Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)

[Peep_Show]

Been off-line for a bit..... Just caught up and probably be off-line again for a bit. (pesky work gets in the way of life!)

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Chickwhispers:
My condolences. That's a hard one. No matter what the relationship, death of one's mother is epic.

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Just finished a depo assignment (long) about Russian satellite contracts and it got me to thinking about how much junk there is up in orbit. I mean, think about it, there's satellites up there for GPS, telephones, telecommunications, ship-to-shore, spying, and every company in every country wants one up there. Hadn't ever thought much about it before, but now the thinker is going..... It was my second or third depo of rocket science, so I wasn't quite a newbie, but there's still moments when stuff waxes my forehead and slides on over the top.

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Love the chick pics!

 

[Chicken Ladies]

Well, that makes sense to me.  I thought you'd bought them already.  Now that you mention it, I remember things you've said that sound like you are going to try to use the ones you probably already have.  Sometimes, I'm a little slow.  (That explains history class. )




Don't worry about the quote thing.  You'll get the hang of it (and even if you don't, nobody here is going to mind).
Great job on the garden!!!  You and your dad both deserve a high five!
What color Lantana did you put in?






We watched MasterChef last night.  IDK what the POTUS was doing and I don't care.

We planted red w/orange. Yellow and pink lantana... We had fun doing it.

 

[Chicken Ladies]

Oh TeaChick I would love to see your other open area!

Me too!

 

[perchie.girl]

Been off-line for a bit..... Just caught up and probably be off-line again for a bit. (pesky work gets in the way of life!)

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Chickwhispers:
My condolences. That's a hard one. No matter what the relationship, death of one's mother is epic.

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Just finished a depo assignment (long) about Russian satellite contracts and it got me to thinking about how much junk there is up in orbit. I mean, think about it, there's satellites up there for GPS, telephones, telecommunications, ship-to-shore, spying, and every company in every country wants one up there. Hadn't ever thought much about it before, but now the thinker is going..... It was my second or third depo of rocket science, so I wasn't quite a newbie, but there's still moments when stuff waxes my forehead and slides on over the top.

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Love the chick pics!

thats just the ones that are still working.... we have been putting objects up ins space since Sputnik 1957

Right now the orbts of objects around the earth will stun you the calculation is 22,000 pieces of rockets... not just satellites

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...rockets-abandoned-satellites-orbit-Earth.html



I project there is going to be big money one of these days scooping that stuff up and selling it on Ebay....

Realtime google earth video showing whats out there....13,000 satelites orbiting... Not space junk

deb

 

[ronott1]

thats just the ones that are still working.... we have been putting objects up ins space since Sputnik 1957

Right now the orbts of objects around the earth will stun you the calculation is 22,000 pieces of rockets... not just satellites

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...rockets-abandoned-satellites-orbit-Earth.html



I project there is going to be big money one of these days scooping that stuff up and selling it on Ebay....

Realtime google earth video showing whats out there....13,000 satelites orbiting... Not space junk

deb

There was an article this week about a satellite going up that can burn the space junk using a laser. The space station is scheduled to get one to burn dangerous junk coming at them.

 

[perchie.girl]

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My son said the Chinese experimented with that with one of their last satellites.... It was a test to see if it were viable.... they only succeded in doing something like a Break on a pool table... only in three dimensions. I think they were using projectile of some sort... I have to read more on it but I cant see right now.... just crawled out of bed.

deb

 

[TeaChick]

Oh TeaChick I would love to see your other open area!

I just looked and I don't have any on my computer. I've got DD out taking pics right now, so I should be able to post them in a few minutes. =)

Thanks everyone for your kind words!

Alaskan enjoy your visit! And your summer!

@TeaChick and @tjo804

I've had 2 different incidents of dog attacks while free ranging too. One was MIL dog and the other was 2 neighbor dogs from over a mile away. I still free range though. I locked them in the covered run when I'm gone though. And boy do they yell at me.

@perchie.girl and @saltandpepper2 Great artwork! love your talents! I used to do fairly well in pencil but haven't in over 20 years. *sigh* I need clones so I can do everything I want to do!

@bamadude here is one of your great works of art!



The 2 little ones are the "foster" silkies from my friend to keep her company. Mama is very good and protective so I don't get to pick them up and take pictures. This is inside the run area sectioned off for them.
Beautiful feathered feet on her too.

I don't have a run right now (although, we're planning on building one or two coops with runs for breeding pens later in the summer). So, if I leave the house before the sun is good and up, I have to leave mine in the coop. They yell at me too. lol

The chicks are super cute!!! I like the color!

I probably won't be able to get on tomorrow morning - grandson has softball. So here's a little something:


Have a Great Day!

I vote yes they are!!! =)

Been off-line for a bit..... Just caught up and probably be off-line again for a bit. (pesky work gets in the way of life!)

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Chickwhispers:
My condolences. That's a hard one. No matter what the relationship, death of one's mother is epic.

- - - - -

Just finished a depo assignment (long) about Russian satellite contracts and it got me to thinking about how much junk there is up in orbit. I mean, think about it, there's satellites up there for GPS, telephones, telecommunications, ship-to-shore, spying, and every company in every country wants one up there. Hadn't ever thought much about it before, but now the thinker is going..... It was my second or third depo of rocket science, so I wasn't quite a newbie, but there's still moments when stuff waxes my forehead and slides on over the top.

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Love the chick pics!

Glad you're back (even if it's only for a short time). =)
I have the same problem with "wax" on the forehead.

 

[TeaChick]

We planted red w/orange. Yellow and pink lantana... We had fun doing it.

Sounds lovely. Having fun's the important part!!! =)

Me too!

Here are the pics, @Chicken Ladies
and @tjo804 :


This is the "front". The sheet metal in the bottom left corner is aluminum roofing from a carport or something that was taken down before we moved here; it's about four feet high.



This is a walking gate that was on a fence post somewhere in the yard. The sheet metal you can see behind the gate is one of the 26" sheets folded in half, so it goes up about one foot and it nailed to the 2x4 you can see under the gate.
The wood you can see above the gate, I have to duck under. I'm short, but I'm not that short. lol



As you can see from this angle, we built the coop off of a shed that was already standing on the property and already had an overhang behind it, and the sheet metal we used wasn't new by any means. But it all keeps the critters out. (Speaking of keeping critters out, and chickens in for that matter) the shed is about 8" off the ground, so I bent a sheet of metal and nailed it to the shed to keep the critter under the shed and the chickens out from under the shed. Then we laid 1/2" welded wire and nailed that up the 2x4s that the sheet metal is nailed to at the bottom of the walls; that has kept the rats out (and probably other things that would have been burrowing into my coop).
This end of the coop is open for the top 2 feet, the other end is open for about the top 3 feet, b/c there's an angle to the roof (necessary evil, if you will).



This is the other side, we call it the "back" b/c it's opposite what we call the "front, b/c that's where the gate is.
We used a driving width chain-link fence piece for this side. DH hung it up on one of the...IDK what they're called, rafters?... and he used the thick wires that held the chain-link onto the frame to secure it to the sheet metal of the coop, so that nothing could climb up under the chain-link and get into the coop.

It's not windproof, and snakes have gotten in. But the rats can't get in anymore and it keeps out things like opposums, raccoons, dogs, foxes, and other marauding marauders.
We did not have a problem with the cold, but we've got cold hearty birds in there. We did put a heat lamp out for them when they were chicks in the fall, b/c it got really cold really early last year, but we took it out as soon as they were finished feathering out (about 2 months for these guys and girls).

LMK what you think. =)

My son said the Chinese experimented with that with one of their last satellites.... It was a test to see if it were viable.... they only succeded in doing something like a Break on a pool table... only in three dimensions. I think they were using projectile of some sort... I have to read more on it but I cant see right now.... just crawled out of bed.

deb

Coffee. I Rx coffee in very large quantities!!! =D

 

[Alaskan]

Teachick! I love that coop! So perfect for the deep south!

 

[TeaChick]

Teachick! I love that coop! So perfect for the deep south!

Thanks, @Alaskan !!! That means a lot to me! =)