The Old Folks Home

[chickisoup]

Where are you going to find outhouse themed fabric? Even finding fabric with wood grain can be difficult. I made my husband a quilt with gingerbread men on it since he likes to eat them, but he thought it looked too juvenile. Humbug!
Maybe once i sell these kittens i will start another quilt. Lots of fabric on hand!

Not difficult around here! They put the outhouse theme on everything to catch the tourist money I guess. I just picked up several yards of a beautiful chicken themed fabric at of all places Walmart . This is actually really pretty with an almost victorian feel to it. Now I have to figure out what it is going to become.

 

[chickisoup]

90 F? I tap out.

I need the 65 F to 40 F range.

Same here!!! Awoke to a refreshing 38o F this morning next to the house and it looked like the field was a bit "shiny" as the sun came up.

 

[chickisoup]

Now wait a second, we skipped over a very important question.

What, exactly, does one do when ones outhouse gets blown over?

These are important questions, people.

Out behind the barn with a shovel. That's what we had to do as kids after we thought it funny to tip the outhouse over on great uncle Champ.

 

[chickensnewtome]

i am dying right now!!! Poor great uncle Champ!! Here in Arkansas we have outhouse races. It is a legit competition with very very competitive people!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Now wait a second, we skipped over a very important question.

What, exactly, does one do when ones outhouse gets blown over?

These are important questions, people.

You dig another hole and go there until you build another outhouse. She said it fell apart.

 

[Beer can]

Have you ever been sucked on by a leech? Man those are the worst! Give me worms any day over them.

They don't hurt, don't even know they're on you till you see them. Though kinda freaky, and flashbacks of that poor kid on 'Stand by me'
Growing up we used to go to a big forty acre pond my grandmother's brother owned in the middle of his farm, no houses or roads in sight, it was nice. They built a pavilion with picnic tables (back in the 50s) and held a family reunion there every yr, way back before my time oxroast parties.
In the 80s my parents would camp there the day before and me and dad would spend a whole day with push mowers mowing the parking spot area and some by the pond, lots of fun....
Tons of kids, cousins, would all fish and swim, had a floating dock built on plastic barrels to take us out into deeper water cause the edge was deep mud though some of us younger kids would swim from shore, the bigger kids went out on the dock and if you went with them you would be stuck out there for hrs if you couldn't swim back to shore.
If you swam from shore usually had a few leeches to pick off when you got out lol!
Ain't no way we'd let our kids swim in a pond like that lol.
Can't remember the last time they had a get together there, maybe 20yrs ago, (before I had kids)
most the 'old timers' are gone now.

 

[CapricornFarm]

They don't hurt, don't even know their there till you see them. Though kinda freaky, and flashbacks of that poor kid on 'Stand by me'
Growing up we used to go to a big forty acre pond my grandmother's brother owned in the middle of his farm, no houses or roads in sight, it was nice. They built a pavilion with picnic tables (back in the 50s) and held a family reunion there every yr, way back before my time oxroast parties.
In the 80s my parents would camp there the day before and me and dad would spend a whole day with push mowers mowing the parking spot area and some by the pond, lots of fun....
Tons of kids, cousins, would all fish and swim, had a floating dock built on plastic barrels to take us out into deeper water cause the edge was deep mud though some of us younger kids would swim from shore, the bigger kids went out on the dock and if you went with them you would be stuck out there for hrs if you couldn't swim back to shore.
If you swam from shore usually had a few leeches to pick off when you got out lol!
Ain't no way we'd let our kids swim in a pond like that lol.
Can't remember the last time they had a get together there, maybe 20yrs ago, (before I had kids)
most the 'old timers' are gone now.

Wait, you weren't around in the 50's? Are you even old enough to be on this thread? I want to see your drivers license!

 

[Beer can]

Wait, you weren't around in the 50's? Are you even old enough to be on this thread? I want to see your drivers license!

We have five kids so I feel old enough

 

[perchie.girl]

Now wait a second, we skipped over a very important question.

What, exactly, does one do when ones outhouse gets blown over?

These are important questions, people.

Thankfully I wasnt in it.... ... I didnt get the nerve to look ine for almost a year. then I had all the rotten wood hauled away. and it was all rotten.

It never had a propper hole dug though. just a bit of a depression. It was used very seldom so everything just disappeared in time.

Did I mention we have a perk rate that is off the charts?

deb

 

[CapricornFarm]

We have five kids so I feel old enough

Lets see, if you start when you are 18, and have a kid every year then you might be 23 , if you don't mess with more than one woman. I never heard of an old 23 year old. Besides having kids is easy on the guy. He just plays with them. I am going to let you stay because i like you.