I want a house out in the country...

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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,056
    edited October 2018
    Neil's Country Home A classic Neil and Crazy Horse tune

    Take it from ol Shakey this is why you want a country home, so you can crank some Crazy Horse without upsetting the neighbors. I have pissed my neighbors off a time or two with the Ragged a glory album.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 32,926
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I am unfettered by the bonds of propriety.

    This transplanted NH native envies your beautiful home and property Mark having lived in secluded Gilmanton NH for most of my youth.

    Gilmanton -- the real Peyton Place! :)

    We have good friends who live in nearby Alton. Beautiful part of the world, over by the big lake :)
  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 2,962
    Funny you mention Russ. 1st day after closing on this place I spent the night here getting ready to remodel before moving in. The dog and I slept out on the front deck. When I crawled out of my sleeping bag sans eyeglasses and I took a pee off the deck to the applause of several tree farm workers about 100+ yards away.

    Did Russ ever work on a tree farm?
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  • warren
    warren Posts: 756
    Clipdat wrote: »
    ...so I can have a lower noise floor while listening to music.

    Too much constant noise from traffic, neighbors, commercial aircraft taking off, freeway white noise, etc.

    I'm ready for a place with no neighbors that I can physically see.

    Air drop into Alaska, the contiguous lower 40 will change in 15 years..
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  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 2,962
    I wonder which 8 will avoid that change?
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,477
    warren wrote: »
    Air drop into Alaska, the contiguous lower 40 will change in 15 years..



    How's that remedial geography class going Warren? :p

    Give Warren a break he is our elder statesmen here. In his day they were not states yet :smile:
  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,943
    Warren deserves a lot of respect for embracing technology and posting on a forum. The fact a “0” was keyed ILO an “8” is not a biggie.
  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Come on this is Club Polk! You gotta be able to take it as well as dish it out! All in good fun.

    I look back at some of my comments with embarrassment. It's all good! :smile:

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,230
    Sorry, Clip. We do not rent out any space here bro'.

    I will tell you that it is nice. Privacy. Security not really needed. Nature sounds versus "other sounds".

    You have a good goal. Make it happen and your stress level will go down an estimated 90%. Enjoy the music to drown it out until then.

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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,162
    Viking64 wrote: »
    Three Dog Night - "Out in the Country"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49bl6FrgZTs

    An all time favorite
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  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,943
    tonyb wrote: »
    Having grown up in the city, it's not something I wish to return to. Nice place to visit, but not hang my hat. Even today when I go into the city, the noise alone kills me. People are rude, parking a pain, noise, crowds....you can keep it.

    There is out in the country, and there is outside metro areas that have a country feel but still not that far removed. I picked not too far removed. You still want access to major airports and Hospitals.

    Having the sounds of nature over the beeping horns will do wonders for you and your stress levels. Having Deer walk through your yard, coyote, possums, fox, racoons, Hawks/eagles/owls is just relaxing watching them all interact.

    Then there is the smell, of fresh air in the morning instead of exhaust fumes. Nights so quiet the crickets are the loudest thing you'll hear, well unless it's mating season for the frogs, those suckers can get loud.

    I can play music as loud as I want, inside or out, never a problem. If those things don't appeal to you, you may need to reevaluate your life.

    There it is...100%
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 32,926
    around here, the neighbors don't get mad, they get even.

    :|

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,902
    edited October 2018
    Well Doc, you could be a sport and lay out some honey for the guy. Where's the Italian in you, feed everyone ? :) Might even be a photo opportunity if you lay out some old Twinkies. A bear with cream all over his face, that's hang on the wall material.


    I feed all the critters. I have a big rubberized bowl I put all the unwanted stuff in. Marshmallows, stale chips/cereal/crackers, old nuts and cookies. You name it, goes in the bowl. Whoever gets to it first has dibs, what the deer don't eat, the coyotes fox or racoons will. If the deer do get to it first, there isn't much left. They have a penchant for watermelon, Godiva chocolate, Marshmallows, and any grain like breads or corn based chips.

    I didn't always...but after a few winters seeing them all scrounging for substance, rail thin, why throw it in the garbage. Now if the bowl is empty, I get that Kevin Hart look from the deer.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 32,926
    Where's the Italian in you, feed everyone ? :)
    Man, that triggered a Cab Calloway acid flashback! ;)

    https://youtu.be/E03NZOIxGmQ
  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,420
    The country isn't quiet either! Between the crickets and my neighbors dog incessantly barking a half mile away...
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  • muncybob
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    I guess we are lucky, no barking dogs(other than our own). I actually love late July thru Sept. with all the night "noise". Winter is too quiet, although the owls and coyotes usually have something to say.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 32,926
    I was awakened by a coyote yipping last night. Sounded considerably closer to the house than I would consider optimal :p but I didn't take the opportunity to investigate further.

    Another coyote, on another day, in the ol' backyard...

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,009
    Don't they eat mice and rats? :)

    I wish they would leave the rabbits alone though.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 32,926
    Tony M wrote: »
    Don't they eat mice and rats? :)

    I wish they would leave the rabbits alone though.

    They eat pretty much anything.
  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,902
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Tony M wrote: »
    Don't they eat mice and rats? :)

    I wish they would leave the rabbits alone though.

    They eat pretty much anything.

    Including your pets, dogs, cats....you name it. Very efficient pack hunters, smart too. I've seen one lay in wait, let a dog chase it....right into a whole pack of them. Even most big dogs can handle a couple, not a whole pack though. Think about it, if they can take down a Deer, a dog is a no brainer. They go for the legs, because if you can't run, your dead.

    Never let your dog chase a coyote, period. You may think it's a loner, by itself, but usually there are more if you see one.
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  • nooshinjohn
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    Had one try to lure my American Eskimo that way when we lived in Indiana. Good thing she comes when called.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 32,926
    tonyb wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Tony M wrote: »
    Don't they eat mice and rats? :)

    I wish they would leave the rabbits alone though.

    They eat pretty much anything.

    Including your pets, dogs, cats....you name it. Very efficient pack hunters, smart too. I've seen one lay in wait, let a dog chase it....right into a whole pack of them. Even most big dogs can handle a couple, not a whole pack though. Think about it, if they can take down a Deer, a dog is a no brainer. They go for the legs, because if you can't run, your dead.

    Never let your dog chase a coyote, period. You may think it's a loner, by itself, but usually there are more if you see one.
    Yes, exactly.
    But they're also happy to eat vegetables and berries and stuff... pretty much everything and anything.
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,477
    I have a very sturdy dog he brings me coyotes....

    I kill them!

    The one thing about wild animals, they will go out if their way to NOT get hurt. To do so means they may not be able to eat and die. At 65lbs and built like a tank Chester can take a heap of punishment and dish it out in spades.

    Yep Tony is right about the lure action.

    Chester and I have dispatched dozens I live for the hunt when it comes to varmints and coyotes. Many around me live to hunt deer I on the other hand like to hunt year round. Varmints get a 60 day reprieve in the summer coyotes are not that lucky.
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 32,926
    open season on coyotes here as well... at least in VT. Pretty sure it's the case in NH as well.
  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,646
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    open season on coyotes here as well... at least in VT. Pretty sure it's the case in NH as well.

    I have heard coyotes a lot, but I have never seen then. I have seen rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, woodchucks, opossum, raccoons, bobcats, mooseseses, and orange orbs.
  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,009
    I just remembered something. I think I saw a TV special where Coyotes were endangered years ago but now they've exploded in numbers and are now a human livestock threat.

    Or was it wolves?
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  • BlueFox
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    All animals adapt as long as the changed environment is tolerable.
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