Comments on: The Keystone Cops http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/the-keystone-cops/ Come in, sit for a spell and read a memoir of living smaller, happier and greener. New posts Monday, Wednesday and Fridays Wed, 23 May 2012 02:41:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/the-keystone-cops/comment-page-1/#comment-1790 Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:49:51 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=455#comment-1790 Oh, that is funny, SABLE! Oh, that is funny, SABLE!

]]> By: S.A.B.L.E. http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/the-keystone-cops/comment-page-1/#comment-1780 S.A.B.L.E. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:57:05 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=455#comment-1780 It was more like taking real life into the dream world. At the time I worked in dispatch for the BLM. The hours were long due to many wildfires. Once home I welcomed the chance for some sleep. I had only been asleep for a short time when the phone rang, I sleepily answered, "Fire Dispatch". The person on the other end started laughing, still being pretty much asleep, I didn't realized what I had said. It was the office calling. I still laugh about it many years later. It was more like taking real life into the dream world. At the time I worked in dispatch for the BLM. The hours were long due to many wildfires. Once home I welcomed the chance for some sleep. I had only been asleep for a short time when the phone rang, I sleepily answered, "Fire Dispatch". The person on the other end started laughing, still being pretty much asleep, I didn't realized what I had said. It was the office calling. I still laugh about it many years later.

]]> By: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/the-keystone-cops/comment-page-1/#comment-1625 Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:40:00 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=455#comment-1625 Kudos on going back after that masters! I have often wished I had the time and the money to get an MFA. I guess an advanced degree is like kids...you just have to take the plunge. Good luck with it, but don't forget us! :) Kudos on going back after that masters! I have often wished I had the time and the money to get an MFA. I guess an advanced degree is like kids…you just have to take the plunge. Good luck with it, but don't forget us! :)

]]> By: Bj http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/the-keystone-cops/comment-page-1/#comment-1624 Bj Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:33:40 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=455#comment-1624 Exactly, Kerri, while I would not have wanted to harm that bear, had he charged me, I would have needed the Smith & Wesson backup system. As to being okay, just life got incredibly busy! I am on several committees at my school, and recently returned for my Masters degree, so....;-) Exactly, Kerri, while I would not have wanted to harm that bear, had he charged me, I would have needed the Smith & Wesson backup system.

As to being okay, just life got incredibly busy! I am on several committees at my school, and recently returned for my Masters degree, so.…;-)

]]> By: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/the-keystone-cops/comment-page-1/#comment-1620 Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:18:02 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=455#comment-1620 Welcome back, BJ! We're glad to have you back as well. You were missed, I've wondered what happened to you and was hoping you were ok! Your story is funny, but should serve us as a lesson too. None of us want to harm anything, but we have to be prepared. Welcome back, BJ! We're glad to have you back as well. You were missed, I've wondered what happened to you and was hoping you were ok! Your story is funny, but should serve us as a lesson too. None of us want to harm anything, but we have to be prepared.

]]> By: Bj http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/the-keystone-cops/comment-page-1/#comment-1618 Bj Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:59:43 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=455#comment-1618 Hi Kerri, I too know the worry of being way out back of beyond and not knowing when you go out what you will find....so yes, ladies, a pistol is a good thing to keep..but please practice, you don't want a wounded bear to get madder. Kerri, I laugh because it brings back memories of camping up in the UP of Michigan (where my daughter now lives). I woke one night,hearing something but not seeing anything, headed for the outhouse since I was already up...still half asleep and walking down the path, felt something nudge me in the back, I reached back and swatted, believing it to be my daughter who loved to try to get mom screaming at times like that, and connected with a furry nose. I don't know who was more shocked, me or the black bear whose nose I had just swatted! Luckily, he took the swat well, and trotted off. Trust me, I now go even to the outhouse in camp with my pistol! By the way, been missing this blog! Glad to be back! Hi Kerri,

I too know the worry of being way out back of beyond and not knowing when you go out what you will find.…so yes, ladies, a pistol is a good thing to keep..but please practice, you don't want a wounded bear to get madder.
Kerri, I laugh because it brings back memories of camping up in the UP of Michigan (where my daughter now lives). I woke one night,hearing something but not seeing anything, headed for the outhouse since I was already up…still half asleep and walking down the path, felt something nudge me in the back, I reached back and swatted, believing it to be my daughter who loved to try to get mom screaming at times like that, and connected with a furry nose. I don't know who was more shocked, me or the black bear whose nose I had just swatted! Luckily, he took the swat well, and trotted off. Trust me, I now go even to the outhouse in camp with my pistol!
By the way, been missing this blog! Glad to be back!

]]> By: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/the-keystone-cops/comment-page-1/#comment-1594 Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:45:36 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=455#comment-1594 I agree. Heaven. I agree. Heaven.

]]> By: Moontree Ranch http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/the-keystone-cops/comment-page-1/#comment-1587 Moontree Ranch Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:39:23 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=455#comment-1587 Peace and quite..is great. Where we live now is in the back of a "mountain" sub division we see may 10 cars drive by a day...we experience a quietness hear deeper than most of our camping trip to any of the nat. forest or parks...more neighbors by far in a campground. But when we visit our 200 foot cabin at our land in NM...the silence is even more absolute...there the only road is about a mile away...it make your ears ring sometimes by the depth of it. It is only broken by the wind in the tree, the birds or the coyotes at night..Heaven in our book. Peace and quite..is great. Where we live now is in the back of a "mountain" sub division we see may 10 cars drive by a day…we experience a quietness hear deeper than most of our camping trip to any of the nat. forest or parks…more neighbors by far in a campground.

But when we visit our 200 foot cabin at our land in NM…the silence is even more absolute…there the only road is about a mile away…it make your ears ring sometimes by the depth of it. It is only broken by the wind in the tree, the birds or the coyotes at night..Heaven in our book.

]]> By: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/the-keystone-cops/comment-page-1/#comment-1550 Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:58:22 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=455#comment-1550 Hi, Fran, I'm glad you're enjoying Living Large! We are having a mixture of snow and ice tonight so we're hoping not to hear the sounds of the trees cracking again! Sounds can freak us out when we're not used to them. My great aunt used to come and stay with us when I was a kid. We lived in a railroad community and of course, to someone who lived there all of the time, we didn't notice the sounds of the rails. She had to sleep with me in my bedroom in our little bungalow and each time, she would wake me and ask "What is THAT noise!" My answer was always the same, "It's the trains!" Hi, Fran, I'm glad you're enjoying Living Large! We are having a mixture of snow and ice tonight so we're hoping not to hear the sounds of the trees cracking again!
Sounds can freak us out when we're not used to them. My great aunt used to come and stay with us when I was a kid. We lived in a railroad community and of course, to someone who lived there all of the time, we didn't notice the sounds of the rails. She had to sleep with me in my bedroom in our little bungalow and each time, she would wake me and ask "What is THAT noise!" My answer was always the same, "It's the trains!"

]]> By: Fran http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/02/the-keystone-cops/comment-page-1/#comment-1549 Fran Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:41:13 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=455#comment-1549 Oh, what a funny story. I remember the first time I lived in the country with my husband. I am from the city and he lived in the country all his life. Well, we rented this house and the sounds around there where NOT sounds I knew let me tell you lol. Every night I would shake him awake telling him I heard something close to the house. It was always an animal lol. It took me a few weeks to get use to it. We lived there for 10 years until we got to buy our first house. Unfortunately we could not afford to buy in the country so we are in the city right now. So I had to start all over again the weird sounds lol. I am really enjoying your website as I sit here in my city home longing for a small place in the country. Oh, what a funny story. I remember the first time I lived in the country with my husband. I am from the city and he lived in the country all his life. Well, we rented this house and the sounds around there where NOT sounds I knew let me tell you lol. Every night I would shake him awake telling him I heard something close to the house. It was always an animal lol. It took me a few weeks to get use to it.
We lived there for 10 years until we got to buy our first house. Unfortunately we could not afford to buy in the country so we are in the city right now. So I had to start all over again the weird sounds lol.

I am really enjoying your website as I sit here in my city home longing for a small place in the country.

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