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Chefdenoel10

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Poor Opo still outside his nightbox because of the fireworks. Won't even eat,I should have brought his box inside like I did last year. ?
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Is his box inside a porch or something?
If it was out side why wouldn’t he be in it?
These fireworks are scaring MY pants off!
And there is a guy doing them only around on the next block!!! I mean the really BIG ones!
Couple of years ago one came right through the trees.
Sparks kept raining down on my rooftop.
Sounded like rain till I went outside to see what was going on..
No one ever calls the police here...
No one wants to be a rat.
And when you DO call the police ,
YOU are the one they investigate!
I called once about a barking dog at 11pm because it was freezing out. The young cop came in like the mafia gun drawn and said he didn’t hear a dog now. Then went on to ask me :
My name first and last
My phone number
My DATE OF BIRTH!!!
and if I had been drinking... all this
IN HIS SPOT LIGHT AND ON MY FRONT YARD!!!! All my neighbors could see us!
I am sure the guy who owned the dog was laughing his a** off!
I have heard that dog barking many more times in the cold.... but I did nothing.?
(I am probably going to he**. ?
 

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Is his box inside a porch or something?
If it was out side why wouldn’t he be in it?
These fireworks are scaring MY pants off!
And there is a guy doing them only around on the next block!!! I mean the really BIG ones!
Couple of years ago one came right through the trees.
Sparks kept raining down on my rooftop.
Sounded like rain till I went outside to see what was going on..
No one ever calls the police here...
No one wants to be a rat.
And when you DO call the police ,
YOU are the one they investigate!
I called once about a barking dog at 11pm because it was freezing out. The young cop came in like the mafia gun drawn and said he didn’t hear a dog now. Then went on to ask me :
My name first and last
My phone number
My DATE OF BIRTH!!!
and if I had been drinking... all this
IN HIS SPOT LIGHT AND ON MY FRONT YARD!!!! All my neighbors could see us!
I am sure the guy who owned the dog was laughing his a** off!
I have heard that dog barking many more times in the cold.... but I did nothing.?
(I am probably going to he**. ?
Yeah it's on a screened porch. He was inside his box around 5:30,waiting for his bedtime snack. Usually he comes out and eats and then goes to the back of his box. That's when I know he wants to be covered up. This time he came out, didn't eat and about that time the booms started. As it got darker the more fireworks also near by. It's starting to quite down now. But still going off. I will see how he acts tomorrow with the storm coming. Usually a day or two before the storm he starts acting goofy. I think it has something to do with the barometric pressure dropping. Just had a flurry of fireworks near by go off. Gonna be a long night for Opo. ?
 

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Yeah it's on a screened porch. He was inside his box around 5:30,waiting for his bedtime snack. Usually he comes out and eats and then goes to the back of his box. That's when I know he wants to be covered up. This time he came out, didn't eat and about that time the booms started. As it got darker the more fireworks also near by. It's starting to quite down now. But still going off. I will see how he acts tomorrow with the storm coming. Usually a day or two before the storm he starts acting goofy. I think it has something to do with the barometric pressure dropping. Just had a flurry of fireworks near by go off. Gonna be a long night for Opo. ?

I hope Opo eventually gets a good nights sleep... poor thing.
Funny, mine is in a bath tub fast asleep?
Doesn’t hear a thing?!
Booms EVERYWHERE and she is like snoring????
Either she is deaf??
Or really sick??? ?
Or having a dream about Tom Cruise?? ?
 

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I hope Opo eventually gets a good nights sleep... poor thing.
Funny, mine is in a bath tub fast asleep?
Doesn’t hear a thing?!
Booms EVERYWHERE and she is like snoring????
. she is deaf??
Or really sick??? ?
Or having a dream about Tom Cruise?? ?
She's way too cute to be hung up on Cruise. But strange that she isn't bothered by fireworks since she's not on top of her game right now.
 

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I forgot that it was Independence Day yesterday for our US friends so happy holiday weekend to you all!
I wonder if the UK will have one on the future anniversaries of the day we left the EU? ?
It's showery here today, Lola has just surfaced and is looking for breakfast so I'd better go and see to him.
Hope you all have a good Monday!
 

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I know you DIY'ers out there know what I'm talkin' about. . . it looks sort of like a chisel. You position it on the head of what you're going to hammer and it has a sort of guard around the top of it so you don't hit your hand when you hammer. What is this called?
 

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I know you DIY'ers out there know what I'm talkin' about. . . it looks sort of like a chisel. You position it on the head of what you're going to hammer and it has a sort of guard around the top of it so you don't hit your hand when you hammer. What is this called?

my first thought is a punch


… but are you talking about a finger guard?
 

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I know you DIY'ers out there know what I'm talkin' about. . . it looks sort of like a chisel. You position it on the head of what you're going to hammer and it has a sort of guard around the top of it so you don't hit your hand when you hammer. What is this called?
I've used nail sets before. They're kinda like that but small.
 

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I forgot that it was Independence Day yesterday for our US friends so happy holiday weekend to you all!
I wonder if the UK will have one on the future anniversaries of the day we left the EU? ?
It's showery here today, Lola has just surfaced and is looking for breakfast so I'd better go and see to him.
Hope you all have a good Monday!
Our fireworks are tonight. I think they start a week ahead of time celebrating and forget to stop ?
 

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I hope Opo eventually gets a good nights sleep... poor thing.
Funny, mine is in a bath tub fast asleep?
Doesn’t hear a thing?!
Booms EVERYWHERE and she is like snoring????
Either she is deaf??
Or really sick??? ?
Or having a dream about Tom Cruise?? ?
They are freakin deaf. They do not have ears
 

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I know you DIY'ers out there know what I'm talkin' about. . . it looks sort of like a chisel. You position it on the head of what you're going to hammer and it has a sort of guard around the top of it so you don't hit your hand when you hammer. What is this called?
Nail gripper? Finger protector?
 

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I know you DIY'ers out there know what I'm talkin' about. . . it looks sort of like a chisel. You position it on the head of what you're going to hammer and it has a sort of guard around the top of it so you don't hit your hand when you hammer. What is this called?

“Someone else’s hand”..? ?
 

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I know you DIY'ers out there know what I'm talkin' about. . . it looks sort of like a chisel. You position it on the head of what you're going to hammer and it has a sort of guard around the top of it so you don't hit your hand when you hammer. What is this called?
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A chisel with a hand guard. I would say about 23-25 black nails ago I would have liked to have one!
 

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