Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / January 2006

I have a few private roads on my property that I am going to name.
What's the coolest names you've seen for road names? I.e. English
Muffin Way or for our zoo here their address is "1 Wild Place"
Sam

..............Israel's bitches?
It would appear so.

   A duck is setting on a nest which she made on the float
at the end of a finger on a dock where I have a boat. When
I noticed her there I knew I'd be taking the boat in and out,
and it would scare her off the nest. So I got some black

I am thinking of getting satelite tv and was curious about something. I
don't want to put the dish on my house, but wanted to put it on an old
telephone pole aways from the house. Does the dish itself need to have
electricity connected to it (i.e. is it plugged into an outlet) or ...

The Mouse Trap
Subject: TAIL TELLING STORY  A story with a Moral  read it all to get
the best point of the story.
A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife

On applications for employment i listed FFA (future farmers of america).
I get various reactions.  But what I don't understand is that a lot of
people smirk or laugh at me being a member.   I have considered not
telling others that i was a member.

Several of my neighbors have had their property insurance cancelled lately; others have mentioned large premium price increases (up to 60%). I think they have really tightened up their rating scale so that many more people fall into Class 9. We live in the Georgia farmland ...

Apparently enough people bought stoves in my general area that pellets are
in short supply.  And when they do come in, they're almost twice the cost
they were.  It seems quite a few switched from a regular wood stove to a
pellet stove for the convenience ... then sold the old stove. ...

I have a few more questions, please. This is in rural Illinois. We live
near a medium size river. Years ago the river was "straightened" out to (to
the best of my knowledge as the process took place in 1920-30's) prevent
flooding and provide more tillable acreage. this left a very ...

what is the difference in definition and in connotation, between a
"lamp" and a "lantern"?

Just wondering if anyone out there enjoys Rural Free Delivery TV on either
dishnet or Diretv or the free Ku feeds?
Hard to beleive that in this wonderfull world of technology and information,
so little of it is used for actual information and so much devoted to the

We live down in the Ozarks and have a major problem.
Seems we have a fire bug running loose and they are setting all sorts
of fires.  Earlier this week they burned an empty house real close to
us.  Week before they started a small forest fire.  And we are so dry

having just bought a Malamute pup, 14 months old, & getting
ready for some mushing training (both of us <g>), i *need*
good boots, both summer & winter types.
at this point i have a pair of Muck books for barn chores & a

Hi folks - Anyone have any experience/knowledge with/of the
Czechoslovakian made "ZETOR 4340" tractor?  I bought one in 1998 and so
far - at close to 1,000 hrs. - it has worked well for me - only a few
minor problems - due to my not having learned something important -

Sheldon Harper <sharper@nonsense.com> wrote in
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