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[ronott1]

Be glad to send you some precip, Ron. It's been trying to rain here off and on all afternoon. Storms form then dissipate before they reach us. Fine by me. Of course you can keep the earthquakes. We have enough to worry about with the New Madrid Fault nearby.

Trust me, there are a lot of 'good old boys' here who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches let alone mortars. A bunch of them rip up and down our gravel road in 4 wheelers.....with little kids in the passenger seat and no seat belts!Or better yet,little kids driving the 4 wheelers.....wide open.I'm sure one of these days we will be going to the aid of one that has rolled over....and find a little kid hurt or worse underneath. You guys don't have the market cornered on 'unreasonable people'. AKA 13 Carat Morons.

We have a lot of people shooting off bottle rockets here. I pray every year that they do not set off a fire!

 

[microchick]

DH just told me that he yelled at a kid yesterday that was barreling down the road in a 4 wheeler that was taking aim at a turtle that was trying to get across the road. He said the kid slammed on the brakes and by some miracle didn't wreck or hit the turtle. The turtles, painted, snapping and sliders are breeding this time of the year and laying eggs. Of course, why lay eggs near the pond when there is a perfectly good drainage ditch right across the road? Alligator snapping turtles are protected as endangered here but that doesn't stop folks from using them as target practice....back to the 14 carat moron tag.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Sounds like a great place!

Thankfully they are illegal here without a permit. Doesn't stop some people but I would really not care for nightly explosions for a week.


But feel good about fixing those stones.

They’re illegal here too but people still do it ha but definitely far less.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Several counties have banned them here but more redneck in the county we are so far all here have been sane ones not big high school has a large display so does park downtown go to the school then all go downtown a block others just turn around

 

[bruceha2000]

DH asked me what I was going to do and all I could say was....give them eggs and tell them buona fortuna!

And just where are you going to get fertile eggs if all the nests are hogged by broodies?

I can't find the crow flies miles... so I guess we aren't that far

You can find the distance with Google maps. left click a point on the map, right click and choose "measure distance" then left click on another point.

Mortars would not be used by reasonable people here

About the only place they would be safe there is from the beach and fired over the ocean.

Now I feel better all round. Especially after the hyper ventilation was done.

Probably cleared out all the stale air that clouds your mind
If the place works out for your Grandma, would you be able to move back to your house?

We have a lot of people shooting off bottle rockets here. I pray every year that they do not set off a fire!

Me too. After last year especially you would HOPE people would be so afraid of the possibility of starting a fire that they would control their desires.

 

[microchick]

Fayoumi is still laying Bruce as is one little bantam but her eggs are infertile/lethal gene. Fayoumi only lays two or three eggs a week so I've been storing hers.

Just did a quick candle on eggs that have been incubating since the 22nd. One looks dead in shell. Maybe heat. One looks iffy. One looks alive. I'm running so low on fertile eggs that I'm hoping the iffy is a good to go. Will recandle when it is darker.

 

[trumpeting_angel]

Already 86 here.

Got up early and...

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Now I'm filthy and sweaty and exhausted and hot.

You are amazing!

It’s pretty filthy, sweaty, and hot here, too. DH insisted on building another (quite small) stone wall. I helped, and the Construction Supervisor supervised.

 

[trumpeting_angel]

... Alligator snapping turtles are protected as endangered here but that doesn't stop folks from using them as target practice....back to the 14 carat moron tag.

I think it was better in the last post when you said, “13 carat morons”!

 

[pennyJo1960]

SCG is always amazing I have to agree so is Perchie so very talented people

 

[perchie.girl]

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You are amazing!

It’s pretty filthy, sweaty, and hot here, too. DH insisted on building another (quite small) stone wall. I helped, and the Construction Supervisor supervised.

Oh that Construction supervise is soo sweet.... Little urban terrorists when they are young... but so loving. Mom has one... Barks the whole time I walk into the house... then when I sat down on the couch she stood between us. "who are you and why are you here.... Oooo skritchies".....

I dont go into moms house often....

deb