January 2008 – Russ & Sue's World

Lastnight we got the firsat REAL snow storm of the year
and we got BLASTED

Our poor dogs have a hard time going outside

I am so glad we got a snow blower at the start of the year

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The sad state of American Trucking

Professions come and go, markets fluctuate, and the world, well, the world in general changes constantly. Nonetheless, it's a sad state of affairs when America's most common job, trucking, is in peril. Trucking is hard, arduous, and draining work. Yet 1.7 million people have this job. Since deregulation, however, the trucking economy has suffered tremendously. […]

Whats this country comeing rtoo, (millinial men rant) (.)(.)

Hooters and twin peaks are going broke and laying off girls that have either OR, and closing down breasturants because young men 18 to 25 have lost interest in Hooters and Twin Peaks. They said that older guys 55 to 65 are still interested, but they don't go to breasturants as much as the younger […]

Another Local Small Hardware Store closing

Our local ACE Hardware store is closing......have been in a strip mall for years...in several spaces. Kinda sad as a lot of the Mom and Pop hardware stores have closed down.....my favorite was a small store, with lawn equipment mechanic, on duty....rentals and...."The Guy"sitting on a bar stool right inside the door directing traffic with […]

New Poultry Feed

Hoping there are some "feed" experts out there. I recently decided to try switching feeds to a blend by our local feed/grain mill because 1) Supports local community & 2) it was $9 for 50lb bag as apposed to the $13-$18 I usually pay for something is a nice shiny colorful bag with pictures on […]

Building our farm in the forest. Follow along here and YouTube

Hey, This is my very first post so I hope I get this right. My family(son,wife, daughter in law) and I have recently purchased 20 acres of forest land and are clearing a portion of it to build a farm and two houses for ourselves. We are doing most of the work ourselves in hopes […]

Anyone know what this is?

This is an email I received today (8-22-17) It apparently was sent at 4:48 PM and contained the following information. From : Mr James William Subject : Attention Beneficiary Reply To : Mr James William Hello Dear, This e-mail is to inform you that we the International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD World Bank) […]

What's Cooking at Your House Part 2

Well, wr, that was swift. If you get this stickied up we can start the monthly threads. We're starting hurricane preps now. There is lots of information in the Survival and Emergency Preparedness forum on HT. One thing I stressed to my families when I was working as a hospice nurse was to plan to […]

Our youngest has made a huge leap!

Last Sunday evening he got on one knee, asked her a quick question and slipped a ring on her finger. Looks like I will have a new daughter in law soon. He musta been serious coz he even took his hat off when he asked her! View attachment 61810

Pickled eggplant

I have some eggplant that was the last of the summer garden. I am wanting to pickle it does anyone have any recipes? thanks.

Elk moving before hunting season.

First elk on the road as I came off the hill this morning. Young bull with a nice rack but I startled him pretty good and he was very unsure on where to get off the road and down into the willows. I had to take to slow so I did not push him towards […]

Month: January 2008

2008 First Winter Storm