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Old 08-05-2016, 03:58 PM   #28321
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I have a chicken magnet. The store sent me the wrong package... that was *not* what I ordered. This one attracts the wrong kind of birds.
An old friend in Virginia had a cherry red Ford Mustang convertible, with a vanity plate inscribed COPMGNT. She's an attractive woman, and can do an impeccable impression of a ditzy blonde when the mood takes her. The local police know her and were deeply amused by the plate.

(They had good cause a few years ago when we were down for a visit, and she and my SO went to a local party store to pick up a bunch of helium balloons for a party she was holding. I wasn't along for that ride, but I'm sure a Mustang convertible, driven by a blonde woman, with another woman gamely holding on to enough helium balloons to threaten to pull her out of her seat and float away with her was something to see... )
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Old 08-05-2016, 05:12 PM   #28322
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Yeah wodin, nice walking aid (and weapon) I wish you get it back
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Old 08-05-2016, 05:22 PM   #28323
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Thanks all for the good wishes; and Freeshadow, at under 300 grams it's really too light to be an effective weapon. If I end up replacing it I'll look for another light one as I really don't need the strength of a heavier stick. I mostly carry it for balance and panache.
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Old 08-05-2016, 09:46 PM   #28324
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ARRRGH! I left it hanging from my shopping cart!!!

My Irish blackthorn shillelagh walking stick is GONE!!!

It looks something like this:

Except the knob/handle is well hand rubbed and has taken a beautiful patina.

I can get another for around £95, but shillelaghs are individually created and are unique. It'll never be the same.

Susie said she'd go down to the market and ask if it had been turned in this morning, and I'm now waiting for her to call and tell me she's found it. Worry, worry, worry.
Oof! A blackthorn shillelagh is a piece of art! I hope it finds its way back to you, wodin!

When I was walking my German shepherd I got into the habit of using the pooper scooper (a short shovel) as a walking stick. Now I use a trekking pole. No character, but functional. And no comparison at all to yours!
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Old 08-05-2016, 09:48 PM   #28325
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One day I'm going to go the entire day without proof reading what I write and let auto-correct do its worst.
I tried that once. It corrected "Zinfandel" to "Infanticide" -- which totally changed the spirit of my post!
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Old 08-05-2016, 11:30 PM   #28326
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I tried that once. It corrected "Zinfandel" to "Infanticide" -- which totally changed the spirit of my post!
That would be bad.
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Old 08-06-2016, 06:02 AM   #28327
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Oof! A blackthorn shillelagh is a piece of art! I hope it finds its way back to you, wodin!
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Old 08-06-2016, 08:38 AM   #28328
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Success! She found it!
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Old 08-06-2016, 09:50 AM   #28329
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Old 08-06-2016, 03:50 PM   #28332
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Am I the only person who has that one particular spot in their lawn where--no matter how calm it is was when you started mowing--a breeze always kicks up suddenly and blows the discharge from the mower-deck right back in their face?

Always.
The same spot.
Without fail.

I even try coming at The Spot from different directions and angles and at different speeds. No matter: "Here. Have some grit to eat mowing-man." I pause and wait for the breeze to die down (the neighbor's flagpole is in sight), but I can literally feel the wind freshen as I get closer to The Spot.

What is that? Is there a name for that? Windergeist? What?!
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Old 08-06-2016, 03:54 PM   #28333
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Am I the only person who has that one particular spot in their lawn where--no matter how calm it is was when you started mowing--a breeze always kicks up suddenly and blows the discharge from the mower-deck right back in their face?

Always.
The same spot.
Without fail.

I even try coming at The Spot from different directions and angles and at different speeds. No matter: "Here. Have some grit to eat mowing-man." I pause and wait for the breeze to die down (the neighbor's flagpole is in sight), but I can literally feel the wind freshen as I get closer to The Spot.

What is that? Is there a name for that? Windergeist? What?!
It is the fairy colony. You are trying to destroy some homes. That isn't wind. It is fairy wings. They are trying to protect what is theirs.
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It is the fairy colony. You are trying to destroy some homes. That isn't wind. It is fairy wings. They are trying to protect what is theirs.
In twenty years it hasn't stopped me from mowing that spot. They must be very stupid fairies!
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