The Old Folks Home

[microchick]

DH still hasn't seen his in the mail. Both of the checks we got this past year plus the one I got were mailed to the house. This is after I went on line and gave them the direct deposit info which they already had on record from our last tax return.

This reminds me of the picture of the snake eating it's own tail. But then if the IRS told me today was Saturday, I'd look at the calendar before making any plans.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Well heck about time here to go look for eggs oh ya there was like 6 when I cleaned with birds standing in line for boxes

 

[microchick]

I got 6 eggs today. Pretty impressive since we got more than 4 inches of snow and the thermometer never moved past the 20 degree mark all day. I'm sure they are going stir crazy after four days in the coop. The run was almost clear of snow. Then we got a coat of ice and two inches of snow. With the bitter cold that is coming up I'm sure that in spite of having ventilation I'm going to be seeing frost bite on some of the boys with large combs.

 

[pennyJo1960]

We had been so darn wet I am wearing knee high boots to the coop it is horrible ,, Weather does say this next week ? weather gets so cold and dry Please let it be true .. Red looked like a drenched sorry guy

 

[bruceha2000]

No roof rake. I doubt if it would help anyway as that section of roof is 40 foot wide thanks to the overhang that covers the back porch. The approach is weird also so no matter what we do we would still be inundated with an avalanche of some sort.

But it would be a smaller and less damaging avalanche! Of course use of the rake ASSUMES that whoever put the roof on put the screws in the deck (the correct way) and not through the ridges.

 

[microchick]

But it would be a smaller and less damaging avalanche! Of course use of the rake ASSUMES that whoever put the roof on put the screws in the deck (the correct way) and not through the ridges.

Ummmmm the person who put on the original roof just proved how far an 8th grade Amish education gets you. Nope. He used washered nails. But he DID put the nails through the deck. One of the things on our to do list is to get the nails replaced with screws. Nobody told the poor guy that metal nails with washers will work out of the wood in a few years.

When he built the house he cantilevered the roof over the back porch. Keep in mind, the building is 88 feet long and 40+ feet wide with another 10 feet worth of concrete porch under the porch roof. One day we were out in the filed, which is higher than the house and said 'oh oh!'. the whole roof over the porch was rippling from the effect of a few winters worth of snow weight on it. We had to redo the whole thing, putting posts in and releveling the roof. When the owner of the local lumber company delivered new siding for the back of the house he looked at the job we had done and when we told him the history, he just shook his head and said 'what ever possessed him him to try to cantilever that much roof. We just chuckled and said 'he is Amish' to which he replied...;oh.' No more explanation was needed.

A snow rake might work on part of the roof, the part we can reach as the north east section of the house is built on a slope and pretty much unreachable unless you have a ladder and a death wish. the rest we may be able to reach but in all honesty it's unusual for us to get a lot of snow at once. Mostly we get two or three inches, or like today, we got 4. I think the most we have seen so far is 8 inches. The problems come when we get ice then get snow.

 

[Beer can]

Our first stimulus check went direct deposit this most recent one was mailed and same for many I know.
Pretty sure that costs more but gooberment really doesn't care how much it costs us.

 

[bruceha2000]

Yeah ice just plain sucks unless it is in your beverage.

 

[Beer can]

We're going to get some more single digit temps nightly and teens daytime...no biggie I'm just going to crank up the thermostat and imagine we have palm trees outside

 

[getaclue]

bruce, she did not have covid prior to the vaccine. That's one of the knows side effects of the vaccine, is getting a case of covid, and being able to transmit it to others. Paralysis, Bells Palsy, and spasms are also known side effects. Unfortunately, she got some paralysis as well as a case of covid with her vaccine. She's doing better, and started physical therapy today.