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[Katdarling]

Look! More people I know! DP, Kat, {{Robin}}


Robin, I know we run in some of the same circles on Facebook cause I recognized ya! I'm about as social there as I am here though. lol

Hiya Storm.

They did not listen then... What makes us think they will listen now?!?

Crockett on the Power to Make Charitable Donations

Turf, thank you. Sincere thanks. That was one amazing read.


And Happy Mom's Day to those of you who are one, have one, or had one.

 

[rbrylawski]

We spent yesterday and today with friends who built a weekend home on the Homosassa River. It's about 1.5 hours from Tampa and is like going back in time to pre-developed Florida. They have an airboat and here's a short video I took while we were on it:


Happy Mother's Day!!


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[Robino1]

We spent yesterday and today with friends who built a weekend home on the Homosassa River. It's about 1.5 hours from Tampa and is like going back in time to pre-developed Florida. They have an airboat and here's a short video I took while we were on it:


Happy Mother's Day!!


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Air-boats are so cool!

 

[rbrylawski]

Air-boats are so cool!

Yes, yes they are. But even with ear plugs AND over the ear ear-muffs, they're LOUD LOUD LOUD!

 

[Katdarling]

Looks (sounds) like fun, Brow! Now about this pre-developed FLA part.... mo' please.

 

[rbrylawski]

Looks (sounds) like fun, Brow! Now about this pre-developed FLA part.... mo' please.

Our friends purchased 15 acres on the Homasassa River (well, actually a tributary leading directly into the river) and it's surrounded by government owned marsh lands, that will never ever be developed on. There are no buildings or hints that man lives nearby. In fact after dinner last night, we turned out the lights in the house and with flashlights, walked to the shore and had a huge bonfire. Before the fire was lit, we could look up in the sky and see the stars with a clarity I've never seen. There are no lights anywhere visible near them and there are no sounds of man, traffic or anything that would lead you to remember we are in the 21st century.

 

[Katdarling]

Ahhh, what joy, for those of us who like our meat neatly trimmed, and wrapped in plastic.

You went all Tree People, Brow!

(it sounds fantabulous, actually)

 

[Robino1]

Yes, yes they are. But even with ear plugs AND over the ear ear-muffs, they're LOUD LOUD LOUD!

Would you believe my 5 year old granddaughter managed to go to sleep on one of those air-boat tours? Yes, she really did! Kids can sleep through everything, when they need to.

 

[rbrylawski]

Ahhh, what joy, for those of us who like our meat neatly trimmed, and wrapped in plastic.

You went all Tree People, Brow!

(it sounds fantabulous, actually)

Welp, their 15 acres back in time is actually not far from a very modern grocery store owned by the largest grocery chains in Florida, and there's a WalMart down the piece from there. Their food still comes in neatly wrapped packages, and stored in their very modern LG Refrigerator in their beautiful new home, with satellite TV, central air conditioning and a garage with one of them new fangled motor thingy's that opens and closes the door at the touch of a button.

But ah, outdoors, that's where the magic is amidst all the modern luxury.

 

[rbrylawski]

Would you believe my 5 year old granddaughter managed to go to sleep on one of those air-boat tours? Yes, she really did! Kids can sleep through everything, when they need to.

Kids.......LOL Would you believe I couldn't sleep last night. Why? It's too dang quiet. I'm a city feller. I sleep to the sounds of sirens, honking horns and trains crossing railroad tracks. Chirping crickets are nice and all, but man I just could not sleep in the absence of civilization. Maybe I should go back there and stay a while and see if maybe I could adjust? Yes, that's what I should do! LOL

 

[Katdarling]

Sistah!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BreSha6869]

Kids.......LOL Would you believe I couldn't sleep last night. Why? It's too dang quiet. I'm a city feller. I sleep to the sounds of sirens, honking horns and trains crossing railroad tracks. Chirping crickets are nice and all, but man I just could not sleep in the absence of civilization. Maybe I should go back there and stay a while and see if maybe I could adjust? Yes, that's what I should do! LOL

Just set your iPhone alarm to go off every 10 min and hit snooze every time (9min). Once the alarm goes off every minute, Charlie will likely be charged with murder via Procyon, but you will sleep.

Alternatively, one of those cymbal banging monkeys beside the bed?

Lastly, have you ever heard of vodka? Cabernet? Beer?

 

[rbrylawski]

Just set your iPhone alarm to go off every 10 min and hit snooze every time (9min). Once the alarm goes off every minute, Charlie will likely be charged with murder via Procyon, but you will sleep.

Alternatively, one of those cymbal banging monkeys beside the bed?

Lastly, have you ever heard of vodka? Cabernet? Beer?

Thanks, but uh, er, um......I'm not ready to sleep in perpetuity, just yet! Beer and Cabernet work though! Vodka? Not so much, at least for me!

 

[ENAUD]

Kids.......LOL Would you believe I couldn't sleep last night. Why? It's too dang quiet. I'm a city feller. I sleep to the sounds of sirens, honking horns and trains crossing railroad tracks. Chirping crickets are nice and all, but man I just could not sleep in the absence of civilization. Maybe I should go back there and stay a while and see if maybe I could adjust? Yes, that's what I should do! LOL

It's funny how conditioned we can become. There was a five year period in my life that I lived aboard ships while in the Coast Guard. When underway, the drone of the diesels and the rocking of the ship would lull me to sleepy time. But whenever we would hit port, the quiet of no engines running and the lack of tossing about would keep me awake.

I grew up next to a river with a dam just down the banking from our house, the sound of that water pouring over the dam was a constant, but we were so used to it that we tuned it out. Whenever I would sleep somewhere else back then, I couldn't sleep because of the lack of that water caused white noise.

During my thirties, I was living in a condo with a highway that ran by on top of a steep embankment across from us. The sound of the tires from the cars and trucks rolling by became a calming backdrop at night when all of the other normal people sounds diminished for the evening hours, the melody of those tires approaching and then receding became a calming sound to drift off to.

Presently I am surrounded by farms and woods, while being in a developed rural neighborhood, we are at the edge of it. I hear crickets and tree frogs, bull frogs and coyotes at night now, with the baying of cattle and the call of barn owls, along with the other various squawks, talks and screams of other species of wildlife. Summer is the best as all of the critters are making their own particular songs be heard at night, it's never quiet.

I still miss, after all these years, the simple sound of that water cascading over the dam, an endless calming white noise...

 

[rbrylawski]

It's funny how conditioned we can become. There was a five year period in my life that I lived aboard ships while in the Coast Guard. When underway, the drone of the diesels and the rocking of the ship would lull me to sleepy time. But whenever we would hit port, the quiet of no engines running and the lack of tossing about would keep me awake.

I grew up next to a river with a dam just down the banking from our house, the sound of that water pouring over the dam was a constant, but we were so used to it that we tuned it out. Whenever I would sleep somewhere else back then, I couldn't sleep because of the lack of that water caused white noise.

During my thirties, I was living in a condo with a highway that ran by on top of a steep embankment across from us. The sound of the tires from the cars and trucks rolling by became a calming backdrop at night when all of the other normal people sounds diminished for the evening hours, the melody of those tires approaching and then receding became a calming sound to drift off to.

Presently I am surrounded by farms and woods, while being in a developed rural neighborhood, we are at the edge of it. I hear crickets and tree frogs, bull frogs and coyotes at night now, with the baying of cattle and the call of barn owls, along with the other various squawks, talks and screams of other species of wildlife. Summer is the best as all of the critters are making their own particular songs be heard at night, it's never quiet.

I still miss, after all these years, the simple sound of that water cascading over the dam, an endless calming white noise...

So true. We become so conditioned to the sounds around us to the point that when we don't have them, it effects our ability to sleep peacefully.

 

[DancingHeretik]

So true. We become so conditioned to the sounds around us to the point that when we don't have them, it effects our ability to sleep peacefully.

That's what fans are for. Just grab a cheap box fan to run while you sleep.

 

[The Ocelot]

Kids.......LOL Would you believe I couldn't sleep last night. Why? It's too dang quiet. I'm a city feller. I sleep to the sounds of sirens, honking horns and trains crossing railroad tracks. Chirping crickets are nice and all, but man I just could not sleep in the absence of civilization. Maybe I should go back there and stay a while and see if maybe I could adjust? Yes, that's what I should do! LOL

You just needed purring.

I can't remember what it's like not to have a critter sharing my pillow. It used to be the cat, but now it's mostly the dog. Sometimes he let's her join us, but he usually stares at her until she leaves.

 

[rbrylawski]

You just needed purring.

I can't remember what it's like not to have a critter sharing my pillow. It used to be the cat, but now it's mostly the dog. Sometimes he let's her join us, but he usually stares at her until she leaves.

You are right about that. Being away from the kitties helped me not sleep well. Eri waits until I get in bed every night, then jumps up, get's in my arms and purrs until she goes to sleep. It's one of the most beautiful moments of the day for me. Yes it is!

 

[The Ocelot]

More ridiculous info to make you want to pull your hair out.

The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary: FDA Draft Guidance Confirms that Deeming Regulations Will Decimate the E-Cigarette Industry

 

[Jim-]

More ridiculous info to make you want to pull your hair out.

The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary: FDA Draft Guidance Confirms that Deeming Regulations Will Decimate the E-Cigarette Industry

It is literally breathtaking on how much thought went into these "Deemings" by the FDA with the sole intent being the utter destruction of the industry. They truly are morally bankrupt and outright evil.