Petty Vents

[Merlot]

Thankfully, it's quiet now out here in the 'hood.

Major disappointment: DH brought home a couple beautiful peaches, I'm thinking they were from Missouri, so close to local. I was salivating.

Cut off a few slices, and sadly they taste like cardboard. Mushy, no juice, no flavor. Guess I'll have to wait for the locally grown peaches. A friend, who sort of lives off the grid (no phone or FB) may have some homegrown later.

I hate when you get a peach and it just doesn't taste like what it looks like it was supposed to! The best peaches I ever had was on Ocracoke Island, NC. They were West Virginia peaches. Who knew I had to travel out of my state to get a good peach from my state!

 

[CharlieD]

I hate when you get a peach and it just doesn't taste like what it looks like it was supposed to! The best peaches I ever had was on Ocracoke Island, NC. They were West Virginia peaches. Who knew I had to travel out of my state to get a good peach from my state!

I just got a box of Peaches. They are like a rock. Trying to ripen them in a brown bag. Will see what happens. I love peaches. But have not had a good one in years.

 

[Dawgluver]

Haven't had one in ages either. The braeburn apples are very good right now, but they're not peaches.

 

[Merlot]

I just got a box of Peaches. They are like a rock. Trying to ripen them in a brown bag. Will see what happens. I love peaches. But have not had a good one in years.

Except for that one instance, I can never get a good peach! They are usually too hard but occasionally too soft... I've never tried to ripen them in a bag, let me know if it works! I love peaches too, in fact I was salivating when I walked by the peach pies at Sams but my better judgment told me to keep on walking! Heh heh!

 

[taxlady]

I almost never buy peaches because they are always disappointing. The best peaches I have ever eaten were picked in my backyard when I was a kid. People who have never picked peaches have an odd idea of what peach fuzz is like. I seem to remember it being extremely itchy and a lot fuzzier than what you get in the store. It did rub off.

 

[Addie]

I almost never buy peaches because they are always disappointing. The best peaches I have ever eaten were picked in my backyard when I was a kid. People who have never picked peaches have an odd idea of what peach fuzz is like. I seem to remember it being extremely itchy and a lot fuzzier than what you get in the store. It did rub off.

TL, when you were a kid, did you also rub off the fuzz with your hem or shirt bottom? My mother always made me wash it immediately with Kirkman or Octagon yellow soap and in cold water, so the peach stain wouldn't stay.

 

[taxlady]

TL, when you were a kid, did you also rub off the fuzz with your hem or shirt bottom? My mother always made me wash it immediately with Kirkman or Octagon yellow soap and in cold water, so the peach stain wouldn't stay.

No, it was summer and really hot, so shorts and probably a halter top. I think my mum dealt with the fuzz. If we were just eating the peaches, they were really ripe and not too hard to peel with fingers.

 

[Addie]

No, it was summer and really hot, so shorts and probably a halter top. I think my mum dealt with the fuzz. If we were just eating the peaches, they were really ripe and not too hard to peel with fingers.

As a teenager, about 13/14 I worked at an orchard. Our job was to pick up the good pieces that fell on the ground. We weren't allowed to climb the ladders. We got paid by the full box. I ate more healthy apples that summer. I wasn't too fond of Granny Smith but loved the other types. And we kids were allowed to take home as many damaged apples we could carry home. Of course I always found the least damaged ones. Apples for pie, apple sauce, and anything else my mother could turn apples into. She would just cut out the bad part. I had to be the healthiest kid in town that summer. To this day, apple pie is my favorite dessert to make.

Then that summer I went back to do the same for peaches. There weren't too many kids doing it by then, so I really made some serious money. And my mother got to can some great peach products. The only problem with the peaches was that their peach orchard was much smaller than the apple one. I ate my share of peaches also. That was the summer my parents sold the farm. To this day, I can still taste those peaches, still warm from the sun and the juice running down all over my arms and shoes.

 

[Merlot]

As a teenager, about 13/14 I worked at an orchard. Our job was to pick up the good pieces that fell on the ground. We weren't allowed to climb the ladders. We got paid by the full box. I ate more healthy apples that summer. I wasn't too fond of Granny Smith but loved the other types. And we kids were allowed to take home as many damaged apples we could carry home. Of course I always found the least damaged ones. Apples for pie, apple sauce, and anything else my mother could turn apples into. She would just cut out the bad part. I had to be the healthiest kid in town that summer. To this day, apple pie is my favorite dessert to make.

Then that summer I went back to do the same for peaches. There weren't too many kids doing it by then, so I really made some serious money. And my mother got to can some great peach products. The only problem with the peaches was that their peach orchard was much smaller than the apple one. I ate my share of peaches also. That was the summer my parents sold the farm. To this day, I can still taste those peaches, still warm from the sun and the juice running down all over my arms and shoes.

That sounds like a wonderful memory Addie! I have many good memories of picking up the apples for my grandparents

 

[Addie]

That sounds like a wonderful memory Addie! I have many good memories of picking up the apples for my grandparents

I loved living on the farm. I think it was the happiest time of my whole life.
Dawg has an apple tree that some years it produces so many apples that she has to drop them off at all her neighbors in the middle of the night. It is the only way she can get rid of the those that she can't possibly use. She would have no problem if I were her neighbor. Then all our neighbors would find apple pies on their porch in the middle of the night.

 

[Farmer Jon]

Peaches this year are in short supply and lower quality than usual because of the weather. I don't know exactly what happend but the local news had a snipet on a few weeks ago about it. I only caught a few seconds of it.

I was just in the basement checking the cellar. I still have 10 quarts left from last year. So i'm not going to mess with peaches this year. For some reason we canned a double batch last year. Now I'm glad we did.

 

[CraigC]

Stupid fire fighter! On Thursday I went to repair a breathing air fill station in a SW Florida fire district. We had been waiting about two months for a part. I did the repair and tested the unit. Everything worked fine. My boss started calling me that evening around 8:00 pm. I don't carry my work phone, nor answer it when I'm off. He left a message which I didn't look at. He starts calling me the next morning. I called him back. He starts grilling me about the fill station, saying a fire fighter on shift the day I repaired the fill station, called the chief telling him the unit was not fixed and he couldn't fill bottles. My boss is waiting for the chief to go to that station to check the unit and will call him back. I hear nothing. Yesterday I called the head tech to see if he knew anything. The idiot fire fighter couldn't figure out how to turn the compressor on! I worked on the fill station, not the compressor, duh! I did actually run the compressor to make sure everything was good with it. This isn't the first time operator error has raised its head, but not right after I did a repair on something. I guess I should always remember what the "White Shirts" keep telling me, "After all you ARE dealing with fire fighters!".

 

[CharlieD]

Except for that one instance, I can never get a good peach! They are usually too hard but occasionally too soft... I've never tried to ripen them in a bag, let me know if it works! I love peaches too, in fact I was salivating when I walked by the peach pies at Sams but my better judgment told me to keep on walking! Heh heh!

I know. So I left mine ripen. Guess what, over night they got to be too soft. Made the jelly out of them. It's still hot. Will try when cools down.

 

[Kayelle]

Stupid fire fighter! On Thursday I went to repair a breathing air fill station in a SW Florida fire district. We had been waiting about two months for a part. I did the repair and tested the unit. Everything worked fine. My boss started calling me that evening around 8:00 pm. I don't carry my work phone, nor answer it when I'm off. He left a message which I didn't look at. He starts calling me the next morning. I called him back. He starts grilling me about the fill station, saying a fire fighter on shift the day I repaired the fill station, called the chief telling him the unit was not fixed and he couldn't fill bottles. My boss is waiting for the chief to go to that station to check the unit and will call him back. I hear nothing. Yesterday I called the head tech to see if he knew anything. The idiot fire fighter couldn't figure out how to turn the compressor on! I worked on the fill station, not the compressor, duh! I did actually run the compressor to make sure everything was good with it. This isn't the first time operator error has raised its head, but not right after I did a repair on something. I guess I should always remember what the "White Shirts" keep telling me, "After all you ARE dealing with fire fighters!".

WOW Craig!! I think most people could do without badmouthing firefighters! How does the saying go..."everyone loves firefighters and dolphins". Are dolphins next?

 

[Merlot]

I know. So I left mine ripen. Guess what, over night they got to be too soft. Made the jelly out of them. It's still hot. Will try when cools down.

Oh I'm sorry! That would happen to me! Jelly is a good plus, mm peach jelly with toast!

 

[medtran49]

WOW Craig!! I think most people could do without badmouthing firefighters! How does the saying go..."everyone loves firefighters and dolphins". Are dolphins next?

Ever hear the saying about walking in another's shoes before judging them? Most people only deal with firefighters on 1 of the worst days of their lives and see them in a hero's or at least trying to be a hero's light. Dealing with them day in and day out, they are just like everybody else, good ones, bad ones, smart ones, stupid ones, honest ones, not so honest ones, etc.

This is a thread for venting. He had a legit vent for basically getting chewed out because of SOMEONE ELSE'S incompetance!

 

[Addie]

Ever hear the saying about walking in another's shoes before judging them? Most people only deal with firefighters on 1 of the worst days of their lives and see them in a hero's or at least trying to be a hero's light. Dealing with them day in and day out, they are just like everybody else, good ones, bad ones, smart ones, stupid ones, honest ones, not so honest ones, etc.

This is a thread for venting. He had a legit vent for basically getting chewed out because of SOMEONE ELSE'S incompetance!

My first thought was "why aren't these firefighters being properly trained and tested on the equipment they depend on?" I can readily understand Craig's frustration. After all it was his day off. I have three First Responders in my family. All three of them are only human and often complain about the stupidity of those in other jobs of saving lives.

Vent away Craig, vent away. We are all here to listen to you.

 

[CraigC]

WOW Craig!! I think most people could do without badmouthing firefighters! How does the saying go..."everyone loves firefighters and dolphins". Are dolphins next?

What, does truth and reality offend you? I could go into more detail about how they don't care if they waste a municipalities money and then cry for a raise.

 

[Just Cooking]

Interesting....

 

[Cheryl J]

.......I guess I should always remember what the "White Shirts" keep telling me, "After all you ARE dealing with fire fighters!".

Well, Craig....since you took such happy pleasure lumping them all into one category that fits your story, if you ever have need for someone to put out a fire (heaven forbid) maybe you should call one of those smart guys who refill the breathing stations instead of a stupid, idiot firefighter.