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Across the Fence:  What old fashioned things do you do?  |
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
1900 Posts
Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
1900 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 29 2010 : 7:28:04 PM
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...I use what people would call "land line", other words... a telephone! *cracking up*
Karrieann ~ Farmgirl Sister #766 (29 Sept 2009)
My etsy: Yesterday's Scraps, Tomorrow's Treasures http://www.etsy.com/shop/2TomorrowsTreasures |
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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
552 Posts
Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2010 : 8:41:04 PM
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I have a phone that...plugs into the wall, it's not cordless (gasp!) I guess that is old fashioned. I still listen to records and I use onion juice as a remedy for coughing! I but the same Watkins menthol stuff my Nana used!!
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Old Spirit
True Blue Farmgirl
1498 Posts
Rae
MN
1498 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2010 : 06:12:42 AM
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Oh we have land line too!!! And I am not getting rid of it 
Rae
Farm Girl #647
...those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles:...
Isaiah 40:31
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Sheep Mom 2
True Blue Farmgirl
1534 Posts
Sheri
Elk
WA
USA
1534 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2010 : 07:35:50 AM
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I have a land line too and I don't even have a cell phone. I am the only person in my whole family to not have one.
Blessings, Sheri
"Work is Love made visible" -Kahlil Gibran |
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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
552 Posts
Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2010 : 07:52:55 AM
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I have a cell but I have no idea what the number is. It's never charged and I always forget to grab it when I leave. This makes my husband so mad because he pays the bill! I am working on it!!
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mamawolf
Farmgirl in Training
13 Posts
Heather
Sublimity
OR
USA
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Posted - Jan 30 2010 : 12:39:17 PM
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You ladies are all very inspiring! I have always thought of myself as a farmgirl, partially because I'm a farmers wife, own 2 farms, and stay at home to raise my three kids. But there is sooo much more I could be doing! I do iron, I did breast feed all three kids, I plant a garden, but have yet to can, I drive a Chevy pickup and I make meals to take to the guys when they are combining, and swathing. I can't wait to do more when we move to our new farm!
We Are,...American Farmgirls(and darn proud of it!) |
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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
552 Posts
Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2010 : 3:07:57 PM
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It sounds like you are farmgirl to me! If you are making lunch for men riding farming equipment then you are there!!!
Michelle
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prayin granny
True Blue Farmgirl
1874 Posts
Linda
Kansas
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Posted - Jan 30 2010 : 8:12:04 PM
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Well, I may be in a suburban apartment now, BUT, I have taken up knitting and sewing again, paper crafts, plan to plant some container gardens in the spring on the balcony, making bread again, want to try quilting, inherited my aunt's spinning wheel and hope to learn to card and spin the yarn. If my little 'garden' yields some vegs and fruit, then do some canning? I have always wanted to try soapmaking, but never did. Sooo, maybe I will get brave and try? Basically I love all things now considered ol fashioned, always have. Linda
Country at Heart |
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doglady
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Tina
Howard
Ohio
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2010 : 8:30:47 PM
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I think that I'm the only person that I know who does not have an ATM card. Yes, I still write checks or pay with cash. The ATM card machine kept eating mine when they first invented them so I cut mine up and vowed never to have one again and that was at least 25 years ago!
I also quilt, can my garden, sew, cook mostly from scratch, and grow a rose garden. I have a land line too.
You can tell your dog all of your secrets and they'll never say a word!
www.kennelcreations.com |
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countrynmore
True Blue Farmgirl
1975 Posts
Sharon
CA
USA
1975 Posts |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Jan 31 2010 : 5:56:32 PM
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oh Sharon, I'm sure you can do more things than I can. I just try my best, but I know there is so much more that I could do. All you ladies are so talented!! I hope to be just like all when I grow up!
Hugs,
Channah
If you can dream it, and if you are willing to put forth the work and effort, you can have anything you envision. |
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countrynmore
True Blue Farmgirl
1975 Posts
Sharon
CA
USA
1975 Posts |
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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
552 Posts
Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - Feb 01 2010 : 08:25:50 AM
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Sharon, I think taking care of family and not putting them somewhere is old fashioned by today's standard. the fact that you can make anything with all that onyour plate is commendable.
Michelle
It's all good! |
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Sue Feely
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Sue
Buffalo
New York
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Feb 01 2010 : 08:29:59 AM
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| Boy do we all have the same ideas or what, canning, scratch cooking, aprons, braids and bows etc. Ah the simple life! |
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countrynmore
True Blue Farmgirl
1975 Posts
Sharon
CA
USA
1975 Posts |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts |
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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
552 Posts
Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - Feb 01 2010 : 12:34:20 PM
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I really want to learn to make those dishclothes so bad! My mother-in-law made some for me and I used them until they fell apart and stuck in my kitchen drain! I like to make popcorn on the stove too. I really want to live somewhere that I can ride a bike.
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
1607 Posts |
Posted - Feb 01 2010 : 4:08:33 PM
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Hmm. I'll focus on old-fashioned phrases I use absentmindedly, sometimes purposefully though.
Some streams are "cricks", but if I'm reading or it is a new place with no memories yet, I pronounce it "creek".
Also, sometimes moths are millers. Depends on what I'm doing and who I'm talking to. Sometimes the old fashioned word comes to mind first, or just fits better.
We make a difference. |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Feb 02 2010 : 08:06:27 AM
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oh Wilma that sounds like something I would like to do!! I love doing things my hand! It's so much fun!!! All you ladies are so talented! I am honered to call you all Chums ( I think that's spelled right).
Hugs,
Channah
If you can dream it, and if you are willing to put forth the work and effort, you can have anything you envision. |
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KayB
True Blue Farmgirl
540 Posts
Kay
Del City
Oklahoma
USA
540 Posts |
Posted - Feb 02 2010 : 3:12:12 PM
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Right now I'm watching out on anything MJF and learning.
I am knitting my own sweaters and dish cloths. I'm getting ready to learn how to knit socks (mainly 'cause my feet are so big and I have trouble finding socks to fit).
I can sew, though not well yet.
I make my own laundry soap thanks to y'all. That started when my skin rebelled and I had the worst ever eczema outbreak in my life.
This year we're doing the garden and I'm going to learn canning and preserving.
I really want chickens, but DH is agains that and I don't think we can have them where we live.
So, thanks to everyone and everything MJF, I'm learning.
KayB
Life's a dance you learn as you go |
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kentuckywoman
True Blue Farmgirl
63 Posts
Majal
Ashland
KY
USA
63 Posts |
Posted - Feb 02 2010 : 5:24:52 PM
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This thread is so inspiring! You all are such farmgirls!
I don't have a place of my own yet, let alone my farm I'm dreaming up but I have really been trying recently to do some old fashioned things!
Here are a few I can think of:
Try to eat and buy as many whole food items as possible
Listen to the record player
Listen to the radio (Ordering a hand crank radio this week!)
Ordering my first seeds (heirloom)
Learned to bake bread
Cook as much as I can from scratch
Making my first quilt and by hand
As I run out of beauty and personal care products, I am replacing them with all natural and organic products
Embroidery |
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DebbieSue
True Blue Farmgirl
199 Posts
Debbie
TX
USA
199 Posts |
Posted - Feb 02 2010 : 7:39:02 PM
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HuckelberryWine or Michelle,
Speaking of old fashioned words
how about 'ear bobs' (earrings) or 'tourist court' (hotel) or 'step ins' (panties)
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
1607 Posts |
Posted - Feb 03 2010 : 4:15:01 PM
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So true! There are definitely ear bobs and others are earrings. :)
I keep forgetting that so many daily life things in our house are "old fashioned". Reminds me of my grandmother when I was helping her in the kitchen about 10 years ago. I commented that some of her gadgets were "antiques" and she got a bit cross in a good natured way and asked if they could be considered antiques if she was still using them. I told her no, they were just right. She's 95. She still uses some of her mother's things. Bless her boots! Don't you just love the feel of the good old things that were made to last? Iron skillet, wooden spoon, glass jar, garden fresh beats teflon, plastic, imported any day.
We make a difference. |
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
2349 Posts |
Posted - Feb 04 2010 : 06:43:08 AM
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I don't know whether this is old fashioned or just a humid, southern, thing...... At night time when going to bed, girls/ladies "air out". Hmmm, let me try to put it nicely. Using Debbie's phrase of 'step ins'.... 'step ins' are not worn at night to give ourselves a chance to have air flow....."air out". It's good prevention of moisture related irritations.
My friend, Lisa, upon moving down here in south Texas, was quite shocked when several of the ladies at a retreat started removing 'step ins' before getting in bed. She was too embarrassed to ask them, so when she arrived home, she sheepishly asked me about the custom and I replied, "Oh, they were just airing out". Today, 12 years later, Lisa is still a transformed "airing out'er".
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
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