(Eggs, that is) Somebody was offended by their name. I guess he has
nothing better to think about.
http://www.locallylaid.com/open-lett...-locally-laid/

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On 1/22/2015 12:14 PM, sf wrote:
>
> (Eggs, that is) Somebody was offended by their name. I guess he has
> nothing better to think about.
> http://www.locallylaid.com/open-lett...-locally-laid/
>

Love it. Great reply and I'm sure it will generate some good publicity.
I'd wear the "T" shirt.

On 2015-01-22, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> I'd wear the "T" shirt.

Me too, if the send me one for free.

I like the idea. I've looked high and low --health food stores,
farmer's mkts, along side of road-- and have yet to find a single
locally laid egg. Perhaps alligators are not the only animals who
don't like Winter @ 8K ft.

nb

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
news
> On 1/22/2015 12:14 PM, sf wrote:
>>
>> (Eggs, that is) Somebody was offended by their name. I guess he has
>> nothing better to think about.
>> http://www.locallylaid.com/open-lett...-locally-laid/
>>
>
> Love it. Great reply and I'm sure it will generate some good publicity.
> I'd wear the "T" shirt.

Some people love to take offence at *anything*!

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On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:38:38 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
> wrote:

>On Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 11:14:49 AM UTC-6, sf wrote:
>> (Eggs, that is) Somebody was offended by their name. I guess he has
>> nothing better to think about.
>> http://www.locallylaid.com/open-lett...-locally-laid/
>>
>>
>Thanks for posting that.

Quite an old marketing ploy, which is all it is.

On 1/22/2015 2:05 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2015-01-22, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> I'd wear the "T" shirt.
>
> Me too, if the send me one for free.
>
> I like the idea. I've looked high and low --health food stores,
> farmer's mkts, along side of road-- and have yet to find a single
> locally laid egg. Perhaps alligators are not the only animals who
> don't like Winter @ 8K ft.
>
> nb
>

The other side of town we used to have an egg farm but that is gone.
Fortunately, we still have a few people (hobby farmers?) that sell eggs
by leaving a box at the end of the driveway. Leave the money in the
metal box.

On 2015-01-22, Jeßus > wrote:

> Quite an old marketing ploy, which is all it is.

How can you be so sure?

nb

On 22 Jan 2015 19:38:31 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2015-01-22, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>> Quite an old marketing ploy, which is all it is.
>
>How can you be so sure?

Admittedly I can't be absolutely certain about this particular
instance, of course, but it /is/ a tried and true technique and the
whole thing reads /exactly/ like it was. Doing a quick search, it
appears I'm not the only one who thinks it is either.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
>
> (Eggs, that is) Somebody was offended by their name. I guess he has
> nothing better to think about.
> http://www.locallylaid.com/open-lett...-locally-laid/


Where I live it was not so long ago we had small chicken "farms" and you
could buy freshly laid eggs. They were all shut down as a "public health
nusiance." Big egg is not to be messeed with.



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On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:21:56 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
wrote:

>
>"sf" > wrote in message
.. .
>>
>> (Eggs, that is) Somebody was offended by their name. I guess he has
>> nothing better to think about.
>> http://www.locallylaid.com/open-lett...-locally-laid/
>
>
>Where I live it was not so long ago we had small chicken "farms" and you
>could buy freshly laid eggs. They were all shut down as a "public health
>nusiance." Big egg is not to be messeed with.

It's also happening here with small producers. Well, not literally
them shut down, but they have introduced rules and regs that has
effectively shut them down. It's simply too much hassle and costly to
legally sell small quantities... Note that I said 'legally'.

On Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 2:12:39 PM UTC-6, Je�us wrote:
> On 22 Jan 2015 19:38:31 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
> >On 2015-01-22, Jeßus > wrote:
> >
> >> Quite an old marketing ploy, which is all it is.
> >
> >How can you be so sure?
>
> Admittedly I can't be absolutely certain about this particular
> instance, of course, but it /is/ a tried and true technique and the
> whole thing reads /exactly/ like it was. Doing a quick search, it
> appears I'm not the only one who thinks it is either.

I would put the chances very high that the letter was not real.

--Bryan

On 23/01/2015 4:14 AM, sf wrote:
>
> (Eggs, that is) Somebody was offended by their name. I guess he has
> nothing better to think about.
> http://www.locallylaid.com/open-lett...-locally-laid/
>
Says much more about the letter writer than it does about the name of
the eggs. Eggs have been "laid" ever since I can remember. We had chooks
when we were young and we had to go and get the freshly laid eggs
ourselves.

--

Xeno.

"Xeno" > wrote in message
...
> On 23/01/2015 4:14 AM, sf wrote:
>>
>> (Eggs, that is) Somebody was offended by their name. I guess he has
>> nothing better to think about.
>> http://www.locallylaid.com/open-lett...-locally-laid/
>>
> Says much more about the letter writer than it does about the name of the
> eggs. Eggs have been "laid" ever since I can remember. We had chooks when
> we were young and we had to go and get the freshly laid eggs ourselves.


In college I rented a small house in a rural area. I always hated when the
cocks woke me up at 4:00am.



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On 23/01/2015 2:37 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Xeno" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 23/01/2015 4:14 AM, sf wrote:
>>>
>>> (Eggs, that is) Somebody was offended by their name. I guess he has
>>> nothing better to think about.
>>> http://www.locallylaid.com/open-lett...-locally-laid/
>>>
>> Says much more about the letter writer than it does about the name of the
>> eggs. Eggs have been "laid" ever since I can remember. We had chooks when
>> we were young and we had to go and get the freshly laid eggs ourselves.
>
>
> In college I rented a small house in a rural area. I always hated when the
> cocks woke me up at 4:00am.
>
I can relate to that! ;-)

We had a very large block of land on the edge of town. Golf course
opposite, empty blocks to the east, empty blocks to the north, empty
blocks to the west, then some farmland, then the bush. The advantage for
us was that we could have a dairy cow and grow our own vegetables.

A great place to grow up in but no good when you want a decent career in
life. I left the town when I completed my apprenticeship at 20 and moved
to small cities, then went mining and ended up in some very remote spots
- rainforests, deserts and jungles all thrown into the mix.

Then I spent 34 years in Melbourne. Now I've moved 1500+ kilometres
north and gone semi-rural in the subtropical coastal region of northern
NSW. We live on a housing estate, called "Valley View", on a ridge
between two valleys. We are surrounded by banana and blueberry
plantations and some fields of cattle. Our neighbour over the road owns
the farm down in the valley that we can see from our front deck. Our
next door neighbour owns the farm in the foothills that we can also see
from our deck.

We don't get woken by the cocks crowing but the Kookaburras seem to be
the substitute alarm clocks around here. Their perch is the antenna on
the roof of the house opposite and they let fire with their laughter. I
don't know which is worse, cocks or kookaburras, but the kookies seem a
lot louder. Plus it's not just one but several sometimes. I guess I am
not a morning person.

--

Xeno.

On 2015-01-22 23:07, Xeno wrote:

> We don't get woken by the cocks crowing but the Kookaburras seem to be
> the substitute alarm clocks around here. Their perch is the antenna on
> the roof of the house opposite and they let fire with their laughter. I
> don't know which is worse, cocks or kookaburras, but the kookies seem a
> lot louder. Plus it's not just one but several sometimes. I guess I am
> not a morning person.
>
The joys of living in the country. We have neighbours with chickens and
are often awaken in the morning by the crowing of the roosters. It
wouldn't be so bad if we had also been awaken by coyotes once or twice a
night.

On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 23:13:34 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2015-01-22 23:07, Xeno wrote:
>
> > We don't get woken by the cocks crowing but the Kookaburras seem to be
> > the substitute alarm clocks around here. Their perch is the antenna on
> > the roof of the house opposite and they let fire with their laughter. I
> > don't know which is worse, cocks or kookaburras, but the kookies seem a
> > lot louder. Plus it's not just one but several sometimes. I guess I am
> > not a morning person.
> >
> The joys of living in the country. We have neighbours with chickens and
> are often awaken in the morning by the crowing of the roosters. It
> wouldn't be so bad if we had also been awaken by coyotes once or twice a
> night.

People talk about the quiet of country living and they are wrong! The
country is too noisy for me! Frogs croaking all night, birds chirping
all day and I hate the animals that start making noise just before
dawn. Can't forget the bugs that bite. UGH. City life is so much
quieter and no biting bugs (unless some idiot has standing water
somewhere).

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"Bruce" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 19:37:49 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Xeno" > wrote in message
...
>>> On 23/01/2015 4:14 AM, sf wrote:
>>>>
>>>> (Eggs, that is) Somebody was offended by their name. I guess he has
>>>> nothing better to think about.
>>>> http://www.locallylaid.com/open-lett...-locally-laid/
>>>>
>>> Says much more about the letter writer than it does about the name of
>>> the
>>> eggs. Eggs have been "laid" ever since I can remember. We had chooks
>>> when
>>> we were young and we had to go and get the freshly laid eggs ourselves.
>>
>>
>>In college I rented a small house in a rural area. I always hated when
>>the
>>cocks woke me up at 4:00am.
>>
> Our rooster also starts around 4 o'clock. But it's worth it. Before we
> had him, we lost a chicken every 2 or 3 months. Now we lose one a year
> or so.
>
> --
> Bruce

That's what noise machines are for. :-)

Cheri

On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 22:14:16 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>
>"Bruce" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 19:37:49 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Xeno" > wrote in message
...
>>>> On 23/01/2015 4:14 AM, sf wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> (Eggs, that is) Somebody was offended by their name. I guess he has
>>>>> nothing better to think about.
>>>>> http://www.locallylaid.com/open-lett...-locally-laid/
>>>>>
>>>> Says much more about the letter writer than it does about the name of
>>>> the
>>>> eggs. Eggs have been "laid" ever since I can remember. We had chooks
>>>> when
>>>> we were young and we had to go and get the freshly laid eggs ourselves.
>>>
>>>
>>>In college I rented a small house in a rural area. I always hated when
>>>the
>>>cocks woke me up at 4:00am.
>>>
>> Our rooster also starts around 4 o'clock. But it's worth it. Before we
>> had him, we lost a chicken every 2 or 3 months. Now we lose one a year
>> or so.
>>
>That's what noise machines are for. :-)

That's a terrible thing to call his sister/wife.

On 2015-01-23 12:38 AM, sf wrote:

>> The joys of living in the country. We have neighbours with chickens and
>> are often awaken in the morning by the crowing of the roosters. It
>> wouldn't be so bad if we had also been awaken by coyotes once or twice a
>> night.
>
> People talk about the quiet of country living and they are wrong! The
> country is too noisy for me! Frogs croaking all night, birds chirping
> all day and I hate the animals that start making noise just before
> dawn. Can't forget the bugs that bite. UGH. City life is so much
> quieter and no biting bugs (unless some idiot has standing water
> somewhere).
>


If you were to measure the ambient sound level in the country and the
city the latter would be much higher. There is so much coming from so
many directions that we become habituated to it. When you live on a
busy city street you barely notice the sound of the traffic. When you
live on a quiet country road you can hear a car coming for a mile or more.

"Xeno" > wrote in message
...
> On 23/01/2015 2:37 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> "Xeno" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 23/01/2015 4:14 AM, sf wrote:
>>>>
>>>> (Eggs, that is) Somebody was offended by their name. I guess he has
>>>> nothing better to think about.
>>>> http://www.locallylaid.com/open-lett...-locally-laid/
>>>>
>>> Says much more about the letter writer than it does about the name of
>>> the
>>> eggs. Eggs have been "laid" ever since I can remember. We had chooks
>>> when
>>> we were young and we had to go and get the freshly laid eggs ourselves.
>>
>>
>> In college I rented a small house in a rural area. I always hated when
>> the
>> cocks woke me up at 4:00am.
>>
> I can relate to that! ;-)
>
> We had a very large block of land on the edge of town. Golf course
> opposite, empty blocks to the east, empty blocks to the north, empty
> blocks to the west, then some farmland, then the bush. The advantage for
> us was that we could have a dairy cow and grow our own vegetables.
>
> A great place to grow up in but no good when you want a decent career in
> life. I left the town when I completed my apprenticeship at 20 and moved
> to small cities, then went mining and ended up in some very remote spots -
> rainforests, deserts and jungles all thrown into the mix.
>
> Then I spent 34 years in Melbourne. Now I've moved 1500+ kilometres north
> and gone semi-rural in the subtropical coastal region of northern NSW. We
> live on a housing estate, called "Valley View", on a ridge between two
> valleys. We are surrounded by banana and blueberry plantations and some
> fields of cattle. Our neighbour over the road owns the farm down in the
> valley that we can see from our front deck. Our next door neighbour owns
> the farm in the foothills that we can also see from our deck.
>
> We don't get woken by the cocks crowing but the Kookaburras seem to be the
> substitute alarm clocks around here. Their perch is the antenna on the
> roof of the house opposite and they let fire with their laughter. I don't
> know which is worse, cocks or kookaburras, but the kookies seem a lot
> louder. Plus it's not just one but several sometimes. I guess I am not a
> morning person.

Earplugs could be a good solution

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On 1/23/2015 10:22 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-01-23 12:38 AM, sf wrote:
>
>>> The joys of living in the country. We have neighbours with chickens and
>>> are often awaken in the morning by the crowing of the roosters. It
>>> wouldn't be so bad if we had also been awaken by coyotes once or twice a
>>> night.
>>
>> People talk about the quiet of country living and they are wrong! The
>> country is too noisy for me! Frogs croaking all night, birds chirping
>> all day and I hate the animals that start making noise just before
>> dawn. Can't forget the bugs that bite. UGH. City life is so much
>> quieter and no biting bugs (unless some idiot has standing water
>> somewhere).
>>
>
>
> If you were to measure the ambient sound level in the country and the
> city the latter would be much higher. There is so much coming from so
> many directions that we become habituated to it. When you live on a
> busy city street you barely notice the sound of the traffic. When you
> live on a quiet country road you can hear a car coming for a mile or more.

I *always* know when a car just pulled into my driveway or drove past on
the street. There isn't much traffic here.

The sound of birds chirping and critters (even bugs and frogs) waking up
in the wee hours doesn't bother me a bit. Roosters might, BTDT when I
first moved to my apartment in the "country" in Cordova. There was a
guy with free range chickens living just down the road.

You do become acclaimated to the sounds around you. I have jets flying
over, sometimes several times a day, a couple of times a month. They're
from MCAS (Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, SC). I really don't
notice them. I sure know when a car just pulled into the driveway.

I like it when I can open the windows and hear the sound of the birds
that sing in the night, the peepers (frogs) and crickets chirping.

Jill

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:22:34 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2015-01-23 12:38 AM, sf wrote:
>
> >> The joys of living in the country. We have neighbours with chickens and
> >> are often awaken in the morning by the crowing of the roosters. It
> >> wouldn't be so bad if we had also been awaken by coyotes once or twice a
> >> night.
> >
> > People talk about the quiet of country living and they are wrong! The
> > country is too noisy for me! Frogs croaking all night, birds chirping
> > all day and I hate the animals that start making noise just before
> > dawn. Can't forget the bugs that bite. UGH. City life is so much
> > quieter and no biting bugs (unless some idiot has standing water
> > somewhere).
> >
>
>
> If you were to measure the ambient sound level in the country and the
> city the latter would be much higher. There is so much coming from so
> many directions that we become habituated to it. When you live on a
> busy city street you barely notice the sound of the traffic. When you
> live on a quiet country road you can hear a car coming for a mile or more.

I never got used to all that animal noise. It kept me awake at night
and woke me up too early in the morning.

--
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:22:34 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2015-01-23 12:38 AM, sf wrote:
>
>>> The joys of living in the country. We have neighbours with chickens and
>>> are often awaken in the morning by the crowing of the roosters. It
>>> wouldn't be so bad if we had also been awaken by coyotes once or twice a
>>> night.
>>
>> People talk about the quiet of country living and they are wrong! The
>> country is too noisy for me! Frogs croaking all night, birds chirping
>> all day and I hate the animals that start making noise just before
>> dawn. Can't forget the bugs that bite. UGH. City life is so much
>> quieter and no biting bugs (unless some idiot has standing water
>> somewhere).
>>
>If you were to measure the ambient sound level in the country and the
>city the latter would be much higher.

Of course it is, I've been into Launceston the past two days, and to
say it's quieter than 'the country' is... well, crazy. The background
hum never stops in the city.

>There is so much coming from so
>many directions that we become habituated to it. When you live on a
>busy city street you barely notice the sound of the traffic. When you
>live on a quiet country road you can hear a car coming for a mile or more.

Absolutely.

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:29:24 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 1/23/2015 10:22 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> If you were to measure the ambient sound level in the country and the
>> city the latter would be much higher. There is so much coming from so
>> many directions that we become habituated to it. When you live on a
>> busy city street you barely notice the sound of the traffic. When you
>> live on a quiet country road you can hear a car coming for a mile or more.
>
>I *always* know when a car just pulled into my driveway or drove past on
>the street. There isn't much traffic here.

I can hear a car coming towards my place 2 or 3 minutes beforehand,
and on a good day when the sound is really travelling - sometimes
double that time.

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 07:07:58 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:25:30 +1100, Jeßus wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:38:38 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>On Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 11:14:49 AM UTC-6, sf wrote:
>>>> (Eggs, that is) Somebody was offended by their name. I guess he has
>>>> nothing better to think about.
>>>> http://www.locallylaid.com/open-lett...-locally-laid/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Thanks for posting that.
>>
>> Quite an old marketing ploy, which is all it is.
>
>Google "Locally Laid" and the first results are this letter rather
>than their own website. So it seems to have worked.
>
>Who hand-writes letters anymore? The same person who uses the equally
>archaic duct tape to redact the name. That's who.

Yes, more than just a little dubious.

On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:24:19 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
> wrote:

>On Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 2:12:39 PM UTC-6, Je�us wrote:
>> On 22 Jan 2015 19:38:31 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>>
>> >On 2015-01-22, Jeßus > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Quite an old marketing ploy, which is all it is.
>> >
>> >How can you be so sure?
>>
>> Admittedly I can't be absolutely certain about this particular
>> instance, of course, but it /is/ a tried and true technique and the
>> whole thing reads /exactly/ like it was. Doing a quick search, it
>> appears I'm not the only one who thinks it is either.
>
>I would put the chances very high that the letter was not real.

Yep.

On 2015-01-23 2:12 PM, wrote:

>> I *always* know when a car just pulled into my driveway or drove past on
>> the street. There isn't much traffic here.
>
> I can hear a car coming towards my place 2 or 3 minutes beforehand,
> and on a good day when the sound is really travelling - sometimes
> double that time.
>


When I was a teen I used to spend a lot of time at my friend's farm. It
was located an a two lane highway 50 mph posted speed. At night there
was only one car every 10-15 minutes, but the sound of them coming and
going was almost constant because the sound travelled so far.

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:41:10 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2015-01-23 2:12 PM, wrote:
>
>>> I *always* know when a car just pulled into my driveway or drove past on
>>> the street. There isn't much traffic here.
>>
>> I can hear a car coming towards my place 2 or 3 minutes beforehand,
>> and on a good day when the sound is really travelling - sometimes
>> double that time.
>>
>
>
>When I was a teen I used to spend a lot of time at my friend's farm. It
>was located an a two lane highway 50 mph posted speed. At night there
>was only one car every 10-15 minutes, but the sound of them coming and
>going was almost constant because the sound travelled so far.

The middle of winter seems to be the best time for sound to travel.
There's a small waterfall several KM away from me, and sometimes I can
hear it from my verandah.

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:29:24 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 1/23/2015 10:22 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2015-01-23 12:38 AM, sf wrote:
>>
>>>> The joys of living in the country. We have neighbours with chickens and
>>>> are often awaken in the morning by the crowing of the roosters. It
>>>> wouldn't be so bad if we had also been awaken by coyotes once or twice a
>>>> night.
>>>
>>> People talk about the quiet of country living and they are wrong! The
>>> country is too noisy for me! Frogs croaking all night, birds chirping
>>> all day and I hate the animals that start making noise just before
>>> dawn. Can't forget the bugs that bite. UGH. City life is so much
>>> quieter and no biting bugs (unless some idiot has standing water
>>> somewhere).
>>>
>>
>>
>> If you were to measure the ambient sound level in the country and the
>> city the latter would be much higher. There is so much coming from so
>> many directions that we become habituated to it. When you live on a
>> busy city street you barely notice the sound of the traffic. When you
>> live on a quiet country road you can hear a car coming for a mile or more.
>
>I *always* know when a car just pulled into my driveway or drove past on
>the street. There isn't much traffic here.

I live on a dead end road on a point of land in Lake Ontario. There's
mostly retired people and farmers living further down the point.

There used to be one person who worked an early shift at the hospital
40 miles away, and she left her house at about 5:00 am. Nothing from
about 10:00 pm until she came past.

Doris

"Doris Night" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:29:24 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>>On 1/23/2015 10:22 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2015-01-23 12:38 AM, sf wrote:
>>>
>>>>> The joys of living in the country. We have neighbours with chickens
>>>>> and
>>>>> are often awaken in the morning by the crowing of the roosters. It
>>>>> wouldn't be so bad if we had also been awaken by coyotes once or twice
>>>>> a
>>>>> night.
>>>>
>>>> People talk about the quiet of country living and they are wrong! The
>>>> country is too noisy for me! Frogs croaking all night, birds chirping
>>>> all day and I hate the animals that start making noise just before
>>>> dawn. Can't forget the bugs that bite. UGH. City life is so much
>>>> quieter and no biting bugs (unless some idiot has standing water
>>>> somewhere).
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you were to measure the ambient sound level in the country and the
>>> city the latter would be much higher. There is so much coming from so
>>> many directions that we become habituated to it. When you live on a
>>> busy city street you barely notice the sound of the traffic. When you
>>> live on a quiet country road you can hear a car coming for a mile or
>>> more.
>>
>>I *always* know when a car just pulled into my driveway or drove past on
>>the street. There isn't much traffic here.
>
> I live on a dead end road on a point of land in Lake Ontario. There's
> mostly retired people and farmers living further down the point.
>
> There used to be one person who worked an early shift at the hospital
> 40 miles away, and she left her house at about 5:00 am. Nothing from
> about 10:00 pm until she came past.

I live in an unincorporated area with no noise ordinance. I have called the
police on wild partiers in the past. Thankfully those people are gone but
we used to refer to this one house as the "party house". Renter after
renter would be in there.

A seemingly alcoholic couple with two kids who never seemed to go to school.
They'd get drunk and one of them would go outside on warm nights. The other
would yell at them from inside the house. Lots of swearing going on. The
house caught on fire one night. Not a bad fire but it was almost comical in
that they didn't even know about it. Someone else had called the fire
department. I was attracted to the bright lights and the noise from the
firemen so went up to the fence to peer through and see what was going on.
The drunk woman was arguing and telling the firemen that there was no fire.
It was on the outside part of the house, under the deck. Both of them
smoked so I suspect that it came from a cigarette.

Then we had the family with the dogs that never stopped barking. I reported
them to the police after another neighbor came to my door and presented me
with the paperwork to turn in. The police wouldn't do anything unless a
certain number of people complained.

I never knew what happened there. I could see that the dogs were still
there but amazingly they never barked any more. But those people didn't
live there for long. I watched the house deteriorate.

Then there was a group of college age kids who lit a fire very near our
fence. I heard one of them shout, "Dude! They're after us!" as the firemen
entered the yard. They also had tents back there like they were camping.
They were going immediately after that.

I then called the fire department on another fire not long after. Turns out
that was a fire pit but the people lit it on the wooden deck which must not
have been a good idea as they were asked to put it out. Or we might have
had a burn ban going on as we often do.

That was a couple of years ago. Someone else has bought the house and it
has been repaired. Those people have a large trampoline and the kids make
noise on it but during the day.

My current problem is with construction. They are still working on the
house next door. It has been in a state of remodel for years! I can't
imagine what is taking so long. Occasionally they work through the night.
But my biggest beef is the apparent leak that they have. I suspect that
they too have a water leak from the main line to the house. I had two the
neighbor on the other side of me did too. They put in PVC pipes which
deteriorate over time. I had a second leak a year or two after I had the
expensive repair done so it was all dug up and copper pipes put in. Anyway,
you can see the water just flooding out of the yard now and at the edges,
the yard is being washed away, with great amounts of mud oozing everywhere.
It's in the driveway, across the sidewalk where I have to walk to get to the
mailbox and even in the street! During hard rains it even makes it to the
park across the street. And due to the way that the street slopes it is now
getting into the neighbor's house next door. It has been like this for
months and it is only getting worse as they drive things across the yard.
They had a digger out there and I was hopeful but the problem remains.

Then a recent wind storm knocked down many fences, sheds and did damage to
some houses. We lost part of a large lilac and an entire section of fence
is now just totally gone. The posts are there and there were a few shards
of wood here and there but the boards are pretty much just gone.

Something hit the house that night because we heard the "boom" and felt the
house shake but I couldn't tell what it was. I tried to go out with a
flashlight but there was so much debris flying everywhere, it seemed
dangerous to be out in it. The next day there was garbage strewn
everywhere.

We had another bad storm yesterday and they are predicting a few more. I am
holding off on repairing the missing fence section but my husband and the
next door neighbor did what they could to shore up the rest of the fence
where damage has occurred. Bad thing is, my gardener just fixed that
section of fence about 2-3 weeks ago.

So now every morning I am jarred awake to the sound of hammers, leaf blowers
and I'm not sure what all else as people attempt to put their yards and
houses back in order.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> So now every morning I am jarred awake to the sound of hammers, leaf blowers
> and I'm not sure what all else as people attempt to put their yards and
> houses back in order.

"It's a hell of a day at sea, sir!"

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:55:25 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sat, 24 Jan 2015 06:16:51 +1100, Jeßus wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 07:07:58 -0600, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:25:30 +1100, Jeßus wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:38:38 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 11:14:49 AM UTC-6, sf wrote:
>>>>>> (Eggs, that is) Somebody was offended by their name. I guess he has
>>>>>> nothing better to think about.
>>>>>> http://www.locallylaid.com/open-lett...-locally-laid/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks for posting that.
>>>>
>>>> Quite an old marketing ploy, which is all it is.
>>>
>>>Google "Locally Laid" and the first results are this letter rather
>>>than their own website. So it seems to have worked.
>>>
>>>Who hand-writes letters anymore? The same person who uses the equally
>>>archaic duct tape to redact the name. That's who.
>>
>> Yes, more than just a little dubious.
>
>Destroying the evidence.
>
>Also note that the person wasn't so offended by the phrase that they
>couldn't have written "Dear Sirs," at the top of the letter. And they
>a little too conveniently showed a portion of the envelope used to
>send the letter as if to say, "Look how real this was".

Yeah.

>It's a hoax. Would it be illegal? Probably not.

I wouldnt have thought so.

>I left them a
>response on their Facebook page accusing it of being a fake telling
>them I'll eat my shoe if they can prove it's real. So just in case, I
>need some ideas for shoe-shaped foods. Maybe a hamburger wrapped in
>bacon to simulate shoes made out of cow and pigskin suede?

That sounds about right (the show recipe). Any reply yet?

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> So now every morning I am jarred awake to the sound of hammers, leaf
>> blowers
>> and I'm not sure what all else as people attempt to put their yards and
>> houses back in order.
>
> "It's a hell of a day at sea, sir!"

Leaf blowers for the sea weed?

Julie Bove wrote:
>Gary wrote:
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> So now every morning I am jarred awake to the sound of hammers, leaf
>>> blowers and I'm not sure what all else as people attempt to put their
>>> yards and houses back in order.
>>
>> "It's a hell of a day at sea, sir!"
>
>Leaf blowers for the sea weed?

Um, even a fifth grade Writer would have immediately spotted your
error, 'seaweed' is one word... been so since 1577.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaweed

On Sat, 24 Jan 2015 15:34:15 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sun, 25 Jan 2015 07:25:37 +1100, Jeßus wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:55:25 -0600, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I left them a
>>>response on their Facebook page accusing it of being a fake telling
>>>them I'll eat my shoe if they can prove it's real. So just in case, I
>>>need some ideas for shoe-shaped foods. Maybe a hamburger wrapped in
>>>bacon to simulate shoes made out of cow and pigskin suede?
>>
>> That sounds about right (the show recipe). Any reply yet?
>
>No response, and they didn't delete it, but it sure stopped that
>thread dead! Maybe I'll go antagonize them in the other threads
>spurred by the original...
>
>Other people have called them bullies, picking on the old guy (did
>they say it was a guy?) for having an opinion and ganging up against
>him with all the publicity. They have made no comment about that
>criticism, either.

Yep, the whole thing is completely fabricated, using an old marketing
trick. But it reels in plenty of suckers, just look elsewhere in this
thread for evidence of that.

On 26/01/2015 3:44 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:20:07 -0500, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
>
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>> Gary wrote:
>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> So now every morning I am jarred awake to the sound of hammers, leaf
>>>>> blowers and I'm not sure what all else as people attempt to put their
>>>>> yards and houses back in order.
>>>>
>>>> "It's a hell of a day at sea, sir!"
>>>
>>> Leaf blowers for the sea weed?
>>
>> Um, even a fifth grade Writer would have immediately spotted your
>> error, 'seaweed' is one word... been so since 1577.
>> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaweed
>
> That's writer, without a capital.
>
Touche' mon ami! ;-)

--

Xeno.

On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:44:11 +1100, Bruce > wrote:

>On Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:20:07 -0500, Brooklyn1
> wrote:
>
>>Julie Bove wrote:
>>>Gary wrote:
>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> So now every morning I am jarred awake to the sound of hammers, leaf
>>>>> blowers and I'm not sure what all else as people attempt to put their
>>>>> yards and houses back in order.
>>>>
>>>> "It's a hell of a day at sea, sir!"
>>>
>>>Leaf blowers for the sea weed?
>>
>>Um, even a fifth grade Writer would have immediately spotted your
>>error, 'seaweed' is one word... been so since 1577.
>>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaweed
>
>That's writer, without a capital.

If I want to use Writer as a pronoun I will, Bruthcie.

Xeno wrote:
>Bructhcie listhped:
>>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>Bove wrote:
>>>>Gary wrote:
>>>>>Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So now every morning I am jarred awake to the sound of hammers, leaf
>>>>>> blowers and I'm not sure what all else as people attempt to put their
>>>>>> yards and houses back in order.
>>>>>
>>>>> "It's a hell of a day at sea, sir!"
>>>>
>>>> Leaf blowers for the sea weed?
>>>
>>> Um, even a fifth grade Writer would have immediately spotted your
>>> error, 'seaweed' is one word... been so since 1577.
>>> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaweed
>>
>> That's writer, without a capital.
>>
>Touche' mon ami! ;-)

You're incorrect... Writer can be capitalized when used as a pronoun.

On 27/01/2015 12:46 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Xeno wrote:
>> Bructhcie listhped:
>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> Bove wrote:
>>>>> Gary wrote:
>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So now every morning I am jarred awake to the sound of hammers, leaf
>>>>>>> blowers and I'm not sure what all else as people attempt to put their
>>>>>>> yards and houses back in order.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "It's a hell of a day at sea, sir!"
>>>>>
>>>>> Leaf blowers for the sea weed?
>>>>
>>>> Um, even a fifth grade Writer would have immediately spotted your
>>>> error, 'seaweed' is one word... been so since 1577.
>>>> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaweed
>>>
>>> That's writer, without a capital.
>>>
>> Touche' mon ami! ;-)
>
> You're incorrect... Writer can be capitalized when used as a pronoun.
>
You are absolutely correct except that, in the context in which you have
used the term, it can never be considered a pronoun. Context, in this
case, is everything.

That means that I am correct.

--

Xeno.

On 1/26/2015 8:34 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > wrote:
>> > wrote:

>>> Um, even a fifth grade Writer would have immediately spotted your
>>> error, 'seaweed' is one word... been so since 1577.
>>> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaweed
>>
>> That's writer, without a capital.
>
> If I want to use Writer as a pronoun I will, Bruthcie.
>
That's "proper" noun, not "pronoun".