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I agree!

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Hey Jung

I have always been a big fan of Sir Elton, way back to the early 70s. He and Bernie made some really great songs over the years

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Hi David

I had never heard or thought of this concept before, I went on YouTube and listened to a few songs. I can say when recording covers of songs we all know and love, I am not a fan at all, some songs in my opinion are unrecognizable. I don’t know, maybe there is a cove song out there that would sound great. It is a neat concept, just not for me,

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY young lady!!!

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That was one of his greatest songs! LOVE it

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Wise move on your part. Comments like that will get you the ol STINK EYE, or worse.

We have all been there.🤣

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Our weather is the same here, 35f and rain today and looks like mid 40sf the remainder of January into the first week of February. I am ready for spring!!!

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Hey Daryl

That is true we are all related in the long run.

My mother had a lot Irish in her background and my dad’s side was German…..Quite a mix!

Stay warm, think spring!

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I guess if I get the cover song thought out of my head and look at it that way, you are correct!

I will have to explore this further. Its still a neat concept!!!

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Tim, Colorado in the summer is beautiful, I could live there in the summer.

Now as far as me being a farmer, Ahhhhh, not what you think, I am a Hobby farmer, I have horses, goat’s and chickens, I also grow my own hay for the critters. You are right though, we ALL should thank a true farmer. I think I would have enjoyed being a true farmer! Enjoy Hawaii!😊

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Hi Tim

I have a friend who lives in south Dakota and has told me stories on the weather and the temps out there, not my cup of tea, that’s to cold. My brother live in Beaver Creek Colorado for 10 years, he talked about the wild temp changes, teens one week and 70s the next. I really can’t blame ya for wanting a warmer climate. As I grow older and if I did not love this farm, I could entertain living in a warmer area. I have heard the cost of living in Hawaii is very high, but what a beautiful state!

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Hey Bud

I agree with you, we all have different likes and dislikes, that’s what makes life interesting. With you being from Hawaii I can see you not liking the cold. Hawaii is a beautiful state, and someday I may visit there. I hope you get to move back we all deserve to be HAPPY! Until then make the best of what ya got, stay warm and safe

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Hi Bud

I was lucky enough to grow up on a small farm with horses and dogs and of course the wildlife that comes with it. In my youth I hunted small game of all kinds In my late teens I took up Deer hunting. On my third year deer hunt, I was watching a large herd of deer, looking for the next freezer filler and I began to admire the beauty of the animals and the surroundings, that was my last day I hunted.

34 years ago we bought a unused farm, in the process of getting it up running for horses an donkeys and goats and hay production, I also left swales for the deer and build brush piles for rabbits and other critters. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have a thing about people hunting, my son, grandson, and son in-law all harvested nice bucks off the property this year and I benefit with meat.

I will be 70 this year, my back is a mess, but I still enjoy hopping on a tractor and go out and overlook a fresh cut and raked hay field and watch the Hawks hunting mice or a line of Turkeys jumping over endless windrows of hay. In my opinion, my life has been CHARMED!

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I have pictures of being 6-7 years old, standing on drifts on the side of the road and an adult could touch the power lines. Thank God that doesn’t happen any more. In the Montague area, which is about 12 miles north of us has alot of open farmland, under the right conditions they still get 10 – 12 foot drifts 1/4 mile long. Winters are nothing like they used to be but it is still a beautiful state. You mention it being the fruit belt, sadly fruit growers are removing orchards at a record pace and selling the land, they can’t compete with imported fruit. For years you could buy sweet and tart cherries, apples, peaches, pears of all varieties from little Mom and Pop road side fruit stands, can’t do that any more!!!

When the temp drops to -15f or colder, a lot of TV station meteorologists will take a pan of boiling water and throw it in the air, the water freezes before it hits the ground. I like to be inside at those temps if possible!!!

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Hey Daryl

I don’t ever recall temps that cold here, again we are kept warm by Lake Michigan to a point. I do remember in my teens snowmobiling @ -20f (-28c). Our norm is a couple days of zero or just below. Our snow total is waaaay down also, we got a surprise 12″ (30cm) on Halloween witch was gone 2 days later and this blast last weekend of 30″ (76cm), Our annual snowfall is around 90″ ( 228cm). I am not going to complain for the lack of snow!!

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