area not too far from us but they needed financial assistance to make it become a reality. It ran for many miles through a pretty swampy area but of course the track bed was built several feet higher than the swamps. As there are not that many places to ride...
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    What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

    He who claims he never hit his thumb with a hammer is either one who never used a hammer or the most precocious of liars. -me
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    What teams will play in the next Superbowl?

    I can't imagine how Joe Burrows feels. Winning the college championship and a couple of years later competing in the Superbowl. He made a lot of LSU people proud.
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    What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

    "Be always sure you're right - Then go ahead" by my ancestor, Davy Crockett
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    What teams will play in the next Superbowl?

    Today, Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints coach retired and some of his assistance coaches are being interviewed by other teams to be head coaches and with some players now probably seeking contracts with teams with better odds of winning, it looks like the next few years will be re-building years...
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    Scenery pictures, what does your world look like............

    I enjoy taking photos that I think are interesting to hang on the wall of my den and i change pictures every few years when the old ones get boring. these are the latest 2 that I took on a cruise from New Orleans to Cozumel. Leaving New...
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    I feel like Steve Martin in, "The Jerk"

    When I first bought my property, two houses were on it owned by members of the same family and they had one address XX21 and one mailbox. I wanted my own mailbox as my business gets lots of mail. I looked up "how to change my address" and I had to jump through more hoops than you can imagine...
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    6-million post contest?

    That contest is ending soon because I just sold that piece of property and the sign is still there waiting for me to come get it. Never did I believe it would last that long.
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    What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

    Oh my god, me reading the post right above mine.
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    6-million post contest?

    I won one back in 2010, I think it was the 2 or 3 million one. It would be fun to try again. How about it M?
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    Why do I have to log in every day?

    Maybe this should be posted in NEWS/FEEDBACK and M could see it and maybe reply.
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    Why do I have to log in every day?

    My cookies are not set to clear each day and I emptied my cache but I still had to log in again today. I'm not sure of a "privacy" mode as I have not re-set any of my settings in many months.
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    Groan thread closed..Why?

    Darn. Now there's another forum I have to join......
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    horse etiquette

    In our area there are a few private roads but they are all in gated communities where access is denied or approved at the gate. Does "your" private road have signs up stating it is a private road and trespassing is not permitted? If not, how do you expect people to know it is a private road?
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    horse etiquette

    Poop from a vegetarian animal like a horse or a rabbit is usually very dry and not odorous like that of a dog or cat. I find it hard to believe that a car running over a pile would get its wheel wells covered with a stinking amount. It is not nearly as messy as that of a cow, pig, cat or dog...
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    Why do I have to log in every day?

    When I log in I check STAY LOGGED IN but the next day I have to log in again. This just started happening about a month ago. What changed?
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    Anybody use Paypal ?

    I switched to estatements a year ago and still get mailed paper statements plus estatements. If you want to get paper statements all you have to do is go to your account and click on YES, MAIL PAPER STATEMENTS. It is optional so choose which you want. END OF DEBATE!
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    Are you this old?

    I remember when it was illegal to sell alcohol on voting day here until after the polls closed. Now you can buy alcohol here 24/7 at any gas station, bar, grocery, pharmacy or drive through Daiquiri shop. My input on dry counties: I've driven through many dry counties in Arkansas over the...
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    Anybody use Paypal ?

    I have used PayPal in an online business I have for 22 years and prefer it over any other type of payment besides cash. I get about 3000 payments a year through PayPal and have only had payments cancelled about 3 times in 22 years. This is an extremely low cost of doing business compared to the...
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    Are you this old?

    When we were very young, any time we got sick my father would give us sulfur and soda tablets. The sulfur was the cure, and the soda was to keep your stomach from getting upset from the sulfur. I don't remember us ever being sick too long or very often, so I guess it helped.
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    Ida Incoming

    The point of paying insurance is to get liability insurance. I can not get just liability without getting a homeowners policy that denies wind damage. Without wind insurance the most I can lose is my home and structures but without liability insurance I could lose all that plus all my savings...
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    IRS finally resolved my problem

    I had a thread on here a little over a year ago about IRS wanting me to pay thousands of dollars in back taxes because they made a mistake in checking my return. Using search I have been unable to find that thread to respond to it so I am starting a new thread. When they checked my 2019 taxes...
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    Ida Incoming

    10-7-21 8:00PM I just got my cable internet back after 40 days of traveling long distances to get internet to send orders to my customers. I'm so happy I'm going to drink 2 (maybe 4) rum and cokes right now. So far I have repaired 150 feet of my 8' board fence with 350' to go and removed 7 of...
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    What teams will play in the next Superbowl?

    Sadly I don’t believe that Jamies Winston will ever be the beloved personality that Brees is even if he wins a dozen Superbowls. Brees is admired by people who don’t even like football due to his likable personality. Winston has to win to keep up his fan base.
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    Ida Incoming

    I’ve been cutting trees and fixing roofs for 20 days now and working 12 hours a day in 90 degree + heat. I didn’t expect retirement to be like this. I need a little rest so my sore muscles can heal so I’m going to Alaska for a week. The rest of the work can just wait on me. Cool weather here...
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    More English confusion

    I never knew what a sub was until they opened a Subway shop locally. They are always called po-boys here.
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    What teams will play in the next Superbowl?

    I thought the Saints were out of it this year after so many of their top players left but after watching them annilate the Packers by the most their quarterback has ever been beaten, I have to say that I think they will be in the playoffs this year after all.
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    More English confusion

    We don’t have medians around here, we have neutral grounds.
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    Ida Incoming

    Oh happy day, I got electricity back today so I can stop hauling gas and have more time to cut trees. Someone told me that I could connect my iPhone to my pc to use the internet on my computer and I tried for two hours last night but I can’t get it done because I am not computer literate...
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    Ida Incoming

    I need internet with a printer to make shipping labels with postage to mail my orders for my online business. I do not know how to hook my phone to my printer or if that is even possible. Yesterday I phoned a library in Gulfport MS to ask their hours today, Saturday. They told me 9-4. I drove...
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    Ida Incoming

    Got a duplicate photo, darn phones
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    Ida Incoming

    Just a few photos if I can get them on this phone.
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    Ida Incoming

    I don’t give a damn if you believe me or not, but I lived through it. Since I,m stuck at home with no electricity, water or cable, and have to use a half dead phone to reply to you,I am unable to go looking up all the references that you want. But every business in New Orleans was looted and a...
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