Minnesota!

[scandiafowl]

DH just called me outside to listen to the wolves howl.  Not enjoying it one bit!!

Where do you live? We had singing coyotes down here..

 

[scandiafowl]

Welcome back on @MinnesotaNice. 

That's weird Cluckies that Michigan thread was popping up for you.  Sometimes I follow up on what you guys are talking about on other threads so...

I was looking at that Michigan thread that shut down in 2012 and then opened a new thread.  I think they did a lot of clean up but. I reread TOS and will be careful with my innuendo, cussing (according to Ralphie) and politics. (well I'll really try anyways).  If anybody has a beef with me just PM me first before turning me in.  Because I really really like you all and I'd hate it if we were "flaming" mad at each other.  LOL.  But serious too...

xoxo
BC

I haven't really explored other sites because the Arkansas folks can't relate to Minnesota chickens.

Egos are egos and as long as we respect each other's politics and ways of life we'll be good.

I know that I see the world a bit different that some, being a treehugger and all, but you are all very cool people and the advice and wisdom I've gathered from you can't be replaced.

So be good.

 

[MinnesotaNice]

Welcome back MinnesotaNice! Did that happen on your boundary water trip?

It did actually! We were up in Finland, MN our first few days doing some 4-wheeling. It slipped right out of my pocket on the trails. We tried to backtrack, but we had no service to even call the phone to hopefully hear a ring. I'm more mad at myself for keeping it in my pocket. Let me tell you, it is not cheap to buy a replacement phone! Especially, if you're not due for an upgrade.

Did you end up finding homes for your hatchery mishap? Did they make it right or at least offer a refund?

 

[duluthralphie]

I haven't really explored other sites because the Arkansas folks can't relate to Minnesota chickens.

Egos are egos and as long as we respect each other's politics and ways of life we'll be good.

I know that I see the world a bit different that some, being a treehugger and all, but you are all very cool people and the advice and wisdom I've gathered from you can't be replaced.

So be good.

For the record, you are a nice tree hugger, possibly my favorite tree hugger. But being a tree hugger is nothing good chain saw can't cure.



Rhett, I love the sound of the wolves howling. I just hate the wolves that get too brave and enter homesteads. They are a sight to behold though, most people do not realize how big they are. I remember the first wolf I saw in the wild, I was "grouse" hunting near Grand Marias in the mid 70's..... I was driving a full size ford ( something we would now think of as a boat).

For those of you familiar with the area, I was going north from Island lake on a logging road that before you get to the trestle pine lake road. I was just putzing along and a wolf ran from east to west right in front of my car. I swear his shoulder were nearly a foot higher than the hood of my car. He was like a German shepherd only 3 times the size! Ranks right up there with the first Mountain Lion I saw in Minnesota.

It did actually! We were up in Finland, MN our first few days doing some 4-wheeling. It slipped right out of my pocket on the trails. We tried to backtrack, but we had no service to even call the phone to hopefully hear a ring. I'm more mad at myself for keeping it in my pocket. Let me tell you, it is not cheap to buy a replacement phone! Especially, if you're not due for an upgrade.

Did you end up finding homes for your hatchery mishap? Did they make it right or at least offer a refund?

We all learn this lesson the hard way. Mine was When I took my Phone kayaking ( not to eat granola, but to fish from) Between Togo and Effie. I got my phone back after a short wade in ice cold thigh high water. BUT it was useless, and all my numbers of friends were lost. We no longer remember phone numbers and address, we just put them in the phone which makes us dependent on them. And AT&T has no heart when it comes to charging an sweet innocent fat old man, like myself, for a new phone.

 

[MinnesotaNice]

We all learn this lesson the hard way. Mine was When I took my Phone kayaking ( not to eat granola, but to fish from) Between Togo and Effie. I got my phone back after a short wade in ice cold thigh high water. BUT it was useless, and all my numbers of friends were lost. We no longer remember phone numbers and address, we just put them in the phone which makes us dependent on them. And AT&T has no heart when it comes to charging an sweet innocent fat old man, like myself, for a new phone.

Thank you for the laugh! Not even a bit of granola?

I most certainly have all of my email/password combinations written down after my loss. Not to mention my numbers. I just have to figure out this cloud thing I hear so much about, so that I can backup my photos going forward.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Scandia. Fun pics from the weekend.

When I was on the poop list a couple weeks back for crossing rushing streams with a faulty dry bag full of expensive fruit phones. we salvaged two phones with Rice. and 2 phones were hatched. We had insurance on DD's. and DH's we did not have insurance. Replacement costs with Verizon were $600+. Two weeks prior to their swim DH had switched a little button in his settings to upload to the cloud. (Thank you God)

Then he switched it off because it's a pain to wait for.

Then the washing in the river.

Searched and searched Craig's List for phones. Game Stop. Amazon. Ran into a little company called Gazelle.com. $207 later we have a replacement phone for DH. Used but in mint condition. Took the phone to Verizon. Switched a couple buttons and poof the cloud put his stuff back on the phone. I recommend this company for buying a phone when stuff happens to your phone. But I do not recommend them when selling a mint phone. I heard they do not really give a lot for those well taken care of phones. IDK....I just needed to buy one...so I was happy.

 

[Minniechickmama]

Anyone else get hit with storms this morning? We got over an inch dumped on us in about an hour. I don't have to go to the basement to know that a bunch of that ran in through the walls. Daughter closed the brooder house for me last night, but not tightly, so the wind blew it open and I will have some cleaning to do since the rain went straight in the door. I only have a few of the youngest birds hatched this year in there, and mostly cockerels and bantams, but it isn't going to be a fun job. The meatballs must be cleaned today too. I don't let them run free like Ralphie, mine stay in a pen. I hope in the future to get them back out in tractors, but those are all full right now with teenagers waiting to be sorted through once the boys are big enough that someone will want to eat them, which for the folks who come to do that don't have to be all that big.

Took the kids to school this morning. The storm woke everyone, then after falling back asleep after the worst of it, we all ended up oversleeping a little. It is nice to have a quiet house this morning. Well, quiet except the washer and dryer and dishwasher that are going. The washer will be going for a couple of days since I am going to start cleaning my son's room with him out of the house all day now. I couldn't do it with him around, he would get mad for me going into his room. LOL! TOO BAD!!! We have tried to get him to do it for long enough, it is gross, so I am going to do it. That way too, I have some control of what condition his clothes are in when he leaves the house. He would be happy to just pick something up off the floor and put it on looking like the dog slept on it. The boy REALLY needs to find a girl he wants to impress. At least he lets me cut his hair and he even shaved his whole face clean before school instead of trying to grow that nasty billy goat scruff the young males are trying to sport. My oldest has a sort of fumanchu and I hate it, but since he lives on his own, I can't do much about it, his girlfriend likes it. SMH

One last thing, then off to get some work done...
Our dog brought a bird to the house yesterday. I don't think she killed it, just that she found it. It was a Northern Mockingbird. I had been wondering what it was I have been hearing this week that was not one of our normal songbirds. Now I know. And must be its mate was wondering what happened to it too because there was one looking like it was panicking up in the tree by the house last night. Makes me sad. My love of birds extends far beyond chickens and turkeys.

 

[duluthralphie]

Beings we are talking about things to not do, Let's not forget spilling Pea Soup on a laptop.

Besides my L not working, I have more problems, It appears laptops do not cure themselves over time. I am now typing on a small, and I mean small, Bluetooth keyboard in front of my laptop. It is not fun. It is slow and too small for my hands. Some letters do not show up, some double up. It has become a real chore to type.

I should have gotten a full size keyboard.. BUT wearing old peoples cheaters makes that hard, the screen is too far away to read with glasses and the keyboard too close without glasses. IIII should just get a new laptop, but wifey pooh is being unreasonable about it all. When I tell her I am getting a new one, she says some crap about, you ruined it, you use it. Then claims she gets the next new laptop. Why are women so unreasonable? ( oops, that could be one of those things we not talk about here)

Anyways the moral of the story, watch where you eat pea soup.

 

[KlopKlop]

Anyone else get hit with storms this morning?  We got over an inch dumped on us in about an hour.  I don't have to go to the basement to know that a bunch of that ran in through the walls.  Daughter closed the brooder house for me last night, but not tightly, so the wind blew it open and I will have some cleaning to do since the rain went straight in the door.  I only have a few of the youngest birds hatched this year in there, and mostly cockerels and bantams, but it isn't going to be a fun job.  The meatballs must be cleaned today too.  I don't let them run free like Ralphie, mine stay in a pen.  I hope in the future to get them back out in tractors, but those are all full right now with teenagers waiting to be sorted through once the boys are big enough that someone will want to eat them, which for the folks who come to do that don't have to be all that big.  


Took the kids to school this morning.  The storm woke everyone, then after falling back asleep after the worst of it, we all ended up oversleeping a little.  It is nice to have a quiet house this morning.  Well, quiet except the washer and dryer and dishwasher that are going.  The washer will be going for a couple of days since I am going to start cleaning my son's room with him out of the house all day now.  I couldn't do it with him around, he would get mad for me going into his room.  LOL!  TOO BAD!!!  We have tried to get him to do it for long enough, it is gross, so I am going to do it.  That way too, I have some control of what condition his clothes are in when he leaves the house.  He would be happy to just pick something up off the floor and put it on looking like the dog slept on it.  The boy REALLY needs to find a girl he wants to impress.  At least he lets me cut his hair and he even shaved his whole face clean before school instead of trying to grow that nasty billy goat scruff the young males are trying to sport.  My oldest has a sort of fumanchu and I hate it, but since he lives on his own, I can't do much about it, his girlfriend likes it.  SMH

One last thing, then off to get some work done...
Our dog brought a bird to the house yesterday.  I don't think she killed it, just that she found it.  It was a Northern Mockingbird.  I had been wondering what it was I have been hearing this week that was not one of our normal songbirds.  Now I know.  And must be its mate was wondering what happened to it too because there was one looking like it was panicking up in the tree by the house last night.  Makes me sad.  My love of birds extends far beyond chickens and turkeys.

I was surprised to wake up to storms today too. Rain gauge showed 2" here

 

[KlopKlop]

Beings we are talking about things to not do, Let's not forget spilling Pea Soup on a laptop.

Besides    my L not working, I have more problems, It appears laptops do not cure themselves over time.    I am now typing on a small, and I mean small, Bluetooth keyboard in front of my laptop. It is not fun. It is slow and too small for my hands.  Some letters do not show up, some double up. It has become a real chore to type.

I should have gotten a full size keyboard.. BUT wearing old peoples cheaters makes that hard, the screen is too far away to read with glasses and the keyboard too close without glasses.  IIII should just get a new laptop, but wifey pooh is being unreasonable about it all.    When I tell her I am getting a new one, she says some crap about, you ruined it, you use it. Then claims she gets the next new laptop.    Why are women so unreasonable?  ( oops, that could be one of those things we not talk about here)

Anyways the moral of the story, watch where you eat pea soup.

Maybe the problem to start with is that you were eating pea soup... Blech!

Maybe you can find a two-fer deal on laptops and you both will be happy