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Cool Guyon. I have seen the bacon presses in the farm home stores many times, but never got one.
 
I found a cheap woodland Alice yesterday so I finally got my Hellcat put together. I think I am going to like it a lot. Need to try it out soon.
 
Psyop said:
I found a cheap woodland Alice yesterday so I finally got my Hellcat put together. I think I am going to like it a lot. Need to try it out soon.
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I want to cobble one together. I have 3 or 4 Alice packs floating around, but haven't scrounged up a frame yet.

Psy, I saw this and thought you might appreciate it...
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james terrio said:
We plant okra in our gardens because my wife and her Mom really enjoy it, and it's really easy to grow/store a lot of it. Ang has cooked it for me every way she knows how, and I tried to like it, I really did, because I'm told it has lots of vitamins and fiber.... But bleeecch :barf: . You can have my share.

In other news, over the next few days it's gonna be like Christmas at the Terrio Compound... got Ang's hammock, a cast iron dutch oven and some other fun stuff coming in for next weekend's camping trip. Bought our fishing licenses online last night.
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Man ill happily eat your share of okra :D

And sounds like Ang is going to have a great Xmas in the summer :)

My son slept in my hammock last night. When i woke him and tried to take him to his bed around 3AM he said "daddy i want one of the swing beds too" LMAO

GSO1962 said:
About the only way I like okra is in gumbo. Fried okra has the "potential" to be good, but I've only actually had good tasting fried okra in one restaurant (Green's Sausage House, Zabcikville, TX)...everywhere else it's sort of tough and chewy. Green's okra actually melts in your mouth. Their regular onion rings are terrible though (made from minced onion); beer battered rings are slices of onion, and are good.
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Ill eat it anyway it comes.

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Not addressed at me, but....

Growing up near St. Louis, I found that folks I met (in the Army) from New England thought I was a southern redneck. Folks from Georgia, Alabama, etc, considered me a "Damn Yankee." I think "Midwestern" would be the most accurate description...expect now I'm a Texican...with some midwestern leanings. For example, I do use the term "coke" to describe all kinds of "soda." Nor do I call it "pop" like my Minnesota-born former mother-in-law.
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Calling Pepsi a "coke" is almost a federal crime in my house. Pepsi > Coke.
james terrio said:
I'll eat olives - black or green - by the handful if you put them in front of me. Love 'em!
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Same here. I save all my pepper juices from my jars of Jalapenos and soak green olives, cauliflower, onions and other veggies in jalapeno juice. Yummy snack.


james terrio said:
I do see the point of the tiny house thing that's all the rage lately, but... I lived in a really cramped "efficiency" apt for a couple years after I got out of school. The thrill wore off pretty quick ;) It was definitely a money-saver, though. Makes sense for a getaway cabin or hunting shack, but to live in fulltime? Nope, not for me. I'm from WI, dudez... I know guys with ice-fishing shanties 2 or 3 times that size :D
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LMAO!! Yea i have lived in some REALLY small rooms and places, hell i lived in a regular 4 door car with no back seat (for more room) for months... I also Lived in a rv for a while, someones garage with outdoor bathroom, a walk-in closet that i made a small room, and more..... I have had my share of cramped spaces..... BUT... I have also been homeless sleeping on the ground in the woods and only eating what i could catch or find.... Ill take one of them tiny houses over no house at all any day of the week LOL

LeeBower said:
I'm thinking a get away cabin on the ranch, with one of those underground gardens I posted on fb.. cheap labor abounds here.. :)
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Underground garden? Im not a big facebook person but that sounds cool.

spikebot587 said:
Man I love okra anyway you make it, fried, baked, boiled, pickled, absolutely delicious IMO
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GSO1962 said:
I'll stand in front of the fridge with the door open and eat them out of the jar with my fingers....
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These 2 guys have the right idea.....

The only normal things i dont like is Mayo and avocado.
 
I think the whole tiny house thing is just the normal rebounding from the 5000 squarefoot + monstrosities that people were living in with just 2 people for a while there during the "manufactured" housing boom. By the way I mean the Boom that was manufactured, and not the housing. I think people are finally realizing that the level of excess that most people strive to achieve is just as insane as filling your house with old magazines. Bigger bigger bigger, more more more, has turned into a compulsion in this country. Thankfully, it seems like at least some people are waking up to that reality. I couldnt be really comfortable in a 150 square foot home with my wife and kid, BUT I also dont need a mansion. !000 square feet of well planned out space is actually quite nice, even for a family.
 
Silverthorn said:
I think the whole tiny house thing is just the normal rebounding from the 5000 squarefoot + monstrosities that people were living in with just 2 people for a while there during the "manufactured" housing boom. By the way I mean the Boom that was manufactured, and not the housing. I think people are finally realizing that the level of excess that most people strive to achieve is just as insane as filling your house with old magazines. Bigger bigger bigger, more more more, has turned into a compulsion in this country. Thankfully, it seems like at least some people are waking up to that reality. I couldnt be really comfortable in a 150 square foot home with my wife and kid, BUT I also dont need a mansion. !000 square feet of well planned out space is actually quite nice, even for a family.
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well said, my wife and I had a 2300+ sq. foot, 4 bedroom house and it was a pain in the butt to keep clean and maintain.. we got to where we didn't even use the upstairs at all, just paid to heat and cool it. I don't think I could live in a super tiny house, but the house I grew up in was like 1100 sq feet and it was very comfortable..
 
Silverthorn said:
I think the whole tiny house thing is just the normal rebounding from the 5000 squarefoot + monstrosities that people were living in with just 2 people for a while there during the "manufactured" housing boom. By the way I mean the Boom that was manufactured, and not the housing. I think people are finally realizing that the level of excess that most people strive to achieve is just as insane as filling your house with old magazines. Bigger bigger bigger, more more more, has turned into a compulsion in this country. Thankfully, it seems like at least some people are waking up to that reality. I couldnt be really comfortable in a 150 square foot home with my wife and kid, BUT I also dont need a mansion. !000 square feet of well planned out space is actually quite nice, even for a family.
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Exactly. There's a subdivision a few miles from me, that has very costly homes. The people purchasing them, have such a large house payment, that they can't even afford furniture for them. It's ridiculous. Storage units are popping up all over the place where I live. It's an eye sore. People renting out storage units, to put the stuff in they never use to begin with. Makes no sense. It's gotten out of hand. We're all guilty of it.
 
Totally agree about the $500k- $1million McMansions with 7 vehicles including a boat/motorcycle/couple snowmobiles you use maybe a couple times a year... look how many people lost everything when they got caught up in that craze over the last 2 or 3 decades. Too many people want to live like Tony Soprano on an Archie Bunker income. Couple months out of work or a major medical/emergency expense, and BLAMMO! ...you're totally screwed.

Frankly, it's a little bit hard to feel sorry for them. I mean hey, if you really are a multi-millionaire, go for it. But most of those folks are in debt way over their heads and will never get out from under it. It's crazy.

Somewhere in the middle of the huge ostentatious place and the tiny home is where it's at for us. Even our basic split-level ranch is bigger than we really need. If we ever to do move out to the country, we'll spend our money on less house and more land.

Also it will not have stairs. The older we get the less our knees and backs like stairs...
 
big pod of dolphin playing around this ship this morning. very cool. Man, can they jump!
 
My apartment in Oak Park was 550 Sq ft. It was more than enough for me, and even some company. I have an idea in my head, I guess it's actually more like 200 Sq ft footprint, two story (double the space) with half of the upstairs being a balcony.
 
spikebot587 said:
Just got an email from Godspeed, said he's shipping my sheath out tomorrow, can't wait!
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Thats great news. I seen he is currently banned from the forum here because of issues with several customers but hopefully everything is finally getting situated with him. He does do some excellent work.
 
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