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We are having BBQ of pork spareribs, deer sausage, chicken and assorted grilled veggies. Potato salad and a creole tomato, onion, cucumber salad.

Swimming in the pool and playing horse shoes.

I will proably shoot off a few rounds into the pond with The Judge.

Then listening and watching the neighbors shoot fireworks..
 
BBQ ribs and enjoying the family company (kids and grandkids) Hank William Jr. Beer and Whiskey. No fireworks we under a severe red-flag warning, 18% humidity with 20mph winds gusting to 35mph with temps hovering 88deg and with campers up in the mountains we getting nervous. At 4am it was 70deg (bad news) USFS put another tanker on the property Monday.
 
Well, we did a lot of stuff around the house, and then just wanted a nice grilled dinner at home. Some steak, some bacon wrapped shrimp, corn on the cob, and some green beans (with onions and bacon).

Our boy got off work around 6pm, so had dinner ready then. His sister worked till close (about 10pm), and their roommate was at home. We made enough for all though, so she'd be able to box hers up, and take a box to their roommate as well.

Sadly, in my rapid appreciation for the great food, I started woofing it down without chewing enough, and ended up getting stuck, and then going to the ER for the next four hours, for them to get it out. That wasn't so fun. And this is likely how I will die in the apocalypse. Choking on food thanks to my smaller esophagus.

On the bright side though, the next few days of eating soup will likely help me lose more weight....
 
robinjopo said:
How far away was the parade? Isn't town an all day trip?
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Our nearest town is 20 miles away, population 500. This time of year it only takes about 35-45 minutes to drive to town, depending on how many cows are on the road. The trip to town lasted much longer than the parade.
The all day trip is when I take the wife to the airport, or go to Tractor Supply.
 
listen to the money being wasted on fireworks by the neighbors
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If we're actually hanging around with friends, it's worth it, and a lot of fun, but these days, we don't just because of the horses. (even though they are pretty bomb-proof). The neighbors' ones are far enough not to bother them, but if we did them, they'd likely get antsy.
 
Arcticdude said:
Our nearest town is 20 miles away, population 500. This time of year it only takes about 35-45 minutes to drive to town, depending on how many cows are on the road. The trip to town lasted much longer than the parade.
The all day trip is when I take the wife to the airport, or go to Tractor Supply.
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Sounds wonderful
 
Gazrok said:
Well, we did a lot of stuff around the house, and then just wanted a nice grilled dinner at home. Some steak, some bacon wrapped shrimp, corn on the cob, and some green beans (with onions and bacon).

Our boy got off work around 6pm, so had dinner ready then. His sister worked till close (about 10pm), and their roommate was at home. We made enough for all though, so she'd be able to box hers up, and take a box to their roommate as well.

Sadly, in my rapid appreciation for the great food, I started woofing it down without chewing enough, and ended up getting stuck, and then going to the ER for the next four hours, for them to get it out. That wasn't so fun. And this is likely how I will die in the apocalypse. Choking on food thanks to my smaller esophagus.

On the bright side though, the next few days of eating soup will likely help me lose more weight....
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Gazrok about 2 weeks ago in was eating a raw sweet potato and didn't chew properly and it wedged in my throat. I tried to drink water to push it down and the water would come back up. I text my daughter and said This is it. I'm dying from a stupid sweet potato. Finally after lots of swallowing, it finally unlodged.

I am much more careful now. Sweet potato doesn't dissolve like ice.
 
Gazrok said:
If we're actually hanging around with friends, it's worth it, and a lot of fun, but these days, we don't just because of the horses. (even though they are pretty bomb-proof). The neighbors' ones are far enough not to bother them, but if we did them, they'd likely get antsy.
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that is your opinion,as for me I see fireworks as a waste of money,,estimated sales to the public $675mil take a look at the numbers for yourself ,

https://www.google.com/search?q=ann...ome..69i57.22841j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
 
Last year the neighbor did fireworks and unfortunately their drive is right up to my front gate and of course that is where they would light them. My poor goats went crazy. . . Even trying to climb walls. I ended up having to go sit in the barn with them to keep them as calm as I could. Thankfully the dad had to go to work the next day and gets up early so no fireworks. My hubby and I had to get up at 4:45 for him to go to work which means I go to bed at the same time as he does. The goat with the broken leg still is in the playpen at the foot of the bed. Next tues will be week 5 . Hunny walks past and she jumps out. . Twice last night. Get in bed and he forgot to take his meds so I had to go stand by her so he could get to the bathroom. Tiff does not like hunny and will cry if I'm not in there. Next week she is going out to the isolation pen.
 
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Maverick said:
Last time I purchased fireworks were when the kids were small, I'm not into fireworks or the display of them but I am into the flag decorations and BBQs. Ok, call me a boring sourpuss, least my money were wasted on alcohol, will sort of, I was even cheap on that. :-/
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My husband made up for all alcohol consumption. Not but yesterday, but on Tuesday night. Found him "asleep" by the pool.
 
Lots of people vacation at the lake the week of the 4th so we have some fireworks every night for about a week. My Lab and Golden were so scared, but they are both gone now. My two now just go to sleep. Mom's little rat dog stays in her lap trembling.
 
Thundershirts can help.

As for the money, at the time, we could afford to easily blow about $200 on some good fireworks. And we'd have about a dozen people all hanging out together, so we thought it was worth it. We also made sure we did it safely (and not surrounded by neighbors who weren't into it).

These days, I agree, not worth the money to us (NOW), but was then. I suspect others are in the same boat.
 
We actually stocked up on even more booze, but never got to it due to my little emergency room trip. Oh well, there are more weekends. We rarely even drink, so we always have a fully stocked hard liquor bar, bottles and bottles of wine, etc. These were more fun, cooler style drinks I got for this. (at least the kids (in their 20's) got some of it...lol.
 
I still have wine left over from the wedding last October. I used to drink champagne. I really liked it. :) then a few years ago, I just decided I didn't want to drink any more.
 
Yeah, we drink like once a month at home. Or for a holiday. Maybe some wine if we have a dinner with friends. We're both big on sweet, not dry ones.

Had a friend in the biz, and he often gave us free (expensive) wines. But, my favorite is still $5 a bottle Verde wine. (Seriously, try it if you like sweet ones. Everyone who has, has absolutely loved it).

A branch of the family even makes wine (with our surname). We get a bottle for each year we're married. I've totally filled my wine rack about twice over now, so really need to get a different solution for it.

Will probably become a good trade item post SHTF.
 
Gazrok said:
What else is in this "town"? (besides the Tractor Supply)... That is tiny!
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Tractor Supply is about 3 hours south of here and in another state. In our town we have 2 cafes, a pizza place, 2 bars, 2 gas stations, grocery store, feed store and a sawmill. Graduating class this year was 14 kids. We don't have any fast food restaurants or "Dollar" stores here either. We also have little to no crime, no traffic lights in the entire county and zero refugees have been "relsettled" here.
 
Arcticdude said:
Tractor Supply is about 3 hours south of here and in another state. In our town we have 2 cafes, a pizza place, 2 bars, 2 gas stations, grocery store, feed store and a sawmill. Graduating class this year was 14 kids. We don't have any fast food restaurants or "Dollar" stores here either. We also have little to no crime, no traffic lights in the entire county and zero refugees have been "relsettled" here.
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Love it
 
robinjopo said:
Lots of people vacation at the lake the week of the 4th so we have some fireworks every night for about a week. My Lab and Golden were so scared, but they are both gone now. My two now just go to sleep. Mom's little rat dog stays in her lap trembling.
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I don’t think my dog knew anything. She just slept right through the whole thing.
 
Hey Paul and Silent Earth, just wondering if you guys are heading out to London Pride today. I see lots of colorful rainbow pictures on Twitter.

Talk about scary. It would be a giant target for some of the new residents. I would be terrified to participate if I were gay.
 
I like our town...Plant City. It's still small (by normal city standards), with everything basically being either in the very small "downtown", or along (2) main streets.

But, we've got at least we've got a movie theater (whose prices are from like 5 years ago), a WalMart, a Tractor Supply, and at least one of nearly every fast food chain, and a couple of grocery stores. At a nearby exit, we have a nice little cluster of places (Applebee's, Outback, Starbucks, Carrabas). We have a nice little cluster of more retail spots too, like Michael's, Ross,
 
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