Red Ring Tupperware Party, Autumnal Equinoctal Edition (24)

Ian Mackie wrote in post #17762262
Is "a once-a-month landscape service" code for something you elderly folks get/give on an occasional basis?

No, it's literal. It means hiring someone to do yard work.

You guys!

My son temporarily moved back in while he's getting settled in TX so I now have a built in landscape service. I have not mowed, edged, trimmed the verge all summer long. I'm kind of liking a landscape service.

Timphoto wrote in post #17762272
It's only a code for dirty old men who've recently been booted out of the Ladies Lounge.

I've never been kicked out of anywhere ............. just beat a retreat before getting booted!!

OhLook wrote in post #17762294
No, it's literal. It means hiring someone to do yard work.

You guys!

I knew that OhLook ....... just trying to tease Moose about his great age!!

gjl711 wrote in post #17762299
My son temporarily moved back in while he's getting settled in TX so I now have a built in landscape service. I have not mowed, edged, trimmed the verge all summer long. I'm kind of liking a landscape service.

So that's how it is in your family.

Timphoto wrote in post #17761669
Great minds think alike!

And so do we!

Chet wrote in post #17762372
So that's how it is in your family.

Darn right. You live rent free, get fed, y'all better be pushing a lawnmower and hedge trimmer every other week.

OhLook wrote in post #17762294
No, it's literal. It means hiring someone to do yard work.

You guys!

No. Ian had it right.

I have heard some more information about that accident I found a couple of weeks back. An acquaintance is the officer that was tasked with notifying the family. The guy was from Ukraine, had worked in several countries in the UK, worked in the U.S., and then moved to Canada to work. I found out where he and his friend lived, knew the house well. He died 300 metres from his driveway.
Traffic Investigation is still working on what all happened.

LV Moose wrote in post #17762656
No. Ian had it right.

And you thought we all needed to know about it because . . . ?

Melody, were the two in the car not brothers after all, just friends?

Yes. Turns out they were not related. At the scene the guy was saying it was his brother, but that was probably a translation error. Guy was rather drunk and had a head injury.

Thanks. Maybe he used "brother" loosely, as a term of affection. Some people get emotional that way when they're drunk.

Jill-of-all-Trades wrote in post #17762822
The guy was from Ukraine, had worked in several countries in the UK, worked in the U.S., and then moved to Canada to work.

That is particularly interesting to me, because friends of mine who go to Canada frequently for long-term photo trips have told me that Canada does not let aliens live there (permanently) or work there. My one buddy actually considered moving to Canada and getting a job there, but was told that he wouldn't be able to because Canadian immigration law does not allow it. I guess my friends heard some inaccurate information.

OhLook wrote in post #17762823
And you thought we all needed to know about it because . . . ?

because he is a dirty old perv