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Episode 16: Culture Shock of leaving California
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2023
- This week Ben and Jason talk about their week and if leaving California has been a culture shock to them!? See below for links!
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Homestead Shop Talk is a weekly audio podcast hosted by Jason Contreras (@sowtheland), Ben Hollar (@thehollarhomestead) and Al Lumnah (@lumnahacres). Three dudes with different homesteads talking about homestead life, content creation, growing a homestead and building a life worth living for. Thanks for listening!
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CA native, moved to middle TN after retirement at 68. For a conservative Christian TN definitely feels like home and after three years have no regrets. The sweet people here were the biggest shock for me; manners, consideration, patience, kindness, etc. (I lived in the country in CA so people were nice, but here is on another level!).
l'm a native Californian....now in the Ozarks....it's like my small coastal hometown was in the 40s and 50....lt was Mayberry RFD, in Encinitas CA...sigh...that California is gone.
Good to know! I'm still stuck in San Joaquin north of Sacramento 😢 definitely miss the polite, considerate, easy days of 70, 80, even 90s.
Once Tennessee has been totally invaded with Californians, guess what? It will be a hellhole just like all the other states taken over by the locust
Thank you both for your kind words about living in NC. We are very proud to have both your families here to be a part of the homesteading community! Ben, with your ability to build about anything and Jason for your willingness to go and help other homesteads with their projects. Missing Al today, hope you are felling better soon!
Being an Idahoan, I'm embarrassed for the way you were treated over here, Ben. We need to get our act together.
Just one. YOU'RE REALLY NICE. Idahoan.
I’m a refugee from “down there” (now living in N. Idaho) and that’s how I kind of explain it when asked. To my face, most people are accepting of that.some people are the idiots Ben talked about, it’s true.
Best piece of advice I got was from the nicest native Idaho older lady I’ve ever met. She said, “Honey, you’re more than welcome here. Just leave that California shit behind!” I replied, “Yes ma’am!”
I have never been treated as harshly as I have been in Idaho. Someone there told me the locals "don't have time to be nice."
In reverse, as a homegrown North Carolinian, only on the other end near the coast...Jason and Ben, you guys are also very different than what many of us who were raised here, thought about people from California. It's kind of a culture shock to me, how kind and sweet you guys, your wives and your children are. Just down home, hard working, NICE people! I love that we can get to know people from other places on youtube, and find out that we all have so much in common. Get well soon, Al! Congrats on the 10k guys!
As a native of Western NC I have to say that we are the definition of southern hospitality…we know our neighbors…and we care about them…we help each other when it’s needed…we believe in a Christian way of life and most of us live it on the daily. Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina! Blessings guys I so enjoy watching both your families thrive! ❤️🙏
Thank you for sharing guys. I’ll admit I had an negative impression of folks from California because of past experiences. You guys are so kind and caring and am so glad you’re happy. God bless your families. Get well Al!
Thanks for your honesty ❤️
Guys… Jason, it will feel like home when your daughter gets married and you are a grandpa😍
Ben is more at home because he has had Buggy there…. Just my take on it🤔
Children ground us or propel us😎
Wanted to know. How do your kids feel about this lifestyle? Ben it seems like your kids seem to like it,would they want to continue living this way as they get older? I don’t remember seeing them wear shoes lol. How about you Jason for your daughter will she want to continue living this lifestyle
Good morning guys. Sorry Al's sick. Always glad to listen to what you two have to say. 😊
Good morning!
Life-changing experiences. Hope Al gets to feeling better. God bless.
So I brought my family to the Ozarks after living other places for 22 years. I think it was more of a struggle for my wife than myself or the kids. I grew up here and joined the Navy in 1976 and remained gone until 1998, mostly because of the lack of jobs here. I had to do unconventional things to make a living and that part was difficult sometimes. But in the end I have had more success here than other places. I am debt free and have a wonderful house and ten acres to occupy my retirement time. I sell at a local farmers market and love my customers. Thanks for sharing fellows.
@ronaldcummings6337 Your debt free life is what millions of people dream of. 🤗👍
I loved this podcast because my husband, adult son and I moved from Calif in 2008 to NE TN when we retired. Long story short, we felt right at home
Bet the locals thought differently
People are so welcoming to you because you are good people. You are easy to talk with and honest and family oriented. All the most important things. ❤️🌹NJ
Feel better Al ❤️🩹
Feel better soon Al.❤
I still think you both need to go visit Al in January. You would love it. Such an adventure you would have. Ben sorry for your experience in Idaho. Theyhave had enough of people bringing all the negative. Stuff from Cali with them and trying to force Idaho to become Cali.
Love these podcasts
I feel much the same as you both, coming from Calif. in 1990 to TN. I came under a little different scenario as I moved with a job transfer, having worked at GM for 20 years already and to the new Saturn Plant in Spring Hill, TN (which is now converted to a GM plant) where I spent the next 16 years working prior to my retirement in 2006. The culture shock to us was real, but very enjoyable and we love it. It is so peaceful living in a smaller community where folks are very friendly and accepting. We got used to the seasons here, coming from the dry heat living in the upper desert (Palmdale) to much more rain and humidity, which took us a couple of years to get used to and the winters although a little longer here in TN compared to the upper desert were both on the cold side. Now some 32 years later, we still live in the same home we bought after spending a couple of years looking. Although we wanted to get property of at least 5 acres, now living in a subdivision on just under an acre is much more suitable to me now seeing that I am in my late 70's, a bit easier to take care of raised bed gardens and such. Certainly have no regrets and the only thing I miss in Calif are the mountains and streams in the Sierras.
Lived in the high desert for 17 years, came from AR to CA for my husbands work. I have nothing bad to say (much) about Ca in the 80's. I got my education there for practically no money. Just had to travel from Boron, CA to Lancaster (shortcut across Edwards AFB, when it was open. Lol) for school then work as an RN. I have been a good taxpayer ever since. So CA did me right when I was there. Wouldn't want to go back now though. AR is home. Still the old South here.
If you ever want to see the damage done by California invaders, go to Franklin or Spring Hill. It's devastating what has happened to this once peaceful affordable area.
We came from California to the Finger Lakes of New York,small town rural in 2005. I was raised in Buffalo, NY suburbia! When Ben was talking about the wave I chuckled!Reminded me of the time my husband was checking our dogs electric fence collar as he walked towards the road, a neighbor was driving by just as he felt the shock and his arm went up! The neighbor waved at him and has never ceased to wave to him to this day! We all wave to everybody 😁
We were raised in NJ and moved from Florida to SC. I hear y'all, sometimes you can't just run in a store and get out quick! Or see someone and be quick, My neighbor says "pull up a chair it aint gonna cost nothin'" Southern hospitality!
Get well soon Al!
Love this chat so much ! Decent humans are you two… such a good conversation.
Missing Al too. Get well soon 😊
You guys are so real…thank you
Al , hopefully you’re improving!
This was a perfect video for the two of you Ben, and Jason!!
I have to say what makes you guys different from NC other than being from California- is that you both took a huge leap of faith as Ben mentioned.
There was no land here handed down to you guys over the generations, which is quite normal here in NC , you had to
Purchase land and make that property into something that was substantial and affordable and would provide for your animals and family. I so enjoyed this podcast and the video!!
Another brilliant Shoptalk! 👏👏👏 Hope you’re better now,Al 🌻
I moved out of California to buy a house to stop the rental thing and let my daughter go to one school system in high school. Culture shock!!
I went from a job I loved at Stanford making @ $70k to really fighting to find another job at a whopping $25k. Yikes! Also, the natives didn’t like people from CA, and that was before people left CA in droves.😮
Now my daughter has gone through college and has a job of her own making more than I ever made, she has a lot of friends and is thriving.
This is the Land of Mañana (NM) I think they are proud to let you sit with a broken house for 10 days and not tell you when they might show up. Now I’ve been here 20 years and the small town I moved to is getting crowded, has traffic every day of the week and my new husband who thought he wouldn’t be able to stay here is asking when we are moving.😊
Agreed, Jason. After 18 years self employed, im having to close my Insurance office as most companies are not writing new business, so no income most of this year. Having to look for work is SO different ans, worse! Thats why i started my business in the first place! This podcast hits the high notes on so many points. Devine timing❤❤❤
Congratulations 🎉 on 10,000!!
Best of luck to you.
Feel better Al. I love the shop talks, it's so inspiring and informative.
So happy to hear how much you love where you are
Enjoyed this talk. And feel better Al
First saw you both watching Justin. So glad I kept following. Your videos are interesting, educational and entertaining. Your families are great and add so much to the experience. Thanks for sticking with it. Best wishes.
❤what Ben! You guys were from kern county!!! Same here! Good ole’ Buck Owens Blvd.! 😂❤ We moved about 10 years ago to small town CA, but in the hunt for a homestead property in the South! 🤗God bless you guys & your families!❤
My retirement home in Tennessee is a little different experience than yours, although, when I initially moved to Tennessee in 1980 for a short time (other side of state). I was inundated by people stopping by when I initially showed up to work on the place. However, it was more out of nosiness (disguised as friendliness). An example is that I transported lots of boxes in each trip. One person stopped by and immediately grabbed a couple boxes volunteering to help without waiting for a response from me but upon getting in the house proceeded to open boxes and continuing to rifle through after telling them I'm not opening anything at this time until I grabbed his arm, repeated myself and told him I would prefer to unload my boxes myself.
Another asked if I needed my lawn mowed and ave me a good price and I gave a couple other jobs but every time I turned around I would find him snooping through one of the sheds or the house.
most of them have indicated while I can trust them but this other neighbor steals, is an alcoholic, uses drugs or is in some other way untrustworthy.
I have been ripped off on one job I hired out and even been ripped off by a Bojangles whose drivethru sign indicated one price but when I got to the window she insisted it was actually $3 more but they hadn't received the new signs yet.
Don't get me wrong, there have been some super nice and helpful people like the well guy and the ladies at the electric co-op plus people in lines are always cheery and provide helpful information, but for my experience, southern hospitality is no different than any where else.
Not putting anyone down, just saying that where ever you go, people are people, some good and some not so good.
Good talk, thanks for taking your time to do this podcast.
We moved to Montana in April! We are so glad we made the move but it is hard to get into a new area and find your people!
I just did my heritage white turkeys and the biggest was 50.2 lbs and a 29.2 lbs I canned the 50lb and froze the other, gave one away, it's splendid canned Love my turkey
I'm a transplanted Yankee and fell in love with my NC in-laws. Can't get my siblings to visit for more than a week though. Wild horses could not get me back to live in the land of winter potholes.
I live in Union SC and our town logo has always been the City of Hospitality
This is such a great conversation! I think what was shocking to us when we moved to NC from California is the under 8.00$ minimum wage. The inflation is brutal for people in those jobs. But we’re amazed also the amount of companies that build things. Everywhere on the way to where we’re going there is a company that provides jobs.
Just remember that the minimum wage going higher only makes everything higher, it never ultimately helps those people. The problem is the inflation and excess taxation, among other things such as excessive red tape and costs of permits and things to do or build much of anything, etc. , as Joel Salatin talks more in depth about in some of his writings.
@ajb.822 I think the KEY here is insisting on a LIVING Wage. Otherwise we end up with the tax payer subsidizing companies like WallMart because those workers could not even afford food.. and that's just wrong.
We're losing the Middle Class to the Super Rich 1%ers
It’s called the “welcome wagon”. Where the neighbors introduce themselves and vice versa. It’s nice because you can kind of get the jest of your neighbors. You know their names but they aren’t “in your business “ so to speak
Military family here - we made every place home snd friends were like family, but what I missed most especially during my children’s early years is that the grandparents couldn’t enjoy them. My grandparents immigrated from Scandinavia to the Midwest (yes cold), and I’m back here now and loving celebrating that heritage. I missed weddings and funerals and reunions. Being back I feel like Rip Van Winkle. I missed a lot. We just had a family reunion and I got to see my cousins. They lived their lives without me.
We pay a big price to be in the military. And we find family moves on, not really understanding WHY we are gone and literally can't visit for all the occasions.
I used to say I was self-employed, which was true, but it was easier than saying I was a musician and a landscaper. You guys ARE self-employed, you're homesteaders/content creators. That's pretty darned legitimate, in my book!! And you're doing a great job at both those things.
Enjoyed hearing y’all give your perspective on southern hospitality. Love y’all. Bless your hearts!!!
I’m thinking about your future with RUclips and using it to get your farm paying for its self. To make your transition to self. Growing your own self. Ben into blacksmith farmer, and Jason woodworker farmer. But the farm needs to grow into its self. I’m thinking of being on your game. Thanks for sharing today.
I’m a native California but my parents are both from the south. Night and day difference with hospitality!!! The south takes it by a mile. Both regions have good and bad but really in terms of generosity of spirit it’s not even a competition.
hey guys i enjoyed listening
We moved to CA at 18 & 19
Hubby was 19 & 20. In the NAVY. Mare Island. FIRST time for me to be away from home. Strange, warm Christmas. NO SNOW. I enjoyed being in CA. Second time we were looking to move to L.A. AREA for housing.
Price's were HIGH. They were going to adjust the income.
I loved the outside living, pools hot tubs B.B.Q and gardening all year round. No winter clothes. This was 1991. We stayed in Michigan. Personal reasons. I would love being in NATURE and slow pace.
Want a LOG CABIN IN THE WOODS. You both have beautiful homestead's.
AL praying for you and GINA and LADY O to feel BETTER.
Hope GINA and LADY O do not get sick GOD BLESS EACH of YOU 🛐🛐🛐✝️✝️✝️🀄🀄🀄❤️🇺🇸🦓🌹🌟🥀☕☕☕☕🐟🐠🐠🐟🎁💖🍉🍉🚜🍓🏝️🏝️
Tehachapi was home for a while, from calif and fla space program. Retired in Washington and soon knew it was cali all over. Tennessee called us back after many years. Peaceful and rational lawmakers.
I left New York for Texas. I miss the convience of mass transit and walkable neighborhoods. I do like the weather, career opportunities and access to nature here in Texas.
I'm a NC native and even tho I have moved around the world and the US with the Air Force, NC remains my favorite place. Glad you both have had great experiences.
Also really like the video today even tho All is missing. Great topic for just the two of you.
This is awesome, guys. Really enjoy listening, no matter the topic.
Thanks very good topic not many people would address it
Good, honest conversation. Pioneering hearts. Breaking the normal box of living takes real courage and you gentlemen and your families are encouraging to so many.
Great insight! thank you for sharing! I am still waiting for you to pick up the local accents! Meg has her Y'Alls down pat! Love hearing your talks! have a terrific weekend. Al, stay healthy!
I love 4 seasons..you have things to look forward to do to you house ,daily activities,,and even gatherings 🌱
So nice to hear about the friendliness and your stories about relocating ... Jason, please let us know the meat quality and flavor differences, if any, between the heritage and white turkeys when you can. Thanks ...
I’m surprised you got frost before I did! I live in Michigan, and we haven’t had a frost yet, at least at my house. Our average first frost date here is September 27, so we’re over two weeks past normal. Of course, Michigan weather changes so quickly, we could have a blizzard tomorrow!
I’ve spent a lot of time in both California and North Carolina, and yes, California is much more fast paced. However, I have met very nice people in both states. I was in Asheville for the first time this past spring, and that area is beautiful! My sister and I were on our way from Michigan to Jacksonville, and we decided to go through the Smokey Mountains. Most of my time in North Carolina has been spent along the coast, so it was nice to see another part of the state. I hope to visit the area again sometime, when I have time to explore!
Ben, Jason, I grew up in the country on a farm here in Michigan. Neighbors were just like family. We got together on John Deer Days. The event was so family friendly. It was like a family reunion potluck style meal.
Living in farm country you waved at everyone actually you knew most of them. 😊
what a nice chat
You two did just fine covering for Al. Hope he gets better soon. Enjoyed it !
Hey Ben I’m from Kern County also. Grew up in Bakersfield. We moved in 89 when there was a drive by shooting at my daughters school. It had so changed from the quiet lovely town of my childhood.
I hope you feel better soon Al 😢
Such a nice flow, no interruptions and obviously much less editing. Nice job guys!
Well said
Those that speed, those that rush are late for their funeral. Slow and steady is health and happiness. Absorb lifes beauty. 🕊 🕊
another good pod cast love these look forward to them , get better Al miss you on pod cast
Thank you for your great pod cast always enjoyable. I moved from a small town in indiana to CA and it was total culture shock . But after living there for almost 30 years I moved back to indiana to buy property and again experienced culture shock again. I miss California alot but I could never have afforded to buy anything there. It's hard work but love my 1 1/2 acres
Feel better Al!
Another native CA from north of Bakersfield and now outside Wichita Kansas. Still rural but so different. Fewer people, quieter. Love my new home, the area & neighbors.
Miss the mild winters and fresh tree fruit year from my yard.
We have a great new home in Kansas.
Great show today, sorry Al was sick, tell him we wish him well, looking forward to next weeks show.
Ben hit the nail on the head! We left CA in early 2019 for TX. My only regret is that we didn’t do it sooner. Best decision ever!
As a West Virginia native that came to south east North Carolina late in 1988. I am super enjoying this conversation. I still get the urge to go home some times now but know i would miss here as much.
Another WVian, moved west in the 70's for work and kept going, now in AZ. Would never go back and enjoyed visiting family in NC but they are gone now. Sometimes I think the folks in WV fell of the wagon and were too lazy to catch up and move on.
@@juliasummers1770-West Virginian here, still here on the family farm that my family has been on since the 1800’s. I find your comment insulting. The interior of the state has had difficulties recovering from an economy solely based on coal, but that’s changing. Either you haven’t been back lately or you’re just mean. Hoping it’s the first option.
@@juliasummers1770 WV ,a land and people steeped in greatness. Vailed in rumors and legends. Misinterpreted by the onlooker. Valued and disregarded in the same breath. A mystery, at times even by those of us that know her best.
@@Junkinsally my family was one of the first at Buchanan and across the VA line in bath county the original charter on family land there is dated 1680. I'm a Wayne county native. I'll never down anyone from up home. When I was in the USN I was called into the office of a new substance abuse officer. He looked at me and said, You boys from up in those hills learn to drink when your wee little fellows and we're gonna fix it before it becomes a problem. Next day I was sitting in an alcohol rehab in San Diego. Another officer denied me a detachment I wanted because as he put it, you boys from up in that country can't be relied upon to think on your feet. Never down mypeople.
@@Junkinsally Some of the most breath-takingly beautiful mountains I have ever seen are in West Virginia. Every West Virginian I have ever met have been friendly and salt-of-the-earth, certainly not lazy.
The southern thing is nice. I think they are thoughtful and kind.
Really enjoyed your video today yes Tn is an awesome place to live i was born n raised here love it
Was stationed in the Oxnard Ventura aria. Hauled produce out of the shakey state for years after that. Cali has a lot of beautiful great places. The media really focuses to much on the major urban arias that hurts the rest of the state as i see it.
So true! Other than maybe San Diego, the big cities are a huge mess.
Well, I moved from south California to north California and my wardrobe did change too. We live in the Santa Cruz mountains.
Hope All is feeling better!
This was awesome. Thank you for scratching that curiosity I have had for quite a while! 😊
Ben i remember you saying your life in Cali. was heading to divorce if you would have stayed you were a absentee dad working so much so glad you moved and made your way to a better place i wonder if Buggie would be here if you had stay ?? hugssss
It makes me feel good to hear how everyone is so welcoming to y’all there. But not surprised. My family is from the same county.
Too bad Al is sick but I like the topic you picked for you and Ben Jason. Something Al can't share anything about. I'm so glad Meg and you had a great visit with her mom. I like the lift kit golf cart! Like you said it's a mini monster truck now. I like the white turkeys Jason. I usually grow a hene functional turkey to 20+ lbs. So delicious! Our white turkeys ate a lot of grass. That is cool that people you meet want to talk to you and know about you. Wow, the neighbors were so nice to you Jason! Wow, so southern hospitality is alive and well in North Carolina. That is nice that even the state trooper was a nice guy Ben! I moved to Minnesota and they are NOT welcoming. If you've been around a couple years they will wave to you with their pinky finger on the steering wheel. We have great neighbors luckily. They don't talk to you at the stores. When I went back home it was so nice to have the sales people at the stores talk with me and be so nice. I wasn't used to that! Small talk is not really practiced. It's kind of sad. The big city, the Twin Cities I found to be very hard to make any friends. I've made more friends here in the rural area! We miss good Chinese food. I'm glad you have made the food you miss Ben. I'm so glad you have made more friends. I don't feel at home here in Minnesota. My husband and kids are here so I'm here. It feels very judgmental here and people are much more likely to criticize you than be nice. Maybe it's the Lutheran streak here? Mechanics talk to me like "don't be a pain." I have old cars and they are disgusted to work on them, even when they are from out west! Yes, things rust here but I like my old cars. One mechanic told me he couldn't make money off of me because my cars took too long to fix so he told me not to come back. I try to do as much work on my car as I can. I couldn't put the new bearing on my 2000 Toyota because it was a press fit. I bought the Toyota bearing just because after market replacement bearings often wear out too quickly. At least they put it in for $700 and I paid $240 for the part! The dealer quoted me $1600 to fix it and then came back and said they couldn't find the bearing. They wouldn't put in the bearing I bought from the United Arab Emirates! I'm glad that you guys are finding it welcoming there. Someone here I didn't know gave me a 2000 Toyota Rav4 because I knew a friend of the mechanic they asked to find a home for it. The guy I knew I had asked in desperation to help me get a bolt off the thermostat housing on my old 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix and because he saw how much trouble I was having trying to solve my coolant leak problem he told that mechanic about me. That was the car the garage told me not to bring back. I was blessed with a much more functional car from California! Everything worked! It worked great for me for 5 years. My son backed it over a retaining wall on October 30th of last year and that is where getting it fixed back up has been a struggle! He broke the back struts, the back bearing, the shocks, and tore out the exhaust. These are things I couldn't do by myself. One place wanted to take the car off my hands for $200. I couldn't do it. These cars run until 350K miles. It was in good shape otherwise. The AC still worked in it! The 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix was losing coolant worse and worse. I didn't want to go back to that car. I have not found a mechanic I trust here in Minnesota. It's so frustrating! Cars are freedom and my husband won't help me with a car. I want a car! He expects me to be able to take care of my car. I do what I can. He hates working on cars. Especially for women he has had to fix their cars in the past. I like working on cars but it's hard to talk to guys about how to fix them. They don't like to share things I need to know. I guess it's the school of hard knocks but I'm 62 years old and tired of the bull sh*t. You can't look it all up in books. I've tried! Life is hard and then you die. Thank God for the Lord! My car is all back together now! Sorry for the long diatribe.
It so nice to hear about the goodness being said about all us southern. Thank you.
SF born and raised to KY a few years ago. From not knowing our neighbors to calling neighbors family. Wonderful quality of life. I don’t miss CA at all. I was shocked going into a gas station the first time and the cashier asked how my day was going!! In SF they don’t even look in your direction.
I grew up in Northern California and my parents are from Arkansas. So I got both we went back often to visit our family in Arkansas. It was cold in the Bay Area. We went coat shopping every year.
Another great chinwag, always enjoyable. Cheers.
Born & reared in Louisiana, husband's commission in US Army lasted 11 yrs, ended up many yrs after in GA, now widowed & living in SC. I can't imagine living anywhere but the South. I pray for beautiful Cali, seeing what has happened there, to be restored, I am glad you & your families have the privilege of living in NC & doing what is only a dream to many others. Other couples not in the South are living as you are, FREE to pursue life and liberty as they see fit, like Al & Gina in NH, Brad Martin in VT with Green Mountain Metal Detecting, who has several streams of income, et al.
I hope more families will have the freedom & cash to buy up land in the US preventing those from countries not so friendly to Americans, who are rapidly buying up farmland as we speak. Being elderly, I want to see many young ones like you prosper and preserve liberty and justice for our heritage and take a strong stand as our forefathers did to secure this amazing treasure we have had for so long.
Great conversation. The episode topic is very interesting. Hope Al feels better soon. Take care. ❤
Thank you for this input sometimes we think we are slow and a lot back wards we are New Hampshire residents. We drove truck drove across USA for about 6 years and mingled well just natural minglers (sometimes scared our adult children) with how open and friendly we were. I have a feeling some people can just become what the surroundings are and become accepted I have been into the markets all across the country and we were the foreign ones AND yet very accepted and treated friendly maybe the novelty of being two farmers gone to the city and they had never seen some of us. Lol I really enjoyed this conversation we can all relate. Have a Blessed week and you are touching "people".
We’re delighted to have you guys in NC.
Are you delighted to have higher home prices, higher property taxes, more traffic, overall less quality of life??
LL Cool J (going back to Cali) Al, Hope you're feeling better!
I am on vacation this week and I have literally listened to every episode since Monday. Now that I am caught up, I will put this in my regular podcast rotation. A weekly listen recently shut down their pod and I was needing one to replace it. Y'all are living my dream!
During WW2 my Dad was stationed in NC, and we lived there for a while...thought about a permanent move from CA. A realtor told Mom that we would always be outsiders, and never fit in. So we went back to CA...now, in my 80s, we have moved to the Ozarks, and feel totally at home. Anyway, it was a different time back then. BTW.....your Shop Talk videos keep getting better each week. Hope Al feels better.
This was amazing I really enjoyed it
Hope Mr Al recovers soon ! I watched some of his videos and that fellow has one hard workin family not saying you guys aren't hard at it either but knowing for myself ! You can work yourself sick being in a hurry sometimes ! I really enjoyed this video ! Im from Piedmont WS NC ! 65 years and I relate and appreciate what you are saying about our state and just wanting to say thanks for all the awesome comments about living here ! I always dreamed of doing what you guy are doing mainly because my dad grew up on a farm in Indiana and moved here after he meet my mom while serving in the marines while visiting his half sisters here in NC ! His dad moved to Indiana after his first wife passed away to work in a auto factory at night and farmed in the daytime ! His two daughters were grown and already out of the home and land was cheap there and jobs were available there ! When I married my wife after a stint in the marines like my dad ! I had kids and not much else ! Went to work for a textile apparel company and put in 29 . After C.A.F.T.A kicked in 10 years after N.A.F.T.A had been put in they desided to closed our plant and build one in Dominican Republic ! Luckily they were expanding into new products in my area ! At my first high school 30th reunion a old friend told me about hiring at his work and I landed a job there after several interviews in tobbaco making smokeless products and retired back in april .My parents were mormans so we were taught to grow and store food and whatever we would need to be prepared for bad times or anything that might happen ! There are many thing yall are doing that reminds me so much of my younger days and some new thing im consuming in my head ! Your info is priceless and I just want to thank y'all .
I am born and raised small town Illinois. So i can relate on the slower paced life. You go into any store here and you will see people just standing around having deep convo. Also, I totally agree on the southern hospitality thing. I travel to Georgia often and the city I visit is larger than mine but still considered small. I was blown away with the hospitality I receive everytime i go there. I am planning to move there in 5 years and I cant wait to pay it forward.
We are moving states soon. Not nearly the distance as you guys, but I'm having some of the same feelings. Leaving our families, friends, will people be welcoming, will we make new friends, etc. It's both exciting and terrifying.
Just do it! Wishing you well! ❤️🙏
#DANG
What an interesting, Awesome
POD / CAST!
We have all heard, the grass ant greener on the other side.
Well you guys just proved that isn’t necessarily True.
If you Plant it, IT CAN GROW!
Thank Y’all Very Much for such an awesome eye opener!
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Being from NC, we like anybody from anywhere, as long as you dont try to change us into the place you came from.
Hope you Feel better soon Al 💕
I am so glad you are talking about butchering turkeys. We just harvested 5 Murray's Artisan Black Turkeys and 5 Murray's Broad-Breasted Bronze Turkeys and they were a total success except when it came to butchering them....they all had black jell left under their skin for almost every single feather....it looked horrible. I tried everything that I could and no matter what I did it wouldn't really come out. I tried squeezing it out and a few it worked but for the most part I was just just stuck with this black looking ink blots under the skin all over. I ended up skinning 7 and did my best on 3 to leave the skin on. They still look horrible. I have never seen anything happening like that on youtube. I will never buy anything but white turkeys. I know that jell will still be there but not have black blobs all over the skin of my home grown turkeys is what I want. And after working trying to clean the black out my fingers were stained for a couple days from that black stuff.
ANYONE have any info on this?? Why isn't this mentioned anywhere?? Thanks guys!!!