In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Quote:Oh how annoying!!! What a situation!
I've done that in my day. It's a weird dynamic to me - not quite business-like and not quite personal. Obviously you two are together for work purposes: her to get something done, and you to do it. But when you're in someone's home you're in their personal space. And in turn they seem to feel free to intrude in your life.
I found it taxing. Perhaps you do better with it.- KIKI
It is taxing and it is odd in a way as I have known this couple off and on for years. They are friends of a lady that I knew since I was a baby. This lady died last year and she left her house to them.
It is also taxing because of their religion. She's a doctor but also the wife of a semi-retired minister, so they bring their religion into a lot of discussions I have had with them. That ticks me off to no end as I just throw science back in their faces.
And in their own ways they have issues with minorities. Example their son got married over the summer to a Thai girl. The new couple came over for a visit in September but because of Trump and his travel bans, their new daughter in law couldn't enter the US to change planes. Their son came on his own and then their daughter in law had to fly direct into Canada.
The husband of the woman, I work for couldn't understand why that happened. I could only look at the man and think, "You dumb f&ck! The President of the US has problems with people of different skin colours."
This man also related a story to me a year ago that his father had told him. His family may have Indian blood. He was so horrified at this idea, that I sat at the other end of the table from him and pointed at myself and said, "Sitting right here. My family has no problem with being Indian. We're proud of it."- BRENDA
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Was invited to a neighborhood end-of-summer party a few weeks ago. The couple who hosted it, plus a few of their friends, have a band that's pretty damn good. The drummer is particularly good. They played all of the oldies that I remember and like ... Riders on the Storm ... Dust in the Wind ... Grange (ZZ Top) and they did a GREAT job! I had a blast!
But I've had uh haw haw haw (ZZ Top) and dust in the wind stuck in my head ever since!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Oh how annoying!!! What a situation!
I've done that in my day. It's a weird dynamic to me - not quite business-like and not quite personal. Obviously you two are together for work purposes: her to get something done, and you to do it. But when you're in someone's home you're in their personal space. And in turn they seem to feel free to intrude in your life.
I found it taxing. Perhaps you do better with it.- KIKI
It is taxing and it is odd in a way as I have known this couple off and on for years. They are friends of a lady that I knew since I was a baby. This lady died last year and she left her house to them.
It is also taxing because of their religion. She's a doctor but also the wife of a semi-retired minister, so they bring their religion into a lot of discussions I have had with them. That ticks me off to no end as I just throw science back in their faces.
And in their own ways they have issues with minorities. Example their son got married over the summer to a Thai girl. The new couple came over for a visit in September but because of Trump and his travel bans, their new daughter in law couldn't enter the US to change planes. Their son came on his own and then their daughter in law had to fly direct into Canada.
The husband of the woman, I work for couldn't understand why that happened. I could only look at the man and think, "You dumb f&ck! The President of the US has problems with people of different skin colours."
This man also related a story to me a year ago that his father had told him. His family may have Indian blood. He was so horrified at this idea, that I sat at the other end of the table from him and pointed at myself and said, "Sitting right here. My family has no problem with being Indian. We're proud of it."- BRENDA
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
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Here's the kicker Sig. The man is an American. He's been in Canada for 50years and is a citizen but he is as dumb as a box of rocks.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Was invited to a neighborhood end-of-summer party a few weeks ago. The couple who hosted it, plus a few of their friends, have a band that's pretty damn good. The drummer is particularly good. They played all of the oldies that I remember and like ... Riders on the Storm ... Dust in the Wind ... Grange (ZZ Top) and they did a GREAT job! I had a blast!
But I've had uh haw haw haw (ZZ Top) and dust in the wind stuck in my head ever since!
-----------
Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876
Cool.
Been there and done that.
Taking some music with me tomorrow and hoping no one is around when I am working, so I can listen and sing along with the CDs.
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Continuing to blitz on all fronts .... hubby's retirement (and nailing down health insurance for all of us) ... home renovation .... the garden.
Especially the garden. Been devoting a few hours most mornings lately, before the day gets too hot, to do the cleanup, pruning, and planting that one is supposed to do in the fall here. Yesterday, I devoted a lot more time than anticipated cleaning up around the driveway - mostly pruning, raking, and sweeping; plus giving the vehicles a quick wash and filling tires.
I filled up one of those ginormous greenwaste bins that our trash company makes available in our fair city. And wouldn't you know it? You can hardly tell the difference!
It WILL make a difference, I tell myself, when the Santa Ana winds blow and there will be fewer leaves and pine needles to drift across the driveway. But so far ... meh! 
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
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Just takes time Sig and it is a rainy kind of day here. Need my umbrella when I head out in a bit.
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Quote:Sounds like housecleaning: wash this, scrub that, sweep here, mop there, dust another, polish more. And then 6 months later...you gotta do it all again. (Irma Bombeck, IIRC)
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Continuing to blitz on all fronts .... hubby's retirement (and nailing down health insurance for all of us) ... home renovation .... the garden.
Especially the garden. Been devoting a few hours most mornings lately, before the day gets too hot, to do the cleanup, pruning, and planting that one is supposed to do in the fall here. Yesterday, I devoted a lot more time than anticipated cleaning up around the driveway - mostly pruning, raking, and sweeping; plus giving the vehicles a quick wash and filling tires.
I filled up one of those ginormous greenwaste bins that our trash company makes available in our fair city. And wouldn't you know it? You can hardly tell the difference!
It WILL make a difference, I tell myself, when the Santa Ana winds blow and there will be fewer leaves and pine needles to drift across the driveway. But so far ... meh!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
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Irma Bombeck ... one of my favorites back in the day, god rest her soul.
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Originally posted by 1kiki:
Irma Bombeck ... one of my favorites back in the day, god rest her soul.
Mine too kiki. I've a number of her books stashed in a box.
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