More Seed Snatchin' (Part II)

Ah, yes, Anne, it seems you do! My first husband's grandmother used to carry scissors in her purse. She was a nasty old gal...looked like one of those old crones in Zorba the Greek. Anyway, my MIL would take her to the doctor's office, and while they were waiting, Grandma would help herself to slips from all the house plants. She said stolen plants and seeds always grow better.

Don't you worry, NC. I'll call your DH and tell him you are on a secred mission for Homeland Security... dumpster surveillence, and his country needs him to post bail for you... I am such a BSer!

Well... I chickened out! Made my purchase and the un-helpful guy that 'helped' me with my pinestraw was walking around so I just left.

I am ashamed to be a part of this thread! Course I am sitting here in my office with a tad bit lunch left finally cleaning the liberated cotton plant seeds I am sending to Trifunovic.. I will get my courage up later!

When I think of al those poor plants just thrown away! Snif!

Ladyannne, that's a hoot about your mom! So you inherited your addiction eh? Cool justification!!

Hey Weez - maybe we should ask Dave to include an "Emergency Contact" field on the address exchange!!!

OH MY Gosh! I am at work and my secretary came in to see if I was ok. She said she has never heard such a ruckus from my office and wanted to know what happened that made me gag/choke/laugh/and gasp for air.... I quick fast minimized the screen and and wiped the drool off my lower lip and the tears from under my eyes that most assuredly have messed with my underliner. I told her it was just a joke in an e-mail. She wants me to share. No way no how, it would ruin my reputation at the office. I have just tinkled on myself so now I am going to have to go out and buy new pantyhose. I hope the spot doesn't show when I walk out the front door. My ribs hurt and my mouth hurts. I am not coming back to this thread until tonight!

And no my friends! Equil is not compacted. Equils' husband is a structural engineer and forewarned Equil of the perils of dumpster diving a long time ago in his futile attempts to get Equil to cease and desist these deplorable activities. Little does husband know that Equil now has partners in crime who accompany her. Equil has discriminating tastes and makes sure there are no automatic compactors. Beware folks, WalMart has some and WalMart also has surveillance cameras! WalMart is on my craplist these days! Home Depot is our friend!

Ohh hanna1 .. a 'feild' trip.. Wow .. ya got some super positive current flowing now, for sure!

An ol VW bus may would 'do us fer' in a pinch. For we could hang a banner on the side, that says .. ' Old Volks Home or BUST! ' .. mite would keep some suspicion at bay!

Yall know, that with the best of plans, and most devious of deeds - they're planned and rehearsed well in advance. Shoot for end of next Spring(?), or a Fall Finale' of sorts? It'd be cooler on all of us, in shootin' for the fall excursion. Will most assuredly need several drop off points along the way also. Cuttings and plants will have to be transported to 'safe' houses immediately ..

Weez, since you and ceeadsalaska .. is a couply that's gonna have the longer and harder winter than the most of us .. maybe you guys can plan the itinerary, once we get our bearings. Maybe time and space our hits accordingly, I'm sure you'd know to incorporate a very random pattern of movement fer us.

Weez, ladyanne, hanna1, & equil .. start a list of your best tidbits to share among the rest of us. You know, the typical 'beware ofs' and 'plan fors', 'back ups' and 'if all else fails' .. along with the appropriate dress codes.

Speaking of attire .. for the choir: I myself have seen on a few occasions, a dozen or so of some dandy colored matchin' choir robes at the Goodwill stores. Maybe they could be got for a lil o'nuffin, or even donated to us. T's'll be fine, can pick then up there also. If we really think about this .. surely we don't want in any way what so ever, for any of our endeavors to even remotely risk being associated to DG ...

I can tell ya right now .. that it shall not be 'me' to volunteer as the choir leader/spy-baller/look out .. Just wouldn't want to trust my eyesight that much! I can sang a mite okay .. hold a good ladder, and carry my weight and offer more than adequate support for anyone needin' to dive a dumpter and get a dip back out! Could also sew the pockets in our robes .. to stash our finds. And do my fair share of 'harvesting' no doubt! Most anything associated to 'the cause' ... But ah don't want the 'look out' job! ... Besides, I'd get into the singing part a bit too much, and loose track of what else I was sposed to be a doin'! .. hee ..

philomel .. reckon ya mite can entice that moooo heifer onto the boat or plane with ya, when ya head this way? From what ya say .. she too, has been privey to some of your shenanigans .. plus, mite prove to be one excellent side-show entertainment .. let alone an ideal diversion, in a pinch! Turn that dairy heifer loose in the streets and cause utter hysteria and traffic jams .. while we exit the opposite direction. We'll jes make sure that Ladyannes hubby's got our ER exit routes planned accordingly!

RB .. we definitely gonna need a 2nd driver riding shotgun. are you on nis heuh wagon? And, Dyson, haint you a gender feller too .. or am I a pullin' things outta thin air again .. Pardon me, please, if necessary ..

nc .. maybe saddle up aside to that HD mngr pal of yorn .. and fetch 'em blue prints of the outside areas of each store, along with the delivery and ditch dates.

I'm merely doing a quick spy-ball, back over this particular Part II content of replies and posts .. and certainly haint meaning to be intentionally eliminatin' any body. Soooo, Cherish, sugarweed, hemlady, Sweez, judy, vswilliams, jcangemi, tazzy, trifunov, etc. ... yall 'in'?

This could be our 'moment in the sun', so-to-speak. Our chance to shine, shimmer, and snatch our way to celebrity status. On our way to seed snatchin' stardom. Could make front page headlines nationwide .. heck, even internationally!?! We mite all come to be famous folks .. and go down in history.

Mite have to eventually consider hiring an accountant, for the IRS purposes tho'. Now, that'd be the utter pits. Anybody know how on earth a 'value' is assessed, and just what amounts it'd be, along with how to depreciate and amortize .. seeds, cuttings, and plants we 'borrow'? Oh my, and figguring our business expenses should be able to keep us afloat, and out of the red? Welllll, it IS something to think about. I think I'd rather go to the big house for 'borrowing', than fer 'owing' back taxes .. you know ?!? Thar haint no shiney marquis for tax evasion! I'd be plum embarrassed .. LOL

The ol Volks Gang ? .. Nahh, haint got no flare, or rhythmic enunciation to it. Clepto Clodhoppers? .. hmmm .. CBH Inc ?... Cleptobotaniacs R-Us ... sounds lucrative? ..

Hmm, I dunno .. looks like we may need that full size yeller school bus afterall!
Whatchall thank .. ?

.. LOL ..

- Magpye

As I recall, rhinos have little birds that ride on their backs and pick the bugs off them... good for the rhino, good for the bird. Perhaps, NC, you would feel more entitled to rummage if you considered yourself a 'bird' doing service to the businesses you frequent. You'll definitely lighten the load in the dumpster.

I just have a brilliant idea! Composting! If you ask (a last resort) for past their prime plants or seeds from them, to rescue, they will probably see you as a scavenger, too cheap to buy.... but, if you tell them you compost and you are looking for failed plants to add to the pile, they may look upon it differently.

Here is a comparison... you go to the grocery and ask the produce manager if you can have all the discarded veggies so that you can sort through it and eat it or sell it in the parking lot... they won't be too happy.... but... if you tell them you have rabbits, or geese, or a compost pile, they'll let you take it... what do you think?

Oh my .. I've been running up and down the stairs .. tending to chores and trying to get my 'chapter' written ... that I've only just now .. saw all of these newest posts !!!

Ladyanne .. your post at 9:17 AM .. is severe borderline threatening a new denture purchase!!

Oh my word ... I swear to goodness, that if I continue to laugh this doggone hard .. they are surely to fall out and break !! .. And that, will not be purtee ... LOL ..

We may have to start on this excursion sooner than expected, and jes sang .. afore we do any snatchin' - - and hope to pull in some contributional revenues .. and hope that yall mite be willing to donate your share to 'me' .. just to buy me new teefers!! ... LOL

.. Magpye

That is BRILLANT! Even I in my chickenness would ask for compost material!!! I am keeping my eye out for my manager friend and THAT is what I will ask for.

It will also not be a lie b/c I do compost and whatever doesn't make it will go there! Just think of the good dirt to add to the compost pile even if the plant doesn't make it...

Yaa! Boy are we coming up with some great ideas here!! I believe this here'n thread would even make it to number 3! Before you know it we will never have to buy plants again!! I'll never buy plants again! I'll never buy plants again!! I'll never ....

You guys are hilarious. I just caught up with this thread and ya'll crack me up. Can't say I have done the dumpster diving thing, though I have been tempted at times. Before I met my friend, her and a neighbor used to dumpster dive at Sam's Club for Meat's and Veggies of all things. They would find steaks that had expired that day and were still cold. They would pull out stuff that had just been disposed of and never got sick!! They stopped doing it when Sam's Club put a locked cover on their dumpster. LOL

My husband did pull a nice two burner propane grill out of an apartment dumpster that we used for a while. It was a nice grill that just needed a new element. He has rescued quite a few electronic things and parts too that clog up our garage and get dumped after a few years. I have to tell him that he will never use it as he attempts to keep it because he might need it one day and it's worth a bunch of money.

Include me on the bus. With a little encouragement, I am sure I will be in there with the rest of you.

Sweezel, we've got a seat reserved for you... do you get car sick... we'll give you a window seat and you can hang your head out the window like a dog! LOL! Maybe you could start making planters out of all your husband's rescued appliances... the barbeque would qualify, and you can drop the lid down on frosty nights!

Well, fellow Snatchers, maybe we ought to start dumpster diving for adult diapers. It saves changing clothes in middle of the day. Yes, I think between the fits of laughter, we are actually developing some good seed & plant snatching... er reclamation... techniques!

Well, it looks like we may be getting some 'meal' expenses taken care of far more quickly than we may have anticipated!

Weez, looks like yall are gonna hafta work in a visit to a couply Sams dumpsters. Steak dinners'll be on Sweez's 'new recruit' !! heee .. Now, if Sweez can remember to pack that propane grill too!

- Magpye

No need for the grill, Sweez... we can cook those steaks on the exhaust manifold. No sense takin' up valuable space on the bus.

Ya Sweezel, We need ya too, bring the propane burner, case we got da hide and need to warm our hands with, gettin mighty chilly out there in the wee hours!

Ok, just so you know what I will be driving up in....not exactly subtle. Ok, Magpye, better pick me up instead. The sign probably should have read " Dave's Garden's Clepto Choir, Dumpster Divin Divas and Seed Snatcher Sissies." That's as in sisters, not scary cats, cause we certainly would not be THAT. Oh, wait. Sisters, Seed Snatchin Sisters. And we dress as nuns! We could get away with this. I have several choir robes in my Halloween collection in case anyone needs them! Tyson and Dave, pastors? If we want to cook, David might take over, especially if you want food off the manifold. He has an Engine Cookbook, somewhere, I think. He is quite a cook, goes for the unusual recipes every time.

We are doing this on a public forum, 700 peeks? Ye gads and little fishes.

I got one tent, two cots, and the ol drip type coffee pot! Also got a stash ol Folgers cans with lids that can be used for seed storage ... (Incidentally, serve as excellent porta-pottys too!

I'll be stockin' up on the generic/great value 'ziploc' bags in the meantime.

Brangin' along a can o'paint or two .. in case we have to put the bus 'incognito' fer a spell too! (or, 'in drag' .. as I've seen used in a few places elsewhere). Purtee decent shade-tree kanic too, fer da bus.

Weez, we've done that xhaust manifold cookin' bit .. and it's plenty safe - IF'N ya haint got no leaks in the exhaust manifold or donut gaskets! Now, if'n there IS one .. well, it jes haint purtee, I tell ya!

- Magpye

LadyAnne .. There she beez!!!
By gollies .. She's even camo'd already too !! ..

(jes not in that thar typical male sense theme!)

I'd be most honored and some kindly proud !!!

- Magpye

Mags, how hard is it to type like that? Oh, the pain sets in, laughing so hard. I am seed collecting, going back and forth, yards to storage, kitchen for note paper, back and forth, to pop in again and each time I disturb the cats with my laughter, good thing I am home alone!

How about if, while we are doing this, scatter some of our extra seeds? We take cleome and other seeds I get from far off places with us when we go camping or just traveling. I love thinking about cleome popping up everywhere in the wilds, feeding hummers, bees and butterflies! In a thousand years, some archeologist will be in Yosemite wondering just how this plant got there!!

Ahh, thar haint no doubt in my mind, that momma nature'll appeciate the hep anywhars she can fetch it!


Ladyanne, the typin' (lik'is) .. sortee comes purt-near to bein' 'natchurl' fer me!
It's practically one of the first 'fon-nics' programs, ya know .. Matter of fact, I do bleeve theyz got a patent on this heuh'un too! (takes a mite spayshall folk to yap lik'is, let alone tap it in on this here lectric letter board!)

* and, a even mite spayshaller folk - to read and cipher it! *

(appreciate yorn askin' .. now, if'n it poses too much trubul, jes let me know! I'll try to re-frayn a bit. I'm just poorin' it on a mite heavy now .. to impress ya a tad!)

.. LOL ..

- Magpye

( ... I'll slack up now ... )

Well, howdy do, Mags, yo'all prolly got alla us sorta thinkin an heaing dat fine ol hllybilly accent yo'all developed just a tad back. Im thinkin it's mightly fine, myself. Blessing this wonderous internet for meetin up wid such fine wimmen like yurself I would be truly proud to call neighbur.

... Besides, this here's the Weez's thread ... and I don't EVEN want to dare .. risk snarin' any of her sunshine and glory ... Not to mention the shear joy, laughter, and (corruption, HEE) .. scuse me, INSTRuction .. that she and so many of you guys offer so seemingly lovingly and whole-heartedly here.

Think all of us can attest .. that there has not been even a mere hint .. of a dull 'milli-jiffie' here .. at all !! LOL

((huggeroonies, weez)) .. and .. all of you guys!

- Magpye

And, so .. the saga continues .. right ? ... hee

oh my word ... and lawdy miss ladyanne ... ya got her down to fine tune thar .. ya do!!

Jes makin' me blush plum pinkers .. with great pride and joy!!! ...

And .. thank ye, thank ye vary much .. And rite backatcha to boot!! ... lol

- Magpye

Well, I don't get carsick luckily, so no head waggin out the window Weez. I will bring my knowledge of roughing-it (hillbilly) camping. We can find a place to cop-a-squat and I will string up some tarps for cover and have a fire roaring to cook some of those steaks.

Hugs back, Mags! It really is nice to meet a bunch of weirdoes just like myself, garden, nature, plant freaks with a sense of humor. What would life be without the outdoors, let alone good weird friends to plot snatching adventure with? My children have promised me, and sworn on my grave, that my headstone will read, "She was weird, but we loved her."

Sweezel, I just about choked.. never heard that squat business! Ho, well, enough said or we'll get in trouble and lose our thread! Glad you don't get car sick... we'd be cleanin' the bugs off your teeth all night!

Anne, love the bus! I don't know about you guys, but I'd rather book this trip than a month in Hawaii! I've always been a bargain basement sorta girl.

That's some lingo you guys are talking in! I've spent the last 45 years trying to quit calling a wash cloth a wash rag and a navel a belly button. Don't make me fall off the wagon, now! I'm a hillbilly, and I can change, if I have to.... I guess.

It's okay Weez, I am not talking about doing anything illegal now. It's just a saying. :-} I just know we could find a place to rest our bodies, and a campground is just fine with me. It could even be one of those rough camps or a friend's piece of land. I just am not picky, I can do without "facilities" for a night - that's where the hillbilly comes in. LOL

That's where the Alaskan comes in, too, Sweez!

Heavens, don't want to cause a riot here, or get any one in trouble, least of all, Weez, or loose our thread! I have one more seed snatching story and then I am out.

On our yearly vacation, this year on a quest for new moccs, we stopped at Hackman, (Arizona? Nevada? Did I mention I can't find my way out of a peanut butter jar?) where there is a ghost town. And this gorgeous flower again, just like the one in front of the Needles Nursery. And seeds, oh, it has seeds. STOP THE CAR! Out come the clippers, the baggies, and Anne out of the jeep, barefoot. Right into a patch of thorns of some type. Mano man, that hurt. I hobbled to the plant to get the seeds after pulling those long puppies out of my feet, David assisting, trying to be as helpful as he could without teasing me. David has a pictue of me somewhere, attesting to seed stealing despite maiming and injury.

The sad part of it is that we broke down on the way back home in the Mojave in 112 degree heat, and had to leave the jeep and most of our possessions until we picked it up three weeks later. The clippings had molded by then, and a quick call to the Needles Nursery provided a name (Caesalpinia) and wonderful Dinu in India provided me with seeds. All's well that ends well. Oh, and I did find the moccs, but after the car repairs and such, they are the most expensive shoes in the world.

Yu'all are movin fast. . .first it was a DG CC DDD 'field trip' (if ya know what I mean) and now it's mooo. .ved on to camp'n out, and all sorts of wreck. .I mean recreation. . .is it a rainy day in your folks country?. . .sure seems ya been busy plannin while I was out doin some gardnen. . . .oh yeah, did I say to count me in? . . .not sure which vehicle to watch fer tho. . .gess I'll know when I smell the odor of steaks comin out from under the hood? mmm..uhm.

Gemi, it drizzled all day here, not there?? I wanted to do some planting sooooo bad but the cats kept going back into the house! Hey, it's gonna be one heck of a field trip!!

jcangemi .. ref: '. . .not sure which vehicle to watch fer tho. . .gess I'll know when I smell the odor of steaks comin out from under the hood? ' ... LOL

From all indications .. THAT .. surely will be the smell-tell sign .. no doubt!! .. LOL ..

I did manage to get out and cut the yard for the last time this year .. and also managed to get my 'fall display' pots o'mums in the ground. I just hope that I've got 'em in the ground soon enuff, before our 24 - 26 degree temps set in here .. about Thurs/Friday! At this point, all I can do is hope so ...

Incidentally .. today, is the first time, we've heard several batches of geese fly over this section of NW Arkansas!
So, that's certainly an indicator of winter comin' along.

- Magpye

885 views so far, I knew there were more of us out there, don't be shy, join in the fun.
Throw away my best old tees, no way, what else would I garden in????? The VW bus, now that brings back so many memories, the sign is perfect, so We make room for Ladies diapers, Hay to sleep on, those old bones need something kinda solf! Got the perculator.
Can't scatter those seeds out there, mess up the environment, imagine our plants taking over killing the natural kinda stuff, ya know, Got to wear my Berkeys with socks, keep those toes warm, my gardening jeans look like they belong to a street person, so We won't get in trouble of scavenging around, and if you saw me in the morning with my hair all sticking up, pretty sad. My DH is in Denver at a Paleontological Symposium right now, almost weed on myself! He's bringing me singing rocks, I almost fell on the floor, you drop them, and they sing, he was serious, lol. I already have Living Stones, now singing ones. We could add that instrument to our choir, right? told him i'll be going on this bus trip, no problem! He even has fine sieves, he's a specialist in Micro Paleontology, perfecto!!!! Did you all go to bed early this eve, was there too much excitement today? LOL LOL LOL

Hmmm, while all of you were here plotting and planning...
I found a golden opprotunity to dive on the way home from picking the boys up from swimming. Now I suppose all of you will be scratching your heads thinking, "Whatdidshewantthosefor". They happen to be the exact height of my window sills. They are perfect for placing in front of windows to set my little germination trays on. The bags of leaves I picked up as an afterthought. I found I had quite a bit of space left in and around the boys after I rammed those lidless old school desks in the car. Curbside leaf collection brings out the beast in me and I simply must add more mulch here there and everywhere and never did quite understand why people bag them and place them out on the curb to be picked up. I had the boys sit really still and I ever so carefully placed bags in and around them. Call it extra insulation in case of a car accident. I heard their muffled voices back there asking, "How many more minutes until we're home Mom"?

Won't my husband be proud of me when he leaves for work tomorrow morning and spots my latest and greatest treasures?

Oh ladyannne... I sent you a photo of me! Hot off the press!

Ok now, I just fell off my chair, my 12 year old wants to know what the heck is so funny again, I can't quit laughing, I can just see those boys stuck between those bags, and those desks, those are great! gee, I never find good stuff like that! I'm gonna go hunting in the morning, that's it, I can't stand it. I did find 2 cool garden tables to put plants on a couple weeks ago,, there was a sign that said free, so it's ok, so I repainted them, have to get glass for the big one, I need to get plastic to make a cover so my plants won't freeze! As far as jumping the bins, it's been years, I'm not as agile as I used to be, but i'm willing to give it the old college try again now!!!! Right now it's raining, who brought the rain here? LadyAnnne, did you sing it to me?

Hanna dear, I'm pushing 50! If I can get my happy rear up and over the edge of a dumpster... so can you.

The boys weren't stuck between the bags, they were "cushioned". Extremely cushioned.

I have been gone... I had to defrag my puter. It seems I have missed some golden opportunities. I just loved the picture of those kids, fresh from the swimming pool (slight whiff of chlorine), wedged between the leaf bags! LOL!

Sweez, I have to apologize. My DH just informed me that 'cop a squat' refers to sitting down. In all honesty, I thought it was something entirely different! Maybe it is just that being middle-aged, the call of nature is more pressing! LOL!

Can we take some marshmallows? I just want one, golden brown from the camp fire.

I'll bring the graham crackers and chocolate! Yum!

How about a More seed snatchin' (part III)?

I'm game!!!! I haven't had this much fun in a very long time, haven't laughed this hard I don't remember when, I really needed this aversion in my life, thanks you guys, So where's the bus? Oh, I almost forgot, don't forget to pack the step stool, LOL LOL
{{To survive in this uncertain World, one needs to have a sense of humor, laugh often, take life lightly, kiss a child, embrace a furry friend and hold-on to friendships for We don't know where We'll be next!!!!}} My motto!

yeppers .. Weez .. Part III ?... If ya please? ...

These heuh 199 posts is takin' another load on my low-end DSL .. I tell ya.

- Magpye

This message was edited Nov 8, 2004 11:13 PM

I can't stake claim to any motto, per say .. but I sure nuff agree that laughter and the ability to do so .. despite many so many other unfortunate circumstances that happen to us - is one of the ultimate blessings that are bestowed to us! And this thread, has certainly kept me in stitches .. and the potty! (and a new denture bill too .. if I'm not careful!!)

Thought I'd share this tidbit witjall also . . .
Laughter, the intended human reaction to jokes, is healthy, uses the stomach muscles, and releases endorphins, natural happiness-inducing chemicals, into the bloodstream.

And, it certainly works fer me .. hee hee ..

One more lil tidbit of a cutie . . .
Learn from the mistakes of others. Trust me .. you can't live long enough to make them all yourself. I've tried!!

.. LOL ..

- Magpye

Edited to put the words I managed to leave out - in!! It's time to go to Nappys house apparently! ,,, g'nite!

This message was edited Nov 8, 2004 11:29 PM