Hal

It was all too clear to myself as I expect a candidate to come into a debate with a good knowledge of the concerns of the constituency. This is how you prepare for the questions that may be posed . The Incumbent in this case has as much advantage as any other holding the office and the Candidate should have countered the Incumbents answer “ we’re already doing that “ with “ can you elaborate on that please “ . But hey … I would be the first to agree with any constructive criticism of the current Mayor if I thought it just that , constructive.

The Beefsteaks will be ready next week and the Cherry tomatoes at anytime . I kind of take my chances in picking as far as timing goes . The Cherry tomatoes are loaded and will also be ready next week for me , the guy who up till last year hated tomatoes, to munch on ( sans the seeds ) while cutting grass or just cruising by . I just wish I had started some Green Goddess Xanadu heritage tomatoes this year , picked green when the top portion turns purple it’s the only full size ‘mater i enjoy right off the vine , and yes you eat them green … so sweet and delicious !

Yep … leave his punk ass right there ! Two years in and he just up and goes sour , nope , guaran-damn - tee you he was trouble from day one . And yeah , he is looking at spending time in the brig up to and including equal time served in civilian jail . Plus any “ legal hold” time , then looking at at a Legal Discharge . So yeah , heres a good idea … I’ll just Defect , run across the DMZ and give Kim Chee Ugh some crap to throw at the US ! Then if Uncle Sugar doesn’t meet the chubby little guys demands to please take my sad ass self of his hands ( think “ Ransom of Red Chief “) I’m going to slap down the race the card , shame the Military into a Medical , PTSD generated ,Discharge and then i’m going to apply for SSD … And there ya have it folks … thats the plan !

Looking real good Chris ! I had to muster the energy to get the last four heads of cabbage out of the raised beds and into the crock for Sauerkraut today . Only got about 15 pounds but that should be plenty . Garden to crock super fresh and I was munching on the part not going into the crock . I put too many cabbage plants on one half of the bed (6) and Brussels Sprouts in the other half (6) , kinda crowded but growing great . I will change planting plans next year . And definitely picking up anther of these new beds !

Remember , it was Reagonomics that drove the down economy when he made it no longer possible to claim interest payments as a deduction on Federal income tax returns thereby virtually stopping any purchases on credit cards , housing , new cars etc . Reagan was a decent President but put the screws to a whole generation ( mine ) with his playing with the economy at that time . It will not get better we will only play along , pay out more and wait until the next Great Freaking Idea comes along … if we survive Bidenmentia .

Methinks the residents / taxpayers of the County should not think this reconsideration by the CCIDA is going to be the end of the matter . The reconsideration from these folks is , as in the past , been just a ploy to proceed to the long game after the stink has worn off . I would ask that the County Executive NOT agree to sign over this piece of County ( us ) owned land to the CCIDA as it seems they are already elbow deep in trying to keep the bulldozers away from that ( the Arena ) other boondoggle this Committee has hung around the necks of us taxpaying Resident“ cash cows “ in the past !

We pay for it but have no say in it …

Told ya . I stood and watched as a Robin did that to a couple plants in my raised bed and yep just left it lay there like i was going to do to him , but I gave him a second chance .

I see all the “ movers and shakers “ listed but not one … not one John Q ordinary Taxpayer listed … as per usual ! Maybe , just maybe if there were less upper crust , there could be more trust . But hell that will never happen !

You had me at Tuscan olive oil and balsamic vinegar! This looks 😋.

In short … Get it on the tax roll or let the bulldozer roll !

Now , that is a shame they always had so much going on for students, parents and grandparents.

I believe that as well . Been using the tank sprayer on the four wheeler to water the potatoes and raised beds . So far everything is at least moving upward .

Not taking any chances with temps tonite , raised beds are covered just in case ! And I picked up a replacement Cherry tomato plant because the stupid Robin snipped the top out of the other one . So this year instead of just two 40’ rows of Klondike Gold potatoes I put in a third row of Red Pontiacs ( no , not Fords … Pontiacs ) and all are peeking through the ground . We put our taters in the cellar for Winter use and between saving a third for seed and the rest for mashed potato hungry Grandkids we went through about 75lbs last year so another row is justified, which makes me happy as i really do like planting potatoes.

😂, You were better off making Tacos Karen ! No …really , the Tacos had more substance .

Was it “ jitters “ or was Mr Hassell just plain unprepared … not that any of the questions were Earthshaking nor were the ensuing answers riveting. What ?! Was I expecting too much ? 😂

Yep … it snowed year ‘round here at home … well, at least on television 😆.

I guess because I never really could sit through Sesame Street , except for the Muppets, that would explain it .

Thank You Linda .

That Very one ! 👍

Amazingly I almost did as well … except one , the clock .

Welcome LocalSportsGuy … Over the years there have been many small businesses along Water St. but due to Elmira, and the powers that be , things were made difficult for them to stay open . Some were Very popular and brought other foot traffic to that area but in short … Elmira is Not business friendly at all .

Think I’ll do just that since I have three blocks drilled already . I had the perfect bit but lent it to the furnace contractors assistant to run thermostat wire and haven’t seen it since 🤷‍♂️. I also “Fred Sanford Scored” some Red Cedar project wood from a neighbor tearing apart a play tower slide LOL. Will make some nice hive houses .

Lol , I started making the block type … yeah the proper long shank drill bit is going to cost as much as the tubes on Amazon ! But due to my masochistic nature I’ll probably keep plugging away on the blocks 🤣.