Hal

46 minutes ago, Buddy14904 said:

If the City locks people up, isn't the jail paid for by the County? So that city ordinance would have been shared burden with the County. 

And does the City reimburse the County for each City inmate ? I’m sure someone here could answer this question. 

1 hour ago, Lawana Morse said:

 

(And just because it really was a slap in the face hearing comments from last week's city council meeting, I would like to remind anyone reading this that I did request the city council come speak to the county legislature and when Mayor Mandell came to present the struggles the city is facing with the homelessness, I asked point blank what can we as the county do to support the city. The answer was "I don't know. Our hands are tied. It's a nationwide epidemic." - or something along those lines

Thank you Ms Morse . Once again the City Council wants to foist their problems on the Entire County … yes , I see it as the City’s mess to deal with ! They just sit in the Ivory Tower (you know the one with the new Clock) looking everywhere but out of the windows so as not to see what has become of Elmira . 
Most of us here are just saying aloud what most others are thinking about this homeless thing . Heres my POV, I see these people every time we drive down Water St to Weis Mkt doing nothing to improve their lot , no responsibilities , not a care , living off either panhandling for money for cigarettes or other goodies. But there I stand at the self checkout Paying  for My groceries ( which have doubled) from My pension . So , No I do Not have any interest in helping these people that Can better themselves but Won’t as they have made their Choice ! Disclaimer ; Those that have legitimate Physical or Mental problems are exempt from my seemingly “ heartless apathetic attitude “ . 
Please , please do not fall into the City Councils game once again ! 

3 hours ago, Pvt Snowball said:

There no harm in trying or do we let them sit out there to die and be self destructive?

To reiterate … Choices ! 

On 6/19/2024 at 1:42 PM, Hal said:

The orchard is looking promising this year with the Galas being most productive. And the Deer Repellent has been doing its job so I decided to take a pic of a nice young Gala that the damn birds will get before I do ! 
 

Now we have an orchard full ready to press cider in the next week , possibly this weekend . 3 trees of sweet Gala and 1 tree of Golden Delicious to add a little tang … or more apple cobbler lol . 4 other trees will be ready to make fruit next season .

Cute yep , i’ll give you that … but those horns eeesh! 

4 minutes ago, Adam said:

Not to be confused with the other synonymous critter:      

                                                                                          ShamWow (Homo Flim-Flamicus) 

Or the Sham … Meh ! 

20 minutes ago, Pvt Snowball said:

You remember last time someone thought is was a good idea to roundup people was a disaster think about that for a min history showed it wasn't a gois idea then.

Well Sir , when YOU come up with a better , workable Plan just jump right in ! The Context … again quit cherrypicking , read and respond to the context ! 

22 hours ago, Chris said:

Perhaps the city council was just afraid to actually take action and now are deflecting by kicking the can over to the county. Then they’re the bad guys either way. 

Remember the last time the City couldn’t handle a problem they created ( namely the Arena ) … and the County ( all of us ) bailed them out by hanging the boondoggle ( Arena ) around the County’s neck , our Collective Necks !? 
No , this is the City’s problem not the County’s , pass the Resolution and get on with the roundup ! 

4 hours ago, MsKreed said:

My brain is trying very hard to UN-see the guy with his hand in his pants furiously scratching/rubbing his junk. 

 

I had some difficulty watching this as well … if this guy has a sister she was at Weis last week and man , now she Was tweaking ! Eesh ! 

Not that I feel the need to explain myself on the Homeless problem here in Elmira but prompted by a FB post I would like to just give what insight I can . 
Elmira is in no way unique in having a homeless population and it’s not something new but has grown over the past dozen years ( or so ) . But we all know this as fact of course . For myself , I do not harbor any ill will for the homeless but in the same breath I will not enable them either . Disclaimer; this does not included those that genuinely need Psychiatric help . 
Haven’t we all helped a person down on their luck , i’m sure we have , but when it becomes expected thats where I draw the line ! Then it becomes enabling them to continue with that lifestyle and they get to actually like not having to work , pay rent , obey Laws etc. . No , you actually do them and the Public a disservice by delivering food and supplies to where they bed down , as we all know someone needs to clean up after them because they just walk away from the mess , to go about their carefree day . 
Now , of course we are not without compassion… here comes the but , but imagine if we all could just walk away from life’s responsibilities, we could you know , The Creator gave us choices ! But the majority's of us have made the choice to live lives that make us productive citizens not drains on society or that person that urinates and or defecates on public ,or worse yet private property . 
Let me “land the plane “ here . 
There are adequate Services in the area shelters , medical help , places to get a meal or even God forbid , work ! All thats needed is for the homeless to pull themselves up , expend some effort  open the doors of said services and get back to the realities of life . But they instead have and are making the Choice to continue that lifestyle as I have made my choice not to support or enable them to do so , if this makes me appear Heartless and none caring then you really don’t know me and I will Own the title … 
 

1 hour ago, Adam said:

meanwhile theres folks posting images of the dear homeless pooping or urinating in their yards, 

Butt , butt they need our help … right up till the time these poor misused , downtrodden creatures start their shenanigans on the properties of the Mr and Mrs Feelgoods of this area ! Then comes the bitching and screaming …

10 minutes ago, Ann said:

 

These are the folk that bought out our apiary when it got too difficult ( sure do miss it though ) to manage . They are at the top of the Beekeeping game and always looking to learn more about these amazing little critters . Nothing but pure unadulterated honey , processed in the cleanest way possible and bottled with pride ! Sounds as though I think a lot of this couple … Yes we do 👍Also have a FB page for locations for products . 

On 5/24/2024 at 1:27 PM, Chris said:

I'll openly admit, I don't know the full details of politics in the Middle East. Keeping up with our own country's is enough. So to read this:

But their fight has finally crossed the ocean and is being fought here now , or at least the beginnings of it ! So we will all be very familiar with Middle East politics all too soon .

49 minutes ago, Ars76 said:

Hmm.... maybe the moon is making me bulge...🤣😂🤪

🤔, maybe could use this science next time my favorite shirt seems to have shrunk some! 

Yep , crazy stuff right there . But I can picture the whole “bulge” thing and the fact the water isn’t moving we are … interesting. 

I’ll stop by there and sample them . Thats on your land isn’t it ?! 

Last of the Williams Pride eat off the tree apples . She is the last of my 20 + year old orchard , throwing less apples as it ages but it’s hung in and beat out 12 others over time . 

size comparison, the middle is a Gala from the new orchard , outside ones are Williams Pride . French apple cobbler is in the works after dinner !! 

1 hour ago, Chris said:

I wonder if anyone has ever tried making cider from crab apples. Because there is a tree down the road that is loaded down so heavy with them, it's unbelievable. 

Seems to me they would make a pretty sour cider …

Something new blossoms everyday, and I can add a couple bushels to the press . I have crutch sticks under all the semi dwarf trees and need to make up a few more . 

The fella on the right is tweaking or really worried he left his willie somewhere !! Last time a group tried the “ walk across “ thing here the bees even took exception to it … specially the young fella in shorts , but he wasn’t tweaking LOL .

I pulled the cucumber plants today as all the cukes were bitter and i’m thinking it was because I grew them up fencing . Has to be the reason as that beds soil was amended and PH tested . Or Not … some research will tell .

2 hours ago, Pvt Snowball said:

Well I have too much melatonin in my skin lol but I'm going to keep pushing should have ran for those seats when I had a chance oh well 

Stop with the whole Skin Color thing and concentrate on the issues that have you upset, to do otherwise is doing yourself a disservice. 

2 hours ago, Pvt Snowball said:

What I don't hear is solutions just alot of I don't owe them or not my problem responses moving them from one place to another won't fix the problem you be no better then the people who made it illegal to be homeless offer Solutions.

Transport them where?

Again Pvt , go back and read the post in its entirety. 

1 minute ago, Elizabeth Whitehouse said:

On the one hand you ask me to give solutions; on the other you tell me to butt out.

I know very well that Elmira has huge problems with drugs and homelessness. There are few easy solutions. One that comes to mind: arrest those who destroy property.

Quote my post in full to have the context correct thank you . 

1 hour ago, command_prompt said:

Great info. I tried looking for OLDER older pictures of that section of the trestle, to no avail. This one is relatively new (March of 2018). 

I saw that name and it was the first thing i could come up with .