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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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FWIW, lunch today was bay-side on a terrace with a nice breeze off the ocean. Two orders of six #3 oysters, a big slice of pâté de canard, slices of 4 different kinds of bread with butter, a glass of really good tasting white (I took one very small sip for the taste, and gave the rest to my niece), a bottle of eau gazeuse for me, plus a shared order of bulots (sea snails). Less than 40 € for the entire meal. Loving it here already!

Good thing I got my pass sanitaire a couple of days ago. No ticky, no washy.

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Proof of vaccination is required for all restaurants in France is what I hear.
 
Ain't that the truth! Pop has a 19hp Troy Bilt tractor. I'll have to say I had a little fun mowing with it.
As long as your pop didn't see you pulling one of these!

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As long as your pop didn't see you pulling one of these!

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lol. His won't do that. It's hydrostatic drive.

I had an 18hp Craftsman tractor when we lived in StL. If you let the clutch out too quick in 5th gear it would do that. Scared the crap out of me the first time. Then it was fun! :hyper:
 
NY should rightly be called The Big Oyster. Natives lived on them back to 7000BC. There were mountains of shells. Blame them for starting it.
Growing up near the Chesapeake Bay, we used to encounter these deposits of oyster shells all the time. I never knew there was any historical significance to them until much later in life. Now I wish I remembered where I had seen them but it seemed like they were everywhere.
 
Growing up near the Chesapeake Bay, we used to encounter these deposits of oyster shells all the time. I never knew there was any historical significance to them until much later in life. Now I wish I remembered where I had seen them but it seemed like they were everywhere.
Since they're everywhere you can pick any place and you'd be right!
 
Since they're everywhere you can pick any place and you'd be right!
Probably true! There are lots of little estuaries off the bay that probably hosted native populations in the past and have local beaches where people who live nearby will swim. I'd see these deposits frequently when visiting those kinds of areas. As a kid I just thought maybe some earlier generations had a party there. Never occurred to me that they'd be linked with more ancient cultures.
 
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Probably true! There are lots of little estuaries off the bay that probably hosted native populations in the past and have local beaches where people who live nearby will swim. I'd see these deposits frequently when visiting those kinds of areas. As a kid I just thought maybe some earlier generations had a party there. Never occurred to me that they'd be linked with more ancient cultures.
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