The Old Folks Home

[ronott1]

My DH had the "great" idea to get our boy a bunny for X-mas. I have spent the whole day searching only to find the closest quality french lop is 1000 miles away......I sometimes hate living in Wyo.

So sorry!

There mus be a bunch benefits though.

 

[insanity]

A few but it is a bit frustrating to have to ship in anything uncommon. It would be nice to be closer to a real city sometimes.

 

[ronott1]

A few but it is a bit frustrating to have to ship in anything uncommon. It would be nice to be closer to a real city sometimes.

I watch a bit of one of those movies about hunger in America. It was too depressing so I did not finish it.

They were talking about places that did not have easy access to food. The town had three stores and the only fruit in any of them was two bananas. One person from that town rode a bus 25 or so miles one way to get to a Super Walmart.

A lot of the country is like that. I thought about that show when I walked into the Costco cold produce box last night and saw fresh Black Berries and considered buying some to make jam.....

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Feral cats are a huge problem around Sacramento. They really should be controlled since Feral cats kill a lot of birds here too.

We have a ton of feral cats around here. I know one of them belongs to the neighbor right next door to me, because he told me that he threw the cat out and "hopes it dies" because it had the audacity to bring a tick into the house, which bit his wife, which caused her bipolar disorder to flare up which caused her to be hospitalized.

The feral cats stalk my chickens on occasion but so far haven't been a major threat. They would more than likely kill chicks if left out. I'm surprised that with all the feral cats we have that I had such a rat problem this past summer. Guess the cats aren't that hungry.

 

[ozexpat]

We have a ton of feral cats around here. I know one of them belongs to the neighbor right next door to me, because he told me that he threw the cat out and "hopes it dies" because it had the audacity to bring a tick into the house, which bit his wife, which caused her bipolar disorder to flare up which caused her to be hospitalized.

The feral cats stalk my chickens on occasion but so far haven't been a major threat. They would more than likely kill chicks if left out. I'm surprised that with all the feral cats we have that I had such a rat problem this past summer. Guess the cats aren't that hungry.

over the years I have found cats to much rather kill a beatiful bird than a rat,

 

[Highcotton]

We have a ton of feral cats around here. I know one of them belongs to the neighbor right next door to me, because he told me that he threw the cat out and "hopes it dies" because it had the audacity to bring a tick into the house, which bit his wife, which caused her bipolar disorder to flare up which caused her to be hospitalized.

The feral cats stalk my chickens on occasion but so far haven't been a major threat. They would more than likely kill chicks if left out. I'm surprised that with all the feral cats we have that I had such a rat problem this past summer. Guess the cats aren't that hungry.

They are around here. We used to have Towhees everywhere and now I hardly see one they nest on the ground or in low shrubs. Brown Thrashers are the same and there is not as many of them as there used to be. I try to build brush piles so they have a place to hide.

 

[insanity]

I watch a bit of one of those movies about hunger in America. It was too depressing so I did not finish it.

They were talking about places that did not have easy access to food. The town had three stores and the only fruit in any of them was two bananas. One person from that town rode a bus 25 or so miles one way to get to a Super Walmart.

A lot of the country is like that. I thought about that show when I walked into the Costco cold produce box last night and saw fresh Black Berries and considered buying some to make jam.....

Well its not that bad here. Some nearby towns travel 30-40 miles to come to our Wallmart. But out here thats normal. Most people go shopping once a month in Billings (nearest mall) about 150 miles north. I'll have to go next week. Food and stuff we can get.

 

[gryeyes]

Rural mountain living is great. I love it, except i learned today that icy roadways sure are deceptive in their danger. I totaled my '99 Nissan Quest today. I am extremely lucky I was driving slowly and carefully - just not enough of each.

Seat belts are designed to keep one from being flung about. You get out by pressing the button thingie at your side, where the metal buckle needs just a bit of movement to release the latch. That latch is NOT designed to release easily when the straps are supporting a hefty driver from falling to the roof when the floor has become the roof.

Hanging upside down makes the inside of the passenger compartment look really different. When the the roof is closer to the floor because... Well... Stuff crumpled and the windshield shattered... It skews one's perspective even more.

All my weight was pulling on that blasted seat belt latch. I couldn't figure out how to rise, or crouch in suspension, or do whatever I could to GET OUT of the seat belt. I also imagined it would hurt when I dropped ... Oh, I dunno, four inches, perhaps? Which I imagined was a huge fall..

I got the button depressed and fell out of the seat to the inside roof, now floor. There were all sorts of things in the front with me, strewn about. Most befuddling. Those empty egg cartons - what were they doing in my way? Like in a movie camera angle, I watched through the space where there used to be a side front passenger window at an approaching pair of upside down legs and work boots.

The nicest people in the world live & work in the Foothills, lemme tell ya. That pair of legs belonged to an AT&T worker who pulled me out of the Quest. He blocked approaching traffic because the Quest was perpendicular across "my" lane of Mt Aukum Rd/E-16. He hadn't seen the accident occur (because most of the SMART, local people weren't out driving around, anyway - he had to be up here on the job) so he approached, calling out, "Is there somebody in there? Is somebody in the car?"

When I answered in the affirmative (saying rather stupidly, "I am" as if he should -of course - know my voice and identity) he asked how I was and if I could move "everything" okay. Okay and yes - I just wanted to get out of the car.

Shortening a long story : No injuries at all except a seat belt abrasion on my neck. That's it. I can even turn my head/neck further to the left than I have been able for some weeks! Oh, well, there was a major case of shakes and really apologetic and colorful language. Really freaking inconvenient, definitely costly, and my poor flock needed feed! It's the only reason I left the house, anyway.

Slow speed rollovers are not so bad, even for hefty 60 year old folks like me. Either that or I have earned a few Karma points and had a sufficient number of them to encase me in a bubble of protection.... The tow driver just happened to be going that way and was the second vehicle to arrive - he was NOT dispatched to the scene - and will let me pay him after the first. His wife happened to be following HIM in the family car and she gave me a ride home while her husband uprighted the Quest and towed it to my street. Friends picked up feed and delivered it so my home flock won't starve.

The Ranch flock will be okay for another day or so... Just 23 chickens there, no turkeys, ducks or geese.

 

[chickensnewtome]

Guess who is back in!!!! YUP THAT IS ME!!! I received word today that my grievance has been accepted and I am back in the nursing program!!

 

[ronott1]

Rural mountain living is great. I love it, except i learned today that icy roadways sure are deceptive in their danger. I totaled my '99 Nissan Quest today. I am extremely lucky I was driving slowly and carefully - just not enough of each.

Seat belts are designed to keep one from being flung about. You get out by pressing the button thingie at your side, where the metal buckle needs just a bit of movement to release the latch. That latch is NOT designed to release easily when the straps are supporting a hefty driver from falling to the roof when the floor has become the roof.

Hanging upside down makes the inside of the passenger compartment look really different. When the the roof is closer to the floor because... Well... Stuff crumpled and the windshield shattered... It skews one's perspective even more.

All my weight was pulling on that blasted seat belt latch. I couldn't figure out how to rise, or crouch in suspension, or do whatever I could to GET OUT of the seat belt. I also imagined it would hurt when I dropped ... Oh, I dunno, four inches, perhaps? Which I imagined was a huge fall..

I got the button depressed and fell out of the seat to the inside roof, now floor. There were all sorts of things in the front with me, strewn about. Most befuddling. Those empty egg cartons - what were they doing in my way? Like in a movie camera angle, I watched through the space where there used to be a side front passenger window at an approaching pair of upside down legs and work boots.

The nicest people in the world live & work in the Foothills, lemme tell ya. That pair of legs belonged to an AT&T worker who pulled me out of the Quest. He blocked approaching traffic because the Quest was perpendicular across "my" lane of Mt Aukum Rd/E-16. He hadn't seen the accident occur (because most of the SMART, local people weren't out driving around, anyway - he had to be up here on the job) so he approached, calling out, "Is there somebody in there? Is somebody in the car?"

When I answered in the affirmative (saying rather stupidly, "I am" as if he should -of course - know my voice and identity) he asked how I was and if I could move "everything" okay. Okay and yes - I just wanted to get out of the car.

Shortening a long story

: No injuries at all except a seat belt abrasion on my neck. That's it. I can even turn my head/neck further to the left than I have been able for some weeks! Oh, well, there was a major case of shakes and really apologetic and colorful language. Really freaking inconvenient, definitely costly, and my poor flock needed feed! It's the only reason I left the house, anyway.

Slow speed rollovers are not so bad, even for hefty 60 year old folks like me. Either that or I have earned a few Karma points and had a sufficient number of them to encase me in a bubble of protection.... The tow driver just happened to be going that way and was the second vehicle to arrive - he was NOT dispatched to the scene - and will let me pay him after the first. His wife happened to be following HIM in the family car and she gave me a ride home while her husband uprighted the Quest and towed it to my street. Friends picked up feed and delivered it so my home flock won't starve.

The Ranch flock will be okay for another day or so... Just 23 chickens there, no turkeys, ducks or geese.

Linda, your story is amazing each time I see it! I hope you can get the feed to the flock soon.