WE GET TOO SOON OLD AND TOO LATE SMART.-- OLD NORWEGIAN SAYING-- OR MAYBE AMISH--MAYBE IT REALLY WAS MY FATHERS... WHO KNOWS... I AM SURE ONE OF YOU WILL GOOGLE THAT AND LET ME KNOW
IF IT COMES UP CARL PRICE---LET ME KNOW.
ACTUALLY HE DID ONE THING OF NOTE THRU THE AGES-- AN D THAT IS TO INVENT THE VEHICLE TRAILER WHERE A RIGHT TRIANGLE FOLDS DOWN TO MAKE A RAMP TO LOAD THINGS LIKE TRACTORS ON THE TRAILER--- I SEE 100 A DAY ( well nearly) they are often behind a dump TRUCK CARRYING THE BACK HOE THAT FILLS THE DUMP TRUCK..
IF I HAD A PENNY FOR EACH ONE....... BUT THE LAWYER THAT WORKED ON THE PATENT DID NOT DO A GOOD JOB AND ANOTHER COMPANY CHANGED THE HINDGE AND MY FATHER NEVER GOT A DIME-- BUT HE HAD A GOOD TIME DOING IT...
I HAVE THE ORIGINAL PATENT IN MY FILES SOMEWHERE-- THE PHOTO IS FROM ?1945 FROM THE LOOKS OF THE CARS IN THE PICTURE..
SO THERE IS A HISTORY TO MY TRYING TO PATENT THE SHEEWEEE -- I LEARNED-- DON'T BOTHER... BUT INVENTING THINGS IS FUN---
THERE ARE SOOOO MANY-- AND I PASS THEM ON---
BUG SEASON IS COMING... I MAKE A FUNNEL OF NET 24" IN DIAMETER AND TIE IT TO A $19 FAN-- BLOWING AIR OUT OF THE DEAGLE HOUSE THUS CATCHING MOSQUITOS ETC... THERE HAVE BEEN WEEKS WHEN I CATCH ABOUT 1/2 A QUART OF DEAD MOSQUITOS... I BOUGHT A $500 MOSQUITO MAGNET EXPECTING GREAT THINGS AND IT DID NOT EVEN COMPARE TO MY NET..
MY OTHER EXPERIMENT WITH THE BUGS WAS TO TWIST THE NET SO I CAPTURED THEM-- MOSTLY LIVE--- THEN SOAKED THEM IN RAID AND LEFT THEM FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND THEY WERE ALL ALIVE IN SPITE OF THE RAID--- SO I STOMPED ON THEM-- THAT WORKED.
MADE ME WONDER... I HAVE HAD EXPERINCE CUTTING A FANCY LAWN FOR A BBQ PARTY ( NOT HERE) AND NOTICED HOW MANY MOSQUITO BITES I GOT ON MY ANKLES... WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE GRASS CUTTER INTO A FAN SO YOU COULD VACUUM THE LAWN WHICH WOULD CLEAR THEM FOR A WHILE AT LEAST... I DON'T THINK THEY TRAVEL FAR-- THEY ARE LIVING IN THAT LOVELY GRASS.. SO BY DISRUPTING THE GRASS YOU COULD THEN VACUUM THEM INTO A NET.. YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO IT AFTER YOU MOWED AND HAD THE MOWER CATCH THE GRASS CLIPPINGS---
THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES WHEN A CHEMICAL SOLUTION IS NOT THE ULTIM,ATE..
I SUPPOSE HARD PHYSICAL WORK vs SLEEPING PILLS WOULD FALL IN THAT CATAGORY
AND THEN THERE IS HOME DEPOT AND THEIR CARRIAGES--- GIVE ME A COUPLE COAT HANGERS AND YOU COULD STAND UP MOPS, 2X4'S AND OTHER LONG OBJECTS COMMONLY SEEN WHACKING OTHER CUSTOMERS.
I DID NOT DO A NUTTY PROFESSOR LAST NIGHT... I WAS JUST TOO TIRED TO DO A CREATIVE ONE SUCCESSFULLY AND I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO PREPARE FOR SOME OF THE MORE INSTRUCTIVE ONES.. I FEEL LIKE A DREADFUL FAILURE... I REALLY MEANT TO DO ONE A WEEK.
I MUST TRY HARDER. PLUS IT IS FUN..
WHAT I DID INSTEAD IS PAPERWORK-- AND THAT AIN'T FUN AT ALL
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WE HAVE CP'S IN THE GUEST HOUSE FOR A COUPLE DAYS-- IT IS WORKING... WE SEEM TO HAVE A FEW COMING AND GOING ON A REGULAR BASIS..
AND HAVING NOEL GO HOME FOR HESE FEW OVERNIGHTS HAS WORKED... HE PUPS ARE AT LEAST DRINKING MILK FROM A BOWL A LITTLE ANYWAY-- THEY AHVE TO LEARN ABOUT WATER... SO THAT IS NEXT FOR PUPPY SITTERS TO DO.
NOW TO FINISH THE FEEDING STATION..
