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    Disability

    Bless you, raro. :hugs
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    The xXx Gloom & Doom Report

    I'll never fill the shoes of the former posters of this thread, but I'll add this: * This week we passed the $15,000,000,000,000 debt limt. :hit * I had to start buying eggs a few months ago, after my hens stopped laying. Two weeks ago, the brand I buy was $2.28/doz; this week they're...
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    Hello from NC

    Oh, don't get me started!!! The red dust that gets sucked in from the furnace/ac & then everything in the house is covered with it....I've never lived anywhere so dusty in my life. And it's impossible to get out of laundry, bleach doesn't touch it! As for the mud, before we put in the brick...
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    Hello from NC

    You ain't jokin'. That's why we only have 5 fruit trees; it takes HOURS to dig holes in the yard (DH & I trading turns with the pick-ax). :he
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    Hello from NC

    If your soil is anything like ours (i.e., rocks & clay), I would suggest doing the raised-bed thing. Made all the difference in the world for us. :D
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    Emergency Communications...

    Uhhhh...I think I'd have to take a class. Or "HAM for Dummies". :/
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    Emergency Communications...

    Welcome! :frow I've thought about this for years...an old boyfriend tried to get me interested, but I could never get the hang of Morse Code. :tongue But I hear now it's not required... :D
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    Ultimate DIY guy?

    Welcome! :frow
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    Scented vinegar for laundry

    DON'T REMIND ME, FC! :tongue ;)
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    Scented vinegar for laundry

    D'OH!!!! I just washed clothes this morning, wished I'd read this post first! Pooh!! :/
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    Hi from Twentynine Palms in the high desert of CA

    Welcome!! :frow I think we have a couple other desert-dwellers here, they may be able to give you some tips! :)
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    Duker17.....Got Goats!!! Pics Added

    Welcome! :frow
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    FDA taking our power away (LONG POST)

    That. :clap
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    Hello From Roxboro, NC

    Cool!! Maybe one day we can all get together for a SS cookout! ;)
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    Hello From Roxboro, NC

    Yay, another Tarheel! Welcome from Zebulon! :frow
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    Hello from NC

    Welcome from just east of Raleigh! :frow
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    Anyone hand wash their clothes?

    I think I posted about that several pages back. I saw the plunger-thingie in the Emergency Essentials catalog last year, thought, "Hmmm...that thing looks like a plunger...", went to the Dollar General & bought a plunger for $1, & used it with a clean 5 gal bucket. I thought it worked fine, not...
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    Acorns used for making flour

    For those of you who watch the Discovery Channel, there was an episode this year on "Man Woman Wild" where they made acorn "pancakes." Ruth gathered a bunch off the ground & ground them against a rock to make a flour. Then to rinse out the tannins, she took off her sock, stuck the flour in it...
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    WA HOO FarmerChick

    That's why I don't live in VT anymore. ;)
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    WA HOO FarmerChick

    FREEZING today!!! Yikes! And yesterday it was nice & warm. Way too early for this cold!! :tongue
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