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Hazel_1914

Hazel_1914

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  • Hazel_1914
    I have guests coming over next week and am pretty excited! My buddy from the Phonograph Society is visiting and so is his friend from work.
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    Waking up -- first the alarm starts to beep and then all the clocks in the house start to strike, one after another, 5 AM. I like waking up to a special interest.
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    Hazel_1914
    (have been into clocks since I was a toddler. The Sessions "Halifax" banjo clock in the living room has a bim-bam strike on two chime rods, the Sessions and Seth Thomas mantel clocks use a coil gong. Beautiful sounds to wake up to.
    oregano
    oregano
    Unfortunately mechanical clocks are too much for me, I simply can't stand the ticking noise they make. I love clocks too, but all the clocks I have are electric or electronic because the ticking of mechanical clocks drives me bonkers. I have my grandfather's old mantel clock but am too scared of the noise to have it fixed.
    oregano
    oregano
    Old clocks are so wonderful too, I have had to pass on several opportunities to buy a real Victorian clock over the years because of the noise. It really saddens me.
    Hazel_1914
    Saw a crop duster biplane flying today, still carrying the spray rig and a large radial engine. Sounded great!
    Hazel_1914
    Have marked one year of being in love with the same autistic lady - and I like this. She does too. It's nice.
    Hazel_1914
    Hazel_1914
    We are probably getting married once we get further along in our careers.
    Hazel_1914
    "Excellent argument: however, yo mama"
    Raggamuffin
    Raggamuffin
    My favourite is from a Russell Peters stand up. He does a Chinese accent and goes:
    "Your momma is soo fat...that when she jump for joy...she get stuck."
    Hazel_1914
    8 hour shifts plus long commute equals about 10 or 11 hours of the day turned for just work. Pay is ok tho.
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    Hazel_1914
    @tree you bet I am, and soon I can afford to do it, too! It's a good situation.
    Hazel_1914
    Hazel_1914
    @tripleU it's not "easy" but figuring out how to fit right in has been actually kind of neat. My car broke down and I have to spend a lot of time fixing it this evening. But it works out in the end.
    tripleU
    tripleU
    Get an elephant that won't break down, lol
    Hazel_1914
    I caught a mockingbird!
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    Hazel_1914
    The mockingbird is an insectivore which makes this somewhat complicated but they do thrive on cat food and other things. Usually I had seed eating birds.
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    Good luck to you and the birdie. I hope she/he is flying again soon!
    Hazel_1914
    Hazel_1914
    Girlfriend and I gave it some water and we have it waiting and resting in a produce crate on one of my old shirts.
    Her sister already named it "Peanut." We do not know if it's a boy or a girl.
    Hazel_1914
    Shabby chic furniture does, and always will, look like seagull crap.
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    Hazel_1914
    I just bought a quartered oak gramophone from England. English oak is the stuff of poetry and fable... and it's buried under a shade between "seagull squirt" and "white woman's Instagram."
    oregano
    oregano
    Sad. I hope the acetone needed to strip the paint doesn't do too much harm to the oak.
    Hazel_1914
    Hazel_1914
    I use citrus base removers and will probably strip afterwards with denatured alcohol and then refinish in orange shellac. It should turn out all right!
    My girlfriend hates "modern farmhouse."
    Hazel_1914
    My new job is awesome, and there's a plant boss in New Models now curious about something I am inventing, so perhaps in a few years it might get more awesome.
    Hazel_1914
    Sorry I haven't been posting tons lately--I like all you all; just very busy with some things I need to do!
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Hey. You are successful. WHY are you apologizing? Own it.
    Hazel_1914
    I started a job today & I like this one better.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    What? Is this another friggen success story? Yay.
    Hazel_1914
    Hazel_1914
    @Aspychata you can say that, I guess--I went in for orientation at a factory & the trainer suggested at the end of the day I check out applying for IT instead of production or welding. Now I like that idea but I would rather "earn my stripes" on the assembly-line.THEN I can go up and see about something more.
    I hope I can apply for an apartment next and go get a place to live.
    Hazel_1914
    I'm half excited & half grateful about being able to go to work at an actually adequate job, not this minimum-wage nonsense where I can't live alone or start prepping for a family.
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