Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)

[chickisoup]

Just saw on Fox News where a poultry farm in Greenville Texas got hit HARD. His home survived (good thing because the owner's parents were inside while he was in town) but the rest of his property is a mess. Trees down, his motor home was rolled several times, etc. He thinks he lost at least half his birds. The reporter showed where the rest of his birds, including some geese, etc. are just everywhere because all his coops are just gone.

 

[ocap]

Just saw on Fox News where a poultry farm in Greenville Texas got hit HARD. His home survived (good thing because the owner's parents were inside while he was in town) but the rest of his property is a mess. Trees down, his motor home was rolled several times, etc. He thinks he lost at least half his birds. The reporter showed where the rest of his birds, including some geese, etc. are just everywhere because all his coops are just gone.

seems like I remember a Greenville, TX BYC member, I will try a search.................... edit to follow

edit: here is the first one I found.... mamahen923

 

[Bunnylady]

indeed.

By the time the messy weather reaches us, most of the energy is expected to be spent, so all we're likely to get is a little bit of rain.

On my home front, I'm definitely experiencing one of the classic signs (for me) of spring:

POISON IVY.

 

[chickwhispers]

Yes prayers to all with nasty weather! And some for Bunnylady for short lived poison ivy rash.! That can be nasty stuff too!

 

[Highcotton]

Yes, yes I do.

I was one, raised two and an observing 5 grand children.

At 12 I was shoveling chicken manure for a quarter an hour, collecting bottles for refund, walking uphill to and from school for 5 miles --------------------------------

Much of the above is true.

That 5 miles was up hill to school and back.

 

[Bunnylady]

Quote:

Originally Posted by chickwhispers

Yes prayers to all with nasty weather! And some for Bunnylady for short lived poison ivy rash.! That can be nasty stuff too!

Aw, thanks.

I've had poison ivy so many times, with me, it's almost like, "poison ivy again? Or still??!" I swear, I just look at the stuff and I break out. I have an almost supernatural ability to sense its presence - I begin to recoil even before I recognize the familiar 3-leafed form and hairy stems. With so much experience with the blasted stuff, you'd think I'd be able to stay out of it, wouldn't you? Well, I can't swear to this, but this time, I suspect it may be a minor contaminant in the hay I've been feeding to the horses.

 

[sourland]

That 5 miles was up hill to school and back.

Yes, yes it was. Hagar did you graduate before or after me?

True story this - my first school had two classrooms - kindergarten thru 5th grade in one room, and 6th thru 8th grade in the other. Bathroom was a slightly modernized outhouse located separate from the school. Yep, it was all good until they sent us to the 'sending district'. That's where I got stuffed into the trash can.

 

[Bunnylady]

Oh, but Sour, it was so much better for you to be with all those other kids!

 

[Alaskan]

Bunches of kids with only a few teachers is a situation only one hair away from "lord of the flies"

 

[sourland]

Yeah, once they stopped stuffing me in the trash can it was OK.

"Lord of the Flies" - not much of a stretch.