Surviving Minnesota!

[jerryse]

Morning . Eelpout/burbot festival this weekend at Walker if I remember correctly . Memphis this is the Northern version of Sadie Hawkins day . Some spouse hunting goes on .

 

[duluthralphie]

View attachment 1680625 For some reason this picture reminded me a a certain individual that posts on this thread often. Does anybody have any idea who that would be?

I am not sure, but I think this could be a young Holm, but I am confused because he is not married yet, despite my attempts to find him a mail order bride...

 

[duluthralphie]

I had only 4 chicks hatch from the last setting.....3 Doms and one SS I had to help out of the egg. I thought the SS would be dead last night. I was wrong one of the healthy Dom's keeled over.

I am so tired of setting frozen, cracked ugly eggs. I want spring. Right now I am getting no chickens eggs so it does not matter. I have 18 chicken eggs and 61 turkey eggs to go in today....After I get back from another funeral.

I am thinking of making the SS into a house chicken.....I am meeting some resistance from the WW on that.....Of course, if she knew about the 9 basement chickens it would make the house chicken not seem so bad....maybe..

 

[memphis]

A SS is the perfect choice for a house chicken Ralphie!

Jerry....had to look up an eelpout. OMG! Had no idea things like that existed!

 

[Cebarmlds]

I just finished raking snow off the run there was a lot and it was kind of packed. I had to wear snowshoes for the back side cause the snow was so deep. I only fell down twice and it’s not easy getting back up. The snow shoes aren’t the kind to get on and off easily. Why buy new ones when we don’t always get this much snow!

 

[Cebarmlds]

BTW for you southies, there’s a special snow rake for roofs.

 

[memphis]

Specialized snow shovels, fishing through ice, snow shoes & eelpouts! All things we know nothing about down here!!

 

[Molpet]

I want to see eelpout curling... i have visions of them using their tails instead of brooms

 

[duluthralphie]

I want to see eelpout curling... i have visions of them using their tails instead of brooms

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Eelpout are natural curlers... when you pull them from the water they curl right around your arm and wrist....the good thing is they seldom bite.

 

[memphis]

Are they slimy? Can you eat an eelpout?