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Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 9:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wow! Biscottiii! Congrats, that must just feel so good!

I agree, it is so much easier to clean someone else's house, I wonder why that is? I am really excited because it helps my sister and I get a benefit as well.

I didn't do much at all last night, but I did haul the trash and recycling out on my way to work this morning.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 2:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Woo hoo!!! Congrats on getting that all done, Bisc!

Wanna here something funny? I was at Costco this morning and just finishing up when something caught my eye...it was a pack of sliders! I'd read your post earlier and for some reason it just cracked me up to come up against a pack (52 or 54 of them) of them.

That's been the extent of my motivation today. Did my aunts Costco shopping and Caleb's prescription. I did spend close to $400 though, so wasn't exactly a little trip, lol. And then I realized the folly of going by myself to do that much shopping as soon as I got to the car and had to unload it all! Luckily sis and bil were home when I got there so they helped carry it in and put it all away. On the plus side, other than things like peanut butter, sodas, and fruit, she should be pretty much set for the month.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, June 05, 2009 - 12:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Friday's Mission

I hate to say it, but I just haven't felt all that well this evening. Started with a headache earlier today that still isn't gone and now I'm tired, sore, and just feeling kinda blah.

I kinda forgot tonight was Caleb's band potluck party. I knew it was this week, kept repeating "Thursday, Thursday," and somehow didn't connect today with being Thursday. Went to pick him up at school this afternoon and as soon as I saw him, Crap! It's tonight!

I hurried up and called sis to make sure she could take Kota home from practice with her (they had nieces open house tonight but said she could go with them) and got ready to go. Caleb and I left and had to stop by the store to pick up something for the pot luck (ended up going with a cracker/cheese tray cuz it had to be prewrapped, premade food) and took him over. Darren met us there a while later. While the guitar and choir students had their last concert what, a week or two ago?, the band students had their concert cancelled, so they rescheduled it tonight. I continue to be impressed with these kids, they are so danged talented! Caleb didn't play tonight (only a couple guitar students did) but he had volunteered to be a stage hand so had helped with set up.

When the concert was over everyone got in line to eat. I took one look at all the pizza's (lactose intolerant here) and thought no big deal, my head was hurting so bad by then I wasn't all that hungry anyways! Then Caleb told us he didn't really want pizza and if we wanted we could go home to eat. We asked if he was sure, this was his party afterall and he said yep, he'd set up, he helped put chairs away, he got to watch the concert and had some fun with his friends and was ready to go. So brought them home and fed them pasta and spinach salad (bought both from Costco earlier.) Was a pretty nice night, even with my headache.

To continue my fuzzy memory...I got a reminder call from my aunts podiatrist today, she has an appt tomorrow morning with them. I'd forgotten all about it...have it written down in my organizer but I hadn't added it to my calendar. So plans for tomorrow is to drop off the kids at school, run home and shower and get ready to go, then go over and get her in the shower and go to dr. I might do some cleaning at aunts so I don't have to do it this weekend, but I'm not sure about that yet. Darren might be off work early tomorrow...after having him home sick for two weeks, we've hardly had any time alone together this week!

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Friday, June 05, 2009 - 1:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Thank you Everyone! Taking my bows here, heheee!

Didn't sleep like a baby lastnight, after all. Kept buzzing through my head every step of the process. Am really tired tonight, and it's supposed to really cool down and drop 10-20degrees with an incoming wind/cold front tonite, so maybe I will sleep.

Gosh War, I've always sympathized with people being lactose intolerant, but it NEVER occurred to me before that would include cheese. You can't even eat pizza? I would probably starve, cheese is a big favorite, even though I've never been fond of milk (have to add chocolate to drink a glass). Hope you start feeling better!

WRT the Sliders, WOW! "it just cracked me up to come up against a pack (52 or 54 of them) of them. " The 4 I bought will last me a lifetime. What a coincidence.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, June 05, 2009 - 1:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, I almost grabbed a pack, but I couldn't figure out what the heck I'd do with that many! I could use a few here and a few at my aunts, but 50 some odd??

Some cheese is ok, like a little bit of shredded on salad or a taco, but pizza is one of the worst for me. Once in a great while I'll eat a slice or two (only if we have it delivered or pick it up and bring home) but usually I'll order chicken wings or a salad for me. I can also get around it by making my own and using either much less cheese or no cheese. It sucks, lol. I miss ice cream more and that's just horrible, I can eat one or two spoonfulls before I have to stop.....who eats one or two spoons of ice cream???

It is freezing! I haven't been able to keep up with the weather today. This morning it was pretty cool so I dressed in sweatshirt and jeans to go to Costco. Came out of the store and it was hot. When I got home, I took off the sweatshirt and put on a tank top. That was fine for the afternoon but I forgot to grab a sweatshirt or jacket when we left for Caleb's thing and ten minutes into the concert I was freezing. Though the music teacher did turn the cooler on, the kids were sitting on stage with the bright lights and were hot. I've got both shorts and jeans laid out for the kids for tomorrow cuz I have no idea what the weather is supposed to be like.

Oy, it's 1:30, I think it's my bedtime!

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Friday, June 05, 2009 - 1:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Forgot to mention, yesterday when I was doing my gig (had to keep wiping off the furniture cause I kept dripping sweat). But I was a woman possessed! lol

Anyway, to give myself motivation I had pulled out a T-shirt to wear that I bought at a thriftstore a couple years ago. Bright red, with white letters on the front saying:

"I may not be too smart
But I can lift heavy things."

It helped, too. Funny, cause since back surgery at Age 11 well.... I always knew that T-shirt was meant for me.

Biscottiii
Member

05-29-2004

Friday, June 05, 2009 - 2:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Correction:

"I may not be very smart
But I can lift heavy things."

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Friday, June 05, 2009 - 8:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
war, have you tried Lactaid?

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Saturday, June 06, 2009 - 2:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Yep, makes me throw up. Easier to avoid dairy for the most part.

Got my aunt to the foot dr this morning and even got her there on time, a minor miracle! Also ran a few errands and then did a little cleaning around the house. Not too much overall.

Tomorrow I'm watching my nieces for a few hours. Not sure what I'll be getting done. Darren's working (in fact, he'll be up in a couple minutes) but he's promised to cut the limbs back on the tree in the backyard. He's going to cut it down when bil gets over to help him, it's a huge pita, right next to the fence and the branches hang over/scratch the womans roof next door if he doesn't stay right on top of it. Don't know who's bright idea it was to plant a tree right there. Caleb's doing yard work since he's trying to save some money and Kota told me she wants to clean her room before summer break starts. Besides her best friend who spends a lot of time here, there's now a new girl in the neighborhood (new to the neighborhood but her and Kota have been school friends for several years) and I told her she can't have anyone in the house until her room is clean.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, June 07, 2009 - 11:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Monday's Mission

Today was a nice way in several ways. Bil called early and asked if Kota wanted to go to the batting cages. He was taking oldest niece and thought it'd be fun if she joined them. The comments when he dropped her off later: "Holy Crud! Have you seen her hit??? She's smacking the crap out of the balls." Uh huh, I see her at games and practices, at the batting cages and when we're playing outside. I keep saying that she's just waiting for the perfect pitch to have her first homerun. Dakota's got the stregnth to do it. Anyways, bil called while they were still there to ask if she could go with them to his uncles house (his two brothers and their families were also going) and they'd be back late tonight. Sure, have fun. They got home around 10 and she had a blast.

Right around the time she left, Caleb's buddy called to see if he could come over (buddy comes over on a regular basis) and we said sure. Then another buddy, one we've only met him and his parents at school functions briefly, called to see if he could come. Said sure, sounds great. So his buddies came over and they had fun, stayed til after dinner.

Which gave me and Darren a chance to spend some time together. Win win for all of us.

I did some laundry today and cleaned up around the house. Wasn't all that much to do, but it means less I'll have to do tomorrow around the house. I'm planning on doing some cleaning at my aunts and helping with a shower tomorrow. Plus have a softball game (have to pick up something for snacks for the girls.)

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 12:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Tuesday's Mission

I can do this one I guess. Kitchen is clean, but wiping the cabinet doors can always be done.

Waited all afternoon for a phone call from the dermatologist office, we have a billing problem, namely that I'm getting a bill I shouldn't be getting. They didn't call, so I'll have to call them back tomorrow.

Had to run by the grocery store for a few things, stuff for Kota's snack day and a few groceries. Then picked the kids up from school, raced home to let Kota change clothes while I cooked Darren dinner, then out the house again to get her to warm ups.

After the game, I'd told my aunt I was coming over to give her a shower. Was hoping it'd be warm enough the kids could go swimming, but it was freaking cold tonight, lol. Aunt didn't want a shower, so I did a couple things around the house and then brought the kids home for dinner. Sis called a while later to say aunt was griping cuz I didn't stay long...sigh, it was already 7:30, kids were getting grumpy cuz they were hungry and not swimming, wasn't staying too long. I'll be there in the morning or afternoon to clean and give her her shower (probably afternoon since she was complaining about it being cold.

Busy day for the kidlets...Dakota has her class party tomorrow and Caleb's whole 7th grade class is going to the water park for the day. I think Kota has practice in the afternoon...they're done with regular season so getting ready for the semi finals next week.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 1:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Lets see, what have I done since I was last here, LOL. I installed my digital converters, PITA and I hate them, although I love that I now get bravo, hallmark and lifetime movie channel. I hate them becasue I can not program recording on my VCR. I can record, but only one show because the TV must be on the channel you want to record from.

I also got all the boxes out of the house, sorted and filed all my bills (from about February), unloaded and put away a bunch of office supplies in a plastic 3-drawer bin that will now go to goodwill, got two loads of laundry done and put away, reclycling out and trash out. I think thats the major stuuf, I need to make some hummingbird food, hang my picture and tighten down the coutertop in the bathroom, plus clean up the kitchen.

My sister is coming on Friday but I don't want to be a total slob until she comes, LOL.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 11:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Wednesday's Mission

I'm glad you got the digital convertors installed, Dipo. Sorry about the recording though. You've gotten quite a bit done!

Yesterday I was a total slug. Today was better. Did some light cleaning around the house and a load of laundry. After the kids got out of school I took Kota over to my aunts. Bil toook the girls to practice while I stayed and helped her with a shower. Also took care of her oxygen machine, cleaned and collected laundry.

Tomorrow, cleaning out the fridge was going to happen anyways (Thursday is trash day) and we're taking a bunch of cans over to recycle. I'm thinking about cleaning carpets, or at least the living room, but haven't quite made up my mind yet about it.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Last night I cleaned the kitchen, to a degree, ran the dishwasher, handwashed the remaining dishes, cleaned the stove, made some hummingbird food, refilled the soda bottles, and was annoyed once again that I can't record my soaps. Trying a different method today.

Tonight I have investment club so won't do anything since I will be home late.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 1:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I took the kids to school. My one and only accomplishment today.

My sinuses have really been bugging me and it's probably time to go to the dr. Monday I was headachy, but it was bearable. Yesterday I was headachy again but feeling blah, everything I did took a great deal of effort and then after dinner I lost all my motivation. This morning, I felt like crud, still do. Head hurts, face hurts (you know the sinusy hurting...around your eyes/nose, teeth, all of it,) body aches. Great day for it I guess since I didn't really have anything that had to be done. I laid down on the couch about 9:45 and woke up about 20 minutes ago. I'm not really sure that it's an actual sinus infection though, no fever, think it's just sinus pressure and pain (even with the body aches I can write that off as sleeping terribly the last couple nights.) With the weather the way it's been, we've had some pretty bad winds for the last week or so and that usually sets off my sinus problems...today is really bad and has been since I got up, in fact wouldn't surprise me to see Darren coming home early cuz his plant will shut down when the wind gets too bad and it's about to that point now. Anyways, going to wait and see, if I start a fever or get to feeling worse, I'll go to the dr tomorrow afternoon.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 1:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
My 15 year old sister keeps my house shiny and clean as long as I keep her in cute clothes. Fair deal, clothes for my sanity.

GOD I LOVE HER!

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 3:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Aren't sisters wonderful!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 11:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Thursday's Mission

I'm such a dumb ass sometimes, lol. After trying to deal with the sinuses and headache for several hours, I finally took some excedrin. It didn't touch the pain. Darren brought me some sinus pills about 7:30 tonight and not long after taking them I was actually feeling human again. Should have taken those much earlier!

Don't have any housework planned for tomorrow. Dakota's promotion ceremony, Darren's taking off work for it, then we're taking her out of school and to lunch to celebrate. Caleb wants to stay in school since he's having a couple class parties and watching Twilight (he said it was a chick flick, but he's hoping one of the girls will be scared and will want to sit close, lol.) Since he's getting an award tomorrow too and we can't go watch that, we told him we'd take them to the ice cream shop after dinner for a treat. That's about the only plans for tomorrow.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 3:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Well, I got stood up by the glass replacement guy for the downstairs windows repairs today 1-3pm. Sucker didn't even call by 5pm.

Lastnight, I had asked my new Skinnyhouse, 2 houses on one lot, neighbors (Nice young pups that are now renting it) if I could use their "Yardwaste" bin. That I wanted to use my new weedwhacker to mow the front sidewalk2street area. The grass is about 18" high. I don't have a mower and neither do they, they're looking @ Craigslist but have been busy. They said "Sure, but it REALLY smells". Wow, they weren't kidding!

Just to clarify. The big brains in our fair "GREEN enlightened City" in March changed the garbage/recycle/yardwaste deal. We now have to put garbage (now meat, vegetables, whatever into the yardwaste bins. New very tiny bins, cost addl $3.60/mo, neighbors have a garbage can size yardwaste bin which costs more. I only have a mere 1-quart or less per week since I use the garbage disposal, my coffee grounds & egg shells that I've heard clog, which we are not allowed to put in the "Garbage" can. My former Sknyhse neighbor let me pay half his yardwaste paymt each year and toss my little bit of waste into his BIG bin. The mayor now says we each HAVE to have our OWN bin.

Well, to be honest, I "declared" myself as a "Composter". Paid $42 ($27 + $15 delvry) for a compost bin ($100 value) that turned out to be HUGE! You have to dig a big hole in the yard and this is glacial til which is like digging in cement. Then in all the hurries the City goofed and delivered ANOTHER compost bin on my doorstep. I'm normally an honest person, but I'm so p!ssed about this whole process, I never notified them of the mistake, and now have TWO unused $100 compost bins added to the former mountain in my garage. Maybe someday I will sell on ebay, just makes me angry to even look at them.

Okay today, so it took a bit of work putting the weedwhacker together, running upstairs/downstairs for the right Philips screwdriver. Got out there and weedwhacker was moving nicely. Raked it all up and went to dump into their yardbin. Something odd & stunk pretty bad, but I was tired and it didn't really register. Filled it up about 3/4, also pulled a bunch of weeds at my own place plus pulled up dandelions (theirs&mine) with my dandelion yanker that yanks out the roots.

Ran out of steam, so tired. After I quit, came up to eat dinner, it suddenly struck me. The bag of garbage that stunk was a plastic bag all tied up with their kitchen waste. Probably the yardwaste garbage guy is passively trying to tell them that they won't accept plastic, cause it doesn't compost! Yikes, by next week... well, I don't 'do' little crawly white worms. Hate to seem a nosy neighbor telling the new renters their business (like I'm scoping out their garbage). Just hoping the yardwaste guy might give them a note. Jeepers, I'm sore!

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 3:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
BTW, please don't take me wrong. I've been a fervent recyler, clear back to the days when it was an experimental project and I was asking all the neighbors to dump their newspapers/cans in my recycle bin. Tucking my own catfood cans alongside in the dishwasher to wash them.

But this latest gimmick is just to rev up the revenues, our City just can't figure enough ways to make this town more expensive.

Thinking about it, I've got a friend that is a serious gardener. Bet he would love a couple of compost bins, I won't even have to mess with ebay!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 1:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
If your waste co is anything like ours, they'll leave a note taped to the bin as a warning. I've gotten a couple, one for the lid not being closed all the way and another because we'd placed our cans too close together...no big deal for either, we weren't aware the cans had to be placed so many feet apart and that the lid had to close all the way (it was open maybe an inch or two.)

Neighbors may not be aware of what can/can't go in the bin or may have mistaken which one is for which. We have a blue one for trash, green for recyclables, and brown for yard waste and I constantly mix up recyclables and yard waste cuz a green can for yard wastes (leaves, branches, etc) makes more sense to me for some reason, lol!

I know our trash prices are going up here...my aunt just got her new bill, it's an extra $20 per bill. Also read that water co is looking to raise rates by 75%!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 8:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Bummer about the trash increase and water! We are on rationing now at the condo project and the water company will charge us 4 times the rate if we go over our project allocation, it really sucks since we have no individual metering.

So my sister will be here to do her first cleaning of my house, I can't wait. It has also made me take care of a few things. I hung the picture that has been on my list for at least a month, LOL. My normal chores, unloaded the dishwasher, ran the roomba, wiped down a table on the balcony, cleaned up the kitchen, wiped down the counters, wrote up a note to my sister about where all the cleaning supplies are, and put away some miscellaneous things that I have been meaning to move. LOL, I forgot how I used to clean up for the "cleaning lady" to come.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 8:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
That always cracks me up to hear people say it Dipo, have to clean up for the cleaning lady, lol. At the same time, I get it, lol! You don't want anyone in your house if it's too messy.

We're under mandatory restrictions too for watering. We're pretty careful anyways about water use so the only big difference for us (for this time of year) is watering only 2 nights a week, 15 minutes each night, instead of every other night.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 11:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Friday's Mission

I did end up getting a little shopping done today...things I needed (fruits, raw veggies) and a few things my aunt needs that I don't buy from Costco. That was about it though.

Tomorrow is Kota's school softball game and I have to go to that. I want to go, but also have to, she's not allowed to take her own gear but if I bring it to her, she can use it.

The kids get out of school early and I plan to do some cleaning then. Two of Caleb's buddies want to come over tomorrow afternoon to play video games (one of them is leaving for the summer next week and they want to have fun before he goes.)

Oh, also got to pay a couple bills and do some grocery shopping (I only picked up what I had to) but I'll probably do that this weekend.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Friday, June 12, 2009 - 12:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Well, surprise surprise! Yardwaste guy TOOK it somehow, no note left. But the neighborhood sure smells better lol! Yikes, 75% increase for War's Aunt and perhaps 4xrate for Dipo, guess I shouldn't be complaining.

A couple yrs ago we got settlements (reduction in the bill) from all the years the City was charging for streetlights out of our electric bills (instead of charging the Genl Fund). Last month we got a settlement for the fire hydrants they've been charging to the water bills - except they're going to raise the rates for a year or so in order to pay for the settlements. Always so sneaky about sliding in charges which should be paid out of general taxes, isn't that why the City gets "general taxes" instead of just dunning the property owners to pay? Court said streetlights & fire hydrants are for the general purpose of everyone, even the tourists.

Recycle & Yardwaste bins are green, Garbage cans are black, all with labels. They just caught an adolescent bear last week (they've been chasing all over the north end for 2-wks, it's been a wild chase!). It's been suggested that he's been roaming just to eat the smorgasbord in the new yardwaste bins. Poor pup got tired after a hefty lunch and fell asleep in some blackberry bushes when they darted him, tagged him, & hauled him back to Ma Nature.