Tag Archives: the Fair

Fair Report 2023

Posted on August 25, 2023 by Lummox JR

I went into the Fair on Wednesday. I had planned to wait a little after opening day, but the weather was going to be nice and after that the rest of the week was trash, so I decided to go … Continue reading →

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A very strange Fair

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Lummox JR

The Great New York State Fair began last weekend, and on Tuesday I decided to go in. I knew this would be a little bit different, because the pandemic affected everything, and some vendors couldn’t come simply because they couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Fudge post-mortem

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Lummox JR

All right, the Fair-at-home is over, the family event went off well, and I have findings to report back about my fudge. First of all, my chocolate orange M&M fudge recipe was too soft by quite a lot, because I … Continue reading →

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Fair-at-home day 12

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Lummox JR

So far to be honest the Fair-at-home project hasn’t been as extensive as I would like. I had meant to take a bunch of time off like I normally would, but when it came down to it… I didn’t. Mostly … Continue reading →

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Fair-at-home day 3: Chocolate orange M&M fudge

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Lummox JR

Okay, technically this was day 3 because I didn’t know the Fair would have started Friday, but that’s why I went ahead with this part of the plan now instead of later in the week. I made a very easy … Continue reading →

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Fair-at-home started without me?

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Lummox JR

All this time I was laboring under the delusion that the Great New York State Fair had not done the stupid thing they were talking about doing before this pandemic crap started, which was to extend the Fair from 13 … Continue reading →

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The Fair-at-home project begins

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Lummox JR

An appeal to readers: If you’re looking to do something similar or have done, even if you don’t possess more than a fraction of my obsession for your own state/county fair, give me a shout out in the comments and … Continue reading →

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The Fairless experience

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Lummox JR

The Great New York State Fair is not happening this year. The Fair is such a cornerstone to my year that this pisses me off to no end. I run an easy 8 on the Nikki Minaj rage scale just … Continue reading →

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K is for rekovery

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Lummox JR

It’s been a little while since my last update, so I’ll catch you up. After a round of prednisone ended I had a week of somewhat iffy ability. I stopped the medication just before the Fair, and was able to … Continue reading →

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The rewalkening redux

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Lummox JR

On Friday my wife finally dragged me to an actual doctor at my regular doctor’s office instead of just urgent care, although my regular doctor is actually on vacation. This is because after my last post, my left foot took … Continue reading →

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