Porch shower

Chdamn said:
Every time I let people look at it they throw tiny dill pickles at me.
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Made me think of a story from some buddies I had in the barracks. I have no idea why they decided to do this but one night one of them hired an escort to "keep him company" in his room. Two or three of our other buddies were hiding in the closet and the plan was, as soon as they started to "do the deed" they popped out of the closed and pelted her with bologna while yelling "Balogna!!".
 
NCLivingBrit said:
I had to rewrite that several times actually, my thoughts on itinerant travellers are less than kind and I didn't want to come across like a nutjob. More of a nutjob.
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I'd love to hear the "unedited" version!!!
 
NCLivingBrit said:
Of all the things I left behind to come here, I miss country pubs most of all.

Couple of pints, a Ploughman's and a pleasant afternoon.... Nothing like it.
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It's hard to leave behind your home and way of life....
My first teachers were from England, and I grew up in another country, and so I had to learn a whole new way to speak and spell when we moved to the "States"....LoL.
 
Derek8404 said:
Made me think of a story from some buddies I had in the barracks. I have no idea why they decided to do this but one night one of them hired an escort to "keep him company" in his room. Two or three of our other buddies were hiding in the closet and the plan was, as soon as they started to "do the deed" they popped out of the closed and pelted her with bologna while yelling "Balogna!!".
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What makes this truly funny is that I have been in on stupid conversations like the one I’m sure lead up to the uncreative yelling of bologna as they threw same.
 
rdinatal said:
An outdoor shower is a great idea, if you have the space. Where I live I wish I could build one. Perfect for after mowing the lawn or just working in the yard on a hot and humid summer day. There's just nowhere to put it to make it private and practical.

My sister and BIL live up in MA on a private lake with about 3ac. I've been after them for the last 5 years to let me build an outdoor privacy enclosed shower under the back porch (hot/cold blended single chain pull valve, double layer lattice walls, raised oak flooring, drain cistern and an oak planked spring hinged door). That's a perfect situation when they have family groups over as the septic isn't made for that volume.

I like "projects" (between fishing) when I get up there for a week...
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You don't have to "build' one, that's the beauty part. String up a tarp or a sheet where people might see you and get out the camp shower or your 2-litre bottles of water and go for it!! Lol.
 
Millie said:
You don't have to "build' one, that's the beauty part. String up a tarp or a sheet where people might see you and get out the camp shower or your 2-litre bottles of water and go for it!! Lol.
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You reminded me of a neighbor, Miriam, growing up at my parents house. She was one if my high school teachers and I would frequently talk to her in the back yard too. One afternoon she mentioned that She would frequently sunbathe naked on the deck. I expressed shock at this revelation. She expressed more shock that I didn't notice and then was surprised that I wasn't looking with a telescope (her own words). That woman wouldn't bother with a tarp.
 
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noway2 said:
You reminded me of a neighbor, Miriam, growing up at my parents house. She was one if my high school teachers and I would frequently talk to her in the back yard too. One afternoon she mentioned that She would frequently sunbathe naked on the deck. I expressed shock at this revelation. She expressed more shock that I didn't notice and then was surprised that I wasn't looking with a telescope (her own words). That woman wouldn't bother with a tarp.
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Good on her!! I like her style....
 
Millie said:
I'd love to hear the "unedited" version!!!
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Maybe, maybe not. Despite the Second World War and the UKs part in it, there is something quietly appealing to the English about Facism. It's that sense of authority and order and everything being in it's place. Mosely had tens of thousands of supporters and enough support that they had to outlaw and jail him after all.

Suffice to say, very few back home expressed much concern when it was Roma being "re-settled" by the Nazis.

Millie said:
It's hard to leave behind your home and way of life....
My first teachers were from England, and I grew up in another country, and so I had to learn a whole new way to speak and spell when we moved to the "States"....LoL.
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One does stupid things for love, especially when one is young.

Which other country? I assume somewhere previously part of the Empire?
 
NCLivingBrit said:
Maybe, maybe not. Despite the Second World War and the UKs part in it, there is something quietly appealing to the English about Facism. It's that sense of authority and order and everything being in it's place. Mosely had tens of thousands of supporters and enough support that they had to outlaw and jail him after all.

Suffice to say, very few back home expressed much concern when it was Roma being "re-settled" by the Nazis.



One does stupid things for love, especially when one is young.

Which other country? I assume somewhere previously part of the Empire?
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You aren't going to call us "colonials" like Clarkson and the boys do, are you? LoL. It was an "Empire" of sorts, just not yours. Mexico.
And yes, we do stupid stuff for love. Maybe you could move back if you wanted, since I gather it's been awhile? Would "love" move for you?
 
Millie said:
You aren't going to call us "colonials" like Clarkson and the boys do, are you? LoL. It was an "Empire" of sorts, just not yours. Mexico.
And yes, we do stupid stuff for love. Maybe you could move back if you wanted, since I gather it's been awhile? Would "love" move for you?
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Couple of forum versions back I used to call everyone colonials, but I seem to have gotten out of the habit.

Oh and she divorced me back in 2011 lol. Now I'm just another grumpy old Brit who says y'all sometimes and gets hit on by girls half his age because accent.

Life is hard.

I'd go home, but I suppose I would end up incarcerated before the week is out. The United Kingdom of Islamistan doesn't like my sort these days and I tend to be rather outspoken. Which is now verboten. You can groom preteen girls for sex on an industrial scale, but you aren't allowed to say mean things about the Islamics doing it.
 
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Couple of forum versions back I used to call everyone colonials, but I seem to have gotten out of the habit.

Oh and she divorced me back in 2011 lol. Now I'm just another grumpy old Brit who says y'all sometimes and gets hit on by girls half his age because accent.

Life is hard.

I'd go home, but I suppose I would end up incarcerated before the week is out. The United Kingdom of Islamistan doesn't like my sort these days and I tend to be rather outspoken. Which is now verboten. You can groom preteen girls for sex on an industrial scale, but you aren't allowed to say mean things about the Islamics doing it.
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Sorry about the divorce.
I can't imagine "y'all" with an accent! And yes, I'm sure the girls do love the accent!
As far as moving back home, I guess you're stuck with us colonials, then! Once again, welcome to the colonies!! LoL.
 
Millie said:
Sorry about the divorce.
I can't imagine "y'all" with an accent! And yes, I'm sure the girls do love the accent!
As far as moving back home, I guess you're stuck with us colonials, then! Once again, welcome to the colonies!! LoL.
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Ah, I'm ok with it, we ended up as different sorts of folks. The USA has changed me quite considerably, somewhat for the better. Alas, part of that change makes me very poor at ignoring elephants in the room.

Ironically, the things we didn't discuss and do that eventually created a significant part of the wedge that drove us apart became mainstays of who I am today.

It's a funny old world.
 
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