Surviving Minnesota!

[BantyChooks]

I thought he did but I asked Minnie and she didn't think he did. His wing feathers are still growing though so maybe that's it

Sorry, I was not even looking at the silkies.. I was looking at the fine looking EE rooster. I love his blue!

Mine is prettier....

 

[BantyChooks]

Hey guys - I am a carpenters daughter and I never knew. I think it is more of a case of not needing the knowledge than a case of stupidity. Your only stupid until you have the knowledge which will then equal intelligence. Just sayin . . . .

Don't think anything you say is gonna keep Ralphie from laughing at you.

 

[MagpieDucks]

Did I miss picture of Ralphie's EE roo?

 

[jerryse]

Ok on the dimensions of boards here is what has happened over the past 100 years . All lumber was actual thickness and width back then . Usually rough cut . Then they started to plane the lumber . So to produce the same number of boards they planed the rough cut rather than increase the width and thickness of rough cut . Over time they kept trimming the dimensions . More yeild = more money . I remember in high school 2 inch lumber was 1 and 9/16 . I think my brother remembers 1 and 5/8 . Do not remember actual width . Now they are doing it to plywood . 1/2 is now less 15/32 at first and now I think 7/16 . Even I did a little of this . I found many logs would give a 10 x 10 squared cant . So 1/8 inch loss for saw kerf (blade thickness) left me with 4 pieces of 2x10 plus a 1 1/2 or so thick board . I went to 1 7/8 thickness to get a extra 2x10 . So a 10 inch wide by 9 7/8 tall cant would yield 5 boards 1 7/8 thick . Still way more to nail to than 1 1/2 . I find 1 1/2 can be tough to catch enough board on the length of a house when covering subfloor or roof using plywood . Small losses add up .

 

[Bogtown Chick]

I imagine kiln drying of the boards after planing also take away some dimension to a board...? Maybe maybe?

Ivie I have to tell you about that Monogenic Diabetes thing. The friends I shared with it got some Diabetic antibody tests back and they are negative for the antibody. So that is indicative of NOT type 1! They are doing genetic testing next to see if she has the gene mutation that is Monogenic. The little girl had her diagnosis at 7 years old. So it is not always neonatal onset. I wonder about your grandson or step grandson is it...? Has DIL done the testing or asked for it? I know you kind of mentioned it to her and let her take the reins from there.
I think all kids should be tested for this no matter their onset age. It's not always in a Dr.'s wheel house to ask for this testing yet I think. Too new.

 

[MNChickMom]

Siggie- Sending my condolences.

As for the 2x4 lawsuit....this is the laughing stalk of all the construction trades right now. I am daughter of a Construction Contractor and my husband is a Tinner (sheetmetal installation), they roasted this lawsuit like you wouldn't believe. I could only imagine a bunch of construction workers on break discussing this topic.

As for the measurements... a wise father once told me. "You will loose 1/2inch on all lumber unless I am installing it then you better account for closer to a 9/16 or even a 3/4 inch loss as I will drive those nails and screws in so far they will never come out."

Cement was a success for everyone except my hands. Either we ordered too much cement or the plant sent out an extra yard of cement, so we quickly dug and formed an extension on the front garage pad. So I grabbed the cement screed and started pulling with my brother in law and I had to much so I reached in bare handed and moved the wet cement. Fast forward 2 hours and my fingers and hand was twice the size. Popped a couple of benedryl and all was well.

T minus one month and it is fair time.....eek my hens need to quickly regrow some saddle feathers in a hurry. They were picking and 2 stupid roosters overstayed their welcome. I have been doing some testing lately and now my schedule is filling with these little 4H kids....one family calls me to test their 3 buff orpingtons. Their 6 year old son is carrying one of the pullets. Of course it escapes and a chase ensues. The father is just about ready to give up, when the mother opens the back door. Back door squeeks enough that all the birds run up to the door for a treat. 6 year old says..."I bet they think I'm coming with my bread crusts. I give them all my bread crusts and some of my vegatables....but they don't like vegatables either."

Ralphie~ If you hear any screams coming from Ann Lake near Zimmerman....just ignore them and do NOT I repeat DO NOT give the camp counselers my contact info. I am trying to enjoy 51 hours without my son.

 

[lvie]

I imagine kiln drying of the boards after planing also take away some dimension to a board...? Maybe maybe?

Ivie I have to tell you about that Monogenic Diabetes thing. The friends I shared with it got some Diabetic antibody tests back and they are negative for the antibody. So that is indicative of NOT type 1! They are doing genetic testing next to see if she has the gene mutation that is Monogenic. The little girl had her diagnosis at 7 years old. So it is not always neonatal onset. I wonder about your grandson or step grandson is it...? Has DIL done the testing or asked for it? I know you kind of mentioned it to her and let her take the reins from there.
I think all kids should be tested for this no matter their onset age. It's not always in a Dr.'s wheel house to ask for this testing yet I think. Too new.

Thanks BC! I just got to spend a couple days with Nate who is 14 now! He is my grandson. He takes care of himself completely - well, I don't know if he inserts the new sites yet. I asked how often he goes in to have his A1C checked and it is every three months. He goes to the clinic in St. Louis Park and they are pretty in tune with changes in that diagnosis. I did text the info you provided before to his DM, my x-ddil. SHE is the one that kept telling the ER dr. to please ck Nate for diabetes and they wouldn't do it when he was 22 months old. Strange. You would think that an intelligent, calm mother would be able to get some credit in the ER just because of the fact that she observes her child. Anyway, point is, she is a very present mother and keeps pretty close tabs on the disease so I hesitate to bring it up again. It is type 1 - he is very brittle - so maybe it makes no difference in his case. IDK.

 

[lvie]

Ann Lake? Ralphie - isn't that Ann Lake out on 43?

 

[Cebarmlds]

 

[I Love Layers]

Took eggs in today to be judged. I may know the results tomorrow if a friend can stop by after the horse show to look. If she can't I'll wait til Thursday. The judges were really impressed with my RSL eggs. They are very large ans a darker Brown which was why. Personally I didn't like them as a few weren't as speckled on top as the others but these judges don't really know what they're doing