Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

Let me try again. I have no idea what happened. I could not enter or edit on that first one.

Maybe I have reached my limit of typing for the day.





Kloppers you are about to be screwed by the chainsaw people. I bought a new weed wacker this spring/summer I was reading the warranty info, not that it matters I did not pay a lot for it. In the fine print of the warranty it says I have to use that expensive canned pre-mixed gas or the warranty is void. I am sure that is a caveat they through in knowing the majority of the people will not pay that price.

A mixed bag for me today....

the chainsaw place told me the motor is 'blown up' (he wouldnt elaborate even though i would understand it) that is not what i wanted to hear considering i paid 600 bucks for it less than 6 months ago. they have to tear it apart to determine what happened to see if it is under waranty or not. it better bet. I have run less than 4 tanks of gas through it!

 

[Minniechickmama]

It pays to be able to tear that stuff down yourself. I don't know how many repair manuals we have but DH has saved us thousands of dollars by working on all that stuff himself. Every time you take something in to one of those places they want to screw you somehow it seems.
Chain sharpening on your own can save you lots too! If you are cutting a lot with it, it is SO worth it, and buying chain by the 100' lengths as well. I don't know what DH will do once all the trees that are old and falling apart are gone. It seems to be the way he takes out his frustrations from work. LOL

 

[Cluckies]

OK short story,,, I'm in the coop this morning and I hear MOM are you out there,,yeah i hear my sons voice... so i grabbed my poop bucket and my pitch fork and leave the coop.. super happy to see him. he says mom i think we should talk I'm like ahh ohh whats wrong... so i empty my poop bucket in compost put the pitch fork away and head for the house to wash my hands. so i sit down at the kitchen table with my son and daughter in law, and my son ask`s Mom are you OK? Yes why would you ask that? Because you are outside in your pajamas with a poop bucket in one hand and a pitchfork in the other there is a **** chicken in your bathroom,you don't go any place anymore, you have dishes in the sink no makeup and you chopped your hair off and alls you talk about is chickens you are almost 50 years old and should be traveling or enjoying a easy life not working harder,,and why is there a chicken in your bathroom??? If you need some help maybe we should move back in with you.

Wow..

OK so the chicken in the bathroom has in infection and I'm going to take a warm rag and soften it up so i can squeeze the puss out of it and i have to clean the poop out of the coop since chickens DO poop, the pitchfork is so i can turn the straw over in the run and fluff the pine shavings, I get out of the house i just went to fleet farm yesterday, I chopped my hair because I'm having hot flashes and I'm as you said I'm almost 50 i don't need hair down to my *ss I'm not out to get a boyfriend why should i wear makeup when its just me and if i don't want to do dishes today i don't have to.. If i want to raise chickens instead of traveling that's what is making me happy right now..

I'm FINE its OK

Hahaha! this is me as well, i'm 4 years from 50. My family (sisters and mother) thinks i'm becoming a hermit. I don't care. My husband doesn't care. he is a home body as well. I usually only end up out there in my pj's on the weekends. during the week i'm up at 4, and go out there before I leave for work at 4:45, fully dressed.

Make-up, smake-up. I look fabulous without it!

Hot flashes? I'm always hot. When I do start getting hot flashes i'm just going to spontaneously combust,

we all know it. It is just a matter of time then. There will just be a pile of ash sitting where I was, and nobody will be surprised.

It pays to be able to tear that stuff down yourself. I don't know how many repair manuals we have but DH has saved us thousands of dollars by working on all that stuff himself. Every time you take something in to one of those places they want to screw you somehow it seems.
Chain sharpening on your own can save you lots too! If you are cutting a lot with it, it is SO worth it, and buying chain by the 100' lengths as well. I don't know what DH will do once all the trees that are old and falling apart are gone. It seems to be the way he takes out his frustrations from work. LOL

I agree here, my DH is handy as heck thank goodness. builds things, works on all the yard tractors, equipment, boat stuff, cars, etc. Has saved us thousands over the years. Holm, let that be a lesson to you, learn to fix things and be handy! You've already got a good start, with your coops and that duck hutch you built! Someone will be lucky to have you if you keep it up!

Say, anybody dealing with Folks that live like hell for 70+ years then wonder why their bodies are falling apart? (rocket scientist you don't have to be) My dad's life consisted of coffee, cigarettes, and alcohol, and that is about it, then he wonders why he has heart failure "cause it doesn't run in the family"... ummm

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Interesting about the chainsaws and gas. My dad wants me to put in the high octane gas for his 35 year old Troy bilt tiller I borrow twice a year. It's got carb issues once in a while. Grandpa bought it in 1980 when we all moved north. That thing starts on one pull still. Heavy duty with rear tillers. Tears it up. DH just got a beautiful gently used husqvarna from Dad. His other chain saw had a part go that they could fix or find a part for anymore. Our local hardware guy had it in his shop for a year tinkering with it in his spare time. Charged DH $30 for time and a few parts but couldn't get her to go.
I too would love to go to Ireland, England and Scotland Minnie. Maybe even do a Scandinavia run.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

I am the handyman in the house, I guess. We get a new TV and DH looks at me and says "Hook 'er up."

 

[KlopKlop]

I usually fix my own stuff but if it has a warranty I feel it's at least having them look at it. The dealer is one of the best I know. They do all out door power equipment plus a snowmobile junk yard. Great guys very honest. He actually offered for me to take a demo unit home with me if I needed it.

This saw is a brand new model, it has computer controlled tuning so it made sense for me to take it in first. No simple 'just clean the carb' on this one....

 

[Bogtown Chick]

A chainsaw with a computer. I have now heard of everything. Makes sense to me to have them look at it too. ugh.

 

[KlopKlop]

Oh and j should mention they had a deal when I bought it that if if bought 3 cans of that fancy gas it extended my warranty to 3 years. I did and I used it. The salesman said I could use my own mix in it though and recommend I mix my own when I'm using it frequently then drain it and run the canned stuff into it for storage

 

[lalaland]

I just want to be home. Not at work. I have things to do at home.

Apparently, I am supposed to take those poor little quail and shove them into tiny wire cages like rabbit hutches and make them live there from March through September. I just can't do it. I'm going to make a pen, so they can be on ground and feel the sun, eat bugs, mess in the dirt, etc. It would be easier to cage them in the air (no crawling on your knees for one thing) but it seems just as awful as keeping hens in battery cages.

shoot.

 

[MinnesotaNice]

Say, anybody dealing with Folks that live like hell for 70+ years then wonder why their bodies are falling apart? (rocket scientist you don't have to be) My dad's life consisted of coffee, cigarettes, and alcohol, and that is about it, then he wonders why he has heart failure "cause it doesn't run in the family"... ummm

This made me laugh! I hear it all day at work from patients....."I drink a 24pk of Hamm's, a box of red wine, and 1.75 of vodka a day.....why is my liver failing me?". Ummmmm, hmmmm. Not sure.

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