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ALMOST BEEKEEPING - RELATED TOPICS => FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE => Topic started by: Kathyp on January 27, 2008, 07:24:48 pm
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we had about 6 in of snow by this AM. as i was standing out on the back deck enjoying the view and indulging in my favorite habit, a coyote came across the property. i have heard them the last few nights, so i knew they were close. i just about broke my neck chasing after the thing, waving my arms and yelling at it. came in with snow in my shoes and wet pant legs.
i presented my husband with a milk jug and a fresh cup of coffee with instructions to fill the jug and go "mark" the area around the barn. he's been such a good boy. he's up there marking now :-).
any of you guys use this method of discouraging predators??
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Soooooooooooo that is the reason that I never see any predators around my shop. Go figure.
Steve
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Kathy that is some funny stuff! Actually, I pee in deer scrapes. Bucks think you're another buck and get mad and will defend the area. Never heard of pee chasing off predators, let us know how ya'll make out with that pee detractant. :-D
Sincerely, JP
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Absolutely, hubby and youngest son were doing their duty all last summer but not for predators, for wabbits so they wouldn't eat my garden. It works! Especially male urine.
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yup, it has to be male.
heard a story about an old man that would save it in a bucket. when he had enough, he'd put on his rain slicker and get an old ladle. he'd go out and toss pee up the trunk of trees to scare off bears. he said that if the pee was high, the bears would thing a really big bear had done the job and would stay away :-)
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Kathy, you (and the others too) are making me laugh my guts out!!! Talk about the games people play. You should see our place in the summertime with all the boys that run around here. I don't think any of them hit the inside toilets (unless they are right there). Behind our pool in the bush behind one of my great big rhododendrons seems to be the pee place for kids. It is excellent weed control. I get a real kick out of watching them all streak out of the pool, hit the bush and then streak back into the pool. It is wonderful to live on acreage, that when you gotta go, there are a hundred little places to hide and seek.
Good Kathy, I bet your Husband did a great job, did you keep refilling his cup for him to keep it streaming? Hee, hee. So, what is your favourite habit when you gaze off into the wild blue yonder? Probably the same as my favourite habit, when I sit on my porch in the morning, listening to things -- and watching the morning skies. One day, that will be gone by the wayside too. Have an awesome day, Cindi
Urine is some powerful stuff for warding off creatures of the world. I liked the one where he put the pee up really high on the trunk of the tree to make the bear think it was a really tall bear, cool stories, love them all. C
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So, what is your favorite habit when you gaze off into the wild blue yonder?
i was enjoying that special silence that comes with snow......but i was also enjoying a nice smoke :-)
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Kathy, ooops, uh huh ;) :) Me too. Beautiful night and day, Cindi
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Ok, now you've done it, got me started on a crusade, for your own good!!!
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Quit now!!!........JP
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Hmmm...I had raccoons the last few years in my little corn patch in the suburbs. So finally this last summer I took matters into my own hands. Yup, I marked my territory around the patch. And encouraged my boys to mark the territory too (they love peeing outdoors and will never pass up the chance).
We didn't have a problem with raccoons. Coincidence? I also sprayed the corn down with home-made pepper spray...that might have done something too.
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JP, that guy in the picture looks like Doc from Back to the Future with Michael J. Fox. I watched that show recently, man was it good to revisit such an old movie. Beautiful and wonderful day, :) :) :) Cindi
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heard a story about an old man that would save it in a bucket. when he had enough, he'd put on his rain slicker and get an old ladle. he'd go out and toss pee up the trunk of trees to scare off bears. he said that if the pee was high, the bears would thing a really big bear had done the job and would stay away :-)
Bears scratch and mark their territories as high as possible. Makes other bears think they are bigger. Dogs do it too by lifting leg. Scare the other dogs in the neighborhood, lift your dog up high!
My problem isnt rabbits or deer, but one very large groundhog, and chipmunks. The chipmunks drive me crazy because they eat one piece of a veggie, then go onto another ruining a whole row. If they just ate one or two, I wouldn't care . The ground hogs days are numbered as i just got some small game tips for the bow. I hit him w/ a practice field tip and it just bounced off his neck area last year.
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JP, that guy in the picture looks like Doc from Back to the Future with Michael J. Fox. I watched that show recently, man was it good to revisit such an old movie. Beautiful and wonderful day, :) :) :) Cindi
Well, it's clear you're from Canada Cindi. "That guy" is Uncle Sam, the historic and traditional recruiter for the US Armed Forces. His best known phrase is, "I want you for the US Army". The stop smoking phrase is a play on it.
Don't feel too bad, I am a transplanted canuk (and a member of the US Army). I like to make it my job to educate canuks about US culture. :-D
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JP, i like to smoke. i have given up most of my other bad habits, but this one i'll probably keep. the stress of quitting would probably kill me :-)
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Bears scratch and mark their territories as high as possible. Makes other bears think they are bigger. Dogs do it too by lifting leg. Scare the other dogs in the neighborhood, lift your dog up high!
Ha ha I could just have my 7 and 8 year old boy pee on it then. I think they can probably hit the top of a 10 ft tree!! At least I think so from the high water mark behind the toilet :-x
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JP, that guy in the picture looks like Doc from Back to the Future with Michael J. Fox. I watched that show recently, man was it good to revisit such an old movie. Beautiful and wonderful day, :) :) :) Cindi
You mean this guy: http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0088763/096896039736_z_backpcju.jpg.html?path=gallery&path_key=0088763&seq=19
......jp
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Yep!! It will work and work well on coyotes. My boy and I take care of the predator control out at the ranch. Make sure you mark the same areas as much as possible. Same corner/same sage brush/ same whatever. It works very well. It will keep out a wide variety of critters. Plus it makes the wife blush everytime the boy and I do it. That is just a side bonus.
F
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Well, I've heard about the peeing thing many times. Around my house and yard I cant tell if it stops animals, but I know one thing for sure...Enough peeing keeps the grass from coming back! I keep rminding my pals to "spray it around" so it doesnt pool up in one place!
Oh, yeh,....No one can see what goes on at my place because i'm hidden by trees!
your friend,
john
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So do you really think it could keep away bears???
My husband said to give him a jug and he will fill it up for me, but how often do I keep doing this???
Annette
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Used to have problems with weasels coming to the chicken coop to cull our flock to only cripples . That's right , they would kill all the sound healthy birds and leave everything else. That did it! Me an tha BOYZ made war wit dem pesky varmits . We marked both high and low outside the coop (which only has 2 doors , ask TWT) and have had no weasel problems since we began a regular marking program . We did not have such great success though using "lutefisk" , that scandanavian dish made of fish soaked in Liquid Plumber til it turned all goey and gluey. We were told to use it to get rid of some some skunks that had moved in under our house . Well let me tell ya, by golly that part worked . The skunks left , but now we got 2 swedes livin' under there. I always sit in my own pew. ---Burl---
What a stinker !
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So do you really think it could keep away bears???
My husband said to give him a jug and he will fill it up for me, but how often do I keep doing this???
Annette
You could try, Annette, but bear are at the top of the food chain - and they love honey and brood. Electric fence is just about the only deterrent - and you've got to put it up before they get a taste of your hives!
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Ha, I am laughing. I am getting such a kick out of this thread. There is nothing more funnnneeee on this earth than boys and men, and their toys. Why do these humans love to pee on, pee in, pee at, pee around, and plain and simply peeeeeee everywhere. Any chance they get, they are aiming at things to pee at. I love this part of the human, boys and men peeing everywhere and I get such a kick out of it.
I laugh around my place, you all know I am on five acres. We have trees, sheds, beehives, chickencoops, greenhouses, cars galore, bushes, trees, stumps, hills, you name it, we got it (I am trying to be funneeeee here, I know many of us live on mountains of acres too). But in the summertime, almost any time of day you can see some kid with their back to the outside world, peeing on something, or at something). This is because in the summer kids (and men too) drink lots. Oh brother, this is too funny and I am just lovin' hearin' all the stories of men and their dongs!!!! Have a wonderful and greatest of days. Now us women on the other hand, such dainty little things, ;) :) :) :lol: Cindi
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Now us women on the other hand, such dainty little things, ;) :) :) :lol: Cindi
Whats the matter Cindi? Can't hit a milk jug? :shock: NO I DON'T REALLY WANT TO KNOW I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE FUNNY !!!!:roll: :-D
My poor sister was always the odd "man" out on the all day fishing trips out on Lake Michigan...
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Didn't work for me with a fox last year that was getting into my guineas. In fairness though, it was early spring and I believe she was feeding a litter and food was scarce.
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Now us women on the other hand, such dainty little things, ;) :) :) :lol: Cindi
Wish I could say this is so. Unfortunately, I am out there also. Something about living in the country and the woods.
Also, I do not have a bear problem. I have been told that there are no bears around where I placed the hives. Too much activity and population close by. I have heard rumors about bears being seen about once every 10 years. If it happens, well then I will have to deal with it. The person who's property I am using, is not into me placing a fence up on the hill.
Annette
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Used to have problems with weasels coming to the chicken coop to cull our flock to only cripples . That's right , they would kill all the sound healthy birds and leave everything else. That did it! Me an tha BOYZ made war wit dem pesky varmits . We marked both high and low outside the coop (which only has 2 doors , ask TWT) and have had no weasel problems since we began a regular marking program . We did not have such great success though using "lutefisk" , that scandanavian dish made of fish soaked in Liquid Plumber til it turned all goey and gluey. We were told to use it to get rid of some some skunks that had moved in under our house . Well let me tell ya, by golly that part worked . The skunks left , but now we got 2 swedes livin' under there. I always sit in my own pew. ---Burl---
What a stinker !
Send me your lutefisk and any herring and lingonberries and I will be happy to take care of it for you.
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So sorry Shawnri , But I have no lutefisk or lingonberries. And I don't hear very well because I'm hard of herring too ! My neighbor says cooking lutefisk can peel your kitchen wallpaper , and opens plugged sinus better than cleaning a chicken coop . What a useful substance , what do you do with it ?
---Burl---
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Great, now I have to pee.
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as an aside, a few years ago I took my teenage nephews to yellowstone, Jackson Hole and Glacier Parks. There is a picture of all five menn peeing on the continental divide, while explaining to the kids why that was "cool" and it would go to diff sides of our continent!
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Annette,
I am sorry to hear that you have no bears around.. Hey, I have an idea I will send you a few of ours at no cost you just pay shipping. Here are a few photos that my wife took last year of a few of our locals. I will get a shipping quote for you. Let me know which ones you want.
F
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I know that you can't see me in the pic cause I am in Camo Mode... But I am just getting ready to jump these guys and let them know who's boss. I have found that peeing on a tree doesn't work for bears, you just have to wrestle them and show them who is boss. Wife was a little nervous and did not get any shots of the wrestling match. But it was a good one!!!
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Honestly, I hope and pray that no bears come around. I can only go by what people tell me around here.
Frantz,
Please keep those monsters to yourself. And a very funny story you have told to us about the wrestling.
Annette
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So sorry Shawnri , But I have no lutefisk or lingonberries. And I don't hear very well because I'm hard of herring too ! My neighbor says cooking lutefisk can peel your kitchen wallpaper , and opens plugged sinus better than cleaning a chicken coop . What a useful substance , what do you do with it ?
---Burl---
Lutefisk. Food to keep you alive during the long winters. Also a good reminder of why intelligent people move to warm climates in the winter. ;)
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Way to go Burl!!!
That "Herring" part was GREAT!!..made me vocally laff!!!
And I'm still grinning!
your friend,
john
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Hey bennetoid!
That is the coolest bug you have wandering around on your post!
how did you do that?
your friend,
john
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I used to be able to pee freely out doors, but now with the new 60 house development on the side hill above me, I can only do it at night. My wife, being city bred and raised thinks this is gross. I try to point out the predator control aspects which she says is why they have traps and animal control officers. Sheech!! Me, I just think she's jelous cause she can't write her name in the snow, not being acrobatic.
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Me, I just think she's jelous cause she can't write her name in the snow, not being acrobatic.
Brian, ha, now that is laughing material, are you a pro?!! Hee, hee.
Funnnneeeeee thread anyways, I am still laughing (that squeeky quiet little laugh) about some of the comments from you DUDES!!!!
You guys think that you are good, well, you should see what us women can do when it comes to innovative peeing in the bushes!!!! Now that would make ya laugh!!! Have a wonderful day, Cindi
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Ok, for you women, a little pee story. When I was in 8th grade, I believe it was, my school class went on some type of outdoor trip to I don't remember where, anyway, I remember this girl had to pee and she went walking through the woods to find her a tree, ok, a bush, whatever you girls pee on, anyways she walked like 100yds away from the group. Well she was far enough away to do the deed, but she was in perfect line for all to see her, well, peeing. I guess she thought just being far away was enough for her privacy, but the woods were thin and you could see her plain as day, squatting a little bit, she was just about standing up as I remember, thought it a little weird, anyway because she was 100yds away, she could't hear the others screaming at her, all women, that we could all see her. When she got back to the group she could care less that everyone had been amused. Still have that vision in my mind after all these yrs, she just looked so awkward.
......JP
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JP, cute little story, yep, yep, it is rather awkward, I picture her too, poor kid!!! But that is how it is done. Have a great day, Cindi
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JP, cute little story, yep, yep, it is rather awkward, I picture her too, poor kid!!! But that is how it is done. Have a great day, Cindi
Well, I have seen other women pee since then, and all have squatted down low to the ground to do the deed, very unlike the one I described. Its as if that one girl could have used a few lessons from the rest of you "squatters". :-D
I pee standing up, anywhere, on anything, JP....did I really just say that? :shock: ;)
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Great, now I have to pee, AGAIN!
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JP, cute little story, yep, yep, it is rather awkward, I picture her too, poor kid!!! But that is how it is done. Have a great day, Cindi
Well, I have seen other women pee since then, and all have squatted down low to the ground to do the deed, very unlike the one I described. Its as if that one girl could have used a few lessons from the rest of you "squatters". :-D
I pee standing up, anywhere, on anything, JP....did I really just say that? :shock: ;)
Just make sure the vegitation screen is not a netle patch or you girls will be doing more than peeing.
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Just make sure the vegitation screen is not a netle patch or you girls will be doing more than peeing.
Or use poison ivy as toilet paper! :evil:
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Bennettoid, for the sake of this world, go to the bathroom and get rid of all that stuff!!!! drain that lizard!!! This thread is getting funnier and funnier!!! I am not kidding, whodda thunk that talking about a normal body function could be so hilarious!!!! Yep, watch out for the stinging nettle and the ivy for sure, hee, hee :evil: 8-) :shock: :) Have a greatest of days, Cindi
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Oh ya and watch out for them meat bee nests in the forest lmao <<<<<<<<<<<RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
Angi
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We only hit the nettles once, a lesson not forgotten! ;) My husband was working on a jobsite & went to the woods to do his business...have I mentioned that ground hornets are quite plentiful here?? He musta had 30 stings between his knees & waist..Yep, there too. I can't help laughing everytime I think about it cause I get this far-side picture in my mind of a hornet cheerfully walking out it's front door...all of a sudden it's lke a solar eclipse, :shock: a UFO of gigantic proportions bearing down closer & closer to your home...bombing your town..the villagers rushing out with their pitchforks & torches.. :-x..he doesn't see the humor... :evil:
Jody
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Jody,
You just made hot chocolate come out of my nose!!! Good thing my laptop is waterproof!!! That is a story that should be told to the world. I am so sorry for your other half!!! Hot Chocolate through the nasal passage%&%F#. Not something I recommend for ya'll....
F
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Jody,
You just made hot chocolate come out of my nose!!! Good thing my laptop is waterproof!!! That is a story that should be told to the world. I am so sorry for your other half!!! Hot Chocolate through the nasal passage%&%F#. Not something I recommend for ya'll....
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I once laughed so hard I snorted a piece of cherry pie. Had to lay on my back for several hours before all the cherries drained back out of my nasal passages.
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Jody, Frantz and Brian, you are all a hoot and a hollar, you have brought that squeeky, laughing to myself and that smile to my face, good morning!!! Have a wonderful and best of this day. Cindi
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We only hit the nettles once, a lesson not forgotten! ;) My husband was working on a jobsite & went to the woods to do his business...have I mentioned that ground hornets are quite plentiful here?? He musta had 30 stings between his knees & waist..Yep, there too. I can't help laughing everytime I think about it cause I get this far-side picture in my mind of a hornet cheerfully walking out it's front door...all of a sudden it's lke a solar eclipse, :shock: a UFO of gigantic proportions bearing down closer & closer to your home...bombing your town..the villagers rushing out with their pitchforks & torches.. :-x..he doesn't see the humor... :evil:
Jody
ROFLMAO!!!
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Try long pasta noodles. Ewww yuck
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Pee can actually attract some critters. Porcupines will chew on urine soaked wood for the salt.
Kev
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What will the next subject be, Farting? They are really good for some knee slappers!
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What will the next subject be, Farting? They are really good for some knee slappers!
In different parts of the world burping or farting after a meal on signs that you enjoyed what you ate and therefore a complement to the chef.
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Well compliments to me then,I guess I enjoyed that bean soup I made more than I thought,WoWW!! KaBoom!
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What will the next subject be, Farting? They are really good for some knee slappers!
In different parts of the world burping or farting after a meal on signs that you enjoyed what you ate and therefore a complement to the chef.
It was always a good sign with one of my great grandmothers if you burped at the dinner table, she felt complimented that you indeed enjoyed her cooking. So as a kid we were taught that it was ok to show our appreciation for granny's cooking. Now on my Dad's side of the family you better not do that at the dinner table!
....JP
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Hmmm..I must be a pretty good cook cause my Husband burps when I havn't even cooked yet!..Must be a Pavlov thing....
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My son has practised and perfected "The Art of the Deafening Belch".
He has a talent for disrupting a crowded movie theater at key points during the film.
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Bettenoid!!! Now that was a funnneeee and a half. I have heard these belches that resound from the very depths of the young boys' souls, boys are gross little things that grow up to be wonderful men, (but then, on the other hand -- men can be rather rude and obnoxious with noisey things too). I take my hat off to your little dude that is honing these skills so well, great and wonderful day, lovin' this life we live. Cindi
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I know what!!
Pull My Finger!!
your friend,
john
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my wife aways thought I was nuts for saving those drums of urine :roll: the hardest part was hand-trucking them down the stairs - but she has a strong back - lol.
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John, oooh ha!!! that was funneeeee. Beautiful day, beautiful life, love our life we live. Cindi
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Pee can actually attract some critters. Porcupines will chew on urine soaked wood for the salt.
Kev
I've been wondering about that...
Now that you mention it...that explains the wrecked woodwork and the stray quills in my bathrooms! (I've got 4 little firehoses...I mean boys!) :roll:
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Rick, you got 4 little boys, just wait until the four little boys become 4 big boys!!! YOu ain't seen nuthin' yet, hee, hee, beautiful day on this great planet, Earth. Cindi
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Rick, you got 4 little boys, just wait until the four little boys become 4 big boys!!! YOu ain't seen nuthin' yet, hee, hee, beautiful day on this great planet, Earth. Cindi
The smallest is just potty trained. When they are little they have such horrible aim! I'm really hoping that that improves, but am guessing not from your comment!. I'm looking forward to the day when I can go into the bathroom without wearing a gas mask!!!
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It only improves if they want it to improve :roll:
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ha ha try going to the bathroom with out an audience. LOL> Oh and try to get them boys to slow down and lift the lid to pee. And if they pee on the seat to wipe it off and not get grosed out about it. After all it is there own pee. I made my 8yo do that today. he was out playing in the 70 degree temps and did not lift the lid and peed all over the seat as he was trying to also look out the window to see what we were doing. Oh and to make them make sure they are actually done peeing or to make sure to wring it out and not get wet underware. My 8yo is allways in a hurry he dosnt make sure he is done all the way and then just pulls up the underware and goes. And wonders why the kids at school are saying he smells like pee and that he pees his pants. He needs to take a chill pill and slow down. But he is go go go like his mom. NOthing like his dad which is a slow poke and wants to go to the bathroom and take a mag as soon as we are ready to leave the house to go to town. When he knew 30 min before we left yet he picks to go as I am ready to walk out the door. Sorry guys it got me off on a rant now lmao.
Angi
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Angi, well said!!! I think that is what happens at our house too, they just don't take enough time to be careful, too much of a hurry. That's why summer is so great, they are outside most of the time, just as long as they don't go near my flowers, hee, hee, have a beautiful and great day, Cindi
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you would think that since guys have a directional device, they would be able to hit the target. 4 boys! i feel sorry for your wife. do her a favor if you ever remodel the bathroom. put a drain in the floor and make everything else water proof. that way she can just take a hose to it.
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Kathy, ooooh, what a great idea, wondering why that hasn't been more used in the bathrooms of our homes, hee, hee. Beautiful day, beautiful life, all that is beautiful. Cindi
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Stainless would be nice...no grout! When I had the daycare I wanted the kitchen like that too..garbage disposal in the floor..with a slatted drain cover of course for safety!! warm sprayers like at the carwash...ahh ;)