There was a Scottish painter named Smokey Macgregor who was very interested in making a penny where he could, so he often thinned down his paint to make it go a wee bit further.
As it happened, he got away with this for some time, but eventually the Baptist Church decided to do a big restoration job on the outside of one of their biggest buildings.
Smokey put in a bid, and, because his price was so low, he got the job. So he set about erecting the scaffolding and setting up the planks, and buying the paint and, yes, I am sorry to say, thinning it down with turpentine.
Well, Smokey was up on the scaffolding, painting away, the job nearly completed, when suddenly there was a horrendous clap of thunder, the sky opened, and the rain poured down washing the thinned paint from all over the church and knocking Smokey clear off the scaffold to land on the lawn among the gravestones, surrounded by telltale puddles of the thinned and useless paint.
Smokey was no fool. He knew this was a judgment from the Almighty, so he got down on his knees and cried, "Oh, God, oh God, forgive me! What should I do?"
And from the thunder, a mighty voice spoke:
"Repaint! Repaint!”
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There was a Scottish painter named Smokey Macgregor who was very interested in making a penny where he could, so he often thinned down his paint to make it go a wee bit further.
As it happened, he got away with this for some time, but eventually the Baptist Church decided to do a big restoration job on the outside of one of their biggest buildings.
Smokey put in a bid, and, because his price was so low, he got the job. So he set about erecting the scaffolding and setting up the planks, and buying the paint and, yes, I am sorry to say, thinning it down with turpentine.
Well, Smokey was up on the scaffolding, painting away, the job nearly completed, when suddenly there was a horrendous clap of thunder, the sky opened, and the rain poured down washing the thinned paint from all over the church and knocking Smokey clear off the scaffold to land on the lawn among the gravestones, surrounded by telltale puddles of the thinned and useless paint.
Smokey was no fool. He knew this was a judgment from the Almighty, so he got down on his knees and cried, "Oh, God, oh God, forgive me! What should I do?"
And from the thunder, a mighty voice spoke:
"Repaint! Repaint!”
Every house painter I used thinned the heck out of the paint. Gonna be a lot of "Repaintin" going on with my painters.
Already posted last night only 14 hrs before your post
You've reposted about 5 of mine.
There have been at least 75-100 of mine being reposted. I don't create a separate post and whine about it, like you do.
Yeah, there are a lot of reposts, but only 14 hrs later?
But I do understand how it can be difficult to know what's been recently posted. This thread has turned into a pump up the post count, quantity not quality mess. Used to have some good stuff, but now there is too much junk to wade through.
Already posted last night only 14 hrs before your post
You've reposted about 5 of mine.
There have been at least 75-100 of mine being reposted. I don't create a separate post and whine about it, like you do.
Yeah, there are a lot of reposts, but only 14 hrs later?
But I do understand how it can be difficult to know what's been recently posted. This thread has turned into a pump up the post count, quantity not quality mess. Used to have some good stuff, but now there is too much junk to wade through.
Too bad it's gone to pot. just my opinion
There are a couple of posters whose posts I skip over, without really looking.
I've seen duplicate posts in the same hour by the same poster, and let it go.
You really don't know the circumstances, thus no need to point it out.
If it bothers you that much, just PM the poster. Dumb to call it out publicly.
Already posted last night only 14 hrs before your post
You've reposted about 5 of mine.
There have been at least 75-100 of mine being reposted. I don't create a separate post and whine about it, like you do.
Yeah, there are a lot of reposts, but only 14 hrs later?
But I do understand how it can be difficult to know what's been recently posted. This thread has turned into a pump up the post count, quantity not quality mess. Used to have some good stuff, but now there is too much junk to wade through.
Too bad it's gone to pot. just my opinion
There are a couple of posters whose posts I skip over, without really looking.
I've seen duplicate posts in the same hour by the same poster, and let it go.
You really don't know the circumstances, thus no need to point it out.
If it bothers you that much, just PM the poster. Dumb to call it out publicly.
I get what he's saying, I've been likewise skipping over many posts lately too.
Me thinks most of us would prefer less, as in quality over quantity.
You know who you are, just stop posting so much, look at the earliest pages for tips how to post or how often. Yes go back and see how we managed to get to page 200 or whatever it is.
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ok. i've watched this a few times since it was posted and still find several of them quite funny. maybe you will too?
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As a kid we used this stuff.
There was a Scottish painter named Smokey Macgregor who was very interested in making a penny where he could, so he often thinned down his paint to make it go a wee bit further.
As it happened, he got away with this for some time, but eventually the Baptist Church decided to do a big restoration job on the outside of one of their biggest buildings.
Smokey put in a bid, and, because his price was so low, he got the job. So he set about erecting the scaffolding and setting up the planks, and buying the paint and, yes, I am sorry to say, thinning it down with turpentine.
Well, Smokey was up on the scaffolding, painting away, the job nearly completed, when suddenly there was a horrendous clap of thunder, the sky opened, and the rain poured down washing the thinned paint from all over the church and knocking Smokey clear off the scaffold to land on the lawn among the gravestones, surrounded by telltale puddles of the thinned and useless paint.
Smokey was no fool. He knew this was a judgment from the Almighty, so he got down on his knees and cried, "Oh, God, oh God, forgive me! What should I do?"
And from the thunder, a mighty voice spoke:
"Repaint! Repaint!”
Already posted last night only 14 hrs before your post
No LOL for you
Every house painter I used thinned the heck out of the paint. Gonna be a lot of "Repaintin" going on with my painters.
And I won't forgive them.
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You've reposted about 5 of mine.
There have been at least 75-100 of mine being reposted. I don't create a separate post and whine about it, like you do.
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"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
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Yeah, there are a lot of reposts, but only 14 hrs later?
But I do understand how it can be difficult to know what's been recently posted. This thread has turned into a pump up the post count, quantity not quality mess. Used to have some good stuff, but now there is too much junk to wade through.
Too bad it's gone to pot. just my opinion
There are a couple of posters whose posts I skip over, without really looking.
I've seen duplicate posts in the same hour by the same poster, and let it go.
You really don't know the circumstances, thus no need to point it out.
If it bothers you that much, just PM the poster. Dumb to call it out publicly.
I get what he's saying, I've been likewise skipping over many posts lately too.
Me thinks most of us would prefer less, as in quality over quantity.
You know who you are, just stop posting so much, look at the earliest pages for tips how to post or how often. Yes go back and see how we managed to get to page 200 or whatever it is.
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Really, you want me to climb that for a coconut?
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Family Reunion Photo Shoot
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Cheers, RickO
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