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Farmer-Rick

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14. Yup, I see that around here

Sat Nov 15, 2025, 03:14 PM

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If you take the back roads much of that can be seen today in East TN. Dilapidated houses, dirty kids living out of tool sheds, trailers overtaken by kudzu with elderly men living inside. People becoming elderly as their homes deteriorate around them.

The neighbor at the end of my lane had her 3 grandchildren, all under 6 years, living with her out of one of those Lowe's tool sheds without running water, no plumbing, minimal heat and no AC. They may have had electricity but I couldn't be sure. They called it a tiny home. Child Protective Services took the kids away and fined her. They sold the place.

I would have had some sympathy for her if she hadn't poisoned my dogs and voted for pedo Trump.

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