SAVED BY A CP ! IF YOU ARE A NEW COMER, I BET YOU NEVER WONDERED WHY TEH HOUSE CAMERA ON TEH PUPPIES IS ALWAYS TILTED TO CATCH THE CORNER OF THE COUNTER-- THAT IS BECAUSE I AM TIRED OF LOSING PRESSURE COOKERS.... AND CROCKPOTS.. I BUY ONE WITH EVERY INTENTION OF COOKING (WELL BUTTON PUSHING A CONATINER OF FOOD INTO A STEW) AND I HAVE LOST 5 OF TEHM IN THE PAST YEAR.
THEY SAY IT IS MARK OF INSANITY WHEN SOMEONE REPEATS THE SAME THIGN OVER AND OVER..WELL... LET ME CHIME IN ON THAT ONE... COULD BE IT IS JUST A PERSON WHO'S SHORT TERM MEMORY IS SEVERELY COMP[ROMISED AND THEY JUST DON'T REMEMBER DOING IT THE FIRST THREE TIMES.
WELL THIS TIME.... I SAID THE #$%^&* POT WAS TO BE LEFRT ON THE COUNTER WITHIN SIGHT OF THE CAMERA PEOPLE- AND I MENTIONED I WISH FOLKS WOULD KEEP THERI EYE ON IT--LAST NIGHT I GOT AN EMERGENCE EMAIL "THE POT IS GONE" TEH HUNT WAS ON-- AND IT WAS FOUND AND PUT BACK IN IT'S PLACE OF HONOR/. CAMERA PEOPLE DON'T MISSS A THING ! THANK HEAVENS.
JUST IN TIME TOO---STUFF LANDS IN THAT OVERFLOW ROOM- AND WHEN IT OVERFLOWS, THE STUFF ENDS UP AT SALVATION ARMY-- WHERE I OFTEN BUY THINGS....
SOMETIMES OUR EFFICIENCY IS OVERWHELMING... THE REST OF THE TIME, WE ARE TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON PEOPLE'S FOLLOWING THE RULES
IF IT IS FULL, EMPTY IT
IF IT IS EMPTY, FILL IT.
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NEXYT PROBLEM.
IT STARTED WITH "SOME SNOW" AND THAT WAS ENOUGHT FOR EVERYONE AROUIND HERE TO WORRY ABOUT THE SNOW/ICE PROBLEM- AND I DIDN'T PAY ALOT OF ATTENTION, THIS IS NEW ENGLAND - YOU HAVE TO EXPECT SNOW ICE..
THEN TEHY SAID 6 INCHES.. STILL - IT IS EARLY AND I DIDN'T THINK 6" WOULD BE A PROBLEM- WE COULD WADDLE THRU 6" WITHOUT MAJOR UPROARAND IT WOULD MELT...... THEN NOON YESTERDAY FLIGHTS GOT CANCELED AND THEY STARTED WITH THE 12" SNOW-- SO I GOT THE NEXT FIREMAN UP THE DRIVEWAY TO PUT MY PLOW ON MY CAR... ( IT JUST SLIPS IN A TRAILER HITCH KIND OF THING ON THE FRONT END) AND I TOOK IT OUT FOR A DRIVE -- JUST OT HAVE EVERY ONE GIVE ME THE " WAVE---ANOTHER IDIOT.... IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR-- THEY PREDICT SNOW FLURRIES AND EVERYONE QUICKLY PUTS ON THERI NEW PLOWS AND DRIVES AROUND" .... OK... I AM NEARLY GUILTY THERE... THEN THIS MORNING THEY ARE SAYYING
1 OR 2 FEET.. FOR ALL YOU FLORIDIANS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 1 OR 2 FEET IS A MAJOR DIFFERENCE HERE "ON THE FARM"
TEH ANIMALS NEED CARE AND WE MUST GET THE DRIVEWAY OPEN TO THE STREET TO GET HELP IN...
I KNOW NEW ENGLAND-- AND I KNOW MANY PEOPLE WITH SNOW PLOWS- IT IS USUALLY NOT TOO DIFFICULT TO HAVE SOMEONE COME AND STRAIGHTEN OUT THE PARKING BY THE BARN, BUT THERE IS ALOT OF MONEY TO BE MADE "DOING CORNERS" WHICH IS TEH BREAD AND BUTTER OF TEH NEW SNOW PLOW INDUSTRY. AFTER THE BIG PLOWS ROAR THRU ON THEIR WAY TO KEEPING THEE HIGHWAY OPEN. PILES OF SNOW TRIANGLES ARE AT MOST EVERY CORNER... THER YOU WILL FIND TEH SMALLER PICKUPS AND TRACTOR LOADERS SHOVING THAT AROUND... UNDER CONTRACT-- YOU WILL NOT FIND THEM DOING "LITTLE JOBS" LIKE OURS... -- WITH MY REMOTE STARTER, COMFORTABLE HEATED CAR, I DON'T MIND PUSHING ENOUGH AROUND SO PEOPLE CAN GET IN... NAMELY THE MEN WHO WILL HELP BY USEING \THE REST OF THE EQUIPMENT WE HAVE--- NAMELY 2 TRACTOREE WITH BUCKETS, ONE WITH A SAND SPREADER, SNOW BLOWER AND A BUNCH OF SHOVELS... THE KENNELS HAVE TO BE DONE BY HAND...
TH E BEST THING WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR A BIG STORM.. IS OUR ACCEPTANCE OF TEH FACT - WE ARE GONG TO GET BIG STORMS-- SO GET AS READY AS YOU CAN... AS WE GET FURTHER INTO WINTER AND IT REALL Y PILES UP, IT IS FUN TO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE STAY OVERNIGHT
YOU CAN ONLY GET READY--- I MAY ORDER A TRUCKLOAD OF SAND TOBE COVERED.. THE WORST KIND I CAN REMEMBER IS TEH FOOT OF SNOW WITH AN ICY CRUST ON TOP WHICH REALLY HURTS DOGS AND DONKEY'S LEGS AS THEY BREAK THRU-- THAT IS WHEN AL L WE CAND O IS HAVE THME RUN INTHE ARENA- WHILE WE DRIVE TRACTORES AROUND THE FIELDS TO BREAK UP TJHE ICY CRUST.
WINTER IS COMING-- WE HAVE FIREWOOD AND GENMERATORS -- WE WILL MAKE IT . YOU WANT PROBLEMS? HOW ABOUT 8 PALLETS OF DRY DOG FOOD AT TEH BOTTOM OF THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE TEH TRUCK CAN NOT GET IN BECAUSE OF TEH PLOWED U[P PILES OF SNOW...
THERE WILL BE PROBLEMS. IT IS NEW ENGLAND...
JUDY'S HUSBAND IS PROBABLY THE BEST FORCASTER- HE IS A PILOT-- HE THINKS ALONG TEH COAST IT SHOULD NOT BE TOO BAD.. SO HOW FAR IS "IN"?
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MAIL CALL QUESTION ABOUT TALKEETNA DID NOT SEEM TO BE ANSWERED IN COMMENTS. I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE PEOPLE WITH TALKEETNA IN THEIR SCREEN NAMES. WE HAVE BEEN TO TALKEETNA, ALASKA TWICE AND IT IS A DELIGHTFUL SMALL TOWN. QUIRKY, INDEPENDENT PEOPLE. SPENT A FEW NIGHTS, HAD A FEW BEERS WITH THE LOCALS AND THOROUGHLY ENJOYED OURSELVES. SADLY, IT IS ON THE CRUISE SHIP LIST OF TOURS TO TAKE SO THE TOWN HAS LOTS OF THOSE "TYPE" OF PEOPLE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. WE WERE THERE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER BOTH TIMES SO MISSED THE MAJORITY OF THE CRUISE SHIP PEOPLE MUCH TO OUR DELIGHT! IF YOU REMEMBER THE TV SHOW NORTHERN EXPOSURE, THE SHOW WAS "MODELED" AFTER TALKEETNA. PRIMARY PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO GO TO CLIMB DENALI - FORMERLY MOUNT MCKINLEY - TO EMBARK FROM AND BEST PLACE TO HIRE A FLIGHTSEEING TOUR OF THE ALASKAN RANGE.
THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION OF TALKEETNA IS
[towl-KEET-nuh]
SHOE FAIRY
