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Skriven 2008-01-20 21:14:54 av Carol Shenkenberger (7025.cooks)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HANSCHKA (6772.cooks)
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Requoting just because per Dale, this didnt get out
 > 
 >  > -> would have been fine for the 1960's when it was built, but folks have
 >  > more
 >  > -> gadgets now.
 >  > ->
 >  > Mine was built in 1960.  The counter space isn't that bad, but it's not
 >  > great either.
 > 
 > I have maybe a 3x2 section of truely usable space and then a 2x2 square
 > bounded by sink and stove in a corner.  I'm used to it, but loved the sasebo
 > military apartment with so much counter space, we never used it all.
 > 
 >  > That sounds like a chem lab layout, with electrical outlets subbing for g
 >  > lines for the bunsen burners.  I could go with that.  Chem lab countertop
 >  > wouldn't be a bad idea either; they're impervious to darned near
 >  > everything.
 > 
 > Hehe well, we've thought of it and it's really the best way to adapt this
 > kitchen.  Line the far wall away from the sink with cabinets and a cutout fo
 > a fridge.
 > 
 >  > Bobby could have made lunch out of a coyote, if he were of a mind to eat
 >  > one.  I've never had an indoor cat who didn't make herself an indoor cat.
 >  > THey all have the option to go out.
 > 
 > Grin, he could make lunch of a pitbull and I once had to pay to fix a german
 > shepard he chewed up.  The owner was egging his dog on to 'attack the kitty'
 > so he tried and Bobby ripped him a few new exterior outlets.
 > 
 > (The vet office refused to allow him to return as it was 100% the stupid
 > owners fault.  You do not tell a dog to attack without reason.  He was a
 > yahoo but I paid to have his dog stitched up again after they managed to coa
 > him out from under the furniture 30 mins later).  That was the day I found
 > out I had a bobcat.  He wasnt full grown yet but obviously not your average
 > cat either.
 > 
 >  > -> Hehe so thats what happened to the tulips!  I was wondering! Rabbits e
 >  > the
 >  > -> bulbs?  The Japanese Iris seem to be gone too as well as the tiger
 >  > lilly.
 >  >
 >  > THey'll eat the leaves, if the deer leave them any.
 > 
 > Humm.  Well no deer this far in the city, but we got lots of squirrels and
 > rabbits.
 > 
 >  > ->  > -> route to killing mint though.
 >  > ->  >
 >  > ->  > I suppose it would work, but the neighbors wouldn't be happy with m
 >  > ->
 >  > -> Heheh lawnmowers keep it in bounds too.
 >  > ->
 >  > There is that, but it involves heavy machinery.  Some of us aren't safe
 >  > around heavy equipment outside...or that's the story we're sticking to
 >  > anyway.
 > 
 > Hehehe ok.  In the case of the mint, it's along the wood fence and it has a
 > 5-6 inch wood border so you can plant between the fence and the wood border.
 > The mint pretty much stays there.  The lettuce tries to escape to the yard
 > but the lawnmower deals with it nicely.
 >               xxcarol

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