The Old Folks Home

[vehve]

The vertical ones are nice too. And with a few plastic barrells you can easily build one, it's a bit ugly though. But they're simpler.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

when I was in my twenties I worked as a Detail Draftsman for a design group that specialized in composites. Two big projects One was for heliocopter blades for Huges.... and the other was for Cannon Wind farm in tehachape.

Both of those projects were headed up by my dad. We were a mad man team. He would draw the Whole mechanism to scale and I would pull details off and draw. At one point the owner of the company sealed a deal for a tuna cannery..... So Dad drew the whole mechanism but there was no time for details.... I pulled those details off the drawings and drew them up on grid paper.... by hand for the fab shop. I would do probably fifty or sixty detail drawings like that per week. Then hold the fab shops hand when either of us messed up.... I learned alot on that project.

I absolutely love Windmills though... All kinds.... Personally I want one of those vertical kind that dont care which direction the wind comes from.

deb

That's awesome and I'm with you on the last point.

 

[Cynthia12]

The windmills take away from the scenery, but they sure help with the economy.

 

[bamadude]

Windmills around here are grinders.

 

[drumstick diva]

Maybe if they came in attractive colors, they wouldn't be so ughly.

 

[perchie.girl]

The vertical ones are nice too. And with a few plastic barrells you can easily build one, it's a bit ugly though. But they're simpler.

dont like those..... If I am going to get one I want it to be "engineered" a little better....

Here is the kind I like.... dont know how efficient they are I would have to do research.
there is a fellow up in the desert here that has one like this.... when its running YOu virtually cannot see the three blades.

I like the looks of this one.... by quietrevolution



deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Maybe if they came in attractive colors, they wouldn't be so ughly.

what colors would you like to see?

deb

 

[hemet dennis]

Was wondering what people thought of this idea.

http://news.yahoo.com/renewable-energy-plan-hinges-huge-utah-caverns-073757162--finance.html

Seems like a good plan.

 

[getaclue]

I am NOT a happy camper tonight. As most of you know, we are house hunting. We went to see a home this evening. There were a couple nice chicken coops outside, and about 25 chickens of various ages running around the yard. The owner of the house was there, and I commented on her chickens, and mentioned I too had chickens. We proceeded to tour the house, and property.

After a bit, she began telling me she had just spent about $400.00 on her chickens, because they had gotten sick, but were ok now. I sympathized, and asked what they had. Infectious Coryza. When she assured me they were fine now, with no more symptoms. I mentioned that I thought I had read that once a flock had gotten infectious coryza, that they were carriers for life, but maybe had it confused with something else. She said her vet had told her the same thing, so she wouldn't be getting anymore chickens. She admitted that she should probably cull them, but they were the family pets, and her kids loved them. So these chickens are carriers, and running around lose in her yard, contaminating everyone, and everything that comes into contact with her yard. That's not a concern if no one with chickens goes there, or they don't go near anyone that has chickens, but that was not the case today, and she was very nonchalant about the whole thing. Oh, she was told that after she moves her birds off the property, and they are gone for 3 days, there is no risk of the property contaminating any other chickens, so just bring my flock.

While I do take biosecurity measures, I have gone the extra mile now. When we got home, shoes were removed outside, one pair machine washed. The other pair was thoroughly misted with a clorox/water solution, we showered, and our clothes laundered. Floors misted where we walked, including carpeting. Car misted, especially floor mats, door handles, window buttons, and arm rests. Keys, and cell phones misted. I think that's everything.

Oh yeah, the house had leaks in the roof, and water had run down inside the walls too, which had gotten into the insulation under the flooring, and rotted the wood underneath some, so there are lots of soft spots in the floor, the air conditioner has to be replaced, out in the garage the windows leak, and the roof leaks. The property is 5 acres, but only 2 cleared because 3 acres are low, swampy and unusable in their present state. No one disclosed that to our realtor. Tomorrow's a new day, right?

 

[Teila]

I am NOT a happy camper tonight. As most of you know, we are house hunting. We went to see a home this evening. There were a couple nice chicken coops outside, and about 25 chickens of various ages running around the yard. The owner of the house was there, and I commented on her chickens, and mentioned I too had chickens. We proceeded to tour the house, and property.

After a bit, she began telling me she had just spent about $400.00 on her chickens, because they had gotten sick, but were ok now. I sympathized, and asked what they had. Infectious Coryza. When she assured me they were fine now, with no more symptoms. I mentioned that I thought I had read that once a flock had gotten infectious coryza, that they were carriers for life, but maybe had it confused with something else. She said her vet had told her the same thing, so she wouldn't be getting anymore chickens. She admitted that she should probably cull them, but they were the family pets, and her kids loved them. So these chickens are carriers, and running around lose in her yard, contaminating everyone, and everything that comes into contact with her yard. That's not a concern if no one with chickens goes there, or they don't go near anyone that has chickens, but that was not the case today, and she was very nonchalant about the whole thing. Oh, she was told that after she moves her birds off the property, and they are gone for 3 days, there is no risk of the property contaminating any other chickens, so just bring my flock.

While I do take biosecurity measures, I have gone the extra mile now. When we got home, shoes were removed outside, one pair machine washed. The other pair was thoroughly misted with a clorox/water solution, we showered, and our clothes laundered. Floors misted where we walked, including carpeting. Car misted, especially floor mats, door handles, window buttons, and arm rests. Keys, and cell phones misted. I think that's everything.

Oh yeah, the house had leaks in the roof, and water had run down inside the walls too, which had gotten into the insulation under the flooring, and rotted the wood underneath some, so there are lots of soft spots in the floor, the air conditioner has to be replaced, out in the garage the windows leak, and the roof leaks. The property is 5 acres, but only 2 cleared because 3 acres are low, swampy and unusable in their present state. No one disclosed that to our realtor. Tomorrow's a new day, right?

Ouch!

I am lost for words! Well, I have some words but I do not wanted to get pinged. I will go with 'selfish and irresponsible' but they do not begin to explain my thoughts on the above.