The Good Banter Thread

[Big Lou]

The Knife Fight

When I was a bad ass litte kid of about 6 we lived in a big southern style home named "The Vasa House". One Sunday morning while the rest of the family finished getting ready for church I decided to climb up to the top of the pump house. Me being me I slipped and slashed open my face on the corragated tin roof.

.......Fast forward past the panic, nashing of teeth, cursing (on Sunday can you belive it), crying and trip to the only doctor within 25 miles......

Days later I was back outside playing with a friend. When he saw my face all wrapped up he ask me what happened. Me being a wantabe hoodlum answered "Got cut in a knife fight!". No sooner had the last syllable left my lips when my mother shouted "Boy, you lying little thing! You know you cut yourself falling off the pump house." So in less than a minute my attempt to give myself a reputation as a 6 year old knife fightin' hoodlum was shattered. )))))

 

[CountryEscape]

Haha, Lou! Yep, little kids think they want all sorts of things, until they actually get them! I always wanted to break my leg. Never actually broke any bone, though. Just thought it would get me lots of attention had I been on crutches. Forget the fact that in winter that would suck, trying to get warm clothes over a cast, and in summer the pool would be out of bounds.
I called the owner of the 1.5 acres between me and the neighbor that is selling her lot, and we both agreed it's going to be a while before her house sells, as she has it listed at about 35% higher than what it's worth! So, he and his wife will stop by one weekend and look at the map I have on my computer (his computer is not working), and go from there. In the meantime, her realtor is supposed to let her know the discrepancies and mark where the lot line actually is! Funny thing is Roy, the owner of the acre and half, says "we fixed that when I got my property, and found out Ellie and David thought they owned more on the east side of their house than they did." Well, this is on the north side, totally different area, and he is shocked. I'm mostly worried as I would like to some day own that piece of property, keep someone else from building on it. I like having my neighbors somewhat close, but not on top of me. Funny, I know houses "in town" are within less than 50' of each other, but in the country, if your next closest neighbor can hear you when you call your dogs, they are too close. LOL But, I still like it where I live, just need the trees to start growing.

 

[sissy]

The property was surveyed and marked off by the developer and builder was told by me he had the wrong lot and that the lot he was digging on was lot 10 not lot 11 and that the lots were messed up there because the guy next door bought lot 8 /9/10 ,but could not scrape together enough money for lot 10 and gave up purchasing it .The builder was told the lots sold were sprayed with orange paint on the poles and 10 was sprayed so he thought that the lot he was working on was the one next to it .Thought he would have double checked and I notice while out on my walk he was wrong and tried to explain it to him ,but he would not listen .The lots in the development were originally 3 and 5 acre lots and were not selling so he cut almost all of them down to 1 acre .Signs were moved and lots were resurveyed .I must have triple checked my lots because I wanted to make sure they put my house where it belonged .I bought my lots a year before the house was done .

 

[sissy]

There are usually markers in the ground and they find them with a metal detector or they start measuring from the first marker they find or the first cross street

 

[sissy]

anyone near raleigh nc a guy on craigslist has koi 1 to 10 dollars and one to six inches long and he has pics of them nice looking fish

 

[sissy]

bridge tear drop of ice

 

[CountryEscape]

Pretty ice pics, Sissy. And, I stand corrected, as this evening, the hole in the goldfish pond seems to be double what it was last night. I have the heater plugged in floating there, plus the water bubbler, and I guess it IS making the hole bigger. Conditions must be warmer for it to be doing that, I guess, or maybe colder, so the heater is running more? The koi pond with air bubbler is the same size hole.
Sissy, they put in "pins" here when an area is surveyed. I remember year ago if you bought less than 5 acres or an odd shape, it had to be surveyed, but I'm sure that rule has changed over the years. The surveyor did my lot, since it has 2 inside corners, to make sure it was measured properly. Then the owner of the farm land put in steel posts and then slid white PVC pipe over them so they are VERY visible from the road. On 4 of the corners there were wood posts already set, probably from past fencing that they used as corners. I know there is a pin up by the road on the corner of my property, but I'm not sure how to find it. Maybe with a metal detector? My neighbor that bales hay for me has one of them. Maybe I'll ask him if he can locate that pin, cause if he can, then it's a simple matter of measuring along the road to see where the other house property starts.
Hmm ... I got to thinking it would be fun for you to see what I was talking about! Here it is, if it's not too big to view. The odd shaped property at the top that is largest is my 6.2 acres. South of my property is the field, and then south of that is the property with the house that is for sale. As you can see, the north line on that house property is way back from where the grass is being mowed. I was told at least 75' way back! That's where the discrepancy lies.
View attachment Lecrone aerial 1-23-13.pdf

 

[sissy]

I have steel pins and then fiberglass rods sticking up and then put in metal post that are 7 ft tall and painted bright colors .No missing all that and for years I helped a surveyor as a kid for Kaplan Custom Home builder that my father cleared lots for .I started helping him when I was 11 .

 

[Big Lou]

Do you dream often? Are your dreams always, sometimes or never pleasent?

 

[Big Lou]

Please disregard my inappropriate post about dreams.

 

[addy1]

This is general banter you can post anything you want Lou, well sort of anything........

I dream very vivid detailed, recall them when I first wake then gone, but sometimes wake during night fall back asleep and continue the dream .............depends on the dream if that is good or not lol!

 

[CountryEscape]

Really funny you should ask about dreaming, Lou. I dream very seldom, but did this morning. I think when I dream the most vivid memorable dreams is when I wake in the a.m., then fall back asleep but very light sleep. This morning, dreamed I was having a baby, my kids were little, maybe 3 and 4, and I told them they could watch! My vet (LOL) was helping me out, cause I was at home, on my driveway on an ambulance gurney, and the kids were playing with the up and down buttons. There was a pond nearby that before I went into labor, I saw a baby alligator in (it was NOT a big pond, a koi pond more like). Now, to analyze this dream, I'm having a very minor surgery this afternoon, I've been talking to pond friends, not sure where the vet comes into play. Haha Usually I can piece together the dreams with something that just happened or is going to happen in the near/distant future. Oh, and the baby never came before I woke up.

 

[Big Lou]

Need a hand?




Just another brick in the wall.

 

[sissy]

any one see the dry ice experiment on yahoo .They used dish detergent glycerin and distilled water and a piece of cloth they ran over the mixture and then put dry ice in a bowl and made an exploding bubble .

 

[j.w]

No but you should post it up w/ a link or a video so we can see it sissy! I'll see if I can find it tho. Is this it sissy? It's pretty cool!