Misc. pics thread

[lyman]

grand parents owned a house that still had the outhouse (torn down after grandpa died, when grandma moved back in it,
it had pluming (kitchen and bathroom) added back in the 40's or so,

the farmhouse they were living in (a couple miles away) was renovated in the 20's to add a kitchen and a bathroom,


no heat, other that wood (1, in the living roon) and oil (2, in in the master bedroom, another in the bathroom) stoves, and none of those were upstairs , so if you had to go, you crawled out from under 2-5 quilts, used the honey pot, and got back in your warm spot,

as a kid, in the summer, if you had to wee, you stepped out the big window or door on the backside of the house and wee'd on the roof, or used a jar

[Allen]

grand parents owned a house that still had the outhouse (torn down after grandpa died, when grandma moved back in it,
it had pluming (kitchen and bathroom) added back in the 40's or so,

the farmhouse they were living in (a couple miles away) was renovated in the 20's to add a kitchen and a bathroom,


no heat, other that wood (1, in the living roon) and oil (2, in in the master bedroom, another in the bathroom) stoves, and none of those were upstairs , so if you had to go, you crawled out from under 2-5 quilts, used the honey pot, and got back in your warm spot,

as a kid, in the summer, if you had to wee, you stepped out the big window or door on the backside of the house and wee'd on the roof, or used a jar

Plumbing in an outhouse wouldn't be a bad thing and a lot of the "old timers" preferred they were detached from the main house.

Being a boy and a kid I remember peeing off the back porch a lot. Didn't have to--just wanted to.

Rumor has it that during the civil war, when the South was being overrun by the Union soldiers they would throw all their valuables down the hole in the outhouses knowing no one would look for things there. I've heard of more than one person who has dug up sterling silver platters and other stuff that was never reclaimed.

[lyman]

I know a few guys that dig, as in metal detectors ,


if they can find an area or spot were an outhouse was, the dig it out,

and find all kinds of stuff around it,

[5thDragoons]

Seagulls are jerks!
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"Move it, chickens - scooter gang coming through!"
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"That's my uncle Dave!"
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"Now if there were some pretzels or chips nearby, I'd have it made!"
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Meanwhile, in Oz...
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[Allen]

Squirrels (and snakes) get into every thing.

[Dragonsdad]

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[5thDragoons]

"Yeah, it's not much to look at, but it had brang new tires plus a rebuilt engine. Got it for a fast hundred dollar bill!"
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No worries - the cat was already deaf when it made a bed here.
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When container living just seems too common...
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"Bad news, pal - you've got a bad case of ear mites!"
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"Great. Looks like my stock portfolio just took another hard hit."
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[Allen]

#1 A little hard to tell where the machinery ends and the "human" begins.

[dryheat]

I knew a guy who searched for stuff. He had a belt of .50 that he found in Pattens tank training in AZ. It was pretty rusty. He also knew to look for a depression in the dirt around old ranches. That would be where they fillied in the outhouse. He had a collection of "punkin seed" bottles (kind of flat) that he found in one. It takes some digging. He came to every gun show with a very versified collection of bullets. He was a crabby old guy and if you mentioned you could find it on line, he told you to go on line and that was the end of the discussion.

[Allen]

Item #1 again. If posted for sale on Craigslist and not pictured the description might read:

"Like new, open top, cruise the Gulf Coast".

"Excellent condition but could use a little cleaning or detail"

"All it needs is freon". (what I see the most of)

"Restoration started, all the hard work done".

"Great condition, drive it anywhere".

"Sought after collector vehicle".

"Classic, rare, one of a kind".

"Make offer----will trade for real estate"

"No holds, first person with cash gets it. My loss your gain".

"Buy it now. If I have to make any repairs price will just go up".

[dryheat]

That's the classic GB pitch. Looks good, barrel could use some cleaning.

[5thDragoons]

If GB had truth in advertising: Barrel condition - pits form a spiral. SW

[Allen]

I knew a guy who searched for stuff. He also knew to look for a depression in the dirt around old ranches. That would be where they fillied in the outhouse. He had a collection of "punkin seed" bottles (kind of flat) that he found in one.

I mentioned in a different thread that Southerners often threw valuable stuff in their outhouse when the Union troops entered knowing they would not search or think to search them. When new outhouses had to be dug they threw trash in the old ones as filler. A lot of their old trash is now collectable stuff like old bottles, bent silverware and such.

I heard of a local guy who dug up a sterling silver platter doing this. It obviously wasn't trash but put there for safe keeping. Perhaps the owners were killed.

[lyman]

If GB had truth in advertising: Barrel condition - pits form a spiral. SW

and don't try to lowball me, I know what i have

[dryheat]

It's rare. What makes it rare? Actually, cash talks: Don't sell that, I'm coming back for it. Can you put something down? Ah, no I don't have any cash on me (came to GS with no money). Where's the ATM? Never see them again. Or if they show up on Sunday, "you sold it", yeah, that's what I do.