FarmWife Answers, episode six

Here we are again. Have we really done this 6 times?!

To begin our round of questions, Mrs.X asks: Is it possible to live without a TV? I am so sick of commercials! Or should I just invest in a DVR?

I can state emphatically, it is possible to live without a TV. I've done it a few times. When I was little our TV blew up & we didn't get a new one until Bubba was big enough for Sesame Street. That's part of the reason QM read all the Little House books & the entire Chronicles of Narnia to me before I started Kindergarten.

At the moment I fear the picture tube in our TV is singing its Swan Song. When it dies I think we will disconnect the Satellite & live without it for a while. DVD's can be watched on the computer if we like....and I won't have to watch anymore UFC or Spongebob Squarepants!! But that also means giving up House & Scrubs. Maybe I haven't thought this through properly.

I also think a DVR would be tres cool. But since I don't have one, I cannot personally recommend it. I know Emily loves her Steve-o!

Ang wants to know: Why does Oscar Meyer ready to serve bacon say 'serving size 4' but contains 15 slices?

I think they know no one can actually cook bacon (or even put it on a plate) without eating a slice or two or three....so call it emergency bacon (because who wants 3.75 slices of bacon?)

Ang's second question is: Why does the Midwest start and end earlier in school than the pacific northwest? Farmers Hours?

I think you hit the nail on the head. We start school before harvest & end during planting. I guess if it were actual Farmers Hours we wouldn't start until after harvest & get out before disking time...but then the kids would be in school about 15 minutes a year. I don't think that would work out well what with the entire mid-west being 43 when they graduated from High School.




Apparently there is a nation wide outcry about school starting earlier & earlier in the summer. I have to admit, I do not relish sending my 6 year old to school when it's 98 outside. She practically melts on the bus ride home.




And Ang finishes up with: Would it be a pink zune by chance from QM and Daddy?




Good guess, Ang. But it's not pink, it's red. You see, they don't do an 80GB!!! in pink. :D And it should be here in 5-7 days....well in time for vacation. Isn't she pretty? Think I'll call her Katie Scarlett. So while my children fight & clamor for attention I can "Just tune in, turn off, drop out, drop in, switch off, switch on, and explode." Yeah, right. But, I'm a tad bit excited, can you tell?




QM asks (in her normal manner of making me work for a living): Is it really a 5 o'clock world and during a 24 hour time period is it 5pm somewhere once for each hour of that 24 hour period?





Yes, Mama, Jimmy Buffett & Alan Jackson are right. It really is 5 o'clock somewhere. There are 24 time zones world wide making it actually 5 o'clock two somewheres all day long...but one is the roll-out-of-bed-before-the-sun 5 o'clock & the other is the belly-up-to-the-bar-boys 5 o'clock. So go ahead & have your tiny wine, Mama.





In keeping with her Nursery Rhyme theme, QM asks: Why did the 10 o'clock scholar wait until noon?





My guess is that his stories didn't come on until 11 & his Ti-Vo was on the fritz.





A diller, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar.
What makes you come so soon?
You used to come at ten o'clock,
But now you come at noon





A killer, a choler, a ten o'clock scholar
Once came to school too soon.
Last term he came at ten o'clock—
This term he comes at noon





I'm having a horrible time finding the meaning of this nursery rhyme. I'm going to keep looking...
if anyone has any info, please, share!

The Queen Mother wants to know: What are blue laws and were do they come from?

Blue Laws are laws designed to enforce a moral standard, especially in regards to Sunday work & worship. Most have been repealed or deemed unconstitutional, but some still exist mainly in limiting the times you can sell alcoholic beverages on Sunday. They were first enacted by the 17th Century Puritans. In some cases certain types of merchandise was not to be sold on Sunday. In others businesses were not permitted to open on Sunday.

My mother finishes her turn up with: If you had to plan a party for the Queen of England were would you have it and who would you invite?

Wow! Can't say I've ever considered this. While most people would throw a huge shindig at a uber-fancy local, I think I'd probably invite her to the country. I'd hire Princess to help decorate & organize. Maybe have a garden party...tea, cakes, punch, hats, & dresses...And I'd invite my Aunts & Grandmothers & girlfriends & (of course) the Queen Mother & Princess. We would have a nice quiet visit, eat, drink, and be merry. I would like to hear stories of her childhood.