Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / July 2006

I'm selling my Back to Basics hand crank dough mixer here:
http://search.ebay.com/back-to-basics-dough_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8

We are starting to get a LOT of ticks hereabouts (Northern Neck of VA).
Today, I killed three ticks with a small white spot in the middle of their
back:  one on the couch (via the dog, I think), one "looking for lunch" on
my daughter, and one in her hair just starting to settle down ...

I have had a problem with moles around my barn, but lately it's gotten
out of control.  Possibly because of the dry spell we are having.  The
walk in door to my barn office is like a landmine outside the door,
Huge mounds and holes.  I had some flat rocks there for a step, and

I am building an outdoor kitchen and wish to use a very (1920's) gas
kitchen stove.  i need to convert it to propane.  Is it just a matter
of installing a regulator.

I don't know if Company stores are doing this but McDonald's Franchises,
in this area are advertising for Illegal workers.
In order to get American citizenship you must be able to use English.
When they advertise for workers in Mexican,  you know they are wanting

Time to take a break and see something very amusing.
An extremely funny De Walt Powerdrill commercial. Absolutely cracks me
up :
http://www.jumpingpixels.com/humor14.html

From The Washington Post, 7/24/06:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/07/24/BL2006072400458.htm
l?nav=rss_opinions
An Imminent Threat (to the Constitution)
By Dan Froomkin

I'm putting up a new barn/shop building.  Should I do
anything to the concrete floor before I "move in"?

A while back me and my neighbor had trees knocked down by a tornado.
They had someone come out to look over the trees.  I haven't heard back
yet but he said they paid one third of the money they got from the mill
and paid the landowner after they were paid.

http://naturalfamilyhome.com/phpBB2/index.php is looking for members for its
forum. It has been inactive for a few months and I would like to get it
started again.
I am also looking for a site admin to oversee the management of the board

Link to photos showing how the battlefield looked before superintendent John
Latschar raped it.
http://users.snip.net/~hart/
We loved Gettysburg: took dozens of week-long trips, spent many thousands of

So here I am in Md., a State once known for great tomatoes, in a
country that was the world's breadbasket, and the tomatoes I buy today
are from .... Canada!!!  The Great White North.
True, the tomatoes are greenhouse but they are surprisingly good, damn

Attention Farmers:
If you are having a drought and your crops are drying up, there is a
solution.  
DRINK BEER.  Drinks lots of beer, then run out to your crop field and

David
Have just found out that Himself has been negotiating to get rid of
our own rabbits.
Apparently our local Pastures Protection Board  will get calicivirus