|
View unanswered posts | View active topics
|
Page 1 of 1
|
[ 11 posts ] |
|
Author |
Message |
karyoker
|
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:28 pm |
|
Joined: Wed Jun 30, 2004 3:43 pm Posts: 6784 Location: Fort Collins Colorado USA Been Liked: 5 times
|
I am from the generation when most everybody had chickens in the back yard for eggs and food Everybody butchered in the fall for the winter.
link
There are towns now that are making it legal to have chickens inside the city limits. With the present economy I think people will go back to the old ways. The old ways got families through the great depression because they had a certain amount of self sufficiency. Neighbors helped neighbors. We do need to rescind a bunch of laws that they passed, in fact we would be better off if they spent their time getting rid of laws instead of passing more.
Folks will be using water for gardens instead of lawns.
_________________ Join The Karaokle Singers Social Network. Upload Your Music!!
|
|
Top |
|
|
Boatman
|
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:43 pm |
|
|
karyoker @ Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:28 pm wrote: I am from the generation when most everybody had chickens in the back yard for eggs and food Everybody butchered in the fall for the winter. linkThere are towns now that are making it legal to have chickens inside the city limits. With the present economy I think people will go back to the old ways. The old ways got families through the great depression because they had a certain amount of self sufficiency. Neighbors helped neighbors. We do need to rescind a bunch of laws that they passed, in fact we would be better off if they spent their time getting rid of laws instead of passing more. Folks will be using water for gardens instead of lawns.
Need to go back to the ways of my ancestors in the mountains. When the feds came in to tell my people how to live, and what not to brew , they might not leave those mountains!
Just kiddin Ollie, BUT...if things continue you get worse, a real man does what he needs to do to take care of his family, and if anyone tried to prevent me from doing so, it would get real ugly fast.
I do want to step up my charities on the local level to those I know need help. The organized ones that fly around in "concorde" jets (well they used to, remember United Way) can kiss my arse, they won't get a dime. No kids will ever go hungry in my community if I know anything about it, and actually, thats the way it's supposed to be....Ron
|
|
Top |
|
|
Babs
|
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:23 am |
|
Joined: Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:37 am Posts: 7979 Location: Suburbs Been Liked: 0 time
|
Where I grew up my neighbors would purchase chickens to slaughter in their backyard every summer and my other neighbor had turkeys and chickens year round. These weren't farms, but we lived in the sticks. The area was more forest than farm country.
Here's a funny story. One day our neighbor's turkey got loose and it decided to target our house. It wouldn't let us leave. It kept running around the house and any time we'd try to leave it would be standing right there blocking the door. Turkey's are big animals. This one didn't seem to be afraid of people, but ready to attack. We still laugh about the Killer Turkey that kept us hostage for a day.
_________________ [shadow=pink][glow=deepskyblue]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[updown] ~*~ MONKEY BUSINESS KARAOKE~*~ [/shadow][/updown][/glow]
|
|
Top |
|
|
Boatman
|
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:16 pm |
|
|
, I think I would have found a way to eat that sucker...but on second thought, maybe he deserved his freedom after all that entertainment he provided
|
|
Top |
|
|
twansenne
|
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:15 pm |
|
Joined: Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:03 pm Posts: 1921 Images: 1 Location: N. Central Iowa Been Liked: 53 times
|
Boatman @ Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:43 pm wrote: Need to go back to the ways of my ancestors in the mountains. When the feds came in to tell my people how to live, and what not to brew , they might not leave those mountains!....Ron
I am starting to distill my own ethanol to power my lawnmower. And it sure does smell good, perhaps I should taste it
|
|
Top |
|
|
leopard lizard
|
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:02 pm |
|
Joined: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:18 pm Posts: 2593 Been Liked: 294 times
|
We calculate that with the cost of feed these days, our eggs are only running us about $10/dozen.
|
|
Top |
|
|
Boatman
|
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:05 pm |
|
|
twansenne @ Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:15 pm wrote: Boatman @ Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:43 pm wrote: Need to go back to the ways of my ancestors in the mountains. When the feds came in to tell my people how to live, and what not to brew , they might not leave those mountains!....Ron I am starting to distill my own ethanol to power my lawnmower. And it sure does smell good, perhaps I should taste it
, Don't give Ollie any ideas in that regard...
|
|
Top |
|
|
docbob
|
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:13 am |
|
|
Senior Poster |
|
Joined: Sat May 03, 2003 2:42 pm Posts: 130 Location: Chicago, Illinois Been Liked: 0 time
|
twansenne @ Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:15 pm wrote: Boatman @ Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:43 pm wrote: Need to go back to the ways of my ancestors in the mountains. When the feds came in to tell my people how to live, and what not to brew , they might not leave those mountains!....Ron I am starting to distill my own ethanol to power my lawnmower. And it sure does smell good, perhaps I should taste it
Don't do it......lawnmowers don't taste good.
_________________ IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER, THAT'S WHY I DRINK IT HERE!
|
|
Top |
|
|
Babs
|
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:47 pm |
|
Joined: Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:37 am Posts: 7979 Location: Suburbs Been Liked: 0 time
|
I've never had lawnmower. What kind of sauce goes with that?
_________________ [shadow=pink][glow=deepskyblue]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[updown] ~*~ MONKEY BUSINESS KARAOKE~*~ [/shadow][/updown][/glow]
|
|
Top |
|
|
ggardein
|
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:23 pm |
|
|
Advanced Poster |
|
Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:12 pm Posts: 339 Location: D.C. Been Liked: 3 times
|
Babs @ Tue Jan 06, 2009 2:23 pm wrote: Where I grew up my neighbors would purchase chickens to slaughter in their backyard every summer and my other neighbor had turkeys and chickens year round. These weren't farms, but we lived in the sticks. The area was more forest than farm country.
Here's a funny story. One day our neighbor's turkey got loose and it decided to target our house. It wouldn't let us leave. It kept running around the house and any time we'd try to leave it would be standing right there blocking the door. Turkey's are big animals. This one didn't seem to be afraid of people, but ready to attack. We still laugh about the Killer Turkey that kept us hostage for a day.
Hey, maybe Sarah Palin can do an interview there.....
|
|
Top |
|
|
jdmeister
|
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:10 am |
|
Joined: Sun Mar 24, 2002 4:12 pm Posts: 7709 Songs: 1 Location: Hollyweird, Ca. Been Liked: 1091 times
|
Babs @ Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:47 pm wrote: LMAO I've never had lawnmower. What kind of sauce goes with that?
30W Pennzoil perhaps?
|
|
Top |
|
|
|
Page 1 of 1
|
[ 11 posts ] |
|
Who is online |
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 478 guests |
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot post attachments in this forum
|
|