It doesn't stop 'em from coming around, but

• Dang flies won't sit down to get swatted! - MSMT
  • Vacuum cleaner works great for me! Love those midair catches. - nm
  • It doesn't stop 'em from coming around, but - my husband came up with (sm)
  • I found this on Epinions, so can't verify the effectiveness, but worth a shot. - WWTx
  • I wish I knew - LinK
    • Hang one of those unsightly fly strips. - pdqtrans
      • As someone with barn attached to house (sm) - Hayseed

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as I know it, vaccines don't stop you from getting a disease - vaccines help in that you get a milder case of it, and in this case, chickenpox......

Keypunch machines. That's why my hearing is a bit off now. LOL

First personal computer and printer: An Epson and continuous paper printer with DOS operating system. Cost: $3500.

I still have my mood rings and my torquoise jewelry but lost my class ring in the grocery store.It was expensive, $50, black onxy stone and gold band.

Snowstorms that shut the towns down for days on end. Couldn't get out to go to work unless you worked close to home and could walk. Schools never shut down. Five of us walked a mile a day to school with snow up to our hips. Our lessons for the day? Study hall.

My first car was a ི Chevy coupe. Gas was $.27 a gallon and I chauffered 5 friends to and from school for $.25 a week. On Friday and Sat. nights there was a dance with a group that became 'almost famous.' They got as far as the Steel Pier in Atlantic City dance club. It was a big deal to be on TV in those days. On those nights, I would go to the next town and pick up anybody hitch hiking to the dance. (I wasn't allowed to go to the dances). I wired the car with an older portable record player that only played 45s and kept my records under the seat.Worked great except when I would hit a bump. LOL

Bandstand every day from 3:30 to 5:00 EST.

Sleigh riding in the winter on our Flexible Flyer. We did it on steep coal banks. Much better thrill. Then we found out cardboard worked even better. No getting stuck halfway down the bank because the sleigh rails would hit a larger piece of coal sticking up.

Hide-and-seek when it got dark. I missed the pole and hit face first. What a bloody mess, but you didn't run to the ER for it.

Throwing corn at the nasty neighbor's house at Halloween. He called the cops. We ran and hid. I was caught. Where was I hiding? In the neighbor's garbage pile. Today garbage piles are called compost piles.

We have the same situation here.  My husband's stepfather totally cut us off after his biological mother passed away!  I still get blamed, of course the wife!!!  I was left out of the obituary on purpose!  It stinks, and I've gotten past it now, but the stepsister calls with "oh we miss you".  This is a bunch of crap!  After 3 years, I bet all she misses is the gossip and causing trouble!  Cut 'em off!  Cut 'em off!  Let your children know that sometimes their Daddy is yelling because he feels hurt, and that is his way of "dealing".  Sounds like you have a grip anyway on dealing with both your husband and children and that you have a wonderful family right in your own home!  The only other option is to "hash it out", but leave the children out of it!  Hope this helps....  I don't know if it will or not, but your situation really brought out some "hurt feelings" for me personally...  Take care and God Bless.  Hope it all works out... 

So when they get tired of being fluffy, they come here, rouse things up, and then go back and report that this board is childish, but of course that's the pot calling the kettle black now isn't?????? 

I actually would rather be here as there are a lot of different topics and you don't get bashed by the moderator because you feel a certain way!  Go moderators!!  Keep up the good work here on Stars...  Sometimes ya' just want to vent and not have SS up your tailend with e-mails that make absolutely no sense!!!! 

The funny part is instead of them calling themselves miserable, they come over, copy paste and then make a thread out of a borrowed post from here... 

however, not my cuppa tea....

but they're really just muts.  They are all lhasa-poo's.  It all began when we lived in a townhouse in the city of Lowell, MA.  I really wanted a dog but they (the condo association) had a weight restriction of 40 pounds.  So, we were out for a Sunday drive one day and happened upon this lady walking the cutest little dog.  She told us where she got it and we drove right to the kennel that day.  They had one puppy left (our Winston) and we snatched him up right on the spot. 

He's getting mighty old and to help the hurt of his eventual passing not be as bad, I had the bright idea to get his replacement another lhasa-poo( a couple of years ago (Patton).  Well, the young whipper snapper was constantly pestering poor old Winston, so I said, "Hey, we need to get him a playmate."  Enter the third little guy, "Sherman."  Also a lhasa-poo.  So there ya have it. 

The oldster is still with us...blind, toothless, and kinda stinky, but it's one big happy family of little portable dogs and I don't think I'll ever get a big dog just because I like the little lap dogs.  They are totally gay though---little puffs of yappiness. 

He probably had his house skunked, and never wants to go through it again.

The blonde dance instructor in Dirty Dancing. 

I love it. 

I've been hearing this crap all my life due to a religious upbringing.  Oooh, we'll be persecuted and have to go live in caves during the end times.  I'm over it!

The only thing one can do is get right with God the best they can.  And that's between them and their deity.

If the planet shifts on its axis, the sun sends out a flair, or any other global disaster, there is no way to prepare for it, physically, mentally, etc.  You'll either be in the right place/time or not.  You'll either die, or not.  Whatever unpredictable circumstance you're in, you'll do the best you can.

And if nothing unusual happens at all on winter soltice 2012, it will still be a matter of surviving whatever socioeconomic mess we are in at that time.

Live your life one day at a time, that's all you can be sure of.  Don't worry about tomorrow because God is already there.  Why go nuts like we did preparing for 2000?  I refuse to stress on it, I did enough time doing that when I was a child having religious propaganda shoved down my throat.  I did more stressing during the 2000 non-crisis because my boss was paranoid and put ME in charge of safeguarding all our electronic medical records from the big crash that never happened.  This time, I don't give a hoot, and I'm not doing anything any different than I would any other day of the year.  Tell your loved ones you love them and go the heck to bed!

What did you think about last night's performances , who is the winner.

I liked Kris better.   Adam killed Kara's song.   I also think when the judges talked to Kris after his last song it felt like they were saying goodbye to him and saying he did not have a chance to win.  I hope Kris wins to prove them all wrong.  I would have loved to see Allison be in first or second place. 

The clue for your caller would have been when you said "hello"?  Don't ya' think?