421
I'm sure they are different, but it's still sad I cant remember. So when is the fair in your area?
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421
I'm sure they are different, but it's still sad I cant remember. So when is the fair in your area?
422 first week of August
423 - that's early! (Hey, I made a rhyme!) :banana: Ours isn't until the end of August. In fact, we used to get out of school for it. :brow:
424
When did school start? It doesn't start here till after labor day weekend
425. we would start the first week of August and go through the first week of June
426
that's crazy. I can't imagine that. Here the kids get out the first week of june.
427 - I know, I know. I was deprived. I think they did it because of snow days, although we rarely saw any of those when I was growing up. We've had very mild winters out here lately
428 same here, in the sense that there hasn't been much snow. Bitter cold on the prairie though. It's just a matter of time until the blizzards come, and those unprepared will be in a dilemma.
429
I remember my grandmother's stories of the blizzards. All the family members had farms up around Fosston, and they would have a clothesline run from the back entry to the barn door so they wouldn't get lost when feeding the animals and milking.
430 there's a lot of new people out here in the country who didn't grow up in the country and wouldn't know what to do
431 - I think the common deterioration in survival skills today is rather sad. Of course, knowing my luck I would wander out into the woods here and run into a grizzly bear - so much for skills! :lol:
432
yes, I agree, but some people just don't know to stock up on things either. I try, to be a good outdoorswoman, but I'm still learning. I love the mountains, the woods, the lakes.
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I do too. I grew up among lakes, mountains and trees, and I know how unpredictable nature can be, so it seems logical to me to do things like keep a pantry full of dry goods, take my pocket knife with me when I go out, things like that. In fact, the house I grew up in had an old woodburning Monarch cookstove with warming ovens - we used it when the power went out. that used to be a special treat. Mom would fire it up, then make sourdough pancakes for us.
444 - Have to go now. Nice chatting with you Piglet!
435 nice number hyacinth!
I should go too. You asked how friendships are made, and now you have one. :D