The Old Folks Home

[CSolis]

could

be someone you ran into online that decided to move in under the house

Yeah, somebody with wings and a long tail..

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Old Folks. Second cup, rain is here tomorrow.

 

[getaclue]

Dh has one of his old monitors set back up. Dell says it will take about 3 weeks for them to make a new monitor for him. This is not a high end, or real expensive monitor.

They made it so easy to return. NOT! First, he had to take a picture of the monitor, turned on, and attach it to a file in an email to them. Um, not easy to access email when you don't have a working monitor. We were scrambling to hook in the non-working monitor, then after the pictures of what it was doing, unhook it, then hook in a working monitor, all while they were on the phone with him.

The guy on the phone got a bit impatient, and walked Dh through setting up his email on his phone to help expedite things. He didn't actually want email on his phone set up, but did it anyway. We did the email on the phone thing before. The notifications are endless, and annoying.

Next, there are 2 QR (funny design bar codes that phones can scan), which he had to take pictures of, and send as attachments in an email. They're very very small, and located behind the monitor where the stand covers it all up. It requires taking the monitor off the stand, and one person holding the monitor, while another takes the pictures of the QR codes. Next comes pictures of the box it came in.

After getting all that done, and sent in, they determined it was impact damage done during shipping.

Tuesday, or Wednesday we will get the estimate for the new A/C system.

 

[Blooie]

Man…..you’ve been through it, haven’t you? Margarita time? I’ll join ya!

 

[getaclue]

Man…..you’ve been through it, haven’t you? Margarita time? I’ll join ya!

When it rains, it pours, as the saying goes. Troubles seem to come in doubles, or triples around here. The good thing is, usually once we get through them, we're good to go for awhile.

 

[getaclue]

OOOHHH....Dh mentioned our rat problem to someone, and they told him to take the USED cat litter, and about 2 feet out on the outside, pour it in a line around the perimeter of the coops/runs. He began doing that, and any outside holes he found where they were burrowing in, he poured a little in them too. We scoop our litter, so what he's pouring out there is not full of poop, and it's far enough away, the chickens can't eat it.

I was skeptical when he first began doing it, but not anymore. It has worked. We have 1 cat, so it's not like he could do the entire perimeter at once. It's not too wide, or tall of a barrier line, and once you get it done, it lasts awhile before needing to be reapplied. It's clay, so it breaks down without being toxic. No, there is not enough that there is a noticeable odor to us, but the rats sure can smell it.

In short order, the rats have cleared out. I'm not seeing them in the cameras at night out there. We're not hearing them scurry away, if we go out to the coop at night. We're not seeing dropping in the feeders. We're not catching 2 a night in the live traps anymore.

 

[CapricornFarm]

OOOHHH....Dh mentioned our rat problem to someone, and they told him to take the USED cat litter, and about 2 feet out on the outside, pour it in a line around the perimeter of the coops/runs. He began doing that, and any outside holes he found where they were burrowing in, he poured a little in them too. We scoop our litter, so what he's pouring out there is not full of poop, and it's far enough away, the chickens can't eat it.

I was skeptical when he first began doing it, but not anymore. It has worked. We have 1 cat, so it's not like he could do the entire perimeter at once. It's not too wide, or tall of a barrier line, and once you get it done, it lasts awhile before needing to be reapplied. It's clay, so it breaks down without being toxic. No, there is not enough that there is a noticeable odor to us, but the rats sure can smell it.

In short order, the rats have cleared out. I'm not seeing them in the cameras at night out there. We're not hearing them scurry away, if we go out to the coop at night. We're not seeing dropping in the feeders. We're not catching 2 a night in the live traps anymore.

Wow, great idea!

 

[NotAFarm]

Happy Valentine’s Day, Old Folks!

 

[CSolis]

Happy Sweetheart's Day.. Have a cuppa whatever!

 

[Sally PB]

Morning! More coffee is on the way!

Ok, I give up. I'm going to get a pair of readers when I go to the store today. Type has gotten too small, and my arms get tired of holding books way "out there."

I made it to 60 without, so I figure I did ok.