Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / December 2004

Hi All - I would appreciate any thoughts you may have on this.  My
wife and I are building a home on some land in Upstate NY (18 acres)
that I've had for about 5 years.  We have two small children and a
dog.  A few days ago, a neighbor told me that she regularly sees

With this latest episode of chinamen going berserk, reverting to wild monkey
status, and butchering humans, take note,
Are there Chinamen living near you?
If so, write down names and have a plan of action necessary (oh...legally, of

Hiya,
Trying to think of an  XMas gift for the man who has everything (my
Dad), the thought occured to me that he would enjoy a subscription to
a magazine on antique farm equipment. He currently owns a JD Model

I'm looking for information on an old wood burning cook stove.  It's
labeled "National B"  on the oven front door and has a thermometer there
as well.  The firebox is on the left and loads from the top or left.  
It looks to be in good structural shape, but the cast iron needs

My dad is wondering how to calculate the volume of an underground 500 gallon
fuel oil tank with a stick. He said that these tanks are pretty standard is
shape so there should be some standard metric for figuring volume based on
fuel depth. Anyone aware of the graduations or where ...

I got a call from a friend of mine who lives in a rural Montana area. He has a
log mansion in the woods with cellular phone service and thanks to a small
hydroelectric generator he has a constant source of electricity. He is
scheduled for knee & hip replacement surgery in a month ...

After buying some land, my dad sends me the following:
"As I understand, the EPA has gotten into the act and you just cannot
put in a septic system in any more."
Is this for real?  We are talking about rural Texas, outside of a

I have the opportunity to purchase a 3 year old Lincoln Ranger 8
welder/generator with 600 hours.  Apparently, the unit worked well for
3 years.  However, while powering a refrigerator and some lamps, it
ran out of gas.  When it was filled up and re-started, there was no

My latest propane tank fill-up cost $1.79 a gallon in Southwest Washington.
How does this compare to other places?
Louise

... it seems we 'merkins are being forced, kicking, screaming, whining
and groaning, to revisit the Scopes "Monkey Trial" by a faction
determined to impose their will on our kids' textbooks.
IE, down with Darwin and up with Genesis. T'hell with science: those be

Noted a nice "hawk-like" bird tearing apart a jackrabbit at my place
late this morning.
I got within probably 20 feet before I decided not to approach any
closer.

My well water is extremely high in calcium (I haven't tested it in a few
years, so I'm not sure of the amount, other than "a lot").  It's clear, odor
free and tastes great.  I am using a small particulate filter now that has
little effect.

I dont have a line fence around my whole property.
There is either electric fence around my livestock or nothing along
adjoining crop fields.  I have NO HUNTING signs at the entrances but I
got hunters coming onto my land from all angles.  In fact I just

Well, the weather has finally turned to crap, so I have been putting
away my tools.  I have been letting the tanks run dry on all my small
engines and fogging the cylinders, except for the generator, that just
got a test run last weekend.  It's interesting that there are summer

What is the best ISP deal these days.  I've been paying Earthlink
$21.95
I'm leaning toward peoplepc or netzero at about $10/month.  My concern
is whether they provide news access or somehow manage to spam my