On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:09:43 -0600, Lou Decruss
> wrote:

>On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 17:33:55 -0800 (PST), spamtrap1888
> wrote:
>
>>On Feb 3, 6:27*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 17:24:52 -0500, "Nancy Young"
>>>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >Lou Decruss wrote:
>>>
>>> >> I got a new job just as I started that project so it's on the back
>>> >> burner along with 100 other fun projects.
>>>
>>> >A different new job? *
>>>
>>> No. *The same one I started last summer just after I put the peppers
>>> in brine.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >> I don't even have time to
>>> >> read usenet much anymore and I'm posting now while I'm thawing out
>>> >> from cleaning up 20 inches of snow. *I'm about a third of the way
>>> >> done. *Pita bread pizzas tonight if I still have any energy.
>>>
>>> >Sorry about all that snow. *It's gotten tiresome, though we got
>>> >a break this time.
>>>
>>> Yeah. *I know you folks out east have had a tough year. *
>>>
>>> The snow in this picture is like 10% of what I had to move yesterday.
>>> I've got the cars to the end of the driveway but the street is still
>>> blocked. *I was too tired to cook last night so it was leftovers.
>>>
>>> http://i53.tinypic.com/dvsmwx.jpg
>>
>>Years ago I tried to get a job where I only had to show up ten months
>>a year, but it was no-go.
>
>That would be construction but there ain't much of that going on now.
>When I worked construction I had very little time off in the winter
>but I didn't want it. If I could go back in time I'd take more hours
>and side jobs and save rather than live high-on-the hog. I'd be able
>to enjoy middle age rather than doing what i'm doing now.
>
>Lou

Isn't living "HIGH-on-the-hog" a euphemism for snorting cocaine?