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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5389 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
OR
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 Posted - Oct 30 2025 : 9:02:38 PM
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Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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Wanda Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
1696 Posts
Wanda
Murrells Inlet
SC
USA
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Posted - Oct 31 2025 : 03:20:32 AM
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| Oh my goodness Debbie, that is amazing to think about! Thank you for sharing. |
A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
Wanda Sue
Farm Girl #3677
Farmgirl of the Month-August 2022 |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
10676 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
10676 Posts |
Posted - Oct 31 2025 : 04:31:21 AM
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| Wow, that's so neat! Cooking outside was known as a barbecue back then for the upper class and you didn't have a deck for eating on you had a patio. That's a word I never hear anymore. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
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Edited by - levisgrammy on Oct 31 2025 04:32:23 AM |
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
319 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
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Posted - Oct 31 2025 : 07:59:40 AM
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I don't remember!
Interesting that deck and patio changed, Denise -- I still use patio more frequently. I thought it was a catchall for outdoor entertaining space that is a ground-level/poured cement or paved situation. I thought decks were an above ground wood or similar? Now I'm learning from Hawaiians patios can also be called lanai? |
Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
Oct 2025 FGOTM |
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Dreamer42
True Blue Farmgirl
346 Posts
April
Central
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Oct 31 2025 : 08:16:15 AM
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| I have always called our back patio a patio. But, I'm with you Christine, we have a cement patio... upper deck upstairs. Funny how the material used for a structure can dictate the name we give it. I still remind my boys, no elbows on table, no hats either. No phones allowed. Not even hubs. Dinner is sacred time, sometimes the only time during the day we can all connect, even for an hour. My boys are older now, everyone seems to have their own schedule. So, when a family dinner happens, my heart is overjoyed. |
Dreamer42
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
10676 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Oct 31 2025 : 08:31:13 AM
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| Well that was my mistake. Out here no one calls it a patio even if it's cement I guess. Yes Hawaiians call it a lanai. We learned so much over there it was like a different country. Lol. The 50s were before my time but my parents always talked like everything was in the 50s. They didn't take change easily lol |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
Edited by - levisgrammy on Oct 31 2025 08:34:18 AM |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5389 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
OR
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Posted - Oct 31 2025 : 09:30:36 AM
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| Not before my time that’s for sure Denise:-) |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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Jokamartell
True Blue Farmgirl
1592 Posts
Karen
Kennewick
WA
USA
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Posted - Oct 31 2025 : 7:05:30 PM
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| It’s so funny how different regions use the same words!! :). When I think of a deck, it’s normally made of wood and up off of the ground. A patio to me is cement, and on the ground level. Lol |
Karen :)
To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha |
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
319 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
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Posted - Nov 01 2025 : 07:37:42 AM
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| Another non-sequitur OH question for Denise-- one of my MIL from Ohio came over to help with trick or treating last night and she says in the good ol' days, they didn't trick or treat on Halloween, they had something called "Beggar's Night" they scheduled for a week night. Also, no 4th of July Fireworks, instead something called Red White and Boom on an adjacent more convenient day... Is that still true and observed everywhere in Ohio or is she from some sort of Ohioan Twilight Zone? |
Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
Oct 2025 FGOTM |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
10676 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Nov 01 2025 : 2:53:16 PM
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I just heard someone talking yesterday about it used to be called beggars night but they definitely have 4th of July. We haven't always lived in ohio so maybe it was that way at some point. Maybe Heather would know more about these.
When growing up in NY the night before Halloween was known as Cabbage night or mischief night. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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PrairiePearl
True Blue Farmgirl
220 Posts
Jeanette
Nanton
AB
Canada
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Posted - Nov 02 2025 : 07:43:56 AM
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| I am so enlightened! I love the last one....that is still a rule in our house! |
Jeanette
Farmgirl Sister #8699
~Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. ~ Corrie Ten Boom
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
319 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
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Posted - Nov 02 2025 : 09:17:20 AM
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*Why* no elbows on the table? That keeps coming up from the backseat of the car lately. Google thinks the medieval trestle tables would tip if leaned on. Then it had to do with not looking aggressive, disinterested or encroaching on neighbor's space, kind of like the whole concern about manspreading on mass transit. Or messing up your clothes, which I am afraid to mention as a reason lest our house turn into a clothes-optional resort (again). Interesting. I have lost the battle with phones unless anyone has ideas about how to turn that ship around?
Cabbage night in intriguing. Same MIL said a prankster in PA started offering kids the option of a potato or candy and almost half went with the spud, so now he's got to keep that going. I wonder if a cabbage would be as popular. |
Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5389 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
OR
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Posted - Nov 02 2025 : 09:24:23 AM
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| I am finding this so interesting with thing y’all are coming up with that I never heard of. |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
1897 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Nov 03 2025 : 10:57:39 AM
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I'm not sure I'll be much help - my time has been spent between Ohio and Michigan. I always did trick or treating not beggars night, but the day sometimes fluctuated depending on the town. Also, there's always been fireworks on the 4th of July that I know of.
I remember as a kid Grandma would say "sit up straight and get your elbows off the table." Maybe it had something to do with slouching. Or maybe it was just something that parents passed on because they had to endure it as kids? LOL!
I think I could handle the 50's list, except for the yogurt! We eat a lot of yogurt!!!!! |
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington |
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