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2009-09-30 Thread Kirsteen Wright
2009/9/30 zoe w mtnwalke...@yahoo.co.uk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IPLStories/ Wonderful collections of stories here, some old, some new. Thank you for this link. i have only just joined and already am entranced reading the posts. Thank you Kirsteen

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2009-09-30 Thread zoe w
;-) Kirsteen Wright wrote: 2009/9/30 zoe w mtnwalke...@yahoo.co.uk mailto:mtnwalke...@yahoo.co.uk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IPLStories/ Wonderful collections of stories here, some old, some new. Thank you for this link. i have only just joined and already am entranced

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2009-09-29 Thread Donna
Yes I miss my Dad also and my Grandma for all those wonderful stories they told! Donna ACS John lost a good portion of his land when they put the Parkway in. It cuts across the lower part of this mountain, but progress is progress and the Parkway is a beautiful drive thru the Smokies.

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2009-09-29 Thread Marshall Dudley
Blackfoot are from Montana area. I figured you would have Cherokee like me if anything. But I have Apache as well, so I guess that doesn't mean anything, LOL. Marshall zoe w wrote: John lost a good portion of his land when they put the Parkway in. It cuts across the lower part of this

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2009-09-29 Thread Marshall Dudley
Hopefully they were captured by some author, or The Heartland Series. It is a real loss when these stories are lost. Marshall Donna wrote: Yes I miss my Dad also and my Grandma for all those wonderful stories they told! Donna ACS -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing

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2009-09-29 Thread zoe w
My dear Marshall, Blackfoot people are NOT from Montana. That is where we were placed by the US government.Our language is Algonquin in origin same as Cherokee and are so similar that conversations can be made between the two without difficulty. Blackfoot originated on the East

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2009-09-29 Thread ZZekelink
In a message dated 9/27/2009 12:44:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dscroggs44...@gmail.com writes: i should have been more specific. cows do cow pattys, and horses do horse bisquits. find a riding stable and you'll get plenty. Must be the location ---Our cows Left pies sharpies--{

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2009-09-29 Thread ZZekelink
Sorry to jump in -- but those stories would possibly make a great book.. I already wish I could hear them-- Lois a message dated 9/29/2009 7:53:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dscroggs44...@gmail.com writes: Yes I miss my Dad also and my Grandma for all those wonderful stories they

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2009-09-29 Thread Brickeyk
In a message dated 9/29/2009 7:47:05 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, mdud...@king-cart.com writes: Blackfoot are from Montana area. I figured you would have Cherokee like me if anything. But I have Apache as well, so I guess that doesn't mean anything, LOL DR Becker said Cherokees don't

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2009-09-29 Thread Donna
Can't say that anyone in my family has had it! Donna ACS In a message dated 9/29/2009 7:47:05 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, mdud...@king-cart.com writes: Blackfoot are from Montana area. I figured you would have Cherokee like me if anything. But I have Apache as well, so I guess

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2009-09-29 Thread zoe w
Lois, Most of the stories told by my Grandpa were very personal family stories that would have no meaning to outsiders. Ours have been preserved and are being passed down to successive generations of which there are three beyond myself so far.If you are looking for the generic,

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2009-09-29 Thread Acmeair
why is the subject of our native americans, are kept in this "septic tank" thread how about a title change?Sep 29, 2009 02:05:16 PM, silver-list@eskimo.com wrote: In a message dated 9/29/2009 7:47:05 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, mdud...@king-cart.com writes: Blackfoot are from Montana area.

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2009-09-28 Thread Ode Coyote
Logically, yes. I actuality, nobody knows. I avoid dumping it in mine Ode At 08:51 AM 9/27/2009 -0400, you wrote: Im going to rephrase the question I asked yesterday. Does CS interfere with the proper functioning of a Septic Tank? Yes there are those of us who live in the country

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2009-09-28 Thread Ode Coyote
Septic tanks depend on anaerobic environmental bacteria which digest crap and expel methane gas and everything...sorta like having a second digestive system to plug on now and then to continue what yours started till there's nothing left but potting soil. Ode At 04:13 PM 9/27/2009

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2009-09-28 Thread Ode Coyote
Your tag and the power line reminds me of a day Back in the 80s when I lived in an old school bus, I wanted to get a telephone. My GF and I had just gone skinny dipping at the neighbors pond and walked naked down our shared dirt driveway to get back, only to find the phone guy there

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2009-09-28 Thread Roger and Lisa Royal
Great story! Thanks for sharing. - Original Message - From: Ode Coyote odecoy...@windstream.net To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 3:46 AM Subject: Re: CSSeptic Tank Safety Your tag and the power line reminds me of a day Back in the 80s when I lived

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2009-09-28 Thread Dorothy Fitzpatrick
Seems quite a good system. I'm sure my sister's one had to have chemicals put in it though, so maybe our systems here are different. Hers was what they called an Elsen closet I believe. dee On 28 Sep 2009, at 09:23, Ode Coyote wrote: Septic tanks depend on anaerobic environmental

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2009-09-28 Thread Dorothy Fitzpatrick
A free spirit eh Ode? I bet he does! dee On 28 Sep 2009, at 09:46, Ode Coyote wrote: Your tag and the power line reminds me of a day Back in the 80s when I lived in an old school bus, I wanted to get a telephone. My GF and I had just gone skinny dipping at the neighbors pond and

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2009-09-28 Thread Dan Nave
Chuck wrote: You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive. Try building a house... Dan On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 2:56 PM, cking...@nycap.rr.com wrote: No, The solids are digested by microbe action. Unless you're TRYING to kill it with massive amounts of CS, you're good.    

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2009-09-28 Thread Marshall Dudley
In normal amounts I do not think it is a problem. If you are taking baths in it, then it might. Marshall zoe w wrote: Im going to rephrase the question I asked yesterday. Does? CS? interfere with the? proper functioning of a Septic Tank? Yes? there are those of us who live in the country?

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2009-09-28 Thread Marshall Dudley
I just watched the PBS special on the Smokies last night. According to them there are no people living in the Smokies any more. Are you squatting? Marshall zoe w wrote: LOL At the top of a mountain in the Smokey's- 7 miles up a winding and treacherous gravel road from the main road.

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2009-09-28 Thread Marshall Dudley
No a septic tank depends on microbes. The chemical people add sometimes is actually a septic tank probiotic. Marshall Dorothy Fitzpatrick wrote: Doesn't a septic tank rely on chemicals? I don't know as I haven't got one, but if it does, then I can't see how CS can interfere with it. dee

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2009-09-28 Thread Dave Darrin
I took a bath in it four times( four gallons in a tub of hot water), it made my skin feel great but it did slow my septic down a bit. I added all the mice my cat caught until it returned to normal. Took about a month. Dave 2009/9/28 Marshall Dudley mdud...@king-cart.com In normal amounts I do

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2009-09-28 Thread jessie70
Dave were the mice alive eating the waste? Jess -Original Message- From: Dave Darrin [mailto:davedar...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:13 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CSSeptic Tank Safety I took a bath in it four times( four gallons in a tub

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2009-09-28 Thread Marshall Dudley
gmail replaces your legitimate from email address with a bogus one, unless you want to use their pop for your emails, which looks unprofessional. Marshall Donna wrote: no I don't understand gmail and yahoo is free for an email addy, your not getting internet free! Donna ACS One word.

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2009-09-28 Thread Dave Darrin
[mailto:davedar...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, September 28, 2009 11:13 AM *To:* silver-list@eskimo.com *Subject:* Re: CSSeptic Tank Safety I took a bath in it four times( four gallons in a tub of hot water), it made my skin feel great but it did slow my septic down a bit. I added all the mice my

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2009-09-28 Thread zoe w
Hardly!No one is supposed to be living in the part designated as Smokey Mt National Forest area, but let me tell you that is only a drop in the bucket to what actually constitutes the Great Smokey Mts. OR another possibility is that whoever they were interviewing told them

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2009-09-28 Thread Marshall Dudley
-list@eskimo.com mailto:silver-list@eskimo.com *Subject:* Re: CSSeptic Tank Safety I took a bath in it four times( four gallons in a tub of hot water), it made my skin feel great but it did slow my septic down a bit. I added all the mice my cat caught until

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2009-09-28 Thread Donna
Yes the Smokey Mts. are a beautiful place, when I was a child we would go on family vacations there. I always remembered riding on the Blue Ridge Pkwy and we saw quite a few bears too. We use to visit Cherokee as my family is Cherokee and Dad would tell the stories of our people on those

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2009-09-28 Thread zoe w
John lost a good portion of his land when they put the Parkway in. It cuts across the lower part of this mountain, but progress is progress and the Parkway is a beautiful drive thru the Smokies. We have Black Bears and Deer along with Wild Turkeys across the top . They don't

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2009-09-27 Thread zoe w
Im going to rephrase the question I asked yesterday. Does CS interfere with the proper functioning of a Septic Tank? Yes there are those of us who live in the country where these archaic appliances are still necessary since we do not have access to a city sewer system. In

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2009-09-27 Thread Donna
May I ask where you live? Donna ACS Im going to rephrase the question I asked yesterday. Does CS interfere with the proper functioning of a Septic Tank? Yes there are those of us who live in the country where these archaic appliances are still necessary since we do not have

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2009-09-27 Thread zoe w
LOL At the top of a mountain in the Smokey's- 7 miles up a winding and treacherous gravel road from the main road. Only visitors we ever get are LOST and they don't stay long once they see the dogs and the shotguns. zoe Donna wrote: May I ask where you live? Donna ACS Im

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2009-09-27 Thread MaryAnn Helland
And you have internet service?  Amazing!!  MA From: zoe w mtnwalke...@yahoo.co.uk To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 9:54:42 AM Subject: Re: CSSeptic Tank Safety LOL  At the top of a mountain in the Smokey's-  7 miles  up a winding

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2009-09-27 Thread Dorothy Fitzpatrick
Doesn't a septic tank rely on chemicals? I don't know as I haven't got one, but if it does, then I can't see how CS can interfere with it. dee On 27 Sep 2009, at 13:51, zoe w wrote: Im going to rephrase the question I asked yesterday. Does CS interfere with the proper functioning

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2009-09-27 Thread zoe w
Actually it works on Yeast and Bacteria, which is why Im asking. zoe Dorothy Fitzpatrick wrote: Doesn't a septic tank rely on chemicals? I don't know as I haven't got one, but if it does, then I can't see how CS can interfere with it. dee On 27 Sep 2009, at 13:51, zoe w wrote:

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2009-09-27 Thread zoe w
, September 27, 2009 9:54:42 AM *Subject:* Re: CSSeptic Tank Safety LOL At the top of a mountain in the Smokey's- 7 miles up a winding and treacherous gravel road from the main road. Only visitors we ever get are LOST and they don't stay long once they see the dogs and the shotguns

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2009-09-27 Thread Garnet
I think the impact would depend on how much CS reaches your septic tank, the capacity of the tank and how full it is. In other words the ratio of CS to microbes. If you just had your tank pumped I would either leave some for a starter or use the commercial starters with very high counts that

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2009-09-27 Thread zoe w
Thank you, it isn't often that I flush the CS but it does happen on occasion, so I'm just not going to worry about it. zoe Garnet wrote: I think the impact would depend on how much CS reaches your septic tank, the capacity of the tank and how full it is. In other words the ratio of CS to

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2009-09-27 Thread Acmeair
my father-in-law, over in tucson, az., would add a horse bisquit and flush it into the septic tank. their laundry used the septic, and this horse bisquit would rejuvenate the floral mix in the septic tank. never had problems Sep 27, 2009 08:58:17 AM, silver-list@eskimo.com wrote: I think the

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2009-09-27 Thread jessie70
do you mean a regular biscuit that horses get as a treat? Can you find out what kind? Thanks, Jess -Original Message- From: Acmeair [mailto:res00...@verizon.net] Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 12:14 PM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: CSSeptic Tank Safety my father

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2009-09-27 Thread zoe w
Cool, now anyone got a horse they want to donate ? LOL Acmeair wrote: my father-in-law, over in tucson, az., would add a horse bisquit and flush it into the septic tank. their laundry used the septic, and this horse bisquit would rejuvenate the floral mix in the septic tank. never had

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2009-09-27 Thread Acmeair
-Original Message-From: Acmeair [mailto:res00...@verizon.net]Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 12:14 PMTo: silver-list@eskimo.comSubject: CSSeptic Tank Safety my father-in-law, over in tucson, az., would add a horse bisquit and flush it into the septic tank. their laundry used the septic, and this horse

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2009-09-27 Thread Donna
*Subject:* CSSeptic Tank Safety my father-in-law, over in tucson, az., would add a horse bisquit and flush it into the septic tank. their laundry used the septic, and this horse bisquit would rejuvenate the floral mix in the septic tank. never had problems

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2009-09-27 Thread Donna
if you live there then why do you use a united kingdom email? Donna ACS LOL At the top of a mountain in the Smokey's- 7 miles up a winding and treacherous gravel road from the main road. Only visitors we ever get are LOST and they don't stay long once they see the dogs and the

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2009-09-27 Thread zoe w
One word.Economics !!The US charges for premium services. In the UK they are FREE and they don't care where you live.capish? zoe Donna wrote: if you live there then why do you use a united kingdom email? Donna ACS LOL At the top of a mountain in the Smokey's- 7 miles up

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2009-09-27 Thread cking001
No, The solids are digested by microbe action. Unless you're TRYING to kill it with massive amounts of CS, you're good. Chuck You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive. On 9/27/2009 11:13:45 AM, Dorothy Fitzpatrick (d...@deetroy.org) wrote:

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2009-09-27 Thread cking001
Musta bin the dogs and shotguns... Chuck Most nudists are people you don't want to see naked. On 9/27/2009 11:31:46 AM, zoe w (mtnwalke...@yahoo.co.uk) wrote: It took 10 yrs to get electricity up here,  other than a generator. No virus found in

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2009-09-27 Thread zoe w
ROFL !!! Sumthin like that. z cking...@nycap.rr.com wrote: Musta bin the dogs and shotguns... Chuck Most nudists are people you don't want to see naked. On 9/27/2009 11:31:46 AM, zoe w (mtnwalke...@yahoo.co.uk) wrote: It took 10 yrs to

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2009-09-27 Thread John E. Stevens
Yeast (cooking) is cheap and works well in the septic system. J On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Acmeair res00...@verizon.net wrote: my father-in-law, over in tucson, az., would add a horse bisquit and flush it into the septic tank. their laundry used the septic, and this horse bisquit

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2009-09-27 Thread zoe w
Brewers yeast works too. LOL z John E. Stevens wrote: Yeast (cooking) is cheap and works well in the septic system. J On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Acmeair res00...@verizon.net mailto:res00...@verizon.net wrote: my father-in-law, over in tucson, az., would add a horse bisquit

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2009-09-27 Thread jessie70
do you just flush a packet of yeast down toilet? Jess -Original Message- From: John E. Stevens [mailto:jonellis.steven...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:31 PM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CSSeptic Tank Safety Yeast (cooking) is cheap and works well

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2009-09-27 Thread Bruce Anderson
Yes, CS will negativly affect the septic tank operation. That said, it depends on how much CS gets into the tank and how often. A little (an ounce or two) may slow down digestion a lot will stop it. I don't want to even think about the cost of having someone, in the dead of winter, come out ,

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2009-09-27 Thread zoe w
LOL,actually no one will be coming out in the dead of winter because our road is impassable for most of 8 months out of the year.Worst case scenario is we muck it out ourselves and Im certainly not looking forward to that situation. =-O One or two ouncesonce a week or

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2009-09-27 Thread Donna
no I don't understand gmail and yahoo is free for an email addy, your not getting internet free! Donna ACS One word.Economics !!The US charges for premium services. In the UK they are FREE and they don't care where you live.capish? zoe Donna wrote: if you live there

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2009-09-27 Thread Zoe W
Donna,  this is a private matter  not appropriate for the list. zoe --- On Sun, 27/9/09, Donna dscroggs44...@gmail.com wrote: From: Donna dscroggs44...@gmail.com Subject: Re: CSSeptic Tank Safety To: silver-list@eskimo.com Date: Sunday, 27 September, 2009, 7:49 PM no I don't understand  gmail

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2009-09-27 Thread Donna
Ok sorry! Donna ACS Donna, this is a private matter not appropriate for the list. zoe --- On *Sun, 27/9/09, Donna /dscroggs44...@gmail.com/* wrote: From: Donna dscroggs44...@gmail.com Subject: Re: CSSeptic Tank Safety To: silver-list@eskimo.com Date: Sunday, 27 September