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Grandma was a tough lady who helped farm  and was ‘big boned’.  She loved to cook and sometimes served 30-50 people.  She had a saying ‘The skinny ones die just like the fat ones’ 

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So cold it would freeze the balls of a brass monkey.

Brass monkey was a rack to store cannon balls secure on a ship's deck. It would get so cold the brass would warp and the balls would roll off... hence...

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7 hours ago, steve from amherst said:

"Hammer and nails I do my best , paint and puddy will do the rest"

 

Wood glue and puddy is a carpenters buddy

 

Ya, my dad again, similar stuff. "Do your best and hire a good painter to hide the rest".

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17 minutes ago, HSR said:

The wife dropped one today when the kid in the recycle truck had to back up

"If you can't find em , grind em"

I fucking laughed :lol:

My dad use to yell I'll take a 1/2 pound since it's freshly ground............. :lolz:

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