Coffee anyone ?

[Honeybee Hill]

They are a sorry bunch of controlling idiots that have too much money so they can control what everyone else sees and does... to the point of total indoctrination of the up and coming "leaders of tomorrow".... and one of these days I hope the whole friggin bunch of them starve.

By the way... I LOVE that "post"

I weep for the future with some of these "leaders of tomorrow". Many have been raised without any respect, or ability to live without their technology. How did Generation X (I'm a proud card carrying member) raise these people?
I was raised to recycle, grow my own food, make my own clothes whenever the opportunity arises, and be independent. It burns my butt when a little kid starts telling me that I need to use paper goods and such. I'd like to remind them of trees-you know the things that generate oxygen? They're cutting them down at a crazy rate so their lives are easier, and they scream "recycling"?

Ok, I'm off the soap box...sorry for the rant.

 

[Honeybee Hill]

Nope. Cute, but ohhhhhh that coat. Around here that would be a foxtail magnet. Probably a "designer breed"
I was in the airport Thursday and this guy had a service dog -- looked to me like an oversized Bearded Collie -- so after seeing it several times I asked - is that a Beardie? and the guy said no it's a Beardie-Shi-doodle --- OMG.

A WHAT? They take a mutt and add poodle and tack on an extra 1k.
I'm a renaissance person. Give me a nice well bred GSD or Doberman and I'm a happy girl. Someone asked if my little shih-tzu was a Shih poo...Come on, man!!

 

[Finnie]

One way to tell if it’s got Chow Chow in it, is if it has purple on its tongue.

 

[SageHill]

On cup 2 - ahhhh. Waiting for the morning pea-soup-fog to lift. With all the rush last week to have everything in order for us to leave, there's nothing pressing to get done. OMG I can actually sit and drink coffee without the "hurry up and lift fog I've got things to do" hanging over me.
We're going to put a camera up in The Little's stall today. With the eventual lambing it'll be nice to just do quick checks from where ever rather than hiking over to the barn. Of course that won't cover when they're out in the pasture - but it would be nice.
We've got a camera in the big stall and I do check in on the Bigs sometimes. It's kind of fun and there's a "Talk" option. If I use it and say "SHEEPIES" they all pick there heads up and look at the camera. Hams I tell ya' !!! , I don'tdo that often I don't want them to ignore me - but it's sooo cute.

 

[Blue Sky]

Way back in the day I used a closed circuit tv baby monitor thing to watch my ewes. I read later that those could broadcast to other monitors. So I put up a sign “Lamb Cam. All Sheep All the Time”. I had a huge subdivision as a neighbor so it’s possible some bleary eyed exhausted new parent pressed a button and got Baaaaaa.

 

[Baymule]

@Honeybee Hill my sister went looking for a radio that would take batteries. She got blank stares from 20-something’s. Could not comprehend. As in, maybe a museum would have one? She had to explain she wanted it for during hurricanes. Dummies brightly told her they got everything off their phones. She sweetly asked how they were going to charge their phones with power out-that would be off for WEEKS. Blank. Stares. Duihhhh…….

Grainger has 13 online, including solar powered and windup. She ordered one and picked it up at the local store.

 

[Blue Sky]

I have the worst luck with weather radios. Presently I have one that guzzles batteries and needs a tutorial to program. Then after a year or so they die. I wish NOAA would use a manufacturer that makes a durable radio that automatically tunes with the option to go manual if you need to know what’s going on somewhere else. They used to.

 

[Baymule]

Good morning. Coffee is ready, was going to have a bowl of cereal, but remembered that I poured the last of the milk over the dog food yesterday. I'll go the 7 miles to Apple Springs today to the half size grocery store and get some milk. Actually the dollar store next to the minuscule grocery store has milk at a better price. Might pick up a few things if this store even carries it. Plenty of beer, but I don't drink beer.

 

[CLSranch]

Good morning. I've been coffee'd out for a while now, even with a late start. I've noticed many Dollar Generals are popping up and cheaper than Wal-Mart without driving the extra 10-25 miles and they are way cheaper than the small town Grocer

 

[farmerjan]

The only down side, and believe me I get the "having to buy cheaper" .... is that this is what puts the small town grocers out. They cannot buy with the volume discounts that the chain stores... even like Dollar General or Family Dollar or whatever. One time years ago I had a small corner gas station/grocery store for awhile.... I could go buy it cheaper at Walmart 25 miles away, and then mark it up a little and sell it at the store, than I could buy from the small independent distributors at cost.....And I can't blame people now trying to buy cheaper...
But the small town grocery store also might carry stuff that the chain ones don't ; and when they go out then you HAVE to go buy at Walmart. That makes us more dependent on them, they control more things, and we lose some of the diversity also...
The things like milk and stuff are sold at cost or even at a small loss, as they are "draws" and get people in the door and that gets them to buy a few more things which will not be "loss leaders"..... it is a fine line for all of them... even the chain stores now.