Jim Morrison

I feel your pain, every piece of land I have looked at for sale over the last twenty years has trash on it. Why people trash up their land is inconceivable to me. One thing I have learned, if there is trash on the ground, there is probably trash buried beneath the surface too somewhere.

Mark Master wrote:I have a coppicing question, but in the other direction...

Every year I cut the trees that grow around the foundation of the buildings, and and every year they come back.  Sometimes I cut many times a year and sometimes only once, but that doesen't seem to matter.  I've been unwittingly coppicing without knowing that's what it was called!  How do you stop a tree from re-growing when it is where you don't want it, up against a building?

Cut it off at ground level when the moon is in the 4th qtr. and in a barren sign. Then put caustic lime on the stump.

Barren signs are :
Aries
Gemini
Leo (preferred)
Virgo
Sagittarius
Aquarius

One thing I have learned in my lifetime is if you cut a tree down during the first or second quarter of the moon and the moon being in a fruitful sign, it it much more likely to sprout back quicker.
Fruitful signs are Taurus, Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces.  
The first and second quarter is the two week period from the new moon to the full moon.

Not starving....yet
have not been completely taken over by our Chicom overlords....yet
have a few friends
not broke
not homeless
the antics and innocence of small children, dogs, and young calves
brushy fencerows
vermiculture
those that are militant composters and recyclers
studded snow tires
service stations (not convenience stores)
older country music (pre mid 80's)
fall colors
rotational grazing
Barco silt loam soils
down to earth people
saucy Greek, Italian, and Latina women
a good chiropractor
pasta, gyros, ribeye's, bacon, ice cream, taco's, fried zucchini, crab legs
big fluffy snowflakes coming down so thick you cannot see past 40 feet in front of you
a stringer full of bluegills and perch on a hot summers evening  
good neighbors
people with common sense
AM radio stations
photosynthesis
the nitrogen cycle
Swiss Army pocket knife and old Western knives
lever action rifles
Ruger and S&W revolvers
Jeeps
compact cars with manual transmissions






 

Has a smile more than a frown.
Wears flannel shirts when it's cold and looks saucy while wearing them regardless of body type.
Like to plant/grow things.
Likes to quilt/sew.
Likes to cook & can.
Likes to fish.
Good sense of humor and can be witty.
Takes care of animals/is nurturing with animals.
Is a militant recycler/does not waste anything.
Is intelligent and fun to talk to.
Thrifty.
Does not gossip nor pay any attention to it.
Does not stick her nose in others business.
Is not loud, boastful, bossy, or arrogant; but friendly and respectful to all.
Values living simply in a place to call home.
Is not in competition with anybody.
Knows how to utilize: jumper cables, jack & lug wrench, pocket knife.  
Does not spend a lot of time paying attention to social media or pop culture.

I've seen a lot of Mennonite gals that I find saucy.
Greek & Italian gals are saucy too.

Lisa Cou wrote: The programming that the media gives young people is about infidelity in marriage being a big adventure, that's a part of being "free" and successful and desirable.  It seems to indicate its ok to have intimacy before marriage or before you even get to know if you are compatible with another.    Easy access to porn for immediate satisfaction has numbed the senses like a drug causing a man to become addictive to more and no longer able to function when with a real woman.  
 

A friend of mine that is a shrink, she told me a few years ago she has as many women addicted to porn as men.  

The posts I have seen on social media sites is not from me going out of my way to look at it, it is what friends have shown me. I mentioned what a person said they were looking for on a site to use as an example, I have no idea what she looked like, I went off her description of herself and there was no picture in which to judge her by.  I have no idea about whether she is deserving or not nor do I care. The point I was making is that many people are out of touch with reality when it comes to what they think they deserve. I was also making the point that people were less arrogant, more down to earth, and less narcistic before internet and social media. I am 51 years old, so I have spent most of my life not being part of technology up until more recently. I've seen a big change in how people act and think because of the advent of social media.

The biggest thing I have noticed over the years is that since the advent of social media like Facebook and the hideous TIK TOK craze;  the longer social media has been around the more narcistic people have become. Many people have impossible demands of a potential partner; I understand people want their ideal partner and should not 'just settle' but they need to be realistic about who or what they are going to attract and be compatible with.  For instance, on a dating site a friend showed me recently; a gal that was 4ft tall/220 lbs./no teeth/and on the gov't dole/ and has a criminal record- was looking for a guy who was at least 6 ft. tall, in shape, educated, owned his own home, in an upper income earning bracket/and drives a nice car/and better learn to put up with her 'I'm a bitch and proud of it' attitude.  Just how realistic is this? Are people like this actually serious or do they just post stuff like this for the fun of it?
I do not participate in things like Facebook or Tik Tok but have seen the things people post on there, and it looks like people have gone mad. People are completely out of touch with reality.  It also seems like the longer the internet has existed, the more out of touch with reality that people are. Not enough people know how to 'be human' anymore.
I have not dated in probably twelve years or so. Most of the gals I have had relationships with have way too much baggage for me to deal with and it felt like they wanted me for a ATM machine even though they made more than me.
I have spent most of my life living pretty simple out in the country so I was one of the last people to get introduced to the internet and just recently acquired a cell phone and it looks to me like technology has changed  how people deal with others now. Things are way off kilter in human relations now. Before I got internet and way before I got a cell phone, I noticed how people got to be more arrogant and narcistic, and thought maybe something was wrong with me. But I have learned it isn't me that has the problem, it is all those who have been changed from seeing to much b.s on the net and taking part in social media and trying to conform to that b.s. world.  
Maybe if technology went down and people had to sweat and bleed for their food, maybe they would learn to 'be human' again.  

On myself: Swiss Army Knife, cash, drivers license, VA ID card, debt card.

Some people would say their phone, but I leave mine in the truck.