New York Hillbilly

As the OP of this thread, I was going to ask the same a few days ago, for the same reason. But, after the initial flurry it seemed to cool off, so I didn't it bother requesting it to be locked. At this point; I suspect everyone knows where everyone stands, so I don't think anyone else plans or has any reason to option further. Locking it up is cool with me, but unless someone starts stirring things up again, I suspect the thread will just fade away. Now, back to my chickens. I hear them doing their "hey I laid and egg" song. : )

I want to plant some trees to chase deer away. lol. They have killed both of my prior attempts to get a small apple orchard going next to my house. This Spring I planted another dozen (total) apple, peach, plum, and pear trees, and have been doing (knock wood...pun intended) better, but am on full time duty. They did manage to snip off a few branches of one apple tree right after I planted them, but since that time, my efforts seem to be working.

It it abundantly clear there is bad blood between you and some other people. The reason why escapes me, but really does not seem healthy for anyone, or either site. I wish you guys could sign some sort of gentleman's peace treaty and move on, rather than the continued sniping back and forth. I think it only drags everyone down. I would also suggest anyone here on this site avoid being drawn into back and forth with people who seem to enjoy this type of crap. Spring and Summer are short in this neck of the woods, and the world is scary and depressing enough without all this drama. I hope everyone can take the time to think about the direction this country is headed and prepare for the future, and recognize the petty problems on this social media pales in comparison to the real world issues we face. Personally, the massive gardening and homesteading project me and the wife are engaged in keeps me from posting much, but does not reflect me being inactive here for any other reason. And, in any down time I still enjoy coming here so I'm glad it is still up. I hope because I choose to do so does not put me in the crosshairs of others who have ill will for this site and people who did not jump ship. If it does though, I guess there is nothing I can do or say to change it, so I won't worry about it. In short; I'm thankful for the site owner keeping this place up and going, or who ever fixed things, and I wish everyone from what ever site you call home, peace, safety, and good health. Enjoy the Summer! NYH

I'm not sure what happened, but am glad to see it fixed. The sudden disappearance caught me off guard, and had me bummed not being to say goodbye to those who have continued here. Thank you to who ever fixed it! I hope we stay up and running. In an attempt to try and see if it was just my computer, with nobody to reach out to, I checked out "the other site", and was able to determine it was not just me. What I also discovered was the celebratory responses about this site being down. While not a surprise to me, still really is disappointing. People again really showed their true colors. I just can't imagine where all the hate and animosity comes from. There were many who left I previously held in high regard, and some I still do. I will say, in my opinion, Grampy showed class in his response to the situation. However, the feeding frenzy, gloating, and digs from others about the members here who have remained, again demonstrated the nature of many who (say at least they) left. For those who say they never come to this site, they sure seemed to have their hand on the pulse over here. I suspect a bunch will now be disappointed, and a few will be eating some crow now that it is back! : ) Glad it is back up running.

Happy Father's Day! : )

Chootem Lizabeth! We got us a tree shaker!

Because this one is not running on all cylinders!

Impressive rig! Six inch lift and 35's? Good luck with the new truck.

Drill baby drill!

To each his own I guess. I for one don't miss the non stop name calling, trolling, and general nastiness the so called "controversial" ex-members displayed against anyone they determined to be outside their clique. Talk about spinning the narrative. Let's remember what really happened here. For the past several years, throughout Trump and Covid, the Trump haters and self proclaimed medical experts spewed their utter nonsense and attacked anyone who did not bow to their expertise and infinite knowledge. So how did that all work out for them? How much of their expert medical advice and opinion related to Covid prove to be correct? How is the country doing now with Orangeman gone? Quite a bit of egg on the face! Well that is if the egg shortage is over. As far as I'm concerned; the "site" became a convenient excuse for a select mouthy few to bail out and drag any supporters with them, before having to face the music for being revealed for being so wrong on so much. It was like someone breaking wind in the supermarket aisle then running to the other aisle. But then again, what the hell do I know? Like everything else I was told was not really happening over the past 3 1/2 years, it's probably just another conspiracy theory. I would suggest this site is a lot more accepting of differing opinions now than it was prior to the exodus. From the way it looked to me, nobody "ran away" for fear of expressing their opinions. They talked about how bad this site was, that it was going to fail or disappear, and how great things would be once they all met at their new promise land. They chose to leave. Let's not now rewrite history and turn them into victims!

Moe Howard! Lol

Wife and I are currently in Boston helping my son and soon to be DIL get their house ready for their wedding next week, so turkey hunting is off the table fo me the rest of the season. It's nice to see the pics of those successful this year, even if they are posted in the thread I started to check if this site was going to disappear while I was away. Although, maybe they would be better to be posted in one of the Turkey hunting threads. Agree!

Nice small mouth! That must have felt fun on the light weight gear. Was it a fighter and jumper?

Wish those coyote hunters lived by me.

Woke up 4:11 and said to self close eyes for a minute. Looked at clock and was 5:53. Long blink! Now sitting at the base of a tree overlooking the creek bottom where I missed on a few years ago when it popped up just a few feet from me. That one was so close the pattern must have been like a slug going past its head. It sure is pretty in the Springtime woods. I just seemed to have lost a step along the way, or the fire I once had in my belly for chasing these birds. And, now it starts. i sit here and worry every tickle I feel is another tic! Lol One gobble gobble way off in the distance.

Congrats to those who bagged turkeys. I'm going to try and drag myself out of bed for the first time this season, and see if I can a least hear one gobble.

Congratulations!

I agree! Great to hear! Me too. Like you; my life will go on either way. But after so many years, I was thinking it would be a bit of a let down if just went lights out all of a sudden. With those remaining here; there seems to be a level of mutual respect, and I enjoy reading the posts and hearing what you fellow members are up to, or have on your minds. I was hoping it, you all, would still be around. Thanks for the update.

Just a quick question to anyone here in the know. There was talk from those during the mass exodus, about this site disappearing sometime during the month of May. So, with May now upon us, is there any chance this might actually happen? I would be disappointed to see this remaining group of people one day just vanish. If it is in the works, is there a Plan B? Thanks!

When I rut the heck out of my place [which happens more than I like to admit : ) ]I use my old tractor mounted tiller. I start as deep as I need to go, and repeatedly go over, each time raising the tiller height. I'm not a professional landscaper , so this may not be "standard of care lol", but it works for me. I can get things pretty darned smooth.

Again, yet another great memory of something I also did as a kid. Good one! And, I seem to remember bits of concrete flying up and hitting me in the face when slamming the big rocks down on full rolls of caps. lol. How we never lost an eye doing this stuff amazes me now that I think back on it. How did we survive our childhoods? If only we had computer games to keep us inside and safe. hahaha

You are right that there is nothing funny about this, as we watch our country being destroyed in front of our eyes. Also not funny; the crickets we hear from all the haters that knowingly chose to bring this upon us. I hope every one of these people look at themselves in the mirror each day, and has a shred of integrity enough to admit, even if only to themselves, they own this. Perhaps they can learn from their mistake. I continue to pray for our country and all of it's citizens, especially our children and grandchildren, and fear this is all we have to save us.

I forgot all about that. Yes! And, I remember my ears ringing almost every time. lol

Minus the pipe, that is how I would hope to look in a picture in about 10 years.

I picked dandelions two days in a row, and cut all the petals, off them for my wife. She made 24 jars of dandelion/orange jelly. This is the second year we did this, after finding we LOVE how good it turned out last year. I have a new appreciation for dandelions, a plant I formally hated, and actually refused to mow my lawn until I got enough picked to can jelly.