Happy thanksgiving everyone!
1 - 20 of 20 Posts
Joined
·
3,920 Posts
Back at you.
Kids and kidlets inbound - expect I'll be giving tractor rides shortly...
Kids and kidlets inbound - expect I'll be giving tractor rides shortly...
Joined
·
1,727 Posts
We've a lot to be thankful for this time around.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you my friends.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you my friends.
Joined
·
2,134 Posts
Quiet day of Honeybaked carry-out and Back to the Future reruns with my aunt while getting the parts together to build my AR.
Annoying morning with Mom, though, since she had to tune in a marathon of those detestable Chrisleys... one thing to be thankful for, I don't have to deal with the Mouth from the South and his brood in-the-flesh.
Now to work the numbers and get an AFE to buy my upper and some upgrade-parts before the sales expire Monday... life gets *real* fun when all of your assets are tied up in a trust-fund that you have to say "Mother May I" before you can go buy frickin' *toilet paper*...
Annoying morning with Mom, though, since she had to tune in a marathon of those detestable Chrisleys... one thing to be thankful for, I don't have to deal with the Mouth from the South and his brood in-the-flesh.
Now to work the numbers and get an AFE to buy my upper and some upgrade-parts before the sales expire Monday... life gets *real* fun when all of your assets are tied up in a trust-fund that you have to say "Mother May I" before you can go buy frickin' *toilet paper*...
Joined
·
3,647 Posts
Joined
·
3,920 Posts
Last night of turkey and associated sides.
Tomorrow I'm having a burger at the pool hall.
Fought a small brushfire up on the mountain earlier.
We slowed it down until the pros got there but I'm out of halon.
Tomorrow I'm having a burger at the pool hall.
Fought a small brushfire up on the mountain earlier.
We slowed it down until the pros got there but I'm out of halon.
Joined
·
1,727 Posts
Good job attacking that fire. We've had a few smoky days here in the Charlotte area as various brush and forest fires burn to the south and west of us.
Any idea how it got started?
Any idea how it got started?
Joined
·
3,920 Posts
Yep.
Joined
·
1,727 Posts
That reminds me. I've got a canister of old/unidentified/mixed smokeless powder that needs to be disposed of. Maybe after the next rain...
Joined
·
2,627 Posts
We've had an burn ban here for a while now. It is basically state wide. Some smokey days due to fires in neighboring counties and states.
They are predicting what they are calling significant rainfall in the coming week. Hope they're right. Our acerage is surrounded on 3 sides by trees. It just takes one idiot to toss a lit cigarette out of a car...
They are predicting what they are calling significant rainfall in the coming week. Hope they're right. Our acerage is surrounded on 3 sides by trees. It just takes one idiot to toss a lit cigarette out of a car...
Joined
·
8,486 Posts
It would be nice if we got a light to medium rain over a good period of time rather than a deluge which would just run off the dried hard soil and cause flooding problems.
Joined
·
2,134 Posts
Might be interesting to share what we all had to be thankful for this holiday... I'll go first. 
--Never having known real 'need,' no reason to worry about keeping a roof over my head or the water running or worrying about my next meal other than selecting from a variety of available options. Everything else is First World Problems...
--Never having known real 'need,' no reason to worry about keeping a roof over my head or the water running or worrying about my next meal other than selecting from a variety of available options. Everything else is First World Problems...
Joined
·
3,920 Posts
Amen brother - but then add kids and grandkids to that equation...
Joined
·
10,462 Posts
I grew up during the tail end of the Depression and WWII. I never missed a meal. Things were tight during the war. Mom saved bacon grease and turned it in at the butchers for some ration stamps as she was supposed to do. We used Eagle Brand condensed milk to sweeten "coffee" which was often nothing more than hot water. Oleo came in plastic bags and was white until you mixed the coloring through it.
My kids have no idea what hard times could be like and back then I didn't realize we were poor. Just ate a lot of beans and cornbread.
Joined
·
2,627 Posts
Beans, greens and cornbread is still one of my favorite meals.
We've and times we were flush and times that were lean, but always a roof over our heads and food in our bellies. Our kids might not have gotten everything they wanted, but they had all that they needed, and then some.
Our grandchildren are just a wee bit spoiled.
Everyone is healthy, and we spent Thanksgiving around the same table.
Just doesn't get any better.
We've and times we were flush and times that were lean, but always a roof over our heads and food in our bellies. Our kids might not have gotten everything they wanted, but they had all that they needed, and then some.
Our grandchildren are just a wee bit spoiled.
Everyone is healthy, and we spent Thanksgiving around the same table.
Just doesn't get any better.
Joined
·
538 Posts
Although I can't Honestly state that I've never had to worry, but my parents ensured that I never had to do without, but I am thankful that those that came after me shall never be concerned with what they truly needed being of any concern, yet I still must confess that it was my Parents that provided for me and those that came after me.Might be interesting to share what we all had to be thankful for this holiday... I'll go first.
--Never having known real 'need,' no reason to worry about keeping a roof over my head or the water running or worrying about my next meal other than selecting from a variety of available options. Everything else is First World Problems...
Happy Belated Thanksgiving, I spent it with the folks that make me the happiest. (they call me Grandpa)
1 - 20 of 20 Posts
