The Old Folks Home

[Alaskan]

You didn't mention a coop.... A COOP!!!!!

 

[Alaskan]

From the alaska daily news:






At the 11th annual state fair pumpkin weigh-off Tuesday, Marshall's 1,469-pound gourd beat the previous record of 1,287 pounds set in 2011 by J. D. Megchelsen of Nikiski.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Whoa.

 

[Bunnylady]

Geez, that squash definitely could!

 

[perchie.girl]

@superchemicalgirl

I thought of you when I posted this:

recipe for any wine but the directions are for Meade Or honey wine

http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/homemade-wine-recipe-zmaz70sozgoe.aspx

deb

 

[microchick]

Pumpkin pie! Lots n lots of pumpkin pie.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

@superchemicalgirl

I thought of you when I posted this:

recipe for any wine but the directions are for Meade Or honey wine

http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/homemade-wine-recipe-zmaz70sozgoe.aspx

deb

Thank you. I've always wanted to try it but the recipes I have start with 4 gallons of honey.

I also want everyone to appreciate this part:
After the mess quiets down a bit, you're ready to put a top on it. NOT, I say NOT, a solid top. That would make you a bomb maker instead of a wine maker.

Because being specific like that saves me from being me. And saves ER visits.

 

[drumstick diva]

Alaskan what happens to such a huge pumpkin after the fair? Do they drop it from the highest tower to see blow up, or ......?

 

[perchie.girl]

Alaskan what happens to such a huge pumpkin after the fair? Do they drop it from the highest tower to see blow up, or ......?

good question

 

[getaclue]

Al, yes, there will be a coop. We are looking at a 40 x 16. Dh insists it must be at least 8 foot tall. My current coop is 6 foot tall, and it's just fine for me, but he's much taller than I am. He's tired of having to bend over to get around my coop, or hitting his head.

My dad was a Marine Engineer, worked around 6 - 8 months out of the year, and traveled all over the world. When school was out we would often times meet up with him in whatever country his home port was in, but normally while he was gone, and school was in session, we were on our own at home. We had to learn to do things. My mother was quite a capable woman. Usually it was up to her to find a place, pack us up, and move us in, when we went to another country. It was nothing unusual to us. She also handled all the finances. On those few occasions that someone would comment they didn't understand how he could trust her with everything like that, or that they didn't think they could trust their wives like that, he would tell them they should have raised their standards, and picked better wives.

When school was out, and we were in another country, it didn't matter what time of day, or night his boat hit port, we were there. Understand, an ETA is more of a guesstimate, so there were times we waited for hours on his boat to pull in. It didn't matter if we only got to see him for an hour, or 10, we were there. It tended to amaze most of the crew, because their wives, and kids didn't do that, but my mother was bound, and determined that we were not going to be estranged from my dad, and that all the travels were a wonderful experience for us. She was right!

Having been raised like that, it still amazes me when I hear that so many couples don't trust their spouse enough with important decisions, and they would dare criticize someone that does trust their spouse with the big decisions.