Subj : Re: The Quick Newborn To : Daryl Stout From : George Pope Date : Sun May 30 2021 13:17:03 > A fellow ham radio operator said his roses are growing like gangbusters. > He even tried to mow it down to kill it...no dice. I knew someone tried to renove a rosebiudh, rtoots & all -- tried hacking, digging, ;ulling, then found a buddy with a 4X4 & a winch -- snapped the bumper off first try, then broke the winch the next time! > I heard one can use a gallon of white vinegar, mixed with a tablespoon > of salt, into a sprayer, and spray the mixture onto ivy in the lawn, and > it will kill it. I don't have the strength to do it, but it has been so > wet here lately, you can't apply much of anything to weeds, ivy, etc. if > everything is so wet. We'll dry out over the holiday weekend here, but > more storms arrive by Tuesday. I hope I can get some time to get the BBS > into the cloud. I was offline overnight for severe weather, and then for > Windows updates this morning. My wife found a 4L sprayer on Amazon, fill it with a simliar mixtire (+1tsp dish soap), micx well, pump it up before you go, press the release & it spreays itself as you walk around the garden. . . If our Carolina Reapers(hottest pepper per Guinness) grow, I intend to make a mixture of strong pepper juice & salt to sell as garden protectant (will deter snails, slugs, & sniffy mammals like cats, raccoons, rats, et al) > I P here. "Race to the Outhouse" by Will E. Makit, illustrated by Betty Wont. > Sounds like the one where the guy got a bill for $0.00 -- he threw it out. > He got a second notice to pay...he threw it out. Then, he got a threatening > letter, of turning him over to a collection agency. So, he sat down, and > wrote a check for $0.00 -- and was never bothered again (true story). The one I read, also "true story" had the IRS contacting the guy to angrily demand why he sent a cheque for $0.00, because it broke their computer! One of those stories you really hope are true! > ... "Junior!! Quit Playing With Your Floppy!!" Q: What do Jesus and a floppy disk have in common? A: They both died to become the icon of saving Q: How does a computer get drunk? A: It takes screen shots. The roads were so rough, it damaged my laptop. It was a hard drive. Q: What’s the difference between my wife and a computer? A: Computers don’t laugh at my 3.5″ floppy Q: How can you tell if a bunny is obsolete? A: It has 5 1/4 inch floppy ears. Your friend, <+]:{)} Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM --- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.2) .