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smalltownman

Posted 9:23 am, 01/14/2024

I feel our weather is stuck in an endless loop; two days sunshine one day precipitation, rinse repeat for past four weeks and currently in the fifth week what with a chance of snow Tuesday.

smalltownman

Posted 1:00 pm, 01/01/2024

goodess, how did I overlook naming you amongst our usual suspects on here?

Old Dixie Dog

Posted 10:15 am, 01/01/2024

May 2024 bring the joy of a new beginning to all ! Happy New Year smalltownman!

smalltownman

Posted 9:17 am, 01/01/2024

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Bugaboo, lightningkat, Angrykid, Old Dixie Dog and the rest of the crew.

smalltownman

Posted 5:51 pm, 12/26/2023

I'm a day late, but Merry Christmas, I hope it was all you wanted it to be.

Old Dixie Dog

Posted 4:22 pm, 12/02/2023

Small town man, It is a little sad that we have lost a lot of things that were so darn good! Boy would a fresh cake of crackling corn bread taste good.

smalltownman

Posted 4:10 pm, 12/02/2023

There was a lady and her family that supplied half our community with all things pig. Sadly when she died the family more or less decided it was too much trouble to keep up the tradition and now the closest I can get to fresh sausage is what I buy from IGA. And as for fresh liver pudding, cracklings and lard I haven't found any yet.

And you're right O D D, biscuits made with lard are the best biscuits anybody could hope to eat.

Old Dixie Dog

Posted 1:21 pm, 12/02/2023

I doubt that very few people on here know what a fresh cracklin is. It is hog killing time, so stick an ad on the classified. Possibly some of the local butcher shops. Folks just don't render out lard this day and time. It's a shame because when used as a shortening it produces a taste that is second to none.


1goddess

Posted 9:28 am, 12/02/2023

All I know is that maple wood smoked sausage I had along with breakfast supper last night was rather tasty!!!


Sorry smalltownman, can't help ya with the cracklins!!! Good luck!

smalltownman

Posted 9:16 am, 12/02/2023

Law, they have a thread about pigs and hogs and now I'm craving fresh cracklings; anybody know where I can get any?

smalltownman

Posted 8:35 am, 11/18/2023

Between the smoke drifting down from the wildfires in the mountains and the dust from lack of rain my sinuses have been going crazy! Please Lord, send us a slow, steady rain for a day or two.

1goddess

Posted 9:27 pm, 11/08/2023

my car is soooo dusty I can't even see what color it is...and I just washed it last week

smalltownman

Posted 6:55 pm, 11/08/2023

This mild weather is spoiling us but Lord, if you wouldn't mind, we could use a day or so of a nice soaking rain. My grass is burnt and my trees would appreciate a long, slow drink of water.

smalltownman

Posted 8:21 pm, 10/27/2023

I think we've all enjoyed the weather this week, but like most folks I'm not looking forward to the forecast for next week.

smalltownman

Posted 6:49 pm, 10/15/2023

I'm waiting for that to happen O. D. D., since my supposed retirement I've been as busy if not busier than I was when I worked full time.
But it's all good, most of what was keeping me so busy is behind me.

Old Dixie Dog

Posted 10:58 am, 10/15/2023

Congrats smalltownman ! Enjoy every single day of your retirement.

smalltownman

Posted 11:25 pm, 10/14/2023

It seems like everybody and their cousins had the same idea as me today.
With the rain and dreary weather I thought I'd be slick and miss the crowds at the Autumn Leaves Festival this morning.
WRONG, I think half the Triad had the same idea as it was as crowded as it would have been on a clear day.

antithesis

Posted 1:59 pm, 10/04/2023

Congrats!! That's awesome!

I'm still a ways from retirement. I have a goal of having a certain amount of money in my portfolio, and once I hit that number then I can safely retire and live that life of leisure, too

If things stay on course, I'll be able to retire at 60... maybe a little earlier.

smalltownman

Posted 1:25 pm, 10/04/2023

Thanks to my union pension I am now a retired man of leisure well before my Social Security maximum benefit age.

smalltownman

Posted 9:23 pm, 09/18/2023

I think we could get used to this but I'm sure Mother Nature has another hot flash or four up her sleeve.

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