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Mon 01/21/08 04:46 PM
Thanks bro!

Told Y'all that I was a common man!

It isn't really too hard to tell people what you want.

It is is just hard to live up to what they might want.

Forum personas are not always truly representative of the true person.

I answered this one because he was serious.

You see a bunch of profiles with "walking in the rain," holding hands," cuddling in front of the fire", and so on.

But that isn't real.

What's real is "would you hand me that half inch wrench please?" Or "that dog has a huge tick hanging out of it's ear - get it - get it quick!"

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Mon 01/21/08 04:11 PM
Heh-heh!

And that made me think about how good a snickers bar would taste!

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Mon 01/21/08 03:57 PM

not to sound like weiner.. but if you cant say what you feel then whats the point of course theres gonna be the few who think thee to cool for school but if you look inside the men that act tough, they want the same thing maybe not all but a good 90%. admit it dudes ya know ya want the perfect relationship. there out there. its called a soul mate!!!!


You're serious, aren't you?

Alrighty then.

I wouldn't mind some Gal that would go out to the garden with me and sit there to watch the sunrise.

Then help me pull a few weeds out.

I wouldn't mind a Gal who admired the beauty in a butterfly, or didn't mind sitting under a shade-tree drinking a few beers and listening to the birds sing.

That wouldn't be too bad to me.

I wouldn't mind a Gal who could pile in and help me bathe dogs or jump in and help me can up a bunch of tomatoes.

I wouldn't mind a girl who could just accept it when I said that I thought she was pretty just the way she was, and didn't have to keep buying a bunch of extra doo-dads because the TV people said it would make her more pretty.

She don't have to cook me no fancy meals, take me out and show me no fancy stuff - none of that.

I'm pretty easy to get along with.

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Mon 01/21/08 03:38 PM

Here's an gross but interesting fact...there is a type of mosquito that lays its eggs in your skin when it lands on you to suck your blood. Then the eggs grow and the larva stay in your skin and it creates a hole in your skin for the larva to breath. Then you have to put something over the spot that starves the larva of its oxygen. When you pull it out its about the size of a quarter.


It's called a bot-fly and I have a scar on my right calf from one.

Very painful.


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Mon 01/21/08 03:23 PM
I gotta go pee.

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Mon 01/21/08 03:17 PM


Much as I hate to say it - a horsecicle is good as compared to the alternative.

Got called up about four years ago to kill a dog.

This dog had been on the chain for a while. Seriously infected and all.

I had the gun to her head, and just couldn't do it.

Took her home with me and cleaned her up. Turned out she was just allergic to fleas.

Best dog I have right now.


ARG! I hate it when people don't take proper care of their animals. Makes me wanna shot them!


Agreed!

Just rescued a little boxer last Friday. Went to a good home in OKC - but I want her back already.

That big old shepherd in my profile pic is a rescue.

He is a really good dog.

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Mon 01/21/08 03:10 PM


Yankees just don't have that sense of humor!


Hey! noway


You ain't a yankee!drinker

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Mon 01/21/08 03:06 PM


No! I really done that one time!

So I shows up and this Gal says...

And I'm standing there like Uh-Huh...

And there's like this dead horse laying there...

Middle of August...

And I'm thinking "uh-huh"...

And the little girl is crying...

And I'm thinking "this ain't good"...

But by golly, I got the job done!

And we even had a little ceremony afterwards.

True story.


I believe it. A year ago, some former friends had a guy drop of a horse trailer that needed repair. They were just in an accident. It was sub-zero temps. Turned out, there was a horse in it that died in the accident. The people just left the horse in the trailer, hoping that the people who were going to repair the trailer would take care of it for them. They took over a month to come pick up and properly take care of the horse. It was bitter cold the entire time, so it stayed a horsecicle. Which was a good thing.


Much as I hate to say it - a horsecicle is good as compared to the alternative.

Got called up about four years ago to kill a dog.

This dog had been on the chain for a while. Seriously infected and all.

I had the gun to her head, and just couldn't do it.

Took her home with me and cleaned her up. Turned out she was just allergic to fleas.

Best dog I have right now.

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Mon 01/21/08 02:59 PM





laundry, unloading the car, getting things ready for work tomorrow, cleaning the bathroom and kitchen....oh this is just too depressing...
I need a rent-a-husband!!! Or maybe a rent-a-wife!! laugh


that's it!

right there!


I'll pay!! Big bucks!!!!


Pretty much what they all say.

Then after I get done re-shingling that roof - or burying that dead horse...


Present a formal written estimate up front and a formal bill after. Yep Yep.


*sighs*

I agree, but then you get these little old ladies...

Ya know?

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Mon 01/21/08 02:55 PM





laundry, unloading the car, getting things ready for work tomorrow, cleaning the bathroom and kitchen....oh this is just too depressing...
I need a rent-a-husband!!! Or maybe a rent-a-wife!! laugh


that's it!

right there!


I'll pay!! Big bucks!!!!


Pretty much what they all say.

Then after I get done re-shingling that roof - or burying that dead horse...


(I can't believe you said that about the horse)
CASH UP FRONT I PROMISE!!


No! I really done that one time!

So I shows up and this Gal says...

And I'm standing there like Uh-Huh...

And there's like this dead horse laying there...

Middle of August...

And I'm thinking "uh-huh"...

And the little girl is crying...

And I'm thinking "this ain't good"...

But by golly, I got the job done!

And we even had a little ceremony afterwards.

True story.

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Mon 01/21/08 02:45 PM

like sand through an hourglass


*cues music*

these are the days of our lives!

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Mon 01/21/08 02:40 PM


i can not cook, not the best housekeeper, and i snore at times


And that's your worst qualities?

What? Like no humongous tumors or something growing out of your head?

Almost a keeper I would say!


LOL

I ain't even looked at your profile but you gotta be a Southern Gal!

Yankees just don't have that sense of humor!flowerforyou

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Mon 01/21/08 02:34 PM



laundry, unloading the car, getting things ready for work tomorrow, cleaning the bathroom and kitchen....oh this is just too depressing...
I need a rent-a-husband!!! Or maybe a rent-a-wife!! laugh


that's it!

right there!


I'll pay!! Big bucks!!!!


Pretty much what they all say.

Then after I get done re-shingling that roof - or burying that dead horse...

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Mon 01/21/08 02:24 PM

Ah, you do the Honey-do list. Okay, got it.

I just learned that putting a comforter into a dryer to pull out the wrinkles doesn't work when it is a queen sized comforter. It is too folded up and it just makes the wrinkles worse....


Yep, I,m the Honey-do man.

I don't do comforters.

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Mon 01/21/08 02:23 PM

laundry, unloading the car, getting things ready for work tomorrow, cleaning the bathroom and kitchen....oh this is just too depressing...
I need a rent-a-husband!!! Or maybe a rent-a-wife!! laugh


that's it!

right there!

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Mon 01/21/08 02:21 PM
Fix light bulbs.

Crawl under the house and kill rats.

It don't matter.

I'm rent a hubby.

You don't even gotta be nice to me!

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Mon 01/21/08 02:19 PM

What in the world is a rent-a-hubby?


rent-a-hubby is the name of my company!

I do what all the other hubbies don't have time to do.

And you don't have to feed me or even talk to me!

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Mon 01/21/08 02:14 PM


None.

I am taking the day off.

Doing what I want to do for a change.

Pleasures of being self employed and all that!


I keep trying to think of anything I can do to be self employed. I'm not getting very far there. I need to figure out how much I would make tutoring, for a little extra income.



A lot of people think being self employed is the road to freedom.

It is and it isn't.

My skills are varied. I am a carpenter, certified arborist, plumber, am currently investigating renewable energy sources, and have taught several 'English as a second language courses' in several third world countries. On top of all that, I taught several basic reading, writing, and arithmetic courses in Central America. Not to mention the organic gardening and basic food preservation classes that I gave down there.

Right now I am rent-a-hubby.

I gotta tell ya - it don't pay well.

My soft heart gets in the way most times.

I don't mean it to - but when someone needs something done, then I do it. Don't much matter if they pay or not.

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Mon 01/21/08 01:46 PM
How about using your sleeve as a napkin?

I've been known to do that once or twice in my lifetime.

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Mon 01/21/08 01:42 PM
None.

I am taking the day off.

Doing what I want to do for a change.

Pleasures of being self employed and all that!