Shoot the bull thread

[prefers shiners]

Went to Lowes yesterday afternoon for a few garden supplies. We are sticking a few things in the ground for fall. One of the things I got is a short replacement hose to go from the faucet to our hose winder spool. I grabbed some channel locks and got the hose loose from the faucet but when I went to unscrew the hose from the reel The whole swivel part broke off. In hind sight I shoulds sued a back up wrinch stead of just twisting on it hard. It was plastic and 5 or more years old. So now I have a new short hose and no reel. Time to step back and figure how to rerig the hose. Peg never liked winding it up anyways.

In all my years of fixin stuff....I have concluded that nothing is easy......I am making a Lowe's trip today also.....that's the easy part....

[Cappy]

We got a bunch of garden stuff and got out of there for less than 100$ 1.29 less to be exact Peggy joked that she should by a bottle of water or somethig not to break our record. Even if we just going for a pack of seeds we seldom ever get out for less than 100. There is way toooooo many things ya need in there its a dangerous place for a unemployed guy like me.

[Tracker123]

Back on the addition today. Laid up backing for some slate I picked up. Some folks were re-roofing their house, replaced their slate roof with the asphalt shingles. Crying shame, saw them stacked up on the road - picked them up. Can't help myself. Will pressure wash, cut, and trim tomorrow. Will work nicely, just a small portion here:



That right there will beat sheetrock and latex paint on a wall in a heart beat.

["D"]

Make sure you get all the mold off it.

[Mrs Tracker123]

Make sure you get all the mold off it.

I'll make sure I do that.

[Cappy]

There is a vendor in NO that paints lil scenes on those slates and sells them for major$$

[Cappy]

well, outa curiosity and impatience I checked on the garlic bed I had planted a while back. Carefully digging where all the no shows were. some were jsut slow some planted too deep some planted upside down and some missing entirely. Note to self do not drink beer while planting.

[prefers shiners]

[Cappy]

When I finally got a going I ran some errands in ma ole rusty jeep and did some yard piddling and transplanted a pomegranate tree from half a whisky barrel it had been living in to Peggy's shade garden the barrel was old and rotten. That required digging out a hole that big which was pretty good chore since it warmed up considerably this afternoon. I got the thing planted and put the bricks back around the bed and still have 3/4 of my big wheel barrow full of dirt to place but that can wait till tomorrow.

[Cappy]

Today I jumped in da ole jeep fired her up and went back in for my messenger bag and hat. When I got back out the jeep had quit and wouldn't start. I raised the hood and the filter was dry and she was outa gass. Thank God for the little things. I woulda hated to hafta call Peg to come bring me gass or put me on tow line and drag me to the station.