The Old Folks Home

[Bunnylady]

1876 had a bad Yellow Fever outbreak

Yellow fever is a mosquito-borne illness; it would be pretty unlikely for anyone in Maine to catch it in November.

 

[ronott1]

Yellow fever is a mosquito-borne illness; it would be pretty unlikely for anyone in Maine to catch it in November.

It likely was another one then. Some to them had 50% of the community die in a year.

Flu, small pox and etc. Digging in the local papers would help figure it out

I think of this often when there is talk about the good old days...

 

[pennyJo1960]

All of us are buried in Wisconsin but my Dad he is buried out here in Renton on the hill leading to where I grew up... Ma and Wayne where both cremated that kinda bothers me not sure why as I choose to be cremated also

 

[CapricornFarm]

SCG, that's so interesting. About the stone, not your hair. I wonder what carried those two away at the same time ?



OK so we call those ones Palmetto Bugs, so that I don't have to run screaming from the house when I see one

A rose by any other name....still has thorns....

 

[CapricornFarm]

That's weird.

I bought some summer squash seeds from fedco and one was normal and the other was mixed with a gourd. We knew something was wrong with it. But fedco sent us a refund for the seeds stating they grew some and saw they were cross pollinated with a gourd. Lol

I did not plant that watermelon it grew in the chicken run.
Left over from their pooping out some seeds. There is another one growing on the same vine. I guess we'll give it to the cows. Lol they will likely grow their own next year. Lol

My pigs planted pumpkins that grew up into the limbs of a tree!

 

[drumstick diva]

why not?

 

[drumstick diva]

To whom it may concern - maybe this is a bit old for news but I just read that the Food & Drug guys have approved TEVA pharmaceuticals generic EPI pen which should be cost saving for those who need it.

 

[microchick]

This appeared in our extended forecast this morning:

Friday Night
A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Chance of precipitation is 40%.jj

no no say is isn't so!

We have had 4 inches of rain so far. Now it's gone past thank God! Rain! to Okay, turn off the faucet now. Chickens don't want to come out. When they do they just track muck and water into the coops. I had to changed clothes when I got finished feeding, watering and putting down a layer of dry bedding. Plus with them being inside more, they are pooping on everything they shouldn't. Fall cleaning is badly needed but I'm not looking forward to it.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Did my fall cleaning silky land is dry but they do not get let out as my 3 outside kitties will eat them, when Main gets muddy add more shavings will grab a bag of pdz to the mix before fall is over

 

[1muttsfan]

Penny you can still have a headstone even if you are cremated, if that helps