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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Mustang / May 2005dwight goes country
I have died and gone to heaven. Since June 1984, we've lived in a great little 3-bedroom twin in a great neighborhood. Little by little, the neighborhood changed dynamics as people left, new people moved in. Some of you know that basketball hoops sprang up like weeds behind my house, and TFrog's alarm was constantly going off as wayward basketballs bounced off my car. Last year, the little girl two doors up went into heat, and it wasn't unusual to see 40 to 50 kids hanging around out back of my house in the alleyway on a Friday or Saturday night (or, hell, ANY night in the summertime). This past year, the neighbors on the other side of the adjoining wall added a small dog, and that damn dog barked NONSTOP whenever they went out. And they went out a lot. Chinese dog torture. So we decided to move. I insisted only on a two-car garage, and enough ground to putter around on. The house itself was Jean's choice. And she made a great one. We now live on a super-quiet cul-de-sac in the outer burbs of Philadelphia (horse country). The property backs up to a reservoir and has an alleged .62 acre. Cutting the grass yesterday, I'd swear it was larger. The best way I can describe it is that it's like living in a vacation home, but the interior is like staying at a better hotel. We can't believe it's ours. Quick photo page: http://www.tfrog93.com/Brinton/Brinton.htm dwight Welcome to the County Dwight! Will I see ya at the Kimberton Show this Sunday? I'll be wearing a Dawkins Jersey. Dave > I have died and gone to heaven. > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > dwight > Welcome to the County Dwight! Will I see ya at the Kimberton Show this > Sunday? I'll be wearing a Dawkins Jersey. > Dave First week in the new place, so I don't know. I'll swing by if I can (and I usually can). :() > I have died and gone to heaven. Greeeeeen Acres is the place to be, Farrrrrrm livin' is the life fer me. . . . Two weeks max, you're bored s**tless and ready to move back to the "twin." 180 Out He won't have TIME to be bored shitless. Great looking place Dwight... It's going to take some adjustment, that's for sure. We moved for all of the same reasons that you did. Wait till your Mrs starts landscaping projects. Now and then I miss the convienence, but I think we are much further from town than you are so that shouldn't be a problem. We have to drive for 40 minutes to get to a Home Depot! Oh... and when you want to see what a REAL mower will do, come try my Husqvarna and make a quick pass through our little 10 acres! *wink* I am more than my fiar share of jealous over teh size of your garage! It looks HUGE, like they should be. Ours was built as a two car, but only big enough to hold Shug and one of the Shriner's cars LOL Kate | > I have died and gone to heaven. | [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] | | 180 Out > He won't have TIME to be bored shitless. So far, that's certainly true! > Great looking place Dwight... > It's going to take some adjustment, that's for sure. > We moved for all of the same reasons that you did. > > Wait till your Mrs starts landscaping projects. Hold on, y'all. The garage and the grounds are MINE. She's welcome to plant some peonias along the front walk, but that's about it. I've got my own plans. That was the deal. She picks the house, I pick the garage and acreage. > Now and then I miss the convienence, but I think we are much further from > town than you are so that shouldn't be a problem. > We have to drive for 40 minutes to get to a Home Depot! I'm only about 25 minutes from the old place, but it's an entirely different world. Still, it's just a hop skip and jump down the highway to the nearest Home Depot. Been there twice already. > Oh... and when you want to see what a REAL mower will do, > come try my Husqvarna and make a quick pass through our little 10 acres! > *wink* Yeah, yeah. Would anyone be surprised to know that I was out in the garage putting a coat of Carnuba on DFrog? > I am more than my fiar share of jealous over teh size of your garage! It > looks HUGE, like they should be. > Ours was built as a two car, but only big enough to hold Shug and one of > the > Shriner's cars LOL Yep. The garage had to pass my standards. It IS big - a "real" two-car garage. Also some space for storage. We have one Mustang, Jean's Escape, DFrog, and the push mower in there now, with plenty of room to spare. The Deere is going into a shed out back, as soon as I grab me some ramps. dwight | > Oh... and when you want to see what a REAL mower will do, | > come try my Husqvarna and make a quick pass through our little 10 acres! | > *wink* | | Yeah, yeah. Would anyone be surprised to know that I was out in the garage | putting a coat of Carnuba on DFrog? OH MY GOD!! OH MY GOD!! OH MY GOD!! I just waxed the husky day before yesterday, even put shiney stuff on the tires!!!! FOFLMAO! And here I thought it was my own dirty little secret! | > I am more than my fiar share of jealous over teh size of your garage! It | > looks HUGE, like they should be. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] | DFrog, and the push mower in there now, with plenty of room to spare. The | Deere is going into a shed out back, as soon as I grab me some ramps. Sounds GREAT to me! Luckily, we have the shop to go with ours. We can park the tractor, the truck and the Husky in there if we have to. So glad that you found a place that you love Whatcha gonna do outside? We've been putting in rock gardens. | dwight >> I have died and gone to heaven. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > 180 Out I'll take that bet! No, this truly is nirvana. I can spend the rest of my life right here. And the good part is, because of its situation, there will never be any new construction going on in the area. Today was Weed Pulling Day. dwight > >> I have died and gone to heaven. > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > the good part is, because of its situation, there will never be any new > construction going on in the area. Just wait till you find out your next door neighbors' son is a pig name Arnold. 180 Out >> >> I have died and gone to heaven. >> > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > 180 Out Hah! It's not THAT removed. This is the "outer suburbs" of Philadelphia. No pigs or cows or chickens, just the occasional deer passing through. We still have regular trash pickups twice a week and public sewer (no outhouse). But I did want to get a big ol' straw hat for when I'm riding the tractor... dwight Awesome place, dwight!! Glad you liked the move too! DFrog now huh? haha.. too funny ;). -Mike > Awesome place, dwight!! Glad you liked the move too! DFrog now huh? > haha.. too funny ;). > > -Mike Either that or JDFrog. Hmmmm. I also bought a cheap WeedWacker push mower ('cause it was green, just like the Deere), and I call it "Little John". I think I'm losing it. dwight | > Awesome place, dwight!! Glad you liked the move too! DFrog now huh? | > haha.. too funny ;). [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] | | dwight We carried our old mower out here. Now it seems rinkydink and little. I used to LAUGH at people with riding mowers! Now, I keep thinking that I need a bigger one, or a finish mower for the tractor. AND since we have a Kubota tractor (orange) and the Husky is orange, you guessed it, anything else has to be orange too. What the heck is up with that anyway??? > | > Awesome place, dwight!! Glad you liked the move too! DFrog now huh? > | > haha.. too funny ;). [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > What the heck is up with that anyway??? Nothing wrong with being color coordinated. But I suspect it's just too much HGTV. :() | Nothing wrong with being color coordinated. But I suspect it's just too much | HGTV. Nope! DIY, thankyouberymuch! LOL very nice place congrats > I have died and gone to heaven. > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > dwight > very nice place congrats Thanks! I spent the day cleaning up the front walk. We have a HUGE non-fruit-bearing cherry tree out front, and it's all done blooming. The blooms are now all over my front lawn. I also spent an hour or so pulling monster dandelions out of our Serenity Walk. We have a Serenity Walk. I hardly know myself anymore. dwight >I have died and gone to heaven. <snip> Congratulations, looks great! I'm sure you and the Mustangs will enjoy it. >>I have died and gone to heaven. ><snip> > >Congratulations, looks great! > >I'm sure you and the Mustangs will enjoy it. lmfa a longer walk h u r a s t > We now live on a super-quiet cul-de-sac in the outer burbs of Philadelphia > (horse country). The property backs up to a reservoir and has an alleged .62 > acre. Cutting the grass yesterday, I'd swear it was larger. Congrats. And try driving a golf ball or a baseball, it gets a lot smaller real quick :-p  Signature"Often the only thing that will stop your enemies fighting each other is noticing you." -- Quaestor, 15 seconds ago >> We now live on a super-quiet cul-de-sac in the outer burbs of >> Philadelphia (horse country). The property backs up to a reservoir and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Congrats. And try driving a golf ball or a baseball, it gets a lot > smaller real quick :-p Friend of mine saw the back yard and immediately started plans for a 2-hole golf course. If he'd spring for the earth mover and all that white sand, I'd consider it. But I think the greens would have to be hand-mowed. Never mind. Too much work. dwight > I have died and gone to heaven. > Quick photo page: http://www.tfrog93.com/Brinton/Brinton.htm Nice! I like it! Here's a tip: Start a shuttle service to Walmart and Home Depot/Lowes because I swear with a new place you'll find yourself going there at least once *every* day for the first few months. Patrick '93 Cobra >> I have died and gone to heaven. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Patrick > '93 Cobra My prerequisites were the garage and a big yard (read: separation). Jean's was that the house be in move-in condition, and it is. Sure, there are some changes we'd like to make, but it's in overall fantastic shape and we love just about everything about it. The one thing I'll do immediately is in the attic. There's a single access panel in the hallway ceiling, and the attic itself is bare joices. I have to put down a plywood flooring up there for storage (read: get stuff out of my stinkin' garage) and a set of pull-down stairs. It's a full-size attic, but never really used. Otherwise, there's nothing to do but to put a shine on the hardwood floors. All my work so far has been outside, raking, weeding, and pulling those 4' dandelions.. (The neighbor to one side has a row of pine trees, and I see poison ivy growing over there. I can't even get CLOSE to poison ivy.) dwight > >> I have died and gone to heaven. > >> Quick photo page: http://www.tfrog93.com/Brinton/Brinton.htm > > Nice! I like it! > > Here's a tip: Start a shuttle service to Walmart and Home Depot/Lowes > > because I swear with a new place you'll find yourself going there at > > least once *every* day for the first few months. > Otherwise, there's nothing to do but to put a shine on the hardwood floors. That's what you say now, but it won't last. If you don't, Jean will come up with things that "need to be done/changed"... watch. But its all fun... enjoy the new digs... Patrick '93 Cobra (102,000 and counting) >> >> I have died and gone to heaven. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > But its all fun... enjoy the new digs... No, you're right. She has plans. Luckily, she knows that I'm dangerous around hand tools, so we usually call in the pros. Odd... Just like with my cars. Speaking of which... What a joy! TFrog has been somewhat neglected over the past few months (hey, we've been busy), so I washed it down yesterday and pulled it into the garage. Got about half of the car polished back to black, and walked away. I can pick it up again today and finish that part, then put the wax on at my leisure. Before, without a garage, I had to get the entire job done as soon as possible (five or six hours). Now, I don't have to worry about its unprotected surfaces... Garages rock. :() > Quick photo page: http://www.tfrog93.com/Brinton/Brinton.htm > > dwight Holy carp, it's a loooong walk to that barn. I bet it get's even longer with two feet of sneaux. Signature"Often the only thing that will stop your enemies fighting each other is noticing you." -- Quaestor, 15 seconds ago >> Quick photo page: http://www.tfrog93.com/Brinton/Brinton.htm >> >> dwight > > Holy carp, it's a loooong walk to that barn. I bet it get's even > longer with two feet of sneaux. Hah! I'm 50 years old, and I think I've seen 20" of snow maybe five times. I'm not worried. My only concern is what color to paint the thing. The blue-gray faded wood look isn't working for me. :() You are north of rt926 you will get twice what you got in Drexel Hill. Dave > >> Quick photo page: http://www.tfrog93.com/Brinton/Brinton.htm > >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > :() >>>Quick photo page: http://www.tfrog93.com/Brinton/Brinton.htm >>> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > :() Fuscia with lime trim. Signature"Often the only thing that will stop your enemies fighting each other is noticing you." -- Quaestor, 15 seconds ago >>>>Quick photo page: http://www.tfrog93.com/Brinton/Brinton.htm >>>> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Fuscia with lime trim. Yeah. Like Jack Nicholson's "Joker" said, "Wait'll they get a load of ME!" :() |
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