Some fishing, some farming

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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Frank Reid wrote:
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Just had to cut my prairie restoration as the neighbors determined it
didn't meet the "neat and tidy" clause in the covenents.

Here in Urbana if someone starts "prairie restoration" the city
will send a warning and if you're still too lazy to mow the lawn
the city will mow it for you and send you a bill for $500.

Whats up
with friggen covenents anyway? Just a way nosey neighbors can get
into your business.

Well, if your business involves an old washer, dryer and tireless
pickup truck on blocks rusting away in your front yard I'd say
your neighbors should have a right to make you clean up your yard.

--
Ken Fortenberry

I would agree with the washer/dryer, etc... however some of the HOA go way
to far. A buddy has his boat on the side of his house behind a 6 ft. fence
that you can't see thought. You could see about 2 ft. of the boat tower
above the fence. They made him drop the tower down so it wasn't visible from
the road. Pretty unreasonable if you ask me...

JT

JT wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
Frank Reid wrote:
Whats up
with friggen covenents anyway? Just a way nosey neighbors can get
into your business.
Well, if your business involves an old washer, dryer and tireless
pickup truck on blocks rusting away in your front yard I'd say
your neighbors should have a right to make you clean up your yard.

I would agree with the washer/dryer, etc... however some of the HOA go way
to far. A buddy has his boat on the side of his house behind a 6 ft. fence
that you can't see thought. You could see about 2 ft. of the boat tower
above the fence. They made him drop the tower down so it wasn't visible from
the road. Pretty unreasonable if you ask me...

My aunt and her husband had some of the most restrictive I've
ever heard of in Irvine, California. Everything from the type
of shrubs and bushes to the color of the roof on your garage.
But nobody put a gun to their heads to make them sign on the
dotted line when they bought the place.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
...
JT wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
Frank Reid wrote:
Whats up
with friggen covenents anyway? Just a way nosey neighbors can get
into your business.
Well, if your business involves an old washer, dryer and tireless
pickup truck on blocks rusting away in your front yard I'd say
your neighbors should have a right to make you clean up your yard.

I would agree with the washer/dryer, etc... however some of the HOA go
way to far. A buddy has his boat on the side of his house behind a 6 ft.
fence that you can't see thought. You could see about 2 ft. of the boat
tower above the fence. They made him drop the tower down so it wasn't
visible from the road. Pretty unreasonable if you ask me...

My aunt and her husband had some of the most restrictive I've
ever heard of in Irvine, California. Everything from the type
of shrubs and bushes to the color of the roof on your garage.
But nobody put a gun to their heads to make them sign on the
dotted line when they bought the place.

--
Ken Fortenberry

You make a good point for sure. In my buddy's case, I guess the HOA
president was a real jackass. They appealed the tower issue and got it
thrown out. He now sits on the HOA board and that president was ousted. They
too have some strict guidelines, one being a list of colors that they can
paint the house.

JT

On Sep 10, 4:27*pm, DaveS wrote:
Was out on the Touchet last week for 5 days. Headed back ASAP. Fished
most mornings and evenings. Water levels up a bit as some of the
irrigation on the forks stops. Driving around Ive noticed some water
seeping back in the draws and my wheat farmer neighbor says yes, and
that they got a bit of a recharge up on the rolling paloose. Temps
still seem up a bit , and the fish still are clustered more than usual
below the oxiginated riffles. Caught many 6-8 inch cutts and a few
"rainbows" 8" to 10" or so. All on small stimulators in hopper tones.
Most interesting was dragging a 4" weighted black bunny leach thru a
few choice larger holes below riffles, fished with a steelie leader
and a 1x tippet, *In one of these I had wild assed grabs 2 evenings in
a row and breakoffs. Ive had this happen in warm water from turtles
but I am pretty sure these were fish. I am pretty sure the Dolly
Vardens, which do wildassed grabs to perfection, are absent from my
streatch of river.

In the late 80's, on my first trip waaaaay up the Selway, I was
looking for fish for supper, after playing with brookies and rainbows
all day. I was using an ultralight spinning rig with 4lb line in
pocket water.
HUGE dolly grabbed my spoon and scared the living ....... out of me.
She got away -- obviously -- and I didn't land one until some years
later.
Like being jumped on by a wolverine.

cheers

oz

On Sep 11, 5:36*am, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
Frank Reid wrote:
snip
Just had to cut my prairie restoration as the neighbors determined it
didn't meet the "neat and tidy" clause in the covenents.

Here in Urbana if someone starts "prairie restoration" the city
will send a warning and if you're still too lazy to mow the lawn
the city will mow it for you and send you a bill for $500.

Whats up
with friggen covenents anyway? *Just a way nosey neighbors can get
into your business.

Well, if your business involves an old washer, dryer and tireless
pickup truck on blocks rusting away in your front yard I'd say
your neighbors should have a right to make you clean up your yard.

--
Ken Fortenberry

WoW. Take us there, in the right light, well rested, with exceptional
luck and happy accident, maybe with some autumn color and . . . would
that be a softened red . . . maybe postwar dodge pickup?). , high
grass, big lump of titanium white dryer/round window hanging off
center. slavish to the style of Clymer, Saterday Evening Post, 1950s,.
American Popular Realist. $16, 000. Santa Fe , KA CHING,KA CHING

Dave

Like being jumped on by a wolverine.

cheers

oz

Well close maybe. But Ive only ever been jumped by a moose, and that
was very long ago, camping in the High Uintahs. Tell you the truth its
rats that give me the willys, and Im not one ever to pickup snakes,
particularly with my mouth no matter what the Pastor says or even if
Jerry Lee himself were leading the choir.

But, yes, Dolly's can wake a person up real good.

Dave
:=)))

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:05:57 -0700 (PDT), DaveS wrote:


WoW. Take us there, in the right light, well rested, with exceptional
luck and happy accident, maybe with some autumn color and . . . would
that be a softened red . . . maybe postwar dodge pickup?). , high
grass, big lump of titanium white dryer/round window hanging off
center. slavish to the style of Clymer, Saterday Evening Post, 1950s,.
American Popular Realist. $16, 000. Santa Fe , KA CHING,KA CHING

And just think if you had a Normen Rockwall...

HTH,
R



Dave

On Sep 12, 5:10*am, wrote:
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:05:57 -0700 (PDT), DaveS wrote:
WoW. Take us there, in the right light, well rested, with exceptional
luck and happy accident, maybe with some autumn color and . . . would
that be a softened red . . . maybe postwar dodge pickup?). , high
grass, big lump of titanium white dryer/round window hanging off
center. slavish to the style of Clymer, Saterday Evening Post, 1950s,.
American Popular Realist. $16, 000. Santa Fe , KA CHING,KA CHING

And just think if you had a Normen Rockwall...

HTH,
R





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Exactly, Caynon Road, Santa Fe here we come. Ah the taste of tamales
in the park, and Juan's modest smile

Dave
Sad note: Ive belatedly learned that Juan Tafoya, (1949-2006), of the
San Ildefonso Pueblo, a master potter in the Black on Black style, a
student of Maria Montoya Martinez, Povi-ka, "Flower Leaf," . . .died.
May the Great Spirit make a place for him, may his children use what
he taught them, may they carry forward the work.

On Sep 11, 5:12*am, Frank Reid wrote:
Amature too, though grew up with pipe on my shoulder and humping bales
for the dairy cattle. *Flashbacks of bone crushing days where a 14
year old could burn through 10,000 calories in a day 'cause after
feeding the dry cows, I went to swim team, school, swim team and then
milking (during school I didn't milk) and work till dark, then did
homework.
Just had to cut my prairie restoration as the neighbors determined it
didn't meet the "neat and tidy" clause in the covenents. *Whats up
with friggen covenents anyway? *Just a way nosey neighbors can get
into your business.
Frank Reid

It is amazing, I mean the work these frontline farm people and
families do to put food on our tables.
Dave

On Sep 11, 2:20*pm, "JT" wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message

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Frank Reid wrote:
snip
Just had to cut my prairie restoration as the neighbors determined it
didn't meet the "neat and tidy" clause in the covenents.

Here in Urbana if someone starts "prairie restoration" the city
will send a warning and if you're still too lazy to mow the lawn
the city will mow it for you and send you a bill for $500.

Whats up
with friggen covenents anyway? *Just a way nosey neighbors can get
into your business.

Well, if your business involves an old washer, dryer and tireless
pickup truck on blocks rusting away in your front yard I'd say
your neighbors should have a right to make you clean up your yard.

--
Ken Fortenberry

I would agree with the washer/dryer, etc... however some of the HOA go way
to far. A buddy has his boat on the side of his house behind a 6 ft. fence
that you can't see thought. You could see about 2 ft. of the boat tower
above the fence. They made him drop the tower down so it wasn't visible from
the road. Pretty unreasonable if you ask me...

Hm.....

Did they?

g.