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The new software is kind of flaky in that regard. On the opposite end, I sometimes get notices from threads that I have Unwatched. :barnie

One of my favorite stories happened when I was with a friend who also had a VW bug, and we were in the middle of nowhere in rural Louisiana. The points went out, and we thought we were stuck. We ended up taking a foil chewing-gum wrapper, and wrapped it around what was left of the points contact...

Cyn, I imagine that your son is friendly, just not THAT friendly. :lau

I can see why you won't buy a Kia with those bad reminders. I'm the same way when it comes to ANY Mitsubishi vehicle or product. The Japanese Zero that flew kamikazi attacks during WWII was built by Mitsubishi and was named the Mitsubishi-0, so I will have nothing to do with vehicles under that...

Hyundai and Kia are the same company. Actually Hyundai owns Kia. Both brands have car models that match except for cosmetic differences. It's kind of strange, but in Louisiana Hyundai is a popular brand. We've owned Kias for years, and aside from one brand-new Sorento that gave us an early...

I know you can't always go by crowing either. One of my two Mottled (Spangled) Orpingtons, Mabel, who usually lays a nice light-brown egg every day crows in the morning if I keep her cooped up in her pen. I've never seen or heard anything like it. lol

Cyn, in all fairness, it may just be a case of semantics. The person may be wondering, "What location in Mineral Bluffs?" since a town name is kind of generic. BTW, Cyn, can I just buy the pullet? :lol:

Cyn, I used to take a lot of med myself, 12 at one point, but I'm down to five now. I'm diabetic and went on insulin several years ago, and that knocked out a couple of meds right there. I also was on a couple of meds that had such adverse side effects that I refused to take them any longer...

Cyn, sounds like they treated you right at the dealership. Nice to know they stand behind their cars. Maybe they can be on the lookout for an AWD vehicle for you when they go to auction next time. A dealer did that for my son and got him a great-looking Audi Q4 way under market value a few years...

Well I saw it, so I thought I'd throw it out there. That's actually a pretty good price for a two-year-old mini-truck with low miles. Of course in the area where you live, I can see the need for 4WD. White, black, silver, and red seem to be the major standard colors for trucks these days...

This looks like a pretty good deal:

I've thought about getting another small truck. I had a Nissan Frontier that I paid cash for at a dealership in 2000 and gave to my son a few years ago. It was super dependable, and I miss not having a truck. I love sales, but NOT dealing with car salespeople and the games. Cash speaks though...

Cyn, we were supposed to get the rain today, but it went north to your neck of the woods. The good news for you though is that it's moving quickly and should end in a couple of hours. Hope you have a happy 4th!

Our garden did great last year, but between the chickens taking a fancy to the cherry tomatoes, and the rain, rain, and more rain, the garden hasn't done as well this year. What has done best are the sunflowers that have volunteered. The chickens missed some BOSS, and the seeds were planted by...

You're correct; Langshans look a lot like Marans. Although I mostly raise FBCM and various Orpingtons, I also have three Langshans. Actually, they're Lisa's Langshans. A breeder friend of hers gave her a bunch of eggs from various breeds when Lisa got some Crele Orp hatching eggs from her. We...

Perfectionism has always been a problem for me. I expect it in myself and others, and of course I'm often disappointed. I see you're from the UP. I have a friend who lives at Iron Mountain, close to the Pine Mountain ski jump. She made a point of telling me years ago that it is the "largest...

Interesting. However, I don't know if I would call this guy's gene a "moose" gene. It's more like a walking-stick gene. lol This cockerel was so lanky to the point of being unhealthy. He had trouble walking and his legs would sometimes bend in the wrong direction right at the base of the tibia...

Cyn, the kerfuffle is probably my fault since I should have contacted you privately, although the new BYC PM system is extremely limited. It's something like 200 characters or so. Anyway, when I asked you how you were doing before the BYC software change, you had mentioned you had some of the...

No offense taken. I just tell it straight forward, and call it as I see it. I have health issues myself, but I manage. Also, I understand that most people want to be independent and don't want help. I much prefer doing my own thing. I believe that most of us do. Maybe I should have just had this...

For the most part, I do everything around here - carpentry, plumbing, roofing, building the coops and pens, tree work, etc., and I'm VERY particular. For example, I hired a crew to cut my lawn last year when my lawn tractor was out of commission. I paid extra to have the job done right. When one...