Had to pinch myself today.

gunpaq

While working in one of our fields today I waived to one of the new neighbors in the development next to our farm and just got a blank stare in return. About 15 minutes later I made another round closer to their house and waived again with a cheerfull "Hello", this time I got annoying stares from the huband and wife. On the way out of the field onto our road I waived and said a cheerfull "Hello" to two passing dog walkers who looked straight ahead as they went by (within 10ft). Was I dreaming, was I really there, did those people see or hear me? I had to pinch myself to make sure I was not dreaming then I remembered that these new residents are of a different culture called suburbanite.

Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.

Big Sky Redneck

Rent a D-9, level the houses,reclaim the ground as holy farm land and send them right back where they belong, TO THE CITY!!

salzo

Couple of years ago I used to hunt a spot that was surrounded by estate houses that were built where farms once were. Cars would drive by while I was getting set to hunt, I would wave, they would just galk.
One day I was packing up and the biggest BMW I have ever seen pulled along side me. He sat in his car pointing to the "No Hunting" signs.
I cupped my ear, indicating I could not understand, and he roled his window down and said "LOOK AT THE SIGN". I looked at the sign, and continued packing up.
"Cant you read the sign"
Sure can."
You cant hunt here"
"Yes I can. I am the one who put those signs up. You cant hunt here, no one else can hunt here, but I CAN HUNT HERE."
"Well, I own the property that borders this land and I would prefer it if you did not hunt here"
"Well I am not concerned about your preferences, and will continue to hunt here."
He then told me about his horses on the his property-how he was afraid I would shoot one.I informed him that I had seen people riding on this property, and hat they were tresspassing, and are not allowed on this properety.
He denied that his horses were on the property(he was outright lying to me, they constantly used the trails on the property I hunted) and then went on to tell me I was on his property, and that I better not shoot his horses.
I told him not to worry, I had not mistaken a horse for a deer in two years.

"The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal governmentare few and defined, and will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace negotiation, and foreign commerce"
-James Madison

Big Sky Redneck

I wonder how the game warden would handle that if one was shot on your property, would they make you tag it??

gunpaq

I figured out how I can get a waive from the suburbanites that surround our farm. I'll wait for a hot muggy Sunday in July and spread manure alog the egdes of the fields while they are out enjoying the "viewshed" of our farm on their decks. I am sure I'll get some waives and maybe some "hey you's" and maybe they will keep from taking their dogs on crap walks in our fields. I like your idea better, 7mm nut, a D-9 would do the trick especially with a KG blade. It's time to get out of this area.

Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.

bwa

gunpaq,

I think you and I were raised in similar settings. I come from a farming area with a dense enough population to encounter a significant number of people during an average day. The unspoken rule was that when you met someone on the road, or someone drove past your house, or you drove past someone's else's house, you waved. Nothing was ever said about this, but I grew up thinking that it was simply a respectful acknowledgment of the presence of another human being, whether you knew the person or not. I think it's a proper thing to do, and am saddened by your experience. Unfortunately your new neighbors' responses are rapidly becoming the norm.

interstatepawnllc

Y'all gotten a load of them Mercedes and B.M.W. SUV's. Wait a minute, howabout them Lincoln Navigators. L.O.L.!!

woodsrunner

I basically grew up in this town. My uncle farmed the family farm here Until the taxes got so bad he was forced to sell. Kind of bummed me out, I went and took production agriculture classes in school hoping that none of his daughters would marry a man wanting the place.I've watched that farm and a bunch of others disapear under houses. Bought a house here a few years ago. Dead end street in the old part of town. Was out standing in my yard today after mowing the lawn. Heard someone calling out "Mr Gill, Mr.Gill". It was an really cool little old man down the street, standing out on the curb waving me down. I figured he was in trouble or something. I get down there and he says to me "You looked so hot from mowing, I thought maybe you'd like to come down here and drink a glass of ice tea with me". I really doubt that happens in the starter castle neighborhood that often. I'll take a little old man with a beat up plymouth for a neighbor over a yuppie any day.

Woods

How big a boy are ya?

pickenup

When I first moved where I am at, at least 3 out of 5 people would wave. Now with all the resident turnover and new houses that have been built, you are lucky to get 1 out of 20, if that. HOW SAD.

If I knew then, what I know now.

barto

the kids in my neighborhood allways wave to me(because im my dogs person, i think)but sadly very few adults return waves.
with more people moving in each year, it seems to be getting worse.
oh well, retirement day is coming & we intend to sell out & move to a bigger place up the river (warmer).
barto

the hard stuff we do right away - the impossible takes a little longer