Today's Excitement.

@paigea (36318)

Canada

June 11, 2020 4:31pm CST

That money we didn't spend skiing? I guess we just had to spend it on something. So, today we got a truckload of shale delivered. When they replaced our well, the machinery dug up our driveway and wrecked the layer of gravel. So, we get puddles and mud. All fixed now. Well except for some shoveling to even out a few spots. The truck did a pretty good job of spreading. Hubby told the trucker that his wife (me) was coming out to shovel. The trucker said, " I left her a bit of work, she'll be out of your hair for a while."

We will see who is out of whose hair @MALUSE who's hair or whose hair?

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@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

11 Jun 20

'Whose', of course! You aren't pulling my leg, are you?

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

11 Jun 20

Well the hair belongs to someone! I second guess myself sometimes! And fewer and less are another problem!

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

11 Jun 20

@paigea I can't believe it! My German pupils were able to learnt this!! Haven't you read my last post? Print it out and put it under your cushion. :-) Here is the last para as a special service for you: "There’s much, much more to say on the topic of correct writing, but let’s leave it at that. If every member took the above explanations on board, they would make fewer (not less!!!) mistakes. 'less' can ONLY be used for singular nouns. If you've got a plural, it's 'fewer'. ALWAYS! NO EXCEPTIONS! For some inexplicable reasons many native English speakers hate the word 'fewer'. If they didn't, they'd make fewer mistakes." I'll go to bed now. It's past midnight. I hope I'll recover from the shock I've got from your comment.

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@MarshaMusselman (38867)

• Midland, Michigan

12 Jun 20

@MALUSE I hope you've recovered from your shock by now. Unfortunately, those of us with English as our main language don't know it as well as those of you speaking a different language from birth.

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@LadyDuck (470745)

• Switzerland

12 Jun 20

I see that Maluse already replied and it is whose of course. I like the color of your shale.

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@LadyDuck (470745)

• Switzerland

13 Jun 20

@paigea It is a nice colour, we have the tiled pathway that is a similar colour, it is a lot nicer than grey.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

12 Jun 20

I like it too. It was the colour already here when we bought this place. It is common in driveways in this area.

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@shaggin (72021)

• United States

1 Aug 20

My driveway hasn’t had a load of gravel put down since my grandfather lived here in 2001. It’s not in the greatest shape. That shale they put down is beautiful. I didn’t think shake was red.

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@shaggin (72021)

• United States

2 Aug 20

@paigea interesting

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

1 Aug 20

I don't think it is always red. But around here it is. Baseball diamonds use red shale.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317004)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

17 Jun 20

Funny.

I'm glad you got the driveway taken care of.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317004)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

18 Jun 20

@paigea I'm sorry you were in such pain.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

18 Jun 20

@just4him I see I am not nearly as fit as I thought!

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

17 Jun 20

Oh my, I tried to help shoveling that gravel. I was in pain all over!

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@JudyEv (338640)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jun 20

I'd make sure I got into hubby's hair a time or two after that remark. Regarding who's or whose: Who's is really saying 'who is' so if 'who is' doesn't make sense then it's 'whose'. 'Who is hair' doesn't work so it has to be 'whose hair'.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

12 Jun 20

We worked together. Though I don't know if my efforts were enough to lighten his load! Phew, I am not strong enough for that work!

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Michelle Renee Kidwell

@Michellekidwell (29370)

• Sonora, California

12 Jun 20

Glad you got it done..l

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

12 Jun 20

Getting it done. Got the delivery done and paid for.

@GardenGerty (160488)

• United States

16 Jun 20

Sounds like life at our house.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

19 Jun 20

All in fun.

@rebelann (112738)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Jun 20

Time for you to put hubby to work, sounds to me like he's got too much time on his hands.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

12 Jun 20

I tried to help. I don't know if I helped enough for him to even notice! And I was falling apart!

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@rebelann (112738)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Jun 20

At least you tried, right @paigea ?

@jobelbojel (35356)

• Philippines

19 Jun 20

Glad that's taken cared of/

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

19 Jun 20

So am I!

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

17 Jun 20

Well I hope you are enjoying your new driveway and who did the shoveling?

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

18 Jun 20

Oh my gosh I tried to help. Every muscle in my body hurt for two days.

@garymarsh6 (23404)

• United Kingdom

24 Jun 20

Excellent although it will pay dividends in time when it rains and you are not having big puddles everywhere. At least the money has not been squandered and you spent it wisely!

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@garymarsh6 (23404)

• United Kingdom

24 Jun 20

@paigea OH indeed they do. Never ending!

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

24 Jun 20

Homes seem like money pits sometimes!

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (60790)

• Centralia, Washington

25 Jun 20

My driveway-access road needs some of that shale. I presume you are done with the job of telling your husband a thing or two?

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

25 Jun 20

all in fun. I did try to help. Every part of my body was in pain.

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@DianneN (247186)

• United States

12 Jun 20

It's whose hair. Who's = Who is. I'd smack your husband on the head with that shovel.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

12 Jun 20

All in fun! I helped, he goes at it with a vengeance and scares me! He is 75!

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@DianneN (247186)

• United States

12 Jun 20

@paigea Bless him! I hope the work is done now, just so you can sit back and enjoy it.

@YrNemo (20255)

•

19 Jun 20

Something good comes out of this bad period after all

(as in, you have a new looking driveway.)

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

19 Jun 20

Yes. We have been meaning to do it since the well work. Now it is fine.

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@AmbiePam (91942)

• United States

12 Jun 20

It must be nice to have that taken care of.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

12 Jun 20

I thought it was until I helped with shoveling!

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@RebeccasFarm (89741)

• Arvada, Colorado

12 Jun 20

Ha quite funny Pagiea.

I am glad now this problem is fixed.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

13 Jun 20

@jstory07 (139336)

• Roseburg, Oregon

12 Jun 20

Now the area will look nice when everything is even.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

12 Jun 20

It is an improvement.

@sol_cee (38219)

• Philippines

12 Jun 20

That’s a project I’d love to do. :))

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

12 Jun 20

I don't love shoveling gravel.

@thelme55 (76843)

• Germany

14 Jun 20

Men! Why can´t they just do the work themselves

. I think it is whose.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

19 Jun 20

I tried to help my husband. Nearly killed me

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

11 Jun 20

Looks like a nice load you got. You should take a photo when he starts shoveling.

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@paigea (36318)

• Canada

12 Jun 20

Oh my, he worked so hard he worried me. And it isn't done! My help was minimul.

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