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[zannej]

It has a liquid cooling system and my friend tested it out and it stays cool even when running for a long period of time, but I have a program that can check temps so I will keep an eye on it.
I value my pet over objects.

 

[theheathen13]

 

[zannej]

Basket on top in action. Keeping Rupert from blocking the vents. He's my little snugglebuddy. Loves to get under the covers with me and purr in my ear.

 

[Peanut]

Someone mentioned “Chicken Neckin’” the other day. Took me a while to member, only been 35 years. Chicken neckin’ – buy chicken bits at the grocery store, cheapest cuts, necks etc. You tie a chicken neck to a string. This is the bait for blue crab. I was stationed at Norfolk VA, all the back waters around the area have plenty of crab. Navy buddies and I would sometimes go fishing or crabbing in summer.

I went looking for old photos, only found a couple photos of us fishing, not crabbing. I thought this was funny, a buddy fished for a couple hours and this was what he caught… big fish! lol... just the right size for crab bait. Somewhere on the back waters of the Chesapeake bay.

 

[theheathen13]

 

[Mountain trapper]

Feeding time.

 

[theheathen13]

Where was that pic taken?

 

[Mountain trapper]

Where was that pic taken?

It was taken at our place in Idaho.

 

[Pearl]

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Beautiful!! Taken from your place?

 

[Mountain trapper]

Beautiful!! Taken from your place?

Yep. That little building is our pumphouse and generator. Our house is a quarter mile up the hill from there.

 

[Peanut]

Found these last night... New Orleans Jazz Festival. Friends and I used to go every year. I will say I've never been to a bad party in NOLA. The Jazz Festival was a great time, a week of incredible music... Schlitz beer sponsored this one, long ago.

Of course there is always someone tap dancing the the Quarter.

 

[Peanut]

What a difference in 20 days! I burned the field on 14feb. Grass is putting up, barely. It'll be another month before it takes off. Still have to decide if I want to spend a thousand for fertilizer...

 

[Bacpacker]

Are you going to use it for pasture or hay?

 

[Peanut]

I'm going to use it as pasture. I still have to get more the weeds out of it.

 

[Mountain trapper]

I'm going to use it as pasture. I still have to get more the weeds out of it.

That looks nice. Do you use a herbicide for the weeds? I've got an area of about 40 acres that I'm going to start tilling as soon as the snow is gone and turn in to hay. I'll have to fence it of course.

 

[Peanut]

@Mountain trapper I haven't used a herbicide on this field and would rather not. But, one of the reasons I burned off the field is so I can walk it for the next month and see which/how many weeds coming up. So to get an accurate idea of how bad the weed problem had gotten. This will dictate further action.

You weren't a member during the 3 year soap opera happening here with cattle and pastures. Lets say someone else badly overgrazed the field with predictable results. I have to correct the damage!

 

[Weedygarden]

@Mountain trapper I haven't used a herbicide on this field and would rather not. But, one of the reasons I burned off the field is so I can walk it for the next month and see which/how many weeds coming up. So to get an accurate idea of how bad the weed problem had gotten. This will dictate further action.

You weren't a member during the 3 year soap opera happening here with cattle and pastures. Lets say someone else badly overgrazed the field with predictable results. I have to correct the damage!

Is the nephew out of the cattle business now?

 

[Weedygarden]

Someone mentioned “Chicken Neckin’” the other day. Took me a while to member, only been 35 years. Chicken neckin’ – buy chicken bits at the grocery store, cheapest cuts, necks etc. You tie a chicken neck to a string. This is the bait for blue crab. I was stationed at Norfolk VA, all the back waters around the area have plenty of crab. Navy buddies and I would sometimes go fishing or crabbing in summer.

I went looking for old photos, only found a couple photos of us fishing, not crabbing. I thought this was funny, a buddy fished for a couple hours and this was what he caught… big fish! lol... just the right size for crab bait. Somewhere on the back waters of the Chesapeake bay.

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I've been crabbing a couple times. It is so much fun, imho. I was in the Houston area. I am trying to remember the name of the town on the coast we were at. There was a pier that people fished from. I bought one of the three layered nets, some raw chicken, and probably had to have a license. I caught many blue crabs and one good sized flounder in my nets. I gave my catch to an older black woman who was out there fishing as well. Good times!

 

[Peanut]

@Weedygarden I'm not sure. I heard he hauled most of his cows to market. I heard he hauled some down to his mom's house. As long as they aren't here.

It's a real shame, dad and I both wanted him to succeed. We even let him use the land for free. He simply would not listen to dad or I. Every choice he made was bad. He's still young, got a chance to learn. Hate to say it but some folks are to stupid and arrogant to learn. "Doc, it hurts when I do this!" "Then don't do that!" Duh!

 

[Weedygarden]

@Weedygarden I'm not sure. I heard he hauled most of his cows to market. I heard he hauled some down to his mom's house. As long as they aren't here.

It's a real shame, dad and I both wanted him to succeed. We even let him use the land for free. He simply would not listen to dad or I. Every choice he made was bad. Hate to say it but some folks are to stupid and arrogant to learn. He's still young, got a chance to learn.

Sometimes the school of hard knocks is the best teacher. It is interesting that some people will not or cannot take direction from others. It may not be everyone that they can't be corrected by, but it is some.
I had a student, African American, first grader, who could not, would not follow my instructions. I believe he had challenges on the home front with a bossy mother and a bossy older sister. His father and grandfather are well known architects in the area, and I never suspected reverse racism from them, but I sure could have missed that. If I asked him to check a page in a work book, he turned the page and disregarded me. I finally tore his work book into separate pages, and would give him the pages that needed work before he could go on and on, blindly making all kinds of errors. I was able to put his workbook back together without any damage because it was bound with binding combs.

 

[ifbbathena]

Most mornings

 

[SheepDog]

I love, LOVE, mornings in the wilderness. I used to hike 14 miles to get to a lake that sits in the Cascade Crest. you don't see anyone until you walk back down or while you are walking in. Get up just before the sun, build a small fire and make coffee. It is almost better than being in the arms of a good woman.

 

[Weedygarden]

I see this guy occasionally and pulled over to take his photo.

 

[Peanut]

Well, if he gets hit by a convertible he has a chance of landing in the back seat!

 

[zannej]

My kitty, Temjin has been chewing on herself. We put a flea collar on her right after this. She hid for 36+ hours so I couldn't use anti-itch wipes on her. Waiting on her lysine treats to arrive.

The other kitty is our dilute Tortie named Lady Sylvanas. She is a super sweet kitty. Please excuse the mess. The cats knock everything on the floor. LOL.

 

[backlash]

I took this picture a couple of summers ago in my garden.
No idea what type of spider but I left him alone. I picked tomatoes from a different plant for awhile.
For size reference this is a cattle panel with 6" openings.
Anyone know what type tis is?

 

[Double R]

We always have called them garden spiders. Can’t remember their “real” names. They are beneficial spiders if I remember right. We have them quite a bit around here. They are big but never seem to bother anything

 

[havasu]

Went out in the real world, without any masks on, to have a nice seafood dinner at a

shopping center today.

 

[Peanut]

@backlash

It's Argiope aurantia, a garden spider. They get big here also! Never heard of them biting.

 

[Weedygarden]