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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Monday, May 26, 2008 - 8:58 pm
RN-Juju, those look like moss rose to me too. At least that's what we call them around here, and Twinkie, your description also fits. Of course, I have a a brown thumb, but I know a pretty flower when I see one, and those are really, really pleasing to the eye.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 10:51 am
RN I am watching a rerun of 7th Heaven and Ruthie is going to start saving Campbell soup can labels! Ack!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 12:57 pm
RN I'm staring out the window at the house next door and wondering what the heck people are thinking sometimes. And how the heck I miss the all the commotion! My across the street neighbor came over earlier and asked if the people who lived next door to us owned the house or rented. Rented, I said, they were the 5th or 6th tennants in about 3 years. She said, ah, then the cops over yesterday make sense! Uhm...huh? She said the people moved out Sunday and they took everything with them. Everything including the swamp cooler off the roof and some carpet! The owner had just put that cooler and new carpeting in not long before these people moved in. And now apparently as they were moving out, they ripped out carpet and took the cooler off the top of the house. Who does that??? Owner was over yesterday with the cops. I'm thinking it's gonna be awhile before we have new neighbors. Also wondering how the heck we missed the fact that they moved out and took a fairly large swamp cooler off the roof without us ever noticing!
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 1:24 pm
RN..Holy cow Wargod. Thats crazy RN..just finished a huge Chinese take out lunch with our company... YUM
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Irishtxgrl
Member
12-07-2005
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 1:27 pm
RN I am stuck on PBS watching Wishbone
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 1:29 pm
RN I am wondering what a swamp cooler is.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 1:36 pm
RN War, that just reminds me what life was like as a landlord. It took years off my life. We had them steal the appliances, plumbing fixtures, anything they could pry loose. We had some really bad tenants. Never, ever again.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 1:57 pm
RN Dogdoc, a swamp cooler is similar to an air conditioner, but used in hotter, dryer climates. It's a big boxy thing that sits on the roof or a smaller one you can put in a window that uses pads and water. We've been talking about eventually replacing ours but the biggest reason we haven't is because its big and will take a few guys coming to help get the old one off and new one up, definitely not something you could move yourself! Twinkie, I'd definitely believe that! When we lived in the apartment an upstairs neighbor we had about 3 weeks walked out with a brand new refrigerator, but that's something I can understand! I've read recently that one of the things going on with foreclosed houses is people breaking in and stealing everything, including the copper thats inside walls (coppers worth a lot if recycled.) It is crazy! I'm pretty straight and narrow, my biggest brush with the law (LOL) has been parking tickets in front of my aunt's, I just really can't wrap my head around that type of stuff. At this point, you're not only stealing, but vandalizing and why???
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 2:22 pm
RN War, I certainly ended up knowing a lot of police officers on a first name basis. LOL Ya know, its bad enough when they don't pay their rent for 3 months because that's how long it takes to get them out but then they rob you blind and destroy your property.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 2:51 pm
RN Thanks Wargod, I have never heard the term swamp cooler before. I have never seen one.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 2:53 pm
RN Twinks, that totally sucks. We had a brief, very brief, discussion with aunt about her house when she was updating her will, who she'd leave it to and what we'd do with it. We decided right quick that we'd sell it before we ever rented it, lol. Too much hassle. Luckily sis and bil changed their minds and decided they'd take it (that's what aunt wanted, one of us to take it) but we still stand by the decision that if it ever comes to renting or selling, we'll sell it first.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 2:58 pm
RN, Dogdoc, here's a pic, scroll down a little. We have one on the roof that's bigger than that (so was the neighbors) plus have a smaller one that sits in the living room window. When it's hot, we close the hall door during the day and only use the smaller one. At night, we shut that one off, open the hall door, and use the big one.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 3:05 pm
RN Gee Wargod, those things are big!! I was in Sedona, AZ last year. I bet I saw one and didn't even know I did.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 3:13 pm
RN Dogdoc, don't feel bad. I'd never heard of them either until I met (as in here on the board) War a few years ago. LOL
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 3:27 pm
RN, wondering if Twinkie is up to a phone call, or if her boyfrend is home...
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 5:11 pm
RN Oops, Huk! You caught me napping! I just woke up. Had a rough day at the dentist today. How about I call you tomorrow?
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 5:35 pm
RN, LOL, that's cuz every summer I complain about the damn swamp cooler. If I didn't mention it earlier, Doc, they are a pita to keep up. They require constant care and work, Darren spends a good chunk of the spring, summer, and fall up on the roof, but when it gets to 110 and there's not a drop of moisture in the air they are awesome.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 6:32 pm
RN I listed my spare room again and am wading through potential roomie e-mails but have to CLEAN the apt., it's so grungy. I don't wanna, but I must.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 6:33 pm
RN - Wargod said PITA! pain in the a$$ - & I've used pita for ever to explain that one. I've never lived anywhere that had that kind of A/C. I grew up with central a/c-heating & had window units for a/c in my early marriage yrs.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 10:37 am
RN could somebody PLEASE get Donny Osmond's Lonely Boy OUT OF MY HEAD?
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 10:54 am
RN, sure Serate!
POOF, all gone! Now you will think of this song instead...The Wheels on the Bus.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 11:00 am
RN thanks Hukd but that song never has stuck with me and I still have this running through my head: I'm just a lonely boy Lonely and blue I'm all alone, with nothing to do I've got everything you could think of But all I want is someone to love Someone, oh, someone to love someone to kiss someone to hold at a moment like this I'd like to hear somebody say "I'll give you my love each night and day" I'm just a lonely boy Lonely and blue I'm all alone with nothing to do I've got everything you think of but all I want is someone to love Somebody, somebody, somebody please send her to me I'll make her happy, just wait and see I've prayed so hard to the heavens above that I might find someone to love I'm just a lonely boy Lonely and blue, yes I am I'm all alone with nothing to do, oh I've got everything you could think of but all I want is someone to love I'm just a lonely boy Lonely and blue, yeah I'm all alone with nothing to do I've got everything you could think of but all I want is someone to love Why I don't know it's probably been years and years and years since I've heard it.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 11:19 am
Right now, thanks Serate! Guess what I was singing while I was cleaning my bathroom?
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 11:26 am
RN you are VERY welcome Mamie I'm glad I'm not alone. 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 12:07 pm
Right now, you are not alone, lonely or blue.
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