Post by postmonster on Aug 16, 2005 9:11:18 GMT 12.75
Name's Dan. Found this here forum while diggin' around another forum that this Paws character sometimes frequents. Since I have an interest in usin' cast iron cookin' rigs and beins I was raised on some of the finest eatin' ever to come out of a cast iron skillet, I taken the liberty to peruse the fine literary content and became a student at the Cast Iron University. Shortly after that, I became a busy sort for quite a spell and jest kinda let my Cast Iron studies slip.
Well, a day or two ago I got me one of them there e-males we been hearin' about. This here e-male said his name was Paws and that I needsta come in and make a proper intro duction. So I sets myself to contemplat'n a proper into duction. So here's what I came up with for that there intro duction this here Paws fella said I needs to be a gettin done.
I's born and raised on the family farm in south central Iowa. My youngins are the 6th generation of my family live and work on this place. We live in the "new" house that was built in 1904. They took the old house down the road about 2 miles and neighbors lived in it till they moved to town 'bout 15 years ago. My dad was born in that house. It's done been tore down, now.
My youngins are 18, 16, 14, and 8. They're growin perty tall. I told 'em that's what happens when ya run around in the barn bare footed. They didn't figger that out too quick but momma wishes they sure would. We have a herd of beeves and a handful of Jersey cows fer milkin' just fer home use.
We got a couple hogs runnin around that are goin' to taste mighty fine when it cools off so we can butcher 'em. We butcher our own meat which amounts to about 2 hogs and a beef every 10 or 12 months. (We could use some meat right now but since beef tends to get a little more'n tender on a 90 degree day we figger we just as well wait a spell for cooler weather.) Them kids eat a lota meat.
I been usin' my great grandpa's smoke house the last few years to smoke hams, bacon and sometimes some chickens and turkeys. It sits right where he built it-right behind our house. They's some mighty fine eatin' comes outa that little smokehouse and I can almost bust my face a smilin' after takin' a bite of whatever has just done got smoked.
We raise a sizeable tater patch most years-enough to fill the root cellar up by where the old house useta set, and ma likes to can up jars of 'maters and green beans-if'n we can keep ahead of them big ol' mater worms and the bean leaf beetles don't shoot the bean leaves full a holes. Ma makes a mighty fine sweet pickle, too. I reckon she's one a the best things that ever happened to me. I musta got her at a weak moment when she wasn't thinkin right in the head or somethin', anyways she's mighty handy and I reckon I'll be keepin' her 'round for awhile yet.
We got about an acre and a half pond that we fish in quite a bit, plus they's other fishin holes around besides that one. We sein minners outa the cricks and the boys keep a trap in one crick out back most of the time. We pick up night crawlers in the spring and keep 'em in a spare fridge out on the south porch, so there's no shortage of good bait, most times.
We do a little huntin' as there's plenty a deer and turkey here abouts. The boys trap rats, coon possums and coyotes during the winter. There's a few otter and bobcats 'round here but we ain't got a season on 'em, yet. Once in awhile someone sees a big cat. Some boys over east a ways got one last year with the dogs. He ran 'em darn near 50 mile in two days and he measured 9 feet from the end of his tail to the tip of his nose. We seen tracks on our place but never seen no cat.
We burn wood fer heat in the winter. There's nothing better'n that. We try to stay about a year ahead on the wood supply, with what we'll burn this winter being cut last year or the year before that. I like Stihl chainsaws and I like to keep 'em sharp. We change chains often and sharpen 'em on one of them electric bench type chain sharpening outfits. If'n ya cut much wood, one a them will pay fer itself real quick. We have a wood splitter that takes a lot of work outa splittin' wood, but ya still have to lift the chunk up onto it and flip it over and all. It wears on a fella's back quite a bit. I reckon one of them vertical jobs would be much finer, but we ain't got around to building one a them, yet. When it's cold out, it feels real good to throw a chunk a wood in the fire cause it's already paid fer.
We put up hay in the summer and feed it during the winter to the cattle. Sometimes we ice fish, if the winter is cold enough to have safe ice.
We reload several types of bullets and do our share of sendin' the lead flyin'. It's a lot a fun to work up a load and see how she shoots. We have Savage, Remington, and Winchester shootin' irons and have a preference for Glocks when it comes to handguns, although we really like our six shooters, especially the Single Six variety.
When it's cool enough in the evenings, we spend a good bit a time sitting by the campfire, cooking dog meat on sticks and burnin marshmellows once in awhile. We like to have people come and sit a spell with us. If you was gonna be in the neigborhood, you'd be most welcome to come and join us. There's always an empty spot at our fire. Ya just better stay outa my smoke house. ;D Bring yer outfits and stay awhile. You'd be most welcome.
I do a small 'mount a writin' and a large 'mount a dreamin'. I got me a cash payin' off farm job that helps satisfy the william collectors-what with 4 kids and all them cows we seems to have our share of the williams.
In the evenin's I like to sit back in my reclinin chair with a nice warm fire and a good book. Then after awhile check my eyelids fer holes.
So, you see with all the fun stuff we got going on 'round here, the time tends to slip by a guy purty quick like. The days turn inta months and the months turn inta decades real quick.
Well, Mr Paws, that there is my intro duction and "howdy" to all yer forum fellas and I'm a hopin' ya got an idea of what I am. If'n ya got any questions, I'd do ya right by answerin' 'em.
Sorry if'n I got a little long winded, but it's much better comin' from this end than the other'n. ;D
Take'r easy!
Well, a day or two ago I got me one of them there e-males we been hearin' about. This here e-male said his name was Paws and that I needsta come in and make a proper intro duction. So I sets myself to contemplat'n a proper into duction. So here's what I came up with for that there intro duction this here Paws fella said I needs to be a gettin done.
I's born and raised on the family farm in south central Iowa. My youngins are the 6th generation of my family live and work on this place. We live in the "new" house that was built in 1904. They took the old house down the road about 2 miles and neighbors lived in it till they moved to town 'bout 15 years ago. My dad was born in that house. It's done been tore down, now.
My youngins are 18, 16, 14, and 8. They're growin perty tall. I told 'em that's what happens when ya run around in the barn bare footed. They didn't figger that out too quick but momma wishes they sure would. We have a herd of beeves and a handful of Jersey cows fer milkin' just fer home use.
We got a couple hogs runnin around that are goin' to taste mighty fine when it cools off so we can butcher 'em. We butcher our own meat which amounts to about 2 hogs and a beef every 10 or 12 months. (We could use some meat right now but since beef tends to get a little more'n tender on a 90 degree day we figger we just as well wait a spell for cooler weather.) Them kids eat a lota meat.
I been usin' my great grandpa's smoke house the last few years to smoke hams, bacon and sometimes some chickens and turkeys. It sits right where he built it-right behind our house. They's some mighty fine eatin' comes outa that little smokehouse and I can almost bust my face a smilin' after takin' a bite of whatever has just done got smoked.
We raise a sizeable tater patch most years-enough to fill the root cellar up by where the old house useta set, and ma likes to can up jars of 'maters and green beans-if'n we can keep ahead of them big ol' mater worms and the bean leaf beetles don't shoot the bean leaves full a holes. Ma makes a mighty fine sweet pickle, too. I reckon she's one a the best things that ever happened to me. I musta got her at a weak moment when she wasn't thinkin right in the head or somethin', anyways she's mighty handy and I reckon I'll be keepin' her 'round for awhile yet.
We got about an acre and a half pond that we fish in quite a bit, plus they's other fishin holes around besides that one. We sein minners outa the cricks and the boys keep a trap in one crick out back most of the time. We pick up night crawlers in the spring and keep 'em in a spare fridge out on the south porch, so there's no shortage of good bait, most times.
We do a little huntin' as there's plenty a deer and turkey here abouts. The boys trap rats, coon possums and coyotes during the winter. There's a few otter and bobcats 'round here but we ain't got a season on 'em, yet. Once in awhile someone sees a big cat. Some boys over east a ways got one last year with the dogs. He ran 'em darn near 50 mile in two days and he measured 9 feet from the end of his tail to the tip of his nose. We seen tracks on our place but never seen no cat.
We burn wood fer heat in the winter. There's nothing better'n that. We try to stay about a year ahead on the wood supply, with what we'll burn this winter being cut last year or the year before that. I like Stihl chainsaws and I like to keep 'em sharp. We change chains often and sharpen 'em on one of them electric bench type chain sharpening outfits. If'n ya cut much wood, one a them will pay fer itself real quick. We have a wood splitter that takes a lot of work outa splittin' wood, but ya still have to lift the chunk up onto it and flip it over and all. It wears on a fella's back quite a bit. I reckon one of them vertical jobs would be much finer, but we ain't got around to building one a them, yet. When it's cold out, it feels real good to throw a chunk a wood in the fire cause it's already paid fer.
We put up hay in the summer and feed it during the winter to the cattle. Sometimes we ice fish, if the winter is cold enough to have safe ice.
We reload several types of bullets and do our share of sendin' the lead flyin'. It's a lot a fun to work up a load and see how she shoots. We have Savage, Remington, and Winchester shootin' irons and have a preference for Glocks when it comes to handguns, although we really like our six shooters, especially the Single Six variety.
When it's cool enough in the evenings, we spend a good bit a time sitting by the campfire, cooking dog meat on sticks and burnin marshmellows once in awhile. We like to have people come and sit a spell with us. If you was gonna be in the neigborhood, you'd be most welcome to come and join us. There's always an empty spot at our fire. Ya just better stay outa my smoke house. ;D Bring yer outfits and stay awhile. You'd be most welcome.
I do a small 'mount a writin' and a large 'mount a dreamin'. I got me a cash payin' off farm job that helps satisfy the william collectors-what with 4 kids and all them cows we seems to have our share of the williams.
In the evenin's I like to sit back in my reclinin chair with a nice warm fire and a good book. Then after awhile check my eyelids fer holes.
So, you see with all the fun stuff we got going on 'round here, the time tends to slip by a guy purty quick like. The days turn inta months and the months turn inta decades real quick.
Well, Mr Paws, that there is my intro duction and "howdy" to all yer forum fellas and I'm a hopin' ya got an idea of what I am. If'n ya got any questions, I'd do ya right by answerin' 'em.
Sorry if'n I got a little long winded, but it's much better comin' from this end than the other'n. ;D
Take'r easy!