OT: Chased this away from my bird feeder yesterday

[jmcquown]

Darned bandit!

https://i.postimg.cc/52zqyHfG/raccoon.jpg

I chased it away and brought in the feeder. Time to stop feeding them
until next Winter. However, there's always water in the bird bath for
any critter that needs it. :)

Jill

[Bruce]

On Mon, 11 May 2020 14:25:01 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

Wow.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Good thing you brought it in because he would have been back. Most people
don't realize they should stop feeding birds in the Spring since there are
tons of insects for them to feed on and also lessen the population for us.

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Mon, 11 May 2020 14:25:01 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

You will have to hang it higher and hope that works. Once those
raccoons see something they want they keep coming back. They will
wait until your back is turned, you are away from home or asleep. They
don't care how many times you chase them.
Janet US

[jmcquown]

I usually do stop feeding them in the Spring but the weather has been so
cool and they're so much fun to watch. I saw a female Summer Tanager in
the bird bath last week. I'd never seen one before:

https://i.postimg.cc/WzDYFRLN/female-tanager.jpg

But yes, raccoons have torn down many a feeder so when I saw that bandit
I brought the feeder inside. Now I'm only feeding the hummingbirds.
And keeping water in the bird bath. :)

Jill

[jmcquown]

The shepherd's hook is so firmly enmeshed in the ground (tangled in
grass roots) I can't pull it up or even get it to stand up straight.
I've got some bricks I can use to maybe prop it up. Meanwhile, it's
okay, I'll just stop feeding the birds until next Winter. I've had
plenty of experience with raccoons tearing down bird feeders, just not
in recent years. One night several years back I found five or 6 of them
on the patio... That was when I had a terra cotta feeder hanging from
three chains connected by an S-hook. The feeder was knocked down and
the chains disappeared. The raccoons stole them.

Jill

[Dave Smith]

I used to hang couple bird feeders out for the birds to help them out
during the winter. They repaid my by hanging around and shitting on the
laundry when I hung it outside to dry. The easiest solution was to stop
feeding them.

[jmcquown]

LOL Hmmm, when I was a teenager my mother hung laundry out to dry.
Personally, I've never done it. Oh, I hang things to dry in the
bathroom but there aren't any birds crapping on anything in there. ;)

Jill

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Monday, May 11, 2020 at 6:34:34 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> I used to hang couple bird feeders out for the birds to help them out
> during the winter. They repaid my by hanging around and shitting on the
> laundry when I hung it outside to dry. The easiest solution was to stop
> feeding them.
>

There is a very large feral cat I've sorta, kinda, maybe made friends with.
He comes and sleeps in my glider chair on the porch and I put out food and
water for him. What he doesn't eat the birds swoop in and finish off. When
he leaves I bring the unfinished food inside as the birds have taken to pooping
all over my front porch. GRRRRRRRR

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Monday, May 11, 2020 at 7:07:48 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>
> LOL Hmmm, when I was a teenager my mother hung laundry out to dry.
> Personally, I've never done it. Oh, I hang things to dry in the
> bathroom but there aren't any birds crapping on anything in there. ;)
>
> Jill
>

I hung out sheets on the line today to dry. Cool for this time of the year
in the low 60's but it was breezy so they dried with no problem.

[Dave Smith]

It was nice and windy here, but it was also only +3C and misty, so we
use the dryer today.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Monday, May 11, 2020 at 7:23:58 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> It was nice and windy here, but it was also only +3C and misty, so we
> use the dryer today.
>

BRRRRRRR, that's too cold to hang out anything.

[Janet]

In article <gpljbfhad2qhunnq7...@4ax.com>, J...@nospam.com
says...

Yeah, and don't forget they can break into your house, kidnap your cat
and hold it to ransom.

I have telepathically requested the famous Bothell pet psychic to
scare off the raccoon. Fingers crossed their psychic powers have a
longer range than Kuthe's Leaf.

Janet UK

[Janet]

In article <m7luG.139057$Ff6.1...@fx40.iad>, j_mc...@comcast.net
says...

They need more chains in their den, for tying up cats.

Janet UK

[Lucretia Borgia]

Nothing more lovely than sheets dried in the wind. Can't do it here
in the condo and I do miss that. I don't understand people who put
all these 'perfumed' sheets in the dryers, they don't seem to realise
they are going to bed with all sorts of nasty chemicals!

[jmcquown]

I pictured little hoodlums (think 'West Side Story') carrying chains. ;)

Jill

[jmcquown]

I agree about the dryer sheets. I don't understand the scent booster
crystals they sell to put in washing machines, either. Chemicals aside,
they stink to high heaven!

Jill

[Cindy Hamilton]

I'll differ on the "sheets dried in the wind". But I don't use dryer
sheets and I use unscented laundry detergent.

I can always tell when my neighbors 200 feet away are doing laundry. Nasty.

Cindy Hamilton

[Dave Smith]

On 2020-05-12 7:54 a.m., Lucretia Borgia wrote:
> On Mon, 11 May 2020 17:19:33 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"

>> I hung out sheets on the line today to dry. Cool for this time of the year
>> in the low 60's but it was breezy so they dried with no problem.
>
> Nothing more lovely than sheets dried in the wind. Can't do it here
> in the condo and I do miss that. I don't understand people who put
> all these 'perfumed' sheets in the dryers, they don't seem to realise
> they are going to bed with all sorts of nasty chemicals!
>

It is quite cool here this morning, but the sun is out and there is a
nice breeze. There is a load of laundry that will be going out on the
line as soon as the washing machine stops.

[jmcquown]

On 5/12/2020 9:10 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 7:54:36 AM UTC-4, Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 May 2020 17:19:33 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
>> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Monday, May 11, 2020 at 7:07:48 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> LOL Hmmm, when I was a teenager my mother hung laundry out to dry.
>>>> Personally, I've never done it. Oh, I hang things to dry in the
>>>> bathroom but there aren't any birds crapping on anything in there. ;)
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>> I hung out sheets on the line today to dry. Cool for this time of the year
>>> in the low 60's but it was breezy so they dried with no problem.
>>
>> Nothing more lovely than sheets dried in the wind. Can't do it here
>> in the condo and I do miss that. I don't understand people who put
>> all these 'perfumed' sheets in the dryers, they don't seem to realise
>> they are going to bed with all sorts of nasty chemicals!
>
> I'll differ on the "sheets dried in the wind".

Sheets dried on a clothes line outside smell good but they're stiff. I
like my sheets to be soft. But no, I don't add fabric softener or
scented products to either the washer or the dryer.

> But I don't use dryer
> sheets and I use unscented laundry detergent.
>

Ditto.

> I can always tell when my neighbors 200 feet away are doing laundry. Nasty.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

The houses here are very close together but I can't tell when the
neighbors do laundry. Still, I don't understand the need for all this
added "scent". I just want my clothes and sheets to be (and smell) clean.

Jill

[Silvar Beitel]

Is that a young one? He looks kind of skinny in that picture, although I suppose that could be because it's early in the season. (I was going to say coming out of hibernation, but they don't really hibernate, although they do hunker down in cold weather and wait it out sometimes. Probably not in your area/climate, though.)

A (black) bear visited us the other day. That's *our* signal to take the bird feeders in, since he took them *down* for us. :-)

I gotta get a critter cam one of these days.

--
Silvar Beitel (middle-ish New England)

[Gary]

"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
> You will have to hang it higher and hope that works. Once those
> raccoons see something they want they keep coming back. They will
> wait until your back is turned, you are away from home or asleep. They
> don't care how many times you chase them.

Same with squirrels - birdfeeder bandits and no matter what
you do, they keep trying and most times will eventually win.

[Gary]

jmcquown wrote:
>
> One night several years back I found five or 6 of them
> on the patio... That was when I had a terra cotta feeder hanging from
> three chains connected by an S-hook. The feeder was knocked down and
> the chains disappeared. The raccoons stole them.

Sounds like the old movie, "Night of the Raccoons." ;)
Be sure to keep your sliding door closed and not just the
screen door. Raccoons have been known to rip through a
screen and steal a cat. :)

[Gary]

jmcquown wrote:
> LOL Hmmm, when I was a teenager my mother hung laundry out to dry.
> Personally, I've never done it. Oh, I hang things to dry in the
> bathroom but there aren't any birds crapping on anything in there. ;)

I quit using dryers many years ago. Now, I hang it all up all
over the place. All is dry by the next morning.

[Silvar Beitel]

I just *have* to put in a plug for a Droll Yankees "Yankee Flipper" bird feeder.

Yes, it's a ad, but once you've seen a squirrel go at one of these feeders, you'll want one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Ut-BA6WW4

--
Silvar Beitel

[jmcquown]

Sorry, but I don't want clothes and sheets hanging all over my house.
When I rented apartments one of the first things I insisted on was a
washer & dryer or at least W&D hookups. No shared laundry rooms with
other tenants. No hanging clothes all over the house.

Jill

[jmcquown]

The Brome squirrel buster feeder has them beat. :)

Jill

[jmcquown]

On 5/12/2020 10:21 AM, Silvar Beitel wrote:
> On Monday, May 11, 2020 at 2:25:05 PM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
>> Darned bandit!
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/52zqyHfG/raccoon.jpg
>>
>> I chased it away and brought in the feeder. Time to stop feeding them
>> until next Winter. However, there's always water in the bird bath for
>> any critter that needs it. :)
>>
>> Jill
>
> Is that a young one? He looks kind of skinny in that picture, although I suppose that could be because it's early in the season. (I was going to say coming out of hibernation, but they don't really hibernate, although they do hunker down in cold weather and wait it out sometimes. Probably not in your area/climate, though.)
>

I have no idea about it's age. It's been pretty cool here in southern
SC which is fantastic. Usually it's humid and I have to run the AC by
now. Not so far this year. :)

> A (black) bear visited us the other day. That's *our* signal to take the bird feeders in, since he took them *down* for us. :-)
>

No bears on the sea islands, thank goodness!

> I gotta get a critter cam one of these days.
>

That would be fun!

Jill

[S Viemeister]

I wasn't aware of the existence of the scent booster stuff, until I
bought a new washer. They included a detergent sample, and a sample of
the booster cr@p. Went straight in the bin! I use use an extra rinse at
the end of each wash cycle to try to get _rid_ of the smell - why would
I pay good money to make it worse?

[U.S. Janet B.]

I'd forgotten about them and bird feeders. It's been years since we
removed our seed feeders.
Janet US

[graham]

Sometimes all the dish and laundry detergents in the SM are scented. I
don't want "fresh-air" scent in my laundry or lemon in my DW.

[jmcquown]

I highly recommend the Brome Squirrel Buster bird feeder. If anything
heavier than a songbird perches the feeder shuts down, closing off
access to the seed. I've only had one squirrel try (and there are LOTS
of squirrels around here). It couldn't do it. It gave up and just ate
the seed that fell on the patio.

Jill

[sockmo...@comcast.net]

When I was a teenager I dated a boy who lived on a family farm. His younger brother had a pet raccoon who would ride around on his shoulders while he did his chores. When not being played with, the raccoon lived in a huge hand built outside cage. They always had unneutered feral cats living in their barns and many kittens running around. Sometimes the kittens would go missing. Eventually the raccoon died and when they dismantled the cage they found a little cemetery of tiny kitten bones that had been buried. The raccoon apparently had been feasting on them, as they were small enough to squeeze into his cage. Being a “city” girl, I was devastated. However, not as bad as when we ate “Ben”, a beautiful bull I had seen being born a couple of years earlier.

Denise (not cut out to be a farm girl) in NH

[jmcquown]

I really don't understand it. I see ads on television for scent
boosters. Okay, are your (not you, Sheila) clothes *that* soiled? Does
your washing machine and detergent not wash clothes sufficiently? I
don't get it.

Jill

[Lucretia Borgia]

On Tue, 12 May 2020 10:23:52 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

It's easier to just accept they need something too. It's when the
hawk visits I am nervous for both the little birds and the squirrels.

[Lucretia Borgia]

Nor that Febreeze stuff they spray all over the room, more chemicals,
open the window probably lets in fewer chemicals :)

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Tue, 12 May 2020 14:22:59 -0300, Lucretia Borgia
<lucreti...@fl.it> wrote:

>On Tue, 12 May 2020 10:23:52 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>
>>"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>>> You will have to hang it higher and hope that works. Once those
>>> raccoons see something they want they keep coming back. They will
>>> wait until your back is turned, you are away from home or asleep. They
>>> don't care how many times you chase them.
>>
>>Same with squirrels - birdfeeder bandits and no matter what
>>you do, they keep trying and most times will eventually win.
>
>It's easier to just accept they need something too.

snip

Oh yeah? I planted hyacinth bulbs in large pots on the deck -- those
bulbs ain't cheap. All winter I battled the squirrels. I had
netting, chicken wire , pepper flakes. They never ate the bulbs. They
just moved them around. Now that the bulbs have foliage and have
bloomed, the squirrels are still at it. Next I will try up-side-down
mouse traps. Last call!
Janet US

[Cindy Hamilton]

That's why I keep an extra laundry detergent--in case the supermarket
is out of my preferred brand, I can wait until they restock. (Arm &
Hammer "Free and Clear")

I don't mind lemon scent in the dishwasher.

Even the "unscented" stuff has masking scents.


Cindy Hamilton

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 4:17:14 AM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
>
> In article <gpljbfhad2qhunnq7...@4ax.com>, J...@nospam.com
> says...

> >
> > You will have to hang it higher and hope that works. Once those
> > raccoons see something they want they keep coming back. They will
> > wait until your back is turned, you are away from home or asleep. They
> > don't care how many times you chase them.

> > Janet US
>
> Yeah, and don't forget they can break into your house, kidnap your cat
> and hold it to ransom.
>
> I have telepathically requested the famous Bothell pet psychic to
> scare off the raccoon. Fingers crossed their psychic powers have a
> longer range than Kuthe's Leaf.
>
> Janet UK
>
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!! That is STILL good for a laugh!!!

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

V.E.R.Y. easy to fold when taking down to bring into the house, too,
and wrinkle-free!

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 9:02:09 AM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>
> Sheets dried on a clothes line outside smell good but they're stiff. I
> like my sheets to be soft. But no, I don't add fabric softener or
> scented products to either the washer or the dryer.
>

I don't use fabric softener on my sheets whether dried outside or in the
dryer; but my sheets aren't stiff. Fabric softener is for towels and
underwear and for underwear it's to cut down on the static electricity.

>
> The houses here are very close together but I can't tell when the
> neighbors do laundry. Still, I don't understand the need for all this
> added "scent". I just want my clothes and sheets to be (and smell) clean.
>
> Jill
>

They're close here as well but for blocks around I'm the only one with an
outdoor clothesline and I use perfume and dye-free detergent as well.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 10:46:47 AM UTC-5, S Viemeister wrote:
>
> I wasn't aware of the existence of the scent booster stuff, until I
> bought a new washer. They included a detergent sample, and a sample of
> the booster cr@p. Went straight in the bin! I use use an extra rinse at
> the end of each wash cycle to try to get _rid_ of the smell - why would
> I pay good money to make it worse?
>

Do you use the perfume and dye-free detergents?

When I use regular detergent it triggers a finger always in my waistband
scratching. No where else, just the waistband.

[Cindy Hamilton]

I just take 'em out of the dryer and put 'em back on the bed. No folding
required.

Cindy Hamilton

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

I know LOTS of folks do that, but I'd get tired of looking at the same
pattern or colored sheets daily. Eh, that's just me.

[jmcquown]

I don't know about Cindy but I don't care about different colored
sheets. I just want them to be soft, not stiff. I don't use that
fabric softener or scented in wash stuff. I don't spend much time
looking at my sheets. All I do is sleep on them. :)

Jill

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 6:15:05 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>
> I don't know about Cindy but I don't care about different colored
> sheets. I just want them to be soft, not stiff. I don't use that
> fabric softener or scented in wash stuff. I don't spend much time
> looking at my sheets. All I do is sleep on them. :)
>
> Jill
>

I've got a brand spanking new set of leopard print sheets that I've washed
but haven't used yet. They are in rotation to use them in a few weeks.

[Hank Rogers]

Hahaha Leopard print. I had to look at the top of the screen to
make sure you weren't kuth :)

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 8:41:07 PM UTC-5, Hank Rogers wrote:
>
> Hahaha Leopard print. I had to look at the top of the screen to
> make sure you weren't kuth :)
>

MEOW!

You better sit down. Right now, at this moment, a set of zebra print
sheets are on the bed. Next week it will be plain, solid light pink
sheets.

[S Viemeister]

Generally (but they still smell).
Unfortunately, the only non-bio detergent I've been able to get hold of
recently, is scented. They _claim_ it's lavender, which I wouldn't mind
if it were real lavender - but it isn't, hence the extra rinse.

[col...@gmail.com]

Baked coon is good to eat.

[Cindy Hamilton]

I don't look at my sheets. I sleep on them. Plain white is fine.

Cindy Hamilton

[Gary]

Leopard print sheets. Zebra print sheets.
Are solid light pint ones aka pig print sheets?

[Gary]

S Viemeister wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, the only non-bio detergent I've been able to get hold of
> recently, is scented. They _claim_ it's lavender, which I wouldn't mind
> if it were real lavender - but it isn't, hence the extra rinse.

I accidentally bought lavender scented TP twice - the packaging
was similar and I wasn't paying attention. Gagging smell.

First time I brought it in and immediately opened it and
put 24 rolls up in my bathroom closet. Next time I went into
the bathroom....WTH is *that* smell? I thought some bottle
of something had spilled. Since I had already opened it,
I tried to give to friends for free. No one wanted it. Seemed
a shame to toss it so I bagged it up tightly in plastic and
eventually used it. Even the currently used roll, I kept in
a plastic produce bag on back of the toilet, not on the
TP holder.

Then a few years later, I grabbed one again. This time I had
left it in my van overnight. Next morning, WTH is that smell?
Dumbass me had grabbed a lavender one again. This time, since
it was unopened, I took it back to the store and they let
me exchange it.

If I *EVER* see TP in the store again (questionable) I'll
certainly make sure of what I buy.

[Bruce]

On Wed, 13 May 2020 07:59:11 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

>I accidentally bought lavender scented TP twice - the packaging
>was similar and I wasn't paying attention. Gagging smell.
>
>First time I brought it in and immediately opened it and
>put 24 rolls up in my bathroom closet. Next time I went into
>the bathroom....WTH is *that* smell? I thought some bottle
>of something had spilled. Since I had already opened it,
>I tried to give to friends for free. No one wanted it. Seemed
>a shame to toss it so I bagged it up tightly in plastic and
>eventually used it. Even the currently used roll, I kept in
>a plastic produce bag on back of the toilet, not on the
>TP holder.
>
>Then a few years later, I grabbed one again. This time I had
>left it in my van overnight. Next morning, WTH is that smell?
>Dumbass me had grabbed a lavender one again. This time, since
>it was unopened, I took it back to the store and they let
>me exchange it.
>
>If I *EVER* see TP in the store again (questionable) I'll
>certainly make sure of what I buy.

Time to write your memoirs, Gary

[Gary]

I think I'm turning into Dave with all the long stories.

[Janet]

In article <5EBBE0D5...@att.net>, g.ma...@att.net says...

I bet Gary's still sleeping in his original ferret print sheets.

Janet UK

[Gary]

"itsjoan...@webtv.net" wrote:
> V.E.R.Y. easy to fold when taking down to bring into the house, too,
> and wrinkle-free!

I sure don't care about wrinkles on sheets.
I quit folding sheets over a century ago. What a waste of time.
Once dry, I just ball them up and put away. Once stretched
out on the bed they go away or get covered up.

I dated a nice girl once. On the date and during conversation,
she mentioned that she changes her sheets every single morning.

That was our first and only date. I knew that relationship
would never work. ;-D

[Gary]

"U.S. Janet B." wrote:

> Oh yeah? I planted hyacinth bulbs in large pots on the deck -- those
> bulbs ain't cheap. All winter I battled the squirrels. I had
> netting, chicken wire , pepper flakes. They never ate the bulbs. They
> just moved them around. Now that the bulbs have foliage and have
> bloomed, the squirrels are still at it. Next I will try up-side-down
> mouse traps. Last call!

Funny one, Janet. I guess that's a good scare tactic with
no harm to the little ones. Problem is that even if they
freak out and run, they'll run short and come back again
a few minutes later.

[Gary]

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> I don't mind lemon scent in the dishwasher.

I use lemon scented soap for dishes. I like that.

For laundry I use unscented soap with just a nip of
plain bleach. I like the faint bleach smell. Never a
nasty perfumed dryer sheet or fabric softener though.

[Cindy Hamilton]

My husband likes to use fabric softener. I buy unscented.
Since he stopped working, he's been doing the "dumb" laundry
and putting fabric softener in it (except, of course, for
the towels). I don't mind if my socks and skivvies are softened.
I continue to wash the clothing I wear to work.

We don't use bleach, since we don't have a lot of whites.

Cindy Hamilton

[Gary]

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> I don't look at my sheets. I sleep on them. Plain white is fine.

I have various pattern sheets but I agree with you. Even sheets
during the daytime are covered with a bedspread or comforter.

Whenever I buy sheets (been a long time) I choose cotton by
1) thread count
2) then I compare prices

Also 3 of my windows have curtains made from flat sheets.
My windows are tall and go down to the floor. I'm pretty
sure they are "double size." I did use a sewing machine
to fold and sew in for the curtain rod to go into. Then I
measured length left over and sewed a hem into the bottom
so they didn't drag on the floor.

For those, I was picky about the pattern.

[Gary]

Janet wrote:
> I bet Gary's still sleeping in his original ferret print sheets.

lol. Never seen a ferret print sheet but I would probably be
tempted to buy a set if the thread count was right.

All of my sheets were bought before my ferret era. They all
walked on all of them though.

[Bruce]

"Toilet Paper And Me.
A Journey"

By Gary M.

[Bruce]

On Wed, 13 May 2020 13:21:19 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

>Janet wrote:
>> I bet Gary's still sleeping in his original ferret print sheets.
>
>lol. Never seen a ferret print sheet but I would probably be
>tempted to buy a set if the thread count was right.

A real man doesn't even know what thread count is.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 5:34:22 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> I don't look at my sheets. I sleep on them. Plain white is fine.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

I've got a set of Tommy Bahama "Relax" sheets. They're a 'map of the
world' (that's a bit of a stretch of the imagination) and I enjoy looking
at them while in the bed. Martini island, couch potato beach, big kahuna
straights, etc. As I said, it's a bit of a stretch of the imagination to
call them a map of the world.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 8:50:45 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>
> "itsjoan...@webtv.net" wrote:
>
> > V.E.R.Y. easy to fold when taking down to bring into the house, too,
> > and wrinkle-free!
>
> I sure don't care about wrinkles on sheets.
> I quit folding sheets over a century ago. What a waste of time.
> Once dry, I just ball them up and put away. Once stretched
> out on the bed they go away or get covered up.
>

I'd expect nothing less from you Gary.

[Bruce]

He's a guy, not a house proud ninny with a man purse, like Sheldon.

[Hank Rogers]

More house-proud than kuth?

[Cindy Hamilton]

You must spend more time in bed with the lights on than I do.

Cindy Hamilton

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 5:29:10 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 10:04:00 PM UTC-4, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> >
> > I've got a set of Tommy Bahama "Relax" sheets. They're a 'map of the
> > world' (that's a bit of a stretch of the imagination) and I enjoy looking
> > at them while in the bed.
>

> You must spend more time in bed with the lights on than I do.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

Most every night I read when I go to bed.

[Gary]

Every single night when I go to bed, I read,
I watch TV some, fan is on and light is on.

This not just for a bit, all is on all darn night.
This is why I doubt I'll ever get married again.
What woman would put with that unless we had
separate bedrooms?

And then, I worked for an older married couple not too
many years ago and the woman told me that she does do
exactly like I do every night. Go figure.

And her husband often slept downstairs in one of the
guest rooms just so he could sleep. LOL

[jmcquown]

I used to read in bed but I haven't done that in years. I read a lot,
don't get me wrong. But I read on the couch in the den. When I feel
sleepy at night I go into the bedroom, brush my teeth at the sink, get
into bed and turn out the light. I've got some patterned sheets but
once I get into bed I don't spend time looking at them.

Jill

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 1:51:01 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>
> "itsjoan...@webtv.net" wrote:
> >

> > Most every night I read when I go to bed.
>
> Every single night when I go to bed, I read,
> I watch TV some, fan is on and light is on.
>
> This not just for a bit, all is on all darn night.
> This is why I doubt I'll ever get married again.
> What woman would put with that unless we had
> separate bedrooms?
>

No TV in my bedroom, bedrooms are sleeping or reading until sleepy.
Fan stays on all night and I might go to sleep with the light on but
when I wake up it goes off. I've got two remote switches on the night-
stand that one controls the lights and the other the fan. I'm lazy
enough I don't want to stretch far to turn off the light and if I get
chilly during the night I can press the other remote to turn off the
fan.

An extra tidbit. House was dead silent before I went into the bedroom
to turn on lights, turn down the bed, and turn on the fan. I was in the
laundry room putting a pair of socks in the hamper and I hear the last
bit of a barred owl call. I stood there for about 15-20 seconds and he
called again and waited and he called again once last time before I headed
off to the bedroom.

[Dave Smith]

On 2020-05-14 2:49 p.m., Gary wrote:

>
> And then, I worked for an older married couple not too
> many years ago and the woman told me that she does do
> exactly like I do every night. Go figure.
>
> And her husband often slept downstairs in one of the
> guest rooms just so he could sleep. LOL
>

Oh no. Where is this going? This isn't going to turn into one of
Sheldon's paperboy seduced by MILF customer stories is it?

[Dave Smith]

I read in bed almost every night.

I buy most of the bedding. I get solid coloured sheets, usually a blue
or grey, maybe brown, never white or pink, and no patterns. A few months
ago we were carpooling to pickleball and I mentioned having picked up
some new sheets. One of the guys was stunned. He didn't think his wife
would let him buy sheets.

[Bruce]

Bedding and Me
A Journey

By Dave Smith

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 3:42:50 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> I buy most of the bedding. I get solid coloured sheets, usually a blue
> or grey, maybe brown, never white or pink, and no patterns. A few months
> ago we were carpooling to pickleball and I mentioned having picked up
> some new sheets. One of the guys was stunned. He didn't think his wife
> would let him buy sheets.
>

Why? Can he not be trusted to by decent bedding? Or is it he doesn't have
a clue where to purchase?

[Hank Rogers]

Art work courtesy of donald trunp.
Ass sniffing by Druce "smell them all and hope they fart"

[Dave Smith]

I don't understand. FWIW, he is Italian. Maybe it's just not something
that Italian men do.

[Leo]

On 2020 May 13, , Bruce wrote
(in article<0khobfd1i0o1n45qn...@4ax.com>):

> A real man doesn't even know what thread count is.

Real men don’t eat quiche. Google it.

leo

[Gary]

Leo wrote:

>
> Bruce wrote:
> > A real man doesn't even know what thread count is.
>
> Real men don't eat quiche. Google it.

heh heh. I actually have that book somewhere here.
It's an oversized paperback. I think my brother sent that
as a Christmas gift many years ago.

[Gary]

LOL! Don't worry, Dave. That was the end of the story.
I was just surprised to talk to a woman that has all of
the night time habits as I do.