I stand more of a chance getting run over by a John Deere than a car....

Neighbor bailing hay
United States
August 24, 2015 8:29am CST
I live in the boonies - and if you did a traffic study in my little county (and it is little) you would count more tractors on the roads than cars. We are in a farming community, but most of the farms are either cow farms or hay fields. So when it's time to bring in the hay we see tractors and nothing else on our road. We had thought moving to a farming community we would have access to lots of little farm stands with all kinds of fresh veggies to pick from - not! The few fields of corn are horse corn and in two years we haven't seen anyone selling veggies. Oh well, it would have been nice.
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@valmnz (17095)
• New Zealand
30 Oct 15
At least I know what the boonies are now! Depending n the area, some farming communities have road side stalls here, mainly in the fruit growing regions.
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@valmnz (17095)
• New Zealand
31 Oct 15
@AbbyGreenhill another question! The other day I asked you what the boonies were, now I'd love to know the origin of the word, where does it come from? why boonies?
• United States
31 Oct 15
@valmnz I have no clue - the word has been around forever.
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• United States
30 Oct 15
There are actually some in this county who live even more in the boonies than we do!
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@LadyDuck (502886)
• Italy
24 Aug 15
I also live in the boonies and I like it, much more than living in a busy town.
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• United States
24 Aug 15
I don't think I could ever live in the city again.
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
24 Aug 15
I live in the boonies too. Well, as boonies as it can get out here! lol I live right off the main road, so there are plenty of cars. In the 20 years that I've been here, I hardly ever noticed any tractors.
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• United States
24 Aug 15
The first time I saw one on the highway I thought I was seeing things.
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@TheHorse (238388)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 16
Seeing roundies causes me pain.
• United States
25 May 16
roundies? you mean the round bails? Why pain?