Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)

[TeaChick]

What about party lines...did you look that up? When were they started? Geez, I think they still existed well into the 80's didn't they...or do they still exist in some places??

www.wikipedia.org

Sure.. I think it's called carpal tunnel.

I'm drinking coffee between speaking commands and words that the computer executes and types. Gotta luv dragon.

That's too new fangled for me.

 

[TeaChick]

I.......need.............more......................chickens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


(and coffee, but mostly chickens)

 

[perchie.girl]

Yeah as far as climate change I am in the camp that we truely dont know.... theorize pretty well predict kind of well... and we are do for a "reset" here on earth.

Dont get me wrong i do belive in being as green and impact the land as much as possible. Reduce Reuse Recycle.... is a vey very good model.

and I would love for us to turn away from fossel fuel... for many reasons ....

But for any of it to make a real impact everyone should be doing it... and we shouldn't dictate to the world we should lead by example.


deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Nother gully washer.... I forgot how soothing rain is.... forget the land.... I needed it.

deb

 

[Alaskan]

Yep... A true rain storm is all kinds of good!!!

 

[chickisoup]

Happy Sunday Morning everyone!!!
Boy you have been a chatting flock while I was away

Sorry about all the dry stuff to Alaskan and everyone in California. What horrible fires!!! Glad you are getting some good soakers Perchie

You are not giving your age away BTW. We had a wood cookstove and furnace (by choice) on our little farm in the late 70's/early 80's when I was teaching my youngin's where food should come from and the real difference between what is a necessity and what is a luxury. (Example; water a necessity, coming out of a faucet, luxury, etc.) we also were on the very last party line in the state of Wisconsin. It was a pretty big deal when the last real switchboard operator retired some years earlier. A network news show came and filmed our telephone system with all the switches and levers clacking away and the guy stared at it like he was witnessing the dying gasps of a woolly mammoth!

Everyone laughed and wondered if he would have a heart attack if he had seen some of our tractors. It was kind of sad when a big phone company came in and literally hauled off our little phone company off to a museum. Got to say I did NOT miss the party line tho. Never did find out exactly who it was on our line that kept picking up on our calls and that was a bit creepy.

Speaking of old things. We went for a ride on a train pulled by a real wood burning locomotive yesterday. You hop on at an original old wood construction train station then travel thru the woods to a real logging camp that has been in continuous operation since the late 1800's. It's mostly a big logging museum dedicated to the Connor's (the original owners of the camp and still a huge logging presence up here owning thousands of acres) but it's very well done with the blacksmith shop still in operation making horseshoes and tourist stuff of course. They've managed to keep it toned down with all original buildings (an original country store from the nearby town was added 30 or so years age when it was saved before it was torn down) and not allowed it to get turned into a little Disneyland. The train ride was just fast enough to kick up a nice breeze and so very enjoyable. Great way to spend an otherwise hot and sticky afternoon.

 

[chickisoup]

 

[Peep_Show]

Love that sign!

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The pentultimate in creation would be a chicken that lays coffee beans......

 

[Peep_Show]

I might like my dog even more if it could learn how to make coffee....

 

[perchie.girl]

Happy Sunday Morning everyone!!!
Boy you have been a chatting flock while I was away

Sorry about all the dry stuff to Alaskan and everyone in California. What horrible fires!!! Glad you are getting some good soakers Perchie

You are not giving your age away BTW. We had a wood cookstove and furnace (by choice) on our little farm in the late 70's/early 80's when I was teaching my youngin's where food should come from and the real difference between what is a necessity and what is a luxury. (Example; water a necessity, coming out of a faucet, luxury, etc.) we also were on the very last party line in the state of Wisconsin. It was a pretty big deal when the last real switchboard operator retired some years earlier. A network news show came and filmed our telephone system with all the switches and levers clacking away and the guy stared at it like he was witnessing the dying gasps of a woolly mammoth!

Everyone laughed and wondered if he would have a heart attack if he had seen some of our tractors. It was kind of sad when a big phone company came in and literally hauled off our little phone company off to a museum. Got to say I did NOT miss the party line tho. Never did find out exactly who it was on our line that kept picking up on our calls and that was a bit creepy.

Speaking of old things. We went for a ride on a train pulled by a real wood burning locomotive yesterday. You hop on at an original old wood construction train station then travel thru the woods to a real logging camp that has been in continuous operation since the late 1800's. It's mostly a big logging museum dedicated to the Connor's (the original owners of the camp and still a huge logging presence up here owning thousands of acres) but it's very well done with the blacksmith shop still in operation making horseshoes and tourist stuff of course. They've managed to keep it toned down with all original buildings (an original country store from the nearby town was added 30 or so years age when it was saved before it was torn down) and not allowed it to get turned into a little Disneyland. The train ride was just fast enough to kick up a nice breeze and so very enjoyable. Great way to spend an otherwise hot and sticky afternoon.

When my son was young he was crazy over trains... There is a Train museum in Campo California... VERY intresting place... At one point they had the Buffalo Soldiers stationed there.

But on one of or vacation trips we took AmTrack along the coast from San Diego to Santa Cruz... What a wonderful way to travel with a five year old. When we got to Santa Cruz we got a hotel and a rental car... and did day trips from there and one of those was to catch a steam locomotive to Roaring Camp in the big Redwoods... My first stem engine ride... I had NO idea how quiet they were it was a stunning trip.

But the engine was a Shay.... it had three cylindars... I had never seen anything like it... engine mounted sideways too.... and geared to transfer the power to the wheels rather than directly like other steam engines....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaring_Camp_and_Big_Trees_Narrow_Gauge_Railroad

deb