SIDEBAR #48 - Arias/Alexander forum

[YESorNO]

We are currently trying to decide if we should sell. Go to a Condo. I don't think it's a good idea. Hubby likes to putter in the yard and garage. I think he would lose his mind. We live in a rancher so in my mind no reason to sell. No stairs. Reason being we are looking into a Condo purchase in Bahamas. Would leave right after xmas and come back in April. We are in our late 50's and dont plan to retire just yet but for sure in 2 years. I dont want condo fees in 2 places. So far hubby is leaning toward keeping the house now. I cant even wrap my head around moving. I think stay and we have enough Family to check on the house nearby etc. Of course when they are not visiting us in the warm climate LOL.

I think some men are at odds when they retire if they don't have things around the house to keep them busy. For women, there are plenty of things to do, IMO.
I also like to putter in the garden, but now, that has become difficult for me, so the pleasure is not as pleasurable because there is pain.
I love to feed the birds/squirrels- a great pleasure for me, but this winter had me thinking that I will stop doing that .
Too much snow in the winter had me almost falling on my coolie to fill up the birdfeeders near my deck, so I have decided to stop feeding them after this spring ends. I will miss them so much, but I feel it is a necessity in my case. Change

I had considered a condo, but the impression I have is that they are like "beehives" (apartments) and not for me.

I like the community I am looking into because the 'houses' are all ground level. the units I am looking into are called "quads"- 4 houses to a unit and each unit has their own parking space.
Pretty neat, IMO.

The Bahamas- nice.

 

[YESorNO]

Link: http://www.sunnyskyz.com/uploads/2015/03/yt5c0-12-M3mhBeo.jpg


:facepalm:

 

[YESorNO]

Clever Signage

Sign over a Gynecologist's Office:
"Dr. Jones, at your cervix."
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In a Podiatrist's office:
"Time wounds all heels."
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On a Septic Tank Truck:
Yesterday's Meals on Wheels
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At an Optometrist's Office:
"If you don't see what you're looking for,
you've come to the right place."
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On a Plumber's truck:
"We repair what your husband fixed."
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On another Plumber's truck:
"Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber."
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At a Tire Shop in Milwaukee :
"Invite us to your next blowout."
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On an Electrician's truck:
"Let us remove your shorts."
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In a Non-smoking Area:
"If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action."
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On a Maternity Room door:
"Push. Push. Push."
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At a Car Dealership:
"The best way to get back on your feet -miss a car payment."
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Outside a Muffler Shop:
"No appointment necessary. We hear you coming."
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In a Veterinarian's waiting room:
"Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!"
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At the Electric Company
"We would be delighted if you send in your payment.
However, if you don't, you will be."
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In a Restaurant window:
"Don't stand there and be hungry;
come on in and get fed up."
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In the front yard of a Funeral Home:
"Drive carefully. We'll wait."
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At a Propane Filling Station:
"Thank heaven for little grills."
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CHICAGO RADIATOR SHOP:
"Best place in town to take a leak."
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Sign on the back of another Septic Tank Truck:
"Caution - This Truck is full of Political Promises"

 

[YESorNO]

Talking about men retiring :facepalm:
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RETIRED HUSBAND

After retiring, Bill Harris’ wife insisted that he accompany her on her trips to Target. Unfortunately, like most men; Bill found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, his wife is like most women - she loves to browse. Yesterday his dear Wife received the following letter, from the local Target:

Dear Mrs. Harris:

Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion, in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to, ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Harris, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras:

1. June 15: He took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking.

2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.

3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.

4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This
caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turnresulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money. We don't have a Code 3.

5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway.

6. August 14: Moved a, 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.

7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would
bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged.

8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called.

9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.

10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.

11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while, loudly humming the, 'Mission Impossible' theme.

12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his, 'Madonna Look' using different sizes of funnels.

13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'

14. October 22: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed; 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'

15. Took a box of condoms to the checkout clerk and asked where is the fitting room?

And last, but not least:

16. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile; then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the clerks passed out.

 

[neesaki]

We are currently trying to decide if we should sell. Go to a Condo. I don't think it's a good idea. Hubby likes to putter in the yard and garage. I think he would lose his mind. We live in a rancher so in my mind no reason to sell. No stairs. Reason being we are looking into a Condo purchase in Bahamas. Would leave right after xmas and come back in April. We are in our late 50's and dont plan to retire just yet but for sure in 2 years. I dont want condo fees in 2 places. So far hubby is leaning toward keeping the house now. I cant even wrap my head around moving. I think stay and we have enough Family to check on the house nearby etc. Of course when they are not visiting us in the warm climate LOL.

Choosing where to retire, what a pickle. I have always wanted to live somewhere else besides Texas. But now, my son is still here and looks like it's to stay, and I don't want to leave him. For one, he will be getting married in a year or two, and then probably having a child or two, and I want to be around for that. I don't know, I think we'll try to aim for having two places, I could go with being gone a month or two or three at a time if it was somewhere I really liked. We probably would eventually have to go for a smaller place here though due to the upkeep. Idk, time will tell, decisions, decisions...

 

[neesaki]

Talking about men retiring :facepalm:
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RETIRED HUSBAND

After retiring, Bill Harris’ wife insisted that he accompany her on her trips to Target. Unfortunately, like most men; Bill found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, his wife is like most women - she loves to browse. Yesterday his dear Wife received the following letter, from the local Target:

Dear Mrs. Harris:

Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion, in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to, ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Harris, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras:

1. June 15: He took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking.

2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.

3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.

4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This
caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turnresulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money. We don't have a Code 3.

5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway.

6. August 14: Moved a, 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.

7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would
bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged.

8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called.

9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.

10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.

11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while, loudly humming the, 'Mission Impossible' theme.

12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his, 'Madonna Look' using different sizes of funnels.

13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'

14. October 22: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed; 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'

15. Took a box of condoms to the checkout clerk and asked where is the fitting room?

And last, but not least:

16. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile; then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the clerks passed out.

Lord help me, :floorlaugh: This is the funniest funny I think I've read... where do you find this stuff ? :floorlaugh: :floorlaugh: :floorlaugh:

 

[Hatfield]

I think some men are at odds when they retire if they don't have things around the house to keep them busy. For women, there are plenty of things to do, IMO.
I also like to putter in the garden, but now, that has become difficult for me, so the pleasure is not as pleasurable because there is pain.
I love to feed the birds/squirrels- a great pleasure for me, but this winter had me thinking that I will stop doing that .
Too much snow in the winter had me almost falling on my coolie to fill up the birdfeeders near my deck, so I have decided to stop feeding them after this spring ends. I will miss them so much, but I feel it is a necessity in my case. Change

I had considered a condo, but the impression I have is that they are like "beehives" (apartments) and not for me.

I like the community I am looking into because the 'houses' are all ground level. the units I am looking into are called "quads"- 4 houses to a unit and each unit has their own parking space.
Pretty neat, IMO.

The Bahamas- nice.

Those "quads" do sound like a nice option.

Ive never lived in a condo before, but I had lived in apartments as most people probably have experienced apartments sometime in their life.

My biggest issue with anything close to an apartment is "shared walls" with neighbors. The problem I had with one apartment was loud neighbors making noise. I did not like the feeling that I had no control of who would move in next door.

Because even if i got lucky with good quiet neighbors it may only last for a certain time period and they would move out and the next neighbor moving in could be the loud ones. I always got concerned whenever i lived in a place with shared walls with neighbors.

Of course depending on finances, sometimes that comes into play and then I had to settle for apartment anyways.

I used to work in construction building homes in a past life...LOL The one good thing about condos is they seemed to be better built and usually had a good fire-wall between the units. Which did help control the noise better than apartments.

My experience with apartment buildings was they were not built as solid as condos were.

But I guess it all depends on who the builder was and how much money they put into their buildings.

I actually lived in a mobile home once and it wasn't too bad although the walls were really thin.

I even lived in what was called a moduler home and that was kind of nice too.

Its good there are lots of options for people.

 

[jane the dood]

Hi again, YorN...that community sounds delightful; actually pretty much like the one mr. dood and I stupidly moved out of to take up residence in our current abode. There are things we like about it: The mobile home itself is quite comfortable and we've got it fixed up the way we like it; our park-like yard is pleasant and shady and full of birds; the community is conveniently located. So it's not all bad. And our association fee is only $50 a month and includes water...so that's a big plus.

I'm like you, though....basically a loner. I'd rather have a root canal than play bingo or go to a potluck. But hey, diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks...I have Websleuths!
:websleuther:

 

[Bernina]

I plan on dying here..............unless something stupid happens and my son throws me in a home, which would be "sudden death". I wouldn't do well in closed quarters with no critters and fresh air, trees, dirt, grass, mud, etc.

That's the plan.

 

[Hatfield]

Speaking of critters....have to share something hilarious.

I so wish I would have gotten pics for everyone or a video link would have even been better.

We had a racoon that was "drunk" the other day.

We first thought it was sick and then realized he had been eating the fermented berries and he was absolutely stumbling falling down drunk. He fell over about 5 times on his way back to the woods and he would just lay on his side for a few minutes until he would get up and try again.

It was the most hysterical thing I had seen in quite some time.
I am so sorry I didnt get pics or a video of that for everyone.

By the way, he is fine now. He showed back up and he is fine and normal again.

 

[jane the dood]

Speaking of critters....have to share something hilarious.

I so wish I would have gotten pics for everyone or a video link would have even been better.

We had a racoon that was "drunk" the other day.

We first thought it was sick and then realized he had been eating the fermented berries and he was absolutely stumbling falling down drunk. He fell over about 5 times on his way back to the woods and he would just lay on his side for a few minutes until he would get up and try again.

It was the most hysterical thing I had seen in quite some time.
I am so sorry I didnt get pics or a video of that for everyone.

By the way, he is fine now. He showed back up and he is fine and normal again.

Yeah, but I'd bet he'd kill for an Alka-Seltzer! "Oh my head....."

 

[YESorNO]

I plan on dying here..............unless something stupid happens and my son throws me in a home, which would be "sudden death". I wouldn't do well in closed quarters with no critters and fresh air, trees, dirt, grass, mud, etc.

That's the plan.

When you are young, your dreams are attainable, but when the reality of the situation hits you, when you are old, you have to make new dreams in place of the old, IMO.

I'll still have my critters and trees, dirt, grass; they just won't be mine and that's OK.

Bend like a tree in the wind or you will break.

Nice to be young.

 

[YESorNO]

Speaking of critters....have to share something hilarious.

I so wish I would have gotten pics for everyone or a video link would have even been better.

We had a racoon that was "drunk" the other day.

We first thought it was sick and then realized he had been eating the fermented berries and he was absolutely stumbling falling down drunk. He fell over about 5 times on his way back to the woods and he would just lay on his side for a few minutes until he would get up and try again.

It was the most hysterical thing I had seen in quite some time.
I am so sorry I didnt get pics or a video of that for everyone.

By the way, he is fine now. He showed back up and he is fine and normal again.

:floorlaugh::floorlaugh::floorlaugh:

 

[YESorNO]

Lord help me, :floorlaugh: This is the funniest funny I think I've read... where do you find this stuff ? :floorlaugh: :floorlaugh: :floorlaugh:

Most of my funnies are sent by email from my 85 year old friend- she's so funny.
I'll tell her you like them.

 

[YESorNO]

I've been avoiding my spring cleaning by being on WS today too much today.
Gotta stay off and continue the cleaning or I'll still be cleaning by the time the weather gets hot (like last year ).
See you all later.

 

[Hatfield]

Just sharing a picture of our Yorkie. He likes Christmas time too because he gets presents too.

 

[Zuri]

Just sharing a picture of our Yorkie. He likes Christmas time too because he gets presents too.

How cute he is!!

 

[Zuri]

Yesterday, for April Fools, the radiology tech put stickies on the bottom of all the computer mouses (mice? Lol), rendering all the mouses useless. All the office staff couldn't figure out why they didn't work. After a bit, they turned them over to see the April Fool's smilie face.

So the girls got him back. They told him Mr. Lyon needed a copy of his X-rays and to call him. The number they gave him was to the Brandywine Zoo. The tech called and asked to speak to My. Lyon and the receptionist at the zoo told him he had been April fooled as there was no Mr. Lyon. My DH thought that was hilarious and laughed all day.

 

[Bernina]

Got outside, grrr, hard to drag the phone with me cause I end up butt dialing when I put it in my pocket, waiting for the feed guys.........



These are my current nemesis', Juan and Juanita, I stole another egg from them this morning, now I have 5.

The other "kids" are not playing well with them, hey, but it's breeding season, I'll give

them a pass. They're molting so their feathers are kind of scruffy.



And one of the evil swans followed me around the pond, of course I was clutching it's precious blue/green egg which probably just "egged" him on. You don't want to mess with Juan, he has one helleva bite and his wings feel like you're being hit by 2 x 4's.
The feed guy finally called so I'll be able to get some things done after he leaves, so I kinda chilled out today! :blushing:

 

[Bernina]

When you are young, your dreams are attainable, but when the reality of the situation hits you, when you are old, you have to make new dreams in place of the old, IMO.

I'll still have my critters and trees, dirt, grass; they just won't be mine and that's OK.

Bend like a tree in the wind or you will break.

Nice to be young.

That's something that will ultimately break me. Just seen many family and friends die of things that I couldn't endure. I'm right there with everyone who's a loner, I can do people, but I choose not to. I would go crazy not being able to talk to my critters and living just a few yards from another human being.

Someone has a quote by Robin Williams on the bottom of their posts, about being surrounded by people and feeling totally alone. I'm still wary of people and close relationships.
I'm just chock full of weirdness!kay:

And do you still have that link for smillies, YorN? I lost it when my Rockmelt browser refused to connect with my server!!!!!:gaah: