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26 May 11 - 06:17 PM (#3161061) Subject: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Bobert Well, one thing fir sure is that this has become the "SK" (slobber-knocker) I thought it would be on steroids... I have now completed 8 trips (7 in my 14' box truck and 1 in a 26' rented box truck) and have what looks like as 2 more trips before this "SK" is in the books... However... ... if all goes right my 1953 30' Spartanette and my Kabota will arrive next Wednesday morning on a flat bed trailer being pulled with a Peterbilt road tractor... Everything is tied down and braced and it took two hillbillies the better part of a day to dig it out, get it off it's block foundation put tires back on it and get it ready to head south... I have also learned that the poor P-Vine, bless her heart, is severely box challenged... With 300 boxes of useless crap she is only good for about 2 boxes a day... According to the Wes Ginny Slide Rule it's gonna take here about 10 years to unpack from this "SK"... I have also learned that one thing about "short sales" is that you are buying a pig in a poke... We have not had a working stove since arriving and are using a plug-in fry pan and mnicrowave for cooking... The dishwasher is wored out and the refrigerator is wored out so we went to visit Mr. Sears and Mr. Roebuck and this Wednesday we'll have new appliances... The pool is full of algae and we're shocking it daily and brushing it and cleaning the filter and hopefully have clear water by the 4th of July... The ol' farm is spooky... The grass hasn't been cut in a month... Deer have broken into the deer fencing and the place looks like crap... There is evidence of lots of other animals roaming around and digging and pooping and messin' up... My chainsaw is missing but nothin' else... I can't stay there any more... I was down to sleeping on an air mattress but the joint just weirds me the heck out... Two more trips!!! B~ |
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26 May 11 - 08:14 PM (#3161098) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Bobert The appliances were kinda workin'... No matter, we knew we were buyin' "as is"... I really have no beef with the seller... It's just what it is... Short Sales can be interesting... But we are still happy with the property... It will be fine... We're just going to have to do a "few things" before fine arrives... B~ |
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26 May 11 - 08:26 PM (#3161107) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: gnu My last post didn't post even tho Bobert's last post seems to answer my post. Soooo.... Joe is gonna chew yer ass fer startin ANOTHER thread. But, that just gives Joe sommat to occupy his dull life eh? Now... WTF? Were the appliances workin when you agreed to the price? If so, you got a bone ta shove up the real estate agent's ass. Honest. You makesome squeaks and see iffin yer wheel gets greased. |
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26 May 11 - 08:38 PM (#3161112) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Bobert Listen, gn-ze... Joe is Joe... Hey, yeah, he's quirky but this *is* Mudcat, ain't it??? LOL... B~ |
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27 May 11 - 12:18 AM (#3161169) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Ebbie Not to create suspicion but... I have heard of the ol' switcheroo, i.e. taking away perfectly good appliances and replacing them with 'wored out' ones. |
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27 May 11 - 08:21 AM (#3161229) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Oh, Bobert, what a pain! I'm actually quite good at moving, organizing, sorting etc. and I wish to the dickens I could come along and help out for a few weeks! ...just as soon as I get out from under the latest pile of %$#@! that got uncovered as we continue settling into this house... |
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27 May 11 - 08:36 AM (#3161245) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Bobert I'll blow up the air mattress fir you, Allison... We need all the help we can get... Worst part about this is that I still have two more trips... 7 1/2 hours each way in an ugly, un-air-conditioned box truck... Yeah, Eb... I was thinking that, too but these are the original appliances... And they are 15 years old... And they are wored out... I think we could have jollied them along fir another couple three years but the P-Vine just wouldn't have it... B~ |
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27 May 11 - 09:49 AM (#3161276) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Rapparee Dammit, man! Would you answer the IMPORTANT question: Is the still okay????? |
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27 May 11 - 11:25 AM (#3161320) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Bobert Sorry, Rap, but the still was dismantled before I listed the farm for sale... B~ |
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27 May 11 - 02:27 PM (#3161400) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: GUEST,leeneia "7 1/2 hours each way in an ugly, un-air-conditioned box truck" How hot will it be, Bobert? 80's, 90's? That's a lot of stress. All I can suggest is that you take along a couple pieces of cotton cloth, which you dampen in water, fold up, and drape over your neck. It's amazing how much that can cool you off. Man, can't P-vine's family help? |
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27 May 11 - 02:43 PM (#3161408) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: gnu leeneia... good idea. Git yerself one a them coolers what ya plug inta tha cigarette lighter rigginfriggin and load er up with water. And, a spray bottle like Windex bottle. |
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27 May 11 - 05:41 PM (#3161476) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Bobert Man, I got a cooler that fits right between the bucket seats and drink water all day... I crank up the 2/55 air conditioning and put my headphones on and listen to my i-pod tunes all the way... It ain't all that bad... Just long... But I've found a couple places I like to stop along the way to stretch my legs so it's okay... I'm leaving Sunday morning for what will definitely be the next to the last trip... I haven't told the P-Vine yet... She hates it when I have to go... I hate it, too, but I gotta get 'er done... Spent the afternoon partly organizing the tool room... I was very happy to have found my chainsaw... I thought I had hid it and I had... No matter, it's un-hid... Going to be a big week with the Spartan trailer and tractor coming down and this load will completely empty the house so I'll be happy by Wednesday night and looking at just one last trip... Maybe I'll talk one of my hillbilly friends into renting a U-Haul trailer and doing it for me??? B~ |
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27 May 11 - 05:48 PM (#3161486) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: maeve "Maybe I'll talk one of my hillbilly friends into renting a U-Haul trailer and doing it for me???" Excellent notion, Bobert. |
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28 May 11 - 02:23 AM (#3161633) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: ChanteyLass I think we will all be happy to read a post that says, "All done." Until then, I will wonder how you are doing. |
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28 May 11 - 03:47 AM (#3161648) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: katlaughing Go hillbilly friend! I agree with maeve, excellent idea! |
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28 May 11 - 09:18 AM (#3161717) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Bobert Just told the P-Vine and got the usual, "But it's Memorial Day weekend..." Well yeah... It is... June 1st is Wednesday, too and that's when I told the buyers that the house would be completely empty, carpets vacuumed and floors swept... No choice... Gotta go... I went out last evening and told "Ugly" who wasn't much happier.. lol... B~ |
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28 May 11 - 10:11 AM (#3161731) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: GUEST,leeneia The kerchief-around-the-neck form of AC. It brings back memories. Fifteen yeara ago, we were taking a trip into central Kansas with my elderly parents when the air conditioning in the car went out. My mother (a redhead who never handled heat well) looked pretty bad. We persuaded her to try the damp kerchief, and in a few minutes she looked better and was much happier. She didn't want to do it, of course, but I told her she would look like a football player, so that made it all right. In a wildlife refuge we parked the car near a prairie-dog town and waited. Soon they were popping in and out of their burrows, whistling and running around. All of us were enchanted. I forget what birds we saw in the afternoon, but in the evening we saw and heard a barred owl. Neither of my parents had ever seen an owl. I still remember the owl, gliding through the black trees and silhouetted against the last orange of the sunset. Fifteen years later, a damp kerchief helped us take the 95-degree heat as we watched Kansas City defeat Manchester United. Can't get much better karma than that. |
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28 May 11 - 12:53 PM (#3161783) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: gnu I just read that Man U is to tour the US this year. |
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28 May 11 - 05:59 PM (#3161898) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Rapparee I'll tell my friend Dave. He's an Arsenal fan. |
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28 May 11 - 07:34 PM (#3161933) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Bobert I've used the wet bandana trick many times when performing in the heat... Works like a charm... Just need two and a cooler and rotate 'um... B~ |
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29 May 11 - 11:02 AM (#3162136) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Roger the Skiffler Part of me thinks: why not hire a moving companyy, the fuel (gas) bills alone, and the wear and tear on the nerves...(unless you like driving all day) but the rest of me thinks: I wouldn't have enjoyed these threads so much if you'd said: "Today the moving guys arrived, packed everything up and we were in and settled in 8 hours". All the best to you & the P-vine for a happy life in your new home. RtS (who doesn't want to move again untill finally out in a box) |
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29 May 11 - 11:29 AM (#3162150) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Stilly River Sage Hey, Bobert, when you get a minute I have an old Montgomery Ward front tine tiller, probably from the 1970s, one of those heavy old workhorses. It's too heavy for me to lift and I can't start the darned thing by myself, so I'm going to sell it. I'll post a photo and you can tell me what I should describe as the good selling points. This, of course, is when you take a brief rest from all of those boxes you're helping P-Vine with. (Yes it runs, when it can get started. I had it reconditioned a few years ago, then haven't used it since.) I put a bandana across my head then pull my gardening ballcap over it, to keep the sun off of my ears and neck. And occasionally I squirt it with my water bottle that I always keep handy out there. It is so necessary a part of working in this hot weather! SRS |
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29 May 11 - 02:25 PM (#3162224) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: gnu SRS, I use a white handkerchief or any piece of whaite cloth the same way with a Tilley type hat soaked with water. |
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29 May 11 - 04:28 PM (#3162265) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: GUEST,leeneia That's a good idea, combining a bandanna and a hat. |
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29 May 11 - 09:52 PM (#3162387) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: katlaughing They seem to have upgraded their products, but I have a very old Misty Mate which I can attach around my waist, like a fanny pack. Fill it with water, then attach the small tubing to the brim of a cap and the air before and around me gets cooled up to 30% or somesuch. It really does work. They also have long tubing units available to cool canopies, tents, etc. |
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30 May 11 - 12:32 AM (#3162411) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Stilly River Sage My neighbors are accustomed to my gardening look. Not only do I do the hat and bandana (many of the Mexican gardeners do something similiar - I worked this out myself, as they probably did) I also have started wearing a big baggy t-shirt - size large or XL because they're long enough that when I bend over to weed, I don't expose my lower back between my shirt and waist. I've gotten some bad sunburns in the past by not taking bending over into account. Bobert, I know you may be wondering about buying a pig-in-a-poke, but by the time you've got everything working the way you want it to run, it'll be a prime property (just in time for the next move). Maybe at this one you won't have such a problem with the deer? SRS |
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30 May 11 - 03:30 AM (#3162456) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Hey Bob-Babes, I just read one of your posts, in another thread. You might check the water there, before you plunk anybody's money on a house there!!..I think there must be something in the water that paralyzes part of the brain! Fortunately, it doesn't seem to affect your fingers!!..Get out, now.. while you have a chance!! GfS |
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30 May 11 - 05:25 PM (#3162806) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: gnu Nasty thing to say GfS... get yer own water tested. >;-) See, if you use a smilie face rigginfriggin at the end of your post is signals you are sayin sommat in a jesting way and not telling someone you think their post is crap. Boberat and others may take it as friendly ribbing but others may not. Now everybody knows what a true gentleperson you are. >;-) |
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30 May 11 - 07:57 PM (#3162854) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity To all who may be concerned: Bobert and I have been giving each other shit, ever since I jumped in, when he was bitching about P-Vine, leaving stuff in the yard, when he was supposed to mow it....a long time..We are compelled to give each other a rash of shit, due to his worship of everything 'Democratic', and my 'devotion' to everything of truth...regardless of 'party affiliation'. I am SURE that Bobert misread my aforementioned post...he ALWAYS does! Nobody else could be so blocked!! How am I doin', ol' Bobs?? Doesn't mean that I don't love him!!.............Shit!! Somebody has to!!! GfS |
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30 May 11 - 08:07 PM (#3162861) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: gnu That's better. |
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30 May 11 - 10:09 PM (#3162894) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Mrrzy Somebody has to love him, or shit? |
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31 May 11 - 02:47 AM (#3162932) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Shit..if Bobert and I met face to face we'd love each others company....and if we ever would play together, on stage, I'm sure I'd drive him, to play his very best!!!..(too bad he's not too self motivated..but)...We'd smoke the place.....then he'd have to be poured back into his car!! Bummer..all he knows is the 'blues'!....Ok, Bobert, your turn! GfS |
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31 May 11 - 08:18 PM (#3163401) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Bobert My turn??? Great!!! Just returned from yet another fun-filled 3 day's of moving... I still have one last trip and it's history but all (well, almost all) of the stuff is out of the house... There's still some stuff in the refrigerator, a filing cabinet, a vacuum cleaner and on swivel chair... Oh yeah, the P-Vine's glass cracker jar... The farrowing barn is a different story but one more trip and it's history... The Spartanette trailer/music studio and my Kubota tractor got loaded this afternoon and are on the road as we speak and will arrive here some time tomorrow morning... That will be another story but for now I'll just have to leave that one alone... Okay, front tine tillers... Are you sure it's front tine and not tines under the engine, Magz??? Okay, "shit"... Yeah, GfinS just loves leaving piles of it here and there fir me... It one of them scatological things with her... I think it goes back to her toilet training days, I donno... (GfinS scratchin' her head and wonderin', "What *is* toilet trainin?") Blues??? I donno... I've played "old Time", Bluegrass", 3 chord country, rock 'n roll and even do some Kottke-ish stuff now and then... Just takes either beer or someone playin' it to get me in the mood... Hey, I'm married to the P-Vine so the "blues" seems to always be appropriate... Lastly, I think I've got my box truck sold to a lady in Luray... She's had every family member and friends come up yesterdat while I was loading it to look at it and volunteered her husband to ride back with me next time and drive it home... If I left anyone out it's because I'm tired... B~ |
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31 May 11 - 08:25 PM (#3163403) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: maeve So rest already, Bobert. You've been missed. |
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31 May 11 - 08:30 PM (#3163408) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: gnu Big job, Bob but yer git'ner done son. One more trip. And then another to git that stuff ya fergot about. >;-) Hope ya sleep well and git ready for the second last trip. "We'd smoke the place..." Hmmmm??? |
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31 May 11 - 08:49 PM (#3163420) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Bobert Speaking of rest and smokin'... My goal was to get one the road last night and stay at the first cheap motel I came to which was a mile down the west side of the Blue Ridge near Afton Mountain... $45 (included taxes) and this place has been there since prolly the 40s... Maybe longer... That gave me an hour 1/2 jump on today's drive... (So where's the smoke enter into it, Boberdz???) Well, this joint so old that there'd be no use having no smokin' rooms 'cause they all smell of smoke so I says, "Hey, I got this little peaceful pipe here in my knapsack" so I turning on the TV and AC and had me a little peace time... I mean, what are they gonna do??? Charge my credit card for someone smelling smoke in the room the next morning??? Haha, friggin' ha... Never mind... B~ |
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31 May 11 - 09:04 PM (#3163425) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: gnu Oh wow man... melloooooowwww... |
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31 May 11 - 11:29 PM (#3163498) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Bobert: "....Hey, I'm married to the P-Vine so the "blues" seems to always be appropriate..." As my Dad used to say, "Are you bragging, or complaining??" GfS |
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31 May 11 - 11:42 PM (#3163502) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Ebbie From what I understand, if you were married to the P-Vine you'd be bragging. Boberdz and the Vine are lucky people. |
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01 Jun 11 - 02:48 AM (#3163543) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Ebster: "From what I understand, if you were married to the P-Vine you'd be bragging." From what I understand, if you were married to the P-Vine you'd be bragging. GfS |
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01 Jun 11 - 04:34 AM (#3163568) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: John MacKenzie Ah, but if'n you wuz married to Bobert? |
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01 Jun 11 - 07:49 AM (#3163644) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Bobert Yeah, I *am* a lucky man.... I donno about the poor P-Vine, however??? Well, today is the biggie... My Spartanette and farm tractor are coming and the P-Vine's new refrigerator is coming... I really don't give a rip about the ice box but she's excited??? There's a blues song in here somewhere... lol... B~ |
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01 Jun 11 - 09:13 AM (#3163686) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Donuel IF ya moved a bit south you could cut your taxes in half, along with any public services and road care. |
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01 Jun 11 - 12:22 PM (#3163773) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Roger the Skiffler "Gonna move you baby, to the outskirts of town... You don't need an iceman, gonna buy you a Frigidaire" RtS |
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01 Jun 11 - 01:32 PM (#3163804) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Roger the Skiffler: "Gonna move you baby, to the outskirts of town... You don't need an iceman, gonna buy you a Frigidaire" ..and so he can pee outside, without the neighbors pointing, and laughing!!! GfS |
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01 Jun 11 - 07:53 PM (#3163968) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Bobert What neighbors??? The P-Vine has been working so hard getting the pool clean and so after supper this evening she said, "I want you to swim in the pool" so what's a skinny hillbilly to do??? Yup, striped down the my, ahhhhhh, and dove off the diving board with all the style points of a ruptured pigeon but hey??? Yup, the Spartanette is here and so in the tractor... Very hairy getting it off the other trailer it came down on but in spite of the 97 degree heat and two hours of pushing it with the tractor to it's final resting place it is done... The ice-box also showed and it now cooling and the P-Vine goes in an' loves lovingly at it... You know, they way she used to look at me...lol... Peein'??? Inside or out??? Don't much matter to me except if someone were to give me a choice between the two as my only option, it'd be a tough decision... B~ |
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01 Jun 11 - 08:57 PM (#3163977) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Bill D When you live 'out there', who cares where you pee? well, except....... |
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01 Jun 11 - 09:00 PM (#3163979) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: gnu 97F heat? WTF would anyone want to live where it's 97F on June 1? Holy crap! I would melt in that kinda heat. I been thinking about moving NORTH from HERE. |
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01 Jun 11 - 09:05 PM (#3163980) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: maeve Heck, gnu- we've had 90 and 92F days here this last week; decidedly not normal. |
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01 Jun 11 - 10:03 PM (#3163999) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Bobert Yeah, gn-ze... This is as hot at this area is supposed to get in August... Ain't like all these folks got together and petitioned God to make it this hot as we are movin' in... Or maybe it is??? No matter... One more trip and it's D.O.N.E.!!! BTW, I was in the pool fir at least 20 minutes and here's the question... If yer in a chlorinated pool fir 20 minutes why do you have to take a shower afterwords??? B~ |
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02 Jun 11 - 12:35 AM (#3164028) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Little Robyn Ya gotta wash all those chemicals off your skin Bobert before they lift your skin off! I wish our temp was up there - I'm freezing at just over 60F but it is almost midwinter here. Robyn |
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02 Jun 11 - 01:20 AM (#3164033) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Bobert: "Peein'??? Inside or out??? Don't much matter to me except if someone were to give me a choice between the two as my only option, it'd be a tough decision..." Are you referring to your home?..or your trousers?? Bobert: "BTW, I was in the pool fir at least 20 minutes and here's the question... If yer in a chlorinated pool fir 20 minutes why do you have to take a shower afterwords???" And then he asks all our advice, as to why his house smells like pee!! Welcome Back, Bob-Babes! Minimal Regards! GfS |
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02 Jun 11 - 09:24 AM (#3164169) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move to NC... An Update... From: Bobert And minimal regards back atcha, GfinS... No matter... We're takin' the day ***off*** today... This "all work, no play" has gotten to both of us so we're off to the Metrolina Expo Center for an antique and collectibles show... We di kinda need to find a coffee table that works with the rest of our antiques (which purdy much is everything we own other than appliances...) But the main reason is to just escape yet another hot day of working... The poor P-Vine was thinking that we could take her Honda CRV and the 4X6 home-made covered trailer back to Va. fir the last load... Then I told her what is left and that kinda shot that idea down in flames... She has offered to go with me but I know she'd be miserable riding in "Ugly"... Plus, looks as if I'll be riding back with a lady's husband 'cause I think they are going to buy "Ugly"... Great!!! I mean, "Ugly" has been a good ol' box truck but I really won't need it after the next trip... Bye, Ug!!! As for peein'??? I think I'll just have to make this my last reference to it fir today... Me thinks that it has gotten way too much attention of late and we could all use a pee-free day... Well, at least in terms of it being a topic of conversation... And no!!! We're not movin' on to ***other*** bodily functions... Well, at least I'm not... Who knows about GfinS??? (lol) B~ |
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08 Jun 11 - 09:23 PM (#3167376) Subject: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Bobert I leave for Pine Grove Holler for the last time tomorrow... Hooray!!! Things settling down here and the best news is that the swimming pool is clean and the water clear and seems that both the P-Vine and I have been working outside in the 90+ degree heat every day and so around 5:00 it's pool time... It is amazing that you can be so hot and worn out and 5 minutes in the pool and yer refreshed... Going to be pushing a 100 tomorrow so I'll pack a lot of ice in the small cooler and keep it up front with me... "Ugly" (my box truck) used to have ac but it don't work no more... Oh well, just knowing this is the last trip makes it all barable... B~ |
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08 Jun 11 - 10:05 PM (#3167388) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Sandra in Sydney then you rest? |
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08 Jun 11 - 10:14 PM (#3167390) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Bobert Well, if you can call it rest??? Al least it will be behind me... Lotta issues back at the farm but hopefully they will all be resolved soon... No matter... One more trip... B~ |
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08 Jun 11 - 10:23 PM (#3167395) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: jacqui.c Good news Darlin'. Take care. |
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08 Jun 11 - 10:53 PM (#3167405) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Ebbie Same admonition from me. Don't get too comfortable on that road. 7 hours is a long time. |
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09 Jun 11 - 05:41 AM (#3167513) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: maeve Safe and happy trails, Bobert. |
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09 Jun 11 - 11:08 PM (#3168141) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Ebbie Welcome back! (Are you back?) |
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11 Jun 11 - 09:31 PM (#3169114) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Bobert In the words of the late, great Roy Orbison... ..."It's over, it's over, it's over, it's oooooooooover!!!" Praise the Lord!!! This one was the slobber-knocker of them all... But the truck is out in the driveway seriously loaded... This last trip was absolutely draining and depressing... The new owner has allowed the grass to grow a foot tall... I hated being in the house but had to get the last few things out and clean the refrigerator and mop floors, vacuum, etc... The trip back was strange... I got as far a Greensboro, NC when the Heavens opened and there was hail and rain that came down so fast that if flooded the lower parts if I-85 and the water was between a foot and 18 inches deep and the cars were just stopped with their blinkers on while we truckers weaved thru them at 1 mph and ventured thru the flooded out interstate... That added an extra hour to the drive but, hey, glad to have been in "Ugly" or I might still by in Greensboro... As for "Ugly"??? It is sold... I have a trailer full of heavy stuff (tractor attachments, large rocks (300-400 pounds) a very heavy sculpture, etc. coming tomorrow and the buyer is hitching a ride down and will drive it back... Glad this is behind me... That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger... I donno... I weighed in at 172 when I started the move and I'm down to buck 63... Body fat??? LOL... Thanks all for your support, prayers, etc... B~ |
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12 Jun 11 - 12:05 AM (#3169136) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Rapparee You bring the pot still with you? |
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12 Jun 11 - 06:35 AM (#3169240) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: maeve I'm glad you made it safely home, Bobert. |
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12 Jun 11 - 07:53 AM (#3169261) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: jacqui.c Now's the time to settle in to the new home. Just take it a little bit slow for a while though. You can't afford to lose that kind of weight. |
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12 Jun 11 - 09:27 AM (#3169291) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Bobert The still is intact, Rap... I even have woods, a creek and corn nearby so... ...cowabunga!!! "Take it easy" is what I'm all about... I've got to unload the truck today and then put in a couple hours tractor duty while others attach chains to the heavy stuff that will be on the trailer but compared to what I've be thru this is going to be a walk in the park... I am, however, going to get the P-Vine out this morning before the afternoon festivities begin... She' been cooped up since I left and has cabin fever... I would like to go on record of thanking my hillbilly firend, Johnny Knott, who showed up yesterday morning and put in a good 3 hours helping me load the truck... I wouldn't be here this morning had he not shown... I'm gonna miss ol' Johnny Knott... They don't make hillbillies like him no more... B~ |
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12 Jun 11 - 12:23 PM (#3169350) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Rapparee He related to Johnny Walker? Sheesh, invite him down. Wait, there ain't no warrants out in NC for him or anything, is there? |
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12 Jun 11 - 12:32 PM (#3169357) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: katlaughing HAL-A-YEW-LAH!!! |
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12 Jun 11 - 01:57 PM (#3169386) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: gnu Buddy... I am tuckered out just readin the threads about sellin, buyin and movin. |
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12 Jun 11 - 02:50 PM (#3169416) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: GUEST,leeneia Woods and a creek sound real nice, Bobert. I bet you have lots of pretty birds, too. Well done. |
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12 Jun 11 - 08:17 PM (#3169604) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Bobert Well, ya'll... I am sorry to tucker ya'll out... It has been one fir the books and things went as planned today... All our stuff is ***here*** and "Ugly" is one it's way back to Virginia where it plans on hauling produce... Yes, Leeneia, the property has a lot to offer... I brought down all the bird feeders this last trip and will start gettin' them up in late summer... It oughta be a challenge because of the number of squirrels here... Weren't that many back in the mountain... No many, at all... Not sure why... Mr. Clufford says it was because they got "hunted out"... I donno... More here than I've seen since living in Wes Ginny... No matter, we're moved... It's done... Time to get my studio set back up, get myself practiced up and ready to get back into performing... BTW, the pool is wonderful... Instant "cool down"... Thanks again everyone for the support... No, Rap, I ain't got the still up yet... B~ |
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12 Jun 11 - 10:18 PM (#3169640) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Rapparee I saw these two threads right together and had to put them here: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... BS: Madness Now we know what the 'Cat itself thinks of this movin'. |
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12 Jun 11 - 10:36 PM (#3169646) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Bobert Well, gol danged??? Maybe I move back to Wes Ginny holler then everyone be happy??? Sheet fire, son... This move done wored this o' hillbilly out... I mean ***USDA Choice, pine box box... wored out***... Now that is wored out!!! So reckon Iz a Tar Heel now??? Not... Nevermind... B~ |
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13 Jun 11 - 09:32 AM (#3169846) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Stilly River Sage Bobert, I've been reading along but not commenting much. It's an adventure, when you move yourself. I have done it many times, the biggest one was when I moved to this house. I moved everything out of the apartment (where I was using an ample laundry room as a storage locker) plus bringing back a large U-Haul full of estate stuff from an out-of-state location (I was going to move at one time, so I stored this near where I hoped to move). And two big crates from one of those U-pack the crate places. All of that had to be loaded, unloaded, stacked, organized, etc. Years later I'm still sorting some of it. My little yard is nowhere near the complexity of where you moved from or to, but I have the same kind of beautification and multiple-use plans that will either come about very slowly, paycheck to paycheck, or faster if I win the state lottery. I enjoy reading about your adventures. Keep it up! SRS |
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13 Jun 11 - 10:15 AM (#3169864) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Rapparee Hey, why doncha see that place and move out here? To Idaho? In the winter? Maybe someplace like Dingle or Orofino? Talk about adventure! Get unloaded, man! You need to reload within the next year! |
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13 Jun 11 - 11:49 AM (#3169944) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Bobert Yeah, Magz... Moving is a pain... The P-Vine opened a box that was last packed when we were getting ready to move from Wes Ginny... That is pathetic!!! Appreciate yer offer, Rap but my next move will be in a pine box, thank you... And the way I feel right now if it happened today, that'd be just fine, too... B;~) |
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14 Jun 11 - 12:55 AM (#3170250) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: ChanteyLass I'm glad to hear the move is over and you are settling into your new digs. Best wishes for happiness in your new home! |
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14 Jun 11 - 10:25 PM (#3170758) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Bobert Thanks all... I am just now realizing just what this move took out of me... I am seriously beat... B~ |
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14 Jun 11 - 10:32 PM (#3170760) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: maeve Settle in and relax...rest even. Heaven knows you'll have plenty to keep you busy. Take some time to recover so you'll be ready to make the place your own. |
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14 Jun 11 - 10:47 PM (#3170763) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: Bobert Oh, Geeze... Wish it were that easy... This is one bigass project that we've undertaken... But you know exactly what I'm talkin' about, maeve... Kinda in the same "slobber-knocker"... Nuff said... B;~) |
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15 Jun 11 - 10:46 PM (#3171255) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: gnu THE END. On to the next thread: Bobert moves in and ??? Surprise us Bobert. |
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15 Jun 11 - 11:40 PM (#3171266) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: katlaughing Hangs out in the pool too long and permanently shrivels up like a prune?! |
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16 Jun 11 - 05:55 AM (#3171341) Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Move- Last trip and update... From: maeve "But you know exactly what I'm talkin' about, maeve..." (Bobert) Yep, we do. So rest. |