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Post by JohnG on May 30, 2007 14:33:57 GMT -5
Thanks for the comments HML and Rosie.
I haven't thought of a name yet and I forgot to ask the price on the lamb...
Today I took yet more debris out. I have got pretty much all out that I am going to take out. Some will be used as fill in the foundation hole. I also removed a lot of windows.
Later I went to pick wild strawberries. My neighbor told where to find them. I picked a bunch and am eating them right now. They are incredibly sweet and very small and delicate. I had never had them before.
Here is the downstairs a while ago - side facing the road:
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Post by rosiemj on May 30, 2007 15:28:02 GMT -5
Hi JohnG, Wow!!! You do such great work and a lot of it in a short time. I love the strawberry photos also. They look good We have those growing here in Vermont but on the ground and not on bushes. And they are sweet. Thank you again JohnG. This thread has come to be my saving grace many a day now. God bless you, Rosie
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Post by JohnG on May 30, 2007 17:09:17 GMT -5
Thanks Rosie.
These ones grow close to the ground too. They are on plants that I wouldn't exactly call bushes so they may be the same. The berry itself is tiny.
Thanks again for stopping by. I like knowing that others are enjoying the thread.
JohnG
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Post by rosiemj on May 30, 2007 17:17:44 GMT -5
Hi JohnG, Yes I can see that they are like the ones here also. That is such great pictures of strawberries!! God bless Rosie
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Post by geoff on May 30, 2007 17:43:27 GMT -5
Really, I've got the name for the lamb. Since goats are universally reviled as the embodiment of evil (well, at least at HML's house anyway), and since I'm a fan of the X Files, the lamb must be named El Chupacabra. I can think of no other possible name for it. ;D
By the way John, you're doing wonderful work. I wish I had 1/3 the energy you seem to have.
Take care,
geoff
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Post by EA on May 30, 2007 18:29:06 GMT -5
knocking down the old, removing the rubble and rebuilding new on those old foundations seems so appropriate JohnG, this is the house of recovery.
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Post by hurtmylove on May 30, 2007 22:45:55 GMT -5
Geoff either read my mind, or can read spanish - the 3rd name I submitted is close to "not an evil goat" in spanish. The 1st two are "fluffy" in spanish and french. The last one is "change" in italian.
Yes, I used Google language tools.
Shalom!
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Post by tootrue2 on May 30, 2007 22:56:29 GMT -5
You mean we can really get that lamb??!!!
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Post by manic on May 31, 2007 10:40:31 GMT -5
Now you've got me confused. Is it a little sheep or a little goat? Yes, goats are universally reviled as the embodiment of evil, but sheep have always had positive connotations of innocence, most notably in Judeo-Christian religion.
Manic
BTW I love haggis ;D ....
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Post by JohnG on May 31, 2007 17:41:03 GMT -5
I pulled up the wood floor (what has not been covered in concrete) on the bottom floor. This area will be filled with debris and a slab laid on top. First I must install the drain lines for the toilets and kitchen.
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Post by JohnG on May 31, 2007 17:49:26 GMT -5
P.S.
I was told that the lamb and mother belong to another neighbor. He does wish to sell but already has a buyer for 90 euros (for the two). I said that if the deal doesn't go through I would like to know. I was also told they have to be sold as a pair because the lamb is too young to survive without the mother's milk.
I will keep you all updated.
JohnG
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Post by tootrue2 on May 31, 2007 18:16:43 GMT -5
OH my God then we have to offer 100 euros. To start. How much is 100 euros? Is anyone else in on this? Seriously we HAVE to buy that lamb. And it's mommy. This could be a great bonding experience for all of us on this board. This thread of John's, I think is really uplifting...someone else said it is about tearing down and starting anew....(and what's really great is that John is doing all the physical work part but aren't we all doing that in some way....and it's about new life symbolized by this little lamb in the Springtime. Surely even if a big group of us each sent a dollar or a few we could raise the money quite easily to buy this little guy and save his little lamb life. You are a very neat worker, John. It seems like you clean up each area after or even while you're working on it.
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Post by rosiemj on May 31, 2007 18:26:04 GMT -5
Hi JohnG and Tootrue, I was thinking the same thing Tootrue about this thread being uplifting and a nice place to come after dealing with the issues on the rest of the forum.
Also how neat and clean you are JohnG and work so fast! I pray you can get the lamb and Mother. It would be nice. Yes and here we are not doing the work but it feels like I am apart of it though and it feels good and gives me incentive for my life.
God bless you both and again nice to visit your home again. Rosie
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Post by blueclouds on May 31, 2007 18:30:27 GMT -5
Right now, it's $134.54. I'll chip in if it gets to that (especially since what little I earn comes in big, bad euros, not in itsy, bitsy dollars). However, I'm afraid JohnG may end up estranging (or at least perplexing beyond relief) some of his neighbors if he saves these two specimens of walking stew. I mean, what on earth would you do with a sheep but eat it? Also, if the owner has given his "word," I don't think a higher bid will persuade him.
Alas, I'm a vegetarian, but I'm jaded.
Blueclouds
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Post by JohnG on May 31, 2007 18:36:18 GMT -5
Blueclouds is exactly right.
If the deal doesn't go through I would be willing to buy them - but I am reluctant to try to start a bidding war as around here I am new and jumping in the middle of someone's deal to "save" a lamb could earn me more unwanted attention than I want in this very small agricultural town.
However, if the opportunity arises to buy, I will buy the lamb and mother if you guys will donate an amount equivalent to the purchase price to the Board. After all, I will be keeping them so I should pay for them. And just to be clear - I will save this little one - but she (yes, she's a she) will be able to bear young in a year and the mother will bear more and those would either get sold or slaughtered. In other words - I will, if there is a reasonable opportunity, save the one lamb and her mother. But subsequent offspring will not be subject to special treatment (or I will end up in short order with a lot of sheep and that is not something I really want).
Let's hope there is an opportunity to buy.
JohnG
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