My 80 y/o Family Farm Sold Today

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My 80 y/o Family Farm Sold Today

Posted by VicariousE - July 22nd, 2015

It took many months, but the second prospective buyer followed through, and bought the 13.9 acre farm. Sometime next year, it'll be sub-divided, the lowest section will be 'gifted' to the town... and people will roost, where crops were once sown. Seems kinda wasteful, considering how much of our country isn't farmable...

I'll be taking over the phone service soon, so I'll be back to wasting some time on Newgrounds, while also searching for a new homestead. The prelinimanry agreement allows me to stay for 2 months (?!), but the new owner says he can extend that, no problem... so I'm paying 500$ rent for what used to be my childhood home.

In the meantime, here's a turkey, which really should've been America's national bird ;) I took this pic last year... why did the turkey cross the road? Be seeing you all again soon!

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VicariousE 2015-07-22 18:24:31

Damn it, hit the button again!
+24 comments/interactions

I haven't forgotten my old post's comments, I'll respond soon..... from home >:)

WiLD11 2015-07-22 19:28:03

"wasting some time on Newgrounds" its not wastedd ;-:

VicariousE 2015-07-22 19:28:03

For introverts (like myself), that's probably true.

AbsurdTyler 2015-07-22 19:28:51

Your art is pretty great! It has a professional look to it! :D I like your movies and games too, you are pretty talented! Keep up the awesome work! If you want to sometime you can check out my comedy art.

VicariousE 2015-07-22 19:28:51

Thanks, though I should probably take down the Valentine's day card I sent to Jaxxy (as she's married now, and it wasn't very skillful on my part).

After I get back online, I'll be sure to check your stuff out, and leave a few unvarnished reviews

Doomroar 2015-07-22 22:23:19

Is that $500 per month?

VicariousE 2015-07-22 22:23:19

Yup, the estate picked up the first month's tab. Lol, no security deposit, as the house will eventually be razed... shame, that. My grandpa insisted a 30ft. long 2x4 be installed where the back door locks... maybe I can come back to see it, after the claw machine rips off he siding.

Had to cancel and pick up another version of renter's insurance before and after the sale...

Yomuchan 2015-07-25 15:59:58

Why did the turkey cross the road?

He was doing a legitimate transaction with Hulk Hogan.

VicariousE 2015-07-25 15:59:58

No shit? I never suspected double H was squatting in the 'park' across the street... hope he doesn't molest the turkey babies. It's weird, but it's likely the first farm I'm going to visit, is primarily used for turkey hunting! Hope there's deer around, gotta justify buying both red and white wine, ya dig?

deathofsun 2015-07-26 10:01:41

Just hope your fairing well mate! And nice picture, rather scenic and natural, you know?

VicariousE 2015-07-26 10:01:41

Getting better, thanks! I'm not fond of my digital camera, the automatic settings are lame (hmm, maybe there's a HW update, gotta check) but I got lucky with this shot...

Doomroar 2015-07-26 18:00:48

Well i guess that's the answer, the turkey crossed the road in order to get some renter's insurance.

VicariousE 2015-07-26 18:00:48

...and I went across town to try and get control of the telephone service to the rental (aka, former home), with no success. My sister had the bill, which is still in my Pop's name, sent to her house :p Gonna try a wireless Verizon stand, ask some tidy metrosexual about getting control of my service

Whirlguy 2015-07-29 07:10:23

Glad to hear everything's going according to plan. It's good knowing you have a roof over your head!

VicariousE 2015-07-29 07:10:23

Yup, same roof for almost 40 years... just need my cut of the sale $, and a way to browse the real estate listings at (rental) home. Still waiting on getting internet, and a property a cousin's friend may have up for sale...

It's a shame everything I put in (plant-wise) is unlikely to produce squat, since it was put in almost 2 months late :p Maybe get a few pumpkin, watermelon and cantaloupe, but the corn is a total write-off :(

Doomroar 2015-08-01 05:02:46

I don't know if ":p" is the emoticon i would use in that kind of situation... but... well, uhum, if asking a tidy metrosexual to "get control of your services"makes you that happy, good for you i guess?; today i learned something i wish i could unlearn!! XD.
(You sure... just checking, but, you sure that it doesn't reads by-curios-E hahaha)

VicariousE 2015-08-01 05:02:46

Actually, I managed to circumnavigate the touch-tone button menu thingy (and changed the account PIN, without having the original PIN!) to a point where I got an actual human on the line, nice chap from Virginia (John Carter lol)... saved me 20 bucks on the existing service, as well as chucking 25/25 (?) internet in!

I'm just glad to have kept the 50+ y/o phone number up till the end... plus, they woulda knocked me for a security deposit, I'm sure, not to mention changing the number... plus Verizon might go on strike at anytime now, so I had them mail the internet boxes, should be here Friday.

S3C 2015-08-02 06:07:49

f*cking sh*t on a stick Doomroar stole my line. I was waiting for the perfect moment to use BicuriousE for years

VicariousE 2015-08-02 06:07:49

Ah, you're just jealous of my cultured and learn-ed ways ;) Say, now that you're a doctor, are you going to start golfing, going to club meetings? What sort of car do you get around with, if you don't mind my asking?

S3C 2015-08-04 20:44:44

lol, I suppose I could, considering that I live within a golf course, as does much of the suburbs in the Phoenix Metropolitan area. But I despise the sport, which lacks of any team work, riding silly carts from hole to hole, and wastes endless gallons of water to keep the artificial grass green. Now, mini-golf, that's a form of entertainment right there!! I guess you could say my mind and soul never left the playground

I drive around an antiquated Honda Civic, as it gets good MPG. Thinking about getting a Honda Insight for the same reasons. I would rather not spend my money on fancy vehicles, as I find the notion quite superfluous, not that my budget allows for it anyway.

VicariousE 2015-08-04 20:44:44

Nah, I agree, especially in the arid western regions! Last job I had was maintaining a mini-golf course that was outside an arcade/amusement center. Hydraulic pressure, concrete, shallow pipes and freezing temps... ah well, it was plenty broke before I came along.

Lolz, the buyer of the farm (an east Indian environmental engineer consultant) came by one morning, after I spied a real environmental engineer in the middle field... though I thought it was my homeless friend in his Kia, with a similar, black replacement quarter panel! He was driving a 2003 Civic (300,000+ miles)that had some electric issues, and a local deer incident - he just spent a few hundred grand on my farm, and needed to bust out his jump charger |: His Lexus sedan was in the shop, where they pulled all his data: gps, mileage, stop/starts, speed... he loves talking about that kinda stuff with me. Guess my long hair and unmarried status qualify me for Illuminati discussions, eh?

chris-the-stick 2015-08-04 21:20:52

this is so sad.

no offence, but why did your relatives sold the farm?
and the town should not just ''gift'' the lower part of the farm.
INSTEAD, they should: either 1) sell it and give your relatives the ammount of money it costs... OR, 2) they should let your relatives to keep that (much smaller, i assume), lower part of the farm for themselves, for a free use...

and if we consider the fact, that like you said, ''not much of the countrylands of USA are farmable'', this is a waste of good farming land as well! :(

anyways, i hope the best for you, and hey dude, take lots and lots of photos of your family farm, and keep them somewhere, history and memory are strong weapons, and good assistants in life....

i hope that one day, you will get it back.

let me know your news, and your NG events, as well.

cheers

VicariousE 2015-08-04 21:20:52

Ah, my folks wanted it that way: everything split up into equal shares. My sis as executrix of the estate, took the traditional way out... which could've been handled better, despite my warnings. The old saying goes 'from shirt tails to shirt sleeves in 3 generations' (from upwardly mobile to on the way out of the pricey neighborhood). It's my turn to build something greater than I am...

Yeah, the post industrial world's stagnation spreads to mamma earth herself :p We over-regulate commerce and free will, but let the robber barons rape the soil, create chemicals that don't break down, plant people where crops should be.

Now that things are cleaned out, I can take some pictures of how bits of garbage made this farm, and made it last for 80 years. Shit, even the barn and garage roof shingles were put before I was born, and are only now starting to tear off ('stuporstorm' Sandy 2013)... I'll also buy a printer, so's I can print the digital pics, maybe frame a few.

Well, the deal's done as of 22 July, and I got until 22 Sept to amscray... on paper at least. The buyer maintained the farm assessment, which lowers his taxes while he gets the countless permits ready to subdivide. I'll have to find another spread to work and call my home... it happens, in the course of things.

Thanks for checking in Chris, hope all's well in your world! Actually I'm glad to be leaving, forgin my own destiny, and not just being a custodian of my grandparent's (and parents) past. I stuck around to keep an eye on my ma and pa, otherwise I would've left 20 years ago as a freelance videographer, working out of a suitcase, not dirt...

Doomroar 2015-08-04 22:20:18

Damn same phone number for 50+ years!? it sounds awesome! but, other than being pretty much solidified on your memory, and practically unforgettable by now, does it comes with other advantages?

@S3C haha i myself noticed about it some months ago when Mr V was credited on a video, it was an ear opener, oh man the memories, bicurious e... despite me saying that i was going to get over it, it is probably never going to get old XD.

VicariousE 2015-08-04 22:20:18

We value the things that endure, don't we? I gave out a few of my Pop's business cards, which still had a 2 letter prefix like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEnnsylvania_6-5000 ah, the mammories....

And somehow I still get a chuckle out of it, maybe I should make an alt, be a male slut in the BBS, probably be good therapy.

gamejunkie 2015-08-06 21:32:41

I'm so so, so happy for you that the sale finally went through. The future probably seems a little brighter now for you. No more stress of waiting and not knowing. HURRAH!!!!!

VicariousE 2015-08-06 21:32:41

It's been a few years since I had to move, hope I'm up for it, and the glass and machinery don't break in transit. Biggest thing is to find a place, drive out, check it out, take water and soil samples, get them checked out... then I gotta see a vet about the cats, fix any remaining problems at the next door rental, as well as haul over some top soil and grade it a bit more, since my cousin and I will have to stash some plows and things on the little lot....... but yeah, feels good, in a way!

dratrat1 2015-08-07 00:02:42

To get to the lady-ducktor. Because everyone likes turducken

VicariousE 2015-08-07 00:02:42

more like beducken-ducken, but yeah I get your drift

Doomroar 2015-08-10 20:41:06

Sentimental value must be one of the most priceless things there are to life, it makes Alzheimer and other cases of dementia all the more frightening.

Hahaha, oh man that sounds golden if you make it be sure to fill the account with favorites from Shadman's gallery.

VicariousE 2015-08-10 20:41:06

Mmm, my Pop had a bit of dementia before the end, as well being a hoarder (lean times growing up).

Damn, every perv worth his salt here is shadtastic about shad... Shad's worth it tho ;)

Doomroar 2015-08-12 13:31:24

Did he remembered all the things he collected? or he just keep getting stuff without much mind to it?

Too many dicks for my taste.

VicariousE 2015-08-12 13:31:24

Hm, about 80-90% recollection of his collection, but in the year he died, it was probably about half that - he just stopped going into his garage, mainly because none of his friends needed anything....

My 80 y/o Family Farm Sold Today

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