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MAME owes italie many thank yous, hah
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Re: Just hope he doesn't start cheating on his wife.
04/29/11 03:05 AM
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> > My neighbor's friend runs a well drilling service, and he had the exact check-valve
> I
> > needed. So they come over to change out the valve (no small task when it holds back
> > 12,000 gallons). Neighbors see a few extra cars in the lot, so they come over to
> see
> > what's up. One of those guys works at the "meat lab", and says if I dig a pit he
> can
> > bring a half cow to eat while everyone works on the valve. So a few more families
> > show up to help me dig the pit. Then, well, if you have a half cow, you need enough
> > people to eat all that, so a few more cars arrive, plus few trips to the store for
> > ice, beer and limes (for making caipirinhas, we always have cachaça on hand,
> yum)...
> > and next thing you know there's a shindig hoedown goin' on (not to be confused with
> a
> > hootinanny, we're not like that) at Gat's place.
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> It's always strange to me how different things are in other parts of the country. I
> can't even imagine seeing activity at a neighbor's house and just dropping by to see
> what's going on, let alone have the whole thing turn into a spontaneous party. Even
> at my parents' house in the 'burbs, where we actually knew most of the neighbors.
> It's just not something most New Englanders would think to do, at least in my
> experience.
Man, that must suck. Favorite part of my weekends lately have been neighbors dropping by the minute I fire up a compressor or start running the saw. Can't say they've turned into the party Gat had, but at least now the gold standard for spontaneous parties has been set...
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