Recent content by richarddhoward

To you and 3goodeggs. Thank you, and I agree, we are just a small drop in a large pool, and the bigger splash you can make the better. I want those kids in my troop to remember me as the dude that taught them some real life skills, that made them men, much as my Father thought of me, I still...

Thank you all. I do hear them in my head, that is the weirdest part, I was at work building an ambulance, and something Dad says years ago when we did a project popped in my head, and a structure my Grandfather built popped in my head, combined the two of those thoughts and I built a solution...

Thank you so much!!! I appreciate it!

Dad passed the 27th of last month, and I've still not had my chance to just sit still. Luckily we were all together, including my aunt, his sister who was here in town. Grandma, and Mom are now in Olympia, and so is my sister. I don't really know what else to say, other than I'm glad his...

First, if this is posted in the wrong spot, please feel free to move it or let me know. Second, I live in the wonderful Pacific Northwest, and I am always battling moss. I want to "sweeten" up the grass in my yard by putting down dolomite lime, but will it hurt my birds that have free run of...

This is where we are at with Dad, except the cancer is worse than the chemo. It has gotten to his head, literally. I hope she has a more peaceful time than my father is having.

So update on my Dad: He has stopped chemo and all other treatments, and is losing himself to the cancer. While it wasn't a possibility that he would beat it, we had hoped for more time. He is losing memory, he has a twitch, lost the ability to walk 2 months ago, and is mumbling badly. He was...

Ouch! I just have to open the seed bin, they could be in the neighbors yard, they come running!!! Hope you are ok! Or getting better!

I like guns, but I don't LOVE guns. Automatics make no sense to me. At least in a civilian life, they aren't practical. Fun to shoot, but I don't need 40 rounds to take out a coyote, or raccoon. I have a semi auto, and if it takes more then two rounds to down something I am doing something...

Really? If I were them, I'd be ecstatic! I was thinking about a compound bow this year, so I can hunt more silently, some people mind less. I can spend a dollar on a bullet, or 400 dollars to replace 20 chickens, I'm taking the 1 dollar option.

Yeah, I didn't think you could do anything about them, so I had just planned ahead here, but I haven't had to deal with any torn up from birds here

I haven't had issues with birds at all, but I know that they are a huge issue to some. I know that I am covering my turkey enclosure soon for this reason, since I see no reason to make them change their ancestoral ways and enter a coup every night, and the chickens have goats that seem to scare...

Um, parenting! Lol I have no idea. I know that I relate to some of the kids far better then the other adults do to. So they trust me, and they can ask questions of me that they can not of the older scoutmasters. It's been fun. Plus some of the Scouts are neighbors to my parents, so I meet them...

Listening to thunderstorms, and watching in sheer awe at the power of nature.

We have guns for this!