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Arguing with a 3 year old

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Oscarsdad

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I just got through doing this. ......

First off the conversations never really took place- it's just a way to convey the thought processes at hand. .....

OK- So I have some hamburger patties that I made up special. Ground beef and pork, coarse ground black pepper and blue cheese. ....anyway- I made them up and froze them between wax paper sheets. If anyone has bought HB patties this way-; you know you sometimes need to separate them with a knife. Sooooooo......

I'm sitting here with this stack of patties turned sideways with a knife getting ready to stick it inbetween the layers and smack the handle.

So here's the conversation that never happened ( in so many words).....

"That's a sharp knife- maybe you should get a butter knife. ..)
"A butter knife is harder to get to pierce the layers. ..."
"But you can cut yourself. ..."
"Awww- I'll be careful. .."
"Just remember the last thing you want to do is cut yourself. ..."
"Yeah Yeah ....OWWWW!!!!"
"Now what did daddy just say????......"

3 year old mind in a decrepit old body.....
 
MegF. said:
Pitiful....but there ya go! How bad did you bleed?
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Not as bad as I probably deserved. That hamburger was almost worth it. It was just 1/4" long (the thumbnail kept it from being any worse. It was just about as deep though.

The worst part is knowing you're doing something stupid BEFORE you do it, I do enough stupid stuff without seeing it coming. :cry:
 
lol! And you even tried to talk yourself out of it...probably why you cut yourself...you were too busy paying attention to yourself!
 
MegF. said:
lol! And you even tried to talk yourself out of it...probably why you cut yourself...you were too busy paying attention to yourself!
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Can you blame me? I am such a charming handsome devil....and so modest to boot...:laugh:

What's REALLY scary- I make my living with power tools.....
 
I think this picture was taken somewhere between Igor bringing in "Abby" somebody's brain in a jar and "Young Frankenstein" reviving me. ...or it was me after just going to listen to blues for a couple of hours last weekend. .....
 

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This is even worse- I feel like I'm arguing with a 3 year old that can put me in jail. I almost can't believe it. .....

On April 22nd I received a certified letter from the city citing various code violations. Among them was a junk vehicle violation for a 1980 F-150.I won't go into all the details but this truck had been sitting for a long time and I had spent about $4000 on parts to completely restore it but hadn't done much for fear that the city would give me 10 days to do something with it.

As it so happened at this time I was starting to work on it and the bed was off and I was detailing the frame.I was concerned and had taken care of all the rest of the stuff-so I called the code compliance officer and had him come out. He told me he had already withdrawn the complaint- he could see what I was doing and everything was fine.

A month or so ago I had a buddy dump some remodeling refuse in my driveway. A lot was raw red oak wood so I was using it up in my smoker. I was just starting to get rid of it all the last couple of days as it's finally gotten cooler.

So when I got a certified letter, I assumed it would be from code compliance giving me 10 days to clean that up.

NO! This was a summons to appear in court for charges against a junk vehicle. I called the code compliance officer and you would think I was talking to a completely different person. He said he told me to get rid of the truck and I hadn't done anything since he sent the letter! !!

He seems to have a totally different recollection of the events than me. Anyway the one thing I want to hear is why- when the first letter gave me 10 days in April to correct the problem, it took 5 months to prosecute non-compliance.

I just don't see how this guy can take the stand without me pulling his pants down. Either he neglected his job 5 months ago or just recently by neglecting due process.
 
That's annoying...Hope you can work it out. I'd just go and try to be reasonable. Show them the work you've done and tell them where you're at now.
 
A. I'm so glad I live out in the country where no one cares what a person does.

B. You should cook some wild rice and mix it into the hamburgers/bleu cheese. When I lived up north, there was a frozen foods truck, Schwanns??? that sold them as Boundary Burgers (wild rice= Boundary Waters between MN and Canada...) and they were AMAZING.
 
Nanci said:
A. I'm so glad I live out in the country where no one cares what a person does.

B. You should cook some wild rice and mix it into the hamburgers/bleu cheese. When I lived up north, there was a frozen foods truck, Schwanns??? that sold them as Boundary Burgers (wild rice= Boundary Waters between MN and Canada...) and they were AMAZING.
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A: Yes- The only downside I see to living in the country is the length of the beer runs.:cheers:When I was a kid I spent a week with Granny and Grampa on the ranch. We went to town one day and each of them got a cart at the grocery store. Granny filled hers with groceries. Gramps with beer.

B: That sounds good- I'll give that a try sometime. Thanks.
 
Maybe I'm getting smarter- but I wouldn't bet on it. Yesterday afternoon, I snuck down to a neighbor's and swiped some prickly pear cactus leaves. These are "thornless" plants and they look totally harmless but in reality have thorns almost invisible to the naked eye.

I have handled them in the past gloveless and with one glove but always wound up with .with tweezers and a magnifying glass. I just got through "cleaning" them and am about ready to cook them but this time I used 2 gloves so I'm thorn free!!!

So you see- they can be tought- just don't expect it to be quick or easy. ...it's been said that if a cat sits on a hot stove once- he'll never do it again, but he'll never sit on a cold one either. I'm not sure what that means. ...But a man will do it over and over- tell his wife to get him a beer to ease the pain and blame the whole thing on her. ...
 
I've got those growing here. I feed them to the horses but generally I burn the tiny thorns off or peel the outer skin off. I didn't wear gloves ONCE....figured out that wasn't smart! Those tiny spines are impossible to remove!
 
MegF. said:
I've got those growing here. I feed them to the horses but generally I burn the tiny thorns off or peel the outer skin off. I didn't wear gloves ONCE....figured out that wasn't smart! Those tiny spines are impossible to remove!
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There ya go Meg- we're not bad guys- just mentally deficient. You don't have the thought of sex clouding your mind every 32 seconds like a man does. There is probably a reason for that. ...no- I won't go there. ....Hmmmmmmm- 32 seconds- Homer Simpson drool.......:)
 
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