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[releventchair]

I recently did a poll on another forum about keeping/removing Confederate monuments.

90.9% voted in favor of keeping them, while 9.1% were in favor of removal.

Of the 90.9%, 90% were Southerners, but of the 9.1% who voted against the monuments were 100% Northerners.

So I posted the results, with the note, See they're at it again! There isn't any Civil War monuments up North, no battlefields, no nothing! If you ask a Northerner about the war, they'll say "the Civil What?" It is obvious that they're back to their old habits of buttin' in down south and telling us what we can have and can't have. These are our monuments, our battlefields, our heroes. Stop letting the yank poke his head in and letting him tell us what we can and can't do again!

I think I'm gonna get in trouble with the mods again.

This Yankee don't run around with a big eraser trying to blot out history.

There are monuments to those in the Civil War here. The buried are acknowledged for starters.
I'm not going to search for bronze plaques on boulders and such ,and no statues come to mind.
Cannon exist but again , I don't study from what war.

Statues/monuments follow wars.
Often community inspired and funded.
They are reminders of the past today. But most were acknowledgement of participation ,and often sacrifice , of an era that cost the community.

Today we have gold stars ,blue stars ,yellow ribbons.
To service members families , the opinion of others regarding war ,or a given wars cause mean much less in their perspectives.
Whats done is done. No sense trying to erase it. And to those who lost family members to a given cause ,they are not going to forget anyways.

We have a statue near of a middle East soldier. Some idiot stole items off it and was dealt with when found out.
The statue represents loss ,service ,what was and is real.
A visual reminder that people go to war. But not all return to see what they left to do so. And more ,not all those who return can ever see their hometowns ,or the world;the same.

No one has to like the war. That's not why it's /he's there.

 

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[releventchair]

Went outside for a smoke, blue sky's, and crisp air. Let the chickens out. And thought to myself, Idahodutch, you just made some new friends here, you might be stepping on toes. I have been enjoying the thread with all of you mateys. . . don't want you to send Toecutter to visit me

I'd wager Toecutter would enjoy a visit. Get him off that flat farmland checkerboard awhile.
(Pick me up on the way Toecutter!)

First noticed Robin of the year in the yard this mornin.

 

[Idahodutch]

I will say that I have a hard time about the flak over civil war monuments.
I've always felt it's part of who we are, north and south. Seems like a silly thing to take offense to old monuments.
I don't know anybody personally that takes offense to those monuments. To me, it seems more like a few noise makers with fake news support. . . . I say 'seems'

 

[bill from lachine]

Idahodutch,

Good morning.

 

[Idahodutch]

Idahodutch,

Good morning.

Morning Bill, morning everyone.

I'm liking it so far

 

[Idahodutch]

I'd wager Toecutter would enjoy a visit. Get him off that flat farmland checkerboard awhile.
(Pick me up on the way Toecutter!)

First noticed Robin of the year in the yard this mornin.

Spring is very appealing here, unless you want the water activities, then summer is plenty hot for that. Usually at least a couple of snows in the winter preceded by some rain in fall.
It does get windy. Fist garden got blown about pretty heavily. I didn't have things fortified enough.
All are welcome, but please don't change it.

Revelentchair, give me a heads up tho if Toecutter is bringing his clippers, I'll be sure not to be wearing flipflops

 

[RustyRelics]

67 degrees today, me thinks I'll swing the detector around for a bit.

 

[RustyRelics]

 

[Idahodutch]

Spring is very appealing here, unless you want the water activities, then summer is plenty hot for that. Usually at least a couple of snows in the winter preceded by some rain in fall.
It does get windy. Fist garden got blown about pretty heavily. I didn't have things fortified enough.
All are welcome, but please don't change it.

Revelentchair, give me a heads up tho if Toecutter is bringing his clippers, I'll be sure not to be wearing flipflops

I should warn you though, in the area of southern Idaho where we are, it's called Treasure Valley.

I have a poor back condition, basically bone on bone . . 2" shorter now. Very painful, but now that it has gotten to be bone on bone, nerve oblations are going to maybe get me out exploring and detecting the area. They did test injections to make sure the oblations Will work. That was a few days, of almost pain free, in comparison. It's been a while since I have been able to get around like that. Hurting now, but oblations are next week. We are excited about it.

 

[releventchair]

Spring is very appealing here, unless you want the water activities, then summer is plenty hot for that. Usually at least a couple of snows in the winter preceded by some rain in fall.
It does get windy. Fist garden got blown about pretty heavily. I didn't have things fortified enough.
All are welcome, but please don't change it.

Revelentchair, give me a heads up tho if Toecutter is bringing his clippers, I'll be sure not to be wearing flipflops

A friend visited a company in Idaho and was intrigued with the terrain and critters.
Elbow room to hunt and fish stood out.

If we go metal detecting , we'll need to make sure Toecutter has a rubber shovel...

 

[releventchair]

I should warn you though, in the area of southern Idaho where we are, it's called Treasure Valley.

I have a poor back condition, basically bone on bone . . 2" shorter now. Very painful, but now that it has gotten to be bone on bone, nerve oblations are going to maybe get me out exploring and detecting the area. They did test injections to make sure the oblations Will work. That was a few days, of almost pain free, in comparison. It's been a while since I have been able to get around like that. Hurting now, but oblations are next week. We are excited about it.

I've wished to be able to stop nerve pain.
Terminated ones seem to get worse with time.

Your back though ,that's another deal all together.
Without seriously well developed and maintained back muscles and stomach muscles ,what supports your spine? And age and pain has probably not encouraging you to be decathlon ready.

Be careful friend ,should pain relief efforts succeed a little. Don't want to make your condition worse.
Only haul a few pounds of gold at a time....

 

[Doubter in MD]

Tom Hanks is infected!

 

[Idahodutch]

A friend visited a company in Idaho and was intrigued with the terrain and critters.
Elbow room to hunt and fish stood out.

If we go metal detecting , we'll need to make sure Toecutter has a rubber shovel...

good one ☝️

 

[Idahodutch]

I've wished to be able to stop nerve pain.
Terminated ones seem to get worse with time.

Your back though ,that's another deal all together.
Without seriously well developed and maintained back muscles and stomach muscles ,what supports your spine? And age and pain has probably not encouraging you to be decathlon ready.

Be careful friend ,should pain relief efforts succeed a little. Don't want to make your condition worse.
Only haul a few pounds of gold at a time....

Amen brother. I was fortunate in that because of working construction, I still have strong enough core to hold. Just not long periods at a time. Gets tired and doesn't hold as well. Som muscle soreness after the few days of lot less pain, so need to go slowly.

 

[releventchair]

Amen brother. I was fortunate in that because of working construction, I still have strong enough core to hold. Just not long periods at a time. Gets tired and doesn't hold as well. Som muscle soreness after the few days of lot less pain, so need to go slowly.

Might have to retire from bear wrestling too. Or at least hold out for real young cubs....

 

[Idahodutch]

Amen brother. I was fortunate in that because of working construction, I still have strong enough core to hold. Just not long periods at a time. Gets tired and doesn't hold as well. Som muscle soreness after the few days of lot less pain, so need to go slowly.

They told me yesterday, that because the test shots worked so well, that the relief from oblating would be on the better side also. The nerves heal after time, so usually at least a year and for some, it ic an be up to two years. Self pay is about 1/3 the cost vs using insurance.
Every year or two, it's about $2700, so, bad, but not terrible.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Good morning Doubter in MD, fear not he'll recover. Too much bad press if he didn't finish filming, plus a pay cut!

Maybe steel toed boots if Toecutter is in charge of the shovel?

 

[Msbeepbeep]

I've seen robins almost every morning for the past week or two. But I haven't seen or heard the flocks of Canadian geese headed north. Maybe we should put out an APB for them? Or maybe they're taking the scenic route.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Hmmm..., today is the first day of the census...lol! At least we'll all be home!

 

[releventchair]

I've seen robins almost every morning for the past week or two. But I haven't seen or heard the flocks of Canadian geese headed north. Maybe we should put out an APB for them? Or maybe they're taking the scenic route.

The geese (or similar ones) from last weeks arrival are on muskrat houses /mounds out in the wet /muck area of a pasture down the road. They'll nest on those high spots.

Went by a large shallow pond (small lake?) on the backway to the gas station yesterday and half of it was ice free.
Could see a couple turtles sunning on a log already.

Still waiting on the spring peepers to start their chorus.
All things in time....