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[RonB]

I was trying to be helpful no slam intended. I use to repair tv's and radios waayyyyyyyyyy back when they were tube only and solid state wasn't. Most of you probably never saw such a thing. Anyway, when I was called out to a home to repair their tv because it wouldn't come on (yes tv repairmen made house calls back then) many times I found the power cord unplugged from the wall. I found it was best to look into the back of the tv for a minute or two, plug the tv back in (when no one was looking) and voila, I was a hero. There was no flat charge back then for a call-out and I never charged for their error. (I was 18 then and my world was much nicer way back when).
So, that said, I appologize diva if I ruffled your feathers.

Mikey I was just teasin ya and I hope she wasn't ruffled. BTW my dad also did what was called radio and TV repair. My job after school was to dismantle old units, test and label the parts.

I think MikeyB and Chicken Rustler are the ONLY ones that are old enough to remember radio's & TV's with tubes in them. I'm sure NOT old enough to remember them

I remember my older sister telling me about going to Safeway with our Dad and there was a machine there you could test tubes for free!!!

Also I remember there was a TV & Radio repair shop down the street with a sign out front that said " Come on in and we will remove your shorts and check your tubes"

 

[CailetTempest]

Only bad part about the weekend was the phone call from my 16 year old. He finally called a week later to find out about my mom. I had left a message a week ago. got told by his grandmas hubby to not call their house again that my son was told not to have contact with me. well he finally called and told me I was on speakerphone. asked about my mom and then wanted to know about my other 2 kiddos... I told them they were both doing good and that my youngest got diagnosed severe adhd and possibility of autism that will be evaluated more in 3 months. I heard his grama whisper to him that I was lying. He said he had to go and I asked if he would call me again sometime. his reply "Nope *****" and he hung up. Right now he is being told lies and things about me that aren't true and he choses to believe it. But I had to make a choice a year and half ago... leave him in jail for over 3 years or find a family member that would be willing to take him and he do 2 yrs probation. My family all live out of state and couldn't take him. So I found his Grandma's number (she had no contact for 12 years her choice) and got ahold of her. Today I regret that choice but I also see this as his only hope of having anysort of life as an adult. It is still hard to have my own son call me horrid names and hang up. So no more phone calls for me. Letters get read to him and twisted around. So My only thought is cards.. simple..

 

[Flaming Chicken]

Zgoatlady, re: Cream Legbars......ok, didn't realize Anniemom AND Cflaming (or Flaming Chicken!!!) both had them as well, and Cflaming is right around the corner from me.....need to move my Orpingtons on and maybe get some next spring. Maybe....if I have room! They are next on my list for trying for sure though. Love that Crele coloring and being able to sex them at hatch AND colored eggs! Those of you that have them, what color are your eggs? Can we see pics? More blue or more green?

Still cflaming. My girls are about 17 weeks old. I think that Anniesmom are about the same. Waiting very patiently for eggs, I think another month before they lay. I see the girls are checking out the nests today. They are very pretty and nice temperment too.

 

[whitutis]

I don't know how i missed this forum before, but looking forward to getting to know you all and learn from your insights.

We just moved to a farm in Enumclaw (are there any others from around here?) and i don't know what we were thinking, but we adopted 14 new chicks (to o along with our 6 that we moved from our old house) and 3 ducks.

If any one is looking for a mobile butcher, now that the Meat Shoppe of Tacoma has gone the way of the dodo, we have a butcher out here by the name of Olsen's Meats. Looked into using them at our old house. We lived in the South Sound area, and they mentioned that they had no limits to their service area.

Hoping you all have a good week.
Whit

 

[FirewifeJess]

I don't know how i missed this forum before, but looking forward to getting to know you all and learn from your insights.

We just moved to a farm in Enumclaw (are there any others from around here?) and i don't know what we were thinking, but we adopted 14 new chicks (to o along with our 6 that we moved from our old house) and 3 ducks.

If any one is looking for a mobile butcher, now that the Meat Shoppe of Tacoma has gone the way of the dodo, we have a butcher out here by the name of Olsen's Meats. Looked into using them at our old house. We lived in the South Sound area, and they mentioned that they had no limits to their service area.

Hoping you all have a good week.
Whit

Welcome!! Enumclaw is so nice, I hope you like it there. Thanks for the info on the mobile butcher, I will look it up! I plan to go the way of the freezer birds next spring! RIght now we're still patiently awaiting our first chickens ever to start laying, maybe sometime in September

 

[Chickielady]

ROTO-ZIP ???

yes I think that is it !

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

Have you contacted RedReiner for Eng Orps ?
She lives in Monroe & has awesome English Orps, especially Blues.

I haven't. I will do that.

And we just passed thru Raymond on our way to Seaside, OR. This trip is taking too long!

 

[Chickielady]

I think MikeyB and Chicken Rustler are the ONLY ones that are old enough to remember radio's & TV's with tubes in them. I'm sure NOT old enough to remember them

I remember my older sister telling me about going to Safeway with our Dad and there was a machine there you could test tubes for free!!!

Also I remember there was a TV & Radio repair shop down the street with a sign out front that said " Come on in and we will remove your shorts and check your tubes"

Ahmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........me too !

 

[Chickielady]

I haven't. I will do that.
And we just passed thru Raymond on our way to Seaside, OR. This trip is taking too long!

I PM'd her, but may just give her a call.she has been missing for a few months, and I sure have been wondering & hoping she is not sick.

 

[Chickielady]

Interesting "recipe" for Cream Legbars.

They mention Araucanas but I do think Ameraucanas would do just as well.

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