tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post114907620254103905..comments2024-03-08T00:23:07.688-08:00Comments on HICK CHIC: "Living in the Country" is all relative...Heidi the Hickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-1149163584881062972006-06-01T05:06:00.000-07:002006-06-01T05:06:00.000-07:00oh Nifty, that sounds beautiful! It's interesting...oh Nifty, that sounds beautiful! It's interesting how you made the distinction between "In the country" and "out of town" because it is different. <BR/><BR/>I think I"d like to see Pink Mountain some day!Heidi the Hickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-1149110683515525262006-05-31T14:24:00.000-07:002006-05-31T14:24:00.000-07:00I know. Can't live with it, can't live without it...I know. Can't live with it, can't live without it.Heidi the Hickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-1149103171239590252006-05-31T12:19:00.000-07:002006-05-31T12:19:00.000-07:00Urban sprawl is terrible, I hate it! And, I take ...Urban sprawl is terrible, I hate it! And, I take advantage of its conveniences daily...it's a quandry!CindyDiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670606436554430600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-1149102795074390252006-05-31T12:13:00.000-07:002006-05-31T12:13:00.000-07:00Oh yeah, Waterdown...you gotta love the farmboys. ...Oh yeah, Waterdown...you gotta love the farmboys. I know I do!Heidi the Hickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-1149102677867426422006-05-31T12:11:00.000-07:002006-05-31T12:11:00.000-07:00Kari, it's happening everywhere!!!Tim & Smarty- I ...Kari, it's happening everywhere!!!<BR/><BR/>Tim & Smarty- I actually don't hate Madonna at all. Sometimes she bugs me but in general I am in awe of her work ethic and her imagination. I LOVED her when I was 14!!! I'm just mad at her because she got a publishing deal for kids picture books and dammit, it's not that easy!<BR/><BR/>Oh, and the truck thing: If you drive A truck, you are in the physical act of driving something which is a truck. If you Drive Truck, you are a Truck Driver. <BR/><BR/>Red, I totally, completely know what you mean. Dad used to love being out on the tractor all day.<BR/><BR/>Even in Cambridge, eh Pluvi? I might now recognize it next time I'm over there...<BR/><BR/>Reid- it's like you read my mind...I intend to write about this too. <BR/><BR/>Gregg- again, mind reading! I have just come back this afternoon from a trip along the 400, past Wonderland. when I was a kid I wanted to go there so bad. Then I read that it was built on farmland. I was only 12 and I felt sad. People need a place to live but now I can't look at that park without thinking about how much money we waste on a day full of being amused...It has been sold to an American park corporation, but it's been owned by Paramount for over a decade. And can you believe the housing around there? <BR/><BR/>Didn't Dolly Parton say she was the girl next door, if you grew up next to an amusement park???Heidi the Hickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-1149099962361972512006-05-31T11:26:00.000-07:002006-05-31T11:26:00.000-07:00The property Canada’s Wonderland occupies used to ...The property Canada’s Wonderland occupies used to be home to some of the prettiest dairy farms. I mean, they were right out of a Herriot novel. Field stone milking parlors and beautiful field stone and red brick homes. We were coonhuntin (not hunting) one evening, swung by a dairy that we had permission to run on and knocked to let him know we would be out in his back pasture. It was incredibly sad to see the gentleman hang his head and say “fella’s, enjoy it while you can, I just sold the place and so has two of my neighbors. They just offered us too much damn money.”<BR/>Now I hear the Wonderland is moving.<BR/>The 400 all the way to Aurora was ‘outback" then and driving into Hamilton from Guelph on 6 was a shock to my system this past winter; hit the brow and it’s city as far as you can see.<BR/><BR/>Ok, I’m depressed and I'm dating myself. Which is probably why I'm depressed.<BR/><BR/>I always wondered why the grade nine football team from Waterdown sported beards and mustaches back then while I was still praying over peach fuzz every morning.<BR/>I just figgerd it was the abundance of fertilizer out there.<BR/>;)Eliezer M. Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02291506437021196030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-1149095401938467292006-05-31T10:10:00.000-07:002006-05-31T10:10:00.000-07:00Well, I live in a town that hates growth. New bui...Well, I live in a town that hates growth. New building permits are set to a total limited number of square feet per year. When buildings are torn down, you can "bank" the number of square feet and use it to build new.<BR/><BR/>Ralph's just opened the first new grocery store in town in 35 years. And had to fight to do it. They made them build an underground parking garage. Ever see a grocery store with underground parking?<BR/><BR/>We can't expand south cause the ocean is there. We can't expand north cause it's Los Padres National Forest. We can't expand east or west cause the county has zoned the land agriculture only.<BR/><BR/>If you don't want things to change much this is a good place. Of course there are consequences - the median home price here is $1,000,000Reid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-1149092776310191112006-05-31T09:26:00.000-07:002006-05-31T09:26:00.000-07:00It's scary, isn't it. Fields just down the road fr...It's scary, isn't it. Fields just down the road from here are now absolutely covered in houses. I was hawking partridges with a peregrine on them five years ago. Arrghh. No partridges now. Nothing at all, really, just cars and gates and yellow brick walls.Pluvialishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13215485499944146575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-1149090138300330862006-05-31T08:42:00.000-07:002006-05-31T08:42:00.000-07:00I love the country. I used to stand on a hill on o...I love the country. I used to stand on a hill on our farm on some quiet mornings come Harvest and listen to distant tractors. It was a mezmerizing sound, like waves of pitch that really relaxed me for some reason. The distant sound of tractors working.<BR/><BR/>That memory just came up reading your post. Very fresh. I love it!Distant Timbers Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096376802344297336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-1149088026038484502006-05-31T08:07:00.000-07:002006-05-31T08:07:00.000-07:00Heidi hates Madonna?No. I don't believe it.Heidi hates Madonna?<BR/><BR/>No. I don't believe it.Smartypantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01458054279148362225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-1149084009525792882006-05-31T07:00:00.000-07:002006-05-31T07:00:00.000-07:00whats the difference between "drives truck" not "d...whats the difference between "drives truck" not "drives A truck"<BR/><BR/>and why are you such a Madonna hater? hahaha!Timmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506792286939816179noreply@blogger.com