Random Thoughts V

[NWICY]

So today is school picture day (which I hate--too much stress). Anyway I was giving my 10yr old options for what to wear. I thought this shirt would be good, until I realized the Eiffle Tower would get cut off in the pic. No bueno.

(Sorry if pic is sideways, you get the idea . . . )

Good catch mom! nice not to have to explain that one in the class photo composite.

 

[VeloClone]

He woke up this morning, ate his cinnamon toast that I made for breakfast and decided that wasn't filling enough so he grabbed one of those little packages of bread sticks with cheese before I realized he had done this. When I realized that he had done this it was almost gone. This is a good sign that he feels better.

If you think he may be bound up, keep him away from the cheese, jcyclonee.

 

[VeloClone]

If you don't like it, try detasseling or baling hay. Say hi to the spiders for me.

I would add mowing hay to that list. (That's putting the hay in the hay mow, not cutting it. Are they both spelled the same?) On a hot day the mow can be 120 degrees and so dusty you can't see from one end to the other. Good times.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

This is why I wouldn't have been able to do that job. But I baled plenty of hay. Only spiders I had to deal with then were ones in barns.

We had rattlesnakes in the hay we baled. I'd rather have spiders.

 

[Dandy]

We have to go to a wedding this Saturday. The wedding is for two Iowa fans (One is a ISU alum and the other a ISU drop out).

My question is: would it be acceptable to wear a ISU tie for the wedding?

 

[VeloClone]

We had rattlesnakes in the hay we baled. I'd rather have spiders.

I've experienced this in Iowa, too. They are really ****** by the time they get to the barn with their lower half still stuck in the bale. Luckily I saw it before picking up that bale to stack it.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Reaching back into the "way-back" bin...my first job, I earned $0.95/hr at a place called "Burger Bar". It was located in the Food Circus at the Seattle Center (former home of the 1962 World's Fair). I was thrilled when I got bumped up to $1.00/hr by the end of the summer. That was the summer of 1974. The first time I had a salaried clerical job (doing billings for advertisements in trade journals for a publishing firm in San Francisco) I made $12,000/year before taxes. That was in 1981. Times do change...


Cue jokes about electricity and gas-powered engines....

 

[ImJustKCClone]

We have to go to a wedding this Saturday. The wedding is for two Iowa fans (One is a ISU alum and the other a ISU drop out).

My question is: would it be acceptable to wear a ISU tie for the wedding?

PapaLew would!

 

[VeloClone]

We have to go to a wedding this Saturday. The wedding is for two Iowa fans (One is a ISU alum and the other a ISU drop out).

My question is: would it be acceptable to wear a ISU tie for the wedding?

Any other day of the year, I would say it is their day, don't drag ISU/Iowa rivalries into it. But since they scheduled their wedding on this day and ruined a lot of fans' rivalry day by having to attend a wedding rather than seeing the game, I say go for it.

 

[cowgirl836]

I would add mowing hay to that list. (That's putting the hay in the hay mow, not cutting it. Are they both spelled the same?) On a hot day the mow can be 120 degrees and so dusty you can't see from one end to the other. Good times.

I just call it baling hay to keep it separate from sitting on the tractor mowing. But yeah, I avoided being the mow person. Being close to the top or bottom both had their bad parts. At the bottom, you've got to watch out for 50lb bales dropping 20ft down at you and that also creates more dust, but at the top, the hot air is worse, harder to keep up with the bales..........and all the wasp nests are right in your face.

Once I was old enough to not be sitting at the back of the wagon, I started fighting hard to be the main wagon person. You're out in the sun and your arms get exhausted and lopsided muscle-wise because you touch every bale instead of splitting it with 2-3 people, but I hated being in the mow.


I would also add dehorning and cleaning out grain bins to the worst list. Though I never had to do grain bins.

 

[jcyclonee]

We have to go to a wedding this Saturday. The wedding is for two Iowa fans (One is a ISU alum and the other a ISU drop out).

My question is: would it be acceptable to wear a ISU tie for the wedding?

Any other day of the year, I would say it is their day, don't drag ISU/Iowa rivalries into it. But since they scheduled their wedding on this day and ruined a lot of fans' rivalry day by having to attend a wedding rather than seeing the game, I say go for it.

I agree. They asked for it by scheduling their wedding on that day. I will qualify it by assuming that they aren't douchecanoes. I will also warn you to wear your thick skin. You will be hassled, which I believe that you are expecting.

 

[Dandy]

I agree. They asked for it by scheduling their wedding on that day. I will qualify it by assuming that they aren't douchecanoes. I will also warn you to wear your thick skin. You will be hassled, which I believe that you are expecting.

I lived in Iowa City for two years when my wife was finishing school. I can handle one wedding haha.

 

[jcyclonee]

We had rattlesnakes in the hay we baled. I'd rather have spiders.

I know rattlesnakes are worse but we believe the whole stomach cramps ordeal with my son started with a spider bite. He was bitten by a spider a while ago. It became infected and the doctor put him on some sort of heavy-duty antibiotics which may have caused some sort of stomach reaction. He's just about done with the cycle of antibiotics so, hopefully, it is all better.

 

[jcyclonee]

Jcyclonee, that remote should be on your nightstand where it belongs, man!

I know. I'm the man of the house. And it usually is on my nightstand... right next to her blow dryer and hair brush.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I know rattlesnakes are worse but we believe the whole stomach cramps ordeal with my son started with a spider bite. He was bitten by a spider a while ago. It became infected and the doctor put him on some sort of heavy-duty antibiotics which may have caused some sort of stomach reaction. He's just about done with the cycle of antibiotics so, hopefully, it is all better.

There are a couple of antibiotics that I can't take because after a couple of days, I start heaving them up again, making them worthless...Erythromycin and Doxycycline are taboo for me. Oddly enough, I can take a Z-pak, which is in the mycin family...but we suspect it's because I only have to take it for three days. I'm assuming you follow the directions as to taking the specific med he's on - whether it should be a full or empty stomach, milk or juice or water, etc...

I hope the infection is cleared up. Some spider bites can be really nasty. Do you know what kind bit him?

 

[BoxsterCy]

So today is school picture day (which I hate--too much stress). Anyway I was giving my 10yr old options for what to wear. I thought this shirt would be good, until I realized the Eiffle Tower would get cut off in the pic. No bueno.

(Sorry if pic is sideways, you get the idea . . . )

You should probably put more emphasis on narwhal and corgi t-shirts. :yes:

 

[jcyclonee]

If you think he may be bound up, keep him away from the cheese, jcyclonee.

Probably good advice but he had it down before I had a chance to tell him not to. Oh well, that stuff is about as close to real cheese as the University of Iowa is to a real school.

By the way, I heard a rumor that there may soon be a Hi-Five in Brooklyn Park.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I just call it baling hay to keep it separate from sitting on the tractor mowing. But yeah, I avoided being the mow person. Being close to the top or bottom both had their bad parts. At the bottom, you've got to watch out for 50lb bales dropping 20ft down at you and that also creates more dust, but at the top, the hot air is worse, harder to keep up with the bales..........and all the wasp nests are right in your face.

Once I was old enough to not be sitting at the back of the wagon, I started fighting hard to be the main wagon person. You're out in the sun and your arms get exhausted and lopsided muscle-wise because you touch every bale instead of splitting it with 2-3 people, but I hated being in the mow.


I would also add dehorning and cleaning out grain bins to the worst list. Though I never had to do grain bins.

Never participated in dehorning (Grandpa had polled Herefords)...but I DID get to help shear sheep once. ONLY ONCE. NEVER AGAIN!!!! Nasty smelly itchy YUCK!

 

[coolerifyoudid]

We have to go to a wedding this Saturday. The wedding is for two Iowa fans (One is a ISU alum and the other a ISU drop out).

My question is: would it be acceptable to wear a ISU tie for the wedding?

Let me see if I have the facts straight.

- ISU alum and ISU drop out and they are both Hawkeye fans.
- They schedule a wedding on the day of the Iowa State/Iowa game.
- They invited you so I assume you consider them friends and not some random douchecanoes.
- They schedule a wedding on the day of the Iowa State/Iowa game.

It's on. Cardinal tux, gold tie. Just own it.
Use Chizik coins to pay for the dollar dance.
Have the ISU fight song as your ring tone and have your wife call you every five minutes during the ceremony.

 

[CloneinWDSM]

I lived in Iowa City for two years when my wife was finishing school. I can handle one wedding haha.

Took advantage of Iowa's gay marriages law right away. Good for you!