Our version of retirement: Living a childhood dream
- Thread starter Gary O'
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Me too:grin:
yes we probably do now in OZ - I'm old english too - lots of these abbreviations were brought in the early years - but I've heard mothers say 'where's ya gumboots'!
Meanderer
Senior Member
Johnny Cash has a song "Christmas As I Knew It".....the lyrics at the end go.......
Me and Jack took a jar of coal oil and some hickery nuts we'd found
We walked to the sharecropper's porch and set 'em down
A poor old ragged lady eased open the door
She picked up the coal oil and hickery nuts and said
I sure do thank ye and quickly closed the door
We started back home me and Jack and about halfway we stopped looked back
And in the sharecropper's window at last was a light
So for one of the neighbors and for us it was a good Christmas night
Christmas came and Christmas went Christmas that year was heaven sent
Then daddy put on his gumboots and waited for the thaw back home in Dyess Arkansas
Me and Jack took a jar of coal oil and some hickery nuts we'd found
We walked to the sharecropper's porch and set 'em down
A poor old ragged lady eased open the door
She picked up the coal oil and hickery nuts and said
I sure do thank ye and quickly closed the door
We started back home me and Jack and about halfway we stopped looked back
And in the sharecropper's window at last was a light
So for one of the neighbors and for us it was a good Christmas night
Christmas came and Christmas went Christmas that year was heaven sent
Then daddy put on his gumboots and waited for the thaw back home in Dyess Arkansas
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Spring has sprung
…a leak
I call this time of the year ‘the uglies’
During the thaw, it’s hard to imagine this area east of the Cascades is called the high desert
Got a new tiny washer for this summer
My lady can’t wait for it to be on line
Her knuckles are a bit worn
So, gettin' a jump on things
Snow is wet now
Wet half frozen snow is heavy
Just clearing a lane for grey water drain is a workout
Not the arms or shoulders, can’t feel it anyway, but the lower back
I’m in hopes that muscles are forming around my crushed discs
Threw together some pallet walks for trips to the privy
the dry wells are doing their job
Oh, there’s still snow
Three feet of the stuff in places
But it’s a goin’
And, ugly
Here’s a leftover chunk trying to do an impression of an albino Diamond Head
And a little alcove behind the shop, where snowmen go to melt
(work with me, it’s been a long winter)
My snow depth gauge
....is now but a flickable sliver
The unsettled skies make for nice rises, however
Come sunshine, come
Take this snow away
...and make my day
got wood to cut
...fires to keep
…a leak
I call this time of the year ‘the uglies’
During the thaw, it’s hard to imagine this area east of the Cascades is called the high desert
Got a new tiny washer for this summer
My lady can’t wait for it to be on line
Her knuckles are a bit worn
So, gettin' a jump on things
Snow is wet now
Wet half frozen snow is heavy
Just clearing a lane for grey water drain is a workout
Not the arms or shoulders, can’t feel it anyway, but the lower back
I’m in hopes that muscles are forming around my crushed discs
Threw together some pallet walks for trips to the privy
the dry wells are doing their job
Oh, there’s still snow
Three feet of the stuff in places
But it’s a goin’
And, ugly
Here’s a leftover chunk trying to do an impression of an albino Diamond Head
And a little alcove behind the shop, where snowmen go to melt
(work with me, it’s been a long winter)
My snow depth gauge
....is now but a flickable sliver
The unsettled skies make for nice rises, however
Come sunshine, come
Take this snow away
...and make my day
got wood to cut
...fires to keep
Over the line?
Shoot, I’ve been 'over the line' most my life
So long, I’ve gotten rather comfy with the crazies
Those that call me friend are the ones to be uneasy
(luv yer stuff, bud)
Got a new tiny washer for this summer
My lady can’t wait for it to be on line
Her knuckles are a bit worn
Kudos to your missus.......
Hey, she loves that thing
Quite impressive for something so little
Beats hell outa the full size wash machine we had in town.
And it spins to durn near dry
Good bang for the buck (under $120)
Well it's workin' better than mine...currently having problems with the spinning out.
With all the rain we're thinkin its the pipes..Hopin... anyway.
That's been the toughy here
wringing out levis
they jus' don't wring
was gonna get her a wringer
but this thing sends that water outa there
I've wrapped those suckers around a post and wrung the crap out of em before...I understand...
Spring has matured
The paths are clear
The drive has dried out
The shop was 60°F without heat
Even had to use the screen door today
Oh, there’s still snow
But more terra firma than the white stuff
Clouds played havoc with the morning light
But, eventually, our little mountain breathed in the rays
T’was a good day
The paths are clear
The drive has dried out
The shop was 60°F without heat
Even had to use the screen door today
Oh, there’s still snow
But more terra firma than the white stuff
Clouds played havoc with the morning light
But, eventually, our little mountain breathed in the rays
T’was a good day
Sweetie Pie
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- UK
Ooh just found this thread.
I have a lot of reading to do.
I have never been to that part of the USA.
It looks beautiful.
I have a lot of reading to do.
I have never been to that part of the USA.
It looks beautiful.
Some like it, some don't
the some don'ts work for me
gettin' too crowded as it is
winter drives 'em all out...heh heh
(with the exception of some hunting acquaintances)