The Old Folks Home

[pennyJo1960]

Howdy to y'all in Washington State! Husband has cousins there.

Does he darn Western or Eastern side

 

[pennyJo1960]

Lot's of us have GSD ours is 17 we have a Pyrenees growing up or hope so so take over the old lady is tired and would rather be a lap doge now.. my Moose is Black Labrador
but a bird dog he will try to catch them so he can bring them back

 

[Latestarter]

Welcome Peppercorn! Nice to have you here with us other not so young folks. You and Cap ought to check out Backyardherds.com, one of the sister sites. Lots of great goat folks over there.

 

[chickadoodles]

Where are you located? I was raised in the city to farm parents, I couldn't wait to grow up and get back to the farm!

I was born is Southern Calif.
My fathers family were country folks from Alabama and my moms family were Yankees but farmers in their blood.
I love living in the country.
I've been here over 30 years.

 

[microchick]

I wish it would rain if for no other reason than to settle the dust. GAH! I go out to take care of the chickens, start sweating, a car goes down the road kicking up a dust storm, I wipe my face with a paper towel and my sweat is brown. That's just wrong.

Stopped by Orscheln's on the way home today to pick up dog food. At the checkout I scanned my Orscheln store card and the clerk said 'congadulations and happy birthday, You just scored 10$ off todays purchases! I said yeah, on Wednesday I officially slip quietly from middle age and officially become an old fogey. She thought that was funny. Of course, she was about 22.

They also had three bunnies marked down to 15 dollars each sitting at the front of the store. One black and white, one brown and white, one white. All bucks.If they had been chickens I would have brought them home.

 

[1muttsfan]

Spent a big chunk of time today watering and weeding the perennial beds. Usually they don't need water, but we are going on 5 weeks now with only a few 10th of an inch of rain. All my small bushes and trees got a good soaking today too. I'm really afraid that someone will catch the woods out here on fire.

 

[Alaskan]

There are things you cannot say period. A commentator was fired a couple of weeks ago for saying "wait a cotton pickin minute" Calling someone a cotton picker is a slur. The quote actually refers to how hard it is to hand pick cotton. Still they guy was fired

I think society is too touchy now but guaranteed if you use certain phrases, you will get in trouble.

Besides, you would have to say send them back to Brazil to be correct about the bees

I know what you said is true... but it is stupid the length's this political correctness has gone! It wasn't just one race that picked cotton.... and if anything I think sayin "now wait a cotton picking minute" shows respect for the amount of labor that was required back then. No way should that be seen as disrespectful. crazy people now adays.

Out of ICU and scared that he was going to die.

scary all around

 

[perchie.girl]

I'm going to jump in here. I am old, still in my 60's but that will end with my next birthday! We lived in the Bay Area, across the bay from San Francisco. Husband and I retired, purchased 20 acres and now live in the hills. I have 28 chickens, sell eggs and home made jelly (sold 5 dozen eggs just today!) as well as tree seedlings I start from seeds. We moved 3 hours away from our kids and grandkids and I don't regret it one bit. I have my life to live and country and chickens is what I wanted to do with the time I have left. That said, we have had our share of predators. I too, believe that free ranging is good for the chickens well being and also good for the best eggs. We had coyotes rushing in from the trees, grabbing a chicken and running off. This would happen in broad daylight. Once it happened in front of customers buying eggs! Husband, with help from my son, put up a 5 foot fence and enclosed a "free range" area for the chickens safe from dogs and coyotes. It's about 50x50 foot square. So far the chickens are quite happy with the area, have not tried to fly over the fence (I know they can) and now I can relax again! We lost our entire flock last October to bears (3 of em) and we rebuilt the coop, put in electric fence and I think we will be ok this year with our new flock. Howdy from California!

LOL>.. welcome Pepper.... I live in the other end of the state... San Diego. Been here more than fifty years now. We were originally from the Berdu area... I was born in Colton. We moved around the desert states... New mexico Nevada and finally here.

Dad was the farm boy.... His dad was a sharecropper.... worked his way from Florida to the San Bernardino area.... Farming everything from Cotton to pigs.... But his talent was in setting up berry farms...

So My family on dads side KNew how hard it was to pick cotton.... The field hands were migrant workers... from all over the US. Following harvests... When Dad was a baby his sisters baby sat him while they picked cotton. Setting him with his bottle on the long cotton bag as they dragged it behind themselves through the field.

My place is in the high desert in san Diego County... Love it there...

deb

 

[ronott1]

I know what you said is true... but it is stupid the length's this political correctness has gone! It wasn't just one race that picked cotton.... and if anything I think sayin "now wait a cotton picking minute" shows respect for the amount of labor that was required back then. No way should that be seen as disrespectful. crazy people now adays.



scary all around

Very True!

 

[bruceha2000]

could be the logic board, cable to the screen or the screen.

I hope it is the cable!

I only hope that they fix it fast. It is still under warranty but the store is 25 miles away so every trip is an hour plus travel time. And besides, I keep having to ask my daughter if I can have "my" (her) computer back.

The quote actually refers to how hard it is to hand pick cotton. Still they guy was fired

Some people should think before they act. Like why did they ASSUME he was making a racial remark of any sort? Could it be because they themselves are racist and think only a certain group of people ever picked cotton so any reference to picking cotton is racist?

I also got the kids to pick out some berries (they have so far refused to eat them).

More for you!

Just as an aside, the first European queen to hatch (no AHBs present) will ALSO kill any/all other queens in their cells.

Drama queens do NOT like competition.

Because they basically only eat crap.

And the grandparents who are raising them allow that? Very sad.