Does this mean four, or two?
I'm checking a few things for today and came upon a holiday/fun-day site. Today is "Mutt" day, a celebration of mixed breed dogs. I don't like the term mutt. So if you have a dog that is not "pure blood" give him (or her) an extra treat this last day of July.
I'm checking a few things for today and came upon a holiday/fun-day site. Today is "Mutt" day, a celebration of mixed breed dogs. I don't like the term mutt. So if you have a dog that is not "pure blood" give him (or her) an extra treat this last day of July.
I finally got around to watching "War Horse" yesterday. Thousands of soldiers killed and I'm fine with it. One horse bites the dust and I'm reaching for the Kleenex. In spite of turning it off twice I enjoyed it. Now I see it was a play at the Lincoln Center Theater on Broadway. That must have been one well trained horse.
"I know you don't have to go now but the play starts in five minutes."
This one should have gone before he left the house, or the barn.
In Manchester, England a woman was in the saddle of her horse when turned away from the McDonald's drive-thru window. She then went inside, with the horse, who promptly crapped all over the floor. Many of the customers were disgusted but a few thought a horse in McDonald's, along with smell, was rather appropriate. What's in your Big Mac?
On this day in 1999 NASA intentionally crashed the Lunar Prospector into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on its surface. Apollo 17, the last maned lunar landing was there 27 years earlier. They couldn't tell there was no ice?
Here are a few more 'money savings' tips courtesy of AARP. These are for the garden.
Bugs Be Gone: Forget expensive bug zappers and pesticides. Hang a fabric softener sheet adjacent to but not touching an outdoor light fixture to keep flying insects like mosquitoes and moths away. They hate the scent generated when the softener sheets are heated. People don't like it much either. So hold your nose and sit within five feet of the light. If you move away from the light the bugs will get you. And always keep an eye on the dryer sheet, it may burst into flames.
Keep Deer Away: Pouring or spraying a "rotten egg" cocktail around your plants will keep deer from eating them. Just mix six raw eggs in two gallons of water and let sit outside for a week. The smell will keep Bambi and every other thing, including you, away. I would rather see deer and half eaten plants then have a garden smelling like a YMCA locker room.
Mow It Yourself: Use a manual lawn mower instead of a power mower or hiring someone to do the work. It will save you money and give you some exercise. Be sure to keep up the payments on your health and (if you have it) life insurance. There is nothing I enjoy more than mowing a lawn in 90 degree heat.
Mooch Off Mulch: If you're looking for free mulch ask road crews clearing trees if they'll dump their wood chips in your yard. Wanda and I have actually done this a couple times. Do you have any idea what ten yards of material looks like? We saved buying the mulch and paid our next door neighbor $100 to spread it.
Bye-bye Weeds: Avoid expensive and toxic weed killer by dousing weeds with scalding water left over after boiling potatoes or pasta. Yes, walking around with a large pot of SCALDING WATER makes perfectly good sense. If you do try this, please wear oven mitts and do not get the water near your plants. They will smell like food and attract the deer.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
Alaska ain't big enough for the both of us.
Effran "Red" Rineakee, age 50, was having a property dispute with a neighbor. So he punched himself in the face, called 911 and accused his neighbor of assault. How does one even do that? When questioned by troopers he admitted he had hit himself in an effort to get his neighbor arrested.
"Red" was taken to the local hospital where his nose was reset. He is charged with filing a false arrest and being stupid without a license.
A 92-old woman eating a biscuit outside a nursing home had her dentures swiped by a seagull.
Here are a few more 'money savings' tips courtesy of AARP. These are for the garden.
Bugs Be Gone: Forget expensive bug zappers and pesticides. Hang a fabric softener sheet adjacent to but not touching an outdoor light fixture to keep flying insects like mosquitoes and moths away. They hate the scent generated when the softener sheets are heated. People don't like it much either. So hold your nose and sit within five feet of the light. If you move away from the light the bugs will get you. And always keep an eye on the dryer sheet, it may burst into flames.
Keep Deer Away: Pouring or spraying a "rotten egg" cocktail around your plants will keep deer from eating them. Just mix six raw eggs in two gallons of water and let sit outside for a week. The smell will keep Bambi and every other thing, including you, away. I would rather see deer and half eaten plants then have a garden smelling like a YMCA locker room.
Mow It Yourself: Use a manual lawn mower instead of a power mower or hiring someone to do the work. It will save you money and give you some exercise. Be sure to keep up the payments on your health and (if you have it) life insurance. There is nothing I enjoy more than mowing a lawn in 90 degree heat.
Mooch Off Mulch: If you're looking for free mulch ask road crews clearing trees if they'll dump their wood chips in your yard. Wanda and I have actually done this a couple times. Do you have any idea what ten yards of material looks like? We saved buying the mulch and paid our next door neighbor $100 to spread it.
Bye-bye Weeds: Avoid expensive and toxic weed killer by dousing weeds with scalding water left over after boiling potatoes or pasta. Yes, walking around with a large pot of SCALDING WATER makes perfectly good sense. If you do try this, please wear oven mitts and do not get the water near your plants. They will smell like food and attract the deer.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
Alaska ain't big enough for the both of us.
Effran "Red" Rineakee, age 50, was having a property dispute with a neighbor. So he punched himself in the face, called 911 and accused his neighbor of assault. How does one even do that? When questioned by troopers he admitted he had hit himself in an effort to get his neighbor arrested.
"Red" was taken to the local hospital where his nose was reset. He is charged with filing a false arrest and being stupid without a license.
A 92-old woman eating a biscuit outside a nursing home had her dentures swiped by a seagull.
Renee A. Olgolvie wanted to feed birds, so she placed the false teeth on a table, allowing the bird to swoop down and take them.
The seagull, apparently unhappy with its find, spat them out on the roof of a nearby building, where employees were able to retrieve them.
Apparently the gull had a decent dental plan.
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