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How do you prepare for the Winter months ?
I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself again.
My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on Lake Sam Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group that live where it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. Since you are snowed in quite often and cant get out .. how much planning ahead do you have to do in order to survive the cold snowy days of winter.. I myself live out in the woods and about 50 miles from the nearest big grocery store..and I still run out of major food supplies. Granted...I don't get snow here but do have to plan ahead to some extent because stores are few and far between. Anyone care to respond ? Just curious .. Lynn |
How do you prepare for the Winter months ?
Lynette Hebert said...
> I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself > again. My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on > Lake Sam Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group > that live where it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. Since > you are snowed in quite often and cant get out .. how much planning > ahead do you have to do in order to survive the cold snowy days of > winter.. I myself live out in the woods and about 50 miles from the > nearest big grocery store..and I still run out of major food supplies. > Granted...I don't get snow here but do have to plan ahead to some > extent because stores are few and far between. Anyone care to respond > ? Just curious .. > Lynn Lynn, I'm in the woods of Pennsylvania near Philly. I'm only about 1/2 mile from the closest 7/11 and 2 miles to the nearest supermarket. In a power outtage, and roads are impassible, the generator powers a space heater, a few low watt lamps, small george forman grill and presto multi-cooker for meals, cell phone charger, TV and laptop. Battery operated flashlights and all-band radio scanners. I just move into the kitchen/family room and close the doors to the rest of the house. I've lived in there a handful of days. There's a fireplace in the kitchen too so that's always nice and cozy, especially in the dark. I've slept in the La-Z-Boy recliner countless times. Sleep better in it usually than in bed, as it gently rocks while reclined. Otherwise I don't eat differently during wintertime. Andy |
How do you prepare for the Winter months ?
Lynette Hebert wrote: > I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself again. > My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on Lake Sam > Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group that live where > it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. Since you are snowed in > quite often and cant get out .. how much planning ahead do you have to do in > order to survive the cold snowy days of winter.. I myself live out in the > woods and about 50 miles from the nearest big grocery store..and I still run > out of major food supplies. Granted...I don't get snow here but do have to > plan ahead to some extent because stores are few and far between. Anyone > care to respond ? Just curious .. I'm not quite sure what you're getting at but I keep stocked up the same all year, winter and summer... even if it's a nice spring day and it's only four miles to the closest market I really don't want to drive into town special for like a sack of sugar. Running out of food stuff has notihng to do with anything other than poor planning/poor shopping skills... I'm guessing but in East Texas it's got to be the pits to run out of beer... imagine how all them rednecks for 50 miless would talk if a neighbor popped in and you had no beer. LOL What I do is use a reminder list.... most all major stupidmarket chains have a web site where you can print out an extensive list of food and non-food items, hundreds or items filling like six printed pages, with check boxes next to each item... I keep the list handy in my kitchen on a clipboard with a pencil and a stack of blank paper (I don't write on the printed store list, I use it to peruse through on shopping day as a reminder, and from that I add to my shopping list. Whenever I see I'm running low on something I immediately add it to my shopping list (I don't wait to run out). When it gets close to shopping day I sift through the current store circulars and add things I need/want to my list as well. Even with all my preparations I still manage to miss items. but rarely anything so important that I can't make do without... I keep enough cat food and litter to last a year and I always have a spare liter of vodka stashed way in the back of my freezer... don't need no stinkin' generator! LOL. Sheldon |
How do you prepare for the Winter months ?
"Sheldon" > wrote in message ups.com... > > Lynette Hebert wrote: >> I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself >> again. >> My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on Lake Sam >> Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group that live >> where >> it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. Since you are snowed in >> quite often and cant get out .. how much planning ahead do you have to do >> in >> order to survive the cold snowy days of winter.. I myself live out in the >> woods and about 50 miles from the nearest big grocery store..and I still >> run >> out of major food supplies. Granted...I don't get snow here but do have >> to >> plan ahead to some extent because stores are few and far between. Anyone >> care to respond ? Just curious .. > > > I'm not quite sure what you're getting at but I keep stocked up the > same all year, winter and summer... even if it's a nice spring day and > it's only four miles to the closest market I really don't want to drive > into town special for like a sack of sugar. Running out of food stuff > has notihng to do with anything other than poor planning/poor shopping > skills... I'm guessing but in East Texas it's got to be the pits to run > out of beer... imagine how all them rednecks for 50 miless would talk > if a neighbor popped in and you had no beer. LOL > > What I do is use a reminder list.... most all major stupidmarket chains > have a web site where you can print out an extensive list of food and > non-food items, hundreds or items filling like six printed pages, with > check boxes next to each item... I keep the list handy in my kitchen on > a clipboard with a pencil and a stack of blank paper (I don't write on > the printed store list, I use it to peruse through on shopping day as a > reminder, and from that I add to my shopping list. Whenever I see I'm > running low on something I immediately add it to my shopping list (I > don't wait to run out). When it gets close to shopping day I sift > through the current store circulars and add things I need/want to my > list as well. Even with all my preparations I still manage to miss > items. but rarely anything so important that I can't make do without... > I keep enough cat food and litter to last a year and I always have a > spare liter of vodka stashed way in the back of my freezer... don't > need no stinkin' generator! LOL. > > Sheldon Thanks for your response. I was not getting at anything . Just curious on how people in snow covered areas prepares the household for the snowed in days of winter. Being the person that you just came off to me as being ..I am taking it that you live alone ( no wonder ). People with families to feed have a little bit more than cat food and liter to buy. Your insult about beer was way out of line. All the counties surrounding and including mine are dry counties..and as far as rednecks are concerned... at least we have decent human morals and with the help of God we try to understand people like you who thrive on cutting each and every thing or person down. I don't see a whole lot of post from you ..what I do see is when someone does post you seem to just jump right in there and make some smart remarks. Are you that lonely and that unhappy that you cant respond to post unless you can down-grade what people say or talk about.. I pity you Sheldon. Really I do ! |
How do you prepare for the Winter months ?
Lynette Hebert wrote: > "Sheldon" > wrote in message > ups.com... > > > > Lynette Hebert wrote: > >> I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself > >> again. > >> My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on Lake Sam > >> Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group that live > >> where > >> it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. Since you are snowed in > >> quite often and cant get out .. how much planning ahead do you have to do > >> in > >> order to survive the cold snowy days of winter.. I myself live out in the > >> woods and about 50 miles from the nearest big grocery store..and I still > >> run > >> out of major food supplies. Granted...I don't get snow here but do have > >> to > >> plan ahead to some extent because stores are few and far between. Anyone > >> care to respond ? Just curious .. > > > > > > I'm not quite sure what you're getting at but I keep stocked up the > > same all year, winter and summer... even if it's a nice spring day and > > it's only four miles to the closest market I really don't want to drive > > into town special for like a sack of sugar. Running out of food stuff > > has notihng to do with anything other than poor planning/poor shopping > > skills... I'm guessing but in East Texas it's got to be the pits to run > > out of beer... imagine how all them rednecks for 50 miless would talk > > if a neighbor popped in and you had no beer. LOL > > > > What I do is use a reminder list.... most all major stupidmarket chains > > have a web site where you can print out an extensive list of food and > > non-food items, hundreds or items filling like six printed pages, with > > check boxes next to each item... I keep the list handy in my kitchen on > > a clipboard with a pencil and a stack of blank paper (I don't write on > > the printed store list, I use it to peruse through on shopping day as a > > reminder, and from that I add to my shopping list. Whenever I see I'm > > running low on something I immediately add it to my shopping list (I > > don't wait to run out). When it gets close to shopping day I sift > > through the current store circulars and add things I need/want to my > > list as well. Even with all my preparations I still manage to miss > > items. but rarely anything so important that I can't make do without... > > I keep enough cat food and litter to last a year and I always have a > > spare liter of vodka stashed way in the back of my freezer... don't > > need no stinkin' generator! LOL. > > > > Sheldon > > Thanks for your response. I was not getting at anything . Just curious on > how people in snow covered areas prepares the household for the snowed in > days of winter. > Being the person that you just came off to me as being ..I am taking it > that you live alone ( no wonder ). People with families to feed have a > little bit more than cat food and liter to buy. Your insult about beer was > way out of line. All the counties surrounding and including mine are dry > counties..and as far as rednecks are concerned... at least we have decent > human morals and with the help of God we try to understand people like you > who thrive on cutting each and every thing or person down. I don't see a > whole lot of post from you ..what I do see is when someone does post you > seem to just jump right in there and make some smart remarks. Are you that > lonely and that unhappy that you cant respond to post unless you can > down-grade what people say or talk about.. I pity you Sheldon. Really I do ! **** god... there is no god... if it weren't for your kind of radical bible thumping imbeciles the world would be at peace and I could turn on the news and hear about a cure for cancer instead of all about yoose god fearin' terrorists. Texas is no different from Iraq, even looks the same.... why don't you stock up on matches and pillow cases for your cross burnings. |
How do you prepare for the Winter months ?
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How do you prepare for the Winter months ?
"Sheldon" > wrote in message ups.com... > > Lynette Hebert wrote: >> "Sheldon" > wrote in message >> ups.com... >> > >> > Lynette Hebert wrote: >> >> I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself >> >> again. >> >> My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on Lake Sam >> >> Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group that live >> >> where >> >> it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. Since you are snowed >> >> in >> >> quite often and cant get out .. how much planning ahead do you have to >> >> do >> >> in >> >> order to survive the cold snowy days of winter.. I myself live out in >> >> the >> >> woods and about 50 miles from the nearest big grocery store..and I >> >> still >> >> run >> >> out of major food supplies. Granted...I don't get snow here but do >> >> have >> >> to >> >> plan ahead to some extent because stores are few and far between. >> >> Anyone >> >> care to respond ? Just curious .. >> > >> > >> > I'm not quite sure what you're getting at but I keep stocked up the >> > same all year, winter and summer... even if it's a nice spring day and >> > it's only four miles to the closest market I really don't want to drive >> > into town special for like a sack of sugar. Running out of food stuff >> > has notihng to do with anything other than poor planning/poor shopping >> > skills... I'm guessing but in East Texas it's got to be the pits to run >> > out of beer... imagine how all them rednecks for 50 miless would talk >> > if a neighbor popped in and you had no beer. LOL >> > >> > What I do is use a reminder list.... most all major stupidmarket chains >> > have a web site where you can print out an extensive list of food and >> > non-food items, hundreds or items filling like six printed pages, with >> > check boxes next to each item... I keep the list handy in my kitchen on >> > a clipboard with a pencil and a stack of blank paper (I don't write on >> > the printed store list, I use it to peruse through on shopping day as a >> > reminder, and from that I add to my shopping list. Whenever I see I'm >> > running low on something I immediately add it to my shopping list (I >> > don't wait to run out). When it gets close to shopping day I sift >> > through the current store circulars and add things I need/want to my >> > list as well. Even with all my preparations I still manage to miss >> > items. but rarely anything so important that I can't make do without... >> > I keep enough cat food and litter to last a year and I always have a >> > spare liter of vodka stashed way in the back of my freezer... don't >> > need no stinkin' generator! LOL. >> > >> > Sheldon >> >> Thanks for your response. I was not getting at anything . Just curious >> on >> how people in snow covered areas prepares the household for the snowed in >> days of winter. >> Being the person that you just came off to me as being ..I am taking it >> that you live alone ( no wonder ). People with families to feed have a >> little bit more than cat food and liter to buy. Your insult about beer >> was >> way out of line. All the counties surrounding and including mine are dry >> counties..and as far as rednecks are concerned... at least we have decent >> human morals and with the help of God we try to understand people like >> you >> who thrive on cutting each and every thing or person down. I don't see a >> whole lot of post from you ..what I do see is when someone does post you >> seem to just jump right in there and make some smart remarks. Are you >> that >> lonely and that unhappy that you cant respond to post unless you can >> down-grade what people say or talk about.. I pity you Sheldon. Really I >> do ! > > **** god... there is no god... if it weren't for your kind of radical > bible thumping imbeciles the world would be at peace and I could turn > on the news and hear about a cure for cancer instead of all about yoose > god fearin' terrorists. Texas is no different from Iraq, even looks > the same.... why don't you stock up on matches and pillow cases for > your cross burnings. > I just bet you are the type that abuses your wife, children and anyone around you..You are abusing me and I haven't done anything to you. |
How do you prepare for the Winter months ?
Lynette Hebert wrote:
> I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself > again. My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on > Lake Sam Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group > that live where it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. > Since you are snowed in quite often and cant get out .. how much > planning ahead do you have to do in order to survive the cold snowy > days of winter.. I myself live out in the woods and about 50 miles > from the nearest big grocery store..and I still run out of major food > supplies. Granted...I don't get snow here but do have to plan ahead > to some extent because stores are few and far between. Anyone care to > respond ? Just curious .. Lynn In Minneapolis and the rest of the Twin Cities metro, buses almost always keep running when it snows -- though sometimes rather slowly. Some cars also run -- but there are usually some people who take the bus because their cars aren't running (or are buried under snow). There's a convenience store about a block from me. A couple of supermarkets are within easy (usually) hiking distance. -- Dan Goodman All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies. John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Scottish writer, physician. Journal http://dsgood.livejournal.com Links http://del.icio.us/dsgood Blog http://dsgood.googlepages.com |
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" > **** god... there is no god... if it weren't for your kind of radical > bible thumping imbeciles the world would be at peace and I could turn > on the news and hear about a cure for cancer instead of all about yoose > god fearin' terrorists. Texas is no different from Iraq, even looks > the same.... why don't you stock up on matches and pillow cases for > your cross burnings. > One thing I know for sure is that you don't want to get these Rednecks here in East Texas riled up...I know there is not that many if any here in this group...but word does have a way of spreading itself around so maybe you should keep your religious comments to yourself. |
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"Lynette Hebert" > wrote in message
... > > Thanks for your response. I was not getting at anything . Just curious on > how people in snow covered areas prepares the household for the snowed in > days of winter. Here (upstate NY), the plows are out on the roads BEFORE things get out of hand. In 25 years, there've only been 2 times when travel became absurd. One was an ice storm, the other was snow falling faster than the plows could handle. And, I'm talking about two plows simultaneously clearing a 5 miles stretch of highway, with all 3 blades down on each truck. |
How do you prepare for the Winter months ?
Oh pshaw, on Mon 16 Oct 2006 11:21:07a, Lynette Hebert meant to say...
> > "Sheldon" > wrote in message > ups.com... >> >> Lynette Hebert wrote: >>> "Sheldon" > wrote in message >>> ups.com... >>> > >>> > Lynette Hebert wrote: >>> >> I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself >>> >> again. My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on >>> >> Lake Sam Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group >>> >> that live where it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. >>> >> Since you are snowed in quite often and cant get out .. how much >>> >> planning ahead do you have to do in order to survive the cold >>> >> snowy days of winter.. I myself live out in the woods and about 50 >>> >> miles from the nearest big grocery store..and I still run out of >>> >> major food supplies. Granted...I don't get snow here but do have >>> >> to plan ahead to some extent because stores are few and far >>> >> between. Anyone care to respond ? Just curious .. >>> > >>> > >>> > I'm not quite sure what you're getting at but I keep stocked up the >>> > same all year, winter and summer... even if it's a nice spring day >>> > and it's only four miles to the closest market I really don't want >>> > to drive into town special for like a sack of sugar. Running out of >>> > food stuff has notihng to do with anything other than poor >>> > planning/poor shopping skills... I'm guessing but in East Texas it's >>> > got to be the pits to run out of beer... imagine how all them >>> > rednecks for 50 miless would talk if a neighbor popped in and you >>> > had no beer. LOL >>> > >>> > What I do is use a reminder list.... most all major stupidmarket >>> > chains have a web site where you can print out an extensive list of >>> > food and non-food items, hundreds or items filling like six printed >>> > pages, with check boxes next to each item... I keep the list handy >>> > in my kitchen on a clipboard with a pencil and a stack of blank >>> > paper (I don't write on the printed store list, I use it to peruse >>> > through on shopping day as a reminder, and from that I add to my >>> > shopping list. Whenever I see I'm running low on something I >>> > immediately add it to my shopping list (I don't wait to run out). >>> > When it gets close to shopping day I sift through the current store >>> > circulars and add things I need/want to my list as well. Even with >>> > all my preparations I still manage to miss items. but rarely >>> > anything so important that I can't make do without... I keep enough >>> > cat food and litter to last a year and I always have a spare liter >>> > of vodka stashed way in the back of my freezer... don't need no >>> > stinkin' generator! LOL. >>> > >>> > Sheldon >>> >>> Thanks for your response. I was not getting at anything . Just >>> curious on >>> how people in snow covered areas prepares the household for the snowed >>> in days of winter. >>> Being the person that you just came off to me as being ..I am taking >>> it >>> that you live alone ( no wonder ). People with families to feed have a >>> little bit more than cat food and liter to buy. Your insult about beer >>> was way out of line. All the counties surrounding and including mine >>> are dry counties..and as far as rednecks are concerned... at least we >>> have decent human morals and with the help of God we try to understand >>> people like you who thrive on cutting each and every thing or person >>> down. I don't see a whole lot of post from you ..what I do see is when >>> someone does post you seem to just jump right in there and make some >>> smart remarks. Are you that lonely and that unhappy that you cant >>> respond to post unless you can down-grade what people say or talk >>> about.. I pity you Sheldon. Really I do ! >> >> **** god... there is no god... if it weren't for your kind of radical >> bible thumping imbeciles the world would be at peace and I could turn >> on the news and hear about a cure for cancer instead of all about yoose >> god fearin' terrorists. Texas is no different from Iraq, even looks >> the same.... why don't you stock up on matches and pillow cases for >> your cross burnings. >> > > I just bet you are the type that abuses your wife, children and anyone > around you..You are abusing me and I haven't done anything to you. He takes great pleasure in doing just that. He will not stop until he is too feeble to type or dies, whichever comes first. The only things he doesn't abuse are his cats. You would be wise to put him in your killfile and forget that he exists. Take it from one who knows. Those here who support him are beyond my comprehension. -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ We don't know who discovered water, but we're pretty sure it wasn't a fish. |
How do you prepare for the Winter months ?
Oh pshaw, on Mon 16 Oct 2006 06:34:41a, Lynette Hebert meant to say...
> I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself > again. My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on Lake > Sam Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group that live > where it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. Since you are > snowed in quite often and cant get out .. how much planning ahead do you > have to do in order to survive the cold snowy days of winter.. I myself > live out in the woods and about 50 miles from the nearest big grocery > store..and I still run out of major food supplies. Granted...I don't get > snow here but do have to plan ahead to some extent because stores are > few and far between. Anyone care to respond ? Just curious .. > Lynn I spent most of my life in NE Ohio, although I now live in Arizona. We kept a freezer stocked with all things that freeze well. We kept a well- stocked pantry of canned goods and staples. Unless we were truly snowed in (which seldom lasted more than a day or two), I passed by more than one supermarket on my way to and from work each day. Buying fresh items wasn't that difficult. When we first moved to Arizona we lived at least an hour's drive to the nearest shopping area. That was actually worse, despite the weather. We kept a cooler in the trunk of the car to hold frozen and perishable items for the trip home. If it was extremely hot, we added either ice or dry ice for the return trip. -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ We don't know who discovered water, but we're pretty sure it wasn't a fish. |
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"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message 28.19... > Oh pshaw, on Mon 16 Oct 2006 11:21:07a, Lynette Hebert meant to say... > >> >> "Sheldon" > wrote in message >> ups.com... >>> >>> Lynette Hebert wrote: >>>> "Sheldon" > wrote in message >>>> ups.com... >>>> > >>>> > Lynette Hebert wrote: >>>> >> I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself >>>> >> again. My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on >>>> >> Lake Sam Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group >>>> >> that live where it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. >>>> >> Since you are snowed in quite often and cant get out .. how much >>>> >> planning ahead do you have to do in order to survive the cold >>>> >> snowy days of winter.. I myself live out in the woods and about 50 >>>> >> miles from the nearest big grocery store..and I still run out of >>>> >> major food supplies. Granted...I don't get snow here but do have >>>> >> to plan ahead to some extent because stores are few and far >>>> >> between. Anyone care to respond ? Just curious .. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > I'm not quite sure what you're getting at but I keep stocked up the >>>> > same all year, winter and summer... even if it's a nice spring day >>>> > and it's only four miles to the closest market I really don't want >>>> > to drive into town special for like a sack of sugar. Running out of >>>> > food stuff has notihng to do with anything other than poor >>>> > planning/poor shopping skills... I'm guessing but in East Texas it's >>>> > got to be the pits to run out of beer... imagine how all them >>>> > rednecks for 50 miless would talk if a neighbor popped in and you >>>> > had no beer. LOL >>>> > >>>> > What I do is use a reminder list.... most all major stupidmarket >>>> > chains have a web site where you can print out an extensive list of >>>> > food and non-food items, hundreds or items filling like six printed >>>> > pages, with check boxes next to each item... I keep the list handy >>>> > in my kitchen on a clipboard with a pencil and a stack of blank >>>> > paper (I don't write on the printed store list, I use it to peruse >>>> > through on shopping day as a reminder, and from that I add to my >>>> > shopping list. Whenever I see I'm running low on something I >>>> > immediately add it to my shopping list (I don't wait to run out). >>>> > When it gets close to shopping day I sift through the current store >>>> > circulars and add things I need/want to my list as well. Even with >>>> > all my preparations I still manage to miss items. but rarely >>>> > anything so important that I can't make do without... I keep enough >>>> > cat food and litter to last a year and I always have a spare liter >>>> > of vodka stashed way in the back of my freezer... don't need no >>>> > stinkin' generator! LOL. >>>> > >>>> > Sheldon >>>> >>>> Thanks for your response. I was not getting at anything . Just >>>> curious on >>>> how people in snow covered areas prepares the household for the snowed >>>> in days of winter. >>>> Being the person that you just came off to me as being ..I am taking >>>> it >>>> that you live alone ( no wonder ). People with families to feed have a >>>> little bit more than cat food and liter to buy. Your insult about beer >>>> was way out of line. All the counties surrounding and including mine >>>> are dry counties..and as far as rednecks are concerned... at least we >>>> have decent human morals and with the help of God we try to understand >>>> people like you who thrive on cutting each and every thing or person >>>> down. I don't see a whole lot of post from you ..what I do see is when >>>> someone does post you seem to just jump right in there and make some >>>> smart remarks. Are you that lonely and that unhappy that you cant >>>> respond to post unless you can down-grade what people say or talk >>>> about.. I pity you Sheldon. Really I do ! >>> >>> **** god... there is no god... if it weren't for your kind of radical >>> bible thumping imbeciles the world would be at peace and I could turn >>> on the news and hear about a cure for cancer instead of all about yoose >>> god fearin' terrorists. Texas is no different from Iraq, even looks >>> the same.... why don't you stock up on matches and pillow cases for >>> your cross burnings. >>> >> >> I just bet you are the type that abuses your wife, children and anyone >> around you..You are abusing me and I haven't done anything to you. > > He takes great pleasure in doing just that. He will not stop until he is > too feeble to type or dies, whichever comes first. > > The only things he doesn't abuse are his cats. > > You would be wise to put him in your killfile and forget that he exists. > Take it from one who knows. > > Those here who support him are beyond my comprehension. > > -- > Wayne Boatwright > __________________________________________________ > > We don't know who discovered water, but we're > pretty sure it wasn't a fish. > Thank you Wayne..I will do just that. I do want to thank those who did respond to my post . I am fairly new to this way of living. I lived in the city most of my life and its so hard for me to plan out grocery lists and other supplies that will last for a few weeks . I was just wondering how people that were snowed in for days and days at a time managed.. That's all I was asking.. anyway ..thanks to all who replied... Lynn |
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In Superior, WI we would get a lot of snow in the winter. I remember
6-10 foot snowdrifts from blizzards, making it very hard to get around and burying cars and even semis. The plows would keep the main roads clear, and we would just have to make our way a couple of blocks through the snow to the main road, then walk down that a couple of blocks to the store. The only part that helped was that it would drop to -50F or -60F with the wind chill, and that would freeze the snow enough so you could walk on it or just sink down a foot or so with each step. Boy does that bring back memories. I would never live too far away from a convenience market or grocery store, personally. I live outside of Nashville, TN now, but would like to move to Vermont or New Hampshire in a couple of years because I miss the snow. Lynette Hebert wrote: > I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself again. > My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on Lake Sam > Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group that live where > it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. Since you are snowed in > quite often and cant get out .. how much planning ahead do you have to do in > order to survive the cold snowy days of winter.. I myself live out in the > woods and about 50 miles from the nearest big grocery store..and I still run > out of major food supplies. Granted...I don't get snow here but do have to > plan ahead to some extent because stores are few and far between. Anyone > care to respond ? Just curious .. > Lynn |
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"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message 28.19... > Oh pshaw, on Mon 16 Oct 2006 06:34:41a, Lynette Hebert meant to say... > >> I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself >> again. My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on Lake >> Sam Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group that live >> where it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. Since you are >> snowed in quite often and cant get out .. how much planning ahead do you >> have to do in order to survive the cold snowy days of winter.. I myself >> live out in the woods and about 50 miles from the nearest big grocery >> store..and I still run out of major food supplies. Granted...I don't get >> snow here but do have to plan ahead to some extent because stores are >> few and far between. Anyone care to respond ? Just curious .. >> Lynn > > I spent most of my life in NE Ohio, although I now live in Arizona. We > kept a freezer stocked with all things that freeze well. We kept a well- > stocked pantry of canned goods and staples. Unless we were truly snowed > in > (which seldom lasted more than a day or two), I passed by more than one > supermarket on my way to and from work each day. Buying fresh items > wasn't > that difficult. > > When we first moved to Arizona we lived at least an hour's drive to the > nearest shopping area. That was actually worse, despite the weather. We > kept a cooler in the trunk of the car to hold frozen and perishable items > for the trip home. If it was extremely hot, we added either ice or dry > ice > for the return trip. > > -- > Wayne Boatwright > __________________________________________________ > > We don't know who discovered water, but we're > pretty sure it wasn't a fish. > I have to do the very same thing. Forget the ice cream .. it doesn't work well. I truly love living here on this lake and I wouldn't trade it for the city ever again but there are some things I just cant get use to doing and shopping for food is one of them. |
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One time on Usenet, "Lynette Hebert" > said:
> "Sheldon" > wrote in message > ups.com... <snip> > > **** god... there is no god... if it weren't for your kind of radical > > bible thumping imbeciles the world would be at peace and I could turn > > on the news and hear about a cure for cancer instead of all about yoose > > god fearin' terrorists. Texas is no different from Iraq, even looks > > the same.... why don't you stock up on matches and pillow cases for > > your cross burnings. > > > > I just bet you are the type that abuses your wife, children and anyone > around you..You are abusing me and I haven't done anything to you. Don't take it personally, he's just building up to a flame out. He does this every few months -- starts out reasonably helpful and polite, which degenerates into insults thinly disguised as humor. Then he stops adding "hahaha" to his rants and simply spews bile for at anyone or anything in his path. Finally, he disappears for a while, and the cycle starts again. It might be funny if it weren't so sad. Your best bet is to killfile him during this nastier phase, if not permanently... -- "Little Malice" is Jani in WA ~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~ |
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Oh pshaw, on Mon 16 Oct 2006 11:50:25a, Lynette Hebert meant to say...
> > "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message > 28.19... >> Oh pshaw, on Mon 16 Oct 2006 06:34:41a, Lynette Hebert meant to say... >> >>> I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself >>> again. My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on >>> Lake Sam Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group >>> that live where it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. Since >>> you are snowed in quite often and cant get out .. how much planning >>> ahead do you have to do in order to survive the cold snowy days of >>> winter.. I myself live out in the woods and about 50 miles from the >>> nearest big grocery store..and I still run out of major food supplies. >>> Granted...I don't get snow here but do have to plan ahead to some >>> extent because stores are few and far between. Anyone care to respond >>> ? Just curious .. >>> Lynn >> >> I spent most of my life in NE Ohio, although I now live in Arizona. We >> kept a freezer stocked with all things that freeze well. We kept a >> well- stocked pantry of canned goods and staples. Unless we were truly >> snowed in (which seldom lasted more than a day or two), I passed by >> more than one supermarket on my way to and from work each day. Buying >> fresh items wasn't that difficult. >> >> When we first moved to Arizona we lived at least an hour's drive to the >> nearest shopping area. That was actually worse, despite the weather. >> We kept a cooler in the trunk of the car to hold frozen and perishable >> items for the trip home. If it was extremely hot, we added either ice >> or dry ice for the return trip. >> >> -- >> Wayne Boatwright >> __________________________________________________ >> >> We don't know who discovered water, but we're >> pretty sure it wasn't a fish. >> > > I have to do the very same thing. Forget the ice cream .. it doesn't > work > well. I truly love living here on this lake and I wouldn't trade it for > the city ever again but there are some things I just cant get use to > doing and shopping for food is one of them. How long have you lived there, Lynette? It took me a couple of years to get used to the new routine of shopping. After that it wasn't too much of a bother. We have sinced moved closer into town, and there are five supermarkets within a ten minute drive. -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ We don't know who discovered water, but we're pretty sure it wasn't a fish. |
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"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message 28.19... > Oh pshaw, on Mon 16 Oct 2006 11:50:25a, Lynette Hebert meant to say... > >> >> "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message >> 28.19... >>> Oh pshaw, on Mon 16 Oct 2006 06:34:41a, Lynette Hebert meant to say... >>> >>>> I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself >>>> again. My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on >>>> Lake Sam Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group >>>> that live where it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. Since >>>> you are snowed in quite often and cant get out .. how much planning >>>> ahead do you have to do in order to survive the cold snowy days of >>>> winter.. I myself live out in the woods and about 50 miles from the >>>> nearest big grocery store..and I still run out of major food supplies. >>>> Granted...I don't get snow here but do have to plan ahead to some >>>> extent because stores are few and far between. Anyone care to respond >>>> ? Just curious .. >>>> Lynn >>> >>> I spent most of my life in NE Ohio, although I now live in Arizona. We >>> kept a freezer stocked with all things that freeze well. We kept a >>> well- stocked pantry of canned goods and staples. Unless we were truly >>> snowed in (which seldom lasted more than a day or two), I passed by >>> more than one supermarket on my way to and from work each day. Buying >>> fresh items wasn't that difficult. >>> >>> When we first moved to Arizona we lived at least an hour's drive to the >>> nearest shopping area. That was actually worse, despite the weather. >>> We kept a cooler in the trunk of the car to hold frozen and perishable >>> items for the trip home. If it was extremely hot, we added either ice >>> or dry ice for the return trip. >>> >>> -- >>> Wayne Boatwright >>> __________________________________________________ >>> >>> We don't know who discovered water, but we're >>> pretty sure it wasn't a fish. >>> >> >> I have to do the very same thing. Forget the ice cream .. it doesn't >> work >> well. I truly love living here on this lake and I wouldn't trade it for >> the city ever again but there are some things I just cant get use to >> doing and shopping for food is one of them. > > How long have you lived there, Lynette? It took me a couple of years to > get used to the new routine of shopping. After that it wasn't too much of > a bother. We have sinced moved closer into town, and there are five > supermarkets within a ten minute drive. > > -- > Wayne Boatwright > __________________________________________________ > > We don't know who discovered water, but we're > pretty sure it wasn't a fish. > Three years...I know I should be use to it by now . My sister and myself just starting shopping at Sams so we could buy in large quantities. I get in there and think ....I don't need all this much of this .. and I usually don't buy it...but later regret that I didn't. Thanks for your kind words.. Lynn |
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Dave said...
> The only part that helped was that it would drop > to -50F or -60F with the wind chill, and that would freeze the snow > enough so you could walk on it or just sink down a foot or so with each > step. My uphill driveway after plowing would thaw and freeze depending on the temps in the course of a day or two. Getting to the top of the driveway to fetch mail or put out the trash was dangerous, until I saw a news segment where somebody on camera was wearing golf shoes with metal kleets. BRILLIANT!!!!! I found my old golf shoes and grinded the kleet tips sharp with the dremel tool. I was able to walk up the sheet of ice driveway with every confidence of NOT falling on my ass! Andy |
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Little Malice wrote: > "Lynette Jesus Ho Hebert" said: > > "Sheldon" wrote: > > > > > **** god... there is no god... if it weren't for your kind of radical > > > bible thumping imbeciles the world would be at peace and I could turn > > > on the news and hear about a cure for cancer instead of all about yoose > > > god fearin' terrorists. Texas is no different from Iraq, even looks > > > the same.... why don't you stock up on matches and pillow cases for > > > your cross burnings. > > > > > > > I just bet you are the type that abuses your wife, children and anyone > > around you..You are abusing me and I haven't done anything to you. > > Don't take it personally, he's just building up to a flame out. > He does this every few months -- starts out reasonably helpful > and polite, which degenerates into insults thinly disguised as > humor. Then he stops adding "hahaha" to his rants and simply > spews bile for at anyone or anything in his path. Finally, he > disappears for a while, and the cycle starts again. It might > be funny if it weren't so sad. Your best bet is to killfile > him during this nastier phase, if not permanently... All this sage advice from someone who calls themself "Malice". M-W mal·ice noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin malitia, from malus bad 1 : desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another 2 : intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse synonyms MALICE , MALEVOLENCE , ILL WILL , SPITE , MALIGNITY , SPLEEN , GRUDGE mean the desire to see another experience pain, INJURY , OR DISTRESS . MALICE implies a deep-seated often unexplainable desire to see another suffer <felt no malice toward their former enemies>. MALEVOLENCE suggests a bitter persistent hatred that is likely to be expressed in malicious conduct <a look of dark malevolence>. ILL WILL implies a feeling of antipathy of limited duration <ill will provoked by a careless remark>. SPITE implies petty feelings of envy and resentment that are often expressed in small harassments <petty insults inspired by spite>. MALIGNITY implies deep passion and relentlessness <a life consumed by motiveless malignity>. SPLEEN suggests the wrathful release of latent spite or persistent malice <venting his spleen against politicians>. GRUDGE implies a harbored feeling of resentment or ill will that seeks satisfaction. --- |
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I must add, from experience, do not wear golf shoes inside the house,
you'll gouge wood and linoleum floors if the kleets are razor sharpened OR if they're dull, you'll slip and slide and land on your ass just as if you were outside on ice in your bare feet. TRUE. Andy |
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Dave Smith said...
> Andy wrote: > >> My uphill driveway after plowing would thaw and freeze depending on >> the temps in the course of a day or two. > > Take a tip from the way road crews deal with snow and ice on roads. > They spread salt on the road early in the storm, before the snow gets > pressed down, sticks to the road and freezes so that plows skip right > over top. That creates a "brine sandwich" a thin layer of salty water > that helps the plow to slip right down and lift all the snow and ice > off, and it continues to reduce freezing on the road surface. Then > they use sand for traction. The sand is mixed 6-7 parts sand to one > part salt, which stops the sand piles from freezing up. Make a bin at > the top of the driveway to make spreading easier. Dave, Thanks, but I've had it figured out for years. Sorry, no offense. Andy |
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Lynette Hebert wrote:
> I was just wondering how the people in this group that live where > it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. Since you are snowed in > quite often and cant get out .. It's not as bad as you think. Even when I lived in the mountains in New England, and we got heavy snow, the roads got plowed. As someone else said, the plows are out before it gets bad. I think the worst we ever had while I was growing up was a 24 hour wait. No, wait there was the blizzard of 78 where we got 3 or 4 feet of snow one night and we weren't allowed to go out for a couple of days, but I don't recall food ever being an issue, and I'm sure we had power. That being said, every old New England household knows to stock an extra cord of wood for the stove, and keep canned goods on the back of the shelf. We don't have a fireplace here where I live in Kansas now, so I keep a small folding camp stove, and extra fuel, candles, lamps and oil, batteries for the radio, etc. Few years ago we had one heck of an ice storm that left us with a tree on top of my car and no power for 4 days. We managed. What kind of special things do you do to get through those 100-degree-plus summers? Dawn |
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In article >,
"Lynette Hebert" > wrote: > I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself again. > My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on Lake Sam > Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group that live where > it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. Since you are snowed in > quite often and cant get out .. how much planning ahead do you have to do in > order to survive the cold snowy days of winter.. I myself live out in the > woods and about 50 miles from the nearest big grocery store..and I still run > out of major food supplies. Granted...I don't get snow here but do have to > plan ahead to some extent because stores are few and far between. Anyone > care to respond ? Just curious .. > Lynn Hi, Lynn - Minneapolis gets about 50" of snow per winter. I can't remember the last time I was "snowed in quite often and cant get out." It takes a LOT of snow to keep most people from their normal daily tasks, whether it's walking the dog or doing the weekly shopping. I plan NO differently for winter weather meals than I do for any other season of the year. It would more likely be double digit sub-zero temps that would keep me home than snowfall. I have a reliable car and good tires. I'll usually stay home if roads are known to be icy and those days aren't frequent and the ice problem is almost always solved by the next day. We spend a lot of money on keeping our streets drivable. -- -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ "Maligning an individual says more about you than the one you malign." http://web.mac.com/barbschaller; blahblahblog 10/13/2006 http://jamlady.eboard.com |
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Lynette Hebert > typed: > I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself > again. > My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on Lake > Sam > Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group that live > where > it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. What is this "snow"? Isn't that stuff just in movies and on television? <eg> BOB |
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Andy wrote: > Dave said... > > > The only part that helped was that it would drop > > to -50F or -60F with the wind chill, and that would freeze the snow > > enough so you could walk on it or just sink down a foot or so with each > > step. > > > My uphill driveway after plowing would thaw and freeze depending on the > temps in the course of a day or two. > > Getting to the top of the driveway to fetch mail or put out the trash was > dangerous, until I saw a news segment where somebody on camera was > wearing golf shoes with metal kleets. BRILLIANT!!!!! > > I found my old golf shoes and grinded the kleet tips sharp with the > dremel tool. I was able to walk up the sheet of ice driveway with every > confidence of NOT falling on my ass! They're *cleats*, and you *ground* them, not "grinded" them... ain't kleet a brand of enema? :-o You may want to consider at some point having electric heaters installed in your driveway, steep driways can be difficult to plow. And it's a good Idea to clear a drive of snow, especially a steep one, right away, even while it's still snowing, and certainly before trying to drive on it, that just stomps down the snow giving ice formation a good starting point. And if feasiable clare away any sun blocking everygreens. Get yourself a steel snow pusher type shovel.... these are the old fashioned kind I used to use to do sidewalks in Brooklyn as a kid... nothing better fro clearing blacktop driveways, the beauty of it you don't do any lifting. Sometimes I will go out after every 3-4 inches falls, much easier when I don't let it accumulate. Of course if there's a heavy snow all night them I have my behmouth plow on my tractor. I got this one, the 30" and the 18" for close in stuff, excellent: http://www.amazon.com/GARANT-30-STL-...5?ie=UTF8&s=hi Don't get the aluminum model, it's too light and you will become fatigued having to press it to the driveway... the steel one seems very heavy because it is but that extra weight is what saves you labor... remember, you don't lift, push and drag back. push and drag back. I clear a 150' drive in under an hour. Sheldon Fleet |
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"Dawn" > wrote in message ... > Lynette Hebert wrote: > >> I was just wondering how the people in this group that live where it >> snows alot buy your food for the winter time. Since you are snowed in >> quite often and cant get out .. > > It's not as bad as you think. Even when I lived in the mountains in New > England, and we got heavy snow, the roads got plowed. As someone else > said, the plows are out before it gets bad. I think the worst we ever had > while I was growing up was a 24 hour wait. No, wait there was the blizzard > of 78 where we got 3 or 4 feet of snow one night and we weren't allowed to > go out for a couple of days, but I don't recall food ever being an issue, > and I'm sure we had power. > > That being said, every old New England household knows to stock an extra > cord of wood for the stove, and keep canned goods on the back of the > shelf. We don't have a fireplace here where I live in Kansas now, so I > keep a small folding camp stove, and extra fuel, candles, lamps and oil, > batteries for the radio, etc. Few years ago we had one heck of an ice > storm that left us with a tree on top of my car and no power for 4 days. > We managed. > > What kind of special things do you do to get through those 100-degree-plus > summers? > > > > Dawn > Thanks Dawn, I cant say that I do anything special for the heat. Our electric bills are sky high .. my brothers in Houston reported electric bills as high as $800.00 for one month for a brick three bedroom home. Mine isn't quite that high but when you run air conditioning all day and night it does jump up there. If you can manage to pay the price for AC in that kind of heat then you have it made...Right now our temperature is 73 degrees F.. Its been raining all day long ... under flash flood warnings at this moment ..not to mention the tornados warnings and watches we have been under all day .. Thanks again for your reply. |
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Lynette Hebert wrote:
> " > **** god... there is no god... >> > but word does have a way of spreading > itself around so maybe you should keep your religious comments to > yourself. With all due respect, you're the one who first mentioned God: "All the counties surrounding and including mine are dry counties..and as far as rednecks are concerned... at least we have decent human morals and with the help of God we try to understand people like you". I'm not saying I believe the same as Sheldon, but I'm not saying I believe the same as you do, either. So really, you shouldn't have brought up the religious issue in the first place. Jill |
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message
. .. > Lynette Hebert wrote: >> " > **** god... there is no god... >>> >> but word does have a way of spreading >> itself around so maybe you should keep your religious comments to >> yourself. > > With all due respect, you're the one who first mentioned God: > "All the counties surrounding and including mine are dry > counties..and as far as rednecks are concerned... at least we have decent > human morals and with the help of God we try to understand people like > you". > > I'm not saying I believe the same as Sheldon, but I'm not saying I believe > the same as you do, either. So really, you shouldn't have brought up the > religious issue in the first place. > > Jill > > Also, god can't explain Sheldon. Freud, maybe. Or, Stephen King. But not god. |
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Lynette Hebert wrote:
> I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself > again. My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on > Lake Sam Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group > that live where it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. > Since you are snowed in quite often and cant get out .. how much > planning ahead do you have to do in order to survive the cold snowy > days of winter.. I myself live out in the woods and about 50 miles > from the nearest big grocery store..and I still run out of major food > supplies. Granted...I don't get snow here but do have to plan ahead > to some extent because stores are few and far between. Anyone care to > respond ? Just curious .. Lynn Doesn't snow much if at all here in west Tennessee. We do get hit with the occasional (say every decade) ice storm which makes driving a pure mess. Snow I can deal with; ice is a pain in the a**. Having said that, I always keep a supply of canned and dry goods on hand. This includes dry non-fat milk. Unless you're without power for a week most meat in the freezer will keep just fine as long as you don't open the door constantly. But really, if it's *that* cold outside you can always store your frozen goods in a cooler outside :) Cast iron cookware and a charcoal grill with a goodly supply of lump charcoal. It may not be the most comfortable way to cook in the aftermath of an ice storm but still works! Jill |
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message . .. > Lynette Hebert wrote: >> " > **** god... there is no god... >>> >> but word does have a way of spreading >> itself around so maybe you should keep your religious comments to >> yourself. > > With all due respect, you're the one who first mentioned God: > "All the counties surrounding and including mine are dry > counties..and as far as rednecks are concerned... at least we have decent > human morals and with the help of God we try to understand people like > you". > > I'm not saying I believe the same as Sheldon, but I'm not saying I believe > the same as you do, either. So really, you shouldn't have brought up the > religious issue in the first place. > > Jill Thanks Jill for your input. > Lynn > |
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Andy wrote:
> My uphill driveway after plowing would thaw and freeze depending on the > temps in the course of a day or two. Take a tip from the way road crews deal with snow and ice on roads. They spread salt on the road early in the storm, before the snow gets pressed down, sticks to the road and freezes so that plows skip right over top. That creates a "brine sandwich" a thin layer of salty water that helps the plow to slip right down and lift all the snow and ice off, and it continues to reduce freezing on the road surface. Then they use sand for traction. The sand is mixed 6-7 parts sand to one part salt, which stops the sand piles from freezing up. Make a bin at the top of the driveway to make spreading easier. > |
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"Lynette Hebert" > wrote in message ... > > "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message > 28.19... >> Oh pshaw, on Mon 16 Oct 2006 11:50:25a, Lynette Hebert meant to say... >> >>> >>> "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message >>> 28.19... >>>> Oh pshaw, on Mon 16 Oct 2006 06:34:41a, Lynette Hebert meant to >>>> say... >>>> >>>>> I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself >>>>> again. My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on >>>>> Lake Sam Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group >>>>> that live where it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. >>>>> Since >>>>> you are snowed in quite often and cant get out .. how much planning >>>>> ahead do you have to do in order to survive the cold snowy days of >>>>> winter.. I myself live out in the woods and about 50 miles from the >>>>> nearest big grocery store..and I still run out of major food >>>>> supplies. >>>>> Granted...I don't get snow here but do have to plan ahead to some >>>>> extent because stores are few and far between. Anyone care to >>>>> respond >>>>> ? Just curious .. >>>>> Lynn >>>> >>>> I spent most of my life in NE Ohio, although I now live in Arizona. >>>> We >>>> kept a freezer stocked with all things that freeze well. We kept a >>>> well- stocked pantry of canned goods and staples. Unless we were >>>> truly >>>> snowed in (which seldom lasted more than a day or two), I passed by >>>> more than one supermarket on my way to and from work each day. >>>> Buying >>>> fresh items wasn't that difficult. >>>> >>>> When we first moved to Arizona we lived at least an hour's drive to >>>> the >>>> nearest shopping area. That was actually worse, despite the weather. >>>> We kept a cooler in the trunk of the car to hold frozen and >>>> perishable >>>> items for the trip home. If it was extremely hot, we added either >>>> ice >>>> or dry ice for the return trip. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Wayne Boatwright >>>> __________________________________________________ >>>> >>>> We don't know who discovered water, but we're >>>> pretty sure it wasn't a fish. >>>> >>> >>> I have to do the very same thing. Forget the ice cream .. it doesn't >>> work >>> well. I truly love living here on this lake and I wouldn't trade it >>> for >>> the city ever again but there are some things I just cant get use to >>> doing and shopping for food is one of them. >> >> How long have you lived there, Lynette? It took me a couple of years >> to >> get used to the new routine of shopping. After that it wasn't too much >> of >> a bother. We have sinced moved closer into town, and there are five >> supermarkets within a ten minute drive. >> >> -- >> Wayne Boatwright >> __________________________________________________ >> >> We don't know who discovered water, but we're >> pretty sure it wasn't a fish. >> > > Three years...I know I should be use to it by now . My sister and > myself just starting shopping at Sams so we could buy in large > quantities. I get in there and think ....I don't need all this much of > this .. and I usually don't buy it...but later regret that I didn't. > Thanks for your kind words.. > Lynn > Take it from me it takes a while to get used to changing your shopping habits. My husband says I'm still shopping for the 40,000 when there's just the two of us now. -- My Word in FERGUS/HARLINGEN http://www.mompeagram.homestead.com/index.html |
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"MY WORD" > wrote in message ... > > > "Lynette Hebert" > wrote in message > ... >> >> "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message >> 28.19... >>> Oh pshaw, on Mon 16 Oct 2006 11:50:25a, Lynette Hebert meant to say... >>> >>>> >>>> "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message >>>> 28.19... >>>>> Oh pshaw, on Mon 16 Oct 2006 06:34:41a, Lynette Hebert meant to say... >>>>> >>>>>> I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself >>>>>> again. My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on >>>>>> Lake Sam Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group >>>>>> that live where it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. >>>>>> Since >>>>>> you are snowed in quite often and cant get out .. how much planning >>>>>> ahead do you have to do in order to survive the cold snowy days of >>>>>> winter.. I myself live out in the woods and about 50 miles from the >>>>>> nearest big grocery store..and I still run out of major food >>>>>> supplies. >>>>>> Granted...I don't get snow here but do have to plan ahead to some >>>>>> extent because stores are few and far between. Anyone care to respond >>>>>> ? Just curious .. >>>>>> Lynn >>>>> >>>>> I spent most of my life in NE Ohio, although I now live in Arizona. We >>>>> kept a freezer stocked with all things that freeze well. We kept a >>>>> well- stocked pantry of canned goods and staples. Unless we were >>>>> truly >>>>> snowed in (which seldom lasted more than a day or two), I passed by >>>>> more than one supermarket on my way to and from work each day. Buying >>>>> fresh items wasn't that difficult. >>>>> >>>>> When we first moved to Arizona we lived at least an hour's drive to >>>>> the >>>>> nearest shopping area. That was actually worse, despite the weather. >>>>> We kept a cooler in the trunk of the car to hold frozen and perishable >>>>> items for the trip home. If it was extremely hot, we added either ice >>>>> or dry ice for the return trip. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Wayne Boatwright >>>>> __________________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> We don't know who discovered water, but we're >>>>> pretty sure it wasn't a fish. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I have to do the very same thing. Forget the ice cream .. it doesn't >>>> work >>>> well. I truly love living here on this lake and I wouldn't trade it for >>>> the city ever again but there are some things I just cant get use to >>>> doing and shopping for food is one of them. >>> >>> How long have you lived there, Lynette? It took me a couple of years to >>> get used to the new routine of shopping. After that it wasn't too much >>> of >>> a bother. We have sinced moved closer into town, and there are five >>> supermarkets within a ten minute drive. >>> >>> -- >>> Wayne Boatwright >>> __________________________________________________ >>> >>> We don't know who discovered water, but we're >>> pretty sure it wasn't a fish. >>> >> >> Three years...I know I should be use to it by now . My sister and >> myself just starting shopping at Sams so we could buy in large >> quantities. I get in there and think ....I don't need all this much of >> this .. and I usually don't buy it...but later regret that I didn't. >> Thanks for your kind words.. >> Lynn >> > Take it from me it takes a while to get used to changing your shopping > habits. My husband says I'm still shopping for the 40,000 when there's > just the two of us now. > > -- > My Word > in > FERGUS/HARLINGEN > http://www.mompeagram.homestead.com/index.html > There is just one of me.. so I know what you mean . Thanks again... Lynn |
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jmcquown wrote: > Lynette Hebert wrote: > > " > **** god... there is no god... > >> > > but word does have a way of spreading > > itself around so maybe you should keep your religious comments to > > yourself. > > With all due respect, you're the one who first mentioned God: > "All the counties surrounding and including mine are dry > counties..and as far as rednecks are concerned... at least we have decent > human morals and with the help of God we try to understand people like you". If it wasn't so long I'd steal that to use as my sig line :-) > I'm not saying I believe the same as Sheldon, but I'm not saying I believe > the same as you do, either. So really, you shouldn't have brought up the > religious issue in the first place. In any case this is quite an amusing thread to be a - readin' on a cold and rainy Monday night ('tain't much on the teevee box except Larry King drooling over that phony - baloney Karr dewd who claimed to kill puir widdle Jon - Benet)...and I predict this "Lynette" character ain't gonna be stickin' around these here parts for very long. Sheldon - 1, "Lynette" - 0 Lol... -- Best Greg |
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Sheldon wrote:
> > Whenever I see I'm running low on something I immediately > add it to my shopping list (I don't wait to run out). > When it gets close to shopping day I sift through the > current store circulars and add things I need/want to my > list as well. Even with all my preparations I still manage > to miss items. but rarely anything so important that I can't > make do without... I keep enough cat food and litter to last a > year and I always have a spare liter of vodka stashed way in the > back of my freezer... don't need no stinkin' generator! LOL. How 20th century. My refrigerator has six sensor heads that automatically scan the bar codes on all of the items I put in it, no matter which direction the item is facing. It transmits the information by WiFi to the dashboard of my SUV, which displays appropriate reminders when the GPS system detects I'm driving buy a place that carries items with low inventory level. For high-priority items like beer, the gauge is always on display, right next to the gas gauge and oil temperature. I can't imagine spending any of my valuable time working out a paper shopping list. You only get one lifetime, why spend any of it doing menial tasks? :-) |
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On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:55:32 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:
>Lynette Hebert said... > >> I pop in and out of this group quite often. I will introduce myself >> again. My name is Lynn and I live in the Piney-woods of East TX. on >> Lake Sam Rayburn. I was just wondering how the people in this group >> that live where it snows alot buy your food for the winter time. Since >> you are snowed in quite often and cant get out .. how much planning >> ahead do you have to do in order to survive the cold snowy days of >> winter.. I myself live out in the woods and about 50 miles from the >> nearest big grocery store..and I still run out of major food supplies. >> Granted...I don't get snow here but do have to plan ahead to some >> extent because stores are few and far between. Anyone care to respond >> ? Just curious .. >> Lynn > > >Lynn, > >I'm in the woods of Pennsylvania near Philly. > >I'm only about 1/2 mile from the closest 7/11 and 2 miles to the nearest >supermarket. > >In a power outtage, and roads are impassible, the generator powers a >space heater, a few low watt lamps, small george forman grill and presto >multi-cooker for meals, cell phone charger, TV and laptop. Battery >operated flashlights and all-band radio scanners. I just move into the >kitchen/family room and close the doors to the rest of the house. I've >lived in there a handful of days. There's a fireplace in the kitchen too >so that's always nice and cozy, especially in the dark. I've slept in the >La-Z-Boy recliner countless times. Sleep better in it usually than in >bed, as it gently rocks while reclined. > >Otherwise I don't eat differently during wintertime. > My family lives over half an hour (at top speed) from the nearest town. They have a *big* freezer and a large pantry.... so there is no "meal planning", they just shop at home if they can't get into town. They have a generator that is used from time to time because power still can't be counted on and fireplace/stoves that are used as their main source of heat. Mom was a child of the depression era who lived (at times) out in the woods with no plumbing or heating, so a few days of inacessibility didn't phase her. -- See return address to reply by email |
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Lynette Hebert wrote:
> All the counties surrounding and including mine are dry counties Which in much of the US doesn't mean people don't drink. (This is not a defense of Sheldon.) It's possible to ignore people on Usenet. There's this little feature of most (if not all) newsreader programs called "killfile" or Bozo bin." -- Dan Goodman All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies. John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Scottish writer, physician. Journal http://dsgood.livejournal.com Links http://del.icio.us/dsgood Blog http://dsgood.googlepages.com |
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Gregory Morrow wrote:
> jmcquown wrote: > >> Lynette Hebert wrote: >>> " > **** god... there is no god... >>>> >>> but word does have a way of spreading >>> itself around so maybe you should keep your religious comments to >>> yourself. >> >> With all due respect, you're the one who first mentioned God: >> "All the counties surrounding and including mine are dry >> counties..and as far as rednecks are concerned... at least we have >> decent human morals and with the help of God we try to understand >> people like you". > > > If it wasn't so long I'd steal that to use as my sig line :-) > > >> I'm not saying I believe the same as Sheldon, but I'm not saying I >> believe the same as you do, either. So really, you shouldn't have >> brought up the religious issue in the first place. > > > In any case this is quite an amusing thread to be a - readin' on a > cold > and rainy Monday night ('tain't much on the teevee box except Larry > King drooling over that phony - baloney Karr dewd who claimed to kill > puir widdle Jon - Benet)...and I predict this "Lynette" character > ain't > gonna be stickin' around these here parts for very long. > > > Sheldon - 1, "Lynette" - 0 > > Lol... I should also say I don't appreciate the "bible belters" saying (voting) my county or any county should be "DRY".... if you don't want to drink, it's your personal choice but don't impose that "moral" crap on other people. They tried that with Prohibition; obviously it didn't work. I'm all for legalizing marijuana for personal use, too. No sense sending someone to jail for a couple of joints when they could better serve all the murderers in Texas, is there? Jill |
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> The only things he doesn't abuse are his cats. I won't be that sure... -- Vilco Think pink, drink rose' |
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