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Now younguns, time to get back to our story. Lafe wasn't having an easy time of it either. He - here now, quit that squirmin and settle down. Here's what happened.
If you haven't read the first part of this story scroll down and read it before this one.
NEIGHBORLY TENDENCIES - PART 2
"Lafe!!! Ye agonna lay abed all day? Sun's nigh over the ridge".
"Aw Edna. You know me n Revalation didn't git home till nigh sunup. We brung you a nice fat possum fer dinner."
" An whilst you an thet ol' houn dog was roustin around the woods, somethin got inta the hen house agin. Two a my best layin hens is gone".
"We'll circle round thar tonight. See kin we pick up a trail. Some kinda varmint likely".
"An we both know what kinda varmint it is too. I wanna see him shot an his hide nailed onto the shed fore the night's out"
Eb poured a cup of coffee and sat down at the table. "Whuts fer breakfast"?
"Ye know the only way we gits things from the store is tradin my eggs. No eggs, no coffee, ner flour fer bisquits ner gravy ner bacon to go with them there eggs yere gonna be gobblin up an' if all them hens disappears won't be no more nuthin." She set each item on the table as she named it, slamming them down so hard Lafe expected to see the old plates break.
"Now Edna ye know ol' Trap-toes don't take a hen less he's really hongry. We'll roust him good tonight an he'll leave us be fer quite a spell"
"Ye're bad as yer pappy with them crazy names. Trap-toes HUMPH an whilst we're at it whut kinda name is Revalation fer a hound dog"?
"Pap almost caught thet ol coon in a trap one time but he got out of it an left two toes behind. Slowed him down jest a mite so's he has to use all his tricks to git away. Mighty handy critter to train a hound on. An I call thet ol dog Revalation cause any time a critter tries to trick him he sets down till he has a revalation an away he goes on the trail agin".
"Ye got any egg credit down to the Gen'l store? I need me some more 22 shells. I mus be agittin' old. It took me two shots to knock thet ol' possum outa the tree, even with the moon behint him"
Stay tuned as Lafe an Revalation has a run with ol' trap toes and somebody else gets a revalation too.
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Home sweet home
I was 68 years old when I built this log cabin to live in on my 40 acres in Oklahoma. The only power tool I used was a chain saw to fell the trees. The rest was all done with hand tools. The logs were squared off with the foot adze I am holding in the picture and the logs were then skidded through the woods by a jackass (ME). Some had to be dragged a quarter mile. The only help I had was a friend helping with the two top courses of logs. The wall was too high for me to do it by myself at that point. Everything is fitted together. The only nails are the ones that hold the roofing on. JUST LISTEN TO THAT OL' BOY BRAG. ;-] And look at all the junk he flung out the door. Why I believe that's a real live redneck.
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hello hoody
I'd be really chuffed to be linked to. And will put up your link on my blog/newspaper (maybe take a bit of time I have to tiddle with my template -last time I did that everything shot off to the right and you had to scroll for a hundred yards before you could read anything).
best regards
and good luck with store.
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