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Ok so here's what happened.....the continuing saga of my little weedy problem... First I tried pulling the weeds out.....oh puhleeeeeeeese!!  Then I decided to take busyKYdad's advice....go for the brute strength of......weed KILLER. Well that's not so hard.......right?????  So I go to the hardware store, and there's this ditzy woman in there, looks like she's capable.....so I ask her for weed killer. She asks me what kind of grass I got......whaaaaaat????? Um.......grass, I say....it's green and has blades...it's just blinkin grass! She wants to know if it's kooooooch or something......huh?????? I don't smoke that nasty stuff...c'mon!!!  I just want blinkin weed killer!! I should have asked a bloke for help coz they are soooooo helpful! The bloke would have known what I wanted without any silly blinkin questions. I mean you blokes go to buy a drill.....they don't ask you what you want to drill right???? you grunt, they grunt and then they say "man have I got a drill for you".....everyon'es blinkin happy, right???? Maybe if I had grunted at her????? Anyways she sells me weedkiller that at first was $12 then became $18....so I bought a spray container thingy as well coz it was concentrated stuff. Then when I was about to leave the store, I realised I better get a mask too....only this time I was going straight to the bloke for help.....coz you know....they love it when chickies go to them for help!! All you have to do is smile real sweet and before you know it, they are climbing ladders, huffing and puffing...looking for what you want..... Anyways I did the flirty helpless female thingy....got the face mask.......oh and.....um.....a whipper snipper too!!  Well he was sooooo niiiiiiiiice!!!  Sooooooooo my supposedly $12 purchase actually cost me $64.....how did that happen??????  But wait there's more.....I get home, put on my gloves, face mask....I looked like a pro.....but couldnt' get the blinkin spray thingie to work! I spent half an hour trying to get the blinkin thing to work....no luck! So I had to put the weedkiller in the watering can....and it took forever!! Buuuuuuuuuuut I have done it.....my garden is now a toxic dump and the next door's cat better think twice before pooping in my weeds right now!! As for the whipper snipper..........I still need a blinkin bloke coz I don't know how to use it!! This has kind of gone full circle hasn't it.......all I wanted was a man.....instead I got weed killer, a spray thingie that don't work, masks and a whipper snipper.....something is very wrong with this picture!! But you wanna know what else? I strutted out of that hardware store like a woman who knew exactly what she was blinkin going to do!!!! I loooooooooove hardware stores!!! Anyways....here's a pic of me in the mask.....I look pretty dang proffessional huh?   Penelope Captive of Hope 
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9/29/2008 11:19 pm |
Penelope, bless your heart sister, when I got to the chorus of grunts, I dissolved in laughter...it has been too long since I experienced that, thank you so much  
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 9/30/2008 2:26 am |
Hey Pen, I know what you mean - I don't have lawn, but I do have weeds that seem to grow ALL the time between the pavers. I did a similar thing - Bunnings, I can do Bunnings!!! Oh, like you say - who new there were so many types of toxic thingies to kill weeds!!! Thankfully, though, I found a few that seemed to be what I wanted and came home with a Path weeder. On with the gloves and out I went, oh and red the directions this time, not like the BBQ (a whole other story!!!) but to spray I need to face it on such an angle that for some reason it didn't spray so much as pour out over my, thankfully, gloved hand.. And then you need to do this and hope it rains in the next 24 hours. (Well you can water it if it doesn't) BUT BEST OF ALL - IT WORKED....  Well done you for your new skill  One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple. Psalm 27:4
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9/30/2008 4:20 am |
too funny Pen. "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - part of Jim Elliot's October 28, 1949 journal entry One life will soon be passed, only what's done for Christ will last!
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9/30/2008 4:29 am |
Oh yes you are one crazy lady alright..cant stop laughing its a belly lol havent had that for a good while..told you to use windex and you wouldnt listen..it helps with every single problem..darn..xcept bring a REAL man on yer doorstep
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 9/30/2008 4:56 am |
Pen, you are so funny! Who would think it would be so hard just to kill some "blinkin" weeds!   Bloom Where You are Planted
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9/30/2008 5:21 am |
Pene,think the grass the sales lady was reffering to is kookuya..
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9/30/2008 5:53 am |
Is it a spray can? Or a spray pump? Hand, foot pump? Hey, be careful not to spray your eyes!! And remember: The nozzle must ALWAYS face the grass!!! Well... except maybe when you walk backwards??? 
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9/30/2008 6:43 am |
I'm still trying to figure out what the heck a wipper snipper is You didn't have "sucker" writen on top of your forehead again this time did you sweetie??? The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching. Former U.C.L.A. Coach John Wooden
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9/30/2008 7:38 am |
At my big yard here, we have one guy that comes weekly to mow the lawn and to the 'whipper snipper', and another that comes to trim the hedges and trees. Whole lotta gruntin' going on!
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9/30/2008 11:41 am |
Hey Pen - take that non workin' blinkin' sprayer back to the hardware store and demand your money back from that lady or sweet talk to that bloke and get it back easy. You done good!! Hope you treated yourself to some chocolate too!! Think I'm going to the grocery store right now and get me some chocolate ice cream - I been out planting daisies and mums in my flower beds and pulled a few weeds of my own. I deserve it. Blessings!! How can we NOT praise Him - Marilyn
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9/30/2008 12:42 pm |
Oh my, you're funny. But hey, be carefull if ya use that sprayer. I had a pump kind. Thank God all I had in it was sulpher powder and water mixed. I was pumping it up and the rubber hose that went in the container popped off and that stuff blasted me right in the eyes. It was under such pressure and happened so fast my eyes were wide open OWWW. Be carefull all hoses are secured and wear goggles. Yes you'll have to go back to the hardware store Your helpfull friend...now hand me some tim tams for the helpfull advice... Keep walking in the Light and you won't fall down and bump your head. (paraphrase mine)
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9/30/2008 2:35 pm |
.I love it Pen, N see you didn`t need a man after all.Mind you it probably would have been nice t pull up ya deck chair n watch , .God Bless, Wendy  Show me the way Sweet JESUS.Lead and i Will follow. 
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9/30/2008 3:16 pm |
Pen ya gotta charge the electric trimmer for 24 hrs (see manual) before using or you'll ruin the batter charge capability. Do I have to come down there?! Keep walking in the Light and you won't fall down and bump your head. (paraphrase mine)
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9/30/2008 5:44 pm |
Just don't bring the bloke home - unless he does weeds!! How can we NOT praise Him - Marilyn
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9/30/2008 6:09 pm |
Oh Pen, I nearly weed myself!!!! The body of Christ is like a patchwork quilt! All stitched together with God's love.
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9/30/2008 6:38 pm |
Pen, ya look like you're staring at a bug on your nose!!! He whispers through the storm......"I am with you....." 
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9/30/2008 8:51 pm |
I helpless with laughter here . . . and sadly can relate tooooo well. I have TWO big ol' containers of poisonous stuff that I don't know how to use! I tried, and have mercy on me, I didn't even THINK about goggles or masks or anything - I think I was barefoot. Yikes. Sweetie we really are toooo toooo much alike - it's scary. I love my hardware store too . . . full of lovely men that are ever so helpful and will even carry things to my car for me and give me all sorts of 'how to' advice (Like I know what they're talking about most of the time - but it's quite gratifying!) Tools, grunting, a little manly sweat . . . oh yeah! (Red starts making her list for a little shopping expedition tomorrow.) Susan aka Red God gives the very best to those who leave the choices to Him. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine...to Him be the glory. Eph 3:20 Find me at my screen name, blogspot and the usual ending. See ya there! Where I For Everything There is a Season Halloween Pics from Work
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9/30/2008 8:52 pm |
p.s. Can I get a young whipper snapper there too? Oh wait . . . you said snipper. Darn... Susan aka Red God gives the very best to those who leave the choices to Him. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine...to Him be the glory. Eph 3:20 Find me at my screen name, blogspot and the usual ending. See ya there! Where I For Everything There is a Season Halloween Pics from Work
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9/30/2008 9:31 pm |
Red I know, they have all these fancy names for things. We call them weed eaters. They call them whipper snippers? I have learned so many new names for things that we have just some "normal" name for lol Oh my .... Keep walking in the Light and you won't fall down and bump your head. (paraphrase mine)
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9/30/2008 10:02 pm |
Better take of the mask. You look cross-eyed already. Don't spray your daisies....them are not weeds hehehhehehe Love, Beth The great chocolate-lovin' gardener
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10/1/2008 1:53 am |
Better take of the mask. You look cross-eyed already. Don't spray your daisies....them are not weeds hehehhehehe Love, Beth The great chocolate-lovin' gardener did she say she has blond roots too? Go away Al 
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10/1/2008 7:12 am |
Oh-oh..s'posse thats why I wear both at the same time.. Now she tells me hooocheee-kuucheee..still in the pram? 
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10/1/2008 3:06 pm |
oh boy!!! For your info sweet Pen, a weed eater is a line trimmer hahahahahahahaha Keep walking in the Light and you won't fall down and bump your head. (paraphrase mine)
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10/2/2008 9:12 pm |
Now I'm sure that I am an anomaly among guys. Yardwork??? Me???? I prefer apartment living and let the company hire others todo that stuff!  Please don't tell anyone that I may have a blond root somewhere on my head.Let your gentleness be evident to all. Philippians 4:5
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10/2/2008 9:14 pm |
Adorable pic Missy. May I blow it up and put it on my living room wall? Let your gentleness be evident to all. Philippians 4:5
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10/3/2008 12:56 am |
Yep Jeff looks like ALOT of help. He's buffing the wax on his car there. Good job Jeff! Keep walking in the Light and you won't fall down and bump your head. (paraphrase mine)
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10/3/2008 1:00 am |
And pen I'm am Arkie not a Hokey Okie! One's from Oklahaoma, and one's from Arkansas. Now I gotta educate you on the states ...where's Melbourn anyway? Keep walking in the Light and you won't fall down and bump your head. (paraphrase mine)
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10/3/2008 2:06 pm |
lol not that far from me.. I was just checkin to see if you knew where you were. Keep walking in the Light and you won't fall down and bump your head. (paraphrase mine)
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Interesting!! 
I mean....a whipper snipper seems so much more appropriate....you whip around the yard with it and snip.....c'mon! 