In the garden, and RAIN!!!!

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BRENDA

Sunday, February 20, 2022 2:23 AM

Back from my walk and had a nice cup of coffee with one of the ladies that used to come and help me look after my mum.

SIGNYM

Sunday, February 20, 2022 3:06 AM

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Back from my walk and had a nice cup of coffee with one of the ladies that used to come and help me look after my mum.

That sounds so nice! It's always good to keep in touch!

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

SIGNYM

Sunday, February 20, 2022 3:10 AM

One of my neighbors knitted me a "Rasta" cap. Kind of like this, but with more colors.

It's toasty warm, something my head appreciates! That was so unexpected, and so nice of them!

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, February 20, 2022 4:11 AM

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Sorry, don't mean to complain about the weather! I'm perfectly happy with ours the way it is!

Yours sounds beastly.

Wish there was some way to make it better!

Maybe ... you're almost thru winter?

No worries. Just giving you the shit. I had to do that to my mom and step dad when they're down south bitching about cold night in Arizona to me while I was knee deep in snow as if they forgot what winter up here is like.

So far, if you don't include the heat bills, it's been a milder winter than last year at least.

Although we got 8" of snow the other night instead of the 4" max they'd told us we'd get, and I was outside working on that for over 4 hours yesterday.

Hopefully it will be done soon. You never know around here though. It will be 54 degrees on Tuesday, but then it's 24 degrees again on Wednesday. Winter and snow could and has hung on until the 2nd week of May.

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SIGNYM

Sunday, February 20, 2022 8:32 AM

No worries,SIX!

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

SIGNYM

Sunday, February 20, 2022 8:43 AM

Managed to do something besides regular chores. The Tung oil on the beframe took forever to set up, even after we brought it indoors! And bc I had tried to wipe a few areas after it was partially set but before it was fully dry, all I managed to do was pill up the gummed oil. So today managed to give the frame a light sanding and wipe the dust off. I think bc the oil filled in the pores, the surface is silky smooth... "Smooth as a baby's bottom" as my dad used to say! Toomorrow I'm going to experiment with staining the birch ply to match the beech frame (I sanded an inside portion of the plywood skirt to experiment with) and hopefully do one last VERY thinned tung oil coat (prolly 7:3 mineral spirits:tung) to restore the depth of color and shine.

Anyway, will see how it works. This is kind of "experiment as you go".

Monday I better have the whole house dusted bc I won't be dusting much after that.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

SIGNYM

Sunday, February 20, 2022 9:16 AM

What is with the double posts???

BRENDA

Sunday, February 20, 2022 9:17 AM

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from my walk and had a nice cup of coffee with one of the ladies that used to come and help me look after my mum.
That sounds so nice! It's always good to keep in touch!

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

It is nice.

I've seen her twice now in a week. But that happens once in a while.

BRENDA

Sunday, February 20, 2022 9:19 AM

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What is with the double posts???

Don't know SIG. But the hat is cool.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Sunday, February 20, 2022 10:26 AM

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Sounds like a great visit Jack. You are lucky to have living members of your family that old. There are times when I really miss my dad's oldest sister but all his brothers and sisters are gone now and I never knew my grandparents on either side. They all died long before I was born.
I try to talk to her about old things now when we talk. About what she thought of the world when she was young. She's really my only opportunity to hear about what somebody thought life was like during and right after the Great Depression. I wasted that opportunity with all of my other grandparents.
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Yeah tax time is b&tch no matter where you are. I will soon have to get mine done. And we have on line things up here but I can't be bothered.
I actually don't mind doing my own. Paper and mail is the way to go, even though they penalize you and hold your return hostage for an extra month or two if you mail it.

That's hogwash.

I used to file my returns every Jan 1st, and would get my refund between 10 and 25 days later.
If you are waiting for the deluge of hundreds of millions of returns before filing yours, then the only delay is them working through the backlog.

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