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  1. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Haha. I wish. The neighbor tried something similar... she put a sign with $30 on them by the side of the road... when they didn't sell she put "free." No takers. There is a place up in the hills there that will give you money (like $20) for an old appliance, but you need AWD on those washed...
  2. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    For now. We have one set on rims (those are $50 to turn in) and I've been eyeing that set for a wagon, but my husband says no, they are too worn. I shoved the four of them with rims over a woodchuck hole and the thing flipped them out... I hauled 8 of them to the front of the property when I...
  3. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Here they only accept tires if you buy a new set. Occasionally they have "free tire day" but I've never caught one... they wait a decade until they're afraid we are going to be a county known for its tire fires before they collect tires for 2 hours.
  4. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Our new house doesn't have garbage pickup, unless you contract a local service. The town does provide a garbage truck once a week from 10am-11am, you can take your garbage then. It also costs $25 to get rid of a tire, hence why I've found 16 tires on the property.
  5. sheeplady

    Season's Greetings From The Boys From Marketing!

    I think the other thing to consider is that so many farms ended up supporting more people than originally planned, too, with families headed "back" to the farm to shelter the depression and young people not leaving as they had no where to go. The dissatisfaction of farmers continued well into...
  7. sheeplady

    Season's Greetings From The Boys From Marketing!

    I think I'd add to that: if you owned a farm "free and clear." My grandmother's father and mother lost 2 farms during the depression (bought 3; held onto the third). My grandmother was sent away to be a maid for the middle class undertaker at age 12. My great-grandfather died on his third farm...
  8. sheeplady

    Season's Greetings From The Boys From Marketing!

    The belief that there wasn't reliable contraception available is mostly a myth. Spermicides were readily available in the 1930s, condoms were available, the rhythm method and extended breastfeeding were well known. Diaphragms were commonly used. If we use today's statistics, the "average use"...
  9. sheeplady

    Every Time I Toss the Bacon Grease I Feel Guilty

    We save some of our empty paper egg cartons for our uncle as they sell eggs. Our one year old likes to stomp them otherwise. It gives him a good 45 minutes of fun, so it's worth it.
  10. sheeplady

    Season's Greetings From The Boys From Marketing!

    When I was about 12, I was at a 4-H event (I think it was our public speaking presentations). We were doing something I can't remember, but were talking about how the word Christmas wouldn't fit someplace so I suggested "Xmas" instead. I knew "xmas" because my grandmother had always labeled...
  11. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    What a jerk. Did his wife ever divorce him?
  13. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I don't think my grandfather ever bought "Officer Friendly." My grandfather had many faults, however; I don't fault him his childhood or the impressions he gained during it. I cannot imagine a person of good conscience severely beating a child for stealing food or coal if they were hungry or...
  14. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    On the note of how things influence you in ways you don't realize... Last night my husband and I watched The Grapes of Wrath, which I read in 12th grade. I don't think it is a movie that could be made today given the way it portrays many of the police officers. I grew up with a few stories...
  15. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I involuntarily shudder when I think of it. Does that answer your question? ;)
  16. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    If you look at a USDA (US Department of Agriculture) Zone Map (the cold one) I grew up in that little dot of zone 3 in NY State. It was cold, cold, cold; with a short growing season. The only crops we ever had success with (or perhaps I should say me, as I planted, weeded, and picked the whole...
  17. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My understanding is that sweet tea is made by adding sugar to the tea piping hot (allowing more sugar to go into solution). That means that there is unsweetened tea (no sugar), sweetened tea (sugar added cold), and sweet tea (sugar added hot). Maybe a southern person can correct me? I enjoyed...
  19. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I agree with him. Years ago this wasn't a problem, they brought you unsweetened tea if you asked for iced tea. I blame this in part on the addition of sweet tea on the menus in the north. Notherners just don't know what to do with it and don't realize that sweet tea isn't just unsweetened ice...
  20. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I have a mild addiction to McDonald's large unsweetened ice tea, extra ice, with lemon. I often bring a waterbottle with me (when I go through the drive through or when I return to my car) split the cup in half and add water to fill both. So good. And like 2/3 of my liquid requirements for a...
  21. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I have my cracker tin on top of the fridge! It's currently filled with cheezits, the kids cracker of choice. I hadn't bought Oreos since maybe 2002, and bought them again when pregnant with my son in 2015. First two packages I bought I opened the old "wrong" way, and then as I was throwing the...
  22. sheeplady

    Best product that helps to remove dark circles

    That makes sense (likely a sensitivity/ allergy) as my dark circles are worse when I'm experiencing seasonal allergies.
  23. sheeplady

    Ladies, what are you doing this evening?

    Tonight I took the kids to Friendly's. It's the first time I've taken both of them to "sit down" restaurant... as the only adult, outnumbered. We've done fast-food type places alone together, but never a real sit down and order your food. (I take the two of them out by myself all the time, but I...
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