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Good morning folks :frow

CapricornFarm said:
Wind shields completely shattered. And roofs bashed in.
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I think we're on the 4th day of no power. Lost 3 incubators of eggs... and the living room has assorted bins of various ages of chicks. It's not the best situation. No water, no fridge. Hubby has an inverter and is powering the freezer. A neighbor loaned us her small generator, so the birds have a bit of light. The woodstove has been burning pretty much constantly. So at least we are warm, although kind of smelly. Lol.
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Cappy, so good to hear from you. Sorry to hear about the damage this crazy weather has caused. Hope you get power soon. Hang in there...:hugs
JaeG said:
It was nice to not be feeding little cockatiels every few hours. Nice while it lasted. I had a baby hatch yesterday in the aviary and this morning it was yelling its head off and hadn't been fed. So it is now inside with one of the older babies as a cuddle buddy. I left the oldest out there as I'm hoping it's nice enough to keep as it's split to a mutation I want to bring out.

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Exciting news - my DH has finally found a job. Its a place just down the road who make blood products from cattle blood. The guy wants to expand his business and the job DH applied for he was way over qualified for, but the owner is willing to take him on and train him up and once they get their 'clean room' up and running DH will be in charge of that. That's where they'll be able to filter out bacteria to make a more valuable product.
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Jae congrats on the babies and congrats to DH... It took more than two years for me to find someone willing to hire an old man and give me a chance...
N F C said:
Good morning everyone!
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:frow Good morning Debby, have a great day
Marie2020 said:
Good morning :frow
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:frowGood morning Marie, have a great day
 
rjohns39 said:
Good morning folks :frow


Cappy, so good to hear from you. Sorry to hear about the damage this crazy weather has caused. Hope you get power soon. Hang in there...:hugs

Jae congrats on the babies and congrats to DH... It took more than two years for me to find someone willing to hire an old man and give me a chance...

:frow Good morning Debby, have a great day

:frowGood morning Marie, have a great day
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Good morning Bob!
 
bruceha2000 said:
I'm glad I don't live where there is nasty winter weather!
At least not the kind people aren't prepared for since it is highly unusual.
Stay safe.


I think Sue should ground you since you grounded her, don't need two of you with broken arms.


Doesn't that also let the cherubs escape?


So does your ice cream.


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Fabulous! And relatively no commute time as
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No, our kids are enclosed. Hubby built a short wall with a door for us. We leave the big door open to the hallway. Cherubs, hah!
 
JaeG said:
He was working down in Auckland so he would drive down, stay at my parents the days he was working then drive all the way back up again which was hard on everyone (3 hours each way). Then he got made redundant when Covid hit (it was a convenient excuse for his company to get rid of him) and he's been on the job seekers benefit (not sure what the equivalent would be in the US) ever since.

So yes, he's now working much closer to home - only 15 minutes up the road. It will give his brain something to do as he likes to keep busy and it's only 30 hours a week at present but that should increase.
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You had mentioned it was a drive for him in the past but that’s really quite a drive! I also remember he wasn’t especially happy with it so hopefully this change will be a good thing. I hope it works out well for you guys.
In the US we call job seekers benefits unemployment.
 

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