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drumstick diva said:
Dollar Tree has some grabber's for $ 1.00 of course. They cannot lift cans but they can grasp lighter objects. I haven't measured mine but, I think it adds about 2 ft. to my reach.

I also buy their backscratchers - they are curved at one end and great for manipulating golf balls-& also herding them through chain link when you are afraid your pudgy wrist will get stuck in the fencing. Okay, so I mean my wrist. I did once(at least) get my wrist stuck in the fencing and decided if any one came along, with my other hand I could throw my wallet over the fence (8 ft.high) and say I was trying to get my wallet back. I haven't decided how to explain a wallet flying over an 8 ft. fence.
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Funny now not so much when it happens.
 
1kluckychik said:
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Poly-fil is a great idea.

1kluckychik said:
We then put the Regional Box A inside the Medium Flat Rate box. Add large bubble wrap filling all voids along the sides. Put large bubble wrap on top and tape shut.

Costs me $13.80 to ship up to 15 eggs
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Does it end up being heavy enough to use a flat rate box? My postal clerk saved me some money by suggesting I use a plain box because the weight was low enough that it beat the flat rate price.

superchemicalgirl said:
Somehow I think that's not step 1.


I didn't learn my lesson and I'm having a watermelon for lunch. But, I do have 3 toilets in my house and only 2 occupants.

I'm just now coming back from a catholic mass in polish. The church was beautiful. It was originally a french parish, and all the writing on the wall (religious graffiti?) was in french. It gave me something beautiful to look at while I wondered what was going on.
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We have a beautiful and historic Polish church called St. Stanislaus Kostka. Established in 1880 to serve the Polish community in our Archdiocese, considered to be the best example of the opulent Polish Cathedral style of architecture west of the Mississippi. But it was not owned by the Archdiocese. All the property and assets were held independently by the parishioners. It became famous in the news when our new Archbishop Burke tried to confiscate their holdings which prompted a huge legal battle. The Archbishop declared the church board and it's priest excommunicated. His plan was to disband the parish and sell off the property and keep everything for the Archdiocese. The parish responded by holding a Christmas Eve mass that was attended by 2,000 people.
The legal dispute was settled 3 years ago and the church remains and is managed by its parishioners as a non-profit corporation, calling itself Catholic but in no longer affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church.
There is talk of it becoming an Episcopal church or joining the Polish National Catholic Church since all the parishioners have been excommunicated.
Wild stuff.
I called Archbishop Burke the 'Antichrist'. He shut down every church/parish/parochial school that had declining numbers. Many of the Catholics in our area have moved to more suburban/rural areas. There used to be about 40 parishes in North St. Louis county and North St. Louis. Now there are about 10.
When we were doing maintenance on our church and school just before it was sold, I said, "I sure hope the Baptists like what we did with the property."
It ended up being sold to the public school.

superchemicalgirl said:
We have some fiddleheads that someone picked and left for us that BF is going to make with dinner. I'm skeptical of the whole "go out in the woods and pick weeds to eat" movement so I'm not sure I'm going to partake.
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They're not all bad.

Pensmaster said:
Yea we have miners lettuce here in the spring. And while it's delicious, much better than any lettuce, we also have deer here and like bears they poop and pee in the woods as well. Soooo....
There's also several different varieties of mushrooms that my nephew who searches for them says are good I won't be eating them either.
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Not familiar with miner's lettuce. Is it a west of the Rockies thing?
Lots of animals pee and poop in your garden when you're sleeping.
A bad mushroom I picked almost killed me about 40 years ago. I'm growing shitake, blue oyster, lion's mane, maitake and reishi mushrooms.
drumstick diva said:
Chicken Canoe - great to see you and your "cockerel rooster." Gotta love reporters they always mess things up

I still LOVE that animated story you posted quite some time ago. The son doesn't visit his mom and instead sends her a little robot. I have watched it many times and I always cry. Just the sweetest/ saddest thing.
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I don't recall the story. Please send it to me. The memory isn't what it used to be.

chickadoodles said:
We are going to have Hamburger steaks with onion gravy, fried squash and a salad with lettuce from the garden.
Tomorrow I have got to cook a pot of turnips my grow bag is so full they are laying over I guess I will make some black eyed peas and corn bread and some pork chops.
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All sounds good.

Pensmaster said:
I'll have to protect them much better. Coyotes and occasionally a mountain lion in the area. Although I think neighbors got the mountain lion haven't seen it in a couple years. However one usually does not see them they see you.
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It is a never ending battle here. Turn your back and the predators are here. In order from worst to least offensive - mink, raccoon, neighbor's dogs, opossum, hawks, coyote, fox. Weasels and bobcat have yet to kill any but they're here too.

perchie.girl said:
fences are no protection against mountain lions. Goats and sheep are too close to their natural food such as deer. The only protection against coyotes is fencing.... thats why I said you needed perimiter fence. for the stake out method.

Hot wire is helpful... both for critter containment and predator exclusion. and you can use fiberglass posts that push in with little to no tools.

Chainlink is useless. easy to breach goats stretch it out at the bottom and eventually make their own doors.

I am doing perminant construction with cattle panels and Posts with hotwire on top and on bottom.

deb
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Interesting about the chainlink.
The closest mountain lions are about 40 miles away. Black bears about the same distance. Just a matter of time.

Pensmaster said:
Oh gosh I'm thinking far too big. This might work. Property here is very hilly. I recently picked up 28 pieces of wrought iron. 7 feet long 42 inches high. Free
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Bonus.

1kluckychik said:
Look what I just found. My first Guy Niere lines Black Penedesenca egg!
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Nice. I lost my flock that was laying the darkest eggs. Their feather color was wrong but the eggs were beautiful. I think I was able to hatch a few chicks from them. Raccoons chewed through the door and killed 9 birds.

drumstick diva said:
Dollar Tree has some grabber's for $ 1.00 of course. They cannot lift cans but they can grasp lighter objects. I haven't measured mine but, I think it adds about 2 ft. to my reach.

I also buy their backscratchers - they are curved at one end and great for manipulating golf balls-& also herding them through chain link when you are afraid your pudgy wrist will get stuck in the fencing. Okay, so I mean my wrist. I did once(at least) get my wrist stuck in the fencing and decided if any one came along, with my other hand I could throw my wallet over the fence (8 ft.high) and say I was trying to get my wallet back. I haven't decided how to explain a wallet flying over an 8 ft. fence.
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Backscratchers are the best.
 
klucky I am SURE my " sending you Great hatching vibes," lead to your success with the Ayam Cemani eggs. Maybe you would like to respond by adding to my "eatstarter fund," to help keep me in ice cream. You know the prices keep going up, and the containers keep getting smaller. LOL
 

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