tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36658122024-03-13T05:00:07.504-05:00Gone South<p><b><i>Life on the Mississippi with birds and boys</i></b></p>
janisgore@gmail.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3703125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-36395245589574732002017-09-29T16:18:00.002-05:002017-09-29T16:18:10.126-05:00<!-- Hotjar Tracking Code for gonesouth.blogpot.com -->
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-46687736066260387522017-09-24T11:19:00.001-05:002017-09-24T11:19:28.814-05:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-15805728945712629922012-11-11T10:18:00.001-06:002012-11-11T10:18:12.072-06:00Reports are that <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OccupySandyReliefNyc">Occupy Sandy</a> is doing a good job providing volunteer relief to Staten Island and other hard-hit locations in the region of NYC.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-65158983616020176962012-11-04T20:24:00.002-06:002012-11-04T20:24:45.517-06:00Weather.com will match donations to the American Red Cross for relief for Sandy victims up to $1 million.<br />
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See the link at the upper right of this page.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-42964096932068553812012-11-01T22:50:00.001-05:002012-11-01T22:53:43.800-05:00We are continuing the conversation at <a href="http://janisgore.blogspot.com">RadarLOve</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-39313291866623841652012-11-01T18:45:00.002-05:002012-11-01T18:45:32.461-05:00Tasty Bits, a South Louisiana boy, offers these tips to hurricane victims:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21.983333587646484px;">If you know anybody who has been affected, here are a few tips to pass along:</span><br />
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1) GET FLOOD INSURANCE. (for everybody)<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />2) Have somebody help them go through their things, and keep them from tossing everything. Five years later, they will wish they still had some of the things they tossed.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />3) Warped, splitting, cracked wood can be repaired. Dry it as best as possible, and get a furniture restorer later.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />4) American made sofas cannot be replaced, but they can be re-covered.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />5) Reputable contractors will have a waiting list, and they will be more expensive. Make temporary repairs, and wait for a reputable contractor. A local contractor should have been in a previous year’s phone book.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />6) Get the roof repaired as fast as possible, but use an established roofer. Wait for a reputable roofer.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />7) A carpenter is not a contractor. A butcher and a surgeon cut muscle, but a butcher is not a surgeon.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="8)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://theglitteringeye.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /> The place will be crawling with scammers. Scammers will promise twice much as a reputable contractor. The scammer will purchase the building material in the day, and the materials will be stolen that night.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />9) The Insurance Company is not your friend. The settlement will seem high, but everything will cost twice as much. They will also include cheaper materials – stain-grade fir vs. paint-grade pine.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />10) The government is not your friend. Once you get into and understand the system, it is a lot easier, but it takes time and patience. Also, the people who cheat have much less to lose. Do not take their advice.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />11) People will need 6’ long tables with the plastic tops. The more surface space the better. Folding chairs are helpful also.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />12) Plastic totes work better than boxes, and you can use them for years afterwards.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />13) A used sofa is better than nothing, and a $250.00 Big Lots sofa works great.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-30940848285269272422012-10-30T10:05:00.002-05:002012-10-30T10:05:41.924-05:00All right, dammit! Since the proprietors of Outside the Beltway can't see fit to put up a post inviting commenters to report in, do it right here.<br />
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Are you in the Sandy corridor? How have you fared? Are your families okay? Will you be able to work today?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-1430816139157392142012-10-07T12:43:00.001-05:002012-10-07T13:07:37.265-05:00Janis at 50<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gonesouth/416867984/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/131/416867984_fe5db34892_m.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
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These kids honestly thought they'd tangle with her.<br />
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Michael took the picture. Didn't he see the shoes? Sharp-toed, black patent leather with sharp spike heels. <a href="http://www.zappos.com/ivanka-trump-indico-ivory-patent">Etienne Aigners</a>.
So very unobservant.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-57170370491883458542012-09-30T09:16:00.001-05:002012-09-30T09:19:00.895-05:00You'll find me now at <a href="http://janisgore.blogspot.com/">RadarLOve</a>.<br />
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This blog will remain. I might write here once in a while.<br />
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Here's where I'm going. Design-wise.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-86712825116551133582012-09-27T17:17:00.001-05:002012-09-27T17:20:28.187-05:00New rocker<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gonesouth/8031068321/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8180/8031068321_748ba947d4_m.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
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Re-caning of the seat is complete. The chair itself was $59. Re-caning was costly.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-89430341683531605222012-09-26T19:08:00.001-05:002012-10-02T19:55:08.383-05:00New Shades<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gonesouth/8028196587/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8309/8028196587_429215fd9b_m.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
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This room is done except for finish labor and finials for the lamps. Maybe a fold-up luggage stand.<br />
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Eventually, I want ceiling fans in all three bedrooms.<br />
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This house is now fit to receive guests. Beat it over here, I need some help.<br />
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Soon, there will be another queen-sized bed available. I'm talking two weeks. Pilgrimage is coming up. Lots of fine houses will be open.You have to buy and make your own damned breakfast, but I'm a hospitable woman.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-75825284842729409682012-09-26T18:57:00.000-05:002012-09-26T19:34:00.638-05:00I need a handyman. Lyman was my handy man. In so many ways. Ahem.<br />
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I have some things to hang and some furniture to move, and I'm just too darned worn out to do it myself after running around like a lunatic for three months. There's a big, heavy mirror that I can't hang alone.<br />
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Lyman was so capable and smart and funny and good-looking and sexy. What'll I do?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-40050930822802059242012-09-26T10:25:00.001-05:002012-09-26T10:25:16.759-05:00I have just about been crawling the past couple of days. This being "strong" crap is highly overrated.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-70281017372404904152012-09-25T18:34:00.002-05:002012-09-25T18:34:41.668-05:00<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9bhMoNUmMYc" width="420"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-17311204827080430552012-09-25T06:50:00.003-05:002012-09-27T00:51:02.990-05:00I have to work on it a bit, but I'm starting a new blog called "RadarLOve".<br />
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I'll let you know. The address is <a href="http://janisgore.blogspot.com/">RadarLOve</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-76599097698443142262012-09-24T22:27:00.002-05:002012-09-26T07:41:15.508-05:00This blog has retired now.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-78229685463644787292012-09-24T22:10:00.001-05:002012-09-27T00:19:27.417-05:00<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XwqMKf7r7Xg" width="420"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-35533738311479858232012-09-24T22:01:00.001-05:002012-09-24T22:01:27.123-05:00<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aK6jgzV32bg" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-37399802673666795882012-09-24T20:56:00.001-05:002012-09-24T20:56:41.209-05:00<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZAFVzeuuB6g" width="420"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-29518533089259548922012-09-24T06:35:00.001-05:002012-09-24T06:35:34.090-05:00Cheap furnishings<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gonesouth/8019283099/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8318/8019283099_1a792373ed_m.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
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The guest room needed a little something else, so I found this rug for $40, and the table for $42.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665812.post-6448861660905239202012-09-24T06:12:00.001-05:002012-09-24T06:14:37.030-05:00Don't need to be rocking a chair on a hardwood floor, so I found this rug for $70:
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Lana, who is disabled, came with her husband to deliver this painting today. It will stay where it is.<br /><br />I bartered 8 hours of hard housecleaning for it.<br /><br />She and her husband both delight me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2