@DaddyEvil (152624)

United States

Joined myLot 10 years ago

My daughter gave me this name years ago. It seems to have stuck with me. I'm addicted to myLot! LOL!

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I Cooked This Morning...

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 6 Jul

I was really tired yesterday/last night and slept most of the night. I woke up at 4:30 am feeling like I haven't eaten in days... I went into the kitchen and broke down the 5 lbs roll of ground beef and a 2 lbs roll of premium...

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14 people

Spaghetti

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 1 Jul

I was using WhatsApp and talking with a friend while making spaghetti this evening. When I broke the spaghetti into the pot, he gasped and told me I was doing it wrong... Something about Italians claiming you couldn't break...

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32 people

Daylilies Blooming

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 29 Jun

We've lived here for over 7 years and didn't realize until last year that we had daylilies growing by our front porch. As far as I can remember, that was the first time they bloomed. I did dig in that flowerbed two years ago,...

daylilies

front yard

blooming

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24 people

The Construction Guys Found Something Odd.

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 28 Jun

While blowing insulation into the walls of the living room, kitchen and laundry room, the construction guys found an oddity... In the coat closet and broom closet, they found those closets already had insulation in the walls....

insulation

chair rails

house

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27 people

Construction Guys are Here Again.

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 23 Jun

The construction guys got here at 9 am and have been working in the attic, getting it ready to have insulation blown into it. I fell asleep while listening to them bump around in the ceiling. I woke...

insulation

windows

doors

heating and cooling bills

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20 people

Home From the ER

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 19 Jun

Well, I had fun this afternoon... Pretty and I put the new mower together and watched a stranger mow our yard. Except in front of our car. I started the new mower up and Pretty started mowing in...

stitches

hand

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38 people

Car is Fixed... Again

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 18 Jun

The mechanic who originally fixed my car in December came over this morning and started checking to see if he could find any problems... The only thing he could find was the battery was completely dead. The mechanic said it didn't...

car

new battery

its fixed

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26 people

Workmen Are Here...

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 17 Jun

The guys are here to start working on the house. I talked with them about the different projects they need to get done and what we'd like to see after they finish. One of them said they aren't allowed to go under the house and...

insulation

windows

doors

heating and cooling bills

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25 people

And Our Car Won't Start...

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 16 Jun

We just had the motor in our car rebuilt, a new battery installed and the alternator checked... One day last week, the Electric Company knocked on our door asking me to move our car so they could do some work on the old drug...

car

annoying

battery dead

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26 people

Google Went Crazy...

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 15 Jun

I woke up yesterday and wondered what time it was... I have blackout curtains in my bedroom so looking at the windows doesn't help figure it out. My phone is always beside me so I picked it up. In the upper left hand corner, it...

google

confusion

time

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28 people

Just Like That, It Was Done!

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 12 Jun

The landlady's secretary showed up, asked if we had any problems we needed taken care of, looked around the living room while standing just inside the door, asked Pretty to sign saying the secretary had been here, thanked us and...

secretary

inspection

done

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27 people

House Inspection...

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 12 Jun

I very rarely use my email anymore but my daughter informed me this morning that the landlady sent an email to me saying she'd be here sometime this morning to do a house inspection. We keep the house clean so it doesn't really...

landlady

house inspection

fun

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21 people

The Work is Scheduled ...

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 5 Jun

We applied for and received a grant to get some work done on the house we're renting. Workmen have already done some things at the end of last fall and now they'll be coming back to do the rest of the work for us. The work...

insulation

windows

doors

heating and cooling bills

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21 people

The Washing Machine is Fixed!

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 2 Jun

I finally got ahold of the guy that I always called to work on my appliances. He informed me that he retired about 4 years ago, and for the same reason I was forced to retire. He has hyperthyroidism, too. We talked about that for...

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22 people

Anybody Want a Cookie?

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 25 May

I asked for chocolate chip cookies today when Pretty went shopping... She said I don't need them but I told her she could buy them or I'd go buy some... Anyway, she brought me two packs of them and then ate some herself....

chocolate chip cookies

delicious

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28 people

A Tree at the end of our Yard Just Struck by Lightning!

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 24 May

I was reading my book when I heard a LOUD CRACK! I went and looked out the window in the kitchen and can see a tree at the end of our back yard is smoking... I can't tell how much damage was done and can't see any limbs down....

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25 people

We Went Grocery Shopping...

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 19 May

I tried to wake Pretty up to go shopping this morning but she just rolled over and went back to sleep... Early this afternoon, I tried to wake her up again. She growled at me and told me to leave her alone... I heard the alarm...

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29 people

That's Interesting...

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 17 May

I looked up the NextDoor site for my city and found interesting information about my city that I didn't know... My city has the nickname "The City of Lights" but I didn't know where it came from. Apparently, when a Post Office...

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24 people

Allergies...

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 11 May

The tree and grass pollens are extremely high in my part of the US right now. My face is swollen out of shape and it's noticeable from a distance... I've been coughing and sneezing for the last few days and my throat feels raw....

pollen

grass and tree pollen

extremely high concentrations

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26 people

More Holes in our Yard

DE @DaddyEvil (152624) • United States 5 May

So far, the city utilities have dug 4 holes in our yard to check on the various pipes and wires running to the house. When they get done, they put the topsoil at the bottom of the hole and pile clay and rocks on top. I keep...

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22 people