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  • the_itsb (she/her)@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    I’m yet another Reddit refugee - you might recognize my username from frequent comments in /r/athensohio, or less frequently /r/Ohio and /r/Columbus - and I made accounts at Beehaw, lemmy.world, and sh.itjust.works before discovering this instance. A whole instance of leftists in the Midwest?!?!!! 🎉 Very excited to have found you all.

    My husband (42m) and I (41f) have been together just shy of 20 years and do small engine and outdoor equipment repair from our home garage; he turns the wrenches, I do the admin stuff, and we make small engine repair and enthusiast videos to encourage people to repair, not replace, which is something we’re really passionate about.

    We have a 16yo trans son, son and I are both bi, and we keep our pride flag up all year long because we’ve had repair customers mention that it helped them know we were a safe place to bring their equipment. 😕

    We’ve got dogs and cats and live on a few acres outside Athens. Just 2 weeks ago, we received our newly-hatched chickens and guineas, so we’re scrambling to get the coop and run done. I’m working on figuring out how to share the feed for the security camera I set up near their enclosure, so let me know if you’d like a link for the Poultry News Network when it goes live. 😂

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      1 year ago

      You figure it out, I’m watching it. Raising chickens is about the only thing I haven’t tried… so many hobbies, lasers, 3d printers, shop gadgets I make just because I can but why not try one more…right?