The Old Folks Home

[pennyJo1960]

No good mornings yet?



Well.... gotta run... but good morning!

Morning just logged in been up a few hours tons to do today

 

[ronott1]

 

[bruceha2000]

Heard on NPR today that the EU has voted to chuck the whole seasonal clock change thing in 2021. Smart people. All the member states need time to figure out how they will implement I guess since they are in multiple time zones. Since IIRC Europe adopted it so be in sync with the USA and since we are no longer a world leader, maybe we can be a follower and do the same.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I would be more than happy to chuck it the time change was for farmers that had children that worked the fields with them how often does that happen now?

 

[Bunnylady]

the time change was for farmers that had children that worked the fields with them

I have never understood how that was supposed to work. The farm kids I knew just skipped school if they were needed to work; that way, they got a whole day in rather than just one more hour. I can't tell you how many older folks I have heard explain their lack of a diploma with "I was needed on the farm." In fact, I haven't ever understood how the time change is supposed to have benefited farmers at all. Until the modern trend of part-time farmers supported by a full-time job off the farm, farmers worked "from can to can't" (dawn to dusk, basically, with some chores being done by lamplight). Which numbers are showing on the clock means little to someone with a job like that.

 

[Beer can]

A metal roof really amplifies the moisture. I swear when I had the Barnmaster barn that I could hear fog lightly hitting the roof. Felt sorry for the horses therein when it hailed.

Don't hear anything on our house metal roof, but the uninsulated garage it can be just sprinkling and it sounds like a downpour. Can't even listen to the radio lol. Someday if I ever get it insulated I'm sure it'll be better.

 

[Bunnylady]

My parents had a pop-top camper when I was a kid. Rain on that roof was noisy, too, but it sounded . . . well, you know the sound a little suction cup makes when you pull it off the fridge? Imagine the thunderous plinking of thousands of suction cups . . . yeah, it was a bit bizarre.

 

[getaclue]

I love to sleep when I hear the noise of rain on a tin roof. Yes, it's loud, but to me it's a soothing sound.

 

[microchick]

Morning everyone!

Sunshine here this morning and temps near 70. Man I am so ready for it!

As for the time change, I'm ready for that too! I never have dealt with springing ahead and falling back very well. Mentally yes but my body hates it so if they were to abolish it I sure wouldn't weep.

Weird thing here is that the Amish school up the road tends to adjust their schedule in accordance with the time change and the longer days which I still haven't figured out. I've seen the little pony carts trundle up the road at 7:30 in the fall and out at 3:30 in the afternoon on their way home. Then it changes and they are going to school at 8:30 in the spring and home at 5 in the afternoon. At some point they are going by at 8:30 and then home at 3:30. I can see them letting the kids get home earlier in the afternoon with the lengthening days so they can help their parents with the endless outdoor chores they have, HUGE gardens, tilling and planting small acreages (usually 5-7 acres) for corn silage or alfalfa for hay or whatever needs to be done. But the way they change the hours around still baffles me after living in this neighborhood for 10 years.

But then they don't call their kids school aged or being 'in school' they call their kids 'scholars'. I had to blink at that one when I heard it as did DH. When we were out of earshot he leaned over and whispered 'how can a kid with an 8th grade education be considered a scholar? I thought that term was reserved for people seeking advanced education?' All I could do is shrug back and admit I couldn't explain that one. It is just one of those things that they do without anybody knowing why.

Plans for today. Working on wood this morning for a few hours then picking up around the coop and doing some work there as they are calling for rain over the next four days. Just in time to soup up the freshly dried ground again.

 

[ronott1]

I have never understood how that was supposed to work. The farm kids I knew just skipped school if they were needed to work; that way, they got a whole day in rather than just one more hour. I can't tell you how many older folks I have heard explain their lack of a diploma with "I was needed on the farm." In fact, I haven't ever understood how the time change is supposed to have benefited farmers at all. Until the modern trend of part-time farmers supported by a full-time job off the farm, farmers worked "from can to can't" (dawn to dusk, basically, with some chores being done by lamplight). Which numbers are showing on the clock means little to someone with a job like that.

My Parents wrote: Ron was needed at home. It worked like a charm!

Harvest time was in the Fall so we did need to do work for a day or two then and miss school