What's everybody doing today?

[sonya123]

The water line where the water meter is located froze and busted. The county turned the water off on Wednesday but has not fixed the line yet. They told me that since the water meter froze and burst, we want to be charged for the water. We always store water in 50-gallon barrels. Then I had to buy a new computer because the computer tech told the antivirus to reset the password.

our neighbor's water is frozen. We checked today, everyone has water except here, so the only thing possible is her line to her tank is frozen
It really needs to warm up!!

 

[Pearl]

well low this morning was 23.2f....so 20 degrees more than last few mornings...i walked outside in my shorts and crocs....heatwave i tell ya !!

16° here this morning! I say I won, but no I didn't!!

 

[hashbrown]

Bisous made friends with a guinea pig today.

 

[Peanut]

Trip to town, ran a few errands. Dad got a haircut while I was having new windshield wipers put on his car. Took it too a chain auto parts store where they put wipers on for customers. The wind was pretty cold so I didn't want to do it. Poor girl at the store had trouble, took her a half hour. Kept coming back in and re-reading the instructions. She was about frozen when she finished, had on a short sleeve shirt.

Oh, stopped at advance auto first. They are going out of business, said hundreds of stores closing nationwide. They were even selling the store shelving at this location. Everything must go! Didn't want to make a purchase there so I went to a store down the street.

Didn't do much once I got home. A bit ago I went up to the shop for something, happened to notice a newborn calf in the pasture. Called my cousin to let him know. He told me he lost a calf yesterday, fell through ice over a stock pond. Managed to get out but froze in the cold night before last, found him yesterday. So I guess he broke even this week.

No plans but dinner and tv this evening.

 

[sonya123]

Hashbrown ; Too cute!!!

It's still cold out but not as, thankfully didn't snow enough to cover the road again
Son is supposed to start working Monday , I hope this job works out .

I finally started on our taxes and am scrambling to find more receipts for farm expenses or we might actually have to pay some taxes this year. Wow, was not aware we made that much money on livestock sales and farmers market ( plus the money I knew , husband's pension and I took some out the 401k)
Well once I dig up all the Ranger repair and truck repair receipts the profits are all pooof going to disappear I am sure...
That's the great thing about running a farm and filing schedule F, you can write off all those things usually (truck has a legit farm tag, not just one of those " farm use " tags people around here put on stuff you can buy at a farm store)

 

[SoulSeeker]

Saw the note about your Brass train hobby, what scale do you model?

I do HO scale. Steam, diesel, electric box cab and steeple cab. I also do plastic/die cast, mainly Rivarossi, Athearn, Cary, Varney and Bowser. Right now I have at least 8-9 brass and many other projects to get done. Will start selling my non brass to get more money to buy brass with! Have some Pullman heavyweight passenger cars in brass I need to paint.

 

[Tommyice]

@Tommyice Be prepared for donor chairs. I bought dad’s first one like you. Then the word spread into the community and extended family. Suddenly I had 6 or 7 chairs. Most had something wrong, some part not working correctly, one with a bad wheel. I ended up repairing all of them and sending them back or giving them to others in need. Then mom needed a chair a couple years later.. Same thing happened. Now there are 2 extra chairs in the house and 3 more in the storage shed by the shop… I have repaired chairs to donate if I hear of a need.
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Another trip to town today, have to take dad to the bank and to get a haircut.

You make them sound like Tribbles.

 

[Tommyice]

not true, I asked the vet. He said I can use it until it turns a weird brown color, probably a few years . And then it is not toxic just doesn't work anymore. I asked specifically since I have heard that before too

Check with a pharmacist—they have a better handle on the properties of a medication while the doctor knows the usage of it. When expired it can cause kidney malfunction.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Put in an order today for the lumber to finish the chicken coop project and phase 1 of the new shop.

 

[sonya123]

Check with a pharmacist—they have a better handle on the properties of a medication while the doctor knows the usage of it. When expired it can cause kidney malfunction.

lol there are no pharmacists for livestock
I doubt the goats will live long enough to develop kidney problems. They usually go to the freezer at around age 2 unless they are breeding does
I have given way out of date LA200 and the sheep survived and didn't have any problems ( for pneumonia which would have killed it for sure)

a pharmacist will of course tell you to never use anything expired

 

[Pearl]

Check with a pharmacist—they have a better handle on the properties of a medication while the doctor knows the usage of it. When expired it can cause kidney malfunction.

And liver failure!

 

[Pearl]

lol there are no pharmacists for livestock
I doubt the goats will live long enough to develop kidney problems. They usually go to the freezer at around age 2 unless they are breeding does
I have given way out of date LA200 and the sheep survived and didn't have any problems ( for pneumonia which would have killed it for sure)

a pharmacist will of course tell you to never use anything expired

These are meat goats, liver and kidney toxins are not nice! I wouldn't trust a veterinary or a doctor!!

 

[Pearl]

Going to bed, for real!! The stupid cold should be over!! SLEEP, I vaguely remember it!!

 

[Spikedriver]

There are several railroad gangs working in this same area of Southern California where I'm currently at. Most of the guys are staying in Brawley or El Centro. Today I found out that one of my best railroad buddies is on one of the other gangs and is staying at the same hotel as me. I hadn't seen him for three years so we went to a bar and grill for burgers and a beer. Got to talking and found out he's in the room next door! I've been here four nights and had no idea! We picked up just like we saw each other yesterday. Seeing old friends like him is good for the soul. But we know we're getting older. We used to stay out and raise hell all night. But tonight we both thought it was time to turn in at 7pm!

 

[Amish Heart]

Filled carts at Walmart and Aldi. Husband went along to get out of the house, and the weather was pretty mild this afternoon. Talked to my favorite cousin and caught up. Found a few new boardgames at Walmart for game night Saturday.

 

[UrbanHunter]

Took the wife to the beauty salon today, it was warmer today (above freezing). It was late by the time we got done, so I picked up some burgers on the way home, big mistake. The wife has been sick after eating it, too much fat and salt. Now I'm in the dog house because I should have known better.?

This weekend we are planning to fix dinner meals for every night next week. The plan is 2 chicken casseroles and a shepherds pie, tomorrow I plan to stew 2 chickens. I'm also planning on making a couple of breakfast casseroles for myself.

Based on the menu, I'm short a couple bags of frozen veggies and some ground turkey, so tomorrow morning I will slip out and get things rolling. I have my list and my marching orders, so I'm good to go.

 

[Neb]

I do HO scale. Steam, diesel, electric box cab and steeple cab. I also do plastic/die cast, mainly Rivarossi, Athearn, Cary, Varney and Bowser. Right now I have at least 8-9 brass and many other projects to get done. Will start selling my non brass to get more money to buy brass with! Have some Pullman heavyweight passenger cars in brass I need to paint.

Here is a video of our N-scale layout.



I will get some images of my buddy's rolling stock.

Ben

 

[Weedygarden]

Housesitting, feeding a cat twice today, two dogs had park visits at different parks, watered plants at home. Busy day. We've lost lots of snow, but not all. Now its muddy and dogs are getting dirty when they go run around in the parks. Supposed to be cold and snow again tomorrow according to what someone told me. I didn't see that on a weather app though.

 

[PaulKersey]

Currently it’s 2:30 am. I’m sitting here drinking coffee, staring at the “electronic window of truth”, hoping to find a sign of intelligence. Alas…nothing.

 

[Pearl]

Cleaning my building today instead of tomorrow! Hubby will meet me in town and take me to breakfast afterwards! Then run a couple of errands!! Cutting and splitting firewood this afternoon! Hubby felled 6 dead trees in our woods yesterday, so he'll cut them up, I'll split, and we'll get it stacked tomorrow!!

 

[snappy1]

This morning, I will do a walking video again.
Pick up parking lot at Church.
Pick up friend and we are going to Aldi, Dispensary and thrift shop.
Not sure what else.

We had leaks under the house when we had the extra cold nights. When we had it replumbed last year, he didn't replace the pipes going up into the walls, only underneath. Sigh

 

[zannej]

Woke up before 10am but was nauseous and stomach hurt so I took Pepto and curled up until after 4pm. Went down to the workshop to look for some bar clamps, went to Walmart to get some JB Weld Water Weld, then had to deal with idiots driving. By the time I got home it had gotten too cold and dark to go out and try the JB Weld.

It was light enough that I could see that my cow had tears in her eyes. I went over to see what was wrong. I didn't see her daughter around but they often split up. She just seemed sad. Could have been some eye irritation. She still had sweet feed left over. I petted her and sang to her but she didn't seem to cheer up. I'll have to find her brush and brush her fur and see if that makes her feel better.

Cooked for Mom, fed kitties and doggies, and napped bc I still feel slightly cruddy. Mom woke me up in the middle of the night after 2am and I haven't been able to get back to sleep.

 

[sonya123]

These are meat goats, liver and kidney toxins are not nice! I wouldn't trust a veterinary or a doctor!!

LOL so who do you trust? Random people posting stuff on the internet?

Like I said, I have used way ( at least a year) out of date stuff , and we actually still have that sheep and she is fine

Also, so far none of our butchered animals have had any problems passing inspection including livers and other organs

You know how they do medical testing like that? They pump some rats full off something and see what happens. Usually they die.

Either way, it was a cheap bottle of antibiotic and I can replace it when it expires anyway. Don't think the vet will give me a problem buying another one. But in an emergency ( like sheep having high temp on a Sunday) I will use whatever I have

 

[sonya123]

Hoping to get a load of firewood today, new person so who knows if he will show up or what we will get. But only $100 so if it is bad, we will never get any from him again

animal care, will probably put everyone out today looks like going to be sunny and around freezing today , maybe a little above later

need to continue on taxes, I looked, even if we have to pay , it won't be very much, and we didn't make enough to lose health insurance. That cut off is actually a little above the tax line

will probably play some games later today since son is starting job Monday and then he most likely won't have much time

 

[Tommyice]

Two days off from work! Plan on cleaning the house, doing laundry and planning a menu for me for the week.

Got a bunch of errands to run. Have to go to the hardware store and pick up a splitting wedge—some of the logs for the wood stove are too large to handle. It’s a small Vermont Casting Intrepid II. I’m sure I’ll find other stuff I “need.” Need to visit the bank and finally food shop.

 

[Pearl]

LOL so who do you trust? Random people posting stuff on the internet?

Like I said, I have used way ( at least a year) out of date stuff , and we actually still have that sheep and she is fine

Also, so far none of our butchered animals have had any problems passing inspection including livers and other organs

You know how they do medical testing like that? They pump some rats full off something and see what happens. Usually they die.

Either way, it was a cheap bottle of antibiotic and I can replace it when it expires anyway. Don't think the vet will give me a problem buying another one. But in an emergency ( like sheep having high temp on a Sunday) I will use whatever I have

NO, I don't get my info from the Internet! I was a veterinary assistant! I get my info from people I trust! So do you, I get that, but tetracycline shouldn't be fooled around with. Other antibiotics just lose potency, tetracycline turns ugly!

 

[sonya123]

We had leaks under the house when we had the extra cold nights. When we had it replumbed last year, he didn't replace the pipes going up into the walls, only underneath. Sigh

hope it's not major
I can't understand how our pipes under the house don't freeze , they have no insulation at all and are just there , under the house. But the crawlspace is not really open to the outside but rocks hold up the house and only a little door to get under the house. Husband has looked a few times to make sure nothing leaks but so far so good

 

[Amish Heart]

I have a long list of to dos I can choose from, we'll see what happens today. Maybe I can crack half that list. None of them involve going anywhere. Part of my day will involve moving firewood up to the porch, supply on the big porch is dwindling. Usually little granddaughter helps with that, but I've got her on a chicken coop cleanout or rabbit cages cleanout, and she can do the other tomorrow. Game night tonight, and we'll be making our own pizzas. Haven't checked the weather this morning, but I hope it gets a bit above freezing this afternoon.

 

[sonya123]

NO, I don't get my info from the Internet! I was a veterinary assistant! I get my info from people I trust! So do you, I get that, but tetracycline shouldn't be fooled around with. Other antibiotics just lose potency, tetracycline turns ugly!

ok, what should I have gotten instead then? I need an antibiotic for emergencies that I can use for injuries, giving to moms if I have to pull babies , pneumonia . Those are usually the things I need it for, but not often enough to waste over $60 on a small bottle of Nuflor
( the stuff I have was cheap)

I think I will ask someone at the vet school. I know a few people there , just to see

 

[Amish Heart]

Ok, just checked. It'll get "a bit" above freezing late afternoon.