MJ's little flock

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

 

[BY Bob]

After 5 days of treatment, I was on the brink of giving Janet a glowing review of progress when she decided one big sneeze followed by one big head shake was needed. Apart from that, she's in top form: sassy, energetic, and confident.

One more day to go. Tomorrow night, they will be given plain water again.

I'm so glad to hear it .

 

[MaryJanet]

After 5 days of treatment, I was on the brink of giving Janet a glowing review of progress when she decided one big sneeze followed by one big head shake was needed. Apart from that, she's in top form: sassy, energetic, and confident.

One more day to go. Tomorrow night, they will be given plain water again.

Today was the last day of Janet's treatment. I've refilled the containers with plain water. It'll be good for the hens to restore their gut bacteria. I'm glad it was only a 6 day course.

After 6 days of treatment, her behaviour and attitude are very healthy and positive. From her posture, it seems she is no longer feeling any aches or pains. However she continues to sneeze intermittently.

I wonder if she's oversensitive or unwell or both or something else entirely. It's probably a good idea for me to report back to Mark on her sneezing because her checkup is not for another month or so. I'll give him a ring tomorrow.

 

[MaryJanet]

Good evening folks

How did everything go with the truck Bob?

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

How did everything go with the truck Bob?

Its at the garage. Not sure how quickly they'll get to it.

 

[MaryJanet]

Good evening folks


Its at the garage. Not sure how quickly they'll get to it.

That doesn't sound too good. Is there another car you use while waiting for action on the truck?

 

[MaryJanet]

This may seem like an odd thing to share, but I'm so excited and happy to have a new drain for the kitchen sink!!

The 1920s lead drain was absolutely stuffed, both literally and figuratively!

I filled the sink with water and pulled the plug just to try it out and water drained away before I'd counted to 5!!! Ok, it is a small sink, but before the water was almost at a standstill.

Ahhhh the kitchen somehow feels cleaner now...

 

[BY Bob]

This may seem like an odd thing to share, but I'm so excited and happy to have a new drain for the kitchen sink!!

The 1920s lead drain was absolutely stuffed, both literally and figuratively!

I filled the sink with water and pulled the plug just to try it out and water drained away before I'd counted to 5!!! Ok, it is a small sink, but before the water was almost at a standstill.

Ahhhh the kitchen somehow feels cleaner now...

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That is wonderful! Slow draining water can be quite frustrating.

An interesting note, when I was at Pompeii I learned that they had lead piping to carry water to homes of the wealthy and places like the community bath. Why did they not suffer from lead poisoning you may ask? There was so much lime in the water that it quickly coated the lead preventing the lead from leaching into the water. We used this principal in modern times. Once we learned that lead in water was bad we started adding minerals to the water supply to coat lead pipes rather than dig them all up and replace them.

Lead pipe in Pompeii. Our guide has his finger on it.

 

[BY Bob]

That is wonderful! Slow draining water can be quite frustrating.

An interesting note, when I was at Pompeii I learned that they had lead piping to carry water to homes of the wealthy and places like the community bath. Why did they not suffer from lead poisoning you may ask? There was so much lime in the water that it quickly coated the lead preventing the lead from leaching into the water. We used this principal in modern times. Once we learned that lead in water was bad we started adding minerals to the water supply to coat lead pipes rather than dig them all up and replace them.

Lead pipe in Pompeii. Our guide has his finger on it.
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Lead tax

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

That doesn't sound too good. Is there another car you use while waiting for action on the truck?

No. I'm stranded