"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
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> So far I've shelled 5 1/2 gallons of them. I'm getting calluses.
> --
>
> modom


Do you raise them? Or do you get a good deal in price for them?

I remember one year where we moved there were loads of cherry trees, free
for the picking. Whatever possessed me to fill buckets full of them.

Dee Dee

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:53:29 -0500, "Dee.Dee" >
wrote:

>
>"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
.. .
>> So far I've shelled 5 1/2 gallons of them. I'm getting calluses.

>Do you raise them? Or do you get a good deal in price for them?
>
>I remember one year where we moved there were loads of cherry trees, free
>for the picking. Whatever possessed me to fill buckets full of them.
>
I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.

Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
repetitive, and just a little violent.
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"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote

> I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
> six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
> this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
> pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
> the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
> given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
> to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
> I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.
>
> Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
> repetitive, and just a little violent.

What are you going to do with them all? It's a nice problem to have,
I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot in Texas?

nancy

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:14:45 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>
>"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote
>
>> I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
>> six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
>> this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
>> pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
>> the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
>> given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
>> to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
>> I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.
>>
>> Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
>> repetitive, and just a little violent.
>
>What are you going to do with them all? It's a nice problem to have,
>I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot in Texas?
>
A quart or two will make decent little Christmas gifts as part of a
packet of munchies. We gave three quarts to our daughter this
morning. And yes most of them are in the freezer.

I believe a standard lot here in Cow Hill is around 75 by 150 feet.
When my house was built in 1952, the owner bought the land from a
cotton farmer. (He had to wait till the crop was harvested before
beginning construction.) There's a survey around here someplace, but I
can't put my hands on it right at this moment.
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"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote

> On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:14:45 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:

>>What are you going to do with them all? It's a nice problem to have,
>>I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot in Texas?
>>
> A quart or two will make decent little Christmas gifts as part of a
> packet of munchies. We gave three quarts to our daughter this
> morning. And yes most of them are in the freezer.

Better than having too many zucchini, right? Heh.

> I believe a standard lot here in Cow Hill is around 75 by 150 feet.
> When my house was built in 1952, the owner bought the land from a
> cotton farmer. (He had to wait till the crop was harvested before
> beginning construction.) There's a survey around here someplace, but I
> can't put my hands on it right at this moment.

Interesting. I was idly curious because I see real estate ads mentioning
double lot like that meant anything. I figured twice the size of adjacent
lots. Then when you said about your lot, I had a funny-ish thought that
a standard lot in Texas would be like a mile square.

nancy

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:11:26 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>Interesting. I was idly curious because I see real estate ads mentioning
>double lot like that meant anything. I figured twice the size of adjacent
>lots. Then when you said about your lot, I had a funny-ish thought that
>a standard lot in Texas would be like a mile square.
>
Out in West Texas, folks talk about land in terms of sections. A
section is 640 acres, or one square mile. Here in the eastern part,
we're less expansive.

OBPecans: I'm going to shell another quart before I toddle off to bed.
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In article >,
"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:14:45 -0500, "Nancy Young" >

> >I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot in Texas?

>
> I believe a standard lot here in Cow Hill is around 75 by 150 feet.


Standard lots do vary a lot. When we bought our house, it was 60' X
100'. Ours was 60' X 90'.

We got a cheap price, so I didn't feel cheated.

I worked in San Francisco for a year. The houses I saw all had 25' lot
widths. If you wanted to go in the back yard, you had to go through the
house. There was no other access. I talked to a fireman there. They
had to be very aggressive about putting out fires. You couldn't just
let it burn. It wasn't one house, it was the whole block.

Dan Abel wrote:
>
> In article >,
> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:14:45 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
>
> > >I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot in Texas?
>
> >
> > I believe a standard lot here in Cow Hill is around 75 by 150 feet.
>
> Standard lots do vary a lot. When we bought our house, it was 60' X
> 100'. Ours was 60' X 90'.
>
> We got a cheap price, so I didn't feel cheated.
>
> I worked in San Francisco for a year. The houses I saw all had 25' lot
> widths. If you wanted to go in the back yard, you had to go through the
> house. There was no other access. I talked to a fireman there. They
> had to be very aggressive about putting out fires. You couldn't just
> let it burn. It wasn't one house, it was the whole block.

a 25' wide "lot" is not a lot, it's a speck.

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:26:44 -0600, "Pete C." >
wrote:

>Dan Abel wrote:
>>
>> In article >,
>> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
>>
>> > On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:14:45 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
>>
>> > >I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot in Texas?
>>
>> >
>> > I believe a standard lot here in Cow Hill is around 75 by 150 feet.
>>
>> Standard lots do vary a lot. When we bought our house, it was 60' X
>> 100'. Ours was 60' X 90'.
>>
>> We got a cheap price, so I didn't feel cheated.
>>
>> I worked in San Francisco for a year. The houses I saw all had 25' lot
>> widths. If you wanted to go in the back yard, you had to go through the
>> house. There was no other access. I talked to a fireman there. They
>> had to be very aggressive about putting out fires. You couldn't just
>> let it burn. It wasn't one house, it was the whole block.
>
>a 25' wide "lot" is not a lot, it's a speck.

Those "specks" are how Chicago lots were divided in the early 1900's.
I have a friend who had two of them. He inherited both. The original
cost was about $7,000 for both to the ancestor who originally
purchased them. My friend charged neighbors to park on them and made
enough to pay the taxes and have the lawn mowed. He recently sold
them for almost half a million dollars. I guess the "speck" wasn't in
his eye.

Lou

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote
>
> > I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
> > six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
> > this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
> > pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
> > the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
> > given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
> > to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
> > I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.
> >
> > Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
> > repetitive, and just a little violent.
>
> What are you going to do with them all? It's a nice problem to have,
> I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot in Texas?
>
> nancy

I collected 30#+ (unshelled) of pecans from my tree this season. Many
are in the freezer now.

I don't think there is a "standard" lot size, that would vary with the
minimum zoning from area to area. Presumably the OP is referring to the
usual sub acre city type lot, so three might be around 1 acre or so.

modom (palindrome guy) wrote:

> I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
> six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
> this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
> pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
> the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
> given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
> to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
> I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.
>
> Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
> repetitive, and just a little violent.

I know they have automatic shellers that can do 1000+ per hour. A
few hundred bucks as I remember.

But, it does sound like you enjoy doing by hand.

--
Reg

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:19:28 GMT, Reg > wrote:

>modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>
>> I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
>> six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
>> this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
>> pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
>> the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
>> given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
>> to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
>> I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.
>>
>> Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
>> repetitive, and just a little violent.
>
>I know they have automatic shellers that can do 1000+ per hour. A
>few hundred bucks as I remember.

I use one of these: http://www.yardlover.com/products.php?pid=4300 My
late mother-in-law gave it to us.
>
>But, it does sound like you enjoy doing by hand.

"Enjoy" isn't a verb I'd use in the context of shelling pecans. But
it is a stress relief sometimes.
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Reg wrote:
>
> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>
> > I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
> > six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
> > this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
> > pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
> > the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
> > given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
> > to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
> > I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.
> >
> > Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
> > repetitive, and just a little violent.
>
> I know they have automatic shellers that can do 1000+ per hour. A
> few hundred bucks as I remember.
>
> But, it does sound like you enjoy doing by hand.
>
> --
> Reg

Any links to those inexpensive shellers?

Pete C. wrote:

> Reg wrote:
>
>>
>>I know they have automatic shellers that can do 1000+ per hour. A
>>few hundred bucks as I remember.
>>
>>But, it does sound like you enjoy doing by hand.
>
>
> Any links to those inexpensive shellers?

I've seen the Kinetic Kracker before and it works well. Many
sources via google. I also see them turn up on ebay from time
to time.

--
Reg

Reg wrote:
>
> Pete C. wrote:
>
> > Reg wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>I know they have automatic shellers that can do 1000+ per hour. A
> >>few hundred bucks as I remember.
> >>
> >>But, it does sound like you enjoy doing by hand.
> >
> >
> > Any links to those inexpensive shellers?
>
> I've seen the Kinetic Kracker before and it works well. Many
> sources via google. I also see them turn up on ebay from time
> to time.
>
> --
> Reg

Hmmm, not sure that would be any improvement over the arbor press I've
been using. I can crack pecans at about a 2hz rate with the arbor press,
and it was only $40. What I want to find / build is a fully automated
unit I can just fill a hopper on and watch it go.

On Nov 25, 7:28 pm, "Pete C." > wrote:
>
>
> Hmmm, not sure that would be any improvement over the arbor press I've
> been using. I can crack pecans at about a 2hz rate with the arbor press,
> and it was only $40. What I want to find / build is a fully automated
> unit I can just fill a hopper on and watch it go.- Hide quoted text -
>
>
I buy my pecans from the Atwell Pecan Company in Wrens, Georgia and
I've always wondered how they shell their tons and tons and tons of
pecans they sell nationwide. It must be some golly whopper machine
that does this task.

Pete C. wrote:

> Reg wrote:
>
>>I've seen the Kinetic Kracker before and it works well. Many
>>sources via google. I also see them turn up on ebay from time
>>to time.
>>
>
>
> Hmmm, not sure that would be any improvement over the arbor press I've
> been using. I can crack pecans at about a 2hz rate with the arbor press,
> and it was only $40. What I want to find / build is a fully automated
> unit I can just fill a hopper on and watch it go.

Yes, a functioning hopper would be the next step up. If I
come across anything like that I'll post the info.

I'm sure anything you build will blow the doors off a Kinetic
Kracker. Knowing you it'll have afterburners.

--
Reg

On Nov 25, 6:08 pm, "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:53:29 -0500, "Dee.Dee" >
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
> .. .
> >> So far I've shelled 5 1/2 gallons of them. I'm getting calluses.
> >Do you raise them? Or do you get a good deal in price for them?
>
> >I remember one year where we moved there were loads of cherry trees, free
> >for the picking. Whatever possessed me to fill buckets full of them.
>
> I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
> six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
> this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
> pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
> the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
> given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
> to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
> I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.
>
> Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
> repetitive, and just a little violent.

I bought 3 or 4 pounds of them a few days ago for $1.50/#. What I
like even better are hickory nuts. My sister lives on an acre lot
full of shagbarks, but the cursed squirrels get all the nuts because
in town you're not allowed to kill them.

>
> modom

--Bryan