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4 vultures perch in a tree over my yard. When they're not perching, they're circling. Why?Cause I can't throw worth a crap!
Behind my deck is a small ledge next to a 40 to 60 foot drop off into a huge ravine. When I fish dead things outa the pool and pond, I try to flip them out over the greenery behind the deck through the trees into the ravine. Sadly, they NEVER make it that far.
Currently I have 4 dead chipmunks, 1 dead mouse, 2 dead moles, and several fishes, somewhere under the leafy junk behind the deck. There is another fish hanging from a tree off to the side of the deck. (I was testing a new technique. Increasing the Hummmph in my swing) Well, I hummphed it and the fish somehow got caught in the tree. Now it's just hanging there like some obscene Christmas ornament from hell.
A couple years ago I accidently tossed one backwards and it landed on our roof. I got "the talk" for that one. Took Bob forever to get the fish offa the roof. Took longer than forever for me to sit through "the talk".
I swear to you, I think these vultures get excited everytime they see me walk out the door. I'll video tape them. Otherwise you won't believe me. This is just pathetic.
I am so gonna work on a new flipping technique.
I'd fill the miserable sucker in myself if I could. I am so tired of trippin over hoses and those little pin things that stick up outa the concrete.
Sadly, I have to wait for bob to make the calls to get people in here and do it. I was all set to start calling but he says he knows who to call. sigh sigh sigh.
I can't wait to have a yard again. That's one of the reasons I wanted to move. We have a yard that's all cement and pool. Unless you're swimming, what can you do with that?
I need my space.
PETA no doubt will be all over my flabby white buttocks if anybody sees that fish hangin there. sigh.
I can't get the picture to show!
Yanno - we've talked many times about putting in a pool - but I've always had the thought that I didn't want to give up the yard space - even though we have alot of yard. I also wonder just exactly HOW MUCH we'd use it and if it'd be worth the time and trouble. LOL Yep, so far - no pool wins hands down.
I have PETA experience working where I do - you DON'T want those people around. Obnoxious pests!!!
tina
Tina, swimming pools are bad ju ju. Especially for us because we live in woods, in Ohio. Tree leaves everywhere and then we have oh...at least 5 and half months, maybe 6, that it's just too cold to use it.
Sal, you're getting gophers too? Oh dear. Those little boogers are heavy and I have an abundance of them running around this year. No tellin where one of those would land if I lobbed it.
Catfish, I think I'll adopt your fine sense of art. It's much easier than tryin to shake that fish outa the tree.
Jake, you kept the tail? Take a pic of it but don't focus in on the biten end. Bleck!
You know I've heard of lizards forming committees. They meet behind rocks and plan an ambush on humans who catch their family members and feed them to friends. yeah, I know. You don't believe me. Just keep an eye on those rocks when you go out.
Crabby, I have a nice 24 foot fiberglass Type 1A (strong like bull) ladder you can use.
OK, I can understand most of what you mentioned but how on earth are you finding fish in your pool. You got some splainin' to do young lady! :)
I have an idea that could work and you could have a fun time at the same time. How about mounting a slingshot between two close trees. Just load the slingshot, pull back a little and let it rip. Just make sure you are not aiming at the neighbors house. They probably would not appreciate it at all. Although if you were to fling a woulverine they may not mind. ;)
PETA is a strange group. The one protest I saw involved a mostly naked lady all marked up like she was a piece of meat to be carved up. It may be one thing to protest unfairness to animals but I have to ask, why would you do that to the woman. Isn't that degrading her? You know, you could just tell them you got a lot of rain this year and the pool flooded!
Sal, ours does that all the time. Just starts circling and talkin to itself. Meanwhile all the dirt settles to the deep end of the pool. LOL!
Minx, I'll get her done for ya. Shouldn't be too tough. Those buggers are out here all the time. At first I thought they got wind of the news that another one of my dogs are dying. I mean, how do I know there isn't a vulture information highway or something. But now, I'm pretty sure they're just showing up to see what the daily special is.
PS. We're woods and city all in one. We can walk to really cool pubs and restaurants but our house is on a huge ravine. I have photos of the waterfall back there that Jake took while he was here.
We get everything up here in our yard. Foxes, owls, deer, you name it. We got it. Sadly, we also get some big whompin spiders and snakes. Never has bothered me much but my friend Ethel freaks easy. ahhhhhhhhhh ha ha ha ha ha!
We're putting it off. We can do better if we wait awhile. And you know with me...it's all about the return on the investment. I might not understand much business stuff but I do understand the money part. LOL!
Not to fret. We'll get there. I just want it to be easy for Bob so he can stop working so much. IMO, desk work will kill you faster than grunt labor. Too much stress.
Manny, the more taxes you pay the more you get back at the end of the year I would assume (assuming Ohio can not be that different than Michigan) so at least there is some upside. Also the value of the home is going up and so is the equity. In the just 7 short years or so that I owned this house I have more money in equity than I origionally payed for it. Amazing.
Check your shoes before you leave.
You have all that dead crap in your pool???? And here I was worried about one dead owl.
I vote for your pool to be filled in, you'd better watch for PETA.