Like Mine Fried

[Mitch f]

17 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I have a bumper crop.  Except walnuts.  I don’t have a walnut tree.  My persimmon trees are loaded.   Acorns and hickory nuts everywhere.  A tree by my daughters house is loaded with walnuts though.  HOA demands they produce😂

 

[jdmidwest]

We had walnuts, tree rats been cutting since August.  Dropped the last round a few weeks ago and all gone now.  Not seen any acorns here.  Persimmons loaded up this year.

 

[snagged in outlet 3]

18 hours ago, Mitch f said:

 

Old retired MFers are the worst.   The guy behind me said the lawn service doesn’t cut the grass in the common area “right”.   So he does it himself.   And if he raises his again in the meeting, to repeat what they just said I’m gonna beat him about the head with a sock full of quarters 😂

[Flysmallie]

3 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Old retired MFers are the worst.   The guy behind me said the lawn service doesn’t cut the grass in the common area “right”.   So he does it himself.   And if he raises his again in the meeting, to repeat what they just said I’m gonna beat him about the head with a sock full of quarters 😂

There is no way I could function in an HOA. I think it’s better, for everyone that might be involved, if I just stay out here with the commoners. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

3 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

There is no way I could function in an HOA. I think it’s better, for everyone that might be involved, if I just stay out here with the commoners. 

I thought you lived in the burbs of Springfield.  No?  
Most of it petty BS but I like a lot of the rules.  My oldest daughter had a neighbor behind her with an above ground pool that they quit caring for.   after 10 years It was a disaster.  
Ideally I would like several acres with equipment shed/work shop big enough for the boat and cars.  But Momma grew up on a dairy farm in eastern Illinois “near” a town of a couple hundred people.  To say she isn’t having it is an understatement 😂.   The burbs have been my natural environment since birth so I guess I’m used to it.  

[Flysmallie]

6 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I thought you lived in the burbs of Springfield.  No?  

I do. But we don’t have an HOA. However, I have had plenty of neighbors that thought I would appreciate them telling me how to live. 
 

We might escape soon though. We used to live on the edge of town. That edge has moved. 

[ColdWaterFshr]

I grew up in Springfield first 20 years of my life.  Rountree neighborhood.  Miss that area, and I go back frequently, but its quite a bit different than 30-40 years ago.  Mostly better I think, but I never imagined the outward sprawl toward ozark, nixa, and republic.  Heck, I didn't see that coming at Taney.  Branson used to be a seasonal town, and semi-blighted back in the early 80s, like Rockaway Beach.

[snagged in outlet 3]

7 hours ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

I grew up in Springfield first 20 years of my life.  Rountree neighborhood.  Miss that area, and I go back frequently, but it’s quite a bit different than 30-40 years ago.  Mostly better I think, but I never imagined the outward sprawl toward ozark, nixa, and republic.  Heck, I didn't see that coming at Taney.  Branson used to be a seasonal town, and semi-blighted back in the early 80s, like Rockaway Beach.

We used to stay in Rockaway.  60’s and a little in the 70’s.   Had an “ incident” that required me to go before the judge.  Never went back.  I run down there occasionally just to look around.  Crazy how far down it’s gone.  Branson is whole different animal than back then.  My old neighborhood has changed dramatically since then. I left in the 80’s. North county.  

[Flysmallie]

9 hours ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

I grew up in Springfield first 20 years of my life.  Rountree neighborhood.  Miss that area, and I go back frequently, but its quite a bit different than 30-40 years ago.  Mostly better I think, but I never imagined the outward sprawl toward ozark, nixa, and republic.  Heck, I didn't see that coming at Taney.  Branson used to be a seasonal town, and semi-blighted back in the early 80s, like Rockaway Beach.

My daughter lived in Rountree for a bit. It’s a decent area these days for the most part. At least it has character. 
 

The city limits of Springfield is only about a half mile away. The city limits of Republic is only about a mile past that. And the kids in the area go to school in Willard. It’s a strange place. 

[oneshot 1]

On 10/28/2023 at 8:59 AM, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Old retired MFers are the worst.   The guy behind me said the lawn service doesn’t cut the grass in the common area “right”.   So he does it himself.   And if he raises his again in the meeting, to repeat what they just said I’m gonna beat him about the head with a sock full of quarters 😂

We have bunch at our Cabin. I figure they leave me alone We have no problem.

We caught them stealing and kicked them out.  They came with firearms and got back in.

oneshot