The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[sharron]

morning everyone here for a little while, then going to the auction, we go every monday, its our "date day" we enjoy getting out besides going to the grocery store and most of the time i just buy veggies that i don't grow if i need them, like onions and beets or even sometimes a chicken 2 weeks ago husband bought two cuckoo clocks from germany , course they needed work but we were lucky enough to find someone who repairs and cleans them for us really reasonable and so now i have another "bird" in the living room, one is worth 900 and the other 700. , not a bad deal

 

[sharron]

People around here don't even bother doing that much. They just make sure that it's clear of their car and leave it wherever.

that burns my husband and myself, we always put them back in the store cart area or in the cart area outside, NEVER just loose

 

[DigMyChicks]

morning everyone here for a little while, then going to the auction, we go every monday, its our "date day" we enjoy getting out besides going to the grocery store and most of the time i just buy veggies that i don't grow if i need them, like onions and beets or even sometimes a chicken 2 weeks ago husband bought two cuckoo clocks from germany , course they needed work but we were lucky enough to find someone who repairs and cleans them for us really reasonable and so now i have another "bird" in the living room, one is worth 900 and the other 700. , not a bad deal

Good morning Sharron. Have a fun day. Good find on the clocks.

 

[sharron]

Really, it's not that hard to put them in a corral. People are so lazy!

amen

 

[sharron]

Yep, that's me lately, been waking up due to the pain but at the same time going to sleep because of it too! just really has my schedule outta wack! Right now it's around an 8, if it goes above 10 then I really feel it but at 8, I just ignore it.

strong man

 

[sharron]

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oh, how true these are, husband gets mad at me when i start talking to him, he tells me go to sleep, if i tell him i can't, he tells me to take a sleeping pill, i don't think so

 

[sharron]

Good morning Sharron. Have a fun day. Good find on the clocks.

thank you

 

[rjohns39]

Morning all

Blooie, I loved that vid....
Folks, I'm feeling like the slug that slept in and joined the party late... I don't miss my 330 wake up call though....

 

[ShrekDawg]

Back when I delivered trucks for a living, I had a great small town experience that NFC's tournament reminds me of.

We had just crossed the Oregon/ Nevada border. It was dark and we were hungry. The first "town" we come across consisted of the obligatory casino, a community hall and a convenience store. We went into the store to see what we could find. This woman said to us "if you're looking for something to eat, come next door to the community hall. We're having a potluck." So we head over. The ranchers in the area had all come together to have a potluck to raise funds for the junior high kids to go on a trip to DC. We get in there and people start bustling around, making up plates for us and treating us like royalty. Such wonderful people and an absolutely amazing sense of community. One of the best experiences I've had.

That is an awesome story!!

My pheasants molted very early this year. Some started in mid June. Their almost through molting now and usually this is about the time they start! Go figure. But your right about the protein, Bob...they will get through their molt faster and in better condition on a higher protein feed. Omega 3 acids are of a great benefit in producing better feather quality.

I wonder why so many birds are starting earlier this year? I think I'm going to give them the fish today though. Speaking of which, how much fish can they have in a week? I don't want the birds or the eggs to get mercury poisoning. I got 2 cans of mackerel and 2 big cans of salmon. Was thinking maybe I should spread it out over a couple weeks? Or maybe give them some fish, some liver and eggs, so it's not all fish?

Where I lived in FL, the grocery store didn't have cart corrals. I asked a store employee about that once and he said putting carts away created a job for people that might not otherwise have one.



Love that Michelle!

Around here they would still have a job because they have people go collect the carts from the corrals and bring them in the store every night.

i have a hen thats about 6 or 7 years old, she was laying every day but just went broody, i kept taking her eggs cause she doesn't have a rooster but last night when i went to feed she was setting on nothing so decided to try to move her from where shes at to a safer place and i bought some fertile eggs from ebay, hoping to slip them under her

That's awesome! Good luck with the hatch! I had a broody chicken, she was constantly broody, went broody like 5 or 6 times last year, and if she went broody again, I was going to let her hatch this spring but then I lost her in the fall to a hawk. she was my favorite chicken, very sweet and not a mean broody like some, and I think she would have made a good mother. She was a Buff Orpington but she was the teeniest little thing lol

morning everyone here for a little while, then going to the auction, we go every monday, its our "date day" we enjoy getting out besides going to the grocery store and most of the time i just buy veggies that i don't grow if i need them, like onions and beets or even sometimes a chicken 2 weeks ago husband bought two cuckoo clocks from germany , course they needed work but we were lucky enough to find someone who repairs and cleans them for us really reasonable and so now i have another "bird" in the living room, one is worth 900 and the other 700. , not a bad deal

How awesome! Good find!

 

[Blooie]

Funny the shopping cart discussion should pop up! I just gave a lesson in handicapped accessible parking to a young guy and his lady at Walmart yesterday. I have had a handicapped placard for my car for about 10 years now. Then of course when Kendra was born, the kids had to get one for their vehicles as well to accommodate her wheelchair.

Anyway, this young couple came whipping into the crosshatched area just to the right of the handicapped space on their bike like I wasn't even standing there loading my car. I must have jumped 10 feet straight up into the air. He parked it, they got off, and as he took off his helmet he shot me a cocky "Scared you, didn't I, Old Lady?" look. Oh, oh, dude - you just pi33ed off Blooie. So I just smiled at him and this is how the conversation went from there:

Me: So, like that bike do ya?
Him: Yeah, I do.
Me: Well, say good bye to it. Gonna have it ticketed and towed.
Him: Try it. No reason to so they can't do it.
Me: That crosshatched area you are parked in is for wheelchair ramps. The side door comes down, forms a ramp, and a disabled person can wheel themselves safely from the van into that area without hitting another car. It also allows space for them to remotely put that ramp down and approach it straight in, without having to maneuver themselves into a tight spot and try to turn to get a run at it. So it's actually designed as part of the handicapped parking spaces.
There was a long pause as he looked at the crosshatching in relation to the space, then looked at the other handicapped spaces and saw they all had the same thing on both sides of them.
Him: Lady, are you asking me to move my bike?
Me: Nope, I'm telling you to move your bike and what I plan to do if you don't. I'm old, I got nothing but time to wait for the cops to get here. I keep hearing that we car drivers have to be observant and courteous to motorcycles - seems to me that should go two ways.

They got back on and he moved his bike. A minute later, as we put the last of our stuff in the car, some old dude came along, shoved his shopping cart into the crosshatched area, and left. Tam and I just looked at each other. <sigh> By then the young couple had parked and were walking past our car to the store. He looked at me, gave me a wink, and took that shopping cart in with him. There is always hope!