General Discussion & Chat: Coffee...and for July 23, 2006, 0 by meezersfive

meezersfive wrote:
Tgig, and V'ann, the daylilies are beautiful! I'm looking at the Stella d'Oros and wondering if I should be deadheading...do you do yours?

Sarv, those gocarts are definitely not made for adults, I'm surprised you could bend your legs enough to get in...or out! I'd probably try it anyway....LOL I've done crazier things. Learned some lessons and completely forgot some others! It's still cheaper to fix an older good car than buy a new one. I expect mine to go over 200K before anything goes so wrong that I have to replace it. Most of the "foreign" cars ( although some are made here, like Honda) have engines designed to run that long. Body integrity is another matter, road salt in the winter can do a lot of damage. Other than tires and oil changes I haven't put that much into mine. This year was a big expense, with the head gasket, but overall, everything has held up extremely well. I'm still running my A/C on the original freon.

Of course, I have to gripe about it when something needs doing, but DH just says, "Try and find a car that will run as long as the Camry, for what you want to pay.. and, Good Luck."

I don't recall if Elaine (IO1) had something going on this weekend, or maybe she has her new splint on....and can't type...SUSAN ELAINE, ARE YOU LURKING?

Mary, Sammi and Olivia are inseparable now. If she's out of sight he goes looking for her. If she's napping somewhere, he'll sleep nearby, almost always with a paw on her. She is Queen of his Universe.

I picked a big bouquet to bring in the house, and went in the den later to say something to DH...He said, "What did you do, blow up a chili dog??" I looked down and the front of my tank top was covered with reddish orange blotches....from the lilies I picked! I threw it in the wash right away and it all came out. My kids used to make moustaches and beards from the pollen from the tiger lilies, and it didn't wash off all that well.

Hope, what is Border Patrol? Does it have another name? I feel bad when a perennial doesn't make it through our winter but when we have freeze and thaw cycles, you always lose some. I'm shocked that three of the cheap $2 roses from Home Depot are on their third season, I didn't even cover them last year. One is only about 6 high so I don't have much confidence that it will survive another winter.

Mary, thanks for the reminder, I've got a big bag of flour that's probably sprouted some critters by now, keep meaning to check it but out of sight out of mind. Now I will, for sure. Federal standards allow 1% foreign matter in our flour, and some of it is bound to hatch.

Now that I've spoiled your appetites......LOL ~~~~~~ good night, see you on the morrow. Sleep safe.

Sheila