[AT] Re: Old Expressions

[Guy Fay]

We had some "Midnight Farmers" in our neighborhood- just couldn't quite 
seem to get going much before noon or later.
Guy

Chuck Bealke wrote:

>Allright Then,
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>Remember "His ladder doesn't go all the way to the top" or what kids would taunt each other with, "You must have been hiding when God passed out brains."?  Oldtimers in Missouri would say, "He doesn't have the sense God gave green apples" or for late risers, "He'd sleep through Christmas."  
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>In that locale they referred to the ultra-sloppy types  as "Ozark Farmers".   There was one family of that sort about three farms away from ours that took the county prize in that regard.  Every broken machine, vehicle or tool they ever finished with was in the yard under some weeds.  Went into the house once, and it matched.  Looked like they never washed a dish.  In other ways, they were pretty decent folks.  They were up on a hill so you could not see the mess from the road. For some reason I remember their Muscovy ducks left to run loose over that yard of weed clumps  (there was no grass) - in July heat unattended.  Those critters were ugly as sin - or as they still say, they had a face that would stop a clock.
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>Always liked an expression I used to hear working around airplanes. After trimming an expensive piece of aircraft tubing, hose or wire a couple of times to fit, it's still too long.  Then you misjudge again and cut it too SHORT to fit (and make it instantly useless for much else). The cry was  "I cut it off three times and it's still too short."  Thank God for memories - and everything else.
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