The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[ShrekDawg]

Can you explain one of those words, l-e-i-s-u-r-e?? And it would have to be split pretty early, it needs to air dry all summer.

I have this great dream, suggested by a post I saw on a tractor forum a couple of years ago. Stackable cord wood storage units that can be moved with pallet forks on a tractor. Split the wood and put it in the units, move to the drying area. When you need a new unit up at the house in the winter, motor it over. The guy had actually built a "cargo bay" door into his house right by his stove and placed the units there as needed. Open a door on the inside, take out the wood, stick it in the stove, close the door. He had an outside enclosure for the units attached to the house. He hand stacked the split wood only once, picked it up only twice.

I currently have to stack it in the little barn, then move it as needed with the dump cart to the enclosed porch and stack it. I pick up each piece of wood 4 times before it makes it into the house, 5-6 into the stove, stack it twice, 3 times if you count the small loads put by the stove. Though that isn't QUITE accurate, I can get a cord on the porch so I have him dump some in front of the porch, the rest in front of the little barn. For those that don't burn wood, a cord of hardwood weighs about 1 ton.

I figure I could get close, the enclosed porch has 2 entrances and the only thing we use one of them for in the winter is to bring more wood from the little barn up to the racks in the porch (to be restacked). I could build a platform in front of that door and place the units there.

Of course I lack a few things. Like a real tractor. And the welding skills to make the stackable units. I suppose they could be made with wood.


I think so, I'm sure people who live in the bigger cities * pay quite a bit more if only for the delivery. Not a big deal for him to deliver it not much more than 1/2 mile down the road. He bought a dump trailer a couple of years ago that can hold 4-5 runs (1 1/3 - 1 2/3 cords, I get 4 cords).

* A term which I sure some of you would at given the biggest city in Vermont is about 42K people. The second biggest is the city next to it at 19K people, geographically they are a city of 51K people. That wouldn't even be considered a city in some states. The 3rd largest is ~17K and from there none is over 10K.

I love that idea! You should do it

And yeah, seems pretty reasonable to me. Maybe you could offer to do all the work and just borrow his trailer?

And LOL Plymouth is bigger than that. But then again Plymouth is BIG. like geographically it spreads really really far.

 

[drumstick diva]

Zazzle(mostly) is in California when they hit midnight - it's 2 am for me. So I've been going on at 2am to check what their deal for the day is. Today(Sat) it is 60% off throw pillows. But I'm pretty sure they go lower, so I only ordered one today. So I can get to bed now because I ordered, and then check around 2 am each day to see if anything interests me.

Monday(I hope) will be tote bags, I go nuts over those. I remember last year the best deal was 75% off so I had to go crazy buying them. Most of them are still stacked up in another room because I didn't know what to do with them.

Ron not sure about kitchen stuff because I mainly buy throw pillows, tote bags, magnets, sometimes business cards(for my friends) . They have phone cases and stuff but, models change so often and phone sizes, that I wouldn't advise getting one.

They also sell bona fide postage stamps with your photo(or theirs) or design on them, and cost more than regular stamps - sometimes $ 10. off a card of 20. But these are not forever stamps.

They have many expensive items that I wouldn't buy regardless of discount, like blankets, watches, and so on - because I prefer a brand name & warranty for those.

PS they have mouse pads - even one with "Baby Groot," on it, or they can make them with whatever photo you want to use (no extra charge) etc.

 

[N F C]

Good morning all!

That talk about populations spurred me into looking up some numbers for WY. Here is a list of the top 12 cities by population;
1 Cheyenne 64,019
2 Casper 59,324
3 Gillette 32,398
4 Laramie 32,382
5 Rock Springs 23,755
6 Sheridan 17,954
7 Green River 12,305
8 Evanston 12,090
9 Riverton 10,997
10 Jackson 10,529
11 Cody 9,836
12 Rawlins 9,075

The closest 'big' town to us is #12, Rawlins. So you see, when I go to Laramie (home of Un of WY) to visit my cousin, it really feels like going to the city! And visiting my brother in Cheyenne is akin to going to a booming metropolis, lol. The total state's population is only about 586,000 people.

And that little spot in the road that includes our post office is all of 425 people. You all look crowded to me

 

[sunflour]

Good morning all!

That talk about populations spurred me into looking up some numbers for WY. Here is a list of the top 12 cities by population;
1 Cheyenne 64,019
2 Casper 59,324
3 Gillette 32,398
4 Laramie 32,382
5 Rock Springs 23,755
6 Sheridan 17,954
7 Green River 12,305
8 Evanston 12,090
9 Riverton 10,997
10 Jackson 10,529
11 Cody 9,836
12 Rawlins 9,075

The closest 'big' town to us is #12, Rawlins. So you see, when I go to Laramie (home of Un of WY) to visit my cousin, it really feels like going to the city! And visiting my brother in Cheyenne is akin to going to a booming metropolis, lol. The total state's population is only about 586,000 people.

And that little spot in the road that includes our post office is all of 425 people. You all look crowded to me

Interesting....so you know why I don't go to Atlanta

 

[N F C]

Interesting....so you know why I don't go to Atlanta

DH and I attempted to drive through Atlanta on our way from FL to CO...talk about getting lost! Yikes! And once we got to Denver, CO we were even more lost (and I'd been going there since the '70's when my parents moved there).

Give me the wide open spaces

 

[DigMyChicks]

I pulled a bucket of weeds and put it in the compost bin of the solar heater. The chickens seem to like it and there are usually at least 2 in there. I modified the holder for the waterer and made the top hinged so i can get e at the compost easier. I filled the window box with soil, sand and composted manure. Tomorrow i will make the top for that.
I got another bag of daffodils planted in a three foot trench in the flower garden.
I collected a bin of tinder for the wood stove and a bunch of buckets of tinder to start the bonfire that needed to be burned. I lit that and it looks cosy seeing it burn.
So glad i did not go out in the madness of Black Friday shopping!

I did the black friday madness thing Thursday night and Friday with my best friend...just about lost my cool in Menards. I did get 5 new sets of sheets though. I’ve never done 2 days in a row and doubt I ever will again. I am tired and crabby today and we are on our way to my sisters which is a 3 hour trip. Yes I’ll take some cheese to go with my whine

 

[CapricornFarm]

Hubby buys everything but groceries online. The mail person just came with another box.
I should do laundry today since it is supposed to hit 70. Ugh!

 

[N F C]

I did the black friday madness thing Thursday night and Friday with my best friend...just about lost my cool in Menards. I did get 5 new sets of sheets though. I’ve never done 2 days in a row and doubt I ever will again. I am tired and crabby today and we are on our way to my sisters which is a 3 hour trip. Yes I’ll take some cheese to go with my whine

Here you go DMC, have some wine to go with your whine, lol

You're a far braver woman than I.

 

[DigMyChicks]

Here you go DMC, have some wine to go with your whine, lol View attachment 1195261

You're a far braver woman than I.

Hey Debby! Brave or stupid!? Amazing what BFF’s can talk you into. Thanks for the wine

 

[bruceha2000]

They also sell bona fide postage stamps with your photo(or theirs) or design on them, and cost more than regular stamps - sometimes $ 10. off a card of 20. But these are not forever stamps.

Even with $10 off those stamps are about 50% higher than those put out by the PO ... and that would be only if there is no shipping charge.

And visiting my brother in Cheyenne is akin to going to a booming metropolis, lol. The total state's population is only about 586,000 people.

Yeah, Wyoming wasn't one of the states I was thinking about As the least populated state you have ~37K fewer people than we do (2nd least populated) and a 10X more land area. Though you do have 2 cities that are bigger than Burlington and South Burlington combined.