Granny's gone and done it again

[BigBlueHen53]

Sounds like a good plan for Christmas. I never have been abl to cook chicken fried steak.

I tried the other night ... not proud of the results!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

My trick to frying it tender is to start off frozen. Cut it into long strips like "fingers" dip in milk and egg. salt then flour. Its much easier to slice frozen and keeps me from overcooking it.

Look who's giving cooking tips! Thanks, Granny, I'm definitely doing it your way next time!

 

[microchick]

Looks like a really nice ride MC, I rode for about a year but I dont remember what it was.
I believe it was @casportpony that used to race cars. I found that very cool too.

Thanks again, sweet lady, I didn't know that. DH wanted to race cars but said motorcycles were cheaper,

Our speed bike is in the Guinness book of world records. In 2005 a woman peddled it to a new world speed record of 66.6mph in a sprint. She held the record for two years. Our English pilot held two British records, beating his own British world record in 2007. Since then the speeds have increased to over 80mph for men. Pretty amazing for me to think that a human being can actually peddle a bicycle that fast.

The designer of our bike is a world renowned Canadian sculptor/artist who hales from Bulgaria.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Dont those attract it?

Yes, but the rod draws the power into the ground. Building is then safe.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Not my ideal Christmas and I know Im going to feel bad when no one has anything to open but they arent showing any interest in a tree. No one has mentioned it so the only one that will miss it is me and I will just have to deal with it.

If you want a tree, do it for yourself! You're just as important as anybody.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Lol, thinking about looking for a lightning rod salesman.

Call your electric co. and ask about a whole-home surge protector. Couple hundred dollars, I think, but may be worth it. I'm looking into it.

 

[microchick]

Are you going to put her someplace so the others don't peck at her?

So far she is staying on a shelf area over my nesting buckets where some of my bachelors like to hang out. I have food and water where she can reach them without moving around. I thought about bringing her in but my feed room is too cold and if I put her in my broody buster she will also still be cold. They are calling for temps in the teens at night the week before Christmas.

As long as she isn't trying to move around too much I'm going to leave her where she has companionship and warmth. None of the other hens seem to be bothering her and I've been watching her whenever I'm out there. Those boys are staying pretty close to her.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Thanks Granny. We raced recumbent bikes for years. My husband was owner of a speed bike when we met. This is the Varna II in 2007 when we were competing at the Nissan Speed Bike Challenge in Casa Grande, Arizona. We had gotten married two days before these pictures were taken. We called it a competition/honeymoon/vacation trilogy.

The pictures were taken by a freelance professional photographer for the Mazda magazine. Our 'pilot' was sort of a celebrity from England.
View attachment 3346556
We were personally racing recumbent bikes at the same time so we were pretty busy. Now that we are older, Riding dirt bikes is a lot less strenuous, LOL.

This is my baby.
View attachment 3346564

Is the front wheel bigger than the back wheel or is that optical illusion? If so, what is the purpose?

 

[CapricornFarm]

My order from The Ceramic Shop came today. UPS managed to break a couple of the posts for my kiln. So tomorrow i will get in touch with the company.

 

[microchick]

Yes, but the rod draws the power into the ground. Building is then safe.

We have grounding rods for our HAM radio antennas. When we have heavy lightening in the area we still get static discharges from our feed lines (the lines from the antennas to the radios) when the lines are detached from the radios for safety.

Makes you really respect lightening.

One of the members of a club we used to belong to had his house burn down from a lightening hit to his antenna several years back.