Surprise, suprise

[SecondChance]

Hey there, I snuck in the back door!.. Had to trek through TT's cow pasture, past his fish pond...if ya can call it that... poor fish need some water! No rain in these parts of late! and all the way to AZ.. wow long trip.. but I am here! I am SecondChance... or SC as most know me! I am looking forward to getting to know new friends and offer help where I can.

 

[vaporgalinfla]

Hi there! It sounds like you had a difficult journey. So, did you put some water in TT's fish pond? If so, I'm sure that he's appreciative.

Glad that you're one of FSUSA's SAs.

 

[SecondChance]

Hey there, yes it was a journey! But here I am! So on we go from here how have ya been? And yes I did stop off to put a few mason jars of rain water in his pond.... lol

 

[div]

congrats SC on SA! nice of ya to fill up T's pond, somewhat. I know he will appreciate it.

 

[SecondChance]

Thanks div, I think it would take multiple truck loads of water to fill up T's pond lol

We can't seem to buy much rain out this way, and other parts of the country are gettin killed with it. Sure wish things would even out a little...it would be better those that are gettin too much and better for us folks that aren't gettin any!

 

[vaporgalinfla]

SC - That was nice of you to put a little water in TT's pond.

We've not had rain in Southeast Florida either. It's been very dry and our grass looks awful. Unfortunately, with the water restrictions, we can only water the lawn once a week. Oh well, things could be much worse.

 

[SecondChance]

Yes they could VGF, with the tornado deaths and damage and the floods along the Miss. River.. I think our woes measure small by comparison. Counting my blessings over here...dry and dusty as they are.

 

[vaporgalinfla]

SC - A lot of my students were affected by the tornadoes in Alabama. Some had to drop courses. My heart goes out to the people that were affected by the April 27th tornadoes, as well as those in Joplin, Missouri.

That's right, there's also the flooding. One of my students lives in Memphis. She was affected by the April 27th tornadoes and then by the flooding. She's still trying to keep up with her classes!

I hate our lawn looking awful, but I can live with it. What's starting to concern me though is the upcoming hurricane season as it's supposed to be very active. Time to buy a new generator before they are sold out.

 

[TexasT]

Hey SecondBreath, wuz that you that stopped by and threw that jar of water in my pond? I saw the dust had been stirred up a little. I was out there this morning putting suntan lotion on our catfish and happened to see that.

You know, it was eleven degrees HOTTER here in East Texas today than it was in Tucson!!!

I'm thinking about going into the "desert landscaping" business. I'll probably get rich and have to pay that income tax stuff.

TT

 

[SecondChance]

Lol ! TT you are a hoot! as always...I did what I could as I went through... But I have to say those dang fish look bad... more sun tan cream... I am thinkin you are gonna have the biggest fish bake ever....more water..

 

[vaporgalinfla]

TT - Since it's so hot there, perhaps you should buy your fish some suntan lotion with a higher spf.

 

[TexasT]

Well, I'll tell ya, its hotter than a goat’s behind in a pepper patch here and so dry the fish are knocking on the door, askin' for a drink of water. I'm tellin' ya, its so dry the trees are bribing the dogs and the birds are building their nests out of barbed wire.

 

[mauisun]

welcome aboard. going to be alot of fun, the regulars will help you out around here.

 

[vaporgalinfla]

Well, I'll tell ya, its hotter than a goat’s behind in a pepper patch here and so dry the fish are knocking on the door, askin' for a drink of water. I'm tellin' ya, its so dry the trees are bribing the dogs and the birds are building their nests out of barbed wire.

Then, addition to giving the fish a higher spf suntan lotion, perhaps you should bring out bowls of water for them to drink!

Pretty sad about the trees and the birds. I think you should go to Home Depot and buy a new tree so the birds can build nests again.

 

[TexasT]

HEY SecondChance ... would you please explain to Vaporgalinfla about East Texas ... and trees?

 

[vaporgalinfla]

SC and TT - So you can't buy a live tree with branches at Home Depot?

 

[TexasT]

Hon, we have so many trees here that its impossible to walk in a straight line because your going to have to walk around a tree. That's the reason they call this place the Piney Woods but we do have a lot of oak too. This country is wall to wall trees and if you don't keep your land cleaned, you'll be growing trees.

I promise, there is no need to go out and buy a tree!

Or a bird.

TT

 

[vaporgalinfla]

It sounds like Central Florida. With the exception of touristy areas (i.e., Disney, Epcot, etc.), there are so many pine trees. Then when it's hot and too dry, there are frequent fires.

 

[TexasT]

Well, they also call East Texas "The Land of Tall Pines."

We had three people from Florida come here and they were asking about the Tall Pines. So I took them out to see them. And it ended up I had to take all three of those Florida people to the hospital.

They all three got the roof of their mouth sunburned from leaning their head back with their mouth open trying to see the tops of those trees.

Pretty tragic. I mean a Florida person that can't talk because the roof of their mouth is sunburned. It was very sad.

TT

 

[mauisun]

tell him about the cows