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Post by trailboss on Aug 23, 2021 19:02:19 GMT -5
We need a kickstarter campaign.
You all start ponying up about $100 a month apiece and I can be the globe trotting Goodwill ambassador for the forum.
It will in turn, pay huge dividends for you all as I share my stories in a thread...it will be like you were there without having to leave the comfort of your recliner.
I see that as a win-win for everyone!
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Post by bonanzadriver on Aug 23, 2021 20:57:59 GMT -5
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Post by buzz on Aug 23, 2021 22:33:46 GMT -5
You live in a beautiful place. Indeed!! |
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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 24, 2021 3:31:35 GMT -5
Paddy, I'm betting you took those pictures. Beautiful part of the world. I did indeed. It's been great to revive my love for photography lately. Weddings sucked the life out of them for me. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 24, 2021 3:34:29 GMT -5
I also love all the wide open spaces so many of you have. We have to cram everything into a very small space over in Ireland.
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Post by Lews Therin Kinslayer on Aug 24, 2021 4:16:44 GMT -5
I also love all the wide open spaces so many of you have. We have to cram everything into a very small space over in Ireland. Come hike the highlands with me. We'll set up camp early and decide which scotch pairs best with the blends we bring. I was an infantryman, so I don't mind sleeping rough, especially with a belly full of Laphroaig. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 24, 2021 6:14:11 GMT -5
I also love all the wide open spaces so many of you have. We have to cram everything into a very small space over in Ireland. Come hike the highlands with me. We'll set up camp early and decide which scotch pairs best with the blends we bring. I was an infantryman, so I don't mind sleeping rough, especially with a belly full of Laphroaig. I'll bring a caravan. |
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Post by instymp on Aug 24, 2021 7:19:55 GMT -5
Paddy, I'm betting you took those pictures. Beautiful part of the world. I did indeed. It's been great to revive my love for photography lately. Weddings sucked the life out of them for me. Great shots! Great thread.
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Post by simnettpratt on Aug 24, 2021 13:52:39 GMT -5
For you Yanks, if you didn't know, he means one of these:  ![]() |
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Post by Gandalf on Aug 24, 2021 16:17:20 GMT -5
Central Illinois. Illinois farmland covers 27 million acres - about 75 percent of the state's total land area. Mainly corn and soybeans. I had fun with this one. Shot these with my phone this afternoon. Soybeans (and corn) as far as the eye can seen.  Most soybeans grow ~18 - 24". These are easily 3' tall.  And corn.  I'm 6' 1" tall.  And some sunflowers.   And hay.   |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 24, 2021 16:21:58 GMT -5
For you Yanks, if you didn't know, he means one of these: ![]() I I was picturing this. I've seen these all over Ireland.
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 24, 2021 16:40:54 GMT -5
Gandalf, I hear that you can pick up several hundred pounds of good fertilizer in Chicago most Mondays. 😜🤠
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Post by Gandalf on Aug 24, 2021 17:26:49 GMT -5
Gandalf, I hear that you can pick up several hundred pounds of good fertilizer in Chicago most Mondays. 😜🤠 But it's contaminated with lead. |
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Post by toshtego on Aug 24, 2021 17:30:39 GMT -5
For you Yanks, if you didn't know, he means one of these: ![]() I I was picturing this. I've seen these all over Ireland. Tinkers!! |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 24, 2021 19:31:12 GMT -5
Gandalf, I hear that you can pick up several hundred pounds of good fertilizer in Chicago most Mondays. 😜🤠 But it's contaminated with lead. 😮😮👍👍 |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 24, 2021 19:31:38 GMT -5
I was picturing this. I've seen these all over Ireland. Tinkers!! Damn! |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 24, 2021 23:44:26 GMT -5
Not many grand views of the horizon, but we think it's beautiful here. Lots of lakes, ponds, creeks, swamps, low wooded hills, huge ranches, small farms, tiny cabins and shacks. Pretty country! I like the Court House. WHen you hang a man, give him a trial in a nice building so he remembers his last hours. There have been no legal hangings since 1895 in Cass County. There have been several illegal hangings that didn't have anything to do with the courthouse, but that's another story and I'm pretty sure that all that's behind us. Race relations seem pretty good these days, as far as I can tell. But you never really know what evil lurks in the hearts of men. People suck. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 25, 2021 4:41:15 GMT -5
For you Yanks, if you didn't know, he means one of these: ![]() What would other people be thinking? |
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Post by simnettpratt on Aug 25, 2021 6:50:52 GMT -5
They would call that a trailer. A camping trailer, and wouldn't know what we meant by 'caravan'. Now that you say it, I'm not entirely sure what they thought a caravan was. I think older folk are more likely to know what we Brits mean when we say caravan; no telling what a twenty-year old would think.
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 25, 2021 9:46:34 GMT -5
For you Yanks, if you didn't know, he means one of these: ![]() What would other people be thinking?
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Post by oldcajun123 on Aug 25, 2021 10:17:49 GMT -5
postimg.cc/gallery/0mCMsRV Hope this works, bank featured found a body in vent that had been there for over 50 yrs, Mardi Grais, and cast netting for shrimp. No mountains, flat land. 
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Post by Lews Therin Kinslayer on Aug 25, 2021 11:08:37 GMT -5
postimg.cc/gallery/0mCMsRV Hope this works, bank featured found a body in vent that had been there for over 50 yrs, Mardi Grais, and cast netting for shrimp. No mountains, flat land. Oh that reminds me of growing up on the Gulf Coast. Flat, hot, swampy. Riding dirtbikes along the bayou, sneaking grandma's cigarettes to smoke behind Piggly Wiggly. |
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Post by fadingdaylight on Aug 27, 2021 9:42:13 GMT -5
Well, I got a new phone and can't get into Imgur, but I was going to post a picture of a Dodge Caravan for laughs.
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Post by darktater on Aug 27, 2021 9:50:11 GMT -5
bonanzadriver, I lived in one of the studio apartments on that street the summer after high school. Good times! I'm now about 1 1/2 hours away (other side of Charlotte). |
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Post by Plainsman on Aug 29, 2021 9:08:11 GMT -5
Yes, that's a county road. Road 105 I think it is, AKA "the mail road." I haven't seen a 2WD pick-up in many years.  |
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Post by toshtego on Aug 29, 2021 9:41:27 GMT -5
Yes, that's a county road. Road 105 I think it is, AKA "the mail road." I haven't seen a 2WD pick-up in many years. We gottem many county roads like that here. Impassible in Spring following thaw and in summer during Monsoon season. 4 wheel drive helps but not a guarantee of success. |
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Post by Plainsman on Aug 29, 2021 10:06:38 GMT -5
Sand is better when wet.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Aug 29, 2021 11:07:40 GMT -5
Beautiful pics of the local places...cute lil sleeping trailer, too.
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Post by bonanzadriver on Aug 29, 2021 20:30:28 GMT -5
Hmmm....  ? Ima kinda thinkin sand is better in a bunker or on the beach!    |
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Post by Plainsman on Aug 29, 2021 22:13:54 GMT -5
Hmmm.... ? Ima kinda thinkin sand is better in a bunker or on the beach! If you have to drive on it, wet sand is better than dry sand. |
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