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MD · Jul 5, 2018 22:25

A friend just emailed this joke: A guy walked into a crowded bar, waving his un-holstered pistol and yelled, "I have a 45 caliber Colt 1911 with a seven round magazine plus one in the chamber and I want to know who's been sleeping with my wife." A voice from the back of the roo...

Eindhoven University of Technology — Eindhoven, Netherlands

MD · Jul 5, 2018 21:30

We only had the odd shower. The rest of the time it was sunny and in the 80's.

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trix abound · Jul 5, 2018 21:16

awww, thats too bad, but didn't it rain all last week?

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MD · Jul 5, 2018 20:57

I wish we could have a good downpour overnight. The fields are yellow instead of a rich, bright green.

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trix abound · Jul 5, 2018 20:50

oh right....clean and orderly until the kids got home. we just had 1 very loud clap of thunder and now nothing...no rain...nothing!!!!

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MD · Jul 5, 2018 20:27

I used to let my kids play with whatever toys they wanted during the day and 30 minutes before bed time we had tidy-up time. I was ok with an untidy house during the day but I liked it nice for the evening. I went into some really awful homes during my work. It made my place f...

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trix abound · Jul 5, 2018 19:43

never!!! my award was having my house clean and orderly(somewhat).

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MD · Jul 5, 2018 18:54

Do wives get an award? :D

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trix abound · Jul 5, 2018 18:48

it's like they need an award for doing their job.

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MD · Jul 5, 2018 17:31

Just fine ...... and without the huffing and puffing about what a difficult job it was. His usual comment after doing any jobs about the house was "I've worked my roe out doing that." To be fair ...... he did work very hard on renovating our first house in France.

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trix abound · Jul 5, 2018 17:12

LOL....and you managed just fine!!!!

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MD · Jul 5, 2018 17:01

Only twice in over 8 years have I thought it would have been handy having hubby around. One occasion would have been to get into the attic and the other was to have a roof tile replaced. :D

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trix abound · Jul 5, 2018 16:23

LOL....I'm soooo happy...it really doesn't take much to give me a thrill anymore....just things working properly will do it for me :)

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MD · Jul 5, 2018 16:03

A cookout sounds good to me. And yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay for the tub draining properly. All the problems you've had with drainage and you solved it yourself with the simplest things and no damage to the environment. It gives you such a sense of satisfaction when you solve s...

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trix abound · Jul 5, 2018 15:46

having a cookout Saturday to celebrate sons daughters b-day. whoo hoo...daughter just showered and the tub drained perfectly...it use to just fill up with water up to our knees so you had to take a very quick shower!!

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MD · Jul 5, 2018 14:42

I'd love to do that but I fear it would frighten the horses ........ besides which ........ the sun is now shining, the rain has stopped and it's 76. Our weather is so changeable.

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trix abound · Jul 5, 2018 14:19

awwww...when I was little I would take a little sliver of soap outside during a warm rain and "shower".

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MD · Jul 5, 2018 13:55

Good morning Trix ....... no ....... don't explain. It could cause more complications. We have 74F and rain. I've not been out in it but it must be like a warm shower.