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07/30/12, 12:39 PM
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This deserves some attention.
Farmers in Fauquier County are planning to bring their pitchforks to an Aug. 2 hearing before the Board of Zoning Appeals to protest the arbitrary treatment of one of their own. On April 30, Zoning Administrator Kimberley Johnson sent Martha Boneta an official cease-and-desist notice for selling farm products and hosting a birthday party for her best friend's 10-year-old daughter on her 70-acre Paris, Va., farm without a special administrative permit.
Examiner Local Editorial: Fauquier County steps over the line | WashingtonExaminer.com
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07/30/12, 02:11 PM
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Ha How many farmers have a pitchfork anymore, And for those who do, grandpas maybe, doubt if many know where they are. lol
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07/30/12, 02:16 PM
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Virginia Right to Farm Act??? To think that was even necessary, to protect farmers, in VA no less, is amazing.
Pitchforks. 
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07/30/12, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by FarmBoyBill
Ha How many farmers have a pitchfork anymore, And for those who do, grandpas maybe, doubt if many know where they are. lol
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I have 3 pitch forks! I would think most farmers would have one. oh, yeah, I'm only in my 30's, so not old enough to be a grandma yet.
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07/30/12, 03:30 PM
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I have 2 pitchforks and know EXACTLY where they are. 
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07/30/12, 03:33 PM
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i have two as well, I know where one is =)
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07/30/12, 03:55 PM
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Formerly CrownRanch
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: On a dirt road in Missouri
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I have one. It worked well on my foot about a month ago. Where do I sign up.
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07/30/12, 04:00 PM
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I only have one now, and I know exactly where it is. Used it yesterday. 
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07/30/12, 04:17 PM
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used to live in fauquier co.
it's close to Wash DC and Baltimore Md. (murder capital & charm city)
need _I say more?
lots of people come from the city & want to live 'in the country' but not with all those stinky smells and gross cows----eeeeewwwww!
for awhile some people were trying to legislate how a place should smell . . .
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07/30/12, 04:45 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FarmBoyBill
Ha How many farmers have a pitchfork anymore, And for those who do, grandpas maybe, doubt if many know where they are. lol
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I'm 30 years old and have been using a pitchfork since my Dad and Papaw taught me as a 7 year old. Use it every day now to feed all the cattle, sheep and goats in this drought.
I got a couple extra if they need help!
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07/30/12, 05:50 PM
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Dallas
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I'm not even a farmer and I have one -- but then I am old enough to be a grandpa.
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07/30/12, 07:15 PM
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I hope other producers do show up, a bunch of them. A show of solidarity and enough people to remind those commissioners how much of the county's income is a result of agriculture.
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07/30/12, 07:35 PM
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Perhaps some folks can bring a manure fork or two just to keep the meeting room orderly. 
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07/30/12, 07:50 PM
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O yeah!
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Originally Posted by edcopp
Perhaps some folks can bring a manure fork or two just to keep the meeting room orderly. |
Loan 'em mine it's been recently used! 
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07/30/12, 08:00 PM
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Original recipe!
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I love my pitchforks!
I have at least 2... different handle lengths and number of forks etc...
I use them often.
Great for turning compost, loading barn cleanings etc..
Couldn't make it without one.
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07/30/12, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by CrownRanch
I have one. It worked well on my foot about a month ago. Where do I sign up.
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Been there, done that. To add insult to injury (a hole in the top of my foot) now my blasted muck boots leak!!
I have three forks. My favorite is an old coal fork. Works great for cleanin' stalls.
Oh yeah, I'm in my 30s, Bill.
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07/30/12, 08:20 PM
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I have four pitch forks and a little one for my three year old. We used them all the time.
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07/30/12, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by tailwagging
i have two as well, I know where one is =)
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Ditto here - maybe you don't know where yours is farmboy....better sign off and go find it - :-)
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07/30/12, 09:23 PM
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Yes, I have pitchforks. 
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07/30/12, 09:37 PM
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If I bring a rusty one from my mom's tool stash, will I look more threatening? We haven't gotten one ourselves yet since the chicken gazebo cleans out easily with a shovel . . .
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07/30/12, 11:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FarmBoyBill
Ha How many farmers have a pitchfork anymore, And for those who do, grandpas maybe, doubt if many know where they are. lol
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I have 4 pitchforks... know where they all are, and they all get used very regularly. No, it's not just old Cermudgins like yourself that have pitchforks FFB... they even sell brand new ones in the stores yet! 
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07/30/12, 11:31 PM
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I have one. Used it tonight. Stuck it in my big toe about a month ago!
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07/31/12, 01:54 AM
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I have 2 and I know where they are! I use them regularly and I'm only 40. Where's your pitchfork Bill?I can loan ya one if you can't find it 
If I live near there I would show up with mine.
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07/31/12, 05:07 AM
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I wonder if everyone who shows up with a pitchfork will be housed in the same holding celL??
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07/31/12, 08:44 AM
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That could be a sticky situation Will. Specially if ya already got people who have stuck themselves with their own forks, Whaddia u think would happen in a room fulla them lol
Yup I know where mine is. Its a 4 tiner. I had a couple 3 tiners, but broke the handles. Still got them, but they arent of much use. Never copuld figure out how to replace the handles to where they would stay attached to the fork, or hoe, or rake, ect.
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07/31/12, 08:53 AM
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FBB, we have several, different tine numbers too. Also have a couple of potato forks. Those might be a little safer in a crowd.
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07/31/12, 09:57 AM
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I htinnk everyone just needs to clean their barn sout before coming to th emeeting and send the others packing with the smell...
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07/31/12, 10:12 AM
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Jules, the goat grandma
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We have one pitch fork. Would a plastic future fork be acceptable for the meeting? If so, then DH could attend also!
Although from the sounds of it, a shovel might be more appropriate!
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07/31/12, 10:23 AM
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Born in the wrong Century
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What they really need is some tar and feathers and a few poles!
I too have a few Pitchforks of various types. Nope not a GP yet and well some of these may have been someones GP's they where not my Gp's.
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07/31/12, 11:17 AM
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I have two pitchforks. I could come over and bring them with me if you like! Trouble is, they might not let me on the plane with them!
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