East TN Folks... Meet & Greet 4/10, Show on 5/1 (updated)

[kcsunshine]

This highway is nothing but a roar during the summer. Can't set on the front porch at all. Can't open the living room windows. Been kinda quiet this spring due to the rockslide. We just live 2 miles from the 411 Highway. But between the cycles and the ambulances, it's hard to hear yourself think.

 

[possumblossum]

Marble's settling in very well. My uncle, who lives up the hill from me, called to ask just how many chickens I have. Between the three roosters all chit-chatting to each other as well a few on up the holler', it sounds like a poultry factory. I leave for work @ 0500 and their all up to say goodbye as I pull out. My wife's going nuts.

 

[bibliophile birds]

poor wife... i guess if i didn't love them it would be irritating. but i do love them!

 

[ByHisHands]

Hey everyone, how many of you will be at the Cocke County show? We would love to meet some other chicken lovers.

 

[kcsunshine]

I can't be there - drat! That's the first day or our Farmer's Market and my Saturdays are tied up until Thanksgiving. What time will it end?

 

[DawnSuiter]

We'll be there and we'll have a few birds to sell I think. A black orpington hen, a few different roosters etc. I'm not sure who we're going to enter into the show...

My house is available for any carry over after the show

 

[wegotchickens]

I'll be there, but only until noon.
DD has her junior prom that night....

 

[Mtn Cur]

kcsunshine - I know exactly what you mean. I'm a deputy with blount co. and just can't wait until this summer

I hate working wrecks up there! I guess all those skid marks and crosses don't mean much to those idiots.

I plan to go to Cocke Co show

 

[kcsunshine]

Wow, Mtn. Cur - I don't envy you your job. Everytime we meet someone heading that way (like in a restaurant) we warn them about the big trucks coming toward them on the wrong side of the road - but I guess the hype they get from all the other riders just make us look like a bunch of fuddy duddies. Never had this kinda conversation with a police officer, but why is it fair that I'm forced to wear a seat belt when cyclers don't even have to wear a helmet in some states? Don't get your hackles up, I know it's in my best interest to wear a seat belt.

Oops! Sorry I highjacked the thread!

 

[Mtn Cur]

Well.... don't get me an enforcer confused with law makers.

It's about stats, if you wear your seatbelt and get into a wreck odds are that you will live. Governors Highway Safety Office gets more money for less fatalities annually, compared to previous years. Which means more grant money towards the state. I think it should be personal preference to wear one, but it gives us good probable cause to make a stop.