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On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 12:01:11 -0600, Califbill
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justan wrote:

Chop down those oaks and plant evergreens or palm trees. Raking
leaves is about as nasty as shoveling snow.

Pine needles are harder to clean up.

Run over them with the mower too.

Hereabouts folks buy pine straw to place where they don't want
grass or weeds to grow.




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On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:30:51 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poquito Loco Wrote in message:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 07:24:35 -0600, amdx wrote:

On 11/26/2016 4:39 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:


I used to think I was just a regular guy, but I was born white, which now, whether I like it or not,
makes me a racist.

I am a fiscal and moral conservative, which by today's standards makes me a fascist.

I am heterosexual, which according to gay folks, now makes me a homophobe.

I am non-union, which makes me a traitor to the working class and an ally of big business.

I am a Christian, which now labels me as an infidel.

I believe in the 2nd Amendment, which now makes me a member of the vast gun lobby.

I am older than 60 and retired, which makes me a useless old man.

I think and I reason, therefore I doubt much that the mainstream media tells me, which must make me
a reactionary.

I am proud of my heritage and our inclusive American culture, which makes me a xenophobe.

I value my safety and that of my family and I appreciate the police and the legal system, which
makes me a right-wing extremist.

I believe in hard work, fair play, and fair compensation according to each individual's merits,
which today makes me an anti-socialist.

I (and most of the folks I know) acquired a fair education without student loans (it's called work)
and no debt at graduation, which makes me some kind of an odd underachiever.

I believe in the defense and protection of the homeland for and by all citizens, which now makes me
a militant.

Please help me come to terms with the new me because I'm just not sure who I am anymore! I would
like to thank all my friends for sticking with me through these abrupt, newly found changes in my
life and my thinking! I just can't imagine or understand what's happened to me so quickly!

Funny it's all just taken place over the last 7 or 8 years! As if all this crap wasn't enough to
deal with now I don't know which restroom to go into.

And lastly, I don't like Harry very much which makes me all of the above all by itself!


I resemble those remarks!
Mikek

Good morning, Mike. Nice to see your smiling here on this fine Sunday morning. I'm waiting for the 9
o'clock hour to roll around so I can crank up the leaf blower without ****ing off the neighbors too
much.


Chop down those oaks and plant evergreens or palm trees. Raking
leaves is about as nasty as shoveling snow.

The tree cutters around here want from $2000 to $4000 to take down one of these buggers. They're way
too big for me to mess with. I stop at about the 8-inch caliper.


Seems reasonable considering what might happen if you let mother
nature do it.
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wrote:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 12:01:11 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

justan wrote:

Chop down those oaks and plant evergreens or palm trees. Raking
leaves is about as nasty as shoveling snow.

Pine needles are harder to clean up.

Run over them with the mower too.


Was at daughters for thanksgiving. Was knocking pine needles out of the
tree to clean up looks. They fall in the azaleas and other plants, which
do not like mowers run through them.

On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 17:47:02 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:30:51 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poquito Loco Wrote in message:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 07:24:35 -0600, amdx wrote:

On 11/26/2016 4:39 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:


I used to think I was just a regular guy, but I was born white, which now, whether I like it or not,
makes me a racist.

I am a fiscal and moral conservative, which by today's standards makes me a fascist.

I am heterosexual, which according to gay folks, now makes me a homophobe.

I am non-union, which makes me a traitor to the working class and an ally of big business.

I am a Christian, which now labels me as an infidel.

I believe in the 2nd Amendment, which now makes me a member of the vast gun lobby.

I am older than 60 and retired, which makes me a useless old man.

I think and I reason, therefore I doubt much that the mainstream media tells me, which must make me
a reactionary.

I am proud of my heritage and our inclusive American culture, which makes me a xenophobe.

I value my safety and that of my family and I appreciate the police and the legal system, which
makes me a right-wing extremist.

I believe in hard work, fair play, and fair compensation according to each individual's merits,
which today makes me an anti-socialist.

I (and most of the folks I know) acquired a fair education without student loans (it's called work)
and no debt at graduation, which makes me some kind of an odd underachiever.

I believe in the defense and protection of the homeland for and by all citizens, which now makes me
a militant.

Please help me come to terms with the new me because I'm just not sure who I am anymore! I would
like to thank all my friends for sticking with me through these abrupt, newly found changes in my
life and my thinking! I just can't imagine or understand what's happened to me so quickly!

Funny it's all just taken place over the last 7 or 8 years! As if all this crap wasn't enough to
deal with now I don't know which restroom to go into.

And lastly, I don't like Harry very much which makes me all of the above all by itself!


I resemble those remarks!
Mikek

Good morning, Mike. Nice to see your smiling here on this fine Sunday morning. I'm waiting for the 9
o'clock hour to roll around so I can crank up the leaf blower without ****ing off the neighbors too
much.


Chop down those oaks and plant evergreens or palm trees. Raking
leaves is about as nasty as shoveling snow.

The tree cutters around here want from $2000 to $4000 to take down one of these buggers. They're way
too big for me to mess with. I stop at about the 8-inch caliper.


Seems reasonable considering what might happen if you let mother
nature do it.

True. But I can't afford to get all mine cut down. And, I don't rake leaves. I blow 'em. I decided I
wanted a blower that would do the job and got one of the PB-755ST. It's a blowing fool.
http://www.echo-usa.com/Products/Blowers
In another year, I'll be good enough to become an illegal Mexican immigrant and get a good job
blowing leaves down there.

On 11/27/2016 2:06 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 12:19:40 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Wrote in message:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:30:51 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poquito Loco Wrote in message:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 07:24:35 -0600, amdx wrote:

On 11/26/2016 4:39 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:


I used to think I was just a regular guy, but I was born white, which now, whether I like it or not,
makes me a racist.

I am a fiscal and moral conservative, which by today's standards makes me a fascist.

I am heterosexual, which according to gay folks, now makes me a homophobe.

I am non-union, which makes me a traitor to the working class and an ally of big business.

I am a Christian, which now labels me as an infidel.

I believe in the 2nd Amendment, which now makes me a member of the vast gun lobby.

I am older than 60 and retired, which makes me a useless old man.

I think and I reason, therefore I doubt much that the mainstream media tells me, which must make me
a reactionary.

I am proud of my heritage and our inclusive American culture, which makes me a xenophobe.

I value my safety and that of my family and I appreciate the police and the legal system, which
makes me a right-wing extremist.

I believe in hard work, fair play, and fair compensation according to each individual's merits,
which today makes me an anti-socialist.

I (and most of the folks I know) acquired a fair education without student loans (it's called work)
and no debt at graduation, which makes me some kind of an odd underachiever.

I believe in the defense and protection of the homeland for and by all citizens, which now makes me
a militant.

Please help me come to terms with the new me because I'm just not sure who I am anymore! I would
like to thank all my friends for sticking with me through these abrupt, newly found changes in my
life and my thinking! I just can't imagine or understand what's happened to me so quickly!

Funny it's all just taken place over the last 7 or 8 years! As if all this crap wasn't enough to
deal with now I don't know which restroom to go into.

And lastly, I don't like Harry very much which makes me all of the above all by itself!


I resemble those remarks!
Mikek

Good morning, Mike. Nice to see your smiling here on this fine Sunday morning. I'm waiting for the 9
o'clock hour to roll around so I can crank up the leaf blower without ****ing off the neighbors too
much.


Chop down those oaks and plant evergreens or palm trees. Raking
leaves is about as nasty as shoveling snow.

Palm trees are pretty dirty too and you can't just run over the stuff
with a lawn mower like I do the oak leaves.


You pick it up and carry it to the curb. Your oak leaves aren't
like yankee oak leaves.

Mulching the leaves with a mower is an option during the first couple weeks of fall. After that
there are just too many leaves.

Don't you guys have wives to do this kind of stuff?
Mikek :-)

On Sunday, November 27, 2016 at 7:37:26 PM UTC-5, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 17:47:02 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:30:51 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poquito Loco Wrote in message:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 07:24:35 -0600, amdx wrote:

On 11/26/2016 4:39 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:


I used to think I was just a regular guy, but I was born white, which now, whether I like it or not,
makes me a racist.

I am a fiscal and moral conservative, which by today's standards makes me a fascist.

I am heterosexual, which according to gay folks, now makes me a homophobe.

I am non-union, which makes me a traitor to the working class and an ally of big business.

I am a Christian, which now labels me as an infidel.

I believe in the 2nd Amendment, which now makes me a member of the vast gun lobby.

I am older than 60 and retired, which makes me a useless old man.

I think and I reason, therefore I doubt much that the mainstream media tells me, which must make me
a reactionary.

I am proud of my heritage and our inclusive American culture, which makes me a xenophobe.

I value my safety and that of my family and I appreciate the police and the legal system, which
makes me a right-wing extremist.

I believe in hard work, fair play, and fair compensation according to each individual's merits,
which today makes me an anti-socialist.

I (and most of the folks I know) acquired a fair education without student loans (it's called work)
and no debt at graduation, which makes me some kind of an odd underachiever.

I believe in the defense and protection of the homeland for and by all citizens, which now makes me
a militant.

Please help me come to terms with the new me because I'm just not sure who I am anymore! I would
like to thank all my friends for sticking with me through these abrupt, newly found changes in my
life and my thinking! I just can't imagine or understand what's happened to me so quickly!

Funny it's all just taken place over the last 7 or 8 years! As if all this crap wasn't enough to
deal with now I don't know which restroom to go into.

And lastly, I don't like Harry very much which makes me all of the above all by itself!


I resemble those remarks!
Mikek

Good morning, Mike. Nice to see your smiling here on this fine Sunday morning. I'm waiting for the 9
o'clock hour to roll around so I can crank up the leaf blower without ****ing off the neighbors too
much.


Chop down those oaks and plant evergreens or palm trees. Raking
leaves is about as nasty as shoveling snow.

The tree cutters around here want from $2000 to $4000 to take down one of these buggers. They're way
too big for me to mess with. I stop at about the 8-inch caliper.


Seems reasonable considering what might happen if you let mother
nature do it.

True. But I can't afford to get all mine cut down. And, I don't rake leaves. I blow 'em. I decided I
wanted a blower that would do the job and got one of the PB-755ST. It's a blowing fool.
http://www.echo-usa.com/Products/Blowers
In another year, I'll be good enough to become an illegal Mexican immigrant and get a good job
blowing leaves down there.

Nice. I bought an EB802RT a while back.
http://www.shindaiwa-usa.com/products/blowers.aspx
I have a couple of acres with at least twenty 70 foot oaks, and a little blower just didn't get the job done. We did cut out about 14 trees in the front yard, including 4 big oaks, to put in a circular drive this past summer.. The reduction of leaves in the front is nice, but the cooling bill went up.

On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 09:09:52 -0600, amdx wrote:

Don't you guys have wives to do this kind of stuff?

She is busy running the weed eater and pulling weeds out of the flower
beds.

wrote:
On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 09:09:52 -0600, amdx wrote:

Don't you guys have wives to do this kind of stuff?

She is busy running the weed eater and pulling weeds out of the flower
beds.


Outside is my cleanup mostly.

On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 09:09:52 -0600, amdx wrote:

On 11/27/2016 2:06 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 12:19:40 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Wrote in message:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:30:51 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poquito Loco Wrote in message:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 07:24:35 -0600, amdx wrote:

On 11/26/2016 4:39 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:


I used to think I was just a regular guy, but I was born white, which now, whether I like it or not,
makes me a racist.

I am a fiscal and moral conservative, which by today's standards makes me a fascist.

I am heterosexual, which according to gay folks, now makes me a homophobe.

I am non-union, which makes me a traitor to the working class and an ally of big business.

I am a Christian, which now labels me as an infidel.

I believe in the 2nd Amendment, which now makes me a member of the vast gun lobby.

I am older than 60 and retired, which makes me a useless old man.

I think and I reason, therefore I doubt much that the mainstream media tells me, which must make me
a reactionary.

I am proud of my heritage and our inclusive American culture, which makes me a xenophobe.

I value my safety and that of my family and I appreciate the police and the legal system, which
makes me a right-wing extremist.

I believe in hard work, fair play, and fair compensation according to each individual's merits,
which today makes me an anti-socialist.

I (and most of the folks I know) acquired a fair education without student loans (it's called work)
and no debt at graduation, which makes me some kind of an odd underachiever.

I believe in the defense and protection of the homeland for and by all citizens, which now makes me
a militant.

Please help me come to terms with the new me because I'm just not sure who I am anymore! I would
like to thank all my friends for sticking with me through these abrupt, newly found changes in my
life and my thinking! I just can't imagine or understand what's happened to me so quickly!

Funny it's all just taken place over the last 7 or 8 years! As if all this crap wasn't enough to
deal with now I don't know which restroom to go into.

And lastly, I don't like Harry very much which makes me all of the above all by itself!


I resemble those remarks!
Mikek

Good morning, Mike. Nice to see your smiling here on this fine Sunday morning. I'm waiting for the 9
o'clock hour to roll around so I can crank up the leaf blower without ****ing off the neighbors too
much.


Chop down those oaks and plant evergreens or palm trees. Raking
leaves is about as nasty as shoveling snow.

Palm trees are pretty dirty too and you can't just run over the stuff
with a lawn mower like I do the oak leaves.


You pick it up and carry it to the curb. Your oak leaves aren't
like yankee oak leaves.

Mulching the leaves with a mower is an option during the first couple weeks of fall. After that
there are just too many leaves.

Don't you guys have wives to do this kind of stuff?
Mikek :-)

Good thing you put the smiley there!

She did help rake the leaves onto the tarp so I could drag them out front. That was after I blew
them up against a fence to make 'tarping' a bit easier.

This is three week's worth of leaves. I had a nice clean yard day before yesterday!

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1Q...xn_GvyFGL1j24q

On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 07:46:06 -0800 (PST), Its Me wrote:

On Sunday, November 27, 2016 at 7:37:26 PM UTC-5, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 17:47:02 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:30:51 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poquito Loco Wrote in message:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 07:24:35 -0600, amdx wrote:

On 11/26/2016 4:39 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:


I used to think I was just a regular guy, but I was born white, which now, whether I like it or not,
makes me a racist.

I am a fiscal and moral conservative, which by today's standards makes me a fascist.

I am heterosexual, which according to gay folks, now makes me a homophobe.

I am non-union, which makes me a traitor to the working class and an ally of big business.

I am a Christian, which now labels me as an infidel.

I believe in the 2nd Amendment, which now makes me a member of the vast gun lobby.

I am older than 60 and retired, which makes me a useless old man.

I think and I reason, therefore I doubt much that the mainstream media tells me, which must make me
a reactionary.

I am proud of my heritage and our inclusive American culture, which makes me a xenophobe.

I value my safety and that of my family and I appreciate the police and the legal system, which
makes me a right-wing extremist.

I believe in hard work, fair play, and fair compensation according to each individual's merits,
which today makes me an anti-socialist.

I (and most of the folks I know) acquired a fair education without student loans (it's called work)
and no debt at graduation, which makes me some kind of an odd underachiever.

I believe in the defense and protection of the homeland for and by all citizens, which now makes me
a militant.

Please help me come to terms with the new me because I'm just not sure who I am anymore! I would
like to thank all my friends for sticking with me through these abrupt, newly found changes in my
life and my thinking! I just can't imagine or understand what's happened to me so quickly!

Funny it's all just taken place over the last 7 or 8 years! As if all this crap wasn't enough to
deal with now I don't know which restroom to go into.

And lastly, I don't like Harry very much which makes me all of the above all by itself!


I resemble those remarks!
Mikek

Good morning, Mike. Nice to see your smiling here on this fine Sunday morning. I'm waiting for the 9
o'clock hour to roll around so I can crank up the leaf blower without ****ing off the neighbors too
much.


Chop down those oaks and plant evergreens or palm trees. Raking
leaves is about as nasty as shoveling snow.

The tree cutters around here want from $2000 to $4000 to take down one of these buggers. They're way
too big for me to mess with. I stop at about the 8-inch caliper.


Seems reasonable considering what might happen if you let mother
nature do it.

True. But I can't afford to get all mine cut down. And, I don't rake leaves. I blow 'em. I decided I
wanted a blower that would do the job and got one of the PB-755ST. It's a blowing fool.
http://www.echo-usa.com/Products/Blowers
In another year, I'll be good enough to become an illegal Mexican immigrant and get a good job
blowing leaves down there.

Nice. I bought an EB802RT a while back.
http://www.shindaiwa-usa.com/products/blowers.aspx
I have a couple of acres with at least twenty 70 foot oaks, and a little blower just didn't get the job done. We did cut out about 14 trees in the front yard, including 4 big oaks, to put in a circular drive this past summer. The reduction of leaves in the front is nice, but the cooling bill went up.

Whoa! That engine's bigger than mine, and I thought mine was pretty good size. All I have is 1/3
acre, but I do have 11 oaks - all big mothers!