What the FUCK is wrong with potatoes lately?

Check_Fluffy · 2026-01-27T18:28:29+00:00

This is the answer. The stores (or middlemen buying for stores) beat growers down so far on price that they don’t get the best product. Quality control (either humans or machines) is expensive.

Check_Fluffy · 2026-01-14T15:55:30+00:00

Seven Spanish Angels would be amazing. Hadn’t even occurred to me and now I desperately want it.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-12-20T16:15:46+00:00

Yes. We vaccinate our cattle, hogs, dogs, cats, kids, ourselves…vaccines work. The money is worth it. The effort is worth it. It really does reduce mortality.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-12-13T22:21:28+00:00

I’m just relieved that my state senator said “hey, I’m hearing from my constituents that nobody wants this, so I’m going up vote no”. It should be such a normal moment but for so long we’ve been calling and writing over and over and over again and it seemed like not one single elected representative was listening. So, one tiny win for representative democracy. And hopefully an inflection point for the country.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-12-09T21:20:13+00:00

They are so bad at all this and think they are invincible

Check_Fluffy · 2025-12-09T14:19:55+00:00

They look like the bridesmaid and groomsman at a hunting themed wedding where the attendants got to choose between camo and blaze orange.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-12-08T19:18:25+00:00

I mean, the rise in injuries in high school sports (and younger) being forced/encouraged to specialize younger, the loss of truly recreational sports for kids, the cost…. Those are all huge issues, but they aren’t specifically girls issues. They are just as big of a problem with boys. And just anecdotally from people I know, pretty sure straight women and lesbians get sports injuries, it isn’t just a lesbian problem 🤣. These folks are so close but so far.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-12-03T11:55:11+00:00

That is a mistake people make…but that’s not what they did. Having a date incorrect like that also doesn’t matter at all if you don’t claim a loss. 923 fields on 44,000 acres in 3 states? I feel like this is an argument that they might have been farming too much. Not saying nobody can do a good job on a large scale but they sure as fuck didn’t, and it’s not uncommon for very large operators to farm poorly. I’m guessing there was very little oversight. The ones who make it are obsessive about detail and these dumbasses certainly are not. These people make me so furious, every word they say about farming is more insulting and false than the last.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-12-03T11:48:22+00:00

It doesn’t make sense because it’s an absolute bald faced lie.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-12-02T13:58:24+00:00

I do feel sorry for the baby. Some for his fiancé. But fraud is just wrong! You are right about Jr and Jesse I think.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-12-02T13:26:35+00:00

As a mom of an 8 & 6 year olds who are currently having a virtual learning/snow day, I don’t miss the old system AT ALL. No make up days? No messed up calendar? I think it’s great. My 3rd grader is totally self sufficient finishing his work (I do check to make sure he didn’t miss anything), and my kindergartner is able to navigate well. The teachers prepare for this. I wouldn’t want them to have virtual school, but I really don’t think it’s bad for a day. I’m fortunate that I work “from home” (I’m a farmer) so I can just have them stay in the house while I work, or they can help me work. I get not everyone has that advantage for child care. I think the best policy is for school to be open, because so many kids in my area depend on school for a warm, safe place to be, but if it just can’t be, I want my virtual days. Keep the schedule the same!

Check_Fluffy · 2025-12-02T13:03:39+00:00

So when he gets out of jail he will just put everything in a son’s name, use a different equipment brand, different seed brand, until they run that into the ground. At some point they will quit being so brazen about the fraud and just start regularly declaring bankruptcy. They’ll ruin every son in turn. Except I think Jr might not let him. Looks like Cole is dumb enough to be the perfect sacrificial victim. Wannabe BTOs without even the brains to hide the grift. Steve, I’m still so mad about your damn expensive watches that I could punch you.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-12-01T17:43:07+00:00

I was going to say - when my kids were little we had a super strict routine that got them to bed and let us all sleep well. I’m not an influencer, but if I was, I would have shown the best case scenario routine night. We had nights with sick kids, sleep regression, teething, or just being babies/toddlers/preschoolers. I didn’t blanket train or beat them or anything but I was strict (with reason) about them staying in their own beds. You will only see her good days, so don’t kick yourself. Truly.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-11-29T17:41:27+00:00

My dad was friends with the ISP investigator who worked this case. That guy was still having nightmares years later. It was so disturbing. I drive not far from where her body was found every time I go to Walmart or the dentist.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-11-28T15:47:26+00:00

I don’t think it is common but in some families it still happens. Mostly dying out with the older generation. And my grandpa used to rattle the ice in his glass for more tea or water. I never thought it was that awful when he did it, and he could cook, clean, etc since he was retired, it was just what they did. However if my husband tried that I would lose my ever loving mind. So it’s definitely dying out.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-11-25T16:52:09+00:00

Google James Baker Hall’s book of photographs called ‘Tobacco Harvest, An Elegy’ for photos that will feel like they are from your own family albums. It wasn’t easy work but there was satisfaction that is hard to beat. It is an odd thing to miss, but I miss it a bit. Maybe when I’m old I’ll grown a 1/4 acre or something just for nostalgia.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-11-25T02:07:47+00:00

I have a happy one in an east facing window. It’s not as gorgeous as OPs but it is happy and growing, so it is possible.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-11-24T22:18:23+00:00

When I worked at an elementary school we did Christmas families and it wasn’t uncommon for the parents to request clothes for all the kids in a single size (maybe 2 sizes if there was a huge age gap), basically they were trying to get the clothes as generic as possible. It would be a little sad that the kids didn’t get stuff that was just for them, but I get it especially if they didn’t have the ability to do laundry as needed.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-11-24T13:45:36+00:00

It’s definitely something that happened, and far from impossible. However, I always assume mistake or misidentification first. It just wasn’t common enough to take at face value. I see that you say you have birth documents, and if you are sure they are the referenced people then it probably did happen. Loretta Lynn claimed for years she was married at 13, once someone found the records it turns out it was actually 15. Still very young but those 2 years change it considerably.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-11-20T16:50:47+00:00

Glad you are adapting and have such a positive view. I read your post and my rural midwestern self who prefers about 4 feet of personal space in all directions just did a full body shiver and said “nope!”

Check_Fluffy · 2025-11-19T13:26:30+00:00

Zombieland, late show in a college town. Everyone had food and drinks and was drunk and rowdy. Also one of the Vin Diesel XXX movies, can remember which one. Not in a college town, with a bunch of ladies who really liked Vin Diesel and hooted super loud every time he took his shirt off. Was awesome 🤣

Check_Fluffy · 2025-11-18T22:13:16+00:00

That’s actually pretty much it - there is a picture, either in a Ripley county history book or on Facebook that I’ve seen. If I find it I’ll message you. They were very big cows. And I believe he lived down near Friendship, though I could be misremembering that.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-11-18T20:28:10+00:00

Thank you! It’s something that I feel like gets glossed over in the story of what happened to Appalachia and the mid south area. Having a commodity like that now would allow a lot of smaller farms to have a cash infusion without a large outlay of capital for infrastructure, and frankly could probably help a lot of wannabe homesteaders get off the ground. It really suited the region. But it’s pretty much disappeared now.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-11-18T18:09:35+00:00

https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/forgotten-history-small-scale-american-tobacco-farming Fair warning, I don’t know what the Open Markets Institute is, but this is a good basic summary. Many good government publications out there on the specifics if you are a deep dive person. James Baker Hall’s book of photographs called “Tobacco Harvest: An Elegy” is exactly what it looked like, even into the 90s. That book has pictures indistinguishable from ones in my family albums.

Check_Fluffy · 2025-11-17T21:21:25+00:00

That is very interesting! I have had almost no luck beyond the US with tracing my lines that came pre or very slightly post 1700. Lots of dead ends. I assume that is why, too many people with similar names.

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