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Good idea Chez. She could join in on all the craziness! :-)

Chezka my grandfather made statues of the Virgin Mary and Joseph too! How funny is that?
JJ those veggies look good.
Jim is V for Vendetta a Susan Grafton one?

What a koinkidink, Lynnie! :-)

All of us in this thread should REALLY try to watch that slug movie! It would be fun to talk about it afterwards... i can just imagine all the smart puns we can come up with.....

Hey Chez, I am cold natured. Eversense I had my first heart surgery, I nearly freeze. Keep a stocking cap on the head of my bed, just in case the bald spot gets cold in the night. Heat, I love it never gets to hot for me if I think to drink water. Humidity in Louisiana will kill you though. Low humity for us is in the 40's.

My wife is not in to computers. She won't sit long enough for me to teach her what little I know. Did get her to look at a couple of pictures the other night.

I don't know about the author of the movie. I liked it because it was full of action and the good guys won.

Been sitting here pondering. What old folks do when they can't think of what they was a doing before they starting pondering. Make sense to you? Does to me, cause I'm the one pondering. Ponder on Chezca's idea of all watching the "Slug Movie." May be if our review of the movie is good enough, we might replace Ebert. Most any one of us has more personallity than he does. Might just be the way to supplement SS. Hmmm! Quite and idea Granddaughter. The smarts seem to run in the family. Jest you recollect where you gottum from.

anyone know where I can get that super thrive stuff?

Good morning everyone. I won't be on much today. Got to go to another office.

I got some at a Lowes last year iluvcatz. Hopefully you have one in your area and they have it too!

Have a super day all.

Wha happened?!? The Mint Juleps outposted us! :-) Mornin ya'll!

Oh btw, I guess I need to sluggo once more... found a itty bitty baby slug last night and that means its got bros and sissies :-) time for them to go nanyt! ^-^

Good morning all. Chezca, I had to bring out the Sluggo a couple of day's ago as well! There was a lot of new munching going on ......dang them slimmy thing's and I even was able to slice a few in two that were still hanging around;-) It's raining here today so this evening may be a good time to go hand picking.

I have not read the "mint" thread but I may have to take a look at it.

They moved the mint thread from Beginners Gardening to Tree and Plant Identification and picked up a whole lot of new people posting.

Well gang, what the slugs couldn't do the rain did. Went to look at the Monster today and it had split wide open. Guess it tried to start growing again. Tried a bite of it anyway but not much flavor. Still kind of green tasting. Pidked on a little smaller that way trying to split and Jo peeled it and put it in the refrigerator. Will let it stand a couple of days before I try it. Just guessing, but I would estimate that the big one weighed between 12 and 15 pounds. It was fun to watch it grow anyway.

Hope you have a good day Cat. My granddaughter works for the military and hates to be sent to a new office to work for the day.

I seen the "mint" thread was posted on the Plant I.D. forum but it had way too many response's for me to shuffle through last night.

Your cantalope was a monster Jim and Cat hope you have a good day at work even if you have to change to a different office for the day. I actually miss working right now......believe it or not. The company I worked for had to close the door's this past June. I had been with them for almost 20 yrs.! Hopefully this economy will soon pick back up.

I hope you are right Rachel but it doesn't look optimistic. To much government meddling. I believe if you leave the American People alone that our nation is smart enough and industrious to pull it's self back to stability. I think government intervention just slows the process. My opinon anyway. Hope something good opens up for you.

Thank you Jim and I too agree with everything you just said!

I'm having a cornedbeef sammy for breakfast on oatnut bread right now.... mmmmm....... I know it's early but I'm starved! Didn't eat dinner last night adn for some reason I was cravin a cornedbeef sammy so that's waht I'm munchin on... :-)

Ya I TRIED to get into the mint thread but it just didn't have the mojo that we have here! ^-^ After reading like 25 of their posts I got lazy and switched back to ours ^-^!

Oh ya, my HD thinks we're nuts about slugs . He thinks we talk nothing BUT slugs around here and can't FATHOM how many ways people here can talk about slugs! :-D (if he only knew...;-)

He would be surprised at the extemely erudite manner in which we express ourselves. Not to mention the depth of insight of the discussions. A nuclear scientist would have trouble comprehending all we cover. And save me a bite of that sammy. AIN'T had corned beef in a coon's age. Makes me hongry jest thankin bout it.

Sometimes I wonder if I have to buy me a dictionary, gramps ^-^! You make us stop and think on some of your more "elaborate" vocabulary :-)! Your wisdom is infinite, oh shaolin master ^-^!

-the humble grasshopper

I wonder if grasshoppers eat SLUGS...

I'm back. Wasn't a bad trip. I actually travel around quite a bit in my job. Working on computer systems in different cities in the state. Interesting work but can be super stressful. As can any job!

If you're looking, I hope you find something Rachel. I seem to be counting the days until I can retire more all the time, and it's way too far off. Think I'm getting a little burned out

hey cat, welcome back :-)

all caught up yet? ^-^

I never get caught up! But that's a good thing. Job security! :-)

^-^ I meant reading our thread, siwwy wabbit!

But kudos on the job security :-) !

One thing about it Cat, if you are the ones who keep their computers up and going, you probably have the closest thing to job security in America today. Me, I'm a computer clutz. If I have a problem I have to call my son-in-law in Ohio. Helps don't help me because I don't speak the language. My best friend is a tech and if it's major, I load it up and carry it to him. Reason I bought a lap top this time and because I can use it in my recliner. If the problem is super bad, I call his son. He is one of those $175 an hour techs. Thankfully his wife doesn't cook and he likes country cookin. When I call him he just asks what Joanne is cooking for supper. Can't beat those prices with a stick.

Chezca, sweetie, I just threw in that stuff because someone was acting like we were a bunch of uneducated dodo's. I didn't know what any of that stuff meant but it sounded good anyway. I also see you were a fan of KungFu. Me, too.

Just looked at the mint thread and some woman who just started looking at it wanted the thread closed because the original question had been answered. Like it was hurting her. Hope she stays over there. She would sure be shocked at this gang of fun loving sluggers.

No grasshoppers won't eat slugs but they'll eat everything up that's green and then spit in your eye if you mess with them.

Yep Chez, this was the first thread I caught up on! Makes me smile!!

You know the funny thing Jim. I don't even LIKE computers!!! :-) I rarely if ever get on from home. After staring at the screens all day long, that's the last thing I want to do. Much rather curl up with a good book! I started a new one Mon evening, so am chomping at the bit to see how they get out of the prediciment they are in! If I could get an good uninterrupted hour, I could finish it.

Sorry your melon cracked. Guess it got too big for it's britches! LOL

"Sorry your melon cracked." ^-^
Oh funny stuff! And, uh, goodluck getting that "hour" with your book (nobody can stay away from this thread for 5 mins let alone an hour!):-p

As for that "woman", she must have wayyyy more time on her hands than we do ;-). If it ain't broke, don fix it right? Leave em be, woman!

I like shaolin temple and jackie chan movies ^-^! Oh and the Drunken Master!..(haiiiii-ya!)

I was leaving work and trying to avoid puddles, there was a SLUG in the parking lot, far from anything green. Maybe he was waiting for the bus!
Jim I can't believe your cantaloupe broke! That stinks! I guess it got too big for it's britches! oops I just scrolled up & saw that Cat already cracked that one. Sorry! Great minds think alike....

Ooo! Oooo! I got one:

"Why did the slug cross the road...?" (be creative now...^-^)

Shucks and other extremely vile words.

I had typed in a completely witty reply and lost my sat connection due to the rain and wind. I got extremely perturbed. Tuned off the computer and carried the garbage out. While strolling around the house, I was astonished to see the top of the dead pine in my back yard only inchs away from our bedroom window. I said, "Shucks," again. I wanted to vent my spleen at the power company for not cutting it like they promised, but remembered my training as a youth, "always maintain your cool." Post-haste, I went to the storage facility and removed the wheelbarrow and picked up the limbs. Ahh, job well done and nothing to repent of at Prayer Meeting tonight. Well, perhaps an unkind thought or two.

Chezca, momma, we are bound to be kin. Me an Chan are tight. Love the action. Guy is one heck of an athelete. The others I don't know but I bet I likeum. Also, the don't fix it comment is a good ole red neck saying that I use all the time. Man life is to short.

Cat, I never got on the computer much until one night I was bored and stumbled on Dave's Gardening. Met some of the greatest people around. This thread is the funnyest and most fun of all. Even got a new granddaughter out of the deal. Liked the to big for its britches. Girl, you have found a home.

Did the slug have his attenai up? Might be hitch hiking.

Thank's cat but in all reality, at the moment I am not looking for a job;-) I am going to take the Summer off (so to speak) and enjoy it. Believe me, I hit alot of the moment's when I was on total burn-out from mine as well!

Going out to hand pick some slugs, catch up to you all later.

Rachel

Cobbler is in the oven and the house is smellin LOTS better than MINT
Jim if you werent so far I'd send my hubby to cut that tree for ya then he could help with the well pump

gramma, which recipe did u try first? beam some of that stuff over please:-) i can just imagine the smell!!!!

Chezka the slug crossed the road to eat my Harry Lauder walking stick......noticed some more of the leaves have holes....did you have a punchline ready for us? :)
boy I must be tired, I can't type! Maybe I need some superthrive ;) Did you find any yet Iluvcatz?
Rachel I admire your ability to hand pick those slimy pudgie worm things...I could never!
JJ I can smell that cobbler from here...been meaning to make some, haven't had time yet.
Cat I got a retirement statement, my date on it was 2029....I was like are you kidding you? You want another 20 years out of me?? Ack!
Jim I seriously think people expect somebody else to fix the problems. People shrug and say what can ya do. This is stupid, this isn't working, but it's the way it is what can ya do. People play dumb. Makes me nuts.

Lynnie, I have to fess up.....I use a paper-towel when hand picking those creature's;-) I only got 5 this evening so the Sluggo is kicking back in again! Yes! Those thing's just have to have a purpose here on earth but what that is, I do not know.

jjsgramma, I would say your kitchen is smelling yummy!

I have some frozen Red Heart Cherry's and blackberry's in the freezer, do you all think they are still good for a cobbler? I have never froze them before but we were blessed with lot's this year.

...the slug HASN'T crossed the road yet cos It's still trying to make it to the gutter ^-^! (LAME I know! Been trying to come up with a good one all day :-)

Someday someone's going to invent a SuperThrive for people! Wouldn't that be something! You get sick = take superthrive! You sprain your wrist = take superthrive! Slugs are takin over your garden = take superthrive, get a sawedoff shotgun and shoot em boogers ^-^! Oh and don't forget the beer... Drink it! (after shooting. otherwise your aim ain't gonna be so great) (j/k!)

awww shoooot! forgot to add: lost 8 more of em peaches today. fell right on the concrete: splatt! tisk tisk! but it's all good cos the semi-dog puppy gorged himself on em :-)... We know cos his face is a nice peachy yellow with peach "pulp" hangin here and thar;-)

Chezca I used the one Jim gave me first cuz his used canned peaches. Jim and Lynnies recipe are almost the same.
Best air freshner around, but when I can bake in July with no air conditioning on we got something WRONG!!

Rachel they should be fine I froze some cherries last year didn't have a clue what I was doing just pitted and vaccum packed em. Made a cherry pie in April they were fine. Enjoy your time off. Work in the winter, kill slugs in the summer.

Lynnie I got lucky when the factory I worked at closed I just had 30 yrs so got to get my pension. Retired when I was 48 and NO I am not telling what year that was Jim. Got bored, now work part time 12-14 hours a week and wonder why I thought I was bored. Tighten up the budget and keep husband working it works.

The cherrys and blackberries will be fine. Just take them out and use them like they were fresh. I cut a bucket full of grapes today. Jo is in a jelly making mood. All the years we were living away she never had time to make any jelly out of them. Come home one day and they would be to green, the next week starting to dry up. She likes to just eat them but they are to tart for me. Jelly should be great except she's putting it up for the kids. Tells me I can't have any because of the sugar. Hoping for a jar about half full that she can't seal. I'll tell her the slugs ate it after she went to bed. Not a total lie.

I'd tell you to get a ladder and pick the peachs, Chezca but you might fall again. Put your man up that ladder. No more peachs going splatt.

Hope the cobbler turns out great which ever recipe you use. No the grandson will enjoy it.

Sold some land so I could pay off everything I owed so we could move back home. Social Security won't cut it even with my school board retirement from driving a bus. Took this associate pastorate to help make ends meet and because I love the ministering part of pastoring. Still hard to get by. Raised virtually everything we ate this summer or the budget would really be tight. Trying to keep a nest egg back so Jo will have something extra when I croak. Life isn't easy but it sure is fun. I couldn't take it if I had to completely retire.

jj did you finish the cobbler? I'm drooling over here. Funny mine & Jim's recipes are almost the same.
I have only frozen strawberries...I find that fruit gets soggy when you defrost it, but I guess it doesn't matter if you're going to cook it.

Thank's much Jim for the re-assurance that my frozen goodie's will work well for a cobbler. I did not know;-)

Are you going to move? Your too young to croak so don't you go talking like that!!! Your writting's are full of life.

Rachel

I have been vested in my pension plan for a long time....but nothing is a sure deal is it...plus it's only a drop in the bucket. SS gives people a false sense of security till they're on it, I think. It may not even be around when 2029 rolls around. I know lots of people who don't save or plan, or can't due to circumstances beyond their control....scary!

chezka 8 peaches is enough for a cobbler....maybe you should try to catch them before they hit the ground!