I'm going to the county fair!

I don't think it is wrong,but it is kinda wasteful of money...IMO...we did go to our's because the girls had entered a few things and we looked at the animals,exhibits,etc...it was a fun afternoon. We don't play the games or ride the rides...although we have let them in the past. The people setting up the rides make us nervous....

I think the children enjoy it and it is a fun thing to do,but way overpriced!

We'd rather use that money and do something really fun!

Molly

 

Molly, what could possibly be dangerous about putting a few pegs in the dirt to support a roller coaster?

 

We haven't been to the county fair in several years, almost all we go for is the truck pull. But next year I plan on entering something in the folk art and handmade dolls catagories.

 

We had our county fair the second or third week in August.

My favorite part is the tractor parade, usually lead by a grand pair of oxen; then in order of age, the steam tractors, then the early 1900's tractors until finally we get the two story air-conditioned monsters of today.

Rob

 

I've been going to the Washington Parish Fair in Franklinton, LA for all my known life! I now take my boy and girl! We have a budget of $10 each to ride rides(Blackbird can't handle the Merry-go-Round nor the "Teacups"--there are 4-H exhibits, farm animals--milk and beef cattle, sheep, hogs---on and on and on!

Gina--I can hold a funnel cake in one hand and artifical inseminate the milk cow with the other!! Remember, Blackbird is one tough farm boy!!!!

Your buddy,
blackbird

 

I loved going to the fair in Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was really big, lasted for a week, and was reasonably priced. They also did not serve any alcohol. It was just plain fun.

Now, here in Jersey, they have alot to learn about fairs. They put up a few booths, have about ten animals, a carnival, and the rest is left to see how much one can drink in the three days that it is held. Pathetic.

 

When I was a kid I grew up on a dairy farm. We always went to the county fair. One of the things I liked to see was some of the huge milk cows and bulls. Some of those bulls weighed about 3000 pounds.

Years later when I taught high school I started taking student's work to the county fair. When a student takes sweepstakes and his picture and name is in the local paper it means a lot to him.

I know one family that wouldn't even let their kids associate with very many from church and they were homeschooled. So when the oldest daughter went to college she was overwhelmed and didn't know how to deal with reality. She had never had to take a stance on her own. Her parents avoided any situation where they might have to stand for something. Consequently the young lady dropped out of college and returned home. The parents learned a few things from that. Later the young lady did return to college and graduated. I have seen too many young people who were so shelterd that once they got away from home their rebellion came out full force. Right now I know two young ladies that went to church all their lives and are now living with their boyfriend. One of them has turned her back on her parents. Her response to me is that they are legalistic and she wants no part of them.

For several years I have taken my daughter visiting and knocking on doors. She sees how people live and her response at times is, "Yuck." She used to ask about why people smoke and drink. She is made stronger as she sees the courage my wife and I have and how we deal with those people. Jesus ate with sinners. If I expect to reach sinners I must associate with them to some degree. That doesn't mean I indulge in their sin. I must have conviction on those things.

Some of the most dynamic Christians I have met were from communist countries taught by atheist teachers. But they had good sound Christian parents who showed courage when it was illegal to share their faith. They know the difference between evil and good. They have seen and experienced it first hand.

More is caught then will ever be taught. Our children will follow our example more than our talk.

 

Gina--my wife is a registered dietician(can't look at me and tell!!) Anyway, one year we were at the fair and there was a mobile booth that was cookin' and sellin' fried pork skins! We had a chance to talk to the "owner" of the booth--a local fella from Washington parish--he wasn't from some Bangledesh county way off in Walla Walla--a local guy--

Get this: We had the kids there and we were watchin' him fry up a batch of skins--he looked over at my wife and says, "Lady! The good part about these skins is---there is no fat involved!!"

I thought---"Fella! The knife throwin' booth is down this way! Why don't me and you go and see whats happenin' there!!!!!!"

For our homeschooled kids--it was a quick lesson in three things--

(1) the man was a liar
(2) the skins ain't nothin' BUT fat and it was being fried in nothin' BUT fat making the whole deal FAT!
(3) Pork skins are good when you have a Root Beer to wash it down!!!!

Your buddy,
Blackbird

 

blackbird; Us Yankees are more genteeeeel. We call them Pork RINDS.

There is 8% fat in one serving, but the GOOD news is there are ZERO carbs in them. I have been eating them like crazy and losing weight!

Gina: Enjoy yourself at the fair. I like to go and talk to people I haven't seen all year. The beer tent is set up way on the end so it is easy to avoid. We have plenty of auxillary police to round up the occasional straying 'imbiber'.

Our church sets up an air-conditioned bus and offers cold water and a short movie on "How to Be Saved".

 

Gina--at the Washington Parish Fair--there is a prize for every person!! A winner every time!!!! "HEY YOU! BUDDY! YOU WITH THE COWBOY HAT ON!! WIN YOUR LADY THERE A PRIZE!!"

Blackbird