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Comment on Variety is the Spit of Life by chuck till

chuck till — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:09:30 +0000

The overly diversified goods that we consume per cues from Madison Avenue also fill our houses and our landfills. Recently I’ve been systematically discarding excess stuff from the house. Feels good.

FYI, I buy from http://www.uptontea.com, an excellent mail-order source.

Comment on A Plague of Horse Flies by Lee

Lee — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:05:47 +0000

Hi Ace,

Bless your heart. Yes, we have seen our horse fly population here around the barn cut to almost nil. You can read the update here: http://www.longleafbreeze.com/?p=1584

Comment on A Plague of Horse Flies by Ace

Ace — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:59:30 +0000

Were the numbers reduced? I’m in SW Ohio, and the horse flies are the worst I’ve ever seen them.
I’ll try anything as long as it works, even if it costs $300!! I can’t do anything outside without being tormented. I’ve killed at least 1,000 since mid July - about the time they showed up by the hoards.

Comment on A Plague of Horse Flies by Martin Kuipers

Martin Kuipers — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:03:29 +0000

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You see information about this horsefly-trap. The trap cost €250,-
If you are intersted I can sell you one for € 250,- and I will take care for the transportationcost.
Because we will try to sell a lot in your countrie.
Maybee you know anybody who is interested in this horsefly-trap.
I hope soon hearing from you.
Martin Kuipers
company: KYLIX
The Netherlands
phone: +31 546 577305

Comment on First Use of the Clothesline by Lee

Lee — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:37:23 +0000

It is amazing, isn’t it, how we all grew up with clotheslines, and all our parents stopped using them at about the same time. I remember playing under the pecan tree while Mama hung out the clothes. She must have had a lot of them, because it seems to me we would stay out there longer than 5-10 minutes.

Comment on First Use of the Clothesline by chuck till

chuck till — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:24:30 +0000

Virtually every house in Forest Hills was built with a clothesline in the backyard. Ours was. My parents didn’t get a dryer until 1970 or thereabouts. The clothesline lasted another 5 years ago before the then-forlorn galvanized posts and wires were taken down.

Not only was it a good way to dry clothes, but one could also play a kind of long-distance croquet using the posts as targets. It was also a convenient way to escape tacklers while playing backyard football.

I’ve thought about erecting a clothesline here, but there is probably a zoning regulation or a restrictive covenant to prevent it.

Comment on First Report on Summer in Alabama Without Air Conditioning by Lee

Lee — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:17:56 +0000

Hi Tony,

Good to hear from you! I never would have guessed that your afternoons are clearer than your mornings. That’s helpful.

The times when we struggled with humidity, we were EVER SO CAREFUL not to run the dishwasher or shower indoors while the envelope was closed up. And the humidity did drop during the day; it just stayed much higher than the levels outside.

We haven’t experienced (or at least haven’t yet noticed) the problem with over-chlorinated drinking water. I wonder if that’s a result of your living so close to the bayou?

Comment on First Report on Summer in Alabama Without Air Conditioning by Tony

Tony — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:09:56 +0000

Very interesting observations.

Here in South Louisiana it is clearer in the afternoon than in the morning. The switch over starts around 10:00AM to 11:00AM.

I wonder if running the dishwasher during the day added to the humidity problem? I also wonder if maybe because your house is half the size of ours you experienced higher humidity.

We are the same now RE:cold restaurants and such. The two deciding factors in where we go are is the place too cold? Does their water taste like a freshly chlorinated swimming pool.

Comment on More Compost Than Garbage by chuck till

chuck till — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:11:59 +0000

Foyer groups are nice, aren’t they? Our parish here has them too.

Comment on Eclectic Trading Days by Evie Roberts

Evie Roberts — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:53:05 +0000

Fruit Cakes are quite addictive and my mom always bake them every month.’.,