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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: cathryn] #7607628
06/18/22 11:31 AM
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I remember my momma cussin' out my 14-year-old sister for chewing and spitting tobacco at the supper table..in front of her two kids. grin

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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: cathryn] #7607652
06/18/22 12:12 PM
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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: Boco] #7607787
06/18/22 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Boco
Stem of straw grass hanging out the corner of my mouth.



It's foxtails here.



I've stirred apple butter off in a copper kettle in the yard and put pennies in the kettle to keep the apples from sticking.
They come out looking brand new


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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: cathryn] #7607850
06/18/22 06:22 PM
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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: cathryn] #7607854
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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: warrior] #7607859
06/18/22 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by warrior
Well I know what gee and haw mean. And which way pole beans wrap themselves.

clockwise north of the equator............counterclockwise south of the equator???


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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: ky_coyote_hunter] #7607860
06/18/22 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by ky_coyote_hunter
Smoking grapevine stems, frog gigging, eating squirrel brains, noodling, catching cottonmouths, potato guns, etc.

but can you catch a cottonmouth with your noodle......


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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: Nessmuck] #7607861
06/18/22 06:41 PM
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I can remember my hard times in the early eighties. I was on my own and the first winter when I had started my own stone masonry business. The bank president called my father to tell him they were about to take my truck. The president and my father were close. My phone was shut off because I couldn’t afford to pay the bill. I came home one evening from laying a fireplace. My father was sitting on the porch of my house I was renting. He said son, “ are you in trouble?” I said no I’ll be ok. He said, “I went inside, your pantry is empty and your refrigerator is unplugged, Collins called and told me you missed your payment. Your phone is disconnected.” I took him on a tour. I was renting a house on a 1200 acre farm. I had 2-3 deer in the freezer. Don’t know how many squirrels, pigeons, and bass. 100lbs of tators in bins in the shed, 20lbs of onions. 50 mason jars of beans, 50 mason jars of Roma tomatoes. I thought I was living just fine. Used to hang my laundry in the family room to dry and humidify the house during the winter next to the wood stove. I really miss those days.

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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: mike mason] #7607868
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Originally Posted by mike mason
Originally Posted by AntiGov
Wizz off the front porch


My 3 brothers and I would have contests off the porch!

Amateurs! My brother and I had to sleep upstairs in a converted attic. No AC. We would turn on a window fan and sweat. Then the fan would feel cool. We peed out the upstairs window.


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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: cathryn] #7607874
06/18/22 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by beartooth trapr

You know it, I need to get some Red Man before they change the name. crazy

They did.


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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: cathryn] #7607879
06/18/22 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by cathryn
I've picked up fresh roadkill and cooked it for supper..more than once..various species. grin

That's my kinda girl right there.


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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: cathryn] #7607881
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Originally Posted by cathryn
We'd gave a stalk of rhubarb for dessert after supper and a little dish of sugar to dip it in before you took a bite.


We'd get a big turnip a spoon and a salt shaker and eat that sucker. Nothing tasted better at the time. A

We ate alot of raw turnips too. Loved them.


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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: cathryn] #7607885
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Originally Posted by cathryn
I've picked up fresh roadkill and cooked it for supper..more than once..various species. grin


I think that falls into ….You might be a Red Neck …category….


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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: cathryn] #7607895
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I would go out with my Dad with a John Deere tractor and hay bales on a wagon. He'd put the tractor in granny low at an idle while we'd bust bales apart and feed the cows while the tractor drove itself.
Once a year we'd go down to the meadow and burn a brushpile and have a weiner roast. Dad would get a 6 pack of Pepsi in bottles and that's how much pop we got in a year. There were 6 of us so it worked out just right.


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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: cathryn] #7607896
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Mom always made us go to church on Sunday until were smart enough to grab our fishing poles and take off on foot over the hill. By the time we got home she wasn't mad anymore. smile


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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: Nessmuck] #7614662
06/28/22 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Nessmuck
Originally Posted by cathryn
I've picked up fresh roadkill and cooked it for supper..more than once..various species. grin


I think that falls into ….You might be a Red Neck …category….



True.. but I been called worse. grin


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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: cathryn] #7614685
06/28/22 02:25 PM
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Over the years I have raised and sold ginseng.
Raised bees for quite a few years.
As a boy I worked on my dad's mink farm feeding, vaccinating, and skinning mink.
Also worked for my dad who made a living seining minnows for many years.


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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: Trapper7] #7614687
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Originally Posted by Trapper7
Over the years I have raised and sold ginseng.
Raised bees for quite a few years.
As a boy I worked on my dad's mink farm feeding, vaccinating, and skinning mink.
Also worked for my dad who made a living seining minnows for many years.

I should add to this that those were some of the best years of my life.


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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: cathryn] #7614732
06/28/22 03:43 PM
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pee off the porch or in gravel driveway - where I want whenever
can't keep clothes on my kids outside
turkeys, ducks, chickens, dogs and cats sleep on porch, around house, and on roof
cows and calves out in yard and on road
swim in front pond
drink water from well
my poop stays on my property
help my neighbors at no cost and they help me
know when someone who doesnt live close - drives by on our road
know how to use and have used a pig castrator
been elbow deep up some animals birthing orifices
know what putting up square bales is and the joy of it
know how to build and fix fence
know that a road killed deer will be cleaned up by my critters
coon fats add energy to laying hens in winter
have guns close to every door, loaded for predators
kids know how to utilize guns as a tool
know that God has saved me and blessed my family and I am eternally thankful for His blessings and understand others are not as fortunate but He loves them the same

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Re: What makes YOU country? [Re: TreedaBlackdog] #7614905
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It certainly is not country music that makes me country (at least any modern country music). Many have listed all the aspects of rural settings so I won't belabor on those. To me rural or country is living in a culture where one accepts the fact that many services common to more suburban and urban cultures are not available to me or there is a lengthy time lapse in receiving those. One learns to accept those facts and adjusts life accordingly. With fires many times buildings are totally lost. Severe injury or health issues are much more likely to be fatal and it is part of that culture. The good news for me is one lives within the realm of where things grow so logs can be cut, gardens grown, livestock raised and processed. Renewal comes physically, emotionally and mentally which is a very hopeful feeling.

Bryce

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