2021 at the Hammond Barn

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

SURVIVED the latest storm inside the barn with Grant....holing on to the side door that cannot be latched from the inside...... wind was sucking it open then slamming it shut..... everytime it opened I got a bcket ofwater and saw things flying around......apparently just a linear microburst but what a blow job.....House and barn are OK but100s of trees iether uprooted or broken 8 to ten feet off the ground....... those were big fully mature trees cracking awaylike match sticks...... real weird inside the barn in the dark having to listen to the wind and cracking noise. One canvass tempo garage was stripped clean only the pipes left the other one 20 feet away which was a tattered shelter scheduled to come down was not touched......NO CMPs were damaged......

Been surviving with the generator.....power was off for 7 days......

.....but we made it.......

Now have a life time of firewood to pick up

Bob, Grant, you must have "shat seven colors of shit" as we say in Dutch

Glad you came out alright, and you have a story to add this to your fireside stories

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Bob, Grant, you must have "shat seven colors of shit" as we say in Dutch

ROFL . Hanno, what are the actual Dutch words for that phrase? It's certainly one to keep in my lexicon of "colourful" phrases.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

ROFL . Hanno, what are the actual Dutch words for that phrase? It's certainly one to keep in my lexicon of "colourful" phrases.

It there ever was a thread threadjacked...

"I am scared shitless" = "Ik schijt zeven kleuren stront".

Disclaimer: this is not profanity, this is discussing lexicon

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

ROFL . Hanno, what are the actual Dutch words for that phrase? It's certainly one to keep in my lexicon of "colourful" phrases.

And yes, this is about education of people's reactions. Apparently Hungarian has many similar idiomatic expressions and comparisons.

Joining the thread late, I donated $50 to a riding stable in Navan (ie one town diagonally northwest of Hammond) where our dog breeder kept a saddle horse. The large enclosed arena was knocked down and crumpled by the winds. The donation is a show of support to our friend's friends.