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The Romans said exactly the same thing about their kids and grand kids, and complained just as we do about sports stars and their lavish lives.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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The Romans said exactly the same thing about their kids and grand kids, and complained just as we do about sports stars and their lavish lives.
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He didn't exactly say he did this too, but Hunter S. Thompson writes of entitled Europeans driving golf balls from their high rise apartment rooftops down into the slums of Rio De Janeiro.
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Ayup. Know a couple whose kids at 30 still live at home. The eldest was one credit away from completing university (and never finished), the other failed first semester at university. Far as I know, nobody is working in that household. Who's to say? Their lives.
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Our once-quiet cul de sac was home to owners who took pride in the neighborhood. Most had one or two cars and parked in their driveways or garages. Many have moved on and renters have taken over. These houses are now occupied by parents with two to four adult kids/spouses with up to six cars, some have boats on trailers. They fill the street, block the mail boxes and garbage trucks. It's a mess and a sign of the times 
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I'm at the end of a dead end street. My next door neighbor parks 2-3 cars in his driveway(cool)and often parks his crane in the street, which he's been doing for years. I don't care. He's good dude-and helped my folks get a coupla dead trees outta the yard b4 I inherited the place.Our once-quiet cul de sac was home to owners who took pride in the neighborhood. Most had one or two cars and parked in their driveways or garages. Many have moved on and renters have taken over. These houses are now occupied by parents with two to four adult kids/spouses with up to six cars, some have boats on trailers. They fill the street, block the mail boxes and garbage trucks. It's a mess and a sign of the times
Dead end street makes me think Kinks....(BTW cul de sac if inflected right, sounds like a french swear word).
Good song.
Good song.
Possibly, with a Deep-South drawl: Why don't you kiss my cul de sac?
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One of my operative catchphrases sounds something like: watch how your date treats the waitstaff because this is how he'll treat you in a couple months.
Well, yeah. I often tell the hot wife no, I’d rather stay home and nuke my food for less than half the price for the same nuked food elsewhere...
But there again, pre-made and later nuked seriously minimizes the “gawd, this is friggin awful” response
But there again, pre-made and later nuked seriously minimizes the “gawd, this is friggin awful” response
With a hot wife you should be cooking at home. 
So , yesterday at around 7 am , I was working in a townhouse and was ready to start testing out the water system. I went outside to the meter vault and put a pair of small channel locks on the valve and tried to give it a turn. It didn't want to move so in typical plumber fashion , I applied more force. The pliers slipped and I banged my right thumb against the side of the concrete vault. Removed a piece of skin about the size of a fingernail. No big deal there but it also hurt like hell. Oh well , tough it out and go back to work. Went and got the "curb key" and got the valve turned on. As the day progressed , the thumb swelled and stiffened up and by noon it hurt so bad I couldn't do anything with it. No problem , the house was finished and ready to test. A quick check of the house revealed that two sprinkler heads were blown so I couldn't turn on the water without flooding the house. I looked at my thumb and realized that the injury was all for nothing. Went to fill out the time sheets and paperwork for the house and by this time I couldn't even hold a pencil. Off to the docs for an X-ray. Two and a half hours in the urgent care revealed nothing broken just a bad sprain and some serious bruising. The first good news of the day. A note from the doc and some paperwork (had to get a nurse to fill it out as I still couldn't hold a pencil) and I have earned a couple days off at the expense of workmans comp. Fortunately , no gigs this weekend and I don't play with my thumb anyway. Aleve and ice packs are my best friends today. I should be more careful in the future. Yeah , right.
With a hot wife you should be cooking at home.
You’d be surprised how much I do around here...
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Zigging when you should be zagging can be very painful.
It’s your job to know that the valve needs to be turned. Next time, get a helper to turn the valve. Younger workers heal faster.
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Amen brudda. I'm finding even bruises come easier at my age-- and it's easier to damage these old bones..Zigging when you should be zagging can be very painful.
It’s your job to know that the valve needs to be turned. Next time, get a helper to turn the valve. Younger workers heal faster.
Yep, you never know when you'll need a crane handy...my motto too!My next door neighbor parks 2-3 cars in his driveway(cool)and often parks his crane in the street, which he's been doing for years. I don't care. He's good dude-and helped my folks get a coupla dead trees outta the yard b4 I inherited the place.
Zigging when you should be zagging can be very painful.
It’s your job to know that the valve needs to be turned. Next time, get a helper to turn the valve. Younger workers heal faster.
Helpers just slow me down. Haven't worked with one in over 20 years.
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