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That has a whole new meaning around here. I have a year 'round creek I have to cross to get off the property and 3 times now, in less than 2 years, we've had 25 year, 50, and 100 year flooding and we have been stranded. The last time for 4 days and neighboring farms had barns and buildings washed completely away.

Ankle deep tranquil babbling creek went to a raging river at 12' deep. My bridge, driveway, and surrounding acres were deep under water. So now, when I hear that phrase, I cringe.

...nothing against you for saying it, the opposite actually...now I truly get it.
So do I! I do NOT use the phrase lightly. My property backs up to a creek the size of a small river. We're only a 1/4 mile from where it empties into the true river - and it's at the tip-top of the nations largest fresh-water estuary , The Chesapeake Bay. So, I know exactly what I'm talking about when I invoke that particular phrase!
Our back lot floods to within about twenty feet of our largest outbuilding - completely flooding our woods. The water runs VERY swiftly through the trees and beyond, to the point where I've had to pull neighbor kids (dad-blasted city folks!) out when they started to lose footing. The first time it happened, right after we moved in, we watched it sweep our entire woodpile away, a foot at a time. We have since moved the pile ... and nothing else goes back there but the mower and the volleyball net!
One of my kids' favorite pastimes is walking the woods and the creek edge after a storm to see what treasures washed up. They've found some interesting stuff! At the tender age of eight, DS dragged home a foot-long section of antique train rail.. Do you have any idea how much that stuff weighs? He didn't care; he found a piece of rope and dragged that bugger home all by himself. It took him most of the afternoon, but he did it. That kid was - and is - a die hard train buff. Now "of age," he STILL treasures that particular find. He was born with a one-track mind ... and the track has rails on it!
 
Oh, I know. On another thread someone had some extra eggs and put them in the dough riser as an incubator. Most larger dehydrators do have a dough rise setting, so not a crazy thought at all!
Hmmm ... did it work? I've seen successful hatches done in a frying pan. Creepy ... but cool!
 
The parent's curse; "may you have children just like you"!!!
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My firstborn was a gem. I've always claimed that we could not have custom-ordered a better baby/child/man than the fellow we got. My family calls him the "Sucker Child" because he suckered me/us in to having another one. Then came DD. From day one, she was dubbed our "Challenge Child." If she had been born first, she would have been an "only!" She kept us young and busy ... and usually well-entertained once the heart-failure passed. I tell her all the time that I'm "glad I went through with it," because she's an amazing young woman and I can't imagine my life without her. It would definitely have been much more empty ... and quiet ... and slower ... and ... NO! I am THRILLED to have her ... HONESTLY! I genuinely loved the little monster ... and always will-and-do!
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@MROO dont be jealous of my sultans... they introduced cocci to my brooder and have wiped out half of my chicks 😭 We got heavy duty meds from the vet because Corid is doing nothing. They told us to give meds today then tonight see who’s strong... all those that aren’t strong HAVE to be culled 😭 I just culled 2 more. Yesterday I did 5. I’m a wreck!

NEVER AGAIN will I get chicks from someone else. Only hatching eggs for this lady!
 
@MROO dont be jealous of my sultans... they introduced cocci to my brooder and have wiped out half of my chicks 😭 We got heavy duty meds from the vet because Corid is doing nothing. They told us to give meds today then tonight see who’s strong... all those that aren’t strong HAVE to be culled 😭 I just culled 2 more. Yesterday I did 5. I’m a wreck!

NEVER AGAIN will I get chicks from someone else. Only hatching eggs for this lady!
OMG. Very sorry. I had that problem too. 2 new birds, died, and killed off 3 of my original birds too!:mad::hit Never again!:old
 
Ikey is laying in front of the AC vent :lau

It is HOT and we just went for a hike. And trained first so we’re both very tired and hot :lau

And ignore the dirt on the seat. There was a section of the trail where one side was high and dry and the other side was mud and of course he walked right through the mud. :th

Plus a lot of it was quite sandy.

I’ll clean the car later :lau

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