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Blackbird
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Under those specific situations i also say you made a good choice.
punkin
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Got the rhubarb, but still gotta get the oranges. One question though - do you think I could substitute dried apples for the Granny Smith? I probably have about 5 gallons of them and need to use them.punkin said:
MorelCabin
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Well, all I can say is this...molestation of girls is very high, molestation of boys is not too far behind it. Why would this Dale guy be inviting your dd to go fishing with him and his SON instead of your son???
I was molested three times by the family members of three different friends growing up. My sister was brutally raped repeatedly at 6 years old by her friends dad, never told anyone, and always went back to play because she really didn't know any better. We were never given the talk about 'if someone touches you' We were just niave and freindly kids.
Almost every woman you know has been molested or raped as a child...I kid you not. Many won't talk about it, but they are out there, I know they are plentiful around me, bring up the subject with women and you will hear all kinds of things you wish you hadn't.
Follow your gut on this one...everyone IS the enimy, I kid you not.
And make sure your daughter knows more than I did...watch for sudden changes in behavior...the signs are usually there.
I was molested three times by the family members of three different friends growing up. My sister was brutally raped repeatedly at 6 years old by her friends dad, never told anyone, and always went back to play because she really didn't know any better. We were never given the talk about 'if someone touches you' We were just niave and freindly kids.
Almost every woman you know has been molested or raped as a child...I kid you not. Many won't talk about it, but they are out there, I know they are plentiful around me, bring up the subject with women and you will hear all kinds of things you wish you hadn't.
Follow your gut on this one...everyone IS the enimy, I kid you not.
And make sure your daughter knows more than I did...watch for sudden changes in behavior...the signs are usually there.
reinbeau
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No, I don't believe for a second that almost every woman anyone knows has been raped or molested as a child. I never was, nor was my sister, I'm very sorry it happened to you and your sister, MC. It happens, far too frequently, but I know many women who weren't either, ever. I think it depends on where you live and the society around you. However, I do agree, a 17 year old boy shouldn't be left alone with a nine year old girl, especially if you don't know him.
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I want to thank all of you for your input, I think I am doing the right thing by not allowing her to do it.
I am off to do a show this weekend, may your holiday weekend be wonderful, cook your pork and chicken well, don't drink and drive, and please think safely.
Happy 4th!!!!
I am off to do a show this weekend, may your holiday weekend be wonderful, cook your pork and chicken well, don't drink and drive, and please think safely.
Happy 4th!!!!
lorihadams
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Happy 4th Jay!
I agree with you....wouldn't let my DD or my DS go "play" in the woods with a 17 yr old I didn't know. It is your job to protect your kids and I think you did a good job!
I agree with you....wouldn't let my DD or my DS go "play" in the woods with a 17 yr old I didn't know. It is your job to protect your kids and I think you did a good job!
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What a wonderful weekend!!
Before I start telling you about it, I wanna share with you my dinner friday night at the Gold Eagle Restaurant in Brookville PA. The place was built from an old barn, the menu wasn't very big, the table was set correct, it was very clean.
I ordered the Veal Ramono at $16.95, which was the average cost for meals on the menu. We don't go out very often, it was late, and I could feed four people on that, but it was nice having some one else cook your meal for a change.
It came with one side item, salad and drinks were extra. They didn't offer thousand island dressing, so I picked french, when she came out with my salad, she brought out some thousand island dressing the cooked whipped up. We had our salads, than she came back with a tray that had added salad goodies like olives, bacon and so forth. Than she brought out two small homemade loaves of bread, with butter and jam. The crutons were homemade...
In the past, I have eaten out enough to tell if the food is bulk buy from companys like Cisco and such. That type food can be doctored up but you can tell if the cook isn't a very good one.
So dinner was served, and it was the best meal I have ever had when eating out, in my 39 years of life. The veal was proper, the breading seasoned perfect, cooked well, sauce was perfect, DS seafood was cooked perfect, and DW prime rib had the best taste of aged meat I had ever tasted.
This place gets five stars and bar none if your within an hours drive, or pass close by in your travels, this would be a place worth going out of the way to eat. Later I found out the cook hand selects everything she serves. Because its only open from 5-9pm, her day starts at 11am doing prep work after she comes back from purchasing the fresh food for that day.
Before I start telling you about it, I wanna share with you my dinner friday night at the Gold Eagle Restaurant in Brookville PA. The place was built from an old barn, the menu wasn't very big, the table was set correct, it was very clean.
I ordered the Veal Ramono at $16.95, which was the average cost for meals on the menu. We don't go out very often, it was late, and I could feed four people on that, but it was nice having some one else cook your meal for a change.
It came with one side item, salad and drinks were extra. They didn't offer thousand island dressing, so I picked french, when she came out with my salad, she brought out some thousand island dressing the cooked whipped up. We had our salads, than she came back with a tray that had added salad goodies like olives, bacon and so forth. Than she brought out two small homemade loaves of bread, with butter and jam. The crutons were homemade...
In the past, I have eaten out enough to tell if the food is bulk buy from companys like Cisco and such. That type food can be doctored up but you can tell if the cook isn't a very good one.
So dinner was served, and it was the best meal I have ever had when eating out, in my 39 years of life. The veal was proper, the breading seasoned perfect, cooked well, sauce was perfect, DS seafood was cooked perfect, and DW prime rib had the best taste of aged meat I had ever tasted.
This place gets five stars and bar none if your within an hours drive, or pass close by in your travels, this would be a place worth going out of the way to eat. Later I found out the cook hand selects everything she serves. Because its only open from 5-9pm, her day starts at 11am doing prep work after she comes back from purchasing the fresh food for that day.
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What a wonderful weekend!! Part two... Long winded but an awsome read!!!
Do you like to shop at flea markets? How about big ones, where the same vendors are there each time its open? I want to tell you about the SS life of a "flea" or modern day Gypsy.
I want to take your focus off some of the import and junk vendors as well as away from general stuff vendors for a moment and talk about crafters.
These are different types of vendors, and there is a "fllea" underground of sorts amoungest these vendors. Like a Gypsy, some of these people do nothing but buy in the winter, travel from show to show in the summer. Some have solar showers hooked to their vans, propane stoves to cook canned goods, and spend the evenings together talking like a family. They also look out for each other and their goods. There is no judgement about how big you are or how much you sell, its a right of passage obtained by not only doing every show in say one location, but how you treat the traveling fleas.
Obtaining a good sales spot is the first sign that the traveling fleas have excepted you as a constant vendor, and selling goods that brings people in each month. Its also important to not sell the same things as seasoned fleas. There is a level of respect that seasoned fleas must be treated, as their travels can sometimes be hard, rain or shine these folks are out selling their goods.
Often, I leave each night, and return the following morning to open my booth. On Sunday mornings I am known to bring in a hot meal and coffee for the seasoned fleas that have stayed overnight and have kept an eye out for my stuff. They will come over to get their food/coffee, and we eat together and chat about recent shows or what they have seen new. For me, the ideas they offer me, product line and or shows is priceless. Often a few will help me open my booth as time was spent eating and talking and they understand I need to get my booth open. For some of them its the first hot meal they have had in days that wasn't from a can.
These fleas are the ones that stick together and help each other because they know and understand how tough it is to live the lives they have chosen.
My first show I had one table, no tent and the sun was hot. As soon as I had made enough money to buy a tent from a tent vendor, the seasoned fleas came over and help me set it up. I showed up the following month set up again, telling some of the seasoned fleas (which I had no clue of the underground relationships that seasoned fleas had) how much I enjoyed doing the shows. The third month, the directer of the flea market gave me my permant spot near the food area, the most common traveled area, not only for food but also an area located near the two front entrances.
This area is also an area where the most seasoned/respected fleas are located. The directers job is to keep bringing people back and needs to have good trusted vendors selling good items that people will come back and buy again.
At these shows, my most popular item is my one of a kind quality fire pit rings, sold at reasonable prices. When word spread amoung the campers in Cooks forest of these unique highly sought after fire pit rings, folks would go to the flea market office and ask where my booth was, of course the directer would tell them.
I missed Mays show because of my tooth problem, the directer came to me yesterday and said several people came there looking for me last month on both days. He was aware of my tooth problem, and asked me to make sure I attended as many shows as I could because it was bringing people in.
The count of folks coming in this slow holiday weekend was around 80k, 4th weekend is always slow. On an average weekend the crowds are 80k-140k and that is a lot of folks.
I know that some of you reading have done shows and understand what I am talking about. I wanted to share this with you other folks, and remind you to visit the many crafters booths first, even if you find a like item cheaper made in china, go back and buy from that crafter. Your supporting the fleas SS way of living, I know I might be preaching to the choir here, but I just wanted to say it.
Here is what my booth looks like when I do shows.
Another, see some of the crafted things at the bottom of photo by another crafter.
Do you like to shop at flea markets? How about big ones, where the same vendors are there each time its open? I want to tell you about the SS life of a "flea" or modern day Gypsy.
I want to take your focus off some of the import and junk vendors as well as away from general stuff vendors for a moment and talk about crafters.
These are different types of vendors, and there is a "fllea" underground of sorts amoungest these vendors. Like a Gypsy, some of these people do nothing but buy in the winter, travel from show to show in the summer. Some have solar showers hooked to their vans, propane stoves to cook canned goods, and spend the evenings together talking like a family. They also look out for each other and their goods. There is no judgement about how big you are or how much you sell, its a right of passage obtained by not only doing every show in say one location, but how you treat the traveling fleas.
Obtaining a good sales spot is the first sign that the traveling fleas have excepted you as a constant vendor, and selling goods that brings people in each month. Its also important to not sell the same things as seasoned fleas. There is a level of respect that seasoned fleas must be treated, as their travels can sometimes be hard, rain or shine these folks are out selling their goods.
Often, I leave each night, and return the following morning to open my booth. On Sunday mornings I am known to bring in a hot meal and coffee for the seasoned fleas that have stayed overnight and have kept an eye out for my stuff. They will come over to get their food/coffee, and we eat together and chat about recent shows or what they have seen new. For me, the ideas they offer me, product line and or shows is priceless. Often a few will help me open my booth as time was spent eating and talking and they understand I need to get my booth open. For some of them its the first hot meal they have had in days that wasn't from a can.
These fleas are the ones that stick together and help each other because they know and understand how tough it is to live the lives they have chosen.
My first show I had one table, no tent and the sun was hot. As soon as I had made enough money to buy a tent from a tent vendor, the seasoned fleas came over and help me set it up. I showed up the following month set up again, telling some of the seasoned fleas (which I had no clue of the underground relationships that seasoned fleas had) how much I enjoyed doing the shows. The third month, the directer of the flea market gave me my permant spot near the food area, the most common traveled area, not only for food but also an area located near the two front entrances.
This area is also an area where the most seasoned/respected fleas are located. The directers job is to keep bringing people back and needs to have good trusted vendors selling good items that people will come back and buy again.
At these shows, my most popular item is my one of a kind quality fire pit rings, sold at reasonable prices. When word spread amoung the campers in Cooks forest of these unique highly sought after fire pit rings, folks would go to the flea market office and ask where my booth was, of course the directer would tell them.
I missed Mays show because of my tooth problem, the directer came to me yesterday and said several people came there looking for me last month on both days. He was aware of my tooth problem, and asked me to make sure I attended as many shows as I could because it was bringing people in.
The count of folks coming in this slow holiday weekend was around 80k, 4th weekend is always slow. On an average weekend the crowds are 80k-140k and that is a lot of folks.
I know that some of you reading have done shows and understand what I am talking about. I wanted to share this with you other folks, and remind you to visit the many crafters booths first, even if you find a like item cheaper made in china, go back and buy from that crafter. Your supporting the fleas SS way of living, I know I might be preaching to the choir here, but I just wanted to say it.
Here is what my booth looks like when I do shows.
Another, see some of the crafted things at the bottom of photo by another crafter.
punkin
Don't Quote Me
I would definitely stop at your booth. Your items are unique and look to be quite stunning (even at that distance). 
