[RonMN]

Pheba Wrote:
What a bunch of Miss Prisses

Good for you Pheba! Give us hell!

[mercurygirl]

You can always find lots of pretty old handkerchiefs in antique stores. I made one into a pillow.
I hate to think of how many I'd go through during an allergy attack or a bad cold, though.

[Neptune]

This thread should be given an award, I really enjoyed it, quite funny and light.

[lys3rg0]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', 'N')o Kleenex? Just use TP. Wait, no TP? That would be serious!

[RonMN]

If you think Kleenex or TP is a problem...check this out. Man, if I was a cashier I would run home & take a shower! It's bad enough that the bills are funny money...but then...SHEEESH!

Quote:
During booking, police discovered four additional counterfeit $100 bills between the cheeks of Gonzalez's buttocks



Linky

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lys3rg0', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', 'N')o Kleenex? Just use TP. Wait, no TP? That would be serious!

[Cashmere]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lys3rg0', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', 'N')o Kleenex? Just use TP. Wait, no TP? That would be serious!

[PhebaAndThePilgrim]

Good day from Pheba, from the farm:
Even though Grandma's handkerchiefs smelled like To A Wild Rose, and Doublemint gum, does not mean they were dirty. They acquired the smell from being in her purse.
When one corner was "used", another clean corner would be used.
Then the handkerchief would be laundered.
A handkerchief was usually washed daily.
Green, gross snotty boogers were not left to set up on the handkerchief like concrete.

Folks, if we don't toughen up a bit we just are not going to survive.

In the same vein, my daughter never wore a paper diaper. I raised her on cloth diapers. There was no such thing as a "wet wipe".
When we traveled I put a few wet wash cloths in a baggie. Ziploc had not been invented.

We got by just fine, and there was very little waste.
Cloth diapers had to be changed with greater frequency.
The length of time people leave paper diapers on their children is disgusting. I also wonder at the baby's exposure to plastics in the diapers.
Jeff Foxworthy said it best: You might be a redneck if you think the 8-12 pounds on the Pampers box means its holding capacity."

My daughter never had a diaper rash, but then I did not use plastic pants very often. Plastic pants went over diapers for when we traveled.

One an amusing note; I would attempt to use plastic pants on my daughter when she slept to keep her mattress dry.
As soon as she learned how she would rip the plastic pants off.
The kid is not stupid.

Every morning she would awaken her daddy by dragging her peedy diaper across his face. She always did this to him, never to me.
I thought it was very funny. Her daddy was not amused.

Pheba.

[PenultimateManStanding]

I'm in a grim mood. Sorry, Pheba. Sometimes I like to laugh. But you guys won't be laughing when you can't get any potassium and your crops all wither.

[PenultimateManStanding]

It comes in waves. I have 4 beautiful children. Sometimes I can't bear the thought of their future. They tell me, 'Dad, you are such a pessimist.'

[lys3rg0]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cashmere', 'u')nlike the Europeans, we've figured out how to shower

[Cashmere]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lys3rg0', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cashmere', 'u')nlike the Europeans, we've figured out how to shower

[RedStateGreen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('emersonbiggins', 'I')f Kleenex goes away, TP can't be far behind...

[mercurygirl]

Three words: Large soft leaves.

I'm totally going to try the handkerchiefs, though! Have you noticed that the paper tissues give off a lot of dusty stuff? I don't doubt that they exacerbate the allergies as you're trying to mop up.

[CarlosFerreira]

BTTB: Back To The Basics. When I was a kid, until say 10 years old, we used handkerchiefs. Had half a dozen of the things, and frequently I had colds in winter. Somewhere, somehow, mom discovered Kleenex. It was the boom in distribution here in Portugal people suddenly had and could afford "convenient" stuff.

Now, we'll go back. Not sure mom's gonna like the idea, but we'll get to it. Many trees have fallen since those days. I'll probably plant a few just to make myself feel batter about it.

[PhebaAndThePilgrim]

Good evening from Pheba, from the farm:

Penultimate, I don't get it. What does potassium have to do with handkerchiefs?
Actually this is the first year since 1971 that we have not put down any synthetic fertilizer on our 160 acre farm. We were fearing the worst for our hay production.
Seems that a lot more goes into making hay than just fertilizer. This is the year of the big rain. It has rained nonstop here all summer long. The grass is fantastic. The lespedeza and clover have thrived on all of the rain. My husband said the bales of hay are the best quality he has ever produced.
We have huge piles of manure that Pilgrim piled up with the tractor. We are letting them age, and will spread them this fall.
Natural fertilizer will help. I will keep you posted, and let you know how natural fertilizer from 35 mama cows, and their calves works on our 100 acres of pasture. We have the other 60 acres in woods and ponds.
Hope your grim mood improves. You know, none of us are getting out of this alive. Cheer up.
Pheba.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PhebaAndThePilgrim', 'G')ood evening from Pheba, from the farm:

Penultimate, I don't get it. What does potassium have to do with handkerchiefs?
Actually this is the first year since 1971 that we have not put down any synthetic fertilizer on our 160 acre farm. We were fearing the worst for our hay production.
Seems that a lot more goes into making hay than just fertilizer. This is the year of the big rain. It has rained nonstop here all summer long. The grass is fantastic. The lespedeza and clover have thrived on all of the rain. My husband said the bales of hay are the best quality he has ever produced.
We have huge piles of manure that Pilgrim piled up with the tractor. We are letting them age, and will spread them this fall.
Natural fertilizer will help. I will keep you posted, and let you know how natural fertilizer from 35 mama cows, and their calves works on our 100 acres of pasture. We have the other 60 acres in woods and ponds.
Hope your grim mood improves. You know, none of us are getting out of this alive. Cheer up.
Pheba.