Hedi Mitchell
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@Mary Stetler - I an excellent fly swatter. I get on first swat 99 percent of the time..known to kill them in med air. I found something I am good at ,so yes I am bragging 
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Mary Stetler
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Old age can't stop us talented ones!@Mary Stetler - I an excellent fly swatter. I get on first swat 99 percent of the time..known to kill them in med air. I found something I am good at ,so yes I am bragging
Don Alaska
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I believe he was a member of The Sons of the Pioneers, a back-up group for Roy Rogers.
What's crazy is if you only know him from his role as Festus and then watch him in a different role in his own voice. You immediately think "That can't really be him." It makes you appreciate the talent in playing such a goofy part so well.
Beth Gallagher
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Kind of like Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle).
Faye Fox
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If you only eat half an avocado, leave the pit in the other side and store in a tight container and it won't darken. Same is true for guacamole. Leave the pit in middle of a large bowl and cover the top and it will keep fresh and won't turn brown for a couple of days.
Beth Gallagher
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Beth Gallagher
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And I am one of those!
Tony Page
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Your # 30,999,999
Beth Gallagher
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Have you met my husband, who will stand in the doorway holding it open while he has a 5-minute conversation on his way out? He is worse than the kids ever were.
Faye Fox
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Leave spider webs around your doors and they help catch flies loitering around your door.Have you met my husband, who will stand in the doorway holding it open while he has a 5-minute conversation on his way out? He is worse than the kids ever were.
Tony Page
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50 some odd years ago when we first moved into this house, there was a stump shaped like a porpoise in the backyard. In the bottom of the stump there was a snake den, that housed ribbon snakes which are related to the garter snake. One time when I went in the backyard I saw what seemed like an endless stream of baby snakes coming out of that snake den, I was excited that this was happening on my property.
Faye Fox
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I never knew till today, that a few snakes give live births. The garter snake has usually 15 and sometimes up to 80. I guess the Western Diamondback Rattler, also gives live birth, but only around 10 or so. I thought all snakes laid eggs. I guess these live birth baby snakes are on their own shortly after birth. They either go find something to eat or die.
Beth Gallagher
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Faye Fox
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A little known fact outside of Texas, is:
If you grew up driving Texas back roads, you know what that raised index finger means.
You meet an oncoming pickup on a two-lane farm-to-market road, lift one finger off the steering wheel, and get the same greeting back. Never met the fellow. Doesn’t matter. Howdy is howdy.
Both hands have to be kept on the steering wheel, with just an index finger raised.
I stayed with relatives in Texas for a year so I could get my drivers license at 14. The 10 and 2 position was taught on those old vehicles with big steering wheels. In drivers ed, we could raise only the index finger of the 2 o'clock hand, when we met an on coming vehicle, that included farm machinery. Failure to raise that finger was considered rude, so it was part of Texas drivers ed. I still do it on the rural roads.
If you grew up driving Texas back roads, you know what that raised index finger means.
You meet an oncoming pickup on a two-lane farm-to-market road, lift one finger off the steering wheel, and get the same greeting back. Never met the fellow. Doesn’t matter. Howdy is howdy.
Both hands have to be kept on the steering wheel, with just an index finger raised.I stayed with relatives in Texas for a year so I could get my drivers license at 14. The 10 and 2 position was taught on those old vehicles with big steering wheels. In drivers ed, we could raise only the index finger of the 2 o'clock hand, when we met an on coming vehicle, that included farm machinery. Failure to raise that finger was considered rude, so it was part of Texas drivers ed. I still do it on the rural roads.