The Old Folks Home

[Beer can]

WDBDTT;Not sure, I thought he was pretty good at behaving himself. I must have missed something somewhere.

 

[ozexpat]

Pics from on the plane to the Philippines

lunch appetizer




dinner appetizer



@vehve and the in flight magazine

 

[Wisher1000]

Ha!

Even magazines can have guided pop-up ads!

How'd they do that?

 

[vehve]

That's Stockmann, the biggest department store in Helsinki, in the first one, and the second one is "Kauppatori" (Market Square), a market by the waterfront, the yellow house is the Swedish embassy, and the large white building in the back is the Helsinki Cathedral. Quite nice buildings in those blocks. To the right of the Swedish embassy you can see the corner of the Supreme Court, and to the right from that (if the picture would show a wider view) would be the newly renovated Presidential Palace. And the building to the left of the Swedish embassy would be Helsinki City Hall, but that's not visible either.

Pretty nice airplane food too, Oz.

 

[ozexpat]

Ha!

Even magazines can have guided pop-up ads!

How'd they do that?

 

[vehve]

In case someone wants to take a google street view tour of the area:

https://goo.gl/maps/juIEV

 

[vehve]

Oh dear, I went into the tourist marketing mode again, didn't I?

 

[vehve]

Oz, what did you learn from the article? It's always interesting to hear an "outsiders" view of one's home country.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Hi Linda.
Yeah I'm still using my feeders it's a labor of love in the winter or a labor of insanity however you want to see it... They work Pretty well until under -10°C... but it's been colder than that lately so for the most part I've been feeding them in trays. I'm not, I can't give up on the FF they love it. My flock expanded (okay, more than doubled) and I am selling eggs also, and their ( if I'd stop dropping eggs) paying for their own feed.
Feeders still need some work... somethings up and I'm trying to figure out how to stop it from leaking so you don't have to add water to keep the feed moving... I will figure it out.

The FF is freezing solid here in about 15 minutes. I'm still putting some out in the morning and afternoon but just what they can quickly consume. I've reverted to the bulk dry
feeders for the most part. If and when this frigid front goes away in a couple weeks I'll go back to FF full time.
It's going to be near zero 3 nights this week with a high of 7 tomorrow. All numbers in Fahrenheit. Looks like highs most days will be at or above freezing starting next week.
I'm using sections of plastic gutter for feed. Do you have a bulk auto feeder of some type?

Deb - I was a clogger, and while we did sometimes dance "in the round" most of our routines were more like this....

Quote:

Tap dancing is done with the toe as part of the step... Very rarely will cloggers use their toe except to swipe on the floor or as a second sound after the heal comes down. Timing is kept in the heel.... and when you get really floaty you start shuffling.... so your feet are never static but almost always flat to the floor. in comparison to tap.

Irish Dancing and Flat footing or clogging are very very similar. though the Irish keep their hands and shoulders static. Even so Clogging or Flatfooting the hands will be down low and usually not used for anything but balance....

Here are some performers that illustrate this:

deb

I start sweating when the temp is above my age.
I'm not going out unless it's below my age.

Sorry but these adds are so accurate

I took salsa lessons in Costa Rica and here as well. I was in a Salsa meetup group that had events almost every day of the week but I'm not very good. It's the simplest thing that I just can't seem to get the hang of. I need more practice. I needed to go a couple times a week instead of every other month.
It's so popular in Costa Rica, I really wanted to not look silly on the dance floor.

I think you and I are from the same generation.... sixties and seventies..... I love all that music...
...
I also love Jass and new age and Celtic and indian drum music... I love it all.

deb

same here

PS love bloody steak and garlic mashed potatoes

X2
Well done steak is no longer steak, the rarer, the juicier and more flavorful. I really feel sorry for those that have only eaten steak well done.
Good mashed potatoes are nice or baked sweet potatoes.

If I hatch spiders, I don't care what the mortgage rates are, I'm outta here.

We did see a tarantula also on that same trail. While I contemplated picking up the scorpion, and would have had I not been hot and exhausted, it never occurred to me to pick up the tarantula, real or fake. No. No. No.

It's only negative 10 out right not but the wind is so bad... we had to put 100 lbs of chicken food bracing the (people) garage door last night, the wind kept blowing it open. I have left the goats locked in for the day on account of the "dangerous" wind chills per weather.com.

That's cold,
I don't usually recommend heat but I'm shipping a trio this week or next (whenever I get the paperwork and shippers). With temps near zero the next 3 nights, I've been heating the boys' building to keep it above mid 20s at night. The high tomorrow will be cold enough to give those big combs frostbite so I might have to figure out which cockerel I'm selling and put him in the cellar for about 48 hours so I don't ship a bird with black tips.
I think if I get through the next few days, my cocks won't lose any of their combs.

85% of people say they appreciate a nicer rack

Glad someone didn't let that opportunity slip by so I didn't have to comment.

Pics from on the plane to the Philippines

lunch appetizer


dinner appetizer

Doesn't look like coach seating to me.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Oh dear, I went into the tourist marketing mode again, didn't I?

Not a problem. I like it.