The digging commences! New water and sewer lines are being installed in the street in front of my house. The pit is very deep; there are men working down there, but you can't see them.
So...What's Going On In Front of YOUR House, Today?
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This is how I'm getting water for the next week or so. The hose on the left comes from a source almost a block away. The mains in my house are shut off and water is being pumped through the hose into my house. The faucet is working in reverse.
I'm going to opt not to drink my tap water or use it for cooking until things return to normal. I knew my propensity for keeping 200 bottles of water in the house at all times would eventually come in handy, LOL.
The hose on the right leads to my back yard garden. I'll still be able to water it while the water system is gerry-rigged.
I'm going to opt not to drink my tap water or use it for cooking until things return to normal. I knew my propensity for keeping 200 bottles of water in the house at all times would eventually come in handy, LOL.
The hose on the right leads to my back yard garden. I'll still be able to water it while the water system is gerry-rigged.
And from a distance....
Mike, the bucket operator, and his great big CAT.
Mike, the bucket operator, and his great big CAT.
washboy2005
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Well not infront of my house.... but rather behind it!
Four schoolchildren were in hospital tonight after a school bus ploughed into a crowd of youngsters.
Two were said to be "poorly but stable" and two others "comfortable" after a 33-seat Mercedes bus carrying more than 20 children left the road outside English Martyrs School in Hartlepool.
Shocked young eyewitnesses described how the minibus appeared to swerve to avoid a child who had run into the road.
It then ploughed into a fence and a tree where a crowd of children was gathered. Many of the injured are thought to have been from among the children on the street and not on the bus.
Details of exactly what happened are still sketchy but youngsters who witnessed the crash said pupils were running around covered in blood.
Tonight hospitals in the area confirmed 23 people had been taken in for treatment, but only four were detained.
The most seriously injured were two 12-year-old boys who were airlifted by an air ambulance and a police helicopter to James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough.
Tonight a hospital spokeswoman said their condition was "poorly but stable". Police said both were pupils at English Martyrs School.
Two other children detained at the University Hospital of North Tees, in Stockton, are said to be "comfortable".
All the other casualties, who were taken to the hospitals in Stockton and Hartlepool, were later released after treatment.
Pe*er Mu*phy, 14, a pupil at English Martyrs School, said: "There were a lot of groups of children going home from school when one boy ran out into the road in front of the bus.
"It swerved to try and avoid him and as a result it left the road and ploughed into the fence hitting some of the kids in the street.
"Other kids jumped out of the way and were running from the scene screaming. "There was a lot of blood everywhere, it was horrible.
"After that I turned away because it was so unpleasant to look at."
Sta*ey Owe*s, 13, said: "There was people screaming and people were walking around the bus covered in blood.
"Children were just running away from the bus screaming and there was a number of children trapped under the bus."
The incident is now being investigated by Cleveland Police and the bus is still embedded in the fence outside English Martyrs School.
Sergeant Paul Dee, of Cleveland Police, said: "I am led to believe that the vast majority of the casualties were pedestrians.
"The driver of the minibus has been spoken to and has given an account of what happened."
English Martyrs School headteacher Joe Hughes said everyone at the school had been left shocked by the crash.
He said tonight: "Everyone is very concerned and very worried and our thoughts are with the students in hospital.
"We will be praying all through the night that the outcome is the best possible one."
English Martyrs School, a voluntary aided Catholic school, caters for 1,540 children between the ages of 11 and 18 and it is thought that the children on board the minibus were aged around 12 and 13.
Mr Hughes said that he understood there were about 26 children on board the bus and he understood also that it was fitted with seatbelts.
He added: "There are special plans in place for tomorrow to allow us to provide support to all of the students and staff in the school.
"The day will begin with a special staff meeting followed by a series of special assemblies for every year group in turn and counselling support will also be available in school for anyone who requires it."
Hartlepool Borough Council said it would be supporting the school through its children's services departments.
Cleveland Police said the incident in Catcote Road happened just after 3.30pm and involved two vehicles - the bus and a Renault car.
Reports a third vehicle was involved were later found to be false.
A spokesman for the North East Ambulance Service said six ambulances, one rapid response unit, an air ambulance, along with the police helicopter and two ambulance officers attended at the accident as well a specialist transport vehicle.
I put *'s into some names....
and the pic below shows the bush taht crashed into the tree just down the road from me!
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Four schoolchildren were in hospital tonight after a school bus ploughed into a crowd of youngsters.
Two were said to be "poorly but stable" and two others "comfortable" after a 33-seat Mercedes bus carrying more than 20 children left the road outside English Martyrs School in Hartlepool.
Shocked young eyewitnesses described how the minibus appeared to swerve to avoid a child who had run into the road.
It then ploughed into a fence and a tree where a crowd of children was gathered. Many of the injured are thought to have been from among the children on the street and not on the bus.
Details of exactly what happened are still sketchy but youngsters who witnessed the crash said pupils were running around covered in blood.
Tonight hospitals in the area confirmed 23 people had been taken in for treatment, but only four were detained.
The most seriously injured were two 12-year-old boys who were airlifted by an air ambulance and a police helicopter to James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough.
Tonight a hospital spokeswoman said their condition was "poorly but stable". Police said both were pupils at English Martyrs School.
Two other children detained at the University Hospital of North Tees, in Stockton, are said to be "comfortable".
All the other casualties, who were taken to the hospitals in Stockton and Hartlepool, were later released after treatment.
Pe*er Mu*phy, 14, a pupil at English Martyrs School, said: "There were a lot of groups of children going home from school when one boy ran out into the road in front of the bus.
"It swerved to try and avoid him and as a result it left the road and ploughed into the fence hitting some of the kids in the street.
"Other kids jumped out of the way and were running from the scene screaming. "There was a lot of blood everywhere, it was horrible.
"After that I turned away because it was so unpleasant to look at."
Sta*ey Owe*s, 13, said: "There was people screaming and people were walking around the bus covered in blood.
"Children were just running away from the bus screaming and there was a number of children trapped under the bus."
The incident is now being investigated by Cleveland Police and the bus is still embedded in the fence outside English Martyrs School.
Sergeant Paul Dee, of Cleveland Police, said: "I am led to believe that the vast majority of the casualties were pedestrians.
"The driver of the minibus has been spoken to and has given an account of what happened."
English Martyrs School headteacher Joe Hughes said everyone at the school had been left shocked by the crash.
He said tonight: "Everyone is very concerned and very worried and our thoughts are with the students in hospital.
"We will be praying all through the night that the outcome is the best possible one."
English Martyrs School, a voluntary aided Catholic school, caters for 1,540 children between the ages of 11 and 18 and it is thought that the children on board the minibus were aged around 12 and 13.
Mr Hughes said that he understood there were about 26 children on board the bus and he understood also that it was fitted with seatbelts.
He added: "There are special plans in place for tomorrow to allow us to provide support to all of the students and staff in the school.
"The day will begin with a special staff meeting followed by a series of special assemblies for every year group in turn and counselling support will also be available in school for anyone who requires it."
Hartlepool Borough Council said it would be supporting the school through its children's services departments.
Cleveland Police said the incident in Catcote Road happened just after 3.30pm and involved two vehicles - the bus and a Renault car.
Reports a third vehicle was involved were later found to be false.
A spokesman for the North East Ambulance Service said six ambulances, one rapid response unit, an air ambulance, along with the police helicopter and two ambulance officers attended at the accident as well a specialist transport vehicle.
I put *'s into some names....
and the pic below shows the bush taht crashed into the tree just down the road from me!
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washboy2005
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Image isnt working!
Same image is located on link below!
Poor Children!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=467746&in_page_id=1770
Same image is located on link below!
Poor Children!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=467746&in_page_id=1770
cehalstead
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in front of my house
a tree was removed in front of my house today. a storm started the work and the treecutters finished it. i hated to lose a tree, but it was becoming a hazard to my home. (kinda boring after the other stories, huh?)
a tree was removed in front of my house today. a storm started the work and the treecutters finished it. i hated to lose a tree, but it was becoming a hazard to my home. (kinda boring after the other stories, huh?)
mickeyd
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Good God, I just thought about your WHITE LOADS--you'd b
And what would Hyacinth "Bouquet" have to say about uncertified water coming into her royal home from unknown and possibly common places?
A call to a highly placed executive at the Royal Water Authority is in order, Eugene.
And what would Hyacinth "Bouquet" have to say about uncertified water coming into her royal home from unknown and possibly common places?
A call to a highly placed executive at the Royal Water Authority is in order, Eugene.
Normal road traffic, bees investigating the palm tree blooms, and I mowed the yard.
selectomatic
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They closed one end of my road today.
For the rest of the summer, it's Local Traffic Only. Over the last several years, the road has seen too much traffic for my tastes, but it'll be beautifully quiet until the road construction ends.
And it's the direction I hardly ever go anyway, so that's no problem for me.
-kevin
For the rest of the summer, it's Local Traffic Only. Over the last several years, the road has seen too much traffic for my tastes, but it'll be beautifully quiet until the road construction ends.
And it's the direction I hardly ever go anyway, so that's no problem for me.
-kevin
I put the sprinklers on, that's about all the excitement
We have new neighbors preparing to move in across the street. "Brokeback Neighbor" moved out last week so it's time to be on the lookout for the new washer and dryer that will be moving in.
(Brokeback Neighbor had a Frigidaire front-loading w/d set)
(Brokeback Neighbor had a Frigidaire front-loading w/d set)
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there going to re strip and squeal our apt complex parking lot next week... great.. i won't be back until mondya
sudsmaster
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Mowed the lawn and washed the Chrysler after work today. Actually I took a nap until 8 pm and then started that stuff. Got through with the car washing about 9:30 pm.
Some 22 years ago I was most displeased with a giant pit that the phone company decided to sink into the road just in front of my rental home at the time. Normally it wouldn't have bothered me that much, but I was home sick with the flu and did not like be woken up to jackhammers at 7 am. The home was right on the sidewalk - no more than three feet from it - so the din was tremendous. It was, however, a very impressive pit - perfectly rectangular and about 12 feet deep (or so it seemed). You could see all the layers and strata of soil if you held your ACHING HEAD and looked down into it, lol.
Some 22 years ago I was most displeased with a giant pit that the phone company decided to sink into the road just in front of my rental home at the time. Normally it wouldn't have bothered me that much, but I was home sick with the flu and did not like be woken up to jackhammers at 7 am. The home was right on the sidewalk - no more than three feet from it - so the din was tremendous. It was, however, a very impressive pit - perfectly rectangular and about 12 feet deep (or so it seemed). You could see all the layers and strata of soil if you held your ACHING HEAD and looked down into it, lol.
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Brokeback Neighbors
I have a couple of Brokeback neighbors, at least I'm pretty sure they are, but living in suburbia nobody with a so called "alternative" lifestyle is up front about it.
Anybody have any stories about suspect neighbors and how/if they were successful in finding out one way or the other about them? I've got a couple of very interesting single men I've had my eye on in my 'hood and could use some . . . er . . . pointers.
Ralph
I have a couple of Brokeback neighbors, at least I'm pretty sure they are, but living in suburbia nobody with a so called "alternative" lifestyle is up front about it.
Anybody have any stories about suspect neighbors and how/if they were successful in finding out one way or the other about them? I've got a couple of very interesting single men I've had my eye on in my 'hood and could use some . . . er . . . pointers.
Ralph
Mickeyd-- You're absolutely right, I won't be hanging out any wash on the line until the dust settles, so to speak. As for the water supply, I don't even know where it's coming from. It might be from the fire hydrant at the far end of my block, for all I know. There's a series of garden hoses running through all of our lawns off into the distance, but due to the construction I can't see where they're all coming from.
Needless to say, I'm going to drink bottled water until things return to normal.
The guys worked until 8:30 last night. The last couple of hours they were directly in front of my house and every dish in the cupboards was shaking---and I have a solid house! Nick (my foster cat) was freaked out and kept running around, meowing his head off.
Needless to say, I'm going to drink bottled water until things return to normal.
The guys worked until 8:30 last night. The last couple of hours they were directly in front of my house and every dish in the cupboards was shaking---and I have a solid house! Nick (my foster cat) was freaked out and kept running around, meowing his head off.
zipdang
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Brokeback Neighbors
Hey Ralph, here's how I identified the gays in my neighborhood. We discovered our suburban neighborhood through some gay friends who moved there first, and when we moved in we figured we and our friends were the only gay couples in the subdivision. Ah, not so! Our dog evidently possesses a talent as a Gay Dowsing Rod, like one of those sticks that finds water. On one occasion a gay couple approached while the dog and I were playing frisbee in the park, and another time a gay couple walking their dog stopped to chat when they spotted me and my dog in our driveway. Once when Tom and I were doing yardwork in the front yard with the dog bouncing nearby (she's a chocolate lab and is prone to bouncy behavior) some lesbians walked by and gave us the nod. They did not stop to chit-chat.
Based on my experiences, I highly recommened walking a dog through your neighborhood. If there's a gay to be found that dog will find him!
Hey Ralph, here's how I identified the gays in my neighborhood. We discovered our suburban neighborhood through some gay friends who moved there first, and when we moved in we figured we and our friends were the only gay couples in the subdivision. Ah, not so! Our dog evidently possesses a talent as a Gay Dowsing Rod, like one of those sticks that finds water. On one occasion a gay couple approached while the dog and I were playing frisbee in the park, and another time a gay couple walking their dog stopped to chat when they spotted me and my dog in our driveway. Once when Tom and I were doing yardwork in the front yard with the dog bouncing nearby (she's a chocolate lab and is prone to bouncy behavior) some lesbians walked by and gave us the nod. They did not stop to chit-chat.
Based on my experiences, I highly recommened walking a dog through your neighborhood. If there's a gay to be found that dog will find him!
zipdang
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rainbow flags
Not sure if it's a regional thing or what, but I've noticed that fewer and fewer gay people have rainbow flags, pink triangles, or HRC stickers on their cars these days. Back in my single days I found those stickers incredibly helpful at identifying who was checking me out in traffic and who was just staring for no apparent reason. Ah, the good old days!
Not sure if it's a regional thing or what, but I've noticed that fewer and fewer gay people have rainbow flags, pink triangles, or HRC stickers on their cars these days. Back in my single days I found those stickers incredibly helpful at identifying who was checking me out in traffic and who was just staring for no apparent reason. Ah, the good old days!
toggleswitch
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The rabbit in the back of the house I can deal with...
I received a panicked telephone call (while a few states over, away on vacaton) that there is a racoon and her "pups" in the pine tree in front of my house.
The ex has declined to call an animal-control specialist. The priviledge has been granted to me. *LOL*
I received a panicked telephone call (while a few states over, away on vacaton) that there is a racoon and her "pups" in the pine tree in front of my house.
The ex has declined to call an animal-control specialist. The priviledge has been granted to me. *LOL*
Togs, I was starting to wonder where you've been! You'll definitely want to take care of the raccoon situation.
As the street in front of my house is torn out, I've been exiting the house via the back yard, crossing through my neighbors back yards to get to my car, which is a block away. This morning I found a 'gift' from one of the neighborhood cats: A very abused squirrel carcass. Once it gets dark, I'm going to toss is over my fence into my neighbor's weed patch where it can finish decomosing in peace.
My GOD the animal kingdom is gruesome.
On another note: I have no cold water! I washed a load of light colors in the FL'er and was shocked when I reached in to pull them out. They were quite warm. I looked at the control, which was set at warm/cold. It finally dawned on me: The block-long garden hose feeding water to my house from a still-unspecified source had been lying out in the sun all day. Hence, no cold water. Very weird for Minnesota, where our water stays pretty cold, even during the summer months.
As the street in front of my house is torn out, I've been exiting the house via the back yard, crossing through my neighbors back yards to get to my car, which is a block away. This morning I found a 'gift' from one of the neighborhood cats: A very abused squirrel carcass. Once it gets dark, I'm going to toss is over my fence into my neighbor's weed patch where it can finish decomosing in peace.
My GOD the animal kingdom is gruesome.
On another note: I have no cold water! I washed a load of light colors in the FL'er and was shocked when I reached in to pull them out. They were quite warm. I looked at the control, which was set at warm/cold. It finally dawned on me: The block-long garden hose feeding water to my house from a still-unspecified source had been lying out in the sun all day. Hence, no cold water. Very weird for Minnesota, where our water stays pretty cold, even during the summer months.
Brokeback Neighbors
First, let me just write that I can't believe I'm passing along advice... as someone who has been closeted and uptight about being gay most of my life...
Ralph, where in the Bay Area do you reside? From what my friends are telling me, many guys in their late 30's and older have been fleeing SF and heading to the burbs. I'm sure you've noticed that there seem to be a number of members located right here in the Bay Area.
Zipdang... I went to school in Salem and have many friends and fraternity bros in Portland who are family. In what part of Portland do you reside? Also, I believe there are several other members who live in and around Portland.
Mike
First, let me just write that I can't believe I'm passing along advice... as someone who has been closeted and uptight about being gay most of my life...
Ralph, where in the Bay Area do you reside? From what my friends are telling me, many guys in their late 30's and older have been fleeing SF and heading to the burbs. I'm sure you've noticed that there seem to be a number of members located right here in the Bay Area.
Zipdang... I went to school in Salem and have many friends and fraternity bros in Portland who are family. In what part of Portland do you reside? Also, I believe there are several other members who live in and around Portland.
Mike
zipdang
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Hey Mike! Salem, huh? I have an aunt and uncle who live there. This world keeps getting smaller. I live on Mt. Scott in southeast Portland, just one block from the Multnomah-Clackamas county line. (We love our house but wish we would've bought on the Clackamas County side of the hill because of the property tax advantages.) We're far enough into suburbia that we didn't expect to encounter many other gays in the area, but we've been quite surprised by how many of us are out here. It must be because of the innuendo in saying "mount Scott."
David and Mike, thanks for your input. Interestingly, the one guy who stares at me every time I drive by him happens to walk his dog quite often. Maybe he knows that dogs can do their part to facilitate a connection and he's workin' it. I can tell you that our sweet little black & white cat is a miserable failure at attracting anyone even if she's sprawled on her back with paws in the air waiting for somebody, anybody, to provide her with an attention fix.
Mike, I'm at the south end in 95124, bordering 95030. The "family" zip code in town is 95126. My mom's place is there. We see guy couples walking (with dogs sometimes) past her place on a regular basis. We've debated over and over about buying out my sister when the time comes to sell my mom's house. It's in an older and super desirable CEO laden 'hood close to downtown and much more intellectual than the suburban 'hood we currently call home with a distressing number of redneck monster trucks roaring their way through. Alas, my mom's place is 80+ years old and would be a money pit and we'd have no backyard privacy like we enjoy now, so we are thinking we are better off staying put. So what part of the Bay Area are you in Mike?
Latest news in my front & back yard is that West Nile has arrived within less than a mile from us. I've found I don't get bit much since taking a garlic pill every day. Wouldn't you know I just ran out. Time to re-stock.
Mike, I'm at the south end in 95124, bordering 95030. The "family" zip code in town is 95126. My mom's place is there. We see guy couples walking (with dogs sometimes) past her place on a regular basis. We've debated over and over about buying out my sister when the time comes to sell my mom's house. It's in an older and super desirable CEO laden 'hood close to downtown and much more intellectual than the suburban 'hood we currently call home with a distressing number of redneck monster trucks roaring their way through. Alas, my mom's place is 80+ years old and would be a money pit and we'd have no backyard privacy like we enjoy now, so we are thinking we are better off staying put. So what part of the Bay Area are you in Mike?
Latest news in my front & back yard is that West Nile has arrived within less than a mile from us. I've found I don't get bit much since taking a garlic pill every day. Wouldn't you know I just ran out. Time to re-stock.
whirlcool
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My observations have shown that....
Most Lesbians prefer suburban living to urban living. I am not saying ALL, but you sure do see more lesbians in the food stores out in the suburbs than you see gay men.
Lesbians can be quite volatile when it comes to men! I find that they are best left alone. I think that's the way they want things anyway.
Recently on television, the Harris County Texas Mosquito Control department stated that they use ice to attract mosquitoes for testing for illnesses. The other night we had a mosquito or two buzzing around our bedroom and we couldn't find it. We put out a bowl of ice (maybe 6 or 7 cubes) and went to bed. No more buzzing. In the morning we found three dead mosquitoes in the bowl! It does work!
Most Lesbians prefer suburban living to urban living. I am not saying ALL, but you sure do see more lesbians in the food stores out in the suburbs than you see gay men.
Lesbians can be quite volatile when it comes to men! I find that they are best left alone. I think that's the way they want things anyway.
Recently on television, the Harris County Texas Mosquito Control department stated that they use ice to attract mosquitoes for testing for illnesses. The other night we had a mosquito or two buzzing around our bedroom and we couldn't find it. We put out a bowl of ice (maybe 6 or 7 cubes) and went to bed. No more buzzing. In the morning we found three dead mosquitoes in the bowl! It does work!
selectomatic
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I personally see more lesbians downtown than anywhere else.
But maybe that's somehow related to the fact that the building I work in is bordered on one side by a feminist book store, and on the other by Fire Department #1.
Oh yeah, and our fire chief is a lesbian.
-kevin
But maybe that's somehow related to the fact that the building I work in is bordered on one side by a feminist book store, and on the other by Fire Department #1.
Oh yeah, and our fire chief is a lesbian.
-kevin
Allen, I couldn't agree more about lesbians being a volatile group. But I'd limit that to the "I wish I was a man even though I hate men" variety. The well-adusted lesbians who are feminine in every respect and totally blend in are no problem whatsoever.
I've never understood why the butch lesbians always seem ready to pick a fight. But I'm hardly intrigued by them enough to want to research this type of behavior. I simply steer clear of them and keep well hidden the fact that the repulsion is quite mutual.
I've never understood why the butch lesbians always seem ready to pick a fight. But I'm hardly intrigued by them enough to want to research this type of behavior. I simply steer clear of them and keep well hidden the fact that the repulsion is quite mutual.
This really isn't fair
I'm really not all that comfortable with a few of the statements made in a few posts above, they are stereotypical nonsense that I don't think belongs here, not to mention really unfair to a whole group of people. I don't think I have ever once been made to feel uncomfortable or threatened by a female member of our community. At least nothing that stands out in my memory. Now how is writing something like that any different than what I had to ban "BT what's his face" for a few weeks ago? I really am stunned that I am reading this crap, its one thing to make a silly joke, but this is no joke.
I'm really not all that comfortable with a few of the statements made in a few posts above, they are stereotypical nonsense that I don't think belongs here, not to mention really unfair to a whole group of people. I don't think I have ever once been made to feel uncomfortable or threatened by a female member of our community. At least nothing that stands out in my memory. Now how is writing something like that any different than what I had to ban "BT what's his face" for a few weeks ago? I really am stunned that I am reading this crap, its one thing to make a silly joke, but this is no joke.
