Life on the farm

[bunyip]

I've had it happen in a couple Jeeps. Only way out is to slam on the brakes and almost come to a stop. Very dangerous. A couple years ago a man from our town was killed on the Interstate when his motorcycle went into death wobble and threw him off.

I have had it happen on a pushbike, horrible feeling knowing you are about to sacrifice an amount of skin to the big black road god, also used to happen on an old ford I had in my youth, I have witnessed it on motorbikes but never, thankfully, happened to me.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My Great Great Great grandfather born 1807 came from N Ireland around 1831.

His son, my GG grandfather born 1846, married Sarah Adams b. 1853 of Sedalia Mo in 1874.
I estimate this pic of them taken around 1875.

The Adams had moved to MO from this area around 1870.

Sara’s mother passed away in 1875 when she was 22. Her next youngest sister Ruth married a Stevens in MO at age 18, 6 months after her mom’s death.

This picture is labeled Archie & the 4 Stevens.
Archie is son of Sarah, and the Stevens are probably her sister Ruth’s kids from MO.

The thing is, there were 7 Steven kids, so not sure which 4. I believe Archie is on the right, and I’m guessing this picture taken around 1900.

Archie died in 1906 at age 18.

This is my GG grandparents family, taken around 1893 (if Archie is 5-6, and my G Grandmother on right around 18)

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Buckeye's pics of his family, taken several decades ago intrigue me. I find myself looking at the clothing worn. But mostly I'm looking in the background at any manmade object. People lived hard back then "on the farm".

Here's a picture I cherish. This was taken in Germany. My Great Grandparents sold this farm in Germany and immigrated to the U.S. Ending up in Northern Iowa. I don't know the date accurately. Would have been mid 1800s.

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Richard, nice picture!!

 

[bunyip]

The good old days, high infant mortality rates, TB, not making it to your 25th birthday, typhoid, typhus, polio, no cures only quackery, think I like it where I am now.

 

[two_bit_score]

The good old days, high infant mortality rates, TB, not making it to your 25th birthday, typhoid, typhus, polio, no cures only quackery, think I like it where I am now.

Yet despite all the advances I am frequently made aware of people who come down with severe ailments that linger for years and are examined by multiple doctors and none of the best doctors can accurately treat them or even diagnose their disease.

Is it that we are experiencing the creation of new diseases or is our medical community really not as advanced as we think it is?

 

[lman]

The good old days, high infant mortality rates, TB, not making it to your 25th birthday, typhoid, typhus, polio, no cures only quackery, think I like it where I am now.

I thought things were better in the old days because there was no COVID.

 

[Gem99ultra]

A few shots while driving around the farm today.
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The back side of barn is loosing its siding.
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To a county tax inspector - that looks like a plum to his eyes. Sorry bunch of people for the most part. You can't spend enough money to rebuild your treasure to meet their desires - no matter how much you spend.

I also was privileged to receive a visit from those guys once while trying to build myself a workshop. They cost me a big chunk of change to rip out work, including half of the concrete slab, to meet their desires. That was before a tornado totally took the shop out two years later, after adding in all of the inspectors non-sense changes. In short, they're a bunch of people that you don't want to visit with.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

We haven’t had any issues with tax people on the farm.

 

[ovrszd]

To a county tax inspector - that looks like a plum to his eyes. Sorry bunch of people for the most part. You can't spend enough money to rebuild your treasure to meet their desires - no matter how much you spend.

I also was privileged to receive a visit from those guys once while trying to build myself a workshop. They cost me a big chunk of change to rip out work, including half of the concrete slab, to meet their desires. That was before a tornado totally took the shop out two years later, after adding in all of the inspectors non-sense changes. In short, they're a bunch of people that you don't want to visit with.

I'm not sure I know what a "tax inspector" is?

A Permit Inspector, yes.

A Country Tax Assessor, yes.

We don't require Permits here so I've not experienced those.

The Country Assessor visits my property once a year.

 

[ultrarunner]

Buckeye's pics of his family, taken several decades ago intrigue me. I find myself looking at the clothing worn. But mostly I'm looking in the background at any manmade object. People lived hard back then "on the farm".

Here's a picture I cherish. This was taken in Germany. My Great Grandparents sold this farm in Germany and immigrated to the U.S. Ending up in Northern Iowa. I don't know the date accurately. Would have been mid 1800s.

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My guess would be northern Germany because the combination of brick and thatch...