Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

Ralphie, the oak we had milled was beautiful stuff, but it was hard. The pine was easy to cut except for the jack pine which is quite hard. We did not cut any tamarack, but I can tell you that it is an extremely hard wood when dried.

The oak was hard but it cut easier. I think it was a two fold problem. The pine seemed to have sand embedded in it and the pitch was a problem in gumming up the blade even using the soap lubricant.

The changing of blades is a big deal to me at 20 bucks a blade also.

Piece by piece the pine might cut faster but when I figured in blade changing and cleaning the oak went better. Yea, my oak is extremely hard too, I have to shoot the nails through it. A hammer is worthless...almost.

 

[Coffee 1st]

We have been pouring over floor plans to get ideas for what we like and found this neat master suite with laundry attached. This probably will be in our house plans

Love that plan but that whole 13 x 13 thing wouldn't work for me I think u should do 14x14.. The OCD in me just had to have even #'s... Lol

 

[duluthralphie]

Love that plan but that whole 13 x 13 thing wouldn't work for me I think u should do 14x14.. The OCD in me just had to have even #'s... Lol

That is 14x14 with 6 inch walls you end up with 13 interior... so OCD can rest easy now.

 

[Coffee 1st]

Kitten photos, @duluthralphie ??

Ohh those babies are way 2 cute...

 

[lvie]

Love that plan but that whole 13 x 13 thing wouldn't work for me I think u should do 14x14.. The OCD in me just had to have even #'s... Lol

Hi Coffee - now that you are a declared healthy, newly married, farm owner - would you consider posting pictures of the farm again? I am being lazy and not wanting to go back to look them up. If its a big deal then don't bother.

 

[Coffee 1st]

I kept from my husband for nearly 10 years that I knew how to fillet fish.  He was beyond surprised and I could see the mind working behind those enlightened eyes.  Sure enough after a long day on the ice soon after...he sent the bucket of fish home with the kid and he sat in the fish house and played poker the rest of the night while I had to deal with the fish.  I told him he will find the grumpy old man manuever (throw a small fish in the back of his truck until it stinks) if he ever did that again.

Lol. That's funny...

 

[Coffee 1st]

OR start the lawn mower!  I know. I picked up the pliers and started the lawn mower.  I think all us dudess' on here are self-starters though. We are a pretty strong bunch of women. Especially Judy!

My problem now is New Hubby knows I can do lots by myself because he has seen me do it before the wedding.. Lol .. My mistake..

 

[duluthralphie]

My problem now is New Hubby knows I can do lots by myself because he has seen me do it before the wedding.. Lol .. My mistake..

Truth is advertising is a rare thing these days! Good Job!

 

[Cluckies]

Quote: OOOhhh, love it. I would love to have my laundry on the same floor as my bedroom, handy!

Hey Ralph you should do a creamett x partridge Chanticleer cross . The beginning of the northern creamett breed .

You could name Northern Ridge Creamett

The greenish Creamette egg...may be from a tidge of brown coming out of her ink cartridge or bit of brown bloom.

For the most part my birds will have same egg patterns but every once a while they have a color adjustment or run out of ink...what have you. Then next egg cycle they restart with their regular egg.

One of my brown egg layers laid beautiful porcelain white egg last year, pretty cool! only one though

I kept from my husband for nearly 10 years that I knew how to fillet fish. He was beyond surprised and I could see the mind working behind those enlightened eyes. Sure enough after a long day on the ice soon after...he sent the bucket of fish home with the kid and he sat in the fish house and played poker the rest of the night while I had to deal with the fish. I told him he will find the grumpy old man manuever (throw a small fish in the back of his truck until it stinks) if he ever did that again.

Yep, you catch it, you clean it!

 

[Coffee 1st]

I couldn't find the pic of them swimming but who could get mad at these!

You tell your Mom I said it's ok for those cute little things to swim in the sink,, in fact fill that bathtub up and let them have at it..