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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 24 Sep 10 - 10:47 AM Hi, Bobert. Glad to hear that the sons are homebodies. I was a little worried. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Bobert Date: 24 Sep 10 - 12:10 PM First of all the gun nut neighbor is gone, gone, gone... Yup, seems that the house below us was owned by his ma-in-law and he done scred his wife so bad with all that shootin' that she left and mama come down an threw his butt outta her house and he ain't been back... Secondly, which LP is that Ol'ster??? Well, my tree guy just left... Heck, he rigged this up and that up and the danged tree still went where it wanted to go and destroyed 40 feet of my deer fence so while he was cuttin' it up I was replacin' that section of fence... I mean, I could have done exactly what he ended up doin'... I got experience in fellin' trees the wrong way... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: kendall Date: 24 Sep 10 - 12:23 PM GfS, I hope you were kidding in that remark about Bobert. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Richard Bridge Date: 24 Sep 10 - 12:32 PM A friend of mine is hoping the retire to the USA. I've sent him the link. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Ebbie Date: 24 Sep 10 - 12:34 PM lol. You lead an interesting life, Bobert. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Amos Date: 24 Sep 10 - 01:21 PM Sounds like an interesting life leads Bobert, Eb!! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: gnu Date: 24 Sep 10 - 03:03 PM Wait a minuite. Yer up agin a Park? No huntin there? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Bobert Date: 24 Sep 10 - 04:20 PM Well, Capt'n... GfinS is a tad on the peeved side these days with me but she'll get over it... Or won't... Nothin' I can do about it... Last week she said 'cuase I don't read music that the blues I play is "stupid noise"??? Yeah, Eb... Never a dull moment... If I had one I'd find somethin' to un-dull it... Purdy uneventfull here... We've spent the last 3 weeks de-Bob 'n de-P-Vinin' it... Speakin' of dull... . No toys...No magazines... No junk... No clutter... In other words it's like house-lite... Even the gardens are borin'... No hoses to trip over... No tools in then yard to find with the mower... No bags of mulch here and there or pots of this or that waiting to get planted... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 24 Sep 10 - 04:42 PM "Even the gardens are borin" You know, Bobert, that's an insightful thing to say. This time of year, the garden seems to pause and catch a breath. No more tomatoes or roses, trees look tired. The weather is pleasant, but it seems like everything wants to slow down and rest a bit before winter comes. Unless, of course, one is a migrating bird. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Bobert Date: 24 Sep 10 - 05:01 PM Well, we're usually into our fall veggie garden but with all the work we've been doin' trying to get the farm showable the fall garden hasn't happened... We are getting 5 pounds ot tomatoes everyday and another pound or so or okra... But, yeah, all in all, things are a little tired... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: PoppaGator Date: 24 Sep 10 - 05:16 PM Bobert, I wasn't scared during my little pilgrimage to your mountain there ~ I was just nervous about getting back on the road, jiggling my leg and glancing back and forth at my wristwatch, er, I mean cellphone. I really regret that we didn't have more time, or at least that I couldn't have spent my little time with you two in a more relaxed manner. By the way ~ are we all familiar with the phrase "buying the farm" as an expression meaning to be killed? Get shot while serving the Army (US Army, anyway) and your GI insurance will allow your folks to pay off the mortgage on the family homestead. I've been wondering if the expression were commonly known throughout the English-speaking world, or just to us 'Murcans ~ when I saw the thread title the other day, that's the first thing I thought... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: JennieG Date: 24 Sep 10 - 05:51 PM It's very nice, Bobert, the link loaded for me last night while you were replacing your deer fence and cussing the tree man. Cheers JennieG |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Bobert Date: 24 Sep 10 - 06:12 PM LOL, Jen... Actually, me and the tree guy get along fine... We both looked it over when he got here and kinda agreed on what we goin' to try to do... The only reason I ever call him is 'cause he's young and strong and straps on that belt and cleats and climbs trees like it was nuthin'... All with a chainsaw tied to his belt... But glad you liked the pics... Hoefully we'll get the agent to pur some garden pics up??? B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: katlaughing Date: 24 Sep 10 - 07:31 PM PoppaGator, I was wondering if anyone would say anything.:-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Ebbie Date: 24 Sep 10 - 07:41 PM Me too. I was glad to see the second sentence of the title. :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Bobert Date: 24 Sep 10 - 09:21 PM What, ya'll... Think ol' hillbilly diein'... Sheet fire... Only in my dreams... The P-Vine got be booked up fir at least the next 20 years 'er so... "St Peter don't ya' call me 'cause I can't go I own my soul to the company sto..." Company sto here is, you guessed it... The P-Vine... Glad you weren't scared none, p-gator... Sorry the joint was such a mess... If you look at the kitchen/great room that's where we sat in the old car port and had supper... Seems like more than 5 years ago but my how time flies when yer havin fun, 'er overworked, 'er both... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: DougR Date: 24 Sep 10 - 09:26 PM Is Bobert included in the sale price? DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: frogprince Date: 24 Sep 10 - 09:38 PM I've been accustomed to the expression "buying the farm" for dying all my life. As it happened, I think that early in life I heard a semi-literal usage for it a number of times, referring to some small plane pilot killed in a rural crash - sort of "claiming" a patch of farm land by staking it out with his cadaver. Poppagator's explanation of the origin of the expression rings truer for me, though. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Bobert Date: 24 Sep 10 - 09:52 PM Well, Dougie... Here's the deal... If I "convey" with the farm then I get to stay where I am very content: a Virginny mountain holler... But the downside??? Ahhhh, no P-Vine 'cause this ol' gal is like, ahhhh, out-a-here!!! Yesterday!!! So what's a wuss to do??? I mean, this ain't rocket surgery... So it's off to Carolina witha banjo on my knee... But I swear on my grandmother's Bible that I will never, ever root for no Carolina team!!! I don't care if it's, ahhhhh, the North Carolina Olympic Tiddley Winks Team... No rootin'... Period!!! Purdy interestin' showin' tomorrow... Very convoluted also... Nevermind... Kinda hard thig to explain... One of the backardz kinda country things... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: katlaughing Date: 24 Sep 10 - 10:12 PM Well, that one makes sense, too, frogprince. DougR...LOL!! Good to *see* your sense of humour! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Rapparee Date: 24 Sep 10 - 10:39 PM Actually, to "buy the farm" meant a "farm" about 6 feet long and 3 feet wide and 6 feet (or so) deep. Even the current USD 100,000 serviceman's life insurance wouldn't pay off the mortgage on a farm. Naturally when I want it I can't find my copy of the "1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" but Snopes puts the use of "buy" or "bought" meaning killed back to 1825. "Become a landowner" was, according to the same source, a slang term for being killed in WW1. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Bobert Date: 24 Sep 10 - 11:28 PM Ummmmmm... Accordin' the the mirror, I ain't dead, thank ya'll very much... B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: katlaughing Date: 25 Sep 10 - 12:18 AM I'll bet that mirror didn't tell you you were the prettiest of all, though, Bobert! (You don't have any poisonous apples around do you?)LOL! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Bobert Date: 25 Sep 10 - 04:02 PM Nah, kat... All the mirrors I know are painfully honest... lol... Had our 1st showing today... People had "children"... Prolly not enoufgh house for "children"... One child??? Different story... But, the farm/house is in "showable" shape so now it's just a matter of discipline keepin' it this way so if we get a call that someone wants to see it that we won't have to panic... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: katlaughing Date: 25 Sep 10 - 04:10 PM Well, jeepers, they can add-on for an extra kid or two, can't they? I mean with all that roamin' room, ya'd think it would be a paradise for kids.:-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: gnu Date: 25 Sep 10 - 05:25 PM Extra kids can sleep in the converted outhouse. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Bobert Date: 25 Sep 10 - 05:34 PM Well, yeah, it was mentioned to them that they could add on... Didn't seem to interest them... Oh well... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Rapparee Date: 25 Sep 10 - 06:25 PM Screw 'em if they can't buy your house! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: DougR Date: 25 Sep 10 - 06:27 PM Seriously, Bobert, it looks like a very nice place. I don't know what's happend to the real estate market up your way (it's gone to hell here)but I should think you would have little trouble selling it. Good luck! DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: gnu Date: 25 Sep 10 - 06:35 PM It's all about finding the right buyer. When I sold my camp (sniff) I couldn't get anyone to buy it for nearly two years... a $35,000 camp, but it was on a one acre government lease. NOBODY wants to have anything to do with the government. I found a buyer. Had I still been asking $25k, I would have got close to that, but I was happy to get $18k (a profit for me in the long run). Sometimes, ya gotta sit on sommat for a while. But, I don't think Bobert will have to sit too long... it's beautiful. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Bobert Date: 25 Sep 10 - 07:12 PM Hey, for every seat there's an ass... Heck, it's been shown once and only after being listed for 5 days... That ain't bad... Another couple weeks and the leaves begine to turn and the DC flock to this area and who knows... I ain't gonna worry none... It's all outta my hands... I'm doin' what I need to do... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Rapparee Date: 25 Sep 10 - 10:13 PM I still think you should donate it to the Mudcat Cafe so we'll have a place to go and |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Bobert Date: 25 Sep 10 - 10:27 PM Glad yer comin' east, Rap, 'cause we should be able to get a reliable pee sample from ya, son... Ya' see, the way my Wes Ginny Slide Rule figurates it, ahhhh, lemme see??? Ahhhhhh??? Yeah, okay... The WGSR says that if ya' donate the farm yer gonna be, ahhhhh, homeless... Hmmmmm??? Homeless??? Doesn't sound to warm & fuzzy at this stage of my life but, hey, ya' might wanta chack back with me in a few months... Ya' never know... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: maeve Date: 25 Sep 10 - 10:55 PM I kind of wish I could help you plant all of the precious plants in their new homes, Bobert. I know you two will make the new place as comfortable for you as the new gardens will be for your transplants. Enjoy the adventure. Maeve |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: katlaughing Date: 26 Sep 10 - 12:39 AM But, if you make it the Mudcat Retirement Home, nobody's gonna kick you out, so you wouldn't be homeless at all and jes thinka all thet company ya'd have! The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Music..and creaks and groans and twangs and...well you get the picture...**BG** |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Bobert Date: 26 Sep 10 - 08:44 AM Well, maeve... We went out yesterday and put surveyer's tape on the plants that do not convey... Ain't gonna be as bad as when we moved here from Wes Ginny... That was right at 550 plants... I think this time it may be closer to 50 that will be moved... Okay, we have a couple three hundred more that are growing in pots or growing in the heeling bed that we're growing on from cuttings... And if we get some rain then we'll take some more cuttings and start them but at least these plants are very manageable and can live in pots quite nicely... As fir this farm being a retirement home??? Maybe??? Ya'll take up a collection and buy it... That fine with me... We'll send ya'll pics of the new joint ion Charlotte... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: VirginiaTam Date: 26 Sep 10 - 10:04 AM so we'll have a place to go and have orgies play music Why does this comment call to mind what happened at Amos' house when he was away? Have to say, I do love the idea of a Mudcat Retirement home. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Ebbie Date: 26 Sep 10 - 12:01 PM That was such a nice party. sigh |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: katlaughing Date: 26 Sep 10 - 12:51 PM VTam, it's long been a DREAM around here. (That thread really took off with Rick's first posting.) (Bobert, just teasin' ya darlin'.:-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Desert Dancer Date: 26 Sep 10 - 12:52 PM Three bedrooms is pretty cozy for a retirement home... an addition might be required in that event, too. (Might be the right amount of room for the |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Bobert Date: 26 Sep 10 - 01:05 PM Ummmmmm, there is also a very well built "farrowing barn" (speakin' of orgies) that is 100 X 35 that could easially be built out into a Mudville Retirement Center... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: gnu Date: 26 Sep 10 - 01:33 PM Bobert... "We went out yesterday and put surveyer's tape on the plants that do not convey..." Take pics too. Ya never know, eh? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Richard Bridge Date: 26 Sep 10 - 05:21 PM Any of those plants grow without sterile hydrophonics, if you know what I mean? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: gnu Date: 26 Sep 10 - 05:36 PM Hahahaha... not a good idea to transport THOSE eh? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: kendall Date: 27 Sep 10 - 07:51 AM Bobert, I look forward to seeing you at the Getaway. You are one of my favorite Mudcatters. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Bobert Date: 27 Sep 10 - 08:32 AM Well, sniff, Capt'n... An' back atcha in the favs category... But seein' as you fell this way I reckon that maybe you should buy my farm... Yeah, that's the plan... You buy it and I'll even thrown in my Kubota... And you know how I feel about my tractor... B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Amos Date: 27 Sep 10 - 10:31 AM HEy, if you're throwing in the tractor, Bobert, I might reconsider that 300K offer... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: kendall Date: 27 Sep 10 - 03:19 PM If you throw in that old flat head Ford so I can plant pansies in it and use it for a lawn ornament, I might consider it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: gnu Date: 27 Sep 10 - 04:47 PM You feel about your tractor? Does SHE know about this fetish? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Wanna Buy the Farm? Bobert's Sellin'! From: Richard Bridge Date: 27 Sep 10 - 05:07 PM I'm amazed how cheap it is. Surely some fat cat could fit a helipad in there to commute to a fiscal centre... |
